Nana Cowboy Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Quite simple really, just assume the person is from the UK and you'll be right 80% of the time. Just go to visas to other countries and count the UK questions and it's about 90%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Quite simple really, just assume the person is from the UK and you'll be right 80% of the time. Just go to visas to other countries and count the UK questions and it's about 90%. I'm pretty sure you're wrong about that. Large faction, yes. That high, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I agree with the OP, noooooooooooooo problem here and it will help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 (edited) I think it's fun to be surprised sometimes! You know, you get to know a poster's style assuming he's a Pommie and then find out he's not. Post flags and all those fun times would be spoiled. Edited December 17, 2012 by Jingthing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I think it's fun to be surprised sometimes! You know, you get to know a poster's style assuming he's a Pommie and then find out he's not. Post flags and all those fun times would be spoiled. Whats a pommie ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss1960 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I think it's fun to be surprised sometimes! You know, you get to know a poster's style assuming he's a Pommie and then find out he's not. Post flags and all those fun times would be spoiled. Yep... and just think about the hidden racism voting that would have been introduced into the "TV member of the year" contest.... much easier to accept bribes, if you don't know whether the money is coming from a yank, a brit or an ozzie... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 What bloody drongo thought this one up? Struth, I don't want every drop bear knowing where I'm from, mate! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliss Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 (edited) race , culture gender are not imporatant . i would prefer seeing a fat wallet label ,for the well off, and as such , be treated with due respact. and a CC label for the piss poor . ouch , you know how to hurt me . Edited December 17, 2012 by elliss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 a flag would be just another visual cue like the emoticon which diminishes the individuals responsibility to both write and read intelligently. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nana Cowboy Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Mate means Brit or Aussie, Americans don't say it. Like I was saying if you take a look at the "visas to other countries" section I think you get a good idea. I go there all the time and it's always the same: a few local countries questions, 1 USA question is that, an Aussie topic and 18-20 UK topics OUT OF 24. I think that's a good microcosm of the Thaivisa community and the Thai expat community in general. Of course if we look at posting it seems that Americans make up 25-30% as jingthing and a few others post so much but it's just not the case. UKers are a HUGE majority Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 i use mate regularly and i am neither australian nor english 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss1960 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 (edited) i use mate regularly and i am neither australian nor english you are wearing a tinfoil hat... no matter your nationality, you are excused anyway Edited December 17, 2012 by Swiss1960 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 i use mate regularly and i am neither australian nor english Your sexual terminological wording for encounters are off topic. .................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I used to use snookums a lot; what does that peg me as? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I used to use snookums a lot; what does that peg me as? A crawler................................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nana Cowboy Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 (edited) i use mate regularly and i am neither australian nor english Yes I shouldn't have boxed mate into just those 2 countries. It is used by many others but not in the USA this is for sure But as far as flagging a person's profile, that is totally unnecessary as you can assume UK and confirm by certain words used. Edited December 17, 2012 by Nana Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 What bloody drongo thought this one up? Struth, I don't want every drop bear knowing where I'm from, mate! No worries there mate, you're obviously Russian! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 (edited) i use mate regularly and i am neither australian nor english I too mate regularly and don't think of myself as being any particular nationality... just floating around the universe, vaguely.. Edited December 17, 2012 by cooked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watutsi Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 Well i did ask what you thought,although i did not expect to get so many replies from people struggling with a third language.The main coherent objection seems to be racism, that where you come from will some how determine some sort of hierarchical status determined by your country and the forming of ethnic cliques that will work against the outsiders.How pathetic, even for the lowest common denominator element of TV. I am not saying that would be the case but it is typical of the usual knee jerk reaction of the constant nay sayers on this forum I feel that had this option been there from the beginning,no one would notice it, it would just be another element that helped you understand who you were communicating with.There are fascinating differences in the way english is spoken in "the english speaking countries" and often the humour and irony is better understood if you know where it is coming from. There are a bunch of high volume posters who all seem to know each other and where they all come from but that leaves out 90% of TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I too mate regularly The topic is not about your sex life. If a member wants his nationality known he can put it in his profile. Or change his avatar to his national flag. Otherwise I consider it an invasion of privacy if it is forced on members. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverSure Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 i use mate regularly and i am neither australian nor english When did the topic become about sex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverSure Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Can we have the 'ignore filter' modded so we can filter out all the nationalities we don't like too. But that would leave us Brits all alone on here Yes, on ignore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 i use mate regularly and i am neither australian nor english When did the topic become about sex? All the topics are about sex. Just scratch any topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 (edited) To be honest, we know the Scottish posters, and there's no need for differentiation between the also-rans. It was a quaint suggestion, and worth entertaining, but some amongst us might wish to post under a different flag - perhaps half irish quarter scOttish three eighths italian half English Canadian, or whatever. Perhaps it is fairer to leave it up to the individual, and they can adopt a thistle or a crescent or whatever for their avatar if they see fit SC Edited December 17, 2012 by StreetCowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluetongue Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I think it's fun to be surprised sometimes! You know, you get to know a poster's style assuming he's a Pommie and then find out he's not. Post flags and all those fun times would be spoiled. Whats a pommie ? Well me two bobs worth, the powers that be here dont want to advertise the strong UK bias, give them a flag, every neville would immediately adopt it, the readily apparent Scot bias is OK though. A pommie is rhyming slang as far as I know comes from Pom, to and from, to Australia from England. Whereas Seppo is simple, septic tank (place where the blackwater goes), yank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I'm from Gambia.......just in case y'all.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gweiloman Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I think it's fun to be surprised sometimes! You know, you get to know a poster's style assuming he's a Pommie and then find out he's not. Post flags and all those fun times would be spoiled. Whats a pommie ? Well me two bobs worth, the powers that be here dont want to advertise the strong UK bias, give them a flag, every neville would immediately adopt it, the readily apparent Scot bias is OK though.A pommie is rhyming slang as far as I know comes from Pom, to and from, to Australia from England. Whereas Seppo is simple, septic tank (place where the blackwater goes), yank I always thought POM referred to Prisoner of (the) Motherland, meaning Australians which didn't seem right either as it's the Brits that are the Pom's, not the Aussies. Hmm... not sure what I just wrote. Oh well, never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I used to use snookums a lot; what does that peg me as? South African, and fairly small.... http://www.snookums.co.za/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblether Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I'm Scottish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endure Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I'm Scottish. We'd never have guessed 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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