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Post by Fryguy64 on Nov 30, 2004 16:54:39 GMT -5
I think you'll find most of the cultural stereotypes of Britain are largely overlooked by other countries, who prefer to think of us as hooligans, what-not posh folk, or lovable cockney boot-blacks. Truth is, the biggest cultural stereotype of the British (and one that is largely true) is that we don't care enough about anything to do much else but whinge about everything. For all the worries that we might become a "mini-America", the major oversight is that we don't have a dream or a real national identity, most of the country is agnostic or suspicious of organised religion as a whole, and we don't give a rats arse about anything so long as it doesn't interfere with our lives. So long as our pies are hot and our beer is cold, of course!  As for Mario, well... it's nice to have a national hero. Who would complain? *complains about Lara Croft* |
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Post by The Almighty Narf on Dec 1, 2004 9:57:37 GMT -5
we don't give a rats arse about anything so long as it doesn't interfere with our lives. So long as our pies are hot and our beer is cold, of course! This may come as a surprise, but.... it sounds like you're already a mini-America. |
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Post by Ace_ETP on Dec 1, 2004 15:40:22 GMT -5
Pigs soared the sky today: I played soccer today and won. Maybe I would buy Mario soccer if it came out. I don't think I'll be playing baseball anytime soon, though...
I know enough about agnosticism and lack of national identity. I live in Uruguay, the second most demographically religiously-non-deminational country in the world, and the most demographically Caucasian country in the American continent (89% of the population). I can assure you that there is not one custom or characteristic trait that represents everyone and therefore could become an accepted stereo-type, even if it was negative.
A reference to this country in an episode of "Friends" made us sound like a rainforest country full of missionaries. Couldn't they have picked another South American country in order to make that reference? Or pick up an encyclopedia, look at our entry, and use an already existing stereo-type and not invent a new one? If they had done that they would have made us sound like a grassland full of cowboys.
This has really nothing to do with Mario Baseball...
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Post by Fryguy64 on Dec 1, 2004 19:17:49 GMT -5
That's hot steak and ale pies, and proper ale beer. Not that American massmarket rubbish.  As for American TV stereotypes - I guess all us "foreigners" will just have to live with that. After all, the peoples of my country seem to appear as a combo of French, Australian and something I can't quite put my finger on... Dick Van Dyke probably. I say my country, because the Irish and Scottish have quite different stereotypes over there. I have no idea if America even knows Wales exists, other than as Prince Charles's official title. |
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Post by The Almighty Narf on Dec 1, 2004 22:42:54 GMT -5
America knows Wales exsists.... they just think it's a large fish like mammal.
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Post by Andronicus on Dec 2, 2004 1:34:56 GMT -5
Yes, many Australian ex-pats over in the UK.
We're (that's Australia to those not in the know) very similar to the underclass English folk - which makes sense, as that is where Australia's first folks came from...
However, I am from a Greek immigrant family, and damn proud of it - three cheers for multiculturalism!
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Post by Fryguy64 on Dec 4, 2004 5:14:45 GMT -5
I wouldn't say Australia is like Britain's "underclass"... I'd just say Australia was like Britain... full stop. Of all the countries in the world, Australia seems to be closer to Britain in public opinion, policies, and general outlook on life.
So, I say we ship Britain down into those warmer climes, and we can set up an "Island Superstate" to rival America and Europe!
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Post by Andronicus on Dec 6, 2004 1:04:33 GMT -5
The Australian accent is staright out of the cockney-type accent of the British working classes, just like the American accent comes right out of the Irish accent - listen and you'll hear it for yourself.
My point?
Dunno...
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Post by Fryguy64 on Dec 6, 2004 17:25:45 GMT -5
It's a particular Irish accent. The strong Dublin accent it isn't... but I've seen some Irish television, and couldn't differentiate the accents from American aside from some very slight differences in intonation at the ends of words.
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Post by Ace_ETP on Dec 11, 2004 15:44:11 GMT -5
It's a particular Irish accent. The strong Dublin accent it isn't... but I've seen some Irish television, and couldn't differentiate the accents from American aside from some very slight differences in intonation at the ends of words. Then my Irishman impersonation must suck, blimey. |
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Post by missingno.is back? on Dec 12, 2004 16:24:57 GMT -5
How popular is baseball in Japan? If they wanted to appeal to the worlwide market, they would do better with a soccer game. However, it would sell horribly in the US. Baseball is as popular in Japan as it is here [America], but it's not very popular is PAL areas. I think that Baseball would be a bit weird because there aren't enough Mario characters to make a bunch of teams. ...unless they made Koopa Troopas their slaves. They should have made something else like Skateboarding, Volleyball [yes!], or one on one/two on two basketball. |
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