People Share the Biggest Myths About Their Countries

We Don’t Even Call Them Shrimp

There is nothing quite as annoying as having a foreigner approach you with “facts’ they have heard about your hometown from the internet or from the TV (we mean you Hollywood).

People across the internet share some of the most ridiculous myths or stereotypes they have heard about their countries – watch out for number 23.

That we say “shrimp on the barbie”, it was an ad campaign to appeal to Americans, it was the most successful tourism campaign still to this day, but literally no one in australia says that.

We Like To Get Plastered

That the Irish are the biggest drunks in the world, completely false and mean as we’re only the second biggest drinker in the world but we hope to get first place next year

Vampires?

Dracula is often depicted as living in Transylvania. While he was imprisoned there for a while, he was actually the ruler of Wallachia (another historic Romanian province that neighbors Transylvania to the south). As for the rumor that we are vampires, I neither confirm nor deny this statement.

Mimes

I’ve never seen a mime in Paris. For those who will say they’ve seen a mime in Montmartre or Champ de Mars or Champs Élysée that one time they were in Paris, yes, if you go to the most touristic place in the city, obviously you might see some of them trying to rip off tourists.

What I meant is that when you actually live there, they aren’t a normal thing to come across

Tbf, The Biggest Football Legends Are From Here

Everyone plays soccer and knows how to dance samba; there are monkeys in the streets; the capital is Rio de Janeiro.