American Reacts to Americans when they realise the entire doesn’t revolve around them

Thank you for watching me, a humble American, react to Americans when they realize the entire doesn’t revolve around them. This was a fun watch. Thanks for subscribing!

[@wasslic]

Fairly sure, you will find the English spelling of "colour" has been around a lot longer than the americanised version"color". As an Aussie, I prefer to spell it as "colour"

[@michaelmclachlan1650]

Not actually true. Prior to standardised spelling center and color were just as widely used and apparently can be found in Shakespeare's original manuscripts. Speaking of whom, he spelt his name in four or five different ways and 'Shakespeare' was not amongst them.

[@marieantoinette1360]

Yeah the yanks took the U's out to save money as print was priced by the letter

[@chakatfirepaw]

@@michaelmclachlan1650 Colour: Early 14th century Anglo-Norman Color: 15th century classical correction Colour, as the English spelling, is over a century older.

[@michaelmclachlan1650]

@@chakatfirepaw Both still predate the supposed 'Americanisation' of the spelling.

[@Alejojojo6]

I prefer color as it is the same as in my language

[@pappete9988]

I'm a New Zealander who travelled since the late 70s and can testify that Americans generally are the least aware of other countries and cultures by far.

[@mymai5859]

Agree 💯 %

[@downunder00]

I lived in USA for 20 years and I knew more about USA than they did. Some people would think Austria is 🇦🇺

[@gk5891]

I worry about the current generation. They know so little based on what we did (How is that possible for a generation that had the internet?) I'm more worried about people from the US that know less about the USA than people that are from the opposite side of the globe. By some definitions the USA isn't a country. The treaty that recognized our independence recognized 12 seperate countries (That's right, not one or even thirteen). How many Europeans answer I'm from the EU when asked?

[@ihateusernamesgrrr]

@@gk5891 yeh umm how do I put this nicely... You need to remove your bias, it is definitely not the younger generations that are the problem, infact I'd argue they are better educated about the world thanks to the internet than the older generations. The absolutely full blown retarded comments I've heard from Americans have mostly come from older people. Normally the younger people have already conceded to "yeh I'm American, go ahead and make fun of me", at which point I give them exactly what they ask for haha. It is harder to rip on somebody that knows what's up than those that are oblivious though so I don't go too hard.

[@ihateusernamesgrrr]

@@downunder00 I'm in NZ and I've seen Americans mix up Austria and Aussie alot in the past thinking it's the same country. I always wondered if Aussies noticed that too. Its the same people that think NZ is a State in Aus though so oh well lol. To be completely fair this doesn't annoy me, I like the Aussies. It's not the same insult as calling a Canadian American. 😂

[@Dr_KAP]

If I was travelling around Europe and you asked where am I from I wouldn’t say NSW would I?? I would say Australia. So for her to say Indiana is a self centred or ethnocentric view- I think this is what the woman meant as opposed to selfish (but English isn’t her first language so cut her some slack)

[@sheddie50]

Yep at 10:20, they believe that the world revolves around them…

[@myopinion69420]

Yea, I think he missed the point that they JUST said Indiana not Indiana, United States. I would probably just say Australia and if they asked for more specific I'd say Tasmania.

[@Dr_KAP]

@@myopinion69420 to which many Americans would then reply “oh Tasmania is part of Australia?? I didn’t know that” 🤣 🤣

[@GreenDistantStar]

Exactly. It's the assumption that anyone who hears 'Indiana' will know it's in the USA. Which many would, but be prepared to know where NSW or the ACT is.

[@tomorrowkiddo]

I say Newcastle not upon Tyne when in the UK 😆 BUT would say Australia if in USA.

[@joandsarah77]

Its selfish because the American saying their state as an answer has made the assumption that everyone in other countries knows all the states of the US. I could name quite a few US states but not all and being able to know exactly where in the US that state is? No. To confuse matters more Georgia is also a country in Eastern Europe. The other thing Americans do online which is even worse is writing their state name as an abbreviation. Is the assumption that everyone will know because 'American is so important you should all know this' or is the assumption that everyone online *is* American? Lol.

[@franceskrahe6261]

Agree with the abbreviations of states, I'm always lost trying to work out which state they're referring to, some are obvious but others not so much.

[@snowsnake1264]

The next time someone asks me where I come from I will say Thüringen. 😂

[@steenjacobsen1474]

@@snowsnake1264 And we will know where you live ;-)

[@veravanriet2761]

@@snowsnake1264 I would start saying "Holland" in response to the question, but sadly most people would still assume I'm refering to the country then, not the provinces XD

[@wolf1066]

@@veravanriet2761 Yep! 🙁

[@cryptomonkey6142]

It's selfish because you are assuming that when travelling overseas people should KNOW all the states of the United States, it's pretty obvious. Imagine if someone from Germany was visiting the US and somebody asked "Where are you from?" and they answered Baden-Wurtemburg or Niedersachsen which is their German state. People in the US would expect them to just say Germany, at least as an initial answer. The fact that you don't see the problem with so many of these just further proves the point about Americans. 🤣🤣🤣

[@mrd4785]

I sort of agree but most other places, particularly in the English speaking world, do get a lot of exposure to American culture through Holywood etc. and we do pay a bit of attention to US politics. I have all sorts of preconceptions about people from New York, Texas, Utah, Seattle, Nebraska, Alabama, Boston, West Virginia etc. - pretty much anywhere in the States. There are a lot of places that stand out regionally too like Austin in Texas. Regional accents, regional politics, historical ethnic influences etc. I don't think American tourists should expect the average non-English speaker to know a lot about their home town/ state etc. but at the same time I personally wouldn't be so rude not to engage with them and show a little bit of curiosity if I knew a bit about what they're talking about. It is a pity it is such a one way street though, as while I don't live in the US or Europe, I still know about as much about Europe and other places too. For example, I was at University when 9/11 happened and there were 20-30 US students in my living room that I knew watching the tv and I told them that it was Bin Laden and Al Qaeda. They were all confused as to who would do such a thing at the time. None of them had heard about him, despite him organising recent prior attacks on the US Navy etc., and some of them got agitated when I said this and they tried to tell me that it was an incredibly racist thing to say as a private individual before it had been officially announced. Needless to say that I felt vindicated the next day but no-one apologised or seemed to learn anything from it. The world has a lot to offer. I probably wouldn't be so hard on US tourists though - at least they're the minority who actually own a passport and are at least a bit curious about experiencing things outside of US borders.

[@DarthAwar]

@@mrd4785 with 48+ states and 3 or so Territories how are people meant to remember them all when they are not from USA or live next to it? Also why can Americans not remember all UK Counties hell most Americans can not even say 12 EU Countries never that's why it is selfish they expect everyone to know everything about USA but refuse to do the same! I have also traveled a lot 5 weeks in the USA and 9 weeks in the EU in the last 12 years the Americans outside of the US are very loud and disrespectful that is not too say all are but many are thus the stereotype!

[@ApparentlyIamcorrect]

If you expect us to know where all the States are in the US, then I would expect the same courtesy in return and know all the States in Australia including all major cities.

[@DarthAwar]

@@ApparentlyIamcorrect Agreed

[@gusy629]

Spot on.

[@cbisme6414]

No, you're not helping your case at all, the English language used by the US isn't American, it's American English, it is simply English with some misspellings i.e., Colour, they've dropped the U. English was a language well before America was founded by the English. Not everyone knows the states of the US however we know the USA is a country. As for World Series Sport, yes the adverts for the Superbowl and other USA sports are promoted as World finals and yes, watch your own video, you have proven their point in a few of your responses. A World Series Final would include other countries having competed. An Australian comparison would be if we promoted our AFL Grand Final as WFL Grand Final instead of (Australian Football League) AFL Grand Final.

[@davidbodeker6752]

When Europeans colonised North America (and took English with them), there were no uniform spellings and color was usually spelled without the u. Americans did not later drop the u; they never had it to start with.

[@isabelstewart7316]

Your still using our language. The clue is in the name.

[@lauramartin7675]

Thankyou. Was hoping someone else had said this so I didn't have to. Just because a sport isn't as popular in other countries doesn't give you the right to claim you are the 'WORLD'...we do have the Olympics after all, where many of these sports are played..and I think the Japanese would be very offended with people thinking they don't like baseball as much as the US. Also on the naming your state instead of country: if the person asks that question when you are both in the US, state makes sense. If you met someone in say Germany, they are from Turkey and ask where you're from, then they probably aren't assuming you're American and could think Indiana is a country they've never heard of before.

[@cbisme6414]

@@davidbodeker6752 The current difference in spelling between the American and British variants is credited to (or occasionally blamed on) Noah Webster, the American lexicographer. Seeking to establish American independence and identity in language, Webster implemented a number of spelling reforms in A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, which he published in 1806.

[@Mercure250]

Idk about calling them "misspellings", it's just a different standard. You can think it wasn't a good idea to establish this standard, but that's not the same thing as misspellings.

[@jaynehyland8939]

I was starting to like your open attitude, and then this, you got pretty defensive and took offence without hearing what people were saying. First, when you meet people from other countries, you say country. They do not learn each different countries states unless they want to. So don't assume that anyone knows where the heck Indiana is. And YES, that was too hot of a take. World Champions, why not USA Champions. She is correct, other countries DO play baseball and gridiron AND have a championship of their own sports without claiming they are "world champions". Please open your mind again and listen to what other people say without getting defensive. That way you grow.

[@sandrarobinson3266]

If not for Yanks Cricket would be in Olympics, lost count of Yanks that did not know Anzacs and others fought in wars, they do not know we have an Alliance, that we have been by their side in all their stupid unnecessary wars. Have no clue that we were Bombed a lot in the North. So Cute how Yanks all think the world loves them. The Flag thing really pissed me off was perfect example of how world should cater to Yanks. They are only Country that does everything opposite to rest of world.

[@tylerleslie1110]

America dropped the U out of a lot of words because it was cheaper to send a telegram..... thanks capitalism

[@Jamie_D]

yes that was my thoughts exactly, enough for me to not click the like on this 1 and i always give likes to every video usually

[@kirschdiebin]

When I’m sure someone’s from Germany, I also just say the state. It depends on with whom you’re talking. If you’re talking to someone outside your country, I’ll always say the country. But that’s what he said he did too. And side note: I had to learn every state of the us in school

[@manueltapia1859]

I said which state from México I'm from these summer vacations when went to California and were shocked they didnt know my country, it felt funny. 😂 I'm from Sonora by the way

[@sherrylovegood]

I think about saying what State you come from, there is an assumption, by Americans, the rest of the world knows the names of your 50 States. If you said you were from the District of Columbia, very few would now you are talking about one of your territories. I know it is referred to DC and Maryland is the State DC is in, but I lived in the USA and study American history & politics. Now you know more about Australia, people from this comment section could say New South Wales or ACT but we would say “Australia” to another person as we don’t assume people know our states and territories. I know YOU didn’t say it but never say America “saved” Europe in WWII like that idiot who didn’t know about history continuing. Europe, Australia etc started fighting WWII in 1939. Just a word to the wise when you come to our lovely shores. WWII did not start with Pearl Harbour in 1941. A lot of Americans don’t understand that.

[@cbisme6414]

Totally agree Sterry on both points, and with regards to the states of the USA, they have WA as a state initial and I live in WA, however online and to anyone outside of Australia, I will always type our full name of Western Australia, our big state for all the Texans reading this, who seem to think there's nothing bigger. As I've stated previously, Western Australia is 1/3rd the landmass of Australia and 3.8 times the size of Texas and Americans on the whole, don't realise that Australia is a continent in itself and, at 79%, almost as big.

[@just_passing_through]

I’ve noticed that on social media too. Every single person from every single country states they are from Spain, Australia, Japan etc, but every American simply writes Boise IH, or Chicago IL… like the rest of the world is supposed to not only know not only every city in the US, but also the state abbreviations. They literally just don’t comprehend that someone in Amsterdam is not going to know the abbreviation for Tennessee, and there’s absolutely no mention of the USA as a starting point.

[@wolf1066]

It's actually quite easy to work out where they're from: just ask yourself: "what country has citizens who would be so arrogant and self-centred as to expect everyone in the world to know what that means?" and BANG! "The USA" is in your mind, just like that. 🤣

[@mandoperthstacker]

Just wait until you get VGN only 💀

[@nathanielhawkins5683]

the bloke saying America saved Europe in WW2 literally pissed me off so much.

[@queenslanddiva]

I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic

[@virtualatheist]

I'm reminded of an Al Murray quote: The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour, taking America *completely* by surprise... TWO YEARS into a global conflict.

[@danhodson7187]

Yeah I was immensely triggered as well, the arrogance!!

[@buddy1155]

Luckily I live in the Netherlands, we were liberated by the Canadians ... I love to point out that fact to Americans as soon as they start about the war.

[@meghanvidler9147]

America didn’t enter the war until the last minute and only after Pearl Harbour and after they had made huge loans for arms to the countries who were there from the start, effectively ensuring these countries were left with huge debts after the war. In other words, America established itself as an economic power by arms dealing.

[@diaalexguy]

You know what the funny thing is that "Ryan Was" or the character he plays in videos is actually a good example of an american who thinks the entire world revolves around him just from his reaction in this video and other ones

[@seebee925]

Well said. I am glad to have found this comment. I wanted to write this here before, but left it. Because I thought: too impolite, because it is misunderstood or not understood at all.

[@julzhunt7790]

Glad I’m not the only one to notice.👍🏼

[@nine9nine9]

I agree, I was enjoying his other videos but this is a bit much

[@amitabhchandra3874]

He's mindless

[@virtualatheist]

The fact that you think crayon has a U in it in the UK, tells me EVERYTHING I need to know.

[@nine9nine9]

RIGHT

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

Who pronounces Colour colOR lol

[@nine9nine9]

@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek it's called an accent :)

[@margm4]

This had me so confused too! Crayon?

[@carokat1111]

I'm Australian and visited the US for the first time in the 1980s. The taxi driver coming from the airport in LA asked me where I was from. I told him Australia. His response was 'they have a lot of mountains' there'. I had to think about it for a bit, and then realised he meant Austria!

[@revoran4713]

Australia has the world's 5th longest mountain range, and Australia's mountains cover over 461,000 sq km. The entire country of Austria is only 84,000 sq km, and not all of it is mountainous. The issue is Australia's mountains just aren't very big, and only cover 6% of Australia.

[@cbisme6414]

@@revoran4713 it's like the US saying "big as Texas" when to us Aussies it's small compared to our state of Western Australia which is 1/3rd the landmass of Australia and 3.8 times bigger than little old Texas!

[@Austin.Kilgore]

@@cbisme6414 What? That’s you thinking the world revolves around you…

[@janined5784]

@@cbisme6414 Yep, and Texas fits into the continent of Australia 11 times.

[@shazraff2010]

@@revoran4713 Yeah and our biggest mountain is little over 2000m high!!! Our mountains are pimples really.

[@stopbunsen]

I'm from Australia. I remember being in LA and hanging out with this guy and I remarked that I liked the American accent, and he said that Americans don't have accents. Everybody else does though lol. I tried arguing that a little, but no, I wasn't going to change his mind lol

[@janined5784]

Ah yes, they're just the best don't y'all know! Pardon my sarcasm, but it's no wonder American tourists are disliked overseas. Seriously. Loud, brash, and egocentric. 🇦🇺

[@janined5784]

I wonder if he knew that from a linguistics point of view, that hard "R" that is so prevalent im the American accent is actually from Cornwall in England. So I was told by a university graduate who studied linguistics.

[@gemmagreene362]

With the “Indiana” thing - if someone from a different country said “Where are you from?” to me, I would not give them the name of my county, I would just say either “I’m English.” or “I’m British.” I would not expect the name of my county to mean anything to them. I have no idea where Indiana is situated in the US, much like I couldn’t point to Bavaria on a map of Germany.

[@amitabhchandra3874]

But you are American

[@Notthatkaren4207]

Yes you're right. American football, basketball, baseball etc aren't as big in other countries but why are they called "world" series when the only country playing is America and (sometimes) Canada. That makes no sense.

[@KernowWarrior]

Athough USA has only won Gold once for Baseball in the Olympics, just saying.

[@melnerud]

Basketball is an olympic sport and Spain and Australia are high in the rankings both for men and woman, as well as China (men) It might not be as popular because most countries don't have the same "college-sports" that the US has. But basketball is played in schools and on streets all around the world.

[@janined5784]

It's laughable and smacks of arrogance actually.

[@peternorthwales5760]

Hi. I'm a Brit but I do know that "The World Series" was called that because the competition was originally sponsored by an American newspaper called "The World" and the name stuck. You could argue that it's arrogant to continue with the name but I think it was a catchy title that people liked. Arrogance is looking too deep.

[@OEDODRAGON]

@@peternorthwales5760 That's interesting to know..... still sounds arrogant though.

[@stailbail6609]

I am stunned, how arrogant can you be, before you say something like that you should inform yourself. You serve the stereotype of an uneducated American and put yourself in the shade. I just did a quick search on the internet and immediately saw how many countries play the sports you mentioned. American football alone is played in more than 25 countries. Including: - Australia - Austria - Bahamas - Belgium - Brazil - Canada - China - Cuba - France - Germany and many more. Basketball more than 50 countries. If only one country participates in the sport, you can not speak of a world championship, if only one country participates in the competition. The USA is far from being the center of the universe. But waking up from a dream sometimes hurts. It seems that for you it starts with sports.

[@queenslanddiva]

Wow, why do you feel the need to be so nasty?

[@louisekindred0059]

Dig deeper it was named World Series before most other countries played.It's a bit confusing. Some answers say it's because American teams had International players playing for them. However majority replies say it's because they just liked the original title and stuck to it. That's why most think it's arrogance. Nowadays there are many countries playing American football however with it not being played with all the other countries as competing against one another in major competition you have to draw your own conclusions! It does bring in 15 billion a year revenue however it's not very popular in other countries. Others prefer baseball and basketball. What I gather American football is by invitation. So to me that seems controversial as to the true meaning of World or stretching the meaning if that makes sense... "international players hired" but no "mass competition "against other countries" ... there is no actual straight forward answers that I could find. Everyone asking questions but everyone dancing around the answer's 🤷‍♀️... anyway I'm just an Aussie sheila so what would I know 😂.... oh yeah you were being a bit rude and arrogant. Not everyone is a know all, life's a learning curve!

[@madpaduk]

How many of those countries are allowed to compete against America in any form of international contest outside of the Olympic games? American sports might be played elsewhere but that doesn't make them international. Tennis, Association Football, Rugby (Union and League), Cricket, Volleyball... those are international

[@steenjacobsen1474]

@@madpaduk allowed to compete against the USA`??? who gives permssion? Basket is played worldwide, so is American football(though not popular) - There is even a danish lacross team or two.....

[@belindathompson267]

Um I don’t think that’s very fair. I mean, just as an example, American football is played in Australia but it’s pretty niche. Basketball is quite popular beyond the U.S. though, that’s for sure. Not everyone has to know sports to be better informed…other things are probably a lot more important/useful.

[@Reneesillycar74]

I agree, I find that guy with the the glasses very annoying & rather condescending tbh. Apart from the first comment/s, let’s take a moment to appreciate 🫤 the arrogance of saying the US saved the rest of the world in WW2 🤦🏼‍♀️ Only after the rest of the world had done all the work 🙄 🤣🤣

[@franceskrahe6261]

Yes, I glazed over when that was said about WW2, I didn't understand what he was saying, that's not something I ever learnt.

[@janined5784]

@@franceskrahe6261 That incorrect information is often mentioned in historical documentaries on WWII that are shown on SBS quite often. It makes me want to throw something at the TV every time! Especially as so many of our parents and grandparents fought and died in Europe in WWII. Wake up America you're not the only pebble on the beach!

[@johannesheinsohn6956]

9:10 Imagine you asking a random person on the street: "Where are you from?" And the answer is: "Lower Saxony" (state of Germany). "Why is this selfish?" Because this guy expects you to know the interior political structure of his home country. Most people (the remaing billions of humans on Earth) outside your home country usually don´t give a **** of the interior political structure of it. That Includes the US of A and this is exactly the topic of this video: "The world does NOT revolve around the US"

[@johannesheinsohn6956]

@Finnic Patriot ❤ FI ❤ EU 😆 (start sarcasm) Lets drive Americans crazy together. lol (/s). At least we managed to keep our humour across our European societies. Helps me keep my faith in humanity. Thanks a lot!

[@zwieseler]

I think the point being made by the guy talking European history was that the American education system is a little America centric, ignoring the outside world.

[@KernowWarrior]

Over 60 countries participated in the Olympics playing Basketball. Baseball has been included in the Olympics 6 times and the USA has only got gold once! So yeah not just American sports.

[@natsukiilluna6324]

And the Japanese do much more at baseball (and personally I'd say they are better at least with tactics and stuff? I don't know how they were in Olymics though... - I watch mostly Japanese high school baseball 😅)

[@tizianovechettibusson351]

@@natsukiilluna6324 and south américa also have good baseball players

[@3431angelbaby]

Australia plays American football, and I'm guessing there are other countries that play it also.

[@tizianovechettibusson351]

@@3431angelbaby they play rugby a completly diferent Game

[@3431angelbaby]

@@tizianovechettibusson351 they also play AFL, but American football is growing over there. Has been played there since 1996 as an organized sport.

[@edev6070]

Omg this reaction just proved the vid he was reacting to 😂

[@aab222]

One of the most insulting 'ugly American' things you guys can say is to say you 'rescued' everyone during WW2. It's such a crass comment.

[@julzhunt7790]

And untrue.

[@LB-uo7xy]

Props to the young self aware blonde woman with glasses at 5:24 that used the correct term of 'US immigrant' when describing herself living in Costa Rica instead of using the entitled racially discriminatory term 'expat'.

[@emme2141]

The girl who said about Indiana is completely right, noone else travels to another country and says the place in the country they’re from without saying the country. That’s an American thing and it’s weird.

[@Jeni10]

I understand her completely because I have seen this happen before where the person asking, had no idea where the place was and had to ask another question to clarify it and then feel very embarrassed and stupid for not knowing every place in the United States. To give a comparison, I would say I’m from Australia, but if I said I’m from Wollongong, you wouldn’t know where that was unless you lived in my state of New South Wales. Always state your country to a foreign question and save them the humiliation.

[@shibadawn]

Yeah, like I've picked up probably the majority of state names just through the internet, but I wouldn't know geographically where they are. And as someone else mentioned some people also use the abbreviations of states. I have no clue!

[@Mrlandrover1]

This guy is so dumb and defensive this video is definitely about him 🤣

[@nine9nine9]

Exactly!

[@manueltapia1859]

I did that this summer vacations, when they asked me that, "I'm from Sonora" and were shocked they didnt know I'm from northern México hehe

[@LikkieAU]

Its weird how Americans say Filet as “Fil-ay” and Herb as “erb” because it’s the French way but they can’t spell colour with a U, which is like that because of French. :)

[@cbisme6414]

They probably don't know where French is, but yes you're right. The word colour comes from the Latin word "colur" with the English being "colour". The current difference in spelling between the American and British variants is credited to (or occasionally blamed on) Noah Webster, the American lexicographer. Seeking to establish American independence and identity in language, Webster implemented a number of spelling reforms in A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, which he published in 1806.

[@thrusta100]

Aluminium?

[@michaellejeune7715]

​@@cbisme6414 Latin is 'color', not 'colur'. In French it's 'couleur'; but carry on.

[@badger_shorts7708]

@@thrusta100 let’s not get into that one

[@neogeo1670]

@@cbisme6414 "where french is" you might aswell say "i talk france"

[@rickyd.989]

Hmmmmm, there was a Texan and an Aussie in a bar in the US, and the Texan was raving about his world champion fighting dog that couldn’t be beaten. The Aussie said he has a better one and asked him to come over to Australia with his dog for a contest. So the American brought his dog over and they put them together. It only took a few seconds for the Aussie dog to destroy the Yank’s dog. The Texan said, “Man, that’s one hell of a dog you got there, what sort of dog is that?” The Aussie said. “Some people call it a sleek backed, hairless terrier, but we just call it a crocodile.”😹

[@janined5784]

LOVE IT! ❤️

[@rickyd.989]

@@janined5784 Well thank you Janine D. For that you deserve another one. A man in a bar with his dog. Tells the dog to go and drag the ashtray over to him, get the newspaper off the table, and a few other menial tasks. Another bloke in the bar says, “That’s a pretty smart dog you’ve got there mate.” The owner told him that the dog even plays chess with him and invites him around to his house to prove it. They sit at the chessboard and sure enough, the dog starts playing chess with him. The stranger says, “Wow, that’s gotta be the smartest dog in the world.” The man says, “oh don’t drum him up too much, I beat him 2 out of 3 times.” 😹😹

[@TheJoergenDK]

About the woman from Colombia: American tourists seem to expect people to know where Indiana is. But if a Colombian tourist traveling the US was asked the same question, and she just answered: "Medellin" or even "Santiago", you know what I mean?

[@BoldRam]

Give that man a coloured crayoun 🤣

[@TerraChild1978]

Rescued us in WWII?!! Learn your history, dude!

[@InterMalager]

The well educated man then went on to say "when we rescued them in WW2" - he wasn't educated at all was he, still in his bubble

[@francisleroy6215]

Just to add context to your spelling issues...A least 40 % of the English language comes from the French language - colour is spelt that way because it is French....cheers from Sydney, Australia...

[@michaelmclachlan1650]

Almost all words relating to food and cooking, the military and the police and judicial systems are French - down to the Normans of course.

[@valeriefernandez6736]

@@michaelmclachlan1650and classic dance

[@lukecole5056]

To be fair, colour is a french word that comes directly from latin word color without an u, as it is spanish, italian (colore), etc. So I guess they are not that wrong about dropping the u.

[@neti8859]

In french we say "couleur" :)

[@riffmagos]

9:30 - if you know very little of Australia, would you understand my location if I said - New South Wales? (without using a search engine). Ah, the American presumption.

[@magicshopmumma2042]

Rescued them in world war 2! That’s insulting

[@iancremmins4727]

dude you are going to be on one of these compilations one day

[@didxdrama]

8:15 okay so I am from Denmark, so if someone asked me where I was from I would say “I am from Denmark” I would not say “Central Jutland” which is the Region in Denmark I am from

[@sana3843]

Saying America saved Europe in the WW2 is like saying French won independence from Britain for Americans. Help will always be valued but this is just so disrespectful to all the soldiers that gave their lives protecting their homes. That guy is Russian level of arrogant, and makes most Americans look humble and gracias.

[@MrBCorp]

Lol. I loved the part where you agreed with the girl who said there should be an American English option for translation, despite most of the rest of the English speaking world (as a first language) uses "u" in words like colour. England/Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada (I think) still use the "u". We also say the last letter of the alphabet as zed not zee. And we use the metric system. Good luck when you first start travelling dude. Lol

[@hasumoto1707]

I kinda guess what the woman in 7:31 means... Imagen, someone would ask me: "Where you from?" and I would answer "Oh I was born in Baden-Württemberg, but I live in Hessen since I'm 12yo" Some people would probably be confused. Like: "Where the hell is that?" Instead, I could just say: "I'm from Germany" Because not everybody knows the states and where they are located, besides the people from that specific country. Right?

[@georgemanifold6802]

Love your vids. The Indiana thing makes sense when you are travelling in the US, but for example, if I went to the US and was asked where I was from and I replied Tasmania, or Victoria (rather than Australia) most people would have no idea where that is. I think it comes across as a bit arrogant to assume that people in other countries to know that Indiana means a state in the US. A lot of people do know its a US state because of pop culture references, but Americans seem to be the only people who, when asked where they are from, tend to reply with a state rather than a country. Its just a weird quirk i guess.

[@chrisgibson7591]

Well we invented English and colour is spelt correctly

[@peterfromgw4615]

Hear, hear mate. The bloody Yanks have got no idea. “Colour” is the correct way. Grüße aus Australien.

[@petebennett3733]

Pedantic reply but english is an off shot of the Germanic language(s) as in Anglo Saxon and jutes etc and developed and continually evolving over a period of more than a thousand years.

[@chrisgibson7591]

@@petebennett3733 so are you saying we don't speak English

[@petebennett3733]

@@chrisgibson7591 we do speak English but when it comes to the history of the English language over almost 1500 years, its basically a mix of various words from various languages over that period of time that ultimately became the English language we know and speak it now. Look at how many words we use that come from India ( example "bungalow"), from the Scandinavian countries when they were in England from about the year 750 until the year 1050 (approx period of time) or words from various other non English speaking countries that we use almost daily. So the long and short of it is english is generally considered an off shot of the Germanic thing.Ok I may have given a simplicity answer but I think you get the general idea. Look at the English speaking world, the UK, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and America, they all have a common language but have their own version of the English language sort of thing.

[@peterfromgw4615]

@@petebennett3733 Mate, das ist richtig….. Grüße aus Australien.

[@vonwilson668]

“When America rescued Europe? “ wtf ! 😳

[@joandsarah77]

Was crayon a joke? Hope so as it doesn't have a U. Now if you want to talk about colour or flavour, heck yeah it has a U. You're not helping your case, nope. :D

[@anserbauer309]

Which is why under the British flag it says 'English' and under the US flag, it says "Simplified English'.

[@sandrarobinson3266]

Let us not forget they chucked a Z into everything.

[@atconnys8786]

Hope he has humour...

[@joandsarah77]

@@atconnys8786 He'll need it if he's doing Aussie videos.

[@riffmagos]

My favourite - automatically assuming that all of the people in the world are Trump voters. LOL.

[@justme1111]

The mix of ignorance and arrogance is unbelievable

[@andyt8216]

4:12 yeah "when we rescued them in WW2". So much to say, but I agree with your thoughts about this individual.

[@katjakat278]

That girl was right, most of the world doesn't view the US as specific states, we treat it as one country in our mind, which it de facto is, so saying you're from Michigan or Wisconsin or whatever doesn't tell much to most of the rest of the world, I'd say. They don't each have a completely different language, anthem, flag, culture, etc., so it's more like regions in each European country. You wouldn't know what Europeans were talking about if you would ask them where they're from and they'd say "Schleswig-Holstein/ Zagorje/Posočje/Staffordshire/etc."

[@worrywart1311]

If an American traveling in another country is asked what country they are from responds with "Indiana", they have simply failed to answer the question. That is a US State, not a country. If an American asked me, an Australian, where I am from and I say "Perth", would that mean Perth Scotland or Perth Australia or Perth somewhere else? Of course the most likely response from an American would just be "Huh? Is that a place?"

[@fjonesjones2]

Not everyone knows American State names, why would they? When the rest of the World asks someone "where are you from " they're wanting the Country name... Most people in the World, understand this and try to help and be polite to the enquirer with a succinct reply. Only Americans seem not to understand.. ?

[@Peter_Stockholm]

Dude, you didn't help your case indeed. Some of your comments could be added as just another example...Mr. Indiana using american language. Regards from Skåne (and not from Sweden).

[@JohnHollands]

The lady talking about Indiana. I think she refers to Americans assuming everyone in the world is familiar with US states. I mean, why wouldn’t they be, after all, most Americans know the Provinces of South Africa, right? Or the Counties of Britain. Hah! Most Americans don’t even know the COUNTRIES in Europe. (And Asia…) So assuming everyone in the world knows US States is hubris.

[@rachelryan5805]

You made me laugh when talking about sport. A lot of countries have their own national leagues for baseball, basketball and such. As for american football you're right it's not huge outsidebof the states but we don't claim to have world champions in afl.

[@dal6984]

FACT .. Russia won WW2. They were the one's that turned the tide of the war which gave the allies hope that they could win this was. US came and joined at half time.

[@mskatonic7240]

8:23 - it's more the assumption someone else on the other side of the planet will just know where Indiana is. Or what it is. Or won't come back with 'you don't look Indian'. If you're outside your country, when asked where you're from, they want to know the country. You could still say Indiana, but follow it up with USA, so 'Indiana, USA'. What sounds superfluous to you at home becomes key info once you leave the country. Or if someone outside the US needs to send you something.

[@medusax4883]

medusax I work in a museum in Asia, and my job is to go up to foreigners and ask them where they're from and give them a map. I kid you not, for the 3 years that I've been there, not ONE SINGLE American has told me they're American or they're from the US, they have 100% always answered me with either the state or the city that they're from. And internally, I'm like, "oh yeah, another American." Every other foreigner that I've spoken to have always answered with the country. ie "We're Germans, we're from Russia, I'm from Monaco." But not Americans. They've always answered with, "Texas, Los Angeles, New York." And it matters to us coz we have to tally what countries are visiting us so we can print out maps for them. And I was doing the tallying and one of my colleagues wrote down "Colorado" because she thought the visitor had answered her with the country. And another time, my colleague came back looking mightily confused while she asked me, "Where is Georgia? I don't think I've heard of that country." LOL

[@heatherwardell2501]

Geez Ryan, I'm thinking you need to watch more of these, you seemed to miss the point of a lot of them. Love your channel though

[@FranciscoLamarosa]

It's not that she didn't like they were specific by saying Indiana. It's the idea that Americans forget other countries exist so instead of saying the country, they say the state. Imagine me, a Portuguese, decided to say I'm from Alentejo region as if expecting other countries to know the regions in Portugal. Americans would be like "How the hell am I supposed to know that?!?!"

[@isabelstewart7316]

English is from England period. It’s our language at that’s that.

[@StephyPaige98]

Haha, the irony of it, they think everyone loves them but most other countries don’t like them because they think that everyone loves them 😅. Oh dear.

[@dyazkiprit]

the "educated" guy at 2:41 is probably being sarcastic because most of the American generation nowadays sounds exactly like that, like they got that kind of education when they're told america is the only world exist. 😂

[@nirfz]

Now think about that: The UN recognizes 194 countries, the swiss alone have 26 cantons, india has 28 federal states.... and some Americans don't even know all of their own 50 states but assume everybody from outside has to know them.

[@leighdonald3112]

And if I said to You I'm from Northern Territory you'd know what country I'm from ...yes?

[@janined5784]

We've known that about Americans for decades, very US-centric. That and the fact that Americans think that they single-handedly won WWII!! Seriously? I think they need to learn some history. Also, the English language came from England, they, and most other nations who speak English, except America, DO spell colour with a U, also favour with U, and flavour, and many other words and MANY medical words have been changed too, like paediatrics and haematology etc etc etc.

[@victoriagill1588]

Brilliant example of American arrogance... For a small period of time during WW2 the American fleet moored in a cove in Vanuatu. This cove is now a brilliant bright blue because of the number of Coca Cola bottles that were thrown overboard and broke on the seabed and beach. The glass is everywhere and has now rounded to smooth blue pebbles, but for 40 years the beach was uninhabitable to wildlife and humans because of glass shards. ☹

[@FM-qm5xs]

It's the assumption that everyone knows every state in the US that comes of as arrogant.

[@tiorammcdonough7666]

When I went on exchange everyone was introducing themselves and what country they were from, and when the American got up and didn't mention the US, just "I'm from California" it seemed pretty obnoxious. I didn't introduce myself as from Victoria, just say your country, no-one cares what state. America is the only place that does it and being unable to grasp that it's pretty self centred kinda suggests an idea of "American way is right way"

[@jemmahill2786]

"Crayon with a U" - i laughed so hard. that was great :) keep on keeping on, loved it.

[@atconnys8786]

He has humoUr🤣

[@marcoscholtz]

If I ask someone from the US where they are from, and they answer a state's name, it does come across as selfish that someone from outside should know the country's states (even though we do). If a US person asked me where I am from, would it be okay to say I am from Gauteng? Can I also expect them to know it is a South African province? The level of ignorance regarding selfishness in this regard is at the same time shocking and kind of expected. 😋

[@Sabundy]

As a South African I prefer to spell colour as colour because that's the original spelling. And last time I checked English comes from England. There's no language called "American". And France is in Europe. So is the UK. Both are European countries. So obviously the British flag would be used to symbolize English. Plus again.....English is from there.

[@AnickaSR]

It's not selfish. Just look at any world map - it says USA, none of the states are stated. I studied American geography twice during my education, but that's only because I studied at a bilingual high school and studied English (language & culture) at the university. Despite learning all the rivers, mountain ranges, deserts, lakes and seas of the world at a standard geography class, we never went through individual states, maybe mentioned the few most known states & cities. And the same applies to any other federation (Russia's made up of like 90-something republics, regions etc, Germany's made up of 16, Austria 9, United Arab Emirates 7...). The other day you reacted to a video where a girl was accused of lying when she said she's from Wales, because the lady she was talking to thought she made it up. When abroad (or talking to a foreigner) you just can't assume anyone you meet would know as much about your country as you do (even though most of the films and TV series are made in the US).

[@TheSuperlambanana]

I know people have already said it but she wasn’t trying to be offensive about the whole Indiana thing - it’s like any time I’ve gone abroad and met people who I know are not from that country (I.e not Spanish when in Spain) they would answer the question “where are you from” with like, I’m from Sweden, or Germany - and then I’ve asked oh whereabouts there? It’s just the assumption I think that everyone on the planet knows everywhere in America - that’s what signifies thinking the world revolves around them

[@parttimesaint3165]

Hi! I'm from Gotland. Now tell me which country I'm from without looking it up. ;) That's how weird it feels for the whole world to hear someone just name a state. Still, please make a guess, Ryan. :D

[@steenjacobsen1474]

You are from the pirate island, which the russians like so much, and very close to our own pirate island ;-)

[@lilithiaabendstern6303]

Visby is nice this time around the year ;) too bad they don't even know the most famous one of our pirates

[@angrymuppet4209]

I don't think that Indiana was too specific. I think its arrogant to assume that the whole world knows all of the states. (Most Americans probably dont) If someone said they were from West Midlands, Americans would have no idea that that's a district in England, so how is everyone, everywhere, supposed to know where the heck Indiana is?

[@ShotonVampire71]

the indiana thing is like this: why do americans assume the rest of the world HAS to know which state and city and street you are from? we dont have to, though a lot of people due to movies, series etc know the states and all, if WE "foreigners" tell you our cities, provinces, etc, you wouldnt have a single clue, so why does it have to work for you and not us? just say you are from the USA, we dont care if you live in blackswamp arizona near the titikaka mall.

[@bradg8055]

i was asked once by an American if we celebrate 4th of July, iam an Australian

[@TheOShow35]

If you meet someone from overseas and you asked where are you from? and they said Donegal a lot of people wont know from which country that is. Works the same for her she didn't know that Indiana is in the USA. That's why she said Selfish because he expected her to know. Hense the title The World doesn't revolve around The USA.

[@Austin.Kilgore]

It’s not selfish… just say “where’s that” and the person can reply “oh the United States”. Just seems you guys are seeking out problems to have with Americans so you’re able to act judgmental towards them. It’s very weird… quit trying to find ways to look down on people over something so insignificant.

[@LaurieLeeAnnie]

A Canadian invented Basketball. Did I just blow your minds? 😂

[@TheFatallic]

It's selfish in the exact way that an Australian could say they're from Queensland and expect you to know that means Australia.

[@avaman67]

🇨🇦 Colour, neighbour, harbour, favour, savour…… this is the proper spelling of these words. BTW…. American were the last to enter the war, they dodo not save anything.

[@lynmcgrow9246]

This is one of the things that make non Americans angry. You Americans always think you are right. And you did that Ryan. You assumed spelling color without a u is correct. In Australia that's when a American would be called a septic tank. That entitlement is annoying to others

[@Smulenify]

American football, baseball and basketball are big in other countries as well, perhaps not as big but definitely present. Regardless it's weird to call it world championship when it's only one country competing. It's also really annoying when you ask someone what country they're from and they answer "Las Vegas". So I always reply back "oh, is that in Canada?"

[@angelstars6755]

When as a family we were taking a holiday in the USA, an American lady commented on my accent, saying it was one she had never heard. She asked where I was from, so I told her Wales. Her reply was, oh I know where that is, it's an island off Australia... 🙄. A lot of Americans don't know where other countries are, yet you took umbridge over the Indiana.

[@lynandrews7075]

Only Americans say their state to non-Americans. Everyone else in the world will say which country they are from when asked “where are you from?”. From her perspective she is saying Americans think everything revolves around their country, so they say the state, as if everyone outside of America should know the names of all USA states, which is presumptions and therefore selfish. From now on, Whenever we meet America tourists we should all start saying which state we are from and expect the Americans to just know what country we are from. E.g. Queensland (Australia) LOL

[@PM-lz5gs]

I’ve never heard of a place called Indiana! I just learnt about a man named Indiana Jones when I was 7

[@allangoodger969]

With the Indiana thing, where would I be from if I said I was from Shoalhaven?

[@thrusta100]

Sanctuary Point? Sussex Inlet?

[@electricglitter6136]

... hello, I'm from Schleswig-Holstein, everybody knows all the states of my home country...right?

[@steenjacobsen1474]

@@electricglitter6136 Yes, you are from that rebel state just south of here ;-)

[@lilithiaabendstern6303]

@@electricglitter6136 hi neighbour ^^ Mecklenburg-Vorpommern here, and yes they do know all about every single state besides Bavaria (not) - most of them don't even know that we have one coast (North Sea) let alone two (Baltic Sea) as for the initial question - tricky since the name is Swedish, yet that would be just too simple

[@lukecole5056]

Hi there, I'm from Trenque Lauquen, have a nice day!

[@olienajh]

How dare that man suggest that the US rescued the UK in WW2!!

[@BikerVFR]

At 9:25 -- do you really think that anyone in the world must know all of your 50 states? You can´t pretend that or how many German Bundeslaender do you know if I´d tell you I´m from Bremen which is the smallest state in Germany. You´d probably wouldn´t know my country. So selfish might not have been the word of choice but ain´t wrong either.

[@mascami]

Funny! I'm german and I asked myself the question: How many states of the US do I know? In short time I came up with 26, then I had to think harder and within 10 Min. total I came up with 36 states in sum. That's 72% of all. That's ok for me, given more time, I'm sure there were more. Now my question to America: How many of the 16 states of germany can you tell?

[@davidhuett3579]

I'm surprised that Americans don't spell color/colour as .. culer or cula. You've got 'caramel' that you pronounce .. 'carmel'. What the hell happened to the other 'a' in the word? Then there's 'solder' .. that you pronounce .. 'soder'. Once again .. where's the 'l' ... not to mention a bank or pay 'check' instead of cheque. British 'English' is a very 'expressive' language. American's have changed the spellings because .. well .. you just like to be different. You can't stand the thought of being just like others. It's all to do with the idea (and brainwashing) of American 'exceptional-ism'.

[@jonlowing7907]

I think what bothered the Indiana girl was the presumption that everyone in the rest of the world would know what and where Indiana is. Maybe when she said 'selfish', she meant more like 'self-centered'

[@Austin.Kilgore]

Seems nit-picky and complaining just to complain… seems she knew it was in the U.S. So what’s the problem?

[@lukecole5056]

@@Austin.Kilgore Where are from?

[@Manuka_888]

Not uncommon for an international group to be saying where they're from - Belgium, Germany, Australia, Japan, Chile - and then the American says Houston. So insular.

[@caraira1909]

Let's get a different perspective. If an american asks me where am I from and I answer: "Schleswig" , would most of Americans know where Schleswig is located? Same thing when an American answers with the name of the State when asked the same question by someone who isn't an American or doesn't live in the States. Even when it is true that a lot of people around the world knows a lot about the US thank Movies, TV and media in general, it is arrogant to expect that everybody outside the US know where Indiana , or any other US State is located. While anyone in Germany knows where Schleswig-Holstein is located, I don't assume the same is true for foreigners .

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

Americans are probably the only people in the world that would reply to where are you from, with the state there from. Everyone else would say the country, but americans are known to be navel gazers.

[@suekripp6777]

The state thing is like Americans expect the rest of the world to know your state names, how many state names do you know from other countries ???

[@mikepar2]

My American friends were amazed that we don't have fireworks on 4th July in UK

[@louisemiller3784]

Think that guy needs more education

[@geraldinesnell2878]

Thought I'd let you know my daughter work on tourist out on to the great barrier reef one American lady wanted to know where the fish were kept of a night time another how the coral was painted. But the best ones not American a couple went out got off the boat onto a large pontoon and just sat all day when it was time to board the boat to go back to Port Douglas they refused as they were told a bus would pick them up to take them back to Cairns it didn't seem to matter that they were on a pontoon floating in the ocean. They didn't eat lunch didn't go in the glass bottom boat didn't swim just sat paid all that money for nothing

[@richardbarrett4537]

I'm not trying to discredit Americans but seriously you did not save anyone in ww2. You entered the war at the last minute when it was nearing its end. Russia actually broke the back of ww2.

[@jessbellis9510]

Hahaha your attempt to mock proper English was hilarious. XD "CrayoUn" Also it's different when you're travelling to another country - when someone asks you, you say the country you are from. Saying your state assumes that everyone is also from the US, which isn't selfish, but it's certainly self-centred. In regards to the American Sports championships, I think you completely missed the point. Her point wasn't about what sport is most popular or played, it was solely about Americans calling their domestic league winners "World Champions", when they're the only country competing in the supposed "world" championships. As far as I'm aware of, no other country does that. Here in Australia we say the best team or player is the "Grand Champion", and our top AFL match is called the Grand Finale.

[@geraldinesnell2878]

I have noticed it seems all Americans put an x in especially dropping the s altogether

[@lizcatty9281]

@@geraldinesnell2878 ? Put an x where, in replacement for s?

[@geraldinesnell2878]

@@lizcatty9281 Especially there is no x in Especially yet I have heard so many Americans pronouns it expecially