10+ Telling Ways That People Know A Tourist Is American

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Apr 8, 2019 4:00 PM EDT

Turns out that tourist rocking the oversized tee, shorts, and a loud demeanor is just an American tourist. That, or this AskReddit thread dedicated to the ways people can tell a tourist is American, is far off the mark. 

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    Text - Zack1018 4h Baseball caps, University spirit wear, cargo shorts, free t-shirts from events with ads and text all over them, and for the older Americans they always seem to just kinda stand in the middle of everything looking around.
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    Text - Introvertedgenius 5h As an American, I'm told we're LOUD.
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    Text - EmergencyAdvance 5h The way they like to say "oh you call this X? We call that Y in America" or something along those lines
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    Text - irishamerican 4h Extra ice in their drinks.
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    Text - throw-away-thisshiz 5h Americans recognize other Americans in most countries because they smile at strangers on the street.
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    Text - vinegarstrokes5 4h I read somewhere that the way we put our weight on one leg while standing is a sign as well as holding a cigarette with the middle and index finger instead of the index and thumb
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    Text - ToeRagger 5h when they cross the street, they expect cars to stop for them. in my country, the cars will run you down without thinking twice. p/s: when i was in america, i got so used to waiting for cars to drive past before crossing the street, i stopped every time i see a car. i so many drivers getting upset with me because they were waiting for me to cross first.
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    Text - Dayoldpancakes 2h If you see an American in Japan, they will frantically look for public trash cans. The absence of trash receptacle is something unfounded in the US, and we become confused at the idea of having to hold it for extended periods of time.
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    Text - YesHunty 3h Pronouncing things horribly and not making any attempt to fix it On my honeymoon in Quebec City, an American couple kept pronouncing Quebec as "Kwee- Beck". Granted most anglophones don't pronounce it right here anyways, but for some reason I felt like this guy was going out of his way to pronounce it stupidly.
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    Text - IIGreyfoxllI 2h Not looking to blame or shame, but there was this (otherwise Adorable) lady at a social gathering a few weeks back, that started talking about religion, and abortion, and how everyone should basically 'pick a side' (her words). I live in Northern Ireland, and that happened in Derry Luckily everyone took it fine and the conversation went on after a short silence.
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    Text - MogadonMandy 4h Asking for the restroom. I mean, obviously the accent was then heard too but in my little village in Scotland I was in the pub and a woman politely asked the barman where the restrooms were. He didn't know wtf she was on about and then it obviously clicked. "Ye mean the toilet? Aye hen it's joost back 'err"
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    Text - 3Suze 4h Irecently traveled with a fellow American and spent the week embarrassed to be near him. He was impatient, rude, and completely indifferent to the locals. He wanted to shop and eat. He wasted food and complained about service. He would loudly complain that he was being taken advantage of and he constantly pointed out to locals that such-and-such was better at home.| can now spot the Ugly American and l am so sorry that they give us such a bad impression.
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    Text - ShockRampage 4h They tend to let everyone know they're from America
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    Text - Eatthesmellycunt 4h I'm American and you would know that because I have some habits that's American. I went to France last year and went into a McDonald's to order a large burger but the burger was not actually large. In America, if you order a large, you will get a large.
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    Text - BestUserEU 4h My (american) girlfriends old German teacher has a story about how a group of them were together in Germany and in the group there one American. There was a bowl of ice in the middle of the table for everyone to share between them, and the American guy took the bowl and dumped all of the ice in his own drink. Apparently Americans like ice more than Europeans
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    Text - lasteclipse 2h Rushing to the front of the line. Not that Americans don't understand queuing, it just seems like there's always a mad dash to get to the front first. In most other Western cultures people seem fairly polite and even yielding, but with Americans it always seems like "MOVE BITCH"
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    Text - williusethisaccount 4h I was in France once in a very famous and classy art gallery and saw a wildly overweight sweaty man with a shirt on that read something like 'vegetarians are just bad hunters' or something along those lines with a huge picture of a dinosaur. I turned to my friend and said 'That's definitely an American'. Sure enough he then called his kids over in a very Southern twang and it was the funniest thing I've ever seen.
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    Text - tragicworldrecord 2h Having conversations with family at a level appropriate to a rock concert. HEY SANDRA WOULD YA L0OK AT THIS!
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    Text - curved_oracle 2h They get amazed by old things. Girlfriend used to work on a farm and an estate in the U.K. and would often have Americans in of the old buildings. One once said 'some of these buildings are older than my country'
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    Text - shitboxranger 5h I've seen multiple American tourists here in Canada asking their partners "WhErEs tHe SNOW?" I really hope they were joking it was summer at the time.
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    Text - donutshopsss 4h As an American I've learned a lot today - American tourists are somehow mistaken for Chinese tourists by the way we're described.
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    Text - lukan2 2h Tipping. Americans will try to tip everyone, even in countries where tipping isn't a thing/is considered a serious insult.
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