Baby Names

I don't know if it's the same for vietnamese people, but there are several Chinese people where I work, and they all picked names that are easier on the American tounge when they came over here.
If she picked it for herself- I think it's pretty obnoxious and immature. Makes me think she's intentionally going for the "cutesey-Asian-forever 5 years old, but still sexy" thing that a some Asian women seem to be drawn to.

If that's her actual given name, it's not really that bad.

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I asked her about her name and she said it's the name her mother gave her.

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drunkontea.livejournal.com

I'm sorry, but I find this an incredibly offensive statement. You're automatically making assumptions about this person you've never even met. Furthermore, your "strategic" use of "some Asian women.." doesn't excuse the statement you made. The "cutesy-Asian-forever-blahblahblah" is something that the media has portrayed and if anything, asianphiles and the porn industry exacerbate that, so don't make an ass out of yourself.

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drunkontea.livejournal.com

Dammit, I meant, I find this to be an incredibly offensive statement...

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the media wouldn't protray it if it didn't exist. People don't whip stereotypes out of thin air. Some asian women are into that cutesy thing just like some nerdy white guys are into the furry thing. I think you're reading WAY more into the word "some" than I intended. I intentionally chose that word so as not to imply that all or most or even a plurality of asian women fell into this subgroup.

Where is your outrage at the OP calling this woman "cute little asian girl... about 30 [year's old]"? I probrably wouldn't have even mentioned or thought of anything along those lines if that information was not in the original post.

Edited Date: 2008-12-13 09:59 pm (UTC)

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Lol then why didn't you say "some women" instead of "some Asian women"?

Sorry for the late comment, but I should NOT have looked at this thread. -_- The way the OP says "cute little Asian girl" is obnoxious too, but your comment definitely rubbed me the wrong way.

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And why couldn't the OP have said "there's this girl in my class..." instead of "there's this ASIAN girl in my class..."

I don't claim to not be obnoxious and rude in my comments in this community, but you're the one reading a negative connotation into an adjective.

And the fact of the matter is, whenever I run accross and adult woman with a Hello Kitty fetish- either in the media or in real life- there's a 99.9% chance that she's Asian. YMMV, but that's been my personal experience.

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I don't know, I'm not talking about or TO the OP.

And the fact of the matter is, whenever I run accross and adult woman with a Hello Kitty fetish- either in the media or in real life- there's a 99.9% chance that she's Asian. YMMV, but that's been my personal experience.

That's funny, I wonder why -- OH RIGHT, HELLO KITTY IS ORIGINALLY ASIAN :D
Also, it's not only Asians (http://goldcoaster.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/pokemon-master-a-world-record/) are into cute things -- it's a stereotype that all women are into cute shit, so why are Asians singled out?

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and why are you singling me out for being obnoxious when you've said yourself I'm not the only one that's made obnoxious comments?

If you're going to pick apart my words, I can do the same. I wasn't aware of that woman, I wasn't talking about Pokemon, and I can't even tell what cultural group the woman in that picture is from, anyway.

I think you're just trying to start shit and find an excuse to be pissed off. I can understand that, but I don't feel like playing- I have work to do today. Maybe some other time you can try to convince me of how secretly racist I am. Merry Christmas!

Edited Date: 2008-12-19 04:43 pm (UTC)

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You were originally saying that "[...] she's intentionally going for the 'cutesey-Asian-forever 5 years old, but still sexy' thing that a some Asian women seem to be drawn to" -- you weren't narrowing it down to Hello Kitty...? Not that that matters, anyway.

Yay for backpedaling though! GOOD JOB <3

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Well, she IS cute, little and Asian. Sorry if stating the facts is obnoxious to you.

I didn't think the name Honey would work quite as nicely on someone ugly, huge, and originally English-speaking, which is the only reason I mentioned it in the first place.

Cheers!

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"Cute little Asian girl" is condescending. If anyone called me that (not that they would) I would probably think about punching them in the face.

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Whatever, lady. I didn't mean it in any conscending manner. Sorry you took it that way. I'm sure Honey wouldn't mind if I called her a cute little Asian girl. She's a sweetie.

-sigh-

Can't please them all.

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baku-chan.livejournal.com

Since when is "cute little [insert anything] girl not condescending when its directed toward an adult?

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Well, it wouldn't offend me to be called a cute little [anything] girl, so maybe it's just how the person understands it. As I understand it, it wasn't an offensive/condescending statement. I guess the meaning is different to me than it is to others.

Again, sorry to offend. At this point, I'm sorry to have mentioned it at all.

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baku-chan.livejournal.com

you =/= the rest of the world

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Yes, clearly. That's what I meant by "I guess the meaning is different to me than it is to others."

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Is it fun being sexist?

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Is it fun stirring the pot?

Seriously, as I see it, it was one harmless statment that I really didn't mean anything by. Sorry you took it the wrong way.

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So you basically say empty, vapid things? Awesome.

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Better than rude things, in my opinion.

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So you'd rather be vapid than witty?

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When I said I didn't mean anything by it, I meant I didn't mean any HARM by it. From the context of the sentence, I think that could be pretty well perceived. If you were as clever as you think you are, you might have picked up on that. So go ahead and nit-pick my wording for the sake of starting a flame war. That's not not witty, that's rude.

But nevermind that, why are you trying to start shit? It's bad karma to piss off a pregnant woman.

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Good God you're vapid.

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Must be the word of the day.

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Just the perfect descriptor for you.

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I disagree.

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Of course you would. You're vapid. Surprise!

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Well your opinion of me is neither here nor there, now is it?

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blah blah blah blah blah

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my thoughts exactly.

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