Thursday, August 24, 2017

What Americans are Like: Views from Another Perspective




Cultural Stereotypes of Americans as Reported by Spanish Teens

  • Most Americans are very tall with blue eyes and blond hair
  • American women are either unusually fat or unusually thin, never of normal build
  • American men have muscular builds. they wear sleeveless tee shirts, to show off their physiques.
  • The first two things Americans want to discuss are salary and age
  • The two favorite liesure-time activities in the US are movies and rodeos
  • Although extremely punctual and efficient in their jobs, Americans don't consider their work important
  • most Americans live either in sky scrapers or on farms
  • In marriage in the US, the wife always dominates
  • American cities are so dangerous that a person has a good chance of being killed in the streets. therefore, American men either know kung-fu, or carry a gun.
  • Americans generally eat fast food Monday through Saturday, but never on Sunday.
  • American men are always drinking beer, even at breakfast
  • Americans frequently put their feet on desks or tables and frequently belch in public
  • Americans yawn a lot and never try to hide it
  • Americans like to wear very bright colors and mixed patterns. They wear summer clothes, even in winter
(From Laurie Greene & carol Ann Pesola-Brown)

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