“A tourist in London once said, ‘Everyone here speaks such good English!'”
“In Thailand, people berate locals for eating Italian food because Thai food is ‘so tasty.’
Boo, Thai people eat Thai food every day.
Going out for Italian is like you going out for Thai food in your home country.”
“A tourist in London once said, ‘Everyone here speaks such good English!'”
u/ExpectedBehaviour
3.
“Someone compared Canadian money to Monopoly money and then asked if we had Monopoly in Canada.”
u/devlingrace444
5.
“I’ve been here three days and haven’t heard the British accent yet.’
Yeah, that’s because you’ve heard several.
We have a multitude of accents and dialects, like every other country.
There is no one ‘British accent.'”
u/EnigmaMissing
6.
“‘So, I’ll be able to make it toNew Yorkin a few hours from here.’
You are in Southern California.
You’re talking about driving to New York.
That is the complete opposite side of the country and is a long way from here.
You have no concept of the scale of this country.
No, you cannot get to New York in a few hours without flying.”
u/Madame_Kitsune98
7.
“These were overheard in a souvenir shop in Amsterdam.
Cashier: ‘That’ll be 30 euros, yo.’
American tourist: ‘What’s that in real money?
(Different) American tourist: ‘What do you mean you don’t accept dollars?'”
u/ConstableBlimeyChips
8. u/foxtongue
9.
“This is kind of the inverse, but I think it still counts.
Im an Australian, and I went on holiday in America.
I ended up at an Outback Steakhouse for shits and gigs.
The menu had a seafood dish associated with Toowoomba.
Like surely they saw a picture of the flag, they had to.
And it was still upside down.”
The dangerous Eastern European country with criminals waiting behind every corner to snatch away Spanish women?
u/Four_beastlings
11.
“I lived in Costa Rica for several years, working in tourism.
Also, a woman said she was ‘going to complain to Congress’ about the state of the roads.
Costa Rica is not part of the US, congress has nothing to do with it.”
u/Alchisme
12.
I can easily hear how surprising it is that we are not technologically behind."
She then said, ‘Omg, I hate London.’
I was slightly confused and asked if she’d ever been, and she said ‘No.’
I was like, ‘Okay, nice chatting with you!'"
u/addicted2skooma
14.
“Foreigners coming to India and speaking Hindi in non-Hindi states.
Half of India doesn’t speak Hindi.”
u/yesiamnonoiamyes
16.
“‘Where do you keep the Vikings?’
An American tourist visiting Denmark asked.
u/hyllested
17.
Me: ‘Honey, that map represents the size of the whole US Eastern seaboard.
We are only here for three more days.'”
u/ImCaffeinated_Chris
19.
At first, I thought he was kidding.
