your country's stereotypes
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In the United States, the people from the South- and what people mean when they say is like Appalachia where the 'red necks' are- are the ones who people sort of like to pretend aren't really part of their country...
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Ludovica G.
ROME,
Italy
101 posts
Member since: 05/19/2011
Wow, this could be a long list... in Rome people are pretty biased..
-If you cut school one day, people say you always do.
-If you kiss a guy you've never seen before at a party, they'll always say you're a whore.
-If you get an A once, they say you always get A's..
I guess it gets positive after awhile.. :D
posted Jul 8, 2011
Seung-won S.
SEOUL,
Korea
128 posts
Member since: 03/31/2011
I think many people around the world believe that all Korean eat the dog. But it is not true. Some people including me hate eating the dog. And there's a movement of public opinion to prohibit raising dog for eating, although some old people still eat dogs for increasing stamina... which is crap. :-(
posted Jul 8, 2011
Meta A.
THE PAST,
Indonesia
80 posts
OG since: 08/03/2009
Indonesia:
1. 4LaY
2. gondes
3. mendes
ya'll never know
posted Jul 9, 2011
Jules F.
THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON,
Canada
57 posts
Member since: 09/19/2010
I was in Chicago a couple of months ago. I swear, an American couple that we bumped into asked how many different kinds of moose there are here in Canada. I totally felt like bullshitting them by saying, "Ohh, well we have the Chocolate Mousse, Vanilla Chocolate Mousse, etc."
hahaha.....
posted Jul 10, 2011
Dong Nocon D.
MANILA/JAKARTA/DUBAI,
United Arab Emirates
122 posts
Member since: 11/12/2010
Filipinos love to eat! and we do not have the customary 3 square meals a day! We have what we call merienda (snack) which usually refers to afternoon snacks but can also mean anything consumed in between meals. and this can range anything from sweet rice cakes to noodles or even pizza! and i think we are the only people who eat fried rice for breakfast!
posted Jul 11, 2011
Florence M.
United Kingdom
53 posts
Member since: 10/02/2010
Northern ireland...speaks for itself hahah and it's mostly true tbh
Today is the 12th there's riots and bonfire..yay -___-
posted Jul 12, 2011
Rachel W.
LONDON,
United Kingdom
71 posts
Member since: 01/06/2011
England. Need I say more? I don't know the Queen, I don't own a top hat and I didn't wet myself over the royal wedding.
However, I do love a cup of English Breakfast in the morning and a week Darjeeling or a strong Chai in the afternoon. Gotta have a good cuppa tea.
Cheerio, guv'nor!
posted Jul 12, 2011
Elle E.
Russian Federation
565 posts
Member since: 11/21/2010
Love vodka. Love potatoes. Can't speak English. Can you spell your name for me? Are you going to be a mail order bride.
posted Jul 13, 2011
Nathalia M.
THE SUNNY BRASILIA,
Brazil
116 posts
Member since: 05/12/2011
Brazilians don't live in the forest, don't have monkeys everywhere, just a few people like "samba" and know how to dance "samba".
posted Jul 19, 2011
Korin B.
Lithuania
171 posts
OG since: 02/05/2010
this video is a very funny and catty and mock, but there's some truth in it
NOTE: some foreigners can not understand the specific 'broken english' accent
enjoy: D
posted Jul 20, 2011
Krystalynn A.
OVER THE RAINBOW,
United States
20 posts
Member since: 05/11/2011
American's are loud and far to busy, it doesn't help that I am from Texas...I went to London and my great grandmother back home thought the double decker bus was a mobile home...we are red necks...generally people think I am stupid until they get to know me.
posted Jul 26, 2011
Janie T.
Canada
8 posts
Member since: 08/30/2010
Canadians lol - love their maple syrup and poutine, are the most polite people ever, unremarkable, flannel wearing lumberjacks(lol), pushovers, end every sentence with "Eh?", live in snow all year long, live in igloos and ride polar bears to work and school. :') And hockey, of course.
posted Aug 8, 2011
Sky W.
VANCOUVER,
Canada
81 posts
Member since: 05/04/2011
stereotypes I hear about Canadians that people actually believe (not like taking sled dog teams everywhere, having pet bears and that junk) are that we're all really polite, aren't bothered by the cold, think hockey is the best and all can speak French and English.
posted Aug 8, 2011
Karolina Z.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
United States
25 posts
Member since: 07/25/2011
Birth country: everyone drink vodka in excess -Poland
Country I grew up in: everyone is obese and eats McDonald's everyday. Oh and that Katy Perry and Britney Spears are my neighbors. (more of an LA stereotype). - The US of A
posted Aug 8, 2011
Karmen D.
Croatia
693 posts
Member since: 01/26/2011
Pretty nice stereotypes, if you ask me. :D
posted Aug 8, 2011
Karmen D.
Croatia
693 posts
Member since: 01/26/2011
Hahahah, it's brilliant! xD
posted Aug 8, 2011
Shaz O.
United Kingdom
1128 posts
Member since: 12/08/2010
That we all drink Tea and scones, and talk like the Queen. I hope that stereotype doesn't exist anymore after watching the news
posted Aug 9, 2011
Shaz O.
United Kingdom
1128 posts
Member since: 12/08/2010
I went to Canada and honestly they are the nicest people ever! So super polite
posted Aug 9, 2011
Kaylen S.
FLORIDA,
United States
17 posts
Member since: 09/18/2010
USA: everyone is overweight, lazy, ignorant, violent. Then again, it's also considered the 'land of opportunity.' Specific to Florida, people tend to assume that we spend all of our time at the beach.
posted Aug 10, 2011
John P.
MY MOMMA,
Canada
379 posts
OG since: 04/13/2010
Im not sure about the whole of Canada but apparently Vancouverites are stereotyped as being druggies
posted Aug 10, 2011
Nina S.
VIENNA,
Austria
65 posts
Member since: 06/01/2011
all austrians love skiing and they all live on a farm -> i once was asked how many chicken i own :-D, although i live in vienna!
austrians listen to mozart all the time and eat schnitzel everyday
that's all that comes to my mind right now, i'm sure there are some more
posted Aug 10, 2011
Morgan B.
VALHALLA,
United States
89 posts
Member since: 07/31/2011
We're not all fat. Also I am from "the south" and I would like to say that we are not all "rednecks", there are many intelligent people here.
posted Aug 11, 2011
Danie G.
1932,
United States
447 posts
Member since: 09/06/2010
Fat fat citizens of the united states who consume fast food everyday and have low iq's
posted Aug 12, 2011
Helen D.
SMALL TOWN NEAR RIVER,
Russian Federation
641 posts
Member since: 07/21/2011
actually it's true)
if a person knows english, the majiority considers u r a genius
posted Aug 12, 2011
Elle E.
Russian Federation
565 posts
Member since: 11/21/2010
Ahahaha.
I've had the luxury of studying/travelling/living abroad. Genius can't come into it. Not for me anyway...
posted Aug 13, 2011
Michelle V.
SWITZERLAND,
Switzerland
13 posts
Member since: 04/07/2011
I'm from Switzerland, and especially the Americans have many stereotypes when they come here...
1. Not everybody can yodel... In fact, I don't have a single friend who yodels...
2. We also eat other things than cheese and drink other things than milk.
3. There are not mountains everywhere.
4. You can do much more in Switzerland than go hiking, climbing, skiing or see the Matterhorn.
5. The biggest part of Switzerland has got german as main language, but french, italian and rhaeto-romanic are also languages of the country, and in school it's obligatory to learn german, french and english.
6. Switzerland, Germany and Austria are three different countrys, and we do NOT speak the same language! People in Switzerland speak Swiss German, in Germany they speak Geman and in Austria they speak Austrian German. The Swiss and the Austrians understand each other pretty good and they understand German, but the Germans don't understand Swiss German and Austrian German.
7. We don't have winter all the time... We have four seasons too, it can get really hot here in summer!
Lots of stereotypes!! But one is true: YES, we do have the best chocolate on earth... :P
posted Aug 13, 2011
Michelle V.
SWITZERLAND,
Switzerland
13 posts
Member since: 04/07/2011
Und ihr tragt alle Lederhosen :D
posted Aug 13, 2011
Rachael L.
WINNIPEG,
Canada
9 posts
Member since: 12/18/2010
eh?
posted Aug 16, 2011
Kaiva D.
RIGA,
Latvia
73 posts
OG since: 04/15/2010
Well I don't know many stereotypes about Latvians, but main thing is especially with Americans that we pretty much live in a stone age :D That we don't have shops, our food we basically have to hunt down and we don't have electricity. Ohh, and that everything is very cheap here. I guess it's kinda like in Euro trip is portrayed Eastern Europe.
posted Aug 16, 2011
Tamki X.
SHPONGOLIA ,
Israel
175 posts
Member since: 01/21/2011
Israeli stereotype is mostly - rude people, i guess.
but there's lots of good people here !
posted Aug 17, 2011
Emily L.
SYDNEY,
Australia
23 posts
Member since: 01/06/2011
it's so hard to find a place to park my kangaroo....
posted Aug 17, 2011
Nina S.
VIENNA,
Austria
65 posts
Member since: 06/01/2011
:D
that reminds me that many people mix up austria and australia -> we have the cows, not the kangaroos
posted Aug 17, 2011
Valeria G.
MILANO,
Italy
246 posts
Member since: 02/07/2011
take a look at jersey shore.
posted Aug 19, 2011
Viktoria M.
VIENNA,
Austria
36 posts
Member since: 06/01/2011
True: most of the Austrians are permanently dissatisfied and whining and complaining but never get their asses up to change anything. Thats so annyoing!
Another stereotype is that all Austrians know how to ski and love it...while i do know how to ski i in fact hate it. i hate all types of winter sport!
Another thing...not everybody in Austria is wearing "Lederhosen" all the time ;) and not everyone enjoys "Volksmusik" the traditional austrian music. I think it's horrible :D
posted Aug 22, 2011
Lilly H.
BRISTOL,
United Kingdom
26 posts
Member since: 07/18/2011
My American friends say that In England we only like bland food, never put salt or spice in any dish.
My Indian next door neighbour says that English people smell of dairy products.
posted Aug 23, 2011
Allie T.
Canada
140 posts
Member since: 08/18/2011
OMG. So epic!
posted Aug 30, 2011
Victoria T.
OXFORD,
United Kingdom
192 posts
OG since: 08/20/2009
Chav- tracksuit wearing yobs that have countless unprotected sex- causing pregnancies, drinking cans of Asda-own Lager in the middle of streets and smoking "bacci"- despite the fact they are all underage.
It's actually true, they are everywhere.
posted Aug 30, 2011
Laura P.
SPAIN,
Spain
14 posts
Member since: 12/13/2010
Ok i'm from Spain, from Andalusia , so there are millions of them:
1. We have bulls running trought our streets. ( That only happens in a few places in certain parties )
2. We love bullfighting ( Mostly only old traditional people support that )
3. We know flamenco and we like it ( Fake, only few people can dance flamenco, the others we only pretend we can haha )
4.We are lazy ( I read a newspaper article some days ago and it says we work in average one hour more than germans )
5.We are funny, extroverted people, ( there are also many shy and boring ones, just like everywhere )
6. All called Maria and José/Pepe with really dark skin and hair.
7.We love paella and are always eating it
8.We all sleep siesta ( we would like that yeah, but we don't have the time for that )
9.Always drinking sangria and playing guitar. ( Flamenco or course hahaha )
Those are just few of them haha :)
posted Sep 13, 2011
Stephanie A.
Kazakhstan
3 posts
Member since: 09/01/2011
Not everyone knows Kazakhstan
So kakhs don't live in desert and don't ride horse or camel
It so pity that Americans had done the film Borat evrything is falsehood there
We speak two languages Russian and Kazakh
And it is a international country there more than 120 nationalities and live in harmony all together
As you see we've Internet too:)
posted Sep 14, 2011
Liza S.
NOVOSIBIRSK,
Russian Federation
5 posts
Member since: 07/28/2011
I live in Russia in Siberia :) And people become a bit "O_O" when they hear it. Sometimes it's like "OH MAN, is there a life in Siberia???" Of course everyone thinks about extremely cold weather and snow. Yeah, we have lots of snow in winter, but summer is just usual summer with no snow haha.
Some people mention bears, like we have bears going across the streets. Not true of course!
And a stereotype about Russians drinking vodka all the time!
posted Sep 20, 2011
Gwen G.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
United States
42 posts
Member since: 08/28/2011
I'm from the united states. And the stereo type in Atlanta is "Ghetto..." and "Gangsters" Not everyone in Atlanta is Ghetto or a gangster.
posted Sep 20, 2011
Georgia S.
HERE AND THERE,
Australia
71 posts
OG since: 06/30/2010
i'm from australia we are supposed to be really tanned and all know how to surf. oh most of us are broke with no jobs so we all get goon to get pissed.
posted Sep 21, 2011
Morvern M.
SCOTLAND,
United Kingdom
31 posts
OG since: 07/18/2010
everyone in scotland eats haggis and wears kilts to every single event that springs itself upon us!!
posted Sep 21, 2011
Kirsty M.
WALES,
United Kingdom
371 posts
Member since: 01/08/2011
Well, My father is Irish, my mother is English and I was born and raised in Wales and put through Welsh medium education. There are a lot of stereotypes there.
I guess the most obvious for each are...
English: Posh and snobbish and love to drink tea (I actually don't like proper English tea, only fruit teas)
Irish: All alcoholics who drink nothing but Guiness (I only drink at parties, and loathe Guiness)
Welsh: That they have sex with sheep.
posted Sep 21, 2011
Allie T.
Canada
140 posts
Member since: 08/18/2011
It's probably been said but, everyone seems to assume that all Canadians are crazy for hockey... and I'm definitely not haha.
posted Sep 22, 2011
Eve M.
United Kingdom
4 posts
Member since: 10/10/2010
Northern Ireland- Everyone hates eachother and regularly bombs everywhere...
Oh and that everyone is racist and says what the craic constantly.
We all drink buckfast and are always phished.
posted Sep 22, 2011
Sarah M.
HOGWARTS,
Germany
48 posts
Member since: 06/24/2011
Germany- I heard that we drink only beer, that Woman wear a dirndl all day, that we're only eating sausages and pretzels.... , that we're reserving our seats with towels, that we're smimming naked and that we're very strict and never late :D
Oh, and everyone is a nazi..... :/ ( OF COURSE NOT ... I hate it when someone says that)
posted Oct 3, 2011
Levi K.
ENGLAND,
United Kingdom
607 posts
OG since: 12/07/2009
England.
That we all have a 'sexy accent'
that we all sip tea and love the royal family.
That this country is peachy perfect and cute. (dispite all the crime and insanely rough parts of the country)
posted Oct 3, 2011
Jana T.
Philippines
432 posts
Member since: 03/06/2011
we love karaoke.. and we're everywhere.
posted Oct 4, 2011
Ariane C.
MONTREAL,
Canada
3 posts
Member since: 02/20/2011
I'm from Quebec and:
-Quebec is not like France, we don't even have the same accent ^^
-Everybody is not a bad bad separatist.
-Every separatist does not hate the rest of Canada
-I don't eat poutine every day (or I would become very fat...)
-I don't have a beaver/moose/deer/bear in my backyard
-I've never been in an Igloo
posted Oct 4, 2011
Olivia G.
MELBOURNE,
Australia
57 posts
OG since: 05/21/2010
That all Australians have a heavy accent, that Kangaroos live in our backyards, that we all drink beer and have summer ALL year.
:s
posted Oct 5, 2011
Tool S.
LOS ANGELES,
United States
81 posts
Member since: 09/04/2011
The United States is interested in maintaining global hegemony through the military industrial complex.
posted Oct 6, 2011
Meaghan F.
Canada
78 posts
Member since: 06/07/2011
I live in Canada and everybody seams to think we end everything in 'eh!'
posted Oct 7, 2011
Meaghan F.
Canada
78 posts
Member since: 06/07/2011
i know all about the igloo one ...
posted Oct 7, 2011
Zahira O.
JAKARTA,
Indonesia
388 posts
OG since: 01/30/2010
Indonesia
-We don't always tYp3z L1kE ThIzZz,,, on texts, facebook, and twitter. They're minorities.
-We like to arrive late, start a show late, etc
-We get a bit (for some people, a lot) excited when we see tourists, especially white & blondes.
-We take over Twitter with weird trending topics.
posted Oct 7, 2011
Karmen D.
Croatia
693 posts
Member since: 01/26/2011
"That we all have a 'sexy accent'"
I've never heard an English person speaking with a non-sexy accent. Don't ruin it for me! :D
posted Oct 7, 2011
Zayn Q.
VENUS,
Bahrain
32 posts
Member since: 04/05/2011
Well, I'm from the Middle East. SO :
We are not terrorists lol
We are not all extremely religious, to tell you the truth
There's drinking, drugs, house parties, fashion, cliques, bitches, the works.
Just like in any other country. Except Saudi. Lol.
One true thing is that we eat. A LOT. But usually only at family gatherings.
Most people in Bahrain (where i'm from) care a bit too much about how they look
Word DOES go round fast.
meh no stereotypes really ): this and the past 2 or 3 generations have been highly affected by the American mainstream, so you get my drift.
posted Oct 7, 2011
Lindsay K.
CALIFORNIA,
United States
37 posts
Member since: 10/04/2011
America:
We are not all fat and loud when we travel and we don't expect everyone to speak English where ever we go either (although I've seen plenty of Americans who do act that way and they shame me)
In California we don't all live by the beach and go surfing and know movie stars
We aren't all lazy or spoiled. In fact many of us work over 50 hours per week but miss out on other important stuff sometimes because we do.
posted Oct 12, 2011
Erika L.
CALIFORNIA ,
United States
3 posts
Member since: 12/31/2010
HAHAHHAA you should have! love this!
posted Oct 13, 2011
Mandy R.
SCHEVENINGEN,
Netherlands
88 posts
Member since: 08/21/2011
Holland / The Netherlands
1. People often dont even know holland is a country
2. We don't wear clogs ...
3. We don't live in windmills ..
4. Not everybody in holland smokes weed .. (just say Amsterdam and people say "oh weed!"
5. We are not farmers..
posted Nov 7, 2011
Violet B.
THE AUSTERE ACADEMY,
United Kingdom
108 posts
Member since: 10/09/2011
We drink tea all the time and eat scones - The tea thing is true, I'm drinking it now :')
We speak in a posh accent - my accent is terrible and sounds chavy :/
We live in big houses with immaculate gardens - Hmm, some places are pretty rough.
But yes, we do have the best fish&chips;)
posted Nov 8, 2011
Valentin G.
PARIS,
France
3 posts
Member since: 10/15/2011
Paris :
- we are all rude and judge everybody
- we never smile, laugh or just look satisfied
- we are all dress like we're going at a fashion show
Ahah
posted Nov 11, 2011
Valentin G.
PARIS,
France
3 posts
Member since: 10/15/2011
Oh, and I forgot : we're all wear beret, eat bread, drink wine and champagne !
posted Nov 11, 2011
Stephanie T.
CANADA,
Canada
67 posts
OG since: 04/06/2010
Canada:
- live in an igloo
- ride a polarbear around even tho I've never seen one in my life
posted Nov 11, 2011
Andrea P.
WONDERLAND,
Ecuador
13 posts
Member since: 12/29/2010
Ecuador
We love partying!!
Drink lots of soda.
We are short people.
We got very tasty typical food.
:)
posted Nov 11, 2011
Jolene O.
Israel
23 posts
Member since: 11/13/2011
Israel
real:
we are loud
have terrible english (but my mother is american, so mine is alright)
our food is spicy, and can get you stuck in the bathroom for days if you're stomach isnt used to mediteranian food.
we cant drive
we are very warm, and everyone treats eachother like family - no matter where you are
family comes first (no exceptions)
very easy to talk to
everyone knows how to use fire arms
and sadly, fashion-wise, we are 10 years behind
things people around the world have told me they think about israel:P
we ride camels as transportations
we live in tents/in the dessert/in bunkers
we cant leave the house without getting shot/blown up
we are in-humaine (that hurts)
we all play back-gammon
and lots more... lol
posted Dec 13, 2011
Megan R.
SYDNEY,
Australia
159 posts
Member since: 09/28/2010
Australia:
we are always super sporty. I hate it when people here try to make Australia "the sport country"
Everyone has barbeques all the time and we all have big and perfectly functional families
we all love the beach and hot weather/we are all tanned and surf all the time
there are Kangaroos casually roaming everywhere
that's all I can think of atm.
posted Dec 21, 2011
Laura P.
BRAZIL,
United States
65 posts
Member since: 12/11/2011
Brazil... we don't live in a jungle.
Yes, we are lazy. But we are fun, we have the best people in the world. We love partying. We don't have a lot of different types of clothing because it's hot all the time!
It's the best place in the world and I only realized that when I came to live in America...
posted Dec 21, 2011
Chelsea ✝.
AUSTRALIA,
Australia
13 posts
OG since: 09/16/2008
on the gold coast most guys have tribal tattoos, are on steroids, fist pump and fight their friends, and all the chicks go in a bikini competition and instantly facebook about being a model. This is actually true.. however there are a lot of fashionable people, however unfortunately the typical gc crowd ruin the stereotype. ps in australia we do not own nor do we ride kangaroos. xox
posted Dec 21, 2011
Charmaine C.
UK,
United Kingdom
116 posts
Member since: 10/13/2010
UK- gang crime and chavs. people are lazy and live off the doll.
we speak posh and eat scones and drink tea. The boys are all preppy looking and the girls all look like the 'english rose'. Fish and Chips, fat burnt england shirt wearing tourists. etc etc etc..
posted Jan 3, 2012
Erika P.
KANSAS,
United States
165 posts
Member since: 11/07/2011
Kansas- Everyone thinks we're cowboys or still ride horses around or live on farms. I don't know how many people have asked me if I lived on a farm while travelling. >.<
posted Jan 4, 2012
Sabina M.
MEXICO CITY,
Mexico
2 posts
OG since: 05/15/2010
I'm Mexican, everyone thinks all we eat is tacos, burritos, fajitas etc. (i've never tasted a fajita in my life). We love mariachis and mexican music and we use sombreros and all that. It's super hot in mexico and most people that come here for vacation get killed... Not really.
posted Jan 4, 2012
Kirstine Eibye E.
HADSTEN, AARHUS,
Denmark
107 posts
Member since: 04/15/2011
I'm Danish, and we're supposed to drink beer for breakfast, lunch and dinner, dig fast cars with blonde girls and big tits, and watch football all the times. I normally don't drink beer, I think cars and blondes (no offense, I'm think about those slutty dumb ones you see in pornmagazines) are horrible and I hate football. So much for a stereotype...
posted Jan 4, 2012
Tok V.
Germany
225 posts
Member since: 12/03/2011
Haha. We are all Nazi's. That's simple. We only eat pretzels and sausages and drink beer all the time and wear dirndl's. then we are all terribly dumb or really really intelligent freaks. and we all drive BMW's or don't even have a car. :D
posted Jan 4, 2012
Becky B.
2005,
United Kingdom
517 posts
Member since: 08/28/2010
I'm English and we all know what that means- We drink loads of tea, talk about the weather and queue very politely.
...I don't even like tea!
posted Jan 4, 2012
Tayi Ashley T.
WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND,
New Zealand
78 posts
Member since: 10/15/2011
Hobbits who have barbeques, watch rugby and shag sheep with our sexy accents.. We wear jandles and stubbies and we are all farmers that holiday at the crib with our whanaus.. We're all still bushwackers and are total " greenies" and activists even though we know nothing about politics and how to elect a primeminister.. ( Yeah john Key, you noob! Troty??WTF! We all saw you dive in for that handshake with Richie McCaw.. did not want to know that you just had a vascetomy..)
posted Jan 5, 2012
Debi C.
India
907 posts
Member since: 04/11/2011
that we are all deeply superstitious and religious.
that we are all poverty striken (a large population definitely is)
that we all love/worship cricket
we are all political (to a certain extent this is true)
indian film industry means only gaudy ott bollywood
we are all prudes
we all love wearing traditional indian attire and have no global fashion sense (this myth is definitely changing)
and we don't hate pakistanis
posted Jan 5, 2012
Katie Elle L.
INDIANAPOLIS,
United States
279 posts
OG since: 08/30/2009
United States:
We are fat.
-True, we do enjoy the bigger portions. But not all of us are obese.
We are nosy.
-Personally, I'm reserved so I don't really care about other people's business. I don't speak for my Representatives, however,
We are loud.
-Not really. At all.
I live in the Midwest United States and that has so many stereotypes it's not even funny.
No, it's not all white, no, it's not all corn and farms, we actually do have populated cities, we have a lot of culture, and not all of us are farmers.
However, we do tend to be hardworking and neighborly.
posted Jan 5, 2012
Sherise A.
MIAMI BUT LIVING IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK,
United States
20 posts
Member since: 11/29/2011
Haha I love how much the Germans stereotypes are pretty much what I saw in Bavaria while at the university in Munich. But then again, most Germans seem to concede that Bavarians are weird. My friend from Bremen visited once and was horrified to see people wearing dirndls for no reason. And another friend from Stuttgart explained that it was actually a trend to wear it to the clubs in Munich (And it had nothing to do with Wiesn/Oktoberfest).
Anyways, people assume I'm a beach connossuir because I'm from Miami. I don't really like the beach that much. Sand? ick...
I don't speak Spanish (yet).
I've never met any celebrities on the beach.
Our anthem is not Welcome to Miami by Will Smith
There is a very big difference between mainland Miami and Miami Beach. Once you're off the Beach things are very far apart and you need a car.
We're not very "Southern" in lifestyle. Ex. Someone from Miami and someone from Charleston are 2 different beasts.
Being 1st gen does not mean my parents did not come her on a boat from Cuba/Haiti.
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Mayowa A.
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA,
Australia
4 posts
Member since: 08/20/2011
australians do not ride kangaroos, we call them prawns not shrimps and dingoes are not our pets! but yes we do love koalas and barbeques..who doesn't!
ps. our accent is definately sexy
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Kate D.
DALLAS, TEXAS,
United States
49 posts
Member since: 04/02/2011
America. Texas, specifically.
I hear things about everyone down here being a redneck, and that IS true, in certain areas anyway. We are very opinionated and are blind beyond our perspective (ahem, my family), but I think that's the case for people in general. Most people in my town can and will use a firearm, wear cowboy boots, and eat several different types of woodland creature. We are very friendly, believe it or not. Not the most open minded, but very friendly.
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Tam J.
EXAMS,
Hong Kong
12 posts
Member since: 02/13/2011
hong kong (china)
i dont know if u guys know where it is..
but to be honest, i dont like to be called a chinese coz some chinese are reli lame..
in my school, ppl like pretending that they hvnt revised for the tests and exams, but in fact they did! and they work so hard indeed
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Vera S.
BAMBERG, GERMANY,
Germany
103 posts
Member since: 01/03/2012
1. Dirndl
2. Bratwurst or Sauerbraten
3. At least One Sort of Beer in or from every fucking Little town :D
4. Oktoberfest (with a Lot of drunken People)
-> Bavaria, Germany
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Chantal M.
ZURICH,
Switzerland
91 posts
OG since: 05/30/2010
the steretype Swiss:
-lives in a barn with his cows on the top of a mountain
-knows everything about banking
-loves watches, cheese and chocolate (I hate cheese..)
-goes skiing every day (well.. it's true that most of the swiss people go skiing or snowboarding at least once a year)
-doesn't know what summer looks like (to your information: it's almost february and outside everything is brown and green..)
-smokes marijuana (that one could be true... :P)
..and the best one: swiss people live in SWEDEN! :D
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MaryAlice M.
WONDERLAND,
United States
288 posts
Member since: 09/14/2011
The stereotype of my state is hicks-with-trucks-big-hair-and-moonshine. Lol It is somewhat true hahaha, but Texas does have a lot of class if you go to the Higher end cities.
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Lucia G.
HOWARTS,
Holy See (Vatican City State)
83 posts
Member since: 10/25/2011
I live in argentina.. and i swear i dont know messi or maradonna, im not a football crazy fan, i dont know how to dance tango cuz i dont like it very much and i dont drink mate every day
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