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Should I Tell Them I'm A Yank?

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K9FIN Explorer Member

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French, i just hate french people

they are the selfiest breed on the world.

Also i hate Swedish, i dont know

why but i just hate them.

Canadian i hate because they can

play a bit better icehockey,

and because they have this Terrance & Phillip duo,

i just love those Canadian lads!

And without Germans we doesn´t have

lederhosen (those funny leather pants)

and dicent beer, ups! i almost forget Rammstein :D

And the last one, Finnish, i hate Finnish.

They have this thing called NOKIA.

Believe it or not: there is a town named Nokia in Finland! The very roots of the famous Nokia Corporation lie on the Nokia River where the paper mill of Mr. Idestam started almost 140 years ago. He gave the company the name "Nokia" which was name of a manor nearby.

You might be asking " what shall i do with all this info? "

Well, the answer is: absolutely nothing :o

Choke dee!

Boon Mee Diamond Member

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U guys will really hate us after what we do to your motherland of Iran soon

You mean something to do with it becoming a glass parking lot? :o

Narachon Gold Member

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U guys will really hate us after what we do to your motherland of Iran soon

You mean something to do with it becoming a glass parking lot? :D

It will certainly be easier to find all the oil that way...... :o

thaibebop Diamond Member

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So, then if I want to be your friend I shouldn't tell you I'm a Yank? Oops! Blew that all to h3ll. :D

Not what I was saying, just that as a rule of thumb if I can work out that you are an American from 20 paces then you are unlikely to encounter me. Somewhat of a stereotype I know, but their is a reason for stereotypes :D - And as I said, spent a year working for a New York head office :o Never again!. I still remember the staff handbook from the US company - when travelling ON BUSINESS and you are on an aeroplane that has been hijacked, do not discuss religion or politics with the hijackers, I guess as a Tourist you would be ok? :D . The suspicious package advice included advice not shake or open a suspected parcel bomb. Sometimes you just can't make it up :D

I was just joking BTW. However, you lost at the staff handbook. What does that have to do with anything?

thaibebop Diamond Member

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TBB, Never EVER admit to being a bloody Yank for gawds sake. Are you MAD???

Yeah, most of us Yanks are that. :D

French, i just hate french people

they are the selfiest breed on the world.

Also i hate Swedish, i dont know

why but i just hate them.

Canadian i hate because they can

play a bit better icehockey,

and because they have this Terrance & Phillip duo,They are apart of South Park, which is an American show. :o

i just love those Canadian lads!

And without Germans we doesn´t have

lederhosen (those funny leather pants)

and dicent beer, ups! i almost forget Rammstein :D

And the last one, Finnish, i hate Finnish.

They have this thing called NOKIA.

Believe it or not: there is a town named Nokia in Finland! The very roots of the famous Nokia Corporation lie on the Nokia River where the paper mill of Mr. Idestam started almost 140 years ago. He gave the company the name "Nokia" which was name of a manor nearby.

You might be asking " what shall i do with all this info? "

Well, the answer is: absolutely nothing :D

Choke dee!

sierra01 Gold Member

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Every race, color, and creed seems to have been mentioned/insulted in this thread.....except the Irish. Come on you English guys, you're letting the side down here!!

gburns57au Platinum Member

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Perhaps here he should be referred to as Elvis rather than the King to avoid confusion....after all EP was not even Royalty.....just a hick singer made good.... :D:D

It's kind of funny that a brit would confuse the two!

Aren't we Yanks famous for cultural myopia?! :o

I was just making a suggestion to clear up apparent confusion...

And I aint a fuking Brit..... :D

au is Australian you cultural myopic septic........... :D

Because sierra01's tyraid was deleted, I was using your post to reference it.

sierra01 is a brit.

A bit sensitive, are we?

Not at all...note the smiley...... :D

Could have explained in the first instance tho....

gburns57au Platinum Member

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Not at all...note the smiley...... :D

As Mr. Basher-Burns well knows, smileys often denote malicious sarcasm. :D

I :D when I laugh

If I was being sarcastic I would use :o

As for Mr Basher-Burns....just a tone of malicious sarcasm there, isnt there???

Kettle calling the pot black methinks..... :D:D

blabbel Explorer Member

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A glass parking lot sounds... pretty. :D

Like in...'I love the smell of radiation in the morning.'

'It smells like...Victory'! :D

Napalm, my dear boy.

Napalm!! :D

It is "humour" like this which gives yanks a bad rep. :D They are not joking, either, the US are one of the few countries who refused to sign treaties to scrap napalm-like warfare and used it in Iraq. Then they wonder where the dislike of 'America' might stem from... :o

One likes to think the brown-shirted thugs who spout this nonsense are a small minority, though after the last elections one wonders... :D

Ulysses G. Star Member

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"Yer learning mate..... laugh.gif laugh.gif"

You are overestimating Geor...., ehh, "Ulysses".... :o:D

Aren't you supposed to be on "vacation" zza..., ehh, "blabbel"? :D

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thaibebop Diamond Member

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A glass parking lot sounds... pretty. :D

Like in...'I love the smell of radiation in the morning.'

'It smells like...Victory'! :D

Napalm, my dear boy.

Napalm!! :D

It is "humour" like this which gives yanks a bad rep. :D They are not joking, either, the US are one of the few countries who refused to sign treaties to scrap napalm-like warfare and used it in Iraq. Then they wonder where the dislike of 'America' might stem from... :o

One likes to think the brown-shirted thugs You mean the UPS guys? :D

who spout this nonsense are a small minority, though after the last elections one wonders... :D

JSixpack Ruby Member

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I . . . wondered if there are some people in Thailand who would rather not be friendly with a Yank.

Indeed there are, usually Arab or English, though the English may enjoy trying to wind you up. Be aware that just as some bars have a Japanese-only policy, others have a de facto Brit-only policy. You probably know of the case in which an American was beaten for innocently asking a group of Britrash, watching “footie” on the tellie in a bar in Chiang Mai, whether they also liked American football.

Other nationalities, such as the Scandinavians, the Germans, and even the Australians, tend to be more urbane and speak better English as well.

I have joked with one of my friends that when I move to Thailand if I want Thai friends I will need to speak Thai

True, but you may find that you don’t need any Thai friends as has many an expat.

and if I want any other friends I should speak with a British accent.

It would be exceedingly difficult to imitate, once you managed to translate them, the various dialects jabbered about here. Now, you would of course be understood if you used Received Pronunciation, but that, being so exotic, would in turn place you under immediate suspicion. Besides, the discussion would quickly turn to “footie” and bemoaning the dearth of Branston Pickle and HP Sauce and other such products of English culinary genius and that would be the end of it.

So, really I am curious if I really will encounter such a person?

Unquestionably you will. And you will treat him in the same way as you treat anyone who doesn't like you.

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Boon Mee Diamond Member

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A glass parking lot sounds... pretty. :D

Like in...'I love the smell of radiation in the morning.'

'It smells like...Victory'! :D

Napalm, my dear boy.

Napalm!! :D

It is "humour" like this which gives yanks a bad rep. :D They are not joking, either, the US are one of the few countries who refused to sign treaties to scrap napalm-like warfare and used it in Iraq. Then they wonder where the dislike of 'America' might stem from... :D

One likes to think the brown-shirted thugs who spout this nonsense are a small minority, though after the last elections one wonders... :D

Yes...it does make one wonder; no doubt! :o

Wes Turner Advanced Member

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I have noticed some poking fun at us yanks on this forum and I know a lot of it is just joking. However I got to thinking about it and wondered if there are some people in Thailand who would rather not be friendly with a Yank. I am not posting this to start any @%^$, just wondering. I have joked with one of my friends that when I move to Thailand if I want Thai friends I will need to speak Thai and if I want any other friends I should speak with a British accent. So, really I am curious if I really will encounter such a person?

Everyone thinks I'm a yank and if they have a problem with it then I just say F%&$* YOU A55HOLE!

I am technically Canadian but have spent a lot of time in Boston where I have family.

Jaffy Senior Member

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Everyone thinks I'm a yank and if they have a problem with it then I just say F%&$* YOU A55HOLE!

You obviously follow US foreign policy to a tee then! :o

robitusson Silver Member

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I have noticed some poking fun at us yanks on this forum and I know a lot of it is just joking. However I got to thinking about it and wondered if there are some people in Thailand who would rather not be friendly with a Yank. I am not posting this to start any @%^$, just wondering. I have joked with one of my friends that when I move to Thailand if I want Thai friends I will need to speak Thai and if I want any other friends I should speak with a British accent. So, really I am curious if I really will encounter such a person?

I've met two people in the last year who apologised after telling other people they were American! Bizarre.

raro Star Member

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I've met two people in the last year who apologised after telling other people they were American! Bizarre.

...yanks with good manners? that's really bizarre.... :o

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