Regional stereotypes and rivalry in your countries

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by onodera
Well, Muscovites think that people who live in St. Petersburg are snobs who think they are more cultured, that they use wrong words to refer to the most mundane things and that they hate Muscovites.
People who live in St Petersburg think that Muscovites are rich snobs who have no culture at all, talk funny and hate any non-Muscovite.
Other Russians think that Muscovites are rich ***holes who go crazy because they have too much of everything when the common folk needs this money.
Also, Muscovites eye people from the Moscow oblast with suspicion, because they think they'll steal their jobs.
People from the Moscow oblast hate Muscovites because the latter don't have to pay exhorbitant rent to live in Moscow.
And all of them don't like Chechens and other suchlike southerners.

Russians who live in Omsk are teh best, though

[onodera]

Originally posted by Serb


WTF is that? Some kind of Polish hero? Sounds pretty much like cunnilingus.

"My name is Ms. Choksondik." "More like Ms. Makes-me-sick."

Do I alone notice a certain similarity between these two quotes?

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Whaleboy
In the UK, Junction 18 of the M1 Northbound is where civilisation, polite conversation and intelligence ends, and barbarism, poor architecture, gun crime and ridiculous accents begins.

I'm off out now, but I will later deconstruct this divisive attack on the north of England. I'm speaking as a southerner, too.

Then again, it's probably just a troll.

[LordShiva]

South India > North India

Southern England > Northern England

South of France > North of France

South Korea > North Korea

Southern Sudan > Northern Sudan

(New) South Wales > Wales

South Africa > North Africa

Ireland > Northern Ireland

Congo-Brazzaville > Democratic Republic of Congo


BUT, on teh other side of teh Atlantic:

USA > Confederated States of America

NoVA > Southern Virginia

North Carolina > South Carolina

Northern California > Southern California

North Dakota = South Dakota = WTF is Dakota

[Serb]

Originally posted by LordShiva
WTF is Dakota

IIRC, it is a tribe of native-americans who recently declared independence from USA.

[Riesstiu IV]

You're thinking of the Lakota.

[BeBMan]

Dakota = Sioux I thought?

[Riesstiu IV]

Yes. Dakota is another name for the Santee Sioux who originated in Ohio then migrated to what is know North and South Dakota during the westward expansion of the US.

[Serb]

Originally posted by Riesstiu IV
You're thinking of the Lakota.

Me thinks it's a different spelling of the same tribe, no?

[Reiko]

Originally posted by Serb


Me thinks it's a different spelling of the same tribe, no?

Don't know if they are the same nation or not. I was reading a wiki article that says they are related to the Nakota and Dakota.

[VetLegion]

Originally posted by LordShiva
North Dakota = South Dakota = WTF is Dakota

It's where 140 million Russians landed after that weird recent incident.

[Serb]

Thanks God that "recent incident" exists only in minds of some Poly OTF posters

[VetLegion]

In Croatia:

Some of the usual (for Europe) stereotypes and rivalries apply.

Capital city is thought to be "collecting" tax money from the regions and not returning most of it.

East and south are poorer than north and west, thus the latter think they are working more than the former and that the former are lazy.

The southerners are considered more temperamental than northeners. Also more easy going in their approach to business. Northeners are more orderly and drink more heavily.

There is also an old football rivalry between Zagreb and Split (capital and the second largest city).

Except for the footbal one, these rivalries and stereotypes aren't much present in everyday life.

[VetLegion]

Originally posted by Serb
Thanks God that "recent incident" exists only in minds of some Poly OTF posters

Do you have any evidence that this did not happen? Any links saying so? I don't think so.

There are currently no news from Dakotas, which is perfectly consistent with what would have happened if the communication infrastucture broke under the strain of the new arrivals.

[Serb]

Relax, Russia is still here, as far as I can see from my window