The way countries see each other + stereo types

ah… ah… this country is most messed up.
Does anyone want to comment on our reality shows? They’re getting rediculous. Worm-eating and “whoever has sex first loses” and what about “Average Joe”?? God. Sickening. Absolutely fudging sickening.

I also hate those talk shows, but I don’t see much of that. But sometimes there’s a Jerry Springer too ugly or too potentially educational to miss…
“My mother is pregnant with my baby!!” I mean, how does Jerry Springer find such people???

It’s the American shows that show ritch spoilt children that I hate (yet love because there so stupid). For example, “…How do I make cookies?..What are cookies made from?..” and “…Here is my bathroom with gold sink plaiting…and my bedroom with a personal swimming pool…”. The best are…“If I don’t get cookies now you aren’t my friend anymore…I want cookies now! cries

Sorry, just had to share what I saw on TV, lol.

"Some younger people (I know I did) like to use the word “Like” a lot or something. It’s like they can’t find another word just like it or something. No one likes to hear a word like like that is used excessivly or something. "

Ok, most forms of ‘like’ are justifiable. People use the word ‘like’ to describe something, but something that is not an absolute quote, not absolutly perfect.
For a very bad example
ex. My friend says to me ’ Woah! Bob is such a loser! He cheated on me that fool!!’

and I say to someone else 'and she was like ‘Bob’s a jerk!’

It’s not a perfect quote, but it says the same thing. That is how you use the world ‘like’ the proper way :smile:

STOP giving me English lessons! :cry: I’m aware of the proper use, I’m just pointing out the habits and stereotypes the misuse of these words create.

For example; In the US if you over-use the word “like” people think you are some bimbo girl from “the valley.” The “valley” is an area outside of Beverly Hills in California.
For example:
"Woah! Like Bob is such like a loser! He liked cheated on me that fool!!’ heh, to rephrase your sentence.
“Like I was explaining to charlottedreamer like words and stuff, and like how people have like bad habits and stuff. It’s like everyone has like stuff that like sounds like annoying and stuff. Like “oh my god” it’s like so annoying.” :lol:

I wholeheartedly disagree. The word ‘like’ has many forms that remind me more of the word/sound “uh.” For example:
“I was uh going to the uh store uh the other day, and uh I seen this uh cat. It uh had uh no fur at all.”

BTW CD, your sig about the brick always makes me laugh. I’m not sure how I can use that sentence, but I made it a mental note for use in the future. :wink:

Whenever I use “like” its just to help decribe something. Sometimes though I jsut say it out of habbit, say if someone is describing something to me I might ask “Is it like blah blah blah?” Thats just to get a larger spectrum, so that if its not exactly blah blah blah, it still might be close… Um, hard to explain, just forget it :tongue:

hahah neo, I understand, really, I do. :smile:
Do you ever say: “I like that.” or “I don’t like that” ?
It’s also used as an similar word as “Agreement” or “approval.” :wink:

I think this topic is diverting from stereotypes and into the blunders of the English language. Next will be describing the differences between: there, their, and they’re! :cool_laugh:

Yes I often use it like that too, I thought that was infered. I’ve never heard of agreement “like” but I have heard it approval, like… or for example, “I like that” Its also used like this “like this”

DreamAddict

Hey!! C.S.I is tha shiznit! That’s one of the cooler parts of the show when they zoom in on gooey stuff.

And the thing about Leno: They don’t censor it here… I think! When you see that there has been a clip under his monolouges, then you know it’s been censored. Probably some joke that wasn’t to nice…

Well I can’t really understand the thing about censoring foul-language in the U.S. Over here there’s no such thing. One of the more popular swedish family movies start out something like this:

M: “Hi! Could you borrow me some sugar?”
F: “Yeah! Sure!”
couple of seconds later
M: “Thanks!”
Awkward silence
F: “Do you wanna fuck?”
M: “Err… That would be nice!”

Well daytime TV will always suck! I always miss The Simpsons when I come home because at 4 all the crappy talkshows start, so they put Simpsons at 3 :sad:

Hmmm… 35 minutes to Survivor… (remember, the swedish one is the original… ) :tongue:

Like uh, what are you like uh people like uh going like uh on about, like uh - like uh.

I don’t mean to like uh interrupt your like uh like uhing but I though that there was like uh only a few ways that like uh like was like uh used, like uh.

For example:
I like… (Approval)
That forum is like a church… (Similies)
I often use the forum like that too (Comparison)
I also use it like this (again, comparison)

Also:
There = A place/or something present
“It is just there”
“There is a church”

Their = Something beloggining to someone/something else.
“It is theirs”
“It is their (his/her) church”

They’re = “They are”
They’re over there, wait it’s theirs.

Which witch is the good witch?
It depends whether the weather is good weather.
There are two people going to the church, but I’m going too.

I think there a re loads more.
And, no! I am not some bimbo girl from “the valley”.

I just found this topic. :smile: I’ll take some stereotypes I’ve heard of.

Germans
A lot of germans come to Stockholm as tourists. They are not good at english, and like history.
Germans drive fast cars, eat bratwurst and schnitzel.

Japanese
Polite, study very hard, and makes the best video games ^^
They also try very hard at speaking english, but something always goes wrong. Samurais and ninjas, both commiting suicide whenever something goes wrong to avoid shame.

Chinese
Many older people tend to mix up Japan and China, and also think they have the same language.
The chinese are known for being hard working, eating rice and having those funny hats :razz:

Norwegians
In Sweden we joke a lot about our dear neighbours.
Like this:
[i]Two norwegian pilots discuss the possibility to fly to the sun.

  • I think it will be too hot.
  • No, not at all. We’ll fly at nighttime.[/i]
    I’ve heard they have the same kind of jokes about swedes.
    Norwegians are rich (because of the oil) and eat a lot of salmon. They also wear “lusekofte” (a kind of sweater, I think).

Russians
Drink a lot (mostly vodka), wear fur hats, are criminal and/or poor.

Danes
Danes drink a lot of beer, and also live very un-healthy.
They speak funny, as if they had porridge in their mouthes.

Americans
Overweight, stupid and obsessed with conspiracy theories.

Czechs

They say that czechs are famous for their beer and the Hokey team.
In most western countries, however, people dont know the difference between czech republic and Chechenia and its geographic location.
I was also asked in England if we have mobile phones in CR and if we learn counting in school. :grrr: :grrr: :grrr:

So I really wonder what the “czech stereotype” is :razz:

Italians: mafia.

Yeah, I think it’s sad too. Many don’t remember/know that Italy also produced geniuses, artists, scholars/scientists, inventors, and the like…:sigh:

What can I say aboot Canada that hasn’t already been said eh? :tongue:

Well, I don’t say ‘aboot’ really, but it’s true that we do have a different accent that our neighbours to the south…or neighbors…silly Americans always taking the ‘u’ out of words :content:
…anywhoo, to someone not from around here it probably does sound a little like aboot.

Indeed, we do have the same kind of jokes - for example we use the very joke you mentioned :grin:

LOL, the mafia…
Well, The Godfather movies could have something to do with it.
I wish I could go to Italy…

Americans:
Mostly bad tv and films
Either very fat, or very thin
Very religious
Lots of closed minded people
Say “aint” and “like” too much

French:
Pretentious artists that drink lots of wine

Japanese:
Very strange, work too much, perverted

Canadians:
dinosaurs stomp on tiny people
say “eh” a lot
better than americans :razz:

British:
Patriotic, friendly (except for chavs), like football, drink lots of tea, great sense of humour, talk about the weather

The finns also tell jokes about swedes :razz: Two against one, not fair!

You did just describe a good portion of my school.
I remember once in middle school, we were having a discussion about oil usage, and I mentioned that NASCAR uses a lot of oil and should probably be stopped. A redneck boy wearing a NASCAR hat and shirt stood up. He was on a special mission to spread the gosbel of Dave. He surveyed the class, puffed out his chest, and announced that, “NASCAR uses gas, not oil!”

Is that what you called that stuff?!

What you guys think about brazillians?