what continent did your folks come from?
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what continent did your folks come from?
I suppose we all came from Africa orginally, but I think of myself as Irish-American. what continent did your folks come from or have you been living in one place for a few thousand years?
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Re: what continent did your folks come from?
Isn't it funny how nobody ever describes themselves as English-American or British-American even though that's where the original settlers came from!I suppose we all came from Africa orginally, but I think of myself as Irish-American. what continent did your folks come from or have you been living in one place for a few thousand years?
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What's puzzling me is Brutillus' impression that Zanibar is a continent.
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W.A.S.P. doesn't sound appealing.Isn't it funny how nobody ever describes themselves as English-American or British-American even though that's where the original settlers came from!
What's puzzling me is Brutillus' impression that Zanibar is a continent.
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of course I know Zanzibar isn't really a continent, but it was put on the poll as a choice for those who feel unsure of their origins, secretive, or just plain wierd.What's puzzling me is Brutillus' impression that Zanibar is a continent.
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Re: what continent did your folks come from?
Why would anyone what to come from England? America alone is bad enoughIsn't it funny how nobody ever describes themselves as English-American or British-American even though that's where the original settlers came from!I suppose we all came from Africa orginally, but I think of myself as Irish-American. what continent did your folks come from or have you been living in one place for a few thousand years?
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o, oops, ancestors.. in that case it'd be asia.
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Or Freddy Mercury of course - the only person anybody's ever heard of to be born in Zanzibar.of course I know Zanzibar isn't really a continent, but it was put on the poll as a choice for those who feel unsure of their origins, secretive, or just plain wierd.
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It would be scary if he came on the boards. I'm not sure if I'd agree with that...Or Freddy Mercury of course - the only person anybody's ever heard of to be born in Zanzibar.of course I know Zanzibar isn't really a continent, but it was put on the poll as a choice for those who feel unsure of their origins, secretive, or just plain wierd.
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Europe and North America. I'm part Ojibwa Indian. *feels special*
Ooh, and I have Irish, German, Scottish, Polish and Welsh in me.
Ooh, and I have Irish, German, Scottish, Polish and Welsh in me.
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It would be scary if he came on the boards. I'm not sure if I'd agree with that, purly because I was born on another continant even though I'm British through and through.
I'd be ~*iguana*~ terrified if he came on the boards, he's dead.
Rape and pillage for me too.
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Harwich for the Continent
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Are you teuchter or sassenach lowlander?I'm 100% Scottish. At least 8 generations of my ancestors were born in Scotland.
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I know some, I know some!Or Freddy Mercury of course - the only person anybody's ever heard of to be born in Zanzibar.
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