Conversation between yours truly and a neighbour in her 60s. Topic: another family on our street.
60: You know you have to be careful what you call them. Don’t call them Chinese.
Me: Aren’t they Vietnamese?
60: Yes. But don’t call them Chinese. They get upset and say “We’re Vietnamese”.
Me: Umm. Yeah?
60: Well, they are so picky.
Me: Umm. There is a difference. Whether they’re from Cambodia, or China, or Viet Nam. They want to be called by the right name.
60: Who cares? They’re all Asian. It’s all the same.
Me: Well. Not to them.
60: I still call them Chinese.
6 comments:
toby, toby wan, toby chu...
I think to make life easier for all, you should just call them what my mother calls them.
JAW fan
(sorry folks, this message is for Nanuk only)
Ah Mom, the unprintable.
Toby wan, toby chu. Reservoir Dogs, right? But I can't remember which scene...
they are paying the bill or rather not paying the bill and nice guy eddie's dad is going thru his notebook
you need some r-dog
as we all do
how unprintable is mrs J-fan's racial slur? I'm asking because as I was listening to cbc's "and sometimes Y" last week which was about "swears" they kept saying "we are about to discuss some BAAAAD words" (the so-called "f-word" and it's buddy the "c-word") "so turn off your radio if you don't want to hear them" it was a 25 minute show and they popped in every 2 minutes w/the "warning! warning! bad words ahead!" who did they think was listening? the thought police?
The slur: starts with a "c" and rhymes with fink.
The CBC were no doubt worried about "the children". Who'll look out for the children? Who?
Swearing is an endlessly fascinating topic to me. Especially being from Quebec, tabernak!
Fascinating indeed, 'stie!
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