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Post by henerte on May 4, 2005 8:14:28 GMT -5
Something like that.
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Post by Circe on May 4, 2005 9:18:22 GMT -5
@ henerte: ;D
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Post by buddyrydell on May 4, 2005 17:25:22 GMT -5
Any others want to add their two cents?
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Post by eufrenio on May 4, 2005 17:36:41 GMT -5
After centuries of intra-European mixing, Americans of European descent have their own physical type. It´s neither British nor Continental, although I imagine there´s a lot of regional variation. They seem to favour the Borreby type more than the Brunn.
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Post by buddyrydell on May 4, 2005 20:15:34 GMT -5
After centuries of intra-European mixing, Americans of European descent have their own physical type. It´s neither British nor Continental, although I imagine there´s a lot of regional variation. They seem to favour the Borreby type more than the Brunn. Yes Eufrenio I agree, while a more or less northwest European appearance is most common, it isn't exactly an exclusively British look. It's most likely the German influence coming through (Borreby). If I were to guess the place where the British look is more common, I'd have to go with the South. I've traveled to the South many times and many of the locals have more of an Anglo-Irish look.
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Post by Bryce on May 5, 2005 10:07:46 GMT -5
Big, broad shouldered, large jaw, pinkish, fair. Woman example Cindy Crawford. Man John Wayne. I am just talking about perception obviously. I partially agree, it is usually said about men with muscular morphotypes, thick necks, square jaws, deep-set eyes, even if not fair-skinned and light-eyed, that they "look American", especially if they adopt a military-style haircut. When a certain level of skin darkness is reached, the effect decreases. Several members of my family are US citizens, of French-Spanish-German descent, all dark-haired, with all shades of dark and light eye-colors. The male individuals all display the strong facial bone structure perceived by some as "typically American". The trait I find particularly American is height. I'm a square-jawed, deep-set-eyed, muscular Southern European and the difference between a "standard" white American and me is essentially a few centimeters' advantage for the New World guy.
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Post by buddyrydell on May 5, 2005 17:49:09 GMT -5
I partially agree, it is usually said about men with muscular morphotypes, thick necks, square jaws, deep-set eyes, even if not fair-skinned and light-eyed, that they "look American", especially if they adopt a military-style haircut. When a certain level of skin darkness is reached, the effect decreases. Several members of my family are US citizens, of French-Spanish-German descent, all dark-haired, with all shades of dark and light eye-colors. The male individuals all display the strong facial bone structure perceived by some as "typically American". The trait I find particularly American is height. I'm a square-jawed, deep-set-eyed, muscular Southern European and the difference between a "standard" white American and me is essentially a few centimeters' advantage for the New World guy. Yeah the large muscular (or at least stocky build) is typical for many white Americans, especially the Germans and some of the Scots/Irish, therefore since that mix is very common for white Americans, this is probably why it's more common. I'm approximately 6' in height, something that I inherited from my father , who is tall for a Sicilian, but in the U.S. the children of immigrants from the Old World are usually taller and physically bigger than their parents/ancestors, something that's probably attributable to greater nutrition and a change in diet. I weigh about 160ish or so (again like my father when he was my age), but we both have somewhat broader shoulders, larger hands and thicker fingers, and shorter necks than the average slender build. Do you think that that build represents a combination of gracile Med mixed with Alpine/Dinaric?
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Post by NunzioGuido on May 6, 2005 0:09:45 GMT -5
The average WASP American looks blonde haired and blue eyed to me in other words very Nordic.I am the only Italian in my high school and in most of my classes I would be the only student who has black hair and dark brown eyes since all of my other WASP classmates have blue eyes and either blonde hair or light brown hair/dark blonde hair.A Sicilian like me sticks out like a sore thumb in crowd full of WASPS.Nebraska which is where I live is a very nordic states and its rare as hell to find other Italians,Greeks,Portuguese,Jews,etc.I miss Jersey atleast I didnt stick out like a sore thumb back there among my white ethnic friends.Damn my parents for moving to Omaha.
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Post by buddyrydell on May 6, 2005 3:22:12 GMT -5
The average WASP American looks blonde haired and blue eyed to me in other words very Nordic.I am the only Italian in my high school and in most of my classes I would be the only student who has black hair and dark brown eyes since all of my other WASP classmates have blue eyes and either blonde hair or light brown hair/dark blonde hair.A Sicilian like me sticks out like a sore thumb in crowd full of WASPS.Nebraska which is where I live is a very nordic states and its rare as hell to find other Italians,Greeks,Portuguese,Jews,etc.I miss Jersey atleast I didnt stick out like a sore thumb back there among my white ethnic friends.Damn my parents for moving to Omaha. Yeah the Midwest is very German/Scandinavian, and don't worry, I understand how you feel. Although my mother's northern European, I look like my Sicilian father so I'm also not exactly the typical white American. Heh, I've even been called things such as "mixed race" (among other terms) by people who can't understand that southern Europeans are Caucasoids, though I just brush it off. That probably explains why I really can't stand Nordicists. In any case, don't let anything get to you, and btw, Nunzio is a sweet name, and it just so happens to be my middle name .
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Post by SensoUnico on May 6, 2005 9:18:10 GMT -5
Nebraska, the home State of Marlon Brando. He did not look very Nordid. I consider that you as a young person are overly sensitive about your looks and probably exaggerate the differences in appearance. In Australia where I am now living, the "New Australians", that is the name given to immigrants especially the ones who look Southern European or West Asian, all say the same things about Australians. That is, they are all blond, blue eyed and so on. Actually the differences are minor like light brown compared to dark brown hair, grey boring looking eyes of no color to sparkling brown or greenish brown eyes, greyish or pale yellowish pink skin to light to darker olive tones and about an inch in height. Honestly the differences are minor, and become less as people age as hair and sometimes even eyes darken, skin loses its fresh youthful appearance until finally all old people look the same. I have lived in the States for a long time and Americans are not very Nordid, more like English and Germans with a range of looks, some fair, some dark and most mid way. My eyes are brownish and my hair is dark but in Australia everyone accepts me as an Anglo-Australian even though I am Swiss born, lived in the States most of my life and have an acquired Oxford English accent. My surname is French looking and is always mispronounce but I can live with that.
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Post by eee on May 6, 2005 9:22:42 GMT -5
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Post by murphee on May 6, 2005 12:11:49 GMT -5
It all depends where you are. My blonde hair and blue eyes stood out in the area I grew up in--largely Sicilian and Jewish. Where I live now, there are very few Italians. Mostly there are mixed-European Whites, Mexicans and Amerinds, very few Blacks. The rural American West is quite different from New York's Long Island.
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Post by murphee on May 8, 2005 12:55:42 GMT -5
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Post by fabbrice on May 10, 2005 17:12:15 GMT -5
In France the stereotype we have about American is close to the one we have for English, Dutch or German people. that is to say people mainly of northern European type : blond hair pinkish skin, ligh eyes, with some alteration due to presence of people of Italian, south/central american and african origins.
But the most recognisable thing about americans is the way they were clothes (sport clothes not well assorted) and the fact that most people is quite fat.
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Post by Anja on May 11, 2005 7:59:35 GMT -5
Here's a pic of average americans from my standpoint: me and some of my homies.
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