Your country of birth

[Curio]

Hope I'm posting this in the right section.

I suppose most of you here at GB were born in S.A but were any of you born elsewhere & then emigrated to S.A?

I was born in the U.K but came over to S.A with my family as a very young child & have been here ever since.
Even though I wasn't born here, I am a true S.African in every way.

[Jangar]

Originally posted by Curio
Hope I'm posting this in the right section.

I suppose most of you here at GB were born in S.A but were any of you born elsewhere & then emigrated to S.A?

I was born in the U.K but came over to S.A with my family as a very young child & have been here ever since.
Even though I wasn't born here, I am a true S.African in every way.

Ditto for me

But unlike you I have (temporarily ?) returned to my country of birth...

[dudette]

I was born and bred in SA, and will always be a South African. I now can understand those who move away from SA and gain the accent of where they now live, but I don't think that will be me.

[jewels]

Originally posted by Curio
Hope I'm posting this in the right section.

I suppose most of you here at GB were born in S.A but were any of you born elsewhere & then emigrated to S.A?

I was born in the U.K but came over to S.A with my family as a very young child & have been here ever since.
Even though I wasn't born here, I am a true S.African in every way.

same here doll !
my sister and myself were born in the uk and emmigrated to SA when i was 7 and sister 2
so we have 2 passports
i do feel more south african tho as it gave me an upbringing and my entire life really

[Ade]

born England, emigrated early to Cape Town where I grew up (some may argue that!) and then returned to the muddy island of my birth...Cape Town always beckons...

[Dolla]

Originally posted by dudette
I was born and bred in SA, and will always be a South African. I now can understand those who move away from SA and gain the accent of where they now live, but I don't think that will be me.

Same here, it is amazing how some people can pick up an accent so quickly! I have been here nearly 3 years, but still have the Souf Efrican accent

[Ameniatha]

Born in Denmark, moved to SA in 76. I was only three then, stayed there until 94 where we decided to come back to DK with my folks...

Stayed in DK until early 97, went back to SA, and then returned again to DK in 98..have now been here since...

We do have plans to return to good old Seff Efrica someday, cause I sure as hell aint gonna retire here...

I consider myself South African, and will probably always do so no matter how many more years we live on this godforsaken piece of earth..

[jimswin]

Originally posted by Curio
Hope I'm posting this in the right section.

I suppose most of you here at GB were born in S.A but were any of you born elsewhere & then emigrated to S.A?

I was born in the U.K but came over to S.A with my family as a very young child & have been here ever since.
Even though I wasn't born here, I am a true S.African in every way.

Yup same for me, Born UK, family went to SA in 1965, I returned to the UK with my family in 1999, and then we moved to Germany in 2001, both our girls are now fluent in German and I am well on my way, Jillibeans will be there soon too.

[jewels]

Originally posted by Curio
Hope I'm posting this in the right section.

I suppose most of you here at GB were born in S.A but were any of you born elsewhere & then emigrated to S.A?

I was born in the U.K but came over to S.A with my family as a very young child & have been here ever since.
Even though I wasn't born here, I am a true S.African in every way.

:thumbs:

same as me
i was born in england
emmigrated to SA when i was 7
then back to uk 4 years ago

i feel south african but always had english roots

[suep]

Born in Wales.....grew up in England....emigrated to SA.....had 15 wonderful years there....came back to UK 5 years ago......

so me very mixed up :haha: