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Originally Posted by Marmalite
Dexter is not "partly Chinese".
His biological father was from Singapore. His parents divorced when he was 8 and he was brought up in the UK.
I very much doubt whether he can speak or understand Malay or Chinese (Mandarin) which are two of the languages spoken there.
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AEC replies:-
Dexter IS ALMOST CERTAINLY PARTLY of Chinese descent:-
WIKIPEDIA:-
Main article: Race in Singapore
Ethnic composition of resident population (chart)
Ethnic group
Chinese 77.0% 78.3% 77.8% 76.8% 74.1% 74.1% 74.2%
Malays 14.8% 14.4% 14.0% 13.9% 13.4% 13.4% 13.3%
Indians 7.0% 6.3% 7.1% 7.9% 9.2% 9.2% 9.2%
Others 1.2% 1.0% 1.1% 1.4% 3.3% 3.3% 3.3%
Thus that will almost certainly make Dexter a partly Chinese Singaporean.
He also has got the classic general oriental-Chinese-Japanese looks - he certainly does not look like a European!
Since Singaporeans have been strongly influenced by Chinese culture for
centuries?,Singaporeans also regard the number EIGHT to be lucky
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WIKIPEDIA again:-
Singapore Airlines reserves flight numbers beginning with the number 8 to routes in China and Korea.
In Singapore, a breeder of rare Dragon fish (Asian Arowana) (which are "lucky fish" and being a rare species, are required to be microchipped), makes sure to use numbers with plenty of eights in their microchip tag numbers, and appears to reserve particular numbers especially rich in eights and sixes (e.g., 702088880006688) for particularly valuable specimens.[3][4]
People who not like Dexter will use any excuse to drag him down,even if that "excuse" is weak or has no substance at all!
Furthermore,it has been suggested on this forum that Dexter might be suffering from Pseudologia Fantastica - but again it's just a shallow excuse to get at Dexter and has no substance at all. Not one of the at least four or five Big Brother Bit On The Side psychologist-body language experts have mentioned Pseudologia Fantastica not only in regard to Dexter,but also in regard to anyone!
Dexter acts like,and is,a normal human being with no mental illness.
At least one anti-Aaron Allard-Morgan person said that Aaron might have been suffering from Asperger Syndrome,or some such mental illness,while he was in the Big Brother house. As this person saw it,it would account for his lack of communication with other housemates - again,any old excuse to bring Aaron down.And,needless to say,this person was wrong!
I'd like to see Dexter win!
AEC