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Do you easily recognize your compatriots?


Being Brazilian, recognizing people from my Country is not as easy as you may think. People usually think that all Brazilians have dark skin, curly hair and know how to dance samba... but just look at me (if you know me :p): I'm the opposite of all these characteristics.

That being said the only way I find to recognize Brazilians abroad is clothing:


1. The easiest is when we have your national soccer team t-shirt, almost all Brazilians have it because we become the most patriot nation in the world every 4 years when the World Cup is being played.
2. "Platform" high heels (not sure of how they are called in US): if you see someone using anything like this: Bingo! it's a Brazilian girl.
3. VERY tight jeans, we just Loooove the lack of air inside those jeans.
3. Nike shox. Big hit in Brazil, almost everyone has it.

What about you? how do you recognize people from your country?

Comments (4)

Sep 19, 2009
bersa said...
well i recognize them from the face as a first thing...if they are talking in italian i do recognize them form the accent..that's not very difficult to recognize albanian people living in italy...
Sep 19, 2009
Roberto Fonti said...
"You are well dress.. so you must be Italians or gay" - that's how American girls recognize Italian guys.
Italians in San Francisco are totally and embarrassingly recognizable, expecially when we hang out in bars and clubs. We have nice shirts; American guys prefer tight t-shirts that help to show the muscles. We are the ones bringing sweaters in clubs and tie them around our waist; American guys, no matter how cold the wind is, stick to their t-shirts. And we are the last leaving the club at 2 o'clock wondering what to do next while all the locals are already on a cab heading home.


Nov 02, 2009
Elisa said...
I totally agree with you Roberto, but let me give you another hint- If you see guys wearing tiger onitzuka shoes they are from Europe, or even better, if the shoes are yellow with black stripes, definetly from Italy.
Nov 04, 2009
Roisin said...
Irish people seem to stand out in the crowd no matter where they are in the world...maybe it's because we're usually the most drunk and noisy!

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