Foreign stereotypes about your country

[munchausen]

Raccoons and possums too. Possums are definitely around in the city. I see them all the time.

 

[munchausen]

I'm dubious about the 98 percent urban stat, too. Unless you are counting every incorporated municipality as "urban". I would say that calling Milford or Longview as "urban" really stretches the definition.

 

[Tangfastic]

I can now reveal that not everyone in Britain:

has bad teeth
lives in a castle
is homosexual
enjoys being spanked
is better educated and more intelligent than you

 

[austerlitz]

edited

Originally Posted by Tangfastic

I can now reveal that not everyone in Britain:

has bad teeth
lives in a castle
is insanely psyched about the royal wedding

is homosexual
enjoys being spanked
is better educated and more intelligent than you

 

[RegisDB9]

That we are great swimmers (improvisors), love to smoke tobacco, and my most hated one....that we are communist

 

[IndianBoyz]

 

[acidboy]

that we're all good at math (no), traders and businessmen (no), have small eyes (no), have hots for white women (yes), have small dicks (no comment)

 

[CalTex]

That everyone is rich.

 

[matt22616]

L Cons:

Everybody ...
is bigoted/racist
doesn't own shoes
is uneducated
hunts
***** members of their immediate family
distills moonshine

AL Pros:

Everybody ...
has graceful manners/is polite/friendly
is moralistic/principled
is generous (e.g. yellow dog democrats)

 

[Vaio]

+

 

[MikeDT]

Originally Posted by Vaio

^^^^^

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[aphextwin07]

 

[Geoff Gander]

Originally Posted by imschatz

I can't skate, I never played hockey, and I hate Labatt's and Molson. Who do I surrender my membership card to?

 

[Bill Smith]

Originally Posted by imschatz

+2

 

[Mr. White]

Originally Posted by munchausen

Larry Hagman is from Fort Worth.

Yeah, I knew he's from Texas, but at least (Charlie's Angels) Jaclyn Smith sounds like it despite voice coaching.

Originally Posted by munchausen

There are definitely coyotes in the Dallas area. not as much in the city center but in the suburbs there are quite a few.

Originally Posted by HgaleK

The southern ranch culture has little to do with an actual ranch at this. It's specific mannerisms that it refers to that are noticeably different than other areas (with the exception of a few other spots in the south).

Coyotes and raccoons are everywhere. I have no clue about rattlesnakes outside of central Texas, but they (and cactuses) are all over here.

Lived there in the '70s, and there weren't any. Rifle owners went squirrel hunting and even called their weapons "squirrel guns." Wildlife was hunted almost to extinction in the '20s. I guess it made a big recovery once the squirrel-eating generation died off.

I compare it to walking up a hilly but residential street in LA at night, and having two coyotes trot past me -- then seeing a deer on a golf course a couple days later.

Originally Posted by HgaleK

Austin, Dallas and to some extent SA have neutral accents. Parts of Houston do to. The rest are fairly pronounced.

When I lived there, whites and blacks had a strong Shreveport-type dialect. No doubt due to the continuous and generally westward migration into D/FW from smaller regional cities.