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re: How many poor white trash Americans have been to Europe?
Posted on 1/15/14 at 2:05 am to tketaco
Posted on 1/15/14 at 2:05 am to tketaco
My Grandmother is German and whenever her family comes to visit they all look like sissies. I just think what they consider manly is way more girly than what we consider manly.
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Posted on 1/15/14 at 2:07 am to Iona Fan Man
I've lived in Europe (Greece).
Definitely not white (although that's part of my lineage, but it's shrouded in melanin), so I guess I don't qualify as PWT
Definitely not white (although that's part of my lineage, but it's shrouded in melanin), so I guess I don't qualify as PWT
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Posted on 1/15/14 at 5:45 am to Iona Fan Man
I dunno about Europe, but when the tea baggers come to DC, it makes for awesome people watching. dozens, if not hundreds of overweight middle aged people who hate the government waiting on the platform to get on the metro
Posted on 1/15/14 at 6:17 am to LSURussian
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Most Europeans resent it that Americans just assume all Europeans speak English and therefore, don't speak their language.
Most Europeans under 30 can communicate in English. Europeans that get offended because I don't take a stab at Hungarian or Finnish are just going to have to deal with it.
Posted on 1/15/14 at 6:18 am to Iona Fan Man
Went to holland and Germany for 10 days with a college buddy for a wedding of a friend of ours in Germany. Those Germans frickin loved us. Had a blast.
Amsterdam was fun too I think.
Amsterdam was fun too I think.
Posted on 1/15/14 at 6:26 am to Athanatos
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Most Europeans under 30 can communicate in English.
This. Even the gypsies know some English. Unless you get out into the countryside, you will find that most people who deal with the public on a regular basis speak a little if not very good English. I've been to 6 countries in the last couple of years and only ran into one service worker who couldn't communicate in English.
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Europeans that get offended because I don't take a stab at Hungarian or Finnish are just going to have to deal with it.
My last trip, I would have had to learn Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German. frick that.
I got along just fine by knowing this simple phrase: "Zwei bier, bitte"
Posted on 1/15/14 at 6:59 am to Iona Fan Man
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but then why do Europeans have such a bad opinion of Americans who visit Europe?
I've been through several European countries and the common opinion is "Americans are arrogant" & my reply is "you would be too if you were this great"!
This post was edited on 1/15/14 at 7:00 am
Posted on 1/15/14 at 7:40 am to AlaTiger
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Americans are loud, fat, an dress horribly. They are obnoxious. Having spent some time in Europe, I could tell the Americans at first sight, even from a distance. They carry a lot of stuff around with them. They are generally a mess.
This thread is useless without pichers.
I've traveled very little, but I did spot this guy in Nairobi many years ago:
Posted on 1/15/14 at 7:44 am to Topwater Trout
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arrogance and the fact americans typically only know one language which also makes us look arrogant
Why would we need to speak another?
Posted on 1/15/14 at 7:46 am to Iona Fan Man
Americans were at one time poor white trash Europeans, get it!
Posted on 1/15/14 at 7:51 am to Iona Fan Man
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I wouldn't think many...but then why do Europeans have such a bad opinion of Americans who visit Europe?
Nearly all the Europeans I met were very complimentary of the American people. The most abrasive were the French (who are unliked by the rest Europe anyway) but even these were a minority.
Now, most were not fans of the U.S. government.
Posted on 1/15/14 at 8:00 am to Iona Fan Man
my bad guys...too much warm beer one night 
Posted on 1/16/14 at 3:23 am to mt1
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They charge more to sit in St. Marks square and have a beer.
Oh, St. Mark's is a different story...I paid $12 for a Peroni at some super classy joint, and that was indoors...
Posted on 1/16/14 at 4:19 am to Wtodd
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I've been through several European countries and the common opinion is "Americans are arrogant" & my reply is "you would be too if you were this great"!
The way non-Texans view Texan braggadocio is similar to the way foreigners perceive American hubris
Posted on 1/16/14 at 4:22 am to Iona Fan Man
I spent some time over there, and it seems like they are the ones that are arrogant. I spent a few months in Sicily.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 5:16 am to JAXTiger16
I spent a lot of time in Europe in the 80's and 90's. Had a frigging blast and except for the rude French (like New Yorkers) everyone there seemed to love Americans. The French were just so uptight, but then the Brits and Italians I knew told me 'everyone hates the French' so guess it was expected.
Spain was my favorite (women and food) with Israel and Italy being close seconds. The Israelis worshipped Americans back then, and if you are not butt-ugly, so did European women. I'm a southern boy with a southern accent and they ate it up. Act nice with a little sense of self-respect and respect for them and you will love that continent.
Now, wish I could talk my wife into going back over there. Frigging Fort Walton and Disneyworld is getting old.
Spain was my favorite (women and food) with Israel and Italy being close seconds. The Israelis worshipped Americans back then, and if you are not butt-ugly, so did European women. I'm a southern boy with a southern accent and they ate it up. Act nice with a little sense of self-respect and respect for them and you will love that continent.
Now, wish I could talk my wife into going back over there. Frigging Fort Walton and Disneyworld is getting old.
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