We’ve got nothing against America. After all, our transatlantic cousins did give us Arrested Development and KFC.
But if America is going to come at us with badly punctuated cultural observations – we’re going to hit back.
A 16-year-old recently took to Twitter to highlight his observations about supposedly weird things that British people do. The account has since been made private – presumably due to the relentless whirlwind of disapproving tutting that came his way – but we’ve included some of his criticisms below.
“RED BUSES EVERYWHERE”
“Why do y’all say maths like what’s the point in making it plural it’s just math”
“What the f— is a scone it’s called a biscuit”
Anyway, it seemed only fair that Brits returned the favour, and the hashtag #weirdthingsamericansdo soon came alive…
https://twitter.com/NatalieJ74/status/715530836028862465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/Norgrove01/status/715512093466869760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/23_S_G/status/715293551865815040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/Ita_lion13/status/715517048172969984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
#WeirdThingsAmericansDo calling a path a sidewalk to remind themselves that they need to walk at the side 😂
— Aaron (@Moplive95) March 30, 2016
Put maple syrup on bacon. I'm the fattest geezer in Pompey and I still wouldn't eat that shit
— Mussnja (@mussnja) March 30, 2016
Play rugby with all that padding and call it football. A game that is an hour long but takes over 3 hours to play. #weirdthingsamericansdo
— GIssa (@Gissa64) March 31, 2016
https://twitter.com/Alex__Butcher/status/715505388909625344
#weirdthingsamericansdo why do you have a World Series which is only open to US teams.
— Kenny Farmer (@Kenny_Hanworth) March 31, 2016
#WeirdThingsAmericansDo The logic behind naming a game played predominantly by hand 'football' eludes me
— Br33zyBLVCK (@BreezyVsBrian) March 31, 2016
*looks slowly over at Trump*
#WeirdThingsAmericansDo— chiller ★ (@chiller) March 31, 2016
Touché.
