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A question about stereotypes.
I'm from the States and I was wondering about American stereotypes in media in the UK.
Like:
Are there many?
Are they generally accepted as true?
Does it color(colour) your impressions when you meet somebody from the US?
Like:
Are there many?
Are they generally accepted as true?
Does it color(colour) your impressions when you meet somebody from the US?
Answers
yes he says he like to do his bit to help, i say how many feckn africans have a 63 inch waist....?
00:27 Wed 20th Apr 2011
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Hi Cowtipper,
I suspect most stereotypes come from watching the TV, whether it's comedies, movies or politicians. Certainly the stereotype of southerners is that they are all rednecks - Dubya didn't do anything to dispel that one ! Nor did all the people from Texas and Oklahoma that I worked with for 7 years when I worked for Halliburton - they were unfailingly rednecks. Most were nice people though as long as you avoided politics...
I suspect most stereotypes come from watching the TV, whether it's comedies, movies or politicians. Certainly the stereotype of southerners is that they are all rednecks - Dubya didn't do anything to dispel that one ! Nor did all the people from Texas and Oklahoma that I worked with for 7 years when I worked for Halliburton - they were unfailingly rednecks. Most were nice people though as long as you avoided politics...
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The reason I ask is I worked with a guy from Britain that said we had a very bad reputation there. We don't get anything but old sit-coms and BBC World News, and America isn't a big topic in "Are You Being Served?". I was wondering if television stereotyping had anything to do with what he was talking about. Mostly he said "loud, rude, and pushy".
