what country do you come from

Munich, Germany

http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/images/munich711crop.jpg

...but I live here!

http://californicating.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/la-jolla-beach2.jpg

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@AbbieMcKenley,

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A lot of the Cornish don't like to think of themselves as part of England, more another country in the United Kingdom, which is amusing.

It's really quite understable. Like Wales, Cornwall is basically British, not Anglo-Saxon, and never has been Anglo-Saxon. The dialect they speak is very distinct from standard English. I think of the Cornish as being closer to the Scots than to the English.

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@Merry Andrew,

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MPs have rejected a bid to allow people to list their nationality as "Cornish" on the 2011 census.
There will be no tick box for people to put their nationality as "Cornish" on the next census, set to be carried out on 27 March 2011.

No one else see's it that way.

You'd be hard pushed to find a cornishman... or woman, who'll happily give themselves a nationality of English. Nope, definatly Cornish Smile

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@AbbieMcKenley,

i love the cornish village they use for the setting of Doc Martin

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@Merry Andrew,

Merry Andrew wrote:

Like Wales, Cornwall is basically British, not Anglo-Saxon, and never has been Anglo-Saxon.

They were 'Non-Cnutians' Wink

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I was born in Natchez Miss, moved to Texas at age four, moved to Ohio at 19, lived in Alabama for a year, moved to Michigan, then to N. Attleboro, Mass., then to Cumberland, R.I., now back in Texas for 9 years now.

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Born in The Netherlands, moved to Canada when I was 5, and lived since then in British Columbia.

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@Pemerson,

most people outside the US dont understand what Mass. RI. Miss. mean Pemerson. whilst i understand your need to shorten some the state names keep in mind that the originator of the thread appears to be a child in New Zealand.

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@dadpad,

dadpad wrote:

most people outside the US dont understand what Mass. RI. Miss. mean

Mass is a catholic church service

RI stands for Rotary International or the Robotics Institute

Miss is what you call a young unmarried woman

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Born in Germany, to Ukrainian parents.
Migrated to Australia when very young.
Lived in a small country town till old enough to escape. (tertiary studies)
Have lived in Melbourne, capital city of the state of Victoria, since.

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I see vee German-bowans ah taking ova zis place! Twisted Evil

I'm from Constance, Germany myself.

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll88/guthobla/A2K/Konstanz.jpg

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@Thomas,

Gottingen here, Thomas.(can't do the 2 dots over the "o")

A very fine place, indeed. (I visited a few years ago)

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@AbbieMcKenley,

I used to go surfing in Newquay,,,good times.

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@djjd62,

Mass is short for Massachusetts, a state on the eastern seaboard of the U.S.
RI, short for Rhode Island, which to me means where JJorge, an a2ker, hails from.
Miss, short for Mississippi, which is the name of both a river and a southern U.S. state.

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born in Michigan, grew up in Illinois, went to university in Michigan, wife joined the Army and have been in California, Germany (Munich and Darmstadt), Arizona, and Washington State.

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Well, this is of some interest to all of us posting. Jmars may not have continuous computer access.

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@ossobuco,

I think I gathered that jmars is from New Zealand or Australia.

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@ossobuco,

ossobuco wrote:

Mass is short for Massachusetts, a state on the eastern seaboard of the U.S.
RI, short for Rhode Island, which to me means where JJorge, an a2ker, hails from.
Miss, short for Mississippi, which is the name of both a river and a southern U.S. state.

Well the US Post office streamlined the state abbreviations awhile back.

MASSACHUSETTS MA
MICHIGAN MI
MINNESOTA MN
MISSISSIPPI MS
MISSOURI MO
http://www.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/abbr_state.txt

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I'm from west los angeles, and my mother was there when it was was mostly bean fields.

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@ossobuco,

I remember some big intersection -- but which? Was it Wilshire? Sepulveda and something. A field of poinsettias. I was probably seven, which would have been around '48 or '49.

My pinpointing may be off.

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