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Linda Park.. you just cant go wrong with Koreans. Im lucky enough to be dating one ;o) (why Linda plays a Japanese woman is beyond me)
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Werd t'THAT, yo. I showed my hawt little Korean prot�g�/sex toy/pseudogirlfirned a few pictures of Linda Park this weekend. Her comments were, "Hell YEAH, she's fucking HAWT! Let's fuck her!"
And Proteus, didn't you know that in Hollywood, all Asians are the same? It's why George Takei can play vicious Viet Cong generals in shitty movies & why Aki Aleong & Al Leong are always the doublecrossing right-hand man & "person of hench" respectively. The same goes for the Russians: as long as they look even vaguely Slavic or "ice person"-ish, they'll use Poles, Russians, Ukrainians, Finns, 'Weegans, & the odd occasional Swede.
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Wes, you're dating a Korean? You punk bunny! I may have to start hating you now for that...
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for some reason everyone who has ever been my best friend has been obsessed with asian girls. happy holidays to you and yours.
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::shrug:: I'm not obsessed with Asian girls. I'm simply enamoured with them. Same thing for Latinas, Filipenas, red-heads, Pakistani-Indian women, Arabic women, African women, Russian/Slavic women, Western European women, and Anglo-derived women.
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You should just list the ones you arent into (if any)
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"...why Linda plays a Japanese woman is beyond me..."
Why was a French captain played by an English actor? Why was a Ukranian security officer played by an American actress whose name was British?
The differences are subtle enough that it doesn't really matter. I'm sure there are plenty of Koreans who could pass themselves off as Japanese if they wanted to. Can you honestly say you can tell the differences within a race that well? If a Russian came up to you and said "I'm French", would you say "Hey, wait! Your cheekbones are too high! You lying Slavic bastard!"?
I'm reminded of the scene in an early episode of "King of the Hill", where Cotton gets introduced to Hank's neighbor, and Dale wants to start trouble.
Dale: "This is Khan. He's Japanese..." Cotton: *looks at Khan* "No he ain't! He's Laotian!"
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Tim: Actually, would I sound too much like Berkley-wannabe white liberal college scum if I said that Koreans are actually fairly discernable from amongst other Asians? Because, IMHO at least, they are. Then again, I've undoubtably had more Korean friends than your average TV-viewer. I'd certainly be better at discerning between Korean and Japanese people than English and French, anyway.
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I once didn't know that any of the major Asian groups differed from each other greatly. I got a crash course in it when I met my friend Hanh, who is Vietnamese. She was quite ticked at me when I called her Chinese. Hoo boy.
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Usually the names help. Sometimes.
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Some people thought I was Korean for most of highschool until I said something to them for the first time ever in Mandarin. I've had Korean parents of classmates who thought I was Korean simply because I said "hi" in Korean to them. I've also been mistaken for Japanese.
No I'm not a bloody Brit. But keep thinking I am if it makes you feel better.
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Harry played a korean didn't he? And he's Chinese.
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Harry's ancestry was never clearly established, although because something like 30-40% of all Koreans have the family name of "Kim" it's been assumed he was Korean. (Another 20% or so are "Park," FWIW.) I have feeling that the name Kim isn't exclusive to Korea, though.
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