Overheard in Dallas, Texas
August 25, 2006
"Bashura is Asian for "trash"."
Two thoughts:
1. Basura is Spanish for "trash."
2. Asian is not a language.
Chirky
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I have a friend who would call people 'oriental' and would be dead serious when she said it. This is an educated person who is a kindergarten teacher. It pissed me off to no end and thankfully I've talked her out of doing it and when ever she starts to say it, I give her a knowing glance. Anyway, people can be quite ignorant. Most are in dire need of a swift kick in the pants.
Posted by: Heather B. | August 25, 2006 03:03 PM
Hilarious on several levels. Makes me wonder just how trashy (basura-y in Asian) the speaker was him- or herself.
Posted by: -R- | August 25, 2006 03:58 PM
Oh, my. Don't you love when people act as if they know what they're talking about when they very clearly don't?
Posted by: Caryn | August 25, 2006 05:19 PM
ha ha ha! Oh, sad.
Posted by: JLR | August 25, 2006 05:42 PM
Excellent.
Posted by: Amanda | August 25, 2006 08:33 PM
Idiots, but I'm really curious to know the backstory of their conversation. Wuh?
Also:
Chirky is still upset because no one ever answered her burning childhood question: "where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?"
Posted by: Jurgen Nation | August 25, 2006 08:49 PM
You know that big country over there, Asia, where they all speak Asian? Hilarious.
Note to Heather B. - one of my friends has one Korean parent, one Chinese. He said "I didn't KNOW we weren't Oriental for the longest time. We used to be Oriental, then suddenly we were Asian. Somebody finally had to correct me." So it is a fairly recent development - cut them some slack, I think.
Posted by: Suebob | August 26, 2006 12:30 AM
Wow. Just wow.
Posted by: Daily Tragedies | August 26, 2006 01:00 AM
heh
Posted by: Jayleigh | August 26, 2006 05:16 AM
This is awesome.
Posted by: julianna | August 27, 2006 05:20 PM
Hurry, sign them up for a reality TV show~!
Posted by: Joe | August 28, 2006 05:49 AM
Don't mess with Texas.
Posted by: Courtney | August 28, 2006 04:50 PM
Love it.
If I had a nickel for everytime I had to tell my mom that Asian people don't like to be called "Orientals" I'd have at least 85 cents.
Posted by: Jenny | August 29, 2006 08:02 AM