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RE: making love language (Vietnamese or English?)
On Saturday, December 21, 1996 2:20 PM, Anonymous =
<email> wrote:
>>Go to the mirror, look at yourself, and say aloud: "fish
>>sauce, fish sauce, fish sauce."
How incredibly nasty.
I read the post you're responding to, and it seemed to me that Chris =
went out of his way to be fair and sensitive.
You know damn well how hard it is for a non-Vietnamese to get authentic =
Vietnamese food in a restaurant; so many Caucasians are weird about fish =
bones and spiciness that they've learned to "tidy up" the food, and the =
have a double standard. =20
And they've had so many who asked for egg foo young and asked, "Is there =
cat in this huh huh huh," that I'd think they find the occasional =
Caucasian who takes the trouble to learn a few word to be a welcome =
relief. =20
It's YOU who should go to the mirror, look at yourself, and ask, "why do =
I have such a chip on my shoulder?"
Sheesh!
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