Cultural Myth Busting!

[SeanCharles]

This is going to be fun! :) I currently live in Alaska, although I am not native (either Alaskan native nor Native having been born in the state unlike my bio sister)

Unless you've actually experienced Alaska, I must say, that I don't live in an igloo, and I don't have Polar bears roaming around where I live. I do occasionally (especially in the cold winter months) see a moose or maybe a mama and calves considering they are a bit nomadic in winter in an effort to find food.

What other myth can I break here... While the mosquito is not our state bird, it might as well be! :roflmao:

I guess I am done here for now...

Sean/Geordie

 

[Springer80]

I'm from the UK. I don't say 'What what' or eat cucumber sandwiches and my accent it far from 'cut glass'.

I originally hail from the very north of England but I do not own a sheep dog and have to the best of memory never said 'Come by'. Although, I do like black pudding.

I now live in Nottingham and no one here robs to give to the poor. Or prances about in green tights for that matter.[DOUBLEPOST=1404338773,1404338690][/DOUBLEPOST]I do like a good cuppa though. :coffee:

 

[Springer80]

Sean/Geordie

But you do own a deer-stalker? Right? And a pick up truck?....

I am Irish American

I don't think anyone here assumes I am from the mob

Are you sure you've never said 'Ah to be sure,' or 'That's just grand'.
And no tommy gun in a violin case? I am d.i.s.s.a.p.o.i.n.t.e.d. :shifty:

Nor do I experience a lot of fog, or arch-villains.

You mean Sherlock Holmes does not stride past you in Sean/Geordie's spare deer-stalker?

I'm in the US, and Tennessee specifically

But you must drink bourbon in place of water and be an ace aim at a spittoon?

But I did surf as a kid, and I still love the beach!

DDDUUUUUDDDEEEE!

I am from Amsterdam, The Netherlands

But you do ride a bike almost everywhere right? And you do own a big orange hat for national holidays?

This is going to be hard work....:arghh;

 

[silkleaves]

@SeanGeo - I never guessed there would be mosquitoes in Alaska!!!! Now I know... :D

@Go Hungry - I visited Nashville for the first time last year...yup, I was surprised with the lack of cowboy hats and boots lol But I have to say, every single person I came across there was incredibly nice and gracious!

There's nothing at all wrong with cucumber sandwiches @Springer80 hehe!

 

[soulsearcher]

I am from Canada, french canadien. I do not live in an igloo, infact I don't care for the snow but I couldn't picture a Christmas without it!

 

[Springer80]

There's nothing at all wrong with cucumber sandwiches @Springer80 hehe!

Never had one, probably never will. It's like someone got interrupted half way through? Where is the duck and hoi-sin sauce?????[DOUBLEPOST=1404340229,1404340063][/DOUBLEPOST]

I am from Canada, french canadien.

Hello Soulsearcher, Do you own a Celine Dion album? Be honest...:giggle::headphone:

 

[soulsearcher]

@Springer80 you know it! ;) Lol!

 

[franciemarnie]

Also as a Chicagoan, I don't say dems and dese, and I don't pronounce my a's as in quack. But I did take a lot of French so...once upon a time I pronounced wash warsh. I don't know where that came from!

And I have never seen a tommy gun although I used to go to a church that had bullet holes in the outside wall from a shoot out across the street between Bugs Moran's gang and Capone's. That was before my time though.

 

[Go Hungry]

@Springer80 nope, it's all about rum in this house...

 

[NovemberStar]

I'm a kiwi and I have zero desire to 'move across the ditch' (aka live in Australia). I pronounce 'fosh and chops' just fine, (and I'd like to point out - WE don't count 'four five SEX' like our Aussies cousins do!!) I HATE rugby, can't stand cricket, and rarely see a sheep (despite living somewhere where the population at one point was 3 million and the no. of sheep at 30 million lol). I do talk about 'going overseas' (no borders here), but never did my 'OE' (Overseas Experience - known in the UK as 'Gap Year').

Yes a 'big city' is a city with a population of 1 million (we have only one if those here); and especially for our AUSSIE BRO'S: WE invented the pavlova, Far Lapp WAS a kiwi horse, Split Enz WERE a KIWI band, and you did cheat with the underarm incident in that cricket match 30 plus years ago ;)

(And we will happily let you claim Russell Crowe as 'yours').

:D

Ps) @anthony please don't discriminate / ban the kiwi cuz here - will it help if I plead it wasn't MY fault I was born here and haven't ever had the "privilege" of absconding to the greener pasture over the ditch :cool:)

 

[Deleted member 19804]

But you do ride a bike almost everywhere right? And you do own a big orange hat for national holidays?

This is going to be hard work....:arghh;

Actually, the bike part is kind of true.. the Dutch really use their bike as a means of transportation, rather than a leisurely activity. So for travelling anywhere under 10 kilometers, we prefer to use our bikes.

And I did recently get a big orange t-shirt as a gift..

uh oh :wideeyed:

 

[silkleaves]

Here's another one lol Just because I live in Miami, does not mean I live in South Beach. SoBe is actually a little island off to the side of Miami, and not a part of Miami City proper.

Also, everyone in Miami isnt a hot model. LoL!! I've heard people say they are intimidated by that, but no way...the Cuban food here is way too good for everyone to be so thin ;)