20 Stereotypes Americans Get Wrong About other Countries

1. “We don’t drink fosters. We don’t call them shrimp. Outback steakhouse has pretty much ZERO to do with Australia.”

2. “I’m from england and we don’t eat that many crumpets and not everyone is a roadman, we have a good unkillable queen and that’s it.”

3. “South African here. Had this thrown at me: So you guys have lions walking around in your back yard?”

4. “That we all look the same. I frequently hear “ but you don’t look like (insert nationality)”. Not everyone in the US looks the same, why should everyone from my country?”

5. “I’m British and we’re not as posh as Americans thing we are.”

6. “I’m from the Netherlands. We’re so much more than just Amsterdam, Holland are just two provinces and we really don’t smoke as much weed as we’re being thought of. We do get around on bikes most of the times.”

7. “Assume just because it’s a middle eastern country it’s similar to Saudi Arabia. I’m from Bahrain and a woman. We’ve been allowed to drive since the 50’s if I’m correct, don’t have to cover our hair and there’s no dress code. There’s also pork and alcohol available.”

8. “Canadian here. Americans seem to think we are all really nice, polite, mild, passive people. Maybe we are more easy going than some but we have selfish assholes and entitled pricks here too. And I’m sorry if that bothers you, eh.”

9. “There are people who live in Africa, who are born in Africa, who have never left the country and are citizens of countries in Africa, who do not have dark brown or black skins.”

10. “For the last time we don’t only eat potatoes and drink Guinness”

11. “They don’t know how to categorize us. Slavs? Southerners? Northeners? Germans? But in reality, we’re all that, and much more. Mix up every country, and you get Hungary.”

12. “That Lederhosen are a thing here… no one walks around in Lederhosen except in munich on oktoberfest or tourists, the most german stereotypes are not even about the whole state of bavaria but the southern munich region. i live in the north of bavaria and i’ve seen actual germans wear Lederhosen like twice in my life.”

13. “It’s annoying to hear Americans pronounce the named of the countries of Iran and Iraq like as if they are names of Apple products.”

14. “Italian here. They think that when we speak english we get that super mario accent “Mamma mia”. Never heard someone speaking like that in real life.”

15. “They think that we eat pasta and pizza everyday. While I can say most Italians enjoy eating pasta for lunch everyday, pizza is often a treat that we give ourselves during the weekend.”

16. “That we don’t ride kangaroos every day, when actually we only do on special occasions.”

17. “That we’re all communists. I’ve been to the US in 2002 and more than once people asked me if I were a communist. For fucks sake, I am Canadian. What’s up with the Sputnik nonsense?”

18. “Egypt is a desert and we ride camels to schools.”

19. “I’m Russian. People assume that we all drink vodka and have bears walking around the city.”

20. “That our lives are basically a Ricola ad. And cows are everywhere.”