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Ghetto-ish wannabes and the American slang turns me off. BIG TIME!!
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Was browsing thru Oh!Genki forums ( somethin i usually do when i'm totally bored ) and this thread aroused my curiosity. Actually its more like a thread specially opened for flaming this girl and i cant agree more with how apt the thread it , considering the influx of sudden ABCs ( American Born CHinese ) wannabes now. SO basically they were criticising this girl for her wannabe avatar and her ghetto slang. An example from her :
"if people has lotsa ego they wud put "im pretty" already. but since da person tries to be da least bit humble juz let them be nors. its not as if u urself wudnt put something lyk "my pics dun puke".
and sayin that u post ur own best pic on ogk? it may be ur best pic but it may seem ur worst to other ppl.
and u r not da only one viewin da forum sho many other ppl wud haf opinions on da pics too. if u tink it wudnt make u puke, it might make others. sho leave it aiites!"
Ha ha ha. Yo Yo~! Randy Jackson in da house YO ! AIIGHT!! This whole AIIGHT thing pisses me off and i wish i could stuff a turnip or something into someone who speaks to me like that. I mean , the whole american slang is so irritating , don't you think so ? And if you haven't noticed , its usually the chinese americans ( NOTE : NOT chinese who are born and bred in the USA. Im referrin to those who have been stayin there only recently ) and the wannabes that type ( and sometimes talk ) like that . I've got a few caucasian ( Ang moh ) friends and i swear they DO NOT , totally NOT talk like or type like that. So my conclusion is , those who type ghetto style are just wannabes tryin to be in vogue . And the sad part is , they usually expose themselves with their extreme poor language or the occasional slip using Singlish giveaways. Let me try to reconstruct an online conversation with a wannabe ( Strictly a figment of my rich imagination . Inspired by the ABC wannabe in Ohgenki forums )
FIona : Hello !
ABC : Yo ! Sup !
Fiona : Hahahaa.. The sun ?
ABC : So watcha doin now yo ? Aint no goin out with ya homies ?
Fiona : What homies ?!
ABC : HOMIES ! As in , your friends dawg ! AIIGHT !
fiona : Oh.. say properly la.. Nope gonna slack at home today. Tired lah.
ABC : Awwwwwww that is so sad like totally , dude !! Imma headin' out later yo , ya wanna join ?
fiona : nah..
ABC : Geez... thats like DA DUMPS , man ! AIIGHT , imma headin out now yo. Holla to ye brother for me , aiight ! TATA !
fiona : ...........
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Yuck. That is oh-so-poser. Whats with all the AIIGHT. Drop them like a hot potato , man !! Beside the obvious bad grammatical mistakes , the vocab's not that rad either. Compared to the cutesy alternative typing that goEs likE thiS anD thE typErs thInk itS sO cutE anD spEciaL , i'd go for the latter. A word of advice to all. Please don't go around typing like a non existent american and embarasse yourself.
