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 Southern Belle Asian Chicks

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Jun 21, 2002
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Some of you may remember zikzak's diary on spikey-haired asian chicks.
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I have met Asian chicks with southern accents before. While not common, they are not unheard of in the urban centers of the deep south. They tend to have a brand of Southern accent generally found in members of my generation. It is a result of language skills being equally learned from parents and cable TV. Yesterday, at a restaurant, I overheard a conversation between two young ladies, one of whom was Asian.

She did not have a mild accent. She had a full-on rural Alabama drawl. This is the type of accent that can only come from life in an area with no cable, bad TV reception, and little contact with Yankees. I was intrigued, and had to perform a test. I caught her gaze, smiled politely, and she smiled back.

Yes! Her smile was classic. At the first moment, it was perfunctory and reflexive, and then she saw I was a male of approximately her age. The smile morphed to something that said "Maybe I am interested, but you will never know. I give you this smile as a favor, and you should feel grateful and indebted."

There was no doubt about it. She is an Asian Southern Belle; an interesting cultural anomaly, to say the least.

In a related note, I once had a friend who was Pakistani and had a back-woods Alabama accent. Her father was a doctor in a rural area. Although she had the speech patterns, Islam apparently does not mix well with the Southern Belle personality. Interestingly she dressed like a model straight off the runway, yet very conservatively with long dresses and long sleeves.


But (none / 0) (#1)
by zikzak on Sat Jun 22nd, 2002 at 07:37:02 AM PST
Does she go to church bare-foot?


 
Interesting. (none / 0) (#2)
by hauntedattics on Sat Jun 22nd, 2002 at 01:57:49 PM PST
I have yet to run across the equivalent phenomenon in Boston. But then most people I know here are more recent transplants like myself.

Your analysis of the Southern Belle psyche is fascinating and scary at the same time. Please continue at appropriate intervals.



My analysis (none / 0) (#3)
by First Incision on Sat Jun 22nd, 2002 at 04:39:13 PM PST
I spent four years at a small private Baptist college where almost 70% of the students were female. A large part of my time was spent trying to get dates with these female students. I doubt there are many people in this world who have spent more effort studying the Southern Belle psyche than I.

Sadly, since I have graduated from that college, I have been forced to direct my studies in other directions.

But don't consider me an expert. If I were an expert. I would have gotten a lot more dates if I were an expert.

I do consider myself a connoisseur of smiles. Walking around campus eliciting smiles was one of my favorite pastimes.
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