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US American Accented English is actually Accentless English

OP is from the US and think they don't have an accent. The default accent in English is American, apparently.

u/neanderbelle — 11 hours ago
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Americans trying to use US dollars in Europe

I wanted to get people’s opinions on this. I am a tour guide in France who has a primarily American clientele. I do get other English speaking countries though like Canada and Australia. Often we receive tips which I am grateful for as it’s not necessary in France, but sometimes Americans give me US dollars as a tip which I find frustrating, as they are mostly useless in the EU, unless I exchange them where I will lose a part of the value. I find it astounding to travel to another country and assume that your currency is as valued or even more valuable than the local one. Once I even had a client who was annoyed to find out that he couldn’t pay for his lunch with US dollars. The Canadians or Australians never do this, they always come with euros. Am I being ungrateful? I should make a separate post of all the things Americans say to me as a tour guide in France 😆

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u/RevolutionaryShoe380 — 6 days ago
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A useful form?

Idk if this permitted, or if it better belongs in the shit Americans say sub. But it felt painfully relevant in this group for all the stuff that gets added here.

u/Neolance34 — 6 days ago
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I've never been to America and google admits it knows I'm in Taiwan but still gives results for America

It's done this before as well. And most of the top results reference America as well. The last screenshot shows it has my location as Taiwan and has apparently personalised the results.

u/Diligent-Coffee4986 — 14 hours ago
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Upcoming concerts in the Apple music app

City-Country for everyone, but when it’s in the US it’s City-state code.

u/PibeBa — 8 hours ago
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Dude that's making me so mad

EDIT:yeah adding that comment I screenshoted was pretty stupid, it isn't really defaultism. I should just have added the other comments I was talking about. Sorry guys

"white people" "black people". People PLEASE just call them black Americans, white Americans, etc. You know by saying "White" and "Black" you refer to all white and black-skinned people in the whole world and not only the US? Why do people always do that? They say stuff like "An Italian, a Mexican, a portuguese, a black guy" and assume that by hearing "black" you will understand that they mean black Americans, and not generally black people in the whole world. Same with "white people". You can't group so many people just by their skin color. How do you even define who is "White"?

I am Greek for example , am I considered white? My history and ties in general have nothing to do with white Americans and English people. Is it fair to be grouped with them? Do you get what I mean, it's just so stupid and just makes you mad af

Also the comment isn't really defaultism at first, but the guy says he's Canadian afterwards

u/oxingames — 4 days ago