1. Thing non-Americans love:
"Have a good one" is my favorite American expression.
2. Thing non-Americans love:
I love how Americans say 'I have a question' before asking it instead of just asking it.
3. Thing non-Americans love:
I love how Americans pronounce "literally" their accent is A++!
4. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
what do Americans mean when they describe certain things as tasting like 'birthday cake flavour'😂
5. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
what do americans mean when they say something is 4 blocks away??like what is blocks?
6. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
What do Americans mean when they say something is corny ??
7. Thing non-Americans love:
I love when americans say i swear to God
8. Thing non-Americans love:
i love when americans say STAT to make haste. is that just a movie thing or?
9. Thing non-Americans love:
I LOVE when Americans say “are you FUCKING KIDDING me”
10. Thing non-Americans love:
I love when Americans say incredibly weird sounding shit like “I hope you take some value from this”
11. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
What do Americans mean when they say "finals"?
12. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
What do Americans mean by 2.5 baths?
13. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
when americans say “i have a cute boy in my second period” wtf do they mean like what second period on what day???
14. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
@KristinBoymom What do Americans mean by 'pie'? Apple pie? Chicken, leak, and bacon suet pie?
15. Thing non-Americans love:
I love how #Americans say; "that's funny," whenever they aren't able to laugh at sth - b/c they actually didn't find it funny. #ThatsIronic
16. Thing non-Americans love:
I love how when Americans say duty it sounds like doody.
17. Thing non-Americans love:
I love when americans say "god dammit" It sounds so funny to me.
18. Thing non-Americans love:
I love when americans say 'seriously' really dramatically
19. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
What do americans mean when they say dive bar? Is our equivalent just a pub?
20. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
When Americans say that people die for the flag for the freedom of Americans, what do they actually mean?
21. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
Why do Americans say "double down" so frequently? Trying to figure out where this expression originated. It seems vaguely related to betting.
22. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
Stupid question but what do Americans mean when they talk about a "sharpie"? Seen it mentioned in several tweets but no idea. Is it a pencil? A biro?
23. Thing non-Americans love:
" 'sup brah " is like my favorite american expression EVER
24. Thing non-Americans love:
I Love when Americans say "I'm so stoked"
25. Thing non-Americans love:
I love how Americans say “it’s been a minute since...” we don’t have that here. Probably because it doesn’t really make much sense, but I think it sounds so cute!
26. Thing non-Americans love:
i love how americans say "whole entire" when referring to all of something it's cute
27. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
What do Americans mean when they say 401K?
28. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
OK what do Americans mean when they say like 7/4 Central hahah like the time lol
29. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
Current status: googling what do Americans mean when they say "I do not disagree"
30. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
What do Americans mean when they say "bite me"? Are they vampires?
31. Thing non-Americans love:
I love how Americans say Happy Holidays. It's so cheery. Imagine saying Happy Holidays to someone here in Glasgow, you'd get f*cking punched
32. Thing non-Americans love:
I love how americans say they need to "run errands"
33. Thing non-Americans love:
i love how americans say "a whole bunch" like u know "a whole bunch of stuff"
34. Thing non-Americans love:
I love how Americans say they are fixing food. Was it broken?
35. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
What does it mean when Americans say “we lost an hour, it’s daylight saving”
36. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
What do americans mean when they speak of "living in the projects"??? What is a project???
37. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
When Americans say "freshen up" eg "I'll just freshen up before dinner" what do they mean? What is our equivalent? Do we even have one.
38. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
What do americans mean when they say drive stick? Like drive a manual car? Why do so many not know how to drive a manual car??????????????????
39. Thing non-Americans love:
My favorite American expression is "Chatty Cathy"
40. Thing non-Americans love:
I love the way Americans say “Let’s meet for Starbucks” in the way other ppl say “let’s meet for coffee.” Acknowledges Starbucks != coffee
41. Thing non-Americans love:
I love the way Americans say everything's "cute" :D
42. Thing non-Americans love:
I love the way Americans say “long time no see”
43. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
What do Americans mean when they say "I'm just sayin'"? I hear it a lot on podcasts.
44. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
What do Americans mean when they say "spunky"? #someonepleasetellme
45. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
What do Americans mean when they say biscuit? Is it a bread roll, a scone, something else?
46. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
@_Yumekii_ what do americans mean with 'grounded'? 😔
47. Thing non-Americans love:
I love when Americans say "good girl" or "good boy" to rescued animals @dodo 💘
48. Thing non-Americans love:
I love when Americans say ‘neat’ yeah!! Tidy!!
49. Thing non-Americans love:
I love how Americans say ‘Good job buddy’ to their kids 😂
50. Thing non-Americans love:
I love when Americans say “matter of fact”
51. Thing non-Americans love:
i love when americans say “for real though” mmmmm yummy american accent mmmmm 😋 💗
52. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
what do americans mean when they say ivy league?
53. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
What do Americans mean when they say Horse back riding?? Can they ride other parts of horse's anatomy?
54. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
what do americans mean when they put creamer in their coffee. do they have milk?
55. Thing non-Americans are confused by:
WAIT what do Americans mean when they say they’ve got to go pay their taxes ?? Are your taxes not automatically taken out of the money you earned before it even hits your bank acc
56. And last but not least, thing non-Americans are confused by:
Genuine question: What do Americans mean when they say "sending you love & light"? Like what even is light & what does it do?? 🤔
