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LONDON (Reuters) - They may be witnessing their global superpower influence decline in the face of challenges from other emerging players on the world stage, but Americans have been voted the world's "coolest nationality" in an international poll.

Social networking site Badoo.com asked 30,000 people across 15 countries to name the coolest nationality and also found that the Spanish were considered the coolest Europeans, Brazilians the coolest Latin Americans and Belgians the globe's least cool nationality.

"We hear a lot in the media about anti-Americanism," says Lloyd Price, Badoo's Director of Marketing. "But we sometimes forget how many people across the world consider Americans seriously cool."

Of course, not all Americans are cool far from it. Some like Snoop Dogg, Lady Gaga, Samuel L. Jackson, Johnny Depp and Quentin Tarantino are way cooler than others.

Americans, however, are the dudes who invented cool and who still embody it in many fields from music to movies and TV to technology.

"America," says Price, "boasts the world's coolest leader, Obama; the coolest rappers, Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg; and the coolest man in technology, Steve Jobs of Apple, the man who even made geeks cool."

Brazilians are ranked the second coolest nationality in the Badoo poll and the coolest Latin Americans, ahead of Mexicans and Argentinians. The Spanish, in third place, are the coolest Europeans.

The French are voted cooler than the British, and Canadians cooler than the Belgians. This may come as a relief for Canadians, who are sometimes viewed as chronically uncool.

Or, as Michael Ignatieff, the Canadian politician, once put it: "Paris, Texas stands as a metaphor for broken dreams; Paris, Saskatchewan just sounds ridiculous."

The top ten coolest nationalities:

1. Americans
2. Brazilians
3. Spanish
4. Italians
5. French
6. British
7. Dutch
8. Mexicans
9. Argentinians
10. Russians


Five least coolest:

1. Belgians
2. Poles
3. Turks
4. Canadians
5. Germans

[InOne]

Spiffing.

[Smithy]

I'm surprised Britain even came in the top 10

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Smithy

I'm surprised Britain even came in the top 10

This

[Shaun]

Poor Canadians and Germans... the people I've met from both have been really nice.

I'd put French, Brazilians and Italians higher than us too though. Americans really are a broad spectrum to judge collectively. Like sure, the Strokes are cool, but is Larry the Cable Guy?

[Chuck]

-cher

Germans and Canadians are much cooler than Russians IMO.

[Niamh.]

The Irish are quite clearly the coolest, the poll is fixed

[Marc]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

The Irish are quite clearly the coolest, the poll is fixed

.....oh sorry you were being serious

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Marc.

.....oh sorry you were being serious

Shut up or I'll pop your face

[Marc]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Shut up or I'll pop your face

Ermmmmmmmmm what!?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Marc.

Ermmmmmmmmm what!?

Spoiler:

['Conor]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

The Irish are quite clearly the coolest, the poll is fixed

[2].

[arista]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

The Irish are quite clearly the coolest, the poll is fixed

On RT News today
Prof Michael Hudson confirmed
Eire is in a 10 year Depression..

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by arista

On RT News today
Prof Michael Hudson confirmed
Eire is in a 10 year Depression..

That doesn't stop us being cool

[Marc]

The french!? Over British!?

[Ramsay]

The fact that Canadians are in the least coolest poll shows how flawed that list is

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Karl

The fact that Canadians are in the least coolest poll shows how flawed that list is

...I don't think they meant "cool" as in temperature, but if they were, you're right, Canadians should be at the top.

I think the "coolness" they were referring to was about the culture of each country, or the stereotypes of each countries culture. The stereotype of the average French person, is cooler than the stereotype of the average German. It's really just about stereotypes.
Also i'm sure the survey was carried out in English, so obviously English speakers are mostly exposed to a lot of American media, because it is the largest English speaking country.

[Shaun]

*wears a beret and holds a cigarette-holder*

oui

[Smithy]

Germans aren't cool, they're all really fat and eat sausages, Russians are way cooler, Vodka and spies all the way


yay for stereotypes

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Germans aren't cool, they're all really fat and eat sausages, Russians are way cooler, Vodka and spies all the way


yay for stereotypes

[Shaun]

Kraftwerk would like a word, Smithy.

[Novo]

Very Cool

[Chuck]

4 latin countries in the top 5.

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Shaun

Kraftwerk would like a word, Smithy.

idk who he is
D':

Originally Posted by chuck.pass

4 latin countries in the top 5.

-only see's 1-

[Doogle]

I hate British people. ew.

Poor Turks -is half turkish-