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English Expression: As American as apple pie
If you describe something as American as apple pie, you mean that it is stereotypically American.
Monday night football, muscle cars and icanHarley Davidson motorcycles are as American as apple pie.
If you see or hear anything about these things, you immediately think of the USA. They are all characteristic of the USA.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post compares in readability to The New York Times.
It is likely to be understood by a reader who has at least a 10th-grade education (age 16).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 43.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.