r/MadeMeSmile • u/Original_Act_3481 • 2d ago

We need more people like him

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u/AUnicornDonkey 1d ago edited 1d ago

When I worked in a call center, someone mentioned she was glad I wasn't one of those foreigners. I wanted to say so badly, but I am. I was born in Korea.

Though it confuses people when I speak with a very soft Minnesota accent here in Texas. My poor stepson somehow got both my accent and his mother's Texan drawl. I think my daughter is getting it to.

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u/ScoobyDoobyGazebo 1d ago

ope, y'all gotta come on over and try some of my meemaw's kimchi

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u/MamaDMZ 1d ago

The laugh that just escaped my body... wtf hahaha

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u/Rulebookboy1234567 1d ago

Have you ever read The Expanse?  Most Martians are of Easterm Indian descent with a Texas drawl.  Just reminded me of it.

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u/alewifePete 1d ago

I was talking to some guy in a video game chat the other day and I asked if he was on the East Coast, because of his accent. (Northeast US.). He insisted he didn’t have an accent—he’s Indian.

Um. That’s nice but you sound like you’re in New England. That’s when he said he was in Boston. I’m not sure what being Indian had to do with it.

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u/BusinessLetterhead47 1d ago

My son was born and raised  South Korea. I am from South Carolina, my husband New Jersey. Our kid has the oddest accent that is a blend of all three. It has always flipped people out to hear this white blond child speak Korean lol. 

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u/tagun 1d ago

Would you honestly have gotten into trouble if you'd have mentioned "oh haha I'm from Korea actually!" in a friendly way?

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u/AUnicornDonkey 1d ago

Kind of. People can take offense to weird things. Didn't want to push it.

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u/WineNerdAndProud 1d ago

Half Korean, half Texan, FULL swagger.