1.
They:- Where are you from?
Me:- Karnataka
They:- You're a South Indian? Then how come you are so fair?
Me:- Yeah, okay dude! I'll just get my face coloured black or dark brown so that you could believe me.😑
FIRST THING FIRST, NOT ALL SOUTH INDIANS ARE DARK-SKINNED!
2.
You eat Idli-wada-Dosa for breakfast everyday?
Now listen, first of all, Idli and Wada and Dosa are three different dishes, ik everyone is aware of, hence they are not eaten together. (Unless you order all of them together in a restaurant lol…. I know it's a bad joke, anyway…😬)
One of my North Indian friend be like why don't you eat all three together?
Boy, do you ever eat pohe, sheera and bhakri together??
Second of all, there is a vast diversity of cuisine in South India other than Idli-wada-Dosa.
3.
*When they get to know I'm a South Indian:-
Are you from Kerala? Do you speak Tamil?
No, not every South Indian is from Kerala. We can be from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra pradesh and Telangana also. And everyone does not just speak Tamil. We speak Malayalam, Kannada, Tulu, Telugu and other local languages also.
4.
Hey, you can speak marathi fluently. You don't have that South Indian accent?
Yes I can speak Marathi, Hindi and English fluently without any freaking accent.
(Kaha se sunte ho itni bokwaas baatein)
Most of the people stereotype South Indians to be dark-skinned accented people who eat Idli-Dosa for breakfast everyday.These may not generally be asked to everyone but I've been asked these que many times and I don't see any good logic behind those theories.