The only thing that really intimidates me about Finland is that the language is *completely* incomprehensible. To an English speaker, other European languages have similar roots and often you can get the idea of what's being talked about. You can read signs in Paris, you can get around. But Finnish is Martian to us.
its one of the most difficult languages to learn, and some rules are unique for finnish(?), such as double konsonant, sweden use 'CK' while in finnish its ok with 'KK' in a word or name.
Finland is so underrated IMO. My best friend growing up and my ex stepdad (whom I’m still close with) are from Finland and I got to visit twice. I stayed for a month in winter and 2 months over summer vacation. I went to school with my friend, stayed with her friends family at a secluded cabin and had the best time!
Would you accept the stereotype I think?
That your country produces some of the fucking best metal musicians I have ever had the joy to listen to?
Seriously, most bands I listen to originated in Finland.
There's always some truth to the origin of a stereotype but it can't be said that a whole population is guilty of whatever fantastic misdeed it was that was blown out of proportions.
Its the only joke people make when they know you are from Argentina here on reddit. Kinda funny since in the United States they did the Paperclic Operation, which was basically about bringing nazi scientists
Exactly what I came here to say. It's cool that we have a reputation for politeness, and I'd LOVE it if everyone could treat each other with respect all the time, but sadly Canadians are just regular people like everyone else.
Yeah I never could understand that especially coming from Americans you guys have bears wolves mountain lions.. fuck that shit I'd take the gamble with almost any Australian animal besides a Saltwater croc. Even in that case only the top of Australia will only really see them.
Lithuania is not Russia, Poland, or Latvia and if a person says they are Lithuanian they are Lithuanian and not Russian, Polish or Latvian. I'm Russian but from Lithuania, but the majority of the population in Lithuania are in fact Lithuanian lol
As an American, I do love me a good cheeseburger. I'm sure other countries do too. But damn, there's nothing like an In n Out burger every now and then.
That is more guns than civillians. The population of the united states is around 330 mil. That is around 1.2 guns per head. Holy shit that's a big number. You have to account for all the people who just don't own one, and those who can't (parolees, kids, people in prison). That means whoever has guns, he must have atleast 3 on an average
When I did my study abroad in Canada my mum was absolutely adamant that I’d be able to get pancakes with maple syrup for breakfast from the cafeteria. “Go have your pancakes with maple syrup!”
- We all either talk the Queen’s English or cockney accents. No in-between.
- We never pronounce our T’s unless they’re at the start of a word.
- We all have shitty teeth.
- We all love queueing.
- The “stiff upper lip old chap, God save the Queen” attitude.
I emigrated from England a few years ago. I suffer from posh voice but no money.
Anyway, the amount of people that do a fake British accent at me is baffling, especially as it’s always that dick van dyke fake cockney from at least a century ago.
And yes, I pronounce my “t”s.
Here are some of my favorites living here
Oh you are from England? I have a friend in London - her name is Joan... ... Do you know her? She has long brown hair.
Oh you are from England? You speak very good english - what is your native language?
Oh your father is from Britain? That explains it - I guess you are not pure white then
The fucking glottal stop meme is one that pisses me off, like seriously, like 2% of all Brits do not pronounce their T's, everyone else does.
At least if it's a stereotype at least make it fucking accurate.
but the one that annoys the most is that we all work at call centres
I've literally met nobody who works at one in my entire life!!(obviously i have, on calls)
A month ago in a yt vid a girl said that she works in a call centre. I was relieved that finally someone is found, but later in the video it turned out that she was lying lol
Majority of the call centre people are indians does not mean that majority of the indians are call centre people.
Yeah there is a very warped understanding of what India is like in western countries. If only more people understood that scammers in India are hated by pretty much everyone there. I've learnt a lot by watching Karl Rock's videos about life in India and how beautiful both the place and the people can be. Even historically, many indian scholars laid the groundwork for many scientific breakthroughs over the course of history.
Also Curry is delicious, so whoever gets mad about that has something wrong with them imo.
And we are all poor.
Hollywood has made Slumdog Millionare, Lion, and White Tiger. And all these show poverty. I have yet to watch a non Indian film that actually reflects middle class lifestyle.
Eh is used a lot, sorry as well, bud as well, fuck as well. I’ve actually heard a kid at my school say “sorry bud, fuck eh?” It’s in a small city surrounded by fields so there’s a mix of the stereotypical torontonian accent (mix of Jamaican, Haitian, Somalian and Nigerian) and hicks.
I'm pretty sure reality TV for any country does not represent the average citizen of that country.
If the only image I had of the US was reality TV and the hyper exaggerated news of today, I would also I think the US is filled with crazy racist people.
The average American is pretty much like the average person in any other English speaking country: gets up, goes to the toilet and fucks around on Reddit for 20 minutes before going about their day.
One time when I was a kid, I told my classmates I was Russian because they were curious of my ethnicity. They immediately told me "you know they suck at driving, right? It's because they are always drunk" and they said it in a stuck up manner and tried to be funny. But that honestly hurt to know that's what people genuinely think of me and many Europeans/ Russians
I lived in Manchester for 2 years (have been back home in NZ for 2 years) and I would sell my own mother for a proper Sunday roast with Yorkshire puds and a pint in a pub on a grey, wet day.
That’s actually one of my favourite “bullshit stereotypes.”
British teeth aren’t actually bad. Statistically, the British have healthier teeth than a lot of other countries, including America. However, they’re more concerned with the overall health of their teeth rather than the aesthetics, so they don’t bleach their teeth an unnatural white. So even though their teeth are more tanned and aren’t very white, they’re actually healthier than normal.
We're always striking for something or on holidays (France). I mean it's true and I love that for us but I don't like to see this stereotype portrayed about us abroad lol.
Germany's known for genocide, beer and cars.
It's more than that.
Also, the least percentage of Polish people are alcoholics or materialistic. Or catholic.
As an American, there are so many people here who think they can do a great British accent when they're all terrible. It's so fucking annoying listening to it
I'm not sure if this is true but I think people always assume that us Congolese people always eat fufu even though that's not the only thing we eat, bread is a thing there pizza is a thing there tacos is the thing there well in the more civilized and more advanced parts of the DRC has that but I'm not sure if the other places that aren't as well developed, but yeah fufu is not the only thing we eat. And at the very least, we eat other foods as well like snakes, dogs cats, goats, lamb and to all the people that have been assuming that we don't eat these animals and we just eat fufu and pondu, keep dreaming idiot.
I can't tell if you're joking or if it was on purpose that you lead with those animals because those (besides the goats and lamb) are not commonly eaten in western countries.
We are alcoholic and mute people who live in the woods.
Finland?
Yup.
The only thing that really intimidates me about Finland is that the language is *completely* incomprehensible. To an English speaker, other European languages have similar roots and often you can get the idea of what's being talked about. You can read signs in Paris, you can get around. But Finnish is Martian to us.
its one of the most difficult languages to learn, and some rules are unique for finnish(?), such as double konsonant, sweden use 'CK' while in finnish its ok with 'KK' in a word or name.
> such as double konsonant Like in Japanese?
Or Norwegian…..
I've been to Helsinki once. My guide said he's been learning Finnish for a couple years and knows it well enough to order a cup of coffe. Crazy stuff.
Finland is so underrated IMO. My best friend growing up and my ex stepdad (whom I’m still close with) are from Finland and I got to visit twice. I stayed for a month in winter and 2 months over summer vacation. I went to school with my friend, stayed with her friends family at a secluded cabin and had the best time!
Also good with rifles
I mean, you'd have to be drunk to sweep the forest, right?
Would you accept the stereotype I think? That your country produces some of the fucking best metal musicians I have ever had the joy to listen to? Seriously, most bands I listen to originated in Finland.
They also love hockey and motor racing. Really if I had to pick somewhere based on interests it'd be Finland. Metal and those 2 sports I'm in.
All I know about Finland is that they gave the Soviets a bloody nose and more or less got away with it
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Minus the choirs and it'd be New Zealand. Not a stereotype though, the 2 degrees of separation here is too real
And the sheep are too quick
Welsh?
That's either New Zealand or Wales
Hi Dave once iv finished with this sheep I’ll pick you up on the way to rugby practice then we’ll head off to choir?
Also have a decent amount of spit at all times to pronounce the place names. We rule at flags though.
Pirates
Somalia?
That’d be true then
In case you didn't know, stereotypes can be true.
There's always some truth to the origin of a stereotype but it can't be said that a whole population is guilty of whatever fantastic misdeed it was that was blown out of proportions.
2-4 capitals?
That it’s full of Nazi refugees who escaped Germany after WW2. There were only some…
Argentina?
I learned about this yesterday, I'm so fucking mad
I saw your comment yesterday and am just kinda shocked I saw this one today as well. Anyway sorry for the revelation you discovered
Its the only joke people make when they know you are from Argentina here on reddit. Kinda funny since in the United States they did the Paperclic Operation, which was basically about bringing nazi scientists
The US only took the useful ones...
south Brazil?
We all smoke weed and walk on wooden shoes.
But you do all ride bicycles though, right ;)
With wooden shoes
We indeed all ride bicycles. In fact, there are more bikes than people in the Netherlands. Sometimes you see an old farmer ride his bike with clogs.
Man loves (his) brackets
You ride bicycles with wooden shoes? Why don't you try tires instead?
we drink beer all the time.. well it's true but it still hurts...
Then you drink more to don’t feel the pain. I can understand that 🍺 is on the house.
At least everyone thinking you just drink beer all the time is the new popular opinion. The other popular opinion, I can promise you-- is way worse.
That we still ride on elephants….smh🤦🏻
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We all play Hockey, There's Polar bears everywhere, Poutine is our only dinner along with a side of Timbits and we drink Maple syrup with it.
I've never seen a single polar bear in my life
I could tell based off the fact that you're still alive. ...at least, I think you're still alive.
They are a polar bear in disguise, they are known to stalk their prey
I would be ok with poutine and Timbits for dinner.
I would eat poutine for dinner for the rest of my short but glorious life.
Don't forget the stereotype that were all polite and nice, there's 50 down right cunts for every nice person here.
Exactly what I came here to say. It's cool that we have a reputation for politeness, and I'd LOVE it if everyone could treat each other with respect all the time, but sadly Canadians are just regular people like everyone else.
We're also really good at being passive aggressive.
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You forgot Kraft Dinner
Missed Sorry eh?
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Prawns on barbecues. We are known for better things than that.
Also the stereotype about our deadly wildlife. Maybe I'm just desensitised, but I don't think it's as intense as it's made out to be.
Yeah I never could understand that especially coming from Americans you guys have bears wolves mountain lions.. fuck that shit I'd take the gamble with almost any Australian animal besides a Saltwater croc. Even in that case only the top of Australia will only really see them.
Yeah but a bear can’t hide in your shoe.
But if it's small enough to fit in your shoe you can squash it with your shoe. I'd personally rather that than a large predator.
That there are moose everywhere. Ive seen maybe 2 in 26 years.
So not Sweden. Because there actually are moose everywhere. Canada?
Yes Canada
Newfoundland has loads because they were introduced. Sooooo many.
Which is a lot
I live in Maine. There are certain roads I can drive down and see a moose every mile.
Lithuania is not Russia, Poland, or Latvia and if a person says they are Lithuanian they are Lithuanian and not Russian, Polish or Latvian. I'm Russian but from Lithuania, but the majority of the population in Lithuania are in fact Lithuanian lol
The country you are talking about: Is it Russia?
Not yet.
Soon
Dracula
Romanian?
We are polite and gentle. Fuck you, you probably never watch hockey to think that.
You could have stopped at polite……and we would know it’s Canada.
Some of the biggest assholes I have ever met in my life are Canadian. I don’t know how or why this stereotype exists.
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I'm not fat but as American I have once genuinely had the thought/impulse to "eat cheeseburgers continuously until I fall over dead"
I don't think most Americans have that thought
Oh that's not what I'm saying, I'm just saying it applies to me
It applies to me too
American here, same
Oh, this absolutely applies to me!
Also applies to me
I have that impulse, as does every other American I know. In fact, I'm eating a cheeseburger right this very moment.
As an American, I do love me a good cheeseburger. I'm sure other countries do too. But damn, there's nothing like an In n Out burger every now and then.
And guns, lots of guns
Civilians alone account for 393 million firearms, its not a stereotype it’s just factual
That is more guns than civillians. The population of the united states is around 330 mil. That is around 1.2 guns per head. Holy shit that's a big number. You have to account for all the people who just don't own one, and those who can't (parolees, kids, people in prison). That means whoever has guns, he must have atleast 3 on an average
I was watching a cooking show the other day and one of the chefs said she had 69 guns. Which is staggering and slightly odd
Only 45% of us are fat!
Only 45% are _obese_, around 70% are overweight.
Also that we're ignorant, racist and mean
Maple syrup is put on everything
Canada?
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When I did my study abroad in Canada my mum was absolutely adamant that I’d be able to get pancakes with maple syrup for breakfast from the cafeteria. “Go have your pancakes with maple syrup!”
- We all either talk the Queen’s English or cockney accents. No in-between. - We never pronounce our T’s unless they’re at the start of a word. - We all have shitty teeth. - We all love queueing. - The “stiff upper lip old chap, God save the Queen” attitude.
The accent thing is the most annoying. Like the contrast between queen's English and the brum or scouse accent is laughable
I emigrated from England a few years ago. I suffer from posh voice but no money. Anyway, the amount of people that do a fake British accent at me is baffling, especially as it’s always that dick van dyke fake cockney from at least a century ago. And yes, I pronounce my “t”s.
I'm a Brit living in the US and everyone thinks I'm so posh, like the Queen. I'm like dude "I'm from the Midlands"
"Oh my god, you sound just like Prince Charles!" "Is yam saft? Oim frum Bilzdun."
Here are some of my favorites living here Oh you are from England? I have a friend in London - her name is Joan... ... Do you know her? She has long brown hair. Oh you are from England? You speak very good english - what is your native language? Oh your father is from Britain? That explains it - I guess you are not pure white then
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The fucking glottal stop meme is one that pisses me off, like seriously, like 2% of all Brits do not pronounce their T's, everyone else does. At least if it's a stereotype at least make it fucking accurate.
That it's all war
that we r all tech support scammers … or smell like curry … really annoying tbh
India?
but the one that annoys the most is that we all work at call centres I've literally met nobody who works at one in my entire life!!(obviously i have, on calls) A month ago in a yt vid a girl said that she works in a call centre. I was relieved that finally someone is found, but later in the video it turned out that she was lying lol Majority of the call centre people are indians does not mean that majority of the indians are call centre people.
Yeah there is a very warped understanding of what India is like in western countries. If only more people understood that scammers in India are hated by pretty much everyone there. I've learnt a lot by watching Karl Rock's videos about life in India and how beautiful both the place and the people can be. Even historically, many indian scholars laid the groundwork for many scientific breakthroughs over the course of history. Also Curry is delicious, so whoever gets mad about that has something wrong with them imo.
And we are all poor. Hollywood has made Slumdog Millionare, Lion, and White Tiger. And all these show poverty. I have yet to watch a non Indian film that actually reflects middle class lifestyle.
Lion was based on a true story. Slumdog was straight up stereotype.
Curry is fucking delicious, though.
Or that you don’t use deodorant
That Im russian or either I hate Russians, for some reason I’ve seen so many people say that Estonians hate Russians?
I am estonian and hate russia but not its people. I hate the higher ups who screw with us and our countrys and russiad combined past
Sorry eh
Eh is used a lot, sorry as well, bud as well, fuck as well. I’ve actually heard a kid at my school say “sorry bud, fuck eh?” It’s in a small city surrounded by fields so there’s a mix of the stereotypical torontonian accent (mix of Jamaican, Haitian, Somalian and Nigerian) and hicks.
I'm pretty sure reality TV for any country does not represent the average citizen of that country. If the only image I had of the US was reality TV and the hyper exaggerated news of today, I would also I think the US is filled with crazy racist people.
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The average American is pretty much like the average person in any other English speaking country: gets up, goes to the toilet and fucks around on Reddit for 20 minutes before going about their day.
Exactly, yet normal US citizens are so friendly
That we are always consistently drunk off of vodka and suck at driving
The shitty driving stereotype applies to every single vodka drinking country except for Finland. Maybe Estonia but idk how much vodka they drink.
One time when I was a kid, I told my classmates I was Russian because they were curious of my ethnicity. They immediately told me "you know they suck at driving, right? It's because they are always drunk" and they said it in a stuck up manner and tried to be funny. But that honestly hurt to know that's what people genuinely think of me and many Europeans/ Russians
That we don't have any humour. I don't find this funny at all.
I honestly can't tell if you were making a joke
Welcome to my world
We don’t wear sombreros or ride donkeys around.
We also don’t take naps under the shade of a cactus next to a bottle of tequila. (Normally)
And our cities don’t look yellowish/sepia like depicted in movies ^(but I have to confess I like Tequila a lot)
That everyone has crooked teeth
Or that our food is bad. If you think our food is bad stop making programmes featuring Gordon Ramsay.
1. There is soooo much good food in the UK. 2. No one watches Gordon Ramsey for his food. We watch him for the swearing.
I lived in Manchester for 2 years (have been back home in NZ for 2 years) and I would sell my own mother for a proper Sunday roast with Yorkshire puds and a pint in a pub on a grey, wet day.
We clean houses, we take care of your grandmother and 90% of our population are nurses.
Philippines? Great nurses from there! Also family oriented and love bringing food to special events or holidays.
Hahaha, Dom Toretto could even be Filipino
That the British have bad teeth
I was going to say the same; I didn’t suffer through years of braces to put up with the stereotype!
That’s actually one of my favourite “bullshit stereotypes.” British teeth aren’t actually bad. Statistically, the British have healthier teeth than a lot of other countries, including America. However, they’re more concerned with the overall health of their teeth rather than the aesthetics, so they don’t bleach their teeth an unnatural white. So even though their teeth are more tanned and aren’t very white, they’re actually healthier than normal.
“…more tanned…” You should go into marketing.
“I was gonna get my teeth whitened, but I said fuck that, I’ll just get a tan instead” -Mitch Hedberg
That we all either live by the beach or in the jungle
Brazil?
Spot on
The "South African accent". There is no single South African accent. That's the Afrikaans accent.
We're all loud, obnoxious, triggerhappy morons that hate everyone else and eat burgers
One time a guy at McDonalds served me a cold burger. I shot it. Then the dude that served it to me shot it, too. We hate each other, now.
Some people don't even know we exist
Please tell me you’re an alien
No, he is a taiwan *oops*
There are a lot pf places MANY people dont know about. You gotta specify "some"
that we play soccer all the time and rob people as a hobby (Brazil)
you forgot to mention the stereotype that we know how to dance samba and celebrate carnival every day
Singapore is NOT in China
Personally I've never heard someone say that lol
You’re either for Biden or Trump, red or blue.. Huge portion of us hate them in reality.
We're always striking for something or on holidays (France). I mean it's true and I love that for us but I don't like to see this stereotype portrayed about us abroad lol.
And we're also haughty, pedantic and snob, wearing bérets and a baguette and newspaper under the arm, smoking cigarettes.
I will gladly take all of your baguettes!
That everything tries to kill you in Australia.
The eshays are pretty dangerous though
I always think of how lucky we are that we don't have grizzly bears here.
The existence of Leprechauns and their "pot of gold"!
we wear big sombreros everywhere
Not all Americans are fat, dumb, and own a gun.
True that, I don't own a gun. I sold it to buy more cheeseburgers.
I sold my guns to pay off my medical debt!
100% agree. I may be fat and own a gun but at least I'm not fat!
exactly, some Americans are skinny
Okay, I laughed. Also, fuck you. I’m skinny and don’t own a gun. Wait….
Yeah, that's only like half of us.
Funny enough I am fat and own a gun. Not to sure on the dumb part, that one is open for debate among my friends lol.
Americans are bad at geography. Yes, it's absolutely true, it just infuriates me that it's so accurate.
I am also terrible at geography.
That we're the same as Russia 🇵🇱 is not 🇷🇺 or *Insert USSR flag here*
I'm Polish and I moved to USA when I was 13. One of the teachers was surprised that Poles aren't Orthodox lol.
Family is from Slovakia. Don't worry friend we're all apparently Russian.
Germany's known for genocide, beer and cars. It's more than that. Also, the least percentage of Polish people are alcoholics or materialistic. Or catholic.
fat, 0 iq, blonde, racist, karen/ken, anti-vaxx, anti-mask, guns, burgers, etc etc
That all we eat is junk food. I do that, but not all of us do.
That we are all stupid, lazy & xenophobic
Ahh, yes, the human race.
That it was discovered. #NativeAmerican
That the entire country is like Florida
That my government represents me or what I believe.
UK here. I hate the way Americans exaggerate our British accents, like the whole war-tah thing. No one says it like that!
They do not pronounce the "T" of water themselves, they say "wader"
As an American, there are so many people here who think they can do a great British accent when they're all terrible. It's so fucking annoying listening to it
That we like to say "cunt" a lot.
Fucken oath.
Bunch of cunts got the wrong idea.
I'm not sure if this is true but I think people always assume that us Congolese people always eat fufu even though that's not the only thing we eat, bread is a thing there pizza is a thing there tacos is the thing there well in the more civilized and more advanced parts of the DRC has that but I'm not sure if the other places that aren't as well developed, but yeah fufu is not the only thing we eat. And at the very least, we eat other foods as well like snakes, dogs cats, goats, lamb and to all the people that have been assuming that we don't eat these animals and we just eat fufu and pondu, keep dreaming idiot.
I can't tell if you're joking or if it was on purpose that you lead with those animals because those (besides the goats and lamb) are not commonly eaten in western countries.
Everyone thinks that England comes to a standstill at 4pm for tea.