Americans ?!?!?

[savagewind]

Do half of you understand the meaning of flag burning?

Are you going to tell us?

 

[Revoltingest]

It does. But you likely would need a permit, background check, and a fee paid in full these days.

Been there.
Done that.
And I know better than to make "Pew! Pew!" sounds within 1000 feet of a school.

 

[paragon]

Are you going to tell us?

Did you read the thread?

 

[Willamena]

Are you American?



The purpose of this thread is just to know how many/the percentage of Americans here on RF. I noticed that most of the time the location of members I see is somewhere in America.

No ulterior motives :angel2:

No. I'm Canadian.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

To carry a gun makes the statement too.

Carrying a gun is something that even the most blind of patriots can do. And because it's such a controversial subject, flag burning makes for a much more powerful statement.

or even flying it upside down as a sign of distress.

A sign of distress, but not a sign of power. I have considered getting a flag just to display it upside down on election day, but it will never sting people like flag burning can.

 

[Karl Hister]

No. I'm Canadian.

one of those foreigners I was talking about

 

[Shadow Wolf]

one of those foreigners I was talking about

Is there really ever such a thing as a foreigner on the internet?

 

[Willamena]

one of those foreigners I was talking about

And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten....

 

[Vinayaka]

I wonder where all the 'foreigners' are from ... besides Canada and Britain?

 

[Smart_Guy]

I wonder where all the 'foreigners' are from ... besides Canada and Britain?

I'm a Saudi national from Saudi Arabia

Originally from the land of Hijaz (yeah, it's real) but as these part were taken over and unified under what's now called Saudi Arabia, I've become Saudi

 

[Willamena]

I wonder where all the 'foreigners' are from ... besides Canada and Britain?

Pretty much everywhere else, I'd guess.

 

[Sonofason]

There's really not much of an actual difference. Just think of Canada as an American state - kind of like a less cool version of Wisconsin.

I think if I were a Canadian, I'd be taking offense to this comment.

Why not view America as a Canadian state?

 

[Smart_Guy]

Pretty much everywhere else, I'd guess.

He probably is interested in knowing how we go in it here in RF

 

[George-ananda]

Smart Guy....how's your Arabic???

 

[oldbadger]

English!

 

[Smart_Guy]

Smart Guy....how's your Arabic???

It is my mother tongue and I'm educated well in it.

I'd say it is good

English!

Americans speak English too

Or it is American?

Hmm...

 

[oldbadger]

Americans speak English too

Or it is American?

Hmm...

Americans darn't speak yer English proper like wot we does.
No...... Americans speak American. They've got pronunciation diarrhea and some very strange ideas about spelling.
So, if you ever want to have a conversation in English, try us Brit RF members.

 

[Smart_Guy]

Americans darn't speak yer English proper like wot we does.
No...... Americans speak American. They've got pronunciation diarrhea and some very strange ideas about spelling.
So, if you ever want to have a conversation in English, try us Brit RF members.

Wuh.... what?



:thud:

 

[oldbadger]

Wuh.... what?



:thud:

Yeah! Honest!
American spelling is different and American pronunciation is different. If we were cut off for a couple of hundred years then our languages would be quite different.

We Brits choose 'UK English' option for our computers so that they don't try to immerse us in American lingo. True.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

There's really not much of an actual difference. Just think of Canada as an American state - kind of like a less cool version of Wisconsin.

That would be a state larger than all the other US states combined.