“hi, I’m not from the US” meme

[alias_sqbr]

From a tumblr post. As tree pointed out it's got some built-in assumptions that don't really work for Australia, but at least they're different assumptions than the US-centric memes you usually get.

1. favourite place in your country?

2. do you prefer spending your holidays in your country or travel abroad?

3. does your country have access to sea?

4. favourite dish specific for your country?

5. favourite song in your native language?

6. most hated song in your native language?

7. three words from your native language that you like the most?

8. do you get confused with other nationalities? if so, which ones and by whom?

9. which of your neighbouring countries would you like to visit most/know best?

10. most enjoyable swear word in your native language?

11. favourite native writer/poet?

12. what do you think about English translations of your favourite native prose/poem?

13. does your country (or family) have any specific superstitions or traditions that might seem strange to outsiders?

14. do you enjoy your country’s cinema and/or TV?

15. a saying, joke, or hermetic meme that only people from your country will get?

16. which stereotype about your country you hate the most and which one you somewhat agree with?

17. are you interested in your country’s history?

18. do you speak with a dialect of your native language?

19. do you like your country’s flag and/or emblem? what about the national anthem?

20. which sport is The Sport in your country?

21. if you could send two things from your country into space, what would they be?

22. what makes you proud about your country? what makes you ashamed?

23. which alcoholic beverage is the favoured one in your country?

24. what other nation is joked about most often in your country?

25. would you like to come from another place, be born in another country?

26. does your nationality get portrayed in Hollywood/American media? what do you think about the portrayal?

27. favourite national celebrity?

28. does your country have a lot of lakes, mountains, rivers? do you have favourites?

29. does your region/city have a beef with another place in your country?

30. do you have people of different nationalities in your family?

Obviously the questions about 'native language' don't apply or would have boring answers.

So far on tumblr I have answered 21 and 13, 15, 16, and 29.

Comments

[lilacsigil]

10 or 19!

[alias_sqbr]

do you like your country’s flag and/or emblem? what about the national anthem?

The flag is objectively pretty busy, with a bunch of random things jumbled together, but since I grew up with it it just looks like The Flag to me. I definitely wouldn't be too heartbroken if it got changed to something more tasteful and less British Empire-y.

The national anthem is also hard to judge but seems kinda bland and old fashioned to me.

[lilacsigil]

I would be very happy if the Union Jack went away - very few countries have it now. If we could get something nice like the Canadian flag, that would be great. I think the national anthem is boring and trite both in lyrics and melody, and it's in a hard range for normal people to sing!

[merit]

Three is amusing but how about 24 and 30?

[alias_sqbr]

Heh I was just saying the anthem is boring but I guess it does answer 3.

what other nation is joked about most often in your country?

New Zealand.

do you have people of different nationalities in your family?

My mother is from New Zealand :D

Other than that: my maternal grandma was English, from a Polish Jewish family, and my maternal grandpa was Canadian, with Irish and Ukranian parents. My brother's wife is Korean, and my father-in-law is from India. Meanwhile my dad's family are bog standard white Australians.