Rewind·Posted on Oct 14, 202125 Things Non-Americans Absolutely Hate About Americans And 15 Things They Absolutely LoveInteresting.by Dave StoperaBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail Non-Americans hate when Americans... 1. Refer to Europe like it's a small island: SelfTherapy 🏴🇳🇬 @selftherapyUK Hate when Americans are like “I went to Europe” Where’d you go? fucking Scunthorpe or Madrid? 11:25 AM - 05 Mar 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @selftherapyUK 2. Measure time by level of schooling: ً @kiIIerdom i hate when americans measure how long ago something was by saying the grade they were in, girl wtf does 6th grade mean to a scottish man 10:29 PM - 07 Oct 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @kiIIerdom 3. Call themselves Italian: Freddy @fredddddyyyyyy I hate when americans are like “I’m italian”. like no, you’re not. your great great grandparents were italian, and you couldn’t even point to italy on a map 12:54 PM - 11 Aug 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @fredddddyyyyyy 4. Don't pronounce that big, fat 'H': Ate Her Kelly @Kellyytoland I hate the way Americans don't say the 'h' in 'herbs'. WHAT THE SHIT ARE ERBS?! 11:36 PM - 08 Aug 2011 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Kellyytoland 5. Don't use Celsius: zîlan @ziluthekurd I hate when Americans are like omg it’s 100 degrees here 😩 like btch that’s the boiling point according to the rest of the world 10:42 PM - 22 Aug 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @ziluthekurd 6. Think they're the champions of the world: #oleout @king_maggick I hate it when Americans call their teams world champions... Which world exactly did you compete with and in? 03:16 AM - 02 Jun 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @king_maggick 7. Name kids after their parents: baby annette @evemmore i hate when americans name their sons after their husbands like okay mrs oedipus 04:41 PM - 11 Jun 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @evemmore 8. Call university the wrong thing: Graeme Macdonald @_Sobieski Why do Americans call university “school”? It’s not school. It’s university. Stop confusing everyone. 11:37 AM - 28 Sep 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @_Sobieski 9. Call pasta "noodles": Sinead @sineadbrown51 Sorry but I HATE that Americans refer to literally any pasta as ‘noodles’ 09:12 AM - 14 Sep 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @sineadbrown51 10. Say "chips": Coffinfusion 🎃 @Confusion_ow still can't believe Americans call crisps "chips" it sounds so silly 03:42 PM - 29 Jul 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Confusion_ow 11. Call themselves a "senior": ber @caprisunrry i HATE when americans say stuff like “when i was a senior” NO UNLESS YOURE NOT 80 YOURE NOT A FUCKING SENIOR IDC IT SOUNDS SO STUPID 10:18 AM - 04 Sep 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @caprisunrry 12. Celebrate Halloween for like two months before Halloween: blizz @perplederple Why do Americans celebrate Halloween before the 31st? This shit is too confusing for me 06:36 AM - 30 Oct 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @perplederple 13. Forget about time zones: ambie bambi @brokenstar01 i hate when americans say “why would anyone be awake this late” 😐 other time zones exist 😐 08:18 AM - 03 Jul 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @brokenstar01 14. Call foods the wrong thing: big boobs good (the return) @inztantcrush hate seeing americans call a chicken burger a chicken sandwich shut up 10:45 PM - 28 Jul 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @inztantcrush 15. Say "pasta" like this: Lee ♡ @BUGGYPOPS i hate how americans say pasta. what is a "pawsta" 😡 goodnight 10:38 PM - 30 Sep 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @BUGGYPOPS 16. Name their kids after boring things: Arwel @Arwel_TB Why do americans do stupid shit like name their kids after days of the week 01:28 PM - 31 Oct 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Arwel_TB 17. Pronounce "caramel" wrong: Taz Roberts @Taz__Roberts Why do Americans remove the second "A" from "caramel" when pronouncing it? 10:58 PM - 12 Oct 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Taz__Roberts 18. Call chocolate a type of candy: ♕ @reemksr i hate that americans call chocolate bars “candy bars” 💀 05:30 PM - 27 Apr 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @reemksr 19. Fail to properly abbreviate mathematics: John Rawes @johnrawes Why do Americans say math? The word is mathematics,so shortened its maths.yes? 12:30 AM - 13 Nov 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @johnrawes 20. Acknowledge the existence of the state of Maryland: ivar the boneless chicken wing @hals_comet hate it when americans talk about maryland as if it’s a state, like shut up that’s a cookie 03:25 PM - 01 Jun 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @hals_comet 21. Say the entire name of a place: Pumpkin Quirke 🎃 @Pauline_Quirke I hate it when Americans say “Paris, France” We know it’s in France, Travis. No one takes a romantic city break to Texas. 01:25 PM - 28 Sep 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Pauline_Quirke 22. Get way too excited: Weaponised Dyslexia @WeaponisedD i hate it when americans say “let’s gooooo!!” let’s go where? where you going? 07:34 PM - 09 Mar 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @WeaponisedD 23. Call it "soccer": triz.🧣 mamma mia!! @angelisswift i hate it when americans say soccer no mf it’s football 09:42 PM - 16 Jul 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @angelisswift 24. Say they're from a state instead of just saying the USA: H*l*D*u*l*s @dougbug15 hate it when americans tell me 'im from (state name)!' just tell me youre american and be done with it 09:25 AM - 29 Mar 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @dougbug15 25. Pronounce the letter Z incorrectly: Adam Hill 🌈🍁 @adamthekween One thing I hate is when Americans pronounce “Zed” as “Zee” 09:40 PM - 26 Aug 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @adamthekween ON THE OTHER HAND, NON-AMERICANS LOVE WHEN AMERICANS... 26. Use incredibly American units of measure: Sierra Mist @AHappyLilGhost My favorite thing about americans is how often “football fields” is used as a unit of measurement 03:24 AM - 28 Aug 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @AHappyLilGhost 27. Live the picnic dream: Elenya @ElenyaRiver I love how Americans make a salad in which the primary ingredient is pasta as a regular picnic side dish 02:29 AM - 30 Jun 2019 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @ElenyaRiver 28. Swear to their heart's content: The Lotion Lieutenant @oh__marion I love how Americans will interrupt a word to swear. I guaran-gahdamn-tee it. They'll even interrupt a swear word to swear god-mf-damnit 08:04 AM - 19 Aug 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @oh__marion 29. Create flavors that are incomprehensible: 'T-Scrap' Spooky LaRoux @Xorny I love how Americans think 'birthday cake' is a flavour 12:10 AM - 26 Jun 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Xorny 30. Put chips inside other foods: bauhaus @asbestbau I love how americans literally put crunched chips in their food Like Damn 07:10 PM - 14 Jul 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @asbestbau 31. Talk about the weather: aman @amanachos my favorite thing about americans is how much they genuinely enjoy discussing the weather 11:21 AM - 13 Mar 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @amanachos 32. Call it "horseback riding": Mandy Collins @CollinsMandy Random – I love how Americans say horseback riding, as if we would expect to ride any other part of the horse. 07:35 PM - 15 Jul 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @CollinsMandy 33. Pronounce nuts funny: t @taylorsdarkhair My favorite thing about Americans is how they pronounce pecan, the rest of us are just like pee-can and y'all are there making bird noises. 11:57 AM - 02 Dec 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @taylorsdarkhair 34. Say "QUESTION!": Lisa Schmechel @Lisa_Schmechel One of my favorite thing about Americans is that they‘ll often say Question! before asking the question. Like spanish ¿ but actually spoken out. 07:12 PM - 25 Sep 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Lisa_Schmechel 35. Completely ignore greetings: pam @vouspouvez i love how americans greet each other by saying how u doing and not answering back 09:18 AM - 23 Oct 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @vouspouvez 36. Say words funny: teddy kreuger @LAPlNCADBURY I love how americans say asphalt… ass vault 02:30 PM - 07 Aug 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @LAPlNCADBURY 37. Say "Tuesday": moving to @lvjyberry ! @R0CKETDUO I love how americans say tuesday. toosday . toosday . 09:33 PM - 06 Apr 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @R0CKETDUO 38. Get super specific about airports: ghoulia roberts @miercolesgbr genuinely one of my favorite thing about americans is they don’t say “the airport” they call it by its name. so my brain is full of random american airport names 09:37 PM - 24 Mar 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @miercolesgbr 39. Share their hatred of line cutters: 🤠 Howdy Y’all 🤠 @CLINT my favorite thing about Americans is their extreme disgust for line cutters 11:54 PM - 30 Jan 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @CLINT 40. And make up little weird sayings: scarlett 🇯🇲🇮🇪🇱🇨🇧🇧 @ShadeofScarlett I love when Americans say “whoopty woop” 10:11 PM - 18 Sep 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @ShadeofScarlett And a whoopty woop to you, too.