The biggest lie they teach Americans is that everyone from the entire world wants to live there. When in reality, at least from a perspective of a European, the older you get the more you realize how blessed you are to *not* live there.
@@unclescipio3136 In a strange way, you are correct. However, just remember that 99.9% of what you call Fascism is found only on the Political left. The rest of us are ''normal'', love the freedom and rights we have, and want nothing to do with Fascism or Communism.
I lived and worked in London for years, and met a lot of U.S visitors, on a trip on the tube I got chatting to a couple from Florida. He said, " I find it so weird being here and surrounded by foreigners ". I replied, " but as a visitor technically you are the foreigners " To say he was speechless is an understatement.
I kind of got a little opposite story. I was in London in the early 80’s with my sister. We went to a club one night and met these 2 guys who loved our US accents. Come to find out that they thought we were easy and basically asked us if we had lingerie under our clothes and could we show it to them and go someplace to have sex. I asked in what universe do think that is going to happen. And they said aren’t all American women like that. As we were leaving I told them to not watch so many movies about hookers and easy women.
I particularly enjoy the term "expat". Nah mate! You're an immigrant! You are not an English "expat" in Spain etc. You are an English immigrant in Spain etc.
@@DeborahWalkerXOXO You are partly correct, if the person has moved to another country on a permanent basis they are an immigrant however if they are living there on a temporary basis they are an expatriate (expat) not an immigrant.
@Claudie no, that is a migrant. Based on dictionary terms. A migrant moves from country to country for work or pleasure. An immigrant moves for work or pleasure and stays. So they are migrants.
I (as a Dutch person) had Americans next me on the beach in Italy and they were talking how they disliked the sound of my language. They really didn't realize that in Europe most of us understand English haha. So then I suddenly started talking in English and then they went very quiet hahahaha
Oh wow! Only problem is.................your story sounds kind of suspect. Like maybe it is fiction. You should visit Canada. They love to sh*t on Americans. Their major network the CBC teaches them to hate America and Americans from cradle to grave. Good immigration option for you if they keep stealing all your farms there and you can't put food on your table. You'll be with like minds.
@@joxar9285 Yes it is, but if a Brit comes to Australia and you tell them you like their accent that is an even bigger affront. How dare you!!! (Greta Thunburg voice)
Don't take it personally. Some languages are just phonetically unappealing because of rhythm or intonation. I have an aversion to the sound of certain languages, accents and dialects as well-which might partly be explained by my misophonia. I dislike the sound of nearly all Asian languages apart from Indo-European and Arabic languages (though I am strongly averse to Indian accents while speaking English). It's just preference. I also find certain dialects, like ebonics, incredibly irritating if not impossible to tolerate because it sounds intentionally lazy, disrespectful and uneducated. It's linguistic genocide.
@@joxar9285 actually its stupid if you talk about when the people are literally sitting next to you... its offensive but maybe I should talk about dumb americans are in my opinion when Americans are sitting next to me then.
"when we rescued [Europe] in WWII" AAAARGH When the US refused to enter the war until Pearl Harbor was attacked, but the British Empire (including Canada, Australia and New Zealand) had been fighting for over 3 years. The victories were achieved by the Allied powers, together, not just be America. The reason US had more personnel, weapons and equipment was because you waited so long to enter the war. In the Pacific again, Australian and other Allied troops were up to their eyebrows with fighting Japan. The US was quite late entering WWI, too.
And before they helped the u.k they were funding Germany for a high price. War was just financial gain to their president but much praise to the innocent regular Americans who joined up out of bravery not knowing their governments original actions.
I'm an Aussie and I was in the UK and some americans were in front of us at Westminster Abbey. I grabbed a book about the Abbey to buy from the stand. The top right corners had the flags representing which language they were in. Mine had the Union Jack on it. The americans scanned the book stand and declared "they dont have any in english". I looked at the book in my hand and back at the stand to the 3 other books just sitting there. The americans then asked the shop assistant "if they had any books in english?" The assistant said "hang on a box just arrived." She went behind the desk and pulled out a book with the US flag on the top right hand corner and says 'here you go". They bought the book and moved on. I asked the assistant if that happens often, to which she replied yes, so often that's why they print one with a US flag on it. I said "I'll buy this one, (the one with the Union Jack on it), at least this one doesnt have any spelling mistakes in it.
Oh yes, I know that so well. After a career in teaching (from industry) in England mainly IT which required me teaching a lot of English. I went to Thailand as a TESOL English teacher and stupidly thought I would get a job quite easily, but found on visiting the agencies, which mainly were American, was told they could not use me as I could 'not' speak English. Absolutely stunned on hearing this and could tell the young American female manager interviewing me, when I said "Excuse me, I was borne in England, English is my mother tongue, I taught for 14 years, reached DH status, I worked for City & Guilds writing learning materials in English for worldwide distribution" that she had no concept at all, the point I was making. Being quite good with accents, I went to another TESOL agency, but this time spoke with an American accent, even though showing the same CV giving all the same details the last manager had read and seen, and 'guess what' I was hired and giving a great deal of work. Only problem, I had to remember to use the American accent on the phone when talking about work they sent me and the typical 'try-ons' in getting my pay from them. I was with them for six months, On deciding to return to England, I went to the agency and asked to see the manager again, she was sad to see me go and that I had been very popular with Thai students in the offices they sent me to. Having begun with the conversation in the American accent, I dropped it and on purpose did three accents, a very posh one, my standard one and my old Cockney accent while telling her how 'stupid', arrogant and rude Americans were in regard to 'my' English language which she spoke. The look on her face, I will never forget, and was an absolute joy to tell her as well.
Some years ago an American colleague of mine stated the following: "We Americans only make two mistakes about the rest of the world: we think that everyone loves us and that everyone wants to be like us." I think he nailed it! 🙂
If the US opened its doors and welcomed anybody in the world to come to its shores there might be about at least 2 to 3 billion people who would take that deal. That's the reality even with the troubles.
@@oleggoldberg5206 No they would not take that deal. They are quite happy where they are. Why would they want to move to a country with very costly healthcare, an awful work/life balance and virtually no gun control? They wouldn't.
My husband and I went to Europe a few years ago and, at Frankfurt airport, there was some kind of incident at passport control so they were only letting EU passport-holders through (seeing as they have their own gate) and everyone else had to wait. A man and a woman walked past the line and approached the security guard, who explained the above, to which the man replied, "oh, it's ok: we're Americans." The guard looked perplexed and explained again that only EU passports can come through and *all* other passports have to wait, to which the man replied, "but...we're *Americans*". This exchange took place a couple more times, with the guard having no idea how to make himself more clear and the AmErIcAnS getting increasingly obstinant at the fact that the seas weren't parting for them, so hubby stepped in and gave them a piece of his mind, after which they quietly waddled off to the back of the queue, clearly mortified at his suggestion that "no one cares that you're American, you're not special". For the rest of the trip, any time we had to wait in a queue or were in any way inconvenienced, hubby would look at me in mock outrage and say, "but...but...we're AMERICANS, goddamn it!" 🤣🤣
One I have heard several times here in the Netherlands by American tourists (mostly in the week after July 4th) "Why we don't do fireworks on the 4th of July".... Ma'am, why would we do fireworks on a random weekday. Another one I heard online "Dutch must be racist because they keep posting Dutch flags on Cinco de Mayo" ... "Sir, May 5th is our liberation day celebration"
Some American historians think thanksgiving comes from the 3 October Festival in Leiden, the Netherlands. The pilgrim fathers lived there for a decade before going to America. The festival has a common meal for all the citizens in the marketplace.
I'm British and my favourite question from an American, someone asked me why we don't celebrate independence day. I had to explain that they're celebrating independence from us and we don't want to be independent lol. She then said yes, but other countries have independence day and again I had to explain how the British had invaded many of those countries and now they celebrate independence from us 🤣
@@pm1660 she would celebrate a whole year long then. in case you don't realize UK used to colonized half of the world back then, she'll need a whole year to celebrate all of them went independent 😂
Im from Sweden and we have an amusement park inside city limits and i got asked once by an American family why we don't make the amusement park as big as they do in the states. All i could do after being stunned in confusion were to answer with a somewhat sarcastic voice that the buildings surrounding the whole park had people living in them and that the buildings are about 200 years older than their whole country. We're not so keen on destroying history just to make room for an amusement park when the one we have is enough.
@@audivivocem I don't know or have known anyone like you describe and I'm in my 50's and lived here my whole life.....maybe stop judging us by our big city's where the stupidest people on earth live (and coincidentally where the foreigners all flock), it's not just the US. Checked out London lately???
This might be also because they didn’t know the area was a historical mark. One doesn’t necessarily notice a whole lot by the entrance or inside Gröna Lund. I think people don’t pay attention to their surroundings because there’s a lot inside the attraction. Unless they’re walking around Djurgården and visiting the museums etc.
I was once in a chatroom (many Americans) and they knew I was an Aussie. They asked the same questions about electricity etc. I told them I had a machine I had to pedal to make electricity to run my computer. Also told them my daily chore was to go down to the creek and get water for the house. Then I shouted (IN CAPS) BLOODY HELL KANGAROOS ARE BOUNCING ALL OVER MY BACK YARD. Some of the questions I was asked almost made me fall off my chair, but I couldn't let that happen because the electricity would have stopped... *lol*
German here, when I visited Texas for a few weeks I also went some time to school there (9th grade) I was asked whether we already had electricity everywhere and I told them - no, we assemble the Porsche in candlelight 😁
@@katrina3670 that's when people in the US think that they are the end all be all. Some back garden walls on the old continent are older than their country. The old continent saw the rise and fall of many empires far greater than the US, this is what it means...
@@RA-ov5cw I’m not arguing that. I think European history is fascinating. But especially after living in Europe, Europe isn’t any better than America, just as America isn’t better than Europe. There are things I think each place does better. But let’s get real. There are many things that I could criticize America about. I think being critical about one’s country is healthy. But I feel that just stating “our building is old so we are more right/better that Americans” is not a valid argument. Let’s talk in a productive way about current day topics. Besides, most of my ancestors saw the same rise and fall of civilizations, while my other ancestors also existed for just as long in what is now called America.
@katrina3670 I'm just reaching out in good faith😉 America is a *HUGE* continent. Plus, an American is from the Continent of America. What country in America are you from?
Every time an American says to me: "We saved you in WW2. You should be grateful.", I say: "Thanks, Canada!" Because in The Netherlands it were mostly Canadians that helped us against the Germans. They do not like my answer. lol
@@teagarden874 We honor the Canadian soldiers every year. Vets from Canada were here every year on that day, until most past away or were too old to travel. But we will never forget!
Black British born here. The first time I visited the US (Virginia), a lady was so fascinated by me because she'd "never met a British African American before ". In turn, I was also fascinated....to the point of speechlessness. Was literally dumbfounded 😳.
It's funny and I'd guess she's close minded but keep in mind for a while in the 80s or 90s the idea was being pushed that it was racist to say anything other than African American in the USA.
That reminds me of a US journalist interviewing Nelson Mandela who asked him how did it feel to be the first African American president of South Africa. I roared laughing watching it. Actually, lots of Americans are stunned to find lots of Black people in Ireland.
@@SB4F funny thing about that is that it is and always has been white people who decide what blacks and other ethnic groups should be called. Then other white people feel the need to go to bat to defend them. When realistically all anyone of any color wants to be called is by their fucking name their parents gave them. Funny old world we live in in this backward ass country.
My Uncle lived in Spain about 15 years ago and has a story of an American lady he met in first class on a train. When the conductor came to check the tickets he told her she only had a standard ticket and couldn't sit in first class to which she replied "But I'm American" 🤦♀
Australian. Lived in US for 3 yrs. Was told “you’re not a real Democracy, because you didn’t FIGHT for your freedom!” Told my 9yo’s teacher, that she did not need to say the pledge of allegiance, but must be respectful. This was unacceptable to the teacher, so I asked if she would pledge to the Australian flag if living there temporarily. She was SO insulted that I could even suggest it. Profoundly ignorant & stupendously arrogant!
You know there's 350 million of us right? You think we're all like that? Honestly if I visited Australia and everyone was saluting your flag I'd probably do it to just out of respect being a visitor in someone else's country... Don't go to L.A or New York or any big city and think you are seeing average Americans, the other 3/4's of the country avoid the big cities like the plague for a reason.
No!!!why on earth would a child who is a citizen of another sovereign nation have to take a PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE to another country??!!?? That is completely unacceptable.
333 million, yep. & quite a few still friends! REALLY, you would be happy for a 9yo to swear allegiance? As I said, be respectful understanding that this is meaningful to your host country. That same child won a US ‘states & capitals quiz’ soon thereafter. Bcos we encouraged them to learn about the US. Her older sibling topped every class in year 8 @ middle school, & was threatened… “who do you think you are coming here & acting SO smart”. Sent that child home to boarding school! This was our lived experience! Friends from Oz, in a different state, took all 3 of their kids out of local schools & put them into private education. ALL 3 of my kids were told that “we, US, can blow you off the face of the earth if we want to”….or words to that effect. Why do CHILDREN have that response to someone who is different? Again these are VERY REAL experiences, courtesy of the fine folk of the US. The reason it triggers outsiders, is because of how often we hear…‘US is the greatest country on earth’! Profoundly ignorant, stupendously arrogant!
@@janetlynch1170 Sounds like you made the MASSIVE mistake of going to California, I'm in my 50's and have never heard such BS ever my whole life . Nothing you said would have happened where I live, research before you go to another country.
Singaporean here. went to uni in Michigan back in 2006. I'll never forget an american girl asked me how come Singaporean can understand english? i told her our national language is English, our school curiculum is in English and while we are diverse with many ethnicities and a lot of language are spoken in singapore such as english, mandarin, other chinese dialect (hakka,teochew,etc), melayu (malay), indonesian, tamil, the official language is still English plus we have to submit TOEFL/IELTS/SAT test to be admitted to the university. She called me a liar. She said and i quote "it's impossible!! english only used in europe and america, you see African speaks english in America that's why they called African American same as Asian American" and at that moment i realize going to the states for a "better" education may not be better at all. 😵😵😵
And it's getting worse. If De Santis gets his wish, Americans will be applying to college in a state of relative ignorance. His government buddies want Americans ignorant because it will help them get elected.
I’m from England and I studied medieval history. The things I overheard from Americans at some historical sites are just mind boggling. From complaining that they were asked to keep their voices down in a cathedral that began construction in 1079 to complaining that there weren’t other attractions or facilities at the 2500BC Neolithic site of Stonehenge. The best one being that they loudly complain that U.K. tourist attractions are full of too many foreign tourists, like they aren’t also foreign tourists themselves.
Not quite as bad as the English old lady about 3 years back who took to face book after her 1st Spanish holiday to complain there were too many Spaniards here. 😅
I worked for an organised travel agency in Belgium that made full packages accross Europe for themed tours (medieval military architecture, arts, etc). During one trip to France, with quite a couple americans in the group, I ended up having to leave a nutjob to her own fate to prevent the rest of the group being expelled from Le Louvre. She was taken by security after laying on the "Hermaphrodite on Bed" to take a selfie. She screamed about how she "had the right" because she "bought a ticket", and how this was an attack against her and the United Sates, and how the museum personel would be "destroyed" by the US embassy. I was called by security as she gave me as contact (I give my work phone number to all clients in case they get lost during freeroam time), and I either had to take the full group out, or wash my hands of the situation; Called my boss, and the latter it was... The day before she already made problems on the bus to France. After a brief rest on a highway stop to have a drink, grab a bite, use the bathroom, she insisted we stop again 15 minutes after resuming the ride because she needed the bathroom. Now, I'm used to more elderly folk having trouble with that, and am well aware that younger people aren't always spared those issues. But we have a bathroom on the bus for such emergencies (we prefer to not see them used, because they're a bitch to clean, but hey, necessity makes law). So I suggets she just use the emergency bathroom. Full tantrum because it wasn't fair the others got to use a clean bathroom earlier (note that highway restrooms are... mostly covered in invisible fluids at best. The bus restroom is deepcleaned with bleach by myself or the driver every time we stop) She was told off by some of her fellow americans, but I should have been worried from that point on... Note that I also met some of the nicest people on that trip. Notably and elderly couple from Ohio. She wanted to see where her mom and dad met in the UK during the War (US father, UK mom), and he wanted to visit his grandpa's grave in Belgium. They decied to make a 3 months long tour out of it.
Even these 2 making this video think non americans in their home country are 'foreigners'. They think costa ricans in costa rica are foreigners. They might be trying to criticize americans but they are still americans
That's nothing compared to the USAmerican old lady that complained to her travel agency that there were too many people speaking mexican in spain :) 'I don't think you should be surprised to find spanish people speaking mexican in spain' 'I'm from Texas, I know mexican when I hear it!'@@helenamcginty4920
I was traveling in Italy with a friend a few years ago. On the second day of the trip she wanted to know why they weren't speaking English. I reminded her that we were in Italy and they were speaking Italian. Her response: "Everyone learns English in every country. It's disrespectful to ignore your visitors." I wanted to smack her but was too stunned to respond.
I think your story is fiction. You hate American people because you have an inferiority complex because Americans gave the world the radio, the television, the telephone, the automobile, the airplane, the computer, the internet, and many other things. Your country likely gave the world next to nothing. You feel inferior, so you have to make up tall tales to make yourself feel superior. I'm an Italian-American who has been to Italy 4 times. I don't believe your story for a second.
I grew up in Toronto, Canada. We received all 3 American broadcast networks from Buffalo NY. So, I grew up in the 1950-60s knowing full well that I did NOT want my country to be like that. I saw the ugly, naked USA on the nightly news on 3 US and 2 Canadian networks.
British guy here who lived in Nashville for 4 years. My ex's father (Chattanooga, TN), who once visited the UK in the 70's, told me that Brits didn't have fridges till the 80's or 90's, because he had seen British homes store their milk outside! I had to explain to him, that it was the milkman delivery, leaving the milk by the door and we've had fridges and freezers for the exact amount of time that Americans had. He didn't believe me.
I always have a milkman even though I don’t need one. I just have a couple of days. Simply to use the service so it keeps it available for those vulnerable who do need it. My mums milkman delivers produce as well.
I'm English. I was in a McDonald's in Stockton California and the server said "I love your accent." I replied "I love your accent, too." She looked confused, responded "But I don't have an accent?" and froze, standing motionless and confounded as I turned and left.
Anyone from Madrid would say the same thing to whoever is not from Madrid 😂 They think they have no accent at all since they believe their Spanish is standard.
@@Lyrielonwind When I was a youngster, (I'm Australian) I never considered myself or anyone else from Australia, to be speaking with an accent. I didn't realise at the time that we Australians have an accent too. One that apparently is almost impossible to get right if you're not born here. When I see actors trying to speak with an Australian accent, it's just cringingly bad (see Robert Downey Jr in "Natural Born Killers"). The closest I've seen is Meryl Streep in "Evil Angels" aka "A Cry in the Dark" which was very good but it wasn't perfect. And Kenneth Branagh, during an interview with an Australian reporter, was asked to attempt the Aussie accent as he was well known for being able to nail any accent. He did it and it was flawless. If I hadn't known who he was, I would have thought he'd lived here his whole life.
I’m Irish, met an American at a house party here on St Patricks Day, I put Thin Lizzy on and she said “You have great music taste for a foreigner”. Irish guy, in Ireland, on an Irish holiday, playing an Irish band. Whole room was calling her an idiot for that one.
serious question I'm into bands like thin Lizzy and I'd like to know if there's any other Irish classic rockers I should know about that might not have been as popular over here in the states.
@@theatomicpunkkid Thin Lizzy’s about as heavy as I go so I don’t listen to the rest of these much but the classics are U2, the Cranberries and the Boomtown rats. If you want just good Irish bands I’m a big fan of the Snow Patrol, the Academic and the Blizzards, Hoziers very good too although he’s more of a solo guy. The Pogues, the Dubliners, the Waterboys and the Saw Doctors would be pretty well regarded too although they’re all a bit more trad music inspired than traditional rock. Then there’s the Strypes who were a really good modern rock band and the Commitments which was a bit like an Irish version of the Blues Brothers. Irelands got a load of really good bands with a pretty wide range of sounds so I dunno what to suggest specifically but Thin Lizzy are my favourite we ever produced, Snow Patrols probably my 2nd favourite but they’d have a very different sound to Thin Lizzy. Hope that helped man
@@guyincognito7518 I've heard of Snow patrol they were on the radio over here but I may have heard of the boomtown rats left to check them out and see if I remember anything I haven't heard them in a while at least
@@guyincognito7518 One of my favourites is Lunasa. Saw them when they played in a little town/scout hall at Possum Creek in Byron Bay. That place was jumping so hard sweat was dripping off the ceiling!!
67 countries refer to English as their first language. 55 countries refer to English as their second language. What shocked us the most, was when some Americans couldn't point to their own country on a world map.
12:11 I remember being in Granada and there were two Americans sitting on a table near me in a restaurant and they were having language difficulties with the waiter, they didn't speak Spanish and the waiter didn't speak English. I helped them out a little (I speak Spanish) and afterwards and one the Americans asked me where I was from, I said I'm from the UK, he said, wow! Your English is so good! I said, Thanks man! Your English isn't bad either! He genuinely looked very very confused and carried on eating...
Americans don't call it "The You-Kay". We call it England or Britain. Both of which have a dignity to them. "The UK" sounds like a fast food burger joint.
When I started my holiday in the US I thought I’d like to live there. By the second week of my holiday I realised the U.S. was a despotic third world country masquerading as a first world country.
Like London? FYI stay away from all the big cities anywhere you go, the biggest scumbags all flock there. I've lived in the US my whole life (over 50 years) and I never go to the big cities, I thought everyone knew better......
As a Brit I was once mocked by an American that ''We saved you in WW2. If it wasn't for us you'd all be speaking German''. I replied, yes, and for that I am eternally grateful to the good people of Japan. He looked confused, I said, ''Let me explain; WW2 started in 1939. Your country sat with their collective arses on the fence waiting to see who would win and had it not been for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941 you'd still be sat there now. You didn't give us anything, you loaned us and it took us decades to pay the loan back, so thanks for everything''
Yet the UK remained on food rations for years to help feed Europe. Australia, NZ and even some South American countries donated food to Europe too whilst everything the US gave was via loans.
Actually, quite a bit of money was spent helping Europe and Japan rebuild after WWII. Nobody remembers, though. Otherwise, education is now, “all about me.”
I've heard a story where when an American asked an Englishman what nationality he was and he replied 'English' she, apparently, turned around and told him that was not possible because English was a language not a nationality! There is a massive difference between ignorance and stupidity. Incredibly intelligent people simply don't know stuff. That doesn't make them stupid, it makes them ignorant. My mother, who used to be a teacher, once said "Stupidity is permanent, ignorance can be cured with a judicious dose of education."
Years ago I lived in the city of York, in England. Shortly after arriving there I went on one of the lovely guided tours of the old city, which included the York Minster cathedral. One of two older USian women asked the guide "Is that pre-war?". The guide replied "lady, that's pre-America".
Also a former York resident. I was once walking High Petergate, going past the church that's just off to the side of the Minster and a couple of US Americans were in discussion, looking at the church wall, seemed a little troubled, and they randomly grabbed me as I was passing and were like 'Excuse me, I know everything in the UK is a lot smaller than the US, but is this really the great York Minster we've heard so much about?'... I was like... No honey... come with me. We walked like the ten meters further up the street and I just sort of gestured up and they were like '... Oh... Okay.' I am still to this day not sure how they managed to get to that point in the city without having seen the Minster from further away but... it made for a funny moment at least xD.
I was in York a few years ago, and an American asked me the way to London Bridge. I directed her to the A1 and said, "Just keep going. You can't miss it" 🤪🤣
If they had been travelling around Europe they may have just been asking if it was the original building or rebuilt after the war. Don't always assume the worst.
@@reindeer7752 Even if Europe was that rebuilt (which is not) we have to assume they're not able to make smart enough questions -> "Is this the original one?". But yes, in this case we should assume they know that pre-war stuff is definitely usual in Europe.
The thing about the girl being irritated on the states question is because we, as non-americans, are expected to know very specific information about the US when most Americans can't even locate other countries in a map. It's the double standard
Tbh I don't know much about US geography. I know the names of the states but I couldn't point to most of them on a map or tell you most of their capitals. It's just this vast land of assorted polygons to me, and if someone tells me they're from West Dakota or Pennsyldelphia or something I don't have a clue where that is in the grid.
I’m Japanese, living in Japan, and I met an American guy who’s been living in Japan as an expat from his company for 8 years but doesn’t speak Japanese. Turned out we both love movies so we talked about MCU or Star Wars and such. Then I also talked about some Japanese movies and Korean movies. He asked me, why I dare to watch ‘foreign movies’. He asked me what made me want to watch those ‘foreign’ movies while there are so many movies in English. He continued that it’s not fun to listen to a language he doesn’t understand, and ‘be forced to read the subtitles’. ‘I don’t do to theaters to read. I just wanna see movies’. I answered, ‘you know that for me, movies in English ARE foreign movies right?’ and he seemed shocked.😮
How does someone not learn the language of the country they are living in for 8 years? Even by accident! It's amazing the effort needed to avoid any kind of integration.
@@inigogarcia4336 he’s living in Japan but he works at a company where English is the common language, and he only hangs out with English speakers on weekends. in such cases, it is possible to live in Japan for eight years without learning a bit of the language…overall, he’s not interested in the society he’s in.
@@inigogarcia4336not only didn’t he learn japanese after 8 year in the country, he wasn’t fast enough in reading his own language to read subtitles. Thats something people in my country do around 8-9 old.
They tend to forget, that outside the US, they are the foreigners/tourist/non native people. Ps: how can you be living for 8 years in Japan and not learn the language?
I remember seeing a vid of an American living in Germany who had been speaking with a friend back in America. The friend was shocked when she found out that German time was 6hrs ahead of where she was in America and then horrified that Germany had not warned America about the Twin Towers tragedy seeing as Germany knew about it 6hrs before America did. I kid you not😆
Wow, I watched 9/11 live as it happened at about 3.00am in the morning but the next day. Australia is a lot ahead. I was talking to a friend in Texas. I could have warned them so much sooner. That still haunts me just being awake to see it. I once told my American friends that Tuesday was a really bad day. So just stay in bed. Some of them did.
I was an English teacher in a foreign country. One day, I had a young boy student whose accent, when he spoke English, was perfectly British. I was so surprised to hear him speak with a British accent, it really sounded nice. He still needed to learn expressions and certain vocabulary. A few days after his class with me he had an American teacher ( the school sometimes switched us around). The American teacher found the boy's accent horrible and started to teach him from scratch by getting him to pronounce everthing in American English. The child was confused and started to lose confidence in himself. After a few lessons with the American teacher the mother took her son out of the school.
TEFL teacher here. That is so wrong. I taught English in the UK and many Korean and Japanese students would come with American accents. It´s an english accent. I never tried to change their accents
When I first learned english in school it was supposed to be "Oxford English". After an appreticeship I startet school again and we had an ( attractive ) english teacher from near London. She said: forget about Oxfard english, its the english of the aristocrats - and tose are dying out. She wanted to teach us the english the news-speaker of BBC spoke. Next year she went back home and we got a teacher from Boston, USA. She said: You're pronouncing it all wrong - and the tried to switch us to her funny accent. As a result we learned a very mixed up accent.
@@shapeshifter1211 BBC English is basically Standard English. It is how kids in former British colonies in Asia learn also. My grandpa can speak perfect English and his accent is similar to the BBC Radio newsreaders.
As a Scotsman living in Glasgow i find all Americans who try to put on a Scots accent offensive and feel like its taking the piss as do a lot of my fellow Countrymen. Some Americans think its funny and always get it so wrong. I met one elderly female tourist in a doorway sheltering from a downpour and being a friendly Weegie i rattled on about the Great British Summer weather to which i noticed her stunned silence and just before a had to dash across George Square to catch my train she asked me to repeat what i`d just said, i said what ? All of it ? She said she didn`t understand a single word i`d just said and that her husband was watching me like a hawk from across the road as he was supposed to be tracing his family roots. Neither of them had a clue what i was saying.
I'm English living in England, working in retail. I was serving a American gentleman who say to me, " you people are nice, but all of you need to learn how to speak English properly." My brain pretty much blue screened at that.
I'm from the Caribbean and they don't know we are U.S. citizens by birth. 😂😂😂😂 We are part of the U.S. since 1898 . My American friends you don't need a passport and you still are in U.S. soil. 😂😂😂😂😂Love them😂
Umm, the whole Caribbean doesn’t belong to the USA. Haiti is its own country, parts belong to the British so these would need passports to enter the USA.
I once had a American friend ask me what the french word for baguette was, when I told him it was baguette, he was like 'no that's what we call it, what do the French call it' we were in a boulangerie at the time on holiday in Normandy. I might add we was quite loudly spoken at the time and we were surrounded by locals.
We had an American guest a while back and showed him my German hometown and other cities because we thought he would find the architecture interesting. He kept saying how much everything looked "fake" because it reminded him of Disney World...
@@paulsmith8510 what a simplified concept of war. That's like saying most of your cities are on fire because you chose to enslave black people and kept bullying them to this day lmao
I'm European. My company sent us to the US one time for training. In Atlanta I went to a bar, got to talk to this local guy. He said that the US were the greatest country in the world. Turns out he had never once in his life been outside the state of Georgia 😂
@@frankgriffin6293 lol, 'murica is degrading fast into a fascist dictatorship we are all looking down on you, don't you realize? next D-Day will be in your country....
@@frankgriffin6293 the us is only great in a select few categories eg. Most prisoners in the world and highest incarceration rate, worst healthcare efficiency and healthcare system highest taxes of pay check just to mention a few
What is it with Texans not knowing that English is from England? My British father was been the victim of the“You speak very good English!” line despite being from Britain, the birthplace of English, and that was a Texan, too. They said it in such a condescending way, too. But my dad got revenge by immediately saying, “Thank you. I only wish I say the same of your English.”
A friend of mine moved here from Ireland a few years ago. She was in the sales Dept of a hydraulic and pneumatic equipment sales company. She used to deal with a lot of customers from all over the U.S. and still laughs about the customer from Louisiana who asked how long she had lived in the U.S. and when she said 3 years, he commented “Wow and you speak such good English” to which she replied. “Thank you. I picked up the language very quickly”!
I'm English and was visiting New York... at breakfast an American lady stated doing the rounds table by table introducing herself (she was a guest like everyone else) she came to our table and asked us where we were from... we said England...she said is that in Europe? I asked where she was from? She said Texas! I replied is that in Mexico....she didn't like that lol 😉😉👍🏼
That is actually very funny. Sadly, these last 3 generations of Americans are graduating from our ''High Schools'' being less and less educated. On the other hand, I've heard some whoppers of stupidity from Foreigners who were here on vacation.......
When I got offered an ex pat job starting up a pan European job in Belgium, I was pretty proud and happy but my grandmother asked me, "couldn't you find a job in America"? Btw, I left the US and haven't come back because the quality of life in Europe is so much better than in the US. Better health care, more holiday time and almost no gun violence.
Yet sadly most Americans would rather stick their fingers in their ears and tell you they can't hear you, then believe that fact... On a side note, you're not a UCC engineer are you?
Yeah.....all of those reasons are why I'm planning on moving to Europe, haven't decided where yet, probably Ireland, but it's just continually getting worse and worse in the US by the day!!!
@@DieBlutigeLynn After living / working in Belgium for 3+ years, my employer offered me the chance to move to London. I decided to do so and was very happy...until the UK left the EU. Now I really miss being part of the European family. I do think, though, that the UK will return on some level. Possibly as a member of the Single Market.
Are you living in a house built in 1610? That's when my first European ancestor arrived in Jamestown Colony. Since the colonists didn't have the ability to build permanent structures immediately, there are no original houses from that time. It's just something for you to think about.
@@reindeer7752 No, I dont live in a house from 1610, but if I would like to, I could do that in and around my town. And the first non permanent structures would be another 800 years older than 1610. I know when the Americas where discovered, but Columbus and even the Vikings started their journeys from europe so it has to be older. No reason to be proud of, just a fact. And also, of course there where natives ling in America, Asia, Africa and Australia long long before any house where built.
With my first husband (then in the US military) I once visited Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany. As we were walking up to the castle and could see it properly for the first time, a little girl, riding on her Dad's shoulders, exclaimed, "Look Dad, they stole Cinderella's castle!" I couldn't help myself, I turned around and said, "No, it's the other way round. Disney stole from King Ludwig of Bavaria!"
Recently at Windsor Castle, two American tourists were talking in a typically loud fashion saying 'I like the faux Tudor designs on those buildings'. The buildings in question were 15-16th grace and favour dwellings. I don't think many Yanks can appreciate that some things have been around before 1776.
In 1994 I drove across American with my 17 year old son and generally I found Americans even in Harlem very polite and welcoming, especially when they realized we were British. But what amazed on us flying to Denver from NY and driving to LA staying in many motels that even with many TV stations and listening to the news on many different state stations, the news was ONLY about America. Even the newspapers had only American news. After three weeks it felt quite spooky and weird because having travelled a great deal as working and on my own holidaying, I never came across it again, even in China and Russia such self-obsession with themselves and really total ignorance that there were other very relevant news events going on in the world that were not to do with America only
Look, I'm European (and I you too) - the thing is, as you properly noticed, that the US is so big. Europe fits twice on the US American continent....soo, I think it's one explanation for this behavior. But yeah, I also believe that if they would like to know more about the rest of the world - they could but they don't sooo it's still an ignorant behavior😅
@@noname6389 Generalization is an ignorant behavior too. I guess you think you're so eloquent that if Europe ran the massive psyops in your media that Americans receive that you'd be one of the "smart ones" like me who see through all the crap. Yes, you are cut from a better cloth no doubt. What you Europeans need to understand is that the cream of the crop in the United States is on a whole other level than you are. Keep focusing on the backwards people, please.
I was born and raised in USA. I am very Latina minus any Latin accent. I was working at an MD office, with an older male patient that declared he was Italian. He then asked me where was I from. I answered the city I was born in. He said no where are your people from, I told him the carribean. He asked me when I was going back. He had an Italian sir name so I said well how much longer before you go back to Italy? He said why would I do that? I said, exactly. My dad surrounded us with history books and atlases (he was a cartographer) so I knew from a very young age that colonization was part of history, not the beginning of history.
Well.......................99% of the Italians came to the United States legally. 99% of the Hispanics snuck in and just stayed. Excluding Puerto Ricans and wet foot dry foot Cubans I guess. Italians were an integral part of the building of this country into what it was in the years that followed the civil war up until after WW2. Prior to 1966 there were no Hispanics in the country. None. So you're basically a carpet bagger in his country. 2 sides to every coin chica.
Bingo!!💯🎯👍😅 ..... Reminds me of my mother telling me the recurring situations she still encounters here in USA even though she's been here over 60 years. So, what do you think of America? Mom:(with shocked,incredulous looks): America?? I've never left America! So, do you miss the palm trees and the jungle? Mom: jungle?! What jungle?! I've never even seen a jungle! Did you even go to school?!? Look at my country on the map! Where do you see a jungle?!?😂
Yep. I understand you perfectly. I´m mexican and although when I lived in the US I never had a problem but is annoying they link your race or fenotype to your nationality and even if you born there you are not really an american, you are caribean. In Mexico you can born in Guadalajara and have green skin big black almond shaped eyes, four fingers in each hand, but if you born here you are not an alien, you are mexican. (By the way mexicans can born wherever they are pleased to born. 🤣
Having traveled to the US several times it always surprises me how insular they are. The news is mostly locally based with small amounts of national news and very little if any international news Also I think that many US travellers perceive the UK and Europe to be one giant Disneyland that’s been made for their entertainment
American here. I agree with you on all three points. I have often said that there are people who think the Colosseum was built for tourists. Fortunately, they are in the minority but stand out for their ignorance.
I'm from the US and a large part of the problem stems from the fact that our home country is large. So many places to visit with varied terrains and elevations. Lots of cultural diversity too but the same language is spoken and the same economic hierarchy is in place. I think a lot of my fellow citizens aren't willing to be inconvenienced by stepping outside of their comfort zone. Their mistake!
To live in Paris feels like living in a giant human zoo sometimes. So many tourists think that the inhabitants are employees whose duty is to serve and entertain them... it's no surprise the Parisians became rude. Mass tourism is a nightmare.
I lived in North America 30 years ago and also noticed how insular they were. But what is shocking me as of 2023 is that still today, with all the "internets", where the information is right there in front of you, North Americans are still ignorant. Yes, I included Canada in the "North American"
That's the ignorance in them. A young dentist in Washington who was my aunt's (also a full-fledged dentist in the Philippines) boss asked her if Filipinos live in trees. He was a dentist, for crying out loud! Sorry guys, but our University of Santo Tomas is older than Yale and Harvard.
I remember seeing a while back the UK flag for "English" and the US flag for "Simplified English". Not sure if it was a joke but it gave me a bit of a laugh.
Conb Gratulations on so openly addressing the truth in the old saying "stupidity is forgivable, ignorance is not." Where there is a gap in your knowledge you two actively set out to remedy the situation and are open to accurate information, no matter if it clashes with or undermines long held beliefs. This compares so positively with a quote I saw on another stream a while back where a countryman of yours said that he would rather be lied to and receive false information than
(continued from above) have his conservative views undermined or be shown that socialism is not simply evil. I'm not taking a political position here, but as a New Zealander we grow up with an awareness of the wider world and what seems to be an innate curiosity of what is out there Keep it up, you are doing well and can only be the better world citizens for your efforts
@@paulcrowley8587 US has invented lots of non words like "bested", "medalled" and "burglarized" not to mention insufferable grammatical crimes such as "my bad"
I remember, when I went to study in America, a girl refused to believe I was from France and basically called me a liar because, and I quote, “you don’t have the accent”… When I spoke to her in french she just looked entirely unconvinced. I didn’t bother any more of course, but wow… I can force the accent, and if you listen closely you’ll hear it on certain words sometimes, but apparently that’s speaking decent english means I can’t be french lmao
I met two college gents in the US at a business where I use to work. The guy with the Norwegian accent was actually the son of American diplomats who grew up in Norway. His classmate that spoke English with a "DC Accent" was actually Norwegian who was the son of Norwegian diplomats and he grew up in the US. They had to show their IDs (they used their passports) to get in so I knew what they were saying was legit. Had my brain spinning...lol.
I'm English, and speak with a 'classic' RP cut glass accent, as I come from an 'Old' family. However, my Grandmother was from Normandy, from my birth, pretty much only spoke French to me, and during my childhood, would frequently take me to visit relations in France. On more than one occasion, most memorably some old boy in Rennes, who insisted on seeing my British Passport, people would refuse to believe I was English, as I didn't speak French with an English accent ! To be fair, I actually took this as a compliment, my Grandmother was so pleased........
I’ve had genuine arguments with foreigners and people from the south of England because I’m northern and that means I sound somewhat Scottish but of course they all think I’m from Ireland and are very keen on telling ME that
In Britain our school history lessons tend to focus on British history, but since that history necessarily involves us fighting with just about everyone we get World history by default.
Almost same here .. only vice versa .. We'v been attacked, crusaded, invaded, annexed, occupied etc. buy most of nearby countries for last 1000 years ;) Greetings from Estonia!
That just shows how you have become a victim to the British view of history. Just to name one example of a cataclysmic event in world history: what were you taught about the Thirty Years War? Who were the main protagonists? What was the big casus belli? What was the outcome? How did it shape history from that time forward? In fact: when was the Thirty Years War actually? No, I thought you wouldn’t know. 🙄🙄🙄
@@frankteunissen6118 I'm not British but in history we were taught about the 30 years war. We covered a lot of European history but not very in depth. Our country's history was covered in much greater detail and, in looking back, from one perspective only. I had no real interest in history and so I studied to pass more than to gain and retain knowledge and understanding. I'm sure I'm not the only one who did that.
Dutchie here, I actually had a conversation with a couple of Americans who were absolutely confounded by the idea of a constitutional monarchy, how we have rights and freedoms whilst also being "ruled" by a monarch.They could not fathom the idea that we have a parliament and that our monarch does not have absolute power.
I saw the Bruce Willis film “Armageddon” at a cinema in Australia. When Willis delivered the line “I guess America has to save the world again”, the entire audience loudly moaned, then we all laughed at our spontaneous reaction.
I worked at a border crossing between Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario. I had an American woman come through my line and said she was going shopping. It was Christmas Day and I told her all the stores were closed. She looked at me with a puzzled look and asked, “do you celebrate Christmas in Canada too?” I replied, “ no ma’am they only celebrate Christmas in the United States and the little town of Bethlehem.”
minute: 11:34 It makes me laugh, since only "gringo Americans" have a problem with mentioning that "Latin American countries" are simply American countries. Not only Canada can count as America. Not only North America can count as America. America can count as the ENTIRE continent. We are all Americans, from Argentina, through Ecuador, to Canada... only gringos have this biased vision.
@@malessa88 2 continents…North America, and South America. There are 7 continents in total. North America South America Europe Asia Africa Antarctica Australasia (also known as Oceania)
It always pains me to admit this. However, I have to say that after a year living in England, my husband and I had our first son. We were in the ward, and the matron came over to check the baby. She started talking to us, and immediately asked if I was American. I said yes, we talked a bit more then she said, "I love talking to immigrants and getting to know what they think about the UK." The word that stuck in my mind was immigrant. I'd been there a whole year, and that word had never crossed my mind, even though I knew then, it was stupid. Of course I was an immigrant. However, we're conditioned by certain media, and others, to view the word as an insult, a bad thing, so the thought never occurred to me.
Ok this is 1 of my issues with Americans. I KNOW you guys are as multicultural as we are so why the hang up with the word 'immigrant'? You do realise that you're entire nation is made up of immigrants yes? (Whether they arrived thousands of years ago or in the last few centuries)
@@susie9893 Yeah, l think the OP came to the realization you did. Took her a while but she got there. Americans are used to thinking of themselves as the be all and end all. But no one else thinks of them that way. It's a shock when they understand they're not the star of the show except in their own heads.
@@susie9893 Yes, the US is a country built by immigrants still to this day. However, the problem is the weaponization of the word. Most Americans who use the word to put immigrants down. Even though it's stupid because we all come from somewhere else except of course for the Native Americans. But up to the time when I was in the hospital no one had reminded me that I was in fact an immigrant. It just took a second for my brain to go from whaaaat to oh yes, I am. lol. Later, since I lived in the UK for ten years, I had to remind myself all the time that even though I had assimilated into the culture, I wasn't a Brit. lol
@@spellbindingcrashed It didn't take me that long LOL I promise. It was all going from what to yes, I am quite quickly. LOL It's a shame that not many of us go abroad. After living in England for ten years and a few more years in France, I learned a lot of things that we're never taught in the States. But mostly, how we're viewed by other countries. It's humbling, but also a good thing. Because then we learn how screwed our country is and has been for a while.
@@spellbindingcrashed I swear it wasn't that long. I literally went from whaat to Oh, yes I am in a second probably. But living in the UK and France for almost fifteen years taught me a lot about how the world sees us, and also how we see ourselves. And well, how wrong we are to assume that our country is so great. I've been back in Florida for a bit over ten years, and keep telling my husband, who is French American, that we need to go back to Europe. But for now, whenever I talk to someone who has never left the US, I encourage them to visit other countries and read a bit more. :)
The funniest thing I heard from an American was in my home city (Glasgow in Scotland) I was sitting on a bench near the cathedral eating lunch and struck up a conversation with an American guy who had been taking photos of the amazing architecture. he said to me "wow that church is beautiful it must be at least a couple of hundred years old". I was like dude that cathedral was built about 550 years before the USA was founded , I had to pull up the info on my phone before he would believe me (the cathedral was finished 791 years ago in 1232, construction started in 1197 ) the thing that really blew his noodle was when I told him that there are neolithic ruins of houses on the Orkney isles that predate the pyramids of Giza by more than 1000 years :)
As a university student I have worked as a guide with American tourists for 2 months. Various groups. It was like a patience training - I had to suppress anger & annoyance non-stop as they were offending everyone everywhere and I had to deal with the consequences (stealing, destroying stuff, breaking laws, being rude... and this was in EU country, I cant even imagine these people traveling to less tolerant places). The worst part-time job ever. I would rather clean toilets than go through it again. I mean it.
This doesn't surprise me. My ex was American he would complain about everything being different in Australia where I am from. He quoted so many times on how America is better in everything and basically everywhere else just copied America but they didn't copy them well... He didn't last long in Australia because he annoyed everyone he met. My daughter and I moved to America for 2 and a half years. She was born in Australia and my ex was her step Dad. She was asked to write an essay on why America was the best country in the world. She was dismayed and asked me what to do because she liked America but she still thought of Australia as being the best country to her. She didn't want to lie. So I told her to do what they asked, but write how she thinks Australia is better and why so she was being true to herself and her own opinions. She was failed for that essay, because she "didn't do what she was asked". Also a year after being there friends of my ex told us we should stop calling ourselves Australian and start saying we're American because we'd been there "long enough". Like being an American is the dream of everyone in the world. I love Australia, I love our medical system, I love our culture, I love our land, why would I want to forget who I am and where I came from? We obviously ended up moving back home to Australia and that marriage failed.
As a proud Australian resident, I find it absolutely insulting that your daughter was virtually blackmailed into saying “America is the best country in the world.” just to “ pass “ an essay test. She was being honest in her opinion of Australia and was denied her right to freedom of speech, which they boast so much about in the states. Now we know where that biased opinion eventuates from. Students are brainwashed into thinking it. Credit to your daughter for standing up for herself and expressing her true feelings.♥️
@@georgecooksey8216No, they're right. I'm an American, and we can be so entitled. Hell, I even apologize to op and their daughter for how they were treated on behalf of my country. I mean, it's the truth. More than half of us still think Africa is a country with a bunch of people living in huts among the animals and lacking technology. 🤦🏿♀️ I've literally googled images of Lagos, Nigeria, and it looks bigger than fucking New York! 🤯 I know barely anything about other countries, because I'm not into that, but I still know that the stereotypes aren't all true. I'm not going to assume a random person from Asia is automatically a genius or that someone from Germany worships Hitler. Hell, many Germans probably hated him. I'm sure they don't all look down on Americans as fat, low IQ gun people who worship the flag, either.
That was awful of the school, but also you for suggesting she write about how Australia was superior. If left to her own devices she would have written a beautiful, perfectly accurate essay on how Northern Ireland is the best country in the world.
@@georgecooksey8216 Sure we do. We know very well about you guys. It's also pretty amusing to see you and another handful of rednecks scouting the comments and showing your utter desperation when people of the entire world show you how they REALLY think about you guys. For sure that's not what you learned on Fox News. 🤣
Honestly I came here for the comments and I'll admit it I wasn't disappointed. Here's my most recent "American experience". I'm from Bulgaria and like 3 years ago I was waiting for my flight at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam. Next to me was this middle aged couple from NY state. When they saw me writing an email in English on my laptop they asked me if I was from The US. When I told them where I was from, they replied "Oh it's so nice that you finally gained your independence from the Soviet Union." I was like WTF fellas my county exists since 681 and turned my ear buds on. 😂😂
It's ironic that they were talking like this to a Bulgarian. Your country is the oldest of entire Europe. Also, the country of roses :) Greetings from Italy.
@@gabrielesolletico6542 No, la Bulgaria è nata nel 600. Non 1600, proprio 600 (da una rapida ricerca, il 681) dopo Cristo. Secondo google in realtà il più antico è la Repubblica di San Marino, però, seguito dalla Bulgaria. Dipende se vuoi considerare i microstati oppure no.
One of my friends living in Germany overheard these Americans exclaiming about the Cologne Cathedral stating "Wow, this must be at least 50 years old!".
there is a ranch house in Arizona near Vegas that is open to the public as the first house in the valley before vegas was built up, the guide said it was built in 1920 somthing, (this was 1991)I said OH the house I was born in in the uk was around 150 years old, he went a bit quiet then. My son got in trouble in Germany when he was about 4 ,we were visiting Neuschwanstein , he got a bit tired walking about and went off and sat in a chair, the guide asked him to stand up as the chair was 900 years old.
Canadian, travelling through Europe in my youth. I came across another person, looked early twenties, with the Canadian flag sewn on their backpack. I asked them where in Canada were they from and they responded "Missouri". It turned out that many Americans back packing through Europe would add the Canadian flag to their jacket or backpack as Americans were not well-regarded. It actually made me mad, because if that person engaged in rude or disrespectful behaviour, that locals would assign that behaviour to a "Canadian". On the same trip, I was standing in line at the Eiffel Tower with my girlfriend at the time with a group of 4 Americans in line behind us. It was the early 90's and we were part of the goth scene at the time, so we were dressed in black, I had a black leather jacket, etc. We could hear the Americans joking about us in English and then one taps me on the shoulder and asks in really bad French if we were into bondage. I responded, "pardon me?" He said, "oh, you speak English?" I answered, "yes, we are Canadian. We speak it better than you." Who goes to other countries and decides to be deliberately rude to people they think are locals?
Unfortunately, some a-hole Americans do that. I’m American, and I was embarrassed when, on a tour with other Americans beginning in Venice, a few Americans began to tell “Italian jokes” (mean jokes about Italians) in the lobby of the very nice Venetian hotel we were in, with Italians around us. That was in 2005. I was mortified at their boorish behavior.
I have lived in many countries around the world, and my experience with Americans has been that they want to see the world, but they expect to see America wherever they go. They find it difficult to accept difference and get quite vocal when things are not done "their" way. The thought of adjusting, adapting or even embracing different ways and cultures seems to have never entered the equation. Especially at airports, I wear earphones to not hear the whining and complaining.
I've overhead some of my fellow citizens complain that they'd expected chickens in the streets. Also, as the town I live in became more prosperous, the short term mission groups dropped off. Parts of the US look poorer than the town I live in.
It's true,Americans are not adapted to adapt to foreign countries. But it is in their own country, in America, that the Law and other achievements are based on the superextraversion of each and every American. With the exception of extraversion, they are similar to the Japanese in this, how ironic. Their culture is constant surveillance of everyone, policing everyone, endless control and quarreling with those who violate it, i.e. with each other
In Ireland, we have Americans from the US visiting who ask us how come we have cars and motorways? They thought we go everywhere in a donkey and cart. Another once phoned up to ask if we had electricity as he thought only America had electricity!!! Yet another asked "how can Ireland be in Europe? Isn't Europe, like, a country?" I was also congratulated once on speaking "good American!!!" I had to explain that American isn't a language, and that Americans speak English (or a version of it), and that we have been speaking English in Ireland for hundreds of years. I used to be a tour guide, and when I showed an American couple around an 800 year old building. They looked puzzled, then said "how can it be 800 years old? We are only 200 years old!!" I had to politely explain that there is more to the world than America, and world history didn't start in 1776. Even American history didn't start in 1776. They couldn't get their heads around it, saying "there are places older than America?" I had to explain Irish history goes back over 3000 years. Oh, I forgot. I encountered one American once who was amazed that Ireland had television, and even made its own programmes. I did wreck one American's head once. He wanted to know if I had ever heard of Bill Clinton. I had the fun of telling him that not just had I heard of Bill and Hillary but I met them both in my job. His jaw dropped. LOL By the way, I started being taught international history when I was I think seven.
Those are all good points ! I'm in the UK and had American visitors who wanted to visit our ancestral village. When we were in the Protestant Church, they said the building looked like a Catholic church. I told them as it is 700 years old, it was Catholic when it was built. They had no knowledge of Henry VIII and his brood. When I worked at Heathrow American's would sometimes tell me they were also visiting Ireland. One woman then said in a low voice, " Oh, That will be a dirty word to you British". I just suggested she should drop her preconceptions and see for herself. I didn't tell her that along with many British people, I have Irish, Welsh and Scottish ancestors as well as English.
I'm Irish too, our history goes far further back than 3000 years ago, not sure what counts as the start of our history, but Ireland has been continuously populated since about 9000 years ago. Newgrange is estimated to be 5200 years old. Anyway minor correction over 😜
I've had my own experiments of American visitors in France and in Belgium, who realized that we live on the same planet and in the same century as the U.S.
Do you remember the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy? Turin is my city, and one of those days a small U.S. family stopped me on the street in the center of town... they wanted directions to one of the city's stadiums where some competitions would be held in one hour. I'll make it short for you: they were rude and arrogant and among themselves made jokes about how people who don't know English are dumb because everyone should know english because it's the language of U.S.A. and about how bothering was asking to me in a mix of Italian and English, etc... not knowing that I understood english enough to get that they were making fun of me. Leeeet's say that I MAY have given them directions to the OTHER Olympic stadium of the city... on the precise opposite side of the city and two hours away, by public transportation, from where they were actually supposed to go. Whoops. 🤭😏
Oh no! How could you do that? 😱 Well, I do that with (very) rude german tourists. Either I choose our oldest dialect that no one understands to give directions, or I send them on a 100km+ sightseeing tour. 😁
Oh my, you met rude American people. Do you know how many rude Italian people I met when I visited Italy? Scores. At least the Americans didn''t try to pick your pocket or rob you. That is what I experienced in your lovely country.
Brazilian here. Luckly, I have a ton of US friends, so I know these cases aren't the default for the entire country... but sometimes, something real crazy happens. Yeah, I understand there was a time in US where white and black people couldn't interact, but c'mon... Recently had to teach an adult US woman that a white person and a black person can have a baby, who will mix features of both races. I guess she thought they were different species or something. These kind of people's blatant racism and ignorance (and lack of any aknowledge to it) always shock me, even after so many times seeing and experiencing it. Oh, and the number of times I felt pressured to sit for "lessons" about how my own country's language is actually Spanish, and not Brazilian Portuguese, are sadly uncountable. Some of them just can't admit they don't have a clue, double down, talk over you and refuse to listen. It's aggravating at best and suckerpunching-deserving at worst.
I'm a kiwi I like American people but honestly would not live there if you paid me, because of population, politics, health care and work culture. So grateful and proud to be a kiwi. ❤
@@reindeer7752 That's excellent. Last thing NZ needs is Americans moving there and fvcking things up with their half arsed ideas and rampant stupidity.
This vlog really made me laugh. Years ago I was working with an American woman and I asked her how she found living in the UK? She said to me she really loved it but was surprised so many places were named after places in America. I smiled at her and said I think you will find it is the other way round. She looked at me a little confused and I had to do a little explaining (East Coast etc). It was so sweet seeing the light bulb moment reflect in her face.
It’s your Education system it is so arrogantly taught that their country is the greatest in the world (not). Young people and yes some adults would not know when viewing a map of the world where countries are.
@MidWest Americans I'm simply astonished that Americans know so little about the rest of the world. Your population is a mere 350 million, whereas the world has 7 billion. When I visited the US, I was surprised at how far behind the rest of the world it is. The people are so insular, probably because so few of them travel internationally. In geography classes, we learn about all the continents. I could easily name the states, rivers, and mountains in the US, just as I can about Europe, Africa, Asia etc. We don't see the US as leader of the free world anymore. It lost that title long ago. Americans visiting Japan are astonished at how advanced it is compared to their own country. When they visit Europe, they are shocked that so many of us speak multiple languages. If I could make one request to Americans, it would be "please don't speak so loudly".
Newest "interesting american world view" was a few weeks ago. A famous young youtuber who also did reaction videos about Germany traveled to Germany for the first time. In his first video after landing in Berlin he expressed astonishment that here in Germany seemingly everybody talks in german! Be reassured, if we detect you are from america most people switch to english automatically, because, as a wise person said: "YOU speak english because it is the only language YOU ever learnt. I speak english because it is the only language YOU ever learnt!"
@@georgecooksey8216they could learn a few useful phrases. Im English and only spoke English and French but learned how to say excuse me. Do you speak English? In German. And obviously please and thank you. I now live in Spain so also speak Spanish. With an English accent of course.
@@helenamcginty4920 Almost all American travelers learn a few key phrases before entering another country where English is not primary, so the snotty and stereotyping swipes at Americans above are just ignorant. As a matter of practicality, most Americans elect Spanish as a foreign language requirement of school. Very few will spend the years learning a foreign language if it has little or no use to them.
@@georgecooksey8216 Having worked in tourism in western Europe, I can say they don't. Which isn't exclusive to them. Most people don't learn anything about the local language before travelling. But most are willing to pick some things up. That being said, americans are on average less willing. Not entirely, because absolute statements don't work when talking about individuals, but it is "a thing".
Why would i want a green card? Honestly you could threaten me with one that's how much i do not want to live in the US. And that's probably true for most Europeans
My friend lived in the US for about 14 years. She went into a shop to buy some cigarettes and also picked up a newspaper. When she went to the cashier the woman said wow you read English as well as speaking it. My friend said yes I'm English from Leeds, Yorkshire. Then the cashier said is that the capital of Paris. Can't make this stuff up, hilarious...
I am an American. I've lived in Europe off and on over the years. I was in Paris in 2016 for a few days on vacation and notice a man and woman looking at one of those public maps they have in popular locations. They were looking very lost and confused. They looked like they were Americans. I asked them in English if I could help. The woman looked so relieved. She said, "Oh, thank goodness you speak English. Ever since we arrived here all anyone speaks is French."
The ironic thing is, had they tried to learn just one or two sentences in French, those parisians would have agreed to help and probably would've busted out passable english
@@Vincrand As a British visitor to Paris, my experience is that a little French goes a long way. If you speak to the Parisians in French, however badly, they will often reply in English (or in whatever language they think is your native tongue). However, if you speak English they will reply in French!
I'm British but have 'American' cousins - I remember one of them once asking me why British people speak Engliah and not a European language. Bless him.
A friend of mine was a tourist guide in Stratford-upon-Avon and the reason she got fired was for nearly passing out laughing at an American tourist who had gone to all the effort of crossing the Atlantic, signing up for a tour to Stratford and only then asking "So what was this Shakespeare guy so famous for?"
My wife works for a large US hotel chain in VIP customer service. We are in Canada and although she has a mild accent (Filipino), she has been here decades and speaks perfect English. She regularly gets Americans hanging up on her as soon as she says hello because they say they don't want to talk to a foreigner because they can't understand them, without even giving her a chance to talk and show she can speak perfectly. That doesn't even compare to how totally rude all the US servicemen are that call to make reservations. They are virtually all rude, ignorant and arrogant and think they are drill instructors talking to recruits. And Canadians are not like Americans, we are extremely polite in comparison. Ask anyone from overseas.
I spent a month on the east coast of Canada, and absolutely loved every second of it. Did run into a few Yanks (they don’t like being called that apparently, that’s why I kept saying it), and most of them were rather taken aback by the fact that an Australian was in Canada. One couple asked if I was working in Canada, and was shocked to find out that I was there on a month long holiday. They were even more shocked to know that Australia like most countries give their citizens 4 weeks off every year. And yes, they asked what it was like living in a socialist country, and when I said that the current government was a very Conservative government, and a Conservative government introduced some of the toughest gun laws in the world, I saw the “we should evaluate our knowledge” face appear. Very funny.
Never been to Canada but grew up with a surprising number of Canadian TV shows here in Oz! Degrassi High, you can’t do that on television, due South, the littlest hobo. Always wanted to visit though. Definitely on the bucket list.
I live in Portugal. I'm an American/British citizen (both countries). My Dad was British and I grew up in Detroit a long time ago. Dad always was amazed at the newspapers in the states offering a ton of local news, then state news, then news around the USA - but "foreign news' was buried deep in the paper and the articles were very brief. He always said the rest of the world just didn't exist for Americans and they knew virtually nothing about it. In Europe and England you get ALL the news from all around the world.
I live in Cambridge and I can buy all the English papers the same day (Because of the time difference ), in Harvard Square, and they are all on line, so you have no excuse for such ignorance. Also GB News TV is on U Tube live stream. PS my sister in Manchester England has WXYZ Detroit on her cable.
@@robertcroft8241 what time difference? Cambridge is in Greenwich Mean Time like the rest of the UK. Probably better to find a BBC News stream, GB News has a bad reputation
Actually, and unfortunately, the world does revolve around the US. The US economy is so powerful that what happens in the US affects a lot of the world’s countries. US foreign policy can totally dominate a country. Americans always seem perplexed that many countries detest the US. Often because the US interfered with the running of their country to major pain. Iran is the worst example where the US overthrew a democratically elected government,and set up a brutal dictatorship. When one visits Vietnam, you discover that they call it “the American war”.
My uncle and aunt moved to America when I was a child 50 plus years ago. They came home to the U. K. For a visit and drove me crazy telling us all how much bigger and better everything was in America. I was chopping a cabbage in preparation for dinner and when my aunt asked what I was doing I said chopping a Brussel sprout. Mum gave me a head swipe. 😂🤣😂
A joke in NZ: An American bragging about how everything is big in America...."we have a building that is so big takes a day to go through it". Kiwi replies, "We have a building in NZ that my brother went into two years ago, and hasn't come out yet. Mt Eden". (Mt Eden is a local prison)
Omg.... my husband is American and my daughter has dual citizenship (was born in NYC) but I cant even begin to start with the things said to us. When I first met him his great grandad accused me of wanting a green card and I said no we've decided to stay in the uk and he went nuts like it was some third world country 🤦😂😂 I don't know what is taught in American schools but general education should include world knowledge surely!
@@valsyaranamual6853 A health service where you don't go bankrupt if you need hospital treatment? Where there is minimum pay rates unlike the US where service staff gave to rely in tips and work three jobs. Only Americans think America is the best country in the world.
That always suprise me. Being a Scandinavian, being a US citizen would give me very few advantages. The US system in regard to welfare, work conditions, equality etc is below my country in every way, but so many Americans laugh when this is pointed out. They either don't know that other countries actually have higher standard then their, or their patriotism just doesn't allow them to admit it to themselwes.
I was in the Australian Navy. We were part of exercises with the US Navy and Canada out of Hawaii. Excitedly 😂My friends and I sat with some American Sailors, we said we are from Australia “you know Down Under” one of the Americans, looking puzzled, asked his companions “ which state is that. We spent the rest of our time with the Canadians. 😢
Omg… 🤣 My friend told me about his military training with the US as well and boy…. It was winter, lots of snow, -30/-40 C. Once outside in the field, my friend and his troop told the US soldiers to be very cautious as there are venomous snow snakes in Canada. They answered « no one told us!! » and freakeeeeed out!! They even got mad to their superior for not warning them and putting lives at risk!! …. 🤣🤣🤣
Here's a newsflash for you @darrelsharrock3859 -- much like in Australia, the armed forces don't exactly attract the sharpest knives in the drawer. That being said, I think your story is fiction. You're just like a Canadian with an inferiority complex because we gave the world the automobile, the airplane, the radio, the television, the computer, the internet, and so many other things. Canada gave us maple syrup and you gave us vegemite. Oh............and Crocodile Dundee. G'day mate!
@@georgecooksey8216 OP never "stereotyped an entire country" , that's either your poor reading comprehension or your own self projection. You mentioned "one naive sailor - probably some kid fresh out of high school". What would being naive have to do with geography? You obviously don't know its definition or once again, poor reading comprehension. On the contrary, if that sailor was fresh out of high school, all the more reason he should have known about Australia's location and that in the English language, commonly referred as down under. During my tour in the US navy I did extensive traveling in USA and Southern Europe/Mediterranean Sea. I met our fellow personnel from every region,subculture and socioeconomic class. That's when my eyes were opened. The rampant level of ignorance of common sense as well as common geopolitical knowledge of foreign cultures was absolutely shocking. So yes, many of our sailors/ citizens are missing the meat, cheese and lettuce in their sandwiches. On the positive side,I also did meet many people with substance between their 2 slices of bread. Now I'm no longer shocked when an empty sandwich types "your encountered " and "who['s the ignorant one?" Well George, you yourself made that quite clear.
As a 56 year old Canadian, my schooling included a lot of American history. For North Americans, it seemed like a no-brainer that we’d learn about the USA, our closest neighbour and ally. It wasn't until I was older that I realized that Americans knew very little about Canada and were not taught about our history.
@@georgecooksey8216 This is kind of the whole point of this entire video and the whole reason we’re all here though? To vent our frustrations over Americans being oblivious of a world existing outside America.
@@tasha3757 Americans have frustrated you folks north of our border who think you’re so sophisticated and worldly? I can just imagine you sitting around with clenched teeth, shaking your heads and bristling with disgust at those ignorant exasperating Americans as you fiddle with your Iphones . Hilarious.
I find the thing that suprises Americans is that the war of independance was not seen as very important in England -it was just a side issue in the war against Napoleon - that's why the french funded USA and no doubt encouraged the rebellion in the first place.
Semi true. It was not very important, true, but thats because India had just been discovered and so the main focus was there. The war became unprofitable and so it was just kind of ended. But little od the Americans know that just a few months before the 'end' of the war and masive Armada was sent to the colonies containing the bulk of British millitary power. It was sent to put down the rebels once and for all, however there was an Election in britain and the new government withdrew the ships and favoured securing the newly discovered india. The war you're thinking of is the war of 1812. Another side note in british history.
Hate to break it to you but Napoleon wasn't a factor in 1776. In fact, his name wasn't heard much until 1798 when he invaded Egypt and Britain didn't go to war with Napoleonic France until 1803. During the American revolution, Britain was involved in several other conflicts across the world, notably in India which was a much more important possession that the American colonies.
@@johnadey3696 and one of the major reasons we didn’t carry on, was that it was deemed as not that important. It certainly was deemed as not as important as fighting the French in Europe. We Brits didn’t so much lose the American war of independence, as we walked away for more important issues. It’s important to note this, as Britain had NEVER lost a war…until we became allies with America and got involved in Afghanistan.
I'm Australian and I too have had some people from the US compliment me on my english....when I explained that we were originally a British colony they looked at me as though I was an idiot. So I explained that e-n-g-l-i-s-h as a language hails from the UK and this is the only reason Australia, New Zealand and the US and Canada speak english is because we were all colonised by Britain. They were completely lost and I'm pretty sure they didn't believe a word I said. I walked away shaking my head declaring (as one does over this way) "bloody yanks" - because really, as a nation, you are thought of as not being very worldly and not being too bright. As for Aussie education on 'foreign lands'. Yes we get a broad education on places foreign, but for the US I think most of what we pick up is done from all those movies where America wins WWI or WWII single handed, or the many and various extremely good Ken Burns docu-series on the Civil War etc. All in all though, we love you guys, we just think of you as the country cousins
Like you I am Australian and have been complimented on my English. I replied that we learn it as a second language. I don't know if they worked out I was winding them up or they are still wondering what our first language is.
@@TerryT304 Have to admit I'm English and I haven't got a clue how cricket is played. My cousin tried to explain it to me, but I was as confused as the time my husband tried to explain off side rules.
One of my daughters runs safari lodges in the Okavango delta in Botswana. She has told us how the staff dread it when they get clients from the USA. They say they are not very intelligent, think the entire world revolves around them, can give ridiculous advice how your country should be run and generally are extremely arrogant. Thanks for your great contributions
I was in Florida and was asked where I learnt such great English, I replied in England where I live and where the language came from, the person didn’t believe me saying that English came from America. I was speechless.
This made me laugh. I live in Canada and I remember being asked during one of my visits to Florida if Canadians lived in Igloos. I said yes. Then they proceeded to ask me about how we stayed warm to which I replied that we all had bears as pets and would cuddle up with at night for warmth. The look on their faces priceless. 🤣😂
I lived in USA for 2 years. And I made good friends. One of them sincerely asked, but with utter sincerity and from the hearth "why some people hate USA taking into account all the good things we do for the rest of the world". So I had to mention OFFICIAL declassified documents, not conspiracies or left leaning theories or anything. I had to mention the USA role in putting dictators in Latin America, how USA used to teach the police and military in Argentina how to torture, how USA killed an democratically elected president in Chile, how USA helped those dictators hide their money, how USA helped mega corporations to kill local farmers that resisted to them and several more things. So he asked me "nahh that can't be true", and I said "it is, look how coincidental it is that you only care about democracy where and when there are natural resources you need". That was back in 2007 at the peak of Iraq and Afghanistan wars for oil. He was like frozen thinking.
American privilege is so real… I decided to help my American friend (who constantly complained about wanting to get out of America), move to Australia to begin a new life and feel a bit more secure… Before he even arrived in Australia he was complaining about how when he showed his American passport at a check in counter they didn’t even react. And how when he was job hunting, he blamed me for not getting a job sooner by saying “In America, if I’d applied for these jobs I would’ve gotten them by now”. He also then continued to blame me for not getting the exact job he wanted in his first two months. I only have one regret in life, and that was going out of my way to help him. I should’ve left him there!
I have had this as well. As A New Zealander Not as extreme as another country. But I helped someone move to another American city and he behaved in this way. Aggressive but really smiley. I would say in response "why don't we all try to calm down, and co-operate" And he would often say "I am trying to help you learn not to let people walk all over you. When I was in New Zealand no one learned to stick up for themselves. They didn't want to be special. In Minnesota people grow up fighting and talking behind each other's backs because it forces people to be more strong and worldly and socially aware" ... By socially 'aware' he meant aware of threats.
Don't regret that you helped him, because helping him says so much about the sort of person you are, friendly, helpful, kind. The way he behaved says so much about him, and it's not at all nice. You keep doing you and be the better person 🙂
I am Australian. Visited Canada in 2013, stayed at a B&B which also had an American guest. Over breakfast, we were talking about the economic recession of recent years, which I knew as, and called, the Global Financial Crisis. He said, Oh did you know about that (I think he called it the 2008 Recession)? I said yes, it's in the title, GLOBAL financial crisis. He couldn't fathom that the rest of the world went into recession as well because of US chicanery.
Unfortunately, it looks like we’re heading that way again, as it seems inevitable that Trump with his crazy ideas will crash the US economy - and will affect most of the rest of the world.
I have lived outside the US since 1987. My biggest rant with tourists, etc., is not their lack of knowledge of different cultures and ways of doing things, but their insistence that their way is better, their arrogance and unwillingness to experience the different.
It is a cultural shock. They have assumed something their whole life and finding out they were wrong, or they don´t know almost anything they were suppossed to know is not easy to digest.
I'm British but live in the US with my American wife. One of the first things my (now) brother in law's girlfriend said to me when I met her was "Wow, you speak really good English. Was it hard for you to learn?". I told her it was but I started very young.
My friends son worked at Disneyland, a family asked him what country he was from and when he said "New Zealand" they called him a liar because "New Zealand is a made up place"
My sister-in-law's brother who's British/English was working on an American base in Qatar. One of his American colleagues asked him, "Where did you learn English?" to which he replied, "In England where it was invented". I think he really wanted to add an expletive or two, but decided to be polite in the face of this abject display of ignorance.
Is the word "English" too far from the sound of the word "England" for some people? I can't even think of a foreign language where the two words are not clearly linked. O betcha even Chinese uses similar characters for the English language and Eng-Land. So why is it so difficult to connect the dots?
@@LMB222 Just here to confirm your theory about Chinese: to put it very simply, the Chinese term for England is a direct transliteration ('Eng-ge-lan'), the UK is 'Eng-country' and the English language is, well, 'Eng-language'
@@sneezeey Chinese would often abbreviate using the first character of the country's name so it's eng ge lan and the eng-yu (eng-language) so it isn't really causing much issues. But the us on the other hand has a different problem. I don't think it was "failed to connect the dots" it's more of a "didn't know there are dots in the first place" kind of situation😅
I once made a similar reply like this in a comment section where an American then told me I was ignorant😂 I just pointed out that I'm English and I'm writing in English. Not American English.
During the boat ride from Athens to Mykonos an American lady listened to my wife and I speaking in Spanish. She started asking questions and was shocked when she learned we were Colombians on a tourist trip. “How can you even afford this trip? I’m American and it’s tough on my pocket“ I calmly replied: “Well, it is probably because we have a Master’s Degree and can code, you should try it some time.
Yes you Colombians are so much better than us. It is only right that you hang posters in Medellin that say "Gringos go home". If they were smart they would. Colombians are drugging and murdering American tourists left and right. I just heard a story the other day of a good looking 24 year old American guy dying in his hotel room because the Colombian girl he met on Tinder spiked his drink with too much of the drug she was using to make him unconscious so she could steal everything he had. I'm sure the girl who did that to him was all broken up inside when she learned she accidentally killed him. She probably almost stopped doing what she does.
Disappointing! You should have told her that your wife and you are drug dealing sellers, and that, from that moments on, she must consider herself kidnapped! I mean, you could have made a good amount of money from her ransom...
I used to work on a cruiseline and on the transatlantic en-route to the mediterranean there was this snobby couple, they would not mistreat us per se, but they WERE snobbish af, and one day, once we already were in the Mediterranean, Civitavecchia to be exact I got to learn that they refused to get off in the ports, "They don't speak American" and from that moment they became the (internal) joke of my team, they booked a 1 month trip, 7 days at sea, 3 weeks in the mediterranean, and they were mad because they were in non english speakin countries.
I'm from Australia, I visited America when I was a teen in the late 90s. When people asked me if I had kangaroos in my back yard, I would respond "Do you have buffalo roaming in yours?" 🙂
I had a boss who was originally from Germany, who lived in the outskirts of a suburb on the outskirts of Melbourne, so she actually did get roos in her backyard (well, more often her front yard). People would jokingly ask her that question when she went back for a visit and she would take great pleasure in showing them photos and watching their heads explode.
My old boss visited his son in Winnipeg (Canada); he was up early one morning, making a cup if tea in the kitchen, and heard something rattling the trash can; he thought," Dog? Cat? Fox? Skunk? Beaver? (Opened the blinds) Bear? BEAR!" Son found him hiding under the bed. "You met the friendly neighbourhood bear then Dad?"
I remember going to Chicago in the early 2000s and we’d headed out looking for a particular restaurant. Saw a fella waiting at some traffic lights all rugged up coz it was colder than a witch’s tit and we said “mate, we’ve just arrived from Australia and are looking for restaurant X”. He said “sorry fellas, just got here from Melbourne yesterday” 😂
I'm in Canada. I heard a teacher from my college telling a story about when he and his wife went to Switzerland. They had been away from home for a while and were walking down a city street looking in shop windows. A couple beside them started talking English and my teacher said to them "Wow, it's so nice hearing people speaking English". They looked at him with disgust on their faces and replied "We're NOT speaking English. We're speaking AMERICAN!!" They spun around and walked away. My teacher was stunned and this episode left a lasting negative impression.
Again, ignorantly stereotyping a nation of 350 million people who are the most dynamic, diverse, innovative, and generous people anywhere and who work like dogs to create the tax base necessary to guarantee security for the free world. You know nothing about America or Americans.
One time I used to work in Windsor Castle, which goes back nearly 1000 years. I once heard an American tourist say, "It's a pity they had to build it under Heathrow's flight path!" I nearly burst our laughing.
I live next to a relatively well known castle ruin in the Rhine valley and an us-American couple (aged somewhere around 50-60 I guess) asked a friend of mine why we didn’t build the castle in a complete state. We needed a few moments to realize that they thought we newly built a ruin on top of a Mountain.
More or less the same thing happened at Edinburgh Castle when one female American Tourist was overheard to say " Its a pity the Castle wasn`t built closer to the shops on Prince`s Street " ! I kid you not. Maybe it was the same dim wit.
I know it's not meant that way, I'm sure he meant well, but as a European, The Netherlands to be precise. When an American says 'we rescued Europe during WW2' that rubs me so badly the wrong way. So many different countries worked together to liberate European countries. My hometown was freed by Canadian soldiers.
No he meant it -I'm Canadian I was sent down to work in Chicago for a couple of months. I walked into rhe meeting room.I was called a sociliast and then this loud nouth Yank says we forgive you for not doing anything in WW 2 , I had to bite my tongue as one uncle was shot up parachuting over the Rhine .The rest of my family were Navy ,
I was with my 20-something niece in St Louis one year for July 4th. We attended a concert under the Arch and then watched the fireworks over the river. Knowing I had lived all over the world, she said, "I'll bet you have seen some amazing firework displays on July 4th is other places....like I'll bet China had the BEST!" Now my niece is brilliant. I turned slowly and looked at her.....I was just stunned. I asked her, "What do we celebrate on July 4th? What are the fireworks FOR?" She looked at me for a second and it dawned on her what she had said and she started laughing. Her friend said, "Do other countries even have a July 4th?" Which had both of us doubled over in laughter. For the record, YES, China does have amazing fireworks displays......just not typically on July 4th!
It's one thing for these other people to tell their "stupid American" stories, whether they're true or fiction...................but you're doing this to your niece? She's brilliant, but being an American made her stupid huh? Jeezus you people are nasty.
In 2009 I was visiting China (from the U.S.) and there actually WERE fireworks on July 4. I was totally confused. I only realized a week later that it’s a common thing on Saturdays!
I’m in the UK and in my 40’s now and back in primary school, so from age 4 to 9 years old, we were taught about the different countries of the world and even had dedicated weeks to each country and we would draw pictures, paintings and have articles of traditional clothing from those countries on display and we would cook different foods from each country. We lived in a small town in the middle of the countryside, so seeing all of these things from other countries was amazing. We would then go on to learn more about world geography in middle and high school.
I had South Carolina history where the most honest thing in the book was a sidebar listing the accomplishments of the Reconstruction Legislature. We weren't supposed to believe that over the major part of the text, though.
As a child growing up in Florida in the fifties, we learned about Florida history, the Spaniards who arrived there in the 16th century, and Latin America, country by country. One highlight was having Chief Osceola of the Seminoles visit our school every year. This was all in primary school, with the study of Central and South America in middle school.
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The biggest lie they teach Americans is that everyone from the entire world wants to live there. When in reality, at least from a perspective of a European, the older you get the more you realize how blessed you are to *not* live there.
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Some places in the US sound like the hunger games.
I'm an African, and I don't wanna live in America. WAY too much fascism. Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, maybe.
@@unclescipio3136 In a strange way, you are correct. However, just remember that 99.9% of what you call Fascism is found only on the Political left. The rest of us are ''normal'', love the freedom and rights we have, and want nothing to do with Fascism or Communism.
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Canada is in America 🤔
I lived and worked in London for years, and met a lot of U.S visitors, on a trip on the tube I got chatting to a couple from Florida. He said, " I find it so weird being here and surrounded by foreigners ". I replied, " but as a visitor technically you are the foreigners " To say he was speechless is an understatement.
I kind of got a little opposite story. I was in London in the early 80’s with my sister. We went to a club one night and met these 2 guys who loved our US accents. Come to find out that they thought we were easy and basically asked us if we had lingerie under our clothes and could we show it to them and go someplace to have sex. I asked in what universe do think that is going to happen. And they said aren’t all American women like that. As we were leaving I told them to not watch so many movies about hookers and easy women.
I particularly enjoy the term "expat". Nah mate! You're an immigrant! You are not an English "expat" in Spain etc. You are an English immigrant in Spain etc.
@@DeborahWalkerXOXO You are partly correct, if the person has moved to another country on a permanent basis they are an immigrant however if they are living there on a temporary basis they are an expatriate (expat) not an immigrant.
@Claudie no, that is a migrant. Based on dictionary terms. A migrant moves from country to country for work or pleasure. An immigrant moves for work or pleasure and stays. So they are migrants.
@@DeborahWalkerXOXO the difference is Expats pay for themsleves they dont have their host countries tax payers do it. give your head a shake.
I (as a Dutch person) had Americans next me on the beach in Italy and they were talking how they disliked the sound of my language. They really didn't realize that in Europe most of us understand English haha. So then I suddenly started talking in English and then they went very quiet hahahaha
Oh wow! Only problem is.................your story sounds kind of suspect. Like maybe it is fiction. You should visit Canada. They love to sh*t on Americans. Their major network the CBC teaches them to hate America and Americans from cradle to grave. Good immigration option for you if they keep stealing all your farms there and you can't put food on your table. You'll be with like minds.
@@joxar9285 Yes it is, but if a Brit comes to Australia and you tell them you like their accent that is an even bigger affront. How dare you!!! (Greta Thunburg voice)
Well, to be fair, you were speaking Dutch.
Don't take it personally. Some languages are just phonetically unappealing because of rhythm or intonation. I have an aversion to the sound of certain languages, accents and dialects as well-which might partly be explained by my misophonia. I dislike the sound of nearly all Asian languages apart from Indo-European and Arabic languages (though I am strongly averse to Indian accents while speaking English). It's just preference. I also find certain dialects, like ebonics, incredibly irritating if not impossible to tolerate because it sounds intentionally lazy, disrespectful and uneducated. It's linguistic genocide.
@@joxar9285 actually its stupid if you talk about when the people are literally sitting next to you... its offensive but maybe I should talk about dumb americans are in my opinion when Americans are sitting next to me then.
"when we rescued [Europe] in WWII" AAAARGH When the US refused to enter the war until Pearl Harbor was attacked, but the British Empire (including Canada, Australia and New Zealand) had been fighting for over 3 years. The victories were achieved by the Allied powers, together, not just be America. The reason US had more personnel, weapons and equipment was because you waited so long to enter the war. In the Pacific again, Australian and other Allied troops were up to their eyebrows with fighting Japan. The US was quite late entering WWI, too.
And we had to pay them!
@@janpenaluna5639 that’s the thing, everyone else gave and donated
I think we held our own quite well for 2 and a half years.
And before they helped the u.k they were funding Germany for a high price. War was just financial gain to their president but much praise to the innocent regular Americans who joined up out of bravery not knowing their governments original actions.
Americans has never won a war just stepped in at the last minute and decided the glory was all theirs....NOT!!!!
I'm an Aussie and I was in the UK and some americans were in front of us at Westminster Abbey. I grabbed a book about the Abbey to buy from the stand. The top right corners had the flags representing which language they were in. Mine had the Union Jack on it. The americans scanned the book stand and declared "they dont have any in english". I looked at the book in my hand and back at the stand to the 3 other books just sitting there. The americans then asked the shop assistant "if they had any books in english?" The assistant said "hang on a box just arrived." She went behind the desk and pulled out a book with the US flag on the top right hand corner and says 'here you go". They bought the book and moved on. I asked the assistant if that happens often, to which she replied yes, so often that's why they print one with a US flag on it. I said "I'll buy this one, (the one with the Union Jack on it), at least this one doesnt have any spelling mistakes in it.
That’s brilliant, made me actually laugh out loud! Greetings from the Bush Capital.
😂😂😂
I'm mexican and I can't stop laughing😂
Oh yes, I know that so well. After a career in teaching (from industry) in England mainly IT which required me teaching a lot of English. I went to Thailand as a TESOL English teacher and stupidly thought I would get a job quite easily, but found on visiting the agencies, which mainly were American, was told they could not use me as I could 'not' speak English.
Absolutely stunned on hearing this and could tell the young American female manager interviewing me, when I said "Excuse me, I was borne in England, English is my mother tongue, I taught for 14 years, reached DH status, I worked for City & Guilds writing learning materials in English for worldwide distribution" that she had no concept at all, the point I was making.
Being quite good with accents, I went to another TESOL agency, but this time spoke with an American accent, even though showing the same CV giving all the same details the last manager had read and seen, and 'guess what' I was hired and giving a great deal of work. Only problem, I had to remember to use the American accent on the phone when talking about work they sent me and the typical 'try-ons' in getting my pay from them. I was with them for six months,
On deciding to return to England, I went to the agency and asked to see the manager again, she was sad to see me go and that I had been very popular with Thai students in the offices they sent me to. Having begun with the conversation in the American accent, I dropped it and on purpose did three accents, a very posh one, my standard one and my old Cockney accent while telling her how 'stupid', arrogant and rude Americans were in regard to 'my' English language which she spoke. The look on her face, I will never forget, and was an absolute joy to tell her as well.
@@wakeupuk3860 Awesome 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💛🏴💐☺️
Some years ago an American colleague of mine stated the following:
"We Americans only make two mistakes about the rest of the world: we think that everyone loves us and that everyone wants to be like us."
I think he nailed it! 🙂
We want your constitution.
@@JezaLoki Whose constitution?
If you want to know how dumb Americans are, you have just said like ,4 times ,in once sentance ,and didn't know
If the US opened its doors and welcomed anybody in the world to come to its shores there might be about at least 2 to 3 billion people who would take that deal. That's the reality even with the troubles.
@@oleggoldberg5206
No they would not take that deal. They are quite happy where they are.
Why would they want to move to a country with very costly healthcare, an awful work/life balance and virtually no gun control?
They wouldn't.
My husband and I went to Europe a few years ago and, at Frankfurt airport, there was some kind of incident at passport control so they were only letting EU passport-holders through (seeing as they have their own gate) and everyone else had to wait. A man and a woman walked past the line and approached the security guard, who explained the above, to which the man replied, "oh, it's ok: we're Americans." The guard looked perplexed and explained again that only EU passports can come through and *all* other passports have to wait, to which the man replied, "but...we're *Americans*". This exchange took place a couple more times, with the guard having no idea how to make himself more clear and the AmErIcAnS getting increasingly obstinant at the fact that the seas weren't parting for them, so hubby stepped in and gave them a piece of his mind, after which they quietly waddled off to the back of the queue, clearly mortified at his suggestion that "no one cares that you're American, you're not special".
For the rest of the trip, any time we had to wait in a queue or were in any way inconvenienced, hubby would look at me in mock outrage and say, "but...but...we're AMERICANS, goddamn it!" 🤣🤣
haha thats hilarious thanks for sharing.
Totally understandable. Americans are not the ones causing all your problems. Let us in and shut up.
lol
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🤨This sounds completely fabricated and/or exaggerated.
One I have heard several times here in the Netherlands by American tourists (mostly in the week after July 4th) "Why we don't do fireworks on the 4th of July".... Ma'am, why would we do fireworks on a random weekday.
Another one I heard online "Dutch must be racist because they keep posting Dutch flags on Cinco de Mayo" ... "Sir, May 5th is our liberation day celebration"
And it’s not the independence of Mexico either. 🙄
Your anthem is one of the most memorable I’ve ever heard.
Some American historians think thanksgiving comes from the 3 October Festival in Leiden, the Netherlands. The pilgrim fathers lived there for a decade before going to America. The festival has a common meal for all the citizens in the marketplace.
@@jannetteberends8730 Peen en uien!!! I don´t live in the Netherlands anymore but insist on the tradition!
Well this is embarrassing 🤦🏼♀️.
I'm British and my favourite question from an American, someone asked me why we don't celebrate independence day. I had to explain that they're celebrating independence from us and we don't want to be independent lol. She then said yes, but other countries have independence day and again I had to explain how the British had invaded many of those countries and now they celebrate independence from us 🤣
You had a chance to totally screw with them and say yes we do celebrate our independence from the aliens.
I think you should celebrate they went independent ... XD
@@pm1660 too right 👍🏻 ☺️
@@pm1660 she would celebrate a whole year long then. in case you don't realize UK used to colonized half of the world back then, she'll need a whole year to celebrate all of them went independent 😂
Oh British...I hope you can have your independence day from idiocy. It will came, have patience.
Im from Sweden and we have an amusement park inside city limits and i got asked once by an American family why we don't make the amusement park as big as they do in the states. All i could do after being stunned in confusion were to answer with a somewhat sarcastic voice that the buildings surrounding the whole park had people living in them and that the buildings are about 200 years older than their whole country. We're not so keen on destroying history just to make room for an amusement park when the one we have is enough.
Americans think that history is stupid while people who actually have cool and interesting history can see the value of the past
@@audivivocem actively trying to erase history as we "speak"...
@@audivivocem I don't know or have known anyone like you describe and I'm in my 50's and lived here my whole life.....maybe stop judging us by our big city's where the stupidest people on earth live (and coincidentally where the foreigners all flock), it's not just the US.
Checked out London lately???
@@audivivocem Do we really? I thought Europeans were smarter than that, I won't make that mistake again.....
This might be also because they didn’t know the area was a historical mark. One doesn’t necessarily notice a whole lot by the entrance or inside Gröna Lund. I think people don’t pay attention to their surroundings because there’s a lot inside the attraction.
Unless they’re walking around Djurgården and visiting the museums etc.
I was once in a chatroom (many Americans) and they knew I was an Aussie. They asked the same questions about electricity etc. I told them I had a machine I had to pedal to make electricity to run my computer. Also told them my daily chore was to go down to the creek and get water for the house. Then I shouted (IN CAPS) BLOODY HELL KANGAROOS ARE BOUNCING ALL OVER MY BACK YARD. Some of the questions I was asked almost made me fall off my chair, but I couldn't let that happen because the electricity would have stopped... *lol*
Americans think Canadians have snow year round, we use dog sleds, live in igloos & polar bears are everywhere😂.
Hope warned them about drop bears and hoop snakes
@@waynebernitt2806 This was some years before the drop bears and hoop snakes came into existence im'm afraid... *lol*
@@Xerame506 the polar bears must have found a nice rural zoo to visit then, if they are chasing penguins
German here, when I visited Texas for a few weeks I also went some time to school there (9th grade) I was asked whether we already had electricity everywhere and I told them - no, we assemble the Porsche in candlelight 😁
The stone wall in my garden is older than the American constitution
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@@paulmckay2265 so?
@@katrina3670 that's when people in the US think that they are the end all be all. Some back garden walls on the old continent are older than their country. The old continent saw the rise and fall of many empires far greater than the US, this is what it means...
@@RA-ov5cw I’m not arguing that. I think European history is fascinating. But especially after living in Europe, Europe isn’t any better than America, just as America isn’t better than Europe. There are things I think each place does better.
But let’s get real. There are many things that I could criticize America about. I think being critical about one’s country is healthy. But I feel that just stating “our building is old so we are more right/better that Americans” is not a valid argument. Let’s talk in a productive way about current day topics. Besides, most of my ancestors saw the same rise and fall of civilizations, while my other ancestors also existed for just as long in what is now called America.
@katrina3670
I'm just reaching out in good faith😉
America is a *HUGE* continent.
Plus, an American is from the Continent of America.
What country in America are you from?
Every time an American says to me: "We saved you in WW2. You should be grateful.", I say: "Thanks, Canada!" Because in The Netherlands it were mostly Canadians that helped us against the Germans. They do not like my answer. lol
Many in the US, do not like to acknowledge Canada. It's like the presence of Canada confuses many in the US. US people are really strange that way.
Thank you for your comment. My father served in WW2🇨🇦
America was LATE TWICE in world wars, made films and ran home
@@teagarden874 We honor the Canadian soldiers every year. Vets from Canada were here every year on that day, until most past away or were too old to travel. But we will never forget!
In Norway it’s the Russians that helped us🇷🇺🇳🇴
Black British born here. The first time I visited the US (Virginia), a lady was so fascinated by me because she'd "never met a British African American before ".
In turn, I was also fascinated....to the point of speechlessness. Was literally dumbfounded 😳.
🧐Utterly delighted to make your acquaintance, Miss Sierra. 🤠Fishizzle!
It's funny and I'd guess she's close minded but keep in mind for a while in the 80s or 90s the idea was being pushed that it was racist to say anything other than African American in the USA.
That reminds me of a US journalist interviewing Nelson Mandela who asked him how did it feel to be the first African American president of South Africa. I roared laughing watching it.
Actually, lots of Americans are stunned to find lots of Black people in Ireland.
@@SB4F funny thing about that is that it is and always has been white people who decide what blacks and other ethnic groups should be called. Then other white people feel the need to go to bat to defend them. When realistically all anyone of any color wants to be called is by their fucking name their parents gave them.
Funny old world we live in in this backward ass country.
Better to be dumbfounded than just plain dumb as was she.
My Uncle lived in Spain about 15 years ago and has a story of an American lady he met in first class on a train. When the conductor came to check the tickets he told her she only had a standard ticket and couldn't sit in first class to which she replied "But I'm American" 🤦♀
That's just classic!
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaam! 🤣
What did the conductor reply?
That says it all 😶
I'm confused. How could anyone justify this to themselves?
Australian. Lived in US for 3 yrs. Was told “you’re not a real Democracy, because you didn’t FIGHT for your freedom!”
Told my 9yo’s teacher, that she did not need to say the pledge of allegiance, but must be respectful. This was unacceptable to the teacher, so I asked if she would pledge to the Australian flag if living there temporarily. She was SO insulted that I could even suggest it. Profoundly ignorant & stupendously arrogant!
You know there's 350 million of us right? You think we're all like that? Honestly if I visited Australia and everyone was saluting your flag I'd probably do it to just out of respect being a visitor in someone else's country...
Don't go to L.A or New York or any big city and think you are seeing average Americans, the other 3/4's of the country avoid the big cities like the plague for a reason.
@@jskyg68exactly! I lived in Mexico for a few yrs yet I simulated to their customs. 😅😅this is embarrassing for her😂😂
No!!!why on earth would a child who is a citizen of another sovereign nation have to take a PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE to another country??!!?? That is completely unacceptable.
333 million, yep. & quite a few still friends!
REALLY, you would be happy for a 9yo to swear allegiance? As I said, be respectful understanding that this is meaningful to your host country. That same child won a US ‘states & capitals quiz’ soon thereafter. Bcos we encouraged them to learn about the US. Her older sibling topped every class in year 8 @ middle school, & was threatened… “who do you think you are coming here & acting SO smart”.
Sent that child home to boarding school!
This was our lived experience! Friends from Oz, in a different state, took all 3 of their kids out of local schools & put them into private education. ALL 3 of my kids were told that “we, US, can blow you off the face of the earth if we want to”….or words to that effect. Why do CHILDREN have that response to someone who is different? Again these are VERY REAL experiences, courtesy of the fine folk of the US. The reason it triggers outsiders, is because of how often we hear…‘US is the greatest country on earth’!
Profoundly ignorant, stupendously arrogant!
@@janetlynch1170 Sounds like you made the MASSIVE mistake of going to California, I'm in my 50's and have never heard such BS ever my whole life .
Nothing you said would have happened where I live, research before you go to another country.
Singaporean here. went to uni in Michigan back in 2006. I'll never forget an american girl asked me how come Singaporean can understand english? i told her our national language is English, our school curiculum is in English and while we are diverse with many ethnicities and a lot of language are spoken in singapore such as english, mandarin, other chinese dialect (hakka,teochew,etc), melayu (malay), indonesian, tamil, the official language is still English plus we have to submit TOEFL/IELTS/SAT test to be admitted to the university. She called me a liar. She said and i quote "it's impossible!! english only used in europe and america, you see African speaks english in America that's why they called African American same as Asian American" and at that moment i realize going to the states for a "better" education may not be better at all. 😵😵😵
You could have just said that u were colonized by UK same as India and Philippines
Is the UK near Utah?
Australia ain't real, I suppose
And it's getting worse. If De Santis gets his wish, Americans will be applying to college in a state of relative ignorance. His government buddies want Americans ignorant because it will help them get elected.
@@cocaineminor4420 Ah, Philippines colonised by the UK? 😲Did you just rewrite history? 🙄
I’m from England and I studied medieval history. The things I overheard from Americans at some historical sites are just mind boggling. From complaining that they were asked to keep their voices down in a cathedral that began construction in 1079 to complaining that there weren’t other attractions or facilities at the 2500BC Neolithic site of Stonehenge. The best one being that they loudly complain that U.K. tourist attractions are full of too many foreign tourists, like they aren’t also foreign tourists themselves.
Not quite as bad as the English old lady about 3 years back who took to face book after her 1st Spanish holiday to complain there were too many Spaniards here. 😅
I worked for an organised travel agency in Belgium that made full packages accross Europe for themed tours (medieval military architecture, arts, etc). During one trip to France, with quite a couple americans in the group, I ended up having to leave a nutjob to her own fate to prevent the rest of the group being expelled from Le Louvre. She was taken by security after laying on the "Hermaphrodite on Bed" to take a selfie. She screamed about how she "had the right" because she "bought a ticket", and how this was an attack against her and the United Sates, and how the museum personel would be "destroyed" by the US embassy. I was called by security as she gave me as contact (I give my work phone number to all clients in case they get lost during freeroam time), and I either had to take the full group out, or wash my hands of the situation; Called my boss, and the latter it was... The day before she already made problems on the bus to France. After a brief rest on a highway stop to have a drink, grab a bite, use the bathroom, she insisted we stop again 15 minutes after resuming the ride because she needed the bathroom. Now, I'm used to more elderly folk having trouble with that, and am well aware that younger people aren't always spared those issues. But we have a bathroom on the bus for such emergencies (we prefer to not see them used, because they're a bitch to clean, but hey, necessity makes law). So I suggets she just use the emergency bathroom. Full tantrum because it wasn't fair the others got to use a clean bathroom earlier (note that highway restrooms are... mostly covered in invisible fluids at best. The bus restroom is deepcleaned with bleach by myself or the driver every time we stop) She was told off by some of her fellow americans, but I should have been worried from that point on...
Note that I also met some of the nicest people on that trip. Notably and elderly couple from Ohio. She wanted to see where her mom and dad met in the UK during the War (US father, UK mom), and he wanted to visit his grandpa's grave in Belgium. They decied to make a 3 months long tour out of it.
@helenamcginty4920 lmao omg I remember this. Laughed so hard! Also, Spaniards are such lovely, sweet people so her loss she couldn't appreciate them.
Even these 2 making this video think non americans in their home country are 'foreigners'.
They think costa ricans in costa rica are foreigners.
They might be trying to criticize americans but they are still americans
That's nothing compared to the USAmerican old lady that complained to her travel agency that there were too many people speaking mexican in spain :)
'I don't think you should be surprised to find spanish people speaking mexican in spain' 'I'm from Texas, I know mexican when I hear it!'@@helenamcginty4920
I was traveling in Italy with a friend a few years ago. On the second day of the trip she wanted to know why they weren't speaking English. I reminded her that we were in Italy and they were speaking Italian. Her response: "Everyone learns English in every country. It's disrespectful to ignore your visitors." I wanted to smack her but was too stunned to respond.
I think your story is fiction. You hate American people because you have an inferiority complex because Americans gave the world the radio, the television, the telephone, the automobile, the airplane, the computer, the internet, and many other things. Your country likely gave the world next to nothing. You feel inferior, so you have to make up tall tales to make yourself feel superior. I'm an Italian-American who has been to Italy 4 times. I don't believe your story for a second.
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wow 😂😂 Was she serious or just joking??
You should have smacked her
@@yuribatista7268 I'm Italian, I've heard that kind of statement many time...
When I was boy America was the place you wanted your country to be like. Now America is the place you don’t want to be like.
The U.S.A. is the 40k of countries. It even has the mumified Emperor :)
I grew up in Toronto, Canada. We received all 3 American broadcast networks from Buffalo NY. So, I grew up in the 1950-60s knowing full well that I did NOT want my country to be like that. I saw the ugly, naked USA on the nightly news on 3 US and 2 Canadian networks.
after the vote, America is now after the most best countrywhich evwr has been existed. Murica is now great again🤡🤯😂
@@muten861Now try that in real English hahaha
I'm an American, and I don't want to be here! If I could, I would definitely pick another country.
British guy here who lived in Nashville for 4 years. My ex's father (Chattanooga, TN), who once visited the UK in the 70's, told me that Brits didn't have fridges till the 80's or 90's, because he had seen British homes store their milk outside! I had to explain to him, that it was the milkman delivery, leaving the milk by the door and we've had fridges and freezers for the exact amount of time that Americans had. He didn't believe me.
This I found such a charming answer. I don't use enough milk to warrant the use of a milkman. They are a disappearing service.
I always have a milkman even though I don’t need one. I just have a couple of days. Simply to use the service so it keeps it available for those vulnerable who do need it. My mums milkman delivers produce as well.
Hilarious! 🤣🤣 most of Europe used to get milk delivered like that; some places still do 😉
Funny thing because it was the British that invented the freezer
Yeah my mum gets her milk delivered twice a week and sometimes butter and cream lol.
I'm English. I was in a McDonald's in Stockton California and the server said "I love your accent." I replied "I love your accent, too." She looked confused, responded "But I don't have an accent?" and froze, standing motionless and confounded as I turned and left.
*:)))*
Anyone from Madrid would say the same thing to whoever is not from Madrid 😂
They think they have no accent at all since they believe their Spanish is standard.
@@Lyrielonwind When I was a youngster, (I'm Australian) I never considered myself or anyone else from Australia, to be speaking with an accent. I didn't realise at the time that we Australians have an accent too. One that apparently is almost impossible to get right if you're not born here. When I see actors trying to speak with an Australian accent, it's just cringingly bad (see Robert Downey Jr in "Natural Born Killers").
The closest I've seen is Meryl Streep in "Evil Angels" aka "A Cry in the Dark" which was very good but it wasn't perfect. And Kenneth Branagh, during an interview with an Australian reporter, was asked to attempt the Aussie accent as he was well known for being able to nail any accent. He did it and it was flawless. If I hadn't known who he was, I would have thought he'd lived here his whole life.
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the truth is , we don't hear our own accent, I don't know why that is.
I’m Irish, met an American at a house party here on St Patricks Day, I put Thin Lizzy on and she said “You have great music taste for a foreigner”. Irish guy, in Ireland, on an Irish holiday, playing an Irish band. Whole room was calling her an idiot for that one.
serious question I'm into bands like thin Lizzy and I'd like to know if there's any other Irish classic rockers I should know about that might not have been as popular over here in the states.
@@theatomicpunkkid Thin Lizzy’s about as heavy as I go so I don’t listen to the rest of these much but the classics are U2, the Cranberries and the Boomtown rats. If you want just good Irish bands I’m a big fan of the Snow Patrol, the Academic and the Blizzards, Hoziers very good too although he’s more of a solo guy. The Pogues, the Dubliners, the Waterboys and the Saw Doctors would be pretty well regarded too although they’re all a bit more trad music inspired than traditional rock. Then there’s the Strypes who were a really good modern rock band and the Commitments which was a bit like an Irish version of the Blues Brothers. Irelands got a load of really good bands with a pretty wide range of sounds so I dunno what to suggest specifically but Thin Lizzy are my favourite we ever produced, Snow Patrols probably my 2nd favourite but they’d have a very different sound to Thin Lizzy. Hope that helped man
@@guyincognito7518 I've heard of Snow patrol they were on the radio over here but I may have heard of the boomtown rats left to check them out and see if I remember anything I haven't heard them in a while at least
@@guyincognito7518 One of my favourites is Lunasa. Saw them when they played in a little town/scout hall at Possum Creek in Byron Bay. That place was jumping so hard sweat was dripping off the ceiling!!
@@davespanksalot8413 I’ll check them out, great username btw
67 countries refer to English as their first language. 55 countries refer to English as their second language. What shocked us the most, was when some Americans couldn't point to their own country on a world map.
As an American I think those people just have some learning disability 😨
There are only 5 English-speaking-countries:
- USA
- Canada
- Australia
- New Zealand
- England
12:11 I remember being in Granada and there were two Americans sitting on a table near me in a restaurant and they were having language difficulties with the waiter, they didn't speak Spanish and the waiter didn't speak English. I helped them out a little (I speak Spanish) and afterwards and one the Americans asked me where I was from, I said I'm from the UK, he said, wow! Your English is so good! I said, Thanks man! Your English isn't bad either! He genuinely looked very very confused and carried on eating...
hahaha oh my good. This has to be hilarious.
LOL.
Thas was hilarious.
Americans don't call it "The You-Kay". We call it England or Britain. Both of which have a dignity to them. "The UK" sounds like a fast food burger joint.
So, did he think that he spoke "American" rather than "English"?
@@Anonymoose66G Must be a generational thing; at 65 I've never thought of myself as anything other than British, but I do say I'm from the UK.
When I started my holiday in the US I thought I’d like to live there. By the second week of my holiday I realised the U.S. was a despotic third world country masquerading as a first world country.
Like London? FYI stay away from all the big cities anywhere you go, the biggest scumbags all flock there.
I've lived in the US my whole life (over 50 years) and I never go to the big cities, I thought everyone knew better......
Then you realized you were in London 🤣
@@jskyg68 I❤London!
@@LupaMoon-008 Maybe you can find counseling? 😆
@@jskyg68 Can you give me the contact data of your shrink ? 😂
I AM English. No single little thing annoys me more that seeing an America Flag next to the language option for English.
- especially when it's actually the flag of Liberia. That one makes me so embarrassed to be human.
As an Australian, I will always pick anything, but the American flag for the language option, if there is no Australian, give me the Brit flag.
Americanese
@@ShabtiFoxx I’d even prefer Canadian English. At least they say zed!
Same with "Brazilian" Portuguese getting more emphasis from Google or Wikipedia than the original European Portuguese. The 220 vs 10million factor.
As a Brit I was once mocked by an American that ''We saved you in WW2. If it wasn't for us you'd all be speaking German''. I replied, yes, and for that I am eternally grateful to the good people of Japan. He looked confused, I said, ''Let me explain; WW2 started in 1939. Your country sat with their collective arses on the fence waiting to see who would win and had it not been for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941 you'd still be sat there now. You didn't give us anything, you loaned us and it took us decades to pay the loan back, so thanks for everything''
You always hear WW champs and other nonsense . The education system seems to be sorely lacking .
Yet the UK remained on food rations for years to help feed Europe. Australia, NZ and even some South American countries donated food to Europe too whilst everything the US gave was via loans.
No doubt you have heard of 'their no such thing as a free lunch '😂
Actually, quite a bit of money was spent helping Europe and Japan rebuild after WWII. Nobody remembers, though. Otherwise, education is now, “all about me.”
@@Bran9- the Americans are still occupying Europe nearly 80 years later, and they complain that we don't pay them enough for their unwanted presence.
I've heard a story where when an American asked an Englishman what nationality he was and he replied 'English' she, apparently, turned around and told him that was not possible because English was a language not a nationality!
There is a massive difference between ignorance and stupidity. Incredibly intelligent people simply don't know stuff. That doesn't make them stupid, it makes them ignorant. My mother, who used to be a teacher, once said "Stupidity is permanent, ignorance can be cured with a judicious dose of education."
Similar things have been said to lots of people from the UK on TH-cam lol
I'm English. I am here to tell you, we definitely do exist
@@LordEriolTolkien sure about that 😁😁😁
I love your mum's quote
She was right. English, Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish are not nationalities. We're all British Citizens.
Years ago I lived in the city of York, in England. Shortly after arriving there I went on one of the lovely guided tours of the old city, which included the York Minster cathedral. One of two older USian women asked the guide "Is that pre-war?". The guide replied "lady, that's pre-America".
Also a former York resident. I was once walking High Petergate, going past the church that's just off to the side of the Minster and a couple of US Americans were in discussion, looking at the church wall, seemed a little troubled, and they randomly grabbed me as I was passing and were like 'Excuse me, I know everything in the UK is a lot smaller than the US, but is this really the great York Minster we've heard so much about?'... I was like... No honey... come with me. We walked like the ten meters further up the street and I just sort of gestured up and they were like '... Oh... Okay.' I am still to this day not sure how they managed to get to that point in the city without having seen the Minster from further away but... it made for a funny moment at least xD.
I was in York a few years ago, and an American asked me the way to London Bridge. I directed her to the A1 and said, "Just keep going. You can't miss it" 🤪🤣
I love that guide! 👏🏻😁🏴
If they had been travelling around Europe they may have just been asking if it was the original building or rebuilt after the war. Don't always assume the worst.
@@reindeer7752 Even if Europe was that rebuilt (which is not) we have to assume they're not able to make smart enough questions -> "Is this the original one?". But yes, in this case we should assume they know that pre-war stuff is definitely usual in Europe.
The thing about the girl being irritated on the states question is because we, as non-americans, are expected to know very specific information about the US when most Americans can't even locate other countries in a map. It's the double standard
Would be confusing if the answer was “I m from Georgia” 🤣
And then, we probably do much more about the US than them
@@ulli5328really?
@@yoshiking6027yeah, def
Tbh I don't know much about US geography. I know the names of the states but I couldn't point to most of them on a map or tell you most of their capitals. It's just this vast land of assorted polygons to me, and if someone tells me they're from West Dakota or Pennsyldelphia or something I don't have a clue where that is in the grid.
I’m Japanese, living in Japan, and I met an American guy who’s been living in Japan as an expat from his company for 8 years but doesn’t speak Japanese.
Turned out we both love movies so we talked about MCU or Star Wars and such. Then I also talked about some Japanese movies and Korean movies.
He asked me, why I dare to watch ‘foreign movies’. He asked me what made me want to watch those ‘foreign’ movies while there are so many movies in English. He continued that it’s not fun to listen to a language he doesn’t understand, and ‘be forced to read the subtitles’. ‘I don’t do to theaters to read. I just wanna see movies’.
I answered, ‘you know that for me, movies in English ARE foreign movies right?’ and he seemed shocked.😮
How does someone not learn the language of the country they are living in for 8 years? Even by accident! It's amazing the effort needed to avoid any kind of integration.
@@inigogarcia4336 he’s living in Japan but he works at a company where English is the common language, and he only hangs out with English speakers on weekends. in such cases, it is possible to live in Japan for eight years without learning a bit of the language…overall, he’s not interested in the society he’s in.
@@inigogarcia4336not only didn’t he learn japanese after 8 year in the country, he wasn’t fast enough in reading his own language to read subtitles. Thats something people in my country do around 8-9 old.
They tend to forget, that outside the US, they are the foreigners/tourist/non native people.
Ps: how can you be living for 8 years in Japan and not learn the language?
THEY ARE IGNORANTS,NO GOOD EDUCATION.AND ARROGANTS
I remember seeing a vid of an American living in Germany who had been speaking with a friend back in America. The friend was shocked when she found out that German time was 6hrs ahead of where she was in America and then horrified that Germany had not warned America about the Twin Towers tragedy seeing as Germany knew about it 6hrs before America did. I kid you not😆
Stop it 😆😆
😂😂😂😂 this is gold
Wow, I watched 9/11 live as it happened at about 3.00am in the morning but the next day. Australia is a lot ahead. I was talking to a friend in Texas. I could have warned them so much sooner. That still haunts me just being awake to see it. I once told my American friends that Tuesday was a really bad day. So just stay in bed. Some of them did.
My head hurts just trying to fit that level of stupidity into my world view.
Aah, we call such people “special “, as you are not allowed to say what you actually mean!
I was an English teacher in a foreign country. One day, I had a young boy student whose accent, when he spoke English, was perfectly British. I was so surprised to hear him speak with a British accent, it really sounded nice. He still needed to learn expressions and certain vocabulary. A few days after his class with me he had an American teacher ( the school sometimes switched us around). The American teacher found the boy's accent horrible and started to teach him from scratch by getting him to pronounce everthing in American English. The child was confused and started to lose confidence in himself. After a few lessons with the American teacher the mother took her son out of the school.
TEFL teacher here. That is so wrong. I taught English in the UK and many Korean and Japanese students would come with American accents. It´s an english accent. I never tried to change their accents
When I first learned english in school it was supposed to be "Oxford English". After an appreticeship I startet school again and we had an ( attractive ) english teacher from near London. She said: forget about Oxfard english, its the english of the aristocrats - and tose are dying out. She wanted to teach us the english the news-speaker of BBC spoke. Next year she went back home and we got a teacher from Boston, USA. She said: You're pronouncing it all wrong - and the tried to switch us to her funny accent. As a result we learned a very mixed up accent.
So would I!
@@shapeshifter1211 BBC English is basically Standard English. It is how kids in former British colonies in Asia learn also. My grandpa can speak perfect English and his accent is similar to the BBC Radio newsreaders.
As a Scotsman living in Glasgow i find all Americans who try to put on a Scots accent offensive and feel like its taking the piss as do a lot of my fellow Countrymen. Some Americans think its funny and always get it so wrong.
I met one elderly female tourist in a doorway sheltering from a downpour and being a friendly Weegie i rattled on about the Great British Summer weather to which i noticed her stunned silence and just before a had to dash across George Square to catch my train she asked me to repeat what i`d just said, i said what ? All of it ? She said she didn`t understand a single word i`d just said and that her husband was watching me like a hawk from across the road as he was supposed to be tracing his family roots. Neither of them had a clue what i was saying.
I'm English living in England, working in retail. I was serving a American gentleman who say to me, " you people are nice, but all of you need to learn how to speak English properly." My brain pretty much blue screened at that.
I'm from the Caribbean and they don't know we are U.S. citizens by birth. 😂😂😂😂 We are part of the U.S. since 1898 . My American friends you don't need a passport and you still are in U.S. soil. 😂😂😂😂😂Love them😂
Umm, the whole Caribbean doesn’t belong to the USA. Haiti is its own country, parts belong to the British so these would need passports to enter the USA.
😂😂 I had the same problem, as a Brit they couldn't understand me in Florida and asked if I could speak English. 😅
@@lisaphares2286they obviously meant the country they’re from in the Caribbean.
But the british accent is so classy, and easier to understand!
I once had a American friend ask me what the french word for baguette was, when I told him it was baguette, he was like 'no that's what we call it, what do the French call it' we were in a boulangerie at the time on holiday in Normandy. I might add we was quite loudly spoken at the time and we were surrounded by locals.
one of george bushes quotes was ' the french have no word for entrepenuer ' ~
We had an American guest a while back and showed him my German hometown and other cities because we thought he would find the architecture interesting. He kept saying how much everything looked "fake" because it reminded him of Disney World...
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Oh well Neuschwanstein was the inspiration for the Disney Cinderella Castle, wasn't it?
Lol😂
Well to be fair most of your best architecture was blown up because you kept trying to kill everyone... lmao. Just saying.
@@paulsmith8510 what a simplified concept of war. That's like saying most of your cities are on fire because you chose to enslave black people and kept bullying them to this day lmao
I'm from Europe and I was traveling in the USA. A US-American woman asked me if we have shops and cinemas in Europe. I was shocked by her ignorance.
It's even funnier if you know that cinema was invented in France
So do you? ☺
It's shocking because google Street view is right there.
My British boss asked me if we had books in Chinese in China
Supermarkets, in my case, but, yeah, been there
I'm European. My company sent us to the US one time for training. In Atlanta I went to a bar, got to talk to this local guy. He said that the US were the greatest country in the world. Turns out he had never once in his life been outside the state of Georgia 😂
That figures.
The only problem is that he is mostly correct but it becoming less correct as our leftward drift lowers us to world norms.
@@frankgriffin6293 lol, 'murica is degrading fast into a fascist dictatorship
we are all looking down on you, don't you realize?
next D-Day will be in your country....
@@frankgriffin6293 the us is only great in a select few categories eg. Most prisoners in the world and highest incarceration rate, worst healthcare efficiency and healthcare system highest taxes of pay check just to mention a few
@@frankgriffin6293 like I had to say it but you are the exact type of person this video is making fun of for having to a centralised world view
What is it with Texans not knowing that English is from England? My British father was been the victim of the“You speak very good English!” line despite being from Britain, the birthplace of English, and that was a Texan, too. They said it in such a condescending way, too. But my dad got revenge by immediately saying, “Thank you. I only wish I say the same of your English.”
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Bravo!
A friend of mine moved here from Ireland a few years ago. She was in the sales Dept of a hydraulic and pneumatic equipment sales company. She used to deal with a lot of customers from all over the U.S. and still laughs about the customer from Louisiana who asked how long she had lived in the U.S. and when she said 3 years, he commented “Wow and you speak such good English” to which she replied. “Thank you. I picked up the language very quickly”!
@@agf1700 LOL
NOT ALL TEXANS!
I'm English and was visiting New York... at breakfast an American lady stated doing the rounds table by table introducing herself (she was a guest like everyone else) she came to our table and asked us where we were from... we said England...she said is that in Europe? I asked where she was from? She said Texas! I replied is that in Mexico....she didn't like that lol 😉😉👍🏼
but England is in europe (geographically at least)
Tell her it's pronounced "Tehas" (it is!) and she'll hate you till she dies.
@Lorraine Moynehan only just seen this reply ... she didn't mean it like that, she thought the uk was a land locked country in part of Europe
That is actually very funny. Sadly, these last 3 generations of Americans are graduating from our ''High Schools'' being less and less educated. On the other hand, I've heard some whoppers of stupidity from Foreigners who were here on vacation.......
Considering Texas was part of Mexico makes it more funny
When I got offered an ex pat job starting up a pan European job in Belgium, I was pretty proud and happy but my grandmother asked me, "couldn't you find a job in America"? Btw, I left the US and haven't come back because the quality of life in Europe is so much better than in the US. Better health care, more holiday time and almost no gun violence.
Yet sadly most Americans would rather stick their fingers in their ears and tell you they can't hear you, then believe that fact...
On a side note, you're not a UCC engineer are you?
@@BrianC1664 No, I'm not that intelligent.
@Brian Fallon I'm also in Belgium, as a German. It's interesting to see someone in the comments who lives here. :)
Yeah.....all of those reasons are why I'm planning on moving to Europe, haven't decided where yet, probably Ireland, but it's just continually getting worse and worse in the US by the day!!!
@@DieBlutigeLynn After living / working in Belgium for 3+ years, my employer offered me the chance to move to London. I decided to do so and was very happy...until the UK left the EU. Now I really miss being part of the European family. I do think, though, that the UK will return on some level. Possibly as a member of the Single Market.
I love to see, when US people realize that "most houses in Europe are older" than their whole country is always fun.
I once told an American the village I grew up in is 1000 years old and I think their mind broke for a second 😂
saying MOST houses is pushing it, though.
@@emileduvernois6680 yes, thats true of course. But it also depends on where you are.
Are you living in a house built in 1610? That's when my first European ancestor arrived in Jamestown Colony. Since the colonists didn't have the ability to build permanent structures immediately, there are no original houses from that time. It's just something for you to think about.
@@reindeer7752 No, I dont live in a house from 1610, but if I would like to, I could do that in and around my town. And the first non permanent structures would be another 800 years older than 1610. I know when the Americas where discovered, but Columbus and even the Vikings started their journeys from europe so it has to be older. No reason to be proud of, just a fact. And also, of course there where natives ling in America, Asia, Africa and Australia long long before any house where built.
With my first husband (then in the US military) I once visited Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany. As we were walking up to the castle and could see it properly for the first time, a little girl, riding on her Dad's shoulders, exclaimed, "Look Dad, they stole Cinderella's castle!" I couldn't help myself, I turned around and said, "No, it's the other way round. Disney stole from King Ludwig of Bavaria!"
Recently at Windsor Castle, two American tourists were talking in a typically loud fashion saying 'I like the faux Tudor designs on those buildings'. The buildings in question were 15-16th grace and favour dwellings. I don't think many Yanks can appreciate that some things have been around before 1776.
@@stewartbristow846 The really dumb one I heard was.... "Why did the Queen build the castle so close to Heathrow airport" ?!?!?!?
You must’ve felt really good telling off a child 🙄
I've heard exactly the same about speke hall. It's immediately opposite Liverpool airport across the river mersey@@frankieelen7238
In 1994 I drove across American with my 17 year old son and generally I found Americans even in Harlem very polite and welcoming, especially when they realized we were British. But what amazed on us flying to Denver from NY and driving to LA staying in many motels that even with many TV stations and listening to the news on many different state stations, the news was ONLY about America. Even the newspapers had only American news. After three weeks it felt quite spooky and weird because having travelled a great deal as working and on my own holidaying, I never came across it again, even in China and Russia such self-obsession with themselves and really total ignorance that there were other very relevant news events going on in the world that were not to do with America only
Maybe you should ask yourself who controls the media instead of casting stones at those people who were so friendly to you.
I wish that there were more international stories on BBC news as well though.
Look, I'm European (and I you too) - the thing is, as you properly noticed, that the US is so big. Europe fits twice on the US American continent....soo, I think it's one explanation for this behavior. But yeah, I also believe that if they would like to know more about the rest of the world - they could but they don't sooo it's still an ignorant behavior😅
*I think you too
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@@noname6389 Generalization is an ignorant behavior too. I guess you think you're so eloquent that if Europe ran the massive psyops in your media that Americans receive that you'd be one of the "smart ones" like me who see through all the crap. Yes, you are cut from a better cloth no doubt. What you Europeans need to understand is that the cream of the crop in the United States is on a whole other level than you are. Keep focusing on the backwards people, please.
I was born and raised in USA. I am very Latina minus any Latin accent. I was working at an MD office, with an older male patient that declared he was Italian. He then asked me where was I from. I answered the city I was born in. He said no where are your people from, I told him the carribean. He asked me when I was going back. He had an Italian sir name so I said well how much longer before you go back to Italy? He said why would I do that? I said, exactly. My dad surrounded us with history books and atlases (he was a cartographer) so I knew from a very young age that colonization was part of history, not the beginning of history.
Well.......................99% of the Italians came to the United States legally. 99% of the Hispanics snuck in and just stayed. Excluding Puerto Ricans and wet foot dry foot Cubans I guess. Italians were an integral part of the building of this country into what it was in the years that followed the civil war up until after WW2. Prior to 1966 there were no Hispanics in the country. None. So you're basically a carpet bagger in his country. 2 sides to every coin chica.
Bingo!!💯🎯👍😅 .....
Reminds me of my mother telling me the recurring situations she still encounters here in USA even though she's been here over 60 years.
So, what do you think of America?
Mom:(with shocked,incredulous looks): America?? I've never left America!
So, do you miss the palm trees and the jungle?
Mom: jungle?! What jungle?! I've never even seen a jungle! Did you even go to school?!? Look at my country on the map! Where do you see a jungle?!?😂
Yep. I understand you perfectly. I´m mexican and although when I lived in the US I never had a problem but is annoying they link your race or fenotype to your nationality and even if you born there you are not really an american, you are caribean. In Mexico you can born in Guadalajara and have green skin big black almond shaped eyes, four fingers in each hand, but if you born here you are not an alien, you are mexican. (By the way mexicans can born wherever they are pleased to born. 🤣
Having traveled to the US several times it always surprises me how insular they are.
The news is mostly locally based with small amounts of national news and very little if any international news
Also I think that many US travellers perceive the UK and Europe to be one giant Disneyland that’s been made for their entertainment
American here. I agree with you on all three points. I have often said that there are people who think the Colosseum was built for tourists. Fortunately, they are in the minority but stand out for their ignorance.
I'm from the US and a large part of the problem stems from the fact that our home country is large. So many places to visit with varied terrains and elevations. Lots of cultural diversity too but the same language is spoken and the same economic hierarchy is in place. I think a lot of my fellow citizens aren't willing to be inconvenienced by stepping outside of their comfort zone. Their mistake!
To live in Paris feels like living in a giant human zoo sometimes. So many tourists think that the inhabitants are employees whose duty is to serve and entertain them... it's no surprise the Parisians became rude. Mass tourism is a nightmare.
I lived in North America 30 years ago and also noticed how insular they were.
But what is shocking me as of 2023 is that still today, with all the "internets", where the information is right there in front of you, North Americans are still ignorant.
Yes, I included Canada in the "North American"
But let's be honest here, the French are rude & aloof and not just Parisians.
That's the ignorance in them. A young dentist in Washington who was my aunt's (also a full-fledged dentist in the Philippines) boss asked her if Filipinos live in trees. He was a dentist, for crying out loud!
Sorry guys, but our University of Santo Tomas is older than Yale and Harvard.
WTF, no way
No way!
@@Z3t487
The University of Santo Tomas, Philippines was founded in 1611.
I remember seeing a while back the UK flag for "English" and the US flag for "Simplified English".
Not sure if it was a joke but it gave me a bit of a laugh.
Conb
Gratulations on so openly addressing the truth in the old saying "stupidity is forgivable, ignorance is not."
Where there is a gap in your knowledge you two actively set out to remedy the situation and are open to accurate information, no matter if it clashes with or undermines long held beliefs.
This compares so positively with a quote I saw on another stream a while back where a countryman of yours said that he would rather be lied to and receive false information than
(continued from above) have his conservative views undermined or be shown that socialism is not simply evil.
I'm not taking a political position here, but as a New Zealander we grow up with an awareness of the wider world and what seems to be an innate curiosity of what is out there
Keep it up, you are doing well and can only be the better world citizens for your efforts
Close to truth. The real English language has so many more words that just do not get used the US of A
@@paulcrowley8587 US has invented lots of non words like "bested", "medalled" and "burglarized" not to mention insufferable grammatical crimes such as "my bad"
nope it wasn't a joke, American English is classed as Simplified English
I remember, when I went to study in America, a girl refused to believe I was from France and basically called me a liar because, and I quote, “you don’t have the accent”…
When I spoke to her in french she just looked entirely unconvinced. I didn’t bother any more of course, but wow…
I can force the accent, and if you listen closely you’ll hear it on certain words sometimes, but apparently that’s speaking decent english means I can’t be french lmao
Wow I just don't get why a person wouldn't believe someone saying where they are from.
@@midwestamericans3806 Me neither, that's why I just moved on. Didn't want to bother with them much after their.... display
I met two college gents in the US at a business where I use to work. The guy with the Norwegian accent was actually the son of American diplomats who grew up in Norway. His classmate that spoke English with a "DC Accent" was actually Norwegian who was the son of Norwegian diplomats and he grew up in the US. They had to show their IDs (they used their passports) to get in so I knew what they were saying was legit. Had my brain spinning...lol.
I'm English, and speak with a 'classic' RP cut glass accent, as I come from an 'Old' family. However, my Grandmother was from Normandy, from my birth, pretty much only spoke French to me, and during my childhood, would frequently take me to visit relations in France.
On more than one occasion, most memorably some old boy in Rennes, who insisted on seeing my British Passport, people would refuse to believe I was English, as I didn't speak French with an English accent !
To be fair, I actually took this as a compliment, my Grandmother was so pleased........
I’ve had genuine arguments with foreigners and people from the south of England because I’m northern and that means I sound somewhat Scottish but of course they all think I’m from Ireland and are very keen on telling ME that
In Britain our school history lessons tend to focus on British history, but since that history necessarily involves us fighting with just about everyone we get World history by default.
Good one
😂😂😂😂
Almost same here .. only vice versa ..
We'v been attacked, crusaded, invaded, annexed, occupied etc. buy most of nearby countries for last 1000 years ;)
Greetings from Estonia!
That just shows how you have become a victim to the British view of history. Just to name one example of a cataclysmic event in world history: what were you taught about the Thirty Years War? Who were the main protagonists? What was the big casus belli? What was the outcome? How did it shape history from that time forward? In fact: when was the Thirty Years War actually?
No, I thought you wouldn’t know. 🙄🙄🙄
@@frankteunissen6118 I'm not British but in history we were taught about the 30 years war. We covered a lot of European history but not very in depth. Our country's history was covered in much greater detail and, in looking back, from one perspective only.
I had no real interest in history and so I studied to pass more than to gain and retain knowledge and understanding. I'm sure I'm not the only one who did that.
Dutchie here, I actually had a conversation with a couple of Americans who were absolutely confounded by the idea of a constitutional monarchy, how we have rights and freedoms whilst also being "ruled" by a monarch.They could not fathom the idea that we have a parliament and that our monarch does not have absolute power.
Did you also tell them that a constitutional monarchy is one of the most stable forms of democracy?
I saw the Bruce Willis film “Armageddon” at a cinema in Australia. When Willis delivered the line “I guess America has to save the world again”, the entire audience loudly moaned, then we all laughed at our spontaneous reaction.
Haha. Nice one :D
Sounds like a shit movie...
@@sinekonata What 3rd world sh_t hole are you in? Asking for a friend.
Wahaha best thing I've read today! I wish I was there too
@@sinekonata What 3rd world sh_t pit are you in?
Sounds like you have a giant chip on your shoulder.
I worked at a border crossing between Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario. I had an American woman come through my line and said she was going shopping. It was Christmas Day and I told her all the stores were closed. She looked at me with a puzzled look and asked, “do you celebrate Christmas in Canada too?” I replied, “ no ma’am they only celebrate Christmas in the United States and the little town of Bethlehem.”
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It makes me laugh, since only "gringo Americans" have a problem with mentioning that "Latin American countries" are simply American countries.
Not only Canada can count as America.
Not only North America can count as America.
America can count as the ENTIRE continent.
We are all Americans, from Argentina, through Ecuador, to Canada... only gringos have this biased vision.
Mexican here, we are part of North America, obviously gringos don’t accept it. 🤦🏻♀️
Us Canadians would NEVER call ourselves americans for fear of being mistakeen for US citizens.
@@malessa88 2 continents…North America, and South America.
There are 7 continents in total.
North America
South America
Europe
Asia
Africa
Antarctica
Australasia (also known as Oceania)
It always pains me to admit this. However, I have to say that after a year living in England, my husband and I had our first son. We were in the ward, and the matron came over to check the baby. She started talking to us, and immediately asked if I was American. I said yes, we talked a bit more then she said, "I love talking to immigrants and getting to know what they think about the UK." The word that stuck in my mind was immigrant. I'd been there a whole year, and that word had never crossed my mind, even though I knew then, it was stupid. Of course I was an immigrant. However, we're conditioned by certain media, and others, to view the word as an insult, a bad thing, so the thought never occurred to me.
Ok this is 1 of my issues with Americans. I KNOW you guys are as multicultural as we are so why the hang up with the word 'immigrant'? You do realise that you're entire nation is made up of immigrants yes? (Whether they arrived thousands of years ago or in the last few centuries)
@@susie9893 Yeah, l think the OP came to the realization you did. Took her a while but she got there. Americans are used to thinking of themselves as the be all and end all. But no one else thinks of them that way. It's a shock when they understand they're not the star of the show except in their own heads.
@@susie9893 Yes, the US is a country built by immigrants still to this day. However, the problem is the weaponization of the word. Most Americans who use the word to put immigrants down. Even though it's stupid because we all come from somewhere else except of course for the Native Americans. But up to the time when I was in the hospital no one had reminded me that I was in fact an immigrant. It just took a second for my brain to go from whaaaat to oh yes, I am. lol. Later, since I lived in the UK for ten years, I had to remind myself all the time that even though I had assimilated into the culture, I wasn't a Brit. lol
@@spellbindingcrashed It didn't take me that long LOL I promise. It was all going from what to yes, I am quite quickly. LOL It's a shame that not many of us go abroad. After living in England for ten years and a few more years in France, I learned a lot of things that we're never taught in the States. But mostly, how we're viewed by other countries. It's humbling, but also a good thing. Because then we learn how screwed our country is and has been for a while.
@@spellbindingcrashed I swear it wasn't that long. I literally went from whaat to Oh, yes I am in a second probably. But living in the UK and France for almost fifteen years taught me a lot about how the world sees us, and also how we see ourselves. And well, how wrong we are to assume that our country is so great. I've been back in Florida for a bit over ten years, and keep telling my husband, who is French American, that we need to go back to Europe. But for now, whenever I talk to someone who has never left the US, I encourage them to visit other countries and read a bit more. :)
The funniest thing I heard from an American was in my home city (Glasgow in Scotland) I was sitting on a bench near the cathedral eating lunch and struck up a conversation with an American guy who had been taking photos of the amazing architecture.
he said to me "wow that church is beautiful it must be at least a couple of hundred years old". I was like dude that cathedral was built about 550 years before the USA was founded , I had to pull up the info on my phone before he would believe me
(the cathedral was finished 791 years ago in 1232, construction started in 1197 )
the thing that really blew his noodle was when I told him that there are neolithic ruins of houses on the Orkney isles that predate the pyramids of Giza by more than 1000 years :)
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As a university student I have worked as a guide with American tourists for 2 months. Various groups. It was like a patience training - I had to suppress anger & annoyance non-stop as they were offending everyone everywhere and I had to deal with the consequences (stealing, destroying stuff, breaking laws, being rude... and this was in EU country, I cant even imagine these people traveling to less tolerant places). The worst part-time job ever. I would rather clean toilets than go through it again. I mean it.
Give us some specific examples. Just for giggles
I’m so sorry. 🙏 On behalf of the U.S., I apologize. Not all of us are terrible boors.
YUP!! Don't get as much Sh*t in the toilet bowl as comes out of a Yank's mouth.
This doesn't surprise me. My ex was American he would complain about everything being different in Australia where I am from. He quoted so many times on how America is better in everything and basically everywhere else just copied America but they didn't copy them well... He didn't last long in Australia because he annoyed everyone he met. My daughter and I moved to America for 2 and a half years. She was born in Australia and my ex was her step Dad. She was asked to write an essay on why America was the best country in the world. She was dismayed and asked me what to do because she liked America but she still thought of Australia as being the best country to her. She didn't want to lie. So I told her to do what they asked, but write how she thinks Australia is better and why so she was being true to herself and her own opinions. She was failed for that essay, because she "didn't do what she was asked". Also a year after being there friends of my ex told us we should stop calling ourselves Australian and start saying we're American because we'd been there "long enough". Like being an American is the dream of everyone in the world. I love Australia, I love our medical system, I love our culture, I love our land, why would I want to forget who I am and where I came from? We obviously ended up moving back home to Australia and that marriage failed.
As a proud Australian resident, I find it absolutely insulting that your daughter was virtually blackmailed into saying “America is the best country in the world.” just to “ pass “ an essay test. She was being honest in her opinion of Australia and was denied her right to freedom of speech, which they boast so much about in the states. Now we know where that biased opinion eventuates from. Students are brainwashed into thinking it. Credit to your daughter for standing up for herself and expressing her true feelings.♥️
@@arnolddavies6734 Dude, you know nothing about America or Americans.
@@georgecooksey8216No, they're right. I'm an American, and we can be so entitled. Hell, I even apologize to op and their daughter for how they were treated on behalf of my country. I mean, it's the truth. More than half of us still think Africa is a country with a bunch of people living in huts among the animals and lacking technology. 🤦🏿♀️ I've literally googled images of Lagos, Nigeria, and it looks bigger than fucking New York! 🤯 I know barely anything about other countries, because I'm not into that, but I still know that the stereotypes aren't all true. I'm not going to assume a random person from Asia is automatically a genius or that someone from Germany worships Hitler. Hell, many Germans probably hated him. I'm sure they don't all look down on Americans as fat, low IQ gun people who worship the flag, either.
That was awful of the school, but also you for suggesting she write about how Australia was superior. If left to her own devices she would have written a beautiful, perfectly accurate essay on how Northern Ireland is the best country in the world.
@@georgecooksey8216 Sure we do. We know very well about you guys. It's also pretty amusing to see you and another handful of rednecks scouting the comments and showing your utter desperation when people of the entire world show you how they REALLY think about you guys. For sure that's not what you learned on Fox News. 🤣
Honestly I came here for the comments and I'll admit it I wasn't disappointed. Here's my most recent "American experience". I'm from Bulgaria and like 3 years ago I was waiting for my flight at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam. Next to me was this middle aged couple from NY state. When they saw me writing an email in English on my laptop they asked me if I was from The US. When I told them where I was from, they replied "Oh it's so nice that you finally gained your independence from the Soviet Union." I was like WTF fellas my county exists since 681 and turned my ear buds on. 😂😂
It's ironic that they were talking like this to a Bulgarian. Your country is the oldest of entire Europe. Also, the country of roses :) Greetings from Italy.
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Non è il Portogallo, lo Stato più antico d'Europa?@@Liaros_
@@gabrielesolletico6542 No, la Bulgaria è nata nel 600. Non 1600, proprio 600 (da una rapida ricerca, il 681) dopo Cristo.
Secondo google in realtà il più antico è la Repubblica di San Marino, però, seguito dalla Bulgaria. Dipende se vuoi considerare i microstati oppure no.
I'm portuguese my country has the same borders since 1136.
We are the oldest country in europe with the same borders
One of my friends living in Germany overheard these Americans exclaiming about the Cologne Cathedral stating "Wow, this must be at least 50 years old!".
No way 😂 omg 😢
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there is a ranch house in Arizona near Vegas that is open to the public as the first house in the valley before vegas was built up, the guide said it was built in 1920 somthing, (this was 1991)I said OH the house I was born in in the uk was around 150 years old, he went a bit quiet then. My son got in trouble in Germany when he was about 4 ,we were visiting Neuschwanstein , he got a bit tired walking about and went off and sat in a chair, the guide asked him to stand up as the chair was 900 years old.
That's kind of cute. Ignorance without the arrogance is fine by me.
My friends live in Torgau, Sachsen (Germany) and their house is from 1452. That's 50 years before Columbus found America ;)
Canadian, travelling through Europe in my youth. I came across another person, looked early twenties, with the Canadian flag sewn on their backpack. I asked them where in Canada were they from and they responded "Missouri". It turned out that many Americans back packing through Europe would add the Canadian flag to their jacket or backpack as Americans were not well-regarded. It actually made me mad, because if that person engaged in rude or disrespectful behaviour, that locals would assign that behaviour to a "Canadian".
On the same trip, I was standing in line at the Eiffel Tower with my girlfriend at the time with a group of 4 Americans in line behind us. It was the early 90's and we were part of the goth scene at the time, so we were dressed in black, I had a black leather jacket, etc. We could hear the Americans joking about us in English and then one taps me on the shoulder and asks in really bad French if we were into bondage. I responded, "pardon me?"
He said, "oh, you speak English?"
I answered, "yes, we are Canadian. We speak it better than you."
Who goes to other countries and decides to be deliberately rude to people they think are locals?
Unfortunately, some a-hole Americans do that. I’m American, and I was embarrassed when, on a tour with other Americans beginning in Venice, a few Americans began to tell “Italian jokes” (mean jokes about Italians) in the lobby of the very nice Venetian hotel we were in, with Italians around us. That was in 2005. I was mortified at their boorish behavior.
I have lived in many countries around the world, and my experience with Americans has been that they want to see the world, but they expect to see America wherever they go. They find it difficult to accept difference and get quite vocal when things are not done "their" way. The thought of adjusting, adapting or even embracing different ways and cultures seems to have never entered the equation. Especially at airports, I wear earphones to not hear the whining and complaining.
This is the reason they start so many wars. Anything different to them must be destroyed.
I've overhead some of my fellow citizens complain that they'd expected chickens in the streets. Also, as the town I live in became more prosperous, the short term mission groups dropped off. Parts of the US look poorer than the town I live in.
Uhh they are so loud..... 😖
It's true,Americans are not adapted to adapt to foreign countries.
But it is in their own country, in America, that the Law and other achievements are based on the superextraversion of each and every American.
With the exception of extraversion, they are similar to the Japanese in this, how ironic.
Their culture is constant surveillance of everyone, policing everyone, endless control and quarreling with those who violate it, i.e. with each other
I think you make a good point. It's like why would there not be a McDs on the moon.
In Ireland, we have Americans from the US visiting who ask us how come we have cars and motorways? They thought we go everywhere in a donkey and cart. Another once phoned up to ask if we had electricity as he thought only America had electricity!!! Yet another asked "how can Ireland be in Europe? Isn't Europe, like, a country?" I was also congratulated once on speaking "good American!!!" I had to explain that American isn't a language, and that Americans speak English (or a version of it), and that we have been speaking English in Ireland for hundreds of years.
I used to be a tour guide, and when I showed an American couple around an 800 year old building. They looked puzzled, then said "how can it be 800 years old? We are only 200 years old!!" I had to politely explain that there is more to the world than America, and world history didn't start in 1776. Even American history didn't start in 1776. They couldn't get their heads around it, saying "there are places older than America?" I had to explain Irish history goes back over 3000 years.
Oh, I forgot. I encountered one American once who was amazed that Ireland had television, and even made its own programmes.
I did wreck one American's head once. He wanted to know if I had ever heard of Bill Clinton. I had the fun of telling him that not just had I heard of Bill and Hillary but I met them both in my job. His jaw dropped. LOL
By the way, I started being taught international history when I was I think seven.
Those are all good points ! I'm in the UK and had American visitors who wanted to visit our ancestral village. When we were in the Protestant Church, they said the building looked like a Catholic church. I told them as it is 700 years old, it was Catholic when it was built. They had no knowledge of Henry VIII and his brood.
When I worked at Heathrow American's would sometimes tell me they were also visiting Ireland. One woman then said in a low voice, " Oh, That will be a dirty word to you British". I just suggested she should drop her preconceptions and see for herself. I didn't tell her that along with many British people, I have Irish, Welsh and Scottish ancestors as well as English.
I'm Irish too, our history goes far further back than 3000 years ago, not sure what counts as the start of our history, but Ireland has been continuously populated since about 9000 years ago. Newgrange is estimated to be 5200 years old. Anyway minor correction over 😜
I've had my own experiments of American visitors in France and in Belgium, who realized that we live on the same planet and in the same century as the U.S.
Im so sorry for this. . .my country notoriously homes stupid people and we get shite education. . .
@@harshbutfair8993 There’s always one..🙄🇬🇧
Do you remember the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy? Turin is my city, and one of those days a small U.S. family stopped me on the street in the center of town... they wanted directions to one of the city's stadiums where some competitions would be held in one hour.
I'll make it short for you: they were rude and arrogant and among themselves made jokes about how people who don't know English are dumb because everyone should know english because it's the language of U.S.A. and about how bothering was asking to me in a mix of Italian and English, etc... not knowing that I understood english enough to get that they were making fun of me.
Leeeet's say that I MAY have given them directions to the OTHER Olympic stadium of the city... on the precise opposite side of the city and two hours away, by public transportation, from where they were actually supposed to go. Whoops. 🤭😏
Oh no! How could you do that? 😱
Well, I do that with (very) rude german tourists. Either I choose our oldest dialect that no one understands to give directions, or I send them on a 100km+ sightseeing tour. 😁
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Oh my, you met rude American people. Do you know how many rude Italian people I met when I visited Italy? Scores. At least the Americans didn''t try to pick your pocket or rob you. That is what I experienced in your lovely country.
@@TheAstilesus are you American? Why are you so offended?
@@TheAstilesus like America doesn't have pick pockets and robbers????
Brazilian here. Luckly, I have a ton of US friends, so I know these cases aren't the default for the entire country... but sometimes, something real crazy happens. Yeah, I understand there was a time in US where white and black people couldn't interact, but c'mon... Recently had to teach an adult US woman that a white person and a black person can have a baby, who will mix features of both races. I guess she thought they were different species or something. These kind of people's blatant racism and ignorance (and lack of any aknowledge to it) always shock me, even after so many times seeing and experiencing it.
Oh, and the number of times I felt pressured to sit for "lessons" about how my own country's language is actually Spanish, and not Brazilian Portuguese, are sadly uncountable. Some of them just can't admit they don't have a clue, double down, talk over you and refuse to listen. It's aggravating at best and suckerpunching-deserving at worst.
I'm a kiwi I like American people but honestly would not live there if you paid me, because of population, politics, health care and work culture. So grateful and proud to be a kiwi. ❤
@@maidenthe80slaif you leave and end up in New Zealand at least you're in another 5 eyes country but more open in their history , spelling etc etc 😂
We're quite happy to have you visit the USA and then go home. I've visited your beautiful country but I wouldn't stay there either.
@@reindeer7752and it's better like that 👍
@@reindeer7752 That's excellent. Last thing NZ needs is Americans moving there and fvcking things up with their half arsed ideas and rampant stupidity.
Me too bro
This vlog really made me laugh. Years ago I was working with an American woman and I asked her how she found living in the UK? She said to me she really loved it but was surprised so many places were named after places in America. I smiled at her and said I think you will find it is the other way round. She looked at me a little confused and I had to do a little explaining (East Coast etc). It was so sweet seeing the light bulb moment reflect in her face.
Lol haha wow yea well nice to hear you were nice about it.
Superb.
That makes me wonder about how people in the mid-west think about places named Stuttgart, Hannover, or New-Ulm.
It’s your Education system it is so arrogantly taught that their country is the greatest in the world (not). Young people and yes some adults would not know when viewing a map of the world where countries are.
@MidWest Americans I'm simply astonished that Americans know so little about the rest of the world. Your population is a mere 350 million, whereas the world has 7 billion. When I visited the US, I was surprised at how far behind the rest of the world it is. The people are so insular, probably because so few of them travel internationally.
In geography classes, we learn about all the continents. I could easily name the states, rivers, and mountains in the US, just as I can about Europe, Africa, Asia etc. We don't see the US as leader of the free world anymore. It lost that title long ago. Americans visiting Japan are astonished at how advanced it is compared to their own country. When they visit Europe, they are shocked that so many of us speak multiple languages. If I could make one request to Americans, it would be "please don't speak so loudly".
Newest "interesting american world view" was a few weeks ago. A famous young youtuber who also did reaction videos about Germany traveled to Germany for the first time. In his first video after landing in Berlin he expressed astonishment that here in Germany seemingly everybody talks in german!
Be reassured, if we detect you are from america most people switch to english automatically, because, as a wise person said: "YOU speak english because it is the only language YOU ever learnt. I speak english because it is the only language YOU ever learnt!"
Yeah right, all Americans should learn German before they travel to Germany.
Or "well, we learn english because we assume you aren't capable to learn German"
@@georgecooksey8216they could learn a few useful phrases. Im English and only spoke English and French but learned how to say excuse me. Do you speak English? In German. And obviously please and thank you.
I now live in Spain so also speak Spanish. With an English accent of course.
@@helenamcginty4920 Almost all American travelers learn a few key phrases before entering another country where English is not primary, so the snotty and stereotyping swipes at Americans above are just ignorant. As a matter of practicality, most Americans elect Spanish as a foreign language requirement of school. Very few will spend the years learning a foreign language if it has little or no use to them.
@@georgecooksey8216 Having worked in tourism in western Europe, I can say they don't. Which isn't exclusive to them. Most people don't learn anything about the local language before travelling. But most are willing to pick some things up. That being said, americans are on average less willing. Not entirely, because absolute statements don't work when talking about individuals, but it is "a thing".
Why would i want a green card? Honestly you could threaten me with one that's how much i do not want to live in the US.
And that's probably true for most Europeans
My friend lived in the US for about 14 years. She went into a shop to buy some cigarettes and also picked up a newspaper. When she went to the cashier the woman said wow you read English as well as speaking it. My friend said yes I'm English from Leeds, Yorkshire. Then the cashier said is that the capital of Paris. Can't make this stuff up, hilarious...
why am I not surprised? younger Americans are getting dumber than you think. The education system failed them.
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“Yes it is actually! 😊 It’s where Bratwursts are from!”
I am an American. I've lived in Europe off and on over the years. I was in Paris in 2016 for a few days on vacation and notice a man and woman looking at one of those public maps they have in popular locations. They were looking very lost and confused. They looked like they were Americans. I asked them in English if I could help. The woman looked so relieved. She said, "Oh, thank goodness you speak English. Ever since we arrived here all anyone speaks is French."
The ironic thing is, had they tried to learn just one or two sentences in French, those parisians would have agreed to help and probably would've busted out passable english
😂 I didn’t know French people could speak French 😂😂😂
French speakers, especially in Paris, tend to not want to speak foreign languages. Even when they can.
@@Vincrand As a British visitor to Paris, my experience is that a little French goes a long way. If you speak to the Parisians in French, however badly, they will often reply in English (or in whatever language they think is your native tongue). However, if you speak English they will reply in French!
And they're the fuck right about that.@@Vincrand
I'm British but have 'American' cousins - I remember one of them once asking me why British people speak Engliah and not a European language. Bless him.
Their lack of education really shows, once they speak to people outside of america.
Wow
When in the States:
"Your English is very good, where are you from?"
England
"Gee!, and what language do you speak in your country?
@@simonpowell2559 something English-ish ...
How old was he?
A friend of mine was a tourist guide in Stratford-upon-Avon and the reason she got fired was for nearly passing out laughing at an American tourist who had gone to all the effort of crossing the Atlantic, signing up for a tour to Stratford and only then asking "So what was this Shakespeare guy so famous for?"
My wife works for a large US hotel chain in VIP customer service. We are in Canada and although she has a mild accent (Filipino), she has been here decades and speaks perfect English. She regularly gets Americans hanging up on her as soon as she says hello because they say they don't want to talk to a foreigner because they can't understand them, without even giving her a chance to talk and show she can speak perfectly. That doesn't even compare to how totally rude all the US servicemen are that call to make reservations. They are virtually all rude, ignorant and arrogant and think they are drill instructors talking to recruits. And Canadians are not like Americans, we are extremely polite in comparison. Ask anyone from overseas.
@SlotRacer Guy 🇨🇦 = ❤
I spent a month on the east coast of Canada, and absolutely loved every second of it.
Did run into a few Yanks (they don’t like being called that apparently, that’s why I kept saying it), and most of them were rather taken aback by the fact that an Australian was in Canada.
One couple asked if I was working in Canada, and was shocked to find out that I was there on a month long holiday.
They were even more shocked to know that Australia like most countries give their citizens 4 weeks off every year.
And yes, they asked what it was like living in a socialist country, and when I said that the current government was a very Conservative government, and a Conservative government introduced some of the toughest gun laws in the world, I saw the “we should evaluate our knowledge” face appear.
Very funny.
Never been to Canada but grew up with a surprising number of Canadian TV shows here in Oz! Degrassi High, you can’t do that on television, due South, the littlest hobo. Always wanted to visit though. Definitely on the bucket list.
Don't you order me to ask anyone from overseas you rude b*stard! I'll ask who I want what I damn well want.
Unless you talk badly about hockey then Canadian's stop being polite.
I live in Portugal. I'm an American/British citizen (both countries). My Dad was British and I grew up in Detroit a long time ago. Dad always was amazed at the newspapers in the states offering a ton of local news, then state news, then news around the USA - but "foreign news' was buried deep in the paper and the articles were very brief. He always said the rest of the world just didn't exist for Americans and they knew virtually nothing about it. In Europe and England you get ALL the news from all around the world.
I live in Cambridge and I can buy all the English papers the same day (Because of the time difference ), in Harvard Square, and they are all on line, so you have no excuse for such ignorance. Also GB News TV is on U Tube live stream. PS my sister in Manchester England has WXYZ Detroit on her cable.
@@robertcroft8241 what time difference? Cambridge is in Greenwich Mean Time like the rest of the UK. Probably better to find a BBC News stream, GB News has a bad reputation
Actually, and unfortunately, the world does revolve around the US. The US economy is so powerful that what happens in the US affects a lot of the world’s countries. US foreign policy can totally dominate a country. Americans always seem perplexed that many countries detest the US. Often because the US interfered with the running of their country to major pain. Iran is the worst example where the US overthrew a democratically elected government,and set up a brutal dictatorship.
When one visits Vietnam, you discover that they call it “the American war”.
@Steiner um this video is speaking about Americans like you mate. England is part of the u.k and the u.k is no longer a member of the e.u
@Steiner
No, we are not.
Europe is a continent and Britain
or the UK is a bunch of islands.
My uncle and aunt moved to America when I was a child 50 plus years ago. They came home to the U. K. For a visit and drove me crazy telling us all how much bigger and better everything was in America. I was chopping a cabbage in preparation for dinner and when my aunt asked what I was doing I said chopping a Brussel sprout. Mum gave me a head swipe. 😂🤣😂
A joke in NZ: An American bragging about how everything is big in America...."we have a building that is so big takes a day to go through it". Kiwi replies, "We have a building in NZ that my brother went into two years ago, and hasn't come out yet. Mt Eden". (Mt Eden is a local prison)
@@timrussell9869 😂🤣😂 Good one
@@timrussell9869 Well said. 😂🤣
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In the 90's the USA was viewed as THE place to go, nowadays the world feel sorry for americans, and I'm from a third world country.
I'm a German, who went to public school in Mississippi in the 1990's. Trust me, IT was not the place to go😂❤
Omg.... my husband is American and my daughter has dual citizenship (was born in NYC) but I cant even begin to start with the things said to us. When I first met him his great grandad accused me of wanting a green card and I said no we've decided to stay in the uk and he went nuts like it was some third world country 🤦😂😂
I don't know what is taught in American schools but general education should include world knowledge surely!
American ignorance and stupidity, the greatest gift for the amusement of the rest of the world.
Why on earth would you want a green card? Poor wages and bad health care system.
@@valsyaranamual6853 A health service where you don't go bankrupt if you need hospital treatment? Where there is minimum pay rates unlike the US where service staff gave to rely in tips and work three jobs. Only Americans think America is the best country in the world.
Do they have an education system in America??
That always suprise me. Being a Scandinavian, being a US citizen would give me very few advantages. The US system in regard to welfare, work conditions, equality etc is below my country in every way, but so many Americans laugh when this is pointed out. They either don't know that other countries actually have higher standard then their, or their patriotism just doesn't allow them to admit it to themselwes.
I was in the Australian Navy. We were part of exercises with the US Navy and Canada out of Hawaii. Excitedly 😂My friends and I sat with some American Sailors, we said we are from Australia “you know Down Under” one of the Americans, looking puzzled, asked his companions “ which state is that. We spent the rest of our time with the Canadians. 😢
Omg… 🤣 My friend told me about his military training with the US as well and boy…. It was winter, lots of snow, -30/-40 C. Once outside in the field, my friend and his troop told the US soldiers to be very cautious as there are venomous snow snakes in Canada. They answered « no one told us!! » and freakeeeeed out!!
They even got mad to their superior for not warning them and putting lives at risk!! …. 🤣🤣🤣
Here's a newsflash for you @darrelsharrock3859 -- much like in Australia, the armed forces don't exactly attract the sharpest knives in the drawer. That being said, I think your story is fiction. You're just like a Canadian with an inferiority complex because we gave the world the automobile, the airplane, the radio, the television, the computer, the internet, and so many other things. Canada gave us maple syrup and you gave us vegemite. Oh............and Crocodile Dundee. G'day mate!
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Your encountered one naive sailor - probably some kid fresh out of high school - and you stereotype an entire country. Who['s the ignorant one?
@@georgecooksey8216 OP never "stereotyped an entire country" , that's either your poor reading comprehension or your own self projection.
You mentioned "one naive sailor - probably some kid fresh out of high school". What would being naive have to do with geography? You obviously don't know its definition or once again, poor reading comprehension.
On the contrary, if that sailor was fresh out of high school, all the more reason he should have known about Australia's location and that in the English language, commonly referred as down under.
During my tour in the US navy I did extensive traveling in USA and Southern Europe/Mediterranean Sea. I met our fellow personnel from every region,subculture and socioeconomic class. That's when my eyes were opened. The rampant level of ignorance of common sense as well as common geopolitical knowledge of foreign cultures was absolutely shocking. So yes, many of our sailors/ citizens are missing the meat, cheese and lettuce in their sandwiches.
On the positive side,I also did meet many people with substance between their 2 slices of bread.
Now I'm no longer shocked when an empty sandwich types "your encountered " and "who['s the ignorant one?"
Well George, you yourself made that quite clear.
As a 56 year old Canadian, my schooling included a lot of American history. For North Americans, it seemed like a no-brainer that we’d learn about the USA, our closest neighbour and ally. It wasn't until I was older that I realized that Americans knew very little about Canada and were not taught about our history.
Don't knock it. If they don't know who or where we are, they won't visit and we'll be spared a lot of exasperation.
@@sarahsnowe A bit of ignorant American stereotyping and bashing make you feel better up there in Canada?
Not just Canada, the whole world. Americans don’t know anything about the whole world
@@georgecooksey8216 This is kind of the whole point of this entire video and the whole reason we’re all here though? To vent our frustrations over Americans being oblivious of a world existing outside America.
@@tasha3757 Americans have frustrated you folks north of our border who think you’re so sophisticated and worldly? I can just imagine you sitting around with clenched teeth, shaking your heads and bristling with disgust at those ignorant exasperating Americans as you fiddle with your Iphones . Hilarious.
I find the thing that suprises Americans is that the war of independance was not seen as very important in England -it was just a side issue in the war against Napoleon - that's why the french funded USA and no doubt encouraged the rebellion in the first place.
Semi true. It was not very important, true, but thats because India had just been discovered and so the main focus was there. The war became unprofitable and so it was just kind of ended.
But little od the Americans know that just a few months before the 'end' of the war and masive Armada was sent to the colonies containing the bulk of British millitary power. It was sent to put down the rebels once and for all, however there was an Election in britain and the new government withdrew the ships and favoured securing the newly discovered india.
The war you're thinking of is the war of 1812. Another side note in british history.
Hate to break it to you but Napoleon wasn't a factor in 1776. In fact, his name wasn't heard much until 1798 when he invaded Egypt and Britain didn't go to war with Napoleonic France until 1803. During the American revolution, Britain was involved in several other conflicts across the world, notably in India which was a much more important possession that the American colonies.
@@johnadey3696 and one of the major reasons we didn’t carry on, was that it was deemed as not that important. It certainly was deemed as not as important as fighting the French in Europe.
We Brits didn’t so much lose the American war of independence, as we walked away for more important issues.
It’s important to note this, as Britain had NEVER lost a war…until we became allies with America and got involved in Afghanistan.
I'm Australian and I too have had some people from the US compliment me on my english....when I explained that we were originally a British colony they looked at me as though I was an idiot. So I explained that e-n-g-l-i-s-h as a language hails from the UK and this is the only reason Australia, New Zealand and the US and Canada speak english is because we were all colonised by Britain. They were completely lost and I'm pretty sure they didn't believe a word I said. I walked away shaking my head declaring (as one does over this way) "bloody yanks" - because really, as a nation, you are thought of as not being very worldly and not being too bright. As for Aussie education on 'foreign lands'. Yes we get a broad education on places foreign, but for the US I think most of what we pick up is done from all those movies where America wins WWI or WWII single handed, or the many and various extremely good Ken Burns docu-series on the Civil War etc. All in all though, we love you guys, we just think of you as the country cousins
Like you I am Australian and have been complimented on my English. I replied that we learn it as a second language. I don't know if they worked out I was winding them up or they are still wondering what our first language is.
There's English, American English and Geordie.
I can speak a little Geordie because I lived Oop North for a while
I tried to explain cricket to an American once, it was like talking to a Martian.
@@TerryT304 Have to admit I'm English and I haven't got a clue how cricket is played. My cousin tried to explain it to me, but I was as confused as the time my husband tried to explain off side rules.
Haha I say I’m fluent in two languages: Bogan and English 😂 but then I have to explain what “Bogan” is… along with the many nuanced layers of Boganism
One of my daughters runs safari lodges in the Okavango delta in Botswana. She has told us how the staff dread it when they get clients from the USA. They say they are not very intelligent, think the entire world revolves around them, can give ridiculous advice how your country should be run and generally are extremely arrogant.
Thanks for your great contributions
I was in Florida and was asked where I learnt such great English, I replied in England where I live and where the language came from, the person didn’t believe me saying that English came from America. I was speechless.
This made me laugh. I live in Canada and I remember being asked during one of my visits to Florida if Canadians lived in Igloos. I said yes. Then they proceeded to ask me about how we stayed warm to which I replied that we all had bears as pets and would cuddle up with at night for warmth. The look on their faces priceless. 🤣😂
@@dreamiden I bet those igloos were guarded by Canada gooses too. Lions is lucky Canada Gooses don’t migrate to Africa. Then they’d be’s extinct!
Wow! That level of ignorance and arrogance is staggering.
How was Florida?
I lived in USA for 2 years. And I made good friends. One of them sincerely asked, but with utter sincerity and from the hearth "why some people hate USA taking into account all the good things we do for the rest of the world". So I had to mention OFFICIAL declassified documents, not conspiracies or left leaning theories or anything. I had to mention the USA role in putting dictators in Latin America, how USA used to teach the police and military in Argentina how to torture, how USA killed an democratically elected president in Chile, how USA helped those dictators hide their money, how USA helped mega corporations to kill local farmers that resisted to them and several more things. So he asked me "nahh that can't be true", and I said "it is, look how coincidental it is that you only care about democracy where and when there are natural resources you need". That was back in 2007 at the peak of Iraq and Afghanistan wars for oil. He was like frozen thinking.
American privilege is so real… I decided to help my American friend (who constantly complained about wanting to get out of America), move to Australia to begin a new life and feel a bit more secure… Before he even arrived in Australia he was complaining about how when he showed his American passport at a check in counter they didn’t even react. And how when he was job hunting, he blamed me for not getting a job sooner by saying “In America, if I’d applied for these jobs I would’ve gotten them by now”. He also then continued to blame me for not getting the exact job he wanted in his first two months. I only have one regret in life, and that was going out of my way to help him. I should’ve left him there!
I have had this as well. As A New Zealander
Not as extreme as another country. But I helped someone move to another American city and he behaved in this way. Aggressive but really smiley.
I would say in response "why don't we all try to calm down, and co-operate"
And he would often say "I am trying to help you learn not to let people walk all over you.
When I was in New Zealand no one learned to stick up for themselves. They didn't want to be special.
In Minnesota people grow up fighting and talking behind each other's backs because it forces people to be more strong and worldly and socially aware"
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By socially 'aware' he meant aware of threats.
what an entitled prick. Good riddance to him.
Don't regret that you helped him, because helping him says so much about the sort of person you are, friendly, helpful, kind. The way he behaved says so much about him, and it's not at all nice. You keep doing you and be the better person 🙂
@@susan3027 yeah they raise their kids to be aggressive bullies. But to always smile 😁 cheesy
If I refer to the USA that's what I say, never "American". My granddaughter's father is Amercan, he's from Chile!
I am Australian. Visited Canada in 2013, stayed at a B&B which also had an American guest. Over breakfast, we were talking about the economic recession of recent years, which I knew as, and called, the Global Financial Crisis. He said, Oh did you know about that (I think he called it the 2008 Recession)? I said yes, it's in the title, GLOBAL financial crisis. He couldn't fathom that the rest of the world went into recession as well because of US chicanery.
😅😅😅
Unfortunately, it looks like we’re heading that way again, as it seems inevitable that Trump with his crazy ideas will crash the US economy - and will affect most of the rest of the world.
I have lived outside the US since 1987. My biggest rant with tourists, etc., is not their lack of knowledge of different cultures and ways of doing things, but their insistence that their way is better, their arrogance and unwillingness to experience the different.
By the way, in geography class in schools in Colombia, North and South American continents are taught as one, all the American Continent.
It is a cultural shock. They have assumed something their whole life and finding out they were wrong, or they don´t know almost anything they were suppossed to know is not easy to digest.
The lack of knowledge bothers me less than the fact that they think they know. They often will call you out without knowing anything.
I'm British but live in the US with my American wife. One of the first things my (now) brother in law's girlfriend said to me when I met her was "Wow, you speak really good English. Was it hard for you to learn?". I told her it was but I started very young.
My friends son worked at Disneyland, a family asked him what country he was from and when he said "New Zealand" they called him a liar because "New Zealand is a made up place"
My sister-in-law's brother who's British/English was working on an American base in Qatar. One of his American colleagues asked him, "Where did you learn English?" to which he replied, "In England where it was invented". I think he really wanted to add an expletive or two, but decided to be polite in the face of this abject display of ignorance.
Is the word "English" too far from the sound of the word "England" for some people?
I can't even think of a foreign language where the two words are not clearly linked. O betcha even Chinese uses similar characters for the English language and Eng-Land.
So why is it so difficult to connect the dots?
@@LMB222 Just here to confirm your theory about Chinese: to put it very simply, the Chinese term for England is a direct transliteration ('Eng-ge-lan'), the UK is 'Eng-country' and the English language is, well, 'Eng-language'
@@sneezeey Chinese would often abbreviate using the first character of the country's name so it's eng ge lan and the eng-yu (eng-language) so it isn't really causing much issues. But the us on the other hand has a different problem. I don't think it was "failed to connect the dots" it's more of a "didn't know there are dots in the first place" kind of situation😅
I once made a similar reply like this in a comment section where an American then told me I was ignorant😂
I just pointed out that I'm English and I'm writing in English. Not American English.
During the boat ride from Athens to Mykonos an American lady listened to my wife and I speaking in Spanish. She started asking questions and was shocked when she learned we were Colombians on a tourist trip.
“How can you even afford this trip? I’m American and it’s tough on my pocket“
I calmly replied: “Well, it is probably because we have a Master’s Degree and can code, you should try it some time.
Yes you Colombians are so much better than us. It is only right that you hang posters in Medellin that say "Gringos go home". If they were smart they would. Colombians are drugging and murdering American tourists left and right. I just heard a story the other day of a good looking 24 year old American guy dying in his hotel room because the Colombian girl he met on Tinder spiked his drink with too much of the drug she was using to make him unconscious so she could steal everything he had. I'm sure the girl who did that to him was all broken up inside when she learned she accidentally killed him. She probably almost stopped doing what she does.
Disappointing! You should have told her that your wife and you are drug dealing sellers, and that, from that moments on, she must consider herself kidnapped! I mean, you could have made a good amount of money from her ransom...
@@gabrielesolletico6542 And gotten arrested.
@@Shan_DalamaniNah, most people wouldn't be dumb enough to believe that.
@@antiochus87 Most wouldn't. All it takes is the one who would.
I used to work on a cruiseline and on the transatlantic en-route to the mediterranean there was this snobby couple, they would not mistreat us per se, but they WERE snobbish af, and one day, once we already were in the Mediterranean, Civitavecchia to be exact I got to learn that they refused to get off in the ports, "They don't speak American" and from that moment they became the (internal) joke of my team, they booked a 1 month trip, 7 days at sea, 3 weeks in the mediterranean, and they were mad because they were in non english speakin countries.
Umm, non-American-speaking countries? 😆
wow but 'd' stands for duh ! ~
I'm from Australia, I visited America when I was a teen in the late 90s. When people asked me if I had kangaroos in my back yard, I would respond "Do you have buffalo roaming in yours?" 🙂
I had a boss who was originally from Germany, who lived in the outskirts of a suburb on the outskirts of Melbourne, so she actually did get roos in her backyard (well, more often her front yard). People would jokingly ask her that question when she went back for a visit and she would take great pleasure in showing them photos and watching their heads explode.
They don't, because they shot them all, to deprive the Indians of their food source.
My old boss visited his son in Winnipeg (Canada); he was up early one morning, making a cup if tea in the kitchen, and heard something rattling the trash can; he thought," Dog? Cat? Fox? Skunk? Beaver? (Opened the blinds) Bear? BEAR!"
Son found him hiding under the bed.
"You met the friendly neighbourhood bear then Dad?"
I remember going to Chicago in the early 2000s and we’d headed out looking for a particular restaurant. Saw a fella waiting at some traffic lights all rugged up coz it was colder than a witch’s tit and we said “mate, we’ve just arrived from Australia and are looking for restaurant X”.
He said “sorry fellas, just got here from Melbourne yesterday” 😂
You just made me feel old. I remember having Kangaroos on my Primary School Football Field in the '80's in Perth. This place has grown so fast.
I'm in Canada. I heard a teacher from my college telling a story about when he and his wife went to Switzerland. They had been away from home for a while and were walking down a city street looking in shop windows. A couple beside them started talking English and my teacher said to them "Wow, it's so nice hearing people speaking English". They looked at him with disgust on their faces and replied "We're NOT speaking English. We're speaking AMERICAN!!" They spun around and walked away. My teacher was stunned and this episode left a lasting negative impression.
Well if they wanna start speaking American they'd better get cracking inventing a new language (and good luck converting the whole country to it)
Again, ignorantly stereotyping a nation of 350 million people who are the most dynamic, diverse, innovative, and generous people anywhere and who work like dogs to create the tax base necessary to guarantee security for the free world. You know nothing about America or Americans.
One time I used to work in Windsor Castle, which goes back nearly 1000 years. I once heard an American tourist say, "It's a pity they had to build it under Heathrow's flight path!" I nearly burst our laughing.
I've used that joke and I'm a Brit! 😁
I live next to a relatively well known castle ruin in the Rhine valley and an us-American couple (aged somewhere around 50-60 I guess) asked a friend of mine why we didn’t build the castle in a complete state. We needed a few moments to realize that they thought we newly built a ruin on top of a Mountain.
More or less the same thing happened at Edinburgh Castle when one female American Tourist was overheard to say " Its a pity the Castle wasn`t built closer to the shops on Prince`s Street " ! I kid you not. Maybe it was the same dim wit.
I once saw a 'Stout Bear Laughing'...I just Bear stout laughing. So what would you rather Bee...or a Wasp?
I know it's not meant that way, I'm sure he meant well, but as a European, The Netherlands to be precise. When an American says 'we rescued Europe during WW2' that rubs me so badly the wrong way. So many different countries worked together to liberate European countries. My hometown was freed by Canadian soldiers.
No he meant it -I'm Canadian I was sent down to work in Chicago for a couple of months. I walked into rhe meeting room.I was called a sociliast and then this loud nouth Yank says we forgive you for not doing anything in WW 2 , I had to bite my tongue as one uncle was shot up parachuting over the Rhine .The rest of my family were Navy ,
I was with my 20-something niece in St Louis one year for July 4th. We attended a concert under the Arch and then watched the fireworks over the river. Knowing I had lived all over the world, she said, "I'll bet you have seen some amazing firework displays on July 4th is other places....like I'll bet China had the BEST!" Now my niece is brilliant. I turned slowly and looked at her.....I was just stunned. I asked her, "What do we celebrate on July 4th? What are the fireworks FOR?" She looked at me for a second and it dawned on her what she had said and she started laughing. Her friend said, "Do other countries even have a July 4th?" Which had both of us doubled over in laughter.
For the record, YES, China does have amazing fireworks displays......just not typically on July 4th!
Haha thanks for sharing!
It's one thing for these other people to tell their "stupid American" stories, whether they're true or fiction...................but you're doing this to your niece? She's brilliant, but being an American made her stupid huh? Jeezus you people are nasty.
In 2009 I was visiting China (from the U.S.) and there actually WERE fireworks on July 4. I was totally confused. I only realized a week later that it’s a common thing on Saturdays!
I’m in the UK and in my 40’s now and back in primary school, so from age 4 to 9 years old, we were taught about the different countries of the world and even had dedicated weeks to each country and we would draw pictures, paintings and have articles of traditional clothing from those countries on display and we would cook different foods from each country. We lived in a small town in the middle of the countryside, so seeing all of these things from other countries was amazing. We would then go on to learn more about world geography in middle and high school.
I had South Carolina history where the most honest thing in the book was a sidebar listing the accomplishments of the Reconstruction Legislature. We weren't supposed to believe that over the major part of the text, though.
As a child growing up in Florida in the fifties, we learned about Florida history, the Spaniards who arrived there in the 16th century, and Latin America, country by country. One highlight was having Chief Osceola of the Seminoles visit our school every year. This was all in primary school, with the study of Central and South America in middle school.
that sounds fun! nice job👍
I'm late 40s,we learnt about the Romans,Egyptians,native Americans,vikings,Mongolians from primary school to middle school