Things Americans don't get about us
- Thread starter TheQuiet1
- Start date
The friendliest place on the web for anyone that follows U2.
If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.
If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.
- Status
trevster2k
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
- Joined
- Jan 17, 2001
- Messages
- 4,330
Airport luggage carts are mostly free in Canada except for Toronto, they suck.
VertigoGal
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
joe 
yeah don't you also have to pay for shopping carts in many places? or am i going crazy?
yeah don't you also have to pay for shopping carts in many places? or am i going crazy?
VertigoGal
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
yeah, now that I think about it, that's how I've heard it described. I guess it's a logical thing for the store to do. 
by the way, just to clear things up..regardless of my avatar I'm not that proud/ashamed to be american, it's just something i made with m&ms ok?
by the way, just to clear things up..regardless of my avatar I'm not that proud/ashamed to be american, it's just something i made with m&ms ok?
Last edited:
the rockin edge
Blue Crack Addict
i'll post one 
in regard to europe, i don't like how you don't get water (without paying) with your meal. especially at nice resturants.
in regard to europe, i don't like how you don't get water (without paying) with your meal. especially at nice resturants.
angelordevil
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
For the most part, they don't get my location, here in Newfoundland, a.k.a. "Newfowndlund". It's actually pronounced "New-found-land." We're located in the most easterly part of North America, but seemingly invisible to many folks south of the border.
I secretly like the anonymity sometimes, but it can be frustrating in the business world. For example, while I was the assistant manager at a resort on the west coast here, I'd regularly get calls from people in New York, Chicago, etc., who would ask the most interesting questions. There was one women who was planning a wedding at Niagara Falls for a weekend, and wanted to arrive here by car the next day for the honeymoon (not realizing the 2000-plus kilometres in between). She had this great, smokey voice, which sounded like a cross between one of Marge Simpson's sisters and Jerry Seinfeld's TV mother.
Another person once asked me what the "downtown Newfoundland" scene is like (thinking we were one enormous city).
I have to say, however, that once the American visitors took the leap of faith, made their plans, and actually arrived here, they were some of the most gracious people you could ever hope to meet. A few of them even left me letters of thanks, which was incredibly nice.
I secretly like the anonymity sometimes, but it can be frustrating in the business world. For example, while I was the assistant manager at a resort on the west coast here, I'd regularly get calls from people in New York, Chicago, etc., who would ask the most interesting questions. There was one women who was planning a wedding at Niagara Falls for a weekend, and wanted to arrive here by car the next day for the honeymoon (not realizing the 2000-plus kilometres in between). She had this great, smokey voice, which sounded like a cross between one of Marge Simpson's sisters and Jerry Seinfeld's TV mother.
Another person once asked me what the "downtown Newfoundland" scene is like (thinking we were one enormous city).
I have to say, however, that once the American visitors took the leap of faith, made their plans, and actually arrived here, they were some of the most gracious people you could ever hope to meet. A few of them even left me letters of thanks, which was incredibly nice.
VertigoGal
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
that was exactly my intent. I think it's time for a new avatar.
Back on topic...I hear they don't have much ice for your drinks in Europe. Straaange.
the rockin edge
Blue Crack Addict
VertigoGal said:
no, ice is strange most of the time. it numbs your taste, why would i want to numb my taste? (unless i'm drinking something awful, in which case i'd stop drinking it)
DeadMansParty
Rock n' Roll Doggie
LJT said:? I get plenty of ice when I order a drink.....JD & coke
By the way that goes for soft drinks too
do they charge for re-fills on soda's?
VertigoGal
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
dunno if it's the same for uk/ireland.
it does tend to water things down I guess.
who am I kidding, I've set foot in canada for a few hours, haven't been west of the mississippi since i was 2 for god's sake, I need to get the hell out of this thread.
U2Girl1978
Blue Crack Addict
I love the accents!
Zoots
Blue Crack Supplier
Okay, here's one. I've described to my American friends and roommates how in India, generally the unwritten rule is that the birthday kid has to 'treat' the others out to dinner or drinks. It's the total opposite of how it is here where everyone else treats the birthday boy or girl. People give gifts of course but you'd be amazed how all the friends you never knew you had, all come out of the woodwork when it's your birthday! That's something that my friends here didn't get.
How is it in other countries? like UK for instance? I suppose it's like how it is here in the US...?
That's something that my friends here didn't get. How is it in other countries? like UK for instance? I suppose it's like how it is here in the US...?
DeadMansParty
Rock n' Roll Doggie
LJT said:
in the 80's I remember here that we always had to pay for re-fills, but now probably about 95% of restaurants give you free re-fills.
angelordevil
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
U2Girl1978 said:I love the accents!
I have an Irish, crushed-into-Canadian accent
Zootlesque said:Okay, here's one. I've described to my American friends and roommates how in India, generally the unwritten rule is that the birthday kid has to 'treat' the others out to dinner or drinks. It's the total opposite of how it is here where everyone else treats the birthday boy or girl. People give gifts of course but you'd be amazed how all the friends you never knew you had, all come out of the woodwork when it's your birthday!
How is it in other countries? like UK for instance? I suppose it's like how it is here in the US...?
Pretty much the unwritten rule here is 'get birthday person as drunk as possible in the shortest possible time'...lots of free drinks
^^Thats pretty cool DeadMan, so from now on American's are not allowed to complain about anything ever again...sheesh you guys get free refills.....
Zoots
Blue Crack Supplier
LJT said:
Pretty much the unwritten rule here is 'get birthday person as drunk as possible in the shortest possible time'...lots of free drinks
That's great!
I have no idea how the total reverse became the norm in India. 
I mean, don't get me wrong.. everybody gets 
but mostly it's the birthday person that's spending! The good thing about that is you end up spending like that just once a year.. on your birthday. 
meegannie
Blue Crack Addict
DeadMansParty said:
The one that bothers me is "cheers." I hate it when Americans say "cheers." The "r" in it sounds way too over-pronounced. It sounds like "chee-urs!"
UberBeaver
Breakdancing Soul Pilgrim
meegannie said:
The one that bothers me is "cheers." I hate it when Americans say "cheers." The "r" in it sounds way too over-pronounced. It sounds like "chee-urs!"
I like listening to people's accent. Don't focus on what they're sayng but the sounds they make. I find that quite entertaining. You have to ask people to repeat themselves a lot, but it's cool to do anyway. I heard that the Martian language in Mars Attacks is based on the sound of English as heard by non-native speakers. And it kinda makes sense. English is a harsh-Germanic language.
In NY "Cheers" sounds like, "Chiuyz", closer to Cheese than Cheers. We also say "Jeat yet" which translates to "Did you eat yet?" And I was talking to a girl from Philly one day, and I had to stop her because she was speaking so fast I wasn't sure she was still speaking English. Language rules.
U2Girl1978
Blue Crack Addict
angelordevil said:
I have an Irish, crushed-into-Canadian accent
Irish accents.
MsGiggles
War Child
- Joined
- Mar 30, 2005
- Messages
- 905
We were at a restaurant in Cork recently and were charged for refills on our sodas....and the size of the glass was probably less than a half pint
beau2ifulday
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
MsGiggles said:We were at a restaurant in Cork recently and were charged for refills on our sodas....and the size of the glass was probably less than a half pint
Not if you go to Pizza Hut
Hence why myself and my skint friends eat there so often
Kristie
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
I'm going to try to stick to Europe or else I'll start busting out things like penis gourds...
meat pie.
Meat should not be in pie form, unless it's a pot pie. Pot pies are good.
weißwurst, that one's disgusting too
most british slang.
most german music
and there are some languages that one just should not rap in
OH HERE'S ONE... mayonnaise on french fries!
meat pie.
Meat should not be in pie form, unless it's a pot pie. Pot pies are good.
weißwurst, that one's disgusting too
most british slang.
most german music
and there are some languages that one just should not rap in
OH HERE'S ONE... mayonnaise on french fries!
the rockin edge
Blue Crack Addict
Kristie said:
meat pie.
OH HERE'S ONE... mayonnaise on french fries!
i love both of those things
especially meat pies - Status
Similar threads
