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* A characteristic of British people contemplating former colonies in the East is that they'll stick to the old names and wonder why the natives had to go around confusing everybody by ''changing'' them. Perhaps younger Brits are more likely to use terms like ''Mumbai, Kolkata, Madras, Sri Lanka''; but many (perhaps older) people think "Stuff ''that'', they've always been Bombay, Calcutta, Chennai, Ceylon, and I'm not changing for change' sake!"
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* A characteristic of British people contemplating former colonies in the East is that they'll stick to the old names and wonder why the natives had to go around confusing everybody by ''changing'' them. Perhaps younger Brits are more likely to use terms like ''Mumbai, Kolkata, Madras, Chennai, Sri Lanka''; but many (perhaps older) people think "Stuff ''that'', they've always been Bombay, Calcutta, Chennai, Madras, Ceylon, and I'm not changing for change' sake!"
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Dating an Iranian national + working with a naturalized citizen who grew up there. Both will confirm and have said these exact things at various points.
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* Iranians are commonly mistaken for Arabs and receive the same treatment. When someone does bother to note the difference, Persians (the men, anyway) will be stereotyped similarly to the so-called Guidos. Think tacky "club" outfits with lots of gold chains, hair gel, cheap cologne, over-priced designer sunglasses, etc. (''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' did a version of this in their ''300'' spoof, with ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' also making fun of this) plus a white BMW. Certain Arabs such as Egyptians and Lebanese also share this stereotype. The track-suit "jock" variant of Guidos isn't usually associated with Persians quite as often, however. There's also the over-zealous Shi'a Muslim guy in the street, whipping himself until he draws blood (although it's actually illegal in Iran) stereotype, but that tends to overlap with Arab stereotypes.
* Iran's western neighbors -- particularly the Arabs -- regard them as stuck-up know-it-alls who [[CulturalPosturing aren't willing to give credit where credit is due]]. The Iranians, for their part, tend to regard the Arabs and the Turkic peoples as somewhat barbaric fools, who [[WhileYouWereInDiapers were still nomadic nobodies at the time that Persia ruled everywhere]].
* Iran's western neighbors -- particularly the Arabs -- regard them as stuck-up know-it-alls who [[CulturalPosturing aren't willing to give credit where credit is due]]. The Iranians, for their part, tend to regard the Arabs and the Turkic peoples as somewhat barbaric fools, who [[WhileYouWereInDiapers were still nomadic nobodies at the time that Persia ruled everywhere]].
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* Iranians are commonly mistaken for Arabs and receive the same treatment. When someone does bother to note the difference, Persians (the men, anyway) will be stereotyped similarly to the so-called Guidos. Think tacky "club" outfits with lots of gold chains, hair gel, cheap cologne, over-priced designer sunglasses, etc. (''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' did a version of this in their ''300'' spoof, with ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' also making fun of this) plus a white BMW. Certain Arabs such as Egyptians and Lebanese also share this stereotype. Iranian women stereotypically bleach their hair and/or have nose jobs, and are swathed in expensive designer labels (if they're the real deal, probably acquired abroad in Turkey or Armenia). The track-suit "jock" variant of Guidos isn't usually associated with Persians quite as often, however. There's also the over-zealous Shi'a Muslim guy in the street, whipping himself until he draws blood (although it's actually illegal in Iran) stereotype, but that tends to overlap with Arab stereotypes.
* Iran's western neighbors -- particularly the Arabs -- regard them as stuck-up know-it-alls who [[CulturalPosturing aren't willing to give credit where credit isdue]]. due]], and paper tigers who won't stop causing problems via their proxies, but will back down at the first sign of someone actually bringing the fight to them. The Iranians, for their part, tend to regard the Arabs and the Turkic peoples as somewhat barbaric fools, zealots who can't stop blowing each other up, who [[WhileYouWereInDiapers were still nomadic nobodies at the time that Persia ruled everywhere]].
* Iran's western neighbors -- particularly the Arabs -- regard them as stuck-up know-it-alls who [[CulturalPosturing aren't willing to give credit where credit is
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* Iranians abroad: Consumed by CulturalCringe, likely has a very dim view of Islam (ranging from disillusionment to bitter hatred), probably worries about their family and friends back home, and holds some faint hope that maybe, someday, things there will get better. Likely works in some sort of advanced white collar position, or in the sciences.
