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Benedict Arnold

Are most people on here from America/Canada? Are there many from the UK or Europe?

Just curious about the make up of the site.. Most of the good people here seem to be from the States which is cool..I first got online in 1994 and back then the only people online were mostly American. SO i made a lot of truly lovely American friends, some of whom I am still in contact with and a few I have met in real life. 


Posted - November 12, 2016
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  • 17593
    The good people?  Well, I have to say you must  not be one of them.  The good people!
      November 12, 2016 3:43 PM MST
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  • I am very sorry I don't understand what you are getting at? I think perhaps you are misinterpreting the expression good people and taking it literally? Or else I am not understanding some subtle other meaning in the way you are using language? That happens.. we share a language but not always quite the same meaning.. this is how misunderstandings occur i think.. 
    Most of the good people of the site means ALL the people.. good people of the planet earth.. from Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.. was an address to ALL the people of the earth.. the way i used it was in the same tone.. 

    EDIT... I just realised the Douglas Adams quote is a misquote but it does illustrate hopefully what i mean.. it's a form of address.. it's a polite form of address where the assumption is made that all the people one is addressing are good people..

    This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at November 13, 2016 9:07 AM MST
      November 12, 2016 3:49 PM MST
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  • Obviously YOU weren't included in her summation.
      November 14, 2016 9:28 AM MST
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  • 46117
    Hi Daydream.  Not enough.  I love talking to people from all over.  I wish there were more.  I am from Arizona.  Where are you from, please?
      November 12, 2016 3:54 PM MST
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  • I am from the UK.. a Brit..  from the south east - half way between London and the coast.  An American appreciater ..or erm I was, still am.. just think that a good many Americans made a very bad choice earlier this week :P
      November 12, 2016 4:03 PM MST
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  • 3719

    Looks as if most are American or Canadian, but AM is an American company so that's hardly surprising.

    Among those whose profiles I've seen, are a fair number of Britons (including me) some Australians and New Zealanders, and a sprinkling from assorted other countries.

    Oh, and a goodly number of users from nowhere! :-)

      November 12, 2016 4:16 PM MST
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  • Don't forget our antarctic friends ... or is that friend, singular?
      November 12, 2016 6:33 PM MST
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  • That's cool.. I'd call that a good mix :)
      November 13, 2016 10:40 AM MST
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  • 3375
    Hi daydreamer.  I am from America.  Glad you are here!  It's been nice reading you.  
      November 12, 2016 4:21 PM MST
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  • 7939
    The official stats from the last month say 65% from the US, 12% from the UK, 6% from Canada, 5% from Australia... 
      November 12, 2016 4:27 PM MST
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  • 44604
    And one from India...Neely.
      November 15, 2016 10:06 AM MST
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  • 3463
    There are a lot of good people here and some not so good.
    You are one of the good ones Daydream.
    I from the good old U.S.A.
      November 12, 2016 4:28 PM MST
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  • 5354
    There are people from most everywhere. On a text-intensive forum like this it self select to people who understand English. So most are American, Britiah, Australean. People who at least call their language English even if it can be hard to recognize as such. Have you heard a Scotsman speak his 'English'? Or a Texan ;-))
      November 12, 2016 5:07 PM MST
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  • I am English but I love the Scottish accent :) And almost all American accents :) This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at November 13, 2016 10:43 AM MST
      November 13, 2016 10:42 AM MST
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  • 5354
    Well I am danish, so to me Scottish-english and Texan are pretty incomprehensible ;-))
      November 14, 2016 9:17 AM MST
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  • 3719
    A Scotsman's spoken English? Even some English areas' English can be nearly impenetrable to other English!
      November 12, 2016 5:17 PM MST
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  • I am not sure what you mean @Durdle? 
      November 14, 2016 3:38 PM MST
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  • 3719
    Dialect - some English dialects can be hard to follow even for other English people! My comment was a light-hearted response to JakobA's remark on incomprehensibility.

    Someone from Dudley, I think he is, told me that it was not so long ago the dialects in his area were so strong and varied that natives of Dudley would have struggled to talk to those from of Walsall, say, or Birmingham, even those these towns are only a few miles apart! 
      November 14, 2016 3:45 PM MST
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  • Oh right, well i guess that can be the case.. Personally I love accents and the stronger the better. I kinda feel that if we lost dialect, (and there's a real danger of that) then we would be much poorer for it. I guess i am against homogenisation and making us all bland and the same 
      November 14, 2016 3:53 PM MST
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  • 5835
    I am from the Arizona desert where Arizona, California, and Mexico all meet. They tell me it is the dentist capital of the world: Los Algodones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I give out the wikipedia link because the town's url is blocked by some forums. There are three big towns here: Yuma, AZ, Indio, CA, and Thermal, CA. In summer they take turns being the hottest city in the nation. Another famous town here is Slab City, which you can tour at youtube.com

    Most of the forums I have attended were dominated by USA and Australia with an occasional member from some other country.
      November 12, 2016 5:23 PM MST
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  • 1128
    I'm from the U.S.A.  Glad to meet you!!  Been reading your posts and I thoroughly enjoy them all! 
    Have a great upcoming week!! 
      November 13, 2016 8:55 AM MST
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  • Thank you I am enjoying being here and learning about how the site works and all the lovely people here. 
      November 13, 2016 10:44 AM MST
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  • Hello, I'm English. 
      November 14, 2016 9:29 AM MST
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  • Hello Lucia lovely to find another English person here :) 
      November 14, 2016 3:39 PM MST
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