AquaticSquirrel
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Literally every depiciton of Ireland or Irish people on American media since it's inception.
Pointing out every one would take weeks.
Pointing out every one would take weeks.
You learn something new every day. The language situation sounds pretty crazy.
And here we have someone who watches too much TV.
But the games don't lie.... they were all in Far Cry and Uncharted... it MUST be true!
In Portugal they think we have a 3 hour mid day break "La Siesta" like in Spain.
I'm not even sure if people even do that in Spain themselves.
Common misconceptions about Italy:
1) Our first language is Italian. That's incorrect. Our first language is whatever dialect we speak in our hometown, and THEN Italian.
2) I keep hearing people being surprised when they learn about the population numbers. FYI, it's about 60 mln.
3) Our politicians are massively corrupt. Wrong: it's worse than you think. However, it's not much different, qualitatively, than the corruption you see in the US or anywhere else.
4) Berlusconi is out. I fucking wish that was the case.
There's of course more, but that's all I can think of.
That every girl in Sweden is a tall, blonde, blue-eyed beauty with big tits. Not really true.
Nope. Zero misconceptions about Finland. It's all true.
That there is an 'English accent'.
My teeth are perfectly healthy.
On average, a lot more healthy than the teeth of someone from the US...
Nope. Zero misconceptions about Finland. It's all true.
I'll add:Common misconceptions about Italy:
1) Our first language is Italian. That's incorrect. Our first language is whatever dialect we speak in our hometown, and THEN Italian.
2) I keep hearing people being surprised when they learn about the population numbers. FYI, it's about 60 mln.
3) Our politicians are massively corrupt. Wrong: it's worse than you think. However, it's not much different, qualitatively, than the corruption you see in the US or anywhere else.
4) Berlusconi is out. I fucking wish that was the case.
There's of course more, but that's all I can think of.
I'm originally from England, now up in Scotland.
I don't drink tea. I've never met The Queen. I make phone calls from a mobile when I'm out, not a red phonebox. I had no strong feelings one way or the other about Princess Diana. My teeth are perfectly healthy. There's nothing wrong with our food.
Everyone thinks we're part of Spain
That every girl in Sweden is a tall, blonde, blue-eyed beauty with big tits. Not really true.
EDIT: To clarify, I always thought this was sexist, silly wishful thinking among many foreigners. Always roll my eyes when I hear it.
Belgium is more than just chocolates, waffles, and beer. We also love bureaucracy and tiny statues of peeing children, thank you very much.
Literally every depiciton of Ireland or Irish people on American media since it's inception.
Pointing out every one would take weeks.
American teeth must be completely awful then, considering British ones look like this:
To be fair I had the same when visiting NYC and everyone seemed to assume I lived around the corner from Buckingham Palace just because I was within 20 miles of London at the time and it was easier to say 'just outside the capital' than to then get in a conversation detailing a small unremarkable town and county they'll probably never have heard of.When I was in England for a semester, during the W time, people would say "oh you're American? Why don't you sound like George Bush?" or my other favorite, "Oh you're from New York? How does it compare with London?"
I'm from western NY, there's so much of NY that isn't NYC, but that's a thing I hear from Americans as well. But the southern accent thing was hilarious.
Norwegian here. This is true, but on average our women do have the biggest "bosom-ratio" of nationalities.
Well, they need to keep their heads above the water when the time comes.Just like the Dutch are the tallest people on earth
Luxembourg is not a city in Germany or France.
Portugal is just Spain's towel store.
- Istanbul isn't Turkish name of Constantinople. It's Greek. Name was changed when British took control of the city after WW1. They might be giants song doesn't state facts.
I think part of that comes from the fast food- I was amazed at the sheer generous size of the portions in various bits of the US, and found my friends and I ordering child-size portions rather than a bucket of cola to wash down what looked like about 4,000 calories of pasta/chips/meat drenched in processed cheese. Obviously I know that's only the most visible bit to tourists rather than what people eat at home, which is probably an easy misconception in most countries. I know I wouldn't eat in a greasy spoon or a pub every day but I'm not surprised people leave the UK thinking the food is awful.Apparently people think most Americans are fat and lazy and while true to some extent we are also pretty fit.
Obviously I know that's only the most visible bit to tourists rather than what people eat at home, which is probably an easy misconception in most countries.
That America is really a country that emphasizes and empowers freedom.
Even Americans believe this and they're full of shit.
Ay Caramba!!That's, of course, when we don't get assigned tropes from Mexico or South America, or viceversa.
Apparently people think most Americans are fat and lazy and while true to some extent we are also pretty fit.