The most confusing things about the US

#shortsmas #shortsmaschallenge

[abdullahgok]

I think month date flip is most confusing. still tricky

[fanzheng]

I remember before I came to the US, I didn't really know the difference between British accents and American accents even though I heard people talking about it. The school taught us British English, I studied the British text book "The new concept English" on my own. I also watched "Family album USA" and "Friends" which are American. I used to say things like "trousers", "I count (I can't)".

The school taught us the word " moon cake". However when i say "moon cake", none of the Americans actually know what it is.

Sorry, what's the question again?

[fredyu]

7/16" and 15/32" sockets... why

[erensametkaratas]

Your measurement units: such as foot, yard, pound, etc... I find the US such an interesting place but the metric system is just better...

[KKristof]

Length, weight, temperature measurement, all of them are confusing. About the date, actually both British and American English seems weird to me because in Hungary, my homeland, and also in Japan where I live we write the date in order to “year, month, day”.

[Nobilangelo]

You kicked out the King in 1776, you kicked out the British Empire, but you still use the old British Imperial measurements--feet and inches and yards and miles--when all sensible countries use the metric system.

[ronan]

i think its actually the other way around haha we say you guys are americans, "The United States" is way too official

[RogerioAquinojun]

Self-titled American. There are 3 Americans: North (USA, CA), Central (PA, Cuba, etc) and South (Brazil, AR, etc). North American = americano refers to the continents as a whole.

[fghkk]

Yeah, I used to think your temperature was too high and I couldn't understand how you survived under extreme high temperatures until recently I learnt that you not using Celsius.

[verapapp-bongartz]

Calling yourselves Americans is disrespectful. In my opinion.