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Spanish

Josep Novell (Barcelona, Spain) "Well, they say that Americans in general have little knowledge about other cultures, other cities of the world..."

Lluís Pijuan (Barcelona, Spain) "My opinion about the culture or of the concept that North Americans have about other non American cultures..."

Rosa María Maymí (Barcelona, Spain) "Well, my experience through the university where I took classes in economics, well, they have taught us about countries..."

Chinese

Wai-Chung Lo (Hong Kong, China) "Hong Kong people generally feel that Americans... "

Hsi-Yuan Chang (Hsinchu, Taiwan) "We know that in fact that the East Asian..."

Judy Chen (Nantou, Taiwan) "America is itself a large country..."

Rui Tao (Lan Zhou, China) "Before I came, our teaching assistant here in the US..."

German

Philipp Burgtorf (Munich, Germany) "In general, I can confirm the stereotype. I simply know a whole lot more Americans who do not have a passport..."

Marco Vietor (Flensburg, Germany) "The opinion that Americans have a limited knowledge about other cultures, other languages, is widely believed in Germany..."

Markus Kässbohrer (Bonn, Germany) "I work for an American company. Outside of America, this American company is predominately managed by non-Americans..."

Tim Fischbach (Frankfurt, Germany) "Well, I believe that North Americans have a limited awareness of other cultures..."

Carsten Christiani (Moenchengladbach, Germany) "I believe, if you speak of the majority of Americans, then this prejudice is really true..."

Turkish

Ahmet Malkan (Kahramanmaraş, Turkey) "I have the following impression, based on my..."

Ömer Yüksel Sümer (Ankara, Turkey) "I do not think that American and European businessmen have ..."

Erdal Bargut (Ankara, Turkey) "I believe that American and European businessmen do not..."

Serdar Tan (Ankara, Turkey) "American and European businessmen do not have..."

Martin Ott (Berlin, Germany) "It is certainly correct that many Americans do not know foreign languages and therefore they expect the other business..."

Cem Ağin (Ankara, Turkey) "Yes, it has been correct that the European and American..."

Russian

Elena D. (Saratov, Russia) "What do I think of the fact that North American businessmen have a limited knowledge of other cultures..."

Alexander S. (Minsk, Belarus) "The stereotype that Americans are not familiar with foreign cultures, with foreign languages, is probably based..."

Jaren(Utah, USA) "A stereotype is a stereotype..."

Japanese

Yumi (Aomori City, Japan) "As for this question about having little knowledge..."

Isamu (Nagano, Japan) "I feel that there are two types among American businessmen..."

Michiko (Hokuto, Japan) "Then michiko says..."

Portuguese

Reynaldo P. (Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro) "This I would say is a stereotype that Brazilians have too..."

James (São Paulo, São Paulo) "OK, what I was able to observe in my experience in having lived in the US..."

Milton T. (São Paulo) "I believe that this is not even a stereotype, it is a fact..."

Tania (Minas Gerais) "I agree, I agree with this statement..."


Authors: LouisPM, orkelm.