Most of these sound like what I would think Americans sound like if my only exposure to them was from teen movies and reality TV shows. Probably the most extreme example is multiple people saying âThatâs so fetch,â which is from the movie Mean Girls, and which Iâve never heard anyone say in real life in my travels to 40-ish US states.
This tall burly dude walks by me. I say, âHow are you doing?â He turns and looks at me like a deer in headlights, like it was some sort of emergency.
In USA rural, small towns, and maybe even small cities itâs pretty common. Not in larger cities unless youâre drunk, flirting, or selling something.
This is also funny. You can see if you know the answers to these questions (state capital, flower, bird, year of statehood and number in the union). Most people donât know more beyond the state capital lol.
A state capitals are really hard to memorise. Idk why state capital is often not the largest city in the state. Not even second or fifth largest. I mean, Springfield? Olympia?
Most were chosen for being either near the geographic center of the state or near the stateâs population center (many of which have changed significantly since then) at a time when travel was done on foot or by horse.