> and crosswalks are not called that in most of the world

As an Australian, I'd never call them that, but I know what the American word means.

In fact, the average Australian has a pretty good understanding of Americanisms, even if they've never been to the US, due to lifelong consumption of US TV shows, films, and other cultural exports.

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sam_lowry_ an hour ago | parent [-]

Like pretty much anyone in the world, actually.

	▲	skissane 8 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I don't think that's generally true outside the English-speaking world. The majority of people worldwide don't know English well-enough to consume English language media in the original language. A lot of people globally, if they watch US TV shows or movies at all, they'll watch them dubbed, which means the issue of Americanisms largely doesn't come up.