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mister_wizzz
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 Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:28 pm Post subject: Re: Regional Stereotypes ? |
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| jonny71 wrote: | | nigelinleeds wrote: | Do you have regional stereotypes in Russia? we have a few in the UK, almost all insulting, heres some:
Scottish - Tight with money
Irish - Stupid
Welsh - Sheep shaggers - where men are men and sheep are nervous
Liverpool - Thieves/heroin addicts
Newcastle - Big drinkers
East Anglians - Farmers
Cornwall/Devon - Marry their sisters
Glasgow - Violent/alcoholics
Yorkshire - Good looking/great lovers/generous/funny
I'm from Yorkshire by the way...lucky eh ? |
I object to this pathetic stereotyping of people especially calling Irish "stupid" one must ask what planet your living on coming out with tripe like this post, i can assure you my friend Irish people are far from stupid and i resent you saying as much, one could always say Yorkshire people all wear flat caps and eat pies and drink bitter and are farmers or chavs in Leeds but obviously that would not be entirely true would it. |
Don't forget those stereotypes are not coming from UK but from England 
Anyway the Irish were clever enough to get the US Presidency 
And for the French : Irish = Heart of Lion |
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nigelinleeds
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:35 pm Post subject: Re: Regional Stereotypes ? |
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| jonny71 wrote: | | nigelinleeds wrote: | Do you have regional stereotypes in Russia? we have a few in the UK, almost all insulting, heres some:
Scottish - Tight with money
Irish - Stupid
Welsh - Sheep shaggers - where men are men and sheep are nervous
Liverpool - Thieves/heroin addicts
Newcastle - Big drinkers
East Anglians - Farmers
Cornwall/Devon - Marry their sisters
Glasgow - Violent/alcoholics
Yorkshire - Good looking/great lovers/generous/funny
I'm from Yorkshire by the way...lucky eh ? |
I object to this pathetic stereotyping of people especially calling Irish "stupid" one must ask what planet your living on coming out with tripe like this post, i can assure you my friend Irish people are far from stupid and i resent you saying as much, one could always say Yorkshire people all wear flat caps and eat pies and drink bitter and are farmers or chavs in Leeds but obviously that would not be entirely true would it. |
If you had been capable of reading the post you might have noticed it was entitled "regional stereotypes" not "here are some true descriptions of people from the UK" ...idiot !! Obviously my stereotype of a person from Yorkshire was a joke and you have pointed out a stereotype of a person from Yorkshire. Buy yourself a dictionary or ask a grown-up to explain what a stereotype is |
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DITTRICH
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Joined: 13 Jun 2004
Posts: 335
Location: London UK
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:40 pm Post subject: Stereotypes |
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Nigel,
Not everyone has had a sense-of-humour bypass operation.
I enjoyed reading the thread.
Rgds
Les |
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mister_wizzz
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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It is always the same old story, bad stereotypes are always funny with everyone except yourself.
I understand Jonny could be upset (I guess he is irish), it is a bit too easy to say XX are stupid and say : "Hey man, take easy, it is a stereotype".
May be you would have lost your sense of Humour if someone would have said English are stupid. |
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stozi
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Joined: 06 Nov 2008
Posts: 6
Location: Beijing
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| MrSpice wrote: | | Canadians - people that look like someone just hit them with a hockey stick |
I thought Canada & Russia had that in common |
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Ender
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Posts: 340
Location: Ural mountains
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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| stozi wrote: | | MrSpice wrote: | | Canadians - people that look like someone just hit them with a hockey stick |
I thought Canada & Russia had that in common |
Few years ago I seen one Canadian. He didn't look like he was hit with a hockey stick. BTW, I've seen people who was hit with a hockey stick... they look terrible. |
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