Here are the results of the survey on misconceptions about the Germans. Watch out! The following results show how the people outside Germany feel about the Germans!
1. We take for granted that Yes means True and No means "That's not true"! If this is the case people tend to think the Germans have no sense of humour. How wrong they are!
2. I agree!
3. 50% are and 50% are not.
4. Why should they?
5. Why should someone drink water?
6. These people have never eaten spatzle!
7. I love potatoes!
8. Thanks God there are very good Italian coffee bars in Germany!
9. Come to Naples and see the long term effects of a pizza and spaghetti-based diet!
10. Again they say so because they have never seen Mrs. Sessa's 15-year-old green Fiat Panda!!!
11. I don't think anybody in the world may think that! Not one who has visited naples, at least ;-)
12. To us it is all Greek!
13. Well, the church we visited was very crowded.
14. As a national holiday it must be much more exciting than "Festa della Repubblica".
15. We have all seen Andrea wearing the Bavarian national costume and looking like Heidi.
If we can say something about these results it is that, when we compare them with German results, it seems that people from abroad have a rather more biased and conventional idea of the Germans. That's why we are in the Comenius BACK project!
16. They have never heard Bavarian people speaking!
17. Well if they prefer Benevento I can only agree with them... ;-)))
18. German men look handsome whatever they are wearing, especially Bernd. No smiley, I'm serious.
