Enough Generalizing!

Everyone does it. We all have to stop.

Fiona Cameron Lister
9 min readJan 12, 2022

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When you are a Brit in Italy the temptation to use stereotypes is almost overwhelming. I can’t tell you how many expats, usually English, I have met who spend a disproportionate amount of time telling you what “the Italians” are like, what they do, how they behave, and how much better “the British way” of doing things is. This covers punctuality, workmen…

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Fiona Cameron Lister

Experienced British writer/editor/mentor in Italy | MWC semi-finalist| Loves words, history, humour, unusual subjects| Contact: fcameronlister@gmail.com