English People...

Norther Europeans are very cold !

Let me tell you my story . I took the train from Munchen to Budapest ,I was in a train compartment (sleeping car ) with 2 Germans. The Germans didn’t speek to each other for 12 hours!!! Only “good bye” It was a horrible atmosphere , like ice –cold ! In my country complete strangers speak even about private things !

I am from Macedonia

Why must every thread be polluted with this pro-Latin anti-Germanic nonsense. Oh yes, let's base it on the weather. As I recall, Italy has a winter too and it is quite cold.

<Why must every thread be polluted with this pro-Latin anti-Germanic nonsense.>

nonsense ? then why your husband is Italian ? LATIN ? Why are you learning Italian ? dont you see how PRO-LATIN you are ! Tiffany

"Anggie , My dear , you are wrong , culturally northern Anglo-Saxon countries , including the UK tend to be cold and reserved compared with the Mediterranean countries. "

The Brits aren't as reserved as many people think. I think our sense of humour and our world-beating music industry shows that.

This a poll from nationmaster which shows, the degree of happiness of countries, the countries situated around the mediteranian are given (<<) :

Rank Country Amount (top to bottom)
#1 Iceland 94%
#2 Netherlands 91%
#3 Sweden 91%
#4 Denmark 91%
#5 Australia 90%
#6 Switzerland 89%
#7 Ireland 89%
#8 Norway 88%
#9 Venezuela 87%
#10 United Kingdom 87%
#11 Belgium 86%
#12 Philippines 85%
#13 United States 84%
#14 France 84% (<<)
#15 Finland 83%
#16 Austria 81%
#17 Canada 75%
#18 Poland 74%
#19 Japan 72%
#20 Turkey 71% (<<)
#21 Bangladesh 70%
#22 Spain 68% (<<)
#23 Italy 64% (<<)
#24 Uruguay 60%
#25 Argentina 59%
#26 Brazil 59%
#27 Azerbaijan 56%
#28 Chile 52%
#29 China 49%
#30 Portugal 48%
#31 Mexico 48%
#32 Dominican Republic 47%
#33 Hungary 46%
#34 Nigeria 46%
#35 Ghana 43%
#36 India 40%
#37 Slovenia 32%
#38 Croatia 31%
#39 Latvia 27%
#40 Georgia 27%
#41 Estonia 26%
#42 Romania 23%
#43 Armenia 14%
#44 Lithuania 10%
#45 Slovakia 4%
#46 Russia 2%
#47 Ukraine -4%
#48 Belarus -8%
#49 Moldova -12%
#50 Bulgaria

They are not very happy compared to most Northern European countries.

This a poll from nationmaster which shows, the degree of life satisfaction of countries, the countries situated around the mediteranian are given (<<) :

#1 Switzerland 8
#2 Malta 8 (<<)
#3 Denmark 8
#4 Ireland 7.8
#5 Iceland 7.8
#6 Netherlands 7.6
#7 Luxembourg 7.6
#8 Canada 7.6
#9 Finland 7.5
#10 Sweden 7.5
#11 New Zealand 7.4
#12 United States 7.4
#13 Norway 7.4
#14 Australia 7.3
#15 Belgium 7.3
#16 El Salvador 7.2
#17 United Kingdom 7.2
#18 Germany 7.1
#19 Brazil 7
#20 Singapore 6.9
#21 Italy 6.9
#22 Argentina 6.8
#23 Venezuela 6.8
#24 Dominican Republic 6.8
#25 Uruguay 6.7
#26 Israel 6.7 (<<)
#27 Portugal 6.7
#28 Taiwan 6.6
#29 Indonesia 6.6
#30 France 6.6 (<<)
#31 Spain 6.6 (<<)
#32 Philippines 6.4
#33 Slovenia 6.3
#34 Japan 6.2
#35 Vietnam 6.1
#36 Iran 6
#37 Peru 6
#38 Croatia 5.9
#39 Poland 5.9
#40 Korea, South 5.8
#41 Bangladesh 5.7
#42 Turkey 5.6 (<<)
#43 Morocco 5.6
#44 Slovakia 5.6
#45 South Africa 5.6
#46 Hungary 5.5
#47 Estonia 5.2
#48 Algeria 5.2
#49 Uganda 5.2
#50 Jordan 5.1
#51 Serbia and Montenegro 5.1
#52 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 4.9
#53 Lithuania 4.9
#54 Azerbaijan 4.9
#55 Latvia 4.8
#56 Egypt 4.8 (<<)
#57 Romania 4.7
#58 Albania 4.6
#59 Bulgaria 4.5
#60 Russia 4.4
#61 Pakistan 4.3
#62 Angola 4.3
#63 Belarus 4.3
#64 Georgia 4.1
#65 Armenia 3.7
#66 Ukraine 3.6
#67 Moldova 3.5
#68 Zimbabwe 3.3
#69 Tanzania 3.2

They are not very satisfied compared to most Northern European countries. (With the exception of Malta)

This a poll from nationmaster which shows, the degree of trust people have in ones countryman, the countries situated around the mediteranian are given (<<) :

#1 Norway 65%
#2 Sweden 63%
#3 Denmark 58%
#4 Finland 54%
#5 Netherlands 54%
#6 Canada 53%
#7 Ireland 47%
#8 United States 44%
#9 Japan 42%
#10 Australia 40%
#11 Switzerland 39%
#12 United Kingdom 38%
#13 Italy 35% (<<)
#14 Germany 35%
#15 Belgium 34%
#16 Austria 32%
#17 France (<<)

Read the book "The English" by Bill Bryson.

One chapter talks about how the English (but not the Scots or Welsh, who are more like Continental Europeans) hate not only to talk to strangers from abroad, but even to strangers from England.

In the 1890s, an American, Max O'Rell, who lived in England for 8 years, said 'If you remark to an Englishman, in a smoking compartment, that he has dropped some cigar-ash on his trousers, he will probably answer: "For the past ten minutes I have seem a box of matches on fire on your back coat pocket, but I did not interfere with YOU for that."

Jeremy Paxman goes on to say that the English shyness, and their respect for privacy that other Europeans seem to lack (there is no word for "privacy" in French and Italian), is one reason why most English people live in their own houses with their own gardens, compared to our European neighbours who are mainly apartment dwellers.

=> nonsense ? then why your husband is Italian ? LATIN ? Why are you learning Italian ? dont you see how PRO-LATIN you are ! Tiffany <=

I assume tiffany maried because of love, not because her husband speaks Italian or is supposed to be 'Latin'.

"Rank Country Amount (top to bottom)
#1 Iceland 94%
#2 Netherlands 91%
#3 Sweden 91%
#4 Denmark 91%
#5 Australia 90%
#6 Switzerland 89%
#7 Ireland 89%
#8 Norway 88%
#9 Venezuela 87%
#10 United Kingdom 87% "

Tenth. So the British are happy. We rank higher than France, Germany and Italy.

That ties in with a survey done last year which shows the British are happier than the French, Germans and Italians and are a lot more optimistic about the future.

"Read the book "The English" by Bill Bryson. "

That should be "The English" by Jeremy Paxman.

that is the degree of happiness to work hard in cold weather and eat crap food and freez outside ?

than why this huge influx of northern europeans moving TO LIVE (not to work) in mediteranean countries ?

your cheap statistics are nonsense !

that is why are the northerers happy ! LOL ! the are junkies drug addicts


Stats > Lifestyle > Amphetamine use

1 Australia 3.6%
#2 United Kingdom 3%
#3 New Zealand 2.47%
#4 Spain 0.87% <<
#5 Switzerland 0.8%
#6 United States 0.7%
#7 Denmark 0.68%
#8 Ireland 0.68%
#9 Belgium 0.65% <<
#10 Italy 0.51% <<
#11 Austria 0.49%
#12 Germany 0.48%
#13 Netherlands 0.4%
#14 Norway 0.35%
#15 Czech Republic 0.32%
#16 Poland 0.3%
#17 Japan 0.3%
#18 France 0.3% <<
#19 Portugal 0.24% <<
#20 Finland 0.19%
#21 Sweden 0.19%
#22 Canada 0.15%
#23 Greece <<

<< mediteranean

Stats > Lifestyle > Undesirable neighbours > Drug addicts

#1 Japan 91%
#2 United States 80%
#3 Finland 75%
#4 Australia 74%
#5 Netherlands 73%
#6 Sweden 68%
#7 Norway 64%
#8 Ireland 64%
#9 Canada 63%
#10 Austria 60%
#11 Italy 59%
#12 Germany 56%
#13 Denmark 54%
#14 Belgium 53%
#15 France 44%

=>your cheap statistics are nonsense ! <=

I think the only cheap thing here is your prejudice.

Stats > Lifestyle > Undesirable neighbours > Heavy drinkers



#1 United States 61%
#2 Australia 60%
#3 Austria 60%
#4 Netherlands 60%
#5 Japan 58%
#6 Germany 56%
#7 Canada 55%
#8 Finland 54%
#9 Italy 51% <<
#10 France 50% <<
#11 Belgium 49% <<
#12 Sweden 41%
#13 Switzerland 35%
#14 Norway 34%
#15 Denmark 34%
#16 Ireland


northern europe has more alcoholics and drug adicts ! by far !

that doesnt reflect hapiness to me ! rather a disease immoral hapiness

i think you will find happy and polite people everywere you go in this world.