how to definite your hometown?

[Ruth Lu]

i was born and raised up till to teenagers in a place, then study years in a different place, then working and living in so many different places, i was and even now am so confused to answer people's question like as " where are u from",, easy to talk to people not Chinese, because i can easily say ok I'm from China, to Chinese,, wow, so difficult, i don't have any "standard local accent", so nobody think i m their town mate !

sometimes feeling lost, hahaha. 

[Chris Knight]

Technically, your hometown is the one you were born in. However, you can have an "adopted" hometown, which would be the one you are most comfortable in, or spent the most time in.

[Richard Roman]

Interesting post Ruth and something that might interest you- a friend is going to give a talk on Brighton ( England where he grew up) and Tokyo ( where he has many happy memories. Yet to set a date but I see from your profile that you have spent a lot of time in Tokyo so you may find this of interest.

Hope to set the date for the talk this week

I was born in Nigeria, went to school in Liverpool, went to Uni in Bradford and workers in London and Singapore before coming here. What is my home town?

I once did an interview with Wilhelm who runs Die Backstube and is from Germany and my final question was where he considered home

CHANGCHUN, was his reply

[Ruth Lu]

thanks you guys, for all your reply and share. well, i guess so far i don't belong to Changchun, but not so sure about the future. if i stay here for another more than decades, then i can say aloud i am a Changchunnese,,, anyway, thanks again for the info, too. i m looking forward to attending the talk and meet you people. have a nice day, everybody.

[Richard Roman]

Actually Ruth, you raise an interesting point - what do you call someone from Changchun?

A Changchunnese? A Changchunian? A Chunter!,,,, or a Changian?
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[pan taizhong]

i was born and raised up till to teenagers in a place, ------ur hometown

[Ruth Lu]

bet you are right..
pan taizhong said:

i was born and raised up till to teenagers in a place, ------ur hometown

[Ruth Lu]

Haaahahaa, did i just creat a new word of Changchunneses?!

Richard Roman said:

Actually Ruth, you raise an interesting point - what do you call someone from Changchun?

A Changchunnese? A Changchunian? A Chunter!,,,, or a Changian?
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[Chris Knight]

Changchunese.

[Downtown David - 白大伟]

How about Changchurian with an "r" similiar to Manchurian

[Richard ridealgh]

Changchun is my adopted home...and proud to say it!