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ticohans · Unread post by **ticohans** » Sun May 04, 2003 12:30 am

What are you talking about?? It's totally appropriate to refer to Western culture in the context of Denmark.

I would say your error is in eqating Western culture with the US. The US is a part, admittedly a LARGE, part of Western culture today, but it by no means defines Western culture. It's the other way around: Western culture has defined US culture.

billywestom · Unread post by **billywestom** » Sun May 04, 2003 12:31 am

yeah, of course you're not on my case...i am so ignorant of the different countries around the world. hopefully i will be able to travel later in life

DustyDave · Unread post by **DustyDave** » Sun May 04, 2003 12:35 am

Hans do you mind repeating that in slow spellings , so drunk girls / guys like myself , can understand just a bit of what ya saying ? :lol:

j/k

You got some Norwegian or Swedish in you Hans ?

billywestom wrote:yeah, of course you're not on my case...i am so ignorant of the different countries around the world. hopefully i will be able to travel later in life

lol

ticohans · Unread post by **ticohans** » Sun May 04, 2003 12:42 am

HAHA! Alcohol is definitely not conduicive to having conversations about Western culture, its roots, and what part the US plays in it.

Actually, now that I think about it, depending on the circles you're in, alcohol can be VERY conducive to intellectual discussions, at least very silly ones.

And yes, I have some Swedish in me. In terms of heritage, my Dad is all Swede, and my Mom is mostly German, with a little Swiss thrown in.

DustyDave · Unread post by **DustyDave** » Sun May 04, 2003 12:49 am

lol screw the western culture part tonight

....

Thats cool though , you still have family in sweden / germany ? Im a 45 min drive away from the german border , and a few hours away from sweden

Your name gave you away

first name is used all over scandinavia and in germany , but Larson , now there's something to spot some swedish / norwegian roots

the Danish way of saying Larson would be Larsen , scandinavian languages are very like

Anyways im mumbling so im gonna hit the bed .... goodnight ya all lol its freaking 8:40AM here lol :lol:

Brock · Unread post by **Brock** » Sun May 04, 2003 11:34 am

ticohans wrote:HAHA! Alcohol is definitely not conduicive to having conversations about Western culture, its roots, and what part the US plays in it.

Actually, now that I think about it, depending on the circles you're in, alcohol can be VERY conducive to intellectual discussions, at least very silly ones.

And yes, I have some Swedish in me. In terms of heritage, my Dad is all Swede, and my Mom is mostly German, with a little Swiss thrown in.

Tico, I thought you were from Latin/South America?

mbgreen · Unread post by **mbgreen** » Sun May 04, 2003 11:35 am

Wow. This thread has been totally hijacked. Nice.

DustyDave · Unread post by **DustyDave** » Sun May 04, 2003 12:02 pm

mbgreen wrote:Wow. This thread has been totally hijacked. Nice.

Don't like party poopers :lol:

billywestom · Unread post by **billywestom** » Sun May 04, 2003 1:39 pm

i dont know much about my background, but my grandpa was 100% Fin, and my grandmother was some type of native american. on my dad's side im not sure, i think my great grandfather was german, but maybe i think that because he fought against them in the war

DustyDave · Unread post by **DustyDave** » Sun May 04, 2003 2:03 pm

100% Fin huh ? wooo hooo go scandinavians :lol:

billywestom · Unread post by **billywestom** » Sun May 04, 2003 2:06 pm

DustyDave wrote:100% Fin huh ? wooo hooo go scandinavians

no wonder i cant get a tan

DustyDave · Unread post by **DustyDave** » Sun May 04, 2003 2:11 pm

billywestom · Unread post by **billywestom** » Sun May 04, 2003 5:45 pm

i just realized something...i wonder what the people who just start reading this thread are thinking

ticohans · Unread post by **ticohans** » Sun May 04, 2003 6:24 pm

1) Despite my Scandanavian/German heritage, I can get a tan. That comes from...

2) Living in Latin America. Costa Rica to be specific. For 7 1/2 years. I was born in the states though. So, my heritage is all north Europe, I was born in the US, and Latin America is home.

3) And finally, I have no clue if I have any relatives over in Sweden or Germany still. I'm sure there are some 3rd cousins or something, but that doesn't really count as family anymore.

My parents wanted different names for me and my siblings, so I am Hans, then there's Erik (the "k" at the end instead of a "c" is Scandanavian), then comes Ryne (pronounced like the river in Germany), and at the end of the line, my little sister, Annalise.

Pickles · Unread post by **Pickles** » Sun May 04, 2003 7:58 pm

i dont know why but im naturally tan... which doesnt make sense... lets see... russian, hungarian, swedish, french, german, african... wait.. maybe thats it.. its south african thuogh... hmm.. some more countries too.... too long to mention

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