topic: do Americans consider themselves superior? spends first 3 minutes taking credit for things that aren't American inventions lol i think we have our answer.....

A few years ago I was talking to an American who told me that he was a Dutch American. I asked him how that was and he told me that one of his Great-Great Grandparents emigrated to the USA from Holland. Given that he will have had 16 Great-Great Grandparents to choose his lineage from I told him that in that case then I must be a Shoe Maker. When he asked why I told him that my Mother's Father's Father's Father carried out that trade so if he could define himself as a Dutch American then I could call myself a Shoe Maker. He was NOT best pleased. 🤣

@iancremmins4727

Жыл бұрын

shoe making isnt genetic

National pride is good so long as its justified. One thing that really annoys me with Americans is the way they falsely claim they discovered this, invented that or claim they did some great feat when it was really done by another country. In truth America has actually invented very little. They just take another countries inventions or discoveries and claim them as theirs. They also never admit their failings or when another country does something better.

@AnonEMoose-wj5ob

Жыл бұрын

An American publication, the "Investor's Business Daily" once said in an editorial (defending American healthcare against the NHS): "People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn't have a chance in the UK, where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless." - automatically assuming that 'this brilliant man" was American. He was British and the NHS did not turn it's back on him (or anyone else in his condition). His life was preserved by the NHS - something he was very vocal about.

@klaxoncow

Жыл бұрын

In fairness, America did invent powered flight. That claim is legit. They invented the plane. But, umm, the jet engine - which actually now powers all that flight these days - was down to British engineer Frank Whittle. So, you know, even on the one you can grant America for genuinely inventing.... it has its caveats and conditions. Base invention: American, actually making it useful: British dude.

@jackwalker4874

11 ай бұрын

​@@klaxoncowmost useful things (not including the jet engine) were invented by Scots

@matyy_.

11 ай бұрын

funny that walkie-talkie was invented in america but by non american but with american parts lets say

@tudormiller887

10 ай бұрын

Yeah! Like the myth about the original Jews being from Africa not from Europe. 😊

The important point is that American democracy, that they are so proud of, is just English law written in one document. The Magna Carta (that even Americans seem to know about) was signed in 1215. It said that no person, not even the king, was above the law. And in 1265 the first English parliament was formed. Oppressive rules were gradually removed with some upheavals such as the peasant’s revolt of 1381. This included the abolition certain unfair taxes and began the abolition of serfdom. By 1688 we had elections every three years. In the 1690s free speech was created with the abolition of certain restrictive laws. It’s just a pity America hasn’t moved on. American workers have few rights, there is no general health care and America is the land of mass murder on a weekly basis because it has insane gun laws. It’s also worth mentioning that it was the British who gave America proper radar, the jet engine, plus an understanding of “chain reaction”, in other words the atomic bomb.

Wow, just 2 minutes and 30 seconds in and so many errors. The following were NOT invented in the USA. The submarine, Dutchman Cornelius Drebbel in 1620 whilst working for the Royal Navy. Car, steam-powered in 1769 by Nicolas Cugnot in France. The electric car, was by Robert Anderson in 1832 in Scotland. The petroleum car by Karl Benz, 1885 in Germany. The Internet by Sir Tim Burners-Lee in 1989 in the UK. This re-writing of history for the US home market is appalling, almost as bad as the film U-571 which pushed the claim that the first Enigma machine was captured by the Americans. Historical note, the first Enigma machine was captured by the Royal Navy even before the US decided to enter the war. As for the 'expat' reference, there really is not such a thing. People who leave their own country and go to work/live in another are called immigrants.

@frevilo1

Жыл бұрын

What you have stated is the reason for a lot of other peoples views on americans!

@tonygreenfield7820

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget the first jet engine (Frank Whittles design the Gloster Whittle), the Hovercraft, the Harrier (first operational VTOL jet). The concept of the geosynchronous orbit (Sir Arthur C Clarke). We also supplied the US with advanced radar systems that had they been used could have allowed for the interception of the Japanese fleet that attacked Pearl Harbour. Apparently even at the end of the war it had not been unpacked. British and Belgian nuclear scientists shared technology with the US that enabled the first atom bombs to be built (and the US then renaged on an agreement to share developments going forwards). In the meantime whilst Britain was facing the blitz American companies continued to trade with Nazi Germany and Henry Ford was awarded The Grand Cross of the German Eagle, one of the highest awards that the Nazi regime could give to a civilian in recognition of his services to Nazi Germany. There are reasons why we tend to roll out eyes at certain expressions of American "superiority".

@donnawinter7561

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely right. Misplaced boastfulness is one of the USA most noted traits globally

@fuzzlewit9

Жыл бұрын

Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web *not* the Internet. The Internet is, indeed, American and was used mainly by the US military and universities. The World Wide Web made it a lot easier to use and so that many people could connect to it together.

@_starfiend

Жыл бұрын

@@fuzzlewit9 JANET (Joint Academic NETwork) Was a joint US/UK 'invention', AIUI it was joint research between MIT and Cambridge and two or three others in US & UK. ARPANet, which was the US military variation, came around the same time but was not directly related, nor directly linked. It was however the US who linked the two and expanded further, but many of the actual innovations come from further afield than just the US. As you rightly point out, the WWW is something very different that runs on top of 'the internet'.

The American claim about saving Europe during WW2 is one I find particularly offensive. Don't get me wrong, America entering the war was important for victory, but it rather glosses over the fact that if Britain and various resistance movements had not fought so hard for the first 3 years, then Hitler would have conquered Europe and America would have been facing a very dangerous enemy. It also ignores the Russian contribution. Ok yes Stalin basically gave Hitler the go ahead in 1939, but then the Russians fought on the eastern front against Hitler, losing so many people, killing many Nazis and most importantly they split Hitler's forces. Modern Americans seem to think they won the war single-handedly. They say stupid stuff like "you'd be speaking German if it were not for us". Well Hitler gaining absolute control over the entirety of Europe would arguably have allowed him to develop the first atom bomb, or at least develop one soon after the Americans. Thus we would have faced a world where Nazis ruled Europe, the Russians would have had to make peace and likely allied with them and America would have been facing down an enemy who would seek to obliterate them. If the Brits are her allies had not stood strong for those years then America and the world would be very different. Israel wouldn't exist, every Jew in Europe would be dead, along with the Romani people, the disabled and a host of others.

@tenniskinsella7768

Жыл бұрын

Yes Americans did not win the war they helped aot. Get annoyed with American war films always Americans rhe heroes. Yes they are very very bigheaded

@RubberRivet

Жыл бұрын

@@tenniskinsella7768 they wouldn't have fought at all if the Japanese had not attacked Pearl Harbour. Until then they were happy to sit back and not get involved in a World War.

@joeysausage3437

Жыл бұрын

@RubberRivet We should have not got involved in Europe. A very big mistake.

@laughingachilles

Жыл бұрын

@@RubberRivet Many would argue the Americans provoked the Japanese into that attack by cutting off Japans oil supply. It's funny how so many are still taught the attack was entirely unprovoked. The US backed Japan into a corner and they reacted.

@laughingachilles

Жыл бұрын

@@joeysausage3437 1. If the US had not gotten involved then Hitler would have had a united Nazi empire and likely would have forced the Russians into grudging ally-ship. 2. The Nazis would have continued with their nuclear weapon experiments. Developing a working device at the same time as, or shortly after the US. 3. As German rocket technology was way ahead of the US it stands to reason they would have been the first to develop effective long range missiles, meaning they could have nuked the US while the US would have been relying on planes to drop one. As Hitler would control Europe the planes wouldn't have gotten far. 4. The US made a lot of money from the loans given to Europe during and after the war. This helped position them to create the petrodollar and become the worlds superpower. So yeah, going into Europe wasn't a mistake.

Karl Friedrich Benz, a German engineer, built the first gasoline automobile in 1885/86, powered by an internal combustion engine: three wheeled, four cycle, engine and chassis form a single unit. (The original idea is credited to Leonardo da Vinci) Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel was a Dutch engineer and inventor. He was the builder of the first operational submarine in 1620. The Manchester Baby was the world's first stored-program computer. It was built at the University of Manchester in England by Frederic C. Williams, Tom Kilburn and Geoff Tootill, and ran its first program on 21 June 1948. The intranet was first developed by CERN in Switzerland as an interoffice information system, the American military took it and use it as a private communications system.

@belegur8108

Жыл бұрын

first armored tank vehicle finished 9. September 1915, William Foster & Co. - Lincoln, England

@katertom

10 ай бұрын

The CERN didn't invent the internet. It was developed by universities and researchers in the USA, the UK and France after the development of the DARPA net by US defense agencies. The CERN developed the WWW, the method to browse distributed information and the web-browser. It used the internet, implementing HTTP, an additional protocol to the existing ones like FTP (file transfer), SMTP and POP3 (E-mail), telnet (remote login) and numerous others.

@belegur8108

10 ай бұрын

@@katertom the CERN invented the WWW ( World Wide Web ) procedure, commonly known nowadays as the Internet, but i give you the point you made about the collaboration of countries to build the infrastructure for it.

It was also the British who invented the computer - Colossus at Bletchley Park, which was used to break the German ENIGMA code. Also, Charles Babbage created the first mechanical computer.

@andypandy9013

Жыл бұрын

Colossus was built to crack the Lorenz Cipher machines, not the Enigma machines. The former used teletype characters and were used by very senior Nazis only whereas the latter used Morse Code and were used for more mundane and routine messages. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer

@readiest

Жыл бұрын

Actually Konrad Zuse, a german, presented a fully functional computer - Z3 - in May 1941. Colossus was build in 1943.

@klaxoncow

Жыл бұрын

@@readiest Babbage beats that, as he was 19th century. But, ah, yes, true. Babbage never actually built his design at the time. Although, they have since actually built it and it would have worked. And they tried out Ada Lovelace's code on it - world's first programmer was a woman (the daughter of the poet Byron), in case folks didn't know - and that worked perfectly too. So, you know, it depends on if we mean "first computer DESIGN" or "first ACTUAL PHYSICAL computer that can be turned on and works". Also, in the distance, the Greeks can be heard shouting "Antikythera mechanism! Antikythera mechanism!" but no-one hears them. If you count that as a computer, it's got a couple of thousand years headstart.

I had an American customer who told me I existed only to serve him and he said he would grt me sacked for refusing to give him a discount. He then insisted that I call my boss (in Morocco, where she was on holiday) and he did his best to get her tofire me. I have many similar stories and 90% of them involve Americans.

@aw_1890

Жыл бұрын

I have heard an american say that their country "fixed" Italian pizza.. 🤣

@joeysausage3437

Жыл бұрын

I went to a couple of F1 races in Indy back in the day. 99% of the drunk jerks were brits. So take that.

@joeysausage3437

Жыл бұрын

@@aw_1890 I'm sorry you witnessed that. Maybe you should seek help to help you cope.

The fact Americans think they invented all that, tells us all we need to know😂

@ThorDyrden

9 ай бұрын

in deed.... "Auto Industry" ... ok - maybe Henry Ford's mass production - but Cars themselfes are German inventions.. "the Internet" - in the modern usage of World Wide Web invented by a Brit in Switzerland... there are US inventions like the Microchip (not the Computer) or the modern Smartphones.. but messing the invention already up in the original-video is a little strange

@brushe8025

Ай бұрын

And WiFi invented by an Australian .​@@ThorDyrden

Amanda, Infographics tends to be relatively "fact free". I think many watch it purely because it's in cartoon form for US consumption. Need I say more?

@joeysausage3437

Жыл бұрын

Sad part is she takes it as factual.

It always amuses me when you meet a U.S. citizen abroad. Ask them where they are from and they answer - England, Ireland, Germany, Sweden Italy etc. etc. Never the U.S. Maybe not so proud of it.

@MrSinclairn

Жыл бұрын

A lot of them,seems to passes themselves off as Canadian ! 🙄

@Tijuanabill

Жыл бұрын

Pride is all well and good, but being a target isn't worth it. Some of you don't behave over there, and have a lot of tribal hate. It isn't safe for Americans to wear our colors, in many places around the world. But no matter where on earth YOU are from, you are welcome to walk our streets waving every flag and symbol you believe in, and you will be in zero danger.

@ABC1701A

Жыл бұрын

@@Tijuanabill? What colours can't USAmericans wear? And don't say ''red, white and blue'' because those three colours are the colours of MULTIPLE nations other than the USA. France for example, or Russia, Netherlands, Chile, Czech Republic, Cuba, Croatia, Australia,, New Zealand. So what exactly ARE those colours that USAmericans CAN'T wear. [At a guess it would be the black, red, and white seen on so many flags and worn by so many of those walking the streets holding said flags while proudly shouting to the masses ''sieg heil, sieg heil'', but maybe there are some others]

I think knowing your background and culture is not a bad thing. I see no issue with Americans looking at their heritage although I have strong doubts about the claimed Irish heritage of most Americans. There's a certain resident of the White House who bangs on about being Irish whilst seemingly forgetting his surname is English and his family on the father's side are English.

@titchs9098

Жыл бұрын

Exactly why I call him ‘plastic paddy’.

@kitskivich

Жыл бұрын

He's not referring to Biden as being Irish. He's referring to Irish family surnames.

@billythedog-309

Жыл бұрын

l'm on Biden's side - l'm of Danish descent (only fifty generations ago) and l still hate Anglo Saxons.

I think the 'I'm part whatever' annoys so many because the old world is a complete mix. A DNA test will show so many different countries for most Europeans but we don't runaround saying we are a total mix.

@Simon-hb9rf

Жыл бұрын

they have this grand idea that's the case because "America was founded by immigrants" as if there was no immigration between European countries for several thousand years before that.

@LG-cz6ls

11 ай бұрын

Americans tend not to say they are "part whatever", they say they are whatever and get confused when you ask them where they were born...

I am an English man that lives in Thailand. I am English, I know my ancestors came from Europe, most likely from Saxony, but I do not say I am a German English man. If you are born in a country, that is what your nationality is. Let us say American not African American or Irish American. You are American.

@philipashley9723

Жыл бұрын

Correct, so tired of hearing the expression, African American. If you were born in America, you are an American. A cat, born in a fishmongers, is a cat, not a fish.

@1414141x

Жыл бұрын

Sounds a good idea.

@RubberRivet

Жыл бұрын

@@philipashley9723 well according to ido8070 that cat is a fish.

@iancremmins4727

Жыл бұрын

@@philipashley9723 thats a fish cat

Hi Amanda, personally I've no problem with US citizens identifying as Irish American or Scottish American, it's just the ones that travel there and accuse the locals of not being real Irish or Scottish. There's no end of stories on the web of this happening.

@AndrewwarrenAndrew

Жыл бұрын

or claiming to be "Scotch" lol

@beldin2987

Жыл бұрын

Or those that claim they are german, but can't even speak one word of the language but still think they are "more german" than maybe black people who where born and raised there and speak german perfect because its their first language.

@tonywatson7988

Жыл бұрын

The one that infuriated me was Joe Biden, almost immediately after his inauguration responding to a reporter who was trying to ask him a question stating that he was from the BBC by saying "I'm Irish". The clear implication was that the irish hate the British so he wouldn't answer to a British reporter's questions. Bloody half wit. There is, as others have said, nothing wrong in taking pride in your ancestors' nationalities but this assertion that you are yourself of that nationality seems particularly absurd.

@blackbob3358

Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewwarrenAndrew A rudimentary mistake, there. You work it out !

@AndrewwarrenAndrew

Жыл бұрын

@@blackbob3358 exactly, unless they're a liquid.

What we object to is Americans saying, "I'm British!" or Irish or Italian and then telling people who actually are that nationality, that they are doing it wrong. For example, I am often toldby Americans that they know my history better than I do, because they are British, even when they have never been here.

@sdafc888

Жыл бұрын

Fight, fight, fight

@unitb7713

Жыл бұрын

Hard to believe when very few Americans even know their own history, just the mythology they are indoctrinated with where always,always,the Americans are the good guys. Do they even know that the US invaded Russia (after WW1). The Russians sure do. AND - if "being American" is so great, why DO they always pretend to be "Irish"or"Italian" or "Swedish" eh? Altho' the last few years would show why it is better to be something else other than American.

@jordizee

Жыл бұрын

The british are not taught about their history...ive found that Americans do know more about British history than us. For example we are not taught every thing about the British empire

@fuzzlewit9

Жыл бұрын

​@@jordizeesorry but that really isn't true. Most Americans are actually quite terrible when it comes to history, particularly pre-USA history.

@ABC1701A

Жыл бұрын

@@jordizee How many years do you spend at school, divide that by [conservatively] 2000 years of history and see how much time you would have left for any other subject. There are 5000 year old villages still left [unoccupied now admittedly] in parts of Britain so if you go back that far in your history you can forget learning ANY other topic, all you would have time to cover is BRITISH history [and tough if you are interested in any other history from around the world]

I have a small percentage of Neanderthal in me ,but i usually tell people im English 😊raaah

Almost all 'American' technology was from some where else.

@101steel4

Жыл бұрын

As are almost all "Americans" 😉

America has taken credit for a lot of inventions when it turns out they never did invent it A good example is the telephone and the lightbulb

Tut tut, Amanda! Have you forgotten Al Murray's definitive version of America's, er, contributions? 🤣

Americans being less nationalistic because more have started to travel abroad is what Brits went through in the 1970s and 1980s. The US is one of the last countries in the world to get cosmopolitan and appreciate other cultures.

Is the interest in people's family trees in the USA linked to the fact that the country is so young? Also the insistence of people saying that they are, for example, Irish/American etc. when they have no Irish born parents just seems devisive, setting themselves apart from other Americans. Makes as much sense as me saying I'm a Scandinavian/French Briton, although my families have lived in England since before the USA existed.

The United States was founded on a lie, not by the modern Americans but by their British ancestors. At the time of the ‘War of Independence 90% of colonists were British, 80% were English. The tax on tea and other commodities did not cause the war, it was an excuse originally designed to gain representation in Parliament. ‘No taxation without representation’ was the call, however the real reason was slavery. Britain was heading towards banning slavery in its colonies and the colonists knew it. The people of the colonies would no have rebelled against their King to protect the slave owners, it was repugnant to them as slavery had been effectively abolished in England seven hundred years before. but they would rebel if they thought they were being unfairly taxed. It should be remembered that the above mentioned tax’s were not just applied to the colonies but to Britain as well, tax’s needed to pay for the war with France and protecting the colonies from French invasion.. George Washington who considered himself to be an English Gentleman was a large slave owner before the was, as was his wife and most of the so called founding fathers. After the war Washington and his wife doubled their slave ownership as did all of the founding fathers who owned slaves and those who did not own slaves benefited from the industry and the wealth it brought. I now the above will raise the hackles among many present day Americans but check it out, simply research Washington’s slave owning history. They wanted representation in order to lobby Parliament against abolishing slavery. It was only a few years after the war that Britain did in face abolish slavery in its colonies but the newly formed United states carried on slavery for a further sixty years.

@peterjardine8409

Жыл бұрын

Also the British Government had made agreements with the Native Americans regarding their lands and limiting the spread of the colonies, the colonial leaders wanted those lands. The tea duty had just been stopped and the newly arrived shipment tipped in Boston Harbour actually undercut in price the smuggled tea which was available, guess who was behind the "Tea Party" events to eliminate the competition?. The average "Joe Public" colonist just like his UK equivalent had no vote, hence no representation at all, he owned no Slaves and had nothing to pay taxes on anyway. It was the wealthy landowners who would benefit from Independence, they made an excellent job of portraying the whole situation as unjust to all the Colonists and were succesful in convincing enough of the population to take action to win the subsequent war.

I've not heard an American say I'm part Irish or English, I've heard I'm Irish or English I think that's what people are getting at

I think - for many in the UK - it’s the attitude of some Americans. Those who say they’re - for example - Irish: despite only having one Irish great-grandparent, and never been outside Boston. I’m also aware - through the odd question on Quora - that many black British people who visit the States … and get called African American … ! But it’s a complicated subject, isn’t it?

@jackwalker4874

11 ай бұрын

Or where American tourists visit Cape Town and remark upon how many "African-Americans" there are there. Some even refuse to believe that someone born and raised in Ireland could possibly be Irish on the basis of their skin colour.

@MrCuddy2977

11 ай бұрын

@@jackwalker4874 They obviously never heard of Thin Lizzy …

@tenniskinsella7768

11 ай бұрын

Black people in Britain are just called British America could learn from us

My town fills up with American tourists every summer. They are usually looking for their ancestors. They are very polite and genuinely interested in getting to know you and open to our culture. I've been to America many times, never New York, Boston, LA or obvious venues but Texas, Ohio, Vermouth, Colorado. Here they ask me if I live in or near a castle (I live very near one yes) or have I met the Queen. These are clichés but true. American visitors are the enquiring type by dint of the fact that they are nosing around my town (happy to have them) and have the time and money to be here sniffing out Warwick Castle. Oh that is Worrick not War wick 😅

@36814

Жыл бұрын

Vermouth ??????

@alan-dx2zf

Жыл бұрын

Typo 😀

@jackwalker4874

11 ай бұрын

The Queen was out walking around Balmoral with her bodyguard. They bumped into a couple of American tourists who (when she said that she'd had a holiday home nearby since she was a little girl) asked if she had met the Queen. "No, but he sees her all the time!"

@davidbennett8598

4 ай бұрын

​@@36814I think you are meaning Vermont.

@36814

4 ай бұрын

@ennett8598Not me ! I was questioning the original poster who stated he had been to Vermouth. Hence the question marks .

I definitely think a lot of people thinking American's see them selves as superior comes from a lot of American TV and movies from the 80s and 90s where they would drum home how superior they are or how they are the only country that could single handedly save the world. There was even a point where certain people in Hollywood got offended if other countries made America out to be anything else but all powerful. It did almost seem like they were trying to convince the viewers they were the only great country. So I would say not so much the people but how the media wanted them to think.

When I was in the British army I spent 3 months in america and 3 in Canada.. It does get a bit annoying when 90% of the people you met would say how their great great great grand parents where Scottish ,Irish etc

True, America invented the internet, but it wasn't until Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web whilst working at CERN and gifted it to the world that we have what we know as the internet today. There are so many places to visit in the UK - I live in the north east of England, and a two hour drive in any direction (other than east - that's straight into the North sea!) gives me a wide range of places to visit. All of the castles on the Northumbrian coast, Hadrian's Wall, the North York Moors, the Lake district to name but a few.

Hi Amanda! Why not take the family to Bristol and enjoy The International Balloon Fiesta every August or the Harbourside Festival every July! The festivals have everything for all the family. Some Brits can be arrogant but then again so many other nationalities. It depends on the person really. I've been fortunate to have travelled to over 40 countries and my foreign parents took us away for the first time when I was 4 years old to Italy. I've been there 14 times now and 8 times to my Dad's country, Estonia. We've even emigrated to Canada and returned to England after one year! So yeah; you can say I caught the travel bug from an early age!!!

An English man invented the internet and gave it to the world

@andywilliams7323

Жыл бұрын

No British Man Tim Berners Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989 and gave it to the world. The American Department of Defence invented the Internet in the 1960s. The Internet and the World Wide Web are not the same thing. The Web is digital software and communication protocols that run on the physical hardware infrastructure that is the Internet.

@fuzzlewit9

Жыл бұрын

You're thinking of the World Wide Web. The Internet predates the World Wide Web, which wouldn't exist without the Internet, and is predominantly a US invention. Tim Berners-Lee is the Brit that made the Internet easily accessible by all, but there would be no World Wide Web without the US creating the Internet first.

@joeysausage3437

Жыл бұрын

Nope.

@Andy-ScotsIrish-TheGAEL.

10 ай бұрын

​@@fuzzlewit9and there would be no use for the Internet if that Brit didn't invent the first computer to use. And the telephone which the Internet would use the same line to operate. The industrial revolution happened in little Britian, and I believe it was Manchester that created the first super computer, but I need to brush up on my history a little rejog the memory.

@Andy-ScotsIrish-TheGAEL.

10 ай бұрын

​@@fuzzlewit9not forgetting the first television came from the UK

The trouble with so many Americans (not all!) is that they think that any praise of - or even comment on - someone else's culture, political system or even food is somehow a criticism of the American equivalents. No it isn't. Not everyone is in the "We'reTheBestWe'reTheBest" mindset. I've lived in America, loved where I lived, doesn't affect how I feel about my own country.

The Pub Landlord sitcom 'Time Gentlemen Please' hit the nail right on the head in the episode where the brewery are trying to force the pub to sell Irish stout. When the character Terry points out "I don't know why so many Americans try and claim they're Irish.. Like it's not already bad enough being American.."

Hi Amanda that was a brilliant summarization at the end.

Hi Amanda i found this very interesting as ive never left the uk im glad you and your family have been enjoying the great weather 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞

All non native Americans must have ancestors that have come from somewhere else so it's not surprising that Americans have an interest in genealogy.

Amanda, in fact Britain succeeded in doing 60% of the world inventions, more than any other country but Britons do not shout about it. It is not considered good form. Even the atom was split in Cambridge, England and Britons were involved in the project to make the bomb. The first computer was constructed at the intelligence centre, Bletchley Park, England during the war. The list is endless. Unfortunately Americans do tend to claim inventions which are in fact British.

@fuzzlewit9

Жыл бұрын

You say Brits don't bang on about it but here you are doing just that. And according to recent Japanese research it's 40% of inventions that came from Britain. Still a healthy amount. Also look up Ernest Rutherford who split the atom in Manchester University in 1917.

@valeriedavidson2785

Жыл бұрын

@@fuzzlewit9 I am banging on about it because nobody does. In fact I have been told by several sources that it is 60% British inventions

@valeriedavidson2785

Жыл бұрын

@@fuzzlewit9 Forgot to say I understood that Rutherford split the atom at Cavendish Laboratories in Cambridge.

@tenniskinsella7768

Жыл бұрын

We invented pads more than Americans. They should get their facts right

@peterjardine8409

Жыл бұрын

Yes Britain has come up with a large proportion of the world inventions, however we are very poor with developing them. America is very good at taking someone elses invention and developing then commercialising it.

He's wrong about the inventions. Submarines were invented before America existed.

When it comes to ancestry, Americans tend not to say "I'm part X", but declare that they are X. I'm Irish, I'm Italian...or whatever nationality one of their great, great grandparents was. Until it suits to be American. I'm a Brit. My grandmother was German, so I'm part German. But if someone asks me I'm British, unless they ask specifically about my ancestry. Then I'm British with an extra dash of German from my maternal grandmother.

The first 5/6 minutes of this video was hilarious because not a word of it was true and the rest of it was full of excuses. Sorry Amanda.🥰 But we all love you very much 💜❤

We do not think that we are superior, we just want the government to leave us alone so we can live our lives.

Fun fact: approx. 37% of US citizens hold a US passport (YouGov, April 2021); in Canada, 66% of all Canadians hold valid Canadian passport (IRCC, June 2020).

I’m surprised it doesn’t include lightbulbs and jet engines!

Hi Amanda. Happy 4th of July! have a lovely day, if you are celebrating😀 Cheers Amanda

When you're born, you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat!

Yay, you're back. That info guy had a lot of facts wrong and the details are in some comments below. Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

It's not saying that they're "part Irish" or "part German" or "part Croatian" that annoys (at least me). Rather it's when they say: "I am Norwegian", simply because one grandparent / great-grandparent / a "great-great-great-grandparents-neighbours-cats-postman" came from somewhere in Northern Europe, perhaps even Scandinavia... It's your HERITAGE!! NOT your NATIONALITY!!

Glad you've been enjoying the weather Amanda , a bit too hot for me nowadays but it's nice to find some shade near the sea as I'm lucky enough to live near it . I must say from what I've learned about the US. It's not a surprise that many travel within it for holidays with the vast area , different climates and cultures . I do think the patriotism seems a bit much until you realise the difficulty of governing the entire place . There is a big difference between visiting and living in another Country and I'm sure plenty of tourists live up to national stereotypes , a quiet pride in your heritage is a Good thing . The BBC 's "Who do you think you are? " did a lot for genealogy , the detective work in tracing old records and what may be discovered is fascinating and it turned up some amazing stories .

Where to start ? Americans have a great deal to be proud of, with the notable exception of their knowledge of their own history. Which in most books begins with the Pilgrims, who did not land at Plymouth Rock and did not flee to America to escape religious persecution. They travelled to America because they weren’t allowed to persecute in England. After years of religious wars in the UK, a peace was sort of brokered, that allowed different religions to live alongside each other. The pilgrims found that terrible and so flounced off to start their own colonies. - they were hanging quakers and declaring people witches in no time. Another bit stepping stone was the Boston Tea Party - which students are taught was colonists objecting to paying taxes. In reality it had more to do with that British East India Company being granted permission to pay no taxes. Though America, with its worship of capitalism has distorted that, because the idea of citizens rising up and fighting the concept of corporate welfare doesn’t sit well with the governing forces, and is not something they’d want to encourage. On gaining independence a bunch of old white guys made all the declarations about liberty equality etc. while most of them had slaves. History books became more irrelevant when Hollywood emerged - in a bizarre twist of racism, with many of the studio bosses being first generation immigrants, they proved their loyalty to America by producing movies that poured glory over everything considered American. Following the birth of Hollywood, there were two world wars - America was extremely late to both and arguably joined in the latter days mostly to get their hands on the spoils of Germany and war contracts. England and other countries didn’t actually finish paying off their war debts to America until 50yrs after the war. And if you watch - especially WW2 movies, you'll see Americans capturing the first enigma machine - three years after the British actually captured one and despite the fact that Turing and his team had cracked the Enigma machine before the US even entered the war. You'll see Americans taking heroic roles in 'the Great Escape' - there were no Americans in that camp. You might even see the movie 'Windtalkers' about the program America came up with, to use Navaho speakers to make military messages unintelligible to the Japanese in the Pacific. - it was a great idea, conceived in Canada, where Cree Indians developed the program and invented the new words for technical machinery that had not existed before the war. When the first intake of Codetalkers was completed their training, they were seconded to the US navy where they handled communications in the pacific. America did produce their own equivalent . It’s probably worth noting that when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour - forcing America to enter the war - the Canadians declared war on Japan before the Americans did. The video you watched mentioned Americas great achievement of landing on the moon - so worth noting that NASA and its achievements came from its director Werner Von Braun, the Nazi who developed the rockets that devastated London during the war. His factories were also staffed with concentration camp inmates. But rather than hold that against him, the Americans spirited him away from Germany and gave him a nice house and a well paying job. And while it was a German who put America into space, it was a bunch of Canadians working for Grumman, who invented the lunar lander, which put Americans on the moon. All countries give a favourable accounting of their history, but the US really does just rewrite history constantly to its own favour. There are hundreds of TikTok’s of Americans who can’t believe they believed what they were told in the US after spending time overseas. And there are videos on KZread of things like the ‘top British bands' where Americans are visibly shocked to find out that bands like Pink Floyd, The Who and Queen aren’t American.

@adrianmcgrath1984

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Well known in his day, Tom Lehrer was an American singer (and college professor) who was not afraid to point out some of americas darker sides. kzread.info/dash/bejne/g3l-m6qritSdgtI.html

@_starfiend

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The British army also used Welsh speakers in the same way that the US used Navaho/Cree etc.

I don't know why Americans can't just say they are American instead of constantly qualifying it, to me that is a level of insecurity, funny as well that they never identify with any English ancestry they have, I was born in England and have been here all my life, 61 years,, I but I am also an Irish Citizen and hold an Irish passport along with my UK passport, if asked I will always say I am English, amusingly my DNA result came back as 53% Irish and 47% English.

@Newworldman66

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The USA is still quite a young country so identifying with their heritage is seemingly important for some, although as you point out not many refer to their English ancestry or German ancestry for that matter, at least not in an overt manner. Give it a couple of hundred years or so and I dare say most Americans will just refer to themselves as American.

It’s HOT as hades here in the South. Not our favorite Summer Weather and taking a dip in a hot swimming pool is not such a great thing. There are a bunch of American contributions to the International Community but there are also great innovations by other countries that are shared and appreciated. I agree with the domestic travel customs here but that’s mainly because it is so much less expensive to travel here rather than abroad. It’s all about da 💴💴💴💴 Happy 4th of July Ms. Amanda.

Hi Amanda, lovely to hear the snort again. Anyhoo I find it mildly amusing when I hear Brits, yanks, aussies and Kiwis et al living abroad, describing themselves as ex pats. You are Immigrants nothing more nothing less, just living in a different Country looking for a better life experience. I wonder if there's any other Immigrants in the world wanting to do the same...... Keep up the good work bonny lass.

Blimey not biased much. He was confirming the reasons why the perception.( Read other comments). I’ve been in the states for over 50 years and still have to enlighten youth as to why July 4th. Is celebrated. When asked the question the response is Independence Day. My response to that is Independence from what. (Duh).Americans do not feel that they need to understand other cultures as theirs is perfect. Total B.S.

I've only encountered a stereotypical American tourist once, it was in Bratislava, Slovakia. We were in the old part of the city, walking along a pedestrianised street. The loudmouth was berating his tour guide at such a volume that most of the rest of the city could hear him. He failed to recognise that he was doing anything wrong when I suggested he might like to tone it down and have a private conversation with his guide.

When I was a kid, I was always taught about the freedoms we have and how not every country has those freedoms. Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, the right to vote, etc. I’m grateful for those freedoms and don’t take them for granted. So I’m proud of where I’m from because of the freedoms I have. But I don’t think we’re the best. There’s good and bad in every country. I’ve heard some Europeans say, they don’t understand when an American walks up to a person in the military and says “thank you for your service”, even if the haven’t fought in a war. I told them there’s only a select few that will volunteer for the military. Then out of those select few, only a few who are healthy enough, fit enough and have the right mentality to serve in the military. So people here, are grateful of all people who serve in the military. I know people here go over the top with patriotism at times though. That annoys me. It’s fine to be proud of where you’re from, grateful for the military and patriotic, but don’t rub it in people’s faces.

@AMANDARAEUK

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USA did not invent the motor car (Henry Ford however invented the production line) USA did not invent the world wide web that was an Englishman called Tim Berners Lee, The cell phone was an innovation from a Hong Kong company and I question the submarine thing as well.

i think, you answered your question yourself at 9:30 . Imho. the main reason many US americans think about their country as the best is because of the constant indoctrination from the very early years on. But in my 52 years i have met a lot of US citizens, abroad and in the US and almost every single one of them was a decent human being, very friendly and chatty ( as a German that was an experience in itself 😂) and not in the least putting the US on top of everything. The two kindest ones where US army POC soldiers my parents took in over the Christmas Holidays two years in a row, when i was a teen and i still remember my talks with Anthony and Billy, both only a few years older than me. They where humble to a fault and no overbearing pride for their country at all. They oozed the will to learn about other cultures and i think, they enjoyed the chance to experience the daily life of a German family very much. Also when i visited the US in the mid 90's ( Pomona, California and Detroit, Michigan ) i was greeted with open arms and minds and was asked many questions about my home, not a single one comes to my mind of being ignorant or entitled. thank you for sharing your thoughts and keep going, a fan out of Germany 🥰

Are we talking about the same people who almost destroyed the indigenous peoples and forced them into reservations and has also destroyed the English language?

@tenniskinsella7768

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Yes they have messed up the English language. No such thing as American language it's English messed up

I worked in Harrods on Saturdays during college and if there is one place travellers from abroad often go it was there. I have dozens of stories and it is my experiences there that lead me to believe wealth is a bigger influence over character than nationality. I am not saying rich people are evil, I am saying that it appears to me that being wealthy makes people less inquisitive when you have so much provided therefore not so accommodating of others who ways they are ignorant of. They do not question their position in the world as much as they do of others around them, as we all do tend to feel we are superior to all others around us bar a few exceptions.

Superior? Ha! Leonardslee or Sheffield Park are great places in West Sussex. The girls would love the train ride on the Bluebell Railway train at Sheffield Park. Leonardslee is a great place to take kids as it is wild and you can just spend hours walking around there. I am proud to have been born in England, but so proud that I am 52% Scottish and have my grandmother from Jersey CI, who had ancestors from France. Yes, I am a mongrel and proud of it! I can concur that in Thailand whenever the National Anthem is played, people used to stand still or up (in a cinema). Not whilst at home when it played on the radio or TV though and definitely not in a taxi!

@AMANDARAEUK

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Haha good to know!

Hi Amanda Have you ever reacted to "Americans Living Abroad, what's the first time you realized America really messed you up"?

Have to admit, the most polite tourists I've encountered are American tourists.

A lot of Americans when they first travel abroad tend to come across as overconfident. This most of the time is also seen as being arrogant. There is a classic WWII Army film showing soldiers how to act when coming to Britain showing they knew how Americans come across even back then. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ha2NtaR7dZSqdto.html

Lack of vacation time maybe why they do not travel out of the u.s. , i get 28 days paid holiday as do most of us here in the u.k.

I am feeling so divided with this. You said Americans are taught from a young age how great america is, a certain Mr Hitler done the same thing. A real shame that Americans in general don't visit other countries. I think with the huge divide of the haves and have nots it is evident that America needs to up its game. Health care is ridiculous for a superpower

Well, I'm 100% Irish! Because my aunt's hairdresser had an Irish Setter. Viva Saint Patty!

Most of the great countrys started in uk .Americans are uk descendants, as are Canadians and australians

Only 2 minutes in, and already as usual for an Infographics video it provides a major false fact. America did not invent or develop the Submarine. The Submarine was invented by the UK and Netherlands, and all of its further historical development right up till the end of WW2 was done by various Europe countries over the years. The US didn't get majority involved in further development and advancement of submarine tech until the 1950s, and since then they've never had the monopoly on submarine development as European nations have remained neck and neck with the USA on submarine development.

@_starfiend

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Interestingly, the aircraft carrier was also 'invented' by the Royal Navy.

45 of the Greatest British Inventions of All Time.....1. The Reflecting Telescope by Isaac Newton in 1668...2. The First Mass-produced toothbrush - 1770-1780..3. The Seed Drill, Motor of the Agricultural Revolution - 1701..4. The Steam Engine - 1698-1801..5. The Tin Can: Ready to Become a Household Classic - 1810..6. The First Modern Torpedo - 1866..7. The Thermos Flask - 1892..8. The First Practical Hovercraft - 1953..9. The Whittle Turbo-jet Engine - 1929-1937..10. The First Patented Pneumatic Tire - 1847-1888..11. Stainless Steel Ready for Mass-production - 1913..12. The Bessemer Process, Turning Molting Pig Iron Into Steel - 1856..13. The Mackintosh Coat - 1823..14. The First Commercial Telegraph - 1837..15. The Chocolate Bar - 1847..16. The Modern Fire Extinguisher - 1818..17. The Catseye, Saving Lives on the Road - 1934..18. The First ATM, Engineered by Shepard-Baron - 1967..19. The World Wide Web, the First Website, and the First Web Browser - 1989..20. The Hydraulic Press - 1795..21. The Halifax Gibbet, the First Guillotine - Circa 1280..22. The Lawnmower, the Modern Scythe - 1830..23. The Light Bulb... by Joseph Swan - January 1879..24. The First Working Electric Motor - 1821..25. The Flying Shuttle - 1733-1747..26. Portland Cement - 1824..27. The First Public Railway - 1825..28. The Very First Automatic Kettle - 1955..29. The modern clockwork radio - 1991..30. Macadam Roads - 1820..31. The Tension Spoked Wheel, Now Found on Your Bicycle - 1808..32. Carbonated Water, Brewery-made - 1767..33. The First Successful Flight - 1849..34. The Telephone - 1876..35. The Rover: the First Modern Bicycle - 1885..36. The Spinning Frame, Star of Yarn Production - 1769..37. The First Factory Started with Silk- 1721..38. The Power Loom That Changed the Textile Industry - 1774-1775..39. The Arc Lamp: Lighting Movies and Floodlights - 1807..40. The Match, a Masterpiece of Friction - 1826..41. The Hydrogen Cell - 1838..42. Linoleum, Staple of Home Decor - 1855..43. The Vaccine and Discovery of Immunology - 1796..44. Dolly, the First Mammal Clone - 1996..45. The Tank - 1914interestingengineering.com/lists/45-of-the-greatest-british-inventions-of-all-time

While in Sydney, we had a look around the governors house, an American joined our party, the guide, explaining the Australian history, and the prisoners thet we exported, and stayed to now a pride to be descended from a prisoner, then explained the reason we stopped sending them to America, which was the war of independence, the lady American was very indignant, to think she was the descendant of a criminal, and denied it happened, politely we explained she checked the American history, As you are all most a South Eastern girl, and living the wrong side of the Thames, Kent has many places of interest. Our coast is varied, as are the towns on the coast , places like Dovers white cliffs, views over the channel, and the castle to the west. The Isle of thanet, I would recommend Botteny Bay or Joss Bay, not a place to go when parking is very very limited and full of day trippers, try mid week your girls will love it.

I agree with Amanda, I see no issues related to identifying yourself by your cultural roots and then visiting those countries. I see no difference between that and people born in the UK culturally identifying themselves as Indian, Greek, Italian and so on, depending upon their roots. I'm just disappointed that I am boring and that my roots are all in London and not somewhere more exotic...

Americans are indoctrinated by a education system, invented by the Prussians during a time in which they wanted a new generation of obedient Soldiers... anyway, i just wanted to leave this quote: “The cheapest sort of pride is national pride; for if a man is proud of his own nation, it argues that he has no qualities of his own of which he can be proud; otherwise he would not have recourse to those which he shares with so many millions of his fellowmen. The man who is endowed with important personal qualities will be only too ready to see clearly in what respects his own nation falls short, since their failings will be constantly before his eyes. But every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud adopts, as a last resource, pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and glad to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority.” -- Arthur Schopenhauer (German Philosopher 1851)

How can you expect Americans to travel to other countries when they only get 1 week holiday/vacations. I dont know if this is true but Europeans get at least 4-5 paid holidays every year.

Happy 4th of July!

Not forgetting that a Brit invented the WWW. America has so many different climates, sunbathing on a beach, hiking through the mountains or skiing. That's a good reason to not own a passport

3.7 million expats is a huge amount - but consider the UK has 4.7 million citizens currently living abroad!! (hope they don't all come back at the same time!)

It's just a generalization... I have always found Americans kind & friendly!

@fuzzlewit9

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Me too. I think that, as is always the case, a few loud and impolite ones can stand out more than the many polite ones. Just as many Europeans think all Brits are loud drunken louts.

One of the reasons people in US is more thinkig that they are superior, is the short history and being more or less an isolated. In Europe, people know their history, and it isn't always a victory. Roman empire is gone. Viking empire is gone. Third reich is gone. Colonial.times is mostly gone. There is a lot of interaction with other countries, and people know that some are good at one thing, others in other things. I don't think you find any big group of people who think they are best, becouse of the variety of things that they are not in the top. Btw, you asked about traveling...why don't you try one of the Nordic countries. We are so distant, that we are often left put of European maps, that only show Denmark and the southern parts of Sweden and if you are lucky, maybe get a glimpse of Norway. I wonder why people don't know where Finland is.😅

I hate anyone bragging about how great their country is because of what other people from the past have done. It goes as much for Brits, French or anyone else as it does Americans. It seems people are quick to highlight the good things they like to claim credit for, but rarely the bad things in their countries history. If you want to claim the good then you also must claim the bad. Personally I think humans can do amazing things, wherever they happened to be born, and are equally capable of atrocities. Let's not start doing one-upmanship as it leads to nothing but argument and hatred. And we *know* all nationalities are capable of that.

Hi Amanda, It’s so nice that you choose the U.K to live.

@joeysausage3437

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Misery loves company.

Where did he get his info from, the book of wishes?

How can they think , they invented the car ? The first one was build in Germany, by Mr. Benz . Also the engines was developed by Germans . Rudolf Diesel for example , building the first Diesel Motor .

You should visit Blenheim palace a great day out especially during the week's leading up to Christmas ⛄

Hi, Sir Tim Berners Lee is i believe credited with the invention of the WWW along with a Belgian whose name i forget.

The best thing ive dine is leave the USA 5 years ago and start experiencing other countries. I think so ago ❤

America didn’t invent rockets and had to use captured Nazi scientists to develop it. The car wasn’t invented in America either.

They don't claim to be PART Irish, they claim to BE Irish. Then they continue on by insulting the way we pronounce place and personal names by claiming that their great whatever who came to the US in 1800 or so -- 200 years ago roughly - pronounced the word in one specific way and so that is the CORRECT and only way to say the word, and because we DON'T use that pronunciation in Ireland we are saying the names incorrectly. And you can't persuade them otherwise. Not all but a sizable minority with most coming from the southern states in the US [oddly I'm excluding Texas in this as most from there are genuinely eager to learn and don't seem to have the same ''superiority'' issues when it comes to Ireland, don't know why].

Growing up in London and getting to meet people from around the World daily I'd found that obnoxiousness depends on upbringing. I'd say the wealthy do colour poorer people to a degree. As always there are no hard rules over culture. Also I have found many people believe they are civilised just because they own an electric toaster.

National pride; the Coronation of King Charles the Third showed that it 's not uniquely American but can be done differently yet no less sincerely. Our schools do not have flags or force school pupils to make an Oath or Pledge yet are no less patriotic. We cannot understand why a genuine American would want to be an Irish American/Italian American instead of just 100% American. The only real complaint against American 'superiority' is the film & TV industries - not the American people - that subtitle locations as "Paris, France", "London, England" but if it's in America it's simply "Denver" and nothing else. Overall, different cultures and not need to see it as right or wrong (except for the film industry...).

When I went to Australia they were taking certain money for coffee food etc when I stopped at abi Dhabi. They pulled my hand off when I said to they take English money. Then give me back change in their money

There is one thing you Americans don't know (or don't seem to know?), something that Europeans know well (they have learnt it on their skin having millennia-old cultures behind them): everything has a beginning, a period of expansion, stability and then it ends (not necessarily badly though, one simply gets supplanted by someone else). It will not happen today or tomorrow ... but it will happen (don't worry though, it won't affect us, our children and probably not even our grandchildren).

I can hear a bit of a british accent in your voice now Amanda 😀👌❤ Yeah great weather. But as you know know as technically now a british American.. Our weather is never predictable 😀

well said Amanda

The only foreign country I’ve been to is Mexico, but that’s because I don’t have the money to travel around the world. I’d love to visit Europe, Asia, South America, basically anyplace that’s safe.

Ireland invented the first successful submarine designed, by John Philip Holland.

@Maxshard

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And he submerged it by filling it with water!

Antikythera mechanism, 159 BCE, Greece Analytical Engine. 1833, UK, Charles Babbage, the father of the computer Torpedo Data Computer , 1938 USA Z3 Computer, the world's first working electromechanical programmable, fully automatic digital computer. Konrad Zuse, 1941, Germany

i bet the comments are an eye opener for you Amanda, welcome to the real world

VISIT THE LAKE DISTRICT AND WESTERN SCOTLAND!

Cornelis Drebbel, a Dutchman invented the first submarine, in 1620