American Reacts Europeans, How Can You Instantly Spot An American Tourist?
Вставка
- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- 👉Original Video: • Europeans, How Can You...
👉Discord: / discord
👉 Patreon: / mcjibbin
☕Buy me a coffee!: www.buymeacoff...
📦P.O. Box info (NOT accepting ANY perishable items)
For any clothing: l'm a Men's size large
McJibbin
P.O. Box 447
Bristol, Rhode Island 02809
USA
Hi everyone! I'm an American from the Northeast (New England). I want to create a watering hole for people who want to discuss, learn and teach about history through UA-cam videos which you guys recommend to me through the comment section or over on Discord. Let's be respectful but, just as importantly, not be afraid to question any and everything about historical records in order to give us the most accurate representation of the history of our species and of our planet!
Having a diverse perspective is crucial to what I want to achieve here so please don't hold back! I want to learn about all I can! Keep recommending and PLEAESE join my Discord :) ( / discord )
#american
#mcjibbin
#americanreacts
#reaction
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
I can walk into a restaurant and SPOT most Americans from the doorway (before I hear them speak). They struggle to use cutlery, often never using the knife, use the fork with tines UP and pass the fork from hand to hand. Whenever I visit the US, I'm always fascinated watching yanks eat like toddlers... In the UK, Europe, Commonwealth countries and the Antipodes etc. we are taught table manners and how to use cutlery as children. For some reason this has skipped generations in the US ! 😂
@stewedfishproductions Americans just don't do table manners. The worst being talking, eating and drinking all at the same time. 🤮🤮🤮
We even have cutlery designed for children in Germany! Maybe the Americans should be given those in restaurants. 🤣
Why do Americans eat bent almost double for every mouthful, instead of raising their fork (or spoon) to their mouth with their back straight... Whyyy?!!
when it comes to table manners it seems many [South-East and East-]Asians tend to offend our notion of polite behaviour the most. they have made it a habit of talking with their mouth full, using chopsticks makes them loudly slurp in noodles etc.; using western cutlery is foreign to them but when they do they tend to do it like most Americans. the knife is even more foreign than the fork or spoon and they love having one elbow firmly rested on the table. as a kid, I wouldn't have survived one minute with this kind of attitude at our family table.
@@hellemarc4767
Here in the UK we too have 'huge handled' cutlery for children to use and learn how to hold a knife, fork and spoon. Parents around the world teach kids how to tie their shoe laces or how to knot a tie for school. Maybe that's another reason American children don't dress in school uniforms, they don't learn how to wear a tie? Just saying.😎
I’m a Volunteer Tour Guide in York. Whilst most Americans are polite and friendly, they do ask some very basic questions. - What came first Roman or Medieval? Why did we chose an American name for our City? However I don’t mind this. But then we have another stereotype - The man from Texas in a Cowboy Hat. To deal with him I often ask some stupid questions back, such as Where exactly in Mexico is Texas? Isn’t the USA just part of Canada? But then a show sympathy for the poor guy’s culture shock, in traveling from a little place like Texas to the centre of the World’s biggest empire!
10/10
Didn't know new Yorkshire was a American name, wasn't it new Holland before that?
@@x_hiberniaNew Amsterdam on the southern tip of Manhattan, was the administrative centre of the Dutch colony known as New Netherlands. It was captured by the English in 1664. The land was granted to the Duke of York (later James 2nd of England, 7th of Scotland), hence the name. During the third Anglo-Dutch war, The Dutch reconquered the area & it was renamed New Orange. Under the subsequent treaty, it reverted to English control as the Dutch wanted to make their claims to the much more valuable colony of Suriname.
New Holland is in Pennsylvania. It's where the agricultural machinery company of the same name was founded.
I grew up in York, and was once asked by an American while standing on the corner of duncombe place and st leanords "where's the minister?" When I pointed it out, they replied "gee, what a quaint little church!" 🤦
En 1835 Texas situado en el centro-este del Virreinato de México perteneciente al imperio Español .
4:41 same as the guy at St. Paul's Cathedral. I was born in a city founded by Romans more than 2,000yrs ago and lived almost all my life in regions occupied by the Roman Empire. everywhere I go the ground I walk on has been used by civilised people for over 2,000yrs and I consider this normal. only when I was in Egypt looking at ancient temples and walking inside tombs of pharaoh's who died almost 4,000 yrs ago I start to get an inkling of what American tourists feel when they visit Europe. 😊
In Europe, it's part of the culture to value history. But, I've seen a lot of Americans, and especially Australians, who simply don't care.
Their revolting table manners, including the inability to use cutlery, use an 'indoor voice' and the males keeping their ridiculous baseball caps on indoors- extra points for wearing it backwards.
How to spot American tourists?
1. Be in a tourist area. Eiffel tower is a good one.
2. Stay alert, the American tourist will be heard before being seen. The hint is either scream, loud laugh or vocal fry.
3. Scan environment for the baseball caps, the "I love Paris" t-shirts and the red berets (difficult one, red beret can be worn by all tourists).
4. Confirm target: if you see their exhausted smiles from walking around the city, you have found original American tourists!
Bonus clues: if they tip the waiter, if they hate the subway, if they love Emily in Paris, if they go to Disneyland during their trip...
My brother-in-law and sister-in-law live in Liechtenstein. We did that drive from Innsbruck back to Schaan in June this year and I agree, the scenery is amazing.
IMy partner and I are people watchers
so we can often tell which nationality folks are
from their clothing, gestures and social interactions
We live in Germany and can spot Americans, Brits, French, Spanish
Polish, Turks etc.
Austrians and Swiss only if they talk LOL
I have rarely met unfriendly Americans
though some of the older folks have been occasionally
seriously in need of chaperoning.
I was in Tallinn for work and was crossing a road
an older American woman was crossing the other way
and asking everyone "Where's my ship?"
I guided her to a bench and established in English
that she had arrived on a cruise ship this morning
(she could remember the name of the ship which was a problem!)
so I wrote on a piece of paper the wotds
"Sadam, kruisilaev and minu laev saabus hommikul"
(harbour, cruise ship and my ship arrived this morning)
I put her in a taxi and paid the driver and told him
She was American and needed to go to the harbour.
I have no idea if she found her way back
but she was seriously lost and completely unable to communicate
bit of a nightmare.
I do the same. I rarely see a badly dressed French person. Even their football supporters look stylish.
Americans often seem to be far more obese than anyone else.
I put a reply on here but it seems to have disappeared. Apologies if the other one re-appears. I like to guess where people are from without first hearing the language they are speaking. I have found some traits for some countries of origin, e.g. I've never seen a badly dressed French person, nor have I ever seen a drunk Italian.
Though I am British I am often embarrassed about the behaviour of many British people abroad, I have seen some terrible examples of extreme drunkenness and people doing things that they wouldn't do at home, (or perhaps they would?!!). Fortunately I don't look typically British so, I can dissociate myself from them but I still don't like seeing people showing up my country in that way. I always hope that people don't think we are all like that.
American tourists even now with mobile/cell phone cameras, they carry around several SLR camera's looking like 1970's press photographers. Always saying amazing so cute at all the old villages cottages etc. Easily mislead by everybody, going with rip off tour guides who are just making up crap as they go. Going back home and saying it never stops raining, if they come during a bad week. Always wearing white clear plastic raincoats. "I love London" T-shirts. Baseball caps backwards. But I have meet normal Americans who were friendly fun and charming. All the above is of course an over the top reaction that is used for comic effect by comedians. HOWEVER none of you can use a knife and fork correctly always getting into a real state.
When me and my Bf at the time went on holiday to Edinburgh in the 90s,I played a game called spot the American! Baseball cap Perfect teeth, hat,tan, camera around neck! I thought they look glam even the elderly Americans looked cool! Tracksuits hats…and the old lady’s looked amazing all done up in makeup.
Koblenz has some beautiful old architecture. Absolutely worth taking a guided tour if you ever happen to be there again.
Interesting history, too.
I will admit it, I am nosy. So when an innocent U.S. tourist wanders into our small Cotswold town I can not resist asking the usual questions, and they have a diverse range of reasons for why they are visiting: scenery, architecture. the history, or they have read something or seen a film or T.V. programme that has sparked interest. Family historians are definitely my favourites who have really done their homework before they come, and foodies who know as much and sometimes more about our local famous eateries . They do not all look the same, or dress the same and very few are critical of our weather... because "That's just not why we're here."
BTW I went on a school visit to Austria staying in Bavaria overnight then ending in Innsbruck. Stunning place overshadowed a bit by Saltzburg for visitors because of "The Sound of Music".
Well I‘m actually from Tirol right behind the german border you’ve crossed… like 1.5h away from munich. Glad you liked it here.
For me it‘s the most beautiful place to live in on earth.
Of course we say we are European .. well at least I do I’m actually British but I do say I’m also European because I am.
Most Americans are European too
@@101steel4 no they are not. Only Americans say they are Italian American when they haven’t been born there.
@@phoenix-xu9xj Sadly the USA seems to be a very racialised society. Whether they're doing it with positive or negative intentions, they all seem obsessed with classifying themselves and everyone else based on ideas of inheritance and bloodlines and 'heritage'.
But like a fish who doesn't see the water they swim in, I think they often genuinely don't realise how weird it can seem to other people from other places, because they have grown up believing this way of thinking is just the way the world is, rather than a hyper-fixation of their country.
"Oh hi, I'm a Scotch-Irish-Mexican American. And this is my Filipino-Jewish-Cherokee friend. He's great, we love sharing stories about all the unique culture we've each magically inherited though our ancestral lineages!"
"Nah mate, you're both just Americans. Can't you guys all just try and be a bit less racially-obsessed?"
Next time you take the Munich to Innsbruck route, just drive a little further south. Lake Garda (absolutely gorgeous!), Milan, and then back up to Switzerland. It's not that much of a detour, and worth every kilometre.
As a French person, I find it hypocritical to be ecstatic when you meet a complete stranger, because it is obviously false. How can you know I'm really interested in you if I'm like that with everyone? It's a cultural difference with Americans, there is no good or bad here. In France, exaggeration is a more serious sin than coldness.
@@missgranger5362 it really comes from the general attitude toward life. Americans have more of a "zest for life" optimistic attitude whereas the French tend to be more cynical and pessimistic. To a French person, the American "optimism" will seem naive and even childish whereas to Americans, the French attitude is seen as boring and stiff.
@@knucklehoagies I am not sure that the attitude towards foreigners is exactly on the same level as the state of mind (optimistic or pessimistic). I think our mindset isn't really affected by our culture, it's more of an individual character trait.A contrario, our politeness and our way of showing respect are more linked to our culture, these are interactions between humans, governed by society. Perhaps our way of expressing ourselves in France is perceived as pessimistic, but that is really not the case; we are more sarcastic, protesting and we like to play devil's advocate. It's a way of expressing our thoughts that is valued, so we tend to do it more in France than elsewhere. But I could be wrong.
@@missgranger5362 of course I agree however what the French may view as hypocritical or childish of the American way of expressing oneself may also be a misunderstanding. As an American, it's really our way of being polite. To us, being friendly to strangers is more of a way to simply exchange pleasantries to keep the atmosphere low stress and easy going. We're not interested in being your best friend. I believe It does come down to cultural differences in attitude. Of course there are always exceptions to the rule. I'm not educated on the different cultures and attitudes within France but in the US, someone from New York may exhibit more French-like attitudes than someone from Texas or California for example. I've travelled to Nice and Marseille and noticed a stark difference from people from Paris or other parts of the north.
I will admit though, I do admire the French devils advocate attitude and willingness to always want to debate or have deeper conversations. It's a refreshing change from my American friends who only ever want to discuss Movies or Celebrity gossip.
I'm a city kayak guide in Stockholm and I absolutely love guiding Americans around!! they are always super excited to learn about Stockholm and also super easy to impress compared to europeans. All I have to say to impress Americans is "this building was build in 1750" and you have their jaws on the floor but whenever I say the same to the europeans they are basically yawning haha!
I grew up near Stonehenge, a Roman road ran across the end of the street where I lived, and William the Conqueror rebuilt a local hillfort which had already been there for a thousand years so if you said "this building dates from 1750" to me I'd probably say "oh, quite new then". You're right - their jaws do drop to the floor when they hear this sort of thing and you can even hear the thud. 😁
@@carolineb3527 Would that be the Roman road that runs in to the fields opposite Old Sarum?
@@andrewgarrett7100 It would! It has mostly gone now but it ran through those fields (probably before they were fields), across the river, and up-and-over the next hill... Apparently when they built houses on Devizes Road back in the 1920s/30s, they found a chunk of it. From there it runs through the cemetery and peters out. I'm not sure if they're certain where it went from there but Exeter would be a fair bet.
I guess you must also be from Salisbury, who else would put the Romans with the Conqueror and come up with Old Sarum? 😁
@@carolineb3527 I lived there for about 10 years. The road I found was running east from the other side of the A345. It didn't go very far until it was a churned up field but presumably went towards Winchester. Westwards towards Exeter would be a good guess. Both were Roman forts (Caestre - I may have spelled that wrong🙂).
My granny's house in Douro Valley, Portugal, is older that the USA as a country... There are Roman ruins nearby, pre-historic paintings up the river, Medieval buildings not far away, you name it... in fact the entire Douro Wine Region is a UNESCO Heritage. Of course it's harder to impress us with historic European facts. It doesn't mean we don't enjoy them. We are also not so "loud" when impressed with such facts.
Your analysis of American self-serving friendliness is spot on. I disagree with the guy here about style in France. Somehow the women manage to wear about anything, from cutoff shorts to high boots and look better in it than Americans in those things.
The pronunciation of this AI voice is very annoying, it is over-exaggerated with some words that don't even sound like any real accent.
When a cruise ship is in the port, and you see an organized column of people marching to McDonalds, interesting, who could they be?
Over 30 years ago, I once took 2 Australian backpackers with me in the car. I took them to a cult pub in my town (on Lake Constance). They were both engineers who had been traveling and working in Europe for 3 years. They said it was the best night they ever had. They then slept in my apartment on the sofa and floor.
"I'm the least fashionable person you'll ever meet even from an american" was fun to me. Especially when you consider that european countries (especially France and Italy) are considered to be classy and that we see the american way to dress as casual. Like without the US we wouldn't see any european wearing any kind of sportwear in the street.
I’ve never understood why Americans feel the need to specify the name of the country when talking about cities in Europe,when I go to Paris or Berlin I don’t say Paris France or Berlin Germany I just assume everyone knows which countries those cities are in lol
Well, when in comes to capitals, at least. Those *absolutely* should be common knowledge. Smaller towns *may* warrant a specification.
But they also say it about their own States, Dallas Texas, Atlanta Georgia, Phoenix Arizona etc.
Bloody love you're honest comments 😂
You'll see all those places ( again ) when my ship comes in mate. Great memories can sometimes bring a tear and a smile at the same time.
There is more of a cultural uniformity in the USA than there is between the different countries in Europe.
Of course, different US states have some local cuisines/foods and customs, but there are also the same chain restaurants, same foods and brands in grocery stores, same fast food culture, fashions, music, architecture, house designs etc... Every strip mall looks the same, the suburbs are the same, city centres are all very much built along the same lines. This is not the case across Europe.
If you loved canadians you wouldnt refer to them as American.
In Europe McD's is is often one of the few places that's open late into the night.
Just for Americans.
"English" IS a European language 😉
Had an American businessman call in to talk big deal with my boss in England, he was wearing shirt ,tie jacket and...... jeans and cowboy boots, you just couldn't make it up😜
The Lederhosen thing is Bavaria and even then its a specific part. You are so right in comparing it to tourists going to the US expecting everyone to wear cowboy hats and boots
Until last year (2023) I thought the loud US tourist was history or myth. I was lunching in a bistro behind Omaha Beach, the place was full from 2 tour bus loads of diners . A lot of general chat hubbub, above it all was 1 woman some 5 or 6 tables away. As loud as the cartoon rooster Foghorn Leghorn & delivery speed of an AK 47 gun and laugh like a donkey braying.
My experience is that European countries have greater commonality in moral/social beliefs than the US. They may speak a different language and dress in a different way but if you picked two at random from across the continent they will still agree on politics or social issues more than two random people from different states in the US would.
It's when, at a Paris café terrasse, they order a cheeseburger and a cappucino to wash it down, ignoring the home made "today's special" ... or drink their beer straight from the bottle, ignoring the glass the waitress had brought with their order ... (sigh) :o(
Or when they queue for about 3 hours to rush to just see "The Mona Lisa" and ignore the 3,500 other pieces of art displayed at the Louvre Museum (the second largest museum in the world).
Or clog the metro (even during rush hours) to "hop" from one landmark to another, ignoring that there is so much more to see on foot or by bus (we have an excellent, inexpensive bus network) in-between.
US Americans seem to like 'wearing their flag' on various items of clothing....a lot!
24:45 I'm a Brit, I've overheard or participated in this conversation too many times. I've never been, so I'm always the one asking where someone else has been or listening whilst someone else asks. The conversation only really goes a few ways. They could say America, then list cities/towns they went to. Otherwise they just say the city, most commonly "Went to Vegas or New York", but I think that's because most Brits are familiar with the famous US cities through either visiting or film/TV. The states only really get mentioned either; when the person asking doesn't know where the city/town is and they are curious, when they went to multiple states or when the city/town isn't particularly famous; in fact I'd say this one is a constant unlike the other 2 reasons states get mentioned... it's almost like they feel they have to reassure the person they're telling that it exists so they get more specific. 😂
American dont seem to have volume control. They are so loud in museums and churches
Just returning from a trip, I would say, I was mainly in Vancouver, BC, and in Seattle, WA.
German here. When we speak about the places we visit we normally always talk about the city or area, never only the country. But maybe it's only the German way 😊
Yes, if I mention that I´been to Oslo/Copenhagen/Stockholm/Tallinn/Vilnius no one will ask in which countries they lie. But if I tell that my main goal is Cetinje or Sierra Nevada, there will be questions.
The tax (and service) included price will be displayed but, on your payment tag, they will appear separately, just in case you (or your Accountant) needed to know both the gross and the net price paid.
Most chaotic UA-camr lol love it
Hotel-o...sleep-o...
Yeah, I speak English man.
😂😂😂😂
In the US two hundred years is a long time. in Europe two hundred miles is a long way. It's swings and roundabout's.
I met a girl who said she had been 'all over the USA'; apparently going to New York and DisneyWorld' was all over the USA!
Canadian here. Sorry but we are not basically Americans. Thank you.
No you guys are rational and educated
The original name was British North America. The nascent USA tried several (I think 3) times to "persuade" you to join them. Even the Quebec mob said NON! bang bang.
what are you then ? English ?
@@Tyu-f1s
As i said, Canadian.
@@katyroseable and where is "canada" ?
Vienna here - needed to check on the price of sauces as I never buy sauce (the included ones are enough). They are 70 cents! That's a lot XD dude needed to pay 14 € for ketchup 🤣
You have a nice outlook IMHO. Cheers from Ireland (and my great-grandparents are from here as well: "go figure", to use an American phrase ). As you've probably already read/heard many times, many of the negative traits expressed in this video are exactly how continental Europeans view British tourists (read 'English'). It generally pays off to explain that you're Irish, when travelling in Europe. The locals invariably tend to instantly change their demeanor towards you when they discover that you're not English. So far I've noticed this in France (northern), Italy and Spain
Most Europeans speaks two languages, their own and English. So that most Europeans talk multiple languages is just bs. Scandinavians though usually speaks two but understands two more, Like a swede, speaks Swedish and English but understands Norwegian and to some extent danish.
Best KFC I visited was in Baku Azerbaijan which was in the old railway station with outstanding plasterwork and paintings in Russian style and the seating layout had to fit original layout. As an Englishman find many Americans are better in the states than abroad.
I understand what you mean about McDonald's, I did the same once in France, as an act of desperation, (I never usually indulge), but I was grateful at the time, and it was good😂
As I understand it, the pricetags in american chain stores are generally made one place (per chain?), and sent all over. Makes them cheaper?
Having to make them separately for each state, and making sure to send the right tags to the right place would introduce complexity and errors.
Most Europeans does not realize that the different states in the US sorta corresponds to the different countries in europe. Biggest difference is simply that you all share the same language, and we most certainly does not ;-)
Not only the tax is included on the menu but altso the personels salary! But its still nice to leve a small sum to the waiter!
To be honest, I found the older generations of Americans much nicer than the younger, I worked in a pharmacy and loved chatting to them, telling them some lesser known but beautiful places where we were in the Cotswolds, helping them with any medical situations that they were in and they were really appreciative and polite, yes, they were a little loud, but thats ok, the younger Americans I encountered were just downright rude and disrespectful, I had one young “lady” scream at me because she wanted acetaminophen, I handed her a pack of paracetamol and she threw it back at me and patronisingly say ‘no, I said ACE-TAMIN-OPHEN!’ I patiently explained that that is what paracetamol is and showed her the ingredients on the back but she wasn’t having it, she screeched ‘ just tell me where I can get acetaminophen!’ So I walked over to my computer tapped away for a few seconds, looked at her with a deadpan face and said ‘oh yes, I see where you can get it….America’ and walked away. But, to be fair, we brits are probably a pain in the backside when we go to America! There’s good and bad wherever you go.
I've been to Michigan, California, Ohio, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, North Carólina, Louisiana and Texas, for business and pleasure, some of them multiple times. Trust me, the differences in actual CULTURE are minimal, with Louisiana being the outlier, but within the Germany vs. Austria range. So, no, US states do not compare to European countries at all.
Wow, your cap looks like it's older than my country. I would expect to see that thing exhibited in some museum in the US. We just don't have caps that look that old in Europe. I think I need to watch the Griswolds' European vacation now: "National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) - Folk Dance Fight Scene (8/10)".
As an Englishman i dispute that Americans speak English. My ex was from Vancouver Canada and she wore Canadian badges so that no one thought she was a dumb American.
The McDonald's in Fort William was transported there on the back of a truck.
28:22 It´s a bit hard to imagine that English would be the only second language in every country but if it were so, we in Finland still have the national language programs in schools and universities when you have to learn at least one obligatory (long course A1, from the age 7) language besides our two domestic languages Finnish and Swedish. In the uni I had to prove my skills in three languages, Swedish, English and German (Swedish was obligatory, the other two were the ones I could choose). In some countries in addition to Finland there is also legislation that protects minority languages, but there are no such minority languages in the USA? Can you demand public services in some other language than English?
What I mean is that in many European countries the legislation had to be changed and also the school system to make us even more unilateral or helpless with foreign languages than we are now.
In Finland it depends on the school and area which languages they can provide as long courses, most often it is English - unfortunately more and more nowadays because parents are lazy (?).
Some schools also offer Russian, German and French as long courses. After that you can take shorter courses (B1/B2/B3 from the age in Russian, German, French, Spanish, Iltalian and Latin (depending again on the school and area: in rural areas it is more difficult to have a variety in languages in small schools). In big cities there are also schools where the language used is English/French/German/Russian/Spanish and still one school where you can have a long course in classical Greek (but there you also have to study the two obligatory domestic languages). The amount pupils that started A1 Russian at school dropped heavily in 2022 when Russia attacked Ukraine; world politics is a huge factor in language learning, too.
All languages offer different ways of thinking and tell different things about culture and history. You also get to feel people in a different way when you can express yourself in their own language. That´s why I do not understand why people think it is not necessary or useful to learn other languages, that only English is enough. I have also noticed that the amount of literature translated into English is very small and I believe this is one of those things that makes you (people in the USA) so isolated from the rest of the world.
The Tube is noisy - but you can always hear the Americans !
On the European point at 15' in the video, I disagree, I mean yes most Europeans have a strong sense of identity, but I feel very much European AND French. But my sense of being European is very strong and I am part of being European, as much as I am of being French
I did the trip from Munich to Innsbruck last week 😂 I feel exposed 👀
No, jokes aside the mountains of the Inntal are beautuful and the difference in height between them and the bottom of the valley is impressive.
As a northern italian I am kind of used to it cause I am surrounded by Alps everywhere I go basically, but I can immagine the view of those mountains imposing some sort of awe when it comes to people seeing them for the first time.
What's meant by American? Canadian, Mexican, Brazilian, Peruvian?
Canadians are not basically 'mericans. If folk from New England are 'basically Canadians' (like culturally, educationally, humourwise) I'd lean on that heavily TBH, coz they are much more liked, and for good reason coz the 10% (or more judging by the elections) that are ruining your rep' are doing good fecking job of it.
If i visit America, i say I'm going to America, not North America.
Why can't Americans say what country they're visiting instead of the continent?
The Chinese comment I have experienced myself that they and Americans take pictures of everything, everything is old and decorated so I get it but when you walk out of your door and some tourist are taking pics of my home its a bit weird
As I am from Innsbruck, I am trying to figure out which McDonald's you might have been to. There is one near Goldenes Dachl in downtown Innsbruck which might fit your description.
Not all Americans show this interest. Many behave as if they were in Texas, and do not even stop to think about the differences they find with their own country. They are not at all interested in what we Europeans are like and what our way of life is like. Americans who come with an open mind go unnoticed, while they are among us they try to be one of us. And more and more of them decide to move and live here. You may be one of them. If you already love Europe, you will fall in love with it when you come.
Question at 24'30: As Europeans, if we go to the US we would say either "I went to the US / America" if we don't go into details, but usually we would go to NYC, LA, SF, Boston or Miami, and so if we go only to that city we say the city name. I mean I would talk more about my trip to NY or Toronto, but if talking more generally, 'yeah I've been to the US and Canada'. I do understand the grouping of 'I'm in Europe' but I would still say when visiting several countries 'I'm going to France, Czech Republic and Germany' rather than "I'm going to continental Europe" (as a French living in London)
We have McDonald's here in London (UK) with two storeys...!! You make it sound like that two-storey McD's in Germany was a rarity?!!😊🏴🤭🇬🇧🤔🖖
Actually Latin is very useful bcos it has been incorporated into many other languages
The lack of need for a second language is understood, what is perhaps annoying to some nationalities is the fact that Americans never seem to bother learning a few basic words ahead of a specific trip. I see that often, and I like Americans, however that could do better in that regard
David Wen is a great help for American moving to The Netherlands! And how the Dutch society works.
And that's got to do with what?
I still very much love European cities, yet sometimes I feel its all the same... If you see St. Paul Cathedral every day, you have seen it, of course no need to look at it every day.
Surely I would be more enthusiastic if I would visit yhe US or Mexic , or China, or South Korea... Any place more diverse than continental Europe...and it would be for once in my lifetime
This is a much deeper philosophical thing. But I think there is very little, if not no good thing you can do intentionally that won't have benefit to yourself as well. Some 'selfissness' is just the byproduct of things we do with intention, so don't stress it.
Thank Canada here and we wear cowboy boots and hat but not y ho province of BC...We are cousins after all. I visited the US .
Great reaction, but annoying computer voice.
I get how your brain works now Connor! ❤
I live in California. We don't really have a distinct regional accent. People speak pretty much the standard american accent. What's different is we use different types of slang and figures of speech here. The valley girl accent has been dead since the 90s lol.
You do
@@101steel4 we don't
It's true you can be spotted a mile away, the most common one's are those who are just looking everywhere and blocking the flow of everyone else on the footpath, and I've heard a long time ago to give them space and so I usually have to walk onto the road to get around them, also you almost never see a young American tourist, it's always boomer's and gen X you'd see around, and always give a salute it confuses the hell out of them.
The reason tax is not added in American stores because within a metropolitan area it can vary by borough or subdivision sometimes and it can change more often than you realize so the registers can change it as needed
Just add it to the price
It is... at the cashier @@101steel4
ball caps aren't that uncommon here. I've been wearing hats since I was 7 years old, and I'm middle-aged. White socks? Some people do wear them. I don't because they get dirty easier. I don't like mucky looking socks. So I go for black, or other colours.
It’s hilarious how irritated you were by Canadians🤣
It’s funny because, obviously, we feel so familiar with America and Americans because you’re in our lives everyday, dominating pop culture and the news etc, but on the rare occasion I meet an American, I’m in awe, like WOW!! A real life American! I can’t get enough 😂❤
Not a bother mate, you wont have any issues on this side of the water!
Europeans piss on Mericans in the same way the Dutch piss on Belgiums, and big brothers on little brothers.
Like the common theme in the clip, just be modest and respectful and no matter who you are and where you are, you will be grand.
If you make it over to Europe, and happen to end up in Ireland, Do shout out for a pint or 2
And Lichtenstein? Awesome! One of the two double landlocked countries in the world!
Speaking as an English woman who travels to various other European countries, I always find that it is the Americans I end up having a great time meeting. I avoid the ones you can hear a mile off, (there are stereotypes of all nationalities everywhere), I invariably get chatting with the regular people if helping with different problems they may encounter, such as language or food descriptions. I am not fluent in any other language but can get by in most situations in French and German.
The Americans are always appreciative, and they make me look good too 😂 It is mutually enjoyable, and there have been times when we have spent a day together, and having lovely meals. The most difficult thing to get over to them is that you don't have to throw all their hard earned money away in tips at ridiculously high amounts.
I can think of no other race you can do this with as easily, with the exception of the Australians and New Zealanders and it's not just the ease of language, it's the outgoing personalities of the people.
I have just returned from a few days in Paris, and during that time I had friendly chats with 3 Americans and 2 Aussies, and it was lovely. Point made I think. 🤪🙋♀️🏴🇬🇧
I cannot tell an Australian accent from the New Zealand one. So I don’t get upset if I get mistaken if someone calls me American. I’d be a hypocrite if I did.
Going to Portugal in September. I love learning about the place!
One little tip re telling Australians from Kiwis, I have found, is that the Kiwis can't seem to pronounce the 'e' in words like 'bet', it comes out as 'bit', they are slightly more nasal sounding too. Other than that, I agree it is tricky.
One American thought I was a Cockney, (I'm from Dorset!), but I imagine that was a guess and hope effort. 🙋♀️🤪🤗
@JenniferRussell-qw2co NZers also say the letter "i" with a more flattened "uh" sound. The stereotypical words Aussies say when trying to imitate NZ are "fush and chups"" (fish and chips).
@@nolasyeila6261Yes, I have heard that too 😊, mind you we say lots of things differently from one another here too, I struggle with Geordie and Glaswegian 😂 🙋♀️🤗🇬🇧
I'm glad they mentioned girls with long hair. In UK that was the fashion in the 1960s but seems to have carried on longer in USA.
It's pretty much still the fashion everywhere? At least in the UK anyway.
Im not american 🏴 but i have been in a Mcds in every single country i have visited.
Directly Opposite the sphinx in Cairo is a KFC. They dont put these things around the world for no reason, we all eat it. 😂
Terrible robotic narration
Interesting but totally turned off by the AI narrator.. sorry!
Please don't ever compare Us states to European countries. It's disrespectful. Us state Georgia will compare, let's say, Bavaria. ''state'' inside Germany. It has nothing to do with size of the state. Every single country has ''states''.
Connor only Nazis and Americans talk about "Europe". Call it "the continent". When I visited the USA I said the names of the places I visited. I always say Texas USA, New York USA, California USA, Hollywood USA
The ways you can spot an American tourists are legion and too many to note
I’ll say in continental Europe people regularly assumed I was British and nearly universally warmed up when they found out I was American. I didn’t realize Brits have a questionable reputation as tourist until I repeated experienced people being relieved I wasn’t one.
I don’t think anything about me is misleadingly British and this has happened to me repeatedly in many different countries
You don't have anything old? When did your ancestors come to the US? They can't all have arrived in 19th century 🙃🤔😊 Family can be old without being nobility.
So, you don't think of Denmark (Copenhagen really/only) as Europe 🤔😆
I hate these AI commentaries.
Please permit me to go off topic: I know that you have a deep interest in the British and their culture. How can you not be reacting to the anti-immigrant riots that spanned the country this weekend?
Shame on the English.
Talking to a waiter slowly at least shows some awareness. I've heard many Americans in restaurants launch into high-speed, highly idiomatic language, just expecting the waiter to speak their language perfectly. Supreme arrogance. That said, the French seem to be worse. In my experience they make no attempt to speak the local language or the lingua franca of English. They don't seem to be aware (or perhaps able to accept) that the French language lost its international significance a long time ago and that no one outside their country speaks their language any more.
Tell that to Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Senegal....I could go on. And traditionally French was the first foreign language learnt in England.
Uhu?? I was in New Orleans decades ago....Marocco, Tunesia and the countries missharrys mentioned (except for Senegal), I worked at an international company having as customers a lot of African countries. We spoke French..
The French (speaking) conquer places by trying to impose their language first.
I can't/don't watch videos with annoying robo-voices, sorry.
the stereotype of "europeans speaking multiple languages" is pure nonsense. It applies to handful of small countries like Belgium, Luxembourg or Slovenia. Most people speak only their native, quite some one foreign (usually english) and that's it. It's rare to find people who can actually speak 2, 3 or more languages
I think that depends on the country/type of school. My first foreign language was English at 11, followed by French when I was 13 (I could have picked Latin instead, but my parents were against that). Later, I swapped French for Italian at a different school (you could choose between those two languages, and I hated French), and then I took Spanish as an elective subject. And certain university studies require Latin, so I did a short Latin course for the exams.
Of course, there are schools where you wind up only learning English. But everyone from my classes in secondary and tertiary school spoke English and French/Italian. And I wasn't even in the language branch in tertiary school.
Also, there are places with large minorities where their language is an official language, like how they teach Slovenian in Carinthia.
Yeah, the "big ones" are really bad with this, even dubbing shows in their own languages (germany, spain, france, italy)
@@sailiealquadacil1284 learning languages in school doesn't translate well into people actually speaking them
You ignore all the nordic countries and having traveled in the "big" countries and worked in a couple, I find that people generally speak quite good English. Of course that is more true in the cities than the countryside.
@@nedludd7622 those are small countries and that's still just two languages. Emigrating to either Scandinavian country you still need to learn the lang to function in society
As an American, I wear baseball cap almost everyday. I've noticed Europeans begin to wear baseball caps now. I recently came back from Germany and during my trip to and from Germany, I saw a handful of Germans wearing caps on the TGV. The only time I'm not allowed to wear caps is when I'm spending the day with my wife. Otherwise, the Europeans can kiss my booty.
i would say it was a thing for a short period around early '00s
It's not just about baseball caps. It's the fact that Americans dress tacky even when they go to classy places. You guys are brainwashed to think you're the center of the universe and everyone has to change for you but if the tables were turned around, you become defiant little toddlers. Your culture is all about double standards.
In Europe usually only kids and teenagers trying to look "cool" wear (reversed) baseball caps. Well, babies and toddlers too, their caring parents seeking to protect their precious little heads from the sun.
I was asked on the western corner of Princes Street in Edinburgh if i knew where Edinburgh Castle was
And, did you show him the Caledonian Hotel (the one in red stone) ?