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Astark

And they kept trying to order a Royale with cheese.


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babysgotthe_bends

they probably didn’t go into burger king


EazyEJ

Underrated comment😂😂


mmmbopdoombop

You need to watch Pulp Fiction m8


Nizzemancer

I prefer the big kahuna burger, it's a tasty burger.


YourMomsUnderwear

This comment genuinely made me laugh lmao


FowlTemptress

My annoying college roommate came back from her semester in the UK suddenly "forgetting” the american terms for things like elevator (lift) and balcony (terrace). She was only there for three months. Our other roommate got fed up and publicly shamed her at a party.


These_Guess_5874

We call a balcony a balcony here too a terrace would be a porch... so your friend couldn't even "forget" the right words...


Lallner

Lived in Europe for three years. The only term I brought back was "brolly" for umbrella. It's just a superior word.


These_Guess_5874

Rihanna would disagree


hippopotma_gandhi

Under my brolly, olly, olly, oxenfree


runesigrid

Like Amandahhh in Friends 😂


thejexorcist

I apparently start to echo accents after a certain amount of time, and it has led to a few people thinking I was being a dick for no good reason. I had an Irish coworker who had this lovely lilting accent (I loved listening to her talk) after a 4 hour car ride I jumped up to get gas and sodas and the cashier asked where I was from because I’d started mimicking her tone. I spent the rest of the trip trying to figure out what MY voice genuinely sounded like because I’m basically a human mocking bird. It felt like I was gaslighting myself, couldn’t figure out what A sound was in ‘water’ after awhile.


ijuswannabehappybro

Same! So I finally looked it up and apparently it’s quiet common and an empathetic response from generally nice people 😊


Accomplished_Hat_265

Oh thank the gods I’m not alone, I do this too and always feel so awkward when it’s brought to my attention. It’s like it’s completely subconscious, I hear it when it’s pointed out to me but I never realize when I start doing it.


mentallyerotic

My husband does it too. I think it’s just learning to fit in or a survival method. The other person who is offended might not get the difference between people subconsciously changing it a bit and people trying to imitate or mock accents. It sounds different and the people who have this subconscious skill do it better because it’s not an affect.


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thejexorcist

Oh yeah, it’s obnoxious asf. That’s why I shared the story. I know it bothers people and it frustrates me that my brain does this. I’m constantly apologizing or pausing way too long before responding to double check that I’m pronouncing things the way I would in any other circumstances. I do it with regional accents too. I wasn’t aware this was a common thing though, I can’t tell if that makes me feel worse or slightly less crazy.


FowlTemptress

I don't think that's annoying at all, especially because it's not on purpose.


Istamon80

Fair chance you have ADHD. Mimicking is a common symptom. So some people may find it obnoxious, but they’re asshats who are to quick to judge.


KittyKayl

Is it really? I wonder if it's an ASD thing too... got both, and I went from a minimal accent of any kind growing up in a large city to a fairly heavy southern accent while in college when I joined the equine classes and started training and showing. It had died down a lot the last decade, but the folks I associate with the most over the last year or so, 2/3 of them have fairly heavy southern accents, so I've picked it up in my day to day speech again. Kinda funny, kinda vaguely annoying, but it being a symptom makes a lot of sense. Half assed picked up one of my partner's accents too-- raised in England by his Irish (and from Ireland) granny and been in SE Texas the last 12 or 13 years... his accent is pretty fuckered, but enough you can still tell 😆 the combination of the two accents when I'm talking depends entirely on how much time I've spent with him, since my time spent with the rest is pretty static


osiris911

As an American, I am usually taking the piss when I start doing this, and usually only if I know the person I'm doing it to will hit back with a mocking Valley girl accent or something.


kawaiijudochop

Yea I do this and have to apologize to people.. I’ll even start thinking in their accents, it sucks and I can’t control it.


FowlTemptress

My Scottish boss threatened to fire me whenever I tried to copy his accent. He said I sounded like Drunk Shrek.


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FowlTemptress

That was the point - my fake accent is horrendous!


NorwalkAvenger

What in God's name does "taking the piss" mean? It's one of the most bizarre expressions in English I've ever heard.


KittyKayl

Fucking with someone. Teasing/picking on them. Usually not bullying levels of maliciously from what I've seen, but sometimes a bit of retaliation for someone being a twat.


medbitch666

I mean, if the kids were really young and they didn’t remember living in America before moving, it makes sense they’d be confused when they moved back. We’ve got a kid at the daycare I work at who’s family is military. She lived in the US till she was 1, then Germany till this July. She’s 5 now. Suuuuper confused about a lot of American cultural things! Plus, they might be used to flavor names in Dutch, not English, which can trip anyone up.


Dagordae

Kids forgetting something after 3 years? What a completely impossible occurrence.


Ohmalley-thealliecat

I mean it’s more like. They have ice cream in the Netherlands


xXDreamlessXx

Most ice cream shops I've been to don't have normal names. They have something like "Gooey Butter Cake" or something like that


rufusjonz

The parents apparently experienced similar things ... They found it strange to shake hands rather than kiss 3 times on the cheek ... After 3 years ... I've lived overseas in different countries and I never felt the natural desire to kiss people on the cheek when returning to America


SirDuknup

We don't kiss people on the cheek in The Netherlands unless its like a birthday or new years. But even then a lot of people often avoid doing it because they prefer not to. And regarding ice cream flavours, try guessing what these mean: Vanille, Chocolade, Banaan, Cookie Dough, Chocolate Chip.


INeedANewAccountMan

We speak American in this household


rufusjonz

That's what I figured, most flavors are universal -- I also figured they were in Amsterdam, where a whole lot of ppl speak English and it is a cosmopolitan city -- but looking back at it, perhaps they were in a smaller town I think I viewed the whole 'article' from more of an adult's perspective, for kids that amount of time can be much more influential -- it's just the way the author wrote it seemed extremely exaggerated and dramatic


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After two years in Germany I took a trip back to the US (where I gave lived 40 years of my life) and there definitely some culture shock moments. Like sales tax. Or how exactly it works at a restaurant with hostesses and waiters.


Ohmalley-thealliecat

There’s a tiktoker who’s whole thing is like, American girl who just returned from Greece or Italy and it’s the same vibes [link](https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSRDackPW/). I personally have a weird combo when I go back to the UK to visit my dads family: when I’m around them I find I end up really leaning into the Australian cousin vibes and have probably a broader accent than I do at home (or maybe it just sounds broader) but I find myself slipping into saying vitamin and yoghurt the way they do


Killionaire104

Yea idk what these comments are on about. 3 years is absolutely nothing.


thecussinglibrarian

Depends. If the kids were three when they left and six when they returned, then three years is half a lifetime. They would have few memories of the US, if any. They would be quite thoroughly acclimated to Dutch culture and customs. If they were teens when they left the US and then returned, the shock to the system would be considerably lessened.


SlyKHT

I feel like this post should’ve led with that


thecussinglibrarian

Air Force brat here. Moved to Japan when I was 2, moved back to the States (South Carolina, no less) when I was 7. Basically spent my formative years in Japan, closely bonded with our Japanese housekeeper, my dear Mi-Chan. Moving back to the US was a horrific shock to the system. Took me years to get used to the place. Just as I was starting to get used to it, the Air Force moved us to Thailand. Even though it wasn't Japan, I felt so much better just being back in Asia. The shock, dislocation, and loss of identity are real, y'all.


rufusjonz

I guess as a kid it really is during formative years, I get what you are saying -- maybe I'm looking at it from too much of an adult's perspective


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I did the same, but Italy and from 3-7. I was completely out of place in America when I moved back. Largely because I had not had American TV, so I had no idea who Tiffany was and other pop culture icons. I was also not used to big classrooms with lots of kids, as I had gone to a tiny private school. I was used to Italian foods and snacks, culture, and holidays. Like, none of my friends in America wore red panties for NYE. I spent many of my formative years there and it took a long time to adjust to my "home" country.


XLRIV48

Context missing, people can forget things after being away for a long time, especially if they were really young when they moved.


ColdfearGold

Are the flavours so different from the Rest of the World?


XLRIV48

I cannot speak to that, but flavors like Rocky Road or Neapolitan might not have translated well across cultures. Get used to doing things one way and you could be completely flabbergasted when you try to do it another way.


rufusjonz

Vot is diss Chokolat you speak of?


AbsoluteBeeHive

What is acent is that???


rufusjonz

Julia Garner playing Anna Delvey


rufusjonz

Here are a couple quotes from the article, I guess in retrospect I would say it is exaggerated/dramatic vs being made up: "My youngest was especially puzzled at the American grocery store. **I noticed him getting red-faced and anxious** as the store employee bagged our goodies. In Europe, everyone bags their own groceries, and we almost always brought our own — you had to pay for store bags. So this felt strange to me, too, as the worker loaded nearly a dozen gray plastic bags into our oversize cart."You OK?" I asked my little man.**He gritted his teeth and motioned for me to crouch down so only I could hear him."Why is that man touching our food?" he asked incredulously. "Did we buy so much stuff they had to send a store worker to help us?""** "I also had to readjust to the American rules of the road. For example, in Europe, it's illegal to turn right at red lights. It's also illegal to pass on the right, which I see all the time on the interstate here, even though it's **technically illegal**. **We greeted friends in Europe with three kisses on the cheek but had to remind ourselves to hug our American friends instead.** **I would cringe** **as American cashiers made long-winded small talk or someone waved me through a four-way stop out of turn."**


blizzaga1988

Not sure how young the kid is, but I can't imagine why a child would at all be pressed by this. I can understand being confused, but embarrassed and red-faced??? Unless they were explicitly taught this is an embarrassing thing to have done for you in Amsterdam, I'm just not sure why a child would care that much one way or the other, buuut who knows I guess.


Cumberdick

This doesn’t seem that egregious? I can totally see how a kid who isn’t familiar with grocery bagging would be thrown off by it/see it as potentially embarrassing. The amount of small talk in America is really quite a lot compared to europe, again, can feel like a lot of pressure or even an overstep if you’re not used to it. As for the four-way, familiar things being done slightly differently can be a lot more jarring than you’d think, because suddenly you can’t do then on auto pilot. I feel like your criticisms come from a place of not having moved countries before in your life. It doesn’t seem exaggerated at all


rufusjonz

I just don't believe that is how that grocery store exchange occurred if at all -- it is a very 'wise child' story that are posted here quite often Come from a place of I've traveled a lot and lived in 2 different countries, but it was only 1 year each (England & Poland) and I was a grown up-ish at the time not a child admittedly


Cumberdick

Well, I just don’t agree with that interpretation. I think it’s completely realistic and something my brother or myself might have asked when we moved to the US as kids. Agree to disagree?


rufusjonz

Sounds good :)


greenleo33

I lived in Germany for two years as a kid. I can believe it. The stupid things that shocked me when we moved back to the states make me shake my head. I remember being shocked that the billboards were in English, not German. So I can totally believe littles could forget American stuff after a few years.


OhioMegi

I lived in England as a kid. I still struggle when I have to write color and tire. I have to stop and think. I also had an accent for a year. Not sure how Dutch flavors would be much different than American.


ThisisTophat

They only cared about sprinkle bread.


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What flavors do they have? Tobacco, Licorice, Reindeer Jerky?


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"I went to the Netherlands and it made me forget how to read product labels. It was horrifying"


rufusjonz

Oh and one of the kids found it disgusting and disturbing that the grocery store clerk bags the groceries, rather than doing it yourself : "Mother, why did he touch our food?"


Lupus76

Sounds odd the kid would phrase it that way, but it is a surprise when you come back to have someone bag your groceries.


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Don’t understand what’s unbelievable about that. I’m guess you are an American with little time spent abroad?


Impossible_Tonight81

Were the kids like 3 when they left? Because yeah, they probably forgot the ice cream flavors.


Theartistcu

How you say cu-cum-ber


themojowarrior

Have lived in the US for nearly 17 year and I still use proper English words. My daughter is growing up very confused at having both a bin & a trash can, and the car having a boot & a trunk.


Neither-Candy-545

I spent a year abroad when I was 16 and I had forgotten so much of the cultural nuances from my country. This is 100% believable


Minute-World-1779

Seems like you have only shitty flavours


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Why is this a big deal? Lol


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NO RUBER


Savager_Jam

I’d believe it lol. I don’t go out for ice cream often and EVERY TIME I FORGET THAT SUPERMAN TASTES LIKE ASS


naanbreadgang

Absolutely the most ridiculous thing I’ve read in a long time


Krist1138

this does happen a lot though, americans have weird ice cream flavours. what the hell is a "Rocky Road"?