Also, kid-me think really weirdly. Also how the fuck is it misinformation? If I said: “Native English speakers probably think Iceland has a lot of Ice” or “Native English speakers probably think Greenland has a lot of grass”, is that really “misinformation”

I hope you’ll see the contradiction between these lines someday. If you know that you think “weirdly” as a kid, that, by definition, means those ideas don’t apply to others, does that make sense to you?

So when your title make it sounds like some verified scientific research:

Transliterated country names into Chinese Language use pre-existing characters that already has its own meaning, therefore native Chinese speakers have a subconcious impression based on country names.

That’s what I would call misinformation. And that’s what rub me the wrong way.

Now from your reply I can see why you phrase your title that way. It’s not even for clicks. You really do believe the equation: kid-you think…

• You are a native speaker = Native speakers think…

I wouldn’t mind if what kid-you think is some what close to reality.

I won’t even bat an eye if your title says it’s just your personal ideas from childhood. I’ll 100% find it adorable.

What I couldn’t stand is that you put your childish ideas, which is light years away from how others think, into every native speakers mouth, make it sounds like some interesting facts about Chinese people, and people are buying it without second thought. That make me feel violated, and my whole cultural being misrepresented.

You are still free to prove me wrong, that the majority native speakers do have these impression around country names, by start doing some research now. But we already know what makes you make those generalized claim in the post title, is all just kid’s weird ideas.

Side note: There’s one single comment in the whole thread that disagree with you and you are like:

Jesus fucking christ, why is every lemming so fucking hostile for no fucking reason.

Maybe online forum is not for you.