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mythology

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6. Is there a variation of that question that isn't load?

Reply to FM123 (Original post)

Fri Aug 25, 2017, 07:33 PM

Aug 2017

I used to ask that question, not because I believed people were automatically from some other country, but as in what part of the U.S. But since I've learned how it is often meant, I don't do so.

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As an American with an "interesting look" I too have been asked "Where are you REALLY from?" [View all] FM123 Aug 2017 OP

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Is there a variation of that question that isn't load? mythology Aug 2017 #6

I don't know if there is or isn't a variation that isn't loaded...... FM123 Aug 2017 #7