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    • Why are X people so rude?

    		 August 17th, 2012
    Playing with autocomplete on search I noticed that people from lots of countries appear to be thought of as rude, at least by English speaking users of Google. Below are countries, ordered by how far down 'rude' is Google's list of suggestions for "why are X so":
    1st Austrians, French people, Koreans, Somalis
    2nd Chinese people, Germans, Iranians, South Africans
    3rd Brits, Pakistanis
    4th Indians, Israelis, Mexicans, People, Polish people
    5th Americans, Brazillians, Japanese people
    6th Turkish people, Vietnamese people
    7th Canadians, Nigerians
    10th Filipinos
    not Australians, Egyptians, Ethiopians, Italians, Kenyans, Russians

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