Good Job Texas Rep. Betty Brown (R)

2009-04-09 22:10:58

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destruktion_6143: Was ist Loos?; +154|6929|Canada

On Tuesday, State Rep. Betty Brown (R) caused a firestorm during House testimony on voter identification legislation when she said that Asian-Americans should change their names because they’re too hard to pronounce:

“Rather than everyone here having to learn Chinese — I understand it’s a rather difficult language — do you think that it would behoove you and your citizens to adopt a name that we could deal with more readily here?” Brown said.

Brown later told [Organization of Chinese Americans representative Ramey] Ko: “Can’t you see that this is something that would make it a lot easier for you and the people who are poll workers if you could adopt a name just for identification purposes that’s easier for Americans to deal with?”

Yesterday, Brown continued to resist calls to apologize. Her spokesman said that Democrats “want this to just be about race.”

LOL silly Libs, this obviously doesnt have anything to do with race! just their heritage.

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2009-04-09 22:13:57

#2

Man With No Name: جندي; +148|5877|The Wild West

its a valid point. too bad the pc police came by knocking -lowing

2009-04-09 22:16:06

#3

{M5}Sniper3: Typical white person.; +389|7062|San Antonio, Texas

Wow, that was stupid to say.

2009-04-09 22:19:24

#4

destruktion_6143: Was ist Loos?; +154|6929|Canada

{M5}Sniper3 wrote:
Wow, that was stupid to say.

i think what her "spokesperson" said was even dumber...

2009-04-09 22:22:27

#5

{M5}Sniper3: Typical white person.; +389|7062|San Antonio, Texas

destruktion_6143 wrote:
{M5}Sniper3 wrote:
Wow, that was stupid to say.
i think what her "spokesperson" said was even dumber...

I'd just call it all around dumb.

2009-04-09 22:23:38

#6

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|6995

Such a practice used to be common place. That was back when immigrants came here to be American, not just live with Americans.

In the world of today, if you can't pronounce Quan, Chen, Liang, etc., then you fail at language.

Last edited by Superior Mind (2009-04-09 22:25:05)

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2009-04-09 22:24:26

#7

destruktion_6143: Was ist Loos?; +154|6929|Canada

Superior Mind wrote:
Such a practice used to be common place. That was back when immigrants came here to be American, not just live with Americans.

... are you justifying her? you agree?

2009-04-09 22:25:47

#8

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|6995

destruktion_6143 wrote:
Superior Mind wrote:
Such a practice used to be common place. That was back when immigrants came here to be American, not just live with Americans.
... are you justifying her? you agree?

See my edit. I'm not justifying her, just making a point on our times.

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2009-04-10 01:10:06

#9

Diesel_dyk: Object in mirror will feel larger than it appears; +178|6296|Truthistan

She doesn't like unpronoucable names? Are drawling lazy tongued Americans suddenly a handicapped minority?

May be she can wrap her mouth around this one

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/Theartist.jpg

Let's go crazy
Let's get nuts
Look 4 the purple banana
'Til they put us in the truck, let's go!
Let's go crazy

Prince - Let's Go Crazy from Purple Rain

2009-04-10 06:06:42

#10

Pug: UR father's brother's nephew's former roommate; +652|6844|Texas - Bigger than France

I think this is a great idea. All Chinese Americans should change their names, as long as this lady changes her name to Suki Mischlong

2009-04-10 06:33:27

#11

13rin: Member; +977|6781

Dated practice. See below article titled
'They Changed Our Name at Ellis Island'

http://www.genealogy.com/88_donna.html

I stood in line for four hours. They better give me a Wal-Mart gift card, or something. - Rodney Booker, Job Fair attendee.

2009-04-10 06:36:52

#12

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|6923|London, England

I can't half pronounce all those Scots-Irish surnames that these rednecks have

2009-04-10 06:59:50

#13

Turquoise: O Canada; +1,596|6707|North Carolina

Superior Mind wrote:
Such a practice used to be common place. That was back when immigrants came here to be American, not just live with Americans.

In the world of today, if you can't pronounce Quan, Chen, Liang, etc., then you fail at language.

Very true. But when you consider that these names aren't originally written in English to begin with, the spelling in Latin letters is somewhat arbitrary. For example, if a person were to spell their name in a simplified way in English allowing the average American to say their name easier, this wouldn't compromise the Chinese spelling of the name. Chinese-Americans could still pronounce the name correctly among each other with the understanding that most of us simply find the name hard to pronounce correctly.

2009-04-10 07:03:28

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AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6455|what

Mekstizzle wrote:
I can't half pronounce all those Scots-Irish surnames that these rednecks have

Mate what is your problem? Dead set, how hard is this to pronounce:

Billy-Bob
Mary-Jane
Sue-Ellen
Daisy-Mae
Betty-Sue
Apple-Pie
Billy-Ray

2009-04-10 07:14:38

#15

PureFodder: Member; +225|6588

Change everyone's name to Bob, then it'll make it much easier......

2009-04-10 07:17:57

#16

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6713|'Murka

That isn't a Rep/Dem issue. It's a smart/dumb issue.

All she did is solidify her position in with the other 534 dipshits she has as colleagues.

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular

2009-04-10 16:53:57

#17

nickb64: formerly from OC (it's EXACTLY like on tv)[truth]; +77|5913|Greatest Nation on Earth(USA)

Superior Mind wrote:
Such a practice used to be common place. That was back when immigrants came here to be American, not just live with Americans.

In the world of today, if you can't pronounce Quan, Chen, Liang, etc., then you fail at language.

Indeed, that led to some random names too, though.

2009-04-10 18:02:03

#18

Flecco: iPod is broken.; +1,048|6967|NT, like Mick Dundee

PureFodder wrote:
Change everyone's name to Bob, then it'll make it much easier......

You guys in the USA can have Bob/Robert, we'll go Bruce and the English can go Rupert. All Scotsman shall be known as Duncan from now on, dunno what the Irish or Welsh should be named though.

Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.

2009-04-10 18:41:38

#19

Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6770

Diesel_dyk wrote:

That means The artist formerly known as Prince in whatever ancient language that was taken from.

Last edited by DoctaStrangelove (2009-04-10 18:42:06)

2009-04-10 18:45:33

#20

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6802|so randum

How do people like that ever get to any kind of position?

Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella

2009-04-10 18:58:54

#21

Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6770

FatherTed wrote:
How do people like that ever get to any kind of position?

Well the place she's from isn't exactly a well-cultured area.

2009-04-10 20:17:47

#22

Diesel_dyk: Object in mirror will feel larger than it appears; +178|6296|Truthistan

DoctaStrangelove wrote:
Diesel_dyk wrote:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e … artist.jpg
That means The artist formerly known as Prince in whatever ancient language that was taken from.

Yes, point is that if Prince can change his name to that, and we force Chinese to change their name to john or bob or jill, when they become citizens what is going to keep them from following Prince's lead and changing their names to 龢他常用國字標準字體表 just to spite people like this Betty Brown. IMO just cheap populism that plays with the some segment of rural folk who gather around at Karl's Koffe Klub -nudge nudge wink wink if you know what I mean.

2009-04-10 20:19:52

#23

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6455|what

Flecco wrote:
PureFodder wrote:
Change everyone's name to Bob, then it'll make it much easier......
You guys in the USA can have Bob/Robert, we'll go Bruce and the English can go Rupert. All Scotsman shall be known as Duncan from now on, dunno what the Irish or Welsh should be named though.

Drunks and Sheep Shaggers.

2009-04-10 20:32:46

#24

chittydog: less busy; +586|7137|Kubra, Damn it!

Turquoise wrote:
Superior Mind wrote:
Such a practice used to be common place. That was back when immigrants came here to be American, not just live with Americans.

In the world of today, if you can't pronounce Quan, Chen, Liang, etc., then you fail at language.
Very true. But when you consider that these names aren't originally written in English to begin with, the spelling in Latin letters is somewhat arbitrary. For example, if a person were to spell their name in a simplified way in English allowing the average American to say their name easier, this wouldn't compromise the Chinese spelling of the name. Chinese-Americans could still pronounce the name correctly among each other with the understanding that most of us simply find the name hard to pronounce correctly.

Chinese surnames are always one syllable and are usually pretty easy to pronounce for anyone with a third grade education. How are they going to simplify Chow, Chen, Wong, Soo, Liang, etc? They're not too hard as it is. Maybe she just picked a bad example. There are some other asian names that are a little rough, Vietnamese names (like Phuc or the infamous Nguyen) can be a little deceiving and Thai names can be like 20 letters long. Of course, anyone ignorant enough to say something like this is definitely too stupid to understand the difference between a Korean and a Cambodian.

Don't forget, it's not like all European surnames are that easy to pronounce either. People get my name wrong 19 out of 20 times.

2009-04-10 20:41:36

#25

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7018

I actually agree with her. It's just retarded you're using a completely different language for your name in the country where they speak another language. Hell, even in Taiwan all foriegners are assigned to a chinese name for identification, with their English name. I bet most of those Chinese-Americans can't even speak Chinese properly.

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