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Posted: 17 Nov 2004, 18:00
by emilystrange
aha. then you shouldn't be TOO damaged.
Posted: 17 Nov 2004, 18:13
by hallucienate
SINsister wrote: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...
can't we just stick to calling you American?
Posted: 17 Nov 2004, 18:19
by 6FeetOver
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.
Posted: 17 Nov 2004, 18:28
by emilystrange
our thoughts are with you.
Posted: 17 Nov 2004, 18:38
by hallucienate
SINsister wrote: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.
OK, non-war-mongering American?
Posted: 17 Nov 2004, 21:23
by Black Shuck
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.
Posted: 17 Nov 2004, 23:21
by Petseri
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.
Posted: 18 Nov 2004, 00:15
by Quiff Boy
Posted: 18 Nov 2004, 12:48
by Black Shuck
Quiff Boy wrote:
Black Shuck wrote:and for the record, I'm half Jewish (does Jewish count as a nationality?) and half Icelandic.
seriously.
Cool.
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.)
Posted: 18 Nov 2004, 12:52
by Nazareth
Scotland
Posted: 18 Nov 2004, 17:44
by pikkrong
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.
Posted: 18 Nov 2004, 17:46
by pikkrong
SINsister wrote:rian wrote:You never understand those baltic people
But I *am* a Baltic people...well - half of me is, anyway, hehehe...
That's what I meant - i. e. you're the only H-lander related to Latvia (as far as I know).
Posted: 18 Nov 2004, 17:50
by 6FeetOver
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...
Posted: 18 Nov 2004, 17:53
by rian
SINsister wrote: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.
Posted: 18 Nov 2004, 18:12
by pikkrong
SINsister wrote: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
Posted: 18 Nov 2004, 18:12
by 6FeetOver
rian wrote:In swedish: Lettland, Estland, Litauien.
Aha! Interesting. Thanks, rian!
Posted: 18 Nov 2004, 18:14
by Quiff Boy
lithuania?
Posted: 18 Nov 2004, 18:14
by 6FeetOver
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.
Posted: 18 Nov 2004, 18:18
by Quiff Boy
SINsister wrote: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.
clicky
just ignore the falcon bit
Posted: 18 Nov 2004, 18:18
by pikkrong
SINsister wrote: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.
OK, I can continue
- we say "Eesti(maa)", "Läti(maa)" and "Leedu(maa)"
Posted: 18 Nov 2004, 18:23
by 6FeetOver
Posted: 18 Nov 2004, 18:25
by Quiff Boy
we've had this discussion already and you know what my preference is
