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Dean

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Posted: July 02 2016 at 06:35

...isn't that what I just said? Pinch

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Posted: July 02 2016 at 07:07

My reply was actually meant to be to a previous post. I had started typing it and was interrupted, so I had not even read your post at all.

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Posted: July 02 2016 at 07:20

Then you can forgive my error as my post was the only mention of "French leave" prior to yours

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Posted: July 02 2016 at 07:24

Dean wrote:

Then you can forgive my error as my post was the only mention of "French leave" prior to yours

No, I will never forgive you!!! Um.. , I meant "but certainly". Wink

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Posted: July 02 2016 at 21:51

Only the one about India's famous snake charmers. The last time I saw one was almost 15 years back. We still have elephants and monkeys, though.

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Posted: July 03 2016 at 05:15

SteveG said: "Dean, my dear chap, you couldn't be more wrong. We Americans have never felt that the French are cowards and have never made jokes to that effect. At least that I'm aware of. And I speak from long experience."

Dean said: "I'll not argue with you because if you're unaware of something then you're not going to know of it, but many posts in this tread and a multitude of references elsewhere strongly suggest you're mistaken."

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SteveG's reply to Dean: Unfortunately, after WWII, the stereotype of the "coward whose is quick to surrender soldier" was transferred from the French to the Italians, in American "thinking".

But its not important to split hairs over this. I think that we can both agree that some stereotypes, like other forms of prejudice, result from ignorance of other peoples and their cultures.

An easy example is the American view of the so-called "greedy immigrant that works three jobs 20 hours out of the day." I think it's in the culture of these people to be successful at all costs and any less would be a failure, as some form of social disgrace.

At one time in the past, Americans were also prodded by their culture to be successful by wisely investing their money in stocks and in business ventures, and buying/selling real-estate. Not much physical work, so to other countries, we get the stereotype of the "lazy American", IMO.

This example is not all inclusive, but I believe that it has merit.

Edited by SteveG - July 03 2016 at 09:13

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Posted: July 03 2016 at 23:21

Canadians are all polite etc. etc. This bugs me because it's Canadians who say it. I personally don't believe we're less inclined to stereotyping (and whatever else) as our neighbours the States. Maybe we're worse because we run around with big heads thinking that we are.

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Posted: November 29 2016 at 14:21

One thing that annoys me, is that people think that Chileans can't speak.
For example, look at the comments in this video, one of the users commented that Chileans are homosexual and that they like something I can't mention in this forum.

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Posted: November 29 2016 at 21:54

That Québec is the most corrupted province of Canada.

Wait! That's true.

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Posted: November 30 2016 at 03:45

I have no idea what foreigner's stereotypes about Portugal are. Probably the same as Spain (which I guess is a strereotype itself).

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Posted: March 01 2018 at 16:17

I like reading this thread, since I love reading things from people from all over... However, I think where my parents had sex isn't the best indicator of who we are.. I think I can tell more about a person by their favorite movies, or what they laugh at. And to an extent, music.

Anyway, I don't think any of the stereotypes applied to me. It's a huge country. I don't think we're lazy. But I do think it's intellectually lazy to stereotype millions of people based on something you heard. I think what happens in the future is that people will look for it, "See? See??"

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Posted: March 07 2018 at 05:13

One stereotype is the British all think they're great, that they still have clout on the world stage, and are in some way important.

This is confirmed by Boris Johnson "warning the Kremlin"

I guess he's just playing to the gallery, but he is representative of a bygone Britain, when proud men worked in factories doing things with metal. Many Brits have yet to move on and accept their impending third world status. Still, we'll always have Shakespeare and The Beatles until someone bans them for being somehow 'racist' or 'transphobic'

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Posted: March 07 2018 at 05:40

All Finnish people are introverts (like I am), not talk at all in public places or anyway talk at all. I think I am minority in this country (and even I haven´t got real difficulties to talk when I want to).

But that isn´t annoying me at all. The one that annoys is that all Finns love ice hockey (also many Finns believe that) - I have never loved to watch any sport.

Edited by Mortte - March 07 2018 at 08:01

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Posted: March 07 2018 at 08:35

Should I do this for the Dutch? The most annoying one is probably the assumption that Amsterdam is the only place worth going here when there are about ten other cities with the same amount of weedshops, prostitutes, 17th century architecture, interconnected waterways and chill atmosphere, the only difference is that more events will take place in Amsterdam (for obvious reasons) and it's overrun with tourists and expats, making it both expensive and tedious to live there...

Very few people wear clogs.

We don't use that much drugs, but we do produce a lot of it.

We're far from socialist, and even social democrat doesn't sound completely apt considering just how much money we make from hosting multinationals and according to some we're a tax haven even.

It is true that we are blunt, although this is most apparent in Amsterdam.

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Posted: April 10 2018 at 08:53

I am originally from the USA and would like to contribute one: "all Americans love baseball". wrong; I find it dead boring and always hated it

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Posted: April 10 2018 at 09:40

twseel wrote:

Should I do this for the Dutch? The most annoying one is probably the assumption that Amsterdam is the only place worth going here when there are about ten other cities with the same amount of weedshops, prostitutes, 17th century architecture, interconnected waterways and chill atmosphere, the only difference is that more events will take place in Amsterdam (for obvious reasons) and it's overrun with tourists and expats, making it both expensive and tedious to live there...

Very few people wear clogs.

We don't use that much drugs, but we do produce a lot of it.

We're far from socialist, and even social democrat doesn't sound completely apt considering just how much money we make from hosting multinationals and according to some we're a tax haven even.

It is true that we are blunt, although this is most apparent in Amsterdam.

And we don't go to work on skates in wintertime Wink

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Posted: April 10 2018 at 09:59

We are not Spanish, please (Iberians it's ok) - We don't kill the bull at the end of the "fiesta" (in Spain they do)

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Posted: April 10 2018 at 11:39

BaldJean wrote:

I am originally from the USA and would like to contribute one: "all Americans love baseball". wrong; I find it dead boring and always hated it

I used to follow baseball while growing up, even played it for awhile locally as a teenager. I even fancied myself being a pitcher someday, but alas, I had control issues and sometimes had a hanging curve ball. I lost interest in it with the doping/steroids scandals from the 1990s into the early 2000s. I will readily admit that it's dreadfully boring to watch on TV.

Another U.S. stereotype is apple pie. I eat apple pie maybe once a year at the most and don't care for the sour apple versions.

Another mysterious one: I was once accused of being un-American for hating blueberries! Since when are blueberries an American thing?

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