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Ráth Chairn, Ireland.
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Well, if we're just making up silly names by haphazardly stringing together letters and adding random accent marks, I'll play along and pretend to be from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
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Currently in Edmonton Canada
Born in New Westminster Canada
Lived in Vancouver, Surrey, Abbotsford, Chilliwack Canada
Lived on Vancouver Island for a while in Victoria area.

Now stuck in frozen hell. Seriously, We get to -40 in the winters here... Farenheit, celcius... same thing.

Edit: I also lived in Italy for a few months.
 
Currently in Edmonton Canada
Born in New Westminster Canada
Lived in Vancouver, Surrey, Abbotsford, Chilliwack Canada
Lived on Vancouver Island for a while in Victoria area.

Now stuck in frozen hell. Seriously, We get to -40 in the winters here... Farenheit, celcius... same thing.

Edit: I also lived in Italy for a few months.
The west coast of Canada is one of the reasons I'll always have a boat in the PNW. So much fun to go cruising there
 
I'm in the Netherlands in a place south of Utrecht, in the province Gelderland.

Was born in Eindhoven, spent my youth in Veldhoven, lived in Utrecht for a little while, then moved to where I live and work now.


Ooh. Which country?

El Salvador

She migrated in the early 1990s to get away from the civil war that was raging back then. She went to Los Angeles first, but then decided to go further abroad, and was interested in Canada and Australia. Something to do with having an easier VISA getting established as a health professional in a Commonwealth country over the USA.

She took a plunge and randomly chose Australia over Canada. Which ended up being problematic, as I don't think she counted on hardly any Australians knowing Spanish, so that was a steep learning curve for her, especially considering she initially couldn't understand any English spoken with an Australian accent, heh heh. She also dislikes our summers here, and would love some of those Canadian winters, but otherwise she's pretty happy being here.

We've been back to El Salvador a few times, it's an eye-opener for a 'gringo' Aussie to go there, lots of poverty and crime, but I'm used to that now.
Lots of fun stuff as well. The Central American countries are pretty close together, so we also tend to do Guatemala when we are over there. I really like hanging out in Antigua Guatemala, it's pretty cool.

Many of my wife's siblings and cousins migrated throughout the USA, so we mainly do the US to touch base with everyone, rather than do Central America. She doesn't miss El Salvador (due to harsh memories during the war, and also the current economic issues), so she's happy just seeing all her family around the USA. This works well for us, as we don't pay for accomodation, and I get to see the USA from more of a local eye than a pure tourist view.

Although the price of the airline tickets guts me every time.

Despite that, I'm always on holiday when I'm in the USA, so I don't get to do the workday grindstone while I'm there, I'm always in a good mood. Traffic isn't an issue if you don't need to be at work on time, and because everything feels slightly different to here then it also feels fresh. So I have only good things to say about my visits to the USA. One of these trips i will also have to venture up to Canada, it's on the list

And this is why I am poor :grin:
 
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. All my life.

Longest I've spent away was a month in the UK as a teen, studying English at two Bell Language Schools (first at Saffron Walden, since closed, and later at Norwich); and six weeks in NYC in 2009, as an observer at a famous hospital there.
 
I'm sure that the number of USA members here greatly outnumber other backgrounds, they just haven't shown up in this thread yet!

(But yeah there seems to be a much more internationally flavoured group here compared to some of the other rpg forums, which often feel overwhelmingly USA-centric at times)
 
I'm sure that the number of USA members here greatly outnumber other backgrounds, they just haven't shown up in this thread yet!

(But yeah there seems to be a much more internationally flavoured group here compared to some of the other rpg forums, which often feel overwhelmingly USA-centric at times)
I think we've managed to scare most of them off ...
 
Well, if we're just making up silly names by haphazardly stringing together letters and adding random accent marks
You know man the deservedly phenomenal success of Roller Lordz of the 31st Century has changed you. Yes it is literally the best movie ever, but that doesn't put you and your billions of dollars above others.
 
Born in South Yorkshire. Moved to Orlando, Florida about 5 years ago for my now wife. I definitely didn't expect that to my life's path when I was a wee lad.

I have not and don't think I ever will adapt to the heat though. Visited the UK over christmas and I was enamoured with getting to wear a coat again. Such bliss...
 
Born in South Yorkshire. Moved to Orlando, Florida about 5 years ago for my now wife. I definitely didn't expect that to my life's path when I was a wee lad.

I have not and don't think I ever will adapt to the heat though. Visited the UK over christmas and I was enamoured with getting to wear a coat again. Such bliss...
My secret recipe for handling the heat in Indonesia is air conditioning. Lots of air conditioning. This may also work for you in Florida. Having said that, for some reason I don't really mind the heat, although having an air-conditioned space you can get away from it makes it pretty much a non-issue. YMMV.

Also, take a small flannel or towel with you to mop up the sweat when you go out.

Uphill both ways ...
 
I won’t hold it against you... :grin:
Haha, I reacted accordingly to your own post. I did study in Lancaster tho, and my mum is from Stockport so I guess I have ties both ways.


My secret recipe for handling the heat in Indonesia is air conditioning. Lots of air conditioning.
My existence in Florida is essentially moving from one AC vent to another!

Funnily enough, the inventors of both AC and bug spray are Florida natives, and it's not hard to see why. Both have statues in the United States Capitol building.
 
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My existence in Florida is essentially moving from one AC vent to another!

Funnily enough, the inventors of both AC and bug spray are Florida natives, and it's not hard to see why. Both have statues in the United States Capitol building.
Your mission is now to gain 15 minutes of fame by introducing Faggots and Mushy Peas to Floridian cuisine.
 
Mushy peas, gladly.
Spoken like a true Yorkshireman. I had a cow-orker from Sheffield, who was just the stereotypical Yorkshireman, and his Yorkshire-ness became a running joke in the team.[1]

Whenever I wanted to discuss something with him, I'd start with 'I'd like an opinion ...'
I prefer black pudding to haggis, but I wouldn't turn down either.
I quite like Haggis and Black Pudding, although I can take or leave Mushy peas.
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1 - along with many, many sheep shagging jokes - we also had a chap from Australia on the team.
 
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My secret recipe for handling the heat in Indonesia is air conditioning. Lots of air conditioning. This may also work for you in Florida. Having said that, for some reason I don't really mind the heat, although having an air-conditioned space you can get away from it makes it pretty much a non-issue. YMMV.

Also, take a small flannel or towel with you to mop up the sweat when you go out.

Uphill both ways ...
So that is a vote for Ascending AC over ThAC0? :tongue:
 
Done!

Tha gràin agam air geòidh
(I hate geese in Scottish Gaelic)
That looks about how it sounded when I tried talking to Scottish people on the train

I'm pretty sure they thought they were speaking some intelligible language but it what just the hibblyjibbly nonsense you posted.
 
Can someone translate UK regional stereotypes to US for me?
The stereotypical Yorkshireman has a very distinctive accent (actually there are several distinct regional accents within Yorkshire) and is , amongst other things, dour and highly opinionated. Find some clips from Last Of the Summer Wine if you want to hear the accents and watch a sitcom lampooning the stereotypes. Last of the Summer Wine ran for several decades and only terminated because Bill Owen (the actor that played Compo) died.


'Uphill both ways' is a quote from the Four Yorkshiremen sketch, which is amenable to some google-fu.
That looks about how it sounded when I tried talking to Scottish people on the train

I'm pretty sure they thought they were speaking some intelligible language but it what just the hibblyjibbly nonsense you posted.
For this you need Rab C Nesbitt.

 
Can someone translate UK regional stereotypes to US for me?
That's a tricky one, more from the perspective of not knowing many US stereotypes personally. Lancashire and Yorkshire are both Northern England, so more working class background (dark satanic mills, down the pits and so on), broad speech and simple tastes. There is friendly banter between us in particular because of the War of the Roses (which we won, naturally :wink: ).

The reality these days is that both have hot spots of culture, fine cuisine and so on. And amazing scenery, too.
 
British cuisine is weird... you guys eat bird vomit and call it a delicacy. :sick:
It's not British cuisine. Bird's nest soup comes from somewhere in Malaysia and is an overpriced delicacy in China.

We do, however, have Jellied Eels, Smoked Eels (Delicious. Really Delicious) and more varieties of Gin than you can poke a stick at. I can also recommend Fentiman's Curiosity Cola, Thornton's Toffee and M&S Butter Mints. And then there's Patum Peperium for those who feel Marmite is lacking in flavour ...
 
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That's a tricky one, more from the perspective of not knowing many US stereotypes personally. Lancashire and Yorkshire are both Northern England, so more working class background (dark satanic mills, down the pits and so on), broad speech and simple tastes. There is friendly banter between us in particular because of the War of the Roses (which we won, naturally :wink: ).

The reality these days is that both have hot spots of culture, fine cuisine and so on. And amazing scenery, too.
Indeed. Bradford is world famous for its curry ...
 
Hm... We've just managed to de-rail a 'where are you from?' thread onto Monty Python quotes.

Is there a prize for biggest tangent?
 
Spoken like a true Yorkshireman.
It's a Yorkshireman's caviar!

Truly, whenever I get Mushy Peas outside of Yorkshire, it never quite tastes right. Down south it's especially bad, like they just poured it out of a Batchelor's tin.
 
Back slightly on track, both of these places are a short drive from me, and show what the countryside is like in this part of the UK





We used to run a LARP club up on Beacon Fell back in the late 90s. Lots of bemused ramblers watching 10 orc fight boffer with a bunch of PCs...
 
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Back slightly on track, both of these places are a short drive from me, and show what the countryside is like in this part of the UK





We used to run a LARP club up on Beacon Fell back in the late 90s. Lots of bemused ramblers watching 10 orc fight buffer with a bunch of PCs...

One thing the Poms are pretty good at is looking after their countryside. I live in the middle of the Weald and there's loads of nice country lanes, villagey villages and pubby pubs around here. You can drive a few minutes in any direction and be out in the country. It's a really nice place to just go out to for a drive.
 
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It's not British cuisine. Bird's nest soup comes from somewhere in Malaysia and is an overpriced delicacy in China.

We do, however, have Jellied Eels, Smoked Eels (Delicious. Really Delicious) and more varieties of Gin than you can poke a stick at. I can also recommend Fentiman's Curiosity Cola, Thornton's Toffee and M&S Butter Mints. And then there's Patum Peperium for those who feel Marmite is lacking in flavour ...
Thought dover had it too?
Saw a whole documentary on it a few years back. ?
 
Thought dover had it too?
Saw a whole documentary on it a few years back. ?
Not as far as I'm aware. A brief bit of google-fu doesn't turn up any insight either. I'm not sure what the documentary might have been referring to.
 
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