23 totally accurate (and very funny) giveaways that someone is American

13.

‘When they come at you with their Italian heritage.’
CarelessYak1194

14.

‘The accent usually gives it away.’
Minimum-Activity3009

15.

‘They want ice in their water.’
gianna_in_hell_as

16.

‘In Salzburg I went to grab something from the drug store. As I was checking out I said hello to the cashier (thinking there was very little difference between how I said it and how Austrians say it).

‘She immediately started speaking to me in English and I asked her how she knew I spoke English.

‘She deadpan stared me in the eye and goes “hellloooo”. I just about died laughing since I’m a very stereotypical friendly American that says hello exactly like that. One of my favorite memories from that trip.’
Ted_Dance_Son

17.

‘British man once told me he knew I was American because I was wearing a baseball cap backwards.’
Vhasgia

18.

‘Tactical sunglasses.’
c2u5hed

19.

‘I don’t know how true it is, but when I was in a Hostel in Japan we met a guy from France I think? But anywho at some point he mentioned he could tell we were from USA.

‘He said it was because we talked loudly. Like our normal speaking volume was louder. And now I can’t help but notice that sometimes when I speak to someone from a foreign country. I do feel like I talk louder than them.’
landob

20.

‘I’ve always observed my US friends like to point at stuff while walking and say what it is….

‘We were out walking around Amsterdam recently and they were like ‘hey look it’s a smoke shop’…. ‘Oh look a sex shop’…. ‘Oh hey, it’s a prostitute’ …. ‘Look at the canal’…. ‘Wow it’s another prostitute’….. ‘another canal’ etc etc.

‘It was like watching Netflix with Audio Descriptions turned on 😏’
Thecoolbeans

21.

‘In my homestay in London, I was told that I was “so American” for enjoying a piece of cake for breakfast (not frosted cake, but like a nuts and dried fruit spiced coffeecake kind of thing).

‘Apparently that’s exclusively for like a 4pm snack, and breakfast is more of a savoury meal.’
Signy_Frances

22.

‘To quote a Latvian woman I met at a hostel: you hear them coming like the thunder.

‘More often than not, if they’re talking and laughing louder than everyone else, they’re American.’
MCRN_Lopez

23.

‘When they claim to be 1/8 German, 1/8 Irish, 1/16 Scottish 1/16 Spanish, 3/8 French and 1/4 ƒsalzian.’
Bean_Earth_Society

Last word to this person (people) …

‘As an American, I was expecting to get roasted in these comments. But after reading them I can only laugh and agree.’
Papaya_East

‘Laugh very loudly while leaning.’
Dysterqvist

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