@return2ozma to Ask Lemmy • 1 month agoThose who live outside of the US, what's something Americans aren't ready to hear?message-square690arrow-up1340arrow-down147
arrow-up1293arrow-down1message-squareThose who live outside of the US, what's something Americans aren't ready to hear?@return2ozma to Ask Lemmy • 1 month agomessage-square690
minus-square@Maggotylink7•1 month agoBut we did invent Steve Jobs and Henry Ford. So we’ll take the credit.
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month agoFrench and English, respectively. But the Americans popularized them.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoI would credit Carl Benz (a German) with inventing the car, unless you consider the steam-powered vehicles built by the French to be cars.
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month agoI 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).
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-21 month agoNor the television (Scottish). Nor the radio (Canadian and Italian).
Americans invented neither the car not the computer.
But we did invent Steve Jobs and Henry Ford. So we’ll take the credit.
French and English, respectively. But the Americans popularized them.
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.
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).
Thanks for the clarification :)
Nor the television (Scottish). Nor the radio (Canadian and Italian).