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Topic: What countries are represented at this forum?
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walruskkkch |
posted 06-09-99 12:33 PM ET
I was curious to know how many different countries are represented by the people who post on this site. I, for one, am and American(At least the last time I checked, don't know if Clinton has sold us off to the chinese yet). So, Who's out there?
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Picker
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posted 06-09-99 12:42 PM ET
Canadian, and proud of it. |
threeover
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posted 06-09-99 12:50 PM ET
Poland (where I was born and spent about 6 years and then left for the "land of opportunity") But my mom is from America, her dad from Germany, my dad is a Polak, although his grandfather is Irish, grandmother is Russian, so I guess I'm representing a lot more countries than I thought.P.S. my wife is from Japan |
jsorense
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posted 06-09-99 01:07 PM ET
walruskkkch, Ah, which kind of American are you: North, Central, South? Your profile suggests you are actually from the U.S.A., as I am. ;-)
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Stasis Archon
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posted 06-09-99 01:24 PM ET
I'm Finnish. |
JT 3
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posted 06-09-99 01:26 PM ET
USA! USA! USA!American, and proud of it. |
Valtyr
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posted 06-09-99 04:33 PM ET
I'm a descendant of St. Olaf .Nah, j/k. Norwegian. |
JohnIII
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posted 06-09-99 04:37 PM ET
English, the language that is used at this forum (in conjunction with German and "offensive"). John III |
Valtyr
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posted 06-09-99 04:39 PM ET
Let's not forget all the Finnish threads . |
Krushala
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posted 06-09-99 04:42 PM ET
Another U.S. guy here. |
DesertHyaena
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posted 06-09-99 05:00 PM ET
American. Arizonan, to be specific! |
President Korian
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posted 06-09-99 05:02 PM ET
American. I was thinking of starting thread like this. I would also like to know what state (or province) all you people are from. I'm from Michigan. |
Hugo Rune
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posted 06-09-99 05:03 PM ET
Swedish. Or Swedish/Hungarian. Depending how you look at it. |
Hugo Rune
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posted 06-09-99 05:04 PM ET
We don't really have provinces here in sweden, but I'm from Stockholm, the Capital. |
JohnIII
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posted 06-09-99 05:07 PM ET
We don't have provinces either, but I'm in Warwickshire. John III |
Fjorxc the Maniac
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posted 06-09-99 05:09 PM ET
Canadian. From Ontario. Hmm... anything to increase my post count.
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Valtyr
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posted 06-09-99 05:11 PM ET
Valtyr: Jansons gt, Damsg�rd, Laksev�g, Bergen, Hordaland, Vestlandet, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe, Eurasia, Northern Hemisphere, Earth. |
Spider
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posted 06-09-99 05:11 PM ET
Washington/Oregon, but my one-quarter Polish father was born in Venezuela.Spider My lineage has pretty much traveled the world over (or at least Europe). |
eNo
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posted 06-09-99 05:14 PM ET
Ontario, Canada. |
Jay
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posted 06-09-99 05:15 PM ET
Finland.Wonder where Tap has gone? He sure had a colorful background. |
Titan
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posted 06-09-99 05:19 PM ET
I'm Canadian, from Quebec. I think that we are the most represented country after the USA.Tita. |
Bishop
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posted 06-09-99 05:39 PM ET
Swedish, and damn proud of it too !!! And to top it I�m from G�teborg (on the front side of Sweden)Swedens 2:nd city in population the city that can offer things like * Liseberg (Swedens biggest amusement park), * Slottsskogen (equivalent to Central Park NY with some seals, a birdhouse, flamingos, childrens zoo, etc, etc. thrown in). Not to mention the beautiful west coast archipelago. I could go on forever but since I�m not employed by the Gothenburg Tourism Council I�ll stop here Bishop |
Valtyr
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posted 06-09-99 05:41 PM ET
And the G�tegorg dialect is so fun to listen to . |
Valtyr
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posted 06-09-99 05:43 PM ET
G�tegorg? WTF? G�teborg! |
Ospero
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posted 06-09-99 05:44 PM ET
German-and one of the few, as I see it... |
Victor Galis
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posted 06-09-99 05:51 PM ET
Romanian-Canadian expatriate currently living in (shudders) Atlanta. |
CrayonX
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posted 06-09-99 06:06 PM ET
Canadian wth parents born in Fiji with their grandparents being born in India. Apparently I'm 1/64th Chinese/Tibetian because one of my great-great-great-great grandfathers had a fling with an Oriental/Tibetian girl (or so my parents tell me) Then again, my parents said they picked my name playing Scrabble... |
Spoe
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posted 06-09-99 06:31 PM ET
American(Wisconsin, originally).Anscestry: 3/8 Swede 1/4 German 1/4 Czech(for those that care, this is my male line, thus my surname, Stodola) 1/16 Norwegian 1/32 English 1/32 Scot |
Thue
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posted 06-09-99 08:06 PM ET
I'll put Denmark on the list |
Andrew Kasantsev
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posted 06-09-99 09:00 PM ET
Russian.Still live here. |
Q Cubed
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posted 06-09-99 09:47 PM ET
Korea. And don't you dare forget it. |
Kefaed
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posted 06-09-99 10:00 PM ET
Ami, damn straight.Cincinnatian by birth, currently living in a crappy suburb town. |
Ambro2000
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posted 06-09-99 11:09 PM ET
�ngelholm - Bj�rehalv�n - Sk�ne - Denm..eh Sweden - Scandinavia - Europe - TellusI'm from the richest and most beautiful parts of Sweden were we have the most golf and Tennis courses per capita in Sweden if you count in B�stad were I'm originally from!! This is the place were all the stiff and gloomy people from Stockholm(or "08" as we call them) spend their vacation during holidays. It was here that Richard Gere was pictured when he was bathing nude with a Swede If you want to see the front side of Sweden this is the place you should travel too! 50 000 Germans can't have wrong Ambro2000
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Allod
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posted 06-10-99 01:23 AM ET
Austria!!! |
Saras
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posted 06-10-99 02:28 AM ET
Mars |
Saras
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posted 06-10-99 02:40 AM ET
Snickers... |
Tolls
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posted 06-10-99 05:30 AM ET
British...Welsh father, Finnish mother...born in Malaysia...living in Middlesex...about to move back to Surrey. |
jig
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posted 06-10-99 06:23 AM ET
Born in Burma, living in Australia. I think I'll consider myself as a citizen of the the world. jig imagine there's no countries... |
Bishop
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posted 06-10-99 06:55 AM ET
Valtyr So is norwegian, although every norwegian sounds like Br�derna Dahl or Jon Skolmen. It�s hard to take norwegians seriously.... Sorry Valtyr Bishop PS Did I mention my grandmother is from Norway ? Sarpsborg, to be exact. |
Roland
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posted 06-10-99 08:27 AM ET
Austrian... so we outnumber germans 2:1. And congrats to the scandinavians for their massive presence... |
Saras
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posted 06-10-99 09:43 AM ET
English chocolate...wait, is it really chocolate? |
DanS
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posted 06-10-99 10:12 AM ET
No, I think Snickers is "milk chocolate," whatever that is... 9/16 German (Nurnberg) 5/32 Irish 3/32 Polish 3/32 Welsh 1/16 Scottish ...and... 1/32 French [The horrors never cease--what were they thinking? ] Or something like that. The math is a little daunting... |
DrPhibes
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posted 06-10-99 11:16 AM ET
Born in Glasgow, Scotland Lived in Scotland (3yrs),USA (5yrs), England (10yrs), Greece(1yr), Australia(10yrs) and now Japan (2yrs) Hold two passports -- British and Australian What does that make me -- dunno Who do i represent -- myself
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Saras
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posted 06-10-99 11:19 AM ET
Nuts! KitKat! Azugal au Chocolat!!! |
walruskkkch
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posted 06-10-99 11:30 AM ET
Thanks to everyone for your contributions, although I just wanted to know what countries you live in, not ancestory, but that's interesting too. I used the term American for myself, being a citizen of the US, Massachusetts style, though New Yorker by birth. Does anyone else refer to themselves as Americans from the other countries of the two continents? Anyway here are the totals so far.US 10 Canada 4 Sweden 4 Austria 2 England 2 Finland 2 Poland 1 Norway 1 Germany 1 Denmark 1 Russia 1 Korea 1(South?, or is it impolite to ask?) Australia 1 and Mars 1 Snickers 1 I think that's an accurate list, although with some multiposts and cultural heritages it was hard to tell. BTW I'm thrid generation US with a pure Lithuanian bloodline.(At least for a 5 or 6 generations) I remain, YOur faithful and obedient servant |
Tolls
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posted 06-10-99 11:38 AM ET
Well, you did ask what countries were represented...and I like to feel I represent about 4. |
Roland
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posted 06-10-99 11:43 AM ET
On the broader representation, I could include Italy and Switzerland... |
walruskkkch
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posted 06-10-99 11:48 AM ET
I stand corrected, my apologies.Your faithful and obedient servant |
JohnIII
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posted 06-10-99 01:09 PM ET
My grandfather's Lithuanian and my Dad's Irish, but the rest is pure whiner. John III |
Noisy
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posted 06-10-99 02:08 PM ET
English!Since my name is "English" as well - do I get two votes? |
Provost Harrison
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posted 06-10-99 03:49 PM ET
I'm English, from Hull, Yorkshire, but currently in Oxford at university. |
Victor Galis
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posted 06-10-99 04:55 PM ET
Austrians outnumber Germans: 2.03125 to 1.8125. |
Krushala
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posted 06-10-99 06:42 PM ET
Born in Nevada (terrible no one nows where that is). But My job takes me to Mississippi. |
Natguy
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posted 06-10-99 07:03 PM ET
America, although I'd rather be European.Hmm...I think I'll secede! I herby declare the den the tiny republic of Nathanland! (Since It's poulation is one, I compose the entir population, thereby the Senate as well! I shall follow in the footsteps of my personal idol, Julius Caesar by forcing the Senate to declare me Dicatator for Life! Bwah Ha ha ha ha he he he heeee *cough* All hail Nathan, Dictator For Life of THe Nathanese Empire! just put my vote down for America. |
Valtyr
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posted 06-10-99 08:33 PM ET
Bishop: You don't have to be insulting . I do not sound like an Easterner!!! I come from Bergen, the capital of western Norway, where we use uvular r's (like in Sk�ne), we have a completely different tone of voice than the Easterners and we have those famous (at least in Norway) broad �'s (where every short /e/ sound like [�]: e.g. B�rg�n (Bergen), Sv�rj� (Sverige), N�rg� (Norge), �nglann (England) etc.) What I meant was that the G�teborg dialect is great! I love it ! I always think of Albert & Herbert when I hear it . |
Todd Hawks
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posted 06-11-99 01:26 AM ET
I'm German... and I thought there are more of them in this forum... but who cares anyway?Todd |
Koshko
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posted 06-11-99 01:29 AM ET
I was born in beautiful Detroit, lived in beautiful Kansas City, and reside in beautiful Chicago (a suburb to be exact). |
Saras
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posted 06-11-99 02:13 AM ET
I'm Lithuanian, please forgive my chocomadness. Go Zalgiris! Kick those Spurs/Knicks/Pacers at MacDonalds cup! |
Doctor Who
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posted 06-11-99 06:35 AM ET
DenmarkCount++North of Copenhagen to be specific |
DanS
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posted 06-11-99 11:29 AM ET
Walrus: let me clarify. I am American. Heritage is just that and nothing more. |
Picker
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posted 06-11-99 11:32 AM ET
Then I represent the Nether Butter Realm. |
4Horses
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posted 06-11-99 11:55 AM ET
US Citizen......currently in the Chicago area. |
LoD
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posted 06-11-99 05:42 PM ET
Also Polish...LoD |
Spoe
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posted 06-11-99 07:12 PM ET
"Heritage is just that and nothing more."Yep. But interesting never the less. |
Frodo83
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posted 06-11-99 08:16 PM ET
I'm from the "Capital of the World", New York City, in the USA. In other words, I've seen them all- British, Finnish, Burmese, etc. Also, my mother is Irish and my father is Russian Jewish. Are there any other Jews/Half Jews here? |
Sheng Ji Yang
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posted 06-11-99 09:52 PM ET
I'm from The Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Allod
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posted 06-12-99 02:06 AM ET
Todd Hawks? You're German?!? How do your friends pronounce that - Tott Hoffks? |
Professor Gonzlles
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posted 06-13-99 11:14 AM ET
I'am an Amercian and damn proud of it. Well I'm not proud that Clinton is running are country! That B****!!!!!!!!!!! |
Professor Gonzlles
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posted 06-13-99 11:23 AM ET
To be specific I live in Michigan! |
Bishop
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posted 06-14-99 11:10 AM ET
Jeez Valtyr, I was only kidding. Bishop |
Veracitas
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posted 06-15-99 10:18 PM ET
I live within the confines of the Commonwealth of Virginia, U.S.A. about twenty minutes from the District of Columbia (Thus, it is a suburb of Washington, DC). My parents are Korean (North and South).--Veracitas |
ThomasEGE
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posted 06-16-99 07:24 PM ET
Greetings from Denmark |