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wanamin · Joined: 14 Apr 2008

I vote maple leaf.

aarontendo · Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Location: Daegu-ish

seconded.

ernie · Joined: 05 Aug 2006 Location: asdfghjk

my friends and i

lohengrin · Joined: 16 Mar 2008 Location: Loompaland

I vote for those South Africans who insist on sitting around speaking to each other only in Afrikaans all the time

PigeonFart · Joined: 27 Apr 2006

That's not true about canadians, from my experience anyway. I've found them to be the most friendly....and No, i'm not Canadian myself.

whoami · Joined: 07 May 2008

Hey, you forgot the Irish!

sojourner1 · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:59 pm Post subject:

OP, can you add? "None, they all have friendlies and assholes alike." I've met both friendly and unfriendly people from all 7 of the English teacher countries. I really can't say which is better as they all display the general characteristics of being humans, but I have noticed that there is a huge separation between many foreigners in Korea for unknown reasons. Maybe some sort of phobias are in the air. I don't quite understand what the deal is with so many anti-social foreigners in Korea.

I learned that it's just best to go to a small town as I have already made more foreign friends than I did in a large city of 500,000 people where there are 400 foreigners. I didn't have any friends last year what so ever other than a Korean. There are 8 foreigners in my small town and 4 are really cool guys. I've actually made friendship with one and we're going to travel to South Asia next month together. There are 400 foreigners in the city I used to teach in and none were cool guys in the line of wanting to be buddies, hanging out, and chatting about it all.

It doesn't matter what nationality, but it matters on the personality and situation when it comes to our relations with other foreigners.

Bibbitybop · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul

I second sojourner's post.

I always find it amazing that in a country of 2% foreigners, and Westerners being just a sample of that 2%, we don't stick together very well. Oh well, infantile minds rule the world, don't they?

DRAMA OVERKILL · Joined: 12 Apr 2005

Yes, folks, that's right - it's time for Dave's tri-weekly Canadian bashing session. Rolling Eyes

So, roll up yer sleeves are start making ridiculous generalizations!!!!

MollyBloom · Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Location: James Joyce's pants

Yeah. I met some Canadians that were awesome, and some that were assholes. I tend to love the Irish a lot. I haven't made friends with too many fellow Americans, but we can be jerks too. Met a few Brits, they were fun or annoying. I didn't meet a Kiwi yet or an Aussie. Met one South African in France, and while he was cool he was crazy! My point: everyone can be an @##$% or a gem. But I do feel sad that the Canadians got the worst vote! I wonder why that is?

Draz · Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Location: Land of Morning Clam

I just realized I haven't met any Australians!

crusher_of_heads · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject:

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Temporary · Joined: 13 Jan 2008

Canadians are the unfriendliest. I know I am one of them.

Ausies are the most confrontational

Yanks lack any sense of humor.

aarontendo · Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Location: Daegu-ish

matthews_world · Joined: 15 Feb 2003

Me!

No, I don't want to nod or say hello to you.

I enjoy my anonymity

I'll usually stay in my hole and doing my own thing.

I found Kiwis being the most happy-go-lucky and outgoing.