stereotypes(national or just regional)

OK, I thought it would be fun if we all listed our stereotypes, and which ones were actually true. I'll start.

I'm Irish so...
I'm short(TRUE)
I've got red hair(TRUE)
I'm stupid(FALSE)
I'm Catholic(by birth, if that meansanything)
I drink absurd amounts of Guinness and whiskey(TRUE)
I tell jokes incessantly when I'm drunk(TRUE)
I love singing(TRUE)
I have family in America(TRUE)
I can dance a jig(FALSE)
I hate the English(FALSE or not all of them anyway)
I have seen a leprechaun(only on mushrooms)
I was in the IRA, or know somebody who was(FALSE)


Who's next?

 

I'm American

Fat (Nah)
Disintrested by other cultures. (Not disintrested. Mines just better)
Lazy (yes)
Loudmouth (yes)
Doesn't know the capital of Canada (Toronto)
Throws tea in harbors (yes)

 

SPENCE! That ssooo not the capital of canada...I cant tell if youre joking! lol

 

I am a Bosnian Croat.
There are no stereotypes about us.

 

Okay that sucks so much about te Irish shortness....cause I am half danish and like a third irish....all my danish relatives are tall like trees, and I got my damn mother's shortness!!!

 

You cannot be serious. What do people in neighbouring countries take the piss out of you about?

 

american again:

fat (yup)
belligerant (yup)
shops at walmart (yup)
eats at mcdonalds (nope)
drinks cheap/weak beer (nope)
thinks my country is better than yours (yup)
only speaks one language (yup, but i've picked up bits and pieces here and there, the usa is multicultural after all)
watches nascar (not really, though i love to say i do, it' SO REDNECK!!)
thinks canada and mexico are just a couple more us states (yep)
thinks they're inferior us states (yep)

 

Let's hope you got an Irish liver too!!!

 

That's what the smilley face was for.

 

I think so

 

Umm okay...
They think we are huge nationalists and extremely conservative.
They also think we are stupid and have funny accent.
They think we are all uneducated bums who just happen to be rich.
And they think we are extremely religious and that we are stuck in the past.

 

Pft. Ever been to Utah?

 

Are they right?

 

lol...and also, you can think were part of you, but at the end of the day.. best kept secret.

 

If shes a nationalist she might not tell.

 

utah is one of my favorite vacation destinations. it's pure beauty. it's a mystical experience. don't be dissin' utah.

 

Canadian

Say Eh- yes
Cold all the time- definitely not
Nice- not all the time


what are other ones?

 

English:

snobby - no
posh - no
drinks tea alot - yes
bad teeth - no
drinks alot - yes
rowdy - no
nationalistic - no
speaks like the queen - no
plays football/rugby - no

Welsh:

short - no
nationalistic - no
fucks sheep - no

 

All play hockey.

 

Well I'd rather be in Mexico to be honest.

Drinking cervesa, enjoying siestas.

And the Senoritas!