Where were you born?

[Grunt]

From the planet Uranus. no! Its U-ran-us, not ur-anus.

Got any Klingons?

[nik]

Gees termite, 8 generations, that's a fair bit, like i think i'm around 3rd generation at most, then it goes back to german and irish and pommy and shudder...french (but just an ever so slight bit). You see i'm only arrogant 2% of the time (french), i'm complaining about something 32% of the time (pommy), the subject of many very bad jokes another 32% of the time (irish) and always trying to do everything perfectly and keep records of everything another 32% of the time (process of elimination leaves one more...German). Ohh and add to that last one, domination of the world (how could I forget). ohh and i read the polls and wongo, ozwinner, you better watch it coz i'm coming after your worlds next. What's Gumbarius like this time of the year?

Nik.

[Sturdee]

Whilst I am an Australian I still have a great regard for the country of my birth and to see it lumped together with the other European countries whilst the United Kingdom is artificially separated into two choices is a bit rich :confused:

We might as well separate Australia into Victoria and the rest. On second thoughts probably a good idea.

So although not having a proper choice to vote on I am proud to announce that I was born in Amsterdam ( the pot smoking capital of the world ) which is in the province of North Holland of the Netherlands.


Peter.
Aussie Aussie Aussie - Hup Holland Hup.

[ozwinner]

Peter.
Aussie Aussie Aussie - Hup Holland Hup.

Peter, you missed the m's out.

Al

[Sturdee]

Peter, you missed the m's out.

Al

No, Al, I didn't.

It is the dutch equivalent to Aussie Aussie Aussie.

Peter.

[Christopha]

I reckon you could remve the USA as an option because no-one is going to admit they were born there!! and insert Holland in its' place and then you could remove England and replace it with British Isles or even its real name... Whogivesatoss.

[ozwinner]

I reckon you could remve the USA as an option because no-one is going to admit they were born there!! and insert Holland in its' place and then you could remove England and replace it with British Isles or even its real name... Whogivesatoss.

Good to see you are feeling yourself Sto....... er Chris.
You know its a bad habit, dont you? :eek:

Al

[craigb]

From the planet Uranus. no! Its U-ran-us, not ur-anus.


Some peoples.

Cheers, Glug

Well then, you'd know that there are rings around Ur-anus

[gatiep]

I saw the light in South Africa, um um um, and now live in the other half of Australia...............the best half by the way. As an EX south african I'm proud to call myself Australian and Australia my only home.

[Wayne Davy]

Oz born but (like most/all of us) a bit of a hybrid (read mongrel).

Dad's side is 5 generations Oz with Welsh/Scot roots (keep it clean boys).

Mum was born in Boxmeer which is a little town in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands but came over to Oz when she was 16 so she's as Aussie as the rest of us.

[Wayne Davy]

Oh, Sturdee, don't go speaking Dutch to me as I only know a couple of swear words (thanks to my Grandmother - God rest her soul)

btw If the poll does have an addition or two, it should be Netherlands not Holland. As Sturdee mentioned, Holland is incorrect as that would refer to either the North or South Holland provinces which are only 2 of the 12 provinces that make up the Netherlands.

http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Net...6_Dependencies

[journeyman Mick]

Born in Amstelveen, just near Amsterdam in the Netherlands, came to Australia when I was 5, lived in Sydney for 15 years, in Kuranda for almost 23. Like Wayne and a lot of others am a hybrid, Dutch, Indonesian, Portuguese and Norwegian (that I know about, probably more) but I'm 100% Aussie.

Mick

[Driver]

I rang me Mum and asked her and she said she found me under a gooseberry bush.

So I explained that I wasn't talking about the morning after my 21st.

Then she cottoned on and told me I was born at home in a small village (at least back then that's what it was) called Great Sutton on the banks of the River Mersey, midway between Chester and Liverpool in England. Between then and now I've lived in various places in England, in Scotland, Spain, the USA, Bahrain, Singapore and for the last 18 years in Australia - mostly in Perth but also for a short while in Sydney. I've been an Aussie for some years now but my accent still marks me as a Pom. (That's my real accent - not Captain Crabtree's - although he's also a Pom, of course).

[Sturdee]

Oh, Sturdee, don't go speaking Dutch to me as I only know a couple of swear words (thanks to my Grandmother - God rest her soul)

Okay Wayne, but maybe you know this one. "Potverdomme" I wonder what the automatic swear detector will make of that one. :eek:


Peter.

[Wayne Davy]

I very much doubt "Potverdomme" will get picked up. Nana used to say that all the time - takes me back. (pretty mild)

Pop once said "Godverdomme" in front of her. She gave him quite a look and said a lot of words that I did not understand then (know some now and she must have been pretty mad - Catholics)