Clearing up misconceptions about your country!
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Awesome, a fellow NZ'er! I hope you're joking though, I've never heard of any thing involving sheep (except in the Black Sheep movie - I wonder how many tourists have been scared off NZ cos of thatKiwibloke said:
)By the way, we sound nothing like Australians.
Whatever you have heard about America is probably true. After all we have managed to export our lack of culture to everyone else. Enjoy your Big Macs! (Yeah they give me diarrhea too.)
Whatever you heard about Detroit might be true...
Yes we're really racist. No, it has not died out. If anything, white flight has preserved racism.
Union workers do not make $75 dollars an hour. They make about $20, same as a non union, Southerner in a Jap auto plant. This is not what the supposedly liberal Corporate Media put out on Fox and CNN however. In fact the unions typically make concessions when things go bad, so don't point the finger at us. Ain't our fault you can't pull your lips off your employer's ass.
We are not all Eminem "gangsta" wannabes. In fact kids like that generally get beat up.
My apologies for Kid Rock, he fucking sucks.
Techno was invented here. It was not the first electronic music, but was the first electronic music scene to center around clubs and dance oriented sound.
If you insult the Red Wings you will be destroyed. The Lions however, are fair game. Fucking losers.
2. It is a silly matter of pride to me in that I can mimic any accent (or voice, speech patterns, and body movements/poses individuals always take). I simply haven't heard enough Swedish people. I do know some of you will pronounce TH sounds as D's. Where we would say "that" some of you say, "dat." I noticed this on Germans too.
Whatever you heard about Detroit might be true...
Yes we're really racist. No, it has not died out. If anything, white flight has preserved racism.
Union workers do not make $75 dollars an hour. They make about $20, same as a non union, Southerner in a Jap auto plant. This is not what the supposedly liberal Corporate Media put out on Fox and CNN however. In fact the unions typically make concessions when things go bad, so don't point the finger at us. Ain't our fault you can't pull your lips off your employer's ass.
We are not all Eminem "gangsta" wannabes. In fact kids like that generally get beat up.
My apologies for Kid Rock, he fucking sucks.
Techno was invented here. It was not the first electronic music, but was the first electronic music scene to center around clubs and dance oriented sound.
If you insult the Red Wings you will be destroyed. The Lions however, are fair game. Fucking losers.
1. I know you're not communists. However much of my country is populated by people who revel in ignorance. Calling people an atheist, a homosexual, a communist, or some combination thereof has been a common insult since the early 1900s (probably originating with the Red Scares). I doubt most people here know much about other political systems at all really.HUBILUB said:
2. It is a silly matter of pride to me in that I can mimic any accent (or voice, speech patterns, and body movements/poses individuals always take). I simply haven't heard enough Swedish people. I do know some of you will pronounce TH sounds as D's. Where we would say "that" some of you say, "dat." I noticed this on Germans too.
Ninjad. Damn you but well said. I heard a man sa in arguement against the NHS "HAVE YOU SEEN BIRITISH TEETH?! I dont know how they put up with it." I was so appauled that is strongest arguement was a lie that i now have no faith in (some of)the people of America. "Steriotypes are all true, we can use them in arguements."WHENTWOTRIBESGOTOWAR said:British people have good teeth! Free NHS covers it
True, and not everybody use moustache.sylphmortem said:Portugal is not a province of Spain neither it is in old South America
What part of Oz do you live in? I've yet to meet someone in my state, including recent international arrivals, who don't say mate.ottenni said:
Also, most of our animals and bugs are poisonous and/or dangerous. Even the platypus has deadly venom glands on its claws, despite its ridiculously cute appearance and we have more species lethal spiders, snakes and other assorted creepy crawlies per hectare than pretty much anywhere else. That's ignoring the obviously dangerous stuff.
germany:
germans do not tend to be racist. in fact, germany is quite the opposide, as it´s the country with the third highest percentage or so of immigrants in the world on par with the usa. a quarter to a third of all german people under 25 have at least one parent born abroad, which makes germany probably one of the most mixed up countries in the world. and there´s also a high number of people you would call illegal immigrants.
germany is, unfortunately, not the most ecological friendly country in the world, although our politicians try to tell us. in fact, our stats are good because we trade emission with other countries. the new government also wants to keep the nuclear power plants running while the government that ran our country until 2005 decided to shut all of them down until 2020 or so.
germany is not bavaria. in fact, germany is a state made up of 16 sub-states, called Bundesländer and they are all quite different and some even tend to dislike each other. bavaria is one of them. also, our army does neither look like the prussians with the spike on their
helmets, nor does it look like the wehrmacht anymore.
germans are also not all blonde with blue eyes. that´s sweden.
germans are not strict, they are quite liberal. most germans even tend to ignore minor laws as long as no one is really hurt. our laws are for the most part more liberal than in the rest of europe, although that might be about to change...
germans are not unfriendly. it´s just uncommon here to act like you know each other for over a decade when you just met five minutes ago.
most german accents in american movies are horribly inaccurate. it does often sound stupid but it doesn´t sound like that at all. in the end, english is something like the bastard daughter of saxon german, frisic/dutch, some scandinavian and a few french terms(trust me on that, i studied that shit) so please be kind to your language parents.
however, i still think it sucks here for entirely other reasons. sorry, germany, it´s nothing personal.
germans do not tend to be racist. in fact, germany is quite the opposide, as it´s the country with the third highest percentage or so of immigrants in the world on par with the usa. a quarter to a third of all german people under 25 have at least one parent born abroad, which makes germany probably one of the most mixed up countries in the world. and there´s also a high number of people you would call illegal immigrants.
germany is, unfortunately, not the most ecological friendly country in the world, although our politicians try to tell us. in fact, our stats are good because we trade emission with other countries. the new government also wants to keep the nuclear power plants running while the government that ran our country until 2005 decided to shut all of them down until 2020 or so.
germany is not bavaria. in fact, germany is a state made up of 16 sub-states, called Bundesländer and they are all quite different and some even tend to dislike each other. bavaria is one of them. also, our army does neither look like the prussians with the spike on their
helmets, nor does it look like the wehrmacht anymore.
germans are also not all blonde with blue eyes. that´s sweden.
germans are not strict, they are quite liberal. most germans even tend to ignore minor laws as long as no one is really hurt. our laws are for the most part more liberal than in the rest of europe, although that might be about to change...
germans are not unfriendly. it´s just uncommon here to act like you know each other for over a decade when you just met five minutes ago.
most german accents in american movies are horribly inaccurate. it does often sound stupid but it doesn´t sound like that at all. in the end, english is something like the bastard daughter of saxon german, frisic/dutch, some scandinavian and a few french terms(trust me on that, i studied that shit) so please be kind to your language parents.
however, i still think it sucks here for entirely other reasons. sorry, germany, it´s nothing personal.
i´m half portugese! but i know nothing about it because i was adoptedsylphmortem said:Portugal is not a province of Spain neither it is in old South America
Speak for whatever part of Canada you're from. I've never met a Canadian who actually enjoyed anything produced by Canadian (besides hockey), British (besides Monty Python), or French (besides in Quebec) media. It's actually a law in Canada that we're not allowed to put all American shows on any channel, because stations have to air a certain amount of Canadian media. They have to, because if they didn't nobody would air it because American shows are just more popular.
Fixed that for you, and a few additions:shannon.archer said:
- No-one actually says "toss a shrimp on the barbie" except to parody the typical image of Australians tossing shrimps on barbies.
- We work harder per hour than any of you other bastards
- Chucking a sickie (having a sick day without being sick) is dead
- We CAN produce porn here, just only amateur porn (and generally, not in the States, only the Territories)
- Disparaging the boot is most certainly a bootable offense.
Greeks do not walk around in bedsheets!
Greece did not exist 200 years ago, and Athens was just a village back then.
We cannot understand ancient greek, although we try to.
The greek alphabet you guys learn is pronounced totally wrong. It's Mi, not Mu, and Ni, not Nu! Also, the Sigma (Σ is the equivalent for S, not E!
No, video games are NOT banned in Greece!
Greece did not exist 200 years ago, and Athens was just a village back then.
We cannot understand ancient greek, although we try to.
The greek alphabet you guys learn is pronounced totally wrong. It's Mi, not Mu, and Ni, not Nu! Also, the Sigma (Σ
is the equivalent for S, not E!No, video games are NOT banned in Greece!
Sweden is in a way a socalist contry, and the Swedish goverment denie the fact that's proven that they had consentration camps in Skåne under WW2 well i know more stuff about Sweden but I'll save that for a other time.
Are you talking about Claudia Black? She's Australian.Icedshot said:English people dont: Obsessively drink tea and eat biscuits (although i do).
no, policemen dont wear stupid hats (though i wish they did
and we dont have ridiculous accents that every single british video game character ever has (except for the woman in uncharted 2, she has a normal accent i think)
I'm from India.
India:
1. We do NOT sing and dance around trees all the time.
2. We do NOT spontaneously start line dancing in the middle of the day.
3. We are ALSO from Asia.
4. We DO NOT talk like Apu from The Simpsons.
5. You can see cows walking on the roads.
6. We drive Cars, not ELEPHANTS.
India:
1. We do NOT sing and dance around trees all the time.
2. We do NOT spontaneously start line dancing in the middle of the day.
3. We are ALSO from Asia.
4. We DO NOT talk like Apu from The Simpsons.
5. You can see cows walking on the roads.
6. We drive Cars, not ELEPHANTS.
No, I've never understood this. If you look at supposedly true British food its exceptionally posh. And nothing we have can be worse than American "imitation cheese". I'd rather cut off my own ear then find out what that tastes like.Datalord said:What about british food? is it really that bad?WHENTWOTRIBESGOTOWAR said:British people have good teeth! Free NHS covers it
Oh and another English one, we haven't spoken like we're from the 18th Century for at least 10 years now, so stop with the jokes!
We've gotten most of the Australian ones out, but I'd just like to say this:
Koalas. They are called koalas. They are not, nor have the ever been, called "Koala-bears". If you ever refer to them as such, every Australian within earshot will wince and make a mental note not to sleep with you. THEY'RE NOT FUCKING BEARS. THEY'RE MARSUPIALS.
Koalas. They are called koalas. They are not, nor have the ever been, called "Koala-bears". If you ever refer to them as such, every Australian within earshot will wince and make a mental note not to sleep with you. THEY'RE NOT FUCKING BEARS. THEY'RE MARSUPIALS.