What are some British and American stereotypes?

[Anonymous]

What are some stereotypes that British and Americans have about each other? Or something that they like, dislike, or find weird about one another...

[curiousnorway]

US stereotypes:
- Obese
- Gun lovers and owners
- Everyone sues each others
- Everyone have a libertarian ideology and are anti-socialism, anti-welfare
- Junk food
- People from Texas is cowboys
- Bad cops and racist cops
- Donald Trump supporters
- After guns, freedom, junk food and God then they've Hollywood as 5th "God".
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UK stereotypes:
England:
- Tea and fish & chips is everyone's favorites
- The older generation are Victorian. Men have a bowl hat and a mustache in addition to a pipe
- The young generation are emos or part of a sub culture
- Always polite except in the soccer world
- Can't speak a foreign language
- Sophisticated
- Black cabs (Taxis)
- Everybody loves the queen
- School uniforms
- Posh upper class accent

Irish:
- Beer
- Loves leprechauns and everyone celebrates St. Patrick's day
- Christians
- White gingers

Scottish:
- Kilt and bagpipe
- White gingers
- Eats haggis

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Welsh:
- Sport
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[Frosteh]

I was going to post almost this exact same list. The Americans also tend to think the British have bad teeth. Oral care in America isn't actually better, the number of cavities there is greater than in the UK but they tend to straighten their teeth and whiten them a lot more than we do here.

[Bárbara1402]

Good Internet search

[dpmsFan]

It is interesting that you included the other guys as British. I thought everyone over there would rather have their own little nation.

[curiousnorway]

@dpmsFan, Most of these countries are in a way own countries, but in another way not since they're part of the UK still. They've more independency now, but it seems like they've not gained hundred percent idenpendency yet. Ireland however is completely independent and therefor not a part of the UK like North-Ireland and all the other countries.

[disgustingweebtrash]

There's a stereotype that British all have bad teeth, drink lots of tea and are stuck up and all have superiority complexes.

Not all is true lmao.

An American stereotype is that all Americans are fat

[AbrahamTheLincoln]

But the majority of America's population are fat

[disgustingweebtrash]

@AbrahamTheLincoln True

[disgustingweebtrash]

Thank you for MHO :D

[Anonymous]

Americans: Fat. Stupid. Everything they do is extreme eg. big portions, big cars, big houses, really over the top tv shows and advertising. Insincere- the whole 'have a nice day' stepford smiles thing. Racist. Religious. Overly concerned with appearances- braces are a standard? (for people who can pay that is :( ). Irrationally obsessed with guns and war.

British: Bad teeth. Speak either in RP or like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins. Love the Queen. Either super polite and proper or evil, sometimes both. Weird slang and cooler swearwords.

[Logical_Idolist]

Are you American?

[Opinion Owner]

@Logical_Idolist I'm British

[Logical_Idolist]

I figured.

[Opinion Owner]

@Logical_Idolist I don't agree with the sterotypes, I'm just aware of what they are

[PrincessBunBuns]

That American's are all fat. Which is kinda true, in the way we almost have diabetes though. I like to think no British person despises tea because that's what it looks like.

[Anonymous]

Stereotype about Americans:
Fat, uncultured, stupid, trashy, ignorant, imbeciles, clueless, agressive gun lovers.

[Anonymous]

British stereotype: obsessed with soccer and drink tea everyday

American stereotype: racist obese gun lovers

[MartyL]

From what I've learned so far, Americans are dumb hill billy rednecks who like guns and fool around with family members and British people are stuck up snobs with bad teeth and pernounce everything "funny". In reality we all know these arnt completely true and that the British are actually very fun, roudy, people and Americans care more about manners than the British do!

[Logical_Idolist]

Haha

[BoredKid]

A stereotype I heard of was that British are stuck up and mean and americans are considered rude and filthy (in language and physical appearance) either could be true or false but it doesn't bother me.

[EvanR]

As an American
America-Gun toting hillbillies and rednecks. Also super loud and obnoxious.
Brits-Tea drinking penguins that say "God Save the Queen!" after ending any/a prayer or speech. Also think that the "bloody yanks are posh"

[Sabinath]

Americans: Obsession with Guns and Racism.

British: Tea, Queen, Football

[Mitch6192]

All British people love the queen and speak in a posh accent.

[Alistayr]

Americans are overweight, British all love Fish and Chips.

[Anon85]

British stereotypes would be snobbishness and arrogance
American stereotypes would be stupid, obese gun-toters

[WalterRadio]

Your American stereotype isn't quite right. Some of us are pretty smart (we invented the internet, you know). We are not all obese.

[Dale1982]

@WalterRadio a British guy invented the www. It was a wide area net missile control system before he came along

[Anon85]

@WalterRadio First of all, I'm a born and bred American. Second of all, I was just listing stereotypes each country has for each other. Besides, Britain's obesity rates and IQ scores are basically the same as the US. I wasn't saying the stereotypes were true lol

[Dale1982]

I missed the sarcasm mate. I was assuming you were taking offense and reacting

[WalterRadio]

Read my reply a bit more carefully next time. What is missing is more important than what is there.

[Anon85]

Subtle, just overly convoluted and not that funny

[Dale1982]

@WalterRadio dont start getting all condescending pal. I never miss anything usually your preaching to the choir. It's coz of the context it changed the tone

[Anon85]

My apologies?

[front2back]

Brits need a permit or license to do the basic of things.

[Dale1982]

That's true. They license everything to bleed more money out of folk

[front2back]

@Dale1982 I didn't believe that a "TV license" existed until a guy online posted his £147 bill for it.

[Dale1982]

Fuckin robbing bastards mate. They charge road tax, tv tax, national insurance, income tax, inheritance tax, savings tax. Even poll tax at one point. They wanted to charge you to vote. That wanker brown wanted a view tax. However good or bad your view out of the window he wanted money for. They're only limited by their imagination these wankers.

[front2back]

Oh I know car insurance is the biggest rip off. Here I pay £190/6 months for "middle" coverage car insurance, and that is on a V8 Camaro for a 21 year old.

I think someone found it would cost him more than my car itself per year for insurance in London if he had my car. Insane.

[Demiurge6]

Americans: fat and stupid.
British: tea and politeness.

[awesometjgreen]

Americans are stupid, racist hypocrites.
British love tea and crumpets

[honestibrahim]

British have bad teeth and Americans are pompous idiots

[cupidkisses]

British people love tea

[Insanyx12]

Posh (British)
Lit (american)

[Anonymous]

Proper and snobby - British people

[Nahid1234]

Not all British people drink tea.

[Istanbullove]

British English accent is very nice