Jorgen Udvang
Subscriber Member
Sorry, couldn't help it"Is that Japanese for Hasselblad Solal ???"
I guess making fun of Japanese pronunciation isn't racist here in the Medium Format world. Maybe we need some definition of terms so that those of us who are too sensitive won't misjudge other posters.
People have been making fun of dialects, accents, seemingly weird expressions etc. for centuries. The Pink Panther movies were based on it, likewise the highly successful 'Allo 'Allo TV series. Do I need to mention Monty Python's Flying Circus or Faulty Towers? I can't count the number of times I've been to comedy shows in this country where, as soon as some comedian discovers that there's a "farang" among the audience, there are 20 minutes with jokes about farangs, our white skin, inability to speak Thai properly and not eat Pla Ra. Then he'll be turning to the dialect from Supan, a province where the farmers are known to speak slowly, and using the "wrong" tones.
In my experience, this goes on all over Asia, and when it comes to other Asians, the jokes tend to go further. As westerners, we can of course sit high on our horses and claim that we are so "civilized" that we don't make jokes about others, but we do. It's just not comes il faut in some circles.