Since 15 facts about your self is currently doing so well (credit to the creator ) I thought it might be fun to know about your country/culture.

My list is In progress in my head…so…I’ll maybe have something up later.

I forgot to say. you arent suposed to put what culture/country it is///let other people guess please ^_ thanks. :)

dont put like

1. england is cold in the summer (lol)

Ooh, interesting! I guess I’ll be the first to contribute :D

Since the country I’m from might be pretty obvious, and since I don’t really know much about the cultures I’m composed of, I’m going to break a rule and list things about my state.

1. We apparently hold the “Live Music Capital of the World.”
2. Surprisingly and fortunately over half of us voted for Obama.
3. About 70% of the country’s Vietnamese population live here.
4. We were ravaged by a terrible hurricane last September.
5. Rice University is located here.
6. You simply cannot find a block without a restaurant.
7. We have some of the best hospitals in the world.
8. We have over 24 million residents.
9. This state holds the fourth largest city (I happen to live here) in the country.
10. We were originally claimed by Spain.
11. It actually snows here.
(This is getting really hard!)
12. Roman Catholicism is the most popular religion here.
13. One of my city’s nicknames is “Space City” because we have NASA.
14. We have a pretty gross beach.
15. Well I got pretty desperate for this one, and apparently…. um…. Hilary Duff is from here.

Have fun guessing! :D

Ummm….is it Texas?? Don’t hit me if it’s wrong :( I based my answer on fact #5, 10, and sadly fact #15

Texas it is!!! I guess those were some pretty obvious clues, but I didn’t realize finding facts about the place I’ve lived my whole life would be so difficult.

Oh oh me next! Not quite a country, but still!

1. We have one of the world’s longest suspension bridges.
2. We have the highest density of Rolls-Royces in the world.
3. We have an area which has one of the highest population densities in the world.
4. We have a population of around 7.8 million people.
5. We have twice the amount of skyscrapers as New York! (A skyscraper defined as a building with over 14 floors.)
6. We have a 24-hour shopping mall!
7. We aren’t governed by a democracy.
8. We’re the home (and birthplace of) one of the top ten richest men in the world.
9. We have a twisted pop-culture. We took an Olympic swimmer and made him into a pop-icon.
10. One of our universities (according to itself) is ranked 18th in the world.
11. We have a world-class airport.
12. Our capital is apparently our harbour. (Even I’m not entirely sure how that works.)
13. English is one of the official languages. (Although many people can hardly speak it!)
14. People burn fake money and paper house hold items on the streets as offerings to our ancestors.
15. We’re terribly racist. We call white people ‘ghost men’ (or ghost ladies), black people ‘black ghosts’ and something untranslatable for Indians. (If you’re curious: ‘Ah Tsaa’)

I’m so proud. :I

Interesting thread Kanna!!

You forgot to say that cheating is not allowed…. so people do not click on the persons profile before you guess…. :D (just kidding….) Cool topic!

Andrea – you’re in Hong Kong. It was my home for more than 30 years . I still think of myself as a gwaipoh and still regard it as my spiritual home.

Okay my turn….

1. I live in a country where two cultures collide
2. Summer is very short (in my mind!)
3. One of our cities will hold the next Winter Olympic Games
4. We have the most popular winter event in the world
5. The city I live in has the longest (or widest? there’s a fight over this detail) natural skating rink
6. A particular region is known worldwide for its blueberries
7. We have the most boring politicians in the world!
8. The city I live in just ended a 65 day public transit strike
9. One of our country’s cities is known for its best restaurants
10. A certain part of our country is really big in the film industry
11. We are a country with two official languages
12. Americans love to attend our universities because it’s cheaper
13. Our country has a Universal Health Care system
14. One of our major cities held the summer olympic games in 1976 and had Expo 67
15. This very same city lost its baseball team in the hands of the USA a few years ago

And, as a bonus: HOCKEY is our national sport!!! I guess it’s easy to find…. yet find the city I live in….

is it canada? dont hit me for being an idiot ^.

Canada, Ottawa?

@Jacquie: Yes!! I’m actually not there right now, but it’s the place I consider home. :D
And wow, thirty years, that’s longer than I’ve been there. 香港人精神!

@ Kanna, not an idiot at all! I indeed live in Canada

@ Andrea, right on! It couldn’t be any other Canadian city than Ottawa :P

wok,here is mine:
1.We won the world cup for Squash this year.
2.We are the oldest civilization in the world.
3.We have 2 from the 7 world wonders.
4.As a developing country,all people here have mobiles(cell phones)!!!!!.
5.We have too many malls ,between every two malls there is a mall!!!!
6.We don’t have a university specilized in our ancient history,other countries do!!!!!
7.Tea is our national drink.
8.We used to be a kingdom and after revolution we became a republic.
9.We have 2 seas and a nile.
10.We have the most incredible resorts.
11.If you like diving, you are so welcomed.
12.We are sunny most of the year.
13.We have a huge library in one of our cities.
14.We have one of the greatest film festivals all over the world.
15.one third of the world monuments in one of our cities.
Guess!!!!

Egypt? ;-)

1. It’s the most western nation on the european continent.
2. In 1494 we divided the known world with Spain.
3. We have the seventh most spoken language in the world.
4. One of the oldest countries in Europe.
5. We have a mild climate.
6. Introduced tea to the english.
7. We have only a neighbour, the rest is ocean.
8. We have 13 world heritage sites.
9. We have been in peace for centuries, I guess we’re so boring and poor so no one’s greedy for our territory, fortunately.
10. We’re always complaining and depressed and that’s reflected on our national music – Fado.
11. We had the Discoveries and “ruled” the world for a period of time.
12. We have a population that never fluctuates far from 10 million.
13. Many foreigners end up choosing to spend their retirement here due to the climate.
14. We keep a low profile but have communities all over the world.
15. We have great food.

Portugal!

You’re right Henrique!

And that’s the portuguese version of your name!

@Andrea – I’m ashamed to admit my Cantonese isn’t great and my character recognition is even worse. I understand ‘Hong Kong person’, but not the last two. Please enlighten me. Thanks.

great Lyne!

1. We have more people killed by gun and war-related casualties than in Palestina, Israel or some other on-going war, but we are not in a war
2. We have a president who didn’t go to College
3. Our best musicians made more money outside the country then inside, although they were playing our cultural song
4. When the man landed on the moon 30% of the NASA scientists were from here
5. We have more people in my hometown then Paula C has in their hole country
6. In the last 3 years 70% of the new cars produced and sold here aren’t oil dependent
7. We only had 2 wars in our history, and none were to be independent
8. We were colonized, but we also were the Capital of the Empire
9. Our independency were a “family fight” by the prince and the king.
10. If you travel here, you can find cities that only speaks in German, or Japanese, or Italian, or even, if you are brave enough, find a never-heard language
11. We are famous, but few people know that we talk in portuguese
12. And even fewer knows that our capital isn’t Buenos Aires
13. We have Tropical, Desert, Cold and “strange” climate
14. American music doesn’t allways wins the “Top10” in MTV, most of the time is someone from here
15. We never won a Nobel prize, although was a scientist from here that co-discovered “meson-pí” the smallest part of the atom, this discovery has been used to explain the dark matter and the expanding universe.

Would it be Brazil? :P

Yeah! That’s right Lyne!

Jacquie: 精神 = spirit. So it’s like: “Hong Konger Spirit!” :D

Andrea: Thank you! ;o)

I’m not talking about the UK here but the individual country. ;)

1) We are the most violent country in the world. According to the United Nations, 3% of our people have been attacked. Compared to 1.4% in America and 0.1% in Japan.
2) If Hitler was able to kill all the jewish and black people, he was going to kill everyone who originated from my country, because we were seen as being to “rebellious”.
3) There is more people in London than there is in my country.
4) We eat a sheep’s heart liver and lungs, minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally boiled in the animal’s stomach for approximately three hours.
5) We like to toss trees as a sport.
6) We have a language other than English, Scottish Gaelic, spoken by 1.4 percent of the population.
7) Our capital was the first city in the world which had its own fire-brigade
8) Our capital, like Rome, was built on seven hills.
9) We gave birth to arguably the most popular James Bond.
10) We have 600 square miles of fresh water lakes.
11) We have 790 islands – 130 inhabited
12) We can be stereotyped to, men who wear skirts, have ginger hair and drink nothing but whisky.
13) Until 1603, we had our own King.
14) Our country’s motto “No one provokes me with impunity”
15) And apparently, our official animal is the unicorn….(this is a surprise to me)