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[quote=Anonymous]I am the person with the strong accent who absolutely detest being asked the: where are you from question; even with the follow up, " your accent is cute" - well, I was not searching for a compliment, I was just having a conversation with you at the grocery store. Why did I need to stop mid sentence to explain to you where it is that I originated from. You're a complete stranger and we're just exchanging pleasantries. I don't need you conjure up all kinds of ideas of you think I must be like. If you have the time and the interest I will tell you. There have not been one time that I've disclosed where I was born during a first met casual conversation with someone without that person superimposing and before I have a chance to explain who I am all kinds of cultural perceptions about me. Right away you feel a line has been drawn between them and you. Usually the cultural perceptions are vague and don't apply to you at all, but find yourself giving an impromptu history lesson, or at other times, you simply let it go.

The point is, accent and all, I feel very AMERICAN. I chose to be an American. I live and breath the American way of life just like you. And the way you see me, may not be the way I see myself. How are you to know that? Well, with a bit of time. With time; if you have it, I will explain my heritage to you. Otherwise, I don't owe it to you to satisfy your curiosity.

Basically, It is improper etiquette to ask during a first and limited social interaction with someone where they're from and to persist to know just to satisfy your curiosity and to make assumptions about who you think they are culturally - that's provincial. Let them tell you.

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