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mister_wizzz VIP Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 582	Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:28 pm    Post subject: Re: Regional Stereotypes ? jonny71 wrote: nigelinleeds wrote: Do you have regional stereotypes in Russia? we have a few in the UK, almost all insulting, heres some: Scottish - Tight with money Irish - Stupid Welsh - Sheep shaggers - where men are men and sheep are nervous Liverpool - Thieves/heroin addicts Newcastle - Big drinkers East Anglians - Farmers Cornwall/Devon - Marry their sisters Glasgow - Violent/alcoholics Yorkshire - Good looking/great lovers/generous/funny I'm from Yorkshire by the way...lucky eh ? I object to this pathetic stereotyping of people especially calling Irish "stupid" one must ask what planet your living on coming out with tripe like this post, i can assure you my friend Irish people are far from stupid and i resent you saying as much, one could always say Yorkshire people all wear flat caps and eat pies and drink bitter and are farmers or chavs in Leeds but obviously that would not be entirely true would it. Don't forget those stereotypes are not coming from UK but from England Anyway the Irish were clever enough to get the US Presidency And for the French : Irish = Heart of Lion
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nigelinleeds Lounge Lizard Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 108	Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Regional Stereotypes ? jonny71 wrote: nigelinleeds wrote: Do you have regional stereotypes in Russia? we have a few in the UK, almost all insulting, heres some: Scottish - Tight with money Irish - Stupid Welsh - Sheep shaggers - where men are men and sheep are nervous Liverpool - Thieves/heroin addicts Newcastle - Big drinkers East Anglians - Farmers Cornwall/Devon - Marry their sisters Glasgow - Violent/alcoholics Yorkshire - Good looking/great lovers/generous/funny I'm from Yorkshire by the way...lucky eh ? I object to this pathetic stereotyping of people especially calling Irish "stupid" one must ask what planet your living on coming out with tripe like this post, i can assure you my friend Irish people are far from stupid and i resent you saying as much, one could always say Yorkshire people all wear flat caps and eat pies and drink bitter and are farmers or chavs in Leeds but obviously that would not be entirely true would it. If you had been capable of reading the post you might have noticed it was entitled "regional stereotypes" not "here are some true descriptions of people from the UK" ...idiot !! Obviously my stereotype of a person from Yorkshire was a joke and you have pointed out a stereotype of a person from Yorkshire. Buy yourself a dictionary or ask a grown-up to explain what a stereotype is
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DITTRICH WayToRussified Joined: 13 Jun 2004 Posts: 429 Location: London UK	Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:40 pm    Post subject: Stereotypes Nigel, Not everyone has had a sense-of-humour bypass operation. I enjoyed reading the thread. Rgds Les
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mister_wizzz VIP Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 582	Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:07 pm    Post subject: It is always the same old story, bad stereotypes are always funny with everyone except yourself. I understand Jonny could be upset (I guess he is irish), it is a bit too easy to say XX are stupid and say : "Hey man, take easy, it is a stereotype". May be you would have lost your sense of Humour if someone would have said English are stupid.
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stozi Just Starting Joined: 06 Nov 2008 Posts: 6 Location: Beijing	Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:26 pm    Post subject: MrSpice wrote: Canadians - people that look like someone just hit them with a hockey stick I thought Canada & Russia had that in common
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Ender WayToRussified Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Posts: 498 Location: Urals	Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 3:06 pm    Post subject: stozi wrote: MrSpice wrote: Canadians - people that look like someone just hit them with a hockey stick I thought Canada & Russia had that in common Few years ago I seen one Canadian. He didn't look like he was hit with a hockey stick. BTW, I've seen people who was hit with a hockey stick... they look terrible.
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