I hate

Bay-zil... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Oh-reggae-noe

I was in a Subway on the side of road in some part of the USA and asked for a Oregano and Parmesan bread, took my aunt who's lived in Canada for over almost 30 years stepping in and pronouncing Oregano the American way to get my damn sandwhich.

Pronouncing foreign words wrong is one thing, but the US pronunciation of 'herbs' should not continue to go unpunished.

I can't even order water in the US and it varies between states. "Can I get a waaaada!" "wotaa" "war tar"

Also try reading out your CC number over the phone in the US without putting on your best fake American accent and see how far you get. :)

The letter ‘H’ seems to just be a magnet for controversy. I can’t hear someone pronounce it ‘haitch’ without picturing them as a small child.

I changed that over here. I probably still say haitch sometimes but that along with saying 'trousers' instead of 'pants' and sofa instead of couch, etc I've modified it for the most part after 15 years. It's hard to avoid making some changes, but unlike back-packers that go to the US for a month and come back with an accent I've tried to hang on to my Aussie as much as possible. I think it took 12 years before I finally caved and started saying "day ta base" instead of "dar tah base"

and I hate myself for it, obvs

pedestrians who stand at crossing lights without pressing the button

Does the button even do anything though?

Pre-covid when you could touch stuff in public without feeling like you're risking your life, I still enjoyed holding the little knob underneath the box (not a euph) and waiting for it to spin when the green man comes on. Yes I am a child/no I am not blind.

My daughter actually told me about those things when she was 3! I guess she could see them and touched one when it was turning once. I never knew they existed.

Does the button even do anything though?

The two crossings I go through daily, the light wont go red unless the buttons is pressed. Its so hostile towards peds that it sometimes resets even if you have pressed the button.

In an ideal world peds should get an automatic priority i.e. the moment ped arrives at lights the the light goes red, no delay, no buttons.

I hate people who put teatowels on the oven handle. you've not put it away, you've just made it my job to do so when I need to use the oven.

and expanding on that, people who are content with storing things in front of other things that are used constantly. cupboard in the hallway that is in use all the time? why not store a pile of shoes in front of it so it's impossible to open it. who cares if there's a purpose built cupboard for shoes directly opposite. oh also a great place to leave your laptop bag, why not pile your yoga mat on top as well...

I just want to be able to use things without having to reorganise half the flat first.

What. The oven door handle is expressly designed for storing tea towels.

In an ideal world peds should get an automatic priority i.e. the moment ped arrives at lights the the light goes red, no delay, no buttons.

I agree to a point, but a delay should exist between button presses so that one couldn't be disruptive by pressing the button again and again. (There are some lights where this works and people have done it in the past.)

But, yes, pressing the button should make the lights go red straight away unless they've been red within a certain time period before, in which case there is the usual delay.

Button, delay, red = bad
Button, red, delay = good

In an ideal world peds should get an automatic priority

This presupposes that there would be cars in an ideal world

This presupposes that there would be cars in an ideal world

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"day ta base" instead of "dar tah base"

I love "dar tah base" and use it to refer to complex databases. Smaller ones get the boring old "day ta" treatment. "Dar tah" feels fancier.
Yes I'm a loser.

Yes, as someone who doesn't have an oven, I can confirm that there's no good place to put tea towels and they end up on the back of a chair in the kitchen. I hate not having an oven.

I was in a Subway a couple of months ago and someone ordered an iced coffee - he was handed a hot coffee with an ice cube in it. It still makes me laugh.

Does your American describe anything that’s funny or a bit odd as ‘ironic’?

Thankfully no, I'd have to move out.

The lights to cross New Cross Road in front of the Morleys do this, they take an age to change and you need to keep checking the button as it will just turn itself off after a few minutes anyway. Think I've had to press it three times to get across before.

People asking "what WiFi do you use?" when they mean which ISP.

Do people?!?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDbyYGrswtg

Hang on... it doesnt have any wire or anything

Its wireless (dah!)

"Dar tah" feels fancier.

Yeah I never got why "proper" English speakers would use the Star Trek character, American version. Dartar ftw!

I've actually done similar, I was covering the tills in a cafe and someone asked for a white tea, not knowing white tea was a thing I got them a milky tea. They sent it back and got a refund.