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aha. then you shouldn't be TOO damaged.
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emilystrange wrote: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...
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hallucienate wrote:can't we just stick to calling you American?
Erm...in light of the election developments over here earlier this month, I'd rather you didn't. It's just a tad embarrassing. Just a TAD. :( :evil:
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hallucienate wrote:can't we just stick to calling you American?
Erm...in light of the election developments over here earlier this month, I'd rather you didn't. It's just a tad embarrassing. Just a TAD. :( :evil:
OK, non-war-mongering American?
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Quiff Boy wrote:when i was at uni i shared a house with a chap who was first-generation hungarian immigrant - his parent were "straight off the boat" (to use his own description).

he said the hungarian language was one of the few languages with no tracable influences - ie: that there were no words deriving from any of the other "parent" languages - latin, nordic, gaelic, etc and as such it was a very strange tongue... i used to hear him speaking hungarian on the phone to his parents from time to time and he was right. a very curious-sounding language...
I remember in that film 'The Usual Suspects' that a badly injured chap kept ranting in Hungarian, and it did indeed sound very odd.

and for the record, I'm half Jewish (does Jewish count as a nationality?) and half Icelandic.

seriously.
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Black Shuck wrote:
Quiff Boy wrote:when i was at uni i shared a house with a chap who was first-generation hungarian immigrant - his parent were "straight off the boat" (to use his own description).

he said the hungarian language was one of the few languages with no tracable influences - ie: that there were no words deriving from any of the other "parent" languages - latin, nordic, gaelic, etc and as such it was a very strange tongue... i used to hear him speaking hungarian on the phone to his parents from time to time and he was right. a very curious-sounding language...
I remember in that film 'The Usual Suspects' that a badly injured chap kept ranting in Hungarian, and it did indeed sound very odd.
Am I the only one who noticed a spike in "burnt Hungarian" movies a few years back?

The Usual Suspects
The English Patient
Sunshine

Anything else which I can add to my list?
Black Shuck wrote:and for the record, I'm half Jewish (does Jewish count as a nationality?) and half Icelandic.

seriously.
Cool. :D
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"burnt Hungarian" :?:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :?
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Black Shuck wrote:and for the record, I'm half Jewish (does Jewish count as a nationality?) and half Icelandic.

seriously.
Cool. :D
well, sort of. (one side of my family is Jewish, t'other half is from Iceland. I've never been to Bjorkland or Isreal, though, so I'm really only British, I guess.)
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Black Shuck wrote:
and for the record, I'm half Jewish
From mother's or farher's side? If I don't mistake it's important for Jews.
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rian wrote:You never understand those baltic people :roll:
But I *am* a Baltic people...well - half of me is, anyway, hehehe... :lol: :roll:
That's what I meant - i. e. you're the only H-lander related to Latvia (as far as I know).
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pikkrong wrote:That's what I meant - i. e. you're the only H-lander related to Latvia (as far as I know).
Ahhh, ok. But what's with the "Lettland?" Is that what Baltic peeps call Latvia? I'm confused... :|
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pikkrong wrote:That's what I meant - i. e. you're the only H-lander related to Latvia (as far as I know).
Ahhh, ok. But what's with the "Lettland?" Is that what Baltic peeps call Latvia? I'm confused... :|
In swedish: Lettland, Estland, Litauien.

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pikkrong wrote:That's what I meant - i. e. you're the only H-lander related to Latvia (as far as I know).
Ahhh, ok. But what's with the "Lettland?" Is that what Baltic peeps call Latvia? I'm confused... :|
In Estonia we say "Läti" or "Lätimaa".
Too much useless information, I guess :|
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rian wrote:In swedish: Lettland, Estland, Litauien.

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Aha! Interesting. Thanks, rian! ;D
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lithuania?
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pikkrong wrote:In Estonia we say "Läti" or "Lätimaa".
Too much useless information, I guess :|
Wow! Cool! Nah - no such thing as useless info, pikkrong. I LOVE this kind of stuff. ;D
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pikkrong wrote:In Estonia we say "Läti" or "Lätimaa".
Too much useless information, I guess :|
Wow! Cool! Nah - no such thing as useless info, pikkrong. I LOVE this kind of stuff. ;D
clicky

just ignore the falcon bit :roll: :lol:
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pikkrong wrote:In Estonia we say "Läti" or "Lätimaa".
Too much useless information, I guess :|
Wow! Cool! Nah - no such thing as useless info, pikkrong. I LOVE this kind of stuff. ;D
OK, I can continue :wink: - we say "Eesti(maa)", "Läti(maa)" and "Leedu(maa)" :innocent:
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Quiff Boy wrote:clicky

just ignore the falcon bit :roll: :lol:
Hmmm...do I thank him, or do I SLAP him..? HMMMM. :roll: :von:
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Quiff Boy wrote:clicky

just ignore the falcon bit :roll: :lol:
Hmmm...do I thank him, or do I SLAP him..? HMMMM. :roll: :von:
we've had this discussion already and you know what my preference is ;) :lol:
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