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Please make a video on how to refuse people who ask for books and other personal stuff....It will be very helpful..🙂🙂🙂
@@lookatyounowlookatme5081 💓💓
Best British way to end a conversation: "Anyway, I won't keep you..."
I totally say that! (and I'm a Valley Girl, not a Brit)
In America, folks will often say "I'll let you go now" to end a phone conversation, even if you don't really want to go.
@@sarahdee374 that's the point, to end convos in a polite and yet merciless way. Because what the other party can possibly say to that but "k, bye"? I'm telling you this puppy is a convo killer, deters even the most enthusiastic chattybox 😆
My dad says the exact same thing, but in Hindi most of the time.
I've recently moved to a new town and my housemate (among other people) keeps saying "I'm going to love you and leave you" to end conversations. I don't know why, but I just hate it.
Idk why I'm watching this, I'm literally from London, but it's fun seeing that everyone else does this aswell.
yea same, i live in sheffield 😂😂
Exactly
Yeah I'm British and it's just really funny.
Same
As opposed to metaphorically?
Cheers from Stateside. I was surprised you didn't mention the temperature of beer. I asked a British friend why you guys drink warm beer, and he replied "We don't drink warm beer, we drink room temperature beer in very cold rooms."
When was this? In the 1940s? I have never had a warm beer in decades, mate.
We don't intentionally drink warm beer at all but I guess we're not as opposed to it as Americans
@@papalaz4444244 coz you're not european, let alone british. i bet you drink kurma juice
My partner drinks warm beer he's gross 🤢😅 as in bottles that he's bought and doesn't put in the fridge! Mine has to be cold. It's not warm in pubs any more though.
American comedian Jay Mohr told a story of how he literally had to blow on his beer to cool it off when he was in Scotland, in one of his stand-up comedy specials.
My mum was from Liverpool after her husband died in a Birminghan foundry accident. As a "donut dolly" in WWII she met & married my dad. I was born less than 24 hours after the ship docked. She had 2 daughters from Skip McGuire and every month we had "White rabbit day" on the 1st of te month, So much British/Northern Irish heritage I can remember after 79 years on this earth.
My cousin’s actual wedding cake was a Colin the caterpillar 😂
That's awesome!!!
@@howardmckenna ikr they had a bride and groom Colin and mini ones for the guests
@@sarahjacko8316... Sounds like a pair with a sense of humour. Good luck to them.
NO-
absolute legends
Here in Australia,if a customer drops a glass,most/a lot of people yell out “TAXI” which basically means that person has had enough to drink and should get a taxi home 🇦🇺
BRILLIANT! Most Brits cheer at the sound of breaking pottery or glass... but TAXI is the best!!😂🇬🇧
Australians are so cool coming from a Brit
@Judith Richards Especially at school 😂😂😅
Katrina Brown Love you Ozzies , a Beautiful Country full of Beautiful people and the most deadliest animals !!! but what do you say when it's your Taxi driver that's come to pick you up that drops the glass ?
@@zeberdee1972 *Aussies
I lived in Europe 3 years, 6 months of which were in the UK. Honestly, I miss people asking me if I want a cuppa. Because the answer is always yes. I got used to milk in my tea😆. Still call my boots wellies because, come on, that's freaking adorable. I had mad respect for the lack of umbrellas because I'm an Oregonian and we don't use those things either lol. As for the ending of conversations, it never bugged me because I could literally listen to y'all talk all day. It makes me so happy you brought up Bridget Jones because she taught me the usage of "pop". ❤️ great video!
I spent time n London when my husband was assigned to Grovenor Square. Since I was a Flight Attendant I could choose trips to London. It was an amazing experience. I could walk through the streets and passageways and discover shops with treasures. I could ride my bicycle down the right side of the Thames to a market. Then I would ride across the bridge and explore the shops in Chelsea.
Yes girl. True Oregonians = no umbrella!
The tea thing is a psychological approach; you’re attending to a basic human need & concentrating therein, which Makes you take a step back from the issue at hand, thus when you readdress it, you’re past the initial shock & can deal in a more logical way
"Oh, go on then," in America is probably "Ah, what the hell."
Language Sorry ever since Captain America said it...
Kinda true
Or in German (vulgar): "Ach, scheiß drauf", literally meaning "oh, shit on it" as in shit on your good intentions 😂
@@techsilver7761 hahaha so true lol
I really shouldn't.
"We think a cup of tea will cure any bad situation" We dont think we know. Kids throwing fireworks in street, or your neighbours setting them off very intoxicated, at 3am? Have a cup of tea. Along with tutting. Fixes everything.
@Kate A yes. I imagine it could be really scary for people visiting the country that 1 don't celebrate guy faulks,and who have much stricter regulations on fireworks than we do
What's tutting?
@Linda Dorsey A sort of judgemental or annoyed noise you make with your tongue against your mouth.
“Tutting”? That is a new for me ... what does it mean?
@Rebecca Ann Moore I’ve explained in the message above yours. It’s like an annoyed or judgemental clicking sounds with your tongue against the top of your mouth.
On David Tennant's very first outing as The Doctor, he explains why the cup of tea is so restorative and why we get it right when we put the kettle on in those situations. Also, when I lived in South Africa as a young person, if someone broke a glass in a bar, we would yell 2.50, the price of a new glass at the time. Thanks for the video.
I have an interesting take on this because I'm British but probably more than twice your age. It was fascinating to see how many things you've chosen that would not have occurred to me because they're more recent (instead of Freddos we used Mars Bars to gauge inflation) - and on the other hand, how many things have been around since I was young and will probably be around for ever (for example, talking about the weather, and having a cup of tea). :)
The room temperature vs refrigerated eggs thing is actually due to differences in health regulations in Europe vs the US. The the US, health regulations require eggs to be washed before they are sold. While this removes dirt and germs from the shell, it also removes a protective coating on the shell which prevents germs from passing through the shell membrane and into the egg. Thus, washed eggs need to be refrigerated. However, in many places in Europe, health regulations require that eggs NOT be washed. While this results in the outside shells being dirtier, it helps retain the protective coating on the shell, making it more difficult for germs to enter the egg, meaning unwashed eggs don't need to be refrigerated.
Phillip Aubin - since when do low temperatures disable a bacterium. It only prevents overgrowth. Cooking to a minimum temperature is what kills bacteria on food. This is why you can let steaks (not ground meats) acclimate before cooking them, you're cooking from the outside at hundreds of degrees C.
@Phillip Aubin the US bleaches their eggs, the EU regulates exposure to salmonella in chicken farms, we limit the possibility of our eggs ever coming into contact with salmonella, thus it's safe to keep them unrefrigerated, refrigeration does not kill any bacteria, it only slows or stops their growth, the downside is, it also makes your eggs go bad quicker (not rotten, just not good, like stale bread), i have eggs in my cupboard right now that i've had for 2 months, unrefridgerated and they are still fine to cook and eat, if i'd kept them refridgerated they wouldn't have lasted 2 weeks!
@Phillip Aubin yes, and your point is?
@Phillip Aubin If you need to wash your eggs with antibacterial soap, your poultry keeping is at fault and should be severely regulated. Who would eat anything like that? 🤔
The funny thing is that here in Austria, eggs are all unwashed, yet we still refridgerate them, both at home and in stores. I only recently found out that we wouldn't need to do that.
the moment I realised I've been fully assimilated was when I walked into a street cone and apologised to it.
I did that to a lamp post once!
Mannequin. Makes more sense, still was very embarrassed.
😂
To be fair it must have been your fault.
I did that to a wall
I was born in Germany but raised in a German culture even though we had moved to Canada when I was still an infant. To say that it was a bit confusing to explain the differences in language to my grandmother when we went to the corner store (I was about 4 years old) is an understatement. I found this video hilarious. LOVE it.
Statement Number 3 about a cup of tea making everything better is absolutely true! And not just in England either, but here in Australia too. There's a very old saying here that went: "All you need is a cup of tea, a bex and a nice lie down!" Younger Aussies wouldn't have heard this because Bex hasn't been available for years, but I think it was probably the Bex that made people feel better, because it contained a dose of amphetamines and morphine. No wonder people recommended Bex as well as tea and a lie down as the best cure all! But I always make tea, no matter what the situation is, unless it's evening and then I go for the good old gin and tonic. Love your channel, from Amanda in Australia ❤️
Canada as well.
I still say this sometimes if I’ve had a busy day! 😂😂😂😂
What is a bex?
@@fionagregory9147 It was an analgesic powder.
I think British people use the word "fancy" a lot as well- fancy a walk, fancy some tea. It is not really the case with English speakers from other countries.
Fancy that
I fancy this true. I’ve read my texts
I agree with that entirely as an American
@jack harding Nah definitely not, I’ve heard it all over the UK and all walks of life.
Yeah, as an American, it’s hardly ever said here. At least where I live lol.
Docs and nurses, horrified at the idea of saying to a complete stranger: "Take your clothes off." or similar , will say: "Just pop your things off." Not even "clothes".
Can't say I've heard it in a highly professional setting, but I can imagine saying "pop your top off" when getting a back tattoo, applying sunscreen, or examining a friend's bug bite.
Agreed, I have had doctors ask me to pop my top off
Here in the Netherlands people pop their clogs off. 😏
@@colmangreen6029 Ah, I didnt know that was Dutch - despite the obvious clue! - as we use it a lot here. Bit like 'kick the bucket' - my french sister in law giggles when she hears these euphemisms! I guess they tell it straight there!!
Just saw this for the first time and had to smile at #14 since I live in a place where it rains quite a lot and where people behave the same way. I often tell people that the way to distinguish a resident from a visitor is simply to observe whether they notice the rain at all. ☺
I am English, I speak English, I have NO interest in learning English, I just think you have beautiful eyes (and hair), found you somehow in passing, always pay a true compliment to make someone's day a bit better, and was taught that by my parents a LONG time ago. Very best wishes, lovely lady!
It's not the cup of tea that helps, it's the sitting down and taking your time and just taking a breath to calm down and discuss the situation.
and having the warm cup between your hands, the astringent drink to warm your belly too, and soother you inside and out, and to act both as a distraction and a release , the sugar and caffiene promote the release of dopamine in the brain also, there's a whole lot to a cuppa that really does make everything better, if you like tea that is
@@TheHarleyEvans I drink it for everything and sometimes just because I want to. I live in Alabama in the US and people think I am weird because I have a kettle and drink hot tea. Been drinking it since I was a little girl not gonna stop just because I moved here.
@@TheHarleyEvans exactly a cup of tea really does help with most things!😂
It's actually meant to be sweet tea as the sugar counteracts shock response, that's where it comes from :)
Watching "Last Tango in Halifax" on Netflix... it seems to revolve around British people drinking tea... constantly! Lol
Australia: We don't shout "Waheeeey" when someone breaks a glass in a pub. We shout " Taxi!"
Yes; I wonder what the origin of that is.
Maree Yarwood: Unless you're a Millennial perhaps, and then it would be 'Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!....'
Maree Yarwood yes!
@@ktipuss to drunk to keep on drinking or driving yourself - a taxi is needed.
In a South African boarding school, you clap hands!
surprised you didn't mention the washing up bowl. Here in Australia people think i'm mad to put a plastic bowl in the sink but actually during a drought it is essential to catch all the washing up water to put on the garden. I have been told that the habit started when Brits had stone sinks and it was easy to chip china or glassware on the hard surface.
When we started having droughts in California in the nineties my mom had a garbage can with wheels the washer water would drain in there and that's how we would water some of the flower beds.
Here in USA my grandmother always used a “dishpan” in the sink I always wondered why she did that
So true! I was astounded to see it when first got the chance to visit a Brit in their home. As for myself, I would never allow for one. I can only do my dishes under the running tap.
@@kimberlyhart5692 Mom is 93 & still uses a dish pan
The drink we had as kids at thanksgiving for a formal grown-up feel is Martinelli's sparkling cider (fizzy apple juice) in a wine glass.
I remember when I was a child, me and my friends used to eat a cigarette-shaped chocolate. It made us feel like an adult 🤣
Same 😂
Yes, they came in a little box that was simular to a cigarette box
Lol we had cigarette-shaped chewing gums in Italy, we used to keep it between our lips for a long time 🤣
@@giovannipintus6752 that's cool 😂
We had it in Portugal as well
I am almost 73 .I was born in London England. I live in the USA , and still talk London English. I love this show.
yes
I respect to your love.🌍
I didn’t know there’s people that old on the internet O.o
@@Mini-wd7qz hi maya, what do you mean?
@@Mini-wd7qz same-
I live in Australia. Guy Fawkes Night was a fantastic experience when I was a child. I had to leave tricky fireworks like rockets and Roman Candles to my older brothers and father, but I was allowed to throw double-bungers. I was also allowed to light and hold sparklers. Absolutely loved them! Alas, around thirty years ago Guy Fawkes Night was banned. It's now illegal to use fireworks without a licence.
As a British person I can confirm I had a massive amount of excitement running through my veins when you mentioned Colin the caterpillar cakes. I think the ones my family bought were usually from sainsburys though? (Maybe occasionally M&S). I presume the ones from sainsburys weren't actually called colin, but i believe we still called it Colin the caterpillar or just 'caterpillar cake'. And despite the fact the chocolate of the face usually doesn't taste that good, you still felt cool if you got it, you're right about that.
❤😁🕘😉
Never heard of Colin the caterpillar!!! Been living here for 60 years
Aldi do their own version of Colin and a few years ago M&S weren’t happy about it
You can get Colin from tesco 😅
As an American, someone saying "I'll put the kettle on" makes me feel comforted and ready for a good cry..Love the Brits!!
You'll have something to cry about, if you put milk or lemon in the wrong type of tea.
Happy to be appreciated mate. Us brits love Americans, we find their accents hilarious.
We always put the kettle on when we’re happy, sad, a crisis. It is definitely a comfort
@@lesleyhubble2976 Exactly!!
@@bb-bg2rt We do love you guys!! Yeah we do have some accents going on!!
I've caught myself apologising to tables and chairs. I promise I'm not weird, its just when I bump into them, it's like a reflex to say sorry. I can't be the only one??? 😅😅
No you are not the only one ive done it many times. I also say sorry if someone else bumps into me
hmmm,,,i don't apologize when bumping into tables or chairs, but when people bump into me,,,I am literally the one apologizing like crazy and saying sorry multipl of times, even if it wasn't my fault XD
In the USA we say 'oops' or cuss. LOL
If a door handle catches my clothes for eg, I am more likely to swear at it 😊
@@patlivesley5398 😂😂
I love gogglebox! I was in London for the Queen's jubilee and discovered gogglebox during my visit. Absolutely love it. I also can't say enough about how nice everyone treated me during my time there.
The phrase most often used in the US when offered something they shouldn’t have is, “yes, please“
As a person living in Britain myself, I can say most of these thing are true. I’m so happy to be here. 🇬🇧
Eggs at room temperature, something we do in new zealand.
@@SiliconBong Not as common in Australia, just a stones' throw away! Eggs in the fridge, I've never known it different. :D
@@pyronixcore >we used to just take the transparent egg trays out of the fride and put them in the lowest shelf in a kitchen cupboard.
@@SiliconBong well they're never in the fridge at the supermarket so I suppose we just trust that is the right way to keep them.
@@aldozilli1293 True enough Aldo, same thing with fruit jams - the instructions say to refridgerate after opening but no-one I know has ever bothered.
The "Cup of tea" thing is just a simple way of calming down any kind of panic/distressing situation by pausing and slowing everything down. Simple but effective.
I can confirm that’s a cup of tea definitely makes the most dire of situations seem not that bad. As an ex Royal Marine, “under effective enemy fire” get your flask out, or get your cooker going and have a “wet” (Royal marine slang for a drink) then all of a sudden the situation becomes calmer.
Hi Lucy, I was born and raised in Victoria Australia. My family used to celebrate Guy Faulks day every year, my wife was born and raised in NSW Australia and had never heard of this tradition and thought it quite strange. Cheers, Colin PS Freddo frog was always big in our home.
Bonfire Night we call it in England. Guy Fawkes was his name.
Especially since he actually failed at blowing up the houses of Parliament! What's there to celebrate??
@@rubydazzler thanks
We celebrate it in New Zealand as well. Just for the fireworks.
I'm italian. The carpet in the bathroom and the absence of the bidet made me shed a tear.
I'm an American living in France who has learned to appreciate the bidet (over many years, not easy) but is repulsed at the idea of carpet around the toilet...disgusting!
I am from Argentina and the absence of bidette and the carpet, made me cringe a little too.😂
I always thought a bidet was for washing feet.
I am from Italy the carpet in the bathroom and the absence of the bidet made me gasp in horror.
I couldn’t believe it how utterly disgusting carpet in the same area as the toilet. I won’t even tolerate magazines in my bathroom,the idea of grabbing a magazine that had a trillion water droplets rained either urine and/or faeces after flushing, because guess what the majority of people do not put the lid of the seat down after they’re finished. Too many don’t even wash their hands afterwards...SOOOO 🥴🤢🤮..imagine those carpets..wonder how long before they turn sticky...Barfff
You guys also say "bless" when seeing a baby or watching a toddler.
Nowadays it’s used by inner city (under 30’s) to mean ‘thank you’..
In Newcastle we bless everything.
Brits say “bless” in the North a lot, like “my grandma forgot her scarf, bless her”
Cant forget the 'ah bless' to show pity for someone
It sounds like the southern “bless your soul” or “God bless your soul”
Usually, when someone breaks something in a restaurant, there is a slight pause in conversation and maybe a few sighs, ohs or ahs. But I was in a restaurant once when someone knocked over a large tray of classes. There was a long moment of silence; then someone got up and started applauding and everyone joined in. The nearest people joined in helping to clear it up and offer words of encouragement that it "happens to the best."
We have ridiculous excitement over fireworks on the Fourth of July, which is Independence Day in the United States, so that I can definitely relate to. I’m actually surprised we don’t have a common thing to shout out when someone breaks a glass. We do tend to clap for them, (and often it’s the whole bar or restaurant applauding) or say ‘way to go!’ when that happens. It usually has the same effect on the poor person who dropped the glasses. They usually laugh along or grin self-consciously and, maybe blush.
It has got ridiculous with fireworks over here in the UK in recent years. They let them off, and have the accompanying bonfires over a several week period on either side of the official 5th November date. As soon as fireworks go on sale, several weeks before the date, kids will have already made a Guy Fawkes effigy, to go touting for money to buy fireworks. A Guy is typically a life sized figure made out of any old clothes, stuffed with newspaper /rags and will have a grotesque looking face mask. They sit outside shops etc with them, asking people to "give a penny for the Guy". Some community organised bonfire and fireworks displays will have a competition to judge the best Guy's and select a prize winner. They will all ritually get thrown on the bonfire to symbolise the Gunpowder Plot being foiled. It all seems to blend into one with Halloween these days, which wasn't really a big UK celebration here, until made popular by the various films.
@@brianwhittington5086utter clap trap! You don't get bonfire's anymore you know fire regulations and as for penny for the guy I haven't seen on since the 80's
@stevehaddon151 You need to get out more, they're certainly going off over a several week period. Plenty of people have bonfires and fireworks at home.. Even local councils etc, have organised bonfires and displays, some of my family go to the civic one every years. Two others have to have their dogs to the vet to start a sedation course from mid-October, to well into mid-November. Same with the Guy Fawkes, they're outside shops begging your loose change.
In Germany, if someone offers something not healthy, the most younger people say "gönn' dir!" or "du kannst es dir ja leisten". It means something like 'Jes! Just do it' or maybe 'sometimes you have to do this'
I'd translate "Gönn' dir" w/ "Savour it" but yh. Sorry, dass ich so mies bin😂
Or also "bevor ich mich schlagen lasse"
I have never heard anyone use "gönn' dir!" before. I'm from up north and we use "Ja, los denn" haha xD
ich dachte gönn dir, war nicht nur dann wenn jemand dir etwas ungesundes anbietet...sondern zb: wenn du etwas sehr teures kaufen willst oder sowas in der art ahahhaha
I would say a better translation would be 'treat yourself'. And I (being German, tho not particularly young) would use 'gönn dir' pretty much the same as 'treat youself' or 'go for it!' not something the person being offered the naughty thing would say, but rather something the person offering or a friend would say.
Doctors in the UK do a lot of 'popping'. "Just pop into the cubicle, pop onto the couch and pop your shirt off. I'm just going to pop this needle into your arm and then you can pop down"
I'm not a doctor but I do a lot of popping too. Pop to the shop. Pop to the supermarket. Pop to the car
Did you know that in certain parts of Yorkshire they say ‘bob’ instead of ‘pop’?
Penny Penpens ....bob’s my uncle ! 🤪
Their arm pops off.
@@delightfullydotty7130 bob? pop? I'd expect that from Australians, they're all upside down
Dear Lucy, This is so spot on. I'm an English teacher in Prague and have an English mother and a Swedish father. I lived in Kent from age 7 to 13. I miss the caterpillar cake, and Pigs in a blanket. The boxed sandwiches used to be available in Marks and Spencer's before Brexit. I miss scones as well and agree with you, creme first, then jam.
I took out the carpet in my bathroom in favour of tiles as I was getting fed up with sorting out the damp in the carpet as a result in frequent use of the shower, best move made.
I am a Lancashire lass, I was weaned on tea. Mum would put weak tea in my bottle, any problems "Mum, Elaine won't play with me " - "I'll put the kettle on and we'll talk about it ". "Mum, I passed my ballet exam" - " Well done, I'll put the kettle on." ( maybe even a biscuit). It is not just the drink, it is the whole action of making an drawing that cures everything.
Bottle of warm sweet tea and flaky pastry from a Gregg's cheese pasty all over the bairns buggy blanket. Takes me right back to North Shields shopping centre. Lol.
@@littleboots9800 oh Greggs pasties!!!!
@@annab8312 food of the gods
Lancashire lass here too. Tea all the way.
It's the ritual.
I'm British, and I reckon that "waheey"-ing is the single most uniting, and endearing, factor in our nation. :')
Cool
IT IS
Yeah its like a spontaneous verbal mexican wave. It just happens and we get such glee from it. lol
@@kittyowlblu true
Except it's YEEOOO in Northern Ireland.
I've been to Ireland once (yes, I know, Ireland is not England and nor even Britain, but still..), and one of the main/best (*) experiences there were the premade sandwiches! I loved them so much, I ended eating them twice a day (lunch & dinner) and made my parents go bankrupt!! 😅 (*) The other two were the colourful doors there and how amazingly friendly and down to earth the people were.
I Love Ireland !!! |England
Frogenius W. we have premade sandwiches in the States in almost every store & supermarkets, you will even find them in some gas stations !
19:15 not just Britain, I’m Japanese and not saying “すみません” when someone even walks past me in a way in which I feel I mildly inconvenienced them takes Herculean effort.
I am a 75-year-old Yorkshireman, living in Germany since 2004. I had never heard of Colin the caterpillar cake until I saw this video, a few minutes ago. Thank you for expanding my vocabulary.
Ah I bet you have wonderful sweeties there... 🌻
Yorkshire is the best place in the world! I love it. I go back every two years!
I wish to live in Yorkshire!!!!!
Funny you should mention Germany...M&S recently filed a lawsuit against German discount shop Aldi for their similar Cuthbert Caterpillar cakes. They settled and now you can get caterpillar cakes called Cecil from Waitrose, Curly from Tesco and Clyde from Asda!
I'm a 52 year old English man and I have never heard of Colin the Caterpillar cake.
A cup of tea is a magical thing, and I am a firm believer that it can improve almost any horrid situation. I was born in Dorset, and a lovely cup of strong tea can instantly lift my spirits.
I’m an American and agree whole heartedly! I love a good strong tea!
Coffee. I just gave myself away 😂
I'm from America and i can agree, i love myself a strong cup of tea !
As an American, it was always the amusing part while watching any British show that after something bad would happen, invariably, someone would instinctively know "to put the kettle on"
It does absolutely fix anything! Sad? Cup of tea. Celebrating? Cup of tea. Cold? Tea again? Sleepy? Yes. Tea is there for you.
I do feel you on the use of umbrellas. I live in Western Oregon in the U.S., which is very rainy, like where you live, and we can generally indentify the people who grew up here because they will not use an umbrella unless it is pouring rain, and often not even then, they will just be wearing a rain shell (a lightweight hiking rain jacket).
Many years ago I moved from Slovenia to England. Looking enough to pick up some quirks. But I must also mention the book "How to Be an Alien" by Hungarian author George Mikes which describes a lot of English quirks. Possibly old-fashioned, but very amusing. The tea obsession is very clear, yes. But to me is just some bad tasting flavoured water. But I have picked up several quirks in language, I just naturally say "pop over" etc.
Bad tasting flavoured water!! Wash your mouth out!!! 😂😂 Tea solves everything, and it’s also a good way to avoid awkwardness if someone “pops over” unannounced 😅😊
Brilliant book!
@@gwblev 😊
Yes, I read that book a long time ago. It was great. So is Lucy.
I remember Freddos being 5p (I’m only 19) and hearing that they’re 25p makes my heart die a little.
you could've twenty😱😭
@@cosmolis7454 you mean 5...?
In germany we do that w/ ice cream. When i was 5 it was like 90 cents a ball. Now its 1.30€.
Mate I swear they're about 50p now 😥
I know!
In Brazil, when we are unsure of the quality of the food, we say “se não matar, engorda” (if it doesn’t kill you, it makes you fat) and then we eat it xD
That phrase itself is really funny!
We say that “if it won't kill you it will make you stronger.“ We don't say this about food only tho.
@@Weather-more are you from Japan btw?
@@minukarodrigo No. What made you assume that?
@@Weather-more your username
Hi Lucy, American expat here. I've seen carpeted powder rooms (guest loos) in the US, though they aren't as common as they used to be. As for piggies in blankets, they remind me of fair food. Growing up, everyone went to the annual county fair (usually in the summer or early fall). Two staples were corn dogs (a hotdog on a stick dipped in cornbread batter, then deep-fried) and cotton candy (cotton floss).
"Pigs in a blanket" is a thing in the US, but I think it's slightly different. Little hot dogs wrapped in pastry dough and baked.
I left the UK in 1997 and reside now in Australia. Love watching your videos Lucy for that nostalgic buzz. Back when I was a child (early 80s) we used to have a fizzy drink called Top Deck. It came in a drinks can that looked like larger. In fact my favourite flavour of this drink was larger and lime. It was alcohol free, marketed towards teens and I would feel most grown up drinking it especially if accompanied with a box of sugar cigarette sweets. These were actual sweets made to look like cigarettes! Can you imagine these products being sold today?
Candy cigarettes were sold in the USA from the 1970's until the 1990's.
I remember Top Deck Shandy from when I was young. When my parents held family parties at our house, there was always Party 7s on the table also.
It's "lager"!!
@@lesleywright8880 haha _ you're right lol
@@romonaelrod7870 They were sold in the 60s too. I remember them fondly.
My experience when I was living in Scotland for a while: people never use umbrellas because they would have to carry them ALL THE TIME. The rain can't be predicted the same way it can in other countries. Also, you guys get a lot of drizzle instead of actual rain, which is much easier to deal with without an umbrella. In my country, if it rains, IT RAINS.
Yup. Scot here. Never carry one. Why bother, it's only water anyway....
Britain actually has a lower rainfall than most places Europe (Northern Europe anyway). I remember a storm in Hungary where there was as much rain in an hour as we would see at home in three months.
no one ever melted in the rain ;)
@@markhutton6055 Sounds absolutely plausible to me. In other countries the rain tends to be less frequent but heavier.
You mean where you live it rains cats and dogs.
In Nigeria, we often answer a question with another question. Lucy: why do Nigerians always answer questions with another questions? Me: how do you mean?
hahahahahahha I've heard of this,,,it's seems so funny to me XD
@Andy XxX hahaha! let's not go there oh!
Another thing we do is that we say things 2X A: How are you? B: Fine, Fine sha! 🤣🤣
@@bellaboomz yeah! let's walk slow slow into the new year o;
@@bellaboomz 🇳🇬Even with food. Puff puff, chin chin, moi moi etc 😂
I'm going to school (and hopefully work afterwards) in Bournemouth starting in January, so all these videos help me get ready to understand stuff like this!
I just came to uk for half a year. I heard of some of these things and now experiencing some of these things, such as not using an umbrella now, totally understand why now that I'm living here. I also say sorry a lot now and talk about weather even when its just grey and boring. Love the list❤
The egg bit is actually quite important! The correct storage temperature for an egg depends on how it has been prepared previously. If it was simply picked up, it should be stored at room temperature. If, on the other hand, it was washed, it must be refrigerated! This distinction may seem strange, but it is key to avoiding a warm, moist environment where _Salmonella_ can easily multiply.
You can keep eggs up to 4 months in the refrigerator as long as the temperature stays consent. I worked on family farm gathering up to 24,000 eggs a day in peak so I know a lot about eggs lol.
Good to know!
@@WhiskeyJack1 too many eggs
@@WhiskeyJack1 Interesting to hear. Until now, my knowledge was that eggs should be stored for a maximum of 4 weeks. But if you put them in the fridge, you should use them up after one week, because the moisture attacks the eggshell.
The Food Standards Agency in England recommends refrigerator for eggs.
Everyone Brit would stand up saying "right" when finishing a conversation
I even said it when ending the video 😂
“Right, better crack on” Or even better “Right, I’m gonna have to love you and leave you”
Don't forget the obligatory slapping of the thighs/knees
I say right a lot at the end of a sentence. I was mostly raised in the USA by my British mom & American dad. My mom rubbed off on me. I’ve only lived in England 2 1/2 years.
Couldn't you find anything more stupid to talk about?
To make small talk when we run into a friend we'll ask or talk about the weather here in Canada. I also wear a rain poncho cos I'm too lazy to carry an umbrella..and I have a tendency of losing my umbrella lots too!
Her sense of humor is amazing! Really love it.
In French schools when someone drops a glass of water everyone shout "hollééé !".
In Dutch, whenever a beerglass falls, most people yell; 'HEEEEEEUUY! of HEUJ!' (Like Hey, but with an 'UUUHHH' noise in it. Sometimes if they're very drunk, they start chanting; 'Heuj heuj heuj' or 'olé-oléoléoléeééé we are the chaaaaampions, we are the chaaaampions.' But you need a very very drunk group for that.
Same in Italy lmao
@HQ In de glooooooooriiiiiaa In de glooooooooriiiiia HIEPERDEPIEP.....!
In Australia it's TAXIIIIIII!
Smashed glasses ,Sack the juggler .Leeds Bradford .Also ,,,, I name this ship ,,the Hesperus,,,.
In France, we have a drink that, I think, everyone drank as a child while adults were drinking Champagne : Champomy. It's like an apple juice but with bubbles and it looks a lot like Champagne.
Champomy is also reasonably popular here in Portugal.
we have exactly the same in Belgium but it's called Kidibul
Appletizer, it’s fantastic.
We also have that in Serbia! Like, child's champagne 🥂 and it comes in various tastes
We still buy it here in USA, called cidra/ sidra
Here in Chile, the equivalent to J20's is Champin, which is a non-alcoholic champagne that parents buy for children's bdays, independence day and year-end holidays. Thanks for this great video and congrats for your web site 💝
Born in Essex, now living in Australia for the last 50 years I can’t believe how many of your posts I have never heard of
Number 4 is so accurate! My neighbor's British and whenever I go to see her and she feels I'm not doing good she's like "Ok, I'll just put the kettle on, whatdoyouwanandrink?" She's the best.
In Australia when glasses are broken we shout out Taxi..implies that you have had enough to drink and time to get a taxi home
Sack the juggler is common here too and bar staff hate it. Like when someone pays with a note and says, "it's still wet, made it this morning," as you check it.
Can confirm I work as hot wash, even the kitchen staff do it to each other. I have caused few "Taxi" shouts.
The scone conundrum A scone before it is eaten is a s + cone. When it is eaten it’ scon. The cream or jam problem is easily solved by rotating the scone after jam and cream has been applied so that the filling “appears” in the right order ie cream on jam or jam on cream, simples 😋
FWIW, and not having chickens myself, friends who do raise chickens say eggs as laid have some protective coating which keeps them fresh, so they do not refrigerate them, and wash them as they use them. But commercial eggs have to be washed before selling, which requires refrigeration to keep them fresh. So they tell me. It does comport with my sense of regulatory overkill. But I don't know the reality. ETA that Ethan Croft said the same thing a year ago, with much more detail.
"Fancy a slice of Colin?",..."Oh, go on, then!"
When I was a child my mum used to tell me the terrifying tale of the carpets in British toilets.... and we would both shiver disgusted while my grandma fainted.
There are less of them nowadays as people have converted to laminate flooring. We've also moved on to mixer taps which were a rarity until quite recently. What luxury to be able to wash your hands in warm water that doesn't gradually get hotter and hotter until you reach your pain threshold (I used to have to wash my hands under the hot tap very quickly!) 😊
@@musicloverlondon6070 Yes, I lived in London for a while I know the struggle of the two-taps-basin🤣 I changed flat four times and luckily never found a carpeted toilet, but my mum participated in many international exchanges in the 80s, she has lived in many homes around the country and she would bring toilet flip-flops with her😂😂
In America it WAS popular in the 70's I believe. Not too bad unless there was a male in the household, then pretty gross!
@@HamelinSong Hahaha, 'toilet flip-flops'! Well, hopefully she wouldn't have had to contend with the once omnipresent toilet roll dollies which were often seen as an aesthetically pleasing item to have in a well-to-do loo! 😊 za.pinterest.com/crunchie103/toilet-roll-doll/
I'd say the Dutch equivalent of "oh, go on then" would be "ach, vooruit dan". The Dutch version of J2O is Jip & Janneke kinderchampagne or Raak Kindercola. In the Netherlands people still constantly convert prices from euros to gulden (our pre-euro currency) to complain about inflation, instead of Freddos.
I am an American raised in California, and we also have "pigs in blankets" but ours were cooked in rolls and I think yours sound much much better. :)
On the dog poo: a few streets away from where I live, they have a litte sign put in their front yard: "Allow your dog a little variety in life: let it poop at your own front door!" I LOVE that one!
My lifetime dog [dogs this good, you're lucky if you get one a lifetime] was so smart that on more than one occasion we'd start a walk, get a block away from home and then she'd insist on running back to the house to poop in her own yard before continuing the walk. Lots of other wonderful personality traits that made this dog one for the ages that only other dog lovers would care about. Gone 25 years now, and still I miss her. What a wonderful pup...
in Germany, when we want to end a conversation, we clap our hands on our thighs and say "soooooo"
I used to have a German colleague and as I read this I heard him in my head doing this at the end of *every* meeting! Such a lovely guy 😊
Oh yeah some people do that in Britain too, or hey just sit awkwardly then lie and say they have to go
@@rosiewashere6195 so true
Ooh, that's good to know. I have a German housemate that never shuts up. Hopefully that will put a stop to him when I'm trying to leave the room. :)
@@rosiewashere6195 Or we slap our knees and say "right...." I've experienced situations where we've ran out of things to say, so we sit and look around the room until someone moves or breaths and we all go "right, yeah, well..."
We have pigs in a blanket here in the USA too, but HERE they're hotdogs or sausages wrapped in biscuit dough and baked. (American biscuits not cookies.)
Lovely ❤ (also seeing Will and you together is lovely 😍) I'm Hungarian but lived in UK for 3 years and I loved it
5:46 Indeed, a cupa is the best remedy for everything. Long ago (in Bath, it was 1 in the morning) a guy with a baseball bat demanded my money. I managed to fight him off and he fled but I got a bad bruise as he managed to hit me with the bat. A moment later some people came up to me: ,,It was terrible. Are you OK? We saw the attack, we have called the police. Would you have some tea?".
I've been living and working in England for the last couple of months, and in November, it happened to be my birthday, so my colleagues at work gave me a Caterpillar Cake. I was so excited to have one on my birthday
This doesn't just apply to glasses, but here in North Carolina, USA we used to stand up and applaud when someone in the school cafeteria dropped their tray. It was especially embarrassing when you got to Uni as ya'll say.
No one called higher education Uni until Australian soaps hit our shores.
@@mrmobsi527 Good to know. I wasn't aware. We pretty much call about every form of higher education "college" here, as a catch-all term. I got a 4 year degree from a university, but I say "I went to college at NC State."
Hi Lucy, - I both a 'raincaper' (ordered it from the USA), a few years ago and it's ideal to always take with you, because you can fold it up small and put it in a supplied bag!!! I hang it on my shopping trolley so that I ALWAYS have it with me, because, even in Belgium, the weather is unpredictable haha. I hate umbrellas, because a lot of people wave them around and sometimes it looks like they want to gouge your eyes out. LOL. So dangerous!! So give me a raincoat. Still, in the warm months a raincoat is way too warm, right? Hence, the raincaper, highly recommended! - We also keep our eggs in the fridge! But I take them out of the fridge a few hours before I need them to let them come to room temperature before using them. - In our country do people talk also lots of the time about the weather, sweetie hihi. - I so wish we had more pre-made sandwiches in our village (Aartselaar), especially the vegetarian variants would be more than welcome!! (I'm a 63 years old veggie-lover ;-) ) Lots of love from Belgium, Pinkie
Sorry you forgot the response to “I’ll put the kettle on.” is “Okay but I don’t think it will suit you.”
Gosh I just remembered we use pop for that to. I'll just pop the kettle on. 🤣😂.
I think that it's fun how British people's can't ending conversations because I'm from Sweden and we can't start conversation😅
Oh I’m from Norway hi
So if we had a conversation it would neither start nor end or it would start by us and end by you. Amazing, the hidden conversion.
Haha 😂
@Charlie Örnblom Same for Finns, even more I'd say ;)
Some British People can end conversations I don't understand why you said that😂
I’m from the Pacific NW ( USA) where it also rains a lot! I lived in Seattle for over 4 years and didn’t own an umbrella-no one used them. Well some people did but you knew they were from out state.
from English breakfast lunch dinner to pigs in blanket and sandwiches through black pudding( similar to (black pudding from Poland) but "Haggis" ( is more like black pudding from Poland)called as a "bloody gut" in some parts of Poland. I just love it, including the weather. All is epic.
I am British and related to a lot of these. I am trying so hard to not leave a passive aggressive comment about the scone argument, but I really, really want to.
Oh I feel you. I was like, do I? and then I was like yeah why not ?😂😂 So I pronounce scone with the same "O" sound as the word cone rather than the "O" that is similar to the one in gone. I hope that makes sense And on the cream and jam topic Cut the scone in half and then put jam on 1 half and the clotted cream on the other then you smush them together 😂😂😂 oh it taste so good !!
Cut in half, butter and then microwave for 25 seconds
Guys, It's clearly scone.
@@seriescircuit No-o-o-o-o-o-o! Jam, then cream on both halves, which are then eaten separately!
What's the fastest cake in England? Sconnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! That joke wouldn't be as awesome is it was a 'skone' therefore it's a 'skon'
OMG! 🤣🤣 I'm from the USA but I swear, "a cup of tea" is akin to a religious elixir for the British, based on every encounter I've had. LOL
It absolutely is, but many people have become irreligious over the last 20 years and drink coffee. Heretics! 😂
Yes Lucy, definitely scone as in 'gone', and absolutely cream before jam. The cream replaces the butter. V important that visitors understand this! 🇬🇧
6:06 Allow me to explain the psychology around putting the kettle on! It resets the mind focusing on a need, that of refreshing beverage (I sound like Sheldon Cooper lol), and it allows you to better deal with whatever is the awful situation.
I'm English. I love it how you segue from talking about "carpeted bathrooms and toilets" straight into "Number 2".
😄😆
Every British person ever: Right *Slaps legs* I'll be of now.
"I'll be OFF now!" PS. If you are going to generalise in this preposterous fashion, at least be accurate. Only about half of the 20 English-isms she lists are really "things". And if you want to know which they are, just find out for yourself
We do some of these things in Britain Most of them it really depends how you grew up and where
@@imbored2227 yup I'm from north of england
@@yogurtz6676 north west for me I think
My dad would say this, talk for around an hour, say it again, talk for a couple more minutes, and then leave.
I'm from louisiana. I have fell in love with the phrase, "I cant be arsed." Of course I use a slightly stronger variation.
I like the dancing at the end. I love everything British. I am an Anglophile and according to my DNA test 81% British ( I am from the U.S.)
I’m from Russia and we actually have a phrase “To take English leave” which basically means to leave silently,without saying goodbye. 😂 I believe there’s a phrase in English “to take French leave” which basically means the same thing 😂
Irish exit
It is „to say goodbye the French way” in Germany
In Spain we say "leaving like the French".😂😂😂
Alot of European countries do something similar with the disease syphilis - one will call it the English disease, another the French disease, another the Dutch etc. Basically all accusing each other of being nasty as 😂
In the West US we would say an "Irish Goodbye"
So, I'm a second generation Canadian, my grandmother was a war bride from Salford, in Northern England. My mother's first language was "Salfordian", and was mocked intensely when she went to school for her accent. My gramma was the matriarch and was so influential that my own daughters can speak the accent to this day. I relate to many of the things Lucy shared!
You have to put the jam on first or else it will just slide right off the top of the cream ( agree with her pronunciation though). Australians also use "pop" in that way very often.