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Stereotypes about Dutch people

or before you went there did you have a stereotype of what dutch people would be like and how did that kind of compare i think the only stereotype before i went was the austin p...

Course: Britain and other culturesSection: British views of Dutch cultureSubtitles: en

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or before you went there did you have a

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stereotype

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of what dutch people would be like and

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how did that kind of compare i think the

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only stereotype before i went was the

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austin powers

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freaky dicky dutch guy i can't remember

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who his character was gold gold member

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was it goldman yeah

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i don't know if that was the uh that's

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the most uh fairest representation

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well there's that thing about

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you know going dutch and all that so

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they could be quite mean in a sense

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you'd go out for it to a restaurant or

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something and it's like well you had the

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drink

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yeah but going dutch is when you share

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the cost of a meal you know they haven't

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got that english thing about um the man

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should pay which is good it's part of

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their progressiveness really but it

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could come over slightly mean

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there were i mean there's a stereotype

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that i think the brits have that the

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that never bothers me but the brits say

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oh they're very direct and i say well

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fine i'm happy with direct um and did

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that match up oh completely yeah but i

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was completely fine with that it makes

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life a lot easier if you're asking

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directions direct if you're

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uh

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i don't know ask you a question then you

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get a direct answer i'm i'm fine with

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that yeah none of this is beating around

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the bush

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around the bush

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