Foreign Students in the US: You Know You're in America When....
You know you're in American when...
...everyone you pass by says "hey, how are you?" and then keeps on walking.
..."call you later" should not provoke you to actually wait for the person to call.
...every word of every sentence is slurred to the point that phrases like "I don't know" turn into nothing more than a mumbled sound resembling the intonation of the full phrase.
...the metric system is non-existent, and unintelligible to most people, however soda is sold by the liter.
...there aren't actually any Americans, just Irish, Italians, Germans, Swiss, Swedish, Jewish, Africans, Mexicans etc...
...people laugh at the rest of the world for playing football with their feet.
...the "skinny" people are considered obese in the rest of the world.
...no one around you cares what the rest of the world has to say.
...no one around you is afraid of Bulgaria, because you can only catch this rare disease in the African wilderness.
...you've watched the international news segment on tv, and then have a better understanding of American Idol, nudity at the superbowl and Hollywood's latest divorced couple.
...Canada is America's little backyard.
...no one visits "America's little backyard," because it is now necessary to own a passport to do so.
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4 Comments
Post a CommentLOL at Bulgaria... but I will be honest, I googled it.
this is one of the only 'you know you're in america when...' sites i could find. are americans devoid of that type of humour? there should be more!!! :)
i'm aussie btw.
Great article! I was a foreign exchange student in South Carolina and have now spent over ten years of my life in the states. I'm what you would call slightly Americanized. But what still cracks me up is that 'you guys' (and I actually say this often now!) call University or College 'school'. I also have a confession, I've let the phrase 'ya'll' slip out often - imagine that with a fading Welsh accent!
haha I was an ESL tutor for West Virginia Wesleyan College for 3 yrs and I had to try not to laugh when my students would get upset because someone said "call you later" or "see you later" but never actually followed thru.... excellent article!