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| Ichiro Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6294 days ago 111 posts - 152 votes  Speaks: English*, Japanese, French Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Malay | Message 17 of 26 04 March 2012 at 4:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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My son will describe himself as Anglo-Korean in English, and 韓英 in Korean. When he becomes able to speak, that is.
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 g0bananas Pro Member United States g0bananas.tumblr.com Joined 4751 days ago 6 posts - 6 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Korean Personal Language Map | Message 18 of 26 26 August 2012 at 10:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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As a few of you stated, I found that 混血儿 is the most common term used... I met people from Taiwan and they pointed at me and excitedly said "混血儿！” It was kinda weird but I'll take it haha.
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| Saim Pentaglot Senior Member AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5168 days ago 124 posts - 215 votes Speaks: Serbo-Croatian, English*, Catalan, Spanish, Polish Studies: Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Occitan, Punjabi, Urdu, Arabic (Maghribi), French, Modern Hebrew, Ukrainian, Slovenian | Message 19 of 26 27 August 2012 at 12:22am | IP Logged | ||
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I just say "I was born in Australia, my dad's from Pakistan/Punjab but raised in the US,
and my mum's from Serbia/Yugoslavia" (she doesn't identify as Serb but it's hard to explain to people). It's a phrase I've practiced so much that I can fire out instantly in any language I've studied haha. :P (EDIT: Oops, I've already posted to this thread pretty much the same thing. Totally forgot haha) Edited by Saim on 27 August 2012 at 12:32am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ljones29 Triglot Newbie United States Joined 4882 days ago 35 posts - 59 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Arabic (Written), Greek | Message 20 of 26 27 August 2012 at 12:37am | IP Logged | ||
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People ask me this a lot. I am American. My father is African-American and my mom was
white - half Irish and half French. My grandmother was born in France. In French, I tell people "Je suis metisse", but I heard that's politically incorrect, but again, people are very touchy about racial terms. Generally I just tell people I am black and white and leave it at that. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| wv girl Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5324 days ago 174 posts - 330 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish | Message 21 of 26 27 August 2012 at 2:18am | IP Logged | ||
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My daughter is 1/2 Indian (her father's from India) & 1/2 white, from me. When people see us together, they often
assume I adopted her, but she was born here in West Virginia. I've laughingly called her "Appalasian" instead of Appalachian, our region, as a way of blending both her cultural identities. She's still young, but questions about "Where are you from" make her uncomfortable, as do some classmates' assertions that I must have adopted her. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Nature Diglot Groupie Canada Joined 5322 days ago 63 posts - 80 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 22 of 26 27 August 2012 at 3:50am | IP Logged | ||
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If I were you, I'd just say "my dad's (Aruban/Trinidadian/Jewish) and my mom's (Aruban/Trinidadian/Jewish")
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| Hertz Pro Member United States Joined 4598 days ago 47 posts - 63 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 23 of 26 27 August 2012 at 4:57am | IP Logged | ||
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"What are you?"
"Complicated." 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| pbromide Bilingual Triglot Groupie United States Joined 4632 days ago 76 posts - 98 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish*, French Studies: Russian, Swedish | Message 24 of 26 27 August 2012 at 7:04am | IP Logged | ||
Makes me think of the Facebook relationship status "it's complicated." :P Cuban Spanish has a lot of words for describing different types of black/white mixes. Other than that, I'm not sure what term to use. Most mixed people I've met are either mulato (a term accepted in Cuba) or mestizo. I guess you could say "soy multiraciál." 1 person has voted this message useful |
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