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What does Google think about your nation? | ||
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| Javi Senior Member Spain Joined 5981 days ago 419 posts - 548 votes  Speaks: Spanish* | Message 9 of 60 16 December 2008 at 10:15am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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Spaniards are known to be:
racist mature, friendly, open, and adventurous unpredictable hostile to black people racist basketball fans emotional very sensitive to the political context of elections when deciding whether to vote or abstain 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Feculent Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6161 days ago 136 posts - 144 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German | Message 10 of 60 16 December 2008 at 11:15am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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I wonder how much these results change if done in the official language of the country...
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| Hashimi Senior Member Oman Joined 6259 days ago 362 posts - 529 votes Speaks: Arabic (Written)* Studies: English, Japanese | Message 11 of 60 16 December 2008 at 12:18pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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Arabs are such babies, and dangerous ones. Arabs are such ungrateful bastards. Arabs are such egoistic beings. Arabs Are Such Wonderful People (Haaretz!) Arabs are such fickle, childish people. Arabs are such fine humanitarians. Arabs are such sensitive animals! Arabs are known to be "hot-headed". Arabs are known to be flighty and hot. Arabs are known to be tough fighters. Arabs are known to be quite racist. Arabs are known to be a little racist. Arabs are known to be very generous. Arabs are known to be descended from Shem, hence Semites! Muslims are known to be extremely affectionate towards their offspring. Muslims are known to be circumcised! Muslims are known to be very peace loving (Wikipedia!) Muslims are known to be vigilant to any external danger. Muslims are known to be genuinely sincere when it comes to dating, relationships and matrimony. Muslims are known to be terrorists. Muslims are known to be oath breakers. Muslims are known to be so kind to the other religious and ethnic groups living within their lands. Muslims are such victims of stereotyping. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Samual Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5944 days ago 37 posts - 39 votes Speaks: English* | Message 12 of 60 16 December 2008 at 12:31pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
It isn't a lie. British people are very lazy with languages, as are most English speakers. Our schools' language teaching is very poor compared to most European nations and the general opinion on British streets is that English is the only language worth knowing 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| g-bod Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5982 days ago 1485 posts - 2002 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, German | Message 13 of 60 16 December 2008 at 12:54pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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The British (as opposed to just the English) are known to be:
masters of understatement reserved and careful mannered extremely conservative & fond of old traditions the biggest buyers of second home properties worldwide users of the AW-50 and AW-50F mad reserved in nature and are very reluctant to show their emotions in public keen and strict observers motorsport fans 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Jimmymac Senior Member United Kingdom strange-lands.com/le Joined 6153 days ago 276 posts - 362 votes Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, French | Message 14 of 60 16 December 2008 at 2:10pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
You must be kidding me?! I was quite clearly joking. This thread, in case you hadn't noticed, is very tongue-in-cheek and I was having a laugh. Do you really think I tried to feed someone an object that was previously up my bottom? Edited by Jimmymac on 16 December 2008 at 2:12pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6034 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 15 of 60 16 December 2008 at 4:28pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
Yes, please don't take it too seriously. In the end, Google indexes everything that's on the web regardless of its validity and source. This just reveals the general stereotype.
I imagine the results would be quite different as this would reveal the level of self-criticism of a given nation. There is another issue, though. The results for English speaking countries are actually more of a mixture between the opinion of others and a self-assigned image. It's more difficult to separate the two in this case (enthusiastic souls might want to check this in e.g. Spanish or any other major language.) Edited by Sennin on 16 December 2008 at 4:36pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| irrationale Tetraglot Senior Member China Joined 6050 days ago 669 posts - 1023 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English*, Spanish, Mandarin, Tagalog Studies: Ancient Greek, Japanese | Message 16 of 60 17 December 2008 at 12:36am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
Yes!! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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