Where is everybody from?

[Arcadia]

Greetings, Ladaene! Great to have you with us, I hope we'll be seeing a lot of you around the forum. Jump right in, the madness water is fine. :d

 

[FranLefevre]

I'm from Robin Hood country - Nottingham.

 

 

Yep, that's right. The little fox fellow. That's him.

[policecop]

Cardiff, Wales. Nice to finally be part of this community and hop into the conversation. Cheers

[Caya]

Hi policecop and welcome to the forum!

 

Out of curiosity, I always had the impression that "cop" was more of a US term (and the British equivalent was "copper") - was I wrong about that?

[J.P.]

At last we'll have our own agent in Cardiff.

Hi!

[kimber8ada]

I live in Falmouth, KY, USA,small town about halfway between Cincinnati, OH and Lexington, KY. Just discovered Sherlock last fall and glad I found you guys!

[Arcadia]

Hey, Kimber, we're glad you found us too!

[policecop]

Hi policecop and welcome to the forum!

 

Out of curiosity, I always had the impression that "cop" was more of a US term (and the British equivalent was "copper") - was I wrong about that?

Yes you are right about that, in fact I am originally from Atlanta, Georgia. Even though I live here now, I haven't yet become British enough to start saying "copper"  :D

 

Good detective work, Caya B)

[policecop]

At last we'll have our own agent in Cardiff.

Hi!

Glad to make your acquaintance, JP. Greetings from Cardiff

[Arcadia]

Atlanta to Cardiff! I think I'm jealous. :p

[hann156]

I'm from Finland, where winters are cold and dark, language is hard to understand and we have a traditional food called mämmi that looks like dog poop. :P But still this country is nice and quiet and the nature is beautiful, especially when you live in the countryside like me.

[Arcadia]

:lol: Clearly you don't work for the Finnish tourism bureau! :d Quiet and beautiful sounds good to me, when can I move in? ;) Like your avatar, by the way, is that colored pencil?

[hann156]

:lol: Clearly you don't work for the Finnish tourism bureau! :D Quiet and beautiful sounds good to me, when can I move in? ;) Like your avatar, by the way, is that colored pencil?

 

Hey, I'm just being realistic like we Finns tend to do. :DD But if you really like to be alone and enjoy nature, this is definitely your place to visit. Imagine that our capital (and the biggest) city has only 0,5 million citizens, so that's nothing compared to other European capitals..

 

Thank you for your compliment. It is colored pencil, finished the work yesterday.

[Pseudonym]

Atlanta to Cardiff! I think I'm jealous. :P

 

Atlanta definitely sounds more interesting to me than Cardiff, but then I grew up in Wales so Cardiff is old hat.

[Arcadia]

Atlanta's so big and noisy and bustling and sharp-edged and shiny ... ak! Although as American cities go, it is one of the more attractive ones, if you like that sort of thing.

[Raspppberyl]

I'm from London, UK.

Maybe one day I'll witness some of the filming as well ;)

[Carol the Dabbler]

I'm from Finland, where winters are cold and dark, language is hard to understand and we have a traditional food called mämmi that looks like dog poop. :P

I looked that up on the internet, and think I might actually like it. It sounds similar to a traditionsl dessert from New England (the extreme northeastern US) called Indian pudding, apparently because it's derived from a Native American recipe. As I recall, it's based on corn (maize) meal and molasses. I've eaten (and enjoyed) it, but have never made it myself.

 

I have made a similar recipe called persimmon pudding, popular among country folk here in the Midwest, which includes the pulp of a native fruit related to the Japanese persimmon or kaki. It's stirred a few times while bring baked in a slow oven for several hours, and I believe that applies to Indian pudding as well.

[ElementaryDearWatson]

I'm from California, but I sometimes feel as though I'm from the U.K. mentally.

[yrsa]

I'm from sweden there winter is cold dark and just boring and the summer is cold to sometimes

 

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[Carol the Dabbler]

Hey, yrsa -- welcome to Sherlock Forum! 

 

Please forgive my shaky knowledge of geography, but do you live far enough north that it never gets completely dark in mid-summer?  (And the less said about mid-winter, the better?)

[yrsa]

 

 

Hey, yrsa -- welcome to Sherlock Forum!

 

Please forgive my shaky knowledge of geography, but do you live far enough north that it never gets completely dark in mid-summer? (And the less said about mid-winter, the better?)

Exactly sweden are neighbour with Finland Norway and Denmark it's not dark dark we have a little sunlight and I mean I'm used to it but and in the summer it's always sunny outside but I live in like the middle of sweden and if you go more north it's get dark and South it's more sun so the sun it's always here but it gets cold. Sorry if this was a weird explanation but it's hard to describe

 

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[HerlockSholmes]

Whenever I think of Sweden I think of Surstromming ! (I know that there is supposed to be two little dots over the ‘o’ but I don’t know how to do it.)

 

Welcome to the Forum from me too Yrsa

[Hikari]

Welcome, Yrsa!

 

My first exposure to your culture was through your national literary heroine, Pippi Longstocking--a favorite of my youth.  Now that I am a children's librarian, I am still recommending her to new readers.  Pippi had, to my eyes, such an enviable life.  No parents, no boring compulsory education, and a trunk full of gold coins so she could buy out the candy shop in town for all the kids.  And, she was strong enough to lift her horse off the porch.  What a gal.  I was Pippi for Halloween one year, but sadly, my mousy baby-fine brown hair would not cooperate for Pippi's signature hairstyle.

 

Then I got ready to go off to college and discovered Ikea.  Along with Ingmar Bergman films and Swedish fish, Ikea is your country's top export to mine.  Not sure if we should thank Sweden for this or not . .

 

More recently I have discovered Swedish crime fiction--Wallander, et. al.  You guys turn out some really grisly crime fiction . . super!  Do you live near Ystad or are you a Stockholm-ite?  Or Malmo?  Guteborg?  I am learning the names of all your cities from your crime writers.

 

Hope you enjoy it here!

[yrsa]

 

 

Welcome, Yrsa!

 

My first exposure to your culture was through your national literary heroine, Pippi Longstocking--a favorite of my youth. Now that I am a children's librarian, I am still recommending her to new readers. Pippi had, to my eyes, such an enviable life. No parents, no boring compulsory education, and a trunk full of gold coins so she could buy out the candy shop in town for all the kids. And, she was strong enough to lift her horse off the porch. What a gal. I was Pippi for Halloween one year, but sadly, my mousy baby-fine brown hair would not cooperate for Pippi's signature hairstyle.

 

Then I got ready to go off to college and discovered Ikea. Along with Ingmar Bergman films and Swedish fish, Ikea is your country's top export to mine. Not sure if we should thank Sweden for this or not . .

 

More recently I have discovered Swedish crime fiction--Wallander, et. al. You guys turn out some really grisly crime fiction . . super! Do you live near Ystad or are you a Stockholm-ite? Or Malmo? Guteborg? I am learning the names of all your cities from your crime writers.

 

Hope you enjoy it here!

Hi i have experince that Ikea isn't the same thing in the rest of the world like in neterlands for example where I have childhood friends that have told me. Pippi longstocking was a big part of my childhood to she was one of my biggest idols when I was little it's fun that you have such a big interest in sweden and if you wondering something about it just ask, I live in Stockholm were are u from? And good luck to learn all of our city's

 

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[Hikari]

I live in Ohio, in the U.S.

 

We have the distinction of being the only state in America which can be spelled with the human body.  And that's about all that distinguishes us!

 

I have learned, from watching "Househunters International" that the Swedish government provides free Swedish language education to all immigrants to Sweden.  I guess we offer free English classes here, too, but they are not available in all areas.

 

Winters in Ohio can be severe, but nothing like where you are from.  I would love to visit Sweden--in summer.  Do you have a Midsummer's Eve party every year?

 

I was a fan of the TV show 'Bron/Broen'.  It seemed that the Danes and Swedes could converse pretty easily with each other.  Is this true?