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Since there is a Canadian thread, I thought I'd start one for all the other beautiful countries and cultures. I love to learn about cultures and other countries. Tell, if you like, something about your country or culture. Tell us a popular author from your country.
Here's a tidbit, most Canadians don't really say, eh, all the time.
Timothy Findley, born in Toronto.
some of us do so...eh?
also, not all Canadians drink beer or play hockey...nor do we all love the snow and listen to shania twain. what i do know is that we have some of the most gorgeous land this side of heaven (i know i know: if there is one), and some terribly talented artists. like Margaret Atwood for example.
Umm... Southern Massachusetts. Colder than New York but not as cold as Toronto. Not very much snow at all. Most people don't have a Boston accent, and no one says "Hahvahd Yahd." (In fact, most people who talk that way aren't too familiar with Harvard.) But most are some combination of Irish, French, and Polish, and almost everyone is Catholic (if they aren't Catholic now, it's more likely than not they were raised Catholic).
An interesting anecdote about Harvard: My old English teacher went (if I've got this the right way around) to Yale prep and Harvard University with Prez Bush. And incidentally, he says he was a "wussy." :D
Valencia Spain, but moved to Chicago IL when i was really little
I guess scince a lot of us are from the US, I help to include the individual states. Florida has Marjorie Rawlings (Cross Creek, The Yearling) She also wrote a great children's short story that I can't remember the title of. It was about a girl who followed which ever way her nose was pointing to find a pond in the middle of the woods full of catfish to feed her starving family. We played the tourist role and visited Rawlings home when I was a kid, it was really interesting. I'd like to go again if they're still giving tours.
I'm originally from Glasgow, Scotland. Last 3 years in Canada. Glasgow is a great place to visit if you want to see architechture & museums (also helps if you know where you are going - lots of random assaults/muggings etc. in some areas). For more quiet take a trip over to the coast of Fife and visit the fishing villages (Pitenweem, Crail, Anstruther, Cellardyke) in that area.
I live in Yorkshire England. The Poet Phillip Larkin comes from my home town as well as Maureen Lipman, an actress and writer. William Wilberforce was also born and lived here. William Wilberforce was instramental in the abolition of slavery in Britain, to the dismay of the aristocracy. My town is also mentioned as the place Robinson Crusoe sailed from on his fateful journey.
My mind comes from England mainly, with a large influence from Germany, Scotland and France (in that order). The lower half of my body comes from the north of Germany. With regard to the upper torso: the left hand side comes from east coast Ireland and the right from the Shires of England. My heart lies in a lighthouse on the South Devon coast, sometimes flying westwards to Bolt Head and then upstream to Salcombe Harbour, before resting on Burgh Island.
LOL AP, leave it up to you to make things complicated. :D
I second that! We lived north of the Firth near Elie (where the crap movie "The Winter Guest" was filmed. :p) Went there a lot to walk on the little trails down to the lighthouse ruin (I assume that's what it was) and look in the tidal pools. I miss that :)Quote:
Originally posted by kilted exile
For more quiet take a trip over to the coast of Fife and visit the fishing villages (Pitenweem, Crail, Anstruther, Cellardyke) in that area.
I was born in Chicago, moved to Peoria (also in Illinois) when I was 2. Lived there a year and then moved to Silver Spring Maryland (City that borders Washington DC). After about 4 years there I moved to Virginia where I have lived for the past 12 years. I go to school in Berkshire England which is where my posts originate 75% of the year.
U.S. by way of the U.K.
my first memory is the atlantic ocean, looking out the window of a plane when i was a little under two years old. to be exact about things, i was born in west suffolk country, 1 degree west of the greenwich meridian and raised one hour north of san francisco - though spent one year in the foothills of the sierra nevadas - in the sonoma wine country (town called santa rosa). went to college in the middle of nowhere, i.e. a little drunken oasis known as chico, california; after which i moved to philadelphia, pennsylvania in the '90's. love this little spot on planet earth...:)
Multan, Pakistan. Very hot and very dusty. Was born here too.
pune, India. Its a beautiful city :) ..
Born Oregonian, now residing on Vancouver Island.