# Is The Straight Dope international? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 11, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-international/774440 "2016-12-11T16:32:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Casparlatete](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/casparlatete/32/3377_2.png) [@Casparlatete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casparlatete)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-international/774440/1 "2016-12-11T16:32:38Z")
I know the site is US based, but as an English person living in Germany, I wonder if there are many posters from outside of America. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-international/774440/2 "2016-12-11T16:56:47Z")
Yes, we have posters from all over the world … anyplace there’s internet access … ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-international/774440/3 "2016-12-11T17:00:24Z")
Define “many”. Do we have any actual statistics? I seriously doubt it, but I think most are Americans, and if I had to hazard a guess, I’d say 20% non-American. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-international/774440/4 "2016-12-11T17:03:25Z")
Let’s move this to About This Message Board. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-international/774440/5 "2016-12-11T17:07:18Z")
Pretty obviously, it is restricted to English speakers only. I would add to that; those with an above average command of the language. I would think; somewhere between 10% and 20%. There are some Americans living in other countries too. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-international/774440/6 "2016-12-11T17:07:19Z")
> [@Casparlatete](#): > > I know the site is US based, but as an English person living in Germany, I wonder if there are many posters from outside of America. The majority of posters are from the US, but we have many from Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. There are a few like me who post from Latin America, and we have a smattering of people in East Asia. We have thousands of posters from Bangladesh, but they usually don’t last longer than one post.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-international/774440/7 "2016-12-11T18:36:03Z")
And a select few from the Middle East. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-international/774440/8 "2016-12-11T18:59:16Z")
> [@bob\_2](#): > > Pretty obviously, it is restricted to English speakers only. I would add to that; those with an above average command of the language. Plus a few with a [total-dipstick](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=84225)-level command of the language. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-international/774440/9 "2016-12-11T19:12:25Z")
That’s quite a stroll down the memory hole. I had to go along way to find a name I recognized and I’ve been here since only 2 years after that thread ran its course. Then again, I’ve never been big on the Pit nor the denizens thereof. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-international/774440/10 "2016-12-11T19:52:13Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > That’s quite a stroll down the memory hole. I had to go along way to find a name I recognized and I’ve been here since only 2 years after that thread ran its course. > > Then again, I’ve never been big on the Pit nor the denizens thereof. The very first response in that thread was from **jayjay** , who posts here all the time. You didn’t recognize him? ---
**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:** [December 11, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-international/774440/11 "2016-12-11T20:22:33Z")
I posted from Bangkok for almost 10 years before returning to the US this past August, and there are a few other posters still in Thailand, of various nationalities. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-international/774440/12 "2016-12-11T21:08:34Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > The very first response in that thread was from **jayjay** , who posts here all the time. You didn’t recognize him? Actually I did skip over **jayjay** in post#2. And **Smeghead** in #3. :smack: After that it was **enderfw24** in #10 and **bup** in #11. And a couple more after that. What’s interesting about that thread is it’s a Pit thread from 15 years ago with only 1 banned participant. Usually the way to ID an ancient thread is the high number of banned posters. The more emotional the forum the more that’s true. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-international/774440/13 "2016-12-11T22:37:02Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > The majority of posters are from the US, but we have many from Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. There are a few like me who post from Latin America, and we have a smattering of people in East Asia. > > We have thousands of posters from Bangladesh, but they usually don’t last longer than one post.😉 [Alexa](http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/straightdope.com) has a breakdown of traffic for the SDMB, listing the top 5 countries by numbers of visitors > [@](#): > > United States 59.7% > United Kingdom 6.7% > Canada 5.4% > India 2.8% > Australia 2.7% That leaves 22.7% from the rest of the world. More interesting stuff on that link. Apparently search engines account for 37.5% of visits to the site. It gives a rather bizarre list of top 5 keywords searched which brought people here. > [@](#): > > 1. spruce goose 2.16% > 2. three eighty five 0.66% > 3. dreamsicle 0.58% > 4. mercurochrome 0.53% > 5. what does gop stand for 0.46% Now that’s just plain weird! (BTW no info as to when this data was taken). ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-international/774440/14 "2016-12-12T18:01:29Z")
“Three eighty five”? I guess that’s dyslexics looking for election predictions? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-international/774440/15 "2016-12-12T18:14:04Z")
**Zeldar** needs to do a data request thread! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-international/774440/16 "2016-12-12T20:43:51Z")
> [@tim314](#): > > “Three eighty five”? I guess that’s dyslexics looking for election predictions? That was my guess as well. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-international/774440/17 "2016-12-13T00:24:33Z")
I’ve been inside the Spruce Goose … what a small world … ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-international/774440/18 "2016-12-13T17:19:24Z")
> [@Casparlatete](#): > > I know the site is US based, but as an English person living in Germany, I wonder if there are many posters from outside of America. I am US expat living in Angola, so that is another data point for you. For what it’s worth, I was born in Germany. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-international/774440/19 "2016-12-13T19:03:33Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > I’ve been inside the Spruce Goose … what a small world … Are they that small? BTW, most of us keep our pervy habits out of our posts. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-international/774440/20 "2016-12-15T01:58:12Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. spruce goose > 2. three eighty five > 3. dreamsicle > 4. mercurochrome > 5. what does gop stand for That totally looks like Side B of some Radiohead album or other. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-international/774440.md?page=2)