10 Things Most Americans Don’t Know About America
May 19th 2013, 5:20 pm
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Re: 10 Things Most Americans Don’t Know About America
There's a pretty strong argument that golf is the most popular sport in the US anyway so the whole thing kind of falls apart. Especially since bowling and darts are probably the most widely played ones if you think about it 
May 19th 2013, 9:02 pm
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otball came in #1 everything else in a separate category. Golf came in #7.
For participatory sports Excercise walking came in #1, swimming #2... fishing #5
Golf at #14. Powerboating 10th, hunting with firearms 18th. My favorite motorboating doesn't seem to make the list
May 19th 2013, 11:39 pm
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Maybe they fall in when fishing and have to swim back, but use the little motorized carts to drive around the golf course?
May 20th 2013, 1:58 am
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Re: 10 Things Most Americans Don’t Know About America
So if you called a US Citizen an USC, you think they would understand you at first?
True though, USC means Southern Cal in the west but University of South Carolina in the South.
You do realize the true religion of the US is American college football don't you?
If you want to address and American, call him or her an American not an "USC". It will ingratiate yourself with those you want to teach rather than telling the idiot what he should expect to be called in his or her own land.
Are you a UKC?
OR UKS?
SS
True though, USC means Southern Cal in the west but University of South Carolina in the South.
You do realize the true religion of the US is American college football don't you?
If you want to address and American, call him or her an American not an "USC". It will ingratiate yourself with those you want to teach rather than telling the idiot what he should expect to be called in his or her own land.
Are you a UKC?
OR UKS?
SS
Nobody is running around the streets of America referring to Americans as USCs, ffs. In case you haven't noticed, this is a website ... not the USofA. An website created by and for British Expats. An internet site heavily populated with immigration forums where, over time, acronyms have been developed for ease of communication. You are the one who is out of place and making a fool of yourself by showing your ignorance of both your environment and your audience, not the other way around. It would do you to show some manners, and take the time to learn how and why people use certain terms, instead of assuming incorrectly and making a fool of yourself.
PS - college football, much like reality TV, is very popular with a certain segment of the population but hardly the "religion" of the US. Perhaps you should get out more.
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May 20th 2013, 2:03 am
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Yup. Up here, hardly anyone really mentions college football. If anything, college basketball is by far the most popular here (probably due to the University of Illinois). The NFL, more specifically Packers vs Bears, far outranks NCAA football as the 'religion of choice' in these parts ...
May 20th 2013, 2:15 am
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Yup. Up here, hardly anyone really mentions college football. If anything, college basketball is by far the most popular here (probably due to the University of Illinois). The NFL, more specifically Packers vs Bears, far outranks NCAA football as the 'religion of choice' in these parts ...
May 20th 2013, 2:16 am
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I actually know more people (born and bred Americans) who follow the Premiership than who follow college football.
May 20th 2013, 2:53 am
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May 20th 2013, 5:41 am
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What is your major malfunction?
Nobody is running around the streets of America referring to Americans as USCs, ffs. In case you haven't noticed, this is a website ... not the USofA. An website created by and for British Expats. An internet site heavily populated with immigration forums where, over time, acronyms have been developed for ease of communication. You are the one who is out of place and making a fool of yourself by showing your ignorance of both your environment and your audience, not the other way around. It would do you to show some manners, and take the time to learn how and why people use certain terms, instead of assuming incorrectly and making a fool of yourself.
PS - college football, much like reality TV, is very popular with a certain segment of the population but hardly the "religion" of the US. Perhaps you should get out more.
Nobody is running around the streets of America referring to Americans as USCs, ffs. In case you haven't noticed, this is a website ... not the USofA. An website created by and for British Expats. An internet site heavily populated with immigration forums where, over time, acronyms have been developed for ease of communication. You are the one who is out of place and making a fool of yourself by showing your ignorance of both your environment and your audience, not the other way around. It would do you to show some manners, and take the time to learn how and why people use certain terms, instead of assuming incorrectly and making a fool of yourself.
PS - college football, much like reality TV, is very popular with a certain segment of the population but hardly the "religion" of the US. Perhaps you should get out more.
