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Responsibilities write much web-based code. very programming. so <script></script>. so participation in code review. much scary. no cry pls. type t

by Edmond 13y ago

Responsibilities write much web-based code. very programming. so <script></script>. so participation in code review. much scary. no cry pls. type type type on computer. very building. much system OS/corn. such complicate. wow. Could be [mis]construed as making fun of Asian accents.

anonymoushn 13y ago
How???
- Edmond 13y ago
  I don't know... but if I came across that without knowing the context, I would conclude it was written by a non-english-native speaker, most likely an Asian speaker. Try an experiment, show the text to other people and ask them to guess the likely national/ethnic identity of the writer.
- tzs 13y ago
  See "The Simpsons" episode CABF01, "Lisa the Tree Hugger", for some good examples of stereotypical comedic Asian immigrant speak: -------------- Bart: Man, I need a job. [passes the You Thai Now restaurant] Thai Man: [comes out of restaurant] You need job? I have job for you. [they both enter the restaurant] You take these. [hands Bart a stack of doorknob signs] You hang Thai menu on door. I get more business. Send daughters to small liberal arts college. Swarthmore, maybe Sarah Lawrence. Call professors by first name. Ha -- dynamite! Bart: Hang 'em on the door. Got it. ...Bart finds the job too hard, and tosses then menus in dumpster. The restaurant owner finds him... Thai Man: You quitter! [sing-song:] Quitter boy! Quitter boy! Bart: I'm sorry. Thai Man: Now restaurant fail. Children go to state college. Serious students powerless against drunken jockocracy. Baseball hats everywhere. Bart: Hey, man, this job is too dangerous. Thai Man: Menu boy no be coward, like shrimp; menu boy be brave, like prawn. ...montage of Bart training... Thai Man: Menu boy must move silently, like ghost. Leave no footprint, only lunch specials. [hands Bart some menus] Bart: Hai! [Bart flips around, covering a wing chun dummy with menus] -------------- The text quoted by Edmond does have the same kind of speech patterns.

by Edmond 13y ago

anonymoushn 13y ago

How???

Edmond 13y ago
I don't know... but if I came across that without knowing the context, I would conclude it was written by a non-english-native speaker, most likely an Asian speaker. Try an experiment, show the text to other people and ask them to guess the likely national/ethnic identity of the writer.
tzs 13y ago
See "The Simpsons" episode CABF01, "Lisa the Tree Hugger", for some good examples of stereotypical comedic Asian immigrant speak: -------------- Bart: Man, I need a job. [passes the You Thai Now restaurant] Thai Man: [comes out of restaurant] You need job? I have job for you. [they both enter the restaurant] You take these. [hands Bart a stack of doorknob signs] You hang Thai menu on door. I get more business. Send daughters to small liberal arts college. Swarthmore, maybe Sarah Lawrence. Call professors by first name. Ha -- dynamite! Bart: Hang 'em on the door. Got it. ...Bart finds the job too hard, and tosses then menus in dumpster. The restaurant owner finds him... Thai Man: You quitter! [sing-song:] Quitter boy! Quitter boy! Bart: I'm sorry. Thai Man: Now restaurant fail. Children go to state college. Serious students powerless against drunken jockocracy. Baseball hats everywhere. Bart: Hey, man, this job is too dangerous. Thai Man: Menu boy no be coward, like shrimp; menu boy be brave, like prawn. ...montage of Bart training... Thai Man: Menu boy must move silently, like ghost. Leave no footprint, only lunch specials. [hands Bart some menus] Bart: Hai! [Bart flips around, covering a wing chun dummy with menus] -------------- The text quoted by Edmond does have the same kind of speech patterns.