USA vs Europe: Actual Cultural Differences

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[@DaveinPortugal]

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[@inkfr0]

But there is no European Portuguese in Babbel, it's only Brasilian, which differs a lot🤔

[@AllLivezmatter]

DO NOT TIP!!! TIPPING is an american concept of disgracefully fostering individualism and UNNECESSARY competition in addition to increasing the locals cost of living. We already pay, and so many times even over pay for the service to the business owner so it is their OBLIGATION to pay fairly to their employees it is NOT the clients role to do so.

[@philipmcniel4908]

Here in the US, tipping is more about directly expressing our appreciation of the server and/or our care about that person having a livelihood. In non-tipping cultures, you end up paying the server indirectly through the business. I think it may be more of an institutional vs. in-group collectivism thing, where one culture would rather give money directly and the other is just fine with giving money to a business to do it for them. I think this also applies to our attitudes about the welfare state: Europeans (and some mostly-urban Americans) are fine with expressing their generosity indirectly through large institutions, while Americans--and particularly rural Americans--would rather express their generosity directly. This may have to do with the difference in social trust: Speaking as a fairly rural American, we're far more trusting of the everyday people we meet than we are of our bureaucracies, while in Europe that may not be the case.

[@andeez4663]

I used to live in the centre of Madrid. Every Sunday morning I used to walk to the square at the Reina Sofia Gallery for coffee. There was a great little bar that sold great cafe con leche y churros as a Sunday treat, they had a great terrace to sit and enjoy the city. In the same square was a Starbucks and I used to see dozens of yanks buying huge coffees to go. Then they would set off to walk the city with their coffees. I used to feel like saying to them to sit down, slow down, enjoy their coffee at a table, chat and watch the world go by. It is one of the great passtimes in European towns and cities. One of the major differences between yanks and Europeans for sure.

[@philipmcniel4908]

@@dev-life I suppose it would be possible to buy a Starbucks coffee and then sit down and enjoy it at a table; if I were managing a European Starbucks location (especially in southern Europe where the weather is nice), I suppose I would make sure there were good tables and chairs for that! I don't think that would appeal to Yanks, between the expense of intercontinental travel and their limited time to see everything.

[@philipmcniel4908]

You have to remember that "Yanks" are paying thousands of dollars for their trip to Europe (with international air travel and all), and may only have a week or two to see as much as they can. (Remember, Americans often don't get four-week vacations like Europeans do!) If they spend a day watching the world go by, that might be a great way to authentically experience Europe, but if they're trying to see all the main sights in three or four different countries on a trip that lasts two weeks including travel time, there's just not going to be enough time to slow down.

[@landsea3682]

Hi, please note you use the word 'great' rather frequently. TIP: If you want to be seen as 'not so yank' try to reduce using this word. 'That would be just great '😂

[@dev-life]

@@landsea3682 You have to be more specific, three people have written on this comment line, and each one of them (myself included) has said the word "great" just once. It would be "great" for you to be more specific.

[@landsea3682]

@@dev-life Andeez talks somewhat condescending about dozens of yanks that go to take big coffees in sarbucks whilst he/she vrather sits down in this great little caffetteria. Its not only big coffee in Starbucks that makes you look like a yank. Body language, cockeyness, tone of voice, dresscode and word use are only some examples of what can make someone behave/look like a yank. Using the word 'great' or better still 'just great' is one of the better ones to indicating you too are indeed a yank and a pretty ignorant one at that. What I'm seeing is a pot blaming the kettle to be black. Nothing being wrong with being a yank btw. I hope i clarified a little better? Please have a great day .

[@ChocoLater1]

I never understood why Americans are getting mad when someone does not leave them a tip. Tipping is a complimentary gesture. But Americans made it a cultural requirement.

[@martypoll]

Because in some tipped work categories, such waiters in restaurants, the minimum wage can be as low as $2-3/hr because tips are expected as part of the employee compensation. That is, in America, they don’t get paid anything close to a living wage.

[@basementstudio7574]

It's the only way waiters make money. In the US most waiters only make a couple of bucks an hour. Imagine working 40 hours and only making $80 before taxes. Winds up being about $60 after taxes which is almost enough for a tank of gas. So yeah, tipping for service is expected.

[@badrequest5596]

it's because waiters make less than minimum wage, since minimum wage isn't actually enforceable in the US and they make a living off of tips. which is completely messed up. it's like working at fnac (kinda like best buy here in europe) but the company only pays you on commission. absolutely ridiculous. they should be mad at the system they have, not the customers

[@jpthiran]

minimum wage exists because abuse is in human nature and those that are in a more dificult situation will be abused ... that why minimum wage should be mandatory ... otherwise you will have the described situation seen in america - some pay 2/3 dolar per hour ...

[@zionel6555]

At the same time I'm taking back scandalously when traveling in Europe in tourist areas and the service person trys to ask for tips after dinner. An they'll say things like oh service tip isn't included or service tip isn't included but you can tip me in cash

[@tyson00001]

I'm belgian that lived in malta and now netherlands and I love europe. Never would live in America

[@recardotorres3497]

The difference is in America you are looked at by what you have or own In Europe, not everywhere, but how the person is. Cultural difference

[@maxflight777]

beautiful summary ⬆️👍🏻

[@landsea3682]

Totally agree!

[@elsamachado6464]

I would say that in Europe, people are more conscious of what car they drive and which designer clothes they wear.

[@eryvne]

@@elsamachado6464 ehh id argue the opposite

[@publicminx]

@reardotorres: the reality is that this stereotype is only half-true at best. in many parts of Europe people are NOT interested in how a person really are and also NOT in deep talks but just changing some stereotypes. And thats also true for many other parts in the world. that stupid idiots often consider such superficial bla bla as friendly, warm shows their own stupidity, but not that there is more substance. The reality is that usual Americans, Germans and people form the Netherlands, Uk etc. have here more in common than some other parts of Europe or the world.

[@timcopley119]

Last month we tried to tip in a restaurant in St Helier, Jersey and they refused to accept it saying providing good service is their business!

[@DigUrOwnHole]

if you come from us to visit portugal only you are making a big mistake but hey to each its own.

[@martypoll]

No to tipping. Don’t export American tipping culture. Respect the culture and recognize than the economy in foreign countries is structured differently. Tipping where it is not expected is a form of gentrification and harms the locals in the long run.

[@Eva.R]

It is common to give one or two coins as a tip at the restaurant in many countries in Europe

[@martypoll]

@@Eva.R What I do in Europe is round up the bill to an even number. I live in Thailand. If you tip at all then it might be 20 baht ($0.50) for a relatively expensive meal. If the whole meal is only 70 baht then you don’t tip.

[@filipeventura2729]

WOW really?? I was a waiter in Portugal since im 16 years old, we earn so little and you are seriously telling people not to tip us??? I made half my wage in tips for tourists, its how i had a decent life. With your mindset that is gentrifying?? What a twisted way to look at it. I always tip when its fair, and so does my family who says its not the local culture too? When we are really satisfied we are more then happy to tip, most times even doing it in secret giving a big ammount

[@filipeventura2729]

The 45 people who liked your comment are obivously not portuguese struggling to pay rent with just a minimum wage of 750 euro/month for 40 weekly hours minimum! Most times with no extra hours pay

[@huskytail]

@@filipeventura2729 neither they've been to Bulgaria because when I worked as a waiter (even though it was a while back, tipping is still big there) after school tips were the only thing that actually gave me the possibility to pay some bills.

[@tomasso911]

Regarding the topic of money, what you could have mentioned as well is that in most European countries the prices you see on store shelves include the sales tax already , unlike in the USA, which I found incredibly frustrating whilst being there. With sales tax included it is much easier to calculate what my total payment will be, especially in the situations when paying in cash. In the USA it happened to me multiple times that I forgot about this and thought I have the exact sum ready to pay and then I was told a completely different number. Obviously when paying with card it is less of an issue. I know that in each state the sales tax is different, but come on it is not that hard to print price tags with tax included. We have been doing it for decades over here.😃

[@philipmcniel4908]

As an American, I'm curious: Do you have different sales taxes in different localities, or does it tend to stay the same within each country? For instance, if I went to Frankfurt, would I pay three different VAT percentages (one to the government of Germany, another to the government of Hesse, and a third to the government of Frankfurt)? I know they'd all be calculated into the price of items, but is it necessary for businesses to calculate different prices for items across various municipal and regional governments? Here in the US, sales tax can vary widely not only from one state to another, but also from one city and county to another within the same state. p.s. As an Oregonian, I'm not really used to American-style sales tax any more than you are, since we don't have it here either.

[@tomasso911]

@@philipmcniel4908 in European countries sales tax is set by the central governments, so the same rate across the whole individual country. However, sales tax rates can be different for various product categories and services. For example sales tax rate is often lower on groceries, hospitality services like restaurants and hotels, books etc. Usually the areas which governments want to support or make more accessible.

[@magdalenasz3520]

Very good observations, Dave! One of biggest differences that I notice as well are that people in the US, and also Canada like to emphasize their ethnical origins, e.g. refer to themselves as “Irish” or “Italian”, whereas they’d probably be considered “American” in Ireland or Italy. Also, the concept of speaking about Europe or “European culture” is interesting as the continent is so diverse culturally and linguistically that it’s sometimes hard to find those common similarities. Greetings!

[@justicevibes1252]

I lived in Portugal as a kid. I went back to live in the U.S. for the majority of my life so yes I am considered "American." I know the culture, history, and can speak a good amount of Portuguese. I miss it. 🇵🇹 It just stinks that I built my career here.

[@eminbey3382]

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[@bring_marc_the_horizon]

Yes, I noticed that, too. A lot of Americans will say something like "oh, I'm 8% german, and 12% italian… etc.", because they used to have a great-grandmother or other relatives that used to be from those countries like generations ago, but they actually have no connection or knowledge of those countries at all. People here in Europe don't tend to do this.

[@jimgreen5788]

@magdalenasz3520, I'm of English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Dutch, French and German extraction. However, the only one I really know of for certain is my maternal grandmother, who was born somewhere in the mid 1800s in N. Ireland. Being that far back, I always say I'm American, and if asked, I'll list these. However, I wouldn't be a bit surprised, nor offended, if people who emmigrated to the US themselves would say they're that nationality. However, I wouldn't doubt a bit if their children will say they're Americans.

[@viagenseoutrascoisas2235]

Thanks for sharing! Excellent camera work. Wishing you all the best.

[@denisbabineau6898]

planning in going to Portugal next year so that is what I am working on now 👍

[@REASONFORTRUTH]

Great job Dave

[@yokotastrong3902]

I absolutely love your videos. My husband and I are planning to visit Portugal 🇵🇹 for our honeymoon next year. I’m learning Portuguese as well.

[@LTRaider]

Great video!! Thank you once again!

[@lucchese20]

All true…couldn’t have said anything better myself. Well done. 👍🏻

[@landsea3682]

What you forget to mention Dave is that in Europe waiters are paid a decent salary and so tipping is less needed whilst in the USA waiters earn relatively little or nothing at all and are expected to earn their buck by providing good service. I think for this reason service in USA is generally better than in Europe (especially true in The Netherlands!). Same applies for work and related social securities in general. In many countries in Europe, should you lose your job their is a comfortable safetynet ie, the state will take care of you and if you dont work hard or very dedicated the employer can not fire you easilly, so lets take it easy.... No big surprise that usa economy is overall much stronger than European. This again relates to taking more time for lunch etc, as you say, and sitting down for a coffee rather than drink your coffee driving your big automatic car with the other hand rushing to work... perhaps happier life in EU in the end? Less mass shootings as well.

[@rayvogensen2983]

I haven't lived in the U.S. for more than thirty years now but I keep up with all the news on CNN, BBC, the Guardian, NBC, and MSNBC. I guess I consider myself a liberal, but not a radical in any way. One of the greatest differences is universal health care. Sure, we pay for it through Social Security and IRS taxes but we know that if we have a medical emergency we will be taken care of quickly and professionally. And, we will not pay a penny. I am right now awaiting my second heart stent in the Vila Real hospital (set for tomorrow), with excellent nursing care, three people in a room with a TV, which I don't watch because my family brought me my laptop. All I can say is that everything has been top-notch. My heart attack occurred in my sixth-floor apartment and the ambulance came in fifteen minutes, with a doctor and a nurse. They had to keep me lying down so they couldn't use the elevator or the stairs. They immediately called the fire department to take me down with one of those gigantic extendible ladders. Then there was a 45-minute drive at high speed to the district hospital in Vila Real with the doctor and the nurse keeping me stable. I didn't wait more than ten minutes to be taken to a room fitted with X-ray equipment to allow the doctor to monitor the procedure on a screen. There I had a coronary angioplasty and a stent put in one of the arteries. How much did all of this cost me? ZERO. I don't even have my wallet here since I came with almost no clothes. No one has ever asked me for a document. All my info is on the system. My wife some years ago spent almost 45 days in hospitals for stomach cancer and she never paid a penny. I don't know what most Americans would do in a similar situation. If they had insurance, which is not cheap, they would still have co-pays. If they didn't have private insurance, I guess they would die. That for me is the most immoral aspect of the American way of life. Sorry for the long, rather personal narration, but I had to get it off my chest while the subject was still hot.

[@philipmcniel4908]

As an American, I can kind of understand both sides of this: The American-style conservative view says that when you say, "No one has ever asked me for a document. All my info is on the system," you're basically counting on having the "luck" of a government that values you and doesn't use this sort of system to gain a sort of "soft authoritarian" control over you. I think part of that comes down to the size of the country: Even in a democracy, the character of your government feels like it involves a lot of "luck" when your country is so large that your chances of affecting a presidential election with your vote are literally smaller than your chances of dying in an accident on the way to the polling place. I know I feel like I have _much_ more say-so in county- and even state-level government (where I could probably find a way to meet with my state representative if I wanted to for some reason) than in the US federal government. Add to this the fact that any federal healthcare system would be mainly run by appointed bureaucrats who wouldn't be changed no matter who won an election, and you can see how the character and leadership of the system feels like it wouldn't really be accountable to the common man. I think that in the European system, you have smaller countries, meaning that governments are more accountable to the people, and there are borders between countries with vastly-different values systems (e.g. look at the differences between the UK and Italy, as shown by their healthcare systems' responses to the case of Tafida Raqeeb, with one wanting to keep her alive by any means while the other had more of a utilitarian cost/benefit calculus), which frees them to be different from each other while the various cultural regions of the US are "stuck" together in one country.

[@acceleratum]

For the curious, tipping was actually common several years ago and the older folks still do, but was always optional and you only tip if you enjoy the meal or the service as an appreciation bonus, it fell out of favor in modern times and tipping on the check is uncommon because the government would tax it so only high tourist areas actually include tips on the check.. Also were all too poor to tip now and servers are paid regular wages so its not like the US where they survive on tips.

[@user-nm1io5fh6j]

Hi Dave I’m huge fan of you, watched every episode of you post. Because of your videos I am going to Portugal this thanksgiving, can you please tell me how’s the weather over there and what type of clothes should I bring with me. Thank you very much!

[@ligiasommers]

Excelente!! Obrigada 🙏🏻🌷✨🙏🏻

[@DiogoF.]

Phenomenal as usual.

[@ricktoews1145]

I recently got back from a ~two-weeks solo trip to Italy. First time there. I visited Rome, Florence, Venice, by train. I went feeling a little embarrassed that I don't speak Italian. I can handle the greetings, and I can ask for a coffee or pastry, but that's pretty much it. Oh, and I could probably ask where the bathroom was, though it's unlikely I'd understand the response. (The bathroom wasn't hard to find at the train station or airport. The culture shock was having to pay to use it--at least, at the train stations.) What I found--and this surprised me--was that transportation hubs have their signs in both Italian and English. This was true at Fiumicino airport and at each of the train stations I used. Even though it was my first time, so I was unfamiliar with any of this, I had no difficulty getting where I needed to be. Also, nearly everyone I needed to interact with spoke English. True, I felt a little embarrassed that I needed English to deal with the odd difficulty--such as where to go to find a museum entrance--however, language was never a barrier. I didn't feel "marginalized" or anything because I was an obvious American tourist--but then, I probably lack the social awareness to notice such a thing, anyway. And ... each city I visited was my favorite, and I want to go back someday.

[@timobrien4634]

Totally awesome video

[@DaveinPortugal]

Thank you Tim 🙏🏻

[@badrequest5596]

although in europe personal proximity during interactions is a lot shorter than the US, getting up in someone's face is still extremely rude and threatening, depending on the circumstances, and a sure way of getting decked in the face. if it's someone you don't know it's better to keep a respectable distance. if it's friends, it's perfectly fine to stand closer. friends of friends, depends, it can be fine but if you sense they're trying to pull back a bit, maybe you're getting too close to their comfort. it will vary from person to person. i have a close friend from Philadelphia and i thought it was funny she felt weirded out that i would hug or kiss her on cheek when meeting (this was well after we've met and became closer). but then she got used to it and she'd be the one rushing in for a hug xD

[@bohomazdesign725]

I didnt see a Fiat 125p in years and yet you somehow managed to include an up-to-date clip from Poland with this car randomly driving by (one of the tram clips) ^^

[@flitsertheo]

The only possible Fiat Polski 125p I see is the white car at 7:35 but are there any distinguishing features that you can recognise it as such at this distance ? As that model was used by several other manufacturers too.

[@bohomazdesign725]

@@flitsertheo Not really, but that intersection is in Poland (Ślężna - Swobodna - Borowska - Sucha intersection, City of Wrocław) so the likelihood that its not a 125p is pretty small.

[@ronauliT-xx2ke]

Nice video. Then should bring dictionary pocket to Europe aw? I will see Babbel aw. Hope to see you in lake Toba, Sumatera, Indonesia.

[@MrBswede]

In my experience if you get the plate of the day in smaller restaurants in Portugal it is usually a lot of food. I'm a big guy and it is plenty of food!

[@birdynumnum3473]

Hey Dave, what is your take on FATCA and how countries must report $ and value of assets in a foreign country?

[@badrequest5596]

while here in portugal it's common to greet with two cheek kisses, in the netherlands it's three kisses, which threw me off the first time and i was panicking inside "what's going on???"

[@landsea3682]

Not sure whats going on but seems that you're from a country where people gave distanced themselves from human interaction.

[@flitsertheo]

@@landsea3682 Walloons, as of Latin culture, kiss on the cheek. Flemish, as of Germanic culture, don't kiss. And they live in the same country.

[@elsamachado6464]

The average salary in Portugal in places such as restaurants is 800-900 euros. That is nor a living wage! That is why I tip

[@PauloOliveira-dt9fp]

Make a video talking about footballer in Portugal

[@jpthiran]

well done👍

[@stiglarsson8405]

The cultur schocks is the aim for leaving ones comfort zone!

[@florjanbrudar692]

4:57 That, or as I've seen from time to time in my primary school's cafeteria, a sign on each of the 3 water fountains that simply reads "water is not drinkable". 14:35 Pun intended? I hope not..

[@susanarodrigues4864]

I just give tip when the person who serves is a nice person and makes a good service. Here in Portugal we are not obligated to give tips

[@filipeventura2729]

In Europe ALWAYS tip in cash! If you liked the service you can give directly to the waiter. Card Payments take charges and go directly to the boss, not the worker! plus a lot of times the boss will be the one who takes payments so i always tip directly to the waiter, even if i have to hide it. (Im portuguese)

[@bring_marc_the_horizon]

Here in Germany, it's common to also tip via card, but a lot of people will ask the waiter/waitress if they will receive the tip or if it would be better to hand them their tip in cash.

[@claudiabassi9670]

A me ha impressionato il discorso sullo spazio personale 😮

[@coccinelle2704]

I'm currently in Portugal, I love a lot (Lisboa, Portimao, Porto) They love dogs, animals, but they let them bark all the time (day and night) like it's normal, for the French girl that I am, it's not easy. They have a sincere, spontaneous and contagious love of children, of food, of quality of life. The gulls are huge. They have an assumed nonchalance, clearly living in Sweden, it took me a while to eat during their hours :) they are both tense when they don't want to work, it amuses me tenderly. It's a very interesting culture. why do they use cash so much? (which I think is great, it's very clever) do they have expensive transaction fees? having difficulty obtaining a bank card?

[@diogorodrigues747]

Why do the Portuguese cash so much? Pretty much because it's safe and because there is a low level of trust between people in Portuguese society compared to Northern Europeans. People don't trust anybody they don't really know and, I mean, as a Portuguese myself I have my point because I do share this cultural feature as well.

[@cal9112]

To coccinelle. Using cash IS a sign that they still are free and not totally controlled by government and banks, kudos to the rest of Europe and sorry for the Swedes Who were duped that no seen a Coín or note in your Life IS great and you are FREE.! So sad!!!

[@coccinelle2704]

And you are right. Yes, the Swedes still have confidence in their representatives, but that will only last for a while. And in Sweden, it is increasingly difficult to find ATMs and banks are making cash payment compulsory... While Sweden's great strength is its national currency...@@diogorodrigues747

[@maxflight777]

The Portuguese mistreat their dogs… It’s heartbreaking. The practice of chaining them up 24/7 is in theory outlawed …. But commonplace

[@idnwiw]

You will never blend in if you are learning the first words of a new language - people will hear that you are a tourist just when you utter your first words. It comes across as friendlier though, so learning please and thank you etc. is still a good idea

[@philipmcniel4908]

I think this is something that Americans can easily miss: On a continent with lots of languages, language learning is more of a spectrum (A1, A2, B1, B2, etc.). In North America, there are several linguistic regions, but they are HUGE! We have a massive Anglophone region that includes almost all of the US and most of Canada, and to the south of it we have a massive Hispanophone region. If you live deep in the Anglophone region, you might go whole years without any face-to-face interactions with someone who doesn't speak English; if you live deep within the Hispanophone region (which begins in Mexico and extends all the way into South America), you might have the same experience with Spanish. I think this causes us to have a more binary understanding of language proficiency: Either you speak a language, or you don't. If you ask an American, "Do you speak Spanish?" they will often give an un-qualified "no" even if they know how to say things like "Hola" and "Adiós" and "¿Donde está el baño?" because those sorts of basic things don't feel like they "count" as speaking a language when 99% of the Spanish speakers on your continent are full native speakers, and you can't even understand them when they speak at normal speed. I think it's easy for us to devalue very basic language ability because of this sort of binary thing where our idea of "knowing a language" is based entirely on comparing ourselves to native or nearly-native speakers.

[@user-ib3mh7su8h]

I admire Americans who are able to live abroad. You are superpowered.

[@laurLaur602]

The beauty of Europe is unmatched among all continents due to its history and diversification

[@allenjohnson7686]

he mentioned castles. i live 3 miles from one castle, 5 miles from 2 others in either direction... work within 100mtrs of another ... you dont even notice they are there tbh.

[@tomascosta2675]

in my opinion portugal needs more train connections with spain, like barcelona, madrid, vigo, sevilha and bilbau

[@tonylarussa4046]

The USA doesn't have high speed rail. The Acela doesn't count since that is just between Boston, NYC and DC.

[@ezbg]

Thoughts on Bulgaria ?

[@DaveinPortugal]

Loved it!

[@niktodorov4951]

@@DaveinPortugalas it seems you love historical cities i guess you've been to Plovdiv not the sea side?

[@DaveinPortugal]

That’s exactly where I stayed. The Ancient Theatre of Philippopolis was amazing. Wish I could have seen one of their iconic shows

[@ahsan_nahiyan]

12:15 that's true. That's why I like Europe more :3

[@francismorra4229]

Eu gosto seu video.

[@senoner90]

The problem with such a video is that there are very big differences within Europe. When you say Europe is like this or like that, most of the times it's only PARTS of Europe that are like that. Your very first example that "meal times are longer in Europe, especially lunch", well, that's not at all the case in the Netherlands, where lunch hardly exists, but I guess it applies to Portugal where you live.

[@Why-D]

The Euro mad transactions so much easier. When I think, you had to change money when you got to France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Austria, Italy ...

[@marcoac-sx6lq]

There would be no problem at all with a common debit or credit card

[@brozius]

@@marcoac-sx6lq We don't use credit cards, we use debit cards and they are common.

[@ahermitslife3684]

I tried Portuguese on Babbel for two years. Babbel is great. My Portuguese is not. My brain just doesn't work that way. Hopefully when I go to Portugal they will forgive me.

[@JenShea]

The bad news is you were not learning European Portuguese… Babbel only has Brazilian Portuguese and it is quite different.

[@vervideosgiros1156]

​​@@JenSheaSo what? It's the same language, with its differences, like any other language spoken in different countries: it's the same structure (except for 2 or 3 differences), in Brazil they simplify a bit some verb tenses and the orthography has some little differences in some words, like: "António" (Port.) /"Antônio" (Braz.), which is Anthony, "perspetiva" (Port.)/"perspectiva" (where brazilians still use a mute "c" and in Portugal we don't anymore), which means perspective, or the opposite, like "facto" (Port.)/"fato" (Braz.), which means fact. In Portugal "fato" means "suit" (to dress). 😅 Other word which has different orthography is "frequente" (Port.) and "freqüente" (Braz.), which means frequent, usual, etc. There are different vocabulary, as it is in any other language spoken in different countries.

[@diogorodrigues747]

​​@@vervideosgiros1156So what? Brasil and Portugal are different countries with different cultures and costumes. If you are going to Portugal and you learned Brazilian Portuguese, people will find it not funny at all and many people will see you as not respectful to their culture. Also the biggest difference is the accent, not the grammar or syntax.

[@vervideosgiros1156]

@@diogorodrigues747 É desrespeitoso falar com sotaque brasileiro e usar expressões brasileiras?! Eu não me sinto nada desrespeitada: além de não ter mal nenhum falar "à brasileira", mostra que se esforçam! O que me choca é saber que há pessoas que moram em Portugal há décadas (como noutro dia vi numa reportagem, uma senhora inglesa que vive em Portugal há 35 anos e não sabe falar Português!) e não se dão ao trabalho de aprender a língua porque "não é preciso"!

[@vervideosgiros1156]

@@diogorodrigues747 Já agora: se o senhor for ao Reino Unido e falar Inglês com sotaque americano, acha que alguém o vai achar desrespeitoso? Não me parece!

[@auana3]

I would never say that a waiter in Europe is paid a “decent salary”, may be in England or Germany, but for sure not in Portugal or any of the south European countries. They are generally paid the bottom of the salaries, the minimal salary, and that is not a “decent salary” to live on because they struggle to survive on that salary as much as any waiter in America, especially if they have a family on their backs, and nowadays also because housing and basic need prices have increased so much for that minimal salary. Most people paid minimal salary is forced to have two jobs or something else on the side to make more money to survive and pay their bills. If it was a “decent salary” they didn’t need a second job. That is the real truth of most waiters in the less rich European countries.

[@user-zt5rw5ky7c]

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[@tarikmehmedika2754]

I really hate how you in USA need a car for nearly everything.

[@loveinel]

It seems like you thought Europe is one country))) But it is a lot of countries so they obviously have multiple languages and even currency sometimes) and architecture actually and cuisin etc))

[@baig838]

Love américain

[@jean-emmanuelrotzetter6030]

Nice try, but really superficial.Deserves improvement. For coffee: Not simply a question of quantity - in Europe you get coffee, not as in most of North America a kind of dark coloured water. For high value coins: 2 Euro coin is now 2.12 USD - the 5 CHF coin 5.50 USD

[@jaime9494]

The way you talk on this video makes think that the whole Europe is a single country, specially when talking about currency. We can not generalise about Europe, different countries everywhere, despite EU, different cultures… Europeans identity themselves from the country where they’re from.

[@Diogohenriquescaralho]

He specifically says this in the beginning of the video…. Are you missing something?

[@eugenieponleve667]

@@Diogohenriquescaralho May I ask you the same ,for he says as well that Americans are "used to one national currency" and so it is the case in Europe .Apart from the 20 EU countries that adopted the euro ,countries in Europe,however small they are, still have their own "national "currency ,since Europe is definitely the name of a continent and is not a country .Moreover if he announces that Europe reckons more than 40 countries ,so does America and the USA are in no way the whole of "America".

[@Diogohenriquescaralho]

@@eugenieponleve667 you make no sense man. Are you just talking to hear yourself?

[@eugenieponleve667]

@@Diogohenriquescaralho I am not a man,and not speaking but typing ,and that cannot be heard .Moreover your ignorance has no bonds .

[@aloysiuslouro7906]

I think America might have more money 😂

[@lorrainemoynehan6791]

I agree with most of what you say, but there is a south Europe bias. No Scandinavian country uses the Euro - Finland is a bit of an outliner, and also not considered Scandinavian, it's it's own place, although it does use the Euro. Personal space in Scandinavian is also totally respected, maybe one reason why Sweden did not feel the need to lockdown. In Britain English is not the only official language, Welsh is spoken in Wales and Gaelic in the highlands, although you would be hard pressed to meet someone who doesn't speak English, it may be their second language. In both Wales and Ireland there are many government posts that you cannot get with out knowledge of Irish or Welsh, but I'm quietly confident Babbel will help

[@deeceeke]

tipping schould stay,in places where slavery is still common

[@Walks.with.Martin]

Brazilian people have also completely different sense of personal space they could literally talk 7 inches from your face🙈

[@siuksliukaralius7029]

So no other topics other than culture shock? Over and over and over.

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

We know how to use cutlery correctly too. American should be given lessons before they come to Europe.

[@robertmatetich2898]

Why do you encourage tipping? Leave well enough alone!

[@canemcave]

ok the USA is all the same if you don't take into account the natives, the spanish, the black or the various different settlers

[@Winston_Smith_84]

The fact that Miss Portugal is a man tells me all I need to know.

[@thefreerocketman5777]

But... it's not?

[@western1010]

It´s probably going to happen to your country , too. The West has lost its´ way !

[@vervideosgiros1156]

She has Gender Dysphoria (she really does because unlike in the USA, where everything is turned into a trend and people fake they have GD or La Tourette Syndrome or Autism just to have a lot of followers) here conditions aren't trends and people just live and let live. She's very feminine and if no one told you you would assume that she was born a female. Better to have a trans woman in a female beauty contest, than mass shootings allover and that's one reason why so many americans are leaving their country and coming to Portugal! I didn't want to diss the USA in a vid made by an american, and I like Dave, he's a nice guy and more than welcome to be here, but you got me started!

[@eduardabarbosa403]

I guess it tells you that Portugal is really evolving.

[@davidgalvez5341]

​​​@@vervideosgiros1156In the case of beauty contests I can't understand why anyone who's reasonable should have a problem with this. However, it starts to become idiotic when, like in most things, we start to take ideologies to absurd extremes. Female sports is a glaring example. It's absurd to allow people who were born and developed as males to compete with people who were born females, as in most sports the latter would be at a clear, unfair disadvantage.

[@QuietBob]

You still did not unterstand the tipping mechanism. There isn't any. One of the most nonsense things of america.

[@AromaBlue]

Europe is a continent, not a country. We have countries, not states.

[@liberoAquila]

You are American colonies 😂

[@AromaBlue]

@@liberoAquila America wishes, but fortunately for us we're not. Look what the US did to all the countries they "liberated". They are as bad as all the other colonizers.

[@rogerdiogo6893]

The portuguese society is bipolar, when the national team wins, is ronaldo fault, when it loses is ronaldo fault, the govern promise not to tax foreign retirees, it taxes them anyway, Portugal high class gipsies, no mens word.😢

[@killerone6039]

Europe > USA

[@kleindropper]

For active wars? Yes.

[@wajnrasjklfkaosljrkw]

your content is overused and that is why non popular

[@user-zn2xr9by8h]

Typical mercan this guy actually believes that two years has made him an expert on Europe.