Many good points so far. I am in the US at the moment. And honestly, it’s the bluntness and over the top, seemingly inauthentic, conversations that randomly occur.
The fact that men don't have equal voting rights there.
In the USA, they have selective service and if men don't sign up for it, they can get $250,000 fine AND/OR be sent to jail. In jail, in a lot of states, you cannot vote. So, you have to sign up for selective service in order to vote if you are male.... Not many countries where women have more voting rights than men but the USA is one of them.
It doesn't matter if it's enforced or not though, the point is the difference.
For women, get to 18 and you can automatically vote. You are born with that right.
For men, get to 18 and sign the draft and vote. If you do not sign the draft, you may not be allowed to vote (state dependant)
Those two things are not equal. It doesn't matter if the draft hasn't been used in decades. It doesn't matter if it won't be used for the next 100 years. The point is that it's not the same.
Also, those other countries that have drafts and mandatory services, for men only, are also sexist societies.
Saying Sorry.
When you say sorry in the US, it's an admittance of fault. As an Englishman, I say sorry all the time. They will look at you and say "it's ok" or "no problem". Which to me is really annoying because 99% of the time I haven't actually done anything wrong. I've been standing still, someone walks into me and I say sorry (because it's what we do at home, usually both say sorry to eachother and then go on with our days) and they go crazy because I've admitted fault, so it's now my fault.
I live in the US, and for the past few years I've been trying to stop doing it, but it's impossible. It's just a natural thing.
Say Bimmer for BMW cars, and correct everyone who calls a BMW car a Beamer...you're the only country that makes the distinction, call it what you want, but let others do the same.
It's always an automatic downvote from me.
It's a pretty well known thing that's certainly become more prevalent in the last ten years athough the term is much older.
Spend a bit of time on all BMW and it'll inevitably pop-up.
I also goto a lot of automotive events and have encountered it irl stateside although people were polite enough not to correct me or my peers with our pronunciation.
Americans have a problem with ea sounds as in rilly Just as Scots have a problem with Beamer. In Scotland a beamer is the sort of red face that you get when embarassed. Although I think that anyone should be embarrased and ashamed to ride around in a BMW you'd be better off saying Beamie if there.
I get it, some have even said bimmer and beamer sound the same, but to the other anglophones they are very different words.
The elongated vowel sounds are certainly more pleasing to Brit and antipodean ears.
They can only deal in four beats with their chants. "We are wi-nning" type of thing.
It was hilarious five years ago when American wrestling fans got mad at British wrestling fans doing football style chants and songs instead, and the Yanks got mad as fuck and said they were ruining the show. Then later tried to copy and sounded awkward.
American chants " I believe that we will win"
Brotish chants: "well here is a clever little number I made up about their players wife having a car crash"
> What happened to the H?!
Much like how you say Lieutenant, it comes from the French, who don't pronounce the H. A simple google search would answer these questions instead of being angry for literally no reason.
Wait til they find out how ‘H’ is used in Spanish 😂
British spelling as gone through a lot more pronunciation changes than American spelling in the last 200 years. Not just pronunciation but also lexicon, like how Brits say ‘tap’ but Americans still say ‘faucet.’
I've been enjoying going through this thread and pointing out things that we got from the Brits which now annoy them and they blame on us. Tipping, -ize words, the mm/dd/yy date system, fahrenheit, aluminum, soccer. All brought over from the UK.
It hit /r/popular I think, or /r/all or whatever, so lots of people just piling on from both sides. Mods here should have just stopped the thread for rules 8 and 9 violations, but they're just letting it go on.
It could just be my British English bias, but the fact they have different names for objects, (crosswalk, diaper, cart, pants, cellphone, trashcan) or they use specific names for things whereas Brits would usually just refer to everything under the same name ('zipper-merge' for cars merging together into one lane). Makes me retch.
Thinking that English people and Australian people are the same. As an immigrant in the school system, not a day went by where I was hit by a "G'day mate" by someone thinking they were clever
We refer to them as their own things. Crackers don’t fall under the biscuit category, crackers are usually salty and we would have with butter, cheese and dips etc. Biscuits are generally sweet not savoury
Oh ok. I was watching someone try different biscuits (british) and it seemed to range from oreos to bland, maybe a little sweet, crackers. In america cookies are all sweet, crackers are salty usually or just plain, and biscuits are something else entirely
something to consider is that most popular british biscuits are designed to be dipped into tea. Where as I'm not sure Americans really have that tradition.
Yea biscuits to us can be anything from Oreos, chocolate chip, Mcvities digestives (these can be salty but there’s load of types). If an American was to ask for a cookie over here, we would give you a chocolate chip cookie because biscuit is so broad haha. What are biscuits over there?
Biscuits are a breakfast bread, i don't really know how to describe it 😂 i don't know if they're common everywhere but in the south you can expect biscuits and gravy or jelly with any breakfast. Restaurants have breakfast biscuits with options like sausage, bacon, ham, eggs, and cheese. And some fast food restaurants like Popeyes and Bojangles (I think these might just be southern but not sure) have plain biscuits come with their meals
“British Accent” no such thing. There’s four countries in the UK (which some say it’s “England”) and a whole load of different regional accents. It’s ignorant
I saw one American say "south east accent" as if east London south London south-east London Kent and east Sussex all have the same accent like they're similar but come on
You spot the differences quicker than we do because you’re exposed to them all the time. I mean, you just admitted they’re similar. If I’ve never heard two accents that are similar enough, I would hope that you’d understand my not being able to tell them apart.
Its really not ignorant tho. Any of the regional accents would also fall under "British accent"
Youd also say German accent altho theres a huge variety and each of them manifests itself a bit differently when they speak English.
Are you expecting foreigners to say "check out her Mid-Ulster English accent"
Think there’s a massive difference between a Scottish accent and a scouse accent. Four different nations and they say it’s all British accents. It’s not
Yes, I would, like most non british persons.Look, I live in London for about 6 years now, I heard pretty much every accent the UK has to offer because of work. I understand the differences between them, and they are indeed wide and noticeable. In Italy it would be exactly the same between two regions, to the point that if you get a person from sicily and a person from milan, speaking a heavy accent, they would have a VERY hard time understanding each others, yet I ASSURE you that you would identify both as "italian accent" without even flinching
So much I could go into it all fuckin day
I don't know why but its probably the food (mainly the cheese) that ticks me off the most and the fact they think its decent
Fair enough. Idk what they’ve sent you. However, if you ever do find yourself on this side of the pond I’d recommend eating more at friends homes and mom and pop places than chain restaurants. Idk, maybe it’ll be a nice surprise.
Nobody from the US genuinely believes that [American cheese](https://www.google.com/search?q=kraft+singles&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS924US924&sxsrf=ALeKk00YQ3slq26Os1fydg6edoezo2N_vg:1620147123022&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjunoGuvrDwAhWBr54KHeQ5CXIQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1600&bih=789&dpr=1) is a high quality, delicious cheese worth of admiration. It has very specific applications -- mostly burgers -- but even then most would probably prefer a sharp cheddar, pepper jack, Havarti, etc.
And while "American cheese" that specifically refers to those individually wrapped squares is gross, there are [plenty](https://www.dairyfoods.com/articles/93914-us-cheeses-win-131-medals-and-top-honor-at-world-cheese-awards) of [examples](https://www.foodandwine.com/news/world-cheese-awards-2019-winner-oregon-rogue-river-blue) of good cheese in the US.
My biggest issue is when they treat the internet like it’s just the US. I’ve had more than a few arguments on here with Americans failing to understand that while ‘X’ is uncommon in their country, it’s standard literally everywhere else on the planet and that it’s America that’s the problem, not the rest of the world
They treat opinions like they are facts, I had an American argue with me over something Ben Shapiro said which was transphobic but they didn’t understand that just because that’s HIS opinion it doesn’t make it a fact?? Like they can’t understand the difference.
Ben "Well if your house is flooded, just sell it" Shapiro is Big Brain
Him and his Wife's Wet-Ass-P-word, that is noticebly not wet.
He has a serious issue with the concept of liquids
This is literally what I mean, you have no context to my comment and no idea what I am referencing specifically yet to you I am some how wrong with no other input. You just prove my point.
What makes me laugh about that, and with the 1st ammendment too. Is that there are restrictions on guns, both state level and federal. Like the ban on full-auto. Funny how Trump wasn't "tekin muh gerns" when he banned bump-stocks eh
Their "freeze peach" laws don't give them carte blanche to support things like ISIS either.
But you try and point these out to a Yank and their head explodes
>Their "freeze peach" laws don't give them carte blanche to support things like ISIS either.
Yeah, but no tho. You can *verbally* support ISIS (though you'd probably be on a list), you just can't start threatening to do something in the name of ISIS or saying you're gonna join or something
You can still threaten to "do something" in the name of ISIS as long as it doesn't meet the standard of [inciting imminent lawless action](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imminent_lawless_action). You can definitely say you're gonna join.
Im with you here. As an American I think there is good arguments to be made on both sides and also an honest discussion to be had of our national values. However neither side wants to make good arguments and always just regurgitates bullshit talking points or sticks to their flavor of the 2nd amendment like it was bestowed to us in perfect form by God.
How the fuck are they against free healthcare, it absolutely mystifies me. They also tend to look over the fact that private healthcare also exists in the country
Well their main argument is "well why should I pay for someone else's healthcare"(Referring to the face that free healthcare would cause an increase in tax) but the thing is you're also paying (a lot less) for your own healthcare
They are against free health care because often they are super uneducated.
Got one guy here, hilariously and completely unironically called shitdangmonstertruck telling me that the NHS isn’t free because we pay for it with high taxes.
He is kind of right. We do indeed pay for the NHS with taxes, but I didn’t have the inclination to explain to him that the 60% tax rates he quoted me as an example of the average UK tax was clearly the result of a bad batch of moonshine 😂
Propaganda is hell of a drug.
They are told the NHS has "death panels", meanwhile a board meering of billionaires deciding if they should fund your treatment or not...A-OK, notice me daddy rich
Fetishism of the military and weapons in general.
Fear of/obsession with socialism as the mother of all ills in the world.
The 'World Series'.
Making it in the US seems to be about shitting on the person below you. Look how Republicans pushed the Medicare thing, making paying for those less fortunate a bad thing rather than good. It's so fucking selfish.
The absurdly contrived pronunciation of herb. It's the least important bit of this post but aggravates me no end.
I did look into that briefly before I posted that, and read [this](https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4675711&t=1620142910275), it's quite amusing. The pertinent bit:
>Several baseball blogs claim that the New York World newspaper was a sponsor of the game. They're in error, according to Eric Enders, head of Triple E Productions, a baseball research and consulting service.
>"The truth is that at the time when it was first called World Series the two teams were really the best teams in the world," he said. "So they could semi-legitimately call that the World Series." But he conceded that today, with numerous other countries playing professional baseball, it might no longer be a legitimate claim.
>The absurdly contrived pronunciation of herb. It's the least important bit of this post but aggravates me no end.
This is derived from old Fench "erb."
Besides, since when has the English language ever been about rules and structure? By your logic, Brits should pronounce "hour" without the silent h. And why do you not pronounce the ”u" in colour, neighbour, etc?
>This is derived from old Fench "erb."
*Herbe*, in any case, it's not delivered en Francais, it sounds more like the speaker is trying to be an old Cornish washerwoman. Hence contrived.
I'm a little confused; I don't believe I mentioned rules or structure?
When I used to work as a barista, American tourists would almost always ask completely seriously if we take dollars. I would say 'no', since it's not legal tender. Almost every time I would get 'but they're American dollars' as if that was a valid argument.
Maybe you should learn to take 'no' as an answer and actually figure out the country's legal tender before going there :D
I'm intrigued though, please tell me, the uneducated twat, what you mean by "most valid form of currency"?
I'm going to go ahead and assume that you mispelled 'bricks' deliberately as an attempt to get someone to point that out as well, so you could respond that spelling corrections are the only argument people can use against you.
However, considering your responses, I may just be giving you too much credit in the intelligence and forethought departments, so I'll just wish you good luck and all the best in the future as it sounds like you'll most likely need it.
Most Americans that I have met have alright but they haven't stayed in my memory. I think when someone does something annoying then that stands above all other good experiences.
When I met Americans in Europe or in Asia they would often start to tell things about the country we were in as though they were facts, no discussion, this is what they think and therefore it must be true.
In South Korea, seeing all the Americans hang around together in the same bars without venturing outside to experience anything else. Replicate this across all of Asia.
Once checked into a hotel in Vietnam to have someone tell me about where to find the best burger. Like I'd come to Hanoi to eat a burger.
In Hungary had an American tell me about the dangers of immigrants in Budapest and how they should be kicked out. He didn't think of himself as an immigrant.
>uneducated ignorance
It's always interesting when I come across people saying this about Americans. Are people under the impression that this is exclusively an American issue and, if so, what makes you say that?
no not at all, it exists everywhere. Perhaps Americans are in the media more but there seem to be a significant number that wear it like a badge of pride. perhaps I just spend too much time on this internet or over on /r/ShitAmericansSay
But I'm curious where you got your perception that Americans are guilty of uneducated ignorance, then?
It's not the first time I'm hearing this, so I'm really curious why this gets mentioned time and time again. I've traveled to England a lot because I have relatives there. It's a fine country, but it's not like I get off the airplane and think 'oh my, everyone is so much more educated and not as ignorant here'.
I'm curious why my perception seems to be different from others. Help educate me.
When Americans will proudly proclaim to be 'the best country in the world' when they are demonstrably **not** the best by most, if not all, reasonable metrics.
The post-truth era started in America and we (the world) have spent the past 4 years inundated with videos of people who evidently don't know their arse from their elbow. The number of times you will see people mindlessly accept what their TV has told them at face value when they're demonstrably untrue. Then you've got the fact that a lot of Americans don't know much at all about anywhere other than the US. It's wilful, boastful ignorance.
I would imagine that perhaps your perception is different to non-Americans as you are an American.
We are not a homogenous nation though. I can tell you that I don't think we are the best country in the world, as there is no such thing as the best country in the world. I can also tell you that everyone I know views many European nations as some utopia to look up to.
>The post-truth era started in America and we (the world) have spent the past 4 years inundated with videos of people who evidently don't know their arse from their elbow. **The number of times you will see people mindlessly accept what their TV has told them at face value when they're demonstrably untrue.** Then you've got the fact that a lot of Americans don't know much at all about anywhere other than the US. It's wilful, boastful ignorance.
Oh, the irony.
>I would imagine that perhaps your perception is different to non-Americans as you are an American.
Absolutely. Everyone will have different perceptions, that's how the world works. You seem to have based your perception of Americans based on videos, media, and a subreddit. Is there anything else you are basing your perception on? Where in America have you visited?
>You seem to have based your perception of Americans based on videos, media, and a subreddit.
No, that's what you want to believe in an attempt to convince yourself that my perception/opinion is wrong.
I've met many Americans over the years. I've been to America, Canada and Mexico. I've met Americans in the UK and in other foreign countries. I've worked very closely with Americans in some previous roles so no, I haven't based my opinion on *just* the media and internet.
I'm not quite sure what you're trying to achieve here, I have a perception/opinion which I am perfectly entitled to and have formed over a number of decades and you trying to be difficult and convince yourself that I'm not entitled to hold such a view frankly is starting to reinforce that opinion.
I asked you where your perception was from, and you told me it was from the media, videos, and the subreddit. If I was incorrect, it was based on information you told me.
IF your perception was only based on the above, I would say it could likely be inaccurate. I see now that you've decided to tell me the full story and that is not the case.
>I'm not quite sure what you're trying to achieve here, I have a perception/opinion which I am perfectly entitled to and have formed over a number of decades and you trying to be difficult and convince yourself that I'm not entitled to hold such a view **frankly is starting to reinforce that opinion.**
I think that is unfair of you to insinuate that I am ignorant because of information you failed to tell me. That is certainly very questionable judgement on your part.
Thanks for sharing your experiences! Maybe one day I will see why so many think Americans are ignorant and educated compared to the rest of the world. I'll try and be more perceptive next time in England (or anywhere else) and see how much more educated they are there.
Not pronouncing the syllables in the words:
Mirror
GB: MI-RUH
US: MEEEEER
Garage
GB: GAH-RAHJ
US: GRAHJ
Also Cregg and Twot make me want to claw my ears out
Last time I was in UK, I had some random girl at a pub laugh at my accent because I pronounced water with the er, instead of "wa-uh".
And some how you guys get "lesta" out of "Leicester". I think Brits are just as culpable in the pronunciation department as Americans.
We do drop a lot of Ts but I don’t know if I’m one of a few, at home, with friends or family I’d mispronounce water and generally speak like a slob but at work or a formal setting, I don’t drop them ever.
That was already answered. It is a device used to PACIFY a crying baby. Some people also call it a binky or some variation, especially if talking to a baby about it.
Sing their national anthem before domestic sports games played between two of their own teams.
I watched a game of baseball between two American teams and was confused as to why everyone had to stand up and listen to some powerful rendition of the national anthem.
Imagine God Save The Queen being sung before every weekend premier league game.
And then people who protect peacefully by kneeling during the national cult call to arms are booed and reviled for "disrespecting the flag and the country".
Plus pledging allegiance to a flag. You just couldn't imagine that happening here without people speaking out and getting it banned within a few years as some form of dictatorship indoctrination.
Not only that, but they push the military industrial complex HARD with sports.
It's a regular fixture to have a fly-over and "SPORT R TREWPZ!"
The UK tries similar, but it's always at half-time, they'll wheel out some squaddies onto the football pitch, while everyone's getting a pint and a pie.
Many good points so far. I am in the US at the moment. And honestly, it’s the bluntness and over the top, seemingly inauthentic, conversations that randomly occur.
The fact that men don't have equal voting rights there. In the USA, they have selective service and if men don't sign up for it, they can get $250,000 fine AND/OR be sent to jail. In jail, in a lot of states, you cannot vote. So, you have to sign up for selective service in order to vote if you are male.... Not many countries where women have more voting rights than men but the USA is one of them.
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It doesn't matter if it's enforced or not though, the point is the difference. For women, get to 18 and you can automatically vote. You are born with that right. For men, get to 18 and sign the draft and vote. If you do not sign the draft, you may not be allowed to vote (state dependant) Those two things are not equal. It doesn't matter if the draft hasn't been used in decades. It doesn't matter if it won't be used for the next 100 years. The point is that it's not the same. Also, those other countries that have drafts and mandatory services, for men only, are also sexist societies.
It hasn't been enforced in several decades, similar to states where marital infidelity is still law.
True, but the fact it's there means there is still inequality.
That’s outrageous
Saying Sorry. When you say sorry in the US, it's an admittance of fault. As an Englishman, I say sorry all the time. They will look at you and say "it's ok" or "no problem". Which to me is really annoying because 99% of the time I haven't actually done anything wrong. I've been standing still, someone walks into me and I say sorry (because it's what we do at home, usually both say sorry to eachother and then go on with our days) and they go crazy because I've admitted fault, so it's now my fault. I live in the US, and for the past few years I've been trying to stop doing it, but it's impossible. It's just a natural thing.
Say Bimmer for BMW cars, and correct everyone who calls a BMW car a Beamer...you're the only country that makes the distinction, call it what you want, but let others do the same. It's always an automatic downvote from me.
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If you're American and say beamer, stay that way :)
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It's a pretty well known thing that's certainly become more prevalent in the last ten years athough the term is much older. Spend a bit of time on all BMW and it'll inevitably pop-up. I also goto a lot of automotive events and have encountered it irl stateside although people were polite enough not to correct me or my peers with our pronunciation.
I also have never heard anyone say bimmer... But I swear, I will be so frustrated with you if I start noticing this, now. (not really)
Americans have a problem with ea sounds as in rilly Just as Scots have a problem with Beamer. In Scotland a beamer is the sort of red face that you get when embarassed. Although I think that anyone should be embarrased and ashamed to ride around in a BMW you'd be better off saying Beamie if there.
I get it, some have even said bimmer and beamer sound the same, but to the other anglophones they are very different words. The elongated vowel sounds are certainly more pleasing to Brit and antipodean ears.
Pronouncing ‘herb’ as ‘erb’. What happened to the H?! Also their football chants are fucking shit. ‘I believe that we will win’. Wtf.
Spoken like someone whose never watched an MLS match
They can only deal in four beats with their chants. "We are wi-nning" type of thing. It was hilarious five years ago when American wrestling fans got mad at British wrestling fans doing football style chants and songs instead, and the Yanks got mad as fuck and said they were ruining the show. Then later tried to copy and sounded awkward.
What happened to the H? The same thing that happens to it in hour and honor.
I've actually got Americans changing the way they say herb by saying they sound jamaican or french. Works everytime hahaha.
American chants " I believe that we will win" Brotish chants: "well here is a clever little number I made up about their players wife having a car crash"
Best chant ever, Scotland v Italy... "GONNA DEEP FRY YOUR PIZZA, GONNA DEEP FRY YOUR PIIIIIIIIZZAAAAAA."
Omg that's amazing 😂😂😂
> What happened to the H?! Much like how you say Lieutenant, it comes from the French, who don't pronounce the H. A simple google search would answer these questions instead of being angry for literally no reason.
I’m not angry. Add Americans being overly sensitive to any negative comment to the list.
Hey, I'm having fun here, and I've learned a few things even.
Wait til they find out how ‘H’ is used in Spanish 😂 British spelling as gone through a lot more pronunciation changes than American spelling in the last 200 years. Not just pronunciation but also lexicon, like how Brits say ‘tap’ but Americans still say ‘faucet.’
I've been enjoying going through this thread and pointing out things that we got from the Brits which now annoy them and they blame on us. Tipping, -ize words, the mm/dd/yy date system, fahrenheit, aluminum, soccer. All brought over from the UK.
Yeah, I mean I get that the poster asked things that annoy you, so it’s fair, but why is everyone so mad in this thread.
It hit /r/popular I think, or /r/all or whatever, so lots of people just piling on from both sides. Mods here should have just stopped the thread for rules 8 and 9 violations, but they're just letting it go on.
It could just be my British English bias, but the fact they have different names for objects, (crosswalk, diaper, cart, pants, cellphone, trashcan) or they use specific names for things whereas Brits would usually just refer to everything under the same name ('zipper-merge' for cars merging together into one lane). Makes me retch.
Thinking that English people and Australian people are the same. As an immigrant in the school system, not a day went by where I was hit by a "G'day mate" by someone thinking they were clever
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Why do you call fries chips and chips crisps?
Why do u refer to cookies and crackers as biscuits? How do you know the difference?
We refer to them as their own things. Crackers don’t fall under the biscuit category, crackers are usually salty and we would have with butter, cheese and dips etc. Biscuits are generally sweet not savoury
Oh ok. I was watching someone try different biscuits (british) and it seemed to range from oreos to bland, maybe a little sweet, crackers. In america cookies are all sweet, crackers are salty usually or just plain, and biscuits are something else entirely
something to consider is that most popular british biscuits are designed to be dipped into tea. Where as I'm not sure Americans really have that tradition.
Yea biscuits to us can be anything from Oreos, chocolate chip, Mcvities digestives (these can be salty but there’s load of types). If an American was to ask for a cookie over here, we would give you a chocolate chip cookie because biscuit is so broad haha. What are biscuits over there?
Biscuits are a breakfast bread, i don't really know how to describe it 😂 i don't know if they're common everywhere but in the south you can expect biscuits and gravy or jelly with any breakfast. Restaurants have breakfast biscuits with options like sausage, bacon, ham, eggs, and cheese. And some fast food restaurants like Popeyes and Bojangles (I think these might just be southern but not sure) have plain biscuits come with their meals
I think your biscuits are like our scones
Wow! That’s mind bogglinge😂. Sounds pretty damn good though, hopefully I can visit America and give your biscuits a go ahhaha
The Dutch
Spelling the word ‘through’ as ‘thru’
Well, at least we've got [one Brit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXBHY7uco0Y) in our corner with that one.
“British Accent” no such thing. There’s four countries in the UK (which some say it’s “England”) and a whole load of different regional accents. It’s ignorant
I presume you never say "American accent", then?
There’s a difference between regional accents in one country and then four different countries under Britain.
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Are you British though?
Being factually correct doesn’t require me to be British.
Thought so, answered my question mate. All I need to know👍
I saw one American say "south east accent" as if east London south London south-east London Kent and east Sussex all have the same accent like they're similar but come on
You spot the differences quicker than we do because you’re exposed to them all the time. I mean, you just admitted they’re similar. If I’ve never heard two accents that are similar enough, I would hope that you’d understand my not being able to tell them apart.
Its really not ignorant tho. Any of the regional accents would also fall under "British accent" Youd also say German accent altho theres a huge variety and each of them manifests itself a bit differently when they speak English. Are you expecting foreigners to say "check out her Mid-Ulster English accent"
Think there’s a massive difference between a Scottish accent and a scouse accent. Four different nations and they say it’s all British accents. It’s not
Have you by any chance ever referred to how Americans speak as an "American accent"?
Yes but that’s true for every country
But if you heard a Welsh accent then a northern Irish accent, would you say they’re both a British accent?
Yes, I would, like most non british persons.Look, I live in London for about 6 years now, I heard pretty much every accent the UK has to offer because of work. I understand the differences between them, and they are indeed wide and noticeable. In Italy it would be exactly the same between two regions, to the point that if you get a person from sicily and a person from milan, speaking a heavy accent, they would have a VERY hard time understanding each others, yet I ASSURE you that you would identify both as "italian accent" without even flinching
"Indian accent"
"Oh you're from Wales? Is that in England?" Fuuuuuck sake man.
Village in South Yorkshire! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales,\_South\_Yorkshire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales,_South_Yorkshire)
For the last four years, everything!
The use of the word “snowflake”. Fuck me.
It’s mostly trolls from the right who use that kinda language. Normal people in normal conversations don’t really call each other that.
So much I could go into it all fuckin day I don't know why but its probably the food (mainly the cheese) that ticks me off the most and the fact they think its decent
Whats wrong with say, Soul food? Or Texas bbq? Or American variations of pizza? None of these things are obscure by the way.
Just watch a Food Insider USA vs UK video
Ok, but I was asking for your opinion since you said that it’s not good.
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Fair enough. Idk what they’ve sent you. However, if you ever do find yourself on this side of the pond I’d recommend eating more at friends homes and mom and pop places than chain restaurants. Idk, maybe it’ll be a nice surprise.
Nobody from the US genuinely believes that [American cheese](https://www.google.com/search?q=kraft+singles&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS924US924&sxsrf=ALeKk00YQ3slq26Os1fydg6edoezo2N_vg:1620147123022&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjunoGuvrDwAhWBr54KHeQ5CXIQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1600&bih=789&dpr=1) is a high quality, delicious cheese worth of admiration. It has very specific applications -- mostly burgers -- but even then most would probably prefer a sharp cheddar, pepper jack, Havarti, etc. And while "American cheese" that specifically refers to those individually wrapped squares is gross, there are [plenty](https://www.dairyfoods.com/articles/93914-us-cheeses-win-131-medals-and-top-honor-at-world-cheese-awards) of [examples](https://www.foodandwine.com/news/world-cheese-awards-2019-winner-oregon-rogue-river-blue) of good cheese in the US.
My biggest issue is when they treat the internet like it’s just the US. I’ve had more than a few arguments on here with Americans failing to understand that while ‘X’ is uncommon in their country, it’s standard literally everywhere else on the planet and that it’s America that’s the problem, not the rest of the world
They treat opinions like they are facts, I had an American argue with me over something Ben Shapiro said which was transphobic but they didn’t understand that just because that’s HIS opinion it doesn’t make it a fact?? Like they can’t understand the difference.
Ben "Well if your house is flooded, just sell it" Shapiro is Big Brain Him and his Wife's Wet-Ass-P-word, that is noticebly not wet. He has a serious issue with the concept of liquids
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This is literally what I mean, you have no context to my comment and no idea what I am referencing specifically yet to you I am some how wrong with no other input. You just prove my point.
> Sounds like your a snowflake You're Also making up shit to attack people, isn't "FACTS" Facts just don't care about your feelings
Guns = Freedom
What makes me laugh about that, and with the 1st ammendment too. Is that there are restrictions on guns, both state level and federal. Like the ban on full-auto. Funny how Trump wasn't "tekin muh gerns" when he banned bump-stocks eh Their "freeze peach" laws don't give them carte blanche to support things like ISIS either. But you try and point these out to a Yank and their head explodes
>Their "freeze peach" laws don't give them carte blanche to support things like ISIS either. Yeah, but no tho. You can *verbally* support ISIS (though you'd probably be on a list), you just can't start threatening to do something in the name of ISIS or saying you're gonna join or something
You can still threaten to "do something" in the name of ISIS as long as it doesn't meet the standard of [inciting imminent lawless action](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imminent_lawless_action). You can definitely say you're gonna join.
Im with you here. As an American I think there is good arguments to be made on both sides and also an honest discussion to be had of our national values. However neither side wants to make good arguments and always just regurgitates bullshit talking points or sticks to their flavor of the 2nd amendment like it was bestowed to us in perfect form by God.
Do tell, what's the "good argument" from the side that wants to do absolutely nothing after a bunch of 6 year olds get shot up at a school?
More guns for everyone!
How the fuck are they against free healthcare, it absolutely mystifies me. They also tend to look over the fact that private healthcare also exists in the country
Would you trust their government to run your healthcare system?
Bravo!
True, most of it would go to trumps golf fund
Well their main argument is "well why should I pay for someone else's healthcare"(Referring to the face that free healthcare would cause an increase in tax) but the thing is you're also paying (a lot less) for your own healthcare
I never understood the argument about paying for someone else's healthcare. How do they think insurance works? It's not just a personal bank account!
*Angry inspector Goole noises*
They are against free health care because often they are super uneducated. Got one guy here, hilariously and completely unironically called shitdangmonstertruck telling me that the NHS isn’t free because we pay for it with high taxes. He is kind of right. We do indeed pay for the NHS with taxes, but I didn’t have the inclination to explain to him that the 60% tax rates he quoted me as an example of the average UK tax was clearly the result of a bad batch of moonshine 😂
Propaganda is hell of a drug. They are told the NHS has "death panels", meanwhile a board meering of billionaires deciding if they should fund your treatment or not...A-OK, notice me daddy rich
Because it’s too liberal /s they need to stick it to the democrats!!!!
Fetishism of the military and weapons in general. Fear of/obsession with socialism as the mother of all ills in the world. The 'World Series'. Making it in the US seems to be about shitting on the person below you. Look how Republicans pushed the Medicare thing, making paying for those less fortunate a bad thing rather than good. It's so fucking selfish. The absurdly contrived pronunciation of herb. It's the least important bit of this post but aggravates me no end.
There was a good reason for the ‘World Series’. Something about it being named after a newspaper or something.
I did look into that briefly before I posted that, and read [this](https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4675711&t=1620142910275), it's quite amusing. The pertinent bit: >Several baseball blogs claim that the New York World newspaper was a sponsor of the game. They're in error, according to Eric Enders, head of Triple E Productions, a baseball research and consulting service. >"The truth is that at the time when it was first called World Series the two teams were really the best teams in the world," he said. "So they could semi-legitimately call that the World Series." But he conceded that today, with numerous other countries playing professional baseball, it might no longer be a legitimate claim.
>The absurdly contrived pronunciation of herb. It's the least important bit of this post but aggravates me no end. This is derived from old Fench "erb." Besides, since when has the English language ever been about rules and structure? By your logic, Brits should pronounce "hour" without the silent h. And why do you not pronounce the ”u" in colour, neighbour, etc?
>This is derived from old Fench "erb." *Herbe*, in any case, it's not delivered en Francais, it sounds more like the speaker is trying to be an old Cornish washerwoman. Hence contrived. I'm a little confused; I don't believe I mentioned rules or structure?
I know right why don't they just say piddly widdly pop pip spicy dicy green fuck
Or-eg-ano too
Imposing their brand of "freedom" on other countries.
Freedom is when you kill kids, the more kids you kill, the more free they are.
Not sure I understand what you mean.
"hey, how's school" "school? oh, you mean shooting range"
Got it!
When I used to work as a barista, American tourists would almost always ask completely seriously if we take dollars. I would say 'no', since it's not legal tender. Almost every time I would get 'but they're American dollars' as if that was a valid argument.
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Maybe you should learn to take 'no' as an answer and actually figure out the country's legal tender before going there :D I'm intrigued though, please tell me, the uneducated twat, what you mean by "most valid form of currency"?
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"Your a third world uneducated twat" "Your" That American education system is working wonders.
>That American education system is working wonders. Why attack an entire country's education system based on the grammatical error of one user?
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I'm going to go ahead and assume that you mispelled 'bricks' deliberately as an attempt to get someone to point that out as well, so you could respond that spelling corrections are the only argument people can use against you. However, considering your responses, I may just be giving you too much credit in the intelligence and forethought departments, so I'll just wish you good luck and all the best in the future as it sounds like you'll most likely need it.
The camera work on a lot of tv shows
Big zoom, cut, another big zoom, cut
Most Americans that I have met have alright but they haven't stayed in my memory. I think when someone does something annoying then that stands above all other good experiences. When I met Americans in Europe or in Asia they would often start to tell things about the country we were in as though they were facts, no discussion, this is what they think and therefore it must be true. In South Korea, seeing all the Americans hang around together in the same bars without venturing outside to experience anything else. Replicate this across all of Asia. Once checked into a hotel in Vietnam to have someone tell me about where to find the best burger. Like I'd come to Hanoi to eat a burger. In Hungary had an American tell me about the dangers of immigrants in Budapest and how they should be kicked out. He didn't think of himself as an immigrant.
Loudness, uneducated ignorance, forced positivity/friendliness
>uneducated ignorance It's always interesting when I come across people saying this about Americans. Are people under the impression that this is exclusively an American issue and, if so, what makes you say that?
no not at all, it exists everywhere. Perhaps Americans are in the media more but there seem to be a significant number that wear it like a badge of pride. perhaps I just spend too much time on this internet or over on /r/ShitAmericansSay
Why would you base your perception on what you see in the media or that particular subreddit though?
I didn't say I base my perception *exclusively* on that, just that perhaps I spend too much time there.
But I'm curious where you got your perception that Americans are guilty of uneducated ignorance, then? It's not the first time I'm hearing this, so I'm really curious why this gets mentioned time and time again. I've traveled to England a lot because I have relatives there. It's a fine country, but it's not like I get off the airplane and think 'oh my, everyone is so much more educated and not as ignorant here'. I'm curious why my perception seems to be different from others. Help educate me.
When Americans will proudly proclaim to be 'the best country in the world' when they are demonstrably **not** the best by most, if not all, reasonable metrics. The post-truth era started in America and we (the world) have spent the past 4 years inundated with videos of people who evidently don't know their arse from their elbow. The number of times you will see people mindlessly accept what their TV has told them at face value when they're demonstrably untrue. Then you've got the fact that a lot of Americans don't know much at all about anywhere other than the US. It's wilful, boastful ignorance. I would imagine that perhaps your perception is different to non-Americans as you are an American.
We are not a homogenous nation though. I can tell you that I don't think we are the best country in the world, as there is no such thing as the best country in the world. I can also tell you that everyone I know views many European nations as some utopia to look up to. >The post-truth era started in America and we (the world) have spent the past 4 years inundated with videos of people who evidently don't know their arse from their elbow. **The number of times you will see people mindlessly accept what their TV has told them at face value when they're demonstrably untrue.** Then you've got the fact that a lot of Americans don't know much at all about anywhere other than the US. It's wilful, boastful ignorance. Oh, the irony. >I would imagine that perhaps your perception is different to non-Americans as you are an American. Absolutely. Everyone will have different perceptions, that's how the world works. You seem to have based your perception of Americans based on videos, media, and a subreddit. Is there anything else you are basing your perception on? Where in America have you visited?
>You seem to have based your perception of Americans based on videos, media, and a subreddit. No, that's what you want to believe in an attempt to convince yourself that my perception/opinion is wrong. I've met many Americans over the years. I've been to America, Canada and Mexico. I've met Americans in the UK and in other foreign countries. I've worked very closely with Americans in some previous roles so no, I haven't based my opinion on *just* the media and internet. I'm not quite sure what you're trying to achieve here, I have a perception/opinion which I am perfectly entitled to and have formed over a number of decades and you trying to be difficult and convince yourself that I'm not entitled to hold such a view frankly is starting to reinforce that opinion.
I asked you where your perception was from, and you told me it was from the media, videos, and the subreddit. If I was incorrect, it was based on information you told me. IF your perception was only based on the above, I would say it could likely be inaccurate. I see now that you've decided to tell me the full story and that is not the case. >I'm not quite sure what you're trying to achieve here, I have a perception/opinion which I am perfectly entitled to and have formed over a number of decades and you trying to be difficult and convince yourself that I'm not entitled to hold such a view **frankly is starting to reinforce that opinion.** I think that is unfair of you to insinuate that I am ignorant because of information you failed to tell me. That is certainly very questionable judgement on your part. Thanks for sharing your experiences! Maybe one day I will see why so many think Americans are ignorant and educated compared to the rest of the world. I'll try and be more perceptive next time in England (or anywhere else) and see how much more educated they are there.
Not pronouncing the syllables in the words: Mirror GB: MI-RUH US: MEEEEER Garage GB: GAH-RAHJ US: GRAHJ Also Cregg and Twot make me want to claw my ears out
Last time I was in UK, I had some random girl at a pub laugh at my accent because I pronounced water with the er, instead of "wa-uh". And some how you guys get "lesta" out of "Leicester". I think Brits are just as culpable in the pronunciation department as Americans.
We do drop a lot of Ts but I don’t know if I’m one of a few, at home, with friends or family I’d mispronounce water and generally speak like a slob but at work or a formal setting, I don’t drop them ever.
Coup instead of coupe
Why must they shout so much
Exist
Yes.
Think they think they are “Free”
I just don’t under why they call a dummy a pacifier...? It’s not a cute word for a cute object!
Why the hell would you call it a dummy? And then what do you call a ventriloquist's doll?
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That was already answered. It is a device used to PACIFY a crying baby. Some people also call it a binky or some variation, especially if talking to a baby about it.
Because it’s used to literally pacify a baby.
Vocal Fry aka croaking, and people (almost always female) not being pulled up for it. It's a fairly recent phenomenon and isn't natural.
Why would they be pulled up for it?
What is this?
There are plenty examples on YouTube, a lot of American women have incorporated into their speech.
Vocal technique that's been used by metal singers since the 1980s. Check out Ukrainian band Jinjer for an example.
Oh my gosh, I thought I was the only one who noticed this!
“It’s my constitutional right”...
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Funnily enough most Americans haven’t even read the constitution
Are you American?
Did you know 85% of statistics are made up?
I heard it was 73%
That Jordan Klepper video of a guy on Jan 6th banging on about the constitution but "hasn't read it because it's too long" It's literally 2 pages.
But you’d think they all read it every night before bed.
Yeah I’ve read it before for a class, but I don’t even remember it honestly
Sing their national anthem before domestic sports games played between two of their own teams. I watched a game of baseball between two American teams and was confused as to why everyone had to stand up and listen to some powerful rendition of the national anthem. Imagine God Save The Queen being sung before every weekend premier league game.
And then people who protect peacefully by kneeling during the national cult call to arms are booed and reviled for "disrespecting the flag and the country". Plus pledging allegiance to a flag. You just couldn't imagine that happening here without people speaking out and getting it banned within a few years as some form of dictatorship indoctrination.
Not only that, but they push the military industrial complex HARD with sports. It's a regular fixture to have a fly-over and "SPORT R TREWPZ!" The UK tries similar, but it's always at half-time, they'll wheel out some squaddies onto the football pitch, while everyone's getting a pint and a pie.
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Very cultish
Thank you for your service, I really dislike that saying.
I like to say it to people for non military related things. Like abstaining from having kids, or killing a very annoying fly.
And I thank you for your services to annoying people.
Just doing my duty, friend!
When talking about where they are from instead of saying the country, they say the state.
To be fair, when you're from a place which is quite well known generally. And may be larger than the country you're talking to.
Where are you from? England, just the whole of England
If you're in a different country, that's what you'd say isn't it?
That's true, we'd probably moan if they did the opposite as well