# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/41 "2007-02-25T10:39:41Z")
I’m an American expat in Bangkok, Thailand. A long-term resident here. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/42 "2007-02-25T11:49:31Z")
American living in Japan, [long-term](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=409807). ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/43 "2007-02-25T12:48:03Z")
[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] I’m an Indian of Indian descent, born and raised in India, but… … currently studying in London. Does that disqualify me? ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/44 "2007-02-25T14:12:42Z")
Just like Sage Rat, I’m an American living in Japan. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/45 "2007-02-25T16:45:31Z")
[QUOTE=severus] Well, I’m from Canada, but from Quebec, which I would qualify as a “non-native English speaking land”. [/QUOTE] Same here. ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/46 "2007-02-26T12:16:40Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] The “Spanish in Switzerland” Doper is **Nava** [/QUOTE] snip… The Swiss in Switzerland is me. ---
**Author:** ![Surok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Surok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surok)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/47 "2007-02-26T12:42:52Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Moght have been Moscow, Idaho. 🙂 [/QUOTE] It might have been Moscow, Idaho. But I suspect it was me, posting from Moscow, Russian Federation. But I’m British, not Russian. I haven’t _noticed_ any ethnically Russian Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/48 "2007-02-26T13:45:20Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] **Charlie Tan** (changed from another name, as I recall, but I don’t recall what), is from Skane – i.e., the southern tip of Sweden that was Danish for centuries, and still has its own unique culture – “Swedish _ **but…** _” the way a Texan, Alaskan, or Hawaiian will strongly emphasize his/her own Americanness but also point out the differences from “whitebread heartland American.” [/QUOTE] I’m also from Skåne, and I have to say you’re wildly over-emphasizing this. We’re Swedish, not _but_ anything. Sure, there are cultural differences but every single region in the country has cultural differences from the other regions. Some people take it more seriously than others - there are a handful of separatist nutters around - but in general terms it really doesn’t matter much. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401/49 "2007-02-26T14:51:09Z")
American living in beautiful Cameroon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-foreign-lands/393401.md?page=2)