British mum reacts to what Americans do

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[msongs]

1. watch the original video here....

his channel has a bunch of vids from his perspective of a brit living in the usa

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[UTUSN]

6. Whew! - was afraid I was going to be accused of *AI*!

[Niagara]

2. Some topics I'm guilty of, others I'm not guilty of

Smiling: We had a local county election back in November. There was an older gentleman walking towards the polling building. He had a cane and was walking extremely slow. I thought that he was by himself and I decided that I was going to open the swinging door for him. I said hello and smiled. He said hello back and smiled back. We chatted while we walked. He brought up the fact that he was walking slow. I talked about the Tortoise and the Hare and I reminded him that the tortoise won the race and not the hare. I found out he knew one of my neighbors who recently died. Anyway, to make a long story short I made a new friend that day.



Flag: I find flag worship weird.



Tailgate: I consider tailgating when a vehicle is following too closely to another vehicle. I know the buffalo bills mafia *rolls eyes* have tailgating parties with food, alcohol and table smashing. Yes, they purposely fall on tables to smash them. Again, fucking weirdos that worship football and the American flag.


Pajamas: I don't refer to them at pajamas. I refer to them as loungers. I don't wear my loungers out in public because I'm not a People of Walmart weirdo. I do sometimes shop at Walmart but I'm a normal looking person. Is the People of Walmart blog still active?



Refills: I love my coffee. It better be free refills dammit! No sugar, no cream.


Ice: I had some cosmetic work (dental bonding) done on one of my cuspid tooth about 20 years ago or so. I have some serious pain way up above this dental bonding in the gum area if I get anything too cold on it. I'm not a big fan of ice and I always order my drinks without ice. They say that ice machines in restaurants are a serious health hazard harboring mold, bacteria like E. coli and Salmonella. I don't feel like I'm missing out at all.

[3catwoman3]

4. "I'm not a People of Walmart weirdo."

Some years ago, I spent most of a weekend looking at The People Of Walmart site, in horrified fascination. Each picture was worse than the one before it, and I was had trouble believing that people would leave their houses dressed (or, in many cases, pretty much undressed) like that.

It was like having a bag of potato chips open in front of me - just one more, just one more, just one more.

[Niagara]

5. I looked and I can't find the People of Walmart blog

I would also spend hours looking at the site as well.


It's most likely a good thing it's not up and running anymore. As you and I remember, it was some crazy stuff!!

[3catwoman3]

9. Lots of them were funny, and some of them were downright sad.

The saddest one I recall was an elderly lady who was wearing only a pair of over-sized elastic waist pants that she had pulled up high enough to cover her breasts. No shirt or bra. She was very poorly groomed, and I remember thinking that she was probably in need of mental health services and financial assistance. If she'd had anyone who cared about her, I doubt they would have let her go about looking like that.

[Niagara]

10. I found the Walmart weddings and costumes with tails to be hysterical

The saddest one that I recall was an elderly man that obviously had a serious medical condition on both of his legs and ankles. I don't know what medical conditions that he had but it looked like he was close to amputation. There was also feces on his upper legs in his thigh area. He needed medical attention ASAP, I hope he received the medical attention that he needed.

[3catwoman3]

3. "It's as if they don't care what they look like." ITA.

IMO, a lot of Americans look like slobs much of the time.

Comfort is one thing. Slovenliness is another.

[3catwoman3]

7. Something Americans don't do that you can hear from the young man in the baseball cap...

...in the longer video - a pronunciation oddity known as th fronting.

I recently learned about this phenomenon- substituting "f" for 'th" at the beginning of a word. Examples - "fink" instead of think and "fing" instead of thing. Also common is substituting "v" for "th" in the middle of a word - favver instead of father and "wevver" instead of weather, and so forth.

It's subtle, but once you know to listen for it, quite common. We watch a lot of English Premier League soccer at our house, and hear this all the time when British players are interviewed after a game.

Of interest in the longer video is the son does this, but his mother does not.

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8. *** There's a bit of old world snobbishness, but recently heard a (Brit?) say

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that they were surprised to find the English accent/dialect made us 'muricans react as "inferior", that back home (Britain) it is just the way they talk and sound and it doesn't give them extra status (we know there are class distinctions), but that in America they are considered extra Classy. Same goes in Hispanic 'murica, that the Spanish dialect is considered high class, while the Latino is low.