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Originally posted by ekylo:
Asian "ascent"? Don't you mean "descent"? But also as you pointed out, just being of Asian extraction isn't enough, you also have to be more of a traditionalist. After all, I'm Asian as well, and very non-traditional. I'm a big wussy man, and I'm damn proud of it! [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/tongue.gif[/img]
"Main Entry: as·cent
Pronunciation: &-'sent, a-
Function: noun
Etymology: irregular from ascend
Date: circa 1596
1 a : the act of rising or mounting upward : CLIMB b : an upward slope or rising grade : ACCLIVITY c : the degree of elevation : INCLINATION, GRADIENT
2 : an advance in social status or reputation : PROGRESS
3 : a going back in time or upward in order of genealogical succession."
"Main Entry: de·scent
Pronunciation: di-'sent
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French descente, from Old French descendre
Date: 14th century
1 a : derivation from an ancestor : BIRTH, LINEAGE b : transmission or devolution of an estate by inheritance usually in the descending line c : the fact or process of originating from an ancestral stock d : the shaping or development in nature and character by transmission from a source : DERIVATION
2 : the act or process of descending
3 : a step downward in a scale of gradation; specifically : one generation in an ancestral line or genealogical scale
4 a : an inclination downward : SLOPE b : a descending way (as a downgrade or stairway) c obsolete : the lowest part
5 a : ATTACK, INVASION b : a sudden disconcerting appearance (as for a visit)
6 : a downward step (as in station or value) : DECLINE "
Errrrrrrrrrr................. ^^;;;;;;
As far as I understand it, my ascent are the people in the generation before me while my descent is the generation after me. Right?
Anyway, my ancestry (and myself, in fact, 100% Asian, born in Vietnam and raised as such [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/smile.gif[/img]) is Asian.
And tradionalist as traditionalist can go.