NationStates Jolt Archive

This forum is awesome, there is a wide array of interesting opinionated people and hilarious nutcases here.

Where are you all from?

From the US--south Louisiana originally, temporarily transplanted to the west coast.

US, although if you go deeper, I'm originally Colombian and Indian.

US, specifically Boston, Massachusetts.

Hey, US. Currently Scottsdale Arizona.

Of course, these polls have been done before, and you're going to come out with a plurality (not majority) of Americans, with Europeans behind them (when seperated, on par with Australia, Canada and New Zealand), and then it really tails off with other nationalities.

I am Canadian.

I'm from the good old United Kingdom. (Britain)

Antipedean apparently.


Wellington, New Zealand (currently being blasted by wind gusts pushing the 150km mark in some places)

Wolfsreicher, at the Wolfsreich diplomatic compound in Reno, NV.

(but seriously, if I'm ever rich enough to buy a private island, I'm declaring independence.)

Irish here, the first to use "other european"

Live in Australia, but of Chinese descent.

Canadian citizen, unfortunately living in Scottsdale, Arizona right now. (Not by choice, my father's job moved and I am tied to my parents for food, shelter, etc.)

Antipedean apparently.


Wellington, New Zealand (currently being blasted by wind gusts pushing the 150km mark in some places)

Antipedean? I'm an Auzzie and i don't know what an Antipedean is - and neither does Menkeypimp it would seem.

WTF? :confused:

Canadian, seventh-generation Scots ancestry going back to 1820s.

Antipedean? I'm an Auzzie and i don't know what an Antipedean is - and neither does Menkeypimp it would seem.

WTF? :confused:

I'm a New Zealander and I don't know either :S

Bi-racial. African American and Southeast Asian. To be more specific, I’m Bahamian and Indonesian. And no, I don't "squint on purpose". (Has been asked that a lot)

im australian and i have absolutely no idea, there seems to be a trend developing here...

Sorry, mispelt, Antipodean.

I guess we just use the term in Britain.

I just looked it up:



antipodean

\An`ti*po"de*an\, a. Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

antipodean

adj : relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth; "antodpodean latitudes"; "antipodal regions of the earth"; "antipodal points on a sphere" [syn: antipodal]

Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

Oh, there are so many nationalty threads and polls over here. But that is the first one I´ve seen that included my nationality. I´m from Germany.

Mancunian, or British, but only through luck of birth.

Both my parents immigrated here.

Am I the only Asian girl in here?
This is insulting... :/

I'm American. Columbia, MD is specifics.

Italy, Sicily, Palermo

i think a lot of you watched some GodFather movie to know where it is.

I'm from Finland. A quite fine place to be unless you're freezing to death or sucked out of blood by giant clouds of mosquitos. Or going insane becouse of the infernal noise of mobile phones.

Fools are those who smile around here.

European

(Belgian to be precise :p )

Antipedean? I'm an Auzzie and i don't know what an Antipedean is - and neither does Menkeypimp it would seem.

WTF? :confused:

I've heard of it but never in common usage....

I prefer Oceanian. It sounds cooler.

I've heard of it but never in common usage....

I prefer Oceanian. It sounds cooler.
Interesting. I link that term too to refer to the South-Pacific region (Australia, New Zealand and many island down there). However many Australians here in the forum reject that term, though.

I'm from the US. Wisconsin, more specfically.(I hate the fact that American is used to define people from the US, instead of the Americas in general :/)

I'm from the U.S. The Maryland suburbs of Washington D.C. to be a little more precise.

What about people having more than one passport, why not allowing multiple choices in that poll? Anyway, I live in Italy, I'm Venetian and proud of it and I am also French.

I'm Canadian with an East Indian background. My parents moved to Canada before I was born.

Interesting. I link that term too to refer to the South-Pacific region (Australia, New Zealand and many island down there). However many Australians here in the forum reject that term, though.

I don't see why they would reject it. I personally see Australia and New Zealand as almost one...i mean, theres no more difference culturally between Australians as a whole and New Zealanders than there is between the individual Australian states. The Pacific Islands too are basically pretty integrated with us as well, not really culturally but certainly economically, and there are large islander populations within Australia and NZ. So, we're all basically one family in my eyes.

I'm from the US. Wisconsin, more specfically.(I hate the fact that American is used to define people from the US, instead of the Americas in general :/)

So what else am I supposed to call you? A Statesian?

Oh, how about yankee?

lol

Originally from Luxembourg(NOTE:richest nation per person...just had to say that).

I currently live in the Maryland suburbs of DC as well. Nice to see another Marylander here.

Note to self...get post count up. I feel small here for some weird reason, even though my nation has over 3 billion people.

Dutch...d*mn, I'm feeling unique!

Irish here, the first to use "other european"
Also in "Others European" group. Doesn't it sound like kind of discrimination? (joking, but...). In honour to yer country may I add "tiocfaidh àr là"?
And of course, related to my (real, not virtual) country: SAN MARCO PAR SEMPRE! (St Mark forever).

I don't see why they would reject it. I personally see Australia and New Zealand as almost one...i mean, theres no more difference culturally between Australians as a whole and New Zealanders than there is between the individual Australian states. The Pacific Islands too are basically pretty integrated with us as well, not really culturally but certainly economically, and there are large islander populations within Australia and NZ. So, we're all basically one family in my eyes.
Because they say that Oceania doesn´t exist. It is not a continent. But Australia in itself is a continent. Well: a continent and a country.

I'm from Sweden. :)

American, and proud of it!

Usa.

Coming up in tha 'Sco. (San Francisco, USA). But if you trace it back far enough I'm half Japanese, which is basically Korean, which is basically Chinese, which is basically Mongolian. And I'm half assorted white some Anglo-Saxon-Frankish mixture and some eastern european blood.

Germany, Saxony, Dresden

Im a Muslim liveing in Ala-bam-uh (Alabama, US)

I'm American, though specifically from Rochester, NY. And no, it's not a suburb of New York City. It is a city at least 720km away.

If by nationality you mean where I'm from and what nation I'm a citizen of, the good ol' USA would be the answer.

If you mean what background I am, I'm 1/8 French, 1/8 Irish, 1/16 Danish, about 1/2 German, plus English and Welch (I'm not sure how much). And less than 1% Native American (not sure which tribe, and I sure don't look it). I'm also a very distant relative of Mary Todd Lincoln.

Because they say that Oceania doesn´t exist. It is not a continent. But Australia in itself is a continent. Well: a continent and a country.

Meh, It's a fair point I suppose......

But the British Isles are considered part of Europe and Japan is considered part of Asia.

I'm English by birth, half Lancashire half Derbyshire cross-breed ("FREAK!")...

Ha ha, but seriously...

English, but I often consider myself an honourary Italian, since I've lived in Torino for so long, most of my personality traits are typically Italian. It's just that this damn Anglo-Saxon skin won't tan properly...

Meh, It's a fair point I suppose......

But the British Isles are considered part of Europe and Japan is considered part of Asia.
Regarding Britain I some times "doubt" that. After all they say: "We are not the continent."
And very often the channel seems to be wider than the atlantic.

Regarding Britain I some times "doubt" that. After all they say: "We are not the continent."
And very often the channel seems to be wider than the atlantic.

Heh, yeah, in hindsight I can see where you're coming from.

Heh, yeah, in hindsight I can see where you're coming from.
Shure you can. After all I posted it here and I voted on the poll. You don´t need to be a genious to find that out, Aussie.

Uh...I won't go into my ancestery; too long and complicated. So, let it suffice to say, I'm a Canuck!

Shure you can. After all I posted it here and I voted on the poll. You don´t need to be a genious to find that out, Aussie.

:rolleyes: I don't mean...oh nevermind. Not worth explaining. I'm tired.

:rolleyes: I don't mean...oh nevermind. Not worth explaining. I'm tired.
It is pretty late in Australia now. Well Good night.
I didn´t get the joke if it was one: but I´m not English. So, that´s probably the reason I don´t get it.
Well: of course: most critics of Britain are from the continent if you mean that. So you guessed that right.

Im From Southern California, Long Beach to be exact, And Im part German, and Part Irish and a small bit of Cherokee Indian. But in short, I guess you can say im a W.A.S.P.

Officially I'm Belgian but it's natural for me to feel more Flemish.

Flanders, Belgium, Europe.

Flemish is mostly Frankish Germanic (with some Saxon Germanic) in origin. We're related to the Dutch, but they're more Saxon.

US, although if you go deeper, I'm originally Colombian and Indian.
So that explains your nickname.

Officially I'm Belgian but it's natural for me to feel more Flemish.

Flanders, Belgium, Europe.

Isn´t Flemish almost identically to Dutch? Isn´t that considered one language actually?

U.S. Danville Virginia

I'm from the UK. Or more specifically England. :)

Isn´t Flemish almost identically to Dutch? Isn´t that considered one language actually?
I was talking about Flemish as an adjective, not as a language.

But you are completely right. :) The official language here is also Dutch. We just pronounce it differently and there's a minor difference in vocabulary.

im from northern ireland, which is part of the UK, and one of the few places where a person can claim dual nationality..Irish (other european) or British, i like to be seen as Irish but i wouldnt choose to live there.....

I live in Lickey End,England ;)

Eurasian.


As in mixed of white european and east asian.


:D



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I'm from America.

My ancestors immigrated from Greece, Russia (Jewish), and Canada (French).

I'm from Dayton, Ohio and have lived here for a year. I grew up in Youngstown, Ohio.

If you go back, I am Scottish, Irish, German (from the Amish who came here), and a little Native American (Blackfoot tribe).

US born, but have been living in England since 1987.

Dutch

Israeli and proud of it.
(with Polish and Dutch blood and a British passport)

Polish-Canadian

The Great Lakes state of Michigan here.

I'm American, though specifically from Rochester, NY. And no, it's not a suburb of New York City. It is a city at least 720km away.

off the subject of the poll....

;) I have to applaud...I live near Syracuse, NY...not too far from Rochester. We are UPSTATE NY. NO WHERE NEAR NYC. I just think it's funny cause once we say NY, everyone assumes we're from "the city". NY consists of more than "the city". We have trees and mountains....I've had people from the south point those out to me when I told them I was from NY..... :confused:

back to the poll.....

I was born in Korea, moved to the US(dad was USAF), live in NY, I'm half Korean, German, Irish, and Dutch...so whatever nationality you think you could stick me under....lol