intermarriage Asian and White

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Re: intermarriage Asian and White

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កូនកាត់ខ្លះអត់ស្អាតទេ។ កូនកាត់ភាគច្រើនដែលស្អាតគឺកូនកាត់ដែលមានម្ដាយខ្មែរ និង ឪពុកបារាំង តែបើឪពុកខ្មែរម្ដាយបារាំងវិញកូនកាត់នោះមិនសូវស្អាតទេ។
What do you mean ? :p
Come on. This made me sad when you don't understand it. :(
The way this translates into English (if I understand it correctly) is probably not how you intend for an English speaker to hear it - for us, talking about cross-breed people not being acceptable reminds us of Hitler and the Nazis. I'm sure you didn't mean it that way.

Edit: (1) fixed a broken quote tag, and (2) removed names so no-one thinks I'm telling them off
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Re: intermarriage Asian and White

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StroppyChops wrote:
Samouth wrote:
prahkeitouj wrote:
Samouth wrote:កូនកាត់ខ្លះអត់ស្អាតទេ។ កូនកាត់ភាគច្រើនដែលស្អាតគឺកូនកាត់ដែលមានម្ដាយខ្មែរ និង ឪពុកបារាំង តែបើឪពុកខ្មែរម្ដាយបារាំងវិញកូនកាត់នោះមិនសូវស្អាតទេ។
What do you mean ? :p
Come on. This made me sad when you don't understand it. :(
Samouth, the way this translates into English (if I understand it correctly) is probably not how you intend for an English speaker to hear it - for us, talking about cross-breed people not being acceptable reminds us of Hitler and the Nazis. I'm sure you didn't mean it that way.
I'm experiencing a rare moment of agreement with StroppyChops... the Google Translate of this was very unnerving:
Most hybrid is a hybrid whose mother Khmer French father and French mother if the father Khmer hybrid was not very clean.
I'm just not understanding the "not clean" part.
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Re: intermarriage Asian and White

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StroppyChops wrote:
កូនកាត់ខ្លះអត់ស្អាតទេ។ កូនកាត់ភាគច្រើនដែលស្អាតគឺកូនកាត់ដែលមានម្ដាយខ្មែរ និង ឪពុកបារាំង តែបើឪពុកខ្មែរម្ដាយបារាំងវិញកូនកាត់នោះមិនសូវស្អាតទេ។
What do you mean ? :p
Come on. This made me sad when you don't understand it. :(
The way this translates into English (if I understand it correctly) is probably not how you intend for an English speaker to hear it - for us, talking about cross-breed people not being acceptable reminds us of Hitler and the Nazis. I'm sure you didn't mean it that way.

Edit: (1) fixed a broken quote tag, and (2) removed names so no-one thinks I'm telling them off
Hello Stroppy, i didn't mean to not let other Native speaker understand what i wrote. I just want to encourage and praise Mr. Username Taken for his effort and hard working to study khmer. What's why i responded it in Khmer. Moreover, what i wrote was not originally my idea or belief. This is the stereotype of Cambodian toward half blood kid. I will translate it. :)
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។

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Re: intermarriage Asian and White

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កូនកាត់ខ្លះអត់ស្អាតទេ។ កូនកាត់ភាគច្រើនដែលស្អាតគឺកូនកាត់ដែលមានម្ដាយខ្មែរ និង ឪពុកបារាំង តែបើឪពុកខ្មែរម្ដាយបារាំងវិញកូនកាត់នោះមិនសូវស្អាតទេ។
Translation
Some half blood kids are not cute. Some half blood kids that are really cute are those whose mother is Cambodian and father is white and for those whose father is Cambodian and mother is white, they are not really cute.

PS. This is not originally my idea and belief. This is completely the stereotype of Cambodian toward half blood kids.
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។

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Re: intermarriage Asian and White

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MekongMouse wrote:
StroppyChops wrote:
Samouth wrote:
prahkeitouj wrote:
Samouth wrote:កូនកាត់ខ្លះអត់ស្អាតទេ។ កូនកាត់ភាគច្រើនដែលស្អាតគឺកូនកាត់ដែលមានម្ដាយខ្មែរ និង ឪពុកបារាំង តែបើឪពុកខ្មែរម្ដាយបារាំងវិញកូនកាត់នោះមិនសូវស្អាតទេ។
What do you mean ? :p
Come on. This made me sad when you don't understand it. :(
Samouth, the way this translates into English (if I understand it correctly) is probably not how you intend for an English speaker to hear it - for us, talking about cross-breed people not being acceptable reminds us of Hitler and the Nazis. I'm sure you didn't mean it that way.
I'm experiencing a rare moment of agreement with StroppyChops... the Google Translate of this was very unnerving:
Most hybrid is a hybrid whose mother Khmer French father and French mother if the father Khmer hybrid was not very clean.
I'm just not understanding the "not clean" part.
Hey MekongMouse. The word beautiful (cute) and clean are the same in our language. :) hope this help.
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។

If you know a lot, know enough to make them respect you, if you are stupid, be stupid enough so they can pity you.
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In English,'cute' sometimes means ugly, but interesting.
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Ahh, yes that helps a lot. Heh, they mean very different things in English!
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StroppyChops wrote:In English,'cute' sometimes means ugly, but interesting.
I am not capable to understand that. :(
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Re: intermarriage Asian and White

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MekongMouse wrote:Ahh, yes that helps a lot. Heh, they mean very different things in English!
Every language has its own unique. :) :beer3:
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។

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Re: intermarriage Asian and White

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Samouth wrote:
StroppyChops wrote:In English,'cute' sometimes means ugly, but interesting.
I am not capable to understand that. :(
Sometimes a woman will say that a man is a man is "cute" when she thinks he's not attractive because it is not insulting, but it is also not something most men want to be considered. Most men would prefer handsome or sexy or hot, but cute is something you call a child. So if a woman calls a man cute, he knows that she probably is not interested in him, but it is technically not an insult, so he hasn't lost face.
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