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Clee62 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Where are you from?

Hi,

I always have hard time telling people where i am from? What are they really asking when they ask me "Where I am from?"

Since I have been living in Canada for more than 10 years, should I say I am from Vancouver, Canada or they are wanting to know "where am I originally from?"

And if they are wanting to know where I am originally from? Should I use past tense and say " I was from Taiwan." or say," My ancesters were from China?"

Thanks,

Ryan
  

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Hi, I always have hard time telling people where i am from? " You really have to try to decide what they mean. Is it a context in which they might think you are new to the city, or to the province, or to the country?

— Clive

  • Hi, I always have hard time telling people where i am from?
  • " You really have to try to decide what they mean.
  • Is it a context in which they might think you are new to the city, or to the province, or to the country?
  • As an example, if you look Chinese, it's not unusual for some people to assume that you were not born in Canada.
  • Some Chinese-Canadians resent such questions, and even consider then to be racist.
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Hi,

I always have hard time telling people where i am from? What are they really asking when they ask me "Where I am from?" They'd actually say 'Where are you from?'

Since I have been living in Canada for more than 10 years, should I say I am from Vancouver, Canada or they are wanting to know "where am I originally from?"

You really have to try to decide what the
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