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There are lots of misconceptions about customs in other countries. Plenty of people assume all Americans are overweight, riding around on those motorized scooters and eating our way to diabetes via spray cheese. People from places across the globe are addressing popular stereotypes from their home lands and debunking them.
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Ethiopia
People think our country is full of hungry people. It has one of the fastest-growing economies in the world right now, has recently appointed its first female president, and is experiencing a large amount of infrastructural growth!
People think our country is full of hungry people. It has one of the fastest-growing economies in the world right now, has recently appointed its first female president, and is experiencing a large amount of infrastructural growth!
Of course, the rural areas are still facing a myriad of health, nutrition, and water issues, but the country is in a really progressive upswing.
-lildonut_
-lildonut_
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Peru
People actually think we have llamas as pets and live in huts.
-dliendo
People actually think we have llamas as pets and live in huts.
-dliendo
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Greece
Everyone else thinks that we only eat Greek yogurt, feta, olives, drink wine, and use olive oil. Oh, and that we dance and break plates all day long. We most definitely do not do that.
-faded1103
Everyone else thinks that we only eat Greek yogurt, feta, olives, drink wine, and use olive oil. Oh, and that we dance and break plates all day long. We most definitely do not do that.
-faded1103
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Spain
Not everyone in Spain dances flamenco, bullfighting is not that popular, and we don’t eat paella every day.
-Fake_DM
Not everyone in Spain dances flamenco, bullfighting is not that popular, and we don’t eat paella every day.
-Fake_DM
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Spain
That we have a “siesta” every day. It’s not true, sometimes we have 2. Joking, I never have a nap after lunch, but it’s true that most of the old people do.
-KatKume
That we have a “siesta” every day. It’s not true, sometimes we have 2. Joking, I never have a nap after lunch, but it’s true that most of the old people do.
-KatKume
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Estonia
People think that either we are all Russians, everyone speaks Russian, or our language and culture are very similar to Russian. All of these are false, most young people can barely say a few swear words in Russian and the older generation only knows some because they were under Soviet rule in their youth.
People think that either we are all Russians, everyone speaks Russian, or our language and culture are very similar to Russian. All of these are false, most young people can barely say a few swear words in Russian and the older generation only knows some because they were under Soviet rule in their youth.
Estonian is a completely separate language, most closely tied to Finnish and little bit to Hungarian (Latvian and Lithuanian are in a completely different language tree).
-IamNameuser
-IamNameuser
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The Czech Republic
Some people still think we are Czechoslovakia, we split in 1993.
-Proton555
Some people still think we are Czechoslovakia, we split in 1993.
-Proton555
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Austria
We don’t run around in lederhosen* all year round and drink beer all day. Also, 99% of the people here can’t yodel. And even though we’re known for the Alps, not all of Austria has high mountains. We don’t have kangaroos, we’re truly sorry for Hitler, and we try to make people think he’s German.
-jamiefstr
We don’t run around in lederhosen* all year round and drink beer all day. Also, 99% of the people here can’t yodel. And even though we’re known for the Alps, not all of Austria has high mountains. We don’t have kangaroos, we’re truly sorry for Hitler, and we try to make people think he’s German.
-jamiefstr
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Mongolia
No, we don’t still live in yurts and ride horses every day.
-orchlon
No, we don’t still live in yurts and ride horses every day.
-orchlon
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Liechtenstein
“Wait, what’s that? Is it a city?” “No, it’s a small country in between Switzerland and Austria.” The only thing we have going for us is that half the world doesn’t even know we exist.
-Calvyam
“Wait, what’s that? Is it a city?” “No, it’s a small country in between Switzerland and Austria.” The only thing we have going for us is that half the world doesn’t even know we exist.
-Calvyam
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Romania
That Romania is full of gypsies when in fact, they make up about 3% of the population.
-Jvartim
That Romania is full of gypsies when in fact, they make up about 3% of the population.
-Jvartim
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Kenya
People have somehow got it into their heads that this country is made up of wild animals and runners.
-Fellsong
People have somehow got it into their heads that this country is made up of wild animals and runners.
-Fellsong
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