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Community => General Talk => Topic started by: Sacha on March 19, 2011, 03:29:33 AM

Title: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Sacha on March 19, 2011, 03:29:33 AM
And tell us the country too, while you're at it.

I'm from Belgium (Western Europe), although I'd rather be somewhere faaaaaaaaaaaar away from it, TBH...
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: songqu88@gmail.com on March 19, 2011, 03:38:28 AM
USA, er...America, North part. Yeah...
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Hyral on March 19, 2011, 04:08:57 AM
United States, specifically the quaint, farmy part of the northeast c:
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: songqu88@gmail.com on March 19, 2011, 04:13:35 AM
Pennsylvania? Then again, the northeast does have quite a bit of farmland. I need only drive about half an hour from my parents' house to see horses and cows and grain silos.
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Hyral on March 19, 2011, 04:35:13 AM
Pennsylvania? Then again, the northeast does have quite a bit of farmland. I need only drive about half an hour from my parents' house to see horses and cows and grain silos.

Up in New England, actually x3
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Woelfen on March 19, 2011, 04:44:06 AM
German living in Arizona, USA.
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Vellos on March 19, 2011, 05:05:49 AM
USA, Kentucky. Best state in the union: why? Because it isn't actually a state. It's a Commonwealth. FTW.
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Adriddae on March 19, 2011, 06:08:53 AM
The southern part of Canada, a stone's throw away from the USA border, however, I've never been to the US.
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Perth on March 19, 2011, 06:26:08 AM
USA, Kentucky. Best state in the union: why? Because it isn't actually a state. It's a Commonwealth. FTW.

+1

and Seconded.

Bluegrass born and raised.
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Zakilevo on March 19, 2011, 06:31:08 AM
South Korea and no it is not in the category :( it is a part of East Asia (with China and Japan) but I live in Canada now so I will chose Canada.
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: LilWolf on March 19, 2011, 12:27:17 PM
Finland.
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Longmane on March 19, 2011, 04:22:44 PM
Deep in the midlands of England, approximately a 15 minute drive away from ye oldie Nottingham castle  :D
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Telrunya on March 19, 2011, 04:32:48 PM
Netherlands.
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Darksun on March 19, 2011, 06:01:26 PM
South-western Ontario (Canada) is technically home. However I do spend quite a bit of time in Seattle.
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Oszero on March 19, 2011, 06:23:24 PM
I'm English but I'm currently living in Malta
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Ender on March 19, 2011, 06:35:17 PM
I was born in Connecticut but I live in North Carolina. So, the United States!

I find it a suitable place of living.
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Triggster on March 19, 2011, 06:39:16 PM
In England, and more specifically the County of Kent.
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Glaumring the Fox on March 20, 2011, 07:18:22 AM
Western Canada, but live and work in Taiwan for now.
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Aldwoni on March 21, 2011, 12:39:37 PM
Netherlands
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Adriddae on March 21, 2011, 03:52:52 PM
Canada!
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: DoctorHarte on March 22, 2011, 07:02:59 AM
Maine!  ;D


Oh yeah, we're also part of USA but we forget that sometimes...
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Peri on March 22, 2011, 10:35:29 AM
From Italy but living in Germany. Not near Tom for those who wonder :P
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Bael on March 22, 2011, 06:20:09 PM
South Africa, South Coast :)

Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: jaune on April 04, 2011, 02:28:57 PM
Jaunelandia! It is neighbouring(well, it is inside) Finland.

I will start conquering Finland soon, then i move towards Sweden which will be looted and burned to the ground... then i buy Estonia.... then i gotta see where to Next.

But shortly, sooner or later you all will be part of Jaunelandia!
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: songqu88@gmail.com on April 04, 2011, 03:42:02 PM
I wonder if it was intentional that, of the peninsula, Norway was forgotten. Unless jaune is already ruler of Norway.
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: MaleMaldives on April 04, 2011, 06:49:45 PM
I go to college in Pennsylvania, but I am from New York.
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: De-Legro on April 05, 2011, 12:45:06 AM
It is insulting to both Australians and New Zelanders to be grouped together.
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: DoctorHarte on April 05, 2011, 02:54:54 AM
It is insulting to both Australians and New Zelanders to be grouped together.

Yeah, went to 6th/7th grade in NSW, Aus. was the time of my life - USA sucks.
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: De-Legro on April 05, 2011, 03:01:38 AM
Where abouts? I hail from Newcastle NSW originally.
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Vellos on April 06, 2011, 08:26:02 PM
It is insulting to both Australians and New Zelanders to be grouped together.

Would you prefer if we just called ya'll Oceanians? ;)
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: songqu88@gmail.com on April 06, 2011, 08:42:18 PM
Ain't that an offense to all the other islanders who live in the area, some of which actually aren't found on even modern maps?
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: wraith on April 06, 2011, 11:11:36 PM
I was going suggest that the collective noun 'Antipodeans' was an acceptable designation for AU and NZ citizens (as that is how they are often described here in the UK) but  discovered the definition  and realised that to you we are the antipodeans. I learn something new every day.

The only other collective nouns we have in the UK for AU and NZ citizens is 'backpackers' or, possibly, 'barmen'.  :D
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: De-Legro on April 07, 2011, 12:24:10 AM
That's amusing, to us the UK are backpackers, crop pickers, and when they young lasses get really desperate, top less bar girls. But come on, Australia is the only continent you guys want to lump with another country? Have the other continents get multiple categories ITS UNFAIR I TELL YOU.
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: songqu88@gmail.com on April 07, 2011, 12:32:44 AM
It might be due to the fact that Australia's landmass is the only continent occupied by only one country (Other than Antarctica).
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: De-Legro on April 07, 2011, 12:49:04 AM
3 countries actually, there are still 2 guys that have declared their homes to be sovereign nations and refuse to pay taxes. They do habitually cross the borders in order to import food supplies though.
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: wraith on April 07, 2011, 01:18:41 AM
That's amusing, to us the UK are backpackers, crop pickers, and when they young lasses get really desperate, top less bar girls. But come on, Australia is the only continent you guys want to lump with another country? Have the other continents get multiple categories ITS UNFAIR I TELL YOU.

Like I said.. we are each other's antipodes  :D

As for lumping countries together.. Um, 'The Americas', 'Africa', 'Europe'...it happens to the best of us.

Hmmm.. what does 'Australasia' contain? Does that cover NZ? Same continental shelf? Too late (bottle #2) too google anymore.

Australia has sharks, snakes, stingrays, spiders and basically even the wildlife without an 's' at the start of it's name wants to kill you*. NZ has Hobbits and sheep as far as I can tell from the Lord of The Rings commentaries National geographic documentaries I have seen. No contest IMHO ;D

It's human nature to generalise (and to get annoyed when people do).

Hell, even half the UK has probably declared their nationality as Scottish, English, Irish or Welsh in the 10-year census last week.

*My sister has lived in AU for 15 years.. she has never been a barmaid and the wildlife constantly tries to kill her (though she does work for vets). We both love the former colonies anyway ;)
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: songqu88@gmail.com on April 07, 2011, 01:22:34 AM
Australia has the top couple of venomous snakes or something. If this were an RPG, Australia would be the equivalent of the final boss' lair, unless this is one of those other RPGs where the secret final boss level occurs in the uninhabited place Antarctica, and the penguins explode. Hm, that's Disgaea isn't it....
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: wraith on April 07, 2011, 01:27:04 AM
Australia has the top couple of venomous snakes or something. If this were an RPG, Australia would be the equivalent of the final boss' lair, unless this is one of those other RPGs where the secret final boss level occurs in the uninhabited place Antarctica, and the penguins explode. Hm, that's Disgaea isn't it....

Sir, you underestimate Australia (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCCkTNsdrPk).. what nature does not provide man invents.
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: De-Legro on April 07, 2011, 01:27:46 AM
Yes we have some of the most venomous snakes and spiders. Fortunately they aren't overly aggressive like some of the Indian and American snakes, so bites and deaths are very rare. For example the Inland Taipan is the most venomous land snake (some of the coral snakes are more venomous). The only confirmed bites from this snake are amongst people that work with them, and none of them fatal. There are 2 - 3 deaths in Australia every year from snake bites. In comparison hundreds die on the roads.
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Shizzle on April 07, 2011, 11:38:53 PM
Yes we have some of the most venomous snakes and spiders. Fortunately they aren't overly aggressive like some of the Indian and American snakes, so bites and deaths are very rare. For example the Inland Taipan is the most venomous land snake (some of the coral snakes are more venomous). The only confirmed bites from this snake are amongst people that work with them, and none of them fatal. There are 2 - 3 deaths in Australia every year from snake bites. In comparison hundreds die on the roads.

Well, I think that poor healthcare is of bigger effec than snakes being more or less aggressive... and pressure on their habitats.

I'm from Belgium :) I like it here, though I won't stay!
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Sacha on April 08, 2011, 01:18:10 PM
That's coincidental, I don't like it and I won't stay :P
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Madmonk77 on April 12, 2011, 05:10:36 PM
URUGUAY!!!
URUGUAY!!!
URUGUAY!!!

Gotta love my country :P
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Revan on April 13, 2011, 12:37:42 PM
Re: New Zealand/Australia debate, how about the UK/Irish thing. Now if there's a country in the world that's had enough of being lumped in with it's closest neighbour, it has to be Ireland >.<
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Galvez on April 25, 2011, 12:57:57 AM
I come from the Nertherlands.. Amsterdam!!  ;)
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Thunthorn on April 25, 2011, 10:14:31 AM
Sweden.

Currently filling water balloons and composing inspiring battlesongs with which to repel the Jaunian invasion.
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: BarticaBoat on May 02, 2011, 06:16:19 AM
I'm born and raised in the GTA, ontario, canada.

My dad however is from south america of mixed arawak, portuguese, chinese, and african descent and my mother is half quebecoise and half ukrainian.

i'm what you call a mutt.
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Chenier on May 24, 2011, 05:05:51 AM
It is insulting to both Australians and New Zelanders to be grouped together.

Agreed, they have nothing to do with each other. I, for one, have never seen any Hobbits when I watched the Crocodile Hunter!
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: De-Legro on May 24, 2011, 05:12:28 AM
Agreed, they have nothing to do with each other. I, for one, have never seen any Hobbits when I watched the Crocodile Hunter!

Actually we keep all the hobbits in a area called "The Shire" in Sydney NSW. It is much easier to keep tabs on them if we isolate them in a single geographical area. (The area is sometimes refered to as Sutherland Shire, but that is just to mask its true intent)
Title: Re: What part of the world are you from?
Post by: Kain on July 04, 2011, 03:29:45 AM
Jaunelandia! It is neighbouring(well, it is inside) Finland.

I will start conquering Finland soon, then i move towards Sweden which will be looted and burned to the ground... then i buy Estonia.... then i gotta see where to Next.

But shortly, sooner or later you all will be part of Jaunelandia!

Good luck with that. This Swede will stop ya! *karate kick in the air*

So yeah, that answered the question of the thread too.

For those living far away who might not keep track of the countries in Europe or think that Europe itself is a country; Sweden is a part of Scandinavia which is located in northern Europe (still not a country) ;)