Honestly, yeah. I think it is rude to assume your interlocutor knows the internal divisions of your country. Obviously not the awkward way with the comma, but I would expect a “I’m from the US. From Hawai’i”. I am certain that, to take a population I can speak authoritatively about, maybe 50% of Germans will know that Hawai’i is part of the US, and maybe at most 10% that Tasmania is part of Australia.
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That’s actually a very typically American thing to say.
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My dad does that, too. It has always come across as very Bavarian to me, although he is not (southern) Bavarian.
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So? As long as someone knows that Hawaii is an island that exists in the pacific maybe that’s all the information that a Hawaiian traveler would care to convey. A not-insubstantial portion of Hawaiians would prefer to be independent of the US anyway, so identifying themselves as being from Hawaii may be a more meaningful identity for them than saying they’re American. I don’t see how that would be a rude answer. But that’s my Americanism (is that a word?) showing itself, I suppose.
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That is fair but in the interest of communication abroad it’s suboptimal. It depends on the situation, of course.
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I guess it depends whether you’re trying to tell someone your nationality or place of origin. Hawaii is nowhere near the rest of the USA. I would expect someone to say they’re from Bermuda or the Falklands instead of saying they’re from the UK.
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That’s because Bermuda and the Falklands aren’t part of the UK.
La Réunion being part of France is maybe a better example.
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Folks from American Samoa would end up telling both. (Not the most creative name for a territory.)
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If asked, I just say “Hawaii.” That seems to be clear to many people.
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Oh yes, so many things that I’ve seen in my travels. This was particularly lovely, while I was living in Fukuoka I took the train an hour south to see the Nyoirinji Frog Temple. Nearby was this little spot:
The lady running the tearoom was so sweet - when she brought the cream tea out, she showed me her phone with Google Translate open. Turns out she was very nervous to have someone from England trying her scones. She needn’t have worried 
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Except for the fact that there was minimal cultural exchange and trade across the isthmus until Europeans arrived, whereas there has been extensive and well-established trade (as well as cultural exchange) between Asia and Europe for millennia? It seems to me there is tremendously more shared history between Europe and Asia than between North and South America, at least pre-1500.
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ah. then could this vehicle in fury road be a direct nod to fellow filmaker weir and his first feature?
e/ jah, I absolutly think so;
the film is set in the fictional town of Paris in which most of the inhabitants appear to be directly, or indirectly, involved in profiting from the results of car accidents.
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The scone looks boss, the cream, not so clotted. But no-one makes their own clotted cream, you buy it in. There even used to be a special postal service to have it sent overnight directly from Cornwall, to ensure freshness. It’s hard to get real clotted cream in Japan.
Japanese cafe culture is so wonderful, individualistic, and personal. I’ve been to a place which sold literally nothing but freshly drip brewed coffee in a thousand different cup and saucer sets. It’s the urge to pursue perfection in a single craft.
Bibury is suffering from over-tourism. As many as 10,000 people visit a day, while the village has only 2 coach parking spaces. It’s a tiny place, actually. You can’t really spend more than an hour there unless you’re staying at the hotel, because there isn’t very much to see and do.
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Going abroad and going to a “British” pub – very Brits abroad.
Going abroad and finding a perfect cuppa – priceless.
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Going abroad and “dining” at kfc or macdonald’s or booger king - very Yankistanis abroad
Going to Jamaica and finding the world’s most deliciousest fried chicken, served with roti, yet! - priceless
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That’s probably true, but it’s funny to me that those brands are still so closely associated with Americans when they’re ubiquitous abroad. There are over 200 McDonald’s in London alone, and China has more than twice as many KFC outlets as the United States does at this point.
It’s been years since I’ve eaten at either franchise but I wouldn’t be terribly surprised if, for example, Chinese tourists also liked eating at KFC when traveling.
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Some people prefer the familiar wherever they go.
Some are more adventurous.
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Absolutely true, I just wonder if that’s really specific to Americans. For example, here’s an article about how many (but obviously not all) Chinese tourists prefer to eat Chinese food when traveling:
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