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Friend gets PWNED trying to be funny and racist

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Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Definition:
Hmong ( P ) Pronunciation Key (hmông)
n. pl. Hmong or Hmongs In both senses also called Miao.
A member of a people inhabiting the mountainous regions of southern China and adjacent areas of Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.
The Miao-Yao language of the Hmong.
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So, if the guy is living in WI, he isn't hmong.
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According to your narrow interpretation of the dictionary definition, no he is not. According to everyone else, he is.
 
Originally posted by: CubicZirconia
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Definition:
Hmong ( P ) Pronunciation Key (hmông)
n. pl. Hmong or Hmongs In both senses also called Miao.
A member of a people inhabiting the mountainous regions of southern China and adjacent areas of Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.
The Miao-Yao language of the Hmong.
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So, if the guy is living in WI, he isn't hmong.
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According to your narrow interpretation of the dictionary definition, no he is not. According to everyone else, he is.
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I bet there are people out there that would agree with me. I think I already proved that there are plenty of people that don't know WTF a hmong is. I bet there are people out there that would even roll their eyes at the never ending classification of people that goes on in the world when there really is little point outside of the medical community.
 
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: bleuiko
Google or ban?

Hmong
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So... He's Chinese.
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or in fact Vietnamese:

Hmong ( P ) Pronunciation Key (hmông)
n. pl. Hmong or Hmongs In both senses also called Miao.
A member of a people inhabiting the mountainous regions of southern China and adjacent areas of Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.
The Miao-Yao language of the Hmong.




The noun "vietnamese" has 2 senses in WordNet.

1. Vietnamese, Annamese -- (a native or inhabitant of Vietnam)
2. Vietnamese, Annamese, Annamite -- (the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam)
 
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Definition:
Hmong ( P ) Pronunciation Key (hmông)
n. pl. Hmong or Hmongs In both senses also called Miao.
A member of a people inhabiting the mountainous regions of southern China and adjacent areas of Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.
The Miao-Yao language of the Hmong.
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So, if the guy is living in WI, he isn't hmong.
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I bolded the important part for you.
 
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Definition:
Hmong ( P ) Pronunciation Key (hmông)
n. pl. Hmong or Hmongs In both senses also called Miao.
A member of a people inhabiting the mountainous regions of southern China and adjacent areas of Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.
The Miao-Yao language of the Hmong.
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So, if the guy is living in WI, he isn't hmong.
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I bolded the important part for you.
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He isn't a member of those people. If he was, he'd be there.
 
Originally posted by: her209
I'm a Hmong and this thread pisses me off :|
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What's wrong with just being Chinese, Vietnamese, Taiwanese, or Laosian? Since you live in California, what's wrong with just being an American?
 
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
What's wrong with just being Chinese, Vietnamese, Taiwanese, or Laosian? Since you live in California, what's wrong with just being an American?
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I call myself an American but others label me as an Asian-American just like they've labeled other groups (as to differentiate themselves).
 
Originally posted by: her209
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
What's wrong with just being Chinese, Vietnamese, Taiwanese, or Laosian? Since you live in California, what's wrong with just being an American?
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I call myself an American but others label me as an Asian-American just like they've labeled other groups (as to differentiate themselves).
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Ok, good enough for me. :beer:
 
Someone please remind me what all the spider jokes are about? I vaguely remember them.. but please, enlighten me..
 
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