So Where is everyone from?

[LegendKiller]

Personally I'm Irish. As in actually Irish - not some American that has a great, great, great uncle that was Irish and therefore thinks they are Irish too.

What about the rest of the board? Where you guys all coming from?

[tmcsaint72]

the great state of kentucky...irish or scottish decent :ugh0:

[procol]

Earth.

[maggiesdragons]

I am a by product of my mom and dad :dunno:

[drktitan56]

I come from hell and love it here. Never get invitations from anyone that doesnt live here also.

[licupssy]

A geneologist has me as a direct descendent of a Scotish Duke. I can trace my family back to my great grandfather who was married in Philadelphia in 1856. So I'm at least 4th generation Philadephian. I'm Scotch, Irish, American Indian, PA Dutch and German.

[joerockhead]

German American.
Born and rasied in Colorado.

Great grandparesnt came from Ulm and Baden (Germany) emigrated to the states in late 1890s.

[mstad]

Born and raised in SoCal, mom's side is from Germany, dad's side from Norway.

[Juan.Camaney]

Half my relatives came by way of the bearing straight. They roamed around most of the current south west. One of my grandpas had a weird dream or was tripping on shrooms or something, and led his people further south and settled around Mexico City. They ruled that place for a while until my other relatives showed up.

The other half was mainly from Spain. They had other issues with people from Morrocco and they intermingled. They eventually set sail for the western island known as america when they heard myths of cities with so much gold they paved the streets with it.

When they met, it wasn't really pretty. There was war and eventually damn near genocide. When the war was over, it was neither a triumph nor a defeat it was the painful birth of the mestizo nation that is Mexico today. Luckily some of the spaniards liked the savage poon and my people were born.

After that, more europeans showed up. Some germans who introduced beer to us, God bless them. Some French dudes who got their asses beat by some injuns. More asians. A few niggers to boot.

Me, I was born in So Cal. Mainly raised here. I'm american.

[Juan.Camaney]

born in osaka, raised in baltimore
japanese/irish decent
guess that explains why i'm a short drunk with a squeeky voice...
nekkid pix?

[maggiesdragons]

Born in Walla Walla, WA and raised in Salem, OR and Flocence, OR (the coast FTW!)

[Juan.Camaney]

heh, sure...but ya gotta send me your visa card # first...and it has to clear....and you have to brace for major dissapointment, as i have my mum's figure...skinny and flat chested
you had me at sure. but im mexican, we have no credit. i got a debit card with like 5.68 in it tho. You could prolly go to Wendys and maybe even biggie size it.

[BlackPearlSpace]

New Brunswick. French-Canadian.

given that, you should be suspecting lumberjack. most of my family are. but not me. I live in alberta.

my dad's side traces all the way beck to 17th century france. that's all I know.

[kulotsalot]

I'm from the Philippines. FOB and freezing my ass off here in Canadia.

I really hate how you always have to say "the" before Philippines. People don't say they're from the Spain or the Italy or the China... fucking king Felipe and his fucking conquistadores or whatever. :shannon:

[maggiesdragons]

I'm from the Philippines. FOB and freezing my ass off here in Canadia.

I really hate how you always have to say "the" before Philippines. People don't say they're from the Spain or the Italy or the China... fucking king Felipe and his fucking conquistadores or whatever. :shannon:


I would say I was from The United States :dunno:

[facepeeler]

I would say I was from The United States :dunno:


plurals

more than one state in the union....


I would assume it's the same with The Philippines, isn't that a cluster of islands?

[kulotsalot]

I would say I was from The United States :dunno:

I hate the "the" coz I think it makes it sound more important than it actually is.

I guess you could say you're from America, but people don't really say that, do they?

[kulotsalot]

plurals

more than one state in the union....


I would assume it's the same with The Philippines, isn't that a cluster of islands?

Yah it's a cluster of islands but a "philippine" doesn't really mean anything, and it definitely doesn't mean island (I think??!?!). So... it's a made up word for a long-forgotten Spanish king.

At least "united states" makes sense.

[BlackPearlSpace]

aren't they plural because there's many islands, and many states, respectively?

like when people say: the wife. er, no. nothing like that.

the canada? le canada. works in french.

[DDGuy]

Going by the flavor....I am from THE republic of INDIA !!!!!

[kulotsalot]

aren't they plural because there's many islands, and many states, respectively?

like when people say: the wife. er, no. nothing like that.

the canada? le canada. works in french.

What, you say you're from "the Canada"?

NOOOOOOOOO

[procol]

Just clarification, it's "from Ukraine", not "from the Ukraine".

I don't know about the other 100+ countries.

[mstad]

So, I guess I live in The Oregon.

[BlackPearlSpace]

kulots: no, the country is called the canada. if you're saying where you're from, you say "du canada", which kinda means "of the canada"

which is totally badass.

goodnight. I have to trek home now. one day maybe I shall have the internets coming right into my house. some day.

[Juan.Camaney]

I'm from the Philippines. FOB and freezing my ass off here in Canadia.

I really hate how you always have to say "the" before Philippines. People don't say they're from the Spain or the Italy or the China... fucking king Felipe and his fucking conquistadores or whatever. :shannon:
fucking foreigners

[Queso]

I'm from Poopville, it says so under my avatar.

and apparently people from the great nation of Poopville are half German. No clue what the other half is, I should probably ask my mom... All I know is there's some Czech in there somewhere :dunno:

[procol]

All I know is there's some Czech in there somewhere :dunno:

Gypsies?

Bohemians?

[zo0t]

Gypsies?



If so we should harvest the tears... :mags: :mags:

[Draggon]

I'm Scottish decent (I even have a family kilt) but was born and raised right here...north of [B]THE[B] 49th

[licupssy]

I'm from the Philippines. FOB and freezing my ass off here in Canadia.

I really hate how you always have to say "the" before Philippines. People don't say they're from the Spain or the Italy or the China... fucking king Felipe and his fucking conquistadores or whatever. :shannon:



The is used with specific nouns. The is required when the noun it refers to represents something that is one of a kind:

The moon circles the earth.

The choice of the proper article or determiner to precede a noun or noun phrase is usually not a problem for writers who have grown up speaking English, nor is it a serious problem for non-native writers whose first language is a romance language such as Spanish. For other writers, though, this can be a considerable obstacle on the way to their mastery of English.

Philippines is a collective noun which is something that can be singular or plural. As it refers to a single country but can also be considered a group of islands.

Maybe Graffin can explain why you don't use it with countries like France. I believe he's an English major.

[Thunder888]

I'm from The republic of South Africa (as in Nelson Mandela, Apartheid, one of the largest diamond and gold producers in the world, and so on)

[tboltman]

I am from the Great State of Texas
mowing down peasants in me H2
and paying less than $ 2.00 a gallon... :cool:

[thecowboy]

Half my relatives came by way of the bearing straight. They roamed around most of the current south west. One of my grandpas had a weird dream or was tripping on shrooms or something, and led his people further south and settled around Mexico City. They ruled that place for a while until my other relatives showed up.

The other half was mainly from Spain. They had other issues with people from Morrocco and they intermingled. They eventually set sail for the western island known as america when they heard myths of cities with so much gold they paved the streets with it.

When they met, it wasn't really pretty. There was war and eventually damn near genocide. When the war was over, it was neither a triumph nor a defeat it was the painful birth of the mestizo nation that is Mexico today. Luckily some of the spaniards liked the savage poon and my people were born.

After that, more europeans showed up. Some germans who introduced beer to us, God bless them. Some French dudes who got their asses beat by some injuns. More asians. A few niggers to boot.

Me, I was born in So Cal. Mainly raised here. I'm american.


Ahhh yes... the mutts of the world :mstad:

j/k bro. you know that.

Born in Walla Walla, WA and raised in Salem, OR and Flocence, OR (the coast FTW!)

One of my econ professors was from Walla Walla. Spoke very highly of it.




Me, I'm American. Greek Heritage.

[Sagaris]

Me, I'm American. Greek Heritage.


Ahhh, a "SEPTIC BUBBLE" septic tank - Yank, bubble n' squeak - Greek

Continuing THE theme "The United Kingdom" is my home at present . Though I can't remember the last time England, Ireland ,Wales or Scotland were united on anything.

For those of you that know England, I live on the coast in the county of Lancashire ( the one with the Red Rose )

[thecowboy]

Ahhh, a "SEPTIC BUBBLE" septic tank - Yank, bubble n' squeak - Greek

Continuing THE theme "The United Kingdom" is my home at present . Though I can't remember the last time England, Ireland ,Wales or Scotland were united on anything.

For those of you that know England, I live on the coast in the county of Lancashire ( the one with the Red Rose )

Whatever. How much better off could you be? My ancestors invented everything, and now my country runs everything :mstad:

[BackdoorJesus]

Half my relatives came by way of the bearing straight. They roamed around most of the current south west. One of my grandpas had a weird dream or was tripping on shrooms or something, and led his people further south and settled around Mexico City. They ruled that place for a while until my other relatives showed up.

The other half was mainly from Spain. They had other issues with people from Morrocco and they intermingled. They eventually set sail for the western island known as america when they heard myths of cities with so much gold they paved the streets with it.

When they met, it wasn't really pretty. There was war and eventually damn near genocide. When the war was over, it was neither a triumph nor a defeat it was the painful birth of the mestizo nation that is Mexico today. Luckily some of the spaniards liked the savage poon and my people were born.

After that, more europeans showed up. Some germans who introduced beer to us, God bless them. Some French dudes who got their asses beat by some injuns. More asians. A few niggers to boot.

Me, I was born in So Cal. Mainly raised here. I'm american.

Classic!!! :) rep

me I'm from The USA (see it's not just you kulots)
specifically, born in Baltimore MD, at six my family traveled & lived internationally (Bahamas & Iran) until my jr. high years, spent in Northern VA (outside DC), then we came to SoCal in my freshman year of HS. That was '78, and I wouldn't ever live anywhere else now! :cool:
My ancestry? Mostly Western European chalkies, turn-of-the-century immigrants - English, Irish, German prolly others but that ancestry crap doesn't matter to me - like Juan, I'm an American.

[Firebird]

Born in Walla Walla, WA
So nice they named it twice. Great onions from there too!

Born and raised in Boise, ID. Still live here and probably always will. Both sides of my family are English but have been here for a long time.

[YaMon]

Bred and spread in SoCal!

My house is 4 miles from the hospital I was born in (the same hospital from my ER thread).

Long Beach, CA fo real.

I've lived in San Francisco, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, but found my way back to da LBC everytime.

You can't beat the SoCal. Within a couple hours of mountains, forest, ocean, deserts, lakes, and a third world country (yep Juanito).

I travel the states a lot. I've been all over the world. And I always appreciate the SoCal more and more everytime I come home.

Decent? My grandparents are from Missouri and Iowa. But my dad was born and raised in SoCal (same high school alma matre), so we got that shit out of our system. Prior America, I'm told, is Ireland (orange) and Scotland (I should keep going back and forth bombing myself then, huh?).

[thecowboy]

descent

[maggiesdragons]

So nice they named it twice. Great onions from there too!

Born and raised in Boise, ID. Still live here and probably always will. Both sides of my family are English but have been here for a long time.

:werd:

Thats what they say, but yes very tasty onions.

[slumpbuster]

I can't believe we made it this far in the "THE" argument without somebody mentioning THE Ohio State University. Or "Boise State University, THE University in Idaho." haha...shameless plug.

I came from my mom's vagine...I make it look like sleeve of wizard.

[tuathal]

From the Rebel county, corcaigh...............

For now............relocating stateside soon.

[SMonty30]

born in carlise uk, moved 9 miles to brampton, then soon 5000 miles to relocate and marry my girl ^__^

[jabber]

Born and raised in So. Cal then transplated myself and fam. to da south, dad hails from Burgos Spain and mom from Guadalajara Mexico.

[yellowfish]

im a scot melting in this hot african sun

[tsmo]

....parts unknown...

*flashes Hanzo blade*


so dont follow me..

[tres28ram]

Rumor has it that we have been in Texas before it was Texas, so I have no idea
who was here...Mexico, Spain, ???? But I guess I am from occupied Mexico..

[clt_capt]

Earth

[Juan.Camaney]

Born and raised in So. Cal then transplated myself and fam. to da south, dad hails from Burgos Spain and mom from Guadalajara Mexico.
cool, we have property in Guadalajara :hay:

[mstad]

Bred and spread in SoCal!

My house is 4 miles from the hospital I was born in (the same hospital from my ER thread).
:werd:


I used to live about 1 mile from the hospital I was born in.

[VIVIX]

Eastside North Dakota!

[Juan.Camaney]

Eastside North Dakota!
thats gangster

[mstad]

thats gangster
:werd:


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