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JustForFun Posted 18 years ago
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The better way of calling a hybrid ?
0 I need a more polite way of regarding a hybrid like the one with a chinese father and english mother for example. 0-
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0 You could say "(of) mixed race". 0-
- 0 You could say "(of) mixed race".
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0 You could say "(of) mixed race". It's hard to keep up, but I think that was politically correct the last time I looked. 02 br
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00 "(of) mixed ancestry" is another possibility. 0-
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00 "(of) mixed ancestry" is another possibility. 0-
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0 Is it possible to say that I'm a hybrid of Chinese and English ? Sounds rude or not ? Or its just the normal way of calling them ? 0-
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0 Very rude or possibly confusing, unless you are amongst very good friends who understand what you might mean - it's a term used in plant-breeding or animal breeding when two different species are crossed that in nature would not breed. Human beings are all one species. 02 br
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00 We would normally say "I am half Chinese and half English" or "I am of mixed parentage". 0-
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00 We would normally say "I am half Chinese and half English" or "I am of mixed parentage". 0-
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