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santeroatomico
04 Aug 2006, 03:38 PM
For a lot of people in means the town/state/country you were born. For other the heritage. And yet for othere it means the place some distant relative (great grandparent) was born.
Now when some one ask you that question; what do you answer?
FigoTX
04 Aug 2006, 03:45 PM
For a lot of people in means the town/state/country you were born. For other the heritage. And yet for othere it means the place some distant relative (great grandparent) was born.
Now when some one ask you that question; what do you answer?
Texas. 'nuff said. :D
santeroatomico
04 Aug 2006, 03:55 PM
I guess I need to answer my own question:
Puerto Rico
The Prophet
04 Aug 2006, 04:11 PM
Santo
Io sono il Paramus New Jersey mia familia da Chile mia bisnonno da Napoli Italia.
Grazie lei
brahmafutbol
04 Aug 2006, 05:08 PM
Io sono il Texas, mia familia da Texas mia bisnonno da Texas.
(grazie, Rickker, per lezione! :) )
Forza DYNAMO!
The Prophet
04 Aug 2006, 06:06 PM
Io sono il Texas, mia familia da Texas mia bisnonno da Texas.
(grazie, Rickker, per lezione! :) )
Forza DYNAMO!
Prego
The Gribbler
04 Aug 2006, 06:53 PM
Texan. Like 5th generation I think. Before that I know my maternal grandmother's side goes back to the Union Army in the Civil War.
My paternal grandfather is American but of 100% English blood. Cornwall to be exact.
nobius
04 Aug 2006, 07:19 PM
Grew up in a small town on the east side of Houston called Highlands. Have always lived in the Houston area except for 6 months in Calgary. 3rd generation full-blooded Czech.
Jak se mas!
brahmafutbol
04 Aug 2006, 09:23 PM
Grew up in a small town on the east side of Houston called Highlands. Have always lived in the Houston area except for 6 months in Calgary. 3rd generation full-blooded Czech.
Jak se mas!
You could come hang out at East Bernard, go to some dances and eat kolaches, drink some pivo and say jak se mas a lot.
Or go play soccer w/ us!
:cool:
fireman451
04 Aug 2006, 10:04 PM
Grew up in a small town on the east side of Houston called Highlands. Have always lived in the Houston area except for 6 months in Calgary. 3rd generation full-blooded Czech.
Jak se mas!
My wife is 1/4 Czech, 1/2 Polish and 1/4 German and I hear "Jak se mas!" a lot from her maternal Grandmother (full Czech) up here in Chicagoland. I also hear it from my co-worker in Calgary who's mostly Czech. I hate Czechs . . . . well I'm not fond of the grandmother, let's leave it at that.
When people ask me, "where are you from?" I always say I'm Texan, live in Chicago but a native Texan (29 years). You can take a Texan outa the heart of Texas, but you can't take Texas outa the heart of a Texan. BTW, I'm 100% Mexican-American (2nd generation).
MBean
04 Aug 2006, 10:24 PM
Grew up in Alief (Southwest Houston) back when it was still the burbs... but have lived for the last 15 years in College Station, Huntsville, and Brenham. Will probably always consider myself a Houstonian though... and we of course make it into town a couple times a month in addition to Dynamo games. As far as "what I am," given the German, Scotch-Irish, English, and Dutch that pockets my ancestry I would have to say a mutt. But in reality, none of that matters a hill of beans (no pun intended) to me - heck I could be a Martian immigrant with green skin, my native language could be Klingon, and my native culture's traditional food could be roasted dung-beetle on toast - and the only thing that would matter to me is that I'm an American and a Texan because I choose to be and because I value those ideals which define what it means to be a Texan and an American more than any superficial ethno-cultural characteristics.
DrLudicrous
04 Aug 2006, 11:04 PM
I grew up in Jacksonville, TX. I moved to Houston at the end of '97.
robbzipp
12 Aug 2006, 10:46 PM
Native Houston Texan! My mom was born in that Texas city that starts with a 'D' but moved here as soon as she could. My dad is from rural NY but came here right out of 'Nam. My great grandparents on my dad's side came from Deutschland around the time of WWI and my mom's side of the family came from England and/or Ireland probably at least 200 years ago to East Texas.
LordGhoti
12 Aug 2006, 11:39 PM
My dad is from rural NY ...
What part?
But in response to the topic question, New York ... sometimes I throw Upstate before it.
robbzipp
13 Aug 2006, 07:45 AM
What part?
But in response to the topic question, New York ... sometimes I throw Upstate before it.
East of Albany right at the MA border and very close to Vermont. Yeah, Upstate NY would be the term, but a lot of people down here don't know what that means.
LordGhoti
13 Aug 2006, 08:01 AM
East of Albany right at the MA border and very close to Vermont. Yeah, Upstate NY would be the term, but a lot of people down here don't know what that means.
I am from just west (about 20-25 miles) of Albany so I probably know the town and maybe even played or, more likely, ran against your dad's old high school.
aveslacker
13 Aug 2006, 11:05 AM
Born and raised in the heart of Houston: went to Roberts Elementary School, Pershing Middle School, and Lamar High School. Moved all the way down to San Antonio for college (Trinity).
Now that I travel the world a lot, when people abroad ask me where I'm from, I always answer "Texas." No matter where you go, everyone knows Texas, even in the wilds of Vanuatu (I know because I've been there).
My barbecue grill has Texas license plates that I took from my old car. That way, no matter where I am, I always have some connection to Texas.
robbzipp
13 Aug 2006, 11:30 AM
he grew up in New Lebanon, NY. Tiny place. I went there a few years ago and it was the first time he'd been there in almost 40 years. he did play soccer when he was younger, but doesn't really talk about it.
CeltTexan
08 Sep 2006, 02:03 PM
Soy de Tejas.
Born in Houston.
Grew up in Sharpstown...Alief in the late 80's early 90. Left Ft. Bend in '94 when I was 18. After putting myself through College I returned to my beloved Clutch City. I have a mix hertiage of Scotch and Irish. And yes, everywhere I have gone in the world people know 3 things about our United States...NYC, L.A. and Texas.
MBean
08 Sep 2006, 02:40 PM
Soy de Tejas.
Born in Houston.
Grew up in Sharpstown...Alief in the late 80's early 90. Left Ft. Bend in '94 when I was 18. After putting myself through College I returned to my beloved Clutch City. I have a mix hertiage of Scotch and Irish. And yes, everywhere I have gone in the world people know 3 things about our United States...NYC, L.A. and Texas.
Yo soy de Houston tambien, vivimos en Alief muy cerca de las calles Synott y Bellaire... we moved from "Houston" proper to Alief in 1977 and we stayed there until I graduated from Alief Elsik HS in 1991... then my parents hightailed it outta there ASAP as soon as I left for college.
btw... we all pronounced "Synott"... "snot"