# Non-USA Dopers: Stand and be counted. Please. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 31, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707 "2006-07-31T14:02:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/101 "2006-08-02T03:07:03Z")
Canadian in Canada. Posting from a dry little dustbowl just east of Vancouver. I know there’s another Kamloopsian in here, I but I forget who. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/102 "2006-08-02T03:46:56Z")
I’m from Bombay, India. Currently in California. ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/103 "2006-08-02T03:56:19Z")
I’m from Hong Kong, and am moving to London in a month or so (I think). **Roger Thornhill** - haven’t seen him post lately - is IIRC a Brit who resides in Hong Kong. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/104 "2006-08-02T04:06:22Z")
[QUOTE=Stark Raven Mad] **Roger Thornhill** - haven’t seen him post lately - is IIRC a Brit who resides in Hong Kong. [/QUOTE] He was [banned.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=379108&highlight=thornhill+banned) ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/105 "2006-08-02T04:15:56Z")
Another Australian here. Can’t say I have any real impression of other Aussies on here; there are certainly some, but we haven’t come to my notice as being disproportionately represented here either way. ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/106 "2006-08-02T04:35:27Z")
Aussie again. I like that there’s at least some of us around. Makes this place a bit more normal for me. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/107 "2006-08-02T07:04:20Z")
Another Brit here. As **Yojimbo** touched upon, a fair few of the Brits stopped posting here after it went pay-to-post but are still frequent posters on [NADs](http://nadsters.com/nads) which started off as a kind of anglo-centric offshoot of this place (we were bored with having to explain that Brits don’t eat “Kidney Pie”). ---
**Author:** ![Pjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/108 "2006-08-02T07:45:47Z")
English born, US educated, resident in Scotland. No contact IRL with others from this board. ---
**Author:** ![Pjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/109 "2006-08-02T07:56:27Z")
[QUOTE=Chez Guevara] Y I once met **Francesca** and **AlexB** but I haven’t seen them around here for a while. That may be because I hadn’t been around for a while until May this year. Or they just don’t post anymore. [/QUOTE] \*\*Francesca \*\*and **AlexB** post at NADS: [http://nadsters.com/nads/](http://nadsters.com/nads/) as do several ex-dope-members: **London Calling** among others. Also add **Casdave** who lives IIRC near Leeds, to the Dope list for the UK.. I see that Mangetout has just signed up at NADS to- I wonder if this thread will lead to other Brits, Irish and Antipodeans signing up there. ---
**Author:** ![Omgalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/41988e/32.png) [@Omgalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omgalion)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/110 "2006-08-02T07:58:11Z")
Another Aussie checking in; I live in Brisbane in the Sunshine State, otherwise known as Queensland. ---
**Author:** ![Mellivora\_capensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mellivora\_capensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mellivora_capensis)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/111 "2006-08-02T08:27:09Z")
Born, bred and currently in South Africa. AFAIK, **TellMeI’mNotCrazy** is in Pretoria, South Africa. Hmmm, speaking of which, I haven’t seen her post in a while. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/112 "2006-08-02T09:23:04Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Looks like the majority of non-USA people are in: 1. Canada 2. UK/British Isles 3. Australia/New Zealand 4. Europe 5. Central/South America (includes Mexico) 6. Asia and the Middle East [/QUOTE] Since this list plus the USA is almost the entire world, this seems to me to be a very roundabout way of saying “Few Dopers are African or Pacific islanders”. ---
**Author:** ![What\_s\_That\_Smell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3bc359/32.png) [@What\_s\_That\_Smell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_s_That_Smell)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/113 "2006-08-02T09:36:36Z")
Another 'Strayan. Living on the \*\*fabulous \*\*Gold Coast (an hour south of Brisbane), Queensland. ---
**Author:** ![DangleYourModifier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@DangleYourModifier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DangleYourModifier)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/114 "2006-08-02T09:51:21Z")
From Johannesburg, South Africa - born and bred ---
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/115 "2006-08-02T10:37:39Z")
German, from Hamburg, currently living in Baden-Württemberg. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/116 "2006-08-02T11:30:46Z")
Reporting in, from Auckland, New Zealand. Sorry I’m late – I tend to hang around Kiwi-oriented boards these days, but still pop in here from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/117 "2006-08-02T11:33:00Z")
[QUOTE=MelCthefirst] I can think of two others I see on here: Calm Kiwi and Icewolf (or something to do with wolves). [/QUOTE] There might still be **Banquet Bear** and wasn’t **Case Sensitive** a Kiwi as well? If not, CS should be claimed as such! 🙂 Thanks for rememberin’ me, **MelC**. Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/118 "2006-08-02T12:07:14Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] Since this list plus the USA is almost the entire world, this seems to me to be a very roundabout way of saying “Few Dopers are African or Pacific islanders”. [/QUOTE] Couldn’t have said it better. What I didn’t say before, but what should have been said, is that if you’re not in the USA (whether originally from another country or not) the likelihood (from greatest to least) is that you are from: (see list quoted above). The flurry of posts since I posted the summary (on the previous page) convinces me I was right not to have posted totals. Even though the number of unique Dopers (either posting or being included in other people’s posts) must now be over 100, it is still likely to be too few to constitute a significant sample of the thousands of Dopers who are currently active. One more thing: I did mention before, in passing, that I didn’t include in the summary those who are now in the USA, whether they are from another country originally or not. Perhaps another thread with different criteria might help to identify and count those Dopers. Otherwise, IMHO, the population would get even fuzzier as to where people are currently located. Dopers originally from the USA but living (posting) from another country **are being counted** , however. I will continue to update the file where the summary data is being kept, and will post another summary if/when we get into another page – over 150 actual posts. Thanks to all who have posted. An impressive response to the query, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/119 "2006-08-02T12:25:50Z")
[QUOTE=Ice Wolf] There might still be **Banquet Bear** and wasn’t **Case Sensitive** a Kiwi as well? If not, CS should be claimed as such! 🙂 Thanks for rememberin’ me, **MelC**. Cheers! [/QUOTE] … :: checks in :: And thanks for remembering me!!! ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/120 "2006-08-02T12:29:05Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] Since this list plus the USA is almost the entire world, this seems to me to be a very roundabout way of saying “Few Dopers are African or Pacific islanders”. [/QUOTE] …I believe I may be the only half Samoan half Maori on the boards! (although I was born and bred in Wellington) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707.md?page=7)