Ethnic Stereotypes

double o sevenfold.:

rofl at our bad British teeth. I don't actually know a British person with perfect white straight teeth, that they didn't pay for. :shifty:

My teeth are naturall white and straight :shifty. But I did trip and smash half of one off. :XD

That was kind of irrelevent, so I also hate it that they assume that Britsh people have posh accents.

That irks me. Alot. People either think Londoners are posh or have cockney accents. Fail. Not true >.<

I'm from Bosnia (I was born there), you probably heard of it in all those movies, they usually mention us about some war (it actually did happen). It's a poor country (economy sucks) but I love it. People are nice, they help each other, they're honest with each other (we went through that war 1991-1995 and we know that hate is not a nice thing).
Now I live in Serbia (it's not even shame if you never heard of it because it sucks), but you probably heard of Belgrade, that big promising city in 'far far far far and even further east', well, it also sucks. People are horrible, they hate everybody, everything and they think that they're god given and saint. I have never seen so much hate as here. Oh yeah, you probably heard of Serbia and that big Kosovo problem, well it's just another excuse for kids to ruin Belgrade (last time they totally ruined my favorite shop, the only place in town where you can buy docs).
But Bosnia I love. It's nice.

There was an italian exchange student at school who asked me where my tan was. :XD
She said I lived in Australia and therefore I had to have a tan since it was always so hot here. :XD

Since I'm Asian people just assume that I'm Chinese and eat rice all day long. WELL, the fact is I'm Japanese and eat rice all day long! So take that!!! Wow, I'm so corny.

Food:

Since I'm Asian people just assume that I'm Chinese and eat rice all day long. WELL, the fact is I'm Japanese and eat rice all day long! So take that!!! Wow, I'm so corny.

:lmfao
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I don't like that people assume I see koalas everywhere I go.
I've only ever seen a koala outside of a zoo once :grr:

I am from Switzerland and live in Austria now. I don't know what other people think about it but I have heard different stuff.
Swiss people are: friendly, introvert, always trying to be punctual and have a weird humour XD. Oh and that they eat cheese and chocolate all day long.. well it is true XD.

When you tell people you are from Switzerland they are like "Ohhh nice, you have money". HAHA not me!. And when you tell them you are Austrian they mix it with Austria and the next thing "Oh Mozart...and wasn't Hitler an Austrian". Jesus XD
But the thing that really annoys me is when you start speaking German, people assume you are from Germany. :file:

I didnt mean to post this twice! sorry.

i am from Austria and because we speak German and it is right next to Germany everyone thinks i have a pet wiener dog or i've met Heidi Klum O.o

Whenever I first talked on the phone to one of my best friends from America, she wanted to know where all my aussie slang was.
:lmfao
G'day, mate, etc.
It's funny how people think it's part of our everyday language when most of the time it isn't. :tehe:

omg.
I can't believe other countries don't like vegemite.
They eat it wrong - you have to have it on a sandwich with butter or margarine, idiots :grr:

Theres a Danish and a Mexican exchange student in my year.
The mexican pretty much fulfils the "drunk" mexican stereotype, but thats just him...

IchLiebeBillK:

i am from Austria and because we speak German and it is right next to Germany everyone thinks i have a pet wiener dog or i've met Heidi Klum O.o

:XD haha this hasn't happened to me, not yet. But many people assume we are constantly wearing our "Dirndls". Yeah right XD.

I agree with Food. (I don't know how to do the box thing, if it's not the last message ,so I got to write t like this).

People assume just because I'm from Asia, I'm Chinese. And those who're in Asia assume I'm Malay. Well, I'm not. I'm JAVANESE! Yeahya! I don't even have any Malay blood in me. Pshh. People should stop assuming.

Emily.:

ChemicallyImbalanced:

Whenever I first talked on the phone to one of my best friends from America, she wanted to know where all my aussie slang was.
:lmfao
G'day, mate, etc.
It's funny how people think it's part of our everyday language when most of the time it isn't. :tehe:

And crikey. :cheese:
Everyone wants to hear you say crikey.

It's like... I've never heard an actual person say crikey in natural speech in my entire life.
... Ever. I mean people probably do but :cheese:

:lmfao

Crikey! How could I forget that one. :XD

I got another. People assume we all live in the bush or the desert, and we wear those hats with corks on them. :lmfao

^ Pshttt, what about Steve Irwin? He's obviously like the Australian icon. But seriously, with that guy and his stereotypical ways you can't blame people for thinking you say crikey. And that you wrestle crocodiles and ride kangaroos to school.

Anyway.

I've heard people think that we're cannibals and live in grass huts and stuff. And of course we share the whole barbecue and beer thing with Australia, but that's actually true. I used to live among bogans, I swear.

On this episode of Rocket Power, they all went to New Zealand, and they totally confused us with Australia. Our accidents were all twangy. We don't have accents like that, we say like dahhhhnce. And kiwis do not come out in the day time and steal our vegemite sandwiches. They're nocturnal. And for some reasons there were a bunch of emus. I have never seen a wild emu. I've only seen them on an emu farm and in the Australian section at the zoo.

So, do not trust Rocket Power, just so you know.

ChemicallyImbalanced:

:lmfao

Crikey! How could I forget that one. :XD

I got another. People assume we all live in the bush or the desert, and we wear those hats with corks on them. :lmfao

You're just not cool enough for hats with corks :hand:
Dude, I've never, ever heard someone say crikey.
Besides Steve Irwin, of course.
Oh, apparently all Aussies are professional crocidile wrestlers.

I'm Californian, which apparently means I'm blonde, vegetarian, and go surfing every single fucking day. I'll admit to using "dude", "rad", "far out" and "chica" way more than I should, but as far as the stereotypes go, they end there.
Except for the whole "Californians are just naturally cooler than you" thing. 'Cause that's true. :file:

double o sevenfold.:

That irks me. Alot. People either think Londoners are posh or have cockney accents. Fail. Not true >.<

Yeah. I don't live in the East End, my cockney rhyming slang is limited. And I don't really know anyone who's every pronounced the letter 't'... it's meant to be silent, yeah?

I hate the tea stereotype. I don't like tea, and are Londoners meant to be polite? Ever gone on the tube? Haha, yeah...