The non-american thread

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Postby Vampi » Wed Feb 11, 2004 7:09 am

I'm....ethnically not American.........(and if ppl look at my art thread...I bet they can guess where all my ancestors came from....)
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Postby Mave » Wed Feb 11, 2004 8:30 am

100% Malaysian....and proud of it!

Southeast Asia
Hot and humid all through the year (we never use laundry dryers)
Superior censorship and banning policy :lol:
English usage on a regular basis
Cheap manga and anime!!!!

And, NO, we don't live on trees!!! And yes, we know how to use the Internet! Cable speed too if you don't mind. :stressed: Grrr....

It's amazing what some Americans don't know about my country.... (no offense, my American CAA friends :sweat: ). I'm not making this up, really, I got those weird comments before.
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Postby Hitokiri » Wed Feb 11, 2004 12:47 pm

well...im all-merican though my ancestors are from Germany, Italy, and Japan :sweat: ( can anyone say the Axis Powers :lol: ) Thogu Aafter im done with college I'd like to take anice long tour of Europe possibly :)
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Postby shooraijin » Wed Feb 11, 2004 12:52 pm

> It's amazing what some Americans don't know about my country....

But some of us have been there :)

I have dual American and Australian citizenship ... does that qualify for this thread? :grin:
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Postby DrNic » Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:05 pm

Yo Im English and prrrrrrroud of it!
Are there any other English people here?
I only know of Straylight.
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Postby RoyalWing » Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:05 pm

i'm born in Canada and i live in (well... a community extremely close to) Toronto!
my background is very mixed, and i barely know anything/interested about it, so i just say i'm Canadian. ^-^ and no, just because french is my first language does not mean i'm from Quebec. they have... a weird accent... o__o my french is more from france. te he! ^-^
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Postby Needle Noggin » Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:28 pm

I am American but my root are sorta strange (or at least my friends think so.)
I am half Polish (I love perogees) and half Purto Rican ( Techniclly it is part of America.)

I look alot more Polish. I kinda dislike that because no one believes that I am Purto Rican.
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Postby EireWolf » Wed Feb 11, 2004 2:56 pm

Straylight wrote:If I don't stay in Asia, San Jose looks like quite a sweet place to settle down.. :)


You know, if you do that, you'll have to come hang out with us... just a warning. :lol: (That is, if you meant San Jose, California.)
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Postby Ashley » Wed Feb 11, 2004 3:49 pm

...Texas was it's own country once! (for 10 years, which means we can fly our flag even with the American one, so neener neener neener to all you "other" Americans)
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Postby kirakira » Wed Feb 11, 2004 4:01 pm

hmmm....well....I went to Canada....once....several years ago. :sweat: And...uh.....my Dad's in Wellington right now. ^^ *lol* I think calling someone "American" is funny, because, well, what is an american? I'm German/Finnish/British, but live here, and am therefore called "American". Just because you live somewhere, does that make it your nationality? *goes off to think about this*
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Postby Straylight » Wed Feb 11, 2004 4:03 pm

As a really rough rule, I'd say nationality is based upon where you are born.
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Postby Zilch » Thu Feb 12, 2004 4:08 pm

I'm from Maine.That should count as one of those "developing nations", right?
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Postby CobaltAngel » Thu Feb 12, 2004 4:31 pm

I'm from Lakutia! :D!
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Postby Kireihana » Sat Feb 14, 2004 10:39 pm

I'm American, which means naturally that I'm a hodge-podge of ethnic backgrounds. ^_^ I've got Irish, French Canadian, and Iroquois Indian. My friends think I look Polynesian. The reason I post here is because I wasn't born in the US, but in a US army base in Germany. So I'm an Army brat. :p

Proud of it.
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Postby Kawaii_Angel » Fri Mar 12, 2004 1:57 pm

I'm from SCOTLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!YAY!!!
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Postby supa dupa ninja » Fri Mar 12, 2004 2:09 pm

Guess my nationality by reading this joke:

A Pinoy went to a bar in Hawaii to have some drinks. At the counter, he sat next to the famous Hollywood director, Steven Spielberg who was already ahead by a quart of alcohol. After a couple of beers, the Pinoy sensed that Spielberg was glaring at him. Suddenly, in a flash the Pinoy crashed down from his stool, felled by a vicious hook from the director.

Picking himself up, he yelled, "Wat da hell is dat por?"

Spielberg ranted: "That's for the bombing of Pearl Harbor, you #@@!!##! My dad perished in that bombing!"

"Tang Na! I am not Jafanese, you stufid Nincomfoof! I am Filipino!" exclaimed the Pinoy.

The inebriated director replied, "Yeah yeah yeah ....Japanese, Burmese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino ...you are all the same."

Regaining his composure, the Pinoy dusted off his white pants, straightened the collar of his loud bird-of-paradise printed shirt, took his seat and ordered a double R&B from the bartender. After a few sips, the Pinoy stood up and delivered his best Jackie Chan karate kick, sending the director flying halfway across the room.

"What was that for?!!" shouted the surprised Spielberg from about fifteen feet away.

"Dat's por da sinking of da TITANIC! I had my grandpader on dat shif!" the Pinoy answered back.

"You ignorant Chink! The TITANIC was sunk by an iceberg!" exclaimed the director.

"Yah yah yah...Iceberg, Sfielberg, Carlsberg... you are all the same."
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Postby DrNic » Fri Mar 12, 2004 2:54 pm

I'm from SCOTLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!YAY!!!


Hey, another UKer! UK rules (Englands the best of course :D)
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Postby Paulo Q. » Sat Mar 13, 2004 10:22 am

Hey! I'm from Portugal! The first country to find India and Japan by sea! To those who don't know where it is I'll say it's Spain's brother. Adeus a todos.
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Postby Paulo Q. » Sat Mar 13, 2004 10:39 am

By the way, for those whose countries are participating in the Euro 2004, good luck! ;)
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Postby mechana2015 » Sat Mar 13, 2004 11:24 am

...Texas was it's own country once! (for 10 years, which means we can fly our flag even with the American one, so neener neener neener to all you "other" Americans)
Actually I think California wsa too... at some point.
I plan on moving out of the US after college, If I can find a job in Europe, esp. Germany or Austria.
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Postby Takachi » Tue Mar 16, 2004 3:02 pm

Hmmm... Does this count???
I was born in Fort Worth, TX but my father was born in England to a Japanese father and a British mother...(Japan is bigger than England :p)
Anyway, I'm pretty much a Japan fanatic... I speak a little Japanese and try to learn more everyday and I plan on majoring in Asian studies an becoming a professional translator (maybe I will get to translate anime!!!;)) But anyway I plan on living in Japan for at least 5-10 years if not more

...Texas was it's own country once! (for 10 years, which means we can fly our flag even with the American one, so neener neener neener to all you "other" Americans)
Actually I think California wsa too... at some point.


Actually, I don't think California was, I know it was a territory but the only reason Texas was its own country is because the settlers fought Mexico and won independence, but California was won in an American/Mexican war so it went directly to an American territory. :sweat:
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Postby oro! » Sat Oct 09, 2004 10:23 am

I know I am bringin' up an old thread, but there are new members, ya know. I am currently in the US, but I used to live in the African nations(in case you didn't know) of Kenya and Botswana. And like that person from Malaysia, they do have some civilization there.
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Postby Kura Ookami » Sat Oct 09, 2004 10:44 am

I live in the UK soiim neither a canadian nor an american. Specoifically I'm from england. Yay!
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Postby antefurem » Sat Oct 09, 2004 11:38 am

... I have full Romanian blood pumpin' in my veins. ^__^

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Postby ThaKladd » Sun Oct 10, 2004 4:19 am

I am from Norway!

...one of the few here from europe... :)
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Postby Galant » Sun Oct 10, 2004 2:41 pm

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Postby Mave » Sun Oct 10, 2004 3:12 pm

oro!girl7 wrote:I know I am bringin' up an old thread, but there are new members, ya know. I am currently in the US, but I used to live in the African nations(in case you didn't know) of Kenya and Botswana. And like that person from Malaysia, they do have some civilization there.



Why of course, Malaysia HAS civilization!!! @_@]"Malaysia Boleh! "Wawasan 2020! Long live Malaysia! Malaysian food is the best! Visit Malaysia!" [/color];) ;)
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Postby SpikeSpiegel306 » Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:08 pm

Man lets see...I am an American by birth, a Japanese citizen and consider myself Japanese althought I dont look the part, and my parents were born in Africa so I am also a Nigerian citizen and a Sudanese citizen. I dont even know if its legal to have that many citizenships!
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Postby EdHead » Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:32 pm

Paulo Q. wrote:Hey! I'm from Portugal! The first country to find India and Japan by sea! To those who don't know where it is I'll say it's Spain's brother. Adeus a todos.


From Portugal you say?

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Postby Zane » Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:40 pm

Yeah, German and Australian. An interesting mix kinda like Spike. BTW Spiegel means mirror in german,.. but u probably already knew that.

And I don't think your nationality depends on where you're born, but a number of factors.. is your parents, your blood line, PoB aswell but its not the of highest importance.... a Horse born in a garage doesn't make it a car does it?
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