Javierdude22: We know you are Raal, ;D
But you're not telling me you don't feel a little more pride when you read or know that a certain Roumanian writer is worldknown and respected. Or when you read about certain Roumanian accomplishments in the world of sports, art, business etc.
Doesn't that provoke a certain feeling of pride, moro than when you read some Dutch writer, busines made it around the world?
But you're not telling me you don't feel a little more pride when you read or know that a certain Roumanian writer is worldknown and respected. Or when you read about certain Roumanian accomplishments in the world of sports, art, business etc.
Doesn't that provoke a certain feeling of pride, moro than when you read some Dutch writer, busines made it around the world?
[quote author=Javierdude23 link=board=99;num=1064997145;start=20#22 date=10/04/03 at 02:06:12]We know you are Raal, ;D
But you're not telling me you don't feel a little more pride when you read or know that a certain Roumanian writer is worldknown and respected. Or when you read about certain Roumanian accomplishments in the world of sports, art, business etc.
Doesn't that provoke a certain feeling of pride, moro than when you read some Dutch writer, busines made it around the world? [/quote]
Javier,
Sorry to be replying so late, ugh, these days I can hardly join LPSG... But I'll be back soon with an answer !!
But you're not telling me you don't feel a little more pride when you read or know that a certain Roumanian writer is worldknown and respected. Or when you read about certain Roumanian accomplishments in the world of sports, art, business etc.
Doesn't that provoke a certain feeling of pride, moro than when you read some Dutch writer, busines made it around the world? [/quote]
Javier,
Sorry to be replying so late, ugh, these days I can hardly join LPSG... But I'll be back soon with an answer !!
7x6andchg: SpeedoGuy---
Well up here we still do the late night hot tub soaks in winter...then go jump in a snowbank. Great fun!
7x6&C
Well up here we still do the late night hot tub soaks in winter...then go jump in a snowbank. Great fun!
7x6&C
SpeedoGuy: 7X6:
But after the jump into the snowbank I'd no longer qualfy for LPSG
SG
p.s like the hats, keep'em coming. Personally, I go in for those beautiful Australian "Man from Snowy River" brimmed hats from Akubra. Love'em.
But after the jump into the snowbank I'd no longer qualfy for LPSG
SG
p.s like the hats, keep'em coming. Personally, I go in for those beautiful Australian "Man from Snowy River" brimmed hats from Akubra. Love'em.
I have to say I'm proud of my cultural identity. It's not that I don't appreciate Kentucky, but it matters a little less to me than my roots.
I had to trace back my family tree for at least three generations, and while my dad's side is a mystery, I made it all the way back to my maternal great great grandparents.
That's a lot of Greek, y'all.
I traced ethnic roots, marriages, affairs, love triangles, secrets. legacies, and the abandonment of customs. It is for this abandonment especially that I hold the women in my family in high esteem. My great grandmother, Archontoula Zuganelli, insulted her high-society parents by marrying a poor fisherman from Mykonos. My great grandfather, Francescos Koutsoukos, was a World War II hero. They made enough money from their fishing business to sustain their village, and they were selfless about it! Archontoula wanted to care for as many children as she could because, bless her heart, almost half of her pregnancies ended in either stillbirth or did not survive beyond childhood.
I regret that I could not have known her... or Francescos... they were, and still are in my heart, phenomenal people whose richness and warmth and compassion I could only hope to live up to.
My mother, another Archontoula, was such a strong and powerful girl, even at 13 when she was fed up and decided to move on her own. I couldn't imagine. At 13 I was still watching "Doug" on Nickeolodeon. She, on the other hand, worked as a cobbler, supported herself in a small apartment, and came to America when she was 17. She was married, of course, but she only knew a shred of English before hitting these shores.
And while I'm thinking about it: Why the hell do grocery stores want to tamper with the feta by adding sun dried tomato and basil and all that crap? MAN. Give me the good ol' ripened and un-fucked with, hard, salty, powerful feta any day!
So, though I highly doubt Mom will stumble across this site to hear the praise, when she let me interview her for my genogram project, that opened up a whole new world of understanding for me. It put me in touch with relatives I faintly knew. It made me laugh to try to piece together what my great aunt was trying to tell me... limited Greek know-how and all... and it made me smile when my great uncle Theonikos spoke with pride about his roots. That pride became my pride, too.
Sagapopouli.
I had to trace back my family tree for at least three generations, and while my dad's side is a mystery, I made it all the way back to my maternal great great grandparents.
That's a lot of Greek, y'all.
I traced ethnic roots, marriages, affairs, love triangles, secrets. legacies, and the abandonment of customs. It is for this abandonment especially that I hold the women in my family in high esteem. My great grandmother, Archontoula Zuganelli, insulted her high-society parents by marrying a poor fisherman from Mykonos. My great grandfather, Francescos Koutsoukos, was a World War II hero. They made enough money from their fishing business to sustain their village, and they were selfless about it! Archontoula wanted to care for as many children as she could because, bless her heart, almost half of her pregnancies ended in either stillbirth or did not survive beyond childhood.
I regret that I could not have known her... or Francescos... they were, and still are in my heart, phenomenal people whose richness and warmth and compassion I could only hope to live up to.
My mother, another Archontoula, was such a strong and powerful girl, even at 13 when she was fed up and decided to move on her own. I couldn't imagine. At 13 I was still watching "Doug" on Nickeolodeon. She, on the other hand, worked as a cobbler, supported herself in a small apartment, and came to America when she was 17. She was married, of course, but she only knew a shred of English before hitting these shores.
And while I'm thinking about it: Why the hell do grocery stores want to tamper with the feta by adding sun dried tomato and basil and all that crap? MAN. Give me the good ol' ripened and un-fucked with, hard, salty, powerful feta any day!
So, though I highly doubt Mom will stumble across this site to hear the praise, when she let me interview her for my genogram project, that opened up a whole new world of understanding for me. It put me in touch with relatives I faintly knew. It made me laugh to try to piece together what my great aunt was trying to tell me... limited Greek know-how and all... and it made me smile when my great uncle Theonikos spoke with pride about his roots. That pride became my pride, too.
Sagapopouli.
Tender: well i would have to say the longest roots of my family that i know grow 2 hours long.
never been past granny's house, ya know...
but, my daughters, are from New Delhi, India...
not a wonderful place for them...unfortunately.
i think they prefer good ol MO where the vittles are tasty and plentiful, and they have a home, ya know?
but somewhere in New Delhi, they both have another mother...
Tender
never been past granny's house, ya know...
but, my daughters, are from New Delhi, India...
not a wonderful place for them...unfortunately.
i think they prefer good ol MO where the vittles are tasty and plentiful, and they have a home, ya know?
but somewhere in New Delhi, they both have another mother...
Tender
da_blissmachine: New Delhi is extremely polluted....
India was a great place prior to British occupation and partition of Pakistan
India was a great place prior to British occupation and partition of Pakistan
jerkin4-10: I am proud to be an American...as Americans we have diversity of all nations...bring these people together that have a common ideal...to be able to do whatever they want to without religeous or tyranical persecution/repression...what makes this country great is that people coming here all for the most part have the same ideal...become part of the melting pot...bring the best of what their country offers in the way of thought, customs, trades...fresh ideas etc...and cull the
funky stuff...learn the language and become part of the culture...adding to the greatness of this country, not subtracting from it...or being a burden on it...
i guess to be fair...ill give the rundown as i know it...what mess of a mix i am...i call myself german-irish when pushed about it...but in addition...welsh, english, french, dutch, scotch...
funky stuff...learn the language and become part of the culture...adding to the greatness of this country, not subtracting from it...or being a burden on it...
i guess to be fair...ill give the rundown as i know it...what mess of a mix i am...i call myself german-irish when pushed about it...but in addition...welsh, english, french, dutch, scotch...
prepstudinsc: [quote author=jerkin4-10 link=board=99;num=1064997145;start=20#30 date=10/16/03 at 08:30:53]I am proud to be an American...as Americans we have diversity of all nations...bring these people together that have a common ideal...to be able to do whatever they want to without religeous or tyranical persecution/repression...what makes this country great is that people coming here all for the most part have the same ideal...become part of the melting pot...bring the best of what their country offers in the way of thought, customs, trades...fresh ideas etc...and cull the
funky stuff...learn the language and become part of the culture...adding to the greatness of this country, not subtracting from it...or being a burden on it...
i guess to be fair...ill give the rundown as i know it...what mess of a mix i am...i call myself german-irish when pushed about it...but in addition...welsh, english, french, dutch, scotch...
[/quote]
I'm proud to be an American, too. I don't always agree with the things our government does, but I have to say that we probably do have the most freedoms of any nation in the world.
As to ethnic heritage, I just call myself a mutt....I'm Italian, French, German, Irish, and Swiss. But to go back even further, god only knows what is mixed in with the Italian, since my family comes from Genoa and Venice, both major port cities, so I'm sure the Italian blood is mixed with other things. The Irish side of the family went to Ireland in the 1200's from what is now Holland, so I guess I probably have some Dutch blood, too. That's why its easier to just say "I'm a mutt."
funky stuff...learn the language and become part of the culture...adding to the greatness of this country, not subtracting from it...or being a burden on it...
i guess to be fair...ill give the rundown as i know it...what mess of a mix i am...i call myself german-irish when pushed about it...but in addition...welsh, english, french, dutch, scotch...
[/quote]
I'm proud to be an American, too. I don't always agree with the things our government does, but I have to say that we probably do have the most freedoms of any nation in the world.
As to ethnic heritage, I just call myself a mutt....I'm Italian, French, German, Irish, and Swiss. But to go back even further, god only knows what is mixed in with the Italian, since my family comes from Genoa and Venice, both major port cities, so I'm sure the Italian blood is mixed with other things. The Irish side of the family went to Ireland in the 1200's from what is now Holland, so I guess I probably have some Dutch blood, too. That's why its easier to just say "I'm a mutt."
7x6andchg: Well...I'm HALF Italian. The other half...is mutt. German, French, English, Scotch, Irish, Dutch, Bohemian (now Czech, I think?)....
I look more Italian than anything else. So I usually just say that.
7x6&C
I look more Italian than anything else. So I usually just say that.
7x6&C
prepstudinsc: Paul we can be mutts together, sharing our Italian heritage with tons of other stuff mixed in
Tender: well i went to see the podiatrist earlier this year...
funny, he said i have irish feet ?!
there is some Indian in my family but i couldnt tell ya were or how far back...
so to that id say-
im a mutt as well...
Tender
funny, he said i have irish feet ?!
there is some Indian in my family but i couldnt tell ya were or how far back...
so to that id say-
im a mutt as well...
Tender
HUMONGOUS: [quote author=Tender link=board=99;num=1064997145;start=20#34 date=10/17/03 at 19:56:46]well i went to see the podiatrist earlier this year...
funny, he said i have irish feet ?!
there is some Indian in my family but i couldnt tell ya were or how far back...
so to that id say-
im a mutt as well...
Tender [/quote]
indian? my guess is blackfoot. my mother has some blackfoot indian in here. perhaps we are related. cousin tender. what a nice ring.
funny, he said i have irish feet ?!
there is some Indian in my family but i couldnt tell ya were or how far back...
so to that id say-
im a mutt as well...
Tender [/quote]
indian? my guess is blackfoot. my mother has some blackfoot indian in here. perhaps we are related. cousin tender. what a nice ring.
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