English Stereotypes

[Kyreth 194]

Every culture has a stereotype, and they never represent the population. I'm English and I don't really fit that image at all. Crumpets are ok I guess...

 

To be honest I find the English stereotype quite funny. But, as with everything, there's a fine line between good natured humour and generally making someone feel bad.

[I used to be a stranger 7,993]

[Mr. Wobbels 664]

The English

• Our brother-in-arms when it comes to hating the French
• Like cricket
• The letter 't' barely exists, but they do like tea
• The Beatles
• Basically Americans sans the extreme nationalism

The Welsh

• Sheep.

The Irish (Northern Ireland)

• Pretty much this.
• U2

Scots

• Don't have souls (aka gingers)
• Kilts
• Bagpipes
• Haggis
• Have some sort of yard

Here's a secret for my fellow ketchup-chuggers:

 

 

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10

 

Edited March 28, 2012 by Mr. Wobbels

[Future Allie Way 185]

Don't forget Mexico. Many people mock Mexicans with their poorly told Mexican jokes. Some of those jokes are REALLY cruel, like 'what's the difference between a bench and a Mexican? The bench can support a family.' 'What's the difference between a pizza and a Mexican? The pizza can feed a family of four.' 'What do you do if you see a Mexican on a bike? Chase him because the bike is probably yours.' And most are really wrong, like 'Have you heard about the Mexican winner of a beauty contest? ...Yeah, me neither.' Miss Mexico won Miss Universe once o_o

And, according to the internet, just because I'm Mexican/Canadian I illegaly brought a polar bear to a Mexican desert and I feed it beans and sauce and train it to learn how to use guns.

Frenchs, Germans, Mexicans, Canadians, Dominicans, Asians, and even Americans are also probably the most mocked/stereotyped people.

 

COMMON STEREOTYPES

French:

 

Dude: Snails, red thingy around the neck, beret, baguette, big moustache.

Girl: Horrid smell, beret, armpit hair, more baguettes, loathes everything not fancy.

While I've actually seen some French people that love baguettes, wear berets, and hate everything not fancy, many don't dress, smell, or act like the stereotype.

 

German:

 

OMG HE'S GERMAN, HE IS A NAZI RUN FOR YOUR LIVESSSS AAAAAAAAH

 

Mexican:

 

Dude: Pedro Infante, hairy butt, wears a sombrero, has a huge moustache, doesn't speak english, mows your garden, works at Wal-Mart, lives in a rancho, is poor, likes Mariachis, always gets drunk at 'Juanito's Esquina Bar' or the Oxxo, steals and kills.

Girl: Doesn't have three teeth, talks like La India Maria, wears a huge white/red/green dress, sells oranges, is fat, works at the local Oxxo or Soriana, has 3284738747 children, cooks beans and tortillas 24/7.

 

Canadian:

 

Hehehehe he owns a polar bear and lives in an igloo, lulz

 

Dominican:

 

Dark skin, 'oye mi elmano, como ta esa vaina'. pelomalo, criolla food, loves New York more than anything, shops at La Sirena, hates Haitians.

 

Asian:

 

IMPOSSIBRU, Yao Ming, Asian Grandfather, best in class, LVL: ASIAN.

 

American:

 

Dumb, fat, always eats at McDonalds, likes Justin Bieber, Twihards, blondes, IT'S FRIDAY FRIDAY GONNA GET DOWN ON FRRIDAY FUNFUNFUNFUN, doesn't know the difference between China, Japan, and Korea.

 

 

TL;DR? People from every place in the world gets stereotyped. Many people don't use stereotypes, but others do and they're just like, I don't always stereotype, but when I do, I stereotype ALL the people!

[Strafe 594]

Everyone gets stereotyped pretty much. You just have to learn to deal with stupid people.

[Dragonshy 2,305]

lol People are like: America gets stereotyped the most. Which is true,

 

But they mean to say United States:

[Nah 3,182]

I feel your pain. Pity when you say you live in Illinois, they ask, live in Chicago? No. They ask, are you a farmer? No. Then what are you? Uh, a guy unlucky enough to live downstate. No response. Do you like the cubs? Hell no! are you poor? nope.

 

Ah, the Illinois stereotype.

[Matackable 534]

Everyone gets stereotyped. I don't like when I make some small little mistake because it's something outside of my country, and someone will insult me by saying, "LOL Typical American." Acting like I'm some sort of dumb twit just because I made one mistake.

 

What made me laugh about this thread in particularly was the point when you said it bothers you when people try to imitate an English dialect. When I visited London and Liverpool, the group of people I met up with there did the exact same thing you mentioned.

 

Them: "What part of America are you from?"

 

Me: "New York."

 

Them: "NEW YAWK BADA BING LOL. DO YOU CURSE A LOT??"

Edited March 29, 2012 by Matackable

[PinkieFry 91]

Everyone gets stereotyped. I don't like when I make some small little mistake because it's something outside of my country, and someone will insult me by saying, "LOL Typical American." Acting like I'm some sort of dumb twit just because I made one mistake.

 

What made me laugh about this thread in particularly was the point when you said it bothers you when people try to imitate an English dialect. When I visited London and Liverpool, the group of people I met up with there did the exact same thing you mentioned.

 

Them: "What part of America are you from?"

 

Me: "New York."

 

Them: "NEW YAWK BADA BING LOL. DO YOU CURSE A LOT??"

 

Lol.. Bada bing... I seriously wish I lived somewhere that could be hardcore stereotyped. Washington is lame. Trees. That's all we have here. I would LIVE the stereotype. If I were from England, I would just tell people that I say "Pip pip cheerio" all the time. Or New York, I'd totally try to sound like a mobster.

I dunno.. I guess I just live a lame life. with no cool accent.

[Champion RD92 8,658]

American:

Dumb, fat, always eats at McDonalds, likes Justin Bieber, Twihards, blondes, IT'S FRIDAY FRIDAY GONNA GET DOWN ON FRRIDAY FUNFUNFUNFUN, doesn't know the difference between China, Japan, and Korea.

 

I'm the absolute opposite of what is listed here, and I'm American....shows how stupid stereotypes are...

 

I'm not dumb, I'm not fat, I never eat at McDonald's, I don't like Justin Bieber, I'm not a "Twihard", I'm not blonde, I hate that stupid Friday song, and I definitely know the difference between China, Japan, and Korea lol

Edited March 29, 2012 by RainbowDash92

[Dany Heatley 160]

Everyone gets stereotyped. I don't like when I make some small little mistake because it's something outside of my country, and someone will insult me by saying, "LOL Typical American." Acting like I'm some sort of dumb twit just because I made one mistake.

 

What made me laugh about this thread in particularly was the point when you said it bothers you when people try to imitate an English dialect. When I visited London and Liverpool, the group of people I met up with there did the exact same thing you mentioned.

 

Them: "What part of America are you from?"

 

Me: "New York."

 

Them: "NEW YAWK BADA BING LOL. DO YOU CURSE A LOT??"

 

bah... you're a typical american infadel... Ya fram baston, or new yawk ya yank...

 

 

 

 

 

I'm trolling at a 10th grade level... and I'm kidding BTW

Edited March 29, 2012 by Dany Heatley

[Cosmic Charlie 129]

I think the thing with the mocking is, here in America we're made up entirely of a mix of the rest of you folks. We don't have a very long history, but it's a damn intense one. Either way, the only way that we can live with each other is to laugh at ourselves AND each other. Name a country, and America (usually) has some (usually) harmless stereotype for it. I guess what I'm saying is, we KNOW all French people don't eat baguettes and have tiny mustaches and wear berets. We KNOW you English folk aren't the way ClapClop described. It sucks when people really are prejudiced in that way, but I would hope their numbers lessen every day. It helps on places like this where you can't really tell where somepony is from unless you ask or they have it listed in their profile - that's how you learn people are the same wherever you go, and prejudices don't even apply.

[ImAvinOops 83]

I'll be honest, English stereotypes don't bother me. I know they aren't true and I don't care that much about what people say to me about it. I mean, I DON'T like tea and I don't go that much on crumpets.

 

However, I do feel like I need to adopt "tally ho!" to my vocabulary.

[Matackable 534]

See, this is the thing. I can totally embrace a stereotype as long as it's in good fun! Like, being an ANGRY NEW YORKER or BEING MURICAN. I can totally handle the stereotype, that's not the problem to me though. It's when I make some sort of small mistake and the other person or party in question start acting belligerent about it. Like I offended them or something.

 

Like, I get it I made a mistake and I do apologize for it, but don't go insulting me based upon where I live because of it. It can get kind of harsh. =

Edited March 29, 2012 by Matackable

[Pony Joe 583]

I may be in the minority here, but I've never seen someone honestly employ a negative English stereotype in serious conversation. The depiction of Englishmen that everyone supposedly sees, according to you...

...I've only seen in media that's intentionally stereotypical for comedic effect.

 

There is an American stereotype that I can completely confirm, though: The cast majoriity of us have no clue what the difference is between England, Britain, and the UK. I actually only learned myself this year, and when I brought it up with my dad, he had no clue. In our defense, though...

 

 

Things can get a bit confusing.

Americans, quick, save this image for reference!

Edited April 20, 2012 by Secret Agent Pony Joe

[Fox 5,330]

I like how people pronounce yogurt in the UK. :3

 

Unless the person had a speech impediment

[Nightfall 3,950]

I like the way Brits pronounce words, like Prius, Nissan, yogurt, and the like...

Brits are bawss. Don't hate.

(I ain't one... I'm pur Amurcan! )

[Postty 32]

i love having my friend from england say aluminum it makes my day

 

Stereotypes dont bother me to much but the amount of morons who think they are all true does. im from oklahoma and ive had people ask me if i live in a tepee and if ive ever been on the internet

[Evilshy 5,090]

Lol.. Bada bing... I seriously wish I lived somewhere that could be hardcore stereotyped. Washington is lame. Trees. That's all we have here. I would LIVE the stereotype. If I were from England, I would just tell people that I say "Pip pip cheerio" all the time. Or New York, I'd totally try to sound like a mobster.

I dunno.. I guess I just live a lame life. with no cool accent.

 

Washington has a few stereotypes.

You ever see a guy wearing sunglasses and no coat in a thunderstorm? He's from Washington.

I've heard that people from Washington measure distances by how long it takes to drive there instead of th actual distance. But my family and friends all do that, so it's true for us, at least.

 

What city are you in?

 

 

Don't forget Mexico. Many people mock Mexicans with their poorly told Mexican jokes. Some of those jokes are REALLY cruel, like 'what's the difference between a bench and a Mexican? The bench can support a family.' 'What's the difference between a pizza and a Mexican? The pizza can feed a family of four.' 'What do you do if you see a Mexican on a bike? Chase him because the bike is probably yours.'

All of those started out as black jokes. Somebody just replaced them with "Mexican". Just thought I'd point that out.

 

Some actual Mexican jokes:

How do you fit 30 people in a 7 seater van?

I don't know, but the mexicans do.

 

What do you do if you want to see the entire population of a Mexican town?

Roll a quarter down the street.

 

What do you do when you want them to go home?

Roll a bar of soap down the street.

Edited April 21, 2012 by Evilshy

[Future Allie Way 185]

Washington has a few stereotypes.

You ever see a guy wearing sunglasses and no coat in a thunderstorm? He's from Washington.

I've heard that people from Washington measure distances by how long it takes to drive there instead of th actual distance. But my family and friends all do that, so it's true for us, at least.

 

What city are you in?

 

 

 

 

All of those started out as black jokes. Somebody just replaced them with "Mexican". Just thought I'd point that out.

 

Some actual Mexican jokes:

How do you fit 30 people in a 7 seater van?

I don't know, but the mexicans do.

 

What do you do if you want to see the entire population of a Mexican town?

Roll a quarter down the street.

 

What do you do when you want them to go home?

Roll a bar of soap down the street.

 

Eeyup. That's pretty much the stereotype in a nutshell.

[Aureity 3,055]

It's just a thing. You'll get used to it eventually. People stereotype everyone else, no matter what country they're from. If you're British, you're a snobby gentleman. If you're from America, you're fat. If you're from Mexico, you're a drug lord. If you're from China, you cannot drive. Etc. Just deal with it and carry on, it's not going to go away anytime soon.

[PinkieFry 91]

Washington has a few stereotypes.

You ever see a guy wearing sunglasses and no coat in a thunderstorm? He's from Washington.

I've heard that people from Washington measure distances by how long it takes to drive there instead of th actual distance. But my family and friends all do that, so it's true for us, at least.

 

What city are you in?

 

I live in Spokane Valley. Like 20 min from Idaho.

^ And I guess that's a perfect example of measuring distances by how long the drive is. I figured everyone does that though.

[Musical-Mettaur 41]

I'mma say Derp now. Derp. Also, the grammar is a tad bad, but the topic is alright. Or since I'm American, should I say "Aight Homeboieee!"? Should I post some known stereotypes or something? Kinda confused on what we are arguing.

 

But the Queen is not the Obama of England. From what I know of politics, the Queen is more of a figurehead for the government, an admittedly "Epic" tourism attraction. But if the English government was to be metaphorically referred to as a computer, I would say the Queen was the background. My ELP Teacher One-Uped me by making an even better analogy, saying that the Queen is like the screensaver that pops up when there is little activity, as in "Distress or lack of events".

 

I'm hoping this wasn't offensive to none?

Edited April 21, 2012 by Judas

[Metzger 23]

Guys?

...Love and tolerate?

 

Don't forget Mexico. Many people mock Mexicans with their poorly told Mexican jokes. Some of those jokes are REALLY cruel, like 'what's the difference between a bench and a Mexican? The bench can support a family.' 'What's the difference between a pizza and a Mexican? The pizza can feed a family of four.' 'What do you do if you see a Mexican on a bike? Chase him because the bike is probably yours.' And most are really wrong, like 'Have you heard about the Mexican winner of a beauty contest? ...Yeah, me neither.' Miss Mexico won Miss Universe once o_o

 

 

 

All of those started out as black jokes. Somebody just replaced them with "Mexican". Just thought I'd point that out.

 

Some actual Mexican jokes:

How do you fit 30 people in a 7 seater van?

I don't know, but the mexicans do.

 

What do you do if you want to see the entire population of a Mexican town?

Roll a quarter down the street.

 

What do you do when you want them to go home?

Roll a bar of soap down the street.

 

I'm Mexican and I have to admit I lol'd.

even though they are partially true.

[Speedy Transition 788]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the stereotype of us drinking mass amounts of tea

 

If you rad what i out you would of seen i said,

English people drinking tea is NOT a stereo type, its a fact.

 

I like the way Brits pronounce words, like Prius, Nissan, yogurt, and the like...

Brits are bawss. Don't hate.

(I ain't one... I'm pur Amurcan! )

 

If you dont want to hate, dont say "Brit" British or English or nither...

 

I like how people pronounce yogurt in the UK. :3

 

Unless the person had a speech impediment

 

No, its Yog-urt

Edited April 23, 2012 by ClapClop