The majority of Americans are descendants from northwestern European countries and peoples (that is quickly changing with all the new immigrants). So why do you think they would need to judge? Many of their ancestors and family would be judged then. America is so large, many citizens don’t even know there is the rest for the world out there. Interesting perspective…
@@torekristoffersen176 USA =/= America. America is a continent. USA is a country. Mexicans are americans. Brazilians are americans. Peruvians are americans. Canadians are americans. Argentinians are americans. Cubans are americans.
@@enibeni2071 USA is the United Stated of America. The citizens of that country have been called “Americans” for hundreds of years. The world knows this. Those from Brazil are Brazilians, those from Mexico are Mexicans, those from Canada are Canadians, those from the US are Americans. See a pattern here? It has always been this way, always will be. Don’t try to change the world order due to some trite whimsical insecurities. Funny our world has evolved into this. Those people from the USA have been called Americans since their independence from Britain in 1776. Funny how that works…. The same holds true in for example Germany. People from Germany are called Germans to the world. Yet, collectively they are Europeans as well. People of the USA are Americans and if you include everyone living on that continent, they could be called Americans. But nobody does that.
As an English guy I would say the German humour stereotype is quite unfair. Germans I met at University, especially when on drinking sprees, tended to have wickedly dry sense of humour. I like dry humour!
maybe that's why US particularly think that. British humour is also very dry humour and Americans don't do dry humour and often wouldn't understand it.
weinsteffaner (butchered spelling most likely) folks came to local taphouse and we drank with them and they were hilarious after some social lubricant, and it was definitely dry humor
The problem with German jokes, you can't translate them very well to other languages outside the Germanic language tree. They also translate bad to English, but in the rest of the Germanic languages they work very well. The most German jokes works like: you build a picture in the head of your listeners and with the last word you switch the picture in a totally unexpected way. But if you're around a (funny) German, and it's not about telling jokes, you will probably laugh your ass off. The German humor is also very similar to the English humor, that's why Germans love for example Monty Python or faulty towers very much. BTW: the most successful movie from Germany in Germany is a comedy. For those who are interested, it's called "Der Schuh des Manitu" I heard they did an English dupped version but don't know if this version is any good.
Oh German humor isn’t similar to English at all. Germans just aren’t generally seen as humorous people i would say, it’s not that much about the humor.
Honestly the kind of solitary jokes that you would tell when somebody asks for them are almost always shitty. But this has to be in every language. Better humour comes out of situations or longer stories.
I’ve visited Germany a handful of times and I thought they were hilarious. But yeah… it was a quiet kind of humor, not slapstick. So maybe it just depends on what kind of humor you like!
@@maia4452 encore que l'on dise que l'on est malpolie bon... mais l'italienne qui dit avoir du meilleur vin et du meilleur fromage que nous ?? faut pas abuser non plus la oh !
Yep, and someone from Baltics. And someone from Czech Republic or Slovakia. More Slovic culture is needed I think. I don't know about them and I be very happy to change it. I just think that there should be more rotation - not everywhere always have to be Germany, Italy anf France f.e.
That so true! I was in a group (we were all Europeans) and this Finish girl smiled a lot and looked like she wanted to say something but she never did... she WAS expressive, she smiled and nodded, but NEVER a single word... and I am half Italian, half Albanian... we are NOT shy... and I just wanted to shake her and tell her SPEAK UP, I can see you want to.
Athalane from France is neither rude nor agressive , she is friendly and funny , i know this is the stereotype , but if people in France , at least mostly , are like Athalane then no problem
You find rude people everywhere it's not specific to France. But poor Athalane I felt so bad for her being left alone on such a bad stereotype that literally hits the french person herself unlike other stereotypes that were more actions .... Most french people are nice and everyone that has been to France outside of Paris can tell you this. I don't say there aren't nice people in Paris but in the other regions of France they are stereotyped as being rude grumpy and selfish 😅.
Sadly is more than a stereotype, that is why all the girls walked to the front. France is amazing but rude. The sooner you learn it the better you will enjoy your visit there.
@@GeorgeVenturi I'm sorry but no, not all french people are rude. But if you think by having gone once or twice there is touristic areas you can describe all frenchies then you're wrong. French people are as open minded as others, not meaner than others. But if we don't like what you're doing we will tell you.... Now if the person from the original comments prefer believing you more than someone who spent 20+ years in France in different cities/villages then up to him
@@cleog765 I lived in Nice and in Hendaye for long periods. Hendaye right in the border with Spain, you could really tell the Spanish were way more nicer. The same in Nice, with lots of Italians in the summer way way more nicer than the locals. And is just not me. Everybody you spoke to had the same experience. Btw I even got to meet Paul Newman at the Hotel Negresco in Nice.
@@GeorgeVenturi the north of France is culturally very close to Belgium while the south east and south west of France is really more into a mentality close to Italian/Spaniards one. Then the east bordering Germany is seen as more serious... But all frenchies are rude... Including the ones living on Reunion, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guyane or any other territory (no offense to anyone missing here, there are a lot) who welcome you in their wonderful and culturally rich territories and don't hesitate a single second to teach you everything about it.
I must live in a different Poland from that Polish girl, cuz people in public never smile unless they know you or they are having an amazing day. Also she said that people pretend to be nice- no stranger on the street in Poland will pretend to like you if they don’t 😂
I am currently working in Poland. Unfortunately I do not see any smiles. People are not too friendly either. Maybe the cultural differences between Poland and the U:S are too great. For me this is an extremely disappointing experience. I must agree with Mix Motion.
@@aspenaspen4911 First of all, remember that Poland is a country that has gone through a lot in the context of wars, occupations, etc., which makes us cautious about other nations, besides, as children, we are taught by our parents not to talk to strangers, to be careful of strangers and it is best to avoid strangers, because they can hurt you, kidnap you, etc., of course, that's all, it's learning for the safe of the child, but it also has an impact on the fact that as adults we are very cautious and distrustful of strangers, because we sooner expect that someone hurt, cheat, lie, etc., than that someone just wants to get to know each other as friends and talk, while when we Poles know someone, we can be very helpful, kind and take great care of each other, so... do not expect that a stranger Pole will show you a lot of kindness, rather a lot of distrust or caution, but if you show that you have no bad intentions, you will get to know people and slowly establish contacts with them and build trust, a Polish friend show you a lot of heart, you just have to remember that we are a nation that has gone through. And smiles are also something that we keep more in our company, when we are with people we like, trust, then we can even force a smile, pretend, even if we are not having a good day, how many times have I smiled in my life or lied that everything is ok in front of family or friends, when I had bad days or something ..., too often and many more times it will be like this :), we are such a nation, we show happiness and joy (real and false) only with people we know and like.
@@monikakaczmarek5363 well, just because you are good at pretending you’re okay when you’re not it doesn’t mean that it applies to the whole nation. Generally Polish people do not care about pretending to be okay, we are also very much known for complaining a lot and making self deprecating jokes so pretending really is not that common
@@mixmotion603 I can answer you the same: just because you don't pretend to be happy doesn't mean that the whole nation doesn't. My experience with my nation is that we can pretend in front of our loved ones, but..., it may not be so much about the nation what is the issue of regionality, Poles in the south are certainly different than in the north, and those in the west are different than those in the east, I come from the north, I grew up in the north and live here, so my observations relate primarily to my environment, maybe yours is different... and someone else's is different..., as you wrote yourself, we are not responsible for the whole nation, I wrote my opinion, you wrote yours and it may be that we are both right, only that every right applies to another region of Poland. Besides, complaining is not being unhappy, yes, our nation complains a lot, but complaining about the government, work or people is not the same as being internally unhappy, there are many things that I don't like about Poland, which I often complain about, but it doesn't mean that I'm not happy, just like a person who doesn't complain because he has a great job, lives in a great country, etc., doesn't have to be happy, don't combine these two things, because they are different and do not overlap arbitrarily, the same when it comes to pretending, we complain a lot about the outside world, but our inner..., in this case, at least from my environment, if something is wrong, we pretend that it is, just so as not to worry loved ones, plus a little bit that you should not belittle your pride, we are a proud nation after all, and if something is not going well for someone, e.g. in a relationship or at work/financially, in such matters we rather pretend that everything is ok, once in order not to worry, and two, so as not to show that we do not give manage.
"Belgium cuisine is limited to chocolate , french fries , Waffles" - girls : let's get up right now , lol , and i loved thhe fact that even the lady from there agreed
Sad actually. Considering that Belgium cuisine is way better than German, Dutch, and don't get me started about British. Proof for that. Look at the top 10 countries of Michelin star restaurants per capita. Belgium being in the top5 globally and top 3 in Europe. Even higher ranked than France.
Belgian food historian Pierre Leclercq has traced the history of the french fry and asserts that "it is clear that fries are of French origin".[32] Fries are first mentioned in 1775 in a Parisian book, and the first recipe for modern French fries is in the French cookbook La cuisinière républicaine in 1795. Les frites sont bien française 😉
@@PDVism well Michelin really isn’t a measure imo. It’s more of a measure what food is served in families, for weddings, on weekends etc traditionally. But that’s hard to find sometimes unless you make really good friends :)
@@hayati6374 I think it is a measure because of the simple reason that it shows how many people really like really good food. On top of that comes the fact of all kinds of dishes that are particular to the region but where the exact recipe varies from city to city and even family to family
As a french, it's funny to hear this "rudeness" stereotype again. I used to either just confirm it or feel offended, but after living abroad several times and being able to see my own culture from an exterior point of view, I understood why people think we're rude. Athalane's explanations were actually really good. It's not that much that we are "rude" in the absolute, but that we come off as rude to other cultures, who have different social norms. French culture is a strange mix between latin culture and germanic culture. Like our germanic and anglo-saxon neighbors, we are fairly individualistic and socially distant (not on the level of scandinavians tho), but like our latin neigbors, we have a strong character and a straightforward expression. But we don't have the "smooth politeness" of our northern neighbors, and we don't have the "demonstrativeness" of emotions and affection of our southern neighbors. And then, you gotta add 3 french specifities. First the fact that we tend to be a bit self-centered (on the country level, not the individual one), probably due to how we've often been considered a "prestigious culture" throughout history, and how we were usually a dominant power. And second, the fact that we value negative criticism more than positive criticism when it comes to feedback. And third, the fact the we like friendly mock each other among friends, which is not to be taken seriously, but there's not explicit hint in that it's a joke, you just know it. This kind of mocking, the famous "second degré", is actually a show of affection to us. And now you have a very unique mix that makes us kinda hard to approach for foreigners, if you're not aware of these cultural values. But because we took from two cultural families with very different values, we always have something that makes other cultures uncomfortable. To southerners (compared to France's position), we appear as too distant, hard to approach, maybe a bit stuck-up and too serious. To northerners, we appear as too straightforward, negative and maybe a bit hot-blooded. I know that foreigners in France struggle to make friends with french people and will often end up socializing with other foreigners. If I can give some tips, I would say that you should take it slow with a french person, to not expect to for them to act super friendly from the start. Be patient but also don't hesitate to be the one taking initiatives to invite them to hang out and stuff. And you should not expect either for them to introduce you to their own social circles unless you know them well. French social circles are pretty thick, in that they're hard to get into, but once you're in you're in to stay. The good thing is that, due to our straightforwardness, if we don't like you or we don't wanna be friend with you, we'll make you know, you won't have to play a guessing game. I know also that foreigners are often taken aback by our criticism, and that they feel we're never being appreciative enough of their efforts. I understand it can be very discouraging, when french people will rarely give you big compliments, and instead will catch every little bad things you do, especially when you come from an anglo-saxon culture. Unfortunately, there's no workaround it, you just need to get used to it. But to help you decipher, here are some hints: if we don't say anything, it means we think it's good, if we actually compliment something/someone it means we find it really good. It's not because we give you negative criticism that we don't like you. And if you start complimenting a lot, we'll think it's fake. And don't be offended if a french friend makes a mocking joke about you. The game is to actually be able to answer the mockery by another one, the smoother the counter the better.
@Lissandra Freljord I've heard that the Dutch are the most direct yeah, but unfortunately I have never really had a Dutch friend so I can't confirm :/ As for Germans, I don't know. I have several German friends and they never struck me as particularly direct or not direct. Just that , unlike us, they are bit more "diplomatic" and will try to avoid pointless arguments, while we French love it. As someone from northern half of France (Paris), I feel like Germans are the easiest the get along with.
I liked the lady from Belgium getting up with the others about Belgian cuisine, but I liked her better having grabbed Athalane 🇨🇵 and Selena 🇮🇹 trying to say that Belgium has the best chocolate 😂😂
Belgium has the best chocolate. It's a real luxury worldwide. Theres whole rooms in Harrods dedicated to Belgian chocolate and we still use the original recipes and methods ^^
I think the thing with German jokes is that our language can translate awkwardly and Germans have very dry humor. It’s very straight forward in your face, but ironically I always felt like my other family who was from Spain had a lot tougher humor and where a lot less jovial than my German side. Because of history I mainly think Russia and Germany gets this very awkward unhappy dry cold villain stereotype, but neither country is at all, far from it actually.
@@adamz7038 But it really isn’t. Just because political leaders make decisions that doesn’t reflect on how every Russian feels. That just goes down to generalizing a population based on current or past political events. For that matter you could label my entire family as nazis just cause where Germans.
I'm Dutch and I find German humor really funny actually. I think it's comparable to Dutch humor as we can also be very dry and direct. Same with British humor.
@@karwaktorink Je ne vois pas en quoi être trop franc (sans mauvais jeu de mot), c'est mal. Donc quand un touriste étranger nous sort "mais les français parlent pas anglais, ils sont méchants". Ben non, en France la langue officielle c'est le français. C'est pas "rude".
@@goofygrandlouis6296 Moi aussi et je suis allmand😅 (heu ou plutôt Ich auch und ich bin Deutsch). Ben, c'est bien comme lingua franca générale, mais moins d'influence anglaise sur nos langues serait bien.
People who think that Polish people smile have not visited Poland. They smile LOADS to people they know, but compare asking a stranger for the time of day or directions in England or France or Italy or Germany to then asking the same in Poland, and you'll find out the true meaning of what a hostile glare looks like 😠😅 Also, take a random picture at a subway/tram station in any other European city, and count the smiles, then do the same in Poland. Smiling is just not the default here the way it is in many other countries.
To be clear, the girl was not lying, in the kinds of situations when smiling is an option (talking to friends or family), smiling is not just the norm, it's heavily emphasised. She's just not thinking about the rest of the time, because those are not "smiling situations" to her. So yeah, when it's one of the acceptable times to smile, they don't hold back!
I just realised something as a french person, maybe when I do humour by saying "yeaaahh right we are arrogant but that is because we ARE superior so we have a good reason" and such, to provoke the stereotypes and the laught of people. Maybe all this time my international friends thought I was being serious somehow O.o
I think it's a positive thing that you like your language being french and that you're never afraid about what others are going to think. Why we have to prefer to use a language that is not from our country? That's absurd. I think that french reaction is great. Sometimes we need those qualities in Europe. I'm a spaniard and seeing my government attacking our language and other parts of our culture and following political corrections imposed by people who don't respect us or our freedom, makes me realize how important those qualities are. French people, well done!. Btw, i don't think they're rude, but maybe misundertood, i had french neighbours from the south of France and they were super nice, honestly. I also went to France years ago, i spent some days there, in Paris, and they all treated me with respect, and they were nice with me. I guess in every country you can find rude people, but i don't think we should generalize so much. That's a really bad stereotype.
I think it's more of an attitude as if French look down on other cultures. "Ew, how dare you assume I would even speak your peasant English. What, you speak another language too? Peasant, you should've just learned French instead." And look, I get it if you went to some countryside and you were visiting, it's challenging not to know any common language, but I have experienced xenophobia at borders while just crossing through to go to another country - I was not visiting France. l have French friends and I do not think everyone is like that. But it's still more prevalent. Funnily enough, my French friends say that it's a huge shame that France seems not to encourage language learning as much, as they get everything localised to them (could not relate as I come from a much smaller country and I basically became fluent in English as a kid since Internet is much wider if you expand to English.)
@@Cccc123c33 I get what you mean, but in my experience that's exactly how a huge amount of english speakers behave, i never knew a french person with that attitude, and they were willing to speak with me in spanish in my own land, i never had a french person telling me that i have to speak their language in my own land, or their media never said that people have worse or better education in other countries in based of the amount of french they speak. It's not a problem if they're proud of their language, neither it's a huge problem to not encourage learning languages when your people usually learn foreign languages already. I think french people don't show that behaviour outside of France (even if i never felt it inside), and in France is kind of "normal", you should speak french in France, or at least try it. The xenofobia for crossing the country doesn't make sense at all though, they should know there are people just doing that, not visiting France.
@@Meryawey perhaps because people at borders deal with the worst of the worst too some of them become bitter. But that has been my experience and some other family and friends too. It's a shame really.
@@charlesmaximus9161 Hombre, arriba España sí, siempre, España eterna, pero lo de viva Franco no, que fue un dictador, y lleva ya casi 50 años muerto, podemos ir pasando página ya, que los conflictos que ya resolvieron nuestros abuelos no tenemos por qué reavivarlos nosotros (o los políticos), que ni siquiera vivimos eso.
As a British person I grew up being told Germans didn't have a sense of humour, but on holiday in Tenerife I found Germans laughing at the same visual things I was laughing at. I realised that what British people meant, generally was that the play on words used a lot in British humour didn't translate to German and therefore Germans didn't get British jokes. It's just a different type of humour.
What about the bank robber who shouts, "Everyone on the floor!" upon entering the bank? And everyone lies face down, except for a young girl who lies on her back with her legs drawn up. The branch manager then says to her, "On your stomach, Miss Meier. This is a bank robbery, not a company outing!" That's a German joke, and don't say it's not funny...
@@keltenbleichDer Witz ist scheiße zum übersezen weil: "Alle auf den Boden" nicht dass selbe wie "Alle hinlegen ist". Nichts für ungut. Es gibt ein paar Witze die kann man gut übersetzen, wenn man es den kann.
@@keltenbleich I do think something has been lost in translation, but I guess that the audience wound need to know that the reputation of German company outings are about sex, if I correctly get the gist of the joke.
In Poland we don't really smile walking on the street or in public transport and smiling to random person would be kinda strange (and for some people could be provocative xd). But in general we smile a lot, we are very loosey-goosey even at work and school but for foreigners it could be hard to see cause we got quiet dark humour, many insidejokes, sometimes they can sound offensive or vulglar but it's just how we are. We especially love sarcasm and irony and when someone throw sth ironically, someone would follow it up pretending it's serious. And that could look like argument or fight - it's sometimes confusing even among us, polish xD
I feel like we are generally friendly and welcoming with the smiling etc, honestly I’ve heard the stereotype about Russians and maybe they grouped us together because it happens more often than it should 😅
@@Bumpiekins Well, even recently I was joking about it with my friends. In public we don't smile to eachother but when you ask someone for sth and start conversation, then you're right. But, a few months ago I've returned to Warsaw on university and after leaving Central Train Station, when I saw Palace of Culture and "smell" my city I started casually smiling for "being home again". And when I was walking to my apartment, smoking cigarette, policeman came to me and asked "what am I smoking" cause due to my smile he thought it was marijuana or sth xD so not-smiling Poles stereotype isn't completely wrong
@@tomaszkrol9465 Ah well from my experience it’s different! Especially Poles in different countries there seems to be a unity. I kind of see what you mean, but in Warsaw most of the time if one smiles the other will. I would say we aren’t known for not smiling, obviously sometimes we don’t or it would be weird but not more than any other country. I’d say the stereotype would be more fit for Russia or Germany as there is the stereotype of being emotionally distanced and work-focused rather than fun-focused. Experiences can differ though 😊
@@Bumpiekins Agreed (personally I'm smiling a lot so maybe it's just my exagerration for I'm just smiling more than average person, not only average Pole xD)
@@Bumpiekins a lot of poles like to keep to themselves and don't really smile because it might open up a conversation. but I mostly see this in young people (maybe because of awkward stage) and not older people
My husband is from the southern US, and it is very rude not to smile and say “hello” or nod or wave to every stranger you pass on the street. EVERY STRANGER. And my husband has a very friendly disposition. I’m half German, and when we were visiting Germany, he insisted on doing this!! I still feel embarrassed at the memories lol.
@@Alias_AnybodyI’m British and I’d be wondering if he is okay? Like I’d think the same he’s on drugs😂but for most old ppl they will say good morning/evening/ and I don’t mind that because they are normally quiet when they do
Im from Georgia (US), and that’s VERY rude not to say hello. But when I’m in Atlanta (WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM THE COUNTRY PART ) it’s not custom to not say what’s good or hello 👍🏾. We still have southern charm but all of the people from the north changed that
The polish not smiling surprised me. Not heard that one before. I had a polish teacher before in England and she was lovely 😊 smiled a lot if I remember correctly
Polish are lovely and friendly. Sometimes you get the super beautiful girl with a moody look but you get that in other places too. I don’t think it’s really a stereotype, at least not one we have in Britain. You’re more likely to say it of German people I would say.
I was on holidays in Poland, I didn't know about this stereotype. But when I came back and people asked me how was Poland, I noticed that Polish people really seem unhappy all the time. It was during winter tho, maybe that's the problem hahaha.
@@Femmkee4539 Polish people are moody but they don't fake their emotions. They're not like Americans who constantly fake being nice even to strangers or pretending they're fine all the time. Poles rather don't smile to other people who they pass by on streets as it seems sort of strange. But some of them are friendly if you happen to meet them personally.
Having a dual passport Italian/french, i can clearly see why everyone thinks that about France : They're not really rude, it's just that compared to Italy at least, they are way colder, like in Italy when I hang out with friends it's like a big family, we all laugh etc, even if I don't know everyone. When I hang out with friends in France, it's more like we talk a lot but it's seems less "joyful". I still love hanging out with my french friends, don't get me wrong, but yes, if an Italian see them they are way colder and "rude" than Italians, and probably also spanish
Maybe you compare a southern Italian with a northern French. Italy is a very long country from Sicily to Swiss and Austria and Italians and their lifestyles and habits are very different. In Italy, northern Italians are way colder than Southern italians. The same in France, for example, people from Lille are colder than a marseillaise or an inhabitant of Tolone. Parisians are something different. Turin is vey very similar to Lyon (lifestyle, people, habits...). France and Italy are two great, complex and composite countries. France is both southern and Central Europe , Italy among the southern European country (Spain, Portugal and greece) is the most northern on the whole, and northern Italy is between the southern and the Central Europe. France AND Italy are two composite countries and it is impossible generalize.
@@oldstyleman3819 northern Italians are still welcoming and friendly even the ones that aren’t really Italians like in South Tyrol it’s a national thing
@@seraph1ne336 during a gap year, I relocated in Pau (I'm from Savoy) and well, I don't want to generslize but the south-western people I met were very expressive, friendly while being a bit hypocrites. In Savoy, we're way more distant with strangers and also cold and direct people. I was a bit surprised at first. But maybe that's only the south-westerners...
Let's take a moment to appreciate how nicely the French, Italian, and Polish ladies dressed. They took their femininity seriously and made a great impression. Spanish lady showed up for a job interview (that's OK, I guess)...and the others just rolled out of bed.
No place called Europe. Can't fly there bus there train there or boat there. No such thing as a European person either. Cause there is no place called Europe. It's a union of over 40 countries 40 different languages. Two of there countries rules the world. They don't speak the same language or eat the same food. It's a union in name. Not a place you can go to. Think of a big country like the two biggest countries on earth. Canada and Russia. Now double it a few times. I can't say get me in Canada and you would find me. Now picture doing that but in the largest union on earth that covers most of earth with over 800 million people all talking different languages.
As i polish guy i must to agree with the we are never smile. When i came to the Netherlands almost 4 years go, one of the first diffrente what i saw that was a people on the street. If you walk on the polish sidewalk you see much more serieous face than in The Netherlands. If i smile to dutch people,propable they give me smile back, but if i do in Poland, they look at me like a weirdo
Yes, it is a very fascinating thing, I must admit : people give themselves permission to be extremely rude and impolite towards French when they want to accuse French of being rude lol It is total nonsense. Total madness. As a French, you have no idea how lonely I sometimes feel on social media. When it comes to France and French, people burst out, get totally unleashed. Coward, smelly, bastards, arrogant, cheese-eaters, cunt, etc, etc… all those words are for us to tell us how rude we are lol That is fascinating 😂
@@heliedecastanet1882 Yeah true ppl judging a whole ppl for being "rude" are the "rude" ones. Just keep doing your French thing, we appreciate it. Love from Germany♥
I absolutely agree with the polish stereotype. Polish people smile around their friends but never in public tbh. It might be just mine thought but yeah
What people are not aware of is the fact that in France, there are 3 types of people : those in Paris, those in the Southern France and those in the countryside. Generally, most of foreigners will believe French people as Parisian, which is a whole different France, a real jungle. As a French person, this is what we hear the most
The same applys to Germany. There are those who live in Berlin, those who live in the south and those in the countryside. The Germans say that Berlin is not Germany, meaning that it is not representative of how Germans think, work or live. Same happens in Spain, apart from Madrid and Barcelona, the rest is countryside. The hispanoamericans usually talk about the "capitalinos" which are those who live in the capital ot their respective countries, and they are more nosed-up or arrogant.
Who thinks of France like that? My country your only the country your born. Nothing else. I really don't care that much to be honest. Is it like if someone calls a Scottish person British. Like a very hard insult?
Wow, I stumbled upon your video and it totally caught me by surprise! I gotta say, I was super interested from the start and couldn't look away. It really made me think and feel things I didn't expect. Thanks for sharing your story, it left a lasting impression on me!
How about a video about dating? One countries like to go on a date right away, but the others prefer to get to know each other first. I think that it would be useful to discuss that topic.
I have a question on this topic. I hear a lot the term dating across the internet, and also that Americans have a culture of dating, and as I understand it, Americans follow a pre-established protocol meaning, both dressed up nice and the boy takes his dad´s car and picks the girl up. Is that what you call dating? I mean, picking up the girl, going to a restaurant, and afterwards you go dancing? Because if this is dating, I´ve never done this in my life. I´ve only seen this in American movies. When I was arround 14, 15, and 16 years old, I made an appointment with a girl, and we met downtown, at a market place or somewhere else, with lots of other people also waiting for their friends. I was always before the time and when the girl appeared, I said hello to her, and that she looked pretty, and asked her what she wanted to do. At that age we had both little money or no money at all, so usually we walked across a shopping street watching the shop windows, maybe we took a walk in the park and sat on a bench. If we were sitting I would try to take her hand, and if she didn´t reject it, I would try to kiss her a few moments later. This depends on the moment or the girl. Not every girl would kiss me the first day. Maybe the first kiss came a few days later. Maybe she kissed me the first day, than we would spend one hour kissing each other, and we would meet again on the next day, or the day after tomorrow and we also would kiss each other again for ages.... Would this be also a dating? Or does a dating for you include dressing up, and picking her up from her parents house?
@@keltenbleich Not an American, but what you said you have done is definitely a date. Basically any time you go out with a girl one on one and do something with them, whilst trying to build up romantic tension could be considered a date.
Never been to Poland to discuss their smiling abilities, but it’s 100% true Russians don’t smile a lot. In fact, parents (and especially grandparents) teach us that smiling and laughing in public will make others think you’re out of your mind. And about alcohol - I won’t push that stereotype on specific countries - I’ve heard it in the way that cold countries drink a lot cause alcohol warms your body. Like, in Russia we think that Siberians are always drunk (Siberia is our coldest region, it can go down to -70 celsius in winter)
For a single time I wish we had an episode with european countries that contained countries like Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Hungary, Czech republic, north macedonia, Serbia, Slovakia etc. I'm convinced at this point that Americans think the only countries in Europe are France, Italy, Spain and Germany.
The statement about the French and the English language is correct, but not the cause; if the French refuse to speak English, if they correct people who make mistakes in French and do not recognize the efforts of people who try to speak their language, it is not out of rudeness or meanness, it is because that's how you learn foreign languages in France (unfortunately). You learn a lot of writing, grammar, there is little room for speaking, and above all there is no consideration for the efforts made, only the result counts. This means that the French are often ashamed by their spoken English; and that they tend to reproduce this behavior with foreigners who speak French (correct them, do not consider the effort but only the result, etc)
It's cause of who all talks English. Americans have been going there for a long time. Don't know a word of French and moan the whole time no one speaks English. The people do. Just not back to them.
Keep in mind that most French people that won't answer you in English either don't speak / understand English or are just ashamed of their French accent
English here- German humour tends to be really funny I find. Subtle and quite reserved similar to our own. Also, I know we've unfortunately left the party but I'm a bit upset we didn't get a mention for humour!
Brits are the first I thought of. Your abilites to cook might be questionable and you really should stop driving on the wrong side, but nobody can deny your humor. I mean....to vote for Boris Johnson means you must have been in a really funny mood, back then. ;-) *duckandrun*
@keinedaten1640 he started doing comedy panel shoes, some morons liked him and hence he became London Mayor, made a fool of himself while dangling in the air, so our nation decided we enjoy pantomime and then elected him our PM.
I am from Germany and I have never heard of this stereotype before watching this video. I have been to Nice a few years ago and everyone was really friendly. that is a stereotype I can absolutely not confirm
Stereotypes are just stereotypes. No matter the nationality all people in the world have good days, bad days and everything in between. Even nice people can sometimes be sour toward others. It's all about yourself only. You don’t represent France and France doesn’t represent you. Yes, you're French, but you're also an independent person. I make opinions about people how they act toward me and not where are they from. If someone's rude or cold to me I think that maybe he goes through a bad moment in life and that's it. If someone's friendly to me I take it as a bonus 🤩👍.
I think the part when they said that french ppl won't try to speak in english if the other person can understand french is actually a huge problem with the english we learn at school : in France, the english that is taught to us at school is taught pretty badly (don't know if its the right way to say it XD) like we never get to speak in english, most of the time we juste have to learn vocabulary without using it afterwards. So a lot of french people have difficulties speaking in english cuz' we never got to do it ^^' All the people i know that can understand english (and i'm not even talking about speaking it) learned it alone with series or books. I don't know anyone who managed to have a good level in english with only what they learned at school...
I think a huge part of learning a language is being exposed to it as well. I believe most movies and series are still dubbed in French? And I think this happens or at least happened in Germany too. I don't know about the rest of the world. In the Netherlands we luckily watch movies or series with original audio and Dutch subtitles (unless it's animated stuff for young kids). I think this taught me more than 7 or 8 years of English classes in school. Sure school gives you the basics, but after a while you benefit more by hearing it a lot to build your vocabulary and your understanding of grammar, or even learn idioms.
@@Grasnek it's the same here in Sweden. We usually don't dub anything that's not for kids. I remember the first harry potter movies being dubbed but not the rest of them. Also nowadays I usually watch foreign stuff with English subs even when Swedish is available
@@moondaughter1004 Hey that's an interesting observation! I did vaguely know about HP movies being dubbed in Dutch as well, but I never realised that the later ones may not have been dubbed! I should check my blurays some time 😆 I often watch without subs when it's in English. For French I do still need subs to catch some words, but I'm getting better at it. But then I use Dutch subs, because mixing 2 foreign languages can be a bit much when I'm trying to relax! When it's a language I don't speak anyways then it doesn't matter as much whether the subs are Dutch of English.
As me japanese, who is from one of the politest countries, I can't understand why people say French people are rude. I live in France now and I've been to about 15 countries in Europe, like UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria and so on. But actually German and Spanish were ruder than French. Especially German was fucking rude. I was really shocked. Of course, in Paris, French people are not too good, but if you go to other cites, they are really kind. I know in big cities, people are rude and busy, but in Germany, even in countryside, they were the worst ever. Oh, of course I found good people too. But German, you can't say French people are the rudest at your politeness level. In UK, Italy, Netherlands, they were nice even in a big city or countryside. In Spain, that's ok. Also French people can't speak English well. That's ok for me. I speak French. But I can't speak German so in Germany I had to speak English but everyone, literally everyone looked at me really weirdly. And they made really rude and weird face. I was also surprised because I thought German people could speak English well. But no. Tbh, their English level and accent were the same level as French lol Actually, Italian and Spanish could speak English better than German. And Dutch people were the best at English level as everyone knows. When I was with other Japanese friend who can't speak French in France, French people tried to speak English so hard! I was impressed but it was hard to understand their accent so I switched to French and I translated though lol Well, I can say that comparing to Japanese people, no country is polite though for me lol We are too polite, so if you settle into our politeness, you would think everyone is rude in other countries. Also in Japan, when it comes to chocolate, that's Belgium maybe because of Godiva.
For some reason I don't understand, it is normal for french people to be nicer to asians than to people from other parts of the world. I don't know about german but I am spanish. Spanish people in general are usually "not polite", not just with foreigners but also with nationals (mostly in the big cities). Spanish people, mostly old generations, are suspicious not rude. If you go to a spanish restaurant/coffe shop/etc the waiters could seem rude, but they are just usually busy or also don't like to put presure on the client. Once you learn how everything works the waiter and clerks will seem nicer. One thing that surprises me is that people think that spanish are rude because we see people eye to eye, we are not avoiding watching who is aroud us. Spanish people are curious something that many people think is rude...
Cheese discussion is so silly. What type of cheese are we talking about? Best hard cheese: Italy Best soft cheese: France Best mild cheese: Netherlands Best strong cheese: Switzerland, Austria
I don't know if we have the best cheeses in France. After all, it's a matter of taste. But I don't think there are many countries that have such a wide variety of cheese, or people that eat that much cheese. Most foreigners don't know our most famous cheeses.
The tging about French people correcting your French isn't meant to be rude. I don't do it because I know that's how it's perceived. However it is meant to be helpful. If people don't point out your mistakes how are you going to improve? That's our mentality in France. When I speak English with my friends I ask them to be nitpicky and correct every single mistake I make. French people treat you the way they want to be treated. (At least in this case)
I wouldnt necessarily say so. The less sugarocating is true for most europeans I reckon like germans are said to be blunt too but french are said to be more insulting rude rather than straight forward rude. And in my experience that is kind of true.
@@foodchainstop5297 we might be insulting rude, but we FOR SURE straight forward rude even more. There is no way a french wont tell u he doesnt like u if he actually doesnt like u
@@lalalili4197ya sure its not just a european Thing im danish and im 100% brutally honest which can Come of as rude and most danish males Are like that, danish females not as much there Are some but they tend to "hide" it / sugarcoat it, untill you piss Them of.
The best thing is that Poles and Germans have similar humor and jokes, based on sarcasm and a lot of irony, because of this black humor, most of the world considers us not funny, I would say that Polish jokes is even darker than the German one.
As a language learner, I prefer someone to continue speaking in their native language and to correct my wrong sentences vs me speaking embarrassing wrong sentences. So that’s a plus for the french.
Did Polish girl just say we kiss our cheeks in Poland? I've been living in Poland for 30 years and I've never seen people greeting this way, the cheek kiss is a french thing and most Polish people will feel uncomfortable with it. Only a weird old aunt would do it to you when it's your birthday in 2000 and it's soo damn creepy if she does. In Poland boys shake hands (or just touch fist to fist "żółwik" in some cases). Girls hug. And girl-boy greeting depends on a situation, it's too complex to explain - sometimes it's a hug, sometimes it's just a "cześć" without any physical contact, and in rare cases you would shake a hand with her but it feels super weird.
I'm an introvert and I don't talk much, I love people who talk alot and make fun of everything so that I can save my voice and have fun, black or white, no matter where they come from, it just feels great when I meet someone who is not arrogant or dumb.
@@pcarebear1 yeah, usually whenever someone tells a French person that they went to France, the French ask with a snide smile "Oh yeah? Where?". Paris is famous, but it's _far_ from being France, and the upside for peoples like American is that the distances between different interesting regions are far smaller: north to south or east to west there's like 1k km top (or 620 of your "miles" thingy).
@@jungi001 the funny thing is, the more you know the language, the more you can violently disrespect its rules and native speakers will think you're one of them... Appart from an eventual accent, but hey, you know, like... Yeah.
These ladies are good representatives for their countries. They are very charming and it was a fun to hear them talk about stereotypes in a friendly, joking way.
-As a none german with german as a native language the problem with the steretype about german humor is you need to know what to look at: If you look at comedians or humorists, movies, they can be incredibly funnny. If you look at things like german carneval, (which is huge in several places in germany) it fots the stereotype in my opinion. -Had to do with french engineers and software engineers, and they never were rude or at least they didn't show any rudeness. So those few i met were quite nice that while they even had to speak english with me us as neither me nor my collegues speak french. (so we all had to speak a foreign language) -The sterotype they brought for the danish: As the italian lady said, in central and southern europe it's more a stereotype that the scandinavians do drink a lot on holidays when they are on vacation in countries where alcohol isn't as expensive as where they live themselves. (as it is said to be incredibly expensive in northern europe) Not that they do that every normal day. (rather the opposite, only on occasions but then extensively) -The cheese part is funny, because they completely left out the swiss and the dutch who are famous for their cheese too. And to be honest there's no country that makes the best cheese in europe, because you can find extremely good cheese almost everywhere where there's a chees tradition. (i have eaten cheese from almost every country that is covered by the alps apart from slovenia, and they all have very tasty different sorts of cheese.)
I dunno if I would agree with the first one, even in Germany I feel like it is a bit of a meme that German comedy movies and standup comedians are pretty atrocious generally speaking.
@@Antares-dw9iv You find good ones and bad ones everywhere. The english language space isn't different in that. Different people have different humor, and there are a few for everyone but not every comedian is funny to every audience. During the 90's RTL Samstag Nacht for example i found great. (And i still can laugh about the Karl Ranseier gags) The Otto movies in the 80's were fun back in the time, the first Manta Manta movie i found fun at the time. (haven't seen it in a long time) Bully Herbigs TV show and movies were hilarious (to me). And many things i have seen by Dieter Nuhr, Johan König, Thorsten Sträter, Olaf Schubert, Monika Gruber, Martina Hill, to name a few, were pretty funny to me. As were the first 2 complete programms of Michael Mittermayer. On the other hand, as i said, the carneval things like in Mainz or Cologne are something entirely out of my "fun range". As are some other standbup comedians. Some were fun at the start of their carreer, but decided to switch to gags focussed on a very specific narrow audience, others "lost their stride"... But that's the same with english speaking comics too. (good jokes come and go, and few people stay as funny as you find them for long)
Germans can be funny due to the complete absence of humour. If you watch maybe greatest German humorist Loriot, it is not about jokes, but just slightly exaggerating the weaknesses of German every day life in very serious manner. Cheap jokes also exist, but they are often not really work well.
About humour: As a german of course I believe that we have a lot of humour and are funny, if we want. But it is difficult to translate. I gave up on trying to be funny in other languages, it never worked. If I had to choose the best european humour I would vote for the Brits. But it is a bit unfair, because I don't really know any other european comedians besides german and british ones.
I went to an international University, and one thing I observed that was nearly universal was that people from smaller cities/towns/villages considered people from their capital cities to be rude. So, according to them, it's not that French are rude, it's Parisians that are rude. Same goes for Oslo, Madrid, Vienna, etc. We tend to say the same things in the US in regards to NY and LA, so we're no different.
*YES!!!* And likewise, those city slickers see us country bumkins like freaking *aliens* when we act _country_ in the city. Example, from 2006: I am originally from a farming community I'm the West Indies. While my city of origin in itself is not _a small town,_ I am from a rural borough that's rather insular. So, 2006 here it comes. I was staying for spring break with a relative who lived in the capital (San Juan, Condado area) and took the bus to go shopping. While I was on the second to last stop prior to the mall, there was a dog... *eating a dead iguana!* To me, that was _just another day in the countryside._ It isn't uncommon for *ANY* carnivore to be eating another dead animal. And in PR, iguanas are rather common and eaten by humans at times. Two things happened while that straight dog was eating that dead iguana: people were grossed out, *and* older people were getting into the bus. Since I was getting off in the next stop, I left an older lady to take my seat. *AND THIS IS WHERE HELL LEFT LOOSE: THE BUS WENT NUTS!!* SO many people could *NOT* believe I was giving up my seat *to an older lady!!* I didn't think much of what I did, and I was covering my mouth (laughing, seeing the people grossed out over the dog eating the iguana) as the bus kept filling up with a few more passengers grossed out over the dead iguana being eaten. I was all: _like, haven't y'all seen a dead animal being eaten by another animal before?_ Most said: _no._ I was all: _oh yes, I forgot I'm from a freaking farm on the other side of the island._ Then I held myself tight from one of the poles, the bus drove a few miles, and got to the mall.
Capital cities attract the career makers who like to look down on others to boost their own ego. Also,the tempo of life is the fastest, there's always a lot of traffic, noise and air pollution- aka a lot of stressed and tired people.
you should remember America is a continent NOT a country. it's very triggering to hear someone refer to America as United States, when there's SO many other countries here....
Wrong there are 2 continents with American in them North and South America. When I’m mentioning the continents I call them North and South American, also when I mention the USA I call it America.
This argument has been whined about for over 200 years. Welcome to primary school. Every other country in the Americas has their own adjective. What would you have Americans called? United Statesers? Waiting for your recommendations.
@@picklerick7207Well we've been calling ourselves American for 250 years and we are the only country in the world with the name "America" in our country, y'all can keep whining and complaining for another 250 years but it's just the way it is.
There's no other countries. You know in America they add other countries and they places don't even know that. Like Brazil. They say that's south America or something. And it's not a country. I'm afraid it is a country and it's older than America and has been there before America was invented. No country outside of America is part of America I don't know why it's said that way.
I think the Spanish food is the best, every ingredient has a superior quality and the reult is so tasty with almost no spices or herbs or extra sacue to hide a weak flavour. I'm amazed
Ma perché le calze? Non possono mettere le scarpe? Comunque è vero che noi italiani gesticoliamo molto, ma siamo molto più comunicativi. In Italia certi termini li abbiamo saputi trasformare in arte. Gli insulti di un romano o di un napoletano sono veramente opere d'arte linguistiche, anche un toscano non è da meno. Ma in generale, spesso basta un gesto, uno sguardo e comunichiamo, diamo molta importanza alla comunicazione non verbale. Comunque difficile parlare di Italia, siamo un paese molto frammentato, una grande forza/limite dell'Italia è proprio il suo forte campanilismo, le sue caratteristiche uniche e fortemente diverse anche tra realtà geograficamente vicine (figurati quelle lontane). Per concludere bellissimi questi video di confronto tra i popoli e culture diverse.
The claim that French are rude is completely nonsense. They can be extremely polite like thanking the busdriver for the ride even in the worst places. You would hardly find that in Germany and many other European countries. I was never really treated rude there. Maybe it depends a bit how you approach the people yourself. What might distract people that culture is rather different compared to Germany or UK. You just ride 5km over the border and have to reconsider many things immediately. That is different to many other European countries and borders.
I was surprised some common ones like all Italian mothers forcing food on you every time they see you or the French being the best romanticists, or Spanish being the most boisterous or rambunctious drunks? 😆 regardless I agree - don't go by stereotypes but instead real life experiences and generalizations are generally bad! 🤣
@D K ok, sorry to hear that that's your view/picture of it. Hopefully you will meet other Swedes because i know there are alot of friendly and nice ones 👍👏
@D K I wouldn't want to live anywhere else in the world 😊 I very much like to visit other countrys though 👏🙏 I have close friends and care alot about my family (my parents, my brother, grandparents). It's true that alot of Swedes don't small-talk and come up to you to ask something but some do. I myself is pretty social but even i want my own space sometimes 😄👍 In some ways Swedes sometimes can be a bit individualistic but that's not always a bad thing i think. To be able to fully enjoy company i myself like being by myself every now and then and do things i want to do or just relax 👍
My stereotype about people from United States is that like being the center of the World and judging the rest of the World.
The majority of Americans are descendants from northwestern European countries and peoples (that is quickly changing with all the new immigrants). So why do you think they would need to judge? Many of their ancestors and family would be judged then. America is so large, many citizens don’t even know there is the rest for the world out there. Interesting perspective…
Judging without knowing XD
True. The stereotype is of USA is =ignorant + egocentric + violence + (party, sex and drugs) + reality shows.
@@torekristoffersen176 USA =/= America.
America is a continent.
USA is a country.
Mexicans are americans.
Brazilians are americans.
Peruvians are americans.
Canadians are americans.
Argentinians are americans.
Cubans are americans.
@@enibeni2071 USA is the United Stated of America. The citizens of that country have been called “Americans” for hundreds of years. The world knows this. Those from Brazil are Brazilians, those from Mexico are Mexicans, those from Canada are Canadians, those from the US are Americans. See a pattern here? It has always been this way, always will be. Don’t try to change the world order due to some trite whimsical insecurities. Funny our world has evolved into this. Those people from the USA have been called Americans since their independence from Britain in 1776. Funny how that works…. The same holds true in for example Germany. People from Germany are called Germans to the world. Yet, collectively they are Europeans as well. People of the USA are Americans and if you include everyone living on that continent, they could be called Americans. But nobody does that.
As an English guy I would say the German humour stereotype is quite unfair. Germans I met at University, especially when on drinking sprees, tended to have wickedly dry sense of humour. I like dry humour!
of course most stereotypes are nonsense
Same I lived in Koln for a while and they were hilarious to me, I think as British we appreciate a but if dry humor
maybe that's why US particularly think that. British humour is also very dry humour and Americans don't do dry humour and often wouldn't understand it.
weinsteffaner (butchered spelling most likely) folks came to local taphouse and we drank with them and they were hilarious after some social lubricant, and it was definitely dry humor
Brits also tend to have a dry sense of humor, so if Germans also have the same, it makes a lot of sense.
The problem with German jokes, you can't translate them very well to other languages outside the Germanic language tree.
They also translate bad to English, but in the rest of the Germanic languages they work very well.
The most German jokes works like: you build a picture in the head of your listeners and with the last word you switch the picture in a totally unexpected way.
But if you're around a (funny) German, and it's not about telling jokes, you will probably laugh your ass off.
The German humor is also very similar to the English humor, that's why Germans love for example Monty Python or faulty towers very much.
BTW: the most successful movie from Germany in Germany is a comedy.
For those who are interested, it's called "Der Schuh des Manitu" I heard they did an English dupped version but don't know if this version is any good.
Or the Movie „Traumschiff Surprise" is also very funny
Oh German humor isn’t similar to English at all. Germans just aren’t generally seen as humorous people i would say, it’s not that much about the humor.
Honestly the kind of solitary jokes that you would tell when somebody asks for them are almost always shitty. But this has to be in every language. Better humour comes out of situations or longer stories.
The best German humor is some kind of sarcasm. Don't expect many other people to understand that. Especially Americans.
I’ve visited Germany a handful of times and I thought they were hilarious. But yeah… it was a quiet kind of humor, not slapstick. So maybe it just depends on what kind of humor you like!
The French girl not having it when people started disrespecting French cheese was so adorable. XD
Fr I replayed it three times 😂😂
As a french, this whole passage pissed me off. I think she was boiling as well ^^
@@TheDinofou moi aussi 😉🇨🇵
@@maia4452 encore que l'on dise que l'on est malpolie bon... mais l'italienne qui dit avoir du meilleur vin et du meilleur fromage que nous ?? faut pas abuser non plus la oh !
Sempre a piangere voi francesi. Ti è piaciuta la finale mondiale? ;)
Il give you the wine, cheese is a tie but the best food i ours.
This is missing a Finnish person sitting silently listening to others.
EDIT: Damn 1,4k
Best comment on here… 😆
They are to smart so they don’t go on TV 😂
Yep, and someone from Baltics. And someone from Czech Republic or Slovakia. More Slovic culture is needed I think. I don't know about them and I be very happy to change it. I just think that there should be more rotation - not everywhere always have to be Germany, Italy anf France f.e.
That so true! I was in a group (we were all Europeans) and this Finish girl smiled a lot and looked like she wanted to say something but she never did... she WAS expressive, she smiled and nodded, but NEVER a single word... and I am half Italian, half Albanian... we are NOT shy... and I just wanted to shake her and tell her SPEAK UP, I can see you want to.
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Athalane from France is neither rude nor agressive , she is friendly and funny , i know this is the stereotype , but if people in France , at least mostly , are like Athalane then no problem
You find rude people everywhere it's not specific to France. But poor Athalane I felt so bad for her being left alone on such a bad stereotype that literally hits the french person herself unlike other stereotypes that were more actions .... Most french people are nice and everyone that has been to France outside of Paris can tell you this. I don't say there aren't nice people in Paris but in the other regions of France they are stereotyped as being rude grumpy and selfish 😅.
Sadly is more than a stereotype, that is why all the girls walked to the front. France is amazing but rude. The sooner you learn it the better you will enjoy your visit there.
@@GeorgeVenturi I'm sorry but no, not all french people are rude. But if you think by having gone once or twice there is touristic areas you can describe all frenchies then you're wrong. French people are as open minded as others, not meaner than others. But if we don't like what you're doing we will tell you.... Now if the person from the original comments prefer believing you more than someone who spent 20+ years in France in different cities/villages then up to him
@@cleog765 I lived in Nice and in Hendaye for long periods. Hendaye right in the border with Spain, you could really tell the Spanish were way more nicer. The same in Nice, with lots of Italians in the summer way way more nicer than the locals. And is just not me. Everybody you spoke to had the same experience. Btw I even got to meet Paul Newman at the Hotel Negresco in Nice.
@@GeorgeVenturi the north of France is culturally very close to Belgium while the south east and south west of France is really more into a mentality close to Italian/Spaniards one. Then the east bordering Germany is seen as more serious... But all frenchies are rude... Including the ones living on Reunion, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guyane or any other territory (no offense to anyone missing here, there are a lot) who welcome you in their wonderful and culturally rich territories and don't hesitate a single second to teach you everything about it.
I must live in a different Poland from that Polish girl, cuz people in public never smile unless they know you or they are having an amazing day. Also she said that people pretend to be nice- no stranger on the street in Poland will pretend to like you if they don’t 😂
I am currently working in Poland. Unfortunately I do not see any smiles. People are not too friendly either. Maybe the cultural differences between Poland and the U:S are too great. For me this is an extremely disappointing experience. I must agree with Mix Motion.
@@aspenaspen4911 We just don’t have sympathy for total strangers, but we’re not mean once you get to know us ;)
@@aspenaspen4911 First of all, remember that Poland is a country that has gone through a lot in the context of wars, occupations, etc., which makes us cautious about other nations, besides, as children, we are taught by our parents not to talk to strangers, to be careful of strangers and it is best to avoid strangers, because they can hurt you, kidnap you, etc., of course, that's all, it's learning for the safe of the child, but it also has an impact on the fact that as adults we are very cautious and distrustful of strangers, because we sooner expect that someone hurt, cheat, lie, etc., than that someone just wants to get to know each other as friends and talk, while when we Poles know someone, we can be very helpful, kind and take great care of each other, so... do not expect that a stranger Pole will show you a lot of kindness, rather a lot of distrust or caution, but if you show that you have no bad intentions, you will get to know people and slowly establish contacts with them and build trust, a Polish friend show you a lot of heart, you just have to remember that we are a nation that has gone through.
And smiles are also something that we keep more in our company, when we are with people we like, trust, then we can even force a smile, pretend, even if we are not having a good day, how many times have I smiled in my life or lied that everything is ok in front of family or friends, when I had bad days or something ..., too often and many more times it will be like this :), we are such a nation, we show happiness and joy (real and false) only with people we know and like.
@@monikakaczmarek5363 well, just because you are good at pretending you’re okay when you’re not it doesn’t mean that it applies to the whole nation. Generally Polish people do not care about pretending to be okay, we are also very much known for complaining a lot and making self deprecating jokes so pretending really is not that common
@@mixmotion603 I can answer you the same: just because you don't pretend to be happy doesn't mean that the whole nation doesn't.
My experience with my nation is that we can pretend in front of our loved ones, but..., it may not be so much about the nation what is the issue of regionality, Poles in the south are certainly different than in the north, and those in the west are different than those in the east, I come from the north, I grew up in the north and live here, so my observations relate primarily to my environment, maybe yours is different... and someone else's is different..., as you wrote yourself, we are not responsible for the whole nation, I wrote my opinion, you wrote yours and it may be that we are both right, only that every right applies to another region of Poland.
Besides, complaining is not being unhappy, yes, our nation complains a lot, but complaining about the government, work or people is not the same as being internally unhappy, there are many things that I don't like about Poland, which I often complain about, but it doesn't mean that I'm not happy, just like a person who doesn't complain because he has a great job, lives in a great country, etc., doesn't have to be happy, don't combine these two things, because they are different and do not overlap arbitrarily, the same when it comes to pretending, we complain a lot about the outside world, but our inner..., in this case, at least from my environment, if something is wrong, we pretend that it is, just so as not to worry loved ones, plus a little bit that you should not belittle your pride, we are a proud nation after all, and if something is not going well for someone, e.g. in a relationship or at work/financially, in such matters we rather pretend that everything is ok, once in order not to worry, and two, so as not to show that we do not give manage.
"Belgium cuisine is limited to chocolate , french fries , Waffles" - girls : let's get up right now , lol , and i loved thhe fact that even the lady from there agreed
Sad actually. Considering that Belgium cuisine is way better than German, Dutch, and don't get me started about British.
Proof for that. Look at the top 10 countries of Michelin star restaurants per capita. Belgium being in the top5 globally and top 3 in Europe. Even higher ranked than France.
Belgian food historian Pierre Leclercq has traced the history of the french fry and asserts that "it is clear that fries are of French origin".[32] Fries are first mentioned in 1775 in a Parisian book, and the first recipe for modern French fries is in the French cookbook La cuisinière républicaine in 1795.
Les frites sont bien française 😉
@@PDVism well Michelin really isn’t a measure imo. It’s more of a measure what food is served in families, for weddings, on weekends etc traditionally. But that’s hard to find sometimes unless you make really good friends :)
@@hayati6374 I think it is a measure because of the simple reason that it shows how many people really like really good food. On top of that comes the fact of all kinds of dishes that are particular to the region but where the exact recipe varies from city to city and even family to family
I would add mussels and beer, and that's pretty much it
As a french, it's funny to hear this "rudeness" stereotype again. I used to either just confirm it or feel offended, but after living abroad several times and being able to see my own culture from an exterior point of view, I understood why people think we're rude. Athalane's explanations were actually really good.
It's not that much that we are "rude" in the absolute, but that we come off as rude to other cultures, who have different social norms.
French culture is a strange mix between latin culture and germanic culture. Like our germanic and anglo-saxon neighbors, we are fairly individualistic and socially distant (not on the level of scandinavians tho), but like our latin neigbors, we have a strong character and a straightforward expression. But we don't have the "smooth politeness" of our northern neighbors, and we don't have the "demonstrativeness" of emotions and affection of our southern neighbors.
And then, you gotta add 3 french specifities. First the fact that we tend to be a bit self-centered (on the country level, not the individual one), probably due to how we've often been considered a "prestigious culture" throughout history, and how we were usually a dominant power. And second, the fact that we value negative criticism more than positive criticism when it comes to feedback. And third, the fact the we like friendly mock each other among friends, which is not to be taken seriously, but there's not explicit hint in that it's a joke, you just know it. This kind of mocking, the famous "second degré", is actually a show of affection to us.
And now you have a very unique mix that makes us kinda hard to approach for foreigners, if you're not aware of these cultural values.
But because we took from two cultural families with very different values, we always have something that makes other cultures uncomfortable. To southerners (compared to France's position), we appear as too distant, hard to approach, maybe a bit stuck-up and too serious. To northerners, we appear as too straightforward, negative and maybe a bit hot-blooded.
I know that foreigners in France struggle to make friends with french people and will often end up socializing with other foreigners. If I can give some tips, I would say that you should take it slow with a french person, to not expect to for them to act super friendly from the start. Be patient but also don't hesitate to be the one taking initiatives to invite them to hang out and stuff. And you should not expect either for them to introduce you to their own social circles unless you know them well. French social circles are pretty thick, in that they're hard to get into, but once you're in you're in to stay. The good thing is that, due to our straightforwardness, if we don't like you or we don't wanna be friend with you, we'll make you know, you won't have to play a guessing game.
I know also that foreigners are often taken aback by our criticism, and that they feel we're never being appreciative enough of their efforts. I understand it can be very discouraging, when french people will rarely give you big compliments, and instead will catch every little bad things you do, especially when you come from an anglo-saxon culture. Unfortunately, there's no workaround it, you just need to get used to it.
But to help you decipher, here are some hints: if we don't say anything, it means we think it's good, if we actually compliment something/someone it means we find it really good. It's not because we give you negative criticism that we don't like you. And if you start complimenting a lot, we'll think it's fake.
And don't be offended if a french friend makes a mocking joke about you. The game is to actually be able to answer the mockery by another one, the smoother the counter the better.
Regarding directness, I hear Germans and Dutch are the most blunt and direct.
French person is a cold Italian.
English person is a warm German.
@Lissandra Freljord I've heard that the Dutch are the most direct yeah, but unfortunately I have never really had a Dutch friend so I can't confirm :/
As for Germans, I don't know. I have several German friends and they never struck me as particularly direct or not direct. Just that , unlike us, they are bit more "diplomatic" and will try to avoid pointless arguments, while we French love it.
As someone from northern half of France (Paris), I feel like Germans are the easiest the get along with.
@@lissandrafreljord7913 italians are not always "warm" nor the french are always "cold"
@@haidouk872 except that the germans never considered you french as like them
I liked the lady from Belgium getting up with the others about Belgian cuisine, but I liked her better having grabbed Athalane 🇨🇵 and Selena 🇮🇹 trying to say that Belgium has the best chocolate 😂😂
Athalane CP?
@@module79l28 ya
@@greenmachine5600 - Ya what? CP is not the abbreviation for France.
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Belgium has the best chocolate. It's a real luxury worldwide. Theres whole rooms in Harrods dedicated to Belgian chocolate and we still use the original recipes and methods ^^
I think the thing with German jokes is that our language can translate awkwardly and Germans have very dry humor. It’s very straight forward in your face, but ironically I always felt like my other family who was from Spain had a lot tougher humor and where a lot less jovial than my German side. Because of history I mainly think Russia and Germany gets this very awkward unhappy dry cold villain stereotype, but neither country is at all, far from it actually.
Given the very recent history, I think RU villain is NOT a stereotype… 😄😢
@@adamz7038 But it really isn’t. Just because political leaders make decisions that doesn’t reflect on how every Russian feels. That just goes down to generalizing a population based on current or past political events. For that matter you could label my entire family as nazis just cause where Germans.
@@adamz7038 If you make sure to point the finger at the government and not the people you would likely find more people agreeing.
I'm Dutch and I find German humor really funny actually. I think it's comparable to Dutch humor as we can also be very dry and direct. Same with British humor.
We do have humor in Germany. Just never ask us to tell a joke. It's more a situational comedy and irony/sarcasm kind of humor.
i know a good german joke: WHERE'S IS MY GRANDPA'S BIKE?
@@bishplis7226 sounds more like a Polish one 🗿
@@bishplis7226 continue please. I don't know this one
From my experience it's more like dry/dark humor that is not everyone's cup of tea, I noticed this with Russians too.
You do ? 🤔🤨🤔
As a french i really apperciate that when all other euro girls diss france our buddy belgium stand with us 🇧🇪❤️🇲🇫
It's not a diss. I'm a proud rude, and I'm tired of English in France.
@@goofygrandlouis6296 rien compris dsl
@@karwaktorink Je ne vois pas en quoi être trop franc (sans mauvais jeu de mot), c'est mal.
Donc quand un touriste étranger nous sort "mais les français parlent pas anglais, ils sont méchants". Ben non, en France la langue officielle c'est le français. C'est pas "rude".
@@goofygrandlouis6296 mais gros aucun rapport en plus personne dis ça 😅
@@goofygrandlouis6296 Moi aussi et je suis allmand😅 (heu ou plutôt Ich auch und ich bin Deutsch). Ben, c'est bien comme lingua franca générale, mais moins d'influence anglaise sur nos langues serait bien.
People who think that Polish people smile have not visited Poland.
They smile LOADS to people they know, but compare asking a stranger for the time of day or directions in England or France or Italy or Germany to then asking the same in Poland, and you'll find out the true meaning of what a hostile glare looks like 😠😅
Also, take a random picture at a subway/tram station in any other European city, and count the smiles, then do the same in Poland. Smiling is just not the default here the way it is in many other countries.
To be clear, the girl was not lying, in the kinds of situations when smiling is an option (talking to friends or family), smiling is not just the norm, it's heavily emphasised.
She's just not thinking about the rest of the time, because those are not "smiling situations" to her.
So yeah, when it's one of the acceptable times to smile, they don't hold back!
Which IS more hostile? English, French, Italians, Germans or Polish - if asking for "time or day or directions"?
I just realised something as a french person, maybe when I do humour by saying "yeaaahh right we are arrogant but that is because we ARE superior so we have a good reason" and such, to provoke the stereotypes and the laught of people. Maybe all this time my international friends thought I was being serious somehow O.o
les americains comprennent pas le sarcasme mdr
@@yanissamer2687yeah we are very sensitive here, you should see our politics hahaha
Haha, I am Swedish and when I heard "we like to touch each other because we are friendly" I immediatly got shivers down my spine in disagreement..
I think it's a positive thing that you like your language being french and that you're never afraid about what others are going to think. Why we have to prefer to use a language that is not from our country? That's absurd. I think that french reaction is great.
Sometimes we need those qualities in Europe.
I'm a spaniard and seeing my government attacking our language and other parts of our culture and following political corrections imposed by people who don't respect us or our freedom, makes me realize how important those qualities are.
French people, well done!.
Btw, i don't think they're rude, but maybe misundertood, i had french neighbours from the south of France and they were super nice, honestly. I also went to France years ago, i spent some days there, in Paris, and they all treated me with respect, and they were nice with me.
I guess in every country you can find rude people, but i don't think we should generalize so much. That's a really bad stereotype.
I think it's more of an attitude as if French look down on other cultures. "Ew, how dare you assume I would even speak your peasant English. What, you speak another language too? Peasant, you should've just learned French instead." And look, I get it if you went to some countryside and you were visiting, it's challenging not to know any common language, but I have experienced xenophobia at borders while just crossing through to go to another country - I was not visiting France. l have French friends and I do not think everyone is like that. But it's still more prevalent.
Funnily enough, my French friends say that it's a huge shame that France seems not to encourage language learning as much, as they get everything localised to them (could not relate as I come from a much smaller country and I basically became fluent in English as a kid since Internet is much wider if you expand to English.)
@@Cccc123c33 I get what you mean, but in my experience that's exactly how a huge amount of english speakers behave, i never knew a french person with that attitude, and they were willing to speak with me in spanish in my own land, i never had a french person telling me that i have to speak their language in my own land, or their media never said that people have worse or better education in other countries in based of the amount of french they speak. It's not a problem if they're proud of their language, neither it's a huge problem to not encourage learning languages when your people usually learn foreign languages already.
I think french people don't show that behaviour outside of France (even if i never felt it inside), and in France is kind of "normal", you should speak french in France, or at least try it.
The xenofobia for crossing the country doesn't make sense at all though, they should know there are people just doing that, not visiting France.
@@Meryawey perhaps because people at borders deal with the worst of the worst too some of them become bitter. But that has been my experience and some other family and friends too. It's a shame really.
@@Meryawey
Viva Franco
Arriba Espana
⚔️🙋♂️🇪🇸
@@charlesmaximus9161 Hombre, arriba España sí, siempre, España eterna, pero lo de viva Franco no, que fue un dictador, y lleva ya casi 50 años muerto, podemos ir pasando página ya, que los conflictos que ya resolvieron nuestros abuelos no tenemos por qué reavivarlos nosotros (o los políticos), que ni siquiera vivimos eso.
The polish girl is so pretty :)
As a British person I grew up being told Germans didn't have a sense of humour, but on holiday in Tenerife I found Germans laughing at the same visual things I was laughing at. I realised that what British people meant, generally was that the play on words used a lot in British humour didn't translate to German and therefore Germans didn't get British jokes. It's just a different type of humour.
It really jsut means Brits have the same shitty type of humour, really
What about the bank robber who shouts, "Everyone on the floor!" upon entering the bank? And everyone lies face down, except for a young girl who lies on her back with her legs drawn up. The branch manager then says to her, "On your stomach, Miss Meier. This is a bank robbery, not a company outing!" That's a German joke, and don't say it's not funny...
@@keltenbleichDer Witz ist scheiße zum übersezen weil: "Alle auf den Boden" nicht dass
selbe wie "Alle hinlegen ist".
Nichts für ungut. Es gibt ein paar Witze die kann man gut übersetzen, wenn man es den kann.
@@keltenbleich I do think something has been lost in translation, but I guess that the audience wound need to know that the reputation of German company outings are about sex, if I correctly get the gist of the joke.
@@keltenbleich You crack me up...! Poor Mrs. Meier..! She heard the bank robber and got on the floor the only way she knew LOL...!
In Poland we don't really smile walking on the street or in public transport and smiling to random person would be kinda strange (and for some people could be provocative xd). But in general we smile a lot, we are very loosey-goosey even at work and school but for foreigners it could be hard to see cause we got quiet dark humour, many insidejokes, sometimes they can sound offensive or vulglar but it's just how we are. We especially love sarcasm and irony and when someone throw sth ironically, someone would follow it up pretending it's serious. And that could look like argument or fight - it's sometimes confusing even among us, polish xD
I feel like we are generally friendly and welcoming with the smiling etc, honestly I’ve heard the stereotype about Russians and maybe they grouped us together because it happens more often than it should 😅
@@Bumpiekins Well, even recently I was joking about it with my friends. In public we don't smile to eachother but when you ask someone for sth and start conversation, then you're right. But, a few months ago I've returned to Warsaw on university and after leaving Central Train Station, when I saw Palace of Culture and "smell" my city I started casually smiling for "being home again". And when I was walking to my apartment, smoking cigarette, policeman came to me and asked "what am I smoking" cause due to my smile he thought it was marijuana or sth xD so not-smiling Poles stereotype isn't completely wrong
@@tomaszkrol9465 Ah well from my experience it’s different! Especially Poles in different countries there seems to be a unity. I kind of see what you mean, but in Warsaw most of the time if one smiles the other will. I would say we aren’t known for not smiling, obviously sometimes we don’t or it would be weird but not more than any other country. I’d say the stereotype would be more fit for Russia or Germany as there is the stereotype of being emotionally distanced and work-focused rather than fun-focused. Experiences can differ though 😊
@@Bumpiekins Agreed (personally I'm smiling a lot so maybe it's just my exagerration for I'm just smiling more than average person, not only average Pole xD)
@@Bumpiekins a lot of poles like to keep to themselves and don't really smile because it might open up a conversation.
but I mostly see this in young people (maybe because of awkward stage) and not older people
The Belgian girl represented Belgium perfectly!
My husband is from the southern US, and it is very rude not to smile and say “hello” or nod or wave to every stranger you pass on the street. EVERY STRANGER. And my husband has a very friendly disposition. I’m half German, and when we were visiting Germany, he insisted on doing this!! I still feel embarrassed at the memories lol.
he needs to come to central switzerland!! he will be right at home :’)
In Austria, he may get stopped by police and get a drug test, not exaggerating.
@@Alias_AnybodyI’m British and I’d be wondering if he is okay? Like I’d think the same he’s on drugs😂but for most old ppl they will say good morning/evening/ and I don’t mind that because they are normally quiet when they do
In france countryside thats totally normal, same in Switzerland!
Im from Georgia (US), and that’s VERY rude not to say hello. But when I’m in Atlanta (WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM THE COUNTRY PART ) it’s not custom to not say what’s good or hello 👍🏾. We still have southern charm but all of the people from the north changed that
Loved it! It kept me smiling throughout watching everyone arguing and laughing at the same time.
The polish not smiling surprised me. Not heard that one before. I had a polish teacher before in England and she was lovely 😊 smiled a lot if I remember correctly
Polish are lovely and friendly. Sometimes you get the super beautiful girl with a moody look but you get that in other places too. I don’t think it’s really a stereotype, at least not one we have in Britain. You’re more likely to say it of German people I would say.
I was on holidays in Poland, I didn't know about this stereotype. But when I came back and people asked me how was Poland, I noticed that Polish people really seem unhappy all the time. It was during winter tho, maybe that's the problem hahaha.
@@Femmkee4539 Polish people are moody but they don't fake their emotions. They're not like Americans who constantly fake being nice even to strangers or pretending they're fine all the time. Poles rather don't smile to other people who they pass by on streets as it seems sort of strange. But some of them are friendly if you happen to meet them personally.
@@Femmkee4539 No wonder! Who would be happy in a cold, rainy, depressed weather?
@@Femmkee4539 haha yeah they’re just cold 😂
Having a dual passport Italian/french, i can clearly see why everyone thinks that about France : They're not really rude, it's just that compared to Italy at least, they are way colder, like in Italy when I hang out with friends it's like a big family, we all laugh etc, even if I don't know everyone. When I hang out with friends in France, it's more like we talk a lot but it's seems less "joyful". I still love hanging out with my french friends, don't get me wrong, but yes, if an Italian see them they are way colder and "rude" than Italians, and probably also spanish
Maybe you compare a southern Italian with a northern French. Italy is a very long country from Sicily to Swiss and Austria and Italians and their lifestyles and habits are very different. In Italy, northern Italians are way colder than Southern italians. The same in France, for example, people from Lille are colder than a marseillaise or an inhabitant of Tolone. Parisians are something different. Turin is vey very similar to Lyon (lifestyle, people, habits...). France and Italy are two great, complex and composite countries. France is both southern and Central Europe , Italy among the southern European country (Spain, Portugal and greece) is the most northern on the whole, and northern Italy is between the southern and the Central Europe. France AND Italy are two composite countries and it is impossible generalize.
@@oldstyleman3819 northern Italians are still welcoming and friendly even the ones that aren’t really Italians like in South Tyrol it’s a national thing
@@oldstyleman3819 people from Lille more cold than a marseillaise ???? first time hearing that
@@seraph1ne336 during a gap year, I relocated in Pau (I'm from Savoy) and well, I don't want to generslize but the south-western people I met were very expressive, friendly while being a bit hypocrites. In Savoy, we're way more distant with strangers and also cold and direct people. I was a bit surprised at first.
But maybe that's only the south-westerners...
Let's take a moment to appreciate how nicely the French, Italian, and Polish ladies dressed. They took their femininity seriously and made a great impression. Spanish lady showed up for a job interview (that's OK, I guess)...and the others just rolled out of bed.
For me The french, italian and polish girls are gourgeous.
I would love to see a Portuguese person on these videos! Many people forget about Portugal since Spain is more well known/popular 🙊👍🇵🇹
Yes! We need people from Portugal, as a neighbor of Spain I feel that they have forgotten you 🥲
Same with Austria and Germany. Give me representation!
Yes, I’m Portuguese and would love to see more of our culture represented
@@LoveBerry13 Anschluss will settle that.
@@glennlgg6871 Classic, cant bring up Austria without getting an Anschluss joke in return.
European girls are so beautiful and classy
No place called Europe. Can't fly there bus there train there or boat there. No such thing as a European person either. Cause there is no place called Europe. It's a union of over 40 countries 40 different languages. Two of there countries rules the world. They don't speak the same language or eat the same food. It's a union in name. Not a place you can go to. Think of a big country like the two biggest countries on earth. Canada and Russia. Now double it a few times. I can't say get me in Canada and you would find me. Now picture doing that but in the largest union on earth that covers most of earth with over 800 million people all talking different languages.
Dude the lady from France is really pretty
I would pay to listen to the Spanish girl read the dictionary.
I was here to comment on this, such a cool voice!
As i polish guy i must to agree with the we are never smile. When i came to the Netherlands almost 4 years go, one of the first diffrente what i saw that was a people on the street. If you walk on the polish sidewalk you see much more serieous face than in The Netherlands. If i smile to dutch people,propable they give me smile back, but if i do in Poland, they look at me like a weirdo
Now everybody standing up when it comes to french supposed rudeness was actually super rude
Agreed...
Yes, it is a very fascinating thing, I must admit : people give themselves permission to be extremely rude and impolite towards French when they want to accuse French of being rude lol It is total nonsense. Total madness. As a French, you have no idea how lonely I sometimes feel on social media. When it comes to France and French, people burst out, get totally unleashed. Coward, smelly, bastards, arrogant, cheese-eaters, cunt, etc, etc… all those words are for us to tell us how rude we are lol That is fascinating 😂
@@heliedecastanet1882 Yeah true ppl judging a whole ppl for being "rude" are the "rude" ones. Just keep doing your French thing, we appreciate it. Love from Germany♥
@@spaceowl5957 Thanks for your support, space 😉 All my best for you and your beautiful country too !
agree with Belgium, Beer Hmmm. love your videos. Cheers from Puerto Rico.
I absolutely agree with the polish stereotype. Polish people smile around their friends but never in public tbh. It might be just mine thought but yeah
I love how the French lady acts in here, it’s somehow so stereotypical and I find it somehow super sympathetic 😀
She plays on it 😊
What people are not aware of is the fact that in France, there are 3 types of people : those in Paris, those in the Southern France and those in the countryside. Generally, most of foreigners will believe French people as Parisian, which is a whole different France, a real jungle. As a French person, this is what we hear the most
The same applys to Germany. There are those who live in Berlin, those who live in the south and those in the countryside. The Germans say that Berlin is not Germany, meaning that it is not representative of how Germans think, work or live. Same happens in Spain, apart from Madrid and Barcelona, the rest is countryside. The hispanoamericans usually talk about the "capitalinos" which are those who live in the capital ot their respective countries, and they are more nosed-up or arrogant.
Who thinks of France like that? My country your only the country your born. Nothing else. I really don't care that much to be honest. Is it like if someone calls a Scottish person British. Like a very hard insult?
Haha I feel like they all got closer it's cool to see! This one was a fun episode (greetings from Poland)
Wow, I stumbled upon your video and it totally caught me by surprise! I gotta say, I was super interested from the start and couldn't look away. It really made me think and feel things I didn't expect. Thanks for sharing your story, it left a lasting impression on me!
The voice of that Spanish girl ❤️
Was going to say the same thing.
She sounds to me like a “post wild party night” 😂😂😂
@@serfin01 As a Spanish, I agree
@@serfin01 wdym?
@@nitishsaxena1372 The last night she was parting, therefor she has that voice.
How about a video about dating? One countries like to go on a date right away, but the others prefer to get to know each other first. I think that it would be useful to discuss that topic.
I have a question on this topic. I hear a lot the term dating across the internet, and also that Americans have a culture of dating, and as I understand it, Americans follow a pre-established protocol meaning, both dressed up nice and the boy takes his dad´s car and picks the girl up. Is that what you call dating? I mean, picking up the girl, going to a restaurant, and afterwards you go dancing? Because if this is dating, I´ve never done this in my life. I´ve only seen this in American movies. When I was arround 14, 15, and 16 years old, I made an appointment with a girl, and we met downtown, at a market place or somewhere else, with lots of other people also waiting for their friends. I was always before the time and when the girl appeared, I said hello to her, and that she looked pretty, and asked her what she wanted to do. At that age we had both little money or no money at all, so usually we walked across a shopping street watching the shop windows, maybe we took a walk in the park and sat on a bench. If we were sitting I would try to take
her hand, and if she didn´t reject it, I would try to kiss her a few moments later. This depends on the moment or the girl. Not every girl would kiss me the first day. Maybe the first kiss came a few days later. Maybe she kissed me the first day, than we would spend one hour kissing each other, and we would meet again on the next day, or the day after tomorrow and we also would kiss each other again for ages.... Would this be also a dating? Or does a dating for you include dressing up, and picking her up from her parents house?
@@keltenbleich Not an American, but what you said you have done is definitely a date. Basically any time you go out with a girl one on one and do something with them, whilst trying to build up romantic tension could be considered a date.
Never been to Poland to discuss their smiling abilities, but it’s 100% true Russians don’t smile a lot. In fact, parents (and especially grandparents) teach us that smiling and laughing in public will make others think you’re out of your mind.
And about alcohol - I won’t push that stereotype on specific countries - I’ve heard it in the way that cold countries drink a lot cause alcohol warms your body. Like, in Russia we think that Siberians are always drunk (Siberia is our coldest region, it can go down to -70 celsius in winter)
For a single time I wish we had an episode with european countries that contained countries like Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Hungary, Czech republic, north macedonia, Serbia, Slovakia etc. I'm convinced at this point that Americans think the only countries in Europe are France, Italy, Spain and Germany.
It's better like that. I'd rather keep those "unknown" countries as cheaper holiday destinations. If Americans find out about them, it will be ruined.
The statement about the French and the English language is correct, but not the cause; if the French refuse to speak English, if they correct people who make mistakes in French and do not recognize the efforts of people who try to speak their language, it is not out of rudeness or meanness, it is because that's how you learn foreign languages in France (unfortunately).
You learn a lot of writing, grammar, there is little room for speaking, and above all there is no consideration for the efforts made, only the result counts. This means that the French are often ashamed by their spoken English; and that they tend to reproduce this behavior with foreigners who speak French (correct them, do not consider the effort but only the result, etc)
It's cause of who all talks English. Americans have been going there for a long time. Don't know a word of French and moan the whole time no one speaks English. The people do. Just not back to them.
Keep in mind that most French people that won't answer you in English either don't speak / understand English or are just ashamed of their French accent
Never be ashamed of an accent! The French accent (if speaking English) is wonderful!
No they hate England and find it insulting trying to talk to them in that language and not there own.
English here- German humour tends to be really funny I find. Subtle and quite reserved similar to our own. Also, I know we've unfortunately left the party but I'm a bit upset we didn't get a mention for humour!
I am German and I immediately thought of british humour when that question came up. So don't be upset - they just don't know what good humour is 😀
Brits are the first I thought of. Your abilites to cook might be questionable and you really should stop driving on the wrong side, but nobody can deny your humor. I mean....to vote for Boris Johnson means you must have been in a really funny mood, back then. ;-) *duckandrun*
@keinedaten1640 he started doing comedy panel shoes, some morons liked him and hence he became London Mayor, made a fool of himself while dangling in the air, so our nation decided we enjoy pantomime and then elected him our PM.
My gosh, Selena is just so beautiful 😻
Italian beauty 🙌🏻🇮🇹🥹
I like so much the voice of the spanish girl
yess! I think that kind of voice is called husky voice, goes so well with spanish as well
when she kept saying bachata >>>
@@twinkincarnate bachata is carribbean lol.
Anya sounds so cute btw 🇵🇱❤️
The spanish and Italians talk FAST and A LOT! ;-)
¡Sí!
We talk *FAST!!*
Try Scotland 😂
As a french girl who’s always trying to make other people smile, feel confortable and happy 😊,
I was very hurt by this stereotype 😞
I am from Germany and I have never heard of this stereotype before watching this video. I have been to Nice a few years ago and everyone was really friendly. that is a stereotype I can absolutely not confirm
@@jannix7262 ah thank you really 😊
Stereotypes are just stereotypes. No matter the nationality all people in the world have good days, bad days and everything in between. Even nice people can sometimes be sour toward others. It's all about yourself only. You don’t represent France and France doesn’t represent you. Yes, you're French, but you're also an independent person. I make opinions about people how they act toward me and not where are they from. If someone's rude or cold to me I think that maybe he goes through a bad moment in life and that's it. If someone's friendly to me I take it as a bonus 🤩👍.
@@jannix7262 Sieg H- .....Hallo
@@shacochad7052 dude wtf
Athalane... you are the prettiest 💐💐
Agreed !
Let's gooooo LOLAAAAAAA, estamos contigo
Oh... Americans... hate to break it to you, but you're just mixed Europeans, mostly. Aside from the original Americans (natives).
I think the part when they said that french ppl won't try to speak in english if the other person can understand french is actually a huge problem with the english we learn at school : in France, the english that is taught to us at school is taught pretty badly (don't know if its the right way to say it XD) like we never get to speak in english, most of the time we juste have to learn vocabulary without using it afterwards. So a lot of french people have difficulties speaking in english cuz' we never got to do it ^^' All the people i know that can understand english (and i'm not even talking about speaking it) learned it alone with series or books. I don't know anyone who managed to have a good level in english with only what they learned at school...
Hi so you know the past tense of teach is taught. ❤
I think a huge part of learning a language is being exposed to it as well. I believe most movies and series are still dubbed in French? And I think this happens or at least happened in Germany too. I don't know about the rest of the world.
In the Netherlands we luckily watch movies or series with original audio and Dutch subtitles (unless it's animated stuff for young kids). I think this taught me more than 7 or 8 years of English classes in school. Sure school gives you the basics, but after a while you benefit more by hearing it a lot to build your vocabulary and your understanding of grammar, or even learn idioms.
@@Grasnek it's the same here in Sweden. We usually don't dub anything that's not for kids. I remember the first harry potter movies being dubbed but not the rest of them. Also nowadays I usually watch foreign stuff with English subs even when Swedish is available
@@moondaughter1004 Hey that's an interesting observation! I did vaguely know about HP movies being dubbed in Dutch as well, but I never realised that the later ones may not have been dubbed! I should check my blurays some time 😆
I often watch without subs when it's in English. For French I do still need subs to catch some words, but I'm getting better at it. But then I use Dutch subs, because mixing 2 foreign languages can be a bit much when I'm trying to relax!
When it's a language I don't speak anyways then it doesn't matter as much whether the subs are Dutch of English.
25% of French know English according to statistics
Living in Poland for 2 years now, eeyup polish people rarely smile
As me japanese, who is from one of the politest countries, I can't understand why people say French people are rude. I live in France now and I've been to about 15 countries in Europe, like UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria and so on. But actually German and Spanish were ruder than French. Especially German was fucking rude. I was really shocked. Of course, in Paris, French people are not too good, but if you go to other cites, they are really kind. I know in big cities, people are rude and busy, but in Germany, even in countryside, they were the worst ever. Oh, of course I found good people too. But German, you can't say French people are the rudest at your politeness level. In UK, Italy, Netherlands, they were nice even in a big city or countryside. In Spain, that's ok. Also French people can't speak English well. That's ok for me. I speak French. But I can't speak German so in Germany I had to speak English but everyone, literally everyone looked at me really weirdly. And they made really rude and weird face. I was also surprised because I thought German people could speak English well. But no. Tbh, their English level and accent were the same level as French lol Actually, Italian and Spanish could speak English better than German. And Dutch people were the best at English level as everyone knows. When I was with other Japanese friend who can't speak French in France, French people tried to speak English so hard! I was impressed but it was hard to understand their accent so I switched to French and I translated though lol
Well, I can say that comparing to Japanese people, no country is polite though for me lol We are too polite, so if you settle into our politeness, you would think everyone is rude in other countries.
Also in Japan, when it comes to chocolate, that's Belgium maybe because of Godiva.
For some reason I don't understand, it is normal for french people to be nicer to asians than to people from other parts of the world.
I don't know about german but I am spanish. Spanish people in general are usually "not polite", not just with foreigners but also with nationals (mostly in the big cities). Spanish people, mostly old generations, are suspicious not rude. If you go to a spanish restaurant/coffe shop/etc the waiters could seem rude, but they are just usually busy or also don't like to put presure on the client. Once you learn how everything works the waiter and clerks will seem nicer. One thing that surprises me is that people think that spanish are rude because we see people eye to eye, we are not avoiding watching who is aroud us. Spanish people are curious something that many people think is rude...
Selena is my fav❤🇮🇹
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Cheese discussion is so silly. What type of cheese are we talking about?
Best hard cheese: Italy
Best soft cheese: France
Best mild cheese: Netherlands
Best strong cheese: Switzerland, Austria
I don't know if we have the best cheeses in France. After all, it's a matter of taste. But I don't think there are many countries that have such a wide variety of cheese, or people that eat that much cheese. Most foreigners don't know our most famous cheeses.
The tging about French people correcting your French isn't meant to be rude. I don't do it because I know that's how it's perceived. However it is meant to be helpful. If people don't point out your mistakes how are you going to improve? That's our mentality in France. When I speak English with my friends I ask them to be nitpicky and correct every single mistake I make. French people treat you the way they want to be treated. (At least in this case)
French people are not rude, we just don’t sugarcoat and are honest when we talk to others.
I wouldnt necessarily say so. The less sugarocating is true for most europeans I reckon like germans are said to be blunt too but french are said to be more insulting rude rather than straight forward rude. And in my experience that is kind of true.
@@foodchainstop5297 we might be insulting rude, but we FOR SURE straight forward rude even more. There is no way a french wont tell u he doesnt like u if he actually doesnt like u
Nah, some of you are rude.
@@lalalili4197ya sure its not just a european Thing im danish and im 100% brutally honest which can Come of as rude and most danish males Are like that, danish females not as much there Are some but they tend to "hide" it / sugarcoat it, untill you piss Them of.
@@goodaimshield1115 He says, rudely.
The best thing is that Poles and Germans have similar humor and jokes, based on sarcasm and a lot of irony, because of this black humor, most of the world considers us not funny, I would say that Polish jokes is even darker than the German one.
I did love this video. Could you do a second part? It was funny.
Me ha encantado el vídeo. ¿Podríais hacer una segunda parte? Ha sido divertido.
As a language learner, I prefer someone to continue speaking in their native language and to correct my wrong sentences vs me speaking embarrassing wrong sentences. So that’s a plus for the french.
you’ll be disapointed because french ppl swith to english when being talked in french with a foreign accent.
@@maxrolland3148 that's not true. most french people don't speak English or not good enough. so will keep on going in french as long as they can
I love Spanish and Polish girls voice ❤️
Did Polish girl just say we kiss our cheeks in Poland? I've been living in Poland for 30 years and I've never seen people greeting this way, the cheek kiss is a french thing and most Polish people will feel uncomfortable with it. Only a weird old aunt would do it to you when it's your birthday in 2000 and it's soo damn creepy if she does. In Poland boys shake hands (or just touch fist to fist "żółwik" in some cases). Girls hug. And girl-boy greeting depends on a situation, it's too complex to explain - sometimes it's a hug, sometimes it's just a "cześć" without any physical contact, and in rare cases you would shake a hand with her but it feels super weird.
also does the american give you polish descent vibes?
@@bryanu1737 she definitely looks like she she could have come from any of the Scandinavian countries, or have family roots from there.
@@bryanu1737 yes, she looks Polish
Your videos are really amazing dude
I'm an introvert and I don't talk much, I love people who talk alot and make fun of everything so that I can save my voice and have fun, black or white, no matter where they come from, it just feels great when I meet someone who is not arrogant or dumb.
As a French person, I disagree with the rude stereotype: you just have to not go to Paris, and speak fluent French. It's that easy, really 😄
That's what I've heard about Parisian from French people lol. It's like how Americans feel about New Yorkers or LA
Just speak fluent French? Well if it's that easy!
@@pcarebear1 yeah, usually whenever someone tells a French person that they went to France, the French ask with a snide smile "Oh yeah? Where?". Paris is famous, but it's _far_ from being France, and the upside for peoples like American is that the distances between different interesting regions are far smaller: north to south or east to west there's like 1k km top (or 620 of your "miles" thingy).
@@jungi001 the funny thing is, the more you know the language, the more you can violently disrespect its rules and native speakers will think you're one of them... Appart from an eventual accent, but hey, you know, like... Yeah.
in Paris is Africa anyway
These ladies are good representatives for their countries. They are very charming and it was a fun to hear them talk about stereotypes in a friendly, joking way.
When they said that france doesn't have the best cheese, the french lady had a stroke.
Selena? Ti amo! ❤
I am sooo in loved with this Italian girl..
You guys are all beautiful but Selena is stunning and Shallen is like a living doll😍
Simp
This ep is really really good. It’s so funny. Love to see this kind of videos instead the accents comparisons
-As a none german with german as a native language the problem with the steretype about german humor is you need to know what to look at: If you look at comedians or humorists, movies, they can be incredibly funnny. If you look at things like german carneval, (which is huge in several places in germany) it fots the stereotype in my opinion.
-Had to do with french engineers and software engineers, and they never were rude or at least they didn't show any rudeness. So those few i met were quite nice that while they even had to speak english with me us as neither me nor my collegues speak french. (so we all had to speak a foreign language)
-The sterotype they brought for the danish: As the italian lady said, in central and southern europe it's more a stereotype that the scandinavians do drink a lot on holidays when they are on vacation in countries where alcohol isn't as expensive as where they live themselves. (as it is said to be incredibly expensive in northern europe) Not that they do that every normal day. (rather the opposite, only on occasions but then extensively)
-The cheese part is funny, because they completely left out the swiss and the dutch who are famous for their cheese too. And to be honest there's no country that makes the best cheese in europe, because you can find extremely good cheese almost everywhere where there's a chees tradition. (i have eaten cheese from almost every country that is covered by the alps apart from slovenia, and they all have very tasty different sorts of cheese.)
I dunno if I would agree with the first one, even in Germany I feel like it is a bit of a meme that German comedy movies and standup comedians are pretty atrocious generally speaking.
@@Antares-dw9iv You find good ones and bad ones everywhere. The english language space isn't different in that. Different people have different humor, and there are a few for everyone but not every comedian is funny to every audience.
During the 90's RTL Samstag Nacht for example i found great. (And i still can laugh about the Karl Ranseier gags)
The Otto movies in the 80's were fun back in the time, the first Manta Manta movie i found fun at the time. (haven't seen it in a long time)
Bully Herbigs TV show and movies were hilarious (to me). And many things i have seen by Dieter Nuhr, Johan König, Thorsten Sträter, Olaf Schubert, Monika Gruber, Martina Hill, to name a few, were pretty funny to me.
As were the first 2 complete programms of Michael Mittermayer.
On the other hand, as i said, the carneval things like in Mainz or Cologne are something entirely out of my "fun range".
As are some other standbup comedians. Some were fun at the start of their carreer, but decided to switch to gags focussed on a very specific narrow audience, others "lost their stride"... But that's the same with english speaking comics too. (good jokes come and go, and few people stay as funny as you find them for long)
Germans can be funny due to the complete absence of humour. If you watch maybe greatest German humorist Loriot, it is not about jokes, but just slightly exaggerating the weaknesses of German every day life in very serious manner. Cheap jokes also exist, but they are often not really work well.
The Italian is gorgeous
Edna, you make me proud meid! 💪🏻 🤜🏻
Belgische representatie
I love how every girl there wanted to look official and Belgian girl just came here in most comfy clothes
the spanish and the italian girl whispering to each other the whole time are giving long lost cousins vibes i love them 😭 vi amo cugini spagnoli
2:49 One of the best moments of World Friends 😂😂
About humour: As a german of course I believe that we have a lot of humour and are funny, if we want. But it is difficult to translate. I gave up on trying to be funny in other languages, it never worked.
If I had to choose the best european humour I would vote for the Brits. But it is a bit unfair, because I don't really know any other european comedians besides german and british ones.
This is brilliant. Just putting a bunch of Europeans together in one room always turns into chaos.
Especially when it comes to food.
I went to an international University, and one thing I observed that was nearly universal was that people from smaller cities/towns/villages considered people from their capital cities to be rude. So, according to them, it's not that French are rude, it's Parisians that are rude. Same goes for Oslo, Madrid, Vienna, etc. We tend to say the same things in the US in regards to NY and LA, so we're no different.
*YES!!!*
And likewise, those city slickers see us country bumkins like freaking *aliens* when we act _country_ in the city.
Example, from 2006:
I am originally from a farming community I'm the West Indies. While my city of origin in itself is not _a small town,_ I am from a rural borough that's rather insular. So, 2006 here it comes. I was staying for spring break with a relative who lived in the capital (San Juan, Condado area) and took the bus to go shopping. While I was on the second to last stop prior to the mall, there was a dog... *eating a dead iguana!* To me, that was _just another day in the countryside._ It isn't uncommon for *ANY* carnivore to be eating another dead animal. And in PR, iguanas are rather common and eaten by humans at times. Two things happened while that straight dog was eating that dead iguana: people were grossed out, *and* older people were getting into the bus. Since I was getting off in the next stop, I left an older lady to take my seat. *AND THIS IS WHERE HELL LEFT LOOSE: THE BUS WENT NUTS!!*
SO many people could *NOT* believe I was giving up my seat *to an older lady!!* I didn't think much of what I did, and I was covering my mouth (laughing, seeing the people grossed out over the dog eating the iguana) as the bus kept filling up with a few more passengers grossed out over the dead iguana being eaten. I was all: _like, haven't y'all seen a dead animal being eaten by another animal before?_ Most said: _no._ I was all: _oh yes, I forgot I'm from a freaking farm on the other side of the island._
Then I held myself tight from one of the poles, the bus drove a few miles, and got to the mall.
This is, only somewhat, the case. People move, from area to area, and take customs with them.
In the case of Paris it's true.
Good point. That is so true.
Capital cities attract the career makers who like to look down on others to boost their own ego. Also,the tempo of life is the fastest, there's always a lot of traffic, noise and air pollution- aka a lot of stressed and tired people.
you should remember America is a continent NOT a country. it's very triggering to hear someone refer to America as United States, when there's SO many other countries here....
Wrong there are 2 continents with American in them North and South America. When I’m mentioning the continents I call them North and South American, also when I mention the USA I call it America.
This argument has been whined about for over 200 years. Welcome to primary school. Every other country in the Americas has their own adjective. What would you have Americans called? United Statesers? Waiting for your recommendations.
@@ICXCTSARSLAVY U.S. citizens.
@@picklerick7207Well we've been calling ourselves American for 250 years and we are the only country in the world with the name "America" in our country, y'all can keep whining and complaining for another 250 years but it's just the way it is.
There's no other countries. You know in America they add other countries and they places don't even know that. Like Brazil. They say that's south America or something. And it's not a country. I'm afraid it is a country and it's older than America and has been there before America was invented. No country outside of America is part of America I don't know why it's said that way.
5:20 Alliance franco-belge au fond!
MOAR roasting of France please🤣
5:00 This is the most rude sequence I have seen in this series against the representative of her country...
*Poland* : "We can drink at 16!"
*British who can drink at the age of 5*
Wait, we can drink at 16? 😲
Wait aren't they thirsty before 16? 😮
Scottish. Use got an age limit says the 3 year old sipping whiskey at New years lol
Poland and France are PRETTY, especially Poland!!!!
I think the Spanish food is the best, every ingredient has a superior quality and the reult is so tasty with almost no spices or herbs or extra sacue to hide a weak flavour. I'm amazed
I would agree in a sense that when I'm in Spain there's usually not one thing to eat that isn't tasty.
Spanish food is extremely tasty and into the highest level of quality. That's tru.
My experience in Spain has been amazing. The best food I've ever tried.
Absolutely great food and wine
It’s not a casualty they call us the garden of Europe, Spanish fresh ingredients are high quality indeed
Ma perché le calze? Non possono mettere le scarpe? Comunque è vero che noi italiani gesticoliamo molto, ma siamo molto più comunicativi. In Italia certi termini li abbiamo saputi trasformare in arte. Gli insulti di un romano o di un napoletano sono veramente opere d'arte linguistiche, anche un toscano non è da meno. Ma in generale, spesso basta un gesto, uno sguardo e comunichiamo, diamo molta importanza alla comunicazione non verbale. Comunque difficile parlare di Italia, siamo un paese molto frammentato, una grande forza/limite dell'Italia è proprio il suo forte campanilismo, le sue caratteristiche uniche e fortemente diverse anche tra realtà geograficamente vicine (figurati quelle lontane). Per concludere bellissimi questi video di confronto tra i popoli e culture diverse.
My grandmother was Polish, she never smiled.
The claim that French are rude is completely nonsense. They can be extremely polite like thanking the busdriver for the ride even in the worst places. You would hardly find that in Germany and many other European countries. I was never really treated rude there. Maybe it depends a bit how you approach the people yourself. What might distract people that culture is rather different compared to Germany or UK. You just ride 5km over the border and have to reconsider many things immediately. That is different to many other European countries and borders.
I remember trying this home made Vodka brew out of Poland that was 90% alcohol
I was surprised some common ones like all Italian mothers forcing food on you every time they see you or the French being the best romanticists, or Spanish being the most boisterous or rambunctious drunks? 😆 regardless I agree - don't go by stereotypes but instead real life experiences and generalizations are generally bad! 🤣
Athalane is so attractive! 😍
Would love to hear what stereotypes people have about Sweden 😅 Swede here 🖐🏻
@D K ok, sorry to hear that that's your view/picture of it. Hopefully you will meet other Swedes because i know there are alot of friendly and nice ones 👍👏
@D K I wouldn't want to live anywhere else in the world 😊 I very much like to visit other countrys though 👏🙏
I have close friends and care alot about my family (my parents, my brother, grandparents). It's true that alot of Swedes don't small-talk and come up to you to ask something but some do. I myself is pretty social but even i want my own space sometimes 😄👍
In some ways Swedes sometimes can be a bit individualistic but that's not always a bad thing i think. To be able to fully enjoy company i myself like being by myself every now and then and do things i want to do or just relax 👍
Belgium and chocolat!? As a swiss guy im offendet 😂😂
Tengo que admitir que cuando dijeron "El mejor queso", pensé más en Suiza que en Francia.