Why Americans do things backwards (reason #286)

[perfectscorn]

Yes, Americans do indeed do things backwards. (Shock! Surprise!) Let me explain how I found this out

Comments

[penrynsdreams]

I really don't think it applies to us. By the time the US was established, people weren't walking around with their swords. I don't know why we switched, though... Maybe it was just one of those we-want-to-be-different-from-the-Mother-Country things?

[deceptivemirror]

You know, that is a question I have been wondering about for the longest time! Thank you for discovering the answer to it!

[deceptivemirror]

Alas, my entry was not meant to be humerous, but your comment certainly made me chuckle. :-) Thanks