25 Things Non-Americans Absolutely Hate About Americans And 15 Things They Absolutely Love
Non-Americans hate when Americans...
1.Refer to Europe like it's a small island:
Hate when Americans are like “I went to Europe”Where’d you go? fucking Scunthorpe or Madrid?
2.Measure time by level of schooling:
i hate when americans measure how long ago something was by saying the grade they were in, girl wtf does 6th grade mean to a scottish man
3.Call themselves Italian:
I hate when americans are like “I’m italian”. like no, you’re not. your great great grandparents were italian, and you couldn’t even point to italy on a map
4.Don't pronounce that big, fat 'H':
I hate the way Americans don't say the 'h' in 'herbs'. WHAT THE SHIT ARE ERBS?!
5.Don't use Celsius:
I hate when Americans are like omg it’s 100 degrees here 😩 like btch that’s the boiling point according to the rest of the world
6.Think they're the champions of the world:
I hate it when Americans call their teams world champions... Which world exactly did you compete with and in?
7.Name kids after their parents:
i hate when americans name their sons after their husbands like okay mrs oedipus
8.Call university the wrong thing:
Why do Americans call university “school”? It’s not school. It’s university. Stop confusing everyone.
9.Call pasta "noodles":
Sorry but I HATE that Americans refer to literally any pasta as ‘noodles’
10.Say "chips":
still can't believe Americans call crisps "chips" it sounds so silly
11.Call themselves a "senior":
i HATE when americans say stuff like “when i was a senior” NO UNLESS YOURE NOT 80 YOURE NOT A FUCKING SENIOR IDC IT SOUNDS SO STUPID
12.Celebrate Halloween for like two months before Halloween:
Why do Americans celebrate Halloween before the 31st? This shit is too confusing for me
13.Forget about time zones:
i hate when americans say “why would anyone be awake this late”😐 other time zones exist 😐
14.Call foods the wrong thing:
hate seeing americans call a chicken burger a chicken sandwich shut up
15.Say "pasta" like this:
i hate how americans say pasta. what is a "pawsta" 😡 goodnight
16.Name their kids after boring things:
Why do americans do stupid shit like name their kids after days of the week
17.Pronounce "caramel" wrong:
Why do Americans remove the second "A" from "caramel" when pronouncing it?
18.Call chocolate a type of candy:
i hate that americans call chocolate bars “candy bars” 💀
19.Fail to properly abbreviate mathematics:
Why do Americans say math? The word is mathematics,so shortened its maths.yes?
20.Acknowledge the existence of the state of Maryland:
hate it when americans talk about maryland as if it’s a state, like shut up that’s a cookie
21.Say the entire name of a place:
I hate it when Americans say “Paris, France” We know it’s in France, Travis. No one takes a romantic city break to Texas.
22.Get way too excited:
i hate it when americans say “let’s gooooo!!” let’s go where? where you going?
23.Call it "soccer":
i hate it when americans say soccer no mf it’s football
24.Say they're from a state instead of just saying the USA:
hate it when americans tell me 'im from (state name)!' just tell me youre american and be done with it
25.Pronounce the letter Z incorrectly:
One thing I hate is when Americans pronounce “Zed” as “Zee”
ON THE OTHER HAND, NON-AMERICANS LOVE WHEN AMERICANS...
26.Use incredibly American units of measure:
My favorite thing about americans is how often “football fields” is used as a unit of measurement
27.Live the picnic dream:
I love how Americans make a salad in which the primary ingredient is pasta as a regular picnic side dish
28.Swear to their heart's content:
I love how Americans will interrupt a word to swear. I guaran-gahdamn-tee it. They'll even interrupt a swear word to swear god-mf-damnit
29.Create flavors that are incomprehensible:
I love how Americans think 'birthday cake' is a flavour
30.Put chips inside other foods:
I love how americans literally put crunched chips in their foodLikeDamn
31.Talk about the weather:
my favorite thing about americans is how much they genuinely enjoy discussing the weather
32.Call it "horseback riding":
Random – I love how Americans say horseback riding, as if we would expect to ride any other part of the horse.
33.Pronounce nuts funny:
My favorite thing about Americans is how they pronounce pecan, the rest of us are just like pee-can and y'all are there making bird noises.
34.Say "QUESTION!":
One of my favorite thing about Americans is that they‘ll often say Question! before asking the question. Like spanish ¿ but actually spoken out.
35.Completely ignore greetings:
i love how americans greet each other by saying how u doing and not answering back
36.Say words funny:
I love how americans say asphalt… ass vault
37.Say "Tuesday":
I love how americans say tuesday. toosday . toosday .
38.Get super specific about airports:
genuinely one of my favorite thing about americans is they don’t say “the airport” they call it by its name. so my brain is full of random american airport names
39.Share their hatred of line cutters:
my favorite thing about Americans is their extreme disgust for line cutters
40.And make up little weird sayings:
I love when Americans say “whoopty woop”
