> ☠ARFeh☠ wrote:

> > BiefstukFriet wrote:

> Brits have yellow crooked teeth? Never noticed.

> Neither have I. Never really understood the stereotype.

well, poor people often have the possibility to see the world only through movies. they learn that brits have yellow crooked teeth from austin powers movies. where they learn that the french have poor hygiene, i don't know. probably some scary movie 14 or police academy n+1. the highest culture they'll ever meet.

Taken from Yell's link:

"Surely this stereotype has arisen out of the American preoccupation of spending large amounts of money on having their teeth done, a pastime which, like cosmetic surgery, the British find too vain to become involved in."

"Japanese culture has a stigma attached to teeth. Women cover their mouths while laughing because of this. Fortunately this also helps to cover up their awful teeth. An attractive girl will quite often be ruined by a horrifying set of gnashers. In my opinion free dental care for children on the NHS gives us far better teeth than the Japanese and leaves us with more natural smiles than our American cousins."

"I just returned to the US after having lived in England for seven years. The concept of "bad British teeth" is certainly an unkind stereotype, but I agree with the fact that the English are more comfortable with the idea of having manky teeth as long as they don't actually hurt. I think the NHS is to blame, in part for not having enough dentists in certain parts of the country to allow for visits twice a year, and also by establishing the attitude that that having white teeth, free of decay, are hard to achieve rather than a normal healthy state of being. In the US, health insurance often does not cover dental work, and does not cover braces at all, but since sound teeth are a class indicator here, people would be hard put to just accept having a missing tooth or visible decay for fear of being thought a hillbilly."

And my personal favourite:

"im a dental hygienist in ny. the people I see here are just as ignorant about oral hygiene as anywhere else. many people interested in whitening have periodontal disease, their teeth are actually loose but rather than pay to see a periodontist to save them they would like them bleached because that seven hundered dollars is easier to come up with than the money to actually save the teeth. alot of people want their teeth pulled and nice white dentures put in instead. how about some preventitive measures like regular check ups or floss it costs a dollar. even if you dont have insurance chekups at the most are way way less than the average price of sneakers most people have a low dental IQ no matter what country.we need to change this.tooth loss is not necessary even if you're 80. floss!!!"

It seems some Americans are guilty of elitism... I can see BW in my mind, striding forth with the flag as a cape cluting his old service pistol in one hand and a dentist's drill in the other!

Not only can you have striaght white teeth here, you can have diamond inlaid gold teeth put in!

Americans think we have crooked teeth,

We think Americans are fat, loud, annpoying and stupid.

As far as insulting stereotypes go, I don't tihnk we are doing too badly.

"Americans think we have crooked teeth,

We think Americans are fat, loud, annpoying and stupid."

About time to make a thread about that septic stereotype then I'll give the f-mods a rest by not doing it myself.

[edit]: septic (cockney rhyming slang): septic tank -> yank

Most non-british seem to struggle with the concept of rhyming slang and get it wrong all the time... bit embarassing when it was invented by a few burgulars in an attempt to stop the police being able to understand their boasting to each other at the pub

"Not only can you have striaght white teeth here, you can have diamond inlaid gold teeth put in!"

"yea.....you can have your teeth chiseled into points.
You can have your teeth replaced with permanents, even when you dont need to.

Or you can keep them crooked and yellow."

Well until permanent false teeth become stronger than real teeth my crooked, yellow teeth wil stay exactly where they are, and how they are. However when artificial teeth do become stronger than natural teeth I'll be having a fine set of carnivore teeth put in!

haha an english friend of mine has crooked teeth too! Never realised it's normal cuz he's english

Could the cause be genetical?