HMONG, any hmongs on this site? Options

[block]

just wondering, anyone here hmong? I know alot of hmong people drive toyotas, especially camry, corolla, and celica. i know the majority of hmong people are in minnesota, wisconsin, and california. some other main states they reside are north/south carolina, wisconsin, arkansas, missouri, michigan, colorado, rhode island, mass., florida, and washington. so just wondering if there's any hmong people on this website. i thought it would be kool to meet hmongs from all across the USA! and maybe from the world? i know there's also a lot of hmong people in china (where we once called home!) and france! holla

[Bitter]

and for us round-eye's...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hmong

[block]

thanks bitter, you beat me to it!

[Bitter]

yea, i had no freaking clue what your were talking about. i had to look it up.

[Kwanza26]

*raises hand*

[ExSane]

I AM HMONG! HMONG IS I!

[94_st_hatchback]

uh, hmong?

[ExSane]

uh, hmong?

Not alot of people know what Hmong is. Hmong is a ethnicity just like Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc. Except our cultures go way back even before the Chinese. We are very common in some states and areas. The most popular ones are Fresno, California and Minneapolis, Minnesota. We are so common on those locations that people don't even ask us if we are chinese or japanese. They just ask, "Hey, are you hmong?"

[jdg371]

so.. hows that pronounced..?

[ExSane]

It's pronounciation is kinda hard to get use to for first time sayers.

It's pronounced: Hm-oe-ng

You have to say that Hm sound kinda fast and into the o and ng.

[ImportChick95]

I say it's pronounced "mong".. the H is silent.

This post has been edited by ImportChick95: Sep 23, 2006 - 12:48 AM

[ExSane]

I say it's pronounced "mong".. the H is silent.

No, the H isn't silenced. You are saying it the "lazy" way and usually the people who don't know how to say it right pronounces it that way. The letter o isn't a "awh" sound. It's a "oe" sound like Joe. And yes, you do pronounce the Hm sound which is pronounced exactly like the way it is spelled. If you say Mong as in M-awh-ng, people are gonna say, "Huh? Mongolian?" which isn't right. It's Hmong, Hm-oe-ng.

[hurley97]

I'm half chinese and had no idea what that was. my white side is showing

[block]

why you guys makin' it so hard?..its just like saying "MONG". ya know........mongolian without the olian..haha. yeah. this is it huh?

from what i know, no such thing as a right pronounciation. "MONG"

This post has been edited by block: Sep 23, 2006 - 10:18 AM

[confucious]

holy crap you people don't know what hmongs are?

[ImportChick95]

No, the H isn't silenced. You are saying it the "lazy" way and usually the people who don't know how to say it right pronounces it that way. The letter o isn't a "awh" sound. It's a "oe" sound like Joe. And yes, you do pronounce the Hm sound which is pronounced exactly like the way it is spelled. If you say Mong as in M-awh-ng, people are gonna say, "Huh? Mongolian?" which isn't right. It's Hmong, Hm-oe-ng.

LoL, I see what you're saying. Hm-oe-ng is how Hmong folks say it, which is technically correct. Mong is how everyone else says it 'cause it's easy. Depending on who I'm talking to, I use both.

This post has been edited by ImportChick95: Sep 23, 2006 - 12:14 PM

[Bitter]

I'm half chinese and had no idea what that was. my white side is showing

whitesanese?

[block]

I'm half chinese and had no idea what that was. my white side is showing

whitesanese?

[MaskedMan]

I'm half chinese and had no idea what that was. my white side is showing

whitesanese?

dude im all chinese and i still didn't know what that was haha... =.=

[block]

man, most of my chinese friends know what hmong is. even my FOB chinese friends. haha its kool.

i know there are more hmongs! comon now post!