People Reveal Their Country's Most Popular Stereotypes!! [UK vs France vs Vietnam vs Thailand]

People Reveal Their Country's Most Popular Stereotypes!! [UK vs France vs Vietnam vs Thailand]

[@henryqu19]

The first second of video Alexander said what most of the people think about France 🇫🇷 , "Baguette , Croissant , Paris , bahbah" lol , Alexander's return has been great

[@GerMFnU1848Sax]

Their feminine accent and brandy.

[@goufackkentsaleandrinlebel8826]

@@GerMFnU1848Sax French is my mother tongue but i am not French though. However I have to admit that the way French people speak can be super feminine and annoying!

[@Rowlph8888]

@@GerMFnU1848Sax Well Speak for yourself, because I'm English and I love the way the French-speak

[@GerMFnU1848Sax]

@@Rowlph8888 bruh. I have dated French women. I obvs like their accent

[@kimkhoitruong5991]

where mah guilotine, off with ya heads

[@Daffodilsy]

As a Thai, the most common sterotype received from foreigner friends is that "Do everyone in Thailand has an elephant and you ride elephant to school/work?" 😂😂😂

[@javpmv4677]

ฮามากเลย คนไทยขี่ช้างไปโรงเรียน. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@oomieboobie]

We have to be rich to own an elephant. The price per one elephant is around 2-3 million thai baht which equal to the price of luxury car lol

[@ChiliCrisp88]

The Thai stereotypes were so strange and out of pocket? Thailand’s literally know worldwide for their cuisine and incredible beaches. Also, I’m from the US but my family is Thai and their houses are 3x the size of what I grew up in. It’s crazy to think about. I love Alexander’s energy defending us♥️

[@fabiannicoles]

This is Stereotype for koreans only we Indonesians know that they call us Poor for southeast asia

[@yunrumector]

Fact: The 60% of the house is Garage I also don't know why even i from Thailand

[@gattetta]

Thailand has thousands of kilometers of coastline, you don't need to know a place to assume that with those numbers there has to be some precious ones

[@imfirstatachaijr.johnner4240]

Totally agree

[@imranzaidi1486]

I'm Malaysian and even I got legit offended by the Thai stereotypes, lol.. Thailand is not a poor country, they're probably in the top 5 of the richest country in SEA. If you compared it to western standards, then yeah sure Thailand can be seen as the poorer country. But like most of the countries in SEA, they have a significantly lower cost of living compared to the west. That's why you see a lot of expats from America and Europe living in Thailand. Also, there are no nice beaches in Thailand? I don't know where the producers got this stereotype, but its definitely not on google. Thailand are known for their beautiful beaches, it's literally one of the biggest reason people go there for vacation.. 😅

[@fabiannicoles]

This is only for Korean Racist Stereotype they call us Southeast Asia is Poor. Fact only for korean not western. 😊

[@aburn9891]

It's semi-true, it's because Thailand is world renowned for beaches and over the years due to large crowds of tourists, it inevitably becomes much dirtier than before. Take James Bond rock for example, it was so crowded there, but then they shut it down and gave time for nature to restore itself and it's beautiful again. Thailand has beautiful beaches, but only Thais know about the lesser known places while foreigners tend to crowd to places like Pattaya, Phuket etc. which are super crowded (but are still nice tbh).

[@tengun]

I'm Vietnamese. One day I was in class in Melbourne, I overheard a group of Asian people talking. At first I thought they were Vietnamese, but then I realized I couldn't understand them at all. Turned out they were Thai. Thai really sounds like Vietnamese Southern accent.

[@nict5828]

Lots of words in VN sounds like Thai

[@javpmv4677]

Thái, Thai or Tai people (Vietnamese: Người Thái) is officially recognized by the Vietnamese government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. They are Tai ethnic groups that speak various Tai languages and use the Tai Viet script.

[@BaoTran-jo1zk]

Thai and Vietnamese have no direct connection at all. They belong to different language families and are spoken in different parts of the world. They also have different writing systems. I am Vietnamese and Chinese and can speak Vietnamese. To me, Vietnamese sounds nothing like Thai. All of my Viet friends think so as well. Vietnamese sounds more like Cantonese Chinese 😅😅

[@BaoTran-jo1zk]

⁠@@javpmv4677 they’re only 1.89% of the Vietnamese population 😅

[@deedeeOWL]

Thank you for making this video ❤

[@Sachounet77]

As a French person, I already heard from some American people that we were cowards (because of WW2). And as a Vietnamese descent (but I don’t speak the language), I also already heard that Vietnamese were loud (because of the language). Oh ! When I was abroad I also heard people saying French people are loud 😅 Double combo for me 🤣 I’m an introvert so I don’t feel myself loud.

[@jeanmariepain-au-chocolat4228]

pareil, je suis française d'origine vietnamienne et j'ai vécu au sud du vietnam pendant 7 ans, je trouve personnellement que bcp de vietnamiens sont plutôt bruyants (bien plus que les français) x)) je dis ça dans le sens où beaucoup parlent très forts (surtout les plus vieux), les enfants crient tout le temps, ils sont très bruyants au téléphone et ils font souvent des karaokés à l'extérieur.. mais tout ça fait plus partie de leur culture que d'une volonté de déranger les autres ^^. si entre français on est bruyants, on va se plaindre, mais entre vietnamiens, il vont trouver ça normal x))

[@Sachounet77]

@@jeanmariepain-au-chocolat4228 c’est marrant que tu dises parce que justement, HIER, j’étais à une réunion entre famille et amis d’un cousin (plus âgé que moi). Il y avait que des Vietnamiens entre 55-80 ans, ils parlaient tous que vietnamien et c’est vrai que je les ai trouvés ‘assez’ bruyants 😅 je n’étais pas préparé à ça ! Pendant un moment, je me suis réfugié dans le jardin avec mes écouteurs aux oreilles pour un peu de tranquillité... je les entendais quand même ! Le volume était assez élevé pourtant, j’ai vérifié ! Même pas sûr que j’entendes une météorite arriver avec mes écouteurs. Les enfants, ça va, ils étaient calmes, facile quand ils ont un Ipad ou smartphone entre les mains (note à moi-même pour l’avenir : pourquoi engager une baby-sitter si tu as un IPad ?). Ah ! Vers le début de la soirée, ils ont fait un karaoke xD 🎤 Pour les Français, je ne sais pas trop si on est bruyants, on a un avis sur tout, c’est clair, mais bruyants, je ne sais pas trop. Mais quand je suis à l’étranger, des touristes FR bruyants, ça , c’est clair, j’en vois 😅 Perso, j’essaie toujours de donner une bonne image de la France quand je vais à l’étranger, être le plus respectueux possible.

[@aimlessautist]

what's lauren's opinion on iced tea? brits get seriously ticked over that, but i think it's great with some lemonade (we call that an arnold palmer). or keurig tea? i've taken to having that in the evening during winter. haven't had kettle-boiled tea in years and am satisfied, but i know keurig coffee is awful.

[@user-skyskz]

4:17 I think the people who told that are poor because they maybe dont have oppatunity to travel to other country or cant access the internet😂

[@fabiannicoles]

Stereotypes for Thai people who were asked by Lauren "everyone in Thailand is poor" This question may be for stereotypes for Koreans who think that countries in Southeast Asia are all poor. Here I do not agree with the question. Because Thailand is rich in culture, Southeast Asian people are friendly, not like Koreans who are racist towards our country. Please don't ask questions about poverty to other countries. What is a country that can be called developed like? Is it like Korea that looks gray all concrete buildings. We in Southeast Asia are more beautiful with tropical rain forests and that is oxygen for the world's lungs that Korean people may also enjoy

[@leontnf6144]

I guess the stereotype partially would have come from north americans and western europeans too. You always see how they travel to southeast asian countries and keep saying how everything is so cheap and affordable for them. But that's just because they have generally higher earning powers and much stronger home currencies. A person earning 3k USD/ month might be considered just barely making ends meet in the US, but an Indonesian/Thai/Vietnamese earning 1k USD/month can be happily living an upper middle class life, with the salary being well above the nationwide median figure. Greetings from Malaysia, haha. 😅

[@snow7639]

Thailand is poor tho

[@jnhkz]

@@leontnf6144 As Thai, I mean, our base monthly salary is $500-700. $2000 would be a normal max out salary when you are 60. $3000 is kinda "elite" line here.

[@karllogan8809]

This Vietnamese girl is soft spoken, but there was another Vietnamese girl on World Friends that was quite loud and her intonation was very bizarre, when she spoke it sounded like Mandarin Chinese but more fiendish and, wily if you will, lolz.

[@PhuSuHuynh]

I’m vietnamese, and vietnamese can be sound differently depends on the person who speak it lol

[@caesarp9132]

when the stereotypes said everyone in Thailand is poor.. SEA countries feels offended, even the vietnamese girl feel it lol

[@mingmuangdokmai2331]

From many contents in this chanel, questions about Thailand are always bad.

[@KUNVAN_Official_]

'cause Korean always racist Thai

[@gumarnzon]

I also feel the same with Alex heard another bulls**t from another make me angry more than mine, why is that LOL I don't even had a foreigner friend.

[@oliverfa08]

Tea and microwave in a past video made Lauren got mad at Christina (lol) and not again that topic was brought back 😂

[@jlpack62]

I can't help but wonder if she really does think that Americans are doing anything more than just boiling the water in the microwave?

[@cpj93070]

The first French stereotype is because of WW2, losing to the Germans and people saying they are cowards because they surrendered easily, which I don't agree by the way.

[@maxrolland3148]

they surrendered after loosing 60,000 soldiers and having 21,000 civilians slaughtered, they also covered the british evactuation in dunkirk. meanwhile, denmark surrendered after 2 hours - literally - after loosing 21 soldiers and 0 civilian.

[@Itachi951000]

Yeah it is from WWII (the defeat of 1940). It is a pretty popular trope in anglophone pop culture as France and England (later the UK) have a historical rivalry and WWII is kind of an easy dig for the British. The French and English have been making fun of each other for centuries and the French themselves have historical songs and expressions calling the English exactly what the French stereotype now is. This kind of banter is expected considering all the wars they fought against each other. The only problem is that some people inevitably take all of that seriously. France and the US often have political disagreements (many disputes under de Gaulle or more recently France's refusal to support the Iraq invasion for example), so this kind of "surrender monk***" or "France is weak at war anyway, we don't need them" propaganda come into play. And as the English language and American soft power are so dominant in the world, the stereotype also became a thing even in countries that don't have English as a native language. The stereotype is beyond stupid obiously considering France has one of the most distinguished military records in history. France has lost its fair share of wars of course (including some military blunders like Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam even after WWII). It is to be expected for any country that has been around for over a thousand years. But it has won far more wars than lost. It has consistently been one Europe's most powerful countries for a millenia, and in various eras the most powerful of them all, for a reason. You can't be that in Europe without being really good at war.

[@Rowlph8888]

@@maxrolland3148 People are so ridiculous.Hitler made Germany into the fascist state then mobilised the "entire GDP" of Germany into military armament for 8 years, whilst the Brits and the French as democracies were hardly mobilising at all. The relative publics in all 3 countries were still in a state of shock from the sheer horror of their losses in World War 1.The only difference being that Hitler didn't give a crap how his people felt about those losses, he was so bitter *Literally every nation in the history of the world at the start of World War II (including the USA, which didnt even have an Air Force in Peacetime pre1939), they Would have surrendered to the Nazi army, if they were bordering them. Once everyone else had the chance to mobilise, within a few years the Nazis began to struggle

[@giannid.7794]

It is false to say that France was cowardly during the war of 1940, but yes it is well and truly lost but the French are fought until the end and moreover the French are sacrificed at Dunkirk so that the British army can escape, cowards would never have done that. It is also necessary to underline that it is often the German officers themselves who paid homage to the French soldiers particularly the General Von Küchler during the battle of Dunkirk where the French army fought sometimes at one against twenty! at that time the French army was one of the best in the world in terms of training and equipment BUT we had a staff of fossilized old-timers from 14-18 who were totally outdated by "modern" warfare and a doctrine of using armor that was totally obsolete. France and the French were not cowardly, they are well and truly lost it is a fact, but they are far from being cowardly and But in spite of all that, France did a lot of beautiful losses on the German side were 50 000 dead and 150 000 wounded, the losses of material 1 400 planes and 1 000 tanks and thanks to the sacrifice of the French troops.

[@cpj93070]

@@giannid.7794 Mate, them loses weren't all done by the French you know? The British had to take around a quarter of them German causalities as well.

[@polyglotcraft]

Languages are amazing, and so is this video

[@Sebibi78]

I love your videos but gosh the music is too loud...

[@keanghayung3445]

As an Asian my self I can say that most if not all the people that are capable of going to holiday in Europe/ far destinations are not poor, in fact quite opposite

[@RobertHeslop]

Flights to Europe aren't cheap either, and I say that as a Brit who lived in Asia for 8 years

[@pauloguimaraes2010]

Nice video! Labels are for products. Not for people.

[@LilyEvans0130]

Okay, but can we talk about how Temmie looks lik Moon GaYoung???

[@stephanedumas8329]

Chez nous on a un dicton qu'on dit souvent en France " Filé à l'anglaise" en rapport avec les britanniques qui on fuit à Dunkerque 😂

[@GerMFnU1848Sax]

As a British diaspora, I am glad my brothers left Dunkirk. Maybe look at the Somme or Loos and see what happens when the British help defend France. France had the largest army 1940, don't blame it on us

[@goofygrandlouis6296]

@@GerMFnU1848Sax oho. An Anglo-guy who knows French. 🙃

[@0w784g]

The English don't have any sayings about the French. Beneath their contempt I guess.

[@keithreynolds]

The UK saying about the “French” described them as “surrender monkeys”… this is a very old-fashioned and even in the past was said as a tease and not usually meant to be genuinely offensive as UK were supporting France in 1940s war.

[@anndeecosita3586]

I hate hot tea but I highly doubt people are heating anything more than water in the microwave. When I make tea I use a pot on the stove not a kettle.

[@lemonz1769]

It’s not Western idea that Thailand is poor. It comes from East Asians mostly.

[@lemonz1769]

I’m Burmese and even Thais look down on us.

[@GerMFnU1848Sax]

Thailand has the best parties, street food, even green beer! It's an LEDC, but has one of the world's best cultures!

[@user-skyskz]

Expectially south korea maybe?😢

[@roronoazoro4963]

​@@user-skyskzYeah exactly

[@leontnf6144]

I am from Southeast Asia, but I do think that assumption comes from the western world (north america, western europe). Due to their generally higher earning powers and much stronger currencies, whenever they come visiting places like Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia or the Phillipines, they'll be shouting in excitement how everything is so damn cheap and affordable. Guess they are surprised to find out that the locals are making so much lesser money after converting the local salaries to USD. Anything above 1000 USD/month is well above the median salaries in those countries. Good for them but not for the locals 😅

[@garvitasingh29]

Why do I feel the Thai woman and french guy would make a good couple !!!!!!

[@AdmiralPenguin]

I am vietnamese and grew up in a loud family. I want to say vietnamese people are on the quiet side, but my family and vietnamese co-workers disallow that.

[@emmanuelwood8702]

Lauren is one of the few English people that come across as likable to me.

[@TomGB-81]

Probably because she's had a very, very privileged and financial upbringing with the ability to engage with international nations.

[@0w784g]

She seems quite bigoted to me.

[@emmanuelwood8702]

@@0w784gIm curious to know why?

[@imfirstatachaijr.johnner4240]

Need your help, pls give me some famous Vietnamese dishes cuz the only thing i can recognize is Pho. Thx for your help.

[@mileycyrusfan197]

Soo.....again, not complaining, but Hien and Temmie seems to understand English, but either don't speak it or speak a little bit. Are the not fluent or just prefer to speak Korean?

[@patviravouth867]

I was going to say the same thing. It makes it feel like something is a bit off because the other 2 are speaking in English. My guess is they know English pretty well but prefer to speak Korean. But they should only speak Korean if the rest of the cast are speaking it too. I give exception to the segments where the person speaking Korean is actually Korean.

[@philinator71]

Maybe it's because they feel more comfortable talking or expressing in Korean.

[@leontnf6144]

Not all people, especially those from southeast asia, have the 'luxury' of growing up in a conducive environment to practise and improve their English, nor are they brought up in an English speaking environment. They do kinda study it for some years in school, but the education alone will likely not make them fluent. Even people from developed nations like South Korea and Japan generally have confidence and skill issues in speaking English, because they just don't have to use the language throughout their lives except for some written exams in schools. Since all these people have been in South Korea for quite some time, I am sure they have picked up Korean as their second language. It definitely makes more sense for the Viet and Thai girl to converse in Korean since they are comfortable with it, while the two Europeans have absolutely no problem understanding it, rather than them trying so hard just to converse in English, with constant stutters, pauses, and thinking. The show wouldn't have gone smoothly in that way.

[@aburn9891]

@@leontnf6144 The channel is Korean based and the two Asian girls have been living in Korea for quite some time and all 4 of them have a decent level of understanding. I think the 2 girls understand English but it's much more difficult to express intricate thoughts in a language you don't use that often. As a Thai, I can say that we learn English in schools but it's mainly grammar based and never truly applied so we tend to be able to understand English somewhat, but aren't confident enough to express and string together sentences. I think this is the sentiment with many Asian countries like Thailand, Japan, South Korea.

[@giannid.7794]

To all those who dare to say that France and cowardly because of 1940 face German, I will say that it is completely false the French have well and truly lost but they have fought until the end. It is necessary to underline that it is often the German officers themselves who paid homage to the French soldiers particularly the General Von Küchler during the battle of Dunkerque where the French army fought sometimes to one against twenty!!!!!The losses of the French campaign show above all the total tactical and strategic incompetence of the French command. Let us never forget what the French had to sacrifice to support the British and its empire to escape the impossible of Dunkirk.

[@Rowlph8888]

Deed don't get triggered, this is just a common stereotype that Americans level at the French, but this has been dissipating for decades and hardly anyone pulls about it now.Anyone that understand history properly knows that the French were the bravest, when Germany attacked suddenly in World War I, but they were not properly prepared, and managed to stop the Germans getting to Paris, where they would have lost the war If it had happened *It's always been Ultimate hypocrisy for the USA to level these things at anyone when everyone can say they are the cowards for staying out of both global wars and literally only leasing armaments and raw materials, to bankrupt their rivals so that they could become dominant after the previous powers were bankrupt.They only joined the war when all of the nations involved were heavily diminished, having been fighting in both World Wars already for 3 years, before the USA entered

[@alexander9703]

In 1939 France had, I think, the largest Army in the world. And to the shock of everyone, including Germany, it capitulated in a matter of weeks without the vast majority of its forces ever seeing battle. Certainly the French soilders were not cowardly, but their leaders are often regarded as incompetent and weak. Lions led by sheep, to borrow a WW1 phrase.

[@giannid.7794]

@@alexander9703 Exactly, this is one of the aspects that made France lose in 1940, at the time, the French army was one of the best in the world in terms of training and equipment, BUT we had a staff of old fossils from 14-18, totally outdated by "modern" warfare, and a doctrine of using armor that was totally obsolete. But in spite of all that, France made a lot of beautiful losses on the German side were 50 000 dead and 150 000 wounded, the losses of material 1 400 planes and 1 000 tanks and thanks to the sacrifice of the French troops.

[@Rowlph8888]

@@alexander9703 Okay, obviously 1 of the main factors was the critical error of believing the Ardennes was impregnable, but this lack of preparation, showed the difference in mindset and preparedness. The Nazis had a plan and conviction behind it, the allies did not, and didn't want anything to do with the war. The size of the Armed Forces is subordinate to conviction, preparedness and technological capability and even if the French had greater numbers, it wasn't by much. The French were completely unprepared, because just like the Brits, their political elites did not want to tell the people that they had to mobilised for war again, having gone through the savagery of World War I.That's the difference between having a functioning democracy and a tyranny - they were less decisive and even when war seemed imminent, they didn't want to take the risk of being replaced at the next election by the people. Neither of the allies had updated technologically to any great degree, in fact, hypothetically, if the USA had bordered Germany in 1939, they would have been occupied even quicker, because they had no Air Force and a tiny army at the eve of the war, but had the luxury of staying out of it geographically.The Nazis mobilised their entire GDP for 8 years so they were on the cutting edge.

[@poil8351]

⁠​⁠@@Rowlph8888 the usa had an air force in 1939 quite a big in fact but it was part of the army and not independent, the area they were very unprepared in 1939 was tanks, they had barely any and a very small actual army in terms of total nunbers of soliders. also the marine corps was quite small in 1939. the navy was a decent size but was filled with a lot of fossil ships that were well out of date.

[@jackgomez9440]

what were you doing last night lauren :/ lol

[@lynguyen2312]

Team from Vietnamese 🇻🇳❤ 👇

[@TheLukanda]

Don't be offended, instead embrace the opportunity to educate.

[@pauliedi6573]

The french thing is because of Fall to Germany

[@erenturk9119]

Actually you could do videos about stereotypes more it's so funny to hear stereotypes. I am from Türkiye 🇹🇷 For me it's so strange sometimes I hear people say that to me online chat platforms Ohh do you have lots of camels around? What? 😂 Ohh you guys speak Arabic right? No we are not Arab 😆 And when you say Thailand to Turkish people first they think "Thai massage and finish happy end" and "too much transgenders around". And for Vietnam they will say "American movie Rambo", "poor Vietnam".

[@jimgorycki4013]

Alex is a good sport. I would be tired hearing about dumb jokes like weapons only dropped once (they said the same about Italy) and tanks have backup lights. Because they surrendered in WWII? Really?

[@maxrolland3148]

the worst part is that french soldiers covered the retreat of british soldiers in dunkirk in 1940. 60,000 french soldiers were killed, 21.000 french civilians were killed as well (just for the 1940 invasion) the SS used belgian and french civilians as human shields - literally, how brave of them. let’s not even mention that thousands of french civilians risked their lives to save allied airmen whose plane had been shot. i have in mind the image of father Albert Leblastier, a french priest from Normandy who was murdered by the SS alongs other french civilians because he hid and cared for US paratroopers.

[@LivingTheDream21]

Does Lauren speak or understand Korean? That's Awesome if she does!

[@stephenrowell9373]

Yes she does but in lots of her videos she is expected to speak English .

[@SD077Q]

Most of the stupid stereotypes come from the West, I'm sorry, but this is the truth😅. I lived for a while in Saudi Arabia. When I talk to my western friends, they ask me how the Saudis drive luxury cars in the desert, and do you have malls,internet and technology there 😂 They ask a lot of stupid questions that I don't know how to come to their mind. A country is one of the richest countries, for sure, life will be at a high level duh😂😂

[@anndeecosita3586]

None of the stereotypes I have heard about Saudi Arabia have to do with money but with the treatment of women.

[@Michal1982Michal1982]

I think stereotype that Thai girls have peepees has much more sense than the one about no beaches in Thailand. :P

[@clementwymiens7955]

Alexander ❤❤❤❤❤

[@docsavage8640]

French people aren't cowards, it's their government they elected.

[@aburn9891]

These are not THAT bad to be honest and quite tame. It is wrong to assume that all Thai people are poor since they're far from it but there is definitely high levels of inequality and let's face it, the majority of the population does live on lower wages relative to the "developed" part of the world but it also means the cost of living is much lower. This stereotype doesn't bother me much, I know my worth and I know how much I make, I also know that there are many illegal workers in Korea looking to find a better living so I won't be in denial. Stereotypes are generally negative and you just have to educate yourself. I was more expecting a question about transgenders (LGBTQ+ in general) and sex workers for Thailand since these are common stereotypes that I ABSOLUTELY hate and I get really mad for my female friends when every time they mention they're from Thailand, there's likely to be a rude remark about these sort of issues. I truly wish this sort of image will be abolished at some point in the future, but I guess the only way is to develop the country further so that the image can be shifted away. Vietnamese and Thai can be loud since they're both tonal and in general a langauge is loud based on how you speak it, not the language itself. If you shout in French but whisper in Vietnamese, which one is louder lol? Strictly speaking, Thais are relatively quiet in day to day life and I think Vietnamese will be the same but I think Asians are sometimes more direct in general. From personal experience, I felt like my Korean friends are quite loud while my Japanese and Taiwanese friends were more quiet. I don't agree with how the Vietnamese girl just put the blame/stereotype onto Chinese people for being loud ~ she said she hates stereotypes yet she reflected the same thing onto Chinese people so you can see how ironic that is.

[@JosephOccenoBFH]

French being called Frogs (because they eat frogs) 🐸 along with snails 🐌 and horse meat 🐴 is a common stereotype.✌️😂

[@maxrolland3148]

the funny thing is that we don’t eat any of those. by the way where are you from? i’ve traveled a bit recently and i wondered if i had visited your country or not 😉

[@HaOtep]

@@maxrolland3148 What ??? yes we eat frog legs, snails, horse meat, even rabbit, not on daily basis but saying we don't eat that is far from the truth.

[@maxrolland3148]

@@HaOtep ok, don’t get mad, i’ve personnaly never eaten those that’s all. have a good night

[@giovannicollazo-cruz2193]

@@maxrolland3148 😂😂😂😂😂

[@maxrolland3148]

@@giovannicollazo-cruz2193 hello

[@teafanyii_]

Why did that Vietnamese girl throw Chinese people being louder in the conversation... like what's the point???? 🙄

[@thuaphi]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@thepsychic736]

7:17 do not feel guilty it is indeed true😂

[@glenmcloughlin8]

As an Irish person, Lauren was spot on. As a matter of fact, it's refreshing to see someone from the UK be honest about the history of the UK colonising Ireland and to be open minded enough to see it from an Irish person's perspective. She fairly hit the nail on the head, and yes.. The majority of Irish people are naturally offended if people call them British or assume Irish & British are the same

[@GerMFnU1848Sax]

Most Englishmen know about it, and we are not a monarchist

[@goufackkentsaleandrinlebel8826]

and rightfully so.

[@0w784g]

Ireland was not colonised.

[@Charlouf_]

cowards for french cames with the "surrender" stuff while in the 2nd world war, while ignoring what happens since 2000 years prior to that :D

[@Ozreuh]

Isn't the french stereotype cowardness is from 2003 ? When George W Bush wanted to declare war (or invade for Oil i don't remember) to Irak and French prime minister Dominique De Villepin just say No, we are not barbarian ? Then all Newspaper in America make fun of us for not wanted to kill people

[@TomGB-81]

No, not even in the slightest. It first started when France abandoned its Canadian colonies to the British, and then mainly because of WW2 when Germany were about to invade Paris when the French didn't want their historic architecture to get destroyed.

[@0w784g]

You're right, that's where this stereotype most recently gained traction.

[@krips22]

@@TomGB-81 France didn't "abandon" its Canadian colonies, it lost the Seven Years War (1756-63) and of course it was followed by a peace treaty in which the kingdom of France had to choose between the Canada (that the French King didn't care that much about) and the French west indies islands that provided the French kings megabucks because of its sugar cane plantations. Despite the fact that the French were totally outnumbered by the British in north America (both in troops (that couldn't be easily increase because of the British naval superiority) and population - there were between 75 k and 90 k French living in New France while there were more than 1 M English inhabitants in the British north American colonies), the French somehow managed to win at the beginning of the war in North America. World War 2? The French lost 92 k soldiers in only 6 weeks. Almost twice what the USA lost in the Vietnam war in 10 yrs. After the German surprise attack through the Ardennes, the Germans encircled a big part of the Anglo-french army near Dunkirk. At this point it was over. It was above all a strategical victory for the Germans. Besides, in 1940, NOONE was able to efficiently counter the new German blitzkrieg, France just happened to have a frontier with Germany and no sea to protect it from the Nazi juggernaut (wink-wink). In June 1940, France (with a much smaller army) was in a 1 VS 2 against Germany and Italy with no chance of winning, and so they asked for an armistice, which allowed it to keep almost half of France. Isn't that weird that peace treaties/armistices when a country admits that it is beaten is the whole history of war of the world but only France shouldn't be allowed to do it? Did you have any problem with Germany signing an armistice in 1918? BTW: France (1940): ~40 M Germany (1940): ~77 M (Population of Germany (69.8 M) + annexed Austria and Sudetenland. That's almost twice the population of France) USA (1941): ~133 M (1945: ~140 M) (the USA had almost twice the population of Germany or Japan (~73 M) and had almost as much population as Germany + Japan combined) In 1940, France was still kind of suffering from PTSD from ww1 in which 1.4 M (1.398 M) French soldiers died (not even counting the way more numerous wounded and mutilated) - that's more than all the US soldiers killed at war in the whole history of the USA (1776-2023) - and I count the US civil war in which both sides were Americans! Let me guess, you're giving us lessons from a country well-protected by the sea and with no direct military threats, a country with a lucky/easy general situation - unlike France? The truth is that France play(ed) the game in "hard" mode, while you guys play(ed) the game in "easy" mode.

[@poil8351]

um its an american sterotype of ww2 france and they relativly fast collpase of france in 1940.

[@TomGB-81]

Its not an American stereotype, its just very well historically known. France during WW2 surrendered early because its military leaders didn't anticipate an invasion from the south-east, and then didn't want Paris's architecture to get destroyed.

[@nuiayng3573]

Whoever came up with these stereotypes were so ignorant.

[@Hanhan_the_Dolphin]

The most common stereotype of Vietnamese people on China's social App is that they are poor and barbaric, wearing conical hats, eating many weird foods like cats, mice and insects. This is exactly the same as the stereotype Westerners have of us Chinese. I used to think that too , but after having some good Vietnamese friends, I realized that my previous thinking was extreme. Maybe in the eyes of people from other countries, they see me the same way. 😢

[@Hanhan_the_Dolphin]

BTW, a few racist Chinese netizens often call Vietnamese people as "monkeys", which is a discriminatory term. This may be because Vietnamese are generally considered to be short, eat bugs, and were good at jungle warfare during the Vietnam War.

[@EdwardRock1]

Well to be fair, bats and dogs are indeed eaten in Vietnam. I watched Bald and Bankrupt's Vietnam series and they do have dogs in markets.

[@tengun]

@@EdwardRock1 Dogs used to be easily seen sold in wet markets, and even occasionally nowadays, but I've never seen bats sold in Vietnam, or even in any menus.

[@moonyu189]

While we still enjoy consuming exotic foods, they are not very common in Vietnam. These dishes are typically available only in specific regions, as they are more readily accessible compared to pork or chicken. Also, there are colloquial terms we used to refer to people from China, such as 'tàu khựa' or 'ba tàu,' which translate to 'dirty arrogance ship' or 'three ships' respectively. These terms are from past events when China had a significant presence with numerous ships and their unpleasant action towards Vietnam.

[@Hanhan_the_Dolphin]

@@EdwardRock1 I know that about eating dogs. In parts of my country, dog meat is commonly seen too. That's why Chinese don't mock Vietnamese for "eating dogs". But I'm skeptical about the bat thing. I did see some photos online of eating bats, but they were neither taken in China nor Vietnam.

[@caolamtrieuanh4081]

Kênh có phụ đề tiếng việt kệnh sẽ có lượt xem tăng khá nhiều ạ. 😊

[@baccamau80]

Tại kênh này là kênh nước ngoài mà bạn

[@caolamtrieuanh4081]

@@baccamau80 thì thế mới nói chứ kênh VN thì chắc chắn là có phụ đề rồi

[@baccamau80]

@@caolamtrieuanh4081 đúng rồi bạn,họ cho cả khán giả thế giới xem mà:))

[@poil8351]

more if you ask an irish person are you english.

[@Ssandayo]

Thai people are rich. Maybe more wealthier than Japanese(us), cause now we’re paying high taxes and getting low salary, and government is doing nothing but adding more taxes.

[@ucchau173]

That why we have ppp and Thailand ppp per capital just =50% of japan so they still far behind (vn PPP =1/3 japan)🙃🙃🙃

[@Andrearuch97]

​@@ucchau173 that s the gross gdp and doesn't consider prices

[@SumiG_Playz]

The English are renowned for black humour & black teeth (although this was caused by UK Government withdrawing free dental treatment in the 90s making it from free to very expensive overnight) !

[@Diegtiariow]

I think that the stereotype that the French are cowards came from the fact that many people base this opinion on the situation from World War II.

[@romain6275]

It was French bashing because of Iraq. And it's funny that people think of the Second World War when it was the English who fled the fight.

[@0w784g]

Like the other commenter said, its recent usage was due to their perceived lack of involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq.

[@EddieReischl]

The French have always had plenty of courage, they just haven't had quality leadership in some of the situations that history has presented them with. We Americans are beginning to find out what this is like.

[@danemon8423]

well most of the time we had really good leaders but since the 3rd republic everything went wrong. Before that we had competant leaders who really cared about france and didn't only act for their only interest

[@AudeBzH]

I have heard that we French have the reputation of promising and talking a lot but not keeping our commitments. Like saying I'll help you and then spending hours talking instead.

[@goofygrandlouis6296]

Well.. hum.. that's kind of true, though. (French-native here). Some stereotypes ARE true. 😅 Especially at work (endless meetings..)

[@GuerrierGitan]

Lol this is true in southern France, less in the north

[@goofygrandlouis6296]

@@GuerrierGitan 😧

[@NadaEspamo]

As an American, that sounds like the reputation Americans have. I don't know if the French deserve that reputation, but I think Americans certainly do.

[@eladbenm]

I’m from israel But is someone making tea on the microwave???💀💀

[@pantiesgonewild358]

preety sure Thai biggest sterotype is _LADYBOIII_

[@gooey1854]

5-2 Thailand

[@alexander9703]

The "coward" thing isn't really the stereotype, it's more in the "cheese eating surrender monkey" area that is the prevalent stereotype.

[@thevannmann]

It’s a stereotype from them surrendering during WW2.

[@goofygrandlouis6296]

Americans also should be the LAST people to talk about courage.. as they've never had to fight any serious ennemy in the last 3 centuries. Their army is made up of professionals, NOT by the citizenry. And they have Mexico and Canada at their borders (who are 5 times weaker military-wise). Meanwhile, France has fought a 1000 battles.. since 500 AD (Clovis, Charlemagne). WW2 is one miss out of 1500 years. Finally western leaders (including France's) serve the US, not their countrymen, since WW1. So appeasement tactics were anglo-tactics, not French tactics.😑

[@goofygrandlouis6296]

@@thevannmann It's better to survive and fight another day.. than to kill ALL of your young men, who will then never reproduce. Sometimes a lost cause is a lost cause. Regroup and wait it out (like Poland did). In fact someone should tell Zelensky about that right now, as I've heard the population of Ukraine's already been divided by 2 (flight & casualties). In other words, wise men take courage with a grain of salt.

[@romain6275]

@@thevannmann thats was french bashing because of Iraq.

[@mister_manager]

@@goofygrandlouis6296 If anything I think the stereotype is more English, not American. The English are closer to the French (physically but also with shared culture eg. sports, Eurovision etc) so they have more stereotypes between them

[@jajamarujumbo]

Dunkirk

[@meriamroblox1727]

Hi ❤

[@Zeitzeuginblog]

The stereotype of French being cowards comes from them being coming across as ignorant to other cultures and languages I believe. But I'm not sure, can be totally wrong :D

[@patviravouth867]

Cool video but why do the Vietnamese and Thai girls here speak in Korean when the others are speaking in English? I understand this channel is based in South Korea and probably is geared towards Koreans but they all should either all be speaking English or all be speaking Korean. The only exceptions to this is if the person(s) speaking Korean is actually Korean.

[@leontnf6144]

Not all people, especially those from southeast asia, have the 'luxury' of growing up in a conducive environment to practise and improve their English, nor are they brought up in an English speaking environment. They do kinda study it for some years in school, but the education alone will likely not make them fluent. Even people from developed nations like South Korea and Japan generally have confidence and skill issues in speaking English, because they just don't have to use the language throughout their lives except for some written exams in schools. Since all these people have been in South Korea for quite some time, I am sure they have picked up Korean as their second language. It definitely makes more sense for the Viet and Thai girl to converse in Korean since they are comfortable with it, while the two Europeans have absolutely no problem understanding it, rather than them trying so hard just to converse in English, with constant stutters, pauses, and thinking. The show wouldn't have gone smoothly in that way.

[@Pharaoh_The_Great]

Exactly what I was thinking… it’s very odd. I think overall everyone should just speak English for the most part in between conversations so everyone can generally understand. If it’s a language comparison video then say it in their own designated languages but honestly the flow is off and I only watched because of Lauren that’s about it.

[@patviravouth867]

@@Pharaoh_The_Great Thank you for understanding where I was coming from. Like you said, if it were a language comparison video then speaking different languages make perfect sense. But to have the Viet and Thai girls speak Korean did disrupt the flow a little bit.

[@Pharaoh_The_Great]

@@patviravouth867 my thoughts exactly. I mean it isn’t that serious to me thought. I just know next time I won’t watch it unless they all speak English fluently.

[@patviravouth867]

@@Pharaoh_The_Great Hahaha yep, it isn't that serious to me either. I'm actually a big advocate for being multilingual (I think most subscribers on this channel are anyway) and love languages but I certainly had my rhythm thrown off a few times from the abrupt language switch up 🤣

[@Pharaoh_The_Great]

I guess the last two don’t like to speak English

[@southcoastinventors6583]

I think it called Konglish.

[@Pharaoh_The_Great]

@@southcoastinventors6583 you sure?

[@timkjggxyz6124]

​@@Pharaoh_The_Great that's why I don't like them. In an international video you should try to speak englisch, so people, who watch it can understand you

[@Pharaoh_The_Great]

@@timkjggxyz6124 exactly what I’m saying. I figure by now English is the worlds most universal language so most people can understand but when they do language comparison videos, it becomes more interesting to hear the differences with each language.

[@aposslex]

The irony lol. The Brit and the French dude talking about how there’s so many ignorant people without realising they are two them 😂

[@awakenow7147]

Thats how Westerners try to save their asses. "Everybody else is ignorant, but im not". They also throw their entire country under the bus to save their own skins...by using the word "colonize" every chance they get. We get it, the West colonized a lot, but you're enlightened and not one of the "bad guys".

[@croissantpower]

How are they ignorant?

[@0w784g]

You don't know what you don't know sadly. Something about being middle class makes you think you can speak authoritatively on subjects despite being as dumb as dishwater.

[@fernando_rod]

Stereotypes are just stupid.

[@GerMFnU1848Sax]

Teeth and food 🇬🇧 I am an American with 80% British blood. My teeth are straight and healthy. I cook great food, e.g: Full English breakfast, Sunday roast, apple pie, Cottage pie 😋

[@PROVOCATEURSK]

French with pineapple pizza where?

[@jonaslechat9472]

that's a canda thing tho, leave us alone we do respect italians around here

[@leontnf6144]

I thought that's like an American thing, nothing to do with europe in general. 😂Even in Southeast Asia, you have got Dominos and Pizza Huts selling Hawaiian pizzas which are basically pineapple-topped. People without much exposure to the topic might just assume it's an italian thing since it's pizza.

[@stephanedumas8329]

La pizza ananas ne vient pas des français mais des Canadiens

[@michel94818]

From Canada.

[@209lapko]

Must coment seems from the USA, they don’t travel, but always have an opinion

[@usefulrandom1855]

The average wage in Thailand is 625USD per month so technically they are poor by western standards. You ain't shopping in those luxury shops on that. Obviously, not everyone is poor the same goes for any country in the world.

[@mankindmusic6486]

Je me demande comment les Français peuvent être autant nuls en langues.

[@jimmljammlz]

The "french people are cowards" is from WW I or WW II (can't remember) when they surrendered to the germans or something like that.

[@maxrolland3148]

It’s from the 1940 invasion of France. But that stereotype is stupid because french soldiers covered the evacuation of the british soldiers in Dunkirk and more than 60,000 french soldiers were killed as well as 21,000 french civilians. It also should be noted that historians agree on the fact that thousands of french civilians risked their lives to save allied airmen whose plane had been shot, History remembers some of their names: such as Andrée Peel, a frenchwoman who save at least 100 US and british pilots by hiding them from the germans, Marie-Thérèse Auffray, another frenchwomen known for helping allied pilots, Albert Leblastier, a french priest from Normandy who was shot dead by the SS because he cared for and hid US paratroopers… Of course I’m not saying that everybody was perfect (no country only had good people anyway) but it’s not a reason to undermine the bravery of many french soldiers and civilians.

[@Itachi951000]

Yeah it is from WWII (the defeat of 1940). It is a pretty popular trope in anglophone pop culture as France and England (later the UK) have a historical rivalry and WWII is kind of an easy dig for the British. The French and English have been talking shit about each other for centuries and the French themselves have historical songs and expressions calling the English cowards. This kind of banter is expected considering all the wars they fought against each other. The only problem is that some dumb people inevitably take all of that seriously. France and the US often have political disagreements (many disputes under de Gaulle or more recently France's refusal to support the Iraq invasion for example), so this kind of "surrender monkeys" or "France is weak at war anyway, we don't need them" propaganda come into play. And as the English language and American soft power are so dominant in the world, the stereotype also became a thing even in countries that don't have English as a native language. The stereotype is beyond stupid obiously considering France has one of the most distinguished military records in history. France has lost its fair share of wars of course (including some military blunders like Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam even after WWII). It is to be expected for any country that has been around for over a thousand years. But it has won far more wars than lost. It has consistently been one Europe's most powerful countries for a millenia, and in various eras the most powerful of them all, for a reason. You can't be that in Europe without being really good at war.

[@ChezMymy]

Yes, and these ignorant clichés are completely oblivious of the "Resistance", the government surrendered, not the people! The "Resistants" kept fighting (and sabotaged) against the German, and collected a lot of intel useful for their allies.

[@PaakaanIrani]

We want more Iranian videos 🇮🇷❤️🙏🏻

[@jaisons4376]

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[@aposslex]

I think it’s because the French had a reputation in wars to surrender quickly. I don’t know enough to know if this is true or whether I’d even call it cowardice

[@danemon8423]

it's obviously not true if you are someone interested in history. It's a dub stereotype related to ww2

[@aposslex]

@@danemon8423 oh yer. Had a quick and you’re right. They did surrender very early in WW2 and collaborated with the nazis but then once you know you’ve lost putting up a little extra resistance to see millions more of your people dead seems a little pointless (although Belgium put up one hell of a fight). Still a useful tool to wind the French up with

[@teststestes6507]

"French had a reputation in wars to surrender quickly" France is the country that has won the most wars and battles in the history of the world, it is also the country that has faced the most coalitions in the world, so no the cowardly reputation of the French is because of the refusal to support the USA in the war in Iraq, France was not for creating a war in Iraq, the United States took it badly and their media treated the French as loose for years recalling that France had lost the Second World War.

[@aposslex]

@@teststestes6507 that’s debatable but it’s certainly close between Britain and France. But as I said before this reparation is definitely unfair and comes from their quick surrender during WW2. The German tactics were very successful and is more about their strategy than any failure by France IMO.

[@teststestes6507]

@@aposslex it is above all on other points that France lost, Germany in 1939 had 4x the French Military Spending, the French army had military equipment that was outdated, the government was run by senile old men

[@lothariobazaroff3333]

In Poland we call the French cowards, because on September 3, 1939 France declared war on Germany, but the military actions didn't follow the words.

[@maxrolland3148]

then you probably call the brits the same, because they also declared war on germany and then no military action followed. they also abandonned their french allies in dunkirk, the french soldiers had to cover their retreat…

[@Itachi951000]

I am sorry but that's a bit rich coming from Poland out of all countries, even if the events leading to WWII such as the Munich Agreement, the 1940 blunder and Vichy France are definitely a black mark on French history.

[@Thunderworks]

Poland is nothing for France (at the time, and even today). France isn't guilty of what happens to Poland in 1939.

[@giannid.7794]

It is false to say that France was cowardly during the war of 1940, but yes it is well and truly lost but the French are fought until the end and moreover the French are sacrificed at Dunkirk so that the British army can escape, cowards would never have done that. It is also necessary to underline that it is often the German officers themselves who paid homage to the French soldiers particularly the General Von Küchler during the battle of Dunkirk where the French army fought sometimes at one against twenty! at that time the French army was one of the best in the world in terms of training and equipment BUT we had a staff of fossilized old-timers from 14-18 who were totally outdated by "modern" warfare and a doctrine of using armor that was totally obsolete. France and the French were not cowardly, they are well and truly lost it's a fact, but they are far from being cowardly and But despite all that, France has done quite a lot of beautiful losses on the German side were 50 000 dead and 150 000 wounded, the losses of material 1 400 planes and 1 000 tanks and thanks to the sacrifice of the French troops.

[@lothariobazaroff3333]

@@maxrolland3148 I'm not going to justify that inconsequently selective (i.e. excluding the Brits) and unfair (i.e. simply not true) stereotype concerning the French since I don't agree with it. I just remember some Polish jokes or mere remarks about the French waving white flags and French tanks equipped with reverse gear only.

[@peabody1976]

How are you going to do a stereotype video and not have the "English people love queuing" or "French people love cheese"? Those are relatively harmless stereotypes that have a small element of truth. I enjoyed the video a lot, so not a serious critique. Thank you!

[@Decamix300]

I mean as a French, for the french one that's just the truth it can't be said to be a stereotype. A whole part of our meals are dedicated to cheese and we consume it in a very different way compared to what I have seen in America for example. Of course you can run into French that have a lactose allergy or just don't like cheese but it's actually pretty uncommon. However the amount and which kind of cheese you eat vary greatly after all we've got more than a 1000 varieties of which a lot are easily available so it's hard not to find one or two that doesn't suit your taste and a lot you don't like.

[@aposslex]

Any chance you can get someone from Britain that actually likes Britain to represent us. We’re quite well known for been self deprecating but she seems to have a genuine dislike for a lot of British culture that’s kind of grating

[@VirtuellJo]

French cowardsnes os about WW2

[@usefulrandom1855]

Came to say this, cheese eating surrender monkeys is the term normally used. Its only in jest but you would often hear this said if the French get mentioned in England at least.

[@maxrolland3148]

even tho, they covered the british evacuation in dunkirk and thousands of french civilians saved the lives of allied airmen whose plane had been shot.