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[Russalka]

They think it's Eastern Europe.

And some people further east think it is an apartheid nation full of na.zi-sympathisers.

Modifié par Russalka, 13 février 2012 - 02:13 .

[Cosmochyck]

Oh where to start.
We live in igloos and use dogsled teams as transportiaton.  We all speak French and play hockey.  We are missing a few teeth because of said hockey playing. 
We say "eh" at the end of everything.  We offer nothing other than maple syrup and poutine as our cuisine.  The entire country is covered in a layer of snow.  ALL THE TIME. 
I'm sure speaking my country's name conjures up images of Mounted Police, beavers, moose and totem poles.  I think I've covered most of them....
Welcome to Canada eh!!

[android654]

MordinKrios wrote...

Slidell505 wrote...

Ignorant, fat, stupid, ect,ect. By the way, for the amount of **** some Europeans give Americans for being ignorant, they're just as ignorant as we are. Yes, a nation of 350,000,000 conforms to a single stereotype. I swear to God, all the worlds problems would be solved if people left their home countries and found out that people are in fact, just people, most them don't want to destroy your way of life, most of them aren't evil, most of them aren't crazed nationalist, most of them are dealing with the same **** you are.

 

Glenn Beck doesn't help you lot. Neither does Fox News, who are just left of Mussolini on the political spectrum.

Or the fact that we have chain department stores that have fastfood chains inside them.

Example, A Mc Donald's inside of a Wal-Mart


Unfortunately some stereotypes hold a lot of weight, and when it comes to America, fat, stupid, and ignorant are kind of relevant to a sizeable portion of the population.

[J0HNL3I]

JRCHOharry wrote...

Newcastle upon Tyne: 'Chav' capital of the world.

Well it's not OK! That title belongs to Liverpool, innit bruv.

and that we worship the football team as gods

[Elhanan]

heh! Have lived in a wide range of places in the USA, except for the N-E and N-W regions, and find the biggest difference is food and beverage choices (eg; What does one call a Coke?).

But having lived in Mississippi since '73, I am both amused and annoyed that Hollywood still believes that Southeners don't have A/C, still use hand fans, and have accents as thick as those heard in 'Gone With the Wind'. Funny thing about this now, recently discovered that Lt Clark Gable trained nearby back in '42 as part of the Army Air Force, and seemingly had a rather nice visit here.

This says it best for me:

"...Maybe Mississippi is right to downplay its opportunities, advantages and refinement. The ill-mannered rest of us, converging, would surely mess it up.

This is Paul Harvey…Good Day."

[goofyomnivore]

My high school had an exchange student from Sweden she thought we(Native Americans) still lived in teepees.

[William Shakespeare]

I'm from VA. Everyone thinks I'm a redneck, when I despose camo lol

[William Shakespeare]

You Canadians and Americans are all racist.

[marbatico]

the Netherlands:
i think we are the only country of wich the name of the capital is more wellknown that the name of the country itself.
alot of people think all we do all day is smoke weed, but most people i know, myself included, have never even touched any kind of drug (making it legal takes all the fun away if you ask me )

[MordinKrios]

jollyorigins wrote...

J0HNL3I wrote...

JRCHOharry wrote...

Newcastle upon Tyne: 'Chav' capital of the world.

Well it's not OK! That title belongs to Liverpool, innit bruv.

and that we worship the football team as gods

Naah mate Manchester Utd. haz da best football tea.... oh f*ck it that was painful even to type out. 

From Manchester myself so the typical lower class chav, criminal northerner stereotypes included. But my god the way people talk around here I want to kill myself, sounds like a bunch of 2 year olds still learning english, not asking for everyone to speak "the Queen's English" just standard english.

And I'm not sure whether Liverpool or Manchester wins that chav capital award.

 

karl Pilkington is a Manc, and he's "Alright".

Anway, anything North of Northampton is a dump......

Sterotype! Some of the North is alright..like...er....er...er..e.r..e.y.u.m..um....Scotland 

[BatmanPWNS]

I just hate all the British stereotypes made by American cartoons.

[Skypezee]

The west coast of the United States are a bunch of socialist, pansy, environmentalist hippies.

At least that's the general attitude I get from friends and family who live in the East coast. Seriously, when I decided to move back to Seattle after I had graduated from college a lot of people (although they were subtle about it) gave me the attitude of "Why move back, what's so great about that place?"

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

What can I say, when our majority are truly idiot, thief and lazy.

[blothulfur]

As a yorkshireman we are unfairly stereotyped as big, fat, stubborn, arrogant, know it all, unfriendly, close mouthed and argumentative bastards.

In truth we're not all fat.

[Gabriel S.]

Cosmochyck wrote...

Oh where to start.
We live in igloos and use dogsled teams as transportiaton.  We all speak French and play hockey.  We are missing a few teeth because of said hockey playing. 
We say "eh" at the end of everything.  We offer nothing other than maple syrup and poutine as our cuisine.  The entire country is covered in a layer of snow.  ALL THE TIME. 
I'm sure speaking my country's name conjures up images of Mounted Police, beavers, moose and totem poles.  I think I've covered most of them....
Welcome to Canada eh!!

Plus you all say "a boot" and you send off your old people to die on icebergs.

[Elhanan]

Based on dialogue between myself and my two NWN1 DM's from the UK, England offers a wide variety and seasoned cuisine; not the bland, tourist critiqued fare many believe to be true.

My guess for this false impression is based upon highly based tourist areas that restrict seasonings due to the wide range of taste's; hard or impossible to cater to all. At least, this is my experience with encountering foods outside the usual local offerings (ie; less spices in order to please the majority).

[taine]

Well, I'm originally from the US, but haven't really lived there for a while... When I moved to Japan, I learned that many people there believe that all people in America carry guns at all times. When I moved to England I found that people think that Americans are all either hippies (west coast) or dumb rednecks (elsewhere).

[vometia]

Elhanan wrote...

Based on dialogue between myself and my two NWN1 DM's from the UK, England offers a wide variety and seasoned cuisine; not the bland, tourist critiqued fare many believe to be true.

My guess for this false impression is based upon highly based tourist areas that restrict seasonings due to the wide range of taste's; hard or impossible to cater to all. At least, this is my experience with encountering foods outside the usual local offerings (ie; less spices in order to please the majority).

My pet theory for this odd impression is that it may have been formed during the rationing of WWII and which was in place for many years afterwards: just ensuring that there was enough food to eat was the priority, so exciting and varied cuisine was pretty unlikely.  Countless US servicemen will have brought back horror stories of the resulting British cooking and it's become a bit of an indelible mark.  I'm not sure if that's actually the reason, but I reckon it's a reasonable guess...

[legion999]

That we're English and that we **** sheep.

[taine]

legion999 wrote...

That we're English and that we **** sheep.

You're a kiwi then I take it? 

[chunkyman]

legion999 wrote...

That we're English and that we **** sheep.

Irish? 

We need a bigger clue than that to determine where you're from.