Where are you from?

[snapper78]

I'm from Ireland but have lived in Wales since 1963.

 

[StefanJozef]

I'm from Scotland and live in Scotland.

 

[Roger Hicks]

I'm from Scotland and live in Scotland.

Ye'd be of the clan McJozef, then?

And more power to you if you are. The very idea that we're not "Europeans" because we come from/live in one part of Europe instead of another is downright silly. We've all ancestors from many, many places (well, most of us, anyway), and many of us have moved from one place to another: the idea of a "pure blood" is dangerous lunacy. My wife Frances is German (Prussian) on one side (Kaliningrad, as it now is; Konigsberg, as it was; which tells you something), enough to qualify as a Daughter of the American Revolution, and English on the other (her great-grandfather left England in the 19th century).

As far as I know, my ancestors are Cornish, Breton, Norman and English. So? In this lifetime I was born in Cornwall instead of (say) Tibet.

Cheers,

R.

 

[siracusa]

The very idea that we're not "Europeans" because we come from/live in one part of Europe instead of another is downright silly. We've all ancestors from many, many places (well, most of us, anyway), and many of us have moved from one place to another: the idea of a "pure blood" is dangerous lunacy.
Cheers,

R.

Hear, hear...

 

[Finglas]

Where am I actually from ?

Where am I actually from ?

I am from Finglas,
where's that - to the North West of Dublin City
where's that - in Ireland, to the North West of Europe, with the sea all around us.

 

[Addy101]

Aren't we, the Europeans, the ones who gonna decide whether or not you Brits are considered part of the Abendland?

:angel::angel::angel:

 

[daveleo]

Tribes

Tribes

Yeh, this started as a geographical question and easily blossoms (sp ??) into a social / political question.
Socially & politically, I equate the differences between the various states here in the USA ("United" States ? ... highly arguable) to the various countries in the EU. We all like to think of our tribe as "united", but it just ain't so.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Aren't we, the Europeans, the ones who gonna decide whether or not you Brits are considered part of the Abendland?

:angel::angel::angel:

Spengler's Der Untergang des Abendlandes...?

Cheers,

R.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Yeh, this started as a geographical question and easily blossoms (sp ??) into a social / political question.
Socially & politically, I equate the differences between the various states here in the USA ("United" States ? ... highly arguable) to the various countries in the EU. We all like to think of our tribe as "united", but it just ain't so.

Well, there are the language differences in Europe, which are even greater than in the USA, but broadly, I think, kinda, y'know, like, well... You might be right. Know what I mean?

Cheers,

R.

 

[KevinVH]

Born in Belgium Europe, living in Ecuador, South America. Voted Europe

 

[DCB]

Florida, USA

Peace

 

[Crazy Fedya]

Another Ukrainian here, living on Lon Gisland. Путін-хуйло!

 

[Sid836]

Another Greek fella here! 🙂

 

[sem]

europe germany

 

[undercharged]

Originally from Kazakhstan (born in USSR), living in Belarus for a little while.

 

[Johann Espiritu]

Manila, Philippines!

 

[sailor]

I am Scottish and have always lived in Scotland. I was born and brought up in Kilmarnock in Ayrshire which used to be a prosperous industrial town but which has sadly now lost a lot of its industry. Even Johnnie Walker has moved. I now move between rural South Lanarkshire and the Isle of Skye, both beautiful in their own way.

I am a Scot married to a Scot. Researching our family trees has shown that my ancerstors are Scottish and English (Yorkshire) and my wife's are Welsh and Northern Irish. This makes the upcoming independence referendum particularly interesting.

On the subject of Yorkshire, the best quote I heard was that you can always tell a Yorkshireman but you can't tell him much!

 

[Dralowid]

I have heard that the cost of film in Scotland after independence will double due to hugely increased shipping costs and import duties. The cost of film in England will halve because we won't have to subsidise the costs of shipping the stuff up there🙂

Assuming of course we still actually make any in the UK

 

[HuubL]

Considering the above posts, may I presume that the 14 members from "Elsewhere 🙂" are all from the continent of "Albion". (I believe this name covers all "countries" across the Northsea from the European continent).

 

[shortstop]

Viewing the poll results, I'm surprized. I did not think there were so many Europeans!