Those who live outside of the US, what’s something Americans aren’t ready to hear?

@return2ozma@lemmy.world · 3M

Those who live outside of the US, what’s something Americans aren’t ready to hear?

@7uWqKj@lemmy.world · 3M

Americans invented neither the car not the computer.

𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘 · 3M

French and English, respectively. But the Americans popularized them.

@nett_hier@feddit.org · 3M

I would credit Carl Benz (a German) with inventing the car, unless you consider the steam-powered vehicles built by the French to be cars.

𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘 · 3M

I do consider the French steam engine as the first automobile, yes. Though, if I remember correctly, the French name translates to automatic cart (since he modified a horse cart).

@nett_hier@feddit.org · 3M

Thanks for the clarification :)

@Maggoty@lemmy.world · 3M

But we did invent Steve Jobs and Henry Ford. So we’ll take the credit.

@LuckyPierre@lemm.ee · edit-2 3M

Nor the television (Scottish). Nor the radio (Canadian and Italian).