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What is an obvious sign someone is American
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By (user no longer on site) 43 weeks ago
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They speak so loudly you think they’re shouting at you. It’s their quiet voice. 
They don’t eat with a fork and a knife, use their hands to pick up food, or do the weird knife swapping malarkey.
They moan endlessly about x, y, and z being better in the USA.
They are epicentric. The entire world revolves around them.
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By *batMan 43 weeks ago
Alicante, Spain. (Sometimes in Wales) |
"The accent usually gives it away
Unless their Canadian, in which you cause great offence. "
But Canadians are Americans aren't they? It's a big continent.
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They say “I could care less” when they mean “I couldn’t care less”.
Other than that and a few other language anomalies, there are a great many things from which I think we could benefit by utilising Americanisms. They have the advantage of having a relatively young language and so many descriptors are modern and relevant.
Oh, and they like a good school shooting. |
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By *orny PTMan 43 weeks ago
Peterborough |
"The accent usually gives it away
Unless their Canadian, in which you cause great offence.
But Canadians are Americans aren't they? It's a big continent.
Gbat "
Geographically speaking they are, as Canada is on the North American Continent. |
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By (user no longer on site) 43 weeks ago
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The fact they hate the letter U
they can’t say Aluminium, mum, colour or Neighbour etc.
Also think that they own the world and they must be involved in every conflict except the Falklands they refused to allow areticle five to be triggered for that one. |
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By *hilloutMan 43 weeks ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
Their teeth.
Pants instead of trousers.
Panties instead of knickers.
Most are awful at geography.
They'll say zeebra instead of 'zebra'
They'll say aluminum instead of aluminium  (I still do that)
I could go on and on  |
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By (user no longer on site) 43 weeks ago
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They're very loud & seem to love the sound of their own voice & are normally asking for directions....
(For me it's the most irritating annoying accent ever....) |
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By (user no longer on site) 43 weeks ago
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"They're very loud & seem to love the sound of their own voice & are normally asking for directions....
(For me it's the most irritating annoying accent ever....)"
I Like the accent.  |
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Given my intense dislike of religion in all forms the good old USA would not be my favourite place to visit but the C3 Corvette is the most beautiful car ever designed so they have something going for them |
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By *eah BabyCouple 43 weeks ago
Cheshire, Windermere ,Cumbria |
"They're very loud & seem to love the sound of their own voice & are normally asking for directions....
(For me it's the most irritating annoying accent ever....)"
Awww don’t judge them all the same we have some lovely American friends |
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"Cant make tea to save their lives!"
I went out with an American woman a few years back.
If ever we had a row she'd stare at me cold eye while making a cup of tea in the microwave.
In the MICROWAVE!!!!!!!!!  |
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"They will say Math instead of Maths.
for some reason this just bugs the hell out of me. "
Americans saying Math I don't find annoying, that's just how they say it. But when Brits adopt it for no apparent reason... |
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"Their teeth.
Pants instead of trousers.
Panties instead of knickers.
Most are awful at geography.
They'll say zeebra instead of 'zebra'
They'll say aluminum instead of aluminium (I still do that)
I could go on and on "
At least the spelling of Aluminium is different in the states though so we can forgive you |
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By *hilloutMan 43 weeks ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"Their teeth.
Pants instead of trousers.
Panties instead of knickers.
Most are awful at geography.
They'll say zeebra instead of 'zebra'
They'll say aluminum instead of aluminium (I still do that)
I could go on and on
At least the spelling of Aluminium is different in the states though so we can forgive you "
Give me some credit Now I pronounce Leicester as Lester instead of Lei-ces-ter. Or Worcester as Worster instead of Wor-ces-ter. I even mute the I in shire now. Lei-ces-ter-shIre is no more |
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"Insisting Football should be called Soccer"
I don't know why I call it soccer, I just do. A Liverpool fan at my last place of work thought I was doing it to take the piss out of the sport. Noooooooo, I just want to make sure you understand the difference between Rugby Football and Association Football. Rugger and Soccer. Would yo prefer they called it asser? They were gonna! |
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"They can’t say oregano or aluminium properly
They do actually pronounce aluminium (aluminum in American English) correctly.
It was the British who put the extra I into the spelling.
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Not quite correct.
It was also identified and first attempts yo idolaters it in England so I'd suggest that the English way is correct anyway. |
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By *batMan 43 weeks ago
Alicante, Spain. (Sometimes in Wales) |
""But Canadians are Americans aren't they? It's a big continent."
Geographically speaking they are, as Canada is on the North American Continent."
Which was sort of my point!!!!
Gbat |
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I have a real soft spot for many American accents. 
