Becky (she/they/he)

Not that it matters, mostly, but I do want to get the words right. So we are reading a book on someone who is mixed Native American Ojibwe and white. Some people in my class, let’s say, are Indian (from India) and white. We agreed that would be mixed, but for example, someone who is English and Swedish would not be because they are just white. Would they not be mixed race, mixed ethnicity, or be neither?

So I am reading this book for school. When I went on an MBTI database, I saw a comment for the main character’s profile saying something like, “I haven’t hated a character so much in a long time”. When I looked, I saw a lot of positive reviews on the book and Daunis, as well as NEGATIVE. Many people have criticized the writing, calling Daunis misogynistic, a pick-me, etc. Basically, from my understanding, she kinda wants to be one of the “guys”, is a tomboy, likes hockey, criticizes other girls, specifically the girlfriends of the hockey guys as being “anglerfish” that just leech onto them. She also is 'different" in the way that she does things like recite the scientific names for things and recite the periodic table to help her sleep. One thing I didn’t like, though I do like how she’s a strong woman lead who deeply cares for others, though I do understand why, is her on-and-off behavior towards the love interest, Jamie. She sees Jamie as a liar, which is kind of true, but he does it to protect people, and she switches between being head-over-heels for him and being angry at him. spoiler At one point, I think they were about to have sex, and she said she wanted to do it. She was head-over-heels for him. However, he said he loved her, and she immediately had a mood whiplash and got angry, telling him not to lie to her because “I love you” is a promise and everyone breaks it or something like that.

For example, I know that in the Midwest, where I live, there is a dialect called “American Norwegian”. However, my family didn’t grow up speaking Norwegian or that dialect of it, so when I do learn Norwegian, I’ll be learning the European version. I grew up with some European Norwegian and a bit of Icelandic & Old Norse.

Sorry for the dumb question. If you don’t embrace any other cultures or languages except your own country, then just say country. I will never be a “Norwegian Norwegian” as I wasn’t born or raised in Norway. I’m American, so my neighbors would be Canada and Mexico. However, my cultural neighbors would be Sweden, Finland, and Russia I guess. I’m not a true Norwegian, for the record, but we embrace our heritage a lot and have been raised around videos of the language since I was little but didn’t actually remember anything so I’m learning more.

When researching a variety of Norwegian spoken by some people in the Midwest known as “norst” or American Norwegian, someone commented that it was like the Quebecois of Norwegian. My native language is English and I am American though, so I guess my own dialect of English would be the Quebecois of my language, or Canadian English too.

I know it’s just neutral, I mean, he’s asleep, but how would you describe his face? Relaxed? I’ll be writing another character with a similar expression

For example, I’m like 0.01% Senegalese or something, but I wasn’t raised by Senegalese people or by the culture, nor do I consider the percentage to be significant enough, so I would not consider myself to be Senegalese. My dad says our ancestry test used to say he was ~48-50% Norwegian, but now my ancestry says it is around 3-4%. However, another test I paid for with my raw data detected Swedish ancestry around 22%. We were raised more with Norwegian stuff and Norwegian learning videos, though, so I consider myself and my dad Norwegian-American for sure, no matter what it says on the ancestry test because 1) IDK how true, but I heard ancestry tests can be bullshit and just estimate from regions. 2) Culture and identity is more than just a number percentage on a test. 🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴 Hilsen fra en norskamerikaner!

So I don’t know my exact PERCENTAGE of Norwegian in me, but I consider myself to be Norwegian-American due to a bit of my upbringing. I feel connected to Norway and the language, I wanna learn more about it, and my dad raised me to think of not only Old Norse and the mythology, which is old stuff because he’s kind of nerdy with the ancient Viking stuff, but also wanted me to learn the Norwegian language and go to Norway some day with me. I don’t know why, I can’t really explain it, but I do feel Norwegian and it’s not like I’m “trans-identifying” as a certain nationality like some people do, I have a reason for it. However, I wasn’t born in Norway. I wasn’t raised in Norway. I was raised with pride of being American with Norwegian ancestors, that was it, but whatever. I took more of an interest in the language when I was about 9. I can sort of understand Norwegian and read it sometimes, maybe it’s because it’s kinda close to English though, mainly. I don’t particularly look “purely” Norwegian or Scandinavian either, I mostly look English due to being mixed with English and German. I consider myself a bit German-American due to being raised by a German grandfather, even if he’s not blood related to me. But my mom had recent relatives who came from Germany and recent relatives spoke the language and all that, she just didn’t grow up with it nor did my Grandpa. Well, that’s why I get highly happy when I think about how I was raised to be proud of and respect mostly Norwegian culture, but I don’t feel Norwegian enough due to not natively speaking it [though I did grow up with Norwegian YouTube learning videos :,)] and not looking or growing up with pure Norwegian genes.

Some people say my eye is grey

imgur.com/a/bullock-snoring-6cVTf4K I don’t know why…

For my girlfriend, is that all Italians talk like Mario. For me, it’s that all Germans I guess drink beer all the time? I’m not gonna say the other thing, just that they think it’s full of those kind of bad people still…

Especially if it’s only one movie or book.

I’ve probably heard of some but can’t think of any.

So this is based on an old story I made in like sixth grade. Don’t expect this to be good, it’s just a scenario. You are among the last of the Japanese in 2011. No one wants to travel there and gain citizenship or anything either. You see, there was a blast, killing thousands of people and leaving destruction behind. You are living in a shelter on an island in the “good part” of Japan, which a kind and gentle man took you to. You are with mostly teens and young adults, all survivors of this blast. Many songs you hear are about the end of the world and the end of Japan, and you end up finding an old 90s VHS tape of a music video seemingly predicting the Great Blast of 2009. The tape is partially destroyed, going from black and white, staticky, the audio slowing down and such at some parts. How I would feel if I was the character: You feel as if something is behind you, often looking over your shoulder. The distortion startles you, though it’s to be expected from a damaged tape, and you can’t get the audio out of your head. Especially due to the “prediction” of the Blast, it seems so ominous.

Boys: We have Ed, Edd, Eddie, Eddy, etc. for Edward Andy for Andrew Vic for Victor Tom or Tommy for Thomas Frank for Franklin Nate/Nathan for Nathaniel Nate for Nathan Girls: Vicky for Victoria Andrea or Anna, I’ve seen Ann/Anne or Annie, also with Anabel/Anabelle too Tanya for Tatyana but I don’t see many people with this name, I know one and she was my bully’s Russian mother.

I don’t mean a direct translation, but rather a common and/or “stereotypical” last name that is generally used as the equivalent of “Smith” in English.

Hi! So I’m learning Spanish in school, I know some Portuguese which I will perfect with Busuu, and I’m new to Dutch which I will learn with Busuu. I think it may be hard for me to understand European Portuguese since it is Brazilian Portuguese that I understand, so Spain Spanish will be easier for me. Dutch is apparently a hardish language according to a Dutch person I know online, but it might be worth it to learn! Which is kindest to LGBTQ+ and immigrants?