Nationalities

[Mrs. Snowey]

PRWY Embassy, on assignment on The Wirral (and judging by the amount of fireworks still being let off, t' natives are restless)

[moonchild]

portuguese..... very portuguese...

[lazarus corporation]

portuguese..... very portuguese...

very Portugese? Well, I guess it probably makes sense - I've often been told that I'm very English, so I presume it's like that. But with less inherent reserve & innate-individual-eyebrow-raising-ability and more ... Portugese attributes. Whatever they may be.

[moonchild]

portuguese..... very portuguese...

very Portugese? Well, I guess it probably makes sense - I've often been told that I'm very English, so I presume it's like that. But with less inherent reserve & innate-individual-eyebrow-raising-ability and more ... Portugese attributes. Whatever they may be.

i'm very portuguese not in the way i look but in the way i act.

[lazarus corporation]

portuguese..... very portuguese...

very Portugese? Well, I guess it probably makes sense - I've often been told that I'm very English, so I presume it's like that. But with less inherent reserve & innate-individual-eyebrow-raising-ability and more ... Portugese attributes. Whatever they may be.

i'm very portuguese not in the way i look but in the way i act.

OK, so how does a very Portugese person act?

[moonchild]

very Portugese? Well, I guess it probably makes sense - I've often been told that I'm very English, so I presume it's like that. But with less inherent reserve & innate-individual-eyebrow-raising-ability and more ... Portugese attributes. Whatever they may be.

i'm very portuguese not in the way i look but in the way i act.

OK, so how does a very Portugese person act?

I'm not here to explain you anything.

[lazarus corporation]

i'm very portuguese not in the way i look but in the way i act.

OK, so how does a very Portugese person act?

I'm not here to explain you anything.

stubbornness and reticence, then.

[moonchild]

OK, so how does a very Portugese person act?

I'm not here to explain you anything.

stubbornness and reticence, then.

just without patience.

[Izzy HaveMercy]

OK, so how does a very Portugese person act?

I'm not here to explain you anything.

stubbornness and reticence, then.

Nope.

yumminess and innocence


Kiddin


IZ.

[christophe]

Kiddin

IZ.

are You sure about that ?

[moonchild]

yumminess and innocence

the 1st one i accept. But innocence?

[Karst]

and i seem to recall karst is from NI... or is at least living there, even if he isn't actually irish

I think Karst's originally Dutch (?) ...

Indeed. Though I think he's still Dutch but just living in Belfast.

Indeed still very much Dutch but larging it in Ulster - no access to Heartland in my new workplace though as the firewall blocks it. So I'll be here a little less then before.

[Hojyuu-obi]

@ Karst

I've been wondering about your avatar: is it Van Kooten & De Bie?

[pikkrong]

I seem to remember reading in an article somewhere (some article/essay on the decline of German as a World language) that for a long time up untill approx. WWII the German language was the language of choice for intelligentsia, and the bourgoisie in Eastern Europe & Russia. Ironically this was largely due to Jewish people!

Until the beginning of the XX century in Estonia and Latvia German language dominated due to German-speaking nobility whose ancestors (German and Danish crusaders) had invaded these lands in the XIII century.

[markfiend]

I seem to remember reading in an article somewhere (some article/essay on the decline of German as a World language) that for a long time up untill approx. WWII the German language was the language of choice for intelligentsia, and the bourgoisie in Eastern Europe & Russia. Ironically this was largely due to Jewish people!

Until the beginning of the XX century in Estonia and Latvia German language dominated due to German-speaking nobility whose ancestors (German and Danish crusaders) had invaded these lands in the XIII century.

The Teutonic knights? (Dragging up faded memories of European history)

[Big Si]

Glaswegian or Weegie, if you will

Honorary Weegie/Scot, Ulsterman and Czech Republicman. But I tell people I meet everyday "i'm a Yorkshireman from the Borders!"

[pikkrong]

I seem to remember reading in an article somewhere (some article/essay on the decline of German as a World language) that for a long time up untill approx. WWII the German language was the language of choice for intelligentsia, and the bourgoisie in Eastern Europe & Russia. Ironically this was largely due to Jewish people!

Until the beginning of the XX century in Estonia and Latvia German language dominated due to German-speaking nobility whose ancestors (German and Danish crusaders) had invaded these lands in the XIII century.

The Teutonic knights? (Dragging up faded memories of European history)

http://www.balticsww.com/Crusaders.htm

[Karst]

@ Karst

I've been wondering about your avatar: is it Van Kooten & De Bie?

Yup, as Simplistisch Verbond - quite poignant considering the current situation in my country of birth.

[6FeetOver]

Lettland

Who you are talking about? Sinny?

Wha? Did I miss summat? I'm confused.

[rian]

Lettland

Who you are talking about? Sinny?

Wha? Did I miss summat? I'm confused.

You never understand those baltic people

[Quiff Boy]

even i'm confused now

[6FeetOver]

You never understand those baltic people

But I *am* a Baltic people...well - half of me is, anyway, hehehe...

[emilystrange]

the other's Midlands, so you're doomed anyway lol

[rian]

You never understand those baltic people

But I *am* a Baltic people...well - half of me is, anyway, hehehe...

[6FeetOver]

the other's Midlands, so you're doomed anyway lol

Unfortunately, it's not - that's only by marriage (my mom's 2nd husband). I do have a *wee* bit of Brit heritage of some sort, but that's from a great-grandmother on my mom's side...