bitful

I have had a bit of fun asking Google, our modern oracle, to spit out the general consensus on four nationalities I know well.

Here is what I found in the first page of results:

"Icelanders are known for":

• their hard work and hard partying
• their hospitality, and when it comes to nightlife for their stamina
• their hospitality
• going crazy for New Things
• building up mammoth trucks with giant wide wheels to stay on top of the snow
• believing in ghosts, huldufolk and other creatures
• their love of the outdoors
• their warm hospitality

"Italians are known for":

• liking <19012092092121112120910>" [sic] and stuff
• using forks
• mafia pizzas and mandolinos
• their impeccable style and fashionable dress sense
• many things: their great cuisines
• their use of hand gestures during conversation
• using forks
• their great cooking and a love of food
• their inherent style
• using the most body language of all European nations

"The French are known for":

• Good Whine And Cheese
• their love of seafood
• their joie de vivre
• their direct eye contact
• their sense of style
• their fine cuisine
• looking after themselves
• guarding their culture jealously, though somewhat ineffectively

"The British are known for":

• their eurosceptism and general ignorance towards anything beyond the English Channel
• pragmatism in promoting their national interests
• their twisted sense of humour and satirical nature
• starting every other sentence with the words “I’m afraid…�?
• lagging behind their Continental counterparts when it comes to learning foreign languages
• "the stiff upper lip"
• their dry wit
• drinking tea
• a propensity to understatement
• their caustic, biting humor

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