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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A more interesting question than asking someone where they are from, is "what do you think about x or y currently in the news?" or "which book have you read recently that you'd recommend"

I lived in a lot of different places. I have an English accent and spent 20 of my 50+ years in London. I'm not "from" London but that's how people would like my existence to be framed, and I'm happy to oblige. [b]If I've also lived in NYC for 20 years, am I not also from NYC?? [/b][/quote]

No, you're not.  [b]You're "from" the place you grew up, as I suspect you well know.[/b]  Why do people love to play dumb on this issue?  So very strange.[/quote]

France/Lebanon/Zimbabwe/Vietnam/DC/Colombia/Tunisia poster here. Can you tell me where I'm "from" please? Using your assertion that someone is from where they grew up. [/quote]

Not OP but didn’t you literally just do that? 😂 [/quote]

Would you say I’m from Tunis because I lived there for a while in high school? [/quote]

Why are you acting like that's absurd statement? [/quote]

It’s not totally absurd. I lived there for a while as a teenager. I don’t have Tunisian passport or permanent resident visa. Saying I’m Tunisian would be incorrect from a citizenship point of view and it wouldn’t fully answer OP’s question. I would be lying, according to OP. [/quote]

Was is during your formative years? Formative is deifned to be some abstract age range known only to OP and the definition varies according to context.[/quote]

NP here.  You tell me.  Born in Country A (citizenship), moved to Country B at age 2. Moved back to Country A at age 10.  Moved to Country C at 13.

Where am I from?[/quote]

Why not name all three?  Is that hard? [/quote]

I lived in 9 countries by the time I turned 18. You want me to name them all? It’s just as annoying as you might imagine.[/quote]

You are not under oath. People are just trying to get to know you. You could easily say "I grew up all over the place because of my mom's job but we've been here for 5 years." Easy. Where one is born and raised has a big impact on who you are, your values, your interests and experiences. [/quote]

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