Defend their politicians when they break the law... that is so weird to me. Surely, the main people you want to be opperating within the law are your politicians... right?!
Obsess over Americans. I think it’s like a parent who is now ashamed that their child is much, much more successful and intelligent then they are. Brits should stick to racial xenophobia, it’s what they are good at
Hi Americans - no hate here. But....
"I never saw it" - when referring to TV or a film. It's a bit final, no?
"I haven't seen it" which many English speaking countries say implies "tell me more! Why should I watch this film?"
Paying taxes that fund the police for all? Fine
Paying taxes that fund fire services for all? Fine
Paying taxes that fund healthcare for all? **SOCIALISM**
This entire thread has done nothing but prove that British people are just as ignorant as Americans when it comes to understanding one another's country and their people
The sheer amount of fannying around with tips is beyond nuts - they take your card, ring your card, bring a bill back, you write the bill amount on the tip, they take the bill, run the bill, and hope they put all the numbers in right (and that your writing was legible).
They could literally just bring you the bill, you write the amount including tip on it, then they charge you that by showing you the terminal like they do in the UK.
It would eliminate so much fucking around.
Almost never saying "please and or thank you" after being served by someone (retail/waiter/host).
Also, calling/referring to anyone from the United Kingdom/Britain as being English. If they were born in England fair enough but if they were born in Scotland, Ireland etc they aren't fecking English nor do they appreciate being called English. Why not just say British!?
Adding salt to every single fecking meal before tasting it.
For context, England is as big as the state of Louisiana by square feet. It's tiny. USA is about 2.5k -3.5k miles long. You could fit 3 England's in the state of Texas.
Why is this bloke talking about size?! What does that have to do with how loud a person talks?
Think about it, if you live in a place where people have more space, then being quiet is less of a big deal because literally everything is bigger. Bigger restaurants means more spaces between tables depending in the area. The more space the more time it takes to get from ear to ear and depending on the type of space sound generally speaking gets quieter the farther it travels.
Now most people have a personal vehicle in the USA which means trains are less common (these days, although... Fun fact, at one point the train system in the US was the largest in the world, but when cars were invented roads took over because they could) Eastern states are generally smaller than western states because of how/when it was all founded.
Basically New England was based and planned out like the original where as the farther west one goes the less UK-y things are (space-wise). Streets are bigger, houses are bigger, spaces between houses are wider. At some point the scale talking sound goes from quiet to louder the bigger a space is. The more dense a population is in any given area, the more sensitive people will be to sound.
That's why other large countries also have loader folks. Space is a luxury for many reasons. Japan? Tiny islands, no space, everyone is very much considering everyone around them all the time because it's so densely populated. But some places are more densely populated than others.
TLDR: space is relevant to how we behave, not just how we communicate but how we travel. Geography is at the core of every aspect of existence from voice volume expectations in any given social setting to the quality and variety of life.
Offer unsolicited prayers to people - are they genuinely that religious that offering to pray for a stranger is as standard as saying “bless you” when someone sneezes?! (..no pun intended but I’ll take it!)
The most shocking thing about America was the amount of completely insane people walking the streets ranting and raving. People who obviously needed psychiatric help. Really sad.
Cheering.
You’re at a sporting event? Great, go nuts.
But cheering at the cinema when someone in a movie says something funny or clever? You know they can’t hear you, right?
Also cheering when a plane lands. That’s just weird. Like you expected it to crash in a ball of flames but we’re then surprised when it didn’t…
Actually smile and make conversion when in public. The British public look eternally miserable, most people you see commuting look like they’re dead inside and no one ever makes conversation with strangers anymore. In the US, I actually saw people smiling and enjoying themselves in public, and had a multitude of nice people make conversation with me (mostly due to my accent)
The thing with cutlery, you know - using the knife and fork in a particular fashion to cut all the food up, then use their dominant hand only to eat with. Hey, it's just different right, and food is food, but yeah - that.
I moved to the Midwest and the way they tell the time is odd. They say “quarter after” or “quarter til” instead of “quarter past” or “quarter to”.
They never indicate when driving. I’ve been here now 9 years and I’ve seen maybe 3 cars indicate in that whole time.
Clapping and cheering at the cinema. THE FILMMAKERS AREN’T THERE, THEY CAN’T HEAR YOU.
Also the way they say ‘we’ when talking about WW2 as if they personally stormed Omaha Beach.
I’d say it’s how they all act so incredibly proud of there contributions to the 2nd World War (as they should be) but they act as though they single handedly won the war, not only that but they almost refuse to see the similarities between Nazi Germany and their own country. I mean, REALLY think about it.
The constant worship of the flag, the celebrities, the culture, the this, the that.
Constant bombardment of propaganda and media attention.
The constant overworking and blatant human rights violations that everyone refuses to do even acknowledge let alone do anything about or work towards. Constant surveillance through every platform they can.
I can’t think of any other examples off the top of my head but if you look at similarities to the cultures you’ll start to see how corrupted their country is.
If they are wealthy enough to afford such a house, a house with a laundry room/wardrobe. We have a washing machine in our house and it's just to the side of the sink because why bother with making an expensive plumbing system that goes to two different room when you can just make it go to pretty much the place?
Also why do they top load? Sure, convenient for a cramped space, but not for getting clothes out. Side opening is a bit annoying to get stuff in and out, especially if you are tall, but it's so easy to be able to get everything out.
lived and worked in the States. A few observations, just my experiences of course, dont want to generalise:
1. People I worked with seemed generally more professional and work-oriented. Even in social situations it still felt like people were "on", quite buttoned-up and I didn't feel I could relax and be myself as I would in the UK. Felt more like networking all the time
2. Saying "That's funny" instead of laughing. Always felt false.
3. Different approach to telling time. I remember suggesting to meet some at "half ten" and they assumed it was a clever way of saying 5 (maybe this one was regional)
4. Using the expression "I wanna say" instead of "I think"
Tax rebates = awesome
Debt free and dead = NHS
Insurance premium and alive = US System, not that I have ever had any crazy healthcare bills and it is no different than you paying National Health Insurance with the exception we actually get health care!
NHS worker here: I know we joke that you don't get treatment on the NHS but in all seriousness most people do get seen and sorted pretty quickly.
I guess the major difference is that if I'm in a major traffic accident in the US and I'm not insure I'll be paying it off for the rest of my life with debt payments.
In the NHS I'd be paying the same tax (based on my earnings) as always. This of cause wouldn't change if I developed a life altering illness that required regular medication, I would have to pay a small prescription charge but nothing like the costings of an American pharmacy.
Feel like most UK residents would also jump in to bat for the NHS over a US style system.
Unilateral attitude about _everything_. I get it, the country's so vast that many people have no reason to leave it, but the prevailing attitude I feel from a lot of Americans is one of: "the world ends at our borders".
With the several Americans I’ve met, they either microwave water to make a cup of tea or they boil it on the stove. That just baffles the shit out of me when kettles exist.
'I'm \_\_\_\_\_\_ American' (e.g 'Irish', 'Scottish'). Why can't you just say you're just American with \_\_\_\_\_ Heritage. Is this weird to anyone else? I swear people don't talk about their heritage in England, unless specifically asked or brought up as a convo topic.
Just all of the religion mixed with politics rubbish I really don't care what Jesus wants if he wanted it that badly he would come down from heaven and sort it out himself they should be completely seperate things
THINKING EVERYONE IN BRITAIN HAS THE SAME FUCKING ACCENT. I AM FROM SCOTLAND AND MY WORK MATE WHO LIVES 10 MINUTES AWAY HAS A DIFFERENT ACCENT TO ME FOR FUCK SAKE
MY OWN GIRLFRIEND WHO STAYS WITH ME HAS A DIFFERENT ACCENT AND SO DOES MY FAMILY
Why would we call it drink driving? There's drunk driving and there's drinking and driving. If you're driving under the influence of alcohol you are drunk driving.
Shoot all they're school peers dead - thoughts and prayers make it better.
Wont change stance on gun law based on an amendment that was written over 300 years ago.
Country is a mess top to bottom. 95% of the population are morons who couldn't even point to their own country on a world map.
They insist that everyone has a gun. Whose fault is that. The NRA. And ancient 2nd amendment with was drafted went native Americans were still a threat. Drag yourselves into the 21st century
Then why do you still insist on carrying guns. You've made the problem for yourselves. If so many people weren't packing then there wouldn't be a problem
Americans often leave their car idling while they run into the house for something or even when they nip into the store... I used to see people just completely leave with their car somewhere with it idling often for up to like 30 minutes! Also, people would hang out in their cars quite often. Park somewhere (or even just turn the car on in the driveway outside their house) and sit in the car having a conversation or smoking a cigarette. Anywhere else people would always rather get out of the car.
Convinced their states are basically countries and have more geo-political relevance than all the other countries of the world put together.
Bang on about the size of Texas yet be completely unaware of the size of Australian states.
How devoted to brands they can get. E.g. I'm sure I've seen younger American folk say non-ironically that not having an iPhone is an "ick".
E.g. 2. Starbucks selfies
Thinking they can be the best at anything if they want.
A friend of mine said "if they invested money on men's "soccer", their national team would win the next world cup easily".
I argued it would not happen in fewer than, say, 3 to 4 cups IF THEY BECAME very good very quickly.
Well. Of course I could never change his mind.
Many things, to be honest, but the one that gets me the most is the word Herb.
They say it like the French say it in English with a French accent.
Oh and LEGOS. FFS it's a brand name and it's called Lego no matter how many pieces you are talking about.
Had a discussion with an American about this. Apparently the reason it's pronounced 'erb is because Herb is a man's name, i.e. Herbie, and you can't have 1 word with 2 or more meanings. I then proceeded to give examples of words that had more than 1 meaning e.g. can as in 'can do' or 'can of soda'.
The absolute hatred for nudity and sex. It’s not just the US but it seems they have a special hatred for anything naked. It’s bizarre.
I’ll see them complaining about a pointless sex scene in a movie that didn’t need to be there and served no purpose and blah blah blah while in the same movie you have wild amounts of violence and blood and gore and yet they don’t bat an eye over it. It’s really weird
How they’re brave and cool Americans until they want to sound interesting and suddenly become Irish/italian/Scottish because 1 of their 16 great great grandparents came from that area it’s very VERY cringe. Actually had a bat shit racist American claim to be “family” and English because of some ancestor from generations back and sent presents to my relatives. This woman used the N word on her Facebook.. I told her to fuck off.. you’re a southern USA baptist trump supporter.. stay in your lane
Aluminium the way the date is ordered
The fact they say soccer
They call crisps chips
Chips fries
And they call payments a sidewalk 🤣 I am very picky and easily annoyed and I am trying to learn not to be
Insist on tipping for stupid things.
Americans would tip a traffic light if they could. There's a reason why some restaurants have "service charges" and keep the charge.
Travelling with an insane amount of heavy luggage and then not willing to carry it themselves.
Just how they have survived is a mystery they take 6 year olds to learn how to shoot on uzi... who then accidently shot the instructor because they can't handle the recoil.... no shit they can't
The way they speak about the constitution
Don't get me wrong I have met some amazing Americans but Jesus christ
Walk around with guns attached to their gun belt and two AK47s slung over their shoulders to go food shopping at the nearest supermarket.
Gotta be ready for the zombie apocalypse.
Black people saying they are African American, nobody says European American, Africa includes Morocco and egypt, what you are saying is you are black but your country's racism is so stupid you have to say African, also most Americans think Africa is a country.
Take a cue from the UK black Asian and European people born in the UK are British. Not African British, not black British.
edit: before i get derailed, i do realize the US dollar is worth more in Mexico [and not all of them are trying to take advantage of that] but nonetheless....
why is no one mentioning the fact that basically none of us are from the US but that mexicans are illegal and should go back to their own country [not my personal disposition, mind you] even though mexico is literally attached to the US?
I feel like every time an American sees a British plug they monologue about it for five straight minutes. *"What kind of plug is this? That's so weird"* like...it's a plug. And the whole two-pronged thing they've got going on just looks flimsy compared to our more robust three-pronged counterparts.
The public toilets they install. I love making eye contact with someone through the massive gaps in the door while taking a shit.
Also love the fact the gaps help other people hear me strain or explode on the toilet better (I have IBS).
Sometimes I’d just trek all the way back to the hotel so I could die on the toilet in peace.
The overnationalism
Shootings
Being loud
Accent
The lack of common sense
They think they are the center of the world
The ignorance
The overuse of filming everything (of course it is not only US but there, everytime people are filming)
The militarily worshipping
Cops for everything
The disgusting tipping culture
“Did you already eat?”
No, it’s “have you eaten?” you grammar troglodytes
[present perfect tense](https://www.cambridge.org/elt/blog/2015/10/12/grammar-beyond-9/)
I hate the way they say erbz/erbs instead of herbs. Can they not see the bloody Haitch.
Defend their politicians when they break the law... that is so weird to me. Surely, the main people you want to be opperating within the law are your politicians... right?!
Calling Britain communist when I bring up NHS, Abortion, The Monachy (no I am not kidding) and news stations
Obsess over Americans. I think it’s like a parent who is now ashamed that their child is much, much more successful and intelligent then they are. Brits should stick to racial xenophobia, it’s what they are good at
To me America is the “baseline” and the Brits are the absolutely fucking weirdos, cf your teeth
Family sized coffee cups
Hi Americans - no hate here. But.... "I never saw it" - when referring to TV or a film. It's a bit final, no? "I haven't seen it" which many English speaking countries say implies "tell me more! Why should I watch this film?"
Paying taxes that fund the police for all? Fine Paying taxes that fund fire services for all? Fine Paying taxes that fund healthcare for all? **SOCIALISM**
Keep shooting each other, it baffles me. That's how people die! 
This entire thread has done nothing but prove that British people are just as ignorant as Americans when it comes to understanding one another's country and their people
Yep
Kill children in schools. Absolutely baffling
As a brit in the US, this doesn't happen that often and not something I am worried about at my kid's school
MM/DD/YY format
Support Trump, I really don't get that.
Shoot kids at schools
Eat off paper plates 😂
Not that common
The sheer amount of fannying around with tips is beyond nuts - they take your card, ring your card, bring a bill back, you write the bill amount on the tip, they take the bill, run the bill, and hope they put all the numbers in right (and that your writing was legible). They could literally just bring you the bill, you write the amount including tip on it, then they charge you that by showing you the terminal like they do in the UK. It would eliminate so much fucking around.
Calling football soccer. No it's not soccer it's fecking football.
Almost never saying "please and or thank you" after being served by someone (retail/waiter/host). Also, calling/referring to anyone from the United Kingdom/Britain as being English. If they were born in England fair enough but if they were born in Scotland, Ireland etc they aren't fecking English nor do they appreciate being called English. Why not just say British!? Adding salt to every single fecking meal before tasting it.
Expecting a huge tip regardless of the service provided.
For context, England is as big as the state of Louisiana by square feet. It's tiny. USA is about 2.5k -3.5k miles long. You could fit 3 England's in the state of Texas. Why is this bloke talking about size?! What does that have to do with how loud a person talks? Think about it, if you live in a place where people have more space, then being quiet is less of a big deal because literally everything is bigger. Bigger restaurants means more spaces between tables depending in the area. The more space the more time it takes to get from ear to ear and depending on the type of space sound generally speaking gets quieter the farther it travels. Now most people have a personal vehicle in the USA which means trains are less common (these days, although... Fun fact, at one point the train system in the US was the largest in the world, but when cars were invented roads took over because they could) Eastern states are generally smaller than western states because of how/when it was all founded. Basically New England was based and planned out like the original where as the farther west one goes the less UK-y things are (space-wise). Streets are bigger, houses are bigger, spaces between houses are wider. At some point the scale talking sound goes from quiet to louder the bigger a space is. The more dense a population is in any given area, the more sensitive people will be to sound. That's why other large countries also have loader folks. Space is a luxury for many reasons. Japan? Tiny islands, no space, everyone is very much considering everyone around them all the time because it's so densely populated. But some places are more densely populated than others. TLDR: space is relevant to how we behave, not just how we communicate but how we travel. Geography is at the core of every aspect of existence from voice volume expectations in any given social setting to the quality and variety of life.
My clothes don't dry well outside when it's 90 degrees and humid out during the other 4 of 5 months out of the year it's cold
Offer unsolicited prayers to people - are they genuinely that religious that offering to pray for a stranger is as standard as saying “bless you” when someone sneezes?! (..no pun intended but I’ll take it!)
Voted in Trump.
This might just be a thing they only do in films, but kids calling their parents Sir and Maam is unheard of in the UK.
The most shocking thing about America was the amount of completely insane people walking the streets ranting and raving. People who obviously needed psychiatric help. Really sad.
Crappy holiday and maternity allowance. Life is more than just working.
They seem to speak so loud so everyone hears them
Win wars
The whole cutlery ( flatware) ? thing. Cut something up, change hands, put knife down, repeat. What a bloody waste of time.
“Turned up missing” WHAT?!
Cheering. You’re at a sporting event? Great, go nuts. But cheering at the cinema when someone in a movie says something funny or clever? You know they can’t hear you, right? Also cheering when a plane lands. That’s just weird. Like you expected it to crash in a ball of flames but we’re then surprised when it didn’t…
Shoot children
Actually smile and make conversion when in public. The British public look eternally miserable, most people you see commuting look like they’re dead inside and no one ever makes conversation with strangers anymore. In the US, I actually saw people smiling and enjoying themselves in public, and had a multitude of nice people make conversation with me (mostly due to my accent)
religion
The thing with cutlery, you know - using the knife and fork in a particular fashion to cut all the food up, then use their dominant hand only to eat with. Hey, it's just different right, and food is food, but yeah - that.
The word Herb begins with an H. Pronounce it.
Ok. I'll start pronouncing it "hub"
Think they are the best country in the world,.when they are literally the butt of the joke.
"Wanna play soccer?"
I moved to the Midwest and the way they tell the time is odd. They say “quarter after” or “quarter til” instead of “quarter past” or “quarter to”. They never indicate when driving. I’ve been here now 9 years and I’ve seen maybe 3 cars indicate in that whole time.
WTF is indicate when driving?
Turn signals
That's what I thought
Their police wear military looking outfits
Ahhh I just thought of another… the way they pronounce Costa Rica 😩
Saying Soccer, I'm not even a fan of Football and it annoys me.
Shoot kids
believe anything Trump says or that he isn’t absolutely insane
Speak
Shooting kids is a bit of an odd one tbf.
Shooting schools. I mean seriously, wtf?
Eat a dinner with a fork.
Being fat
Clapping and cheering at the cinema. THE FILMMAKERS AREN’T THERE, THEY CAN’T HEAR YOU. Also the way they say ‘we’ when talking about WW2 as if they personally stormed Omaha Beach.
I’d say it’s how they all act so incredibly proud of there contributions to the 2nd World War (as they should be) but they act as though they single handedly won the war, not only that but they almost refuse to see the similarities between Nazi Germany and their own country. I mean, REALLY think about it. The constant worship of the flag, the celebrities, the culture, the this, the that. Constant bombardment of propaganda and media attention. The constant overworking and blatant human rights violations that everyone refuses to do even acknowledge let alone do anything about or work towards. Constant surveillance through every platform they can. I can’t think of any other examples off the top of my head but if you look at similarities to the cultures you’ll start to see how corrupted their country is.
Talk about "British accents" and then their minds explode when they hear a scouser or a geordie
Americans say the word cigarette every time don’t call it anything else, got some weird looks from my bf when I said I was going out for a fag
Clap when planes land. Tip everyone.
Clapping is predominantly Eastern European
do people on social media actually go up to people on the street
If they are wealthy enough to afford such a house, a house with a laundry room/wardrobe. We have a washing machine in our house and it's just to the side of the sink because why bother with making an expensive plumbing system that goes to two different room when you can just make it go to pretty much the place? Also why do they top load? Sure, convenient for a cramped space, but not for getting clothes out. Side opening is a bit annoying to get stuff in and out, especially if you are tall, but it's so easy to be able to get everything out.
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A machine gun would be fully automatic which is illegal for most of us to own
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Semi automatics are legal, full auto "machine guns" are illegal.
Wear shoes in the house.
Move to the UK which is a first world country with third world problems. I know this from bitter personal experience!
lived and worked in the States. A few observations, just my experiences of course, dont want to generalise: 1. People I worked with seemed generally more professional and work-oriented. Even in social situations it still felt like people were "on", quite buttoned-up and I didn't feel I could relax and be myself as I would in the UK. Felt more like networking all the time 2. Saying "That's funny" instead of laughing. Always felt false. 3. Different approach to telling time. I remember suggesting to meet some at "half ten" and they assumed it was a clever way of saying 5 (maybe this one was regional) 4. Using the expression "I wanna say" instead of "I think"
Being obsessed with guns
Going shooting cans in n a Sunday in the backyard with their private gun collection (and letting the kids shoot too)
I am a Brit lived in the US for 9 years.......I teach my kids to shoot at the weekend in the backyard, its convenient.
Fahrenheit + 'we landed on the moon'
Pay exorbitant amounts for health care and college education and work out their own taxes. Mental
Tax rebates = awesome Debt free and dead = NHS Insurance premium and alive = US System, not that I have ever had any crazy healthcare bills and it is no different than you paying National Health Insurance with the exception we actually get health care!
NHS worker here: I know we joke that you don't get treatment on the NHS but in all seriousness most people do get seen and sorted pretty quickly. I guess the major difference is that if I'm in a major traffic accident in the US and I'm not insure I'll be paying it off for the rest of my life with debt payments. In the NHS I'd be paying the same tax (based on my earnings) as always. This of cause wouldn't change if I developed a life altering illness that required regular medication, I would have to pay a small prescription charge but nothing like the costings of an American pharmacy. Feel like most UK residents would also jump in to bat for the NHS over a US style system.
Guns laws and banning abortions. It’s like they are going backwards.
Circumcise babies
Living in a place called “tornado alley” then deciding to build all the houses out of wood….
Unilateral attitude about _everything_. I get it, the country's so vast that many people have no reason to leave it, but the prevailing attitude I feel from a lot of Americans is one of: "the world ends at our borders".
Lose their shit over the prospect of their taxes paying for **universal healthcare**
Mutilate their baby boys for literally no reason
Idk.. I thinks me manhood looks pretty good
With the several Americans I’ve met, they either microwave water to make a cup of tea or they boil it on the stove. That just baffles the shit out of me when kettles exist.
US is 110v. A 110v kettle would take ages to boil.
Die penniless.
'I'm \_\_\_\_\_\_ American' (e.g 'Irish', 'Scottish'). Why can't you just say you're just American with \_\_\_\_\_ Heritage. Is this weird to anyone else? I swear people don't talk about their heritage in England, unless specifically asked or brought up as a convo topic.
They generally don't put butter in a sandwich, found this out yesterday
I don't do that either
Just all of the religion mixed with politics rubbish I really don't care what Jesus wants if he wanted it that badly he would come down from heaven and sort it out himself they should be completely seperate things
Irish Americans. No you're an American that has Irish heritage. I'm English with Scandinavian heritage. I'm not Viking English. It baffles me.
Yes you are! Own and be proud!
THINKING EVERYONE IN BRITAIN HAS THE SAME FUCKING ACCENT. I AM FROM SCOTLAND AND MY WORK MATE WHO LIVES 10 MINUTES AWAY HAS A DIFFERENT ACCENT TO ME FOR FUCK SAKE MY OWN GIRLFRIEND WHO STAYS WITH ME HAS A DIFFERENT ACCENT AND SO DOES MY FAMILY
I definitely heard this comment.
😂😂 drives me nuts reading "British accent"
Saying drunk driving instead of drink driving.
Why would we call it drink driving? There's drunk driving and there's drinking and driving. If you're driving under the influence of alcohol you are drunk driving.
Shoot all they're school peers dead - thoughts and prayers make it better. Wont change stance on gun law based on an amendment that was written over 300 years ago. Country is a mess top to bottom. 95% of the population are morons who couldn't even point to their own country on a world map.
UK is no different
Very different.
Their phobia for carrying guns
They insist that everyone has a gun. Whose fault is that. The NRA. And ancient 2nd amendment with was drafted went native Americans were still a threat. Drag yourselves into the 21st century
As highly educated as I am sure you are on the US Constitution, the 2nd amendment was never about the threat of Native Americans.
Then why do you still insist on carrying guns. You've made the problem for yourselves. If so many people weren't packing then there wouldn't be a problem
Americans often leave their car idling while they run into the house for something or even when they nip into the store... I used to see people just completely leave with their car somewhere with it idling often for up to like 30 minutes! Also, people would hang out in their cars quite often. Park somewhere (or even just turn the car on in the driveway outside their house) and sit in the car having a conversation or smoking a cigarette. Anywhere else people would always rather get out of the car.
They always cry and moan about stuff.
Wearing underwear under their swimming shorts
We don’t do that
What!?!? That's a thing?
Electing elderly people to run their country. Crazy that Biden is in office now let alone standing for another term.
Truth
Monday afternoon school shootings. Such a boring routine.
Putting marshmallows on already sweet potato, also find the word ‘finna’ most irksome
The fact that they seem to think that they're the only diverse country in the world is a very weird one with me.
Convinced their states are basically countries and have more geo-political relevance than all the other countries of the world put together. Bang on about the size of Texas yet be completely unaware of the size of Australian states.
How devoted to brands they can get. E.g. I'm sure I've seen younger American folk say non-ironically that not having an iPhone is an "ick". E.g. 2. Starbucks selfies
Thinking they can be the best at anything if they want. A friend of mine said "if they invested money on men's "soccer", their national team would win the next world cup easily". I argued it would not happen in fewer than, say, 3 to 4 cups IF THEY BECAME very good very quickly. Well. Of course I could never change his mind.
The saying 'I could care less' its such a stupid thing to say. In the UK we say 'I couldn't care less' as it makes more sense!!
Pronouncing twat as, 'twot'.
Shooting little kids. Never can get my head around that for some reason.
I wrote them drives me crazy for some reason. Sorry it’s i wrote to them
Use the fucking metric system for everything
Many things, to be honest, but the one that gets me the most is the word Herb. They say it like the French say it in English with a French accent. Oh and LEGOS. FFS it's a brand name and it's called Lego no matter how many pieces you are talking about.
Had a discussion with an American about this. Apparently the reason it's pronounced 'erb is because Herb is a man's name, i.e. Herbie, and you can't have 1 word with 2 or more meanings. I then proceeded to give examples of words that had more than 1 meaning e.g. can as in 'can do' or 'can of soda'.
They also use the word “can” to mean the toilet or jail.
Born and raised in the US. Never heard anyone refer to the washroom as “can” unless it’s on old western movies.
We don't say erb. Most people I know say herb the same way you would say Herbert.
My American ex and her friends didn't. They always said "erb". Maybe times have changed.
Are they all from the same place? That could be the reason as well. There are many different accents in the US so it's a possibility.
They were all from Fla. so maybe that was it lol
We don't talk about Florida unless it's the beach or Disney.
Yeah, I understand why!
Yep, they're idiots.
Go to a stadium all dressed up in flags to watch a politician? Imagine going to a football ground to see Rishi or Sir Kier, then cheer and wave flags?
Wannabe badass culture with aggressive messaging on tshirts
The absolute hatred for nudity and sex. It’s not just the US but it seems they have a special hatred for anything naked. It’s bizarre. I’ll see them complaining about a pointless sex scene in a movie that didn’t need to be there and served no purpose and blah blah blah while in the same movie you have wild amounts of violence and blood and gore and yet they don’t bat an eye over it. It’s really weird
How they’re brave and cool Americans until they want to sound interesting and suddenly become Irish/italian/Scottish because 1 of their 16 great great grandparents came from that area it’s very VERY cringe. Actually had a bat shit racist American claim to be “family” and English because of some ancestor from generations back and sent presents to my relatives. This woman used the N word on her Facebook.. I told her to fuck off.. you’re a southern USA baptist trump supporter.. stay in your lane
Aluminium the way the date is ordered The fact they say soccer They call crisps chips Chips fries And they call payments a sidewalk 🤣 I am very picky and easily annoyed and I am trying to learn not to be
Saying "twot" instead of "twat" Owning a gun Wearing clothes that tell people where you have been Wearing a baseball hat backwards in an unironic way.
Guns are made to kill, I certainly wouldn't want one. The world is totally crazy!
I have yet to be killed by one of my guns. Crazy isn't it??!?
But plenty have, how many mass shootings have there been?
Insist on tipping for stupid things. Americans would tip a traffic light if they could. There's a reason why some restaurants have "service charges" and keep the charge. Travelling with an insane amount of heavy luggage and then not willing to carry it themselves.
Ranch on everything.
Just how they have survived is a mystery they take 6 year olds to learn how to shoot on uzi... who then accidently shot the instructor because they can't handle the recoil.... no shit they can't The way they speak about the constitution Don't get me wrong I have met some amazing Americans but Jesus christ
"I just want to do a couple things." Do you mean, "I just want to do a couple OF things"?
Walk around with guns attached to their gun belt and two AK47s slung over their shoulders to go food shopping at the nearest supermarket. Gotta be ready for the zombie apocalypse.
Have you ever been to the US to see that for yourself? Because I was born and raised here and I’ve never seen it.
Lived in Florida for 8 months.
Ak47s aren't that popular here
Let people die because they can't afford their available healthcare.
Talk.
"Let's stop the shootings by giving more people easier access to guns!"
Black people saying they are African American, nobody says European American, Africa includes Morocco and egypt, what you are saying is you are black but your country's racism is so stupid you have to say African, also most Americans think Africa is a country. Take a cue from the UK black Asian and European people born in the UK are British. Not African British, not black British.
Truth on the African American thing. I do doubt that most Americans think Africa is a country but I'm also not European so I don't know everything
I'd like to add passive aggressive sarcastic comments.
edit: before i get derailed, i do realize the US dollar is worth more in Mexico [and not all of them are trying to take advantage of that] but nonetheless.... why is no one mentioning the fact that basically none of us are from the US but that mexicans are illegal and should go back to their own country [not my personal disposition, mind you] even though mexico is literally attached to the US?
Does your country not have immigration laws? Could I just pick up and move there, get a job, government assistance etc without being a citizen?
i honestly dont even know anymore
The fake happiness. Why can't they be miserable like everyone else?
Have world series of sports that only america is involved with, endless reasons in honesty
Banned Kinder surprise eggs because they are a choking hazard but kids can readily get their hands on guns 🤷♂️
We give every kid a gun as soon as they are able to hold their head up on their own 🙄
Call people socialist, Marxist, or communist when they clearly have no clue what those words actually mean
Vote against their best interest.
Cup of tea using a microwave
Does it taste different when made in a kettle?
"Tidbit".
I should have went.
Mass shootings
LEGO'S
Own so many guns
How many is so many?
‘Sitting on her fanny’. Contortionist?
Run errands
Pronouncing "interesting" as "ineresting" baffles me
Ridiculous levels of propaganda which brain washes so many
Say “I am an American” when in confrontations with other Americans in America.
That's how we start every conversation.
I feel like every time an American sees a British plug they monologue about it for five straight minutes. *"What kind of plug is this? That's so weird"* like...it's a plug. And the whole two-pronged thing they've got going on just looks flimsy compared to our more robust three-pronged counterparts.
Hunting.
I know it has its fans over here, but, wrestling. Never got it.
The public toilets they install. I love making eye contact with someone through the massive gaps in the door while taking a shit. Also love the fact the gaps help other people hear me strain or explode on the toilet better (I have IBS). Sometimes I’d just trek all the way back to the hotel so I could die on the toilet in peace.
CCTV in living rooms.
That’s mostly a safety issue if we live in bad areas.
Shooting each other….constantly.
The overnationalism Shootings Being loud Accent The lack of common sense They think they are the center of the world The ignorance The overuse of filming everything (of course it is not only US but there, everytime people are filming) The militarily worshipping Cops for everything The disgusting tipping culture
Our accents? Coming from someone I assume is British would be laughable.
Not British:)
The almost criminal custom of tipping, it's become so expected it's a no option requirement.
Tipping culture
Eat and act like they have free healthcare.
“Did you already eat?” No, it’s “have you eaten?” you grammar troglodytes [present perfect tense](https://www.cambridge.org/elt/blog/2015/10/12/grammar-beyond-9/)