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| What's your nationality? |
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29% |
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13% |
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10% |
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26% |
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| Irish |
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2% |
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| Kiwi (NZ) |
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8% |
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| Korean |
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1% |
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| South African |
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2% |
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5% |
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GirlFromMars
Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: Corea do Sul
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| i'm dual too, now travelling on my eu passport, but i always tell everyone i'm aussie because i am |
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The Man known as The Man
Joined: 29 Mar 2003
Location: 3 cheers for Ted Haggard oh yeah!
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 11:57 am Post subject: is yasser arafat dead yet |
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| I Am Canadian. |
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Southafrican
Joined: 26 Jun 2003
Location: chungju, SoutH Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 1:24 am Post subject: |
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| I am a South African. I find it strange that the SA % is so low! : |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 1:27 am Post subject: |
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| South African: Korean employers only want Americans...thats why. If you can get hold of a UK or USA passport, you'll improve your prospects and salary overnight... |
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Wombat
Joined: 28 May 2003
Location: slutville
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 1:33 am Post subject: Re: is yasser arafat dead yet |
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| The Man known as The Man wrote: |
| I Am Canadian. |
Those were the neatest commercials. 
Wombat |
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HardyandTiny
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 7:02 am Post subject: |
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| American - United States of America |
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Trinny
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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Soon to be a new Canadian. In the process of giving up Korean citizenship. It would be nice to retain my Korean citizenship as well, but K government doesn't let me do that.
In addition, I got royally screwed up by the K government, while closing my national pension and health care accounts. Nobody in the government seemed to be on top of the document or procedures required to bring these accounts to a close: whenever my relatives brought the documents as required to their offices, these dang offices in Korea told them to bring another documents in piecemeal (one at a time) and this routine repeat itself again and again.  |
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Korea Newfie
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Location: Newfoundland and Labrador
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 10:25 am Post subject: |
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Trinny,
I read something in that Anti-American rag (KH) the other day about the government considering allowing Koreans to retain their citizenship and have another as well. Maybe you should hold off?
Anyway, happy Canada Day all. (Since before we joined Canada, this has also been our Memorial Day in Newfoundland...) And to our American friends, happy Fourth of July.
I heard this somewhere a while ago: "Your Canadian passport is like your religion, it'll take care of you wherever you go." I lost the latter a long time ago, but I'm hanging on tight to the former. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 9:30 am Post subject: |
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| Anyone else to add to this poll? |
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camel96
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| Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 10:01 am Post subject: |
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Yeah I voted but I think it's skewed. Canadians aren't voting or something. No way they only make up 20% of people on this board I'd say it's closer to 60%. That or the 20% that are here are just loud mouths...  |
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indiercj
Joined: 30 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 10:05 am Post subject: |
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It seems that i'm the only Korean coming in here.  |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 10:23 am Post subject: |
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| camel96 wrote: |
| Yeah I voted but I think it's skewed. Canadians aren't voting or something. No way they only make up 20% of people on this board I'd say it's closer to 60%. That or the 20% that are here are just loud mouths... |
Thats my impression as well.. I'm equally puzzled.. and why are so many often stereotyped 'loud' Americans so damn quiet? Sheesh, I'm probably the loudest one on here and I'm a pretty mellow dude.. |
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little mixed girl
Joined: 11 Jun 2003
Location: shin hyesung's bed~
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| Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 10:38 am Post subject: |
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Monty_
Joined: 16 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 10:57 am Post subject: |
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Im not in Korea yet.....but Im British all the same.
Question for Americans: Do you consider yourself 'American', or IrishAmerican, ItalianAmerican, AfricanAmerican etc etc.
I ask because I studied for a year in America, and found that although there were many All-American types, there was also a massive amount of people who tagged another nationality onto the beginning of their description.
Not surprising considering that the country was built on immigration, but funny when viewed in the context of almost hysterical patriotism. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 11:18 am Post subject: |
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| Monty_ wrote: |
Question for Americans: Do you consider yourself 'American', or IrishAmerican, ItalianAmerican, AfricanAmerican etc etc.
I ask because I studied for a year in America, and found that although there were many All-American types, there was also a massive amount of people who tagged another nationality onto the beginning of their description. |
Sometimes we do and sometimes we don't. It depends on how much the 'other' culture defines you. For example, alot of "Italian-Americans" really define themselves by their mix of Italian and American.. and it remains a better description of who you are. Same can be said for "Mexican-American", "Japanese-American" to differentiate between "Vietnamese-American" or the other many various Asian ethnicities. Then there is 'Jewish-American' or 'Arabic-American', etc. Basically its just a way to describe that you have an upbringing within the two cultures. 'Puerto-Rican' the list goes on and on..
As for myself.. I'm a mix of several northern european bloods. However, since my Dad's family is EXTREMELY Irish-oriented.. and Catholic.. and strangely adhering to almost every single Irish-American stereotype there possibly is.. I occassionally claim it as well.. its not that I'm Irish.. I'm just a mix of what happens when you put a bunch of Irish people in the USA and let them sit there for several generations. Plus, you can apply certain history and characteristics to my father's family that seems pretty constant for alot of people in the USA with Irish blood - for example, Catholicism, huge extended familys, etc. That being said, my Dad and everyone on that side of the family is significantly more 'Irish-American' than I am.. so my kids would most likely drop that title entirely unless for some reason I married an Irish-American woman who had a very very strong sense of her 'Irish-ness'.. if she was just very American-American.. it would be dropped entirely.. I, myself, am significantly more just plain ol' American than my Father.. (my mom is a fairly mixed protestant-european with alot of mixed bloods and lost any kind of identity with any of her historical roots).. also.. I don't practice catholicm or any religion.. and of course economics its not about having alot of kids.. so I'd just lose that traditional sense of what it was to have Irish blood 50-60 years ago or whatever..
However, that being said, its much more common in urban areas like NYC, Boston, etc., etc.. as they are more 1st, 2nd generation.. if you go into the rural areas.. for example, Tennesee.. there is a good chance that the majority of the people have all their blood mixed in pretty good and just become very American.. and drop the title.. as there isn't really any reference or difference any more..
So in short.. its a mix of both.. however I'm guessing you were a very urban area.. (maybe an East Coast city?) and the title of 'puerto-rican american', 'african-american', 'italian-american', 'jewish-american' and every conceivable possible mix there was was probably pretty prevalent.. so depends on where you live.. what will be even more interesting is there a tremendous amount of mixed racial marriages.. so its getting more and more common to say 'half black' or 'half white' and 'half Japanese' and on and on and on as well.. |
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