We Americans are spoiled by wide, open spaces. And having three to four hospital groups competing for our business.

I am amused when referring to church. One doesn't think about which group the church represents because there is one main church in the area. (Granted, in the USA, we got visiting Holy Rollers of various types coming to our doors. Though it has been ages when a Gideon representative knocked on the door.)

Japanese: ヘリコプターHerikoputā ("Harak ptua"). Americanese: Helicopter.

I watch a lot of foreign TV, and I've noticed something about the use of two words.

English speakers from other countries use "floor" in place of "ground" in most cases. "I was in the field, about to launch my drone, when I dropped the controller on the floor." This is almost universal among English speakers outside the USA.

Another universal use is of "foot," rather than "feet." I don't recall ever hearing a non-American use "feet" in describing a length or height. It's always, "That guy was over seven foot tall." Or, "He threw that chair over ten foot." I would use "foot" as an adjective: "That's a seven-foot pole."

I realize that many Americans also prefer "foot" to "feet," but it seems to be universal among non-Americans. Please don't think that this is intended as any kind of criticism. The differences among people fascinate me - how they look, how they act, and how they speak.

I'm not sure I agree with you regarding Asians speaking better English than the indigenous population? Though a lot of indigenous people are now either poorly educated &/or speak with some amalgamation of regional accents, internet/Millennial slang & Americanisms.
Maybe a few very well educated Asians who may have been educated at public school, may have good diction, but for the vast majority of Asians they have their own way of pronouncing English words. Many cannot pronounce the 'v' & use 'w' instead. A few have picked up regional accents in their pronunciation, but still with their native Asian lilt.
Same with Afro-Caribbeans.

This reminded me of a research done in NYC a couple of decades ago. People were surveyed to pinpoint certain places they visited regularly in their neighborhood(s). They placed the locations on a piece of paper with verbal directions to them from where they were standing. Then the survey takers asked some visitors for directions. Accuracy was on the side of the visitors.

"Going to church" is not exactly nondenominational, to the responder. Namaste. (Ran into a few of those near an Hindi temple.)

It depends on where you stand.

PS. 10 non-denominational churches listed in the area.

I watch a lot of foreign TV, and I've noticed something about the use of two words.

English speakers from other countries use "floor" in place of "ground" in most cases. "I was in the field, about to launch my drone, when I dropped the controller on the floor." This is almost universal among English speakers outside the USA.
On leave in Chicago one day in the sixties, I was thirsty and kept asking people on the street where I could find a water fountain. They kept sending me to fountains with statues. Finally, someone said to me “oh, you mean a bubbler.”
Another universal use is of "foot," rather than "feet." I don't recall ever hearing a non-American use "feet" in describing a length or height. It's always, "That guy was over seven foot tall." Or, "He threw that chair over ten foot." I would use "foot" as an adjective: "That's a seven-foot pole."

I realize that many Americans also prefer "foot" to "feet," but it seems to be universal among non-Americans. Please don't think that this is intended as any kind of criticism. The differences among people fascinate me - how they look, how they act, and how they speak.

I watch a lot of foreign TV, and I've noticed something about the use of two words.

English speakers from other countries use "floor" in place of "ground" in most cases. "I was in the field, about to launch my drone, when I dropped the controller on the floor." This is almost universal among English speakers outside the USA.

Another universal use is of "foot," rather than "feet." I don't recall ever hearing a non-American use "feet" in describing a length or height. It's always, "That guy was over seven foot tall." Or, "He threw that chair over ten foot." I would use "foot" as an adjective: "That's a seven-foot pole."

I realize that many Americans also prefer "foot" to "feet," but it seems to be universal among non-Americans. Please don't think that this is intended as any kind of criticism. The differences among people fascinate me - how they look, how they act, and how they speak.