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I think my favorite experience with an American was when I said “I’m from Finland” and she said “Oh so do you speak Scandinavian?” and I swear to god nothing will ever surpass that moment

Actually I fucking lied I’m pretty sure to peak was when my mother was telling a cashier in a target that we couldn’t wait two weeks because we were on vacation and we lived in The Netherlands and she said “The Netherlands? you mean that peter pan place?” 

thank you @worldofwhales for this lovely addition 

OH MIO DIO

i went to summer school in england when i was like 14 and there were some american people and when i said i was italian they started speaking spanish, and when i was like “hey i don’t know spanish can u pls speak english” they were like “but…. you’re from italy… do you not speak spanish in europe?” “No, we speak italian in italy” “oh, that’s a language?”

one time I frustrated this girl so much at one point by not speaking English around her to avoid conversations with her because she was a terrible person and she said “GO BACK TO FRANCE” after snapping one day, entirely convinced Italy was in France

Asdfaddahsd this reminds me of a girl in my geography class when i was in the USA who believed Paris was the capital city of Italy. She also couldn’t be convinced that Poland is a real country because she said it was made up for a movie.

They were right about Poland, its existence is largely theoretical

I had several. A lot of folks either think that the entire Iberian Peninsula is Spain and that Portugal is part of Spain.

Once I was asked why my Spanish was funny. I told them I was speaking Portuguese and they asked if that wasn’t the same thing.

I met someone once who thought brazil was in africa, not south america.

American education in a fuckin nutshell

I was on a transfer from my university in Wales to a University in America and I was asked which languages I speak. And I said I speak a little French and a little Welsh (which I did at the time). And the American students I was talking to said “oh so you speak Welsh in England.” And I said, “no we speak English.” And they said “but you only said you spoke Welsh and French?”

“Yes,” I said. “And I said that in English.”

As an American I can confirm that our educational system basically only teaches us about AMERICA.  It’s taught as if the Earth rotates around America and NOT the sun.  It’s ridiculous how little we are taught about other countries and the history of other countries.  Our arrogance (and cluelessness) knows no bounds.

Every time I’ve been to America on Holiday, at least one person always asks if I’ve met the queen. 

Without fail. 

Unfortunately, I haven’t been on holiday there since my Mum went to the Queens 80th birthday party. I’d kinda like to see the look on their faces when I say that.

(FYI, she won a lottery for a ticket to the Queen’s garden party and concert, and whilst the queen was there, my mum didn’t meet her)

I would like to apologize on behalf of the US for all of the idiot americans you guys had the misfortune of meeting. Not all of us are complete morons.

I was in the UK Pavilion of the Epcot Center waiting in line to buy some fish and chips. Where the fine family from Alabama behind me said that they didn’t want chips they wanted fries and they wanted the cast member (employee) to say hello in their language. 🙄🙄🙄