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Gook
(U.S. military slang) an Asian person, especially an enemy (e.g. Koreans or Vietnamese during the Korean and Vietnam wars). By extension, any Asian person. Derived from the Korean words “hanguk” and “miguk”. Guk is from the Chinese, Guo, Kingdom or Country. “Hanguk” refers to Korea[35] and “miguk” is the common word for the United States.[36] American troops thought "miguk" sounded like "me gook" (i.e. "I am a gook"). The word persisted during the Vietnam War, perhaps also because the Vietnamese people have a similar word “quốc”, meaning "country". Strangely, "gook" was also used by white soldiers in Africa to designate enemy insurgents.[63]
Getting off the topic a bit, I think we are the same, unless you are speaking specifically about the Aborigines in Taiwan, because unless you have that bloodline, most of the people in Taiwan are ethnically Chinese. My parents went to Taiwan from China when the communists came to power, but my family never really seemed to make a distinction between mainlanders and islanders. It really is just a matter of politics because the majority of us share the same ancestry. Just my .02.
For the Asians who are 19 and under, I take it that your mommy and daddy bought you the Z? How cliche..
Nope. Im 18 about to turn 19 (Chinese). just financing now. Anyway, im one of the rare chinese Z owners from Brooklyn NY. I didnt really pay attention to the other locations so sorry if i missed another bk resident
Last edited by scmtkings4; Aug 10, 2007 at 03:50 PM.