East Texas.G1eet said:
Don't know much about West Texas 'cept I heard it's full of illegal Mexicans (once again, a stereotype). Went to El Paso once though, and it was pretty nice.
Stereotypes of where you come from
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Don't know much about West Texas 'cept I heard it's full of illegal Mexicans (once again, a stereotype). Went to El Paso once though, and it was pretty nice.
The South. Apparently we don't believe The Confederacy lost the war. We are all stupid hicks with fat sisters. And we all own Confederate Flags. Of course people with an actual brain can tell the last thing I mentioned is the only true thing. Another true thing is that we are all not racist. A lot are and others do believe Jefferson Davis was an American Hero.
Ah. I just heard that Wext Texans can sometimes be a tad xenophobic. I watched a documentary/stock footage a while back from a rest stop on the way to San Angelo (the Czech Stop, if I remember correctly), and showcased a pretty wide variety of Texans' views on acceptance of foreign cultures.Cheery Lunatic said:
I'm Australian. I've never called anyone mate, and you will never see Kangaroos anywhere near a city. Koalas are also stinky, ill-tempered, and have very sharp claws. Australian accents are also horribly butchered by most impersonators. We get either a bastardised cockney thing or New confused with New Zealanders.
Russia. We are either all drunks or Communists or hell both. Anytime I tell someone I am Russian they are either tell me I am a Commie bastard or I like to drink vodka nonstop.
Originally from Texas here as well. Could say much the same thing as the topic poster did, though I must admit I do say howdy from time to time (albeit in a casual way, not the "hoopin-hollerin'" one most people associate with Texans).
I did have someone ask me once if I had ever had oilmen in my family line, does that count?
I haven't lived in Kentucky long enough to notice any specific stereotypes about the people that live here, other than they're kind of backwoodsy and really like country and bluegrass music.
I did have someone ask me once if I had ever had oilmen in my family line, does that count?
I haven't lived in Kentucky long enough to notice any specific stereotypes about the people that live here, other than they're kind of backwoodsy and really like country and bluegrass music.
I hope i embedded the video right. I couldn't find the part in this episode where they call out to the Australian Prime Minister, i thought that was the funniest bit.
Australia is pretty awesome. We're second on the HDI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index) and have been in the top 3 places for years. We were the friendliest country in the world until Canada took that off us. As much as we complain about our health care system we have one of the best in the world. Admittedly half of the population is sport crazy (cricket and football) beer drinking idiots the other half isn't. Oh and even in the middle of the GFC we didn't technically go into recession. Thanks to our strong ties to China the EU's current problem doesn't affect us at all.
So yeah, the stereotype portrayed in the Simpsons episode Bart vs Australia is completely wrong and absolutely hilarious.
That said we have a crappy political system filled with crappy political parties. Our PM is a douche bag who can't answer a question straight (http://hungrybeast.abc.net.au/stories/qq)
and who talks and does nothing
We're stuck with Atkinson (don't get me started) and we have an internet filter on the way.
Sorry to go on a rant everyone. I suppose every country has its positives and negatives.
Sterotype of Alabama: No teeth and unejimicated.
Reality: Pretty good dentists down here and plenty of nice schools to go to.
Reality: Pretty good dentists down here and plenty of nice schools to go to.
I'm from Louisville, Kentucky. This does not mean that I don't wear shoes, drive a tractor, and sit on my porch with a rifle and some tobacco. I mean, sure, that does happen in SOME areas of Kentucky, but Louisville is a civilized city.
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Though people don't ask if I have a lion for a pet since I live on one of those big cities (Porto Alegre btw, means happy docks or something) that no1 outside of the country knows for not having enough naked ladies or an army of drug dealers like São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro
Well, I'm from Birmingham, so apparently oi'm stewpid.
Just so I've got more to post, I'll deal with the various stereotypes of the English. Half of us do not walk around in bowler hats and suits going "My word!" and the other half are not ridiculous Cockneys dressed like it's 1880 going "Bloody 'ell, I can't Adam and Eve it, me old cock sparra!".
Also, a British accent is not necessarily an English accent.
Just so I've got more to post, I'll deal with the various stereotypes of the English. Half of us do not walk around in bowler hats and suits going "My word!" and the other half are not ridiculous Cockneys dressed like it's 1880 going "Bloody 'ell, I can't Adam and Eve it, me old cock sparra!".
Also, a British accent is not necessarily an English accent.
I could go one for days about the stereotypes about me and where I live, but I'll stick to the basics.
I'm from Minnesota and apparently we all own tractors. Not only that, but I guess being from the midwest makes one metally challenged, according to the coasts anyways. And I'm of Polish decent, so that's pretty self-explanatory.
I'm from Minnesota and apparently we all own tractors. Not only that, but I guess being from the midwest makes one metally challenged, according to the coasts anyways. And I'm of Polish decent, so that's pretty self-explanatory.
I live in the south of England, Portsmouth to be exact, everyone thinks all people from Portsmouth are major Chavs and you'll get stabbed. The truth is is that there are alot of chavs, but alot of other types of people too (i fall into the 'other' category). And Portsmouth is really just a "lightweight Manchester" in the fact that you really aren't that likely to be stabbed, as oppsoed to 14 year olds acting tough and trying to get you to buy them ciggarettes and alcohol.
I'm from Philadelphia, so I must be a barely literate meathead who mumbles "Yo!" alot and goes into a murderous frenzy whenever he sees an out-of-town sports jersey. For being the birthplace of American democracy, Philly ain't too enlightened anymore. But it's still better than Jersey.
A mayor once bet an Eagles fan 50 bucks he couldn't nail the referee with a snowball. The guy connected, and Ed Rendell paid up. But that's nothing compared to the mayor who evicted some black separatists with napalm. His re-election slogan was KILL IT WITH FIRE.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Move_bombing
A mayor once bet an Eagles fan 50 bucks he couldn't nail the referee with a snowball. The guy connected, and Ed Rendell paid up. But that's nothing compared to the mayor who evicted some black separatists with napalm. His re-election slogan was KILL IT WITH FIRE.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Move_bombing
Yeah, but I bet people from other states are really surprised to learn that you don't eat barbeque for every meal of the day... And if you tell me you don't even like barbeque, I'll be shocked too.Slavik_91 said:
You konw, it really is weird talking to a fellow Brazilian in English...
"from Ohio" speaks for itself. Hollywood term meaning hopelessly out of touch.
EDIT: And no, it's not true: I happen to be blissfully out of touch.
EDIT: And no, it's not true: I happen to be blissfully out of touch.
So the wikipedia article says that happened COMPLETELY different, and you clearly made up the part about "kill it with fire". Still, that's some fucked up shit that happened where you're from.blindthrall said:
