Page 1 of "National Stereotypes A Myth" - BBC

The BBC news site is quoting a report in Science that US researchers have discovered there is little accuracy in national stereotypes.

No s***!

For my twopennethworth, stereotypes are a useful shorthand for national traits when used in a strictly humourous context, but should not be taken seriously outside of that context. Ideally within the context they should be intelligently subverted rather than used verbatim, which would indicate laziness on the joke-teller (or more seriously some casual prejudice).

Now doesn`t that sound more sensible than anything the boffins in the news item could come up with? And I`m half asleep.

J Mark Oates

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This item was edited on Friday, 7th October 2005, 10:41

that`s them - the cheese eating surrender monkeys

Scots - Short Arms, Deep Pockets. Drunken pub Fighters
Welsh - Thick leek eaters
Irish - Drunken, thick

I think that covers all the home nations. Whats the stereotype of the english? (I dont really know since english people never really tell jokes about the english).

A scots guy in our office tells me we are regarded as `Whiny, Poofy, Shandy Drinkers`.

Anything else?

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English - Reserved deferential tea drinkers.
Scots - Kilt wearing tight drunks.
Welsh - Sheep shaggers.
Irish - Violence and potato loving drunken thickos.
Germans - Fat hardworking sunbed hoggers.
Italians - Greasy waiters who chase anything in a skirt (including scotsmen).
Mexicans - Lazy roadsweepers.
Americans - Obnoxious, fat evangelicals who love guns.
French - already covered in detail above.
Swedish - Tall blondes live in saunas.
Dutch - Tall blondes who wear clogs and live in windmills.
Aussies - Blonde surfers who enjoy a beer and a barbie.




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This item was edited on Friday, 7th October 2005, 11:17

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Welsh - Thick leek eaters

I find that I enjoy leeks of all sizes to be honest.

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This item was edited on Friday, 7th October 2005, 11:36

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Is this the nation of onion sellers who ride bicycles, wear a beret and a blue and white hooped shirt, smell of garlic, don`t wash or shave under their arms and smoke Gauloise cigarettes?

And invent there own Secam TV system because they dont want to use PAL because other countries use it

As I sit here in my kilt, drinking a pint of cheap whisky, counting my collection of half pence pieces,I am angered that you tea drinking bowler hat wearing Englishmen should make scurrilous generalisations about the pride of Scotland.

Och aye the noo

Kywy 8)