Stereotypes of your city/state/region/country, and are they true?

[Bajinga]

England. The general is the bowler hats, tea, we all love the queen, red buses, policemen.
Red buses are still around, and a lot of people enjoy a cup of tea. Other than that, there aren't too many things in that list that are true.

 

[Aprilgold]

That in Texas everyone is a prick, well when I lived there, I could say everyone WAS a prick, I was a prick hanging with prick friends who went to prick school with prick teachers then locking myself in my prick room for some alone prick time. The room part was a joke.

 

[Swny Nerdgasm]

I'm from Detroit and, no I haven't shot anyone

But have you ever been shot?

I'm from New Jersey. We're one of the most diverse states in the U.S., if you're not from here you should assume everything you think you know about New Jersey is wrong.

It is quite expensive here, one of the costliest places in the country. And our debt is ridiculously awful. We are a bit "rude" to strangers.

Hey!! A fellow Jerseyian, or Jerseyite or whatever we call ourselves. and you pretty much hit it on the head there, most people don't realize most of the people you see in places like Sleazeside during the summer months are actually from New York

 

[GraveeKing]

Britian,
The stereotypes for us are clear. We all drink tea (I don't I hate the stuff), we hate the immigrants (again I don't) we don't like the french (OK that one is true in my case).
Somerset,
The stereotypes for us are usually known by most other people from England but others who actually know us might have heard of them. We're all farmed (no.... just no) We make lots of cheese (yeah probably but that's not all we do ._.) We all drink lots of ale (not true either.)

 

[Detective Prince]

London. We do not all sound like we're from Eastenders. -.- Nor are we obssessed with the Queen

England. WE DO LOVE TEA BUT NOT ALL OF US BUT TEA IS ENGLAND'S GIFT FROM THE GODS.

 

[Zac Smith]

Well I live in England, so automatically people assume I talk with a really posh accent, but when they learn I live in North of County Kent, only about an hour outside of central London, they all assume I speak cockney.

 

[Sebenko]

Well I'm from the frozen northlands of England, where we still fight wolves and everyone works in a mill.

At the moment, I'm somewhere in the midlands, which some foolish southerners think is northern. It's really not.

Yorkshire is goddamned northern, not the bloody midlands.

Sterotype? See the four Yorkshiremen sketch. Is it true? Not as often as I'd like.

 

[CrashBang]

I'm from a backwater city in the English West-Midlannds called Hereford and it's stereotyped by farms, apple picking, cows and a thick Cornish accent, all of which is very much true

 

[Zeema]

Australia

I dont Drink
not many wildlife attack me
and i Dont stay up 2 late

 

[Hardcore Harro]

Australian

We say prawn and don't cook them on a BBQ.
That's just a waste of a good prawn.

Are you sure you weren't dropped on your head at all? I think you might be hallucinating! Queensland is obviously much, much better.

Probably because every New South Welshman gets treated like second class citizens once they cross into Queensland.

 

[Timmehexas]

Are you sure you weren't dropped on your head at all? I think you might be hallucinating! Queensland is obviously much, much better.

Probably because every New South Welshman gets treated like second class citizens once they cross into Queensland.

I hope you picked up on the inherent sarcasm in my post, because I can't really tell if you did, or even if you quoted the right part.

 

[diebane]

Germany/Bavaria

-Beer (sort of true, Bavaria has many breweries)

-Lots of sausage and potatoe dishes (As far as I'm concerned, yes. Less sausage, more potatoe, but basically true, I can't go 2 days without eating potatoes, but I think especially in Eastern European countries thats the same)

-Lederhosen/traditional clothes (also sort of true, we don't wear them to school or work, but you do see many when you go to a traditional fest (only one I can think of that you might know is the Oktoberfest, although thats overpriced and serves redicolous clichés)

Interesting to see what state of the US has which cliché

mfG diebane

 

[Lord_Nemesis]

Scottish:

No I am not ginger, though my Dad was but there are very few gingers left, a dying breed...

Yes, I do own a kilt, two actually but thats like anyone else owning a suit, it comes out on formal occasions: weddings, funerals etc.

I do like a wee drink from time to time but I am not constantly wasted. And whiskey is fuckin' honkin'.

And Haggis is NOT a small creature with a long snout and leathery skin. It is a sheeps stomach with stuffing of several things and then boiled. It is a dish and NO, i don't eat it, it's boggin.

I have been in fights from time to time, aye BUT its not like it happens every day and we are chuckin' battle axes at each other screamin FREEDOM at the top of our lungs.

And in my personal opinion, I do not hate the English. And in general, their fairer sex are MUCH better than my native females. Have you guys ever heard of Essex? I rest my case.

 

[NerdElf]

The Romanian stereotype is a thief. Well fuck you world, we're not here to steal your shit. The gypsyes are. Persecute them, not us you fucking retards. We also have most modern things. Stop asking me if we have cityes. We have and they're huge.

 

[mattikarp]

I am from Australia, melbourne. I ride my kangaroo to school every morning

 

[maninahat]

Hull - poor, ugly and stupid working class people. Unfortunately somewhat accurate: the city has statistically the "ugliest female population in Europe" whilst paradoxically having the highest rates of teenage pregnancy. It has some of the highest rates of unemployment and rates as one of the worse for education.

Yorkshire - elitist, simplistic country folk who hate outsiders (see stupid, working class above). Not necessarily true at all. Except for that last part which I resent: Yorkshire is the best place in the world, and if it ain't from there, it's shite. Everything south of Yorkshire might as well be in France.

England - Effeminate, posh, priggish, restrained, Well, I can understand the restrained part. The poshness though is very region specific (read: Southern fairies).