New Zealand Family React to 5 Ways Living in the US Has Altered My Perception Of It (HAD NO IDEA!) 

When people overseas say "holiday", I'm thinking, what holiday are they talking about? In the U.S.A. we say, vacation. 😎

To me the biggest difference between The US and many other places is our tendency to measure distance in time. I live in Houston and will say San Antonio is roughly 3 hours away.

70 yr old American woman. Love your videos. How wonderful that your children are able to explore so many cultures. I have lived in many states Alaska, Washington, Oregon,California,.Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Minnesota , Nebraska, Michigan, Missouri, Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, and Florida. I have met wonderful friendly people. A few were not so nice, but that is life. God bless your family and keep making videos.

I live across the "other pond" from Lawrence, I live in Michigan, about 20 minutes from Lake Michigan. In October of 2015, a farmer in Chelsea Michigan found the bones of a Wolly Mammoth. There is even more history to this continent than people think.

Lost in the Pond is awesome. Glad you guys have seen some of his content.

Your children are so intelligent and well behaved. I salute your parenting skills ❤

American here. Born and raised in California.. And I just wanted to say that I love your videos!! Your kids have grown so much since you guys first started! It’s really cool too see them grow while you guys do your thing. Americans love New Zealanders by the way. We are Allie’s and friends ❤ Stay blessed ❤

I know you guys focus on the United States, but it would also be great to see more of New Zealand…the shops, culture, scenery etc.

even in a family Americans pronounce words differently. my mother lived in WV all her life and pronounced alot of words exactly like the British. Her family heritage is Irish and part native American. My father pronounced words completely different. He too lived his his whole life in WV but his heritage is German and Irish.

The pronunciation of the word route in America differs greatly from region to region even areas of each state. You will hear both pronunciations of the word here. Even the word about is the same way.

I am in Ohio and I have always heard caramel and route pronounced both ways, plus many others. I think people move around so much they just pick up everything. Had a friend that grew up in Pennsylvania and he proununced human without the h.

As a citizen of the United States (or an "American" as we say over here), I can say that many of us who have been born and raised here are often surprised by the differences in areas of the U.S. Here are a few examples: 1. I live in New York State (no, not New York City) and I was born and raised outside of Buffalo and Niagara Falls. I now live just over an hour East of where I resided. There are some big differences between the two. Buffalonians (that's what we call ourselves) says "pop" and here they say "soda" when it comes to fizzy drinks. [Side note: my sister scolds me every time I say "soda".] People also drive differently. Buffalo drivers are far more aggressive drivers, which you think is normal until you move out of that area. Buffalonians even have a slightly different accent. Our vowels have a flatter, more nasally sound. It's annoying to listen to. 😋 2. I would agree that most Americans are kind, but that level differs greatly. For example, here in New York, when you go to Walmart - the home of the "Walmart Greeter" - it is often a rude experience. Essentially, many of the workers are there to make a living and you, the customer, are a nuisance. Go to Ohio or North Carolina, and you'd think you'd just walked in for your private appointment to an exclusive salon OR you're the person they've all be waiting for with arms wide open. 3. Weather. Everyone ELSE'S weather is terrifying. I live close to the Southern shores of Lake Ontaio and I grew up close to Lake Erie. [Last side note: these lakes are huge and appear to look more like seas than lakes.] In this area of the U.S., we refer to them as the "snow machines" because storms, blizzards, and many feet/meters is snow are dumped onto the surrounding areas every year. We drive, work abs go to school when it snows... we even drive and work in storms, and life goes on as it usually does. Unfortunately, we're so used to it, many don't heed warnings for blizzards and bad storms. Now, give Southern Ohio a forecast for snow (not even the ACTUAL snow), and you every citizen will buy out all essentials from all stores and hunker down as if the apocalypse was imminent. Less than 1/8 inches of snow will shut down an entire community. Personally, I think earthquakes are terrifying because there's no safe place to hide - but people from California think nothing of the daily movement of the earth. Florida residents may, or may not, leave home because of a hurricane, and residents of the Mid-West apparently don't worry too much about tornadoes (I say "apparently" because people keep living there). These are just a few more insights into living in the United States.

We say the different route pronunciations here in the US too depending on where you're from. One thing I've noticed is when a Brit mentions a "garage" when referring to going to get your car fixed. Not only is the stress on a different syllable but we might say mechanic or "taking my car to the shop". A garage to us is a place attached or not attached to your house to park your car.

I was born and raised in Pennsylvania, I met my Wisconsin husband and moved to Wisconsin. I was very surprised as to how different it was. I was told I held my R too long when I talk, I was laughed at for not know what a Brat was and I did not know that the Packers were THE best football team, ever. We are all different here, and I think that's great. I learn new things all the time about our country and the people who live here. I still refuse to call a drinking fountain a Bubbler ! lol

The differences between the adult’s and children’s reactions to Lawrence’s wit was highly amusing.

Lawrence is one of my favorite utubers. Learn a lot from him in a fun fashion. A witty, witty man. Very kind also.

Hey NZ fam, just a little info about old trees. The worlds tallest tree, Hyperion (coastal redwood, 116 meters or 380 feet tall), and the worlds oldest tree, Methuselah (bristlecone pine, 4800+ years old) are located approximately 500 miles apart across California. Crazy isn't it.

I enjoy seeing the U.S. through your family's eyes! I highly recommend you guys visit New England. From Maine down to my state of Connecticut, the beauty and history here is great and everything is close by each other. Thank you!

We use both route (rowt) and route (root). We might ask what is the best route (rowt) to get to the next city, and be told to take route (root) 80. But yes, some people will pronounce both the same way, but they'll choose either of those two. We try not to make too much sense over here. 😁

There's way too many accents and dialects here in the US, so there's tons of ways to say things (you'll never catch me calling a water fountain a bubbler) and I've found it super interesting to look up the histories and etymologies of words between Eng and US cause you'll be able to see where and why there's splits in how we say things btw, there's 4 major ways I've heard to say caramel in the states, including how y'all say it! car-mel, care-mel, car-a-mel, care-a-mel (I personally switch between car-mel and care-a-mel, language is fun lol)

Any easy was to differentiate route ("rowt" vs "root"), both are basically interchangeable. But typically "root" is when referring to an actual physical road like Route 66. And "rowt" is used when explaining directions. For example, this is a perfectly normal sentence, at least where I am from lol "This is the "rowt" we should take: Drive 5 miles west, then get on "root" 66" haha but still, some people never use "rowt", it depends on the part of the country I suppose...you'll get the hang of it eventually haha

As usual he's spot on. Pronunciations can differ by county here in Tennessee. Atlants looked sad or under the weather. Hope all is well.

I think we in the US have several dual words / pronunciations. I do say both "carmel" and "caramel" and spell it both ways too - although "carmel" does win out more often. Same with Caribbean: at times I say CARR-ib-be-an and others car-IB-be-an. (I think I got that right.)

Rout and root. Sometimes it depends on who raised you and other times its where you are. All based on what your parents or grandparents grew up with.

I love your family. Sam and Nadine are the parents every kid should have. Atlanta is the prettiest thing on youtube and Denzel's antics (Atlanta's kitchen) are very much fun.

For numerous words there is no standard US way of pronouncing them since a large percentage of the population pronounces them differently. Just checked and there was a survey done on the pronunciation of caramel. The results were 57% use three syllables and 43% two syllables. Atlanta brought up route which is another good example of that. And the same person might use different pronunciations depending on context. For example someone who normally says rowt might switch to root for something specific. The famous road Route 66 is a good example of that. Root is the correct pronunciation even if you normally don't use that.

From Wisconsin, much thanks for the shoutout. "Ope" is a word that's along the lines of "ohh" or "sorry" or "excuse me" or "woops". I most commonly use it as "ope, sorry" when I pass someone too closely while walking.

Hi NZ Family! Originally from Upstate New York. We’d say pop for soda. Then our family moved to the eastern end of Pennsylvania (PA). Most of them say soda instead of pop. That took some time. If I say soda and we’re traveling back home or the western end, maybe Pittsburgh, PA., they would look at me funny, I’d probably quickly then say soda pop. So, even in the same state, words can differ, whether it’s east to west or north to south. Spanish is wriggling its way into our commercials too, without even our being on a Spanish channel. DirecTv, satelitte tv service, used to have maybe 1-5 channels, now it looks like it’s 25 plus channels. Some stores based on population, I guess of Spanish speakers, may even have food aisles labeled in both English and Spanish. We have one that when we go in that direction from our house. We currently live on the eastern end of West Virginia. If we drive 30 minutes north or east, we’re could be in the state of Maryland. If we go 30or so minutes, south , then we could be in the state of Virginia. There are some words that we often interchange using that the Brits use and so do we. There are quite a few, like Laurence that have come to live in the US. Maybe we just wind up influencing each other? We like to watch tv shows from Brit Box. I can’t recall if it streams from Hulu, or what. I used to watch Brit shows like, Are You Being Served? , AbFab, Rowan Atkinson, Eastenders, et cetera. Some jargon I may be familiar, other, and probably more recent, I’m not sure. Also like, You Tuber, Kabir Considers. He’ll sometimes put on Laurence and react to some of his stuff. So, safe traveling, whenever you’re back in the US.

Route can be used both ways in the Midwest. You could hear" I'm finishing my delivery route (rowt) and then my family is going on a vacation along historic Route (root) 66. Love your channel. Keep it up!

Muted the chiefs game so I could watch your video since it just dropped! Love you guys!

1st? Looking forward to the videos from your US tour! Hoping you had (or are having) the most fun ever! Cheers....

If you guys were driving when you were in Florida, you should really stop into Saint Augustine. It’s the oldest city in the United States. I live about 45 minutes away and it’s absolutely incredible. You see the oldest school house with all of the desks and the things they used to teach the kids, all of the old structures that you can go into, the fort which you can also go inside of, they have the torture museum, which shows lots of torture contraptions that people used throughout the early United States and in Britain back then, they also have a wax museum, which has figures of really important people from the United States, from Britain, even just people that are famous now. And they provide a lot of facts about each person. And then also all over the museum. They have lots of little Q&A’s on the walls where they ask you a question and you’re supposed to answer it so you can flip up the little box and see if you got it right. And they give you a little piece of paper so you can keep track of which ones you got right and which ones you didn’t etc. all things that were there originally when the oldest city in the United States was founded. It’s got so much history. They also have a wax museum and all kinds of really cool educational things about the United States. In fact, Donald Trump came and had this, actually I don’t know what it was, but he went to one of the old houses and stood on the balcony with his wife, and did a speech Right on the river near the fort. Out of all the places he could’ve chosen he chose an old little house that is hundreds of years old and really not that much space for people to gather around like an arena. People were just standing in the old, narrow streets. They also have horse and carriage as like they used to and you can ride them. The restaurants are incredible. They also have restaurants that go back a really long time. I think you guys and your children would find it extremely informative especially since you guys are still interested in history what better place to learn about American history, then the oldest town in the United States?

Interesting thing about the common languages in The U.S, and I don't know if it is unique to California, we use the term "spanglish" to describe a specific sort of hybrid slang between English and Spanish. There are alot of people who grew up bilingual or in a home where older folks spoke Spanish and younger members speak English but they understand eachother regardless. I grew up in a Hispanic neighborhood and most of my school friends didn't speak any English until roughly 3rd or 4th grade, but we were able to teach eachother enough to play and make friends no problem. I am not fluent in Spanish at all, but can learn the key words and phrases I need to speak to my customers who only speak Spanish. I enjoy it because it puts less pressure on a Spanish household's children who are often expected to translate for the adults, over time, the adults come to my store without the "translators" and know we can help them in either case, even though we don't fully understand all of the language.

I've had the privilege of living in a few different areas of the country. I was born and raised in southern NJ and have lived 53 of my 58 years here. In 1998 I moved to Arizona on a whim. After 3 years there, we moved back east to North Carolina to be closer to home. Through that experience I can attest that people are the same wherever you go. The one difference is that people in North Carolina move at a much slower pace and tend to be nicer. I've visited several states and love this country and it's people. Yes there are knuckleheads but they're inevitable and everywhere but for the most part, most people are good decent people.

Ope! Is an exclamation that (some) Midwestern Americans make when surprised, usually. For example, two people enter a doorway, one going in, one going out, one might say, “Ope- excuse me!” Or “Ope- ladies first!” In the Northeast, it’s replaced in some areas with Oops! or Whoops!

Haha! We in the US say rout ...like out with an R. lol But when we say, "Route 66" we say it like "root." Go figure! 😂

He’s pretty spot on with his observations. Most Americans do wear our hearts, and our opinions, on our sleeves. Most of us are friendly and will talk about anything you bring up in a conversation. I live in the beautiful state of Utah, and it is very diverse in natural features and people. The LDS church has been a huge draw for many foreign church members to move here, and because our missionaries go all over the world, we are a prime location for military and NSA language experts.

Looking from the outside in apposed to from the inside out gives a new perspective on things.

the whole soda thing, i grew up different. I was born on the west my grandfather was born in chicago. so i grew up with both terms and still use both terms regularly without thinking. but running into people and use one they sometimes get confused. the southern coke thing is real craziest experience ever a friend from texas and i having a convo and asked whats my favorite coke i thought he meant coke in general like between the flavored cokes to regular, not all of cokes products and it was interesting and one day he called at a drive thru said listen to this and asked for a coke they responded what kind then he say dr pepper. I was mind blown, I told him when you come here be specific you ask for a coke you're getting a coke lol.

during autumn WV is so beautiful

some of our pronunciations are regional .... not just the one. a few words like Aluminum and Tomato of course, have the one, but words like Caramel and Pecan are regionally different.

Out of all the regions my favorite is the Pacific Northwest. Washington state has deserts, forests, two sets of mountains (with volcanoes), the Puget Sound, Pacific Ocean, and a rainforest. You don’t like the scene drive two hours and everything is different. (Forgot plains)

I live in Los Angeles county, and for signs to instruct people, for example in 10:04 we usually have English, Spanish and French on them.

Crazy thing about this is it's so true. I didn't grow up in new Zealand when I was a little kid and then when I was 13 years old. My family moved me to Australia and then when I turned 17 I moved to the United States an even though I miss new Zealand everything is so much cheaper. Here and the way of life is so much better than that of what I had so. I hope 1 day you guys make the decision to come and live in America because honestly it's absolutely incredibly here. Really is the dream of opportunities and is just so much benefits from financial to build an a family to just? You're everyday health style it's amazing here in america god bless you and your family and god bless the united states of america

We say both versions of route depending on if it is local (out)or if you go a long distance(oot)typically

Love "Lost in the Pond"😅. He is so wonderful ❤!! Good on you guys for putting this up!

Many Americans really do pronounce it cahr-a-mel. It’s mixed, depending on the region.

About route...it can be pronounced either way depending how it's being used. "We traveled on Route (root) 66." "What route (rout) do you want to take?"

All of them are spot on. Though the United States of America's history may be short, but it has had a big and lasting effect on the rest of the world.

My city isn't on your tour schedule (which is okay) but I'm still so happy and supportive of your trip to our beautiful country! 🧡👏💚🇺🇸💙✌🧡

5:47 - The *_oldest_* trees in the world are the bristlecone pines. The redwoods are the *_largest_* and *_tallest._*

Born and raised in Minnesota. We say "ope" and "uffda". I think it stems from our german and scandinavian heritage ❤

lol the route(rout) or route(root) at the end got me because living just off Route 66 we call it route (root) 66, but can go to the sonic drive in and get a route (rout) 44 sized drink

There is a reason for the free refills (on certain drinks) Diner found that diners were more likely to order a desert if the still had something to wash it down with. Also diners were more likely to tip larger if they were well hydrated …. That 3/4 filled glass of ice tea they had to dump out at the end was worth the pie ala mode they ordered and them putting down a 20% tip versus only a 10% or doing the math for a 15% so that they can not be generous without looking cheap.

Pronunciation of “route” varies by region in the US, we say it both ways you said, depending on where. Also, depending on meaning. For example, the internet device “Router” is often pronounced rhyming with “out” and “doubt” and the same people will talk about their “route home” and pronounce THAT rhyming with boot, and scoot. Caramel also varies regionally. For that one I can think of at least 5 pronunciations (the last 2 are flat wrong). Care uh Mel (emphasis on Mel, like Mel brooks). Care uh mull (emphasis on care). Car uh Mel (emphasis again on the Mel) and Car-Mull or Car-MEL which is completely missing the middle syllable and ends up with me asking if they’re talking about the sugary substance, or the mountain in Israel, or the town along the coast of California, or the process by which sugar is cooked (carmelization).

California is home to three long lived trees. Coast Redwood trees are the tallest and they can live to about 2,000 years. Giant Sequoia trees are the largest trees and can live to about 3,000 years. Bristlecone Pine trees are very slow growers that are not tall at all, but the oldest bristlecone pine tree is over 5,000 years old.

Something for your road-trip, hyways ending in even numbers are east and west, hyways ending in odd numbers are north and south

I do want to thank you for showing me Laurence's channel. I do enjoy. I also enjoy learning about your country as well,

Americans may say “Root” or Route” based on what their parents said. Same with “Carmel” or “Caramel”. I say Ca-rem-el but I say both route and root depending on context. Just like you guys, we don’t all fit in one box! Cheers.

I live in the only state without counties. We, here in Louisiana, have parishes.

Love yawl....you all...y'all...younce....and you guys

I like he mentioned the midwest "ope". I'm a St. Louisan and use it on occasion to say "whoopsie" or "my mistake"- I say "ope! my bad" lol.

The "route" thing is a slight point of contention. Route 66, one of the main highways of the mid-to-late 20th century, was pronounced like "root"; but if I were to ask about a general path to get somewhere or how to feed some cables through the walls, it'd be pronounced like "out". Even with the path thing, it's still either/or and generally understood, but if it's things like wires or plumbing, it's almost exclusively pronounced like "out"

When it comes to language ours is a mixture of many. We use predominantly English with a mix of French, native, Spanish, Germamanic, Hebrew, . For example creole, Louisiana bayou region speak more French than English. African and native. In Wisconsin where I live there is more German, Swiss and Norwegian influences. BTW I think cheddar is the best cheese in Wisconsin. Appalachian people have their own way of speaking . They drop letters like y'all, youns, expect is spect, ect. They also have a lot of Irish and Scottish influences. That's why when talking about speaking English some people differentiate between American English and other countries who speak it.

I knew that the types of trees that grow are dependent on what part of the country, but I've never heard it referred to as "tree diversity". But that does explain why my home state of Texas has soooooo many pecan and mesquite trees. Just like most houses in South Texas, there are both pecan trees and mesquite trees growing in my back yard and all over my neighborhood. We're south enough to have the longer summer needed for pecan trees and west enough to have so many mesquite trees. So no coincidence how popular pecan pie is or how mesquite (+oak) is so widely used here for our slow smoked bbq. Both are signatures of Texas cuisine.

I've not heard anyone use ope in the 30 years I've lived in MN. Uff da, definitely use that often. 😊 I remember being asked to lunch when I first moved here. I was surprised to learn that lunch is what I had always known as coffee. Served with something sweet. Dinner is the noon meal, usually quite large, and supper is the evening meal. Breakfast is the same but it's forenoon lunch and afternoon lunch. 😊 People here call carbonated beverages pop because that's what happens if you store your pop in the garage during winter 😂 I don't often have pop but I order it by the flavor if I decide to. I have picked up an accent since living here. Sometimes I have to ask for a translation or spelling of a word to make sure I'm on the same page. Aunt is a good one. Here the vowels are both pronounced...

Loved this! Thanks ❤️ Much Love! Michigan!

Have you tried Dairy Queen's Blizzards milkshakes?

Lost in the Pond is pretty spot on. Route pronunciation can really go either way in the U.S. I have used both versions.

He's informative and entertaining. Also, never bashes the USA.

Man, the different pronunciations of "route" are not set in stone here. lol. I hear both commonly, and I'm never sure which one I want to use myself. But, yeah, I guess the "root" pronunciation is well known if foreigners hear how "Route 66" is pronounced.

Also a lot of our products have English and French on the labels if they're also sold in Canada. Seldom do you see a second Spanish language on labels though.

I always tell my kids that Carmel is a city in California, but I love to eat caramel, both of the a's are pronounced.

😂😂 "yogurt" sounded the same to me every time you guys said it. Must be a subtle difference that my American brain can't pick up.

My mom is Native American from Mississippi the Choctaw tribe we use to live on the reservation in a Wigwam unit I was 5 and moved to LA .

Ya know on the Route/Route deal I use both, actually, just in differing contexts Jane's paper route. (root pronunciation). State route 23 (ra-owwt pronunciation). I'm not sure on other uses, but while you were speaking, just occurred to me. Dunno if an Ohioan thing or American-versal. But likely due to tv.

I live in Indiana located in the Midwest. We do describe distance in time. It takes 15 hours to drive to Florida or 2 hours to Ohio. The states and cities are so different from one another. One country but so so very different in culture and landscape from region to region. I do think we are very welcoming and friendly except maybe New York( it is the France of the US) 😊 We tend to talk to complete strangers in a grocery store or on the street. I can make friends anywhere. I love to talk to people. Our history is young but intense and many places to visit history in the US. Washington DC alone is fabulous. Gettysburg Philadelphia, Virginia. Lots of Lincoln history through the country. Southern historical homes. Many museums. Americans are VERY patriotic. We like to help people. We have a tendency to think we can save the world or want to. We want peace and happiness.

I was born and Raised in the USA. And I haven’t visited many states. I have only really been to 4. Washington, Idaho, Oregon and now Alaska. But in my 37 years I have noticed that we here in America often use multiple pronunciations for the same thing. Like Carmel. I have heard it both the ways you mention it used here. With that you have to remember 2 things. 1 is the population size of the USA and 2 is that we are a nation of Immigrants. So because of that especially number 2 we will have lots of people who pronounce things differently than others. Some of that also has to do with regional accents too.

A lot of the pronunciations We use those in some areas and don't in others, like caramel is typical in the Southern States and care-O-mel is typically used in northern states. Route and root Are used interchangeably, like you might say my kid has a paper route or on this road trip what root will we be taking? Personally I think route is used more. If anybody here says Aluminium instead of aluminum We know that they're from a different country. Other things like tomāto or tomàto, It depends on where you're from, one is more common the other is more posh. America is really so big that you can't say that Americans say a word this way or that way because depending on where you're from they can say the words completely different.

I grew up outside of Utica, New York and I never heard soda called pop until I joined the military many years ago. When I joined the military is when I got to see how other people lived and talked in America. Another thing I encountered in the military is people automatically assumed I was from New York City when asked where I was from and I said New York. I started saying upstate New York to clarify. I have lived in the South longer now than where I grew up in the North East and mainly because of the military. I retired from the military in North Carolina. The food is different where ever I have lived. One thing I miss where I grew up that no one else has is a baked good called Half Moon's. Also, Tomato Pie I miss too and it isn't tomatoes in a pie crust. It is similar to pizza but no cheese. When I visit home (it will always be home even though I currently don't live there) I always make sure to get Half Moon's and some Tomato Pie.

His perceptions are accurate and his presentation is hilarious. Growing up "route" was always pronounced like the root of a plant. Around the country I hear it pronounced both ways, sometimes depending on how it's used. We are pretty open minded to pronunciation differences even if we do get a laugh out of it. I like your accent.

We actually say both route and root for route it just depends on where you are and who you are talking to.

Love❤Lost In The Pond❤😂he is hilarious.

Was hoping he'd mention the Great Lakes

I have been subscribed to "Lost in the Pond" since he first started several years ago. He is just the best.

Im from Georgia USA. I was born here. Our language makes a lot of sense in the USA for example we park on driveways and drive on parkways and Arkansas is pronounced Ark Can Saw but Kansas is pronounced Cans Ass. I got a kick out of watching your trip to Wal-Mart aka Wally World I am kinda used to seeing people from say the Philippines or North Korea breaking down in amazement and or crying when the go into a Wal-Mart for the first time or any American grocery store for that matter when they are realizing that all the propaganda that they heard about our country was actually true I didn't expect a family from New Zealand to be so excited by Wal-Mart but I have never been outside the USA yet so I have nothing to compare it to.

How about schedule, shed-jewel vs. sked-jewel. Or zee vs. zed... That's right, you already covered that one.

the openness of Americans is also regional. here in Oregon its said that you can live next door to people for 10+ yrs and never know their names. and attitudes are regional as well.

I have been watching Lost in the Pond as long as I've been watching you. England and New Zealand has so many similarities. We Americanized Mr. H and Friends and you guys. Laurance Learned it all be living here and experiencing it all.

Im Native American and in New Mexico you can drive for hours going south towards Mexico, driving for about 6 to 8 hours and fr about 3 hours of that trip you may pass three other cars. The speed limit is 85, and the US Air Force polices the roads by aircraft. Houses are very different too depending on where you live. in The NE of the country lots of homes with typical vinyl siding, but that wouldn't do in the SW, the heat would melt it so its adobe homes mostly. Animal diversity is pretty abundant, climate is varied, and skin tones of every shade. I grew up living in a mountainous valley where there was always sun, and now live by the Great Lakes in the NE of the country where 9 months of the year its cloudy. We truly are a country that is diverse and unique. I am proud to be an American because are just a fascinating place with a huge history.

I live one hour from Cahokia Mounds I illinois....right across from st louis missouri

I just recently learning about the "alternate" pronunciation for Aluminum (Aluminium) - had no idea...Thanks to comedian Matt Rife for that! 😂

Loved the video; it was hard to hear Lawrence, so I had to turn on captions. Not sure how you connect the sound for the source video, but maybe tweak that a little.

This is the third channel that pops up when you type in New Zealand on RU-vid

The caramel pronunciation is debated here too. My wife and I are both the same age and both born and raised in Texas yet we both say caramel differently.

Route is used both in america it just depends on who your talking to you can always tell what that person means by the context of the conversation some people say route and some say root meaning route but we all know it’s actually route

"Ope" is more of an upper Midwest expression (Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan...) I never heard it when growing up in the Midwest in a region called "The 4-States", Missouri specifically. But it is becoming more common due to social media/vloggers. Florida Man is a common but new meme. I started hearing it around a decade ago when some very, very bizarre incidents that occurred in Florida were hitting the news rather frequently. "Bath Salts Man" aka "Florida Man" probably was one of the first of the news reports that helped start the meme. I won't go into the horrible details on that one, but I think it was one of the main stories that helped create the image that the most bizarre, insane crimes were mainly committed by folks living in Florida.

It really depends on the individual person when it comes to saying "Tomato" or "route" some people pronounce it root and others rowt. 🐢✌

The second language in the United States only started like maybe two or so decades ago. Right now there are approximately 50 million Hispanics living in the United States mostly in Texas and California and Arizona. But back in the 1970s there was only 9 million. There was no such thing as press 1 for English or press 2 for Spanish that came about more recently.

11:00 Fun Fact about Florida: The most likely reason Florida-man exists is because of a government policy called the Government in the Sunshine Law...It basically states that any meetings or documents filed by any government employee must be made available and open to the public...so when police officers file their reports, all the press has to do is call up the courthouse and get all the information, so they don't have to jump through hoops to get the details of the craziest stories...so we get 'em in the paper all the time...