Fill in the Blanks The truth about stereotypesOnline version Completing a text about stereotypes with given words. by Helena Elvira Monteiro Alves (330) 1 The Truth about Stereotypes Stereotypes are about people that are usually not valid . They do have a function , though : they provide a quick and easy of a group of people we are not familiar with to help us them . It ? s something we all do to a certain extent . Take stereotypes for example . What comes to mind when you think of UK ? Is it the image of a tea - drinking , dress - or suit - wearing couple being endlessly with each other in a centuries - old mansion ? Well , sorry to burst your bubble , but that owes more to the TV Downton Abbey than real in the UK . So , what else do you think you know about the of the UK ? They have a reputation for peaceably , don't they ? Well , that ? s the popular stereotype . The truth is somewhat different . Queue etiquette works best when there is someone to regulate it in like banks , shops or supermarkets . When there is looser regulation , such as waiting for a bus in the pouring rain , then the English queue becomes a lot more and then it ? s goodbye to the . We mustn ? t forget that the United Kingdom actually consists of four countries : , Wales , Scotland and Northern . Apart from the fact that they aren ? t even all together on one island , these four nations have vastly differing , landscapes and even languages . Even in regional cities , there are huge differences between the locals . Manchester is one of the most cities in the UK . Surveys show that there are about 200 spoken in this Northern English . How can residents of Manchester conform to any stereotype with this of nationalities ?
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