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What are the most annoying stereotypes about YOUR COUNTRY?

nempozpag

That we are all patriotic numpties who believe the empire should be reinitiated. That we believe in our government to do the right thing (not surprising since we've only once come close to anything resembling social revolution, cheers Wat Tyler). Oh and tea drinking... I swear people drink tea just to meet the stereotype so I guess it's not entirely inaccurate O.o

To be fair a lot of people drink tea, besides surely it's not that annoying a stereotype :P

Tbh I think the stereotype of England has shifted from the upper class to chavs.

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seung12

Well, where shall I start ............ the one where according to CAPRI SUN-juice drink :

'people in Nepal eat oranges without peeling them'...

Oh gosh...I really cannot comprehend where they got that one from! :woo:

Reply 42

sorafdfs

11

We're all job stealing gypsies who live in medieval villages and drink vodka and soup all day.

Reply 43

SergioMZ

12

Spaniards:
We are lazy.
We shout when talking.
We don't fancy learning foreign languages ("pa' qué, si hablamos ya castellano").
We eat paella all day long.
We all like bull-fighting (this is ironic because Catalan government wants to make it illegal in Catalonia right now).
We dance sevillanas, and we like them.
We feel inferior to Europe.
We don't like the fact of the massive immigration Spain's been experiencing for the last few years.
We sleep siesta.
We all love ham. (Most do, but e.g. I hate ham.)
We are a united country (hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha).
We are the least patriotic people I've ever known.
Et cetera.

Except the last one, all of them are false, I reckon. (Well, most of us shout sometimes, but not as loud as in other countries, I believe.)
If I can think of more, I'll put them in here.

Reply 44

roxy potter

13

Dumdedoobie

Thiss. You forgot drunk though!

Yeah I did. How could I have forgotten that? It should have been first on the list.

Reply 45

BeanofJelly

15

Whenever I see brits in American TV, they fall into two bizarre/extreme groups.

1) Mega-posh, funny queen accents, tea-drinking, "mummy" and "daddy", rich, have house-servants, completely naive.

2) Cockney, probably involved in crime, literally grew up as Roger the Dodger etc (literally speak in rhyming slang)

Yet again, it's not that bad - there are places with much worse stereotypes. I don't think we come off as bad from stereotyping as the Americans do.

EDIT: Also, I really can't complain because I take evil delight in stereotypes about other countries. As long as they're in jest, and you don't seriously believe all stereotypes (ie: you treat people like individuals) then stereotypes aren't that bad :p:

They're fun.

Reply 46

Wolfos

2

The Congo:

They drink Umbongo

Reply 47

mackeroo

KirstyK

Canadian Stereotypes-
We live in igloos
We are lumberjacks
We always say 'eh'
We have beavers for pets
We have snow all year round and go skiing in July
We have a President
We don't have electricity.

You forgot that you eat maple syrup all day too

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J DOT A

We have the freshie accent
We'll haggle as much as possible
We have small penis
We eat curry for breakfast, lunch and Dinner
Our idea of romance is dancing around a tree, and we never kiss the girl because she always puts her shall in the way ffs.
We are amazing at maths/computers

As I'm also Lebanoese:
We smoke sheesha all day
We want to kill all Israel
We are the most handsome race in the world (thats actually true :wink:

)

Reply 49

LaraArmstrong

That everyone drinks guiness..

Fyi, i hate guiness :£

Reply 50

Sophia_And_Me

all Greeks are lazy and try to steal money :/

Reply 51

>Anna<

15

Teaddict

My personal favourite is this classic stereotypical view of British people in that they are all wealthy snobs with posh accents, related to Lizzie, love tea and eat crumpets and biscuits. The normal stereotype for us Brits. If only this stereotype was true though. Shamefully, it isn't. Some Brits are complete opposites; some cannot speak English correctly, some are about as useful as a one legged man in an arse kicking contest whilst others have a vocabulary only consisting of swear words.

Apparently this is our old stereotype. I've discussed this a lot with my German flatmate and apparently we're now more renowned for being rude, loud, drunk and slutty. Oh, and ugly :rolleyes:

J DOT A

We have the freshie accent
We'll haggle as much as possible
We have small penis
We eat curry for breakfast, lunch and Dinner
Our idea of romance is dancing around a tree, and we never kiss the girl because she always puts her shall in the way ffs.
We are amazing at maths/computers

As I'm also Lebanoese:
We smoke sheesha all day
We want to kill all Israel
We are the most handsome race in the world (thats actually true :wink:

)

Are you really Armenian? :woo:

Reply 52

username240699

2

I find it irritating how people look down on you if you want to be rich and "make a lot of money". You work hard, you play hard is what i say.

Reply 53

Jam4kate1991

Tea and Crumpets. Generally lazy and stupid. Lame workers. A country that went from all to nothing. Yeh that's us.

Reply 54

Ebenia

7

That we have polar bears and always snows. We are always drunk and we have something in common with Russia (not true at all).

This is from Finland...

Reply 55

cz100

14

Some people seem to think every chinese person knows kung fu... at least that's the impression i got when i first started primary school and all the boys would be asking me about jackie chan and jet li etc

Reply 56

ibysaiyan

16

dont finish that statemen

I have seen at all of stereotypes about countries it is always bothers me. Don't you all hate when people of other countries say those annoying, stupid and irritating stereotypes about your own country and people?
for ex: in UK you never can eat good food; all Americans are ignorant and fat; all Germans are violent and shout a lot; Swedish women are nympho; Italian are disorganized; Mexican are lazy; and so on.
Tell me the worst or the stupid ones you have read or heard about your country.