[starang21]

Originally posted by queequek
Well, I NEVER said I thought my native language was weird. That is why I started the whole post with "For my understanding ...", so I might be wrong and generalized people's opinion too much. Dude, please don't twist my words and read more carefully.

Since I have so many friends who don't understand any Asian languages, they openly told me that many of them are fascinated with Asian languages, due to the fact that we talk really fast. Of course these conversation happened in Iowa, where Asian is about 6% of total population, and many of them actually speak English. I also find myself amused when I heard any other languages I don't understand are spoken, so I totally understand where this idea is coming from, and I become curious and think it is wicked. Don't lie that you never be amuzed or think it is weird when you hear any other languages that you don't understand are spoken. Not only Asians, but any languages in the world.

Well, I am glad that you find your culture and heritage is beautiful, which I neither know or disagree with, but you know what, I find mine as well. So don't assume that I ashamed or hated my culture and heritage. And I don't care if you think I am odd, I just tell you the truth what I feel and experience.

I posted the "stereotypical Asian", which I know that might be considered as misconception and deceiving, and only minority among Asians are actually fall into this steretype.

i'm not twisting your words, i'm going off of what you said. it's competely understandable not to understand your own language, i don't understand mine either (i get cursed out a lot in it, though). i don't think it's weird, however....especially when it's my native tounge (or my country of origin's) being spoken. i don't bat an eyelash or thinking anything of it. a lot of the engineers in my office are hispanic, and they speak spanish. because that's the language they're comfortable with.