From experience do you have a word that seems to sum up a country's people?

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  1. tobyornottoby

    tobyornottoby Well-Known Member

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    e.g.

    USA - confident
    Italy - demonstrative
    France - dismissive

    and Mexico - squat
     
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    MrsHallsToffeerolls Well-Known Member

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    Scotland - jockular.
     
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    France - Arrogant
    Germany - efficient

    People's' Republic of Sheffield - Tw@ts :D
     
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    England - Lazy
    Scotland - Angry
     
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    Bit unfair to generalise a whole population with one word.

    Dutch - Stoners
     
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    English - alcoholics
     
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    Americans - LOUD
    Canadians - Friendly
    French - Ignorant
    Welsh - Simple
     
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    British_Billable, Naive take your pick.
     
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    England

    nowt at all...as long as we can ship out all the immigrants who seriously should not be here... just like Australia , Canada, New Zealand , USA seem to manage.
     
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    Re: England

    You obviously don't follow American news much if you believe that they ship them back out. My sister-in-law believes that we sort out immigration better (based on us refusing to take asylum seekers from Syria)
    http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/19/us/mexico-border-children/
     
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    Re: England

    Germans - introspective
    French - arrogant
    English - Blase
    Americans - Naive
    Yorkshire Folk - Exceptional
     
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