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[chemical ali]

Yes a question to the Americans/Yanks/Septics not the coffee at starbucks, doing the rounds at the weekend I was invited to an ice ring something I shall never do again, after becoming bruised, wet and cold we went to the park and bought some alcoholic bevarages and I got to know a few people two of them were Americans now looking at them they looked about 12 and I was like to my mate 'you peedo' and aparantly they are not 12 but 17 and I was like 'feck' and now I come to the general conclusion American girls look younger than they acutally are so yeah err anyone else comment?

[the50]

errm thats true and kinda not

sometimes i see hott chicks that look my age but they are like 14 and im like shit

and other times there are the same type but they look like there young as hell then i find out that there like 17 so there are two types some that look old are actually young and people that look young are like old and perfect for me

[Athena]

I don't think you can say 'all American girls look younger than they are'. These two just happened to look younger than they really are. It happens here too, people over- and underestimate ages of men and women all the time. A lot of adults at musea and cinemas and such always thought I was younger than I really was. Same for my sister. Other people look older than they really are. It happens. I don't think it has something to do with your nationality per se.

[chemical ali]

No because this is the third incident where its appeared, first time when I was on holiday in the Carribean and then in summer in Surrey with my cousins friends.

[Athena]

And that suffices for the entire American population? You have to come with better evidence than that Ali. Like I said, a lot of people have thought me and my sister were younger than we really are. Does that mean it happens to all the Dutch people? No, of course not. Some people happen to seem look older to some people, and some younger. It's all about the perception of your mind, and what your view is of 'a this age person looks about like this'.

[chemical ali]

Ok need more Yankey opionions! To prove my statement.

[Athena]

You're stereotyping here Ali..

[Az3r^]

ding ding :/

thats the point he wants american views

[Major_Gilbear]

Yes a question to the Americans/Yanks/Septics not the coffee at starbucks, doing the rounds at the weekend I was invited to an ice ring something I shall never do again, after becoming bruised, wet and cold we went to the park and bought some alcoholic bevarages and I got to know a few people two of them were Americans now looking at them they looked about 12 and I was like to my mate 'you peedo' and aparantly they are not 12 but 17 and I was like 'feck' and now I come to the general conclusion American girls look younger than they acutally are so yeah err anyone else comment?

FFS, lay off the sugar! And, erm, these: "." aren't rationed you know...

So, you're bad at guessing ages? You're better at guessing the ages of those who you're more familiar with? Big news.
Unless you've had lots of experience guessing, have been that age, or know lots of other countries' cultures well, it isn't all that surprising. And the more different the culture, the harder it is to guess.

[chemical ali]

ok.....



next please! America different culture err its hardly that diferent from the UK.

[Athena]

I doubt that Ali. For example, I doubt there are as much 'chavs' in the USA as there seem to be in the UK, I've no American ever even heard mentioning the word 'chav'.. Also in the USA the entire filmindustry is different, way bigger and has more status. There are more filmstars and more known artists there. More media around them, paparazzi, gossip celebrity magazines, etc. That quite possibly could affect what people believe how others should look, what is pretty and what is not. Anyway, the American culture is not the same as the British culture.

[chemical ali]

Wait.... when did the discusion turn to the US film industry and the media. Now I thought it was about American girls looking younger than they actually are. Oh there are American chavs they call them 'Jocks' or so I've been lead to belive.

[crave22]

Jocks over on this side of the pond are sports dudes. According to wiki:

Chav is a slang term which has been in wide use throughout the United Kingdom since 2004. It refers to a subcultural stereotype of a person with fashions such as flashy "bling" jewellery and counterfeit designer clothes, an uneducated, impoverished background, a tendency to congregate around places such as fast-food outlets or other shopping areas, and a culture of antisocial behaviour.

Wiki is your friend. And we don't have a name for a chav over here. We just usually ignore 'em.

Anyways...
It depends on the girl. I've seen 16 year old girls who look 12, 14 year old girls who look 17, and so on. (It doesn't matter to me, cuz I'm 15. I can pick from either part of the pool, being in the middle and all. ) It's not something which happens strictly here, as Blaat said. It happens all over.

[crave22]

The opposite happens too, people thinking you're older than you really are. Just look at your president, he looks like he's in his forties when he's really, what, twelve?

No, he really is forty physically.

I'm gonna get hit hard by Link.

Mentally, he is the equivilant of 6...

[Athena]

@ the two above posts

Wait.... when did the discusion turn to the US film industry and the media. Now I thought it was about American girls looking younger than they actually are. Oh there are American chavs they call them 'Jocks' or so I've been lead to belive.

Because the media and the film industry are part of a culture and influence it .

[chemical ali]

So your saying the media will make a 17 year old girl look 12, that dosnt make sense. Oh and it seems to be the oposite way round with British girls I knew a 12 year old who was hot and she was err lets say 'developed' in the cheat area.

come one we have loads more Yanks my wikipedia article wont be long enough need more info!

[Athena]

I ment Ali, that the media influences how people think others should look, what is 'normal' and 'define' stereotypes.

EDIT Ali what Wikipedia article are you talking about?

[chemical ali]

I'm making one but it will proberly go on Unclycopedia

[Daeda]

i dont think you can steriotype all americans, mainly due to its size and stated. Ive bene there recently and California is way more different than Arizona for example. Some Yanks look younger, some look oldfer, same with the brits and dutch. In general you have 2 types of yanks: The slim pretty ones and the fat ugly ones. About 80% falls into the last category, except in California, there its a bit lower (though I have to say Brits arent famous for their looks either)

I just think you're bad at guessing.. My personal experience learns that its not really per country, some people are younger, some are older. Though it is a fact that Yanks are often les tall than Dutch and Germans for example, so that could have to do with it