I was just curious to see the cultural background here at SO.

I myself am just a plain, Southern white girl, LOL. I have some American Indian and Scots/Irish in my background though.

Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Venezuelan.

Estonian, Norweigan, Swedish, Irish, and Scottish

I am hispanic. Born and raised here in So. California. However, being adopted, not really sure 100 percent what my biological parents were. My mom was hispanic with some Indian (not American Indian) and my father was possibly Cuban. He looked like a very white basketball player. My family told me when they met him he was at least 7 feet tall with red hair. Red like Richie's on Happy Days. Light like him too.

Italian and Puerto Rican

Italian, Ukranian, Polish

I'm like 99% German.

Mostly Mexican, with some Jewish and French mixed in. I don't know if Jewish is really considered a nationality, though.

being politically correct I'm African American/Caucasian though my dad is Italian.

Straight from Poland

Italian, Ukranian, Polish

No wonder you're so cool, you've got Ukrainian and Polish in ya. :D

going by my grandparents im 3/4 french Canadian and one quarter French speaking Irish ( Moms Dad's side ) , i also have a Mohawk great Grandfather :)
ps I speak French and English fluently and i can handle a smattering of Japanese

I'm mostly German and Irish. German on my dad's side, Irish on my mom's.

I also have some French, and a little bit of Native in me as well. I'm basically a mutt!! :D

I'm full Filipino, but I could have some Spanish and maybe even some Chinese in me, since pretty much all Filipinos have that in their background.

Not in any particular order, English, German, Irish, Scottish, Polish, French...I guess my ancestors liked to travel, lol

Volga Deutch (German's born in Russia)

I'm english and french; born in Ontario but grew up here in Quebec

I'm just about all Irish, although my Grandfather was half German. My husband's 100% Italian.

I'm just about all Irish, although my Grandfather was half German. My husband's 100% Italian.

Is his name Geno?

I am 50% Italian and like 50% French and Irish

No wonder you're so cool, you've got Ukrainian and Polish in ya. :D

Hell yeah! :)

its so cool to see how almost everyone is a little of this, and a little of that :)

All I know is southern. My family has been here for SO long I have no CLUE where my real heritage is from. I know we have a little Cherokee in us though from my papa's side, but I obviously didn't get too much of it due to my fair complextion.

50% Danish (my dad was born there). I'm mostly German on my mom's side and a little bit of Scottish.

italian, portuguese, and lithuanian. my dad is all italian and on my mom's side, my grandmother is portuguese and my grandfather is lithuanian. my mom doesn't look lithuanian/slavic at all though.

italian :woohoo:

I'm mostly German and Irish. German on my dad's side, Irish on my mom's.

Ditto. I'm just your average boring white guy.

American


My ancestors were English/Scottish/whatever, but I am American.

I am second generation Mexican from my mom's side. She is full Mexican, so I am half Mexican, myself. From my dad's side, my ancestors were from Spain, France, and I have a tiny bit of Native American somewhere down the line. A lot of people find it difficult to believe I am half Mexican because of my light skin and light eyes. I look more of my Spanish side, though.

I'm always astounded to see how many people are mixed, always beinglike "well I'm Italian, French, German, Greek, etc." All my ancestors are from Poland, we didn't move here until the early 80s, so it's always weird to hear how people have roots in so many countries.

I'm always astounded to see how many people are mixed, always beinglike "well I'm Italian, French, German, Greek, etc." All my ancestors are from Poland, we didn't move here until the early 80s, so it's always weird to hear how people have roots in so many countries.
Yeah, it's very interesting how North America seems to be a huge melting pot of our ancestors.

Ooooo.... I have an interesting question to ask you. Well, it's more of a nosy and intrigued question because I love to study people and stuff. Yeah, I should select a better word than "study" because I freaked out a friend of mine months ago when I mentioned a similar thing. :lol:

Anyway.... since you said you moved to the States in the early 80s, were you really young? Do you still find you have a strong Polish accent, or do you have more of an American accent? I am always interested in dialects and languages.

Yeah, it's very interesting how North America seems to be a huge melting pot of our ancestors.

Ooooo.... I have an interesting question to ask you. Well, it's more of a nosy and intrigued question because I love to study people and stuff. Yeah, I should select a better word than "study" because I freaked out a friend of mine months ago when I mentioned a similar thing. :lol:

Anyway.... since you said you moved to the States in the early 80s, were you really young? Do you still find you have a strong Polish accent, or do you have more of an American accent? I am always interested in dialects and languages.

I was actually born here. When I said we, I meant it more as in my family. But I might as well have not cause I didn't know English until I was 6 or 7. I lost my accent long, long ago, but can still speak with it if I want to, so I play it up a bit if the situation is right. :D But for the most part my English is accentless. Well no, that's a lie. I have the Chicago accent! And since studying German and Spanish, I could do a lot of accents. I especially love my German-English accent. I kann play up ze German very vell! :D

50% Scotch, 50% Black Irish Whiskey, 50% cheap mixed austrian/british/german wine, served up in a sassy champagne flute

I'm Irish, German, English,and Native American

Im French Canadian ( as stated before ) but, i wanted to comment on the accent thing...Im asked by a lot of my online Friends if i can speak French ( i can ), then the next Q is invariably " Do you have an accent?" To which i always say that i dont since i was born in "English Canada", however, my Grandparents were mainly from Quebec and sometimes, I like to pull peoples legs by imitating my Grampas thick "Joual" ( peasant French ) accent ( Woais, tu see, ts'une belle journee, han?? ) :rolleyes:

I'm always astounded to see how many people are mixed, always beinglike "well I'm Italian, French, German, Greek, etc." All my ancestors are from Poland, we didn't move here until the early 80s, so it's always weird to hear how people have roots in so many countries.

my mom is half Lithuanian and one of her uncles is married to a Polish woman. how close is Poland to Lithuania, geographically and culturally? i've heard before that both countries are very similar and i thought you might know.

Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Venezuelan.
Ah, wow, we're almost the same.

I'm 50% Italian *eats meatball*
25% Hungarian
25% Polish

I was actually born here. When I said we, I meant it more as in my family. But I might as well have not cause I didn't know English until I was 6 or 7. I lost my accent long, long ago, but can still speak with it if I want to, so I play it up a bit if the situation is right. :D But for the most part my English is accentless. Well no, that's a lie. I have the Chicago accent! And since studying German and Spanish, I could do a lot of accents. I especially love my German-English accent. I kann play up ze German very vell! :D
That's really interesting. So when you speak Polish, does it sound more American-ish accented?

my mom is half Lithuanian and one of her uncles is married to a Polish woman. how close is Poland to Lithuania, geographically and culturally? i've heard before that both countries are very similar and i thought you might know.

We're neighbors. Both Catholic, joined the EU in 04, were a single country for a few centuries when the King of Lithuania married the Queen of Poland in the 1500s. But then the Russians and the Germans invaded and split us in half and after WWI, we regained sovreignty again, thought as seperate countries. But the two languages couldn't be any more distant. Polish is a Slavic language and Lithuanian a Baltic one. So different vocabulary, grammer, etc. I don't understand a word of Lithuanian and vice versa.

http://maps.grida.no/library/files/poland_topographic_map.jpg
Area: 120,728 sq mi
Population: 38,635,144

http://maps.grida.no/library/files/web_lithuania_topographic_map.jpg
Area: 25,167 sq mi
Population: 3,596,617

They're also a lot smaller than us too.

That's really interesting. So when you speak Polish, does it sound more American-ish accented?

Yea, I insert a lot of words that aren't Polish but bastardized English, but most people in the States do. Like for basement, I say "bizment" instead of "piwnica," but Poles here understand what that is. In Poland they wouldn't, unless they've studied English. It's kind of like Spanglish. :D It's mostly Polish with just a few words of English thrown in there. But if I'm talking to a friend and there's someone around who's not a Pole and I don't want them to know what I'm saying, I'll use the Polish word.

German, Polish and Romanian.

I'm not sure why I have Romanian in me, since I don't know of any ancestors born in Romania. The funny thing is that on my paternal side, my great-great-grandparents were born in Russia, and then they moved to Germany after some years. After they lived in Germany for a while, they finally set out for America, and my grandpa was born here, so I should at least have some Russian in me. I'm guessing the Romanian blood comes from my grandma, although I've never asked her about it.

^ Have you ever been to Warsaw, North Dakota? :D http://www.st-stanslaus.com/

^ Have you ever been to Warsaw, North Dakota? :D http://www.st-stanslaus.com/
Yikes! Warsaw is way up in the NE corner of North Dakota, north of Grand Forks. I've never been farther north than Grand Forks, sad to say. So, the answer is no. :(

I'm Puerto Rican, Dominican, Italian and Chinese...

Yea, I insert a lot of words that aren't Polish but bastardized English, but most people in the States do. Like for basement, I say "bizment" instead of "piwnica," but Poles here understand what that is. In Poland they wouldn't, unless they've studied English. It's kind of like Spanglish. :D It's mostly Polish with just a few words of English thrown in there. But if I'm talking to a friend and there's someone around who's not a Pole and I don't want them to know what I'm saying, I'll use the Polish word.
I think that's interesting because I'm Portuguese and we do the same thing :lol:

Yea, I insert a lot of words that aren't Polish but bastardized English, but most people in the States do. Like for basement, I say "bizment" instead of "piwnica," but Poles here understand what that is. In Poland they wouldn't, unless they've studied English. It's kind of like Spanglish. :D It's mostly Polish with just a few words of English thrown in there. But if I'm talking to a friend and there's someone around who's not a Pole and I don't want them to know what I'm saying, I'll use the Polish word.
Oh yeah.... haha, that's pretty sneaky! :lol: So many people around here are Hispanic or know some Spanish, so I couldn't talk discreetly with the language. I have, however, taught some Swedish phrases to my sister, and we do that as well. I don't think very many people around here would pick up on it since I haven't really met any Swedes or Scandinavians around here. :lol: It's fun, isn't it?