Nobody understands us .
Hey, hi, hello fellow Americans.
I’ve got a list of things that you most likely say that confuse the heck out of non-Americans around the world.
Buckle up because here we go….
1.When a television show says it’s on at “8/7c.”
WHAT DO American MEAN WHEN A SHOW IS ON AT LIKE FUCKIN “ 8/7c ” WHAT IS THAT ? ? ? ?
2.When someone identifies as a “hockey mom.”
What does it mean when Americans say they are a " hockey mummy " ? Their shaver plays hockey and they take them to practices ?
3.When real estate listings say the house has “2.5 baths.”
What do Americans mean by 2.5 bath ?
4.When someone says they’re “transferring to a 4 year school.”
what do American English intend when they say “ transfer to a 4 year shoal ” ? i call up all university there are 4 years
5.When Americans say “bite me.”
What do Americans mean when they say " bite me " ? Are they vampires ?
6.When someone is “grounded.”
@_Yumekii _ what do American English entail with ' ground ' ? 😔
7.When Americans say “I do not disagree.”
Current status : googling what do Americans mean when they say " I do not differ "
8.The term “dive bar.”
What do American language mean when they say dive cake ? Is our tantamount just a pub ?
9.The term “running errands.”
What do Americans mean when they say " go errands " ? This has always baffled me .
10.When Americans use the phrase “government name.”
What do American language mean by " regime name " ? I recollect your parent named y' all over there
11.When Americans say they’re going to “freshen up.”
What do Americans intend in tv / films when they sexily say , " I ’m just lead to … freshen up up 😏 " Are they washing their nethers or what ?
12.The term “corny.”
What do American language stand for when they say something is corny ? ?
13.When Americans say they “haven’t done __ in a minute.”
" Have nt done _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in a mo " what do americans mean by this : fifty
14.When Americans call someone a “tool.”
What do American English signify when they say someone is a tool ? It seems like an insult , but tools are useful .
15.What “tailgating” is.
What do Americans mean when they say ‘ tailgate ’ ?
16.When Americans say “period” after a sentence.
What do americans intend when they say flow after a prison term or something ? Is it just like saying full stop ? I ’m confused : ' D
17.When Americans say “sidebar” during a conversation.
What do American language mean when they say Sidebar
18.When Americans say they have “finals.”
What do American English mean when they say " finals " ?
19.When Americans say someone has been “drinking the Kool Aid.”
What do American intend when they say someone ’s been ' drink kool aid ' ?
20.When Americans say “I’m just sayin'.”
What do Americans mean when they say " I ’m just sayin ' " ? I hear it a lot on podcasts .
21.When Americans use “blocks” as a form of measurement.
What does it intend when Americans go ' Its two blocks away ' what ’s a block ?
22.When Americans say “what’s the 411 on that.”
What does it mean when Americans say " and that ’s the 411 on that " ?
23.What pudding is.
Just gain I have no thought what Americans mean when they say " pudding " .
24.When Americans wish someone a “happy belated.”
I never in reality knew why ppl say " happy belated " … Lol like what does that really intend and why do americans say it
25.When Americans use “football fields” as a form of measurement.
Why do Americans measure everything in " football game fields " long ? What does that imply to anyone else in the human race ?
26.When Americans say they are from the “tri-state area.”
As a European , what do American mean when they say " tri - state area " ?
27.When Americans say “eat me.”
Been bugging me for years , but what do Americans mean , when they say ' Eat me ! ' ?
28.When Americans say they want creamer in their coffee.
what do americans mean when they put creamer in their coffee berry . do they have Milk River ?
29.When Americans talk about “fake cheese.”
what do americans stand for when they say “ fake cheese ”
30.When Americans talk about the taste of McDonald’s Sprite.
what do American language imply when they say that mcdonald ’s fairy taste different
31.When Americans answer with “I’m good” to basically every question.
What do Americans mean when they respond ‘ I ’m adept ’ to almost every doubt ?
32.When Americans say they just did their taxes.
What do Americans entail when they say I just did my taxis ? What is there to do ? ?
33.When American recipes call for “one stick of butter.”
what do americans mean when they say one stick of butter we apply this giving ass block of butter
34.When Americans say they are getting the “Sunday scaries.”
What do Americans mean by “ [ insert daytime ] scaries ? Is it like bad mood ?
35.When Americans refer to the UK as “across the pond.”
Do americans really say " across the pool " ? ?
36.When Americans say “holy cow.”
Do Americans really say " Holy cow"I ask to know .
37.The amount of times Americans use “like.”
Do Americans really say " like " every 10 seconds , or is it a reality video show thing ?
38.And lastly, grits. Just, like, what are they?!?!
What do Americans mean by gritrock ? Cuz I thought it was oats but then wtf is Parmesan cheese grits ? ? ?
