Brazilians Voted Latin America’s "Funniest Nationality" + World’s 4th Funniest: Global Poll

LONDON, June 15, 2011 -

• Americans Rated World’s “Funniest
Nationality”

• Brazilians Voted Funnier than Mexicans and
Argentinians

• Germans Voted  ”Least Funny”

• Humour is Vital when
Meeting new People

Brazilians have been voted Latin America’s “funniest
nationality” and the world’s fourth funniest, in a global poll to
find the nationality “best at making people laugh”.

The same poll names the Americans the world’s funniest
nationality and the Germans the “least funny”.

30,000 people across 15 countries were asked to pick both the
“funniest” and “least funny” nationality in a poll conducted by
Badoo.com ( href="www.badoo.com/">www.badoo.com), the world’s
largest social network for meeting new people, with 119m users
worldwide.

“When we meet someone new, one of the first things we notice is
whether they make us laugh”, says Lloyd Price, Badoo’s Director of
Marketing. Badoo helps millions of people meet every month.
 

“Brazilians are not just gifted footballers but also gifted at
making people laugh”, says Price. “Brazil is the land not just of
Pele and Ronaldo but also of brilliant comedians like Bussunda.”
 

Indeed, when Badoo asked users to pick the world’s “least funny
nationality”, the Germans ranked top… but the nationality
considered “least funny” by the FEWEST respondents was the
Brazilians. In other words, when the question was phrased this way,
Brazilians scored best of any nationality.  

The Mexicans were voted Latin America’s second funniest
nationality and the world’s sixth funniest, followed by the
Argentinians, who ranked 11^th globally.

The Americans were named the world’s funniest nationality, as
the folks who brought us not just sitcoms like Friends and The
Simpsons but innumerable great comedians.

The Spanish were voted the funniest Europeans, ahead of the
Italians, French and British.

The reputation of Germans for lacking humour probably derives
from the German reputation for efficiency and rationality,
perceived to be at the expense of humour.

It was, however, the British poet, WH Auden, who best expressed
the importance of humour, when he observed: “Among those whom I
like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those
whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.”

Funniest Nationalities

    1.    American
    2.    Spanish
    3.    Italian
    4.    BRAZILIAN
    5.    French
    6.    Mexican
    7.    British
    8.=   Dutch
    8.=   Russian
    10.   Belgian

Least Funny Nationalities

    1.    German
    2.    Russian
    3.    Turkish

Source: Badoo polled 30,000 users online in
April/May 2011

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