Nationality Thread

[UnwindedDreams]

...let's share our nationalities and customs in this thread.

I'm polish, italian, scottish and irish. mostly italian.

customs coming soon...

[Hippocampus]

I'm Australian and so in line with the customs of the majority of Australians, we are called to pray three times a day. We don't all have to wear the pointy hats at prayer time anymore and so the younger generations tend not to but we do have to slip on the robes still. We're not allowed kangaroo meat on Saturdays and Sundays. The main belief system of the tribe I come from is actually my signature here, it's also why we have to wear purple on Sundays. That's pretty much it though.


What about vegemite? My Australian friend always talks about it as a national pride. Please express your thoughts on this most important subject.

[Dreammms]

I am Italian.

[GateandGarden]

I'm Australian and so in line with the customs of the majority of Australians, we are called to pray three times a day. We don't all have to wear the pointy hats at prayer time anymore and so the younger generations tend not to but we do have to slip on the robes still. We're not allowed kangaroo meat on Saturdays and Sundays. The main belief system of the tribe I come from is actually my signature here, it's also why we have to wear purple on Sundays. That's pretty much it though.:lol::laugh::lol:

Yeah...nationality would be your country of origin, right? I think, thread starter, that you meant ethnicity, right?

My family is so mixed that nothing really matters. There's no one culture with which we identify. We've got English, French, Spanish, Native American, and African American. We probably have others as well that we don't know about. I could've come out looking very interesting based on all of that but unfortunately I'm just pasty white.

Customs? Well, down here in hickville, we like to eat bull testicles and ride two wheelers down the streets rather than cars. Also, we have a cow in the "yard" behind our trailer that we decorate with Christmas lights year round. Unfortunately we might have to change that, though, because some bitch who lives in our park called animal control. Apparently you're not supposed to have something electrical on animals like that, for whatever stupid reason.

Sorry, I just had to get silly with that. Carry on. Everything up until that last paragraph was actually serious.

[WildInTheWind]

Well my Dad is Italian. So I guess that would make me half Italian. The rest is Irish, German and Polish.

[golden braid]

I'm half Russian, a quarter Italian, and a quarter English.

[Raeven Skye]

I'm Native American (with some Scots mixed in)

[WelshWitchPMD]

Irish and Italian here and from the USA

[wondergirl9847]

I am not sure if this is the extent, but what I do know of is Italian, Irish, German and Native American (Cherokee).

:)

[WELSH WITCH]

I'm just Dutch.

Customs????
Not that I know of.

[estranged4life]

Was always told I was German, Irish & Cherokee....Truth is I am Irish, Cherokee & Scottish (No German in my blood according to the genelogical history of my Mother's side of the family)

And people want to know why I bitch & argue so f**kin much for...It's in my blood ass-tarts!!!

[dissention]

I'm French.

[gldstwmn]

I'm Irish. :)

[StevieNicksEO17]

75% Italian
12.5% Irish
12.5% German
:angel:

[amber]

I'm from Uranus.
Oh, like you're suprised.







But sesly:
50% Italian
25% Irish
12.5% Native American
12.5% French

[Serrart]

I'm Italian.

Romy

[Moony]

..from dad:
mexican, native american

..from mom:
spanish, english, welsh

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Part German...part Irish.

[The Tower]

50% English (with some Irish here and there)
50% Norwegian (with some Swedish here and there)

[BombaySapphire3]

Pennslyvania Dutch which is not Dutch at all but German with some Swiss and Austrian.

[ontheEdgeof17]

Dad's side: German
Mom's side: Irish


Where's my sausage and beer?

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Dad's side: German
Mom's side: Irish


Where's my sausage and beer?

ugh! That is the exact same as mine!!!!

NO WONDER we don't agree on anything. :laugh:

[macfanken]

Part English and part German via Hawaii.

[snowman]

...let's share our nationalities and customs in this thread.

I'm polish, italian, scottish and irish. mostly italian.

customs coming soon...

Mostly German ; about 1/4 English. Also a distant relative of Seth Thomas. And I'm sure we all know who Seth Thomas was (tick tock tick tock)?

[ryan8472]

40% Canadian :p
30% Belgian
10% English
10% French
5% Italian
5% Irish

My family is a mix of European muts. :laugh:

[Moony]

I wonder if I'm the only person here with a hispanic background....

[dissention]

I wonder if I'm the only person here with a hispanic background....

Ummm...well, er, my mother can make Spanish rice. Too bad it tastes like ass. She's never met a Goya product that she didn't want to throw into that awful concoction.

[Moony]

Ummm...well, er, my mother can make Spanish rice. Too bad it tastes like ass. She's never met a Goya product that she didn't want to throw into that awful concoction.
Ha, I love Spanish rice. Maybe your mom just doesn't know how to "really" make it? My mom's is very good. Does she put like, corn and stuff into it? Now that's gross.

[michelle2677]

50% English (with some Irish here and there)
50% Norwegian (with some Swedish here and there)


hmmm...I used to date a norwegian....that's some good lovin' there..*L*

did I just actually type that?? yep..and I think I"m actually gonna post it too...:lol:

[jannieC]

Ha, I love Spanish rice. Maybe your mom just doesn't know how to "really" make it? My mom's is very good. Does she put like, corn and stuff into it? Now that's gross.
I love corn in Spanish rice...:shrug:

[Moony]

I love corn in Spanish rice...:shrug:
Well, I just have an aversion to corn. :p

[GypsySorcerer]

Half Italian....and then German, English, and Irish.

[CreepingDeath]

Mom's side- English with one line of French.
Dad's side- English/ Swedish

Now, where's my sunscreen? :o

[Moony]

Ethnicity? I don't really know what I am but I am pasty.
Don't be ridiculous! You know very well that you are 15% wombat, 25% platypus, 50% camel, and 20% kiwi fruit!

[sparky]

Don't be ridiculous! You know very well that you are 15% wombat, 25% platypus, 50% camel, and 20% kiwi fruit!

I think maybe Lux is a little more Wombat than Kiwi.

[Moony]

I think maybe Lux is a little more Wombat than Kiwi.
I'm sorry, but you are mistaken sir. Prepare for the whippings.

[sparky]

I'm sorry, but you are mistaken sir. Prepare for the whippings.

Hmmm...I may have to question your Wombat sleuthing credentials.

[sparky]

Ummmmmm trust me, I'm an expert.

Now bend over

How about a kiss first ?

[Moony]

How about a kiss first ?
Ok, that sounds nice.

:xoxo:

[sparky]

Ok, that sounds nice.

:xoxo:

:xoxo:

Awesome. Now we can get down to business.:woohoo:

[sparky]

Excellent!! I hope you are lubed up.









:woohoo:

Sheesh.

Not exactly.

I am gonna leave that job up to you.

You're going to have to work a little for it.

[markolas]

well damn. ok then, whatever you want.


jesus christ, i have had too much to drink

You mean you have to be drunk to do it? :laugh:

[sparky]

ok then, whatever you want.


I suppose.

Right now, I'd do anything!!!

:shocked:



Where exactly are you again ?

:lol:

[markolas]

I suppose.

Right now, I'd do anything!!!

:shocked:

Interesting. But I know some guys don't like to do that sort of thing. Assuming we're talking about the same thing here. :D

[Moony]

Where exactly are you again ?

:lol:
Ha! Sorry, sir, I'm in Norcal :p

[sparky]

Ha! Sorry, sir, I'm in Norcal :p

Oh yeah. Okay. I knew that.

[Moony]

Interesting. But I know some guys don't like to do that sort of thing. Assuming we're talking about the same thing here. :D
???? I don't know what you're talking about

[markolas]

???? I don't know what you're talking about

Oh. Well, umm...perhaps I've said too much, then. :o :lol:

[Mari]

I'm just Dutch.

Customs????
Not that I know of.

Not anymore since the European Union, right.
Except if you want to go to Britain, then you still have to show your passport.

I'm.. 95 % Dutch, 5 % German. Something like that. Made a family tree, there are some German refugees from Napoleon's time about 8+ generations back.
There's a family rumour that we're part gypsy or Spanish, but I haven't found anything about that. But there is one unmarried mother in the familytree with unknown father, so... who knows.

[irishgrl]

I'm Irish. :)
what a co-inky-dink! Me too! I KNEW there was a reason I liked you (besides yer politics!)

[danax6]

As Dutch as can be. Though I think my great-grandmother was from India or Indonesia. I'd have to ask my dad about that.

I don't wear wooden shoes, I love cheese, there is not a windmill nearby where I live and I'd die if I never got to eat liquorice again. Oh, and I hate tulips. I smoke pot, and I've seen plenty of prostitutes in my life but I never actually went to one, cause well yeah, I am a woman for starters.

I think that about covered it. :nod:

[tommer]

so, no slavs here?

i'm quarter serbian, quarter bulgarian and half slovak.

[GODDESS6]

i am german, irish, bohemian & a tad indian~ it is funny during the winter i am totally pale skin, but becuz of the indian, i can be in the sun & instead of frying, like it looks like i should, i just brown righ up w/ no sunburn:shrug: ~

[WelshWitchPMD]

i am german, irish, bohemian & a tad indian~ it is funny during the winter i am totally pale skin, but becuz of the indian, i can be in the sun & instead of frying, like it looks like i should, i just brown righ up w/ no sunburn:shrug: ~

Do you mean Indian like from India or Native American?

[eclipse]

Well both Mom and Dad are from Irish families-
So that would make me Irish:)
But when I consider "who" I really am....
I am married to an Italian/Spanish man from South America. So, I guess I am
also a little hispanic/latin/italian ...by injection:)

Customs: Whiskey on a cold night, laughing at myself, thinking the Irish Catholics of the world know more than anyone else....(hey it's in my blood)
and from my husband...loving red wine and this meat called Asado-Yum or Paella-yum.
(I seem to relate things to food and alcohol...:shrug:
Must be the Irish
hugs,

[amber]

Oh yeah. Okay. I knew that.
You should swoop up. After you have your beasty way with moony, you could stop by my house. You know, make a whole trip of it? :laugh: :wavey:

[GODDESS6]

Do you mean Indian like from India or Native American?
native american indian~

[Dark Angel]

Mom's Side: Irish & English
Dad's Side: German & English

[mylittledemon]

What's really sad is...I dont have much of an idea. my last name is Jones, which is Welsh I believe. I was always told our family was scotch/irish. My mother has a book of her family tree that dates back to the early 1800s but I never got a chance to look at it in depth. No one in my family seems to care too much about who was in our family in the past, where they came from, etc.

[amber]

What's really sad is...I dont have much of an idea. my last name is Jones, which is Welsh I believe. I was always told our family was scotch/irish. My mother has a book of her family tree that dates back to the early 1800s but I never got a chance to look at it in depth. No one in my family seems to care too much about who was in our family in the past, where they came from, etc.
That sucks.
:( You should look at that book, I'd be stoked if we had a book.

My mom's family and my dad's family both came here at the same time, roughly 1918-1920, and both from Italy, so mine's pretty easy. What's even easier is that each of my great grandmas (mom's side and dad's) is from northern Italy, and each great grandpa is Sicilian. My parents are practically twins....:laugh:

[skcin]

so, no slavs here?

i'm quarter serbian, quarter bulgarian and half slovak.


here I am, sweetie! :wavey:

Half Bulgarian, quarter Polish & quarter Croatian.

[DavidMn]

100% German here. First generation born in America in my family:thumbsup:

[greatdarkwing]

Both of my parents are Cuban, and I was the first one born in Pittsburgh, then moved to Miami and have been here ever since! :wavey:

I used to LOVE Spanish rice w/ corn and sausage, but now I dont each much rice anymore. A sin for a Cuban, LOL.

[Richard B]

Both of my parents are Cuban, and I was the first one born in Pittsburgh, then moved to Miami and have been here ever since! :wavey:

I used to LOVE Spanish rice w/ corn and sausage, but now I dont each much rice anymore. A sin for a Cuban, LOL.

I love Cuban food.

[greatdarkwing]

I love Cuban food.

I love it too, but I just cant endulge in it anymore. Its involves alot of rice and greasy meats. I've lost 90 pounds since last Thanksgiving, and part of the reason why is b/c I have given up Cuban food. Now dont get me wrong, I do eat a bit every now and then, just not in the bucket-fulls I'd enjoy before...

[SuzeQuze]

Irish
French Canadian
Swedish
Russian or Polish
German
Scottish

The first four I am sure of the others I have been told but I don't know. My family wasn't so good at communicating the lineage. I believe that I am 25% Irish and 25% French Canadian and the rest are 12.5% or less.

[Richard B]

I love it too, but I just cant endulge in it anymore. Its involves alot of rice and greasy meats. I've lost 90 pounds since last Thanksgiving, and part of the reason why is b/c I have given up Cuban food. Now dont get me wrong, I do eat a bit every now and then, just not in the bucket-fulls I'd enjoy before...
I hear ya. All those sinful mouth-watering meats and sauces. I crave it just thinking and typing about it. I've had some amazing Cuban food in Chicago...my best friend was born in Havana...so of course had amazing homemade and restaurant experiences. There are some pretty good cuban restaurants here in L.A. too, much to my surprise.

As you said, light and trim it's not. Certainly great for "treat" times.

[golddustwoman77]

My dad's side: Italian and Irish
My mom's side: Irish, Scottish, and Chickasaw (Native American)

[WelshWitchPMD]

Both of my parents are Cuban, and I was the first one born in Pittsburgh, then moved to Miami and have been here ever since! :wavey:

I used to LOVE Spanish rice w/ corn and sausage, but now I dont each much rice anymore. A sin for a Cuban, LOL.


I never knew that you were born in Pittsburgh. I always thought that you were born in Florida. Learn something new everyday.

[stargazer99]

Mom's side: Italian (her parents were born & raised in Italy)
Dad's side: Irish and German


Explains the constant sense of guilt and pessimism, as well as my sometimes volatile temper!

[stargazer99]

i am german, irish, bohemian & a tad indian~ it is funny during the winter i am totally pale skin, but becuz of the indian, i can be in the sun & instead of frying, like it looks like i should, i just brown righ up w/ no sunburn:shrug: ~

I hate you! (just kidding)

Even though I'm half Italian, I definitely take after the Irish side. I'm pasty white and burn (then peel) very easily. I have to wear, like, SPF 1000! ;) I never get much of a tan at all.