94: Conversations on USA Stereotypes | Ft. Justin

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Justin from Texas is back... this time he is fact-checking Isi and Mitch's experiences, comparisons and stereotypes of the United States.

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Intro

Mitch:
[0:22] Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Easy English Podcast.

Isi:
[0:26] Good morning.

Mitch:
[0:27] Good morning in the morning. We're loaded up on coffee as we have a part two of an episode that we made recently. We're reintroducing you to our correspondent from the United States. Justin is back.

Justin:
[0:44] Hello, hello.

Isi:
[0:46] Hi. Well, he's corresponding from Berlin., I would say.

Justin:
[0:51] But originally from. - Yeah. - The United States, Texas to be specific, if those don't know. I usually always say that I’m from Texas, I never really say I’m from the United States, it's very interesting when people ask; "where are you from?" I always just say Texas.

Isi:
[1:05] That is very interesting.

Justin:
[1:06] I guess I expect people to know Texas and most times people do. But I like to represent Texas more than I like to represent the United States of America.

Isi:
[1:15] Okay, and how... what do you think... like I do know Texas, I guess, from the... I haven't been, but from the... a bit from the stereotypes more like the cowboy stereotypes.

Mitch:
[1:26] Beyonce!

Justin:
[1:27] Yeah, Beyonce.

Isi:
[1:28] And the heat.

Justin:
[1:29] And The Cowboys. Yes, all those things are very... all of those things are very much correct.

Mitch:
[1:34] Have you ever said yee-haw in a non-cliched way?

Justin:
[1:38] No, but I do say howdy all the time. Howdy is my favorite... howdy is my favorite introduction.

Mitch:
[1:45] Wow, like Woody from 'Toy Story'.

Justin:
[1:49] Yeah, howdy.

Isi:
[1:50] How would you describe a Texan within like a few sentences.

Mitch:
[1:54] That's a good question.

Justin:
[1:55] That's a good question. I would describe a Texan as a soulful, country...

Isi:
[2:04] Soulful that's nice

Mitch:
[2:05] I like that too.

Justin:
[2:06] Soulful, country, cowboy.

Mitch:
[2:08] Wow.

Isi:
[2:09] A soulful, country, cowboy.

Justin:
[2:12] At least that's how I describe myself.

Isi:
[2:13] So, I was once only in the U.S but like for five weeks or so. Which is 10 years ago, oh god. And it was with Easy German, we did a tour, a great tour from New York via some like countryside, Virginia to Colorado and from Colorado with a car to California so, a really really cool tour. But what we did on the way is a lot of videos about being in the U.S and we did this video about like, where we shared our three things that we like, three things that we don't like, or things that would surprise us. And I literally found the list that I wrote back then on the road trip, can you imagine? - Exciting. - Yeah. And I was a bit surprised myself, what I wrote down. But I thought I'd share it.

Mitch:
[3:00] Yes so Isi's gonna... you're gonna read some of those out and I'm gonna... I also have been like, recently and then a long time ago um and there's some things which I sort of always kept in my mind, like experiences, stories and little notes I'd sort of, mentally made.

Isi:
[3:16] So, should I start?

Justin:
[3:18] Yes, I'm excited to hear.

Mitch:
[3:21] And Justin, maybe you can go into it, explain why, these cultural phenomenons, or whatever Isi is going to say, and maybe because you have an inside eye from all three places, can sort of, compare your experiences.

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