American things

Now that I think of it, what makes it feel "townhouse" to me is a parking lot out front, and the homes usually being in a development often with a name for each one. Rowhouses don't have parking lots out front (and usually not to the side or rear either), just a one or two lane street with parallel parking (if there's parking at all). But that has nothing to do with the buildings themselves, and again it correlates with city vs. suburbs.

near-random seeming combinations of foods that usually involve melted cheese, bbq sauce, and too many other fat and salt sources combined in one place but are also supposed to sound vaguely creative or sophisticated

"Try our roasted-red-pepper-pesto-ranch bbq chicken and jack cheese flatbread pizza!"

Aka Guy Fieri cuisine

ZEE

there's a moving van I drive past at least once a week in Cambridge called "EEZEE Movers" and it just makes me sad, did they use to be called "EZ Movers" but then had too many people saying "why are you called EE ZED? hur hur"?

dj EZ to thread ("dj ee-zed")

QRS!
TUV!
W, X, Y AND
......
zed

will note that I have seen verified English people referring to their birthday as a "b-day" recently, which spins my brain around something rotten, maybe they just haven't heard of bidets? no other explanation comes to mind.

in China the alphabet song goes

A B C D E F G
H I J K L M N
O P Q R S T U V
W X Y and Z

which is wrong

b-day rhymes with DJ, not g'day.

UK vs US pronounciation of bidet

So does bidet? Unless that's another American thing?

(xp) LOL

I'm usually up on US/UK English usage and pronunciation differences, but didn't know about BEEday. Note to self: don't contract "birthday" when i'm in the UK.

Conversely, if you travel to the US don't say to your hosts "I gotta use the toilet" - sounds a bit crude to Americans where a toilet is only the commode itself, not the room its in.

"Where's the bog?"

That'll work in America; not sure about Australia...

“Where’s Rob?”

“He’s in the toilet”

American thing: flying to Dallas because you heard on Facebook that JFK Jr will miraculously come to life make an important announcement at the AT&T Discovery Plaza.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/joe-biden-mispronounces-glasgow-glass-25355010

That's J.B. for ya... Dunkin' on your big Glasgow and then getting out of there.

First the farting and now this, is there going to be a war?

Thinking that Tom Holland can't pronounce croissant.

"In back of".

Hanging out in back of.

“Where’s Rob?”

“He’s in the toilet”

― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, November 2, 2021 2:57 PM (two months ago)

creepy

83. “thank you for your service”

― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 11 February 2018 09:28 (four years ago) link

I don’t think I’ll ever get over realising that this frankly demented practice is widespread over there and not just something Fox News weirdos do

I need to start saying this to customer-facing retail people. They get shit on worse than anybody.

"thank you for your service"

"and also with you"

"let us pray"

Well, they have a type

83. “thank you for your service”

― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 11 February 2018 09:28 (four years ago) link

I don’t think I’ll ever get over realising that this frankly demented practice is widespread over there and not just something Fox News weirdos do

xp to Chris yeah, or like when you meet a librarian or something. Someone who makes a positive contribution to the world

I mean it would still be slightly weird

letting active service military first on planes! Fuck that Prussian shit.

to me, this is a cheap gesture of gratitude. after all, the modern US military is a bunch of poor kids who volunteered to be cannon fodder, just so that middle class kids don't have to be conscripted and shot at. this frees up the US war machine to pursue global domination with much less political blowback. a win-win-win, all around!

does anyone outside of America say "have a blessed day" because that is super common.

OMG no!

I've only ever heard that from older Black ladies, although I could imagine evangelicals using it.

people say it all the time. like at the checkout counter. it’s creepy as fuck.

I've gotten the blessing when getting off an elevator, no other conversation involved, just a shot in the back from a stranger causing me to turn and say "uh, thanks?"

P sure the correct response is “hallelujah!!!!”

p sure it’s “achoo!”

"free refills"

The correct response is "Inshallah".

Add shrimp to any entrée - $4.95

Half Sandwich and [other lunch item]

Shoehorning every military acronym into a ridiculous word. Brought on by

https://www.navy.mil/DesktopModules/ArticleCS/Print.aspx?PortalId=1&ModuleId=523&Article=2250056

hang on snoopie, snoopie hang on

white claw
la croix

Mormons

"We proudly serve Pepsi products."

In "The Looming Tower," there's a section on Sayid Qutb that also quotes Qutb's own descriptions of his time in the United States. One of the observations he made was that Americans would eat pretty much any combination of flavors without regard for taste. I don't remember what it was specifically, but e describes actually inventing a fake Egyptian food combination and convincing an American student to try it, which she does and claims to like it.

the most american photo doesn’t exi- pic.twitter.com/LO5fHpKHKQ

— Adam (@adamgreattweet) April 7, 2022