^ One of the rare posts which reflect non-anthroforum reality. I've seen this phenomenon and its interesting how some can have such a strict stereotypical perception despite having tons of real life evidence to the contrary. I was just called Ecuadorian (form the coast)by some recently arrived Ecuadorian women. No normal person with 20/20 vision would confuse me for one, but I've seen alot of recently arrived or kind of sheltered (don't get out much) South Americans have these perceptions. Usually Americanized ones and/or those who grow up around us (someone like Colombian DJ Alex Sensation) have a way better perception. I was also at a lounge where tons of cocktail waitresses are Dominican, but the bar owner at first thought they were wall Arab, Colombian or Ecuadorian. Just like he thought I was Arab. Yet I'll get a Colombian girl walk into my job and immediately guess me for DR. Folks, I assure you I am not making these stories up. On the flip side, you'll get some black Costa Rican, who speaks nothing like a Caribbean, speaking sibilant with all 'ssssss', and you'll get some people who think he's Dominican (ignoring everything else), it goes both ways. Then you have recently arrived Colombians who think we're all 'islenos', almost like an extension of their Caribbean coast people, and can't tell us apart.