Poll: What kind of Foreign are you?

[emeraldrafael]

I'm American. Native American Descent really (which makes us a Slight bit more American, as my Grandfather always said).

Though there's so many more people here then just the US and Brit population. The Most popular Among them are the Baltic and Australian People. To say that this is a Brit vs American site is to understate on an almost criminal record.

Also, I am Polish Descent, so I did Clicked Polish. Why couldnt I have.

 

[dex-dex]

yeah Canadians spell it colour too.
and theatre and centre!

and I am a Canadian! WOO!

 

[Vouk]

The question itself is hilarious.

 

[Kaytastrophe]

I come from the land of the ice and snow... Canada

 

[ThatDaveDude1]

spelling words like color as "colour" generally means that you're British-ish, or a pretentious american.

Colour me pretentious then.

OT: Yes, I'm an American.

 

[baker80]

spelling words like color as "colour" generally means that you're British-ish, or a pretentious american.

Or from anywhere that is not the USA, because the British spelling is considered the international standard, not American English.

Not that any American would ever admit that they're not the navel of the word, oh no.

 

[Cheery Lunatic]

I'm American, I suppose?

My parents are a mix of Indian and Portuguese.

 

[Xcelsior]

Reading the OP's post to me only strengths the stereotype that American's believe that there are two types of people in the world, American or Non-American. This may not have been their intention but it just happens to be the vibe I'm getting from reading this.

OT: I'm from England.

 

[MrTub]

Ikea is reporting in!


(Swedish.)

 

[robodukky]

I'm Australian AND British, so that must count for something.

 

[Hlain]

Swede here.

 

[Rayansaki]

Swedish mexican here.

So...Ariba! Eating tacos in my IKEA furnitured room!

This was made of win
The question is how hot is your blonde girlfriend.

 

[rokkolpo]

i'm from belguim the country beneath holland.

I'm from The Netherlands, the actual name of Holland.
(also you misspelled Belgium)

mijn fout ik kom uit antwerpen, dus het is een gewoonte geworden om nederland holland te noemen.

Maakt niet uit.
En cool, Antwerpen.
Moet ik echt nog een keer naar toe.

 

[thylasos]

I was under the impression that Americans were the dominant nationality, possibly followed by British.

'American' is not a nationality, as America is a continent (or even two), not a country.

On a brighter note, when i see 'foreign' i read it as non-Korean. It's a starcraft thing. =)

Yes there are numerous countries in the Americas, but only one has "America" in its name, and uses the common soubriquet "American" as a demonym. You call yourself Korean and there's two of them, even if one's not particularly tasteful.

Just as I don't call myself a United-Kingdomite, and Britain is only part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (And its Dominions & Territories Overseas).

Do I want to het into this now? Hmm, I think I do.

"but only one has "America" in its name" Are the citizens of South Africa the only Africans? Are the Swiss not Europeans because their country is not part of the European Union?

"uses the common soubriquet "American" as a demonym" Citing common use as a justification, oh dear. I would argue that it's use is most often tachnically correct, as citizens of the USA are from the Americas. You though, literally call it a nationality.

"You call yourself Korean and there's two of them" Ah, you've got me there. Although in jest, I did make a similar mistake to the one of you I was pointing out in the very same post. My apologies, I meant South Korea.

Your last line doesn't seem to support the point you are trying to make. Or I simply don't understand it. Might be the language barrier, seeing as I had to look up both soubriquet and demonym earlier. You an I might call ourselves Europeans, though it is not our nationality.

My last sentence is just speaking about how I might refer to myself as British, but the country I live in is commonly referred to as the United Kingdom (or sometimes simply (Great) Britain), which is a shortening of United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland. It's a simplification for the sake of comprehensibility, essentially.

No, certainly, South Africans are not the only "Africans" but they don't refer to their nationality that way; all the people with their roots in South Africa, that I know, at least, refer to themselves as South Africans, as does the international media. Whereas, whatever message of linguistic imperialism it sends, "American" refers to a citizen of the United States, and to refer to them otherwise would be linguistically clumsy at best.

Yes, I'm just making the point that everyone understands that when in common speech a person refers to themselves as "American", they mean "a resident/citizen of the United States of America", while if one says they're Swiss, it doesn't exclude them from being European, if not citizens of the European Union, but that's a geographical rather than a political name, and not a demonym.

As much as I admire precision in speech, ultimately a language is a consensus between its speakers, and "American" is the accepted demonym for citizens of the USA.

 

[Verlander]

European. More specific? British. More specific? English. More specific? Londoner. More specific? Eastender (not like the crappy tv show).

Like most Eastenders, I have foreign parents. My mum is Italian, and my old man is Australian. The Australian side came from Scotland, which in turn came from Flanders. The Italian side is from North Italy, which was part of Austria back in the day. I can trace my families back over 1000 years across Europe (and more recently, Australia... obviously). Specific enough fella?

 

[Chrono212]

It greatly depends on the time that you hang about here.
Right now it's 2341 GMT so most Europeans will be slowing down and logging off.
The Americas will still be online for a while and then the Auzzies will kick in shortly before any Far Eastern users.
Then the middle east, near east and Europe will wake up again.

So yeah. Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimy.

OT: I be fox British.
Also an American citizen...but not Polish...I need a third option XD

 

[The-Epicly-Named-Man]

I'm from Ireland, one of the many countries that spell colour right. Also, to ask how "foreign" people are is possibly the most arrogant question I have ever heard.

 

[thylasos]

I'm from Ireland, one of the many countries that spell colour right. Also, to ask how "foreign" people are is possibly the most arrogant question I have ever heard.

To be fair, I think it's meant in jest.

 

[Zetsubou-Sama]

Portuguese here