Heartland

Straw poll time:

With 287 members, are we the united nations? Are we a microcosm of global harmony etc etc?

Moi? European!

Ok, Brit.

Ok, Nurthen Eyeland (but that's another story for another time somewhere beyond the black horizon).

Well?

I'm another Brit.

Geordie anyway, which is close enough.

Predominantely half english , half Swedish with sub divisions of french, German, Belgian and Irish. I feel a bit of a klutz for not speaking Swedish but that's another story

Belgium

karin wrote:sub divisions

??

Sounds painful.

Estonian.
and European.
well, there are Russians and Germans among my ancestors but my first language is Estonian. and the cultural context. (to be true, I'm also an Anglophile but it's another story )

Johnny Boy wrote:

karin wrote:sub divisions

??

Sounds painful.

oh I live with it

As Springsteen says,

Born in the USA.

But I am of Irish extraction, Roscommon County.

I'm a European, Glaswegian, of North Yorkshire extraction.

But I would very much like to see more friends from eastern europe on the list!

South African, one German father, one Dutch mother. Got German and SA passports.

Johnny Boy wrote:

Ok, Nurthen Eyeland (but that's another story for another time somewhere beyond the black horizon).

What part of NI Johnny? I lived there for nearly 4 years and loved every min of it
Went to College in Limavady, lived in Londonderry/Derry/Whatever
Me-Brit of the Northern kind!!!!

Sexygoth wrote:

Johnny Boy wrote:

Ok, Nurthen Eyeland (but that's another story for another time somewhere beyond the black horizon).

What part of NI Johnny? I lived there for nearly 4 years and loved every min of it
Went to College in Limavady, lived in Londonderry/Derry/Whatever
Me-Brit of the Northern kind!!!!

Born 2 Emerson Street, Waterside, Londonderry. Left when I was 12 as pappy joined the RAF. Did the Hong Kong/Singapore/Penang/Germany thing (groovy) interspersed with periods at various East Anglian dumps full of big shiney with wings and bombs. Still have family there. Good to meet a kindred spirit.

Cool....I lived on Spencer Rd, Waterside....Right next to the unicorn pub and I hold them entirley responsible for my vast glass collection!!!! lol

Geordie.........but livin in spain..( the other halfs Spanish ).......

I'm British - born just around the corner from the Hammersmith Odeon although I've never set foot in the place!

Dutch - living in Belfast.
Limavady - that's nearly Scotland.
And its Stroke City, daaahling.

Im Norwegian ,

and thats about it !

English man living on the sensible part of the continent.

Lessee... My mother's background is Danish, French Canadian, and good ol' Yankee stock (i.e., British descent, hailing from New England). My biological father (Mom's 1st husband) was born in Latvia and moved here with his mother when he was approx. 5 years old.

My dad (Mom's 2nd husband, and the only father I've ever known) is pure English, hailing from Warwick in the Midlands. Hence, my 2 younger brothers are half English, the bastards. Unfair!!! But I'm a dedicated Anglophile, so that makes me a tad British, right? Heehee!

from the better side of the tyne river

yup, a geordie, cut me and i bleed black & white.

i was born at the princess mary hospital, right next to the hoppings field (for those of you old enough to remember what that means )

half irish decent, the other half being in the north from the time of the vikings (or so they say ;);))

currently living on the costa del sol (fuengirola, between malaga and marbella, great place to live).

in 15 hours time i'm boarding a jet plane with a couple of cases and starting a new life in america

American, of northern European descent (hence my blonde hair and blue eyes--set me adrift in Germany and if I don't speak no one's the wiser).

SINsister wrote:Lessee... My mother's background is Danish, French Canadian, and good ol' Yankee stock (i.e., British descent, hailing from New England). My biological father (Mom's 1st husband) was born in Latvia and moved here with his mother when he was approx. 5 years old.

My dad (Mom's 2nd husband, and the only father I've ever known) is pure English, hailing from Warwick in the Midlands. Hence, my 2 younger brothers are half English, the bastards. Unfair!!! But I'm a dedicated Anglophile, so that makes me a tad British, right? Heehee!

The Nationality Committee will have to get back to regarding your national status ...

Irish. But I ain't waiting for nuthin.

Swedish. 100% Viking

hallucienate wrote:South African, one German father, one Dutch mother. Got German and SA passports.

Oh, great. that means if you ever come round to my gaff for a meal, I won't be able to crack any 'German' OR 'South African' jokes...

I'm English, never lived anywhere else (I've only ever LEFT the country once, for a week!), I've always lived near Manchester but never IN Manchester, and I have Welsh Ancestry.

No Welsh Jokes, please