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Thu, 01-08-2009, 10:35 PM
Animeniax

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Originally Posted by Dark Dragon

It's not really that weird considering that the majority of Vietnamese tend to either end up here or in California.

Yeah but how many Vietnamese from Houston end up on gotwoot?? DUN DUN DUNNNNN....
Fri, 01-09-2009, 04:35 AM
Sandldan

Europe -> Scandinavia -> Finland.

Currently there's snow everywhere, hoping it will melt asap as my military service starts on Monday :rolleyes:
Fri, 01-09-2009, 05:23 AM
Kraco

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Originally Posted by Sandldan

Europe -> Scandinavia -> Finland.

Currently there's snow everywhere, hoping it will melt asap as my military service starts on Monday :rolleyes:

Haha. Good luck. May your mornings break you.
Fri, 01-09-2009, 07:16 AM
Xelbair

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Originally Posted by Kakashi_Solo

I'm from Wales... show of hands who knows where that is without looking at some form of map or Googling it :p

I do know where it is without looking at map or googling.
Fri, 01-09-2009, 08:37 AM
Kakashi_Solo

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Originally Posted by DB_Hunter

Sheep country.

If you were going for the negative stereotype :p

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Originally Posted by RyougaZell

An underwater city ruled by Whales?

I've actually had that said to me before... :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Buffalobiian

My geography's rusty, but I believe it's east of England? Together with Scotland to the north, they make up what we now know as Great Britain.

I'm wrong somewhere, aren't I :p

(Ireland's towards the west of all this, but I can't remember anymore if it's part of the UK)

Theres England in the East. Wales in the West. Then going further to the West is Ireland ;)

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Originally Posted by Ryllharu

It's a part of a larger (though still small) country where even if you can speak the de facto official language, but you'll find a quarter of the people who don't understand you well, and another quarter of the people who pretend they can't understand you at all.

It's a lot like Miami in the US. But colder, wetter (debatable), and has fewer celebrity scandals.

...Or Quebec, but warmer, a lot less snow, and more celebrity scandals.

Yeah and there all in the South of Wales. I'm lucky enough to be born in the North and know the language :eek:
Fri, 01-09-2009, 01:33 PM
KitKat

Wales is a gorgeous area. When I was travelling I spent a few days in Cardiff, and then later came back and stayed a few days in Llandudno in the north. I went and saw a Welsh Male Voice Choir, which is apparently very traditional in Wales, but I was the only person under 60 that attended. Next time I need to find a more happenin' place to visit.

Incidentally, Welsh is actually very interesting from a linguistic point of view, because it illustrates how strategic language planning on behalf of a government can take a nearly dead language and revive it.
Fri, 01-09-2009, 02:26 PM
itadakimasu

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Originally Posted by Animeniax

t I currently live in Iraq. .

I thought you were in the far east, more to the asian side.

I hale from Dallas, Texas, United States
Fri, 01-09-2009, 02:34 PM
DB_Hunter

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Originally Posted by KitKat

Wales is a gorgeous area. When I was travelling I spent a few days in Cardiff, and then later came back and stayed a few days in Llandudno in the north. I went and saw a Welsh Male Voice Choir, which is apparently very traditional in Wales, but I was the only person under 60 that attended. Next time I need to find a more happenin' place to visit.

Incidentally, Welsh is actually very interesting from a linguistic point of view, because it illustrates how strategic language planning on behalf of a government can take a nearly dead language and revive it.

Speaking of travelling, I was thinking of making a trip to Canada. What are good places to go to?
Fri, 01-09-2009, 02:39 PM
XanBcoo

A lot more Texans in this here forum than I realized.

We should totally have a Gotwoot meetup.
Fri, 01-09-2009, 04:33 PM
saman

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Originally Posted by DB_Hunter

Speaking of travelling, I was thinking of making a trip to Canada. What are good places to go to?

in terms of stuff to do, toronto, montreal, and vancouver are the best. in terms of scenery, the atlantic provinces such as nova scotia and newfoundland (<_< >_>) are the best. it does also depend which part of the year you visit in. if you come during the winter, the former three locations are the only acceptable options, because there's pretty much nothing to look at in the atlantic provinces except for snow, and everywhere else is just really, really cold. if you come during the summer, the former three are nice, but the atlantic scenery is gorgeous. the prairie provinces like alberta and saskatchewan are great to raise a family in, but from a sightseeing standpoint, there's really not much to do there.
Fri, 01-09-2009, 04:50 PM
Buffalobiian

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Originally Posted by itadakimasu

I thought you were in the far east, more to the asian side.

He's just working there. He's of Vietnamese blood.
Fri, 01-09-2009, 05:34 PM
DB_Hunter

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Originally Posted by saman

in terms of stuff to do, toronto, montreal, and vancouver are the best. in terms of scenery, the atlantic provinces such as nova scotia and newfoundland (<_< >_>) are the best. it does also depend which part of the year you visit in. if you come during the winter, the former three locations are the only acceptable options, because there's pretty much nothing to look at in the atlantic provinces except for snow, and everywhere else is just really, really cold. if you come during the summer, the former three are nice, but the atlantic scenery is gorgeous. the prairie provinces like alberta and saskatchewan are great to raise a family in, but from a sightseeing standpoint, there's really not much to do there.

lol saman thanks for the info and the family planning advice! I thought you were in the US, not Canada?

I might pop round fairly soon. It's either Canada or some Mid-East country like Turkey, Morroco etc.
Fri, 01-09-2009, 05:44 PM
saman

lol nah, canadian born and bred. i've never been to the states. and i grew up in saskatchewan, so i spoke from experience :)
Fri, 01-09-2009, 07:23 PM
DB_Hunter

OK so if I said I'm coming next month, what would be a good place to go?
Fri, 01-09-2009, 07:38 PM
saman

next month? toronto or montreal, and maybe not even montreal. everywhere else will probably either be getting -40 degree temperatures, or insane snowstorms. coming to canada in the winter is kinda not a good idea lol. it's like going to pakistan in july.
Fri, 01-09-2009, 08:40 PM
DB_Hunter

Thank you saman. That last line crystalised the opposite of a devastating summer for my brain.
Fri, 01-09-2009, 09:45 PM
saman

haha okay, it's not quite that bad. it's just not the ideal time for sightseeing, especially if you're not used to cold weather.

i still haven't answered this poll, because i don't know whether to pick asia or america. they're both such vital parts of my identity :S
Fri, 01-09-2009, 10:04 PM
Abdula

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Originally Posted by saman

i still haven't answered this poll, because i don't know whether to pick asia or america. they're both such vital parts of my identity :S

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Originally Posted by saman

canadian born and bred.

That pretty much answers your question
Fri, 01-09-2009, 10:06 PM
saman

no, well, i also spent ten years of my childhood in pakistan. so i guess i should've said i half grew up in saskatchewan and half in pakistan
Fri, 01-09-2009, 10:14 PM
DB_Hunter

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Originally Posted by saman

no, well, i also spent ten years of my childhood in pakistan. so i guess i should've said i half grew up in saskatchewan and half in pakistan

Yeah I'm in a similar dilemma. Went to Pakistan when I was 5 and spent four years there.

I guess if this a geographic question only then I'm as stumped as you are.

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