What is your state's/country's embarrassing stereotype?
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Sadly this stereotype is pretty accurate about the western slope. The South Park view, however, is just completely wrong.Timedraven 117 said:
I don't think it really does. Although the only time I've really heard Swedish spoken is watching the Dragon Tattoo movie with subtitles. It just sounded like a European language I couldn't identify because I don't recognize any of the words. Well and listening to Movits! where I'm starting to recognize a few more words (not understand yet, but recognize.) But even with that some of it is spoken so fast I really can't recognize it. I just really dig the mixture of swing and r&b. And the cadence of the spoken/sung lyrics is really kind of hypnotic. And I don't think that really sounds like the Swedish chef either.Whiptail said:
I am from Slovakia. One of the stereotypes we have? Drunkards. Everybody drinks, even the babies in mothers belies drink. And thanks to the movie Hostel, apparently we brutally murder young american people 
California! The land of blond hippie surfers.
A warning to potential visitors: You probably think that all of California is San Francisco and LA and maybe the vineyards as well. There are also places like Stockton and Bakersfield. These places are not quite so pleasant.
A warning to potential visitors: You probably think that all of California is San Francisco and LA and maybe the vineyards as well. There are also places like Stockton and Bakersfield. These places are not quite so pleasant.
And the only casualty was a cow... lol.Branovices said:You joke about sports teams while forgetting we Michiganders literally declared war on Ohio because you thieving Buckeyes stole the Toledo Strip from us! And look what you did with it! I mean, you can keep it now.T0ad 0f Truth said:I'm not sure Ohio really has stereotype. Michiganders hate it but they're Michiganders, no one cares what they think
(cue U of M Ohio State war)
Seriously, though I don't actually know. We're an indecisive swing state? I've got nothing.
However, in exchange for peace with Ohio, the federal government gave us the Upper Peninsula... which turned out to be chock full of iron and copper.
Edit: Learn more here, for anyone interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War
Like T0ad 0f Truth said, not much that can be said about Ohio. Though certain parts of it (namely Portage County) could be considered a giant corn field.
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México here, can't really say any state in particular since I've moved too many times and haven't staid in any particular state enough to call it home or get to know people, specially since I don't really talk to people a lot.
But anyway the general stereotype of México is that it's a really big desert with a bunch of really small towns with unpaved roads, also apparently we all still dress like we did in 1910, with sombreros and boots, in fact I think people think it's the wild west, which is odd because as I said I've seen most of México and for the most part it's really green, though here up North there is a lot of desert.
But anyway the general stereotype of México is that it's a really big desert with a bunch of really small towns with unpaved roads, also apparently we all still dress like we did in 1910, with sombreros and boots, in fact I think people think it's the wild west, which is odd because as I said I've seen most of México and for the most part it's really green, though here up North there is a lot of desert.
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It was my thread, lest we forget. As for your OT, the only stereotypes I can think of for Washington are the 90's grunge looking guys with flannel shirts and the supposed status of being the Hipster Capital of the world. Other than that, it doesn't have too much of a bad reputation.
British here and its the good old classics:
1) we all inherently have bad teeth
2) we are all part of the upper-class
3) obsessed with Tea
4)we must always be the Villain in a high majority of Hollywood films
5) That we all mourn the loss of the British Empire and would herald it's return
6) That many people think Doctor Who is an accurate portrayal of the UK
7) every Brit understand cockney rhyming slang
many and more i'm afraid, but other nations get it worse then us, like the Irish and the Middle East
1) we all inherently have bad teeth
2) we are all part of the upper-class
3) obsessed with Tea
4)we must always be the Villain in a high majority of Hollywood films
5) That we all mourn the loss of the British Empire and would herald it's return
6) That many people think Doctor Who is an accurate portrayal of the UK
7) every Brit understand cockney rhyming slang
many and more i'm afraid, but other nations get it worse then us, like the Irish and the Middle East
California: The people that live in Northern California, especially the San Francisco and Berkeley areas, are either drugged-up hippies, crazy radical feminists/leftists, or flaming gay people.
The People that live in Southern California, the L.A./Orange county area, are either Beverly Hills rich people/valley girls, gangsta ghetto black people, or surfer guys.
Central California does not exist and definitely does not grow a significant percentage of the USA's agricultural crop.
What most people don't know is that Southern California and Northern California secretly hate each other. I'm from Orange County and I wouldn't mind if San Francisco burnt to the ground. God, I hate that city so much.
The People that live in Southern California, the L.A./Orange county area, are either Beverly Hills rich people/valley girls, gangsta ghetto black people, or surfer guys.
Central California does not exist and definitely does not grow a significant percentage of the USA's agricultural crop.
What most people don't know is that Southern California and Northern California secretly hate each other. I'm from Orange County and I wouldn't mind if San Francisco burnt to the ground. God, I hate that city so much.
And yet your avatar depicts you as an incredibly hairy brunette with obscenely large ears, a huge nose and very small eyes.holy_secret said:
Newfoundland. We have both good and bad.
Good is hard working, easy going, goods senses of humor.
bad is drunken, uncouth, stupid, simple, violent and ignorant
Good is hard working, easy going, goods senses of humor.
bad is drunken, uncouth, stupid, simple, violent and ignorant
Are there any embarrassing stereotypes for Australians? All the ones I can think of are slang (embarrassing when others use it due to the words being out of use or used incorrectly), living a Steve Irwan/Crocodile Dundee life (complimentary in most respects)and riding one of our national animals (which would be awesome if they didn't tear your intestines out).
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That's cool. What are they like and what's the general attitude towards the English and French?Psykoma said:
I should know this actually cos my Mum lived in Quebec for a bit.