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> 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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Like pretty much anyone in the world, actually.

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.

This is swiftly changing. I spend about half of every year traveling the developing world, and I am constantly seeing young people consuming English-language social media from their phones. Particuarly young women seem drawn to TikTok beauty-influencer content in highly idiomatic English.

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