# 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:** 7
**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:** [August 2, 2006, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/121 "2006-08-02T12:56:16Z")
Israeli here, from Tel Aviv. Kind of an interesting background - my parents are from New Jersey; they came here in the early 70’s, had me, and moved back to the States when I was less than a year old. We came back when I was six. I grew up in Haifa\*, lived in New York for a couple of years, and I’ve lived here in Tel Aviv since 2002. AFAIK, the only Israelis on the board are **Nobody Special** and me, although I’d consider **Kyla** an Honorary Israeli if she wanted. - If you want to know what my hometown looks like, just turn on CNN. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/122 "2006-08-02T13:10:35Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] More Canadians: **Kythereia** is also from Toronto, **Spoons** is from Calgary, and **matt\_mcl** is from Montreal. [/QUOTE] **Sunspace** , just want to say “Thanks” for mentioning me. Yes, another Canadian here, checking in from Calgary. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/123 "2006-08-02T13:21:14Z")
[QUOTE=Alessan] AFAIK, the only Israelis on the board are **Nobody Special** and me, although I’d consider **Kyla** an Honorary Israeli if she wanted. [/QUOTE] Ha, thanks. And hell, I could make aliyah if I wanted. It never seems like a good time, though. _sigh_ This is reminding me, I know we have a Doper in Beirut. I forget his/her username. Sophistrysomething. Help me out here. ---
**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, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/124 "2006-08-02T13:48:19Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] 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. [/QUOTE] I just now spotted [Are you an Ex-Pat](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=382231) which was started yesterday evening (my time) by **GingerOfTheNorth** , where this issue is being addressed quite successfully, if you wish to contribute to the discussion. At the time of this post that thread has over 30 posts, quite a few of which have been provided by some posting in this one. I’d like to suggest that somebody post a summary of the data in that thread ( **in that thread** ) after a reasonable number of replies have come in. 50? 100? Perhaps still another facet of our geographical placement might spawn another thread still. These are fun. Thanks again to **Antonius Block** for helping to collect the details in this thread and format them for the summary. I have added those contributions. ---
**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, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/125 "2006-08-02T14:37:57Z")
[QUOTE=DangleYourModifier] From Johannesburg, South Africa - born and bred [/QUOTE] Welcome to the Dope. I hope you stick around. Jeez, how’s this weather? ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/126 "2006-08-02T14:44:17Z")
I’m English, born Portsmouth, now in Bristol (South West England). There don’t seem to be many cider-country types on SD. And **Promethea** said she was a Brit, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/127 "2006-08-02T15:13:23Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] 2) UK/British Isles [/QUOTE] Might be better to list that one as UK/Ireland 😉 I’m from Northern Ireland, the “capital” Belfast, suppose you can list that one as UK. Someone else on here did an “ask the guy from Northern Ireland” thread but I couldn’t find it through the search function. **Irishgirl** is from, strangely enough, Ireland from what I gather. She’ll be working in our little Province for a while but it doesn’t count under the board rules methinks. ---
**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, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/128 "2006-08-02T15:29:40Z")
[QUOTE=Staggerlee] I’m English, born Portsmouth, now in Bristol (South West England). There don’t seem to be many cider-country types on SD. And **Promethea** said she was a Brit, I think. [/QUOTE] Mark me down as born and bred Bristolian, though lived all over. Lost accent before Gareth from the office made it so comic. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/129 "2006-08-02T15:48:56Z")
English, of Indian descent, living in Birmingham, UK. ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/130 "2006-08-02T19:00:12Z")
[QUOTE=Pushkin] [QUOTE=Zeldar] 2) UK/British Isles [/quote] Might be better to list that one as UK/Ireland 😉 [/QUOTE] But then you’d leave out poor **Lobsang** ; the [Isle of Man](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_Of_Man) is covered by “British Isles” but not by “UK/Ireland”, although I suppose that he’d still get in under “Europe”. [The [Channel Islands](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_islands) are another matter entirely, but I don’t recall any Dopers from those parts.] ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/131 "2006-08-02T21:30:53Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] 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] You’d get more mileage out of “5) Latin America” than what you wrote. Especially since there aren’t any Central Americans in the list yet. ---
**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, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/132 "2006-08-02T21:40:16Z")
[QUOTE=DiggitCamara] You’d get more mileage out of “5) Latin America” than what you wrote. Especially since there aren’t any Central Americans in the list yet. [/QUOTE] Thanks. I’ll make that change in the next summary posting. However, is Colibri SDSAB Join Date: Oct 2000 Posts: 7,204 Location: Panama not a Central America location? ---
**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, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/133 "2006-08-02T21:50:22Z")
I’ll go ahead with another summary post. 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**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:** [August 3, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/134 "2006-08-03T00:20:49Z")
[QUOTE=Alessan] AFAIK, the only Israelis on the board are **Nobody Special** and me, although I’d consider **Kyla** an Honorary Israeli if she wanted. [/QUOTE] I think you mean **Noone Special**. There’s also a poster named **Nobody Special** , but they don’t [post very often](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php), and I have no idea where they’re from. As my location tag says, I live in Gatineau, Québec, Canada, just north of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Like **featherlou** , I would guess that we have around 100 Canadians posting at least somewhat regularly here (of which maybe 10 or so live in Quebec, like me). ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/135 "2006-08-03T01:13:40Z")
Just thought of a few more Canadians–hope they can check in, if they haven’t already: **Northern Piper** , of Regina, Saskatchewan **Gorsnak** , of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan **Trupa** , of Calgary, Alberta **Meek** , of (IIRC) Edmonton, Alberta **Larry Mudd** , of Vancouver, BC **Muffin** , of (IIRC) Thunder Bay, Ontario **RickJay** , of southern Ontario–Burlington or Toronto? ---
**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:** [August 3, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/136 "2006-08-03T01:20:39Z")
And how could we forget **Cerowyn** , heart of the Toronto dopefests? Though he splits his time between Toronto and Tokyo, IIRC. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2006, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/137 "2006-08-03T06:12:06Z")
[QUOTE=severus] I think you mean **Noone Special**. There’s also a poster named **Nobody Special** , but they don’t [post very often](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php), and I have no idea where they’re from. [/QUOTE] To quote an ancient Hebrew saying - d’oh! ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/138 "2006-08-03T06:33:39Z")
And to add another Brit, as he won’t post here cause his computer’s broken, **Bonzer** is in London, UK. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/139 "2006-08-03T09:57:06Z")
[QUOTE=Antonius Block] But then you’d leave out poor **Lobsang** ; the [Isle of Man](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_Of_Man) is covered by “British Isles” but not by “UK/Ireland”, although I suppose that he’d still get in under “Europe”. [The [Channel Islands](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_islands) are another matter entirely, but I don’t recall any Dopers from those parts.] [/QUOTE] Ouch, at least I didn’t suggest putting him under “other” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Pjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707/140 "2006-08-03T10:34:55Z")
[QUOTE=Antonius Block] But then you’d leave out poor **Lobsang** ; the [Isle of Man](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_Of_Man) is covered by “British Isles” but not by “UK/Ireland”, although I suppose that he’d still get in under “Europe”. [The [Channel Islands](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_islands) are another matter entirely, but I don’t recall any Dopers from those parts.] [/QUOTE] Careful, or we will be forced into another “What is the Difference between England, Britain, Great, Britain, United Kingdom, British Isles” thread. We seem to do it once a year anyway. 🙂 The Isle of Man is part of GB for the Olympics, England for Rugby and I think any home nation for soccer. Similar for Channel Islands etc. Neither are technically in the EC. Although they are Crown Dependencies, they are subservient in reality to Parliament in London. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707.md?page=8)