You’ve all heard the joke about the sinking ship, right? This joke explicitly reveals the deep inner motivations of the men of many different nations. It’s famous for hitting the nail on the head when it comes to cultural stereotypes. ...
31 Maps Mocking National Stereotypes Around the World
Using infographical maps to represent data is nothing new, but London-based designer Yanko Tsvetkov, through his site alphadesigner.com, has taken this common form in a new direction by releasing a series of both funny and thought-provoking prejudice maps. Instead of ...
European Stereotypes
“Europe has what we do not have yet, a sense of the mysterious and inexorable limits of life, a sense, in a word, of tragedy. And we have what they sorely need: a sense of life’s possibilities.” James Baldwin
10 National Stereotypes
Recently I was reading about a brand new guide to the UK, published in the US, and ended up wondering where they did their research. I just couldn’t recognise my country from what they said. It seems that if there’s ...
What are the Italians like? (subtitled)
According to britishes italians are like… __ Users of the Real English site have asked for the Subtitled version of this clip, so here it is. The main site with lessons for the videos are here: http://www.real-english.com/new-lesso… and the new ...
The most common stereotypes about Italians
I have no doubt about that the most common stereotypes about Italians are : Spaghetti, mafia, musical accent, gestures, romantic, loud, fashion, chaos – these are all words often used to describe Italians and are in fact short definition of ...
Italian Stereotypes
::: We do not own the rights of this video::::: What do you know about Italy? Take a trip on this short video about Italy. Follow us on our website https://nationalstereotype.com to keep updated and inspired about national stereotypes. ___ ...
Just doing my part to perpetuate offensive stereotypes
There are nine beautiful deserted islands in the middle of nowhere where the following people are stranded: 2 Italian men and 1 Italian woman 2 French men and 1 French woman 2 German men and 1 German woman 2 Greek ...
Cover to Facebook – Positive National Stereotype
What about a cover to Facebook with the positive stereotypes? I started this project by my own, and I’m getting as reference from this post about 55 Nations – Stereotypes that will Ruin or Make your Day. Stereotypes can be ...
55 National Stereotypes that will Ruin or Make your Day
Inspired by an idea of Mon earlier on this post, I searched the net far and wide to find the most common stereotypes about Nationalities. Generalizations about cultures or nationalities can be a source of pride, anger or simply bad ...