While we’re on the topic of pronunciation, I’ve been meaning to write this for a while, since Wendy’s began airing TV commercials for their new Premium Fish Fillet Sandwich. The commercials seem to have stopped, but the sandwich is still available at select locations across the country. The commercial got Erin, our son Jared and [...]
Entries from April 2009
A pronunciation guide for Japanese words including “panko,” “udon” “sake” and “karaoke”
April 10th, 2009 · 33 Comments
Tags: Food & Dining · asian american · japan & asia · pop culture
Update: Texas Rep. Betty Brown’s statement about her comments about Asian names
April 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Via Angry Asian Man, who’s always ahead of the AAPI news cycle: Texas State Representative Betty Brown released a statement through her spokesman today, in which she apologizes for her comment during a legislative session earlier this week, and then says the line that’s being quoted was taken out of context. That line, if you [...]
Tags: asian american
Texas lawmaker thinks Asians should change their names so Americans could “deal with them”
April 9th, 2009 · 7 Comments
Oh, the wisdom of lawmakers. Especially in Texas. Texas state representative Betty Brown (R-Terrell, in North Texas) caused a ruckus on Tuesday by saying, during testimony about voter ID legislation, that Asians would have an easier time of getting along if they simply changed their names. “Rather than everyone here having to learn Chinese — [...]
Tags: asian american · japan & asia · pop culture
Jonas Brother mocks Asians with “slanty eye” pose
April 8th, 2009 · 9 Comments
Sigh. First Miley Cyrus, now a Jonas Brother — coincidentally, another Disney music and movie star — pulls his eyes back in a stereotypical slant for a photo. Some people might wonder what the big deal is. It’s just a funny face (Cyrus, for one denied that it was mocking Asians at all). All I [...]
Tags: asian american · pop culture
Cooking and culture: Korean soon doo bu, kimchee and the magic of YouTube
April 8th, 2009 · No Comments
Erin and I made soon doo bu jjigae, a Korean stew for the first time the other day, and had a blast cooking it up. Food is a foundation of culture, so we love enjoying different cuisines from around the world. People who follow our Twitter tweets that are marked “#twEATs” which are copied to [...]
Tags: Food & Dining · asian american
A pair of AAPI musicians harmonize on “Wonderful World”
April 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
Musical interlude: I saw on Facebook that Kinna Grannis had posted a video of herself with David Choi, sittin’ on a couch and humming and strumming the pop standard, “What a Wonderful World.” It’s a very sweet version, and the two harmonize beautifully together. I blogged about Grannis a few months ago when I stumbled [...]
Tags: asian american · music · pop culture
