The crazy sh*t Americans say from reddit. Episode 3 

I once got into an argument with an American tourist in Finland. We talked about how higher education is not only free in Finland, but the government pays monthly student benefits to all students. He called us a communist country and said that this will devaluate the degrees as "any lazy and poor kid can get a Master's degree for some free money". His reaction to hearing that poor people have access to education as well said everything about him as a person.

If you want to offend an American about work/life balance. Point out that Americans have the lowest productivity in relation to work hours in any 'first world country'.

"In Boston we are Irish" showing a bunch of guys (police pipe band?) carrying an American flag and dressed in full Highland (Scottish) dress.

Its not even the lack of intelligence, its the confidence and arrogance that they're correct that does it for me😂

As an American, I’m so sorry. We aren’t all like this. Even I, again an American, am flabbergasted by these. We gotta do better 😂

The US is by no means a stupid country, but it does stupidity with such flair and aplomb.

I'm German and had an American argue that he is more German than me because he has blue eyes and I have green eyes. I am not making this up.

I had no idea that Boston is in Ireland… 😂 Imagine their reaction when they find out that the original Boston is in Lincolnshire, England, and that Lincolnshire isn’t named after Abraham Lincoln. 😂

“Nobody takes a train from Germany to France” There’s literally a border town where you can catch a tram from France to Germany.

google before you tweet is the new think before you speak.

This is pre-COVID. We ran a B&B in the north of Scotland, an American lady was leaving us to travel to London to see her son who was studying there. On her last day we asked if she was looking forward to seeing London, she surprisingly said “not really”. When we asked why she said “because of the plague and the smog”. She wasn’t joking either. 😅😅😅

"In Boston we are Irish" *American flag in background intensifies*

Most recent one I saw was "$ means money in general why are you so dense?" when somone pointed out something costed £150 not $150. My favourite is being told I'm African American, I'm neither African nor American but I'm black and to some Americans that means I'm African American.

Back in the early 00's I was on a stag trip to Prague. We met a group of 4 American college students in a bar. The three girls had no interest in a group of drunk Brits so we instead set about winding up the bloke they were travelling with who was a huge fan of George W Bush. He became so angry with our piss taking of GWB that he stood up and angrily shouted "if it wasn't for us guys (Americans) you'd all be speaking German". To emphasise this, he pointed to each of us in turn stating "un, deux, trois" 😂

My wife told me a story about how, after she'd given a presentation on her research at a conference in Prague, an American came up and had a chat with her about it. One of the last things said to her was along the lines of "your American accent could be a lot better." This was after she had told the American she was from the UK.

The world is happy to accept French is from France, Spanish is from Spain & German is from Germany... so why is it SO difficult to remember English is from England?! 🙂

Ah, the O' Rico family, a fine Irish family, lovely people and very welcoming. They are however, very difficult to understand, speaking only a strange patois of Irish and Spanish.

Americas pledge of allegiance is such a North Korean thing to do🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

"Real Spanish is spoken in Latin America". You clearly haven't encountered certain Hispanic Americans who say "white people shouldn’t speak Spanish", forgetting that the language is from Spain.

As an Italian living in the UK I can guarantee the plugs in the UK are the most well thought and safe plugs in the world. They have multiple layers of security and you literally have NO chance to get electrocuted, even if you try (see: kids). There is a video of an electrician who takes one apart and explains how many feats it has, even if looks a bit chunkier than usual European/USA

That one about the Aussie accent hit close to home. I used to work as a jouster at Renaissance Festivals in the US. I got told it was a weekday, I didn't need to keep putting on my accent. I'm British by birth, I'd been in the US for less than three years. 🤦

Polish person in the coments: "thank fuck, please stay away" xD

My favourite examples were when Russia invaded Georgia the country, Georgians from the state of Georgia were on Twitter asking where all the Russian tanks were

My Italian husband almost fainted when you said Americans perfected the pizza😂

Some US people manage to twist their "heritage" in insane ways: I have an acquaintance that claims that she is probably related to me (a Finn living in Finland) because I happened to mention that we have a castle ruin from the 1370's near our summer cottage. Since she has Scottish and Irish (and apparently had to mention 1% Navajo) heritage, that castle ruin in "the country of Europe" means that when her grandfather traced her family tree back five generations, her ancestor's last name then was "Queen of Scotts", and this very (in)famous queen lived in a castle, so it's all connected. *I swear, I'm not making this shit up.* I asked her "so your grandpa traced your family tree to the birth of Mary Stuart for five generations back to 1542?" and she replied "Yes! Isn't that amazing!" Bruh. I don't think she knows how many castles there are "in the country of Europe" or how generations work 😅

"This was Hamilton doing a drag performance in Sydney!" Stop! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Nobody in Ireland says St Patty. Nobody.

Mark Twain - 'It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt' unknown -- 'America has a very individualistic, LOUD, self-confident culture.'

Years ago i had a totally fruitless argument with an American woman who accused me of being racist . I had just used the idiom " Pot calling the kettle black".....

Evan, please don't encourage the people of Munster to sail across the Atlantic and take Port O'Rico. Because they will do it.

MULTIPLE times while visiting NYC last month (it was my first visit to the US) people asked me where I was from, I told them that I'm Scottish, and they shared either that they are "Irish" or an anecdote about an Irish person they know. A manager of a bar I was in (not one of the many Irish pubs) told me "I know it's not the same, but we had an Irish guy over for work experience a few months ago". Another lady used almost the same wording to say "I know it's not the same, but I'm Irish". In her thick Boston accent. Turns out she is in fact less Irish than I am. I honestly blame events like the one depicted in that Boston Irish meme you shared. With the guys in kilts, playing Scottish bagpipes. The issue is that a lot of Americans with Irish heritage go to those events and think the two cultures are the same. I do want to say that I didn't exactly mind either interaction. It was just something I noticed.

"There's no country named Spania." Well, they're right about that. And in a weird twist of fate, they ironically invented something that's halfway between the English name and the actual Spanish name, which was of course created by people from España.

'all americans want to live the american dream' - but some can't afford the $1200 fee for getting an ambulance to the nearest hospital

Americans: the only country who’s people live up to their negative stereotypes ☕️🇺🇸🦅

That's reminds me a video by a Polish girl who surfed though American Facebook groups of Polish Americans. And man, how Americans are so proud of their heritage yet know zilch about Poland. And when they find a real Pole online or go to Poland they get offended. Literally saying that actual Poles are not real Poles, but they in America preserved "polishness".

If you want to stick it up to someone who cosplays your nationality, respond in Gaelic and just watch them disconnecting.

Okay, so this brought back a great High School memory. In my senior year in High School I was a Dean's Aide first period. This means I was a general dog's body for the Dean's office and would run errands all over the school. One morning I was in the Principal's (Head Teacher's) office during the Pledge of Allegiance. As usual, I stood respectfully facing the flag with my hands at my side and silent throughout the pledge. It seems that the Principal's secretary witnessed this and was appalled! (Can you say pot stirring KAREN!?) I kid you not, later that day an announcement was made to the entire school that it was against the law to not say the Pledge of Allegiance and that teachers should send any student that did not want to say the Pledge to the Principal's office. The teacher whose class I was in at the time of the announcement immediately asked if there were any honor roll students in the class who didn't feel like being forced to recite the Pledge. Of course, all of the honor roll students in the class raised their hands and he sent them all to the Principal's office. I asked if I could go as well, and since everyone knew I was English and didn't say the Pledge, he said "yes, you go as well". Needless to say, later that day another announcement was made that it was not against the law if you didn't want to say the Pledge. It seems that all those smart students that were called into the Principal's to be talked to actually talked back and "educated" the Principal on History, Law, and the meaning of Freedom. THIS WAS IN 1982!!! Whenever comparing the US with any other country when trying to explain strange ideas like real health care, schooling, holidays, work benefits, and the like you will usually hit the USA #1 wall. When you tell them about universal health care from birth to death, free schooling through college or vocational/technical school, college stipends, government mandated vacation/sick leaves, paid maternity/paternity leave, and my favorite...a government retirement pension (social security) that allows you to live and not just survive you are usually treated to the same nonsensical responses. That's socialist/communist (BAD). They have a lot less people that the US (that this would mean more people would be paying in to the system doesn't seem be at all understandable to them). Or, my favorite, they pay way higher taxes than the US. I will admit that that last one is correct, but they don't understand that people don't mind paying higher taxes when they get such a high return on those taxes (free healthcare, free college, decent holidays/sick time, and a livable pension - to name a few). Surely those mythical countries across the big water can't do things better than the US. The US is #1 in everything! (Or...Why More Americans Should Travel Outside the USA or at least view more RU-vid channels.) I've worked with the public in the US for the last 40+ years. There is a small percentage of educated (meaning they know about stuff outside of the USA bubble, can read, understand logic, and THINK) people in the US. The majority of people are trapped in a little bubble of US knowledge and are indoctrinated to believe that the USA knows more and is the best when compared to any other country, even though many of these people have never been to those countries or even learned about them. Common Sense is an oxymoron! My "American" accent is a strange mix of my English accent and Southern accent which somehow sounds like a New England accent. When people guess I'm from New York I tell them, "No, further East" to which they'll respond with another state (usually one that isn't further East). Repeat this four or five times and they're still listing off New England states, occasionally there will be a smart one in the crowd that knows there are other countries out there across the big water and not just dragons and they say Britain. Evan, another great video...I think you triggered me! As usual, looking forward to your next one. Mark

About the heritage thing: Say that you have Swedish/French/German/Italian/whatever heritage, don't say that you are Swedish/French/German/Italian/whatever. You're not. You are US-American.

Why would anyone stand for a flag and a pledge in 2024.. except in dictatorships... We never done that in Europe.... oh sorry..... last time anyone did that in Europe, was in Germany in 1930's.. Its a bit scary, that there are still countries in the west, where it happens People say danish sound like you have a potato in your throat.. Greetings from Denmark. ;)

American: My ancestor came here from ireland 300 years ago so i'm irish Me: what are you on? My grandfather was MP for Belfast and i don't consider myself irish.

St Patty's day is the official day to celebrate St Patty, patron saint of burger patties, which are named after him, since when he was martyred, he was finely chopped up and fried on a griddle. Traditionally celebrated on the 17th of March by the Julian Calendar (no, not *that* one, the calender that Julie from accounts made up).

"Nobody takes a train from Germany to France"? Guess, I don't exist for a few hours every summer....

Oh god Robert from the Polish Heritage group, that man's a celebrity on Polish reddit and some other online Polish spaces. Just not in the way he wants to be. He will block people or try to remove them from the Polish heritage group if they try to explain to others what the Polish words they're misusing are. I've seen someone think the Polish word for basically "a lil shit" like "bratty child" was a cute endearing term their nana used for them when they were kids and he got mad.

A place called spain full of spainish people? lmao next you'll tell me there's a place called Englia full of english people

When he talked about Portuguese being spoken in Brazil and Spanish in Latin America, I wanted to comment "bold of you to assume americans don't think Brazil speaks Brazilian and Colombia speaks Mexican". Later in the video I realized "damn, do they know that Spain and Portugal are in Europe?"

The "only English is American English, English English is an dialect" thing made me laugh. Here in Switzerland we sometimes jokingly say that German German is a Swiss-German dialect. But we atleast could argue that large portions of Middle- and High-German dialects had a vowel change that didn't happen in most Swiss-German dialects. But it's still just joking... ...maybe xD

It's never St Patty's day, Jesus Christ, don't say that

All of the garbage on the lines of "you're in America, so you have to speak English" is particularly cretinous because the US doesn't have an official language, unlike many if not most other countries. Here in NZ we have three official languages but I've never known anyone to complain about people using any language.

I never quite reached the point of not standing for the Pledge of Allegiance; UK born, but family emigrated to California when I was 2 - introduced to the pledge in school, obviously, and participated. At some point, I stopped saying "under god" as I didn't believe in the big man in the clouds. By the start of highschool, I was standing silently, but still with my hand on my heart. By the end of highschool, just standing silently with my arms to my side. ETA: Returned to England when I was 22.

It's so refreshing to see an American get it right when people say stuff like "I'm Irish"... I once had a long discussion with an American who claimed to be more Polish than people in Poland. The reasoning was rather bizare and they said it's be because Polish had been "tainted by communism" despite the American person knowing almost nothing about Poland and not speaking the language.

A friend of mine used to work at a bookstore at a memorial site in Germany where they sold history books regarding the topic and they had a section for books in foreign languages where also English books were on the shelf and it happened more than once that Americans were flabbergasted that the English books were in thar section.

If Spain was a country the language would be called "Spainish" - checkmate Europe.

Thirty seconds in: "British plugs bad, British teeth bad!" - Evan defends British plugs - Evan does not defend British teeth Our dental health is statistically better than American dental health though :(

I have never understood why some people keep saying "I am Italian/Irish/French/whatever". I am of Italian descent and that's what I would say if asked. It wouldn't occur to me to say I am Italian.

Evan, recently the other day online I saw someone talking about a Robin, from the UK. The amount of Americans arguing with this person that it isn't a Robin, what Robin's look like and eat. And it wasn't just this one time. I see it all the time with birds. People from literally the rest of the world will talk about crows, magpies and such from their countries, and every single time multiple Americans will not ask them about it, they will just confidently and stubbornly tell them that they are incorrect and that the bird isn't what they say it is. I think this is one of my largest issues with people (mostly Americans) in general, they don't ask, they don't think things are different elsewhere. They just go "That's wrong! In America that isn't right so that's wrong!" So that person getting angry and losing it about the Australian 10 dollar bill? I would believe it. I have seen that exact same interaction so many times about so many other things. Like bringing up a topic you yourself brought up, I recently got into an argument with someone who was being so condescending and insulting to me, because they refused to believe UK plugs are different/safer than US plugs. Again, one of my biggest issues with people (largely Americans) is that, even when you try to educate them and show them facts and explain things, so rarely do they admit they are wrong or open to learning. They willingly, stubbornly, and angrily will continue to choose to believe the incorrect thing, and insult you for challenging their beliefs. I wish people (largely Americans) would realise things are different all over the world, and that it's okay to be incorrect and learn

If hard work made you rich everyone born before 1800 would have been millionaires- newsflash, they were'nt.

These posts make me think Harvard might not be as hard as Americans say it is

12:27 That pic of the Chicago river always reminds me of "The Fugitive". "If they can dye the river green today, why can't they dye it blue the other 364 days of the year?" 😆

Someone unironically saying more than four days of vacation is a waste, is really just inadvertently revealing their sad, absolutely miserable existence. Any time off for them probably involves sitting on the couch more than usual. And if they’re feeling adventurous, they might visit a different, exactly identical mega mall.

I ended up getting into a debate online about why the BRITISH political party was called "Labour" not "Labor". Several Americans who just didn't understand that the American spelling can exist, but the party is called "The Labour Party", that's its name.

Hey Evan. I was recently chatting to a US business associate based in Dallas Texas who casually mentioned how great it was that most Brits flew to the US to use the healthcare there. I responded that I wasn't sure the US needed to boost it GDP. I'm not sure she got the irony! 😀

My parents are atheists, I used to just sit when everyone knelt to pray-it was fine. Making you stand for the pledge of allegiance is totalitarian-even if the kid was from the US.

I had a good one earlier this year I was on my field trip for A-Level Geography to collect data for our coursework we went to the small town of Keswick in the Lake District as one of the most beautiful places in the UK the lake district receives large amounts of tourism both from within the UK and international visitors we were surveying people about the town and the area when we came across an American he looked like the most stereotypical MAGA Yank possible with a big old trump 2024 shirt on lol. We got to the end of our survey and a few fighter jets passed overhead (due to its remote location the Lake District is commonly used for RAF training) the American looks up and says: "You see that? That's MY tax dollars protecting your asses. You're welcome." I would have loved to point out that those were British jets completely unrelated to the US and the area is commonly used by the RAF for training the US had no relevance whatsoever to the situation and the UK does not need protection but I decided to just smile nod and complete the survey and leave him with his delusions.

Danish person here. No offense taken. We're very aware that our language sound like we have a potato stuck in our mouth. It's one of the reasons why danish is so difficult to learn (not the grammar but the spoken part).

I really don't understand how some of these people manage to exist in the world (especially in the age of the internet). I think my favourites were: - The person who didn't understand the concept of a holiday - have they just seen photos of people sunbathing on the beach or by the pool and think that's all people do on holiday? - The person who doesn't understand international train travel. I have literally taken the train to get from the UK to Germany, via France (as well as trips by train to other European countries as well). - All of the people who don't understand that other cultures and languages exist and that the people who live there / speak the language might actually know more than them about it!

Vacation-take dude is clearly just a union buster. They love that "Working harder and earning less makes you a better human" rhetoric.

As a linguist (formerly somewhat professionally, now amateur), I realize language evolves and that what words meant 50 or 100 years ago isn't necessarily what they mean today. As just a person who watches a lot of media, the term "3rd world" was a political term to differentiate countries that were neither capitalist nor marxist. Capitalist countries were 1st world, Marxist ones were 2nd world, everything else was the 3rd world. It's interesting that people forgot 2nd world existed, and thought 3rd world just meant "Lacking in modern amenities"

Don't tell Americans to stop it. It's funny. Let them cook.

Flying in Europe should be safer because there are more Airbus planes.

16:50 I love how outraged they are at a perceived racist comment, only to then make a racist comment themselves. Masterclass

"Robert from Krakow" became a bit of a meme in Poland!

14:48 OMG OUR GUY ROBERT MADE IT INTO EVAN'S VIDEO he's a celebrity over in that Facebook group, Poles get a kick out of his BS Source: I speak Polish and enjoy the constant stream "sh*t Polish-Americans say" in the group

Evan using the word povo without pause proving he truly is one of us. ❤

I'm extremely grateful to the American girl I encountered on my year abroad in Bonn. I got invited out bowling, and she loudly talked about how she had been raised in Denmark and they were "with us in I-Rak", complete with fist pump, attracting stares from strangers. The next day, I went to lunch with them cos I did like some of the others, and she proceeded to bitch at length about one of the Americans I happened to like (and am still Facebook friends with, 18 years later) - a lesbian woman. This was literally the whole argument. I'm grateful, because the Anglophone groups especially intermeshed, especially the Brits, Irish, and Americans. It put me off so badly that I made more of an effort with the locals. Another Brit had a similar gut reaction and got into an arty scene. She'd only done GCSE German, incidentally, but by the end of the year was fluent. 18 years later, I'm living in Germany, married to a German, and naturalised. I earn my living largely through my ability to speak German - second only to my ability to write well in English. I doubt my German would have got to that level if that American girl's views and her friends' tolerance of her intolerance hadn't repulsed me so much!

On pizza, the only people to do it properly are the Scottish. Deep fried and battered, like a proper kebab is the only way to have it.

I sympathize with Irish people - Americans with Polish ancestry are even more annoying when it comes to amsplaining me my own country. And there those who play Czech/German folk music on accordions... an ultimate nightmare.

The funny thing about the American mixed ancestral heritage is that they always play favorites with a particular culture. My buddy in high school was always going on about how Italian he was. What about your mom whose family is of 100% Polish ancestry? "That doesn't count because it comes from your dad's side." Coincidentally this was still the time period when those stupid Polish jokes were still popular in the US and Italian mafia movies were at the height of their popularity.

That Port O Rico moment might just be the most I've laughed out loud in the past month 🤣👌

The thing about being a foreigner... I saw a video warning cruise passengers that they might find it inconvenient, and might want to avoid a cruise where people speak some other language, so English speaking would be in the minority. That warning makes my Finnish head explode.xD

My favourite stupid shit I've heard Americans say these last few days - I've seen at least 3 different tweets under news US news articles like CNN etc now that suggest Sunak chose 4th July for GE because it's American independence day, and because we as the british are still so distressed at America gaining their independence, he's chosen that date to try and instil some kind of patriotism that will inspire people to vote for him hahahaha. I tried to point out to one of them that we don't learn anything about American history in our schools so whilst if you ask a british person when the US independence day is, about 80% will know the answer - that date isn't automatically synonymous for us - it is not the first thing we think of and has much more to do with the timing around summer holidays. he thought I was bullshitting him...

6:05 Port o´Rico is just the best :D "Why do they speak Spanish in Europe" gold :D

The word paddy saved my great grandfather's arm during the war as when the German doctor called him up as tommy he said "I ain't a tommy I'm a paddy" lucky enough for him that German doctor had practiced in Ireland for some time before the war and had grown an affinity for the Irish. So rather than amputating the arm he was given proper treatment and a glass of sherry a day.

As an American, this is probably my favorite series! Please do more! :)

I have two comments about this. One, no school can require a student to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. I stopped when I was 11 years old and sat down to figure out what I was saying. This was in the 70s. I got sent to the principal's office, and he called my mom, and my mom was PISSED....at the principal. Pulling her out of work for THIS?? He doesn't have to stand for that! And that was that. I never stood for it again. I sometimes took shit for it, sometimes even peer pressure. But I never got into trouble. That would be unconstitutional. The second point is that I've been an expat since 1991, and I learned to just avoid speaking to Americans. I've picked up some Britishisms over the years and for some reason, these offend Americans so much that it derails whatever conversation we might have been having. I've just encountered more British English (from Brits as well as Kiwis and Aussies) than American, so it should not be a surprise that I picked up a few things. Fortunately, it's pretty easy to avoid other Americans. I just don't encounter that many. I don't hang out with any predominantly American community. They exist, and I'm glad they do, because wherever they hang out? I just don't go there. HA!

the Australian $10 dollar bill with the big clue printed on the bill: 'Australia'

thank you for the jab at the danes - swede

As an American living in France… I regularly take the train from France to Germany to Italy and back 😂

Why is it that some people aren't happy leaving us thinking they are stupid. They have to open their mouths and confirm our thoughts.

as someone who is half Swedish half Irish (my mom is from Sweden, my dad is from Ireland, I grew up in Malmö, southern Sweden, and spent my summers in Cork, southern Ireland) that last bit felt weird lol! felt like you were talking directly to me haha! even to I have no connection whatsoever to the US (well I do have some distant cousins on my dad's side but I've never met them)

British plugs are most CERTAINLY the best I've seen so far. A normal circuit breaker at your house will usually trigger at like 15-25 amps. Meanwhile 1-2 is enough to set certain devices on literal flames and the breaker won't even budge. British plugs have their own fuses that burn way before your toaster or room heater can catch fire. Your house breaker wouldn't care if your toaster was on fire as it would only draw like 2-3 amps... Alright, I'm finished being the nerd here. Go on, bash me for knowing things. I dare you.

Frankfurter here. US people really cannot grasp the concept of high speed rail. 😂 It literally takes me less time to hop onto an ICE to Paris (3h 50m) than a flight (20m to airport + 2h airport stuff +1h 30m flight + 1h from airport to Paris Est).

You're missing a bit of info about the T pronunciation thing for Paddy. Paddy is short for Padraig, the Irish version of Patrick.

The flag thing is something I won't ever get.....every morning a teacher being like "Quick children we must pray to the magical sky cloth or it won't freedom" I can understand being proud of your nation it happens everywhere across the world in some form or another.....but I honestly cannot think of another country where you can be removed from education for a time for refusing to state a pledge to a country that isn't even yours(in that particular students case)...and then for the teacher to double down and say "The can go live somewhere else"....is the hyper republican thinking Floridian cherry on the top of the "stupid shit we do and say" sundae....Also in regards to the Georgia thing....Americans are not alone in the stupidity olympics when it comes to that particular country....I'm from England and our patron saint is St George....the flag of England is the St Georges cross(plan red cross on a white background) When it was St Georges day a few years ago, a person on Facebook added a reply to a particular companies(I cannot remember who) post about it being St Georges day...the post included the Georgia flag emoji with the words "Proud to be English" in the message.....when it was pointed out that they were using the wrong flag....they then stated I think I know my own flag when I see it....

18:58 ok, I have to comment on the airport sign and did so in the original post. That's a sign in a Canadian airport (I'm pretty sure it's Vancouver based on the clues). In Canada, and particularly in airports, the US is frequently treated special, somewhere between domestic and international. For instance, for flights to the US, there are US customs officers in Canadian airports and you clear customs before you get on your flight and you end up in a special secured area so that you're effectively making a domestic US flight. So it absolutely makes sense that the US is called out seperately on signs in the airport.

americans working 361 days a year to get electrocuted by a bent plug be like...

4:26 the idea that spending time with family and friends, building memories with children, doing productive tasks around the house, having new experiences isn’t “fulfilling” is very sad

The US seems to have a thing about being Irish; I've never heard anyone claim to be English-American, yet the most common surnames from the UK, US and Down Under are quite revealing. Collins and Murphy only appear in both the UK and US at the high 50s-low 60s mark. Not everyone of Irish ancestry has a rampantly Irish surname, obviously; but even so... I read that Johnson is a little higher in the US because the immigration officials at Ellis Island couldn't be bothered to spell Johannson properly when dealing with Scandinavian immigrants. Top 10 in descending order: England/Wales: Smith Jones Williams Taylor Davies Brown Wilson Evans Thomas Johnson USA: Smith Johnson Williams Brown Jones Garcia Miller Davis Rodriguez Martinez Oz/NZ: Smith Jones Williams Brown Wilson Taylor Johnson White Martin Singh

Cultural diasphora is a fascinating and great thing. WHen you treat it as a separate/sub-culture and dont speak over the "main" culture. But it seems some Americans refuse to aknowledge that aspect

Do people who say that the USA is enormous realize it's just 6% of the land area of the planet, and that the other 94% is incredibly interesting (and also slightly important)?

US plugs just literally kill people. Even with half the voltage.