This is kind of a rant but I think it deserves to be said. Has anyone else noticed (no offence intended) that most Americans weather it be on a chat room or forums, assume everyone knows that they live in the US? Whenever you ask or see where someone is from, all they ever seem to give is their city, like we are supposed to know all of the cities in America. Sure everyone knows where New York is, or Washington, but even capitals of some states I'm sure people don't know. I for sure could never just tell someone I'm in Halifax. I can't even say I'm in Nova Scotia (which is a province in Canada for all thsoe needing informing, therefore proving my point more). I've been asked countless times "Is that near Toronto?" or "That's not far from Vancouver is it?" Yes it is friggin far, its the other side of the country, and for anyone who has seen a map, Canada is pretty friggin big. Alright, I'm done. But I was just wondering if I'm the only one who notices this and I'm insane, or it accutly happens.
It's true, but everyone does it, not just americans. It's just out of habit because let's face it - when your talking to someone face-to-face it's obvious where you are. Or at least what country you're in.
A lot of americans ive spoken to ask when i say i live in preston 'is that near london'. That always makes me smile. But they have to explain to me where they live e.g. top middle etc so i cant complain.
Usually I can pick out if the city is in the UK...ends in 'shire' or 'land' Is my location clear enough? Hehe, how very Texan of me to refuse to put USA after it.
Okay, we're generalizing and stereotyping again. It's like that everywhere, not just in the US as Firehed states. Try living in New York state. One guess as to what people think when I say I live in New York - even if I do specify New York State...
i was talking to our companys display manager who is originally fron callifornia and who has been living in london for many year and has a sort of funny mushed american/brittish english accent goin on....anyways she was saying that in american schools kids r taught to memorize all the american states that make up the USA.. but even she said mostly all people dont know all of them coz the country is so big and spread out. she said no wonder amricans r so ignorant about international countrys as they have even less knowledge about those places than their own country. p.s. for the americans in the thread preston is up north england and nowhere near london in the south.
Very true By American standards, every English city is near London. Most of the Americans I have met wouldn't think much of driving for 3-4 hours to see someone/something. In the UK that would be a pretty big task.
No, that would probably be a county. eg. Hampshire Cities end with whatever they feel like. Plymouth, Bristol, London, Manchester, Liverpool.. Actually, that's not quite right, the name often shows how old the city/town/village is, or who first settled there. Anything ending in "chester" or "cester" for example, is a Roman town/city
aye, crazy prices for petrol.... thank god i live in london with its exceptional public transport system
Well, if I had a map, I could point to each state, but I would have problems listing all 50 of them. I never assume that people know I live in the US. Specifically when I post prices, I always write USD and usually include the GPB conversion in paranthesis.
i can understand where ur coming from but the majority of american r not like you and dont have the capasity to learn or understand....people like u make a smarter america
We pay per gallon. That's the equivelant to paying $5.68 USD per gallon. I last paid $1.89USD a couple of days ago.
TBH I find it much more often the other way round. When Americans talk about a place it's always London, England or Paris, France or whatever. When people talk about London you would presume they mean in England and the same for Paris you would assume they mean in France. There's no need to add what country it is. Grrr, it's just one of my pet peeves.
I dont find that here at all. It's natural for people to ask if it's near from where places they have heard of, you're assuming everyone should know places in Canada? I only know of Toronto and Vancouver.
