Post by buddyrydell on May 11, 2005 18:01:08 GMT -5
fabbrice said:
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.
Honestly, I've heard that typical Frenchmen don't look that different from typical white Americans on average (which isn't really as Nordic as you'd think even though it is strong), only with darker hair. White Americans are usually a mixture of different European groups (meaning the individual is usually mixed), and although that stereotypical Nordic type is strong, brown-haired types are more common.