Two annoying girls moved into the apartment above me.
I'm forced to hear every dumb thing they say.
These are my letters to them.
I'm forced to hear every dumb thing they say.
These are my letters to them.
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“Claire! I just met this Asian guy who had a British accent! How is that even possible?” Let me ask my white South African friend.
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“wait if you’re from Africa why are you white” “God Karen, you can’t just ask people why they’re white”
best.moment.ever.
Gotta love Mean Girls, pre-Lohan downspiral
Heh, I was going to say that, but I guess I commented too late.
Oh my god, Kimi, I just met this White girl who was obsessed with my accent!
Oh my God. That’s great. When my Japanese and Chinese professors learned English, they all learned British English. And funny, but they learned it before coming here. Oh those girls /sigh with grin/
While this is also true.. I don’t think that was the point.
I knew it wasn’t the point, lol, just thought it was an interesting tidbit of information worth sharing.
I agree with Jillian — the point is that they’re ignorant. They didn’t realize that there might be Asians who live in England.
the white south african thing? yeah, i get that way too often about my dad. its a bit disturbing how some people still think that being african = being black.
Haha, I still get that whenever I encounter tourist asking me if I’m a tourist too.
What’s even funnier, when they accept that you’re a white south african like me, they can’t understand why you can speak english. Hehe.
I’ve been asked that about my mother… More specifically: “How come you’re white if your mom is South African?” *sigh*
Try this: I’m Indian, I’m South African, I go to a British school and I can speak Zulu, some Afrikaans, some Arabic and a bit of French. I love going on holiday overseas and watching the looks on peoples faces when I say that :)
Oh my god. This is just so… oh my. Why?
Oh dear. It’s a juicy contradiction!
Sorry, I couldn’t help it…
The thing is, this isn’t all that uncommon. ESPECIALLY Charlie’s bit of white South Africans, Hell, some people think Africa is a dry wasteland where everyone is in a tribe and live in a hit. My friend told me about a time they read this thing about this person from South Africa who was on Omegle, and the person they were chatting with WAIT, BUT, IF YOU’RE IN AFRICA, HOW DO YOU HAVE A COMPUTER AND SPEAK ENGLISH?
My uncle looks Asian but has a British accent! His mom’s from Hong Kong and his dad’s from London. Him and my aunt have a ginger Asian baby :)
Ginger Asian baby? Pics or it didn’t happen.
I have a friend who is half arabic (don’t know exactly what country his dad is from) and is from Ireland. unfortunately, he has a very watered down Irish accent. Can’t tell you how disappointed I was when I met him. lol :)
My boyfriend is Irish but he has an Australian accent :(
Also, I have a friend who move here from South Africa a couple of years ago, a couple of people actually asked if he used to live in a hut…
British people are manufactured in China now. It’s just cheaper this way.
You are funny
white south-africans
– riding lions to school since always.
God, Cathy, you can’t just ask how people’s accents are possible.
I actually like the fact that the majority of the world think that we (white South Africans) ride to school on lions and live in huts. It supplies me with endless opportunities to mess with idiots via the internet….mwahahahahaha!
as an australian i’ve done the same sort of thing. except of course we ride kangaroos and emus.
Imagine how confused they would be with the black British population. Lol.
Thank you, Charlie, for talking about an individual African country, and not just “Africa”.
Oh no! My icon stinks! Not at all suitable for an Evil Mastermind!
So if she meets an Asian person with an Australian accent…mind blown further? XD
Classic. GAC, you will never fail to amuse me.
NEXT SCENE! *pops popcorn into mouth*
If this was by USC that might have been my friend haha
This is probably an extension of their whole spiel with African Americans and such. Oh, these girls.
wow i feel bad for you
This reminds me of the time I was talking to a friend about this black guy on a British TV show, and he said that the guy was black and I was like, “No, he’s African American.” And then I realized that the guy WASN’T American. So yeah, he was a black guy, not an African American. (And now I realize that that story wasn’t funny at all…)
I’ve been in a situation like that..except people would question me as to why I have a southern accent when I’m Asian. So annoying.
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