# Dopers in Foreign Lands! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 23, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401 "2007-02-23T16:46:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/1 "2007-02-23T16:46:55Z")
Okay, no offense to anyone here from the USA/UK but I’m curious about how many dopers we have in foreign lands, particularly non-native english speaking lands. So I’d rather not get the typical list of Dopers in the US if you don’t mind. Basically I want it to be different from the usual location thread in specifically weeding out the numerous english-native lands like the USA Canada, UK and Australia, which seem to heavily outnumber the others. Nothing wrong with it, and I’m from the US, but what really piqued my interest was that I saw a list of French dopers in another thread and frankly, I had never thought that there were French dopers here. So if you know a Doper who is a native of such a land or simply lives there, let’s hear it. Oh, and I think it would be prudent to only list another person if it is listed openly in their profile. The only reason I ask people to list other people is simply because they might not see the thread. I know of a Spanish doper who lives in Switzerland, I forgot her name though, think it starts with an N. I also remember a few Scandinavians and Dutch, and a few Germans. Any Japanese or other Asians? How about anywhere in America south of the border? I seem to think there are a few there too. Any Africans? Obviously we see loads of people from USA/UK/Canada/Australia on a daily basis, but I wonder about other places. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/2 "2007-02-23T17:02:38Z")
I’m right here at home! It’s _you_ guys who are the foreigners! 🙂 (Member of the Anglo Diaspora here, so I gues I don’t really count.) The “Spanish in Switzerland” Doper is **Nava**. There are several Dopers in Japan or China, **HokkaidoBrit** , **ChinaGuy** , and **TokyoPlayer** being three that I remember. **Cerowen** alternates between Toronto and Tokyo. There are several Dopers of Indian descent as well ( **Angua** and **Anaamika** come to mind), though I think we have had surprisingly-few Dopers from India itself. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/3 "2007-02-23T17:04:57Z")
This is pretty much an **MPSIMS** question, except that it seems to also be a poll, so off to **IMHO** it goes. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/4 "2007-02-23T17:05:41Z")
There was one guy from Argentina that I remember - **estilicon**. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/5 "2007-02-23T17:20:43Z")
I’m from Israel – born in the US (so semi-ex-patriate) but as I’ve been living here for over 40 years (out of 43) I think I qualify 🙂 Another Israeli doper is **Alessan**. I think he’s also semi-ex-pat along pretty much the same lines as me, and not native Israeli-born, too, but I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/6 "2007-02-23T17:21:39Z")
I’m living in Japan (though I’m an American.) Paul in Saudi is in Saudi Arabia. N. is Nava (whom I play Warcraft with.) Priceguy is Swedish, and I think we have some other Swedes. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/7 "2007-02-23T17:26:48Z")
I’m a Doper in a foreign land – at least, it’s foreign to me. These things all depend on your perspective: to the government here, I’m the alien. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/8 "2007-02-23T17:31:15Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] There are several Dopers of Indian descent as well ( **Angua** and **Anaamika** come to mind), though I think we have had surprisingly-few Dopers from India itself. [/QUOTE] **Angua** a Brit of Indian descent is now living in Paris. I’m Irish in Ireland which wasn’t mentioned in the OP but I’d guss it falls in the same category as UK, USA, Canada, Oz etc. ---
**Author:** ![Future\_Londonite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9dc877/32.png) [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/9 "2007-02-23T18:22:31Z")
Contrary to my dopername - I currently live in Germany…Guess I should change my name now from EuroMDguy to EuroDEguy ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/10 "2007-02-23T18:24:05Z")
[QUOTE=EuroMDguy] Contrary to my dopername - I currently live in Germany…Guess I should change my name now from EuroMDguy to EuroDEguy [/QUOTE] And I thought the MD meant that you were a doctor. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/11 "2007-02-23T19:01:09Z")
Well, I live in Denmark…But I don’t particularly find that terribly interesting… No Latin American Dopers? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/12 "2007-02-23T19:10:08Z")
**CBEscapee** is from Mexico, I think. There is also a Doper from Brazil whose name escapes me at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/13 "2007-02-23T19:19:30Z")
Sometimes when I visit my folks on the mainland (Nebraska), some people ask me what it’s like to “get back to the states” Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Future\_Londonite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9dc877/32.png) [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/14 "2007-02-23T19:52:35Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] And I thought the MD meant that you were a doctor. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Sorry to dispappoint you… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Marienee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Marienee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marienee)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/15 "2007-02-23T20:09:20Z")
American in the Netherlands. There’s also an exhausive thread listing everybody by country which was compiled a couple months ago. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/16 "2007-02-23T20:16:12Z")
[QUOTE=Marienee] American in the Netherlands. There’s also an exhausive thread listing everybody by country which was compiled a couple months ago. [/QUOTE] I remember that one. It was _colour-coded_. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/17 "2007-02-23T20:18:18Z")
Isn’t that guy **joazito** who posts the “will all this wimmens stop throwing themselves at me over the Internet” threads from Portugal? I believe so but can’t be arsed to check. ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/18 "2007-02-23T20:29:32Z")
Well, I’m from Canada, but from Quebec, which I would qualify as a “non-native English speaking land”. My native language is French, for what it’s worth. **Sage Rat** : I know that **Charlie Tan** is another Swede. **Noone Special** : I believe that **Puzzler** is also an Israeli. **silenus** : I know who you mean with that poster from Brazil, but his name _also_ escapes me, unfortunately. (On edit: I believe it is **Rashak Mani**.) As for Latin American dopers, I know that **Martha** is in the Dominican Republic (with several other posters whose names I forget), but I don’t think she’s a native. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/19 "2007-02-23T20:32:40Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] There are several Dopers of Indian descent as well ( **Angua** and **Anaamika** come to mind), though I think we have had surprisingly-few Dopers from India itself. [/QUOTE] Yes, I am, but I live in the US, so I don’t count. However, thanks for remembering me! **xash** is from India, Bombay if I recall correctly. He won’t post often enough to suit me, though, I’d begged him to make an “Ask the Indian living in India” thread at one point and he hemmed and hawed and then disappered. Disappointed! I do wish there were more India-living Dopers on the boards. Whenever I go to an Indian-centric board I always get the same crap. hey peeps wuz up wanna cyber? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/20 "2007-02-23T20:42:53Z")
I saw someone post from Moscow the other day. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401.md?page=2)