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Originally Posted by Skyhook  People like Dean aren't happy unless there is some kind of fault to be found in society, or victim view point to expose.
You need to open your horizons and see that your cup is indeed half full Deano, there is a big beautiful world out there, if you allow yourself to see it, warts and all. |
I was in an Asian community in Melbourne, Box Hill, Springvalle, Blackburne, my ex was Chinese and many of my friends were from Cambodia, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam and so on, and they often used the word FOB, FOBBY, said "we are FOBs", and commonly used it to refer to themselves in an almost proud way. I walked around with my Asian friends, and they would point to someone driving and say, "they drive like a FOB". I just stood there thinking it's strange that Asians refer to other Asians as FOB's. No-one else experienced this?
This is not a negative thing Skyhook, just interesting.
jgl - as a Chinese in OZ, what would you think of my friends behavior in Australia? Even my ex would refer to herself as a banana, and then also use the word FOB quite often - and her family also is from Hong Kong. I had friends who's English level was very minimal, and others who were Australian in every way.
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Originally Posted by jgl I think the Wikipedia article is only neutral because it's likely to have been edited by Americans who think that they are at the centre of the universe  |
This 'could' be the case, but the Wikipedia article used to be very inclusive and contain different usages in different Countries - some saying the term was used derogatory, while others agree with my above experience that it was used to talk about oneself. It listed Countries used and Australia was most there also. I'm a little puzzled actually by this new article with is amazingly neutral. I looked it up because I saw the word used in a way which I thought was referring to foreigners in Shanghai! Do Chinese in Shanghai use this word to talk about foreigners? I don't know. Interesting though.
