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Author Topic: Non-US members report here for a survey of all countries represented on film-tech Michael Harlow Expert Film Handler Posts: 170 From: Faversham, Kent, UK Registered: Jul 2002 posted 11-27-2002 04:42 PM                     Well here i am in sunny Faversham, here in Kent, UK !  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 12-07-2002 01:06 AM                        just bumping to the top for anyone who may have missed this.. and I don't even belong posting here anywho, since I'm actually in the US....... but I hit 300 tonight!  |  IP: Logged Matthew Peters Expert Film Handler Posts: 179 From: Glen Waverley, Melbourne, Australia Registered: Nov 2002 posted 12-07-2002 04:11 AM                     Hi, the name is Matthew, I'm here in "sunny" one minute, "raining" the next Melbourne, Australia  |  IP: Logged Mike Rendall Film Handler Posts: 78 From: Southampton, Hampshire, UK Registered: Nov 2002 posted 12-08-2002 11:21 AM                     I am from Southampton. About 80 miles from London on the South Coast. Most famous for the place where the ill-fated Titanic left on her maiden voyage, and the start of all the round-the-world sailing races. Also from So'ton is Ben Wales, I used to work with him at Harbour Lights (the best regional film theatre in the South!!) Mike  |  IP: Logged Bernard Tonks Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 619 From: Cranleigh, Surrey, England Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-08-2002 06:28 PM                     Cranleigh, Surrey 42 miles from London. Known as the largest village in England. Films now only once weekly in the Arts Centre by DVD projection.  |  IP: Logged Darren Briggs Master Film Handler Posts: 371 From: York, UK Registered: Dec 2001 posted 12-09-2002 02:02 PM                        Hi Im Darren from York. U.K. My favorite coulur is red and I like Drinking beer with my buddy Leo whos also from York and play's on here too!  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 12-09-2002 03:14 PM                        quote: German - According to Ann Landers, a now-deceased advice columnist here in the U.S., the correct term for us is "United States citizens." That issue opens up a can of worms here. Officially we are subjects of the United Kingdom. But 'subject' implies recognition of the monarch (i.e. Queen Liz) as the head of state, and the term 'United Kingdom' includes Northern Ireland, which is a politically contentious issue. But in the midst of all the devolution happening in Scotland and Wales, it's important not to let England be left behind - even if we're not a constitutionally standalone country, we do have a cultural identity, hence the use of 'Middlesbrough, England' to describe my workplace opposite. Personally I prefer to describe myself as a 'United Kingdom National'. This is because 'citizen' suggests to me that you believe that the monarchy should be abolished. I don't - though neither do I believe that the monarchy should have any meaningful political power, hence the fact that I also reject the term 'subject'. I do stick to 'United Kingdom', though: I am not opposed in principle to the status of Northern Ireland changing, but I am completely and utterly opposed to it changing either through terrorism or underhand political methods to engineer a politically correct referendum result. If we get to a stage at which the majority of NI's population either want to become a separate independent country or part of the Republic of Ireland then either is fine by me, but that has to be a genuine expression of political will. Until that happens, I describe myself as a United Kingdom national.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 12-09-2002 08:49 PM                        If you are from England, I would describe you as "English". The question about what "American" means arose from the fact that US citizens are usually referred to as "Americans" and the therm "America" is usually taken to refer to the US while there are actually two half continents which are called "America". I think it is usually understood from the context what is meant, if people are referring to the geographical terms they say "North America" or "South America". Also the United States is the only American nation which has the word itself in its name.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 12-09-2002 09:10 PM                        Michael, As far as I am concerned we are citizens of the United States and as such we are commonly referred to as "Americans".  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 12-09-2002 09:53 PM                        Exactly. "Cultural" and "political" denominations are sometimes interwoven to a high degree and therefore common usage is the best way to decide what is meant. If I am correctly informed, the USA was the first independent nation in the "new world" while the other modern states in the Americas progressed from being colonies to independent states later. So it is only natural that the word "American" also came to carry the connotation it has today. "German" is another example. Actually, the word "Germany" for the country I am sitting in is quite misleading in a number of ways. "German", or the English term "Germanic", derived from the name of a tribe which lived east of the River Rhine at the time Caesar was butchering the Gauls, refers to the tribes which lived in central Europe in classical antiquity. While they are indeed the ancestors of the modern "Germans", they are also the ancestors of the "English", "Dutch", "Swiss" and "Austrian" people who speak "Germanic" languages. Also, the Scandinavian languages belong to the same "Germanic" family. The modern term for the people and the language is "Deutsch" (pronounced doitsh), the country is "Deutschland". The word is derived from another ancient tribe, the Teutons, and came into use in the middle ages. As can easily be seen, it is also the word behind "Dutch", which in turn denominates the people and language of the Netherlands, who became an indendent nation some centuries ago. Very confusing. Still, one can usually understand who is meant from the context. Anyway, I am going to edit the topic title to "Non-US" as the point of it was to poll those members who are from countries other than the US so that we can have an overview off all the nationalities on this forum. But how do I do that? I couldn`t find any info in the faq about how to change the title of a topic.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 12-09-2002 10:06 PM                        Just edit the topic title in your first post on page 1.  |  IP: Logged Mike Baer Film Handler Posts: 51 From: Winterthur, Switzerland Registered: Dec 2002 posted 12-14-2002 04:12 PM                        Mike Baer from Winterthur near Zurich,Switzerland. And i work in Schaffhausen,near Germany,in a 8-plex of the Kinepolis Group of Belgium.We run all Theaters in THX and have Cinemeccanica V5 Projectors/Consoles and Cinemeccanica Platters.Sound comes from the CP650 Processor.  |  IP: Logged Adrian Steiner Film Handler Posts: 18 From: Baar, Switzerland Registered: Dec 2002 posted 12-16-2002 12:14 PM                     As you can read on the left side, I'm from Baar, a town in central Switzerland. I started as projectionist about a year ago in a student's club. [weird secret language] Hoi Mike, scho na komisch en Schwiizer im Forum z'träffe. Und grad na beidi im Dezämber regischriert und zum erschte mal pouschted. [/weird secret language]  |  IP: Logged Jim Alexander Film Handler Posts: 71 From: Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada Registered: Nov 1999 posted 12-16-2002 01:43 PM                        Greenwood, Nova Scotia. On the eastern coast of Canada. Home of the Bluenose and flea markets (hate the things). Greenwood falls in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, famous for the Acadian explusion. If you are wondering what life is like here, think back to the 60's, only s..l..o..w..e..r.....  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 12-16-2002 09:26 PM                        What is the Acadian explosion? Where you live is that where this island is where they have been digging for an alleged treasure in a subterranean structure for centuries?  |  IP: Logged

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