Rowan Amore Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Can't you just walk out your door and meet English people? I had a friend from Sweden ages ago and I asked her why she didn't go to Swedish sims. She said pretty much the same thing, "I can meet all the Swedes I want if I go outside" She enjoyed the opportunity to meet people from all over. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English47 Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 1 hour ago, RowanMinx said: Can't you just walk out your door and meet English people? I had a friend from Sweden ages ago and I asked her why she didn't go to Swedish sims. She said pretty much the same thing, "I can meet all the Swedes I want if I go outside" She enjoyed the opportunity to meet people from all over. Oh believe me I meet plenty of people in the course of my RL lol. Was just merely an observation about the apparent lack of them in world, but it’s nice to see people speaking up on this thread Perhaps we may all meet in world eventually lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orwar Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 As a Swede, I abhor the idea of looking for Swedes or Swedish sims in Second Life. As @RowanMinx said - if I wanted to socialise with Swedes (even if that strikes me as a weird thing to say . . . ), I can just step out the door. And preferably walk a short bit, because socialising with your neighbours is just weird. I've had and have a few Swedish friends in Second Life though, who I've bumped into by chance. I think that Brits are the second largest chunk after Americans on my contact list though, if I were to start categorising friends by nationality. Huzza? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick0678 Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 5 hours ago, English47 said: Oh believe me I meet plenty of people in the course of my RL lol. Was just merely an observation about the apparent lack of them in world, but it’s nice to see people speaking up on this thread Perhaps we may all meet in world eventually lol. You can contact me if you want and i will give you a couple of landmarks where there are some British people but those will be skill gaming areas, that's how i usually spend time in SL. Actually the creator of the skill game is Irish, the region and skill game owner is English and there are players who are English, Irish and Scots. Not sure if you will find any Welsh people though but then again i am not British and have visited only London and Swindon in RL so can't figure out who might be Welsh. All of them use voice chat while playing so it's easy to socialize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English47 Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 Thank you very much Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZennyRose Balhaus Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 I am English, and prolly one of the few who doesn't hang out in London City, there are lots of clubs on UK/Euro times you normally find a good few English folk there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren Toxx Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 I too hangout in London City and know there’s many Brits. I rarely wonder—let alone ask—where anyone is from, to the point of frequently and rather happily forgetting when they volunteer that info themselves; even so, I’ve come to know many who are indeed from the UK. Far as I can tell, however, they’re quite like the RL London I know, in that sense: having people from everywhere in the world, and happy about it. One of the several things that makes me like the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adamburp Adamczyk Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 39 minutes ago, Ren Toxx said: I too hangout in London City and know there’s many Brits. I rarely wonder—let alone ask—where anyone is from, to the point of frequently and rather happily forgetting when they volunteer that info themselves; even so, I’ve come to know many who are indeed from the UK. Far as I can tell, however, they’re quite like the RL London I know, in that sense: having people from everywhere in the world, and happy about it. One of the several things that makes me like the place. I'm from way oop north and I've never known a ruder, filthier, place than London itself (the City, not the SL sim). People who've asked me about London here in RL, I've always advised them to avoid it like the plague. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chroma Starlight Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Just ask if they think Brexit is an atrocity. If they shrug, they're probably not European and certainly not British. If they're enraged, then they're probably from whatever the British equivalent of Alabama or Mississippi or South Carolina is. And if they speak about injustice, demagoguery, atrocity, and deprivation of rights and European citizenship, then they're maybe from London or Scotland or Ireland. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeotetra Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Adamburp Adamczyk said: I'm from way oop north and I've never known a ruder, filthier, place than London itself (the City, not the SL sim). People who've asked me about London here in RL, I've always advised them to avoid it like the plague. No offense london (rl) is a pile of doodie well that was offensive... i know sorry, no i am not, but i am sorry sort of for those living there. There are some nice folks there i feel the folks up north are way more pleasant just my experience though when visiting. Edited August 21, 2020 by Zeotetra 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiffRegan Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 I am a proud subject of The Queen, unsullied by contact with France. London City on SL is more like Milton Keynes, tbh, but possibly with less lag. I only ever met other Brits at night, when the Americans had woken up and logged in. SL between 10am- 3pm GMT was usually empty clubs and shops, and someone IMing "HOLA" every five minutes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordFlint Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 English here as well anyone fancy adding me in game always happy to chat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iikay Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 I’m British to lol but not from London I’m from Bristol lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English47 Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 8 hours ago, iikay said: I’m British to lol but not from London I’m from Bristol lol Hi iikay, nor am I from London either lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manoji Yachvili Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 On 8/19/2020 at 6:49 AM, RowanMinx said: Can't you just walk out your door and meet English people? I had a friend from Sweden ages ago and I asked her why she didn't go to Swedish sims. She said pretty much the same thing, "I can meet all the Swedes I want if I go outside" She enjoyed the opportunity to meet people from all over. absolutely agree but sometimes isn't so easy explain your feeling in chat with a not native language, so if i need a fluent conversation I need a to talk to people from my country. several times it happen to me to be misunderstood 😬 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixieGirrrrl Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 2 hours ago, English47 said: Hi iikay, nor am I from London either lol Not sure you got the joke @English47? Big Bristols = Big boobs. Lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English47 Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, PixieGirrrrl said: Not sure you got the joke @English47? Big Bristols = Big boobs. Lol. Thanks for that Pixie 😁 lol. Yeah I do know the expression, just wasn’t thinking in that way haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixieGirrrrl Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, English47 said: Thanks for that Pixie 😁 lol. Yeah I do know the expression, just wasn’t thinking in that way haha. Exposing me for the pervert I truly am 🤦♀️ *hides* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English47 Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, PixieGirrrrl said: Exposing me for the pervert I truly am 🤦♀️ *hides* You can’t hide now. Too late lol 😂 Edited October 15, 2020 by English47 Punctuation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixieGirrrrl Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 On 8/21/2020 at 5:59 PM, RiffRegan said: London City on SL is more like Milton Keynes, tbh, but possibly with less lag. Hahahaha yes! So true! On 8/21/2020 at 3:31 PM, Adamburp Adamczyk said: I'm from way oop north and I've never known a ruder, filthier, place than London itself (the City, not the SL sim). People who've asked me about London here in RL, I've always advised them to avoid it like the plague. Harsh! And only partially true . Its wonderful and awful in equal measures. There's 9 million people crammed into this city, some are lovely, others less so! But anywhere with that many people is of course going to be less personable and friendly. You can't nod, smile and say hello to the hundreds of people you encounter on the way to work every morning. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iikay Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Only been London ones when the millennium dome first opened lol that was in primary school fell free to add if anyone wants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolita Uldarmann Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 I love meeting fellow Canadians, especially in the winter so we can compare how much snow each other has in the yard! I can see why you would want to meet someone similar, but the beauty of SL is that you can meet anyone from anywhere! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iikay Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Yh I talk to anyone love talking to different people otherwise it gets boring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horus Salubrius Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 (edited) 20 hours ago, manoji Yachvili said: absolutely agree but sometimes isn't so easy explain your feeling in chat with a not native language, so if i need a fluent conversation I need a to talk to people from my country. several times it happen to me to be misunderstood 😬 Oh but I love trying to work things like that out. It seems I am always meeting peeps that don't speak/write English well or not at all so there can be a lot of explaining re: slang & acronyms. Judicious use of a translator & careful choice of words helps, it can require patience for sure .... to the thread ... not British born but living here many years. Personally I never concern myself with where people are living tho knowing time zones can be important. Edited October 16, 2020 by Horus Salubrius 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsSeren Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Another Brit here though never been to London City and I'm not British, I'm ENGLISH as born in England as Britain not a country, just saying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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