Tell me of stereotypes.

[burntcopper]

British in general or English only, either is welcome.

Non-UK citizens/dwellers only, please.

And remind me, are we supposed to be stereotyped as more or less polite than Canadians?

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[davidcook.livejournal.com]

The "whinging Pom" stereotype is alive and well in Australia, e.g. this article in The Age (http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-news/beaches-too-sandy-fish-scare-the-kids-its-a-fawlty-towers-world-for-some-tourists-20090411-a3hb.html).

e.g. Other British tourists found their holidays were spoiled because "the beach was too sandy" and "no one told us there would be fish in the sea; the children were startled".