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February 22, 2012 6:44 pm at 6:44 pm #602173Ken ZaynMember
Please tell us where you are from.
February 22, 2012 7:00 pm at 7:00 pm #853522TheGoqParticipantGoqitania.
February 22, 2012 7:09 pm at 7:09 pm #853523Ken ZaynMemberOh? Last time I asked you where you were born you said in Consequential…
February 22, 2012 7:16 pm at 7:16 pm #853524BaalHaboozeParticipantCanada, eh!
February 22, 2012 7:19 pm at 7:19 pm #853525ED IT ORParticipantmaybe we should rename this the stalkers thread!
lol
well we know baloochi is Irish!
and I’m British!
February 22, 2012 7:56 pm at 7:56 pm #853526Rav TuvParticipantU.S.S.R. of amerika
February 22, 2012 8:29 pm at 8:29 pm #853527Ken ZaynMemberThere used to be posters from Australia and I know there are several from Israel. Are there any current posters from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Russia, Hong Kong or elsewhere in Europe like Antwerp, Brussels, Vienna, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Spain, Italy, Ireland etc?
I thought that after the American and British posters thread I’d ask if there are posters from any other countries.
Serious answers please.
February 22, 2012 8:34 pm at 8:34 pm #853528OneOfManyParticipantThe original name for Canada, dreamed up by a parliamentary committee in London, was “Cold North Dominion,” but that waas too long, so they abbreviated it C.N.D. The King’s Royal Governor presented the new name to the inhabitants, and they didn’t say a word. Just looked at him.
“Well, what do you think?” asked the Royal Governor?
“C., eh?” said the first fellow, and just looked at the Governor.
“N., eh?” says the second guy.
“D., eh?” says a third one. Then silence.
“Hey,” says the Governor. “I like that. It’s a heck of a lot easier to pronounce when you spell it that way.”
So that’s how Canada got its name.
February 22, 2012 8:38 pm at 8:38 pm #853529more_2MemberI’m from pakistan. My wife’s from Algeria.
February 22, 2012 9:29 pm at 9:29 pm #853530tzaddiqMemberi am from hungary, budapest, and i presently reside in toronto, canada.
February 22, 2012 9:40 pm at 9:40 pm #853531No One Mourns The WickedMemberOZ
February 22, 2012 9:54 pm at 9:54 pm #853532Ken ZaynMemberI’m from pakistan. My wife’s from Algeria
Wait a minute. I thought more was the husband and more_2 was the wife??? Now you are saying fakert! Whatever. Can’t tell the difference with your burka on anyway…
February 22, 2012 10:26 pm at 10:26 pm #853533bptParticipantThere are countries besides the US and UK?
February 22, 2012 11:20 pm at 11:20 pm #853534* Born and grown up in The Netherlands.
* Spent 1 year in the Czech Republic.
* Spent 6-7 months in Switzerland altogether on vacations.
* Spent 6 years in Eretz Yisroel.
* Spent almost 1 year by now in the UK.
To complete the list, let’s add countries visited:
Germany, Belgium, Poland, Italy, Austria, France, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein
Nothing really exotic… Never crossed to ‘your’ side of the Atlantic yet, but I sure intend to do so some day. Not planning to visit the NY/NJ area though – I’m thinking of the central/western areas, like Colorado, Utah, Montana, Washington state, Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon… those are the areas that look nice. Couldn’t care less about NY/NJ, Florida, California and the rest of the typical ‘tourist’ states.
February 23, 2012 12:01 am at 12:01 am #853535moreMemberLOL, I wear the Kafia. she wears the burka. and I’m using my own user this time;)
February 23, 2012 1:52 am at 1:52 am #853536moreMemberbpt
never caustic
There are countries besides the US and UK?
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LOL, up until this thread was put up I didn’t know that either. you guys are enlightening me;)
February 23, 2012 7:18 am at 7:18 am #853537That Big Bear AgainMemberNative of US, now in Ukraine, formerly in Russia.
February 23, 2012 10:03 am at 10:03 am #853538Shticky GuyParticipantOOM very funny!
There are countries besides the US and UK?
UK? What state is that in?
February 23, 2012 1:11 pm at 1:11 pm #853539Avi KParticipantCG, is there no country that will hold on to you? LOL
February 23, 2012 3:00 pm at 3:00 pm #853540TheGoqParticipant“UK? What state is that in?”
Shticky your not into college basketball? UK is the University of Kentucky. Its almost time for march madness!
February 23, 2012 3:20 pm at 3:20 pm #853541miritchkaMemberI dont live in the country, i live in the city…
February 23, 2012 4:00 pm at 4:00 pm #853542cherrybimParticipantBrooklyn
February 23, 2012 4:07 pm at 4:07 pm #853543@Avi K – maybe, some day, I’ll settle somewhere for longer. (Not in a settlement though.) Hopefully that somewhere will be E”Y. Until then, I try to make the best of it. 🙂
February 23, 2012 4:46 pm at 4:46 pm #853544Shticky GuyParticipantBrooklyn
Brooklyn? Huh? Had you said some OOT place we could have agreed. But Brooklyn?
Goq: so is US for university of south carolina or dakota? Or maybe university of superior? Or maybe uninformed stalker.
February 23, 2012 6:21 pm at 6:21 pm #853545Avi KParticipantThe UK is in a terrible state.
February 23, 2012 7:23 pm at 7:23 pm #853546R.T.ParticipantCanada
February 23, 2012 7:49 pm at 7:49 pm #853547OneOfManyParticipantThanks, SG. (Not from Canada, by the way. 🙂 )
February 23, 2012 8:04 pm at 8:04 pm #853548ToiParticipantcanada/ey
February 23, 2012 8:06 pm at 8:06 pm #853549@Avi K – so now you’re a specialist on the UK as well?
If we’re in such a terrible state, would you mind explaining why violence here is so low that police officers do not carry firearms?
Would you care to explain why in the UK employees have a lot more rights than in the US?
Would you care to explain exactly how the UK health care system is inferior to the US – or Israeli – one? Here, everyone is entitled to free care automatically by virtue of being resident in the UK (you don’t even need to be a citizen – just legally resident).
February 23, 2012 8:08 pm at 8:08 pm #853550Ken ZaynMemberThe UK is in a terrible state
I re-read my post before sending it and realised that I was setting myself up for this but I still sent it. Lol. Anyway NYC is in a much worse state! 🙂
February 23, 2012 8:40 pm at 8:40 pm #853551more_2MemberKen Zayn, where are you from?
February 23, 2012 9:35 pm at 9:35 pm #853552Ken ZaynMemberKen Zayn is a European, United Kingdomite, British English Jew. Or actually a Jewish English British UKite European. (What is the correct term for a citizen of the United Kingdom? I dont think there is one.)
And you?
February 23, 2012 9:51 pm at 9:51 pm #853553yichusdikParticipantCanada
February 23, 2012 11:09 pm at 11:09 pm #853554ED IT ORParticipantkenzayn, with a sub like Urs you can only be British
ps: the correct term would start with n and end with ormal!
February 23, 2012 11:20 pm at 11:20 pm #853555@Ken Zayn – since United Kingdom and Great Britain are synonyms (AFAIK), it would be Briton.
Yep – just confirmed: the official name of the UK is:
“United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”
Thus, a person from that country would be either a Briton – or a Northern Irishman, I would guess, but I may be incorrect there, as Wikipedia lists this:
Demonym: British or Briton
Without leaving anything separate for the Northern Irish…
February 23, 2012 11:32 pm at 11:32 pm #853556moreMemberKen Zayn
born Kenneth Solomon Zaynestzky
Ken Zayn is a European, United Kingdomite, British English Jew. Or actually a Jewish English British UKite European. (What is the correct term for a citizen of the United Kingdom? I dont think there is one.)
LOL:) So are you saying you are from there, or not??
February 23, 2012 11:46 pm at 11:46 pm #853557more_2MemberKen zayn, lol…. Are you from there or not???
February 24, 2012 11:36 am at 11:36 am #853558Ken ZaynMember@TCG Thanks for clearing that up for me. It only occurred to me as I was writing it. I suppose just as Americans come from the United states of america but although they can either say they are from the united states or from america even though they are americans but not united statesians, the same is true of UK residents who are from the united kingdom of great britain and ireland but are british or irish but not united kingdomists.
Now clear this one up: you are not a real gatesheader as you are not british born. Nor are you a real chossid otherwise you would not live in gateshead. So what’s pshat in the (real) chassidishe gatesheader?
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