Where were you born and raised?

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  • legs_n_bacon
    legs_n_bacon Posts: 478 Member
    I was born and raised in my hometown.
  • tenaheff
    tenaheff Posts: 88
    I was born in Portsmouth, NH and raised in Greenland, NH. In my early adulthood I lived in South Carolina, Okinawa - Japan, North Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia. I now live in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
  • ShmiSkywalker
    ShmiSkywalker Posts: 33 Member
    Born and raised in Des Moines, IA
  • Elen_Sia
    Elen_Sia Posts: 638 Member
    Born and raised as a tough cookie in Singapore.

    Native language: officially English; unofficially but popularly Singlish on the streets. You need to be there to know what I'm talking about.
  • nc_moon_beam
    nc_moon_beam Posts: 38 Member
    Born in NC, raised in NC, currently live in NC and will most likely die in NC.

    I speak southern english with the appropriate accent. I'm also fluent in sarcasm and dry humor.
  • BigAlfrn
    BigAlfrn Posts: 173 Member
    Harlem, NY
  • PJ64
    PJ64 Posts: 866 Member
    Born & Raised in Malden Massachusetts

    Joined the Air Force & Lived in New Mexico,Florida,Virginia, Texas,Korea

    Speak English: North & South dialects ;) Also speak KorEnglish
  • tyrantduck
    tyrantduck Posts: 387 Member
    Born in Troy, NY
    Raised in Cohoes and Colonie, NY (Cohoes for 13 years, Colonie for 4)
    Language: English and fluent sarcasm. lmao
  • tubbyelmo
    tubbyelmo Posts: 415 Member
    Born and raised near St Andrews, Scotland - just think golf! Native language is English with a lovely Scottish accent!
  • morningmud
    morningmud Posts: 477 Member
    Born: Atlanta, GA
    Raised: Warner Robins, GA
    Language: English only
  • brunette_gurl_66
    brunette_gurl_66 Posts: 48 Member
    Born: Vieques, Puerto Rico
    Raised: Around the world (former Army brat)
  • vanessa194
    vanessa194 Posts: 77 Member
    Yonkers , NY
    Broward County, Florida
  • kimg68
    kimg68 Posts: 64
    Born in Derry, Northern Ireland. Raised there, with some time spent in Morristown NJ, Ibiza Spain, Guernsey Channel Islands, and now in VA.
  • _skittybang
    _skittybang Posts: 970 Member
    Born: Van
    Raised: Down by the river
  • brunette_gurl_66
    brunette_gurl_66 Posts: 48 Member
    Baltimore, MD


    Woo hoo !!! Future family is from there ;)
  • Mamasota
    Mamasota Posts: 144
    Repubilc of Panama (Panama Canal Zone - I'm a CZ Brat)
  • jcstanton
    jcstanton Posts: 1,849 Member
    Born in Berrien Springs, MI, USA. Raised all over Michigan and South Carolina. Native language, English.
  • Marla64
    Marla64 Posts: 23,120 Member
    Born: Toledo, Ohio
    Raised: Cincinnati, Ohio until age 5, then moved to New Jersey.

    Still a Buckeye at heart, though a proud Jersey Girl.
  • melduf
    melduf Posts: 468 Member
    Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • DarthCeltic
    DarthCeltic Posts: 1,236 Member
    Born: Van
    Raised: Down by the river

    in el sacca del rio!

    born: Shelby NC
    Raised: in a glass.. (yes thats a cheerwine reference)
  • JustLindaLou
    JustLindaLou Posts: 376 Member
    Born in Syracuse, NY and grew up mostly in Kirkville, NY.
    Moved to CT when I was 12, lived in Norwalk, Stamford, and Redding.
    Moved to Newbury Park, CA in 1989.
    Currently living in Lake Havasu City, AZ for the past 9 years.
  • m3dreamer2011
    m3dreamer2011 Posts: 73
    Born and raised near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia! Sadly I only know one language, English :)
  • ZombieChaser
    ZombieChaser Posts: 1,555 Member
    In west Philadelphia born and raised
    On the playground where I spent most of my days
  • McBully4
    McBully4 Posts: 1,270 Member
    The Mother F'n Lone Star State B******

    my language is Southern Drawl...that is fading :frown:
  • cpegasus01
    cpegasus01 Posts: 400 Member
    Born just across the state line in Chattanooga, TN and raised in Northwest Georgia in a little valley between Lookout Mtn. and Pigeon Mtn. in an area called "the Cove".
    Speak southern and redneck English fluently. with a little italian thrown in there on occasion.
  • scottg1024
    scottg1024 Posts: 224
    Born in Stephenville, Newfoundland, Canada. But raised all over the place:
    Reading, PA
    Alexandria, VA
    Minnetonka, MN
    Savannah and August, GA
    Hickory, NC
    Grand Rapids, MI
    South Bend, IN

    Always the new kid at school...and fluent in English, proficient in Spanish, but Sarcasm is my primary language.
  • pawoodhull
    pawoodhull Posts: 1,759 Member
    born and raised in the north georgia mountains!

    i speak redneck, sarcasm, and some proper english.

    Love the languages!!!
  • phillieschic
    phillieschic Posts: 615
    Born and raised in Elkton, Maryland (most northeastern town in the state...bordering Pennsylvania and Delaware).

    Currently live three minutes away from my home town in Newark, Delaware home of my alma mater, the University of Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens!

    Oh, and don't blink on your way through Delaware...you just might miss it!

    Speaking, American English all the way! ;)
  • Shawneb66
    Shawneb66 Posts: 124
    Born in Ashland, Ky and raised in Marietta, Ga.
    my language is Southern Drawl...
  • swest222
    swest222 Posts: 455 Member
    Born and raised in Toronto, Canada

    speak English with very minimal French thrown in (I can understand enough to get by)

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