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од Roberto12, 10. јануар 2010.

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erinja (Погледати профил) 16. јануар 2010. 18.40.49

ceigered:
erinja: I was once at a dinner at my friend's grad school, and a girl at my table said she was Swiss, and a dumb guy at the table said "Oh, is everyone blond there?" I felt so embarrassed; now this girl will think that all Americans are dumb, I thought! He clearly was confusing it with Sweden.
But then again you've just gone and called all Swedish people blonde! lango.gif
Haha I didn't call them all blonde, the guy did! It's a common stereotype in the US that all Swedes are blond. We have no such stereotype about the Swiss. I believe that the stereotypical Swiss person (according to US belief) would spend their time wearing lederhosen and yodeling in alpine cow pastures. Uh, and I guess making watches and chocolate in their spare time.

darkweasel (Погледати профил) 16. јануар 2010. 19.03.05

erinja:I believe that the stereotypical Swiss person (according to US belief) would spend their time wearing lederhosen and yodeling in alpine cow pastures.
I thought these were the people in Austri okulumo.gif

ceigered (Погледати профил) 16. јануар 2010. 19.06.30

erinja: Uh, and I guess making watches and chocolate in their spare time.
Amen to the chocolate!

erinja (Погледати профил) 16. јануар 2010. 22.01.56

darkweasel:
erinja:I believe that the stereotypical Swiss person (according to US belief) would spend their time wearing lederhosen and yodeling in alpine cow pastures.
I thought these were the people in Austri okulumo.gif
Interestingly, there doesn't seem to be a widespread, popular stereotype about Austrians, at least not one that I can think of. When you think of Vienna, the first thought is of waltzes, but then again, I think that a lot of Americans couldn't necessarily tell you that Vienna is even in Austria! Maybe another American can think of a specific national image that we have of Austrians.

The only other thing I could really think of is "The Sound of Music", so that would be Julie Andrews singing in a meadow, along with a bunch of children whose clothing is made of old curtains.

Donniedillon (Погледати профил) 17. јануар 2010. 07.35.32

Interestingly, there doesn't seem to be a widespread, popular stereotype about Austrians
There is always the Governator.

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