In England, it is totally acceptable to leave the restaurant without tipping at all. I mean, yeah, we do tip, but it's out of kindness and not expected. For example I would go to a restaurant and the meal would cost £17.99, I would leave the change. But if it cost £20, I would not tip at all.
I don't understand tipping either. When I go to a restaurant, like with any other service industry, I expect good service. In every job I've had, customer service has always been a top priority. I do not believe that I should be obliged to pay extra for good service, nor do I understand why restauranteurs are allowed to rely on customers to provide for their servers' wages. The servers are not my employees, they are the restaurant's, and they should pay them like every other business does.
And the other thing I will never understand about the US is the Americans' obsession with the Prom, I will never understand that EVER. Unless attending the prom will help you get into a good college, I've never understood the obsession with it. We just don't have self congratulatory, BS events like that in Australia
I'm an Australian who lived in NY when I was 6 until I was 14 and then 21 until the present. So I've grown up in both places. One of these might be a NY thing rather than general American thing but 2 things I will never understand about the US is that people don't know how to line up. For example, in Sydney at a McDonald's EVERYONE knows to form a single line in front of each open register but in NY people make one line in front of the registers or scatter themselves around.
Lmfao, that's one thing I've learnt then, 'thongs' in Australia means 'shoes' for them! I would have never known that if I didn't come across this video.
If you're an American and want to sound Aussy......say Raise Up Lights............if you say it quickly, you've just said Razor Blades in Aussy.......
im from california and I call flip flops thongs too.. anyone with culture beyond their backyard knows people have drinking songs, people know what the boot is..but we also have the boston boot, check that out... one day i will make it to the land down unda' every australian ive ever met was very cool
I never understood the tipping issue either. I do not think it is fair that we have to pay more money. We should only be paying for the meal. It's the waitresses and waiters jobs. It all comes down to the fact that their employees don't even pay them half of minimum wage. The businesses should be tipping them, not the people.
Thumbs-upped this video just for the last point. You guys don't have alcohol everywhere?? Then it definitely must be amazing we have it everywhere. :) I thought everyone had it everywhere.
Oh...there are parts of the U.S. that use different words for things too...
Such as soda vs pop vs tonic vs soda-pop, depending on where you are.
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, they call rubber-bands "gum-bands" and bologna is called, "jumbo." In New England (such as Massachusetts), they sometimes call blue jeans, "dungarees" (my grandma does, & THAT is weird to me). In Charleston, South Carolina, they call cockroaches, "palmetto bugs!" Fun stuff! Haha!
Different English speaking countries have different idioms....& have different words for things.
I don't think you're weird for calling things a different word. Americans used to call "flip-flops" THONGS in the past. Previous generations think the "kids" are "weird" for calling their string underwear "thongs." So...there you have it. I think it's awesome that there are so many derivatives of English. Not understanding doesn't mean it's bad. You can't get alcohol "anywhere" in MA nor PA. :-)
To be fair, a "trunk" kind of makes sense, considering that on early cars it literally was a trunk. As far as I know nobody has ever strapped a boot on the back of their car to store shit in.
I don't get why everyone thinks Americans are lazy... the welfare abusing hood rats are but generally we are mostly hard workers, most of my friends and I work like 50 hrs a week and go to college. I have met 2 lazy ppl my age, I don't really understand the lazy insult. Though fast food is extremely lazy I will definitely admit but I'm a chef and I've cooked in several resteraunts and i'm now in a wokery (asian food) and my boss is from hong korn and he knows we aren't lazy. Sorry, tangent
@BabySmasher14534 It depends. I think it's because so many of us are overweight and have a higher state of living than people in loads of other countries and our elementary through high school education needs a revamp (we aren't producing the innovators that we used to & our academic performance is crap) so in the eyes of many people who come here for more opportunities, they see us wasting ours. Our culture and ideals are pretty different from the rest of the world's.
Drive thru ATM = convenience..and safety..it IS L.A. you said. I can say as an American (and a Californian at that) that in each of our 50 states the dialect, words, slang, etc change from state to state, making it possibly even more confusing for our international visitors. Yes, we call boots the things you wear on your feet, not the trunk of a car. And the " bonnet" is called the 'hood' a car here. American movies should give you an idea of how we speak on this side of the globe...
who r these people writing these comments? Have you ever been to another country? Try living in one. Just because she didn't understand these things doesn't make her an less educated that you. It's culture, think about it, the practices and slang words in Alabama are a lot different than they are in NJ. Shes talking about things as simple as some people call soda "pop." Also just because she didn't understand these things doesn't mean she doesn't respect them.
In America, when we eat at resturants we tip 10% of the bill. That's the "fair" amount, you can tip more or less depending on how good the service is. This is because in America the waiters make a little more than 3.00 per hour so basically they make their living off tips. Hope that helps :)
in england:::: no guns,, kids can buy ale or ginger beer,, rich peoples everywheres (im the lower end and i have a suburban house) and finnaly everyone has a computer
Tipping, at least where I live (Indiana), is a way to thank the server for their efforts. Waiters and waitresses are paid a base salary and also get to keep tips for extra money. So, if you get a shitty server who doesn't want to do their job, then no tip for them. Most of the time we get good servers, though, so we tip about three dollars each time, and five if they went above and beyond expectations for places like Steak n' Shake and Bob Evans.
so u didn't get mexican jokes because most likely they weren't jokes, but racist comments. The thong thing,I know old people here use it, but I'm talking about 50+ y.o.people.The tipping thing is easy, you pay 20% of what you consumed (say your total is $50 then u get the 20% of it and add it to your total, there's an app for that).
About the drive thru ATM is very convenient when u need to get money late at night/early in the day or when u don't have time to go to the bank. Next time go to NYC.
so u didn't get mexican jokes because most likely they weren't jokes, but racist comments. The thong thing,I know old people here use it, but I'm talking about 50+ y.o.people.The tipping thing is easy, you pay 20% of what you consumed (say your total is $50 then u get the 20% of it and add it to your total, there's an app for that).
About the drive thru ATM is very convenient when u need to get money late at night/early in the day or when u don't have time to go to the bank. Next time go to NYC.
The reason tipping is expected is because servers are paid very little hourly. They earn their income from tips which are expected to be around 15-20% of the bill. I believe in other countries servers are paid decent amounts hourly so no tip is needed. In America is is rude not to tip because you are basically telling them they did such a bad job that they do not deserve to be paid for the time they spent helping you. Anyways, I hope that clears that up.
I'm British but I lived in Australia for 2 years and even though I've been back for a good few years now I still call flip flops thongs, sandwiches/sangers and my duvet a dooner. It was one of things I liked about Oz.
Ozzies and Yankees have a lot in common as countries. They're both rejects of the British empire, rugged individualists, and love alcohol lol. I'm American and REALLY want to visit Australia to eat those delicious capsicums!
Just so you know, you can't buy alcohol anywhere you want to in Pennsylvania. Only liquor stores and beer distributors...not ALL of America is like that.
@bbout1992 Well looks like Im never visiting Philly or Pittsburgh then. South burbs of Chicago here. Not that I advocate it but i get my Saturday and Sunday paper at the local mart at 9 am and people are buying booze.
this bitch is dumb.. just as stupid as any chick from any country.. shes only bitchn from another countrys point of view... shoot no matter were you go its goin to be diffrent from were you live... stay in australia next time if you just want to be a retard...
In America the average server/waiter makes a little under $4 an hour, which is more than $3 under the minimum wage. The tips that American servers make is their income. CHEERS!
The thing about the Alchohol, in PA, it's only possible to buy wine and spirits in a state-government monitored (possibly owned and run) alcohol store. Beer can only be sold in beer stores and we have a small selection. I'm on the same page with you in regard to the alcohol thing. When I moved to California in the military, buying alcohol at a grocery store kind of blew me away. Some places in America don't sell alcohol at all though.
Things Americans don't understand 5.Words are different EVERYWHERE 4.Again sorry that our words are different 3.I say "I'm in heaps of trouble" all the time 2.I love singing and drinking 1.I knew that thongs meant shoe and underwear Top 5 things you don't get 5.I live in Texas and it is a real problem, but i do love Mexicans 4.I live in a small town in Texas so I don't either 3.Sorry we like convenience? 2.They payed like $2 an hour so you would want one too 1.And yes i agree BEER EVERYWHERE
@MelOhSoDivine I agree and I always tip well. My mother has had many waitress jobs and always taught me to tip well and be polite with your servers. However if that's the case, they should not make tipping optional. Some people truly do not get the concept of tipping and in a way I get where they're coming from.
A cousin of mine literally had a man FOLLOWING him outside of the restaraunt because he didn't tip "17%". What the hell is that about? In most places you just tip based on the service on the staff, there shouldn't be a "standard" percentage. A tip is MEANT to optional, that's the pleasure of having a tip, because somebody was so pleased with your service that they thought it necessary to give you a little money for yourself. It's not a privilege, it's a luxury.
As for the tipping. Watriesses make very very very little. They live off of tips and even that dosn't always put them through school pay the bills or raise their kids very well. (My grandmother was a waitress for years living was hard)
@heykaitlyn29 That's not true..the USA still has dry counties(places that don't allow sale of alcohol) What I don't get about Australia is the mandatory voting and the nanny state..Australia Internet censorship is on par with China and Iran
So in Australia you probably don't have to pay your own medical bills, you probably don't have to pay a thing because your country is small enough the government can cover everyone which our wellfare system sadly can't. There's too damn many people having babies everyday for that, so all the taxes I pay as a single full-time worker funds those lazy asses until age 18 per child to single mothers.
Unique ways you call shoes "thongs", and use the name for a shoe to name the back of your car. *lol*
Okay, here's a brief rundown. Us Americans don't speak the same English, it's all different in any country. Different vocabularies develop in different areas of the world.
P.S. the one mexican joke that I found was funny can actualy be used as just as a forienger in general to make it more pc. As the joke goes a guy says these aliens abducted me, anal probed me, then threw me in a dumpster, those damn foriengners. I can never figure out why aliens from outer space would travel light years to anal probe people on earth, they must have a very boring life on their planet if that is their idea of having fun.
I do not what a boot means becuase my wife was orginaly from canada, also they have to buy acchol from a government run liquior store. The cost co chain spent 22 million now to get the right to sell hard liquior and get ride of state liquior stores. When I was in high school most of the guy wanted to move to Australia when they heard there was 11 women for ever man. I alwys here that Australians are tough becuase it was a prison colony so every one inherited that trait.
Some states in the US still only sell alcohol in state-run alcohol stores. Tips are generally 15%+ because waiters are paid far less than min. wage assuming the rest will be made up in tips. If you don't tip, it is assumed that you were dissatisfied with your service and didn't give them a chance to fix whatever was wrong. :)
america is the most stupidest country in the world! all the people who live there are either stupid, childish, really fat, annoying or idiots! im from a country called wales witch is in britain and in britain we all agree with the aussies that america is stupid
@Jacy712 I think you mean: America is the stupidest country in the world! All the people who live there are either stupid, childish, really fat, annoying, or idiotic. I'm from a country called Wales, which is in Britain, and in Britain we all agree with the Aussies that America is stupid. (Greetings from America! Enjoy your free grammar lesson!)
@MogMog1987 what the fuck is whales known for you dick? and next time, quit saying the same things about america. we're not all retards ya know. again, what the fuck does whales even do?
In the US a bill ONLY covers the food. It does NOT cover the table, service or clean up. So, if you do not tip, you are communicating that you expect to be served for free & that others should clean up after your mess for free as well. See why it's so obnoxious not to tip in the US?(hence the dirty looks...) Waiters make $2 an hour (25% of min wage) & have to 'tip out' to a bartender, bussers & dishwashers. So, you're stiffing them as well. Can't afford service? Try a drive-thru, no shame in it!
So thinking in broad strokes about a nation based on this young ladies video, most Australians are: (1) alcoholics (2) apparently don't get mugged at the ATM walk-up machine (3) are very cheap and stingy because they don't tip, and (4) have no idea how ironic it is to call a "bell pepper" capscium when in fact it has NO capscium in it.
ok so this is how America works: every state has their own subculture, and every city has their own subculture. AND MAYBE there will be another subculture within that city depending on what side of town you live on.... crazy I kno but that's why America is dope :)
Thongs were shoes to me, and I'm an American, but somehow they are string underpants. I'm from Boston, and live in the mid-west, I'm telling you, it's like a different country. The accents and the words used are different. You can't judge one neighborhood as true for all America. We are diverse, both in accent and slang. I too had to watch what I said because they didn't understand me. The reverse is true though. They say "Please" for "excuse me" - that one got me confused a lot, at first.
wow, were you really this naive and stupid not to realize that english speaking north america doesnt utilize british slang? since I was a little kid I was aware of that... oh wait, I read books and was intelligent, so that's an unfair comparison to you.
I guess you werent really the best viable candidate to be a semester abroad student... perhaps someone a bit more intelligent and interested in cultural exchange would have been better suited. Besides, we have enough chubbies, no need for you.
@behellit tap what? you certainly cant be referring to the chubby round face girl in the vid? maybe you have very low standards or just that desperate.
low standards? desperate? son I think you need glasses the girl is pretty cute I'll say that, but it was more of a compliment that she looks nice rather then being a pervert. but if you knew about my standards kid, I would be your idol wwhat.
@behellit 1.) "tap that" means have sex with, or are you that out of the urban contemporary vernacular? Yeah, Im sure she sees that as a compliment... some short, fat loser wanting to "tap her" 2.) you are way too defensive in your retort, indicative of how insecure, threatened and fragile emotionally and your ego is, you arent fooling anyone -continued.....-
3.) I seriously doubt someone taller, better looking, stronger, better educated, lives better, accomplished more in life and gets any woman he wants would ever think of you as an "idol"... nice job at revealing your delusional overinflated sense of self worth.. its obvious your standards are extremely low. the chick doesnt even look status quo..Ive rejected women far hotter than that... you know even those women wouldnt even give you the time of day
hahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahah ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS WITH ANYTHING THAT YOU SAID? hahahahahha my God you are insane kid you need a serious reality check you are a psycho hahahahhahahahaha, you said you rejected girls hotter then this girl? hahhahahahahhahah you should be a fucking comedian you would be good. I think you are the character out of the ZooKeeper movie - you know the freak trying to steal the zookeepers girl, hahahhahahaah man go fuckyouself
@behellit WOW! look at that emotional, whiny, school girl, fragile ego reaction... you just proved me 100% right.
The very fact that you think this girl is anything more than status quo makes me laugh at how low your standards are and how much women YOU DONT GET: proven fact
your yourtube viewing history: of gaming, cartoons, underage teen girls (making lewd sexual comments about them), racism and violence.:clearly the profile of someone that has many emotional & mental disorders.
continues on top of my dick but also here, you are either a psycho or trying to win this girls attention by running your mouth with any random person here on these comments aren't you, you are a sad sad little man but the saddest part of this is is that you aren't fooling anybody but yourself, you are actually trying to satisfy your shallow little mind that can't possibly imagine anything outside of the box. you are trying to make yourself feel good by this nonsence and thats sad
@behellit Its clear that you're just some naive, inexperienced little kid that has no clue about life, women, the world, how to survive, how to be a man.... I dont take you serious little kid
you arent educated, intelligent, old enough, good looking enough to know anything in this world...seriously...you're clearly intimidated by me due to your jealous and insecurity
like everyone else in your life, I dont take you seriously.:you're a beta male wussy: piss off, im done destroying you
you know what men I'm not even gonna read your shit, though I do see the last sentence that you wrote, beta male? ahhaaah don't expose yourself like that, though that's just a proof of how shallow you really are bringing out beta word, you are probably one of those preppy fags that read the magazine articles when you go to the dentist, you would shit your britches if you ever see me little boyyyy. call you mother.
You have the most beautiful eyes, and a really pretty smile. That being said, you don't really need to get the mexican jokes, most are pretty uncalled for anyway. BTW, I don't know how your government is, but his country is not "awesome" in the slightest. Our government is shit, and almost all the one things are being made illegal. Anyway, I would like to travel to Australia some time; is there a particular time of year that is the most fair? P.S. fuck your house spiders, little deadly bastards.
I'm from the 60's and in So. California we all grew up calling the beach footwear "thongs," so that seems perfectly normal to me. I think they also started calling them "flip flops" in the 70's, but they were always thongs to me.
as an american i don't understand how you cant understand that your society uses a different dialect than ours, and that we use different words for different things.
I think you should've called this 'Aussie idioms Americans don't know . . . and drinking songs'. Strange, I've actually known that thongs were sandals for a while now. I must have heard it from someone who knew an Australian or something.
YOU"RE WEIRD! xD No, I'm just kidding. I love to see the differences we all have. I'm used to calling sandles (or thongs as you say) Chanclas! It must be a spanish thing :P As soon as you mentioned piling into a taxi though, the little American Troll in me jumped and yelled "OOH! MEXICAN JOKE! Zing!" Come to think of it,this may be the reason why I'm not allowed to leave my house anymore.
The basic tipping practice in the US is to tip roughly 10% for anyone who brings you something (like delivery drivers, valet parkers, etc), which includes waiters. However, waiters usually get closer to 15%, or 20% in bigger cities. Why is this? The industries assume that tipping will be involved, as an incentive to provide good service, and pay less for these jobs. Waiters usually have to work especially hard compared to their wages.
tipping mostly because the server, or waiter, how ever you wanna call them, get next to nothing for salary. some call tipping as appreciation to the one who serve you,
the singing thing is usually due to the fact we know we suck at singing and drinking doesn't help improve our singing it just makes us more annoying i guess? Its great that you sing and drink but really its just not an american thing to do. we drink and talk, or we drink and dance thats pretty much about it. We do not have pubs really, we have bars..why do we call them bars? because if you drink too much you feel like ur traped behind bars of alchol addiction lol.
....why do u think we're stupid when u clearly have different terms for things. That's like the number one thing u should know before going to a different country. but...anyway. i
Good god are you fucking vacuous. I'm a native American, and you sound like every dumb fucking American girl that hops on their smartphone as soon as they get off the subway.
If she thought tipping was strange while visiting LA, I wonder what she would have thought visiting a part of the country where people actually know how to tip. In many parts of this country you can hit 20% without too much bother but in LA you've got to practically give the customer a blow job just for15%(and if you don't swallow you're still stuck with 10%).
It's just the difference in culture and slang. I'm American and if I went somewhere else there would be plenty of confusion on both sides if I were to get in a conversation. It also happens between Americans depending on what part of the country you're from.
@buzzaki We do use apostrophes for plurals of letters and numbers (6's, A's). Other it's (it is) for contractions like that on there. Or it is for possession (Bob's cat).
@buzzaki Her title is correct grammatically. The title of the video is "Things Americans don't get". There should be no possession or contraction there. If you say "American's" you are showing possession. Example: The American's guidebook (meaning the guidebook is owned by the American). At least, that is the rule in American English. How do you show the difference between possession and plural if this is not your grammar rule?
@lildragonbunny Press "play" and watch her video. Her opening screen says "Top 5 Things American's Don't Get". I do understand the rules of grammar (I am an English teacher); my post was intended to address the irony of an Aussie expounding on what Americans don't get, when she herself doesn't get her own language. That's all.
I'm an American, and I really think that most Americans don't get that even though someone speaks English, they may not speak American english, so that's probably the main reason of confusion.
People may call me Jewish, but I always only tip 10%..
brouhahabob 7 minutes ago
lol i love you your cute as a button
pinkbudhistpeacock 14 minutes ago
Hey, I'm from California, and I've known the word "thongs" all my life to mean those shoes with the straps on them!
ragtimedan 17 minutes ago
In England, it is totally acceptable to leave the restaurant without tipping at all. I mean, yeah, we do tip, but it's out of kindness and not expected. For example I would go to a restaurant and the meal would cost £17.99, I would leave the change. But if it cost £20, I would not tip at all.
Eastenderzz 19 minutes ago
No tipping in OZ? OUCH!
Gravyballs2011 1 hour ago
I don't understand tipping either. When I go to a restaurant, like with any other service industry, I expect good service. In every job I've had, customer service has always been a top priority. I do not believe that I should be obliged to pay extra for good service, nor do I understand why restauranteurs are allowed to rely on customers to provide for their servers' wages. The servers are not my employees, they are the restaurant's, and they should pay them like every other business does.
thespringheeledjack 2 hours ago
And the other thing I will never understand about the US is the Americans' obsession with the Prom, I will never understand that EVER. Unless attending the prom will help you get into a good college, I've never understood the obsession with it. We just don't have self congratulatory, BS events like that in Australia
sissygamache 2 hours ago
I'm an Australian who lived in NY when I was 6 until I was 14 and then 21 until the present. So I've grown up in both places. One of these might be a NY thing rather than general American thing but 2 things I will never understand about the US is that people don't know how to line up. For example, in Sydney at a McDonald's EVERYONE knows to form a single line in front of each open register but in NY people make one line in front of the registers or scatter themselves around.
sissygamache 2 hours ago
YOUR EYES!!!!!!!!!
krazor14 2 hours ago
Lmfao, that's one thing I've learnt then, 'thongs' in Australia means 'shoes' for them! I would have never known that if I didn't come across this video.
rachm1991 4 hours ago
If you're an American and want to sound Aussy......say Raise Up Lights............if you say it quickly, you've just said Razor Blades in Aussy.......
jsaa4Jesus 4 hours ago
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im from california and I call flip flops thongs too.. anyone with culture beyond their backyard knows people have drinking songs, people know what the boot is..but we also have the boston boot, check that out... one day i will make it to the land down unda' every australian ive ever met was very cool
slizzeredinablizzard 7 hours ago
I never understood the tipping issue either. I do not think it is fair that we have to pay more money. We should only be paying for the meal. It's the waitresses and waiters jobs. It all comes down to the fact that their employees don't even pay them half of minimum wage. The businesses should be tipping them, not the people.
xthenicolexx 9 hours ago
Thumbs-upped this video just for the last point. You guys don't have alcohol everywhere?? Then it definitely must be amazing we have it everywhere. :) I thought everyone had it everywhere.
LlaniPhone 10 hours ago
Tipping standard in U.S., to my knowledge, is about 15% of the total.
I usually just take 10% of the total, and add another half of that amount.
ex: Total is $47.35
$47.35 * 0.1 = $4.74
$4.74 * 0.5 = uhh... about $2.37
$4.74 + $2.37 = (4.70 + 2.40) about $7.10
Tip is $7.00 and change, maybe
Adjust based on cleanliness, politeness, timeliness, and quality of service.
I love it when a busy waitress with many tables still has time to drop by every 5 minutes for refills without being flagged down.
SuperMardiGrasBros 10 hours ago 2
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SuperMardiGrasBros 10 hours ago
Oh...there are parts of the U.S. that use different words for things too...
Such as soda vs pop vs tonic vs soda-pop, depending on where you are.
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, they call rubber-bands "gum-bands" and bologna is called, "jumbo." In New England (such as Massachusetts), they sometimes call blue jeans, "dungarees" (my grandma does, & THAT is weird to me). In Charleston, South Carolina, they call cockroaches, "palmetto bugs!" Fun stuff! Haha!
lynkleaf 11 hours ago
@lynkleaf
I am from Pittsburgh and I have never heard the Jumbo, and have always called rubberbands rubberbands.
xthenicolexx 9 hours ago
Different English speaking countries have different idioms....& have different words for things.
I don't think you're weird for calling things a different word. Americans used to call "flip-flops" THONGS in the past. Previous generations think the "kids" are "weird" for calling their string underwear "thongs." So...there you have it. I think it's awesome that there are so many derivatives of English. Not understanding doesn't mean it's bad. You can't get alcohol "anywhere" in MA nor PA. :-)
lynkleaf 11 hours ago
thongs used to be thongs, butt now they're thongs.
quicknuss 12 hours ago
To be fair, a "trunk" kind of makes sense, considering that on early cars it literally was a trunk. As far as I know nobody has ever strapped a boot on the back of their car to store shit in.
derp50 13 hours ago 2
In Austrailia are gratuities already added on to you dining bill?
ftolmsteen 14 hours ago
@ftolmsteen Nope. They just have decent wages.
ollieill1 12 hours ago
I don't get Shit about the Whole World >;T
usmc8542 14 hours ago
I don't get why everyone thinks Americans are lazy... the welfare abusing hood rats are but generally we are mostly hard workers, most of my friends and I work like 50 hrs a week and go to college. I have met 2 lazy ppl my age, I don't really understand the lazy insult. Though fast food is extremely lazy I will definitely admit but I'm a chef and I've cooked in several resteraunts and i'm now in a wokery (asian food) and my boss is from hong korn and he knows we aren't lazy. Sorry, tangent
BabySmasher14534 14 hours ago
@BabySmasher14534 It depends. I think it's because so many of us are overweight and have a higher state of living than people in loads of other countries and our elementary through high school education needs a revamp (we aren't producing the innovators that we used to & our academic performance is crap) so in the eyes of many people who come here for more opportunities, they see us wasting ours. Our culture and ideals are pretty different from the rest of the world's.
SwornOaths 13 hours ago
You little Jew you don't even tip
gematriagrim666 15 hours ago
Drive thru ATM = convenience..and safety..it IS L.A. you said. I can say as an American (and a Californian at that) that in each of our 50 states the dialect, words, slang, etc change from state to state, making it possibly even more confusing for our international visitors. Yes, we call boots the things you wear on your feet, not the trunk of a car. And the " bonnet" is called the 'hood' a car here. American movies should give you an idea of how we speak on this side of the globe...
debbidee 15 hours ago
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debbidee 16 hours ago
you have the prettiest eyes!
mecca777 16 hours ago
ITs because waiters/waitresses tips are most of their income...
zseartcc25 16 hours ago 9
who r these people writing these comments? Have you ever been to another country? Try living in one. Just because she didn't understand these things doesn't make her an less educated that you. It's culture, think about it, the practices and slang words in Alabama are a lot different than they are in NJ. Shes talking about things as simple as some people call soda "pop." Also just because she didn't understand these things doesn't mean she doesn't respect them.
Kdzanis 16 hours ago
Stay in your own damn country woman.
MasterJonzo 17 hours ago
In America, when we eat at resturants we tip 10% of the bill. That's the "fair" amount, you can tip more or less depending on how good the service is. This is because in America the waiters make a little more than 3.00 per hour so basically they make their living off tips. Hope that helps :)
Stephaaanii 17 hours ago
Oh, man. You are so hot it hurts.
stshill1 18 hours ago
Hey guys! Srr mrrst urrv yrrr knrrr that I've been back in Austrailia---<3 your accent! lol
ilovetruffles99 18 hours ago
in england:::: no guns,, kids can buy ale or ginger beer,, rich peoples everywheres (im the lower end and i have a suburban house) and finnaly everyone has a computer
deadalus1000 18 hours ago
we have drinking songs :\ drink motherfucker! drink!
maggiegee008 18 hours ago
Heh heh....heheheh....thongs....
Spacelord2525 19 hours ago
Bonnet you dumb Aussie.
StrainXv 19 hours ago
Tipping, at least where I live (Indiana), is a way to thank the server for their efforts. Waiters and waitresses are paid a base salary and also get to keep tips for extra money. So, if you get a shitty server who doesn't want to do their job, then no tip for them. Most of the time we get good servers, though, so we tip about three dollars each time, and five if they went above and beyond expectations for places like Steak n' Shake and Bob Evans.
Rockkettbot 19 hours ago
lolol i didnt get any of the australian things and i thought all the american things were funny
reviewsnake 20 hours ago
so u didn't get mexican jokes because most likely they weren't jokes, but racist comments. The thong thing,I know old people here use it, but I'm talking about 50+ y.o.people.The tipping thing is easy, you pay 20% of what you consumed (say your total is $50 then u get the 20% of it and add it to your total, there's an app for that).
About the drive thru ATM is very convenient when u need to get money late at night/early in the day or when u don't have time to go to the bank. Next time go to NYC.
apples220022 21 hours ago
so u didn't get mexican jokes because most likely they weren't jokes, but racist comments. The thong thing,I know old people here use it, but I'm talking about 50+ y.o.people.The tipping thing is easy, you pay 20% of what you consumed (say your total is $50 then u get the 20% of it and add it to your total, there's an app for that).
About the drive thru ATM is very convenient when u need to get money late at night/early in the day or when u don't have time to go to the bank. Next time go to NYC.
apples220022 21 hours ago
The reason tipping is expected is because servers are paid very little hourly. They earn their income from tips which are expected to be around 15-20% of the bill. I believe in other countries servers are paid decent amounts hourly so no tip is needed. In America is is rude not to tip because you are basically telling them they did such a bad job that they do not deserve to be paid for the time they spent helping you. Anyways, I hope that clears that up.
1uckych4rmz 21 hours ago
#5-mexican jokes. we are a very racist country, quite sadly.
#4-uuhmmm... the taxi drivers get paid, why would they care? very... money crazed over here. -.-
#3-americans are very lazy. :P
#2-tipping is for many reasons actually. some for flirting to be honest, sadly enough. but its... polite, i guess. just the norm around here.
#1-alcohol is for very few reasons. problem solving, fun(whatever), taste, and just... its alcohol. to get drunk. yea, enough said. -.-
secretintrovert 22 hours ago
#5-mexican jokes. we are a very racist country, quite sadly.
#4-uuhmmm... the taxi drivers get paid, why would they care? very... money crazed over here. -.-
#3-americans are very lazy. :P
#2-tipping is for many reasons actually. some for flirting to be honest, sadly enough. but its... polite, i guess. just the norm around here.
#1-alcohol is for very few reasons. problem solving, fun(whatever), taste, and just... its alcohol. to get drunk. yea, enough said. -.-
secretintrovert 22 hours ago
.....i freaking love the drive thru ATM.....
ninjakitty21 22 hours ago
Ah Australia the only country where you can get hunted down by packs of giant bouncing rats!!!
soukupb 22 hours ago
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I'm British but I lived in Australia for 2 years and even though I've been back for a good few years now I still call flip flops thongs, sandwiches/sangers and my duvet a dooner. It was one of things I liked about Oz.
cheekymancunian 23 hours ago
Ozzies and Yankees have a lot in common as countries. They're both rejects of the British empire, rugged individualists, and love alcohol lol. I'm American and REALLY want to visit Australia to eat those delicious capsicums!
JCarter3000 23 hours ago
Just so you know, you can't buy alcohol anywhere you want to in Pennsylvania. Only liquor stores and beer distributors...not ALL of America is like that.
bbout1992 1 day ago
@bbout1992 Well looks like Im never visiting Philly or Pittsburgh then. South burbs of Chicago here. Not that I advocate it but i get my Saturday and Sunday paper at the local mart at 9 am and people are buying booze.
3Roymunson 20 hours ago
well i just learnt that aussies call peppers capsicums learn something new everyday lol :) xoxox
CuteStyle10 1 day ago
for your number 3 we down south like to use it
yall are in heaps of shit, is my favorit
hardwirecars 1 day ago
# 1 soccer is called football
zedcell 1 day ago
@zedcell nope soccer is soccer and football is football
hardwirecars 1 day ago
@zedcell Australians call it soccer, too.
brouhahabob 6 minutes ago
this bitch is dumb.. just as stupid as any chick from any country.. shes only bitchn from another countrys point of view... shoot no matter were you go its goin to be diffrent from were you live... stay in australia next time if you just want to be a retard...
thecooper25 1 day ago
@thecooper25 and this is what we like to call in america a troll
just ignore him he will go away
classic signs to watch for is:
that is a strange looking kitchen jokes
calling you dumb just by seeing a 5 min video
telling you to stay out of some where else if you dont get them.
remember kids dont feed the trolls.
hardwirecars 1 day ago
Why are they called sunnies?
mediumpimpn 1 day ago
THAT'S A BELL PEPPER
bongothemagicalmonky 1 day ago
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MelOhSoDivine 1 day ago
DRIVE THROUGH ATMs ( cash machines or holes in the wall to us Brits :) that seriously is beyond lazy lol
MrClassicDoctorWho 1 day ago
@MrClassicDoctorWho is that really so bad
i mean come on i figgured yall would complain about our drive through fast food places more then that lol
hardwirecars 1 day ago
Drinking songs spread so much joy, everyone should know at least one.
neofriends 1 day ago
in college towns they sell alcohol at the movie theater, or at least in orlando!!
michaelahixson7 1 day ago
This was an awesome video. :) I found it really interesting. I'd love to go to Australia one day!!
Oh, and your eyes are so pretty!
IcyHot311 1 day ago
haha its ok, most americans dont understand the whole tipping thing. i sure as hell dont but i believe its 15 to 20% the overall cost of your meal.
UndrnthTheMidnghtSky 1 day ago
@UndrnthTheMidnghtSky Waters and waitresses make under minimum wage so its a common courtesy to help them make up the difference.
thelordofdarkcheese 1 day ago
In America the average server/waiter makes a little under $4 an hour, which is more than $3 under the minimum wage. The tips that American servers make is their income. CHEERS!
MegaPantheraOnca 1 day ago
Wow! She ran into lodes of American racism and Corprate Capitalism!... She's SO beautiful, it's stupendous! :O
SGThibakusha 1 day ago
The thing about the Alchohol, in PA, it's only possible to buy wine and spirits in a state-government monitored (possibly owned and run) alcohol store. Beer can only be sold in beer stores and we have a small selection. I'm on the same page with you in regard to the alcohol thing. When I moved to California in the military, buying alcohol at a grocery store kind of blew me away. Some places in America don't sell alcohol at all though.
Someguy1103 1 day ago
OP goes to another country and is surprised it's different..
ubermisogynist 1 day ago
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Devin123456789012341 1 day ago
I made $2.50 and hour as a waitress, so yes. I'd get pissed if you didn't tip me.
MelOhSoDivine 1 day ago 10
@MelOhSoDivine I agree and I always tip well. My mother has had many waitress jobs and always taught me to tip well and be polite with your servers. However if that's the case, they should not make tipping optional. Some people truly do not get the concept of tipping and in a way I get where they're coming from.
SmithersThe 1 day ago
@MelOhSoDivine
A cousin of mine literally had a man FOLLOWING him outside of the restaraunt because he didn't tip "17%". What the hell is that about? In most places you just tip based on the service on the staff, there shouldn't be a "standard" percentage. A tip is MEANT to optional, that's the pleasure of having a tip, because somebody was so pleased with your service that they thought it necessary to give you a little money for yourself. It's not a privilege, it's a luxury.
IAmCaptainMarvel 3 hours ago
As for the tipping. Watriesses make very very very little. They live off of tips and even that dosn't always put them through school pay the bills or raise their kids very well. (My grandmother was a waitress for years living was hard)
TrixyKitsurashi 1 day ago
She had some good observations. Words and lingo change from country to country. I learned a few things watching this video that I didn't know.
TrixyKitsurashi 1 day ago
if you had been in Texas you could have found a drive thru bottle shop
killahpriest5972 1 day ago
@heykaitlyn29 That's not true..the USA still has dry counties(places that don't allow sale of alcohol) What I don't get about Australia is the mandatory voting and the nanny state..Australia Internet censorship is on par with China and Iran
ubermisogynist 1 day ago
So in Australia you probably don't have to pay your own medical bills, you probably don't have to pay a thing because your country is small enough the government can cover everyone which our wellfare system sadly can't. There's too damn many people having babies everyday for that, so all the taxes I pay as a single full-time worker funds those lazy asses until age 18 per child to single mothers.
Unique ways you call shoes "thongs", and use the name for a shoe to name the back of your car. *lol*
Kire667 1 day ago
so why is sprite called lemonade?
IloveJESUS0777 1 day ago
Okay your just naming things that are different about our cultures.
rosecur1 1 day ago
It's not that we don't get things, I think we just have different words...you know, different versions of English
TheEverEssence 1 day ago
About tipping, usually ~15% of the amount that you spent on your food is good practice.
dg14813 1 day ago
Okay, here's a brief rundown. Us Americans don't speak the same English, it's all different in any country. Different vocabularies develop in different areas of the world.
dg14813 1 day ago
There's heaps that I don't get about America and I'm American. :) BTW - Our family always referred to thongs in the context of footwear.
ralphyetmore 1 day ago
I love america because of our awesome president.
d2dmoore 1 day ago
@d2dmoore is that a joke?
ubermisogynist 1 day ago
@ubermisogynist No, why would you think i was joking?????...We do have the best president ever.
d2dmoore 15 hours ago
I love thongs both ways(; <3
Megzrocksyoursocks 1 day ago
weird! Thats my favorite thing about america too. Beer Everywhere!
wishinifishin 1 day ago
P.S. the one mexican joke that I found was funny can actualy be used as just as a forienger in general to make it more pc. As the joke goes a guy says these aliens abducted me, anal probed me, then threw me in a dumpster, those damn foriengners. I can never figure out why aliens from outer space would travel light years to anal probe people on earth, they must have a very boring life on their planet if that is their idea of having fun.
toogawnjawn 1 day ago
I do not what a boot means becuase my wife was orginaly from canada, also they have to buy acchol from a government run liquior store. The cost co chain spent 22 million now to get the right to sell hard liquior and get ride of state liquior stores. When I was in high school most of the guy wanted to move to Australia when they heard there was 11 women for ever man. I alwys here that Australians are tough becuase it was a prison colony so every one inherited that trait.
toogawnjawn 1 day ago
I live in America, our government SUCKS.
Crossoffire13 1 day ago
Some states in the US still only sell alcohol in state-run alcohol stores. Tips are generally 15%+ because waiters are paid far less than min. wage assuming the rest will be made up in tips. If you don't tip, it is assumed that you were dissatisfied with your service and didn't give them a chance to fix whatever was wrong. :)
MsClockworkrabbit 1 day ago
Much like how you don't get Mexican jokes, us Americans don't understand Australian-New Zealander jokes.
ColinHeico 1 day ago
why do you call a car trunk a boot ,do you store things in a boot?
FourAngelsX 1 day ago
you know that every country is different!?! that what makes the world special.
TheTechnoGamer11 1 day ago
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TheTechnoGamer11 1 day ago
america is the most stupidest country in the world! all the people who live there are either stupid, childish, really fat, annoying or idiots! im from a country called wales witch is in britain and in britain we all agree with the aussies that america is stupid
Jacy712 1 day ago
@Jacy712 I think you mean: America is the stupidest country in the world! All the people who live there are either stupid, childish, really fat, annoying, or idiotic. I'm from a country called Wales, which is in Britain, and in Britain we all agree with the Aussies that America is stupid. (Greetings from America! Enjoy your free grammar lesson!)
MogMog1987 1 day ago 2
@MogMog1987 So much win. I <3 you.
itsjustaname4 1 day ago
@MogMog1987 what the fuck is whales known for you dick? and next time, quit saying the same things about america. we're not all retards ya know. again, what the fuck does whales even do?
BigWalt1722 1 day ago
@BigWalt1722 spelled wales wrong. Guess why? my spellcheck gives so little of a fuck about your country it switched it to whales.
BigWalt1722 1 day ago
@Jacy712 Learn to spell! Love, America.
lildragonbunny 1 day ago
@Jacy712 You should consider a career in the diplomatic corps.
buzzaki 1 day ago
The 'thongs' bit reminds me of my Irish mom yelling after me as I'm running out the door to play on a rainy day, "don't forget your rubbers!"
Dear god.
psychwardmovies 1 day ago
In the US a bill ONLY covers the food. It does NOT cover the table, service or clean up. So, if you do not tip, you are communicating that you expect to be served for free & that others should clean up after your mess for free as well. See why it's so obnoxious not to tip in the US?(hence the dirty looks...) Waiters make $2 an hour (25% of min wage) & have to 'tip out' to a bartender, bussers & dishwashers. So, you're stiffing them as well. Can't afford service? Try a drive-thru, no shame in it!
psychwardmovies 1 day ago
So thinking in broad strokes about a nation based on this young ladies video, most Australians are: (1) alcoholics (2) apparently don't get mugged at the ATM walk-up machine (3) are very cheap and stingy because they don't tip, and (4) have no idea how ironic it is to call a "bell pepper" capscium when in fact it has NO capscium in it.
gjevideos 1 day ago
ok so this is how America works: every state has their own subculture, and every city has their own subculture. AND MAYBE there will be another subculture within that city depending on what side of town you live on.... crazy I kno but that's why America is dope :)
chinchillawrangler 1 day ago
Americans have get high songs ahaha
saintsrulz 1 day ago
Thongs were shoes to me, and I'm an American, but somehow they are string underpants. I'm from Boston, and live in the mid-west, I'm telling you, it's like a different country. The accents and the words used are different. You can't judge one neighborhood as true for all America. We are diverse, both in accent and slang. I too had to watch what I said because they didn't understand me. The reverse is true though. They say "Please" for "excuse me" - that one got me confused a lot, at first.
iamlost2 2 days ago
You're so right there are SOOOOOO many Mexican jokes here in America...
mowmowmowwy 2 days ago
wow, were you really this naive and stupid not to realize that english speaking north america doesnt utilize british slang? since I was a little kid I was aware of that... oh wait, I read books and was intelligent, so that's an unfair comparison to you.
I guess you werent really the best viable candidate to be a semester abroad student... perhaps someone a bit more intelligent and interested in cultural exchange would have been better suited. Besides, we have enough chubbies, no need for you.
skershaw2000 2 days ago
I would tap that, did that sound American or British?
behellit 2 days ago
@behellit tap what? you certainly cant be referring to the chubby round face girl in the vid? maybe you have very low standards or just that desperate.
skershaw2000 2 days ago
low standards? desperate? son I think you need glasses the girl is pretty cute I'll say that, but it was more of a compliment that she looks nice rather then being a pervert. but if you knew about my standards kid, I would be your idol wwhat.
behellit 2 days ago
@behellit 1.) "tap that" means have sex with, or are you that out of the urban contemporary vernacular? Yeah, Im sure she sees that as a compliment... some short, fat loser wanting to "tap her" 2.) you are way too defensive in your retort, indicative of how insecure, threatened and fragile emotionally and your ego is, you arent fooling anyone -continued.....-
skershaw2000 1 day ago
@behellit continued from below.....
3.) I seriously doubt someone taller, better looking, stronger, better educated, lives better, accomplished more in life and gets any woman he wants would ever think of you as an "idol"... nice job at revealing your delusional overinflated sense of self worth.. its obvious your standards are extremely low. the chick doesnt even look status quo..Ive rejected women far hotter than that... you know even those women wouldnt even give you the time of day
skershaw2000 1 day ago
hahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahah ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS WITH ANYTHING THAT YOU SAID? hahahahahha my God you are insane kid you need a serious reality check you are a psycho hahahahhahahahaha, you said you rejected girls hotter then this girl? hahhahahahahhahah you should be a fucking comedian you would be good. I think you are the character out of the ZooKeeper movie - you know the freak trying to steal the zookeepers girl, hahahhahahaah man go fuckyouself
behellit 1 day ago
@behellit WOW! look at that emotional, whiny, school girl, fragile ego reaction... you just proved me 100% right.
The very fact that you think this girl is anything more than status quo makes me laugh at how low your standards are and how much women YOU DONT GET: proven fact
your yourtube viewing history: of gaming, cartoons, underage teen girls (making lewd sexual comments about them), racism and violence.:clearly the profile of someone that has many emotional & mental disorders.
skershaw2000 19 hours ago
continues on top of my dick but also here, you are either a psycho or trying to win this girls attention by running your mouth with any random person here on these comments aren't you, you are a sad sad little man but the saddest part of this is is that you aren't fooling anybody but yourself, you are actually trying to satisfy your shallow little mind that can't possibly imagine anything outside of the box. you are trying to make yourself feel good by this nonsence and thats sad
behellit 1 day ago
@behellit Its clear that you're just some naive, inexperienced little kid that has no clue about life, women, the world, how to survive, how to be a man.... I dont take you serious little kid
you arent educated, intelligent, old enough, good looking enough to know anything in this world...seriously...you're clearly intimidated by me due to your jealous and insecurity
like everyone else in your life, I dont take you seriously.:you're a beta male wussy: piss off, im done destroying you
skershaw2000 18 hours ago
you know what men I'm not even gonna read your shit, though I do see the last sentence that you wrote, beta male? ahhaaah don't expose yourself like that, though that's just a proof of how shallow you really are bringing out beta word, you are probably one of those preppy fags that read the magazine articles when you go to the dentist, you would shit your britches if you ever see me little boyyyy. call you mother.
behellit 6 hours ago
You have the most beautiful eyes, and a really pretty smile. That being said, you don't really need to get the mexican jokes, most are pretty uncalled for anyway. BTW, I don't know how your government is, but his country is not "awesome" in the slightest. Our government is shit, and almost all the one things are being made illegal. Anyway, I would like to travel to Australia some time; is there a particular time of year that is the most fair? P.S. fuck your house spiders, little deadly bastards.
Night5FOX 2 days ago
I'm from the 60's and in So. California we all grew up calling the beach footwear "thongs," so that seems perfectly normal to me. I think they also started calling them "flip flops" in the 70's, but they were always thongs to me.
Pamhamlet 2 days ago
Prostitution...
popceed 2 days ago
as an american i don't understand how you cant understand that your society uses a different dialect than ours, and that we use different words for different things.
hatta2010 2 days ago
Thanks for pitting a vid up about this. AU is a country and a continent, right? lmfao at mexican jokes. Looks like you do know it now.
NeverAloneForever 2 days ago
I think you should've called this 'Aussie idioms Americans don't know . . . and drinking songs'. Strange, I've actually known that thongs were sandals for a while now. I must have heard it from someone who knew an Australian or something.
Hmm . . . 'heaps' sounds like 'hella'.
NeverAloneForever 2 days ago
I would do her.
nachorcheese 2 days ago
YOU"RE WEIRD! xD No, I'm just kidding. I love to see the differences we all have. I'm used to calling sandles (or thongs as you say) Chanclas! It must be a spanish thing :P As soon as you mentioned piling into a taxi though, the little American Troll in me jumped and yelled "OOH! MEXICAN JOKE! Zing!" Come to think of it,this may be the reason why I'm not allowed to leave my house anymore.
morikahjo 2 days ago
The basic tipping practice in the US is to tip roughly 10% for anyone who brings you something (like delivery drivers, valet parkers, etc), which includes waiters. However, waiters usually get closer to 15%, or 20% in bigger cities. Why is this? The industries assume that tipping will be involved, as an incentive to provide good service, and pay less for these jobs. Waiters usually have to work especially hard compared to their wages.
BillWiltfong 2 days ago
Watching this makes me think I should live in Australia. Besides the bell pepper thing, I agree with EVERYTHING you said haha
Kellyann4590 2 days ago
tipping mostly because the server, or waiter, how ever you wanna call them, get next to nothing for salary. some call tipping as appreciation to the one who serve you,
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Kellyann4590 2 days ago
the singing thing is usually due to the fact we know we suck at singing and drinking doesn't help improve our singing it just makes us more annoying i guess? Its great that you sing and drink but really its just not an american thing to do. we drink and talk, or we drink and dance thats pretty much about it. We do not have pubs really, we have bars..why do we call them bars? because if you drink too much you feel like ur traped behind bars of alchol addiction lol.
coolbeans278 2 days ago
....why do u think we're stupid when u clearly have different terms for things. That's like the number one thing u should know before going to a different country. but...anyway. i
icecreamlover459 2 days ago
read the top comment, and i just went "holy shit! im from arkansas!!" *like*
treegoblin74 2 days ago
Good god are you fucking vacuous. I'm a native American, and you sound like every dumb fucking American girl that hops on their smartphone as soon as they get off the subway.
charlesquinn87 2 days ago
Saying "cop shit" will also sound weird to an American.
gummybrain 2 days ago
Our gas stations are licensed to sell liquor.
EvilKarmaAngel 2 days ago
You can't come to America and except us to know what your shitty definition for what words are
MsSuperHotCh 2 days ago
we tip because in this country servers in restaurants make below minimum wage
margosaurusrex1 2 days ago 32
@margosaurusrex1 i doubt most people tip because they care about how much the server is making.
ubermisogynist 1 day ago
haha you are so funny (:
MegaPointlessFilms 2 days ago
There is one drive-through (not - drivethru) ATM here in Newcastle. Never used it, but it's there.
By the way, I'm guessing you drink too much, dear. :D
Imyirtshashem 2 days ago
Also -- Damn she's sexy!
youdoitillwatch 2 days ago
If she thought tipping was strange while visiting LA, I wonder what she would have thought visiting a part of the country where people actually know how to tip. In many parts of this country you can hit 20% without too much bother but in LA you've got to practically give the customer a blow job just for15%(and if you don't swallow you're still stuck with 10%).
youdoitillwatch 2 days ago
Knew what you guys called a boot, lol didn't know about the thongs though!!! That would have me asking what the hell you were talking about
Chaos8282 2 days ago
We don't have that kind of accent you were trying to do at #5. This is so offensive...
CheerleaderLy 2 days ago
Jesus Christ I need to bag me an Austrian floozy!!!
brnthchldrn 2 days ago
i like the joke about the thong , the whole town will hear about it tomorrow , cant wait
u cute
charlieluckyluciana 2 days ago
Hat was awesome((:
itsmarkeyyy 2 days ago
Tipping tips: 18% in New York City, 20-25% anywhere else!
kngiht84 2 days ago
Bienvenidos girlie
mitomke 2 days ago
So you copped shit or you caught it?
Gmoney4life3 2 days ago
It's just the difference in culture and slang. I'm American and if I went somewhere else there would be plenty of confusion on both sides if I were to get in a conversation. It also happens between Americans depending on what part of the country you're from.
NightcrawlerXalpha 2 days ago
I'm American, and I don't get why you put apostrophes in your plurals.
buzzaki 2 days ago 16
@buzzaki We do use apostrophes for plurals of letters and numbers (6's, A's). Other it's (it is) for contractions like that on there. Or it is for possession (Bob's cat).
lildragonbunny 1 day ago
@lildragonbunny Why does her video say "Things American's don't get"? Not once, but twice.
buzzaki 1 day ago
@buzzaki Her title is correct grammatically. The title of the video is "Things Americans don't get". There should be no possession or contraction there. If you say "American's" you are showing possession. Example: The American's guidebook (meaning the guidebook is owned by the American). At least, that is the rule in American English. How do you show the difference between possession and plural if this is not your grammar rule?
lildragonbunny 1 day ago
@lildragonbunny Press "play" and watch her video. Her opening screen says "Top 5 Things American's Don't Get". I do understand the rules of grammar (I am an English teacher); my post was intended to address the irony of an Aussie expounding on what Americans don't get, when she herself doesn't get her own language. That's all.
buzzaki 1 day ago
@buzzaki Sorry, wasn't paying attention to the words in the video. I was comparing your statement to the title.
lildragonbunny 1 day ago
I'm an American, and I really think that most Americans don't get that even though someone speaks English, they may not speak American english, so that's probably the main reason of confusion.
Ninjapieguy747 2 days ago 3