The following conversation took place during tonight's episode of Glee.
Fiance: ...the Polyponesian guy.
Me: Polyponesian...you mean Polynesian?
Fiance: Yeah, Polynesian.
Me: How on earth did you get Polyponesian?
Fiance: I don't know. Oh I must've gotten it mixed up with this book I saw. It was about the Polyponesian War.
Me: Uh huh.
Fiance: Now where was it...? (starts digging through the piles of books on the floor) I was just looking at it the other day. It was about Greek history.
Me: How on earth would you mix up the South Pacific and ancient Greece?
Fiance: Ah! Found it. (holds up the book in front of me)
Me: The Peloponnesian War???
Fiance: I knew I got it from somewhere.
Sorry, Kent Avenido. I don't know if you're actually Polynesian. I Googled you forever and could not find what your/your ancesters' nationality is. If you're reading this, send me an email. Howard Bamboo is awesome. Even though the name is moderately offensive.
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While Kent Avenido was raised in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, his family is from the Philippines.
ReplyDeleteMore often than not, if a person is Asian and has a Hispanic sounding last name, usually his ethnicity or ancestry is Filipino.
ReplyDeleteGrew up with him in Elizabethtown and couldn't tell you where his family is from. I will tell you he was always ready with a smile and a really nice guy!
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