I know we have one or two folks posting from other countries—who are you, and where art thou?
And I KNOW there is nothing else in the world as neato-keeno as the SDMB, but are there any similar boards in foreign (English-speaking) countries? I’ve always wanted to be an exchange student!
Ach du lieber!
C’est vous les étrangers, pas nous.
One Brit here.
I never touched him, ref, honest!
Ho jes, mi kredis, ke estas multaj alialandanoj, kiu uzas cxi-tion mesagxsistemon. Estas multaj Usanonanoj, ekzemple.
I suspect there are a lot of ‘furriners’ on this board. I am aware of at least one United States resident, for example.
…oh. You meant, 'foreign from your country… 
Rigardu, kaj vi ekvidos.
Oh, you guys . . . I meant people actually posting FROM foreign countries.
Mattk, where in Britain are you posting from? Is there anything SDMB-like over there?
Bjorn? You there?
I personally live in the old US of A, but I can name several posters on this board who live in other countries. Guanolad is in Australia, Coldfire is in The Netherlands, John Larrigan is in Ireland, and there are many more.
Shadowfox
“Distinguished” Sexy assistant to Head Honcho,
Self-Righteous Clique
Eve, would you pleas state what country you are posting from? Thanks.
I am in Canada.
Rigardu, kaj vi ekvidos.
Again, I believe that the majority of the SDMB denizens do post from a foreign country, i.e. the USA.
Death to cultural imperialism! Down with Mickey Mouse!
Oh please let me be the first!
Eve is posting from a foreign country herownself. It’s known as New York City.
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.
Woo hoo!
Man, my life is sad. I’m actually very excited about being the first one to say that.
: :off to get some psychoanalysis::
Do I count? I’m posting from Germany, but the blue eagle-embossed passport in my purse IDs me as American. Lets me go through the short lines in Immigration at the US airports, too.
Well, Arnie, since the Straight Dope originates in America, your little joke doesn’t work.
Since it originates in Chicago, however, Canthearya’s little joke DOES work.
So, are there any decent message boards overseas?
Ouch! Did you just zing me??
::singing::
With my high starched collar and my high topped shoes and my hair piled high upon my head,
I went to lose a jolly hour on the trolley and lost my heart instead.
With his light brown derby and his bright green tie,
He was quite the handsomest of men,
I started to yen, so I counted to ten, then I counted to ten again.
“Clang, clang, clang,” went the trolley,
“Ding, ding, ding,” went the bell.
“Zing, zing, zing,” went my heart-strings,
For the moment I saw him I fell.
“Chug, chug, chug,” went the motor,
“Bump, bump, bump,” went the brake,
“Thump, thump, thump,” went my heart strings,
When he smiled, I could feel the car shake.
Two Brit here.
(Now where’s Three Brit?)
Incidentally, Eve, where do you get “furriners” from? I assume you know this is the standard way of representing the Somerset pronunciation of “foreigners”.
Example: Ee bain’t be frum round 'ere. Ee be a furriner.
Trans. “He is from Birmingham / London / Patagonia / the Moon”
I’m surprised to hear an American (even such an erudite one) use it, though.
[Aside: In Somerset, the local toy shop is called “Toys B We”.]
Coldfire - didn’t know you were in the Netherlands, supposedly I still have fam’bly over there.
Oh yeah, another canuck here, eh
I’m American, but my mother is Korean and I’m posting from Germany, so can I be included? Me & Shantih can be the Kraut Lovin’ Americans of the Straight Dope Clique.
Hey Tom:
“Furriners” is also used in the U.S. to represent the dumb redneck’s pronunciation of the word.
Oh, that Eve is ALWAYS lapsing into the Somerset dialect.
She says that when her mother was pregnant with her, she demonstrated ten Somersets she undertook on solid ground.
Uke
Well I’ll be blowed. Wasn’t there a thread about this (Southern speech = ancient English dialect, or something) a few weeks ago?