Below is a list of American Peculiarities that I cannot seem to wrap my head around.
- Not being able to pronounce/spell words properly, simplifying them instead and calling it a new language. Eg Aluminium->Aluminum, Colour->Color.
- Suing each other for any and every small reason.
- Calling a liquid “gas”
- Obsession with cars.
- Calling a national-level sport “World Series”
- Meddling in the affairs of other countries for no reason other than to make American weapon manufacturers rich.
- Using a retarded unit system.
- Naming kids something, but then shortening their names to something else. Eg. Aaron->Ronnie, Leonard->Lennie. Also how is Bill short for William?
- Prescription medicines openly advertised on TV and patients asking their doctors for specific brands of medicines.
- Not being able to think of original names for cities and just copying European city names.
- Cheerleading.
- Not knowing where India is.
- Huge portions of food everywhere. Tremendous quantities of sugar in foods.
- Calling only “South-East Asians” as “Asians”
- Calling aerated beverages “soda” or “pop”.
- Obsessing over the flag and plastering it everywhere.
- Restaurant staff relying on tips to make ends meet.
- Have a strange idea of what “freedom” means .
- Always running short of material when constructing toilet stall doors.
- Insane medical expenses.
- Calling a game which is mostly not played with the feet, football.
I will let James Brown explain the rest