Well, I can laugh, too. Trust me on that. I'm not taking any of this personally. It's just a topic of discussion -- the thing that keeps Sajha going.

BTW, another little story.

I"m a Newar. Recently a young woman (who is herself a Newar), who moved up north from Alabama, said to me, "Your Nepali is perfect. You don't sound like a Newar."

I thought to myself, "WTF" (pardon my French here).

You tell me now, should I have felt complimented? Heck no. I just felt sorry for her stereotypical mentality.

Pixie's story is the same. Just replace Nepali with English.