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| paparaciii Diglot Senior Member Latvia Joined 6145 days ago 204 posts - 223 votes  Speaks: Latvian*, Russian Studies: English | Message 41 of 60 10 May 2009 at 11:57am | IP Logged | ||
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I just loled when I saw this. :D
You know you're Latvian when... "you've slept in a trailer park" "you've gotten drunk before you hit puberty" "you only had piragi for a meal" "you have brown and green pottery in your house" "your grandparents tell you it was better in the old country" "you have a big ego" "you say you're just going to have one beer" "you have to fight the russians at your school" "you've celebrated John's day since you can remember" "people ask you if you speak latin instead of Latvian" "you go to church just for the social scene" "you're grandmother owns A LOT of jewelry" "you have the natural ability to play volleyball" "you love hockey" "you do folk dancing on your free time" "you say, I'm Latvian need I say more" "you switch your languages in a conversation" "you know what a burka is" "you talk about people that are right there in another language" "you listen to brainstorm, Prata Vetra" "you can sing the latvian national anthem by heart" "you go to a different high school on friday nights" "you go to three rivers, michigan just to party" "you're really hot" "your parents would kill you if you married a russian" "you're interests have to do with anything latvian" "you'd drink anything anywhere" "you wake up on saturdays, and ask yourself where the f**k you are" "you've cheated on your final in your Latvian summer school" "you refuse to be the designated driver" "you go out wearing an all wool tautas terps and preform for other drunk Latvians" "your family won't let you marry anyone other than a Latvian" "you know a guy named Janis" "your grandparents are incredibly racist!" "You'd much rather do something with Latvians, than anyone else." "You've sang Saule, Perkons, Daugava" "You've danced Ackups or Sudmalinas" 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 5843 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 42 of 60 10 May 2009 at 9:02pm | IP Logged | ||
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Paparaciii,
I'm afraid your list fits the Bulgarian stereotype too ;). Admittedly, with some minor changes.... Edited by Sennin on 10 May 2009 at 9:03pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| michau Tetraglot Groupie Norway lang-8.com/member/49 Joined 6035 days ago 86 posts - 135 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, NorwegianC1, Mandarin Studies: Spanish, Sign Language Studies: Burmese, Toki Pona, Greenlandic | Message 43 of 60 10 May 2009 at 11:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm from Poland, so let's see :P
Poles are known for their high level of innovative features Poles stand out from the crowd, by making your fishing much easier. A word about POLES - Our Poles are known as Stres-Proof. Poles are known as the most durable on the market. Dominant Poles are known a priori. Poles are such that at least two pairs of rotor poles may be simultaneously radially aligned Poles are such that: M1×I1=M2×I2=M3×I3=M4×I4 Poles are such distinctive places, with many unique features and species Poles are such an important multi-tool that any hiker should have Poles are such valuable platforms for education is that it is impossible to leave them unaffected Residues at the Poles are such that the conditions stated at the end of section Poles are such a help up the hills 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5647 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 44 of 60 11 May 2009 at 12:10am | IP Logged | ||
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I don't agree with the view of English people from the Google searches that people did.
For the most part outside of London and Manchester English people are extremely nice and friendly - it's most welcoming and friendly country you could imagine, without being overbearing or in your face. But London is affected by a very greedy business culture, soul-destroying commutes and masochistic working hours. People are extremely materialistic and stressed. House prices are insane and people get drawn into an extreme cycle of materialism and workoholism that otherwise hardly exists in Europe. In addition London is probably filled with at least 30 - 40% foreigners (like me). The situation in London knocks the niceness out of the most charming English person... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 5843 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 45 of 60 11 May 2009 at 12:39am | IP Logged | ||
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With regard to English people, I think women are much nicer than men. Men are rather grumpy ;p
@michau I would suggest a search for "Polish people". It's crucial to add "people" because "polish" alone won't make a difference :). Edited by Sennin on 11 May 2009 at 12:48am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| WFU03 Groupie Norway Joined 6484 days ago 62 posts - 70 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Norwegian, French | Message 46 of 60 11 May 2009 at 1:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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Here's one including the negative responses for Americans:
Americans are known to be bad listeners and have an inclination for 'bulldozing' the matters Americans are known to be crude, and loud, and vulgar, and arrogant, and know-it-all Americans are known to be very comfortable being informal. Americans are known to be friendly, informal Americans are known to be generous, willing to come to the aid of people Americans are known to be fatter than most Americans are known to be risk takers Americans are known to be the most ignorant Hmm...those all sound familiar ;) Here's the other variation: Americans are such suckers if they believe that a job is the only way to have pride Americans are such hypocrites Americans are such fools Americans are such prudes Americans are such a materialistic oriented people Americans are such F*cking RETARDS Americans are such disgusting slaves that military torture turns them on Americans are such gluttons Americans are such greedy people Well, that was a bit less positive ;) So, to summarize, we are fat, greedy, dumb, hypocrites who love shouting how we know everything (while torturing someone of course!). On the bright side, we shout in an informal and friendly manner. Edited by WFU03 on 11 May 2009 at 1:23pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| ReneeMona Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5144 days ago 864 posts - 1274 votes Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2 Studies: French | Message 47 of 60 31 October 2010 at 5:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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This was an interesting exercise...
The Dutch are known to be: the only Germans that have not embraced Red as the true color of the Reich. (From this hilarious site.) traders a direct and fairly extroverted lot stingy and cheap charlies very keen readers a frugal nation the tallest people in the world straight talkers straight forward in their approach earthy and sensible people rather comfortable in their own skin experts at oil retrieval thrifty, tidy and picky uninhibited a coffee-loving nation tighter than a Scot forceful, stubborn and tough negotiators experts in dredging curious, critical and well-informed friendly and open-minded a tolerant bunch extremely fast-eating people one of the highest consumers of milk and milk products the most open-minded of all European people hardcore bargain hunters who seriously take the art of bargaining-negotiating to a different level less formal and more down to earth extremely liberal people, but also very stubborn a cold people Google pretty much gets it right. ;-) The Dutch are such: spoiled brats nice people filth limitless drug abusers awesome people good linguists big fans of paid sex good speakers of English perfectionists wonderful people keen campers clean people big prostitution fans a mish-mash of people coming and going that they're definitely not Teutonic great travellers a talented lot sore losers nutters sometimes I'm getting mixed messages here. ;-) Edited by ReneeMona on 31 October 2010 at 5:23pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5575 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 48 of 60 31 October 2010 at 6:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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Okay... stereotypes of the Welsh (looked up in both Welsh and English)
1. Lots of rivalry between North and South. 2. Good at rugby (true, but was much more so a couple of decades ago) 3. Welsh women tend to be "in-charge" - definitely true for most of my family and friends. 4. We're good at singing - makes me chuckle somewhat but it's true. A lot of my older relatives have belonged to a choir at some point in their lives. 5. We're all miners - God no, the coal mines were shut down years ago. 6. The national vegetable is the leak - in so far as it's our national "flower", as the thistle is to the Scots, yes. 7. We taught the English how to write - depending on who you talk to, we've probably taught the English everything - this one was written in Welsh and I'm still laughing. 8. It rains a lot in Wales - true, but not alot more than it rains in London or in the Midlands, I find. 9. Our language has long words - and many of my friends are convinced we don't have vowels. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch :]
10. A sense of being marginalised in British culture - somewhat true but get over it. 11. Intense local pride - and yet so many Welsh people can't speak Welsh... go figure. 12. South Wales valleys accent is difficult to understand - absolute rubbish, but they do seem to end all their sentences with "a?" 13. Different accents everywhere - definitely true. 14. We're supposed to be tight with our money - dunno about the rest but I am. 15. We're poetic. Hmm. A lot of Welsh poetry always seems to be recited at the Eisteddfod - which is an annual celebration of Welsh culture - and everything I've ever read in Middle Welsh is poetry. So I'll agree with our being poetic, even if I can't write poetry to save my life. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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