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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...
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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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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.


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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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Points: 2680 		Direct Link To This Post 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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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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That Québec is the most corrupted province of Canada.





Wait! That's true.
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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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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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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.
 
 


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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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Originally posted by Dean 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". WinkLOL


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Then you can forgive my error as my post was the only mention of "French leave" prior to yours
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Points: 10261 		Direct Link To This Post 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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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2016 at 06:35
...isn't that what I just said? Pinch
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Points: 10261 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2016 at 05:54
Just for your information: The French have the expression "filer à l'anglaise" ("to leave English style"). And the "French leave" phrase was originally not meant military at all.

In German there is the expression "sich auf Französisch empfehlen". "Ich empfehle mich" is an obsolete German expression for "I take my leave".


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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2016 at 03:33
Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

It is a cheap joke rather than a stereotype. He/they are referring to the French surrender in 1940 after the British and French forces were beaten during the Battle of France - needless to say this stereotype is used by mostly by Americans and seldom by Brits (certainly not by any Brit who knows the history).
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.
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.

While I said this originated in WWII its cultural origins are older. Back in the 18th century the phrase "French leave" was commonplace and stems from social gatherings among the aristocracy and ruling classes where leaving a party without thanking the host was considered impolite. This notion of the French leaving a party unannounced quickly crossed the pond and entered American parlance as someone who is absent without permission but also introduced the idea that this was habitually associated with the French. In French the equivalent phrase is filer à l'anglaise ("English leave") and this mutual exchange of nationalities in such phrases is common, especially when the idiom is an unsavoury one, such was the historical animosity between the two nations.

Until the advent of cheap travel and paid vacations the working folk of both nations only ever met on the battle-field so most Englishmen had never seen a Frenchman and vice versa. The apocryphal tale of the fishermen of Hartlepool hanging a ship-wrecked monkey during the Napoleonic Wars in the belief that the poor creature was a French spy as they'd never seen a monkey or a frenchman before is plausible because of that...

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Perhaps a better thread would be to ask if stereotypes originate from something true.
The caricature of the French onion seller wearing a striped 'breton' shirt, loose dark jacket, beret and red scarf while pedalling a bicycle laden with strings of onions did. Before the first world war a few French onion farmers would sail across the English Channel and then cycle around England selling their goods. As these were the only Frenchmen most Brits had ever seen their garb and appearance came to represent all Frenchmen in popular culture but is unrecognisable in France (except perhaps in Brittany where there is a museum dedicated to these onion sellers in Roscoff).


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Originally posted by Modrigue Modrigue wrote:

I'm really sorry guys, I can't help you here. It's the very first time I hear this stereotype and I honestly did not knew about it.

BTW, I still don't understand why it can be considered racist...


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Points: 125 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2016 at 17:33
I've heard the tank joke several times but always based on the Italians.

I can't think of any stereotypes that bother me
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Points: 3167 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2016 at 16:48
I hate that people think American black metal is crap. Just some of it is crap. Just like Europe. :) 
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Play the stereotype game.  I got 95%.
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