While Mediterranean people are steryotyped as being louder etc I have noticed that people from the UK, America, Australia, New Zealand Ireland, Netherlands tend to be more sociable and humorous.
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While Mediterranean people are steryotyped as being louder etc I have noticed that people from the UK, America, Australia, New Zealand Ireland, Netherlands tend to be more sociable and humorous.
No. Maybe compared to Scandinavians and Russians, but that is hardly saying much.
Really? I know that Wales isn't strictly speaking Anglo Saxon but I find people there and in the north of Britain more gregarious than the French or even the Spanish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tooting Carmen
I would say the British, as a maritime nation,are around the same level of obnoxiousness as southern europeans.
Most people are sociable when they're drunk and those populations are known for their drunkenness. As someone who is anti-alcohol, I feel embarrassed for them when they lose control of themselves.
More humorous? How do you know when you don't speak the languages common in the Mediterranean. Perhaps you speak Spanish but you don't speak Portuguese, Italian, etc.
Haha well I think that the Spanish are quite friendly generally but having spent time there it never seemed as jolly as parts of the UK, moreso in parts of Britain people actually are sociable and chatty on commuter trains even when fully sober. I never saw strangers talking to each other that much on public transport in France and Spain.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colonel Frank Grimes
What I find is that the public-private divide is stronger in Spain (and probably France too) compared to Britain. By that I mean that people tend to be louder, more relaxed and chattier around friends and family, but in work and business situations if anything they can be more serious and stern than in Britain.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oliver109
Maybe as much, but more? No way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oliver109
Well I always found Latin Americans quite loud and sociable but the Spanish outside of fiesta time don't strike me as being especially outgoing, meanwhile in a lot of provincial Britain a lot of people just chat to you in random places, didn't really get that in Spain even though I don't look like a clueless tourist there lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tooting Carmen