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James C. Taylor
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Mikael Bergkvist wrote:
| ...so I'm not one of those Europeans who go after America at every turn. |
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Good to know.
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David Miller
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| You can tell a Japanese from a Korean by eyesight alone, eh? |
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I'm not sure; it's been a whle since I tested myself. But I can
tell Korean and Japanese names apart, which is darn better than what
most Americans can do.
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Michael Roberts
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Care to explain how?
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They just have different features, and you pick up on it being around them all the time. I'm not saying there is some checklist which lets you figure it out, or that all Koreans and Japanese fit into these specific categories or are easily identifiable. But it's like picking out someone who is Irish or Italian or Swedish. Some people have features which let you identify their background immediately, while others are just "Um... you're white."
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Rob Hewitt
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I think sometimes you can tell if someone is from a Korean background There are some different features sometimes.
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James C. Taylor
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Michael Roberts wrote:
| Some people have features which let you identify their background immediately, while others are just "Um... you're white." |
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Oh, so you can't. Got it.
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James C. Taylor
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| Posted: 02 March 2006 at 6:29pm | IP Logged | 6
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David Miller wrote:
| I'm not sure; it's been a whle since I tested myself. |
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Oh, so you can't. Got it.
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| But I can tell Korean and Japanese names apart, which is darn better than what most Americans can do. |
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They have a handy compendium of what most Americans can and can't do that you consult on a regular basis?
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Michael Roberts
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Oh, so you can't. Got it.
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I can guess with a better accuracy than a lot of people, I guess. And the number of people who've attempted to talk to me in Japanese is silly, because I look nowhere near Japanese.
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James C. Taylor
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Michael Roberts wrote:
| I can guess with a better accuracy than a lot of people, I guess. |
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Need I even say anything?
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Michael Roberts
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Need I even say anything?
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Fine. But the people who think I'm Japanese are really clueless.
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James C. Taylor
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So, Michael, two totally non-hostile questions:
Where are you from?
Why doesn't it say so underneath your name?
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David Miller
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QUOTE:
| Oh, so you can't. Got it. |
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This is what I'm talking about. If you won't even make a
distinction between "I think I can" and "I can't," how are you going to
tell the difference between how someone gets their powers? That
make you part of the problem; you might was well throw acid on Peter
Parker and call him a mutie.
Edited by David Miller on 02 March 2006 at 6:47pm
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James C. Taylor
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David Miller wrote:
| If you won't even make a distinction between "I think I can" and "I can't"... |
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In the context of what you are proposing that you can do, there is no distinction. Either you can (and know you can) or you can't. You have been honest enough to admit that you think you can but do not know if you can.
David Miller wrote:
| If you won't even make a distinction between "I think I can" and "I can't," how are you going to tell the difference between how someone gets their powers? |
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Because I call you on your admitted less than certainty of your ability to tell Japanese and Koreans apart, it means that I would make no distinction between Spider-Man and Magneto? The two are completely unrelated to each other.
By the way, how much time have you actually spent in America (and which part?)
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