Also, the ignorant thing is crazy, most Americans I worked with in the UK embraced the culture and tried to learn about it while they were there. No one from the UK I met tried to learn about American culture, even when they would ask me about it. They always tried to turn it into a debate to talk crap about America until I debunked all there misconceptions then they would shut up and walk away
On the language thing; I live here in San Diego, California-- Spanish class started in High School, then I minored (degree) at CalState-- University. I am fluent in Spanish. My mum,as a Brit attended the Lisses Francais in London (college) and spoke French to us children PLUS, I had a French-Canadian (teen) au pair as a little boy. So, I speak English, French, AND Spanish! We DO speak OTHER languages 😊 Peace, brah!
That's so weird. When I went to India, they couldn't stop asking questions about the US. What was different, what was the same, did everyone dress like Britney Spears, does everyone wear Levi's and drink Coca-Cola, eat pizza everyday, etc. The shock when I told them we have both Hindu and Sikh houses of worship smack in the middle of the country, seemingly in the middle of nowhere, they were gobsmacked. When i told them that saris and lengha were actually really popular, especially among early 20s college students, they were equally shocked. And they shared with me everything. I got dragged to movies, sent home with a huge suitcase full of Saris and a mendhi kit, took me to the golden temple, agra. They were, to me, more like Americans than anywhere else I had ever been. Very interested and curious and happy to share and exchange and very forgiving of social faux pas.
Most states' minimum requirement is 2 years of a foreign language, before graduating high school. Top languages are: Spanish, French, & German, then maybe Chinese. But, that definately doesn't mean they will be fluent. There are many Americans who are originally from another country or have immigrant parents, so they may be bilingual. Also, there are many Native American languages. Coastal states probably have a higher percentage of people speaking multiple languages (like NY, FL, LA, TX, AZ, & CA).
Michigan here. I had to take one year foreign language, Spanish, German or French. My daughter had to take French in 7th grade, and she took 4 years German in high school.
A lot of hospitality jobs require or give a bonus for people who can also speak Spanish, particularly in city areas. My high school required 2 years each of two languages or 3 years of 1 language and my college required an additional semester of a language. I ended up with 3.5 years of Spanish. I’m definitely not fluent, but I know enough to communicate a little if need be.
When I was in high school I took all the languages my school offered at the time. Finished 5 curricular years of Spanish in 3 years, 4 years of German, top of my class, and 3 years of French - the French teacher had me tutoring some of her 4th year students.
I was an idiot and took German instead of Spanish 😂 I live in Southern Cali and literally NEVER get to speak German (so i I practically forgot it) I only speak English and some Spanish
I took Latin for a semester, language wasn't a requirement for graduation. But I can read music, I have even written music a time or two. I remember when I was at a girlfreinds house. They had a piano. I asked where middle C was. She showed me, I read themusic, plinked a bit then played it. She said I didn't know you played the piano. I said I don't, but I can read music.
Thank you! I've lived all over the country, and all over the world, but in the US, if you're living in any city or town where there's a large cultural influence, you end up just picking up another language judt to get by. I've learned some hindi, Arabic, French, Spanish, creole, Portuguese, Navajo, mandarin, tslagi, etc. There's so many people from so many places, you just end up picking it up as you go.
Not even close to 43 percent can speak a second language. Dont know where you are getting that from, but its not even close to being true. lol wtf and the 20 percent speaking more is even more deranged. I cant believe you think thats true.
When I went to England I was shocked at how "rude" people were it was def a culture shock. I would greet people walking down the street in Burton and they would glare at me and act like I was telling them I wanted to kick their dogs. Or in London people get too close to you and bump into you and not apologize. Was definitely a culture shock
I found the people in London were rather nice when I visited, I was definitely a culture shock to them cause I generally just say hello to people while I’m walking found out later it’s just not a thing they do in london.
Some people I know from Washington state said the same about Canadians. Everyone says they are so polite, but that was not their experience at all. They cannot stand for anyone to say Canadians are polite. 😆
I lived in London for a year. The most important cultural difference was not being in England, it was being in a big city. People hustling to work on the tube, shopping on their walk back home, don't have a lot of time or patience like some yokel in Oklahoma. The appearance of rudeness is part of survival in a big city. But I know that when the Brits see someone in need they make time and effort for them.
It was refreshing to hear people from outside of the US say kind words about us for once. Thank you! 😊 Our salaries are higher in the US but, we have high cost of living including very high health care costs. We also have a lot of impoverished here. My husband makes $100,000 a year, I’m making $52,000 and we spend most of that on housing, food, health care, and utilities. The money doesn’t go as far as you’d think it does.
Also, you may "make" $100,000 a year but how much do you actually get to spend after taxes? That 100 grand gets whittled down pretty quickly after federal, state and local taxes then everything you buy is taxed and then school and property taxes.
@@josephbucknavage6739 that is after income taxes, about 152,000. but obviously not including sales tax, etc. I have high healthcare costs due to a chronic condition (so basically all of my free income after bills goes towards medical debt and care) and we help out my elderly mom.
@@daniellerussomanno188if you are spending that much money, even with bills, you are just being reckless with your money... you can pay less than a grand a month on your house for a 2000 square feet and acreage if you just move 20 miles from a city. Food has gotten more expensive since covid but you can totally live on under 500 a month. Plus gas a couple hundred and then all the amenities you likely have like cable and internet and cellphones which are not really necessary but you enjoy the privilege for another 3-500. That's 2200 a month for a fairly lavish life. Now add medical, with insurance you may do another 500 a month on average and that is A LOT even for multiple people. And you are only at less than 36k a year. That gives you 115k a year to spend on medical, car payments ( which you shouldn't have because you should just buy a 2 year old car for half price) and any medical procedures / medications and holiday gifts. If you spend that much you can afford a damn mansion with butlers and cooks and everything. Talking about "high cost of living" it is because you have a ridiculous standard of living
It is incredibly refreshing to hear someone say positive things about the US! We hear so much negative is clearly untrue. I love my country as everyone should love where they are from!
FUN FACT!: The United States doesn't have an official language and government agencies are required to provide a translator for people who don't speak English and are needing government services! Notices from the government are always posted in at least 3 languages (English, Spanish, and Russian, but most of the time I've seen them also include Vietnamese, Mandarin, Hindi, and some others).
Hm maybe it’s regional cause I see English, Spanish, and french in the Midwest. Arabic, German, and Dutch occasionally, but the languages you listed sound more relevant to the west coast & definitely wouldn’t be here.
It is completely regional. Depending on the census, if a state has a high population of a certain language they will include translations for that demographic. IE. Georgia has a high population of Spanish speakers, so Spanish is included in their government documents.
As a single female in America i have worked as many as 3 jobs a week. Full time, part-time 3-4 nights a week and a part-time job on weekends to be able to afford the things i want and live where i want. Also to afford vacation trips.Eventually i worked hard enough to own my own business. But the more money you make the more taxes you pay. Also many of us get nice checks back for overpaying of our taxes. Im retired now but i always loved working to have my independence. 😊
When you are in the medical field, as in hospitals you generally work 12 hour shifts, I’d regularly work 3-4, sometimes 5 12 hour shifts and get 2-5 days off between, but I worked night shift, so it’s probably different in other areas of work.
I don't know anyone who is a workaholic, personally. I feel that we are not all workaholics, and most of us would love to take time off. Due to our healthcare being outrageously expensive and a high cost of living, we have to work a lot just to get by. Many people don't take vacation days because we save them for sick days because we aren't given enough. Many work even after we reach retirement because our social security doesn't pay enough for elder care. Watching your videos and others like yours has taught me that we really aren't so different from each other. Great video!
@mikloowl4899 Misconception my ass! No, it's called life experience. I've watched 99.99% of the people I've known in my 46 years do exactly what I said. I'm speaking about the low income folks and the low to mid middle class folks, which make up a HUGE portion of this country. I wouldn't presume to speak for the rich. Sounds like you've never experienced living paycheck to paycheck. Sorry to burst your bubble, but most of our country is not filled with upper middle class and rich people.
@@mikloowl4899 It sounds accurate to me. Work less then 80 hours a week and you're not full time. So that means no benefits or vacation days, and the rate of your payed time off is lower too. I didn't get benefits until my 5th job and only after working for them for 2 years.
It was really nice hearing kind words for once. All I hear about America and ourselves is how terrible we are and at first it was a joke but now it’s just annoying, rude and an excuse to talk bad on us. So this is really nice and appreciated.
I was born and live all my life in the "Deep South” and speak 3 languages. English, Spanish and Chinese Mandarin. Do not let the accent and stereotypes fool you about Southern people in the USA. If you get a chance to visit please make sure Charleston, SC and the SC coast is at the top of you places to visit! Love the videos bro!
I don't think he's talking about insults when he's says Americans are more direct. He just means they won't beat around the bush. And you're right, there are rude people and polite people everywhere.
I’m an American, born and raised in the southeast. Born in Georgia, lived in Alabama most of my life. Deployed to Germany for about 18 months, and learned German super quickly, just bc I loved the people, loved the culture, loved the architecture, loved the scenery, and wanted to communicate better with them in their language. “Learned” Spanish in high school, but never used it in daily life, so forgot it super quick. I can barely speak German now (haven’t used it in over 15 years now), but can still translate it when written, most of the time.
Right? It's more common than ppl think. My dad taught us how to handle multiple different kinds of guns properly as we grew up, to avoid accidents. But unfortunately many don't use the safety as they should, which is what causes incidents and deaths.
Well, a lot of gun deaths are gang related. Guns are used in America for self defense anywhere from 500,000 to 3 million times a year according to the government’s own statistics that were posted on the CDC’s website until the Biden administration asked them to take it down because it didn’t help his anti-2A agenda.
Gun safety needs to be taught in every school system, every year. America has too many stupid cowboy types. And one shouldn't be able to own a gun before age 21.
High fructose corn syrup is a frankenfood sweetener very commonly used in US foods. Fructose is fruit sugar, and corn/maize is a member of the grass family. The human body recognizes nutrients in hfcs, but is unable to digest it, so stores it as fat. Increased use of hfcs = increase in weight.
I speak loud - but I had a sister who was 100% deaf in one ear and 60% in the other. I got so annoyed with, “what did you say”, I kinda learned to always speak loud and clearly.
Same with my grandmother, they always spoke loud because my grandmother is hard of hearing. Now, in my home, I demand quiet voices. Got real tired of the accidental yelling lol.
I'm from Oregon in the U.S.A. I speak spanish and am learning French on Duo Lingo (which is free on the internet) & many people thinks "ignorant" means "Stupid" it doesn't, it means "not knowing" no one can know every subject, everyone is ignorant about some subject. I worked only til 5pm unless it was very important & never took any sick days or vacations! Wish i had.
On one of our camping trips to The Great Smoky Mountains I noticed an Asian family in the next campsite were having trouble with their dining canopy ( a must have in such a rainy environment ) and couldn't make it stop sagging too low in the middle. We had extra poles of the type they needed. I told my husband what I was seeing and suggested he take the poles to them. The poles would sit at the ends and middle of the table and hold the canopy up for them. The next day they stopped in town and bought their own, but we were happy to help. Who wants to struggle with that sort of thing at meal time. They gave us a couple of packs of ramon noodles. The language barrier was meaningless to all of us.
We were taught French from 1st grade through graduation in Louisiana because it was a bilingual state at that time. They have since stopped but I know most schools offer second language courses and it is highly encouraged to learn a second language especially if a student plans to go to college.
I live in Green Bay, Wisconsin and I have worked with a lot of people who don't speak English or maybe just a few words. The factory I work in now has all its announcements posted in English, Spanish, Hmong, and Somalian. Conversations in English are in a small minority there. I don't understand most of what is being said around me but it is still a friendly and welcoming place to work. But when you look at the city at large, yes, the majority is speaking English
The thing with the work culture here. A lot of companies default to a fear mongering technique. They make you fearful that you cab & will be replaced by someone more willing to put in more hours, be available more, take less time off, be faster at completing reports, tasks, etc. It's terrible. After many years of it, I have now promised myself I will never work in a corporate setting again. I got out, one of my last jobs I was working 80+ hours per WEEK. Salaried (of course) there was just no way to get done all that they demanded & acted like everyone else was completing with ease. However, when you would speak with other managers, they too were working this many hours & miserable. You're lost as what to do, how do you make your way to an interview when you've got no time? What if you're found out interviewing & you're fired, left with no way to pay your bills? Companies know this & they use it against you.
That's why it's so important to do your research before you commit somewhere. I've been stuck in the situations you're talkin about, and in my case I put my foot down and believe it or not they respected my wishes. But I also know that doesn't happen all the time and if it doesn't you've got to be willing to walk away which I was willing to do. Luckily most of my jobs have been in the public safety sector well for the first 22 years of working, and in that case I didn't mind it because I loved my job and in fact I think I already commented I probably worked more overtime hours than I did actually ours. But again that's because I had a job that I actually loved to do. And I think that's very important and I think it's something too many people forget, find something that makes you happy or fulfilled. I've got a 26 year old daughter who's going through the same situation right now. But she found a position in management and she loves it. It's a lot of hours but she's got good benefits and she knows what she's working towards so
@@Wyomingchief yeah well, "doing your research" is a lot easier now than it was when I was still in management. I've been out for almost a decade. But yeah, like I said, I got out & chose to do something else, something creative. Also, you may not know this, marketing directors like to pad glass door, google, other online site reviews. A couple companies I've worked for gave little drawings if you gave an online review of working for the company. What do you think those employees said lol Or, they just change the name of the company, if the reviews are bad enough. I've seen it happen. Usually as long as the name has a combination of the same names as the licensing, in any order, words abbreviated, cut out, etc, you don't have to go through as much trouble as one would think. Hire a new manager, you can say "under new management" They get around it, if it becomes an obstacle. Sometimes, you can be in a great company that goes sour because of a bad seed or a retirement. Greed is king in corporate America. There are so few good companies that will actually put employee welfare in the same ranking of import as the noi.
at my old job my boss had a six foot tall poster framed on the wall that said "work like there is someone working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to take it all away from you"
I was born in Florida, grew up in Missouri and we had to actually take a "language" class from middle school on through highschool. Mine was Spanish. Thank God we did because there's actually a lot of Spanish only speakers here in Florida. Being in law enforcement, it made a huge difference here.
I saw a Lamborghini parked outside of a large department store I was leaving once. My jaw dropped. It was parked right near the door and not in the lot proper. I looked, started toward my car but reconsidered and went back for another look. What a work of art a Lamborghini is!
Most Americans (especially younger Americans) have a basic proficiency of a second language. A lot of schools require at least a couple of years of another language other than English
Yeah but taking a language in school doesn't make you proficient. I took 4 years of Latin and 2 years of French and while I can read some French, when I went to France I found I could hardly speak it. I think the fact that many Americans speak 2 languages has more to do with the large number of 1st and second generation immigrants than with what's taught in school.
I graduated high school in 1975 and even then we had to take at least two years of a language (I took three years of French). My son graduated the same high school in 2021 and he also had to take at least two years of a foreign language (he took Spanish).
@@121476 that actually does surprise me. Don’t you go to school year ‘round in the UK? Do you get to take more classes in the arts? Or is it just that you get to finish school faster than we do, and move on to college and university?
A lot of us Americans can speak more than one language, probably not fluently, but most of us are exposed to more than a language enough to know keywords and how to pronounce them well. We were also taught 2-3 languages in school. And if someone can’t speak it, they for sure can hear it and understand. I can speak English and Vietnamese at home. In school, I was formally taught French for 2 years, but I was also exposed to Spanish and American Sign Language in my everyday environment. Our media also exposes us to other languages. For example, anime is a popular genre. So many people can understand Japanese based on anime alone.
I got the best laugh I've had in a while when you said that about you and your Mom shopping in New York and somebody saying, "Hey, you're ugly." Ir put a picture in my mind and I laugh every time I think of you shopping in a store and somebody walking up out of nowhere and saying that to you. 😄 I enjoy watching your channel and hope you get to America and that it doesn't disappoint you. Thanks for the nice things you say about us.
I'm not really vocal a lot man but I think the way you talk is what is so good about your reactions though. This is another good one . See ya later on man
Just a word about the obesity thing: I recently was reading a medical article that challenged the definition of obesity. It said in America obesity parameters are set by BMI, which has been found to be a very inaccurate way to calculate obesity. And also that in the past a person wasnt considered obese when judged by current parameters. The terms "obese" and "overweight" are assumed to be scietifically accurate, but thats being challenged more and more as they've been found to not only be inaccurate and subjective, but also what one country considers obese, another county doesnt. Theres no international definition. This renders the statistics as unreliable. Other articles in medical journals made the claim that there really arent as many obese or overweight americans as is the claim (or accusation). For example, insurance guidelines used to say a woman my height and build was perfect weight at 130 lbs. That was in the 1990s. Now they say I must weigh 110-115 or I'm considered overweight (over what someone has randomly decided is the recommended weight). It's not very scietific at all and labels a whole country of people inaccurately. Mostly for higher insurance rates and other money-related purposes.
Also my generation (Boomer) were fed the beginning of absolutely trash. We were told vegetable oil was good for us and animal fat bad. The opposite is true... Butter and animal fat is naturally digested by humans and vegetables don't make "oil"... It is a synthetic productive and totally repellant.
I do believe having a good work ethic is a good thing in general. But a lot of companies in the US expect you to put work in front of everything in your life and it feels like it's gotten worse. Most people work to live and many bosses expect you to live to work. Why in the world would that ever be expected? It's crazy.
its the major reason why unemployment amongst younger generations is rising tbh. people are starting to wake up to the fact that their bosses and their bosses bosses basically only see them as cattle
To be fair, most Americans are forced to work 60+ hours a week just to make some semblance of a living. Having multiple jobs (with no benefits like healthcare, pension, rtv) is not at all uncommon. The reason for this is companies are allowed to influence US politics via lobbying. We have the fewest days off per year, longest average hours, and some of the highest out of pocket cost of living of any industrialized nation in the world,. This guy got his viewpoint from banking executives, who are incentivized to treat employees like "human resources", squeezing the most labor out of an individual for the lowest price they can legally get away with. The vast majority of Americans born after 1985 will never own a home. Job security is non existent with most state laws allowing companies to fire people for literally no reason to replace them with someone cheaper. Waitresses in most states get paid $2.15 an hour, and have to rely on the generosity of strangers rather than their employer to make a living wage. The working mother working an 8 hour breakfast shift at a diner and then cleaning offices for another 8 is not a work-a-holic, they're just trying to put food on the table for their family, afford an out of control rent, and pay for braces and flu shots for their kids. Is the work ethic to go out and do that for your family admirable? Yes. Should it be the status quo? Fuck no. /rantoff
@@reverendphillipwaselik7467work effort made sense when you got rewarded for it but since the eighties companies have been systematically eliminating any protections for workers while making the workplace worse and worse with lower and lower pay
@deeznuttes9340 @trevorsmith5529 @Nostripe361 Agreed. Many companies are too greedy and the people at the top want to make tons of money off their employees and don't give a care about them. It's like the Robber Barons back in the late 1800's, early 1900's.
A lot of us are of Irish/Scottish descent as immigrants from those two nations made up a large portion of our early population and those cultures still run deep. We've had a resurgence of cultural awareness of our ancestors over the last couple decades and it was imparted on my from childhood. I'm proud to be an American first and foremost but am likewise proud of my Irish and Scottish roots.
For all the guns you saw, that was only a tenth of those you were near and didn't realize. We carry concealed under our clothing, so unless you're at the beach, you'll never know. I'm a 62 year old grand mom who almost always carry when I'm outside the house....not that you'd see it.
My brother and I are from Wisconsin, we started a brick and mortar business at 23. First two years we worked 90 hour work weeks with no days off, 7 days a week. 6 Years later we have 20 employees and reap the benefits of hard work.
We had a language requirement in high school, and IIRC, the options were Spanish, French, and German. I grew up in SoCal so opted for Spanish, which I also picked up a bit just through friends, the environment, and osmosis. But many of the people at my school spoke English and Spanish. And while some chose Spanish as their language requirement anyways (they were put in advanced classes) many chose French or German. So, while maybe we didn't end up completely fluent in them, a ton of the kids at my school could speak three languages at least passably.
Yes, if we wanted to graduate high school as "college preparatory", we had to have at least two years of a foreign language. I took two different languages in high school (Spanish bcz it's so widely spoken here) and French. But Latin (for future science & health majors) was offered as well. Other schools offered German and Chinese. I am learning several more languages on my own currently...Hebrew (modern) and Irish Gaelic. I have many more on my wish list as well.
@@copper_lily Oh, nice! Keep up the great work! I'm so bad at languages. I confuse myself all the time. I'm half-Japanese so know some of that as well as Spanish. But how vowels are treated in both languages are very similar so sometimes I have to really think whether a noun, like 'oso', is Spanish or Japanese. lmao
I took 4 years of high school Spanish (2 years foreign language required to graduate) and 20 years later I still practice whenever I get the change. My vocabulary is decent but my Spanish grammar.... not so good. I try though, as there are so many Mexicans here.
The same languages were offered in my high school. I took three years of German. I never had a chance to use it after high school so I really don't remember a lot of it. I can usually make out what someone is saying if I hear German in a movie or on TV. It was a fun language to learn. I think Spanish would have been more beneficial to me though.
Ditto. There aren't a lot of advanced courses outside of romantic languages, even at jr colleges. . . so, it can be easy for some to just jump from course to course. Some schools would also give some extra perks to peer tutors if they'd learn sign language or braille as well. And of course, pop culture... there's lot of American youth that can speak in korean pidgin languages or slang - mostly due to the influence of kpop, slightly older gens it was japanese - obviously for anime and gamer geeks, also largely influenced by visual kei popularity in the states. When/where I grew up, most spoke calo (pachuco / mexican / chicano spanish slang - and I'd suggest most Americans know at least a couple words of it) but the local variation also included lot of filipino slang. Sesame Street also included Spanish segments. Certain words and phrases are embalmed in the cultural milieu because of this, and of course, music too. The 70s had more mainstream rock bands.. later pop would have some cross cultural hits but nothing quite like the 70s were, and of course, there were standards from the years before or say the near Elvis/Bieber level of fame of Ritchie Valens. For Texans, it was Selena.. they still mourn her death in some places... and Mad TV loved making fun of Shakira. For me, it was Aterciopelados (that was more 90s), Mana, Santana. Uh, 80s had a bossa nova revival among some new wave artists that was cool. I played with that a lot. I think it would be fair to say Americans dabble in a lot - from language to music to martial arts to hobbies. . . the need to have youth in various activities, or at least exposed to it. People are also surprised that many of our "poor" historically have become multi-instrumentalists as part of tradition. I consider myself a jerk of all trades. It can sound a bit obnoxious, competitive, braggy when you list how many languages you've studied (programming, too), instruments you play, fields you've worked, things you've done or experienced. They don't really allow youth to sleep here, there isn't a rest period, like the idea of teens napping despite developmental needs, growing pains, is near sacrilege.. yes, they might veg out to tv or other distractions but many American parents expected their children to do something, be involved with something... if only to get them out of the house and away from perceived negative influences. For some, a church community fulfills this role, others it's various social/hobbyist clubs (scouts, 4-h, etc), there's always some kind of active niche. . . especially as extended families get pulled further away, and more parents wait until later to have kids. I would say it's a little more bohemian in the states than other places where expectations run a little higher than just exploring or distractions. . . like elsewhere, you find there's more of a direct path kids are expected to follow and the split paths are looked down upon more than following the main straightway of their peers. There's not as much shame in going towards alternatives. . . going to lesser uni. At least, overall as American society goes... like tradies are more respected in the U.S. than they seem to be elsewhere.. or heading to the military instead of school, or even just joining the workforce in general.
I am in the US and my wife is British. On her first visit here I took her to a gun range and taught her gun safety (with the assistance of an amazing range instructor) and how to shoot a selection of guns. She had never seen a gun before, and at first the noise from the other shooters on the range made her jump a bit. After about five minutes she was used to it and took to shooting the targets at various distances like a duck to water. She loved it and soaked up all of the lessons that we provided her. She couldn't wait to go back, and also remarked that she wanted to have a gun of her own some day.
US fan here...I love watching your reactions. You are always so open-minded, entertaining, and kind. I speak some Samoan (my mother's native language), a little Spanish (studied jr high through college), less Latin (took a few years in high school), and some words in ASL. I understand more than I speak all of the above.
He's right about us working too much. Compared to western European countries we do on average get fewer holidays. Vacation for a huge percentage of Americans is one week (5weekdays) or two weeks a year. Many jobs require you work an entire year before you get that first paid vacation period. In my experience the higher a person's education level and the higher their wages, the more paid time off they get.
the last company I worked for was a few dollars over min wage in Oregon, so not a living wage. Got 5 days of vacation the first 3 years of employment and if you're sick or need a doctors appointment during the week (gasp) you had to use your days and they didn't have a system where you could arrive late or early so you couldn't do that either. You either showed up or you didn't. Then when I reached 4th year you got 10 days off and the 5th 14 days then nothing happened again until 10 years (which I didn't get to, honestly surprised I didn't play with fire there because it was temping).
I can accrue up to 496 hrs of PTO. After this it stops accruing, but I don’t lose it. So I take 40 hrs between weekends I don’t work (I work every 3rd), and take 9 days off every so often.
The work ethic in the US is a thing of pride. For example: when I was around 9, 10 years old I was sent to spend a month on my grandfather's cattle ranch in the summers. He worked me just like any other of his ranch hands. He once told me that it is easy to tell who the weakest man on the crew is because he will be the first to get water to drink. lolol After he told me that I would go get a drink of water about an hour after we started working. It made the rest of the crew feel that they could get water without Grandpa looking twice at him.
The work ethic in the US was a thing of pride. Ask anyone under 20 what they wanna be and they want to be an influencer who doesn't do nothing half the day but spend time on their phone happy to live off their parent's paychecks
@@apollobunny3904You think content creators don’t work, you need to think again. No one whose parents aren’t in the business just stumbles into success-it takes A LOT of hard work.
Also in reference to workaholics and the finance workers that stay till 10 pm; that only represents NYC and a particular employee. Most of the employees that work till 10 pm are those who literally came to NYC just to make money and advance their career. They are usually in their 20's with no family obligations and probably keep this work schedule for 6-10 years until they advance up the career ladder.
What kind of annoys me as an American when people say we're ignorant about the rest of the world is that they literally have no understanding of our culture, like he said in some other videos they don't teach any American history in UK schools yet we learn World History as a requirement in ours so we end up learning more about their culture by 5th grade or by the time we're 12 yrs old ,since I know 5th grade isn't a thing in the UK school system, than they ever do about ours without actively seeking it out. Yet somehow we're the ignorant ones.......
Not necessarily. Our public education is a fucking joke, and each state pretty much sets their own rules on what they do and don't teach. We also have a ton of children stuck being homeschooled by parents who often don't like that schools are teaching things like pronouns or round earth. Having lived in America my entire life, gone to public school, and met my mother, I can say for certain that Anti-Intellectualism is alive and well in the United States.
@@littlewormthatcould To be a bit more charitable to the homeschoolers (of which I was one, and it has helped me graduate college early due to dual enrollment programs) Many parents choose to homeschool because it allows their students to work more at their own pace. When you are in public school, you are limited by how quickly the slowest person (who may be very smart, but needs more time to work things out) in that class learns. Homeschooling allows for kids to work through subjects more quickly or more slowly depending on their individual needs. Also please don't assume that all parents who homeschool their kids are doing so because they are "anti-woke" or whatever. A lot of parents do have legitimate concerns about what their kids are being exposed to in public schools. Yes, I think it is completely reasonable for parents to worry about their kindergarteners (or any child under the age of an older teenager) being exposed to hypersexualized content. Aside from sex ed, no child should have to think to hard about sex because they are KIDS. And pro-LGBTQ messaging or not, that's what so much of that is, a discussion of sexual identity and sexual attraction. Parents don't want their kids to be exposed to that. Lastly, again as a homeschooler, I can testify that it helps you avoid SO much drama and/or anxiety. Yes, public school is good for forming friends and relationships, but so do sports, clubs, other activities, etc. No, I never had a prom, but I doubt I'll be hung up about that when I'm thirty. I'm just received I avoided all the toxic teenage drama that I would have had to otherwise put up with. I have a much healthier mindset regarding my status in the world (no pressure to conform to social groups, to be friends with certain people, to look a certain way, etc.) All that to say, just please keep it in mind that being homeschooled often has nothing to do with anti-intellectualism, and that there are often many other factors involved. Thank you :D
@@imaginethat-wz1sn the problem is that there is no oversight for homeschooled kids, and I say that as someone who had to homeschool because my public school could not accommodate my health issues (I was basically bed bound for several years). Many states don’t even require you to register that your child is homeschooled. Homeschooling can be the best option for many children, if you can afford to keep one parent at home, but we need more regulations. Basic regulations. Common sense regulations. I’ve known homeschoolers that were wicked smart and capable, and I’ve known many more that were socially and intellectually stunted. With that being said, I could say the same about the results of public schooling, but at least there’s more oversight.
@@YellaBellaReno That's very fair, and I'm sorry to hear about your health issue. I hope things are better now! I definitely can agree that more oversight would probably be a good idea. I ended up doing an online school program, but I do understand feeling leery about letting parents take total control over education. I guess I've just heard my fair share of public school horror stories and, since I grew up with homeschooling just fine, find myself being a bit biased. I appreciate the extra perspective. At the end of the day, it's a rough topic and its difficult to find solutions. 😅
We are very divided here too about guns. If we took a vote, I think most of us would choose strict laws to control gun ownership. The gun lobby has too much money.
Working until 10 pm certainly happens in certain types of companies but not the rule. Also, the higher up the professional ladder you go, the more you might see people working long hours. That being said, it’s definitely frowned upon to be the person who always leaves right at 5 pm. And, it’s true that we often have to be reminded to use all of our vacation / holiday time. 😂
Vacation time? What’s that? I get 4 weeks a year. I’m lucky to take a week of that, and it’s rarely concurrent. And when I do take time, it’s filled with phone calls and emails. You give up a certain amount of freedom when you get into management or professional roles. It’s sad, but they’re not going to hire 2 of me and I am the only leader they have. I make almost any and all decisions and I am truly the person through which everything travels. If I’m gone, there is no replacement. If I were to leave permanently, they’d find a “replacement,” but it would be at a huge cost. We find that out semi-regularly. We had a manager die a couple years ago and his replacement was promoted from within. The performance of the location dropped 25%. We fired another and promoted a previously demoted employee to fill the spot. It took a year of lower performance before the numbers improved. I honestly don’t know how the UK does it with all the holidays and lost hours. Do you just have more staff? That would explain the lower salaries since you have 10 people to do 8 jobs. We have 6 people to do 8 jobs.
shiiiiit i use all my vacation every year lol. and i leave 30mins early every day. also enjoy the voluntary layoffs. I work in a factory tho and well simply put ...fuck that place.
I really appreciate YOUR honesty about your diet and health. My mum is from the UK, but I was born here in California, where I live (she, as well) l... One thing is that my mum starts out SO MANY statements with, " Well, YOU Americans are..." (fat, unhealthy, etc...) I always tell her, "Hey, it's ALL over!....AND, " we are NOT just any ONE thing, right? So, I DO appreciate how honest and a 'regular' Brit, that I think my mum's forgotten over her lifetime (MY lifetime, here) Know what I mean, jellybean?!😅 Peace, brah!
American here, in Illinois, Polish is actually the 3rd most common language spoken right behind English (number 1 obviously) and Spanish (number 2) But yes, language differences is actually very common and I’ve been learning German because I love hope it sounds and is fun to speak
Speaking different languages depends greatly on where you are from. I'm from Texas, so many people are bilingual Spanish/English because of the fact that we border Mexico. It can affect if you get a job or not. Bilingual people are more valuable if you are interacting with the public.
A recent report says that 1/3 of Texas households speak more than one language, mostly Spanish. Also, just about all salaried workers are ready to go home at 5 pm,.
A lot of people from America visit the UK because many of us have UK ancestry. My DNA says my almost 80% of my ancestry came from England, Scotland and Wales. My wife has Irish Ancestry too.
My mother spoke both Tagalog (Filipino) and English. She never taught my sister and me the language because she didn't want our dad, who only spoke English, to feel left out. I really wish she had taught us.
SAME. My dad is Samoan, and he'd only speak English aside from the occasional Samoan word or phrase. It's also because he wasn't as confident in his Samoan, so he didn't want to teach us wrong and embarrass ourselves and him...of course, now we don't know Samoan, and we get picked on for not knowing our language, and they blame my dad for not teaching us 😂
That's exactly how it was in my family - except it was French. My mom didn't want it to be difficult for my father. But I really wish she had taken a stand and spoke French to us. Especially since ALL of my relatives on her side of the family spoke French. I think raising children to be multilingual is incredibly beneficial!
My mother is Ecuadorian and my dad is very American and she never had any qualms about this haha, poor dad. But I do very much appreciate she had the foresight to raise me speaking Spanish as well! And I'll report dad is doing just fine after all these years, and still only knows a little Spanish lol....but more than we sometimes think!
I think most kids take foreign language in school. I took 3 years of Spanish, a year of sign language, and a year of Latin, but I can’t really speak any of them fluently. I can read them better than I can speak them. I bet this is fairly common for Americans.
Many Americans are really into their Scottish ancestry. Back in 2009, I think, they had The Gathering-largest Clan gathering ever. I was there! Clans Ross and Patterson. We have Scottish games in almost every state.
I only speak English, but at my son's elementary school, the student body speaks 40 different languages at home. We have immigrants from all over the world.
The Scottish heritage is deep and wide in America. For myself, my Scottish roots date back in America to the 1730’s. I actually own a genealogy book of our family history. Our family name is Buie from the isle of Jura. Most first settled in the hills of Appalachia and then many moved to Texas. Buie and Bowie are the same name, just a different sect of the family.
I didn't know my maiden name was Scottish until I looked into it .. the orginal spelling is McCoombs..(we use a version of it not the orginal) we are Cherokee and Welsh mostly is what we knew.. but my last name is not only Scottish.. the clan had a seat on parliament when England took over Scotland. My last name has about 20 spellings today as ppl came over. And yes.. we settled in Appalachian mountain range. My direct ppl are from wv then moved into VA. In the history I researched of our name, 8 brothers came here yrs ago all settling one time in different areas in Appalachia . Later 4 other brothers came over. It seems they married the Cherokee a lot. My family that I know are huge.. there must be a few good million of the different variances of the name here..I know they are also in Canada.
As to being a workaholic nation---many of us run a small family business which depends on how much time and effort you put into it. It’s easy to start your own business , but it takes TIME
I'm American, born in South Carolina. We had to take a language in Middle School and High School. I did Spanish and German. Hola! Fue de America, de Carolina del Sur, nosotros tenemos usar un lingua segunda in escuel y universidad, y yo marque Espanol. Es un poco mal, por que mucho teimpo pasado en que no usar este lingua, pero puedo hablar un poco. Ja, miene fruenden, ich habt die Flammenwerfen Schutzen!
To be fair I'd like to add to the whole American workaholic stereotype, it's not that we are workaholics if I'm being honest, it's just that we have to because otherwise being the one working I could work 70 hours a week and it's still not gonna be enough...also I'm so glad I stumbled on your video definitely gonna subscribe
I would say america IS richer than the UK, but most of that is in the top 1% of the population. The top 1% has more net worth than the middle 60% of the US population. So the 1% is way richer but the rest of us are just living our life, not rich at all.
Middle class people bitching about the 1% is mainly a snowflake thing here in America. Kids today think they are entitled to the 1% lifestyle without working for it.
America is a melting pot. We have people from all over the world living here. That means a lot of different languages. Also on sodas….all that sugar and caffeine will eat away at your teeth. The carbon dioxide will attack the calcium in your bones. I know, it’s worse than you think.😮
Workaholics: USA Federal holidays are celebrated primarily by government employees ( all levels) ; executives especially in ‘paper’ industries finance especially, are the workaholics, but the low level workers are ‘out the door when the whistle blows’. If you are on hourly wage you are expected to be in & out on the button of the hour!
There are 7 official Federal Holidays, then each state can mandate additional days off. The expectation is that you put in 8 hours a day. Depending on where you work and your job role, (shift work may be fewer hours, and a salaried position will expect the full 8 hours). There are still bosses that expect you to work as long as they think you should. It’s up to you to decide if you want to work for someone like that.
I have to say we're explorers, we love to see new things, learn new things, meet new people, and tourism is one of those things that allows us a wider perspective because we understand not everyone has the same rights, responsibilities, tradition, history, daily lives, even to their breakfasts, and communities and we absolutely love to learn about anything and try most of everything once.
Another thing Americans love is to find out about ours ancestry and where our ancestors and from and how they came to mind states. I found out mine are from a large group of Irish in the 1600's who were sent to the colonies. With that I was able to find out about my ancestors in some Ireland
The language myth is really baffling to me, and is definitely a myth. Almost everyone I knew growing up spoke another language at home bc of an immigrant parent, and then there's the language requirement we have in school. Of course not everyone who studies say German in HS goes on to speak it fluently, but others do....especially if they go into additional academic fields that require a language proficiency. But most of the second, third and fourth language spoken here will have been learned via family and neighbors, as the immigrant diversity is significant! I know so few Americans who only speak English.
My kids have the language requirement starting in middle school, so they start with Latin and can choose from Spanish, French, German, and Greek to continue through high school. My kids also started learning sign language in 1st grade. I think it depends on where you live in the USA. My household we switch between English, sign, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and Galalic when speaking with each other.
I'm from/born in Oklahoma and now live in Orlando, Florida. I know English (obviously), Cherokee (my father spoke fluently, grew up learning it), and once I moved to the suburbs around Orlando I took up learning Russian because I was meeting lots of Russians in my area and fell in love with the language!
Many areas of the USA are very poor but you won’t see the worst of it, even highways take you around. We may make more money, however our cost of living is much higher. I speak English, Spanish, some Latin, and enough German and Irish to get hotels, food, and directions. I had a semester of university in Mexico and Madrid. When I was living in Europe I got a euro rail pass and explored Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Athens, and spent 2 weeks hitchhiking down the west coast of Ireland. I played guitar, busking, to make my travel money. My sister speaks English and Japanese and plays piano . My brothers have learned German and Spanish (one married a gal who came from Germany, and the other from Mexico City. I have 2 degrees and a minor, Fine Arts and Nursing with a minor in Spanish. Many of us in the USA haven’t traveled abroad because we have so much to see and explore here in our own country. There are a lot of millennials who have received terrible schooling. They have been indoctrinated and taught terribly, many inner city kids in poor regions are almost feral. They don’t have respect for life and have been pulled into gangs and such, but there are still some who are struggling to work their way into a better lifestyle. Churches have been struggling with attendance, especially since Covid. But there are many great church communities which are thriving. There has been a huge boost to traditional Catholic Churches which offer the Latin mass. As a whole, American are sick of being under the thumb of crooked politicians and news outlets which only lie. Still, even with so much anger, there is a huge divide the liberal democrats and the republicans. In a nutshell, if you had a dozens people come to visit different parts of the US, they’d each very unique experiences.
The work obsession in the US has a lot to do with taking one's identity from work. This is a problem when someone loses a job or has to quit for some reason. (This is entirely different from the situation of people in low-wage jobs who have 2 or 3 jobs just to make rent & buy groceries. That's survival.) We've seen a lot of emphasis on finding meaning in relationships and awareness of personal worth not connected to work. Still, as a retired person, I find myself doing volunteer work connected to my profession because I LOVED my job.
Most of Americans have grown up around guns, and shooting guns. Our dad took us out shooting when we were young. He also taught us gun safety. The majority of gun deaths in our country are gang related.
@@lindadavis9765@lindadavis9765 If I want to kill myself, I'm going to. Not having a gun won't change that. Restricting my freedoms gets me closer every day.
I went to the UK for the first time last year. I got to see the white cliffs of Dover, Stonehenge, London and then all the way up to Edinborough and Lock Ness. Great vacation.
Every time I strike up a conversation with a stranger (which is several times a day), I think about your videos. It brings me an odd sense of happiness that I'm comfortable reaching out to my fellow humans even if I get occasionally ignored lol. I'm originally from New Jersey. We're blunt. We tend to say what's on our minds and what we mean. I'll take directness any day over artificial niceness and people telling you what they think you want to hear.
Great video. I live in San Francisco and a single person making less then $104k is considered low income. We have a terrible homeless situation here. I’d say a majority of people in California speak a second language. In SF, Spanish, Tagalog, and Cantonese are common. I don’t think most folks outside of the USA realize that the USA is the most diverse country to ever exist.
_"the USA is the most diverse country to ever exist."_ Using what metric? Because it's not ethnicity, or religion despite many claiming this over the years. This data can be easily found in a wide number of studies going back decades with a ranking for every country; the U.S. ranks near the middle, so nowhere near the top, or "most" diverse.
@@d4mdcykey The USA is a country made up of immigrants from all over the world. More immigrants come to America than any other country in the world. Maybe do more research and use better sources next time.
Ethnic diversity per capita, yes, the US ranks in the middle, mind you the UK (and most of Europe) ranks below the US. Sure, ethnic diversity as measured by the population is a great metric, but considering the size of America's population (3rd largest in the world) it's fairly easy to overlook the millions of Americans who are descended from literally EVERY country on earth. They just do not exist in large enough numbers to impact the stats, The percentage of languages spoken (the metric used for linguistic diversity) is not particularly high in the US, but if you look at the number of languages spoken in each country, the USA is number 5, which is higher than every European country. Over 300 languages are spoken by US Citizens, so yes, English is the most common language. It has to be. It's necessary, a common denominator if you will, in a country where 300 languages are spoken.
104k is considered rich in most of the US. Only considered low in democrat run cesspools where the system has the very rich and the very poor with few middle class
@@jerrebrasfield4231 ~ _"democrat run cesspools"_ Anddddd, there is when you lose all credibility from levelheaded people and we move on. Maybe before lazily copy/posting other peoples words into a zero-sum circle jerk, use your own mind and try to think before posting. Also, before you leave a comment look up ACTUAL cost of living _per capita_ and the rating of each states economy so that you don't look like a blatantly ignorant wetbrain.
Obesity in Americans correlates with the introduction of seed oils. The more seed oils in our foods the fatter the population. Check it out for yourselves.
I think in the past few years learning another language has become MUCH MORE desirable in America. They require a second language in MOST high schools but now people are actually wanting to learn. I personally know a decent amount of Spanish, Korean, and Japanese and I’m from the Mid-West 😂
In the old days it was common to learn another language in school. But what's the point when the whole world speaks English? In the southwest it's useful to know some Spanish, especially if you work in the construction industry, but when would somebody ever use German unless you moved there?
Most of us aren’t “workaholics,” we are forced into working extra hours or multiple jobs just to get by and shamed for taking time off. And that’s IF we even get time off. We want time off but it’s pretty rare.
this is a modern take of the younger generations America WAS workaholics because we strived to make a better life for our children the new generations want a hand out, dont get me wrong our dollar doesnt go far these days contributing to this heavily but at the same time they think pay comes first then the work happens they dont understand you have to prove yourself to make more money and move up you have to rise above the rest to shine, these kids been earning participation trophies their whole lives so its not crazy thats what they want as adults. also they dont realize the feminist movement ruined work wages making them stagnant now men had to compete vs women for jobs dropping the value of jobs then add mass immigration and the value of jobs dropped even more now a man cant pay for a house with a year and a half's salary its 5 times more now, but Americans would never of quit previously when the going got tough these days when the goin gets tough they bitch and whine about it and want the few who dont give up to pay for them through government subsidies and for this America will fall, its a matter of time and when it does so do all other free countries
Yeah, I would say we are "workaholics", but it's not by choice. I would rather never work overtime and still be able to spend time with my kids and pay my bills.
The newer generation in the US is really fed up with this and have stopped working or become content creators because of the work ethic. We hate it here now.
I live in Texas. I speak Texan, American english (wink) German, Spanish, some Japanese, and a little Russian. I also have a BS in biology, and I teach outdoor survival, and firearm marksmanship. I know every Canadian province, and their capitols, I also know the names of all 31 federated entities, in Mexico. I can pick out any country off a map, anywhere in the world, and know their capitol cities. What REALLY chaps my a$$, is, I can understand why Europeans don't understand our "Gun culture", but yet, most Europeans won't even TRY to understand that we have a BIRTHRIGHT to keep and bear arms. We had to fight, scratch, kick, and bite, for EVERYthing we have, and we'll be DAMNED if we allow ANYone, including our own .gov, to take any of it away.
Lewis, my husband and I regularly attend the Episcopal Church USA. Our parent church is The Church of England. Many of our dioceses tend to have liberal congregations, but in the South, more conservative
FYI, the US doesn't have an official language because its such a mixing pot of different ones. It isn't even English, though English is certainly the most common atp, but many Americans speak at least one other language than English. Also, with the workaholics thing, it's slightly less because we LOVE it and more we cannot survive if we don't work late and lots and lots of hours.
Having lived in Los Angeles., CA for 20 years and earned through work a nice home, I can say that homeless in LA is a crisis. There are people living in cars and caravans on the corner from me. Unfortunately, they also leave trash and burn things. Our country is basically NIMBY (not in my back yard). So we want to address homelessness, but just not in my back yard. Also, I speak Italian and French.
The main reason we are loud, is because people like to interrupt us when we're talking, so we have to raise our voice to talk over you, when you try to talk over us. Rudeness deserves to be talked OVER!!
I'm 61 born and raised in Ohio. My thought on that is, I think we tend to let our state to state travels sort of all blend into one road trip. Instead of seeing 50 different countries we see one grey area turn into another. It's not like there's a big border wall and then everything on the other side is a whole different land. The transition is so gradual you don't really notice it. Great example. A drive from Ohio thru Indy thru Illinois thru Missouri...hell if they didn't tell you you're in a different state you'd never even know.
I agree. I've lived in four different parts of the country and the way of like differs so much. What is normal in one place can be abnormal in another. Our states are as big as many European countries so people really need to look at it that way. I live in the East now, and it couldn't be any more different than the Rocky Mountain state that I lived in before that.
Born and raised in the US 70 years ago. My maternal grandmother was from Portugal and she made sure all her grandchildren learned to speak Portuguese. My other relatives are Dutch and French. I speak passable Dutch, and took 8 years of French in HS and college so I'm quite fluent in French. I also had to learn passable Spanish during my career as we had so many employees from Central & South America. Anybody who works in a bank and stays until 10pm is doing something they don't want others to know about during the regular work hours.
My grandmother spoke English, Spanish, Italian, and French. I took four years of Spanish and remember much of the basics. Always struggled with the listening lessons though, because the language seemed “fast”.
Schools here in the US offer foreign languages and many schools at least urge, if not require, students to take one. I took both French and Spanish in school. I also speak a little of other languages. My son is a self taught polyglot. He is fluent in multiple languages. Being labeled “The Melting Pot” means we have many cultures within the country. (Let a lone the massive surge coming in right now but I digress.) Many of us have multiple nationalities in our bloodlines which also leads us to studying those cultures and languages. Many employers will seek out employees that are at least bilingual. Besides, what other country makes you “Press 1 for” the country’s primary language? A huge area of contention for many of us Americans!
I'm originally from Texas and live in North Carolina. I speak English and Spanish and since I've been leaving in North Carolina for over 20 years I now speak Appalachian too.. lol
I am DEFINITELY NOT a loud person. The only time I am loud is if I'm laughing and sometimes it just comes out. It's just that first surprised laugh that is loud, then I immediately quiet it down.
47 years old, have lived in Michigan, California, and Oregon, and I could count the number of "super cars" I've seen over my lifetime on one hand. Saw a couple of Lamborghinis in san Francisco but that was over the course of 10 years living there
Also, the ignorant thing is crazy, most Americans I worked with in the UK embraced the culture and tried to learn about it while they were there. No one from the UK I met tried to learn about American culture, even when they would ask me about it. They always tried to turn it into a debate to talk crap about America until I debunked all there misconceptions then they would shut up and walk away
American Culture Changes From …… State To State ….. County to county ……. The American Spirit is What People Do Not Understand
Also Americana that travel abroad, especially those that work abroad are much less ignorant than those that never leave their state.
On the language thing; I live here in San Diego, California-- Spanish class started in High School, then I minored (degree) at CalState-- University. I am fluent in Spanish. My mum,as a Brit attended the Lisses Francais in London (college) and spoke French to us children PLUS, I had a French-Canadian (teen) au pair as a little boy.
So, I speak English, French, AND Spanish!
We DO speak OTHER languages 😊
Peace, brah!
That's so weird. When I went to India, they couldn't stop asking questions about the US. What was different, what was the same, did everyone dress like Britney Spears, does everyone wear Levi's and drink Coca-Cola, eat pizza everyday, etc. The shock when I told them we have both Hindu and Sikh houses of worship smack in the middle of the country, seemingly in the middle of nowhere, they were gobsmacked. When i told them that saris and lengha were actually really popular, especially among early 20s college students, they were equally shocked. And they shared with me everything. I got dragged to movies, sent home with a huge suitcase full of Saris and a mendhi kit, took me to the golden temple, agra. They were, to me, more like Americans than anywhere else I had ever been. Very interested and curious and happy to share and exchange and very forgiving of social faux pas.
@@hkandm4s23 wow so if someone goes to another country they are automatically more intelligent than someone who hasnt. thats a big brain take lol
It is NOT NOT NOT normal for people to work at the office until 10:00 pm
It is if the secretary is hot😬
I’m joking. Ugh damn
Unless their start time is 1 pm
Everyone works the day shift? What happens if an emergency of some sort happens after midnight?
I work overnights.. but I'm a paramedic
Most states' minimum requirement is 2 years of a foreign language, before graduating high school. Top languages are: Spanish, French, & German, then maybe Chinese. But, that definately doesn't mean they will be fluent. There are many Americans who are originally from another country or have immigrant parents, so they may be bilingual. Also, there are many Native American languages. Coastal states probably have a higher percentage of people speaking multiple languages (like NY, FL, LA, TX, AZ, & CA).
Michigan here. I had to take one year foreign language, Spanish, German or French. My daughter had to take French in 7th grade, and she took 4 years German in high school.
A lot of hospitality jobs require or give a bonus for people who can also speak Spanish, particularly in city areas. My high school required 2 years each of two languages or 3 years of 1 language and my college required an additional semester of a language. I ended up with 3.5 years of Spanish. I’m definitely not fluent, but I know enough to communicate a little if need be.
When I was in high school I took all the languages my school offered at the time. Finished 5 curricular years of Spanish in 3 years, 4 years of German, top of my class, and 3 years of French - the French teacher had me tutoring some of her 4th year students.
I was an idiot and took German instead of Spanish 😂 I live in Southern Cali and literally NEVER get to speak German (so i I practically forgot it) I only speak English and some Spanish
I took Latin for a semester, language wasn't a requirement for graduation. But I can read music, I have even written music a time or two. I remember when I was at a girlfreinds house. They had a piano. I asked where middle C was. She showed me, I read themusic, plinked a bit then played it. She said I didn't know you played the piano. I said I don't, but I can read music.
Statistically, 43% of Americans can speak 2 languages, 20% can speak 2 or more fluently.
Thank you! I've lived all over the country, and all over the world, but in the US, if you're living in any city or town where there's a large cultural influence, you end up just picking up another language judt to get by. I've learned some hindi, Arabic, French, Spanish, creole, Portuguese, Navajo, mandarin, tslagi, etc. There's so many people from so many places, you just end up picking it up as you go.
I'm one of the 43%.
@@DragnmastralexI'm one of the 20%. Fluent in 4 languages, can read/understand another 7 or so.
Yep, and for the most part we only need one, spanish is just a nice to have really, you only need english here.
Not even close to 43 percent can speak a second language. Dont know where you are getting that from, but its not even close to being true. lol wtf and the 20 percent speaking more is even more deranged. I cant believe you think thats true.
When I went to England I was shocked at how "rude" people were it was def a culture shock. I would greet people walking down the street in Burton and they would glare at me and act like I was telling them I wanted to kick their dogs. Or in London people get too close to you and bump into you and not apologize. Was definitely a culture shock
I found the people in London were rather nice when I visited, I was definitely a culture shock to them cause I generally just say hello to people while I’m walking found out later it’s just not a thing they do in london.
I had the same experience when I visited England. I had heard that the English were known for being polite but I didn’t see much evidence of that.
I went there twice in the mid-80s and out of the like 7 countries I've been to, they were the nicest. Maybe bc I was in uniform
Some people I know from Washington state said the same about Canadians. Everyone says they are so polite, but that was not their experience at all. They cannot stand for anyone to say Canadians are polite. 😆
I lived in London for a year. The most important cultural difference was not being in England, it was being in a big city. People hustling to work on the tube, shopping on their walk back home, don't have a lot of time or patience like some yokel in Oklahoma. The appearance of rudeness is part of survival in a big city. But I know that when the Brits see someone in need they make time and effort for them.
It was refreshing to hear people from outside of the US say kind words about us for once. Thank you! 😊
Our salaries are higher in the US but, we have high cost of living including very high health care costs. We also have a lot of impoverished here. My husband makes $100,000 a year, I’m making $52,000 and we spend most of that on housing, food, health care, and utilities. The money doesn’t go as far as you’d think it does.
Let’s not forget the increasing inflation too.
Also, you may "make" $100,000 a year but how much do you actually get to spend after taxes? That 100 grand gets whittled down pretty quickly after federal, state and local taxes then everything you buy is taxed and then school and property taxes.
@@josephbucknavage6739 that is after income taxes, about 152,000. but obviously not including sales tax, etc. I have high healthcare costs due to a chronic condition (so basically all of my free income after bills goes towards medical debt and care) and we help out my elderly mom.
@@daniellerussomanno188if you are spending that much money, even with bills, you are just being reckless with your money... you can pay less than a grand a month on your house for a 2000 square feet and acreage if you just move 20 miles from a city. Food has gotten more expensive since covid but you can totally live on under 500 a month. Plus gas a couple hundred and then all the amenities you likely have like cable and internet and cellphones which are not really necessary but you enjoy the privilege for another 3-500. That's 2200 a month for a fairly lavish life. Now add medical, with insurance you may do another 500 a month on average and that is A LOT even for multiple people. And you are only at less than 36k a year. That gives you 115k a year to spend on medical, car payments ( which you shouldn't have because you should just buy a 2 year old car for half price) and any medical procedures / medications and holiday gifts. If you spend that much you can afford a damn mansion with butlers and cooks and everything. Talking about "high cost of living" it is because you have a ridiculous standard of living
Hands these the most interesting videos I’ve seen. I’m in Lancaster,Pennsylvania in the US. I love it! You’re great!
It is incredibly refreshing to hear someone say positive things about the US! We hear so much negative is clearly untrue. I love my country as everyone should love where they are from!
CREAMER IS FOR COFFEE, unless you need plain creamer for cooking.
FUN FACT!: The United States doesn't have an official language and government agencies are required to provide a translator for people who don't speak English and are needing government services! Notices from the government are always posted in at least 3 languages (English, Spanish, and Russian, but most of the time I've seen them also include Vietnamese, Mandarin, Hindi, and some others).
Hm maybe it’s regional cause I see English, Spanish, and french in the Midwest. Arabic, German, and Dutch occasionally, but the languages you listed sound more relevant to the west coast & definitely wouldn’t be here.
In Oklahoma our most common languages are English, Spanish, and then about 5 Asian languages, and then I think German?
I consider myself bilingual...I speak English & Foul.😂😂😂
There's just too many to count in Los Angeles. It's enough to fill both the front and back of a page. Do not forget ASL either.
It is completely regional. Depending on the census, if a state has a high population of a certain language they will include translations for that demographic. IE. Georgia has a high population of Spanish speakers, so Spanish is included in their government documents.
As a single female in America i have worked as many as 3 jobs a week. Full time, part-time 3-4 nights a week and a part-time job on weekends to be able to afford the things i want and live where i want. Also to afford vacation trips.Eventually i worked hard enough to own my own business. But the more money you make the more taxes you pay. Also many of us get nice checks back for overpaying of our taxes. Im retired now but i always loved working to have my independence. 😊
When you are in the medical field, as in hospitals you generally work 12 hour shifts, I’d regularly work 3-4, sometimes 5 12 hour shifts and get 2-5 days off between, but I worked night shift, so it’s probably different in other areas of work.
I don't know anyone who is a workaholic, personally. I feel that we are not all workaholics, and most of us would love to take time off. Due to our healthcare being outrageously expensive and a high cost of living, we have to work a lot just to get by. Many people don't take vacation days because we save them for sick days because we aren't given enough. Many work even after we reach retirement because our social security doesn't pay enough for elder care. Watching your videos and others like yours has taught me that we really aren't so different from each other. Great video!
even then your own comment is a misconception/ stereotype that you tried to blanket for the nation itself.
@mikloowl4899 Misconception my ass! No, it's called life experience. I've watched 99.99% of the people I've known in my 46 years do exactly what I said. I'm speaking about the low income folks and the low to mid middle class folks, which make up a HUGE portion of this country. I wouldn't presume to speak for the rich. Sounds like you've never experienced living paycheck to paycheck. Sorry to burst your bubble, but most of our country is not filled with upper middle class and rich people.
@@mikloowl4899 It sounds accurate to me.
Work less then 80 hours a week and you're not full time. So that means no benefits or vacation days, and the rate of your payed time off is lower too.
I didn't get benefits until my 5th job and only after working for them for 2 years.
It was really nice hearing kind words for once. All I hear about America and ourselves is how terrible we are and at first it was a joke but now it’s just annoying, rude and an excuse to talk bad on us. So this is really nice and appreciated.
I was born and live all my life in the "Deep South” and speak 3 languages. English, Spanish and Chinese Mandarin. Do not let the accent and stereotypes fool you about Southern people in the USA. If you get a chance to visit please make sure Charleston, SC and the SC coast is at the top of you places to visit! Love the videos bro!
I wish Mandarin was an option when I was a kid lol the business opportunities
Southern people are slow.
Born and raised and now again live in St. Louis County, MO. I speak German and Spanish (and English as my first language.)
@@katherinemcintosh7247 I don't consider St. Louis in the south. That's more like middle America.
Its considered more southern.... Most people don't think of it as being part of the midwest.
I don't think he's talking about insults when he's says Americans are more direct. He just means they won't beat around the bush. And you're right, there are rude people and polite people everywhere.
About the question of rude; British people: too polite to be honest; German people: too honest to be polite.
I’m an American, born and raised in the southeast. Born in Georgia, lived in Alabama most of my life. Deployed to Germany for about 18 months, and learned German super quickly, just bc I loved the people, loved the culture, loved the architecture, loved the scenery, and wanted to communicate better with them in their language. “Learned” Spanish in high school, but never used it in daily life, so forgot it super quick. I can barely speak German now (haven’t used it in over 15 years now), but can still translate it when written, most of the time.
Gun safety is a HUGE component of gun culture.
I wish that were true.
Right? It's more common than ppl think. My dad taught us how to handle multiple different kinds of guns properly as we grew up, to avoid accidents. But unfortunately many don't use the safety as they should, which is what causes incidents and deaths.
Well, a lot of gun deaths are gang related. Guns are used in America for self defense anywhere from 500,000 to 3 million times a year according to the government’s own statistics that were posted on the CDC’s website until the Biden administration asked them to take it down because it didn’t help his anti-2A agenda.
Except no one does it
Gun safety needs to be taught in every school system, every year.
America has too many stupid cowboy types.
And one shouldn't be able to own a gun before age 21.
High fructose corn syrup is a frankenfood sweetener very commonly used in US foods. Fructose is fruit sugar, and corn/maize is a member of the grass family. The human body recognizes nutrients in hfcs, but is unable to digest it, so stores it as fat. Increased use of hfcs = increase in weight.
I recently learned I can’t consume anything with that crap in it.
I speak loud - but I had a sister who was 100% deaf in one ear and 60% in the other. I got so annoyed with, “what did you say”, I kinda learned to always speak loud and clearly.
Same with my grandmother, they always spoke loud because my grandmother is hard of hearing. Now, in my home, I demand quiet voices. Got real tired of the accidental yelling lol.
I'm from Oregon in the U.S.A. I speak spanish and am learning French on Duo Lingo (which is free on the internet) & many people thinks "ignorant" means "Stupid" it doesn't, it means "not knowing" no one can know every subject, everyone is ignorant about some subject. I worked only til 5pm unless it was very important & never took any sick days or vacations! Wish i had.
Yes fellow Oregonian
Also, directness versus rudeness versus politeness differs greatly in regions in the US. In the south, it is super different than in the north.
On one of our camping trips to The Great Smoky Mountains I noticed an Asian family in the next campsite were having trouble with their dining canopy ( a must have in such a rainy environment ) and couldn't make it stop sagging too low in the middle. We had extra poles of the type they needed. I told my husband what I was seeing and suggested he take the poles to them. The poles would sit at the ends and middle of the table and hold the canopy up for them. The next day they stopped in town and bought their own, but we were happy to help. Who wants to struggle with that sort of thing at meal time. They gave us a couple of packs of ramon noodles. The language barrier was meaningless to all of us.
We were taught French from 1st grade through graduation in Louisiana because it was a bilingual state at that time. They have since stopped but I know most schools offer second language courses and it is highly encouraged to learn a second language especially if a student plans to go to college.
I live in Green Bay, Wisconsin and I have worked with a lot of people who don't speak English or maybe just a few words. The factory I work in now has all its announcements posted in English, Spanish, Hmong, and Somalian. Conversations in English are in a small minority there. I don't understand most of what is being said around me but it is still a friendly and welcoming place to work. But when you look at the city at large, yes, the majority is speaking English
The thing with the work culture here. A lot of companies default to a fear mongering technique. They make you fearful that you cab & will be replaced by someone more willing to put in more hours, be available more, take less time off, be faster at completing reports, tasks, etc. It's terrible. After many years of it, I have now promised myself I will never work in a corporate setting again. I got out, one of my last jobs I was working 80+ hours per WEEK. Salaried (of course) there was just no way to get done all that they demanded & acted like everyone else was completing with ease. However, when you would speak with other managers, they too were working this many hours & miserable. You're lost as what to do, how do you make your way to an interview when you've got no time? What if you're found out interviewing & you're fired, left with no way to pay your bills? Companies know this & they use it against you.
That's why it's so important to do your research before you commit somewhere. I've been stuck in the situations you're talkin about, and in my case I put my foot down and believe it or not they respected my wishes. But I also know that doesn't happen all the time and if it doesn't you've got to be willing to walk away which I was willing to do.
Luckily most of my jobs have been in the public safety sector well for the first 22 years of working, and in that case I didn't mind it because I loved my job and in fact I think I already commented I probably worked more overtime hours than I did actually ours. But again that's because I had a job that I actually loved to do. And I think that's very important and I think it's something too many people forget, find something that makes you happy or fulfilled. I've got a 26 year old daughter who's going through the same situation right now. But she found a position in management and she loves it. It's a lot of hours but she's got good benefits and she knows what she's working towards so
@@Wyomingchief yeah well, "doing your research" is a lot easier now than it was when I was still in management. I've been out for almost a decade. But yeah, like I said, I got out & chose to do something else, something creative.
Also, you may not know this, marketing directors like to pad glass door, google, other online site reviews. A couple companies I've worked for gave little drawings if you gave an online review of working for the company. What do you think those employees said lol
Or, they just change the name of the company, if the reviews are bad enough. I've seen it happen. Usually as long as the name has a combination of the same names as the licensing, in any order, words abbreviated, cut out, etc, you don't have to go through as much trouble as one would think. Hire a new manager, you can say "under new management" They get around it, if it becomes an obstacle.
Sometimes, you can be in a great company that goes sour because of a bad seed or a retirement. Greed is king in corporate America. There are so few good companies that will actually put employee welfare in the same ranking of import as the noi.
at my old job my boss had a six foot tall poster framed on the wall that said "work like there is someone working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to take it all away from you"
@@naryxvellar7384 Your boss was an ass.
Exactly!
This man is very fair with his opinions instead of sticking to stereo types like some TH-camrs have done. Very well done. 👏
I was born in Florida, grew up in Missouri and we had to actually take a "language" class from middle school on through highschool. Mine was Spanish. Thank God we did because there's actually a lot of Spanish only speakers here in Florida. Being in law enforcement, it made a huge difference here.
I saw a Lamborghini parked outside of a large department store I was leaving once. My jaw dropped. It was parked right near the door and not in the lot proper. I looked, started toward my car but reconsidered and went back for another look. What a work of art a Lamborghini is!
Most Americans (especially younger Americans) have a basic proficiency of a second language. A lot of schools require at least a couple of years of another language other than English
Yeah but taking a language in school doesn't make you proficient. I took 4 years of Latin and 2 years of French and while I can read some French, when I went to France I found I could hardly speak it. I think the fact that many Americans speak 2 languages has more to do with the large number of 1st and second generation immigrants than with what's taught in school.
I graduated high school in 1975 and even then we had to take at least two years of a language (I took three years of French). My son graduated the same high school in 2021 and he also had to take at least two years of a foreign language (he took Spanish).
I disagree, the language taught in school is not really conversational, definitely not enough to really get by in another country.
@@sugarwaterpurple5280 That's still more than the UK where kids aren't required to take any foreign language classes
@@121476 that actually does surprise me. Don’t you go to school year ‘round in the UK? Do you get to take more classes in the arts? Or is it just that you get to finish school faster than we do, and move on to college and university?
A lot of us Americans can speak more than one language, probably not fluently, but most of us are exposed to more than a language enough to know keywords and how to pronounce them well. We were also taught 2-3 languages in school. And if someone can’t speak it, they for sure can hear it and understand.
I can speak English and Vietnamese at home. In school, I was formally taught French for 2 years, but I was also exposed to Spanish and American Sign Language in my everyday environment.
Our media also exposes us to other languages. For example, anime is a popular genre. So many people can understand Japanese based on anime alone.
I got the best laugh I've had in a while when you said that about you and your Mom shopping in New York and somebody saying, "Hey, you're ugly." Ir put a picture in my mind and I laugh every time I think of you shopping in a store and somebody walking up out of nowhere and saying that to you. 😄 I enjoy watching your channel and hope you get to America and that it doesn't disappoint you. Thanks for the nice things you say about us.
I'm not really vocal a lot man but I think the way you talk is what is so good about your reactions though. This is another good one . See ya later on man
Just a word about the obesity thing: I recently was reading a medical article that challenged the definition of obesity. It said in America obesity parameters are set by BMI, which has been found to be a very inaccurate way to calculate obesity. And also that in the past a person wasnt considered obese when judged by current parameters. The terms "obese" and "overweight" are assumed to be scietifically accurate, but thats being challenged more and more as they've been found to not only be inaccurate and subjective, but also what one country considers obese, another county doesnt. Theres no international definition. This renders the statistics as unreliable. Other articles in medical journals made the claim that there really arent as many obese or overweight americans as is the claim (or accusation). For example, insurance guidelines used to say a woman my height and build was perfect weight at 130 lbs. That was in the 1990s. Now they say I must weigh 110-115 or I'm considered overweight (over what someone has randomly decided is the recommended weight). It's not very scietific at all and labels a whole country of people inaccurately. Mostly for higher insurance rates and other money-related purposes.
The BMI takes into account someones height way too much and not body type. Completely agree with your comment.
I mean as a 5 feet 6 inches male in my late 20s my average would be 150. Anything lower than 140 would honestly be unhealthy.
Also my generation (Boomer) were fed the beginning of absolutely trash. We were told vegetable oil was good for us and animal fat bad. The opposite is true... Butter and animal fat is naturally digested by humans and vegetables don't make "oil"... It is a synthetic productive and totally repellant.
I do believe having a good work ethic is a good thing in general. But a lot of companies in the US expect you to put work in front of everything in your life and it feels like it's gotten worse. Most people work to live and many bosses expect you to live to work. Why in the world would that ever be expected? It's crazy.
its the major reason why unemployment amongst younger generations is rising tbh. people are starting to wake up to the fact that their bosses and their bosses bosses basically only see them as cattle
Wake up call: work ethic is why we are advanced and the rest of the world depends on the USA. And yes, balance matters.
To be fair, most Americans are forced to work 60+ hours a week just to make some semblance of a living. Having multiple jobs (with no benefits like healthcare, pension, rtv) is not at all uncommon. The reason for this is companies are allowed to influence US politics via lobbying. We have the fewest days off per year, longest average hours, and some of the highest out of pocket cost of living of any industrialized nation in the world,. This guy got his viewpoint from banking executives, who are incentivized to treat employees like "human resources", squeezing the most labor out of an individual for the lowest price they can legally get away with. The vast majority of Americans born after 1985 will never own a home. Job security is non existent with most state laws allowing companies to fire people for literally no reason to replace them with someone cheaper. Waitresses in most states get paid $2.15 an hour, and have to rely on the generosity of strangers rather than their employer to make a living wage. The working mother working an 8 hour breakfast shift at a diner and then cleaning offices for another 8 is not a work-a-holic, they're just trying to put food on the table for their family, afford an out of control rent, and pay for braces and flu shots for their kids. Is the work ethic to go out and do that for your family admirable? Yes. Should it be the status quo? Fuck no. /rantoff
@@reverendphillipwaselik7467work effort made sense when you got rewarded for it but since the eighties companies have been systematically eliminating any protections for workers while making the workplace worse and worse with lower and lower pay
@deeznuttes9340 @trevorsmith5529 @Nostripe361 Agreed. Many companies are too greedy and the people at the top want to make tons of money off their employees and don't give a care about them. It's like the Robber Barons back in the late 1800's, early 1900's.
A lot of us are of Irish/Scottish descent as immigrants from those two nations made up a large portion of our early population and those cultures still run deep. We've had a resurgence of cultural awareness of our ancestors over the last couple decades and it was imparted on my from childhood. I'm proud to be an American first and foremost but am likewise proud of my Irish and Scottish roots.
Ten pm is an exaggeration, but we do stay if we're working a project and want to finish or finding a stopping point.
For all the guns you saw, that was only a tenth of those you were near and didn't realize. We carry concealed under our clothing, so unless you're at the beach, you'll never know. I'm a 62 year old grand mom who almost always carry when I'm outside the house....not that you'd see it.
I think a tenth is low, at least around here.
I don't carry Guns. Watch yourself when saying we. I, my family, my friends don't walk arou d with guns. But then I don't live in Texas.
@@susannalamont6707 A lot of people carry, it's not advertised.
I'm 77 and I've been carrying concealed legally for almost 40 years. Few of us open carry in most states.
@@susannalamont6707don’t be an asshat. 🙄
My brother and I are from Wisconsin, we started a brick and mortar business at 23. First two years we worked 90 hour work weeks with no days off, 7 days a week.
6 Years later we have 20 employees and reap the benefits of hard work.
I'm not a workaholic.I'm just obsessed with having a roof over my head which requires me to work more hours.
Abour guns; everyone needs a hobby. Guns keep the government under control, they also keep coutries from invading.
Bingo! And makes you a truly free citizen and not a subject masquerading as a citizen.
We had a language requirement in high school, and IIRC, the options were Spanish, French, and German. I grew up in SoCal so opted for Spanish, which I also picked up a bit just through friends, the environment, and osmosis. But many of the people at my school spoke English and Spanish. And while some chose Spanish as their language requirement anyways (they were put in advanced classes) many chose French or German. So, while maybe we didn't end up completely fluent in them, a ton of the kids at my school could speak three languages at least passably.
Yes, if we wanted to graduate high school as "college preparatory", we had to have at least two years of a foreign language. I took two different languages in high school (Spanish bcz it's so widely spoken here) and French. But Latin (for future science & health majors) was offered as well. Other schools offered German and Chinese. I am learning several more languages on my own currently...Hebrew (modern) and Irish Gaelic. I have many more on my wish list as well.
@@copper_lily Oh, nice! Keep up the great work! I'm so bad at languages. I confuse myself all the time. I'm half-Japanese so know some of that as well as Spanish. But how vowels are treated in both languages are very similar so sometimes I have to really think whether a noun, like 'oso', is Spanish or Japanese. lmao
I took 4 years of high school Spanish (2 years foreign language required to graduate) and 20 years later I still practice whenever I get the change. My vocabulary is decent but my Spanish grammar.... not so good. I try though, as there are so many Mexicans here.
The same languages were offered in my high school. I took three years of German. I never had a chance to use it after high school so I really don't remember a lot of it. I can usually make out what someone is saying if I hear German in a movie or on TV. It was a fun language to learn. I think Spanish would have been more beneficial to me though.
Ditto. There aren't a lot of advanced courses outside of romantic languages, even at jr colleges. . . so, it can be easy for some to just jump from course to course. Some schools would also give some extra perks to peer tutors if they'd learn sign language or braille as well. And of course, pop culture... there's lot of American youth that can speak in korean pidgin languages or slang - mostly due to the influence of kpop, slightly older gens it was japanese - obviously for anime and gamer geeks, also largely influenced by visual kei popularity in the states. When/where I grew up, most spoke calo (pachuco / mexican / chicano spanish slang - and I'd suggest most Americans know at least a couple words of it) but the local variation also included lot of filipino slang. Sesame Street also included Spanish segments. Certain words and phrases are embalmed in the cultural milieu because of this, and of course, music too. The 70s had more mainstream rock bands.. later pop would have some cross cultural hits but nothing quite like the 70s were, and of course, there were standards from the years before or say the near Elvis/Bieber level of fame of Ritchie Valens. For Texans, it was Selena.. they still mourn her death in some places... and Mad TV loved making fun of Shakira. For me, it was Aterciopelados (that was more 90s), Mana, Santana. Uh, 80s had a bossa nova revival among some new wave artists that was cool. I played with that a lot.
I think it would be fair to say Americans dabble in a lot - from language to music to martial arts to hobbies. . . the need to have youth in various activities, or at least exposed to it. People are also surprised that many of our "poor" historically have become multi-instrumentalists as part of tradition.
I consider myself a jerk of all trades. It can sound a bit obnoxious, competitive, braggy when you list how many languages you've studied (programming, too), instruments you play, fields you've worked, things you've done or experienced. They don't really allow youth to sleep here, there isn't a rest period, like the idea of teens napping despite developmental needs, growing pains, is near sacrilege.. yes, they might veg out to tv or other distractions but many American parents expected their children to do something, be involved with something... if only to get them out of the house and away from perceived negative influences. For some, a church community fulfills this role, others it's various social/hobbyist clubs (scouts, 4-h, etc), there's always some kind of active niche. . . especially as extended families get pulled further away, and more parents wait until later to have kids.
I would say it's a little more bohemian in the states than other places where expectations run a little higher than just exploring or distractions. . . like elsewhere, you find there's more of a direct path kids are expected to follow and the split paths are looked down upon more than following the main straightway of their peers. There's not as much shame in going towards alternatives. . . going to lesser uni. At least, overall as American society goes... like tradies are more respected in the U.S. than they seem to be elsewhere.. or heading to the military instead of school, or even just joining the workforce in general.
I am in the US and my wife is British. On her first visit here I took her to a gun range and taught her gun safety (with the assistance of an amazing range instructor) and how to shoot a selection of guns. She had never seen a gun before, and at first the noise from the other shooters on the range made her jump a bit. After about five minutes she was used to it and took to shooting the targets at various distances like a duck to water. She loved it and soaked up all of the lessons that we provided her. She couldn't wait to go back, and also remarked that she wanted to have a gun of her own some day.
One of us. One of us.
US fan here...I love watching your reactions. You are always so open-minded, entertaining, and kind.
I speak some Samoan (my mother's native language), a little Spanish (studied jr high through college), less Latin (took a few years in high school), and some words in ASL. I understand more than I speak all of the above.
There are two types of countries in the world. Those who use the metric system, and those who have gone to the moon. 🇺🇸
He's right about us working too much. Compared to western European countries we do on average get fewer holidays. Vacation for a huge percentage of Americans is one week (5weekdays) or two weeks a year. Many jobs require you work an entire year before you get that first paid vacation period. In my experience the higher a person's education level and the higher their wages, the more paid time off they get.
I work for a company that doesn't offer paid vacation time. If I need time off at all, I don't get paid for it.
the last company I worked for was a few dollars over min wage in Oregon, so not a living wage. Got 5 days of vacation the first 3 years of employment and if you're sick or need a doctors appointment during the week (gasp) you had to use your days and they didn't have a system where you could arrive late or early so you couldn't do that either. You either showed up or you didn't. Then when I reached 4th year you got 10 days off and the 5th 14 days then nothing happened again until 10 years (which I didn't get to, honestly surprised I didn't play with fire there because it was temping).
were not as bad as asian countries tho when it comes to work tho in alot of ways
@@shiichan32 but it doesn’t make it right what we deal with in the US
I can accrue up to 496 hrs of PTO. After this it stops accruing, but I don’t lose it. So I take 40 hrs between weekends I don’t work (I work every 3rd), and take 9 days off every so often.
The work ethic in the US is a thing of pride. For example: when I was around 9, 10 years old I was sent to spend a month on my grandfather's cattle ranch in the summers. He worked me just like any other of his ranch hands. He once told me that it is easy to tell who the weakest man on the crew is because he will be the first to get water to drink. lolol After he told me that I would go get a drink of water about an hour after we started working. It made the rest of the crew feel that they could get water without Grandpa looking twice at him.
That is so cool ,and funny! Very clever kid.
The work ethic in the US was a thing of pride. Ask anyone under 20 what they wanna be and they want to be an influencer who doesn't do nothing half the day but spend time on their phone happy to live off their parent's paychecks
@@apollobunny3904 Yall are both wrong, work ethic varies person to person. Not all people are good workers, not all young adults are moochers.
@@michaelparham1328Well that's a bit obvious since spectrums exist everywhere, hell I'm on a few myself hahhahaha
@@apollobunny3904You think content creators don’t work, you need to think again. No one whose parents aren’t in the business just stumbles into success-it takes A LOT of hard work.
Also in reference to workaholics and the finance workers that stay till 10 pm; that only represents NYC and a particular employee. Most of the employees that work till 10 pm are those who literally came to NYC just to make money and advance their career. They are usually in their 20's with no family obligations and probably keep this work schedule for 6-10 years until they advance up the career ladder.
Guns. I'm 75 years old, a grandmother, live in Texas, and I have a gun. In fact, my kids have me that gun for my birthday 3 years ago.
What kind of annoys me as an American when people say we're ignorant about the rest of the world is that they literally have no understanding of our culture, like he said in some other videos they don't teach any American history in UK schools yet we learn World History as a requirement in ours so we end up learning more about their culture by 5th grade or by the time we're 12 yrs old ,since I know 5th grade isn't a thing in the UK school system, than they ever do about ours without actively seeking it out. Yet somehow we're the ignorant ones.......
Not necessarily. Our public education is a fucking joke, and each state pretty much sets their own rules on what they do and don't teach. We also have a ton of children stuck being homeschooled by parents who often don't like that schools are teaching things like pronouns or round earth. Having lived in America my entire life, gone to public school, and met my mother, I can say for certain that Anti-Intellectualism is alive and well in the United States.
@@littlewormthatcould To be a bit more charitable to the homeschoolers (of which I was one, and it has helped me graduate college early due to dual enrollment programs) Many parents choose to homeschool because it allows their students to work more at their own pace. When you are in public school, you are limited by how quickly the slowest person (who may be very smart, but needs more time to work things out) in that class learns. Homeschooling allows for kids to work through subjects more quickly or more slowly depending on their individual needs.
Also please don't assume that all parents who homeschool their kids are doing so because they are "anti-woke" or whatever. A lot of parents do have legitimate concerns about what their kids are being exposed to in public schools. Yes, I think it is completely reasonable for parents to worry about their kindergarteners (or any child under the age of an older teenager) being exposed to hypersexualized content. Aside from sex ed, no child should have to think to hard about sex because they are KIDS. And pro-LGBTQ messaging or not, that's what so much of that is, a discussion of sexual identity and sexual attraction. Parents don't want their kids to be exposed to that.
Lastly, again as a homeschooler, I can testify that it helps you avoid SO much drama and/or anxiety. Yes, public school is good for forming friends and relationships, but so do sports, clubs, other activities, etc. No, I never had a prom, but I doubt I'll be hung up about that when I'm thirty. I'm just received I avoided all the toxic teenage drama that I would have had to otherwise put up with. I have a much healthier mindset regarding my status in the world (no pressure to conform to social groups, to be friends with certain people, to look a certain way, etc.)
All that to say, just please keep it in mind that being homeschooled often has nothing to do with anti-intellectualism, and that there are often many other factors involved. Thank you :D
@@imaginethat-wz1sn the problem is that there is no oversight for homeschooled kids, and I say that as someone who had to homeschool because my public school could not accommodate my health issues (I was basically bed bound for several years). Many states don’t even require you to register that your child is homeschooled. Homeschooling can be the best option for many children, if you can afford to keep one parent at home, but we need more regulations. Basic regulations. Common sense regulations. I’ve known homeschoolers that were wicked smart and capable, and I’ve known many more that were socially and intellectually stunted. With that being said, I could say the same about the results of public schooling, but at least there’s more oversight.
@@YellaBellaReno That's very fair, and I'm sorry to hear about your health issue. I hope things are better now!
I definitely can agree that more oversight would probably be a good idea. I ended up doing an online school program, but I do understand feeling leery about letting parents take total control over education. I guess I've just heard my fair share of public school horror stories and, since I grew up with homeschooling just fine, find myself being a bit biased. I appreciate the extra perspective. At the end of the day, it's a rough topic and its difficult to find solutions. 😅
We are very divided here too about guns. If we took a vote, I think most of us would choose strict laws to control gun ownership. The gun lobby has too much money.
Working until 10 pm certainly happens in certain types of companies but not the rule. Also, the higher up the professional ladder you go, the more you might see people working long hours. That being said, it’s definitely frowned upon to be the person who always leaves right at 5 pm. And, it’s true that we often have to be reminded to use all of our vacation / holiday time. 😂
Vacation time? What’s that? I get 4 weeks a year. I’m lucky to take a week of that, and it’s rarely concurrent. And when I do take time, it’s filled with phone calls and emails.
You give up a certain amount of freedom when you get into management or professional roles. It’s sad, but they’re not going to hire 2 of me and I am the only leader they have. I make almost any and all decisions and I am truly the person through which everything travels. If I’m gone, there is no replacement. If I were to leave permanently, they’d find a “replacement,” but it would be at a huge cost. We find that out semi-regularly. We had a manager die a couple years ago and his replacement was promoted from within. The performance of the location dropped 25%. We fired another and promoted a previously demoted employee to fill the spot. It took a year of lower performance before the numbers improved.
I honestly don’t know how the UK does it with all the holidays and lost hours. Do you just have more staff? That would explain the lower salaries since you have 10 people to do 8 jobs. We have 6 people to do 8 jobs.
@@stevewhiting556I feel ya. I am a fish farmer and it starts at about 4 am and doesn't stop until about 5-7 pm
shiiiiit i use all my vacation every year lol. and i leave 30mins early every day. also enjoy the voluntary layoffs. I work in a factory tho and well simply put ...fuck that place.
I'm out the door at 4:30. And I take all of my 40 days each year. Indiana worker.
@@stevewhiting556you get 4wks??
I really appreciate YOUR honesty about your diet and health. My mum is from the UK, but I was born here in California, where I live (she, as well) l...
One thing is that my mum starts out SO MANY statements with, " Well, YOU Americans are..." (fat, unhealthy, etc...)
I always tell her, "Hey, it's ALL over!....AND, " we are NOT just any ONE thing, right?
So, I DO appreciate how honest and a 'regular' Brit, that I think my mum's forgotten over her lifetime (MY lifetime, here)
Know what I mean, jellybean?!😅
Peace, brah!
it's 8:40 PM here in Texas, and I'm still babysitting a data load process. But I'm also watching your vid.
American here, in Illinois, Polish is actually the 3rd most common language spoken right behind English (number 1 obviously) and Spanish (number 2)
But yes, language differences is actually very common and I’ve been learning German because I love hope it sounds and is fun to speak
ah yes, the constant tug of war between chicago and warsaw on who has more polish people this year 😆
Speaking different languages depends greatly on where you are from. I'm from Texas, so many people are bilingual Spanish/English because of the fact that we border Mexico. It can affect if you get a job or not. Bilingual people are more valuable if you are interacting with the public.
America has a lot of really rich greedy people, but the majority are living pay check to pay check
A recent report says that 1/3 of Texas households speak more than one language, mostly Spanish. Also, just about all salaried workers are ready to go home at 5 pm,.
A lot of people from America visit the UK because many of us have UK ancestry. My DNA says my almost 80% of my ancestry came from England, Scotland and Wales. My wife has Irish Ancestry too.
My mother spoke both Tagalog (Filipino) and English. She never taught my sister and me the language because she didn't want our dad, who only spoke English, to feel left out. I really wish she had taught us.
SAME. My dad is Samoan, and he'd only speak English aside from the occasional Samoan word or phrase.
It's also because he wasn't as confident in his Samoan, so he didn't want to teach us wrong and embarrass ourselves and him...of course, now we don't know Samoan, and we get picked on for not knowing our language, and they blame my dad for not teaching us 😂
I understand both sides, but the key would be for him to learn as well.
That's exactly how it was in my family - except it was French. My mom didn't want it to be difficult for my father. But I really wish she had taken a stand and spoke French to us. Especially since ALL of my relatives on her side of the family spoke French. I think raising children to be multilingual is incredibly beneficial!
My mother is Ecuadorian and my dad is very American and she never had any qualms about this haha, poor dad. But I do very much appreciate she had the foresight to raise me speaking Spanish as well! And I'll report dad is doing just fine after all these years, and still only knows a little Spanish lol....but more than we sometimes think!
Never too late to learn! :)
I think most kids take foreign language in school. I took 3 years of Spanish, a year of sign language, and a year of Latin, but I can’t really speak any of them fluently. I can read them better than I can speak them. I bet this is fairly common for Americans.
Many Americans are really into their Scottish ancestry. Back in 2009, I think, they had The Gathering-largest Clan gathering ever. I was there! Clans Ross and Patterson. We have Scottish games in almost every state.
I only speak English, but at my son's elementary school, the student body speaks 40 different languages at home. We have immigrants from all over the world.
The Scottish heritage is deep and wide in America. For myself, my Scottish roots date back in America to the 1730’s. I actually own a genealogy book of our family history. Our family name is Buie from the isle of Jura. Most first settled in the hills of Appalachia and then many moved to Texas. Buie and Bowie are the same name, just a different sect of the family.
I didn't know my maiden name was Scottish until I looked into it .. the orginal spelling is McCoombs..(we use a version of it not the orginal) we are Cherokee and Welsh mostly is what we knew.. but my last name is not only Scottish.. the clan had a seat on parliament when England took over Scotland.
My last name has about 20 spellings today as ppl came over.
And yes.. we settled in Appalachian mountain range.
My direct ppl are from wv then moved into VA.
In the history I researched of our name, 8 brothers came here yrs ago all settling one time in different areas in Appalachia .
Later 4 other brothers came over. It seems they married the Cherokee a lot.
My family that I know are huge.. there must be a few good million of the different variances of the name here..I know they are also in Canada.
NW NC mtns is steeped in Irish/Scottish genealogy.
Yup, Scottish heritage here, too. The last name probably gives it away.
As to being a workaholic nation---many of us run a small family business which depends on how much time and effort you put into it. It’s easy to start your own business , but it takes TIME
I'm American, born in South Carolina. We had to take a language in Middle School and High School. I did Spanish and German.
Hola! Fue de America, de Carolina del Sur, nosotros tenemos usar un lingua segunda in escuel y universidad, y yo marque Espanol. Es un poco mal, por que mucho teimpo pasado en que no usar este lingua, pero puedo hablar un poco.
Ja, miene fruenden, ich habt die Flammenwerfen Schutzen!
To be fair I'd like to add to the whole American workaholic stereotype, it's not that we are workaholics if I'm being honest, it's just that we have to because otherwise being the one working I could work 70 hours a week and it's still not gonna be enough...also I'm so glad I stumbled on your video definitely gonna subscribe
I would say america IS richer than the UK, but most of that is in the top 1% of the population. The top 1% has more net worth than the middle 60% of the US population. So the 1% is way richer but the rest of us are just living our life, not rich at all.
Yes, and the fact that this wealth is portrayed in social media and entertainment.
Middle class people bitching about the 1% is mainly a snowflake thing here in America. Kids today think they are entitled to the 1% lifestyle without working for it.
I was going to say the same thing.😊
America is a melting pot. We have people from all over the world living here. That means a lot of different languages. Also on sodas….all that sugar and caffeine will eat away at your teeth. The carbon dioxide will attack the calcium in your bones. I know, it’s worse than you think.😮
We would be a lot richer if we wasn't the world's welfare and police department
Workaholics: USA Federal holidays are celebrated primarily by government employees ( all levels) ; executives especially in ‘paper’ industries finance especially, are the workaholics, but the low level workers are ‘out the door when the whistle blows’. If you are on hourly wage you are expected to be in & out on the button of the hour!
There are 7 official Federal Holidays, then each state can mandate additional days off. The expectation is that you put in 8 hours a day. Depending on where you work and your job role, (shift work may be fewer hours, and a salaried position will expect the full 8 hours). There are still bosses that expect you to work as long as they think you should. It’s up to you to decide if you want to work for someone like that.
I love that this guy is schooling someone with an attitude lol
A lot of the people I work wit 7:59 h are bilingual. Hmong, Spanish and Arabic are spoken here. I can speak Spanish.
I have to say we're explorers, we love to see new things, learn new things, meet new people, and tourism is one of those things that allows us a wider perspective because we understand not everyone has the same rights, responsibilities, tradition, history, daily lives, even to their breakfasts, and communities and we absolutely love to learn about anything and try most of everything once.
The majority would not come up to a complete stranger and insult them.
LMAO about the shopping with my Mom and someone walking up saying she's ugly😂 "Does this dress make me look fat?" No, but your face does😂
Another thing Americans love is to find out about ours ancestry and where our ancestors and from and how they came to mind states. I found out mine are from a large group of Irish in the 1600's who were sent to the colonies. With that I was able to find out about my ancestors in some Ireland
The language myth is really baffling to me, and is definitely a myth. Almost everyone I knew growing up spoke another language at home bc of an immigrant parent, and then there's the language requirement we have in school. Of course not everyone who studies say German in HS goes on to speak it fluently, but others do....especially if they go into additional academic fields that require a language proficiency. But most of the second, third and fourth language spoken here will have been learned via family and neighbors, as the immigrant diversity is significant! I know so few Americans who only speak English.
i have never heard of a school that requires a second languege
My kids have the language requirement starting in middle school, so they start with Latin and can choose from Spanish, French, German, and Greek to continue through high school. My kids also started learning sign language in 1st grade. I think it depends on where you live in the USA. My household we switch between English, sign, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and Galalic when speaking with each other.
I'm from/born in Oklahoma and now live in Orlando, Florida. I know English (obviously), Cherokee (my father spoke fluently, grew up learning it), and once I moved to the suburbs around Orlando I took up learning Russian because I was meeting lots of Russians in my area and fell in love with the language!
Many areas of the USA are very poor but you won’t see the worst of it, even highways take you around. We may make more money, however our cost of living is much higher.
I speak English, Spanish, some Latin, and enough German and Irish to get hotels, food, and directions. I had a semester of university in Mexico and Madrid. When I was living in Europe I got a euro rail pass and explored Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Athens, and spent 2 weeks hitchhiking down the west coast of Ireland. I played guitar, busking, to make my travel money.
My sister speaks English and Japanese and plays piano
. My brothers have learned German and Spanish (one married a gal who came from Germany, and the other from Mexico City.
I have 2 degrees and a minor, Fine Arts and Nursing with a minor in Spanish.
Many of us in the USA haven’t traveled abroad because we have so much to see and explore here in our own country. There are a lot of millennials who have received terrible schooling. They have been indoctrinated and taught terribly, many inner city kids in poor regions are almost feral. They don’t have respect for life and have been pulled into gangs and such, but there are still some who are struggling to work their way into a better lifestyle.
Churches have been struggling with attendance, especially since Covid. But there are many great church communities which are thriving. There has been a huge boost to traditional Catholic Churches which offer the Latin mass.
As a whole, American are sick of being under the thumb of crooked politicians and news outlets which only lie. Still, even with so much anger, there is a huge divide the liberal democrats and the republicans.
In a nutshell, if you had a dozens people come to visit different parts of the US, they’d each very unique experiences.
The work obsession in the US has a lot to do with taking one's identity from work. This is a problem when someone loses a job or has to quit for some reason. (This is entirely different from the situation of people in low-wage jobs who have 2 or 3 jobs just to make rent & buy groceries. That's survival.) We've seen a lot of emphasis on finding meaning in relationships and awareness of personal worth not connected to work. Still, as a retired person, I find myself doing volunteer work connected to my profession because I LOVED my job.
Most of Americans have grown up around guns, and shooting guns. Our dad took us out shooting when we were young. He also taught us gun safety. The majority of gun deaths in our country are gang related.
And they happen where gun laws are super strict.
@@deniseharris9320Texas has strict gun laws???????
@Vexxy197 no Chicago does and the reference to gang related gun deaths was being discussed.
Don't forget the numbers of deaths from suicide and domestic violence which are too high due to accessibility:(
@@lindadavis9765@lindadavis9765 If I want to kill myself, I'm going to. Not having a gun won't change that. Restricting my freedoms gets me closer every day.
I went to the UK for the first time last year. I got to see the white cliffs of Dover, Stonehenge, London and then all the way up to Edinborough and Lock Ness. Great vacation.
Where did “I’m not going to lie”’come from? Brit’s say it a lot. Also the word, Abs-so-lut-ly strung out.
Every time I strike up a conversation with a stranger (which is several times a day), I think about your videos. It brings me an odd sense of happiness that I'm comfortable reaching out to my fellow humans even if I get occasionally ignored lol.
I'm originally from New Jersey. We're blunt. We tend to say what's on our minds and what we mean. I'll take directness any day over artificial niceness and people telling you what they think you want to hear.
Great video. I live in San Francisco and a single person making less then $104k is considered low income. We have a terrible homeless situation here. I’d say a majority of people in California speak a second language. In SF, Spanish, Tagalog, and Cantonese are common. I don’t think most folks outside of the USA realize that the USA is the most diverse country to ever exist.
_"the USA is the most diverse country to ever exist."_
Using what metric? Because it's not ethnicity, or religion despite many claiming this over the years. This data can be easily found in a wide number of studies going back decades with a ranking for every country; the U.S. ranks near the middle, so nowhere near the top, or "most" diverse.
@@d4mdcykey The USA is a country made up of immigrants from all over the world. More immigrants come to America than any other country in the world. Maybe do more research and use better sources next time.
Ethnic diversity per capita, yes, the US ranks in the middle, mind you the UK (and most of Europe) ranks below the US. Sure, ethnic diversity as measured by the population is a great metric, but considering the size of America's population (3rd largest in the world) it's fairly easy to overlook the millions of Americans who are descended from literally EVERY country on earth. They just do not exist in large enough numbers to impact the stats, The percentage of languages spoken (the metric used for linguistic diversity) is not particularly high in the US, but if you look at the number of languages spoken in each country, the USA is number 5, which is higher than every European country. Over 300 languages are spoken by US Citizens, so yes, English is the most common language. It has to be. It's necessary, a common denominator if you will, in a country where 300 languages are spoken.
104k is considered rich in most of the US. Only considered low in democrat run cesspools where the system has the very rich and the very poor with few middle class
@@jerrebrasfield4231 ~ _"democrat run cesspools"_
Anddddd, there is when you lose all credibility from levelheaded people and we move on. Maybe before lazily copy/posting other peoples words into a zero-sum circle jerk, use your own mind and try to think before posting. Also, before you leave a comment look up ACTUAL cost of living _per capita_ and the rating of each states economy so that you don't look like a blatantly ignorant wetbrain.
Working till 6 or 7 is normal for many office workers. 10 p.m. is not usual.
Obesity in Americans correlates with the introduction of seed oils. The more seed oils in our foods the fatter the population. Check it out for yourselves.
I think in the past few years learning another language has become MUCH MORE desirable in America. They require a second language in MOST high schools but now people are actually wanting to learn. I personally know a decent amount of Spanish, Korean, and Japanese and I’m from the Mid-West 😂
In the old days it was common to learn another language in school. But what's the point when the whole world speaks English? In the southwest it's useful to know some Spanish, especially if you work in the construction industry, but when would somebody ever use German unless you moved there?
Most of us aren’t “workaholics,” we are forced into working extra hours or multiple jobs just to get by and shamed for taking time off. And that’s IF we even get time off. We want time off but it’s pretty rare.
This right here. It sucks.
this is a modern take of the younger generations America WAS workaholics because we strived to make a better life for our children the new generations want a hand out, dont get me wrong our dollar doesnt go far these days contributing to this heavily but at the same time they think pay comes first then the work happens they dont understand you have to prove yourself to make more money and move up you have to rise above the rest to shine, these kids been earning participation trophies their whole lives so its not crazy thats what they want as adults. also they dont realize the feminist movement ruined work wages making them stagnant now men had to compete vs women for jobs dropping the value of jobs then add mass immigration and the value of jobs dropped even more now a man cant pay for a house with a year and a half's salary its 5 times more now, but Americans would never of quit previously when the going got tough these days when the goin gets tough they bitch and whine about it and want the few who dont give up to pay for them through government subsidies and for this America will fall, its a matter of time and when it does so do all other free countries
Not workaholics, but from my experience Americans have a much better work ethic than Europeans.
Yeah, I would say we are "workaholics", but it's not by choice. I would rather never work overtime and still be able to spend time with my kids and pay my bills.
The newer generation in the US is really fed up with this and have stopped working or become content creators because of the work ethic. We hate it here now.
I live in Texas. I speak Texan, American english (wink) German, Spanish, some Japanese, and a little Russian. I also have a BS in biology, and I teach outdoor survival, and firearm marksmanship. I know every Canadian province, and their capitols, I also know the names of all 31 federated entities, in Mexico. I can pick out any country off a map, anywhere in the world, and know their capitol cities.
What REALLY chaps my a$$, is, I can understand why Europeans don't understand our "Gun culture", but yet, most Europeans won't even TRY to understand that we have a BIRTHRIGHT to keep and bear arms. We had to fight, scratch, kick, and bite, for EVERYthing we have, and we'll be DAMNED if we allow ANYone, including our own .gov, to take any of it away.
Lewis, my husband and I regularly attend the Episcopal Church USA. Our parent church is The Church of England. Many of our dioceses tend to have liberal congregations, but in the South, more conservative
FYI, the US doesn't have an official language because its such a mixing pot of different ones. It isn't even English, though English is certainly the most common atp, but many Americans speak at least one other language than English.
Also, with the workaholics thing, it's slightly less because we LOVE it and more we cannot survive if we don't work late and lots and lots of hours.
Having lived in Los Angeles., CA for 20 years and earned through work a nice home, I can say that homeless in LA is a crisis. There are people living in cars and caravans on the corner from me. Unfortunately, they also leave trash and burn things. Our country is basically NIMBY (not in my back yard). So we want to address homelessness, but just not in my back yard.
Also, I speak Italian and French.
From America . A majority of people from South Louisiana also speaks French.
Maine's second most popular language is also French.
The main reason we are loud, is because people like to interrupt us when we're talking, so we have to raise our voice to talk over you, when you try to talk over us. Rudeness deserves to be talked OVER!!
You are correct! Each state is like it's own country. A lot of Americans don't seem to understand that.
I'm 61 born and raised in Ohio. My thought on that is, I think we tend to let our state to state travels sort of all blend into one road trip. Instead of seeing 50 different countries we see one grey area turn into another. It's not like there's a big border wall and then everything on the other side is a whole different land. The transition is so gradual you don't really notice it. Great example. A drive from Ohio thru Indy thru Illinois thru Missouri...hell if they didn't tell you you're in a different state you'd never even know.
maybe under 20 year olds 😂
A lot of Americans don't like foreigners telling us how to see anything to do about our country including this.
I agree. I've lived in four different parts of the country and the way of like differs so much. What is normal in one place can be abnormal in another. Our states are as big as many European countries so people really need to look at it that way. I live in the East now, and it couldn't be any more different than the Rocky Mountain state that I lived in before that.
Born and raised in the US 70 years ago. My maternal grandmother was from Portugal and she made sure all her grandchildren learned to speak Portuguese. My other relatives are Dutch and French. I speak passable Dutch, and took 8 years of French in HS and college so I'm quite fluent in French. I also had to learn passable Spanish during my career as we had so many employees from Central & South America.
Anybody who works in a bank and stays until 10pm is doing something they don't want others to know about during the regular work hours.
My grandmother spoke English, Spanish, Italian, and French. I took four years of Spanish and remember much of the basics. Always struggled with the listening lessons though, because the language seemed “fast”.
I am so glad you spoke to the fact that the British expect people to speak English in other countries. People say that about us from the U.S.
Schools here in the US offer foreign languages and many schools at least urge, if not require, students to take one. I took both French and Spanish in school. I also speak a little of other languages. My son is a self taught polyglot. He is fluent in multiple languages. Being labeled “The Melting Pot” means we have many cultures within the country. (Let a lone the massive surge coming in right now but I digress.) Many of us have multiple nationalities in our bloodlines which also leads us to studying those cultures and languages. Many employers will seek out employees that are at least bilingual. Besides, what other country makes you “Press 1 for” the country’s primary language? A huge area of contention for many of us Americans!
I'm originally from Texas and live in North Carolina. I speak English and Spanish and since I've been leaving in North Carolina for over 20 years I now speak Appalachian too.. lol
I am DEFINITELY NOT a loud person. The only time I am loud is if I'm laughing and sometimes it just comes out. It's just that first surprised laugh that is loud, then I immediately quiet it down.
47 years old, have lived in Michigan, California, and Oregon, and I could count the number of "super cars" I've seen over my lifetime on one hand. Saw a couple of Lamborghinis in san Francisco but that was over the course of 10 years living there