IMHO "Where are you from originally?" isn't the best fall back question.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @o_guest
"but are you Chinese or Japanese?" "... I was born in Massachusetts." "but I mean originally" "only born once, buddy"
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Also mine is a minefield with people insisting I must be English, then insisting I must be Greek or Turkish, then never actually remembering
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I was born in Cyprus, then insisting Cyprus is geographically in Europe, etc. Painful.
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The worst are those who only care to check what I am in case I'm Muslim. Back home is 20% Muslim roughly.
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I'm supposed to say "hi I'm ethnically Cypriot and emigrated to the UK in 2006 but have a British passport and I don't have an accent cos
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you all bullied me so I made an effort to sound English" but then they say "omg you're so touchy".
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I kind of love it when people out themselves by calling me touchy, bitchy etc.
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