Talk:Pete Tong

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Accent?[edit]

"He is highly recognizable for his thick English accent."

What does that mean? How is his accent more English than anyone else? If they're referring to a distinctive regional accent then they should state that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.67.135.173 (talk) 14:02, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I agree, should every american DJ have the preface "he's highly recognisable for his thick American accent"??? We can instantly tell that he/she is british/american/martian anyhow. Just how exactly is that statement supposed to be relevent? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.201.84.205 (talk) 19:38, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

and the global market leader soft drink producer is?[edit]

"by the global market leader soft drink producer." This needs replacing by the company by name. The phrase currently used is ambiguous in that one has to know: A. What the global market leader soft drink producer is and B. What the global market leader soft drink producer was when the artiucle was written. --Candy (talk) 18:07, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The event was called Coke ZERO - Metro Party [1] --Wolf Koch (talk) 12:37, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is he really deaf?![edit]

If hes deaf now how he can play music?????????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.151.115.9 (talk) 07:17, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

He's not deaf, that was a movie
Beethoven --King Öomie 15:58, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Age[edit]

Simon Mayo claimed in a recent podcast that Pete was older then both him and Mark Radcliffe, who are both 50 at the time of typing. Can Pete's birthdate be confirmed? Conrad1on (talk) 16:56, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I found 8 Peter Tongs on the Birth Index, all born between 1950-1960. Peter M. Tong was the only one born in Kent, birth registered in Dartford in 1960. So that's probably him. Crisso (talk) 00:42, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ethnicity[edit]

Is he a bit Chinese? SterlingMorrison (talk) 08:08, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. 86.139.146.147 (talk) 03:01, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you are trying to conclude his ethnicity by his surname, then I believe that Tong is not an exclusive Chinese surname. For example, Lee is a Chinese surname, but it is also not uncommon in Western countries. In English 'Tong' is a noun for a pincer like utensil/device. Furthermore there is a village called Tong in Shropshire, United Kingdom. Unless somebody actually finds a source to confirm that Pete is Chinese or part Chinese, we cannot add this to the article. --Platinum inc (talk) 16:59, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Tong" is an English word, but I have never heard of it as an English surname, whereas Tong as a Chinese surname is relatively common. And his eyes and general facial bone structure indicate some Asiatic ancestry. But right without citation it can't be added to the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1008:B054:EED:696A:4E05:428:5935 (talk) 01:10, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Chinese descent[edit]

he is part chinese 12,5 percent chinese — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:908:191:5FA0:7D3E:B404:E0C3:21B6 (talk) 11:23, 8 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Im his nephew. His great grandfather was Chinese — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2a02:c7f:f815:4800:ddc3:67c8:d99f:8de (talk • contribs) 11:27, 1 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but we'd need a better source than "I'm his nephew". i.e. a reliable written source. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:58, 1 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]