Just American things

[u/Quenki]

[u/CptGreat]

Meanwhile in Germany we have "Fußbodenschleifmaschinenverleih" A store where you can rent a sander, specifically to sand wooden flooring.

Because we need to specify everything to the last detail. I think my whole country is the reason for autism.

[u/sebastianinspace → u/CptGreat]

so my theory is, there were a lot of german immigrants to the american midwest, and i think that this group of people must have had some impact on american english by adding this german-ness to the american english words. making them more autistic like

[u/jejunum32 → u/sebastianinspace]

Most common European ancestry among Americans is indeed German