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50 Things people hate about America 
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36. Surely the most irritating is: "You do the Math." Math? It's MATHS. Michael Zealey, London

46. I hear more and more people pronouncing the letter Z (commonly pronounced "zed" outside of America) as "zee". Not happy about it! Ross, London


...just to name a few.

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40.I am increasingly hearing the phrase "that'll learn you" - when the English (and more correct) version was always "that'll teach you". What a ridiculous phrase! Tabitha, London

Huh. Is the phrase "that'll learn you" really that common? I've never heard anyone say it before...

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5. The one I can't stand is "deplane", meaning to disembark an aircraft, used in the phrase "you will be able to deplane momentarily".

I have the image of someone just jumping off the plane itself.
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50. "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less" has to be the worst. Opposite meaning of what they're trying to say.

Too true.
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40.I am increasingly hearing the phrase "that'll learn you" - when the English (and more correct) version was always "that'll teach you". What a ridiculous phrase!

Never heard it.
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24. People that say "my bad" after a mistake. I don't know how anything could be as annoying or lazy as that.

Guilty of this.

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5. The one I can't stand is "deplane", meaning to disembark an aircraft, used in the phrase "you will be able to deplane momentarily".

I have the image of someone just jumping off the plane itself.

I imagine the person's plane is being gotten rid off by the staff.

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The could care less thing has always annoyed me as well.

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It's amusing when people say that though.

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The whole could care less thing always annoyed me too. But wait. I'm American.
I've never even heard of half of these "Americanisms".

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50. "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less" has to be the worst. Opposite meaning of what they're trying to say.


I think I'm guilty too ... despite being a foreigner.


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I've never heard the word deplane used before actually, but that may be because I don't go on planes that often here in the US.

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The next time someone tells you something is the "least worst option", tell them that their most best option is learning grammar.


I can honestly say that I know a lot of people who use bad grammar. I also know a lot of people who tend to act like babies and complain about everything. Honestly, People these days drive me crazy.

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"Things that people who live in places that are not america think people in america say"

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i am a foreigner i am insurcure about my own country so i make fun of other countries mistakes when my countrys mistakes are just as bad


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