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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

[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]

The french!? Over British!?

[Shaun]

*wears a beret and holds a cigarette-holder*

oui

[Marc]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

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

.....oh sorry you were being serious

[Ramsay]

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

['Conor]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

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

[2].

[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.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Marc.

.....oh sorry you were being serious

Shut up or I'll pop your face

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Smithy

I'm surprised Britain even came in the top 10

This

[Novo]

Very Cool

[Chuck]

4 latin countries in the top 5.

[Doogle]

I hate British people. ew.

Poor Turks -is half turkish-

[Joelle.]

Bierwurst is simply not a cool word. Vodka, on the other hand, is.

[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-

[rk3388]

im a german canadian :PPP shows how col i am

[Roy Mars III]

a great poll result.

[Stu]

The Americans have the Latinos to thank. Although the low placing of Canada and Mexico pretty much negates the entire validity of the list.

[Marc]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Shut up or I'll pop your face

Ermmmmmmmmm what!?

[Chuck]

WORLD'S BEST LOVERS
1. Spain
2. Brazil
3. Italy
4. France
5. Ireland
6. South Africa
7. Australia
8. New Zealand
9. Denmark
10. Canada

Interesting coincidence

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