Snippet from a conversation between me and a Phd student from the University where the workshop in Nagasaki was hosted. The student was an observer during one of the sessions and this conversation eventuated during the break.
Formalities, blah blah blah
Her: So you are all from the Pacific (reps from most of the islands were present at the workshop)
Me: Yes, we are!
Her: Oh wow! So I was wondering...how come you all look so...different?
Me: {smile,giving a low humouring giggle} That's because we are all from different countries, the Pacific is a region, not a country.
/take girl to a map on the wall and point out Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia while giving examples of participants from the different countries present in the room.
Her: And so you all speak different languages?
Me: /facepalm
5 comments:
If i were you, I would have /facepalmed her face saraga lol
but... they do... right?
Oh no! I think I'm guilty of the same brand of ignorance many times!!
Haha! I think we all are...my knowledge, or the lack thereof, of European countries is embarrassing! /cringe. SO yeah, I just got all hoighty toighty coz it was my region in question this time..how dare :O hehe
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