History Main / EaglelandOsmosis

This isn't new, or indeed limited to the United States--it's a side effect of World Power status. Elements of the major power's culture and language bleed into the popular culture of other countries. The Japanese adoption of Western customs like [[UsefulNotes/ChristmasInJapan Christmas]], Valentine's Day or [[WeddingsInJapan wedding ceremonies]] is a good example. In older tales, an astute reader will find Limey Osmosis, Frenchie Osmosis, and even Kraut Osmosis. Granted, modern mass media and the Internet certainly accelerate the effect.

This kind of power can make Hipsters reject whatever country's most powerful, and even have a poor view of the people living in that country (which is where the "Boorish American" stereotype comes from).

* In the ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'' series, Peter gets rather annoyed when British youth refer to him or his fellow police as "the feds" or "the cops" (as opposed to "the coppers"), merely because they've been watching so much American TV. Even "the filth" would at least be a ''British'' slang term.

* In the ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'' series, Peter gets rather annoyed when British youth refer to the police as "the feds" or "the cops" (as opposed to "the coppers"), merely because they've been watching so much American TV. Even "the filth" would at least be a ''British'' slang term.

* TruthInTelevision: A few years ago, Argentina started using 911 as a unified emergency number. It's the only x11 number, the rest of the standard services are still 11x. 911 (along with the European 112) is also the emergency number for cell phones worldwide. In the nineties, the Dominican Republic had to change its emergency number from 711 to 911. {{Justified|Trope}} in the case of the DR, as it's included in the North American Numbering Plan (the US and Canadian telephone numbering scheme).

This isn't new, or indeed limited to the United States--it's a side effect of World Power status. Elements of the major power's culture and language bleed into the popular culture of other countries. The Japanese adoption of Western customs like [[UsefulNotes/ChristmasInJapan Christmas]], Valentine's Day, and [[WeddingsInJapan wedding ceremonies]] is a good example. In older tales, an astute reader will find Limey Osmosis, Frenchie Osmosis, and even Kraut Osmosis. Granted, modern mass media and the Internet certainly accelerate the effect.

Compare with SoCalization, where Southern California serves the same function to the US as a whole as the US does for the world in this trope.

This kind of power can make Hipsters reject whatever countries most powerful, and even have a poor view of the people living in that country itself (which is where the American the Boorish stereotype comes from).

* The video game VideoGame/{{KGB}} made by French developer Cryo is mostly an impressive case of ShownTheirWork when it comes to the game's Soviet Russian setting. However, there is an odd slip-up where the Russian main character gives his estimate of an object's weight in pounds instead of kilograms.

* The tendencies of people in non-US anglophone countries hearing the American term for things more often than their own words that it takes a moment to remember them, if they use their local term at all. Common examples: "elevator", "sneakers", "shrimp". Frequently averted in Canada, where many words are in common use on both sides of the border, but still not universal.

* The tendencies of people in non-US anglophone countries hearing the American term for things more often than their own words that it takes a moment to remember them. Common examples: "elevator", "sneakers", "shrimp". Frequently averted in Canada, where many words are in common use on both sides of the border, but still not universal.

** Although "My Lord" does only apply to the Supreme Court and superior/appeal courts (where appeals processes, jury trials, and the most severe crimes are tried). A provincial court (where at least 95% of crimes are tried) still retains "Your Honour". But most ''Canadians'' don't even know this distinction... thanks again to this trope and readily available access to American media.

*** The honorific issues are partly the fault of whoever imports shows, subtitling or dubbing literally instead of rendering "Your Honor" as the proper equivalent for the country the American work is being imported for. You might as well translate "Herr Vorsitzender" into English as "[[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Herr#Etymology Most Venerable]] [[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vor#German Front]]-[[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sitzend#Adjective seated]]", which is the literal meaning of those words (it's only ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_and_formal_equivalence dynamically equivalent]]'' to "Mr. Chairman"). Although those who buy the imported American media most likely have a decent grasp of English anyway.

* ''Reader's Digest'' once ran an article on how American cop shows caused some French people to demand to see a warrant before having their home searched, which wasn't required in France. This was in the 1980s.[[note]]Unless they start an investigation in flagrante delicto ("enquête de flagrance"), the police will need a document ("commission rogatoire") delegating the investigation powers of an investigating judge ("juge d'instruction") to the police. It's not like they can just barge in on a whim.[[/note]] They would also quote "rights" from the American constitution, even though they have their own "Bill of Rights" called "Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme" ("Declaration of the Rights of Man").[[note]]Interestingly the original "Droites de l'Homme/Rights of Man" was written back during the (French) Revolution, and was highly inspired by the same natural rights philosophy that underlaid the US Declaration of Independence. UsefulNotes/Thomas Jefferson helped to draft it (he also famously wrote the US Declaration of Independence previously).[[/note]]

* ''Magazine/ReadersDigest'' once ran an article on how American cop shows caused some French people to demand to see a warrant before having their home searched, which wasn't required in France. This was in the 1980s.[[note]]Unless they start an investigation in flagrante delicto ("enquête de flagrance"), the police will need a document ("commission rogatoire") delegating the investigation powers of an investigating judge ("juge d'instruction") to the police. It's not like they can just barge in on a whim.[[/note]] They would also quote "rights" from the American constitution, even though they have their own "Bill of Rights" called "Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme" ("Declaration of the Rights of Man").[[note]]Interestingly the original "Droites de l'Homme/Rights of Man" was written back during the (French) Revolution, and was highly inspired by the same natural rights philosophy that underlaid the US Declaration of Independence. UsefulNotes/Thomas Jefferson helped to draft it (he also famously wrote the US Declaration of Independence previously).[[/note]]

* Reader's Digest once ran an article on how American cop shows caused some French people to demand to see a warrant before having their home searched, which wasn't required in France. This was in the 1980s.[[note]]Unless they start an investigation in flagrante delicto ("enquête de flagrance"), the police will need a document ("commission rogatoire") delegating the investigation powers of an investigating judge ("juge d'instruction") to the police. It's not like they can just barge in on a whim.[[/note]] They would also quote "rights" from the American constitution, even though they have their own "Bill of Rights" called "Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme" ("Declaration of the Rights of Man").[[note]]Interestingly the original "Droites de l'Homme/Rights of Man" was written back during the (French) Revolution, and was highly inspired by the same natural rights philosophy that underlaid the US Declaration of Independence. UsefulNotes/Thomas Jefferson helped to draft it (he also famously wrote the US Declaration of Independence previously).[[/note]]

*** The honorific issues are partly the fault of whoever imports shows, subtitling or dubbing literally instead of rendering "Your Honor" as the proper equivalent for the country the American work is being imported for. You might as well translate "Herr Vorsitzender" into English as "[[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Herr#Etymology Most Venerable]] [[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vor#German Front]]-[[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sitzend#Adjective seated]]", which is the literal meaning of those words (it's only ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_and_formal_equivalence dynamically equivalent]]'' to "Mr. Chairman"). Although those who buy the imported American media most likely have a decent grasp of English anyway.
* TruthInTelevision: A few years ago, Argentina started using 911 as a unified emergency number. It's the only x11 number, the rest of the standard services are still 11x. 911 (along with the European 112) is also the emergency number for cell phones worldwide. In the nineties, the Dominican Republic had to change its emergency number from 711 to 911.
* General Tso's Chicken, a popular "Hunanese" dish at American Chinese restaurants, was created by a Taiwanese chef (admittedly, of Hunanese extraction) at a New York restaurant (at least, that's one version of the story, but no one disputes that it was invented in United States and not in China). As such, it has been a virtual unknown in mainland China, especially in Hunan, where its namesake, General Tso Tsung-Tang, came from. When the Hunanese chefs first tasted it after US-PRC relations were normalized, they thought it was all wrong and incompatible with Hunanese cuisine. However, after a few decades of official contact with Americans, [[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7639868 the Hunanese are starting to adopt the dish as their own "traditional dish."]]

* Parodied in the Icelandic sketch show ''Mið Ísland'' where a defense lawyer in an Icelandic courtroom addresses the judge as "yðar hátign" (or "your highness" in English, bungling even the American term) and asks permission to address the jury, only to be informed there are no juries in Iceland. He then ask whether he may approach the bench (with the judge asking "what bench?") and explains that his whole case hinges on a moving speech before a jury that includes minorities. After the judge assures him there is no jury the defense lawyer advises the defendant to admit guilt before the charges are even read.

** This also happens in ''Judge Rinder''[[note]]he's actually a barrister, not a judge[[/note]], where they have the flag of the United Kingdom on display and see him using a gavel. Real British courts feature neither of these.

* Reader's Digest once ran an article on how American cop shows caused some French people to demand to see a warrant before having their home searched, which wasn't required in France. This was in the 1980s.[[note]]Unless they start an investigation in flagrante delicto ("enquête de flagrance"), the police will need a document ("commission rogatoire") delegating the investigation powers of an investigating judge ("juge d'instruction") to the police. It's not like they can just barge in on a whim.[[/note]] They would also quote "rights" from the American constitution, even though they have their own "Bill of Rights" called "Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme" ("Declaration of the Rights of Man").[[note]]Interestingly the original "Droites de l'Homme/Rights of Man" was written back during the (French) Revolution.[[/note]]

*** The honorific issues are partly the fault of whoever imports shows, subtitling or dubbing literally instead of rendering "Your Honor" as the proper equivalent for the country the American work is being imported for. You might as well translate "Herr Vorsitzender" into English as "[[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Herr#Etymology Most Venerable]] [[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vor#German Front]]-[[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sitzend#Adjective seated]]", which is the literal meaning of those words (it's only ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_and_formal_equivalence dynamically equivalent]]'' to "Mr. Chairman"). Although, those who buy the imported American media most likely have a descent grasp of English anyway.

** Speaking of weddings: the ritual in countries other than the US or the UK never had the "SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace" part. Notably many American and English weddings no longer have it either, for all the good practical reasons you can imagine and various legal ones you might not [[note]]It was originally intended not for people to object to their marriage, but to point out any legal reasons why they couldn't get married, such as one of them being married already. However, in modern times it's increasingly unlikely things like that would slip past the process.[[/note]] , but it still sometimes pops up in popular culture, to the point people in countries in which that line never existed occasionally expect it.

This isn't new, or indeed limited to the United States--it's a side effect of World Power status. Elements of the major power's culture and language bleed into the popular culture of other countries. The Japanese adoption of Western customs like [[UsefulNotes/ChristmasInJapan Christmas]], Valentines Day, and [[WeddingsInJapan wedding ceremonies]] is a good example. In older tales, an astute reader will find Limey Osmosis, Frenchie Osmosis, and even Kraut Osmosis. Granted, modern mass media and the Internet certainly accelerate the effect.

Compare with SoCalization, where southern California serves the same function to the US as a whole as the US does for the world in this trope.

** Speaking of weddings: the ritual in countries other than the US or the UK never had the "SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace" part. Notably many American and English weddings no longer have it either, for all the good practical reasons you can imagine and various legal ones you might not, but it still sometimes pops up in popular culture, to the point people in countries in which that line never existed occasionally expect it.

The most common forms of this concerns the legal system, with people expecting to be [[MirandaRights read a Miranda warning]] when they are [[ReadingYourRights read their rights]] upon arrest, expecting that police should have a search warrant in cases where they do not need one under local law, or calling a serious crime a "felony". Another one is expecting 9-1-1 to be the number for emergency services, even when the actual number is usually displayed prominently on phonebooks and phone booths.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland'' includes one of the characters saying "That's it, I'm moving to Canada," before [[LampshadeHanging realizing that he already lives in Canada]].

* In the 1981 Australian TV movie ''Airhawk'', Hawk's brother is involved in a scheme with some criminals, who beat him up. Because he doesn't want the police involved, he tells the detective he doesn't want to press charges against the men who assaulted him. The detective replies curtly that [[YouWatchTooMuchX he's been watching too much American television]]; in Australia it's the State that presses charges, not the victim.

* The tendencies of people in non-US anglophone countries hearing the American term for things more often than their own words that it takes a moment to remember them. Common examples: "elevator", "sneakers", "shrimp".

This isn't new, or indeed limited to the United States--it's a side effect of World Power status. Elements of the major power's culture and language bleed into the popular culture of other countries. The Japanese adoption of Western customs like [[ChristmasInJapan Christmas]], Valentines Day, and [[WeddingsInJapan wedding ceremonies]] is a good example. In older tales, an astute reader will find Limey Osmosis, Frenchie Osmosis, and even Kraut Osmosis. Granted, modern mass media and the Internet certainly accelerate the effect.

*** The honorific issues are partly the fault of whoever imports shows, subtitling or dubbing literally instead of rendering "Your Honor" as the proper equivalent for the country the American work is being imported for. You might as well translate "Herr Vorsitzender" into English as "[[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Herr#Etymology Most Venerable]] [[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vor#German Front]]-[[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sitzend#Adjective seated]]", which is the literal meaning of those words (it's only ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_and_formal_equivalence dynamically equivalent]]'' to "Mr. Chairman").