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Posted on: 04-10-04 21:05:27
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Orginally posted by the-entrepreneur
That's the beauty of this site. A "Motley Crew" visits it.
BKB
Lol yeah I guess that's the desi version of Motley Crue (I'm missing the 'umlaut' over the o and the u in their names, coz I can't type that out with my keyboard).
The umlaut incidentally is 2 dots over certain vowels used in German, that alters their sound / pronounciation.
Just trying to be funny, not picking on ya.......digressing again........I do speak a fair bit of German, anyone else here that does?!
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Perhaps the above would explain why you have no hang-ups speaking to "goras" and that one fresh straight from India would. You split when you were 20 and lived in 5 countries since then. I don't know which but if you have interacted with people of many nationalities before, you would take speaking to a gora in its stride. Think of the souls who are fresh off the (Jefferson) airplane and direct from India.
Even other goras from East Europe take great pride in saying they have native born Canadians as friends and parade them to their kind. It is just a natural thing, whether you be brown, chinese, or gora from what the world considers a lesser developed country.
BKB
Yo homes, what age did you split at? Could shed some light on the rationale. Parading your native cdn. born friends just because they're native cdn. born (read white)? Umm...Not so sure about that one, pal. At least I've never done it.
Anyways, you're speedin past the point again, make a U. If you swell with pride when speaking to a native-born Canadian, that's smashing. Its also irrelevant. I have a lot of respect for a lot of guys who're native-born Canadians too, both white and non (some are colleagues, some are friends).
The point though is you can't respect a gora because he/she is a gora. You respect a gora because he/she is an individual who deserves respect. With me so far? And when you make choices in life, its not because XYZ community does the same stuff, its because YOU think its the right thing to do. If you can't live by those, you've got an inferiority complex you need to work on. And that applies to both old and new immigrants.
And to reeaally understand where the inferiority complex comment came from, read up Kap's comment in this thread about Gori and desi chicks.
http://www.canadiandesi.ca/read.php?TID=4666&page=2
Kap's a good guy and I know he means well. We're on the same side as far as doing something for our community is concerned, however we obviously don't paint from the same palette.
And now, to really hammer it in (DRUMROLLLL), I'll repeat. My main exception was to the point that Canada is somehow not our country. Its our country allright, at least its my country.
/Switch!
Metallica's kinda before my time, was never into them, although I liked some of their stuff. Listened to a recorded version of the Green Day American Idiot concert on 102.1 The Edge the other day (I think they did it a few days back in TO). These guys rock!
Anyways, someone's gotta start another thread on that, maybe I will. We've digressed enuff here.
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Are you there?
Just trying to be funny, not picking on ya.......digressing again........I do speak a fair bit of German, anyone else here that does
Above quote from crenshaw
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Ja mein Herr ich kann Deutsch zu sprechen aber nur ein wenig.
And I know what an umlaut is. And that "Motley Crew" pun was brand echh actually, even if I penned it!
Hang loose!
BKB
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Get what you want by helping others get what they want
If you swell with pride when speaking to a native-born Canadian, that's smashing. Its also irrelevant. I have a lot of respect for a lot of guys who're native-born Canadians too, both white and non (some are colleagues, some are friends).
Above quote from BL
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Hope you don't mean me in particular when you say "you" in that statement, 'cos I make friends with anybody whose cool not just native born Canadians (not read white-it's irrelevant), but I do know some who take great pride in showing off their Canadian friends.I imagine the "you" is just a general "you".
Incidentally, when I was working in a downtown office,right smack in front of the TSX, there was also tension among whites- some with names like Scott Carroll, John Bennett thinking they were better off than Mario Causarano or Joe Petralito, if you get my drift. As a matter of fact, I learnt that there were Anglo-Saxon whites, Latin Whites, and others. Don't know if you've run into such situations. A Kostoula Tasoulis didn't receive the same treatment as a Christine O'Sullivan. Just the vibes I felt in the air, nothing really tangible.
Also FYI, the mainland Chinese would always be against the HK chinese esp if the latter spoke good English. I guess it happens everywhere, even in India. No escaping it, no where.
Like we are veering off the main topic- 'tis a sick one extremely unpalatable- better to talk about music and other more pleasant material.
BKB
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BKB,
Anyone for Mark Knopfler / Don Henley / Robert Plant ????????
My favs.
Deep
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U win some...lose some...everything is not justified in this world.
Robert Plant of Led Zep? "WAnna whole lotta love", Stairway to heaven", "Immigrant song" (Just couldn't resist that, yaar)
Sure I saw him and Jimi Page at Slip Disc in Mumbai way back in the 70's. They jammed with Suresh- and Page said he didn't know India produced such good guitarists. Their jam was superb!
Ahaa Mark Knopler- another Dada.
Now Don Henley- you gotta bone me up on this mama, pal!
Communication breakdown, goin' insane, havin' a nervous breakdown.....oh sock it
BKB
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Orginally posted by BlueLobster
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Perhaps the above would explain why you have no hang-ups speaking to "goras" and that one fresh straight from India would. You split when you were 20 and lived in 5 countries since then. I don't know which but if you have interacted with people of many nationalities before, you would take speaking to a gora in its stride. Think of the souls who are fresh off the (Jefferson) airplane and direct from India.
Even other goras from East Europe take great pride in saying they have native born Canadians as friends and parade them to their kind. It is just a natural thing, whether you be brown, chinese, or gora from what the world considers a lesser developed country.
BKB
Yo homes, what age did you split at? Could shed some light on the rationale. Parading your native cdn. born friends just because they're native cdn. born (read white)? Umm...Not so sure about that one, pal. At least I've never done it.
Anyways, you're speedin past the point again, make a U. If you swell with pride when speaking to a native-born Canadian, that's smashing. Its also irrelevant. I have a lot of respect for a lot of guys who're native-born Canadians too, both white and non (some are colleagues, some are friends).
The point though is you can't respect a gora because he/she is a gora. You respect a gora because he/she is an individual who deserves respect. With me so far? And when you make choices in life, its not because XYZ community does the same stuff, its because YOU think its the right thing to do. If you can't live by those, you've got an inferiority complex you need to work on. And that applies to both old and new immigrants.
And to reeaally understand where the inferiority complex comment came from, read up Kap's comment in this thread about Gori and desi chicks.
http://www.canadiandesi.ca/read.php?TID=4666&page=2
Kap's a good guy and I know he means well. We're on the same side as far as doing something for our community is concerned, however we obviously don't paint from the same palette.
And now, to really hammer it in (DRUMROLLLL), I'll repeat. My main exception was to the point that Canada is somehow not our country. Its our country allright, at least its my country.
/Switch!
Metallica's kinda before my time, was never into them, although I liked some of their stuff. Listened to a recorded version of the Green Day American Idiot concert on 102.1 The Edge the other day (I think they did it a few days back in TO). These guys rock!
Anyways, someone's gotta start another thread on that, maybe I will. We've digressed enuff here.
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Hi BL,
Good Morning!
You are misunderstood me !
FYI, I am not in inferiority complex at all.
I am totally against the people who believed that Indian is inferior quality people and treated them not in well manners.
There is no any reason, which put me in inferiority complex situation. I spoke many times negatives things of Canada, that’s not mean I have inferiority complex or any problem in Canada. I spoke on this board what I have seen or feel in Canada, that’s my personal opinion. I am capable to struggle any type of situation. FYI, I have very good job with six-digit pay without anybody's help. This is my first job and I am not coming from USA or not having any US experiences. I have not done any odd job in Canada and I prefer go back India instead of selling pizza or parking lot tickets.
Some people on this board have a mentality like don’t speak any (-) things for Canada, who invite you in Canada? Why staying here even you have problem? Go back India if you speak any (-) things. etc. Why? Can I called them superiority complex people? Sorry, No, I m not like you.
BTY, there is wide difference in career opportunity in Canada or initial struggles for IT-people and Non-IT people. Most of people are coming here with family and they are coming from directly their home country, where they were well educated, respected and well settled (in financial term) and permanently wound up their stuff there before coming here, it is a not small thing. Looking into negatives of Canada is really helpful them and accordingly they prepared themselves before coming here.
Some people blindly support you because of you are moderator of this forum; please keep this also in mind.
Thanks and regards,
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Kap
