r/AskAmericans

I’ll give a clue it has a name very little American people pronounce correctly, and it is not Worcestershire

I’ve always wondered this. I’ve seen people say that we talk weird or that we’re really nice, another thing that I heard Americans say is that Canadians are quiet. I just want to know what majority of Americans think of us. I want honest answers lol.

Hey there from Germany,

i was recently an extra in a film production with US actors playing some Germans. And while waiting on set for things to happen i was thinking about something i witnessed before in Movie and TV but was experiencing now in the flesh (and had time thinking about):

Actors who are faking a language they are not actually speaking.

Don't get me wrong, i got no real problem with it and don't expect actors to actually learn the language of a role they are playing - it's nice if they can but if they don't that's fine. However, so far i've seen two approaches to that issue: Either fake the language phonetically or speak english with a faked accent.

For a native speaker, it sounds pretty weird to hear "your" language being faked but given that it's for an international and mostly english-speaking audience i understand that it's mostly a non-issue and only affects a very small portion of the audience. After all, i myself probably wouldn't hear any difference if this happens not with german but with french, spanish or italian for example.

But i was wondering: Does it make a difference for native english speaking people if the actors pretend to speak the actual language of their role or speaking english with an accent of that particular language?

I was wondering if having House supermajority has any benefits if the party that holds it has no control over the Senate or the Presidency.

A lot of the TV shows and movies are set in the USA and I’m wondering about a few things.

Are your grocery bags really made of paper with no handles?

Do you have stacks of red plastic cups at house parties?

How common is drink driving/whats the limit?

I'm American and currently traveling the Balkans, which has gotten me thinking about cultural differences, and one that popped into mind was the t-t-t-t- singing people do at work, either when passing each other in the hall or demonstrating something on Teams / waiting.

I've a few European/Balkan friends in the USA and they've noticed the same thing.

I've done it while passing people in the coffee room, but for me it's just cause I'm socially awkward and a very fidgety person in general.

Are we just generally less comfortable with silences more than others? Is it the expectation of a fast-paced culture?

Hi everyone. My university is currently partnered with Disney and is offering a chance to work there in August this year.

The pay rate is $18 USD an hour, and I’m just wondering if this is liveable? It will be in Florida.

I've been thinking about taking therapy however I am not aware of its prices. How much do you pay to your therapist ? could you tell me pls if it is online or the town you are, I've heard prices change based on the size of the town. Thanks a lot.

Im american, but i still want to know, because it occurred to me that in school I learned more about king henry VIII than i learned about Teddy Roosevelt. is this experience unique? is this standard?

are they well accepted in society ? what about if they have a strong thick french accent ? (not volunteer trying to get rid of it but hard with no one to practise with). USA is my dream country but i think i’ll never live there so hard to get there. I’ll live my American dream behind my screen T.T

Hi, I saw a bunch of times online about a newspaper article during the 2010 World Cup with it saying “USA BEATS ENGLAND 0-0” it then goes on about it being the biggest thing since some historical event I can’t remember, and i would like to know if that was actually a real article that was published?

I’m using this one as I tried in another ask American Reddit but I got permanently banned for some ludicrous reason about reposting as they were blocking my posts even though they had nothing and in them,

personally i find the thought of america to be so fascinating because of how wildly different it is to the UK, despite how easy it would be for me to visit for a month because of knowing the language. im curious to know if americans have a similar thing for europe/UK, besides the obvious wanting to go abroad, etc etc

Hi I am from England and I see a lot of U.S sports events/competitions here being broadcast on TV here in England, these are mostly all of the PGA Tour golf events (except the alternate event competitions), tennis opens and a number of Football (NFL) matches also, another channel does show a few NBA matches b it not too many, my main question though, is it an American sport thing to have presented by a brand after a tournament title like Miami open presented by (brand name) as an example of something I’ve seen on TV before. The reason I’m asking this is mostly because in most other area of the world the sponsor normally (not always) goes before the event title and never has presented by in the name, if it’s after the title of the competitions name it usually just goes straight to the brand name , La Liga Ea Sports, Serie A Enilive as two examples