You from America?

Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:29 pm

Silja wrote:
Pyro Parrot wrote:I know where Finland is, it's a part of the region commonly referred to as Scandinavia (Dont know if thats a politically correct term or what ever) Near sweden aye?

Well, sometimes we're not counted as a Scandinavian country, sometimes we are. Anyway, so you say Sweden.. well, then on which side of Sweden? And don't you dare to look at any map

SpiraLethe wrote:I know where it is. Its capital is Helsinki. That's such a fun word to say.

Hehe, oh yes. And that's Hel-sin-kih, not Hel-sin-keeh All syllables are equal, so you don't put any extra preassure on for example "sin", steady state so to say.

Yes, I do love to tell every detail

I'd say on the right side, I know because it forms a humerous picture with sweden on the Euro currency, which wont be discussed here. And of course forgive me for the offence

Website · Sun Jan 16, 2005 1:32 pm

Jen wrote:Canada.

Really, its kind of rude that you only put the States, even if you have your reasons.

I'm sorry if you find it rude, I didn't mean to be, but as of the time of posting, there are exactly 50% American votes and 50% "Others" votes, as I expected.

The problem is that it is a fact that any country other than America would only hold a very small percentage of votes on this forum, so I decided to only put America, whom I felt holds a large enough percentage to constitute its own category, and Others. This also encourages people to post and discuss the countries they come from.

Anyway, I edited the topic to keep the peace.

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Sun Jan 16, 2005 1:36 pm

Jens wrote:me too! we had to learn a few weeks about it on school... (seems like a pretty boring country xD)

me in belgium

I'd have to say that Belgium is ten times worse, nothing against the people in it though... it's just... ugh. And the weather sucks

Pyro Parrot wrote:I'd say on the right side, I know because it forms a humerous picture with sweden on the Euro currency, which wont be discussed here. And of course forgive me for the offence

Yup, and I know exactly what you're talking about... I suppose that's why some want Norway to join so that the image will change... lol

Oh and it seems like I've got a whole Finland discussion gon on here, tehee

Sun Jan 16, 2005 2:58 pm

I'm Canadian....always have been, always will be.

Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:15 pm

Och weel, the noo I live in bonnie Scotland, ya ken?

I was born in Scotland. And I don't talk like that. Ok, so I sometimes say 'wee' instead of small but it's just a slip of the tongue I swear

Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:00 am

UBEKISTAN IN THE HIZZOUSE!

Nope. Boring old US of A for me.

Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:31 am

I'm from the US. Save me, please.

Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:37 am

Until my movement for Californian secession works out... USA.

Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:40 am

Why do I have the suspicion that this topic will be used later on to discriminate? I say this beacuse I know the US isn't the most popular country... to put it as mildly as physically possible (even though there's GOOD reason for it). Anyways, I'm on the net so often, I forget what country I'm in anymore. I just put down Neopia when they ask for my country!

Maybe one day I'll look at an atlas and find where I am...

Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:41 am

Anyone who isn't satisfied by living in America is free to join me in New Zealand, where there are about 6 times as many sheep as people

(or something like that anyway) .

Mon Jan 17, 2005 3:19 am

I'm from the USA, and my interest in places that aren't (or even remotely linked to it in any variety of ways) is steadily growing.

Silja wrote:
SpiraLethe wrote:I know where it is. Its capital is Helsinki. That's such a fun word to say.

Hehe, oh yes. And that's Hel-sin-kih, not Hel-sin-keeh All syllables are equal, so you don't put any extra preassure on for example "sin", steady state so to say.

I know where Finland is! It's west of Russia and east of...a bunch of countries including Sweden? I'm only relatively sure of the relation to Russia because we're studying WWI, and Finland was exchanged to Germany from Russia with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and then made officially independent by the Treaty of Versailles.

Doesn't the lengthening/shortening of one vowel make "I'll see you tomorrow" into "I'll kill you tomorrow?"

Mon Jan 17, 2005 4:51 am

Let's make it easy. It's on the right side of Sweden.

Squinchy wrote:Doesn't the lengthening/shortening of one vowel make "I'll see you tomorrow" into "I'll kill you tomorrow?"

I don't think changing the sound of a vowel affects the sound of a consonant, in this case.

The "e" sound in "see" is long. Shortening it would make "see" something a little like "sih" or "seh".

Mon Jan 17, 2005 5:25 am

America. Would rather live in Europe but oh well.

Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:00 am

America, unfortunately. I want to either sell my citizinship on eBay or move ot Antarctica.

Will somebody please kidnap me to get me out of here? I have all my shots and I don't take up much space. Please?

Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:42 pm

SpiraLethe wrote:Let's make it easy. It's on the right side of Sweden.

Squinchy wrote:Doesn't the lengthening/shortening of one vowel make "I'll see you tomorrow" into "I'll kill you tomorrow?"

I don't think changing the sound of a vowel affects the sound of a consonant, in this case. The "e" sound in "see" is long. Shortening it would make "see" something a little like "sih" or "seh".

Actually, it does

While "Tapaan sinut huomenna" means "I'll see you tomorrow", "Tapan sinut huomenna" means "I'll kill you tomorrow"

Also, our current relationship with Russia? Well, as long as they leave us alone I guess we are quite non-affected by them being on our left side in a major point of view... of course, thinking historically we still don't like 'em

You from America?

Which country are you from?