Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!

[surrealestate]

I've been thinking recently about various issues and the assorted ways in which the population with which I spend most of my time nowadays differs from that from my childhood and adolescence. Though it also made me realize that in many cases, I have no idea one way or the other, beyond the default assumptions, which seem to be very different where I am now from where I grew up.

So, a poll!

Note the use of "raised" rather than "born". And you can decide for yourself where the line is between "raised" and "adult" if it applies to you. For the language question, I know some people may have multiple "first" languages, so I tried to clarify what I meant. [ETA on Q1: Your parents, grandparents, etc, all count as part of your lineage. As per the wording, your answer should refer to the one that goes furthest back, not the most recent.]

[Poll #1346353]

(One thing I hate about LJ polls is how they expand in vertical space after you answer them. I wish they didn't do that. Or didn't show the response stats until you hit the "expand" or something.)

Comments

[volta]

The earliest members of my "American" lineage did not speak English.

Amusingly enough, the only one of my grandparents who had English as a first language did not come to America until she was a teenager.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Two interesting tidbits, though the first probably puts you in rarer company.

But yes, those pesky other countries that speak OUR language. ;)