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| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6034 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes  5 sounds | Message 1 of 60 15 December 2008 at 7:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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Here is a curious experiment that many might find interesting. Try querying Google with something like this: "(Name-of-Your-Nation) are known to be" or "(Name-of-Your-Nation) are such"
For instance, "Bulgarians are known to be" and "Bulgarians are such" yields the following results:
I'd be interested to know what Google thinks about the nationalities of other forum members. It's actually quite accurate (apart form some bizarre ethnological claims ;p). Edited by Sennin on 15 December 2008 at 8:28pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6597 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 2 of 60 15 December 2008 at 10:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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Russians:
some of the savviest commodities traders on the globe interested in selling arms abroad to raise revenue some hard motherf**kers a charming race clever imitators a strong team practioners of realpolitik an amazing group of gymnasts tyrant obstinate people I've also checked what google thinks about the Finns: a very homogeneous population extremely practical and down-to-earth people health-. conscious a little crazy the origin of the smoke sauna tradition smarty-pants friendly people a democratic group heavy topers racist bigots (???????????????????) good racing drivers great skiers 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 4 of 60 16 December 2008 at 3:45am | IP Logged | ||
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Us English are:
known to be remote, standoffish, and cold (true). known to be punctual (true, except for trains and women). known to be statistically the people the most affected by ethilic coma (probably true). known to be lazy about other's tongues (Lie). known to be stuffy prudes with pickles up their rectum (not everyday). known to be a violent lot (I prefer the term 'anger challenged' thank you). known to be tolerant, compassionate ('multiple personality' comes to mind). known to be a bit stuffy and proper. KNOWN to be NO FUN!!! (not true! I'm great fun! Last night I was standoffish with a person who I had previously beaten up, hugged, put in an ethelic coma, joked about his language, and fed a pickle that was previously up my...well). Edited by Jimmymac on 16 December 2008 at 5:05am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6151 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 5 of 60 16 December 2008 at 5:10am | IP Logged | ||
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This is actually quite amusing.
The Irish are known to be, .. hot blooded and pleasant people. .. a nation of chancers who violated immigration laws for decades. .. cops. .. loquacious and sentimental, family oriented and combative, politically astute and active in law enforcement. .. devout Catholics, devoted to their families and enjoy traveling to the "home country. .. such strong people, as well as the Leprechaun in Irish mythology. .. somewhat ambivalent about drinking. .. ardent story-tellers. .. tough. And not to be messed with too much. .. the ancestors of most US presidents. 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 6 of 60 16 December 2008 at 7:18am | IP Logged | ||
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First few google hits for Americans..
Americans are known to be outgoing and friendly Americans are known to be generous, willing to come to the aid of people Americans are known to be extremely well-prepared Americans are known to be the best husbands in the world Americans are known to be risk takers [chant] USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! [/chant] The internet always tells me the truth.... 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 7 of 60 16 December 2008 at 7:34am | IP Logged | ||
hmmm... Maybe I should have used quotes written by natives as well :) I think it would go something like... Us English are... Very good looking (especially Jimmy). A peaceful race. Tanned. Good at football. Cheerful. Lovers of muslims. Great judges of character (George bush, Tony Blair). Slim. Multingual. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| FM_Moltke Bilingual Tetraglot Groupie Germany Joined 6619 days ago 54 posts - 58 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, German, French Studies: Polish, Latin | Message 8 of 60 16 December 2008 at 10:03am | IP Logged | ||
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Canadians are known to be:
more progressive than Americans on certain issues particularly health care a rather peaceable and law-abiding bunch conservative and a little reserved pragmatic about government friendly and warm late bloomers naïve and wishy washy self-deprecating, and have a sardonic sense of humor a little wary of shams and crock companies 1 person has voted this message useful |
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