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First the stereotypes:
Badly dressed
Overweight
Loud
False
Inflated sense of importance
Parochial and backward
The reality:
A year ago I joined a US online support group for an illness I was suffering from and met some of the finest people I am ever likely to meet. It went beyond just chatting. I have received numerous cards and gifts, some of them hand-made especially for me. When they organised a trip so some of us could meet up I couldn't afford the airfare - so they started a fund for me! (I didn't get to go sadly as I was too sick). What can I say? There are good and bad people everywhere. With the exception of my ex-boyfriend who was a pr*ck all the Americans I 'know' are good.
There are differences though between Americans and Europeans.
You are certainly more into organised religion that we are. I notice you also like to make things - cookies, soaps, quilts, that sort of thing. And you don't seem to smoke and drink as much as us.
But you do have a sense of humour and I don't find it all that different from ours. My American friends understand mine perfectly - in fact, they think I'm hilarious (ok, I haven't had the chance to warm up here yet)!
Musically you have been extremely innovative yet a large chunk of you still clings to old school rock. What is that about?
If you met me you wouldn't be able to understand me as you would think I was whispering. You do speak VERY VERY LOUDLY.
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