Linebacker
10-14-2014, 09:47 PM
This is pretty funny.I found randomly.Read yours :D
Croatia - Talkative, loud and quarrelsome patriots?
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Being part of the Balkan Peninsula, Croatia is often perceived as a talkative and friendly nation, but also loud, rude and sometimes quarrelsome. This stereotype probably comes from the fact that Western European countries have seen them as “barbarians” throughout their history, because they were sometimes falling behind when it comes to following the modern currents. Following Croatians’ fight for independence in 1991, other nations think of them as nationalists and Croats are sometimes perceived as extremely patriotic. However, generally, Croats do not feel superior to other countries, although they may very often tend to express their patriotism more than other European nations.
Slovenia - Bilingual and introverted balkan people?
http://europeisnotdead.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/slovenia-stereotype.png?w=130&h=170
Slovenes have many neighbors and are consequently subject to many stereotypes. Sometimes perceived as the first former Balkan country which succeeded in integrating the Western way of life and consumer society, Slovenia is a mixture of many European nations and cultures. Slovenes don’t see themselves as Balkans or East Europeans but rather as an alpine nation. In the common stereotypes, Slovenes are described as somewhat jealous and selfish. They are also said to complain a lot, be melancholic and romantic. They’re said to be very disciplined and honest, as well as very introverted and cold like scandinavians but open to foreigners. They’re known to be good at learning languages as most people speak at least 1 or 2 foreign languages. Last they are said to live and stay usually in the same house/apartment from the time they marry till they die. This would explain maybe why they put great effort in making their house and surroundings beautiful, with flowers on windows and a different colour for the walls.
Bosnia and Herzegovina - American lovers white Muslims?
http://europeisnotdead.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/bosnia-stereotype.png?w=130&h=150
Stereotype is that if Bosnian is tall and blond, he must be a hillbilly. This is actually Bosnian stereotype about Bosnians, and is more like a joke than something anyone really believe in. Some people say that Bosnians leave their shoes outside the door, have an apartment full of artifical flowers and framed prints of waterfalls… All the women have dyed their hair Kool-Aid red in order to look trendy and all the men wear Adidas workout pants. Bosnians are considered by Europeans as White Muslims, who love Americans and Turks. Forty percent of the country’s population is actually Muslim; the rest of the population has Christian and Jewish origins. In Paris, more Muslims live than in the entire territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Last Europeans tend to see Bosnia as a country in war, as a reminiscence of the war in Bosnia in the 1990s.
Bulgaria - Macho, misogynistic goat cheese eaters?
http://europeisnotdead.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/bulgaria-stereotype.png?w=130&h=150
Europeans do not have a clear peception of Bulgarians, they are mostly considered to be slavic and orthodox. According to the blogger Marcus Pessoa, “Whilst most men would agree that Bulgarian women have a reputation for being sexy, strangely not many women say similar things about East European men. Somewhat unfairly, this is probably due to the stereotypical Balkan male being portrayed as misogynistic, macho, aggressive, built like a truck, and about as sensitive as the average brick.” and continues “Like many East European men, Bulgarian guys can be possessive and jealous, but they can also be sensitive, good natured, and loyal.” Bulgarians are also said to survive only on tomatoes, cucumber and goat cheese. They are said to have colorful traditions. On the other hand, their direct neighbor, Romanians, stereotype Bulgarians as thieves.
Romania - Roma and vampires speaking Russian?
http://europeisnotdead.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/romania-stereotype.png?w=130&h=150
For many foreigners, Romania is the equivalent of a series of common misconceptions. The first common picture associated with Romania is considering the country as the land of vampires. There are no vampires in Transylvania. Also, there’s nothing creepy about it and people living there don’t have that funny accent you’ve heard in Hollywood films. Another common misperception is thinking that Romanian speak Russian. Romanian is however a Romance language. People were forced to learn Russian during communism but this was not the case since 1990. Than Europeans tend to think that all Romanian are Roma people. But Roma people make up only 2.5% of Romania’s over 22 million people. A surprising number of people seem to think Romanians are the minority. Which is not to say that Roma are not Romanians. And last, a common stereotype is confusing Bucharest, Romania’s capital city, with Budapest which is actually Hungary’s. This is something that many people get wrong.
Serbia - Lazy, worklike and superstitious womanizer?
http://europeisnotdead.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/serbia-stereotype.png?w=130&h=160
There is a tendency to view Serbs as people with little or no motivation to work in order to improve their living conditions. Besides, preassumptions are made that Serbs lack organisational skills. Europeans still remember the Balkan war in the 1990s and perceive Serbs as warlike. Another preconception is that Serbs have no business sense. Funnily enough, there is still an on-going stereotype describing Serbian men as womanizers. According to a Serbian blogger, certainly, there really is something about mentality and upbringing of some Serbian men that makes them cheat on their girlfriends or wives, but adultery exists everywhere, in every culture, and that not all Serbian men are womanizers. Other stereotype includes the picture of Serbians being superstitious. There is also a picture seeing Serbs as heavy drinkers, which refers to both men and women.
Macedonia - Greeks’ worst enemy?
http://europeisnotdead.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/macedonia-stereotype.png?w=130&h=113
This small Balkan country is rather free from stereotypes coming from Western European countries. Macedonia is often associated as a beautiful country and ideal travel destination. Greeks and Bulgarians, on the contrary, tend to stereotype Macedonia, but this is rather political than cultural. Greek concerns over Macedonian expansionist ambitions – over the region of northern Greece also known as Macedonia – are an obvious red herring. Even if we put aside the fact that the tiny Macedonian army could barely make Athens flinch, there is no conceivable future where Macedonia could garner international support to invade an EU member state. Fears over irredentism are a diversionary tactic – the argument here is really about history and symbolism.
Albania - Paprika lovers and Heavy smokers?
http://europeisnotdead.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/albania-stereotype.png?w=130&h=150
Albanian stereotypes that formed amid the creation of an independent Albanian state, and stereotypes that formed as a result of massive immigrations from Albania and Kosovo during the 1980s and ’90s, although they may differ from each other, are still both considered Albanophobic and anti-Albanian by many authors. For some, the Albanians are all thieves, for others, they are all poor people who live with nothing. For their direct Balkan neighbors, Albanians are regarded as patriotic, play soccer like every other sport, and love dancing, whatever the age. They are said to love Croatians, Slovenians and in particular Italy where they feel they know more about Italy than Italians themselves. On the contrary, they are said to dislike Greeks and Serbians. Other stereotypes include the picture that they are very traditional especially with families, they start smoking at a very young age, wear weapons, eat paprika every day and drink a lot of tea. Last, most of them call themselves Muslims but curse on other Muslim countries
Greece - Hairy gay gossipers tight on money?
http://europeisnotdead.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/greece-stereotype.png?w=130&h=130
Following the 2008 crisis, Europeans developed lots of stereotypes on Greeks, especially related to their economic situation. Now the first stereotype that may be mentioned by Europeans on Greeks would be that they are tight on money. Economic problems aside, there used to be even before the crisis a certain number of stereotypes associated to Greeks, the first one may be depicting Greeks as hairy. Greeks may not be more hairy than any other nation, but this is like that with stereotypes, they are vivid and sometimes unexplainable. Other stereotypes depict Greeks as loud, care free, gossipers and smokers. As a heritage of Greek civilization and the presence of a visible gay community in some Greek islands, Greek are also often portrayed as homosexuals. And when it comes to family, Greek people are sometimes described as mamma’s boys and daddy’s girls
Croatia - Talkative, loud and quarrelsome patriots?
http://europeisnotdead.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/croatia-stereotype.png?w=130&h=150
Being part of the Balkan Peninsula, Croatia is often perceived as a talkative and friendly nation, but also loud, rude and sometimes quarrelsome. This stereotype probably comes from the fact that Western European countries have seen them as “barbarians” throughout their history, because they were sometimes falling behind when it comes to following the modern currents. Following Croatians’ fight for independence in 1991, other nations think of them as nationalists and Croats are sometimes perceived as extremely patriotic. However, generally, Croats do not feel superior to other countries, although they may very often tend to express their patriotism more than other European nations.
Slovenia - Bilingual and introverted balkan people?
http://europeisnotdead.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/slovenia-stereotype.png?w=130&h=170
Slovenes have many neighbors and are consequently subject to many stereotypes. Sometimes perceived as the first former Balkan country which succeeded in integrating the Western way of life and consumer society, Slovenia is a mixture of many European nations and cultures. Slovenes don’t see themselves as Balkans or East Europeans but rather as an alpine nation. In the common stereotypes, Slovenes are described as somewhat jealous and selfish. They are also said to complain a lot, be melancholic and romantic. They’re said to be very disciplined and honest, as well as very introverted and cold like scandinavians but open to foreigners. They’re known to be good at learning languages as most people speak at least 1 or 2 foreign languages. Last they are said to live and stay usually in the same house/apartment from the time they marry till they die. This would explain maybe why they put great effort in making their house and surroundings beautiful, with flowers on windows and a different colour for the walls.
Bosnia and Herzegovina - American lovers white Muslims?
http://europeisnotdead.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/bosnia-stereotype.png?w=130&h=150
Stereotype is that if Bosnian is tall and blond, he must be a hillbilly. This is actually Bosnian stereotype about Bosnians, and is more like a joke than something anyone really believe in. Some people say that Bosnians leave their shoes outside the door, have an apartment full of artifical flowers and framed prints of waterfalls… All the women have dyed their hair Kool-Aid red in order to look trendy and all the men wear Adidas workout pants. Bosnians are considered by Europeans as White Muslims, who love Americans and Turks. Forty percent of the country’s population is actually Muslim; the rest of the population has Christian and Jewish origins. In Paris, more Muslims live than in the entire territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Last Europeans tend to see Bosnia as a country in war, as a reminiscence of the war in Bosnia in the 1990s.
Bulgaria - Macho, misogynistic goat cheese eaters?
http://europeisnotdead.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/bulgaria-stereotype.png?w=130&h=150
Europeans do not have a clear peception of Bulgarians, they are mostly considered to be slavic and orthodox. According to the blogger Marcus Pessoa, “Whilst most men would agree that Bulgarian women have a reputation for being sexy, strangely not many women say similar things about East European men. Somewhat unfairly, this is probably due to the stereotypical Balkan male being portrayed as misogynistic, macho, aggressive, built like a truck, and about as sensitive as the average brick.” and continues “Like many East European men, Bulgarian guys can be possessive and jealous, but they can also be sensitive, good natured, and loyal.” Bulgarians are also said to survive only on tomatoes, cucumber and goat cheese. They are said to have colorful traditions. On the other hand, their direct neighbor, Romanians, stereotype Bulgarians as thieves.
Romania - Roma and vampires speaking Russian?
http://europeisnotdead.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/romania-stereotype.png?w=130&h=150
For many foreigners, Romania is the equivalent of a series of common misconceptions. The first common picture associated with Romania is considering the country as the land of vampires. There are no vampires in Transylvania. Also, there’s nothing creepy about it and people living there don’t have that funny accent you’ve heard in Hollywood films. Another common misperception is thinking that Romanian speak Russian. Romanian is however a Romance language. People were forced to learn Russian during communism but this was not the case since 1990. Than Europeans tend to think that all Romanian are Roma people. But Roma people make up only 2.5% of Romania’s over 22 million people. A surprising number of people seem to think Romanians are the minority. Which is not to say that Roma are not Romanians. And last, a common stereotype is confusing Bucharest, Romania’s capital city, with Budapest which is actually Hungary’s. This is something that many people get wrong.
Serbia - Lazy, worklike and superstitious womanizer?
http://europeisnotdead.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/serbia-stereotype.png?w=130&h=160
There is a tendency to view Serbs as people with little or no motivation to work in order to improve their living conditions. Besides, preassumptions are made that Serbs lack organisational skills. Europeans still remember the Balkan war in the 1990s and perceive Serbs as warlike. Another preconception is that Serbs have no business sense. Funnily enough, there is still an on-going stereotype describing Serbian men as womanizers. According to a Serbian blogger, certainly, there really is something about mentality and upbringing of some Serbian men that makes them cheat on their girlfriends or wives, but adultery exists everywhere, in every culture, and that not all Serbian men are womanizers. Other stereotype includes the picture of Serbians being superstitious. There is also a picture seeing Serbs as heavy drinkers, which refers to both men and women.
Macedonia - Greeks’ worst enemy?
http://europeisnotdead.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/macedonia-stereotype.png?w=130&h=113
This small Balkan country is rather free from stereotypes coming from Western European countries. Macedonia is often associated as a beautiful country and ideal travel destination. Greeks and Bulgarians, on the contrary, tend to stereotype Macedonia, but this is rather political than cultural. Greek concerns over Macedonian expansionist ambitions – over the region of northern Greece also known as Macedonia – are an obvious red herring. Even if we put aside the fact that the tiny Macedonian army could barely make Athens flinch, there is no conceivable future where Macedonia could garner international support to invade an EU member state. Fears over irredentism are a diversionary tactic – the argument here is really about history and symbolism.
Albania - Paprika lovers and Heavy smokers?
http://europeisnotdead.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/albania-stereotype.png?w=130&h=150
Albanian stereotypes that formed amid the creation of an independent Albanian state, and stereotypes that formed as a result of massive immigrations from Albania and Kosovo during the 1980s and ’90s, although they may differ from each other, are still both considered Albanophobic and anti-Albanian by many authors. For some, the Albanians are all thieves, for others, they are all poor people who live with nothing. For their direct Balkan neighbors, Albanians are regarded as patriotic, play soccer like every other sport, and love dancing, whatever the age. They are said to love Croatians, Slovenians and in particular Italy where they feel they know more about Italy than Italians themselves. On the contrary, they are said to dislike Greeks and Serbians. Other stereotypes include the picture that they are very traditional especially with families, they start smoking at a very young age, wear weapons, eat paprika every day and drink a lot of tea. Last, most of them call themselves Muslims but curse on other Muslim countries
Greece - Hairy gay gossipers tight on money?
http://europeisnotdead.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/greece-stereotype.png?w=130&h=130
Following the 2008 crisis, Europeans developed lots of stereotypes on Greeks, especially related to their economic situation. Now the first stereotype that may be mentioned by Europeans on Greeks would be that they are tight on money. Economic problems aside, there used to be even before the crisis a certain number of stereotypes associated to Greeks, the first one may be depicting Greeks as hairy. Greeks may not be more hairy than any other nation, but this is like that with stereotypes, they are vivid and sometimes unexplainable. Other stereotypes depict Greeks as loud, care free, gossipers and smokers. As a heritage of Greek civilization and the presence of a visible gay community in some Greek islands, Greek are also often portrayed as homosexuals. And when it comes to family, Greek people are sometimes described as mamma’s boys and daddy’s girls