What Are Italians REALLY Like? (North vs South)
We asked Northern and Southern Italians on the streets of Florence about the most accurate stereotypes. Do they think Italians are bad drivers? Are they warm and expressive? Are Italian men "conquerors"? Is food really such a big deal in Italy? And which Italian stereotypes are not true?
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0:00 Intro
0:27 Truest Italian stereotype?
3:14 Rules around food?
3:30 Are Italian men "conquerors"?
4:55 Biggest difference between North and South?
6:23 Do Italians dress up to go to the store?
7:07 Are Italians more romantic and expressive?
7:45 What is a non-true stereotype about Italians?
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Italian : hands and pasta are the things that came up to my mind 😂
I don’t know much about Italians. I only know one Sicilian girl. I didn’t have good experiences with her since she wasn’t keeping her promises, always being late or changing the appointments, always saying sorry for what she did, and behaving as if I was her best friend by hugging me so tightly and behaving too warm. Of course, all Italians can not be like her but I just wanted to express my experience.
Unfortunately, the late thing is a common in latin cultures especially Spain, Latin America and Italy. The hugging nope that is pretty genuine thing they do especially when they know you. It’s hard for you to understand that some cultures if you don’t know much about their culture. If she was changing appointments then I would have talked with her about that.
tbh i would love to have a friend like her(except not keeping promises and changing the appointments). Btw are you from Turkey? There are many Turkish people like that too, except the saying “sorry” part sadly. I dont think average European behave warmer than average Turk.
@@michelleg7very common here in Brazil, not sure about Portugal
@@diofromyozgat Yes I’m from Turkey. I criticize the behaviors of Turkish in terms of that too.
I think she was just rude. If someone likes to spend time with you I dont think should behave like this.Im Sicilian and Turkish culture are very similar.
My Italian dating story: I was visiting Milan and was having a coffee in a bar. I was chatting with a man and told him I was very interested in the architecture of Milan. He said he was an architect and offered to take me on a little tour. After the tour I asked if we could have another coffee. He said to me, we’re going to a hotel together now!! I politely declined.😅😅
Sex is soooooo rare! Why you declined??? That was like some woman offering me a gold nugget… Omg! How could I say no??? Yes! Of course I want a gold nugget! Make meeeee rich yeah
So? Your individual experience means nothing.
That sounds like a pappagallo
You don’t know what you lost.
@@giusepperoselli4810 was it you? 😅😅
I remember some nuns in Salerno telling me that, as an American, I was more “meredionale” (sp.?) than my British companions. I suppose that was a compliment, ma chi sa? Probably wouldn’t have been in Rome.
Meridionale (southern), they meant you are warmer, friendlier and nicer.
We love when foreigners behave like that and embrace our philosophy of life
Meridionale (southern), they meant you are warmer, friendlier and nicer.
We love when foreigners behave like that and embrace our philosophy of life
I love alllll Italian .
If you ever deal with the loud obnoxious decendents of Southern Italians in NYC and long Island , you know . I have also dealt with the old school male attitudes and real mafia from various areas . Northern Italians are more calm and creative . Both sides like their culturally styled homes and plantings. Those in-between are just that but may be placed between a mediator between the 2 . Crazy greeks in the south and more ethnic mixing and interactions with conflict than the north near Austria.
Your obnoxious Americans with Southern ancestors have nothing to do with real South Italians who are very generous and nice people
Having lived in both Italy and Greece I’d say that the Greek influence on southern Italy sure is palpable, but when it comes to the relationship between the sexes I see great differences between southern Italy and Greece.
I could go on and listen to them explaining Italy stereotypes all day. So funny. That curly hair girl is awesome.
The Arabness of Southern Italy is so telling.
Ive seen some similaitiries between here in Brazil and some Arab countries too
Some interviewed people are certainly 2nd generation emigrants.
*Levantiness. Did you miss the blond sicilian with sunglasses? We are mixture of ethnicities and all those ethnicities can also be found in Arabs from the Levant. From Phoenicians to Greek, To Arabs to Amazigh. We are a European version of them. If you look at DNA results online from Southern Italy and Sicily and then you compare them to Levantine results you will see pretty much the same ethnicities but with different percentages. Levantines tend to have a higher percentage of Arab of course, while we us Southern Italians and Sicilians tend to be more Greek/Italian etc. you should watch a few ancestry DNA results from those 2 areas, I’ve been watching a lot and noticed people from the Levant share the same ethnicities but with different percentages. The Mediterranean is made of the same people but in different percentage hahah
Not so much, except Sicily, but not all of the south and not only with the Arabs but many cultures over the millennia
Awesome video
best people with best energy
I love slow food.
🔥🌧🌈
+datingbeyondborders *Actually, Firenze, Toscana, ITA.*
ITALIANS BAD BCUZ YT OR NOT YT
Uh?
For all the foreigners: when you meet an Italian, please AVOID those sad jokes about Pizza with Pineapple or speaking with gestures. Instead, please visit Italia and fall in love with the eternal beauty of this unique country. You are very welcome! (And yes, Italian man are Romanic, Mamma mia).
I am from South Tyrol. At Xmas, we are 6 people at the table 😂
Siete Italiani o no?
Hi Austrian
Very german 😂😂😂
@@elisabettazuppardi1469 such a difficult question cannot be answered with a simple binary answer. but I dont expect anyone to understand that, if you dont come from here.
@@salmarcano4057 nothing bad with that
So similar to Greece 🇬🇷🏛🇮🇹😎
0:36 It’s absolutely not true, the Mafia doesn’t represent Italy as they say it abroad… 0:45 we don’t drive without a license and helmets, don’t generalize, some behaviors in Naples don’t represent the ENTIRE south, come on. Unfortunately we are self-influenced by the stereotypes that we believe to be true when however they are not. 1:13 Not only every region but almost every town/city has its own accent and local language. 5:54 I think this is reductive, not exclusively influenced only by these cultures but many others in these millennia which makes ours unique. 6:29 It depends on which area of Italy not everyone but often we think about the image and therefore we like to appear stylish and we pay attention to the details.
tutti senza patente? ma dove, nel terzo mondo
0:42 well the US roads are waaaaaay more dangerous than the Italian ones. I’s not an opinion, it’s a matter of fact. In Italy the number of death related to a car crash is constantly lowering, in the US is the opposite. Also the number per 100k people is higher in the US