Dead Giveaways Someone is British | American Reacts
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As an American I have heard about how easy it is to spot an American. Today I am interested in learning about the tell tale signs that someone is British. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
Queuing is also known as having manners.
"Ta" is one of the first words we try to teach our babies. You give them something and say "Ta?" So when they want something they reach out and say "Ta". We teach them to say thanks before anything else.
Definitely!👍
My eldest nephew got the wrong end of the stick and thought the person giving had to say "say Ta" as they gave. It was a cute mistake, sharing anything, he would frown and demand a "Ta" before anyone got a biscuit.
Only idiots do that- forcing babies into learning two languages, " Moo Cows", Bar lambs", Choo Choo trains" Popo (Horse), Pap pap (Motor Car). Then you wonder why it takes so long for them to develop - Speak English for God's sake.
My mom was Jamaican and it's used there for babies too.
Same in New Zealand and Australia.
"Cheers, ta, see ya later!"
"Do you want a Jaffa Cake with your brew? "No ta, I'm full, but cheers anyway!"
Also... "laters babe!"
@@tezscanlan6418 Ta, strong with two sugars, then I’ll be off. Ay, stop gawping, you, go on, do one.
Nobody is ever too full for a
Jaffa Cake ...unless...
Nah ...that's inhuman!!!😊😅😂
Why aren't Americans taught from childhood how to behave in social situations? Like not staring, waiting their turn, using cutlery etc.
Idk, but all that stuff is taught in kindergarten in Denamrk. Also how to hold a knife and fork and sit in a chair and so on.. They don't do that in America. There's no etiquette and manners taught in nursery over there. So if the parents dont have that down they're basically not gonna function very well when going outside.
Unfortunately in England it seems most people under 50 don’t know how to even hold a knife and fork anymore. They have their fist around the fork, with the spikes pointing upward,elbows sticking out, and then they start gesticulating with the fork in mid air whilst talking with their gob (slang for mouth, if you’re American) full of food, and both elbows then come to rest on the table while the wrist swivels round so the fork pokes people eyes out who are seated nearby. When they decide to finally put the next fork load in their mouth, which is piled high with far too much food, they bring the fork towards their mouth like it’s an aeroplane coming into land. Then they drop their head really low, so their nose is almost touching the food and start piling it up again. When finished they drop the cutlery on the plate at any angle, then get up to leave, leaving their chair out obstructing access to other tables instead of pushing it back in under the table. They then exit, letting the door slam in the face of the person behind.
@nolajoy7759 I have thought many times that Americans don't know how to use cutlery or the etiquette of how to eat and when. They don't know how to pronounce foreign words so they change them "chaise longue has become chaise lounge."
@marinka424 I do have to say I agree with you. Good manners have gone out the window in this country. My children had to use cutlery where appropriate and never grab handfuls. I got complimented many times on my children's manners when out anywhere. They also knew to only take what they could eat. I think now kids get fast food thrown at them and eat or not how you like. How sad that people are retrograding back to cavemen, grabbing handfuls and pile your plate whether you can eat it or not after all you've paid for it, got to get moneys worth. I don't think people realise how off-putting it is to get bits of food out of someone's mouth flying across the table. I have had it land on my plate. You Tubers, you're recording, empty your mouth before you speak PLEASE.
When Aussies say "cheers, mate" we usually mean thanks. We also say "Ta" or "ta muchly" (informally).
Tea everyday? No guv, I have it every hour except when I'm asleep!
Ta is a very common expression (especially 'Up North') for 'thanks' but most people in the UK know what you mean...😂
Yes, I'm in the north and use Ta all the time. I even embellish it to ta ever so or ta much especially when amongst friends!
Yeah, it's a very working class thank you.
stare excessively at someone in the UK, Tyler? And you'll earn a, "You got a f*cking PROBLEM, mate?''' As a threat. ;-)
Or in Glasgow, 'You wanna PHOTOGRAPH?' - make a quick exit if you hear this.
😂😂😂
Don't expect Tyler to read this...
why plz, bud?
@@alanleys Tyler never reads his comments. He's well known for it.
Builders' tea - strong, not much milk.
Sticking your little finger out when drinking tea is the height of ignorance and bad manners
It comes from Freud. He noted his neurotic wealthy studies did this. Little fingers are indicators if you care to learn about it. There isn't much room on delicate bone china teacups for little fingers.
@@yves2694 no there isn’t much room that’s why fingers are tucked into the palm
Definitely a naff thing to do - a misguided, risible, and wrongful assumption of gentility.
Its actually a hold over from when cutlery wasn't widely available. The right hand pinky finger was the "spice finger" that you would dip into the salt or sugar or whatever. Since at communal gatherings everyone was using the same spice bowls you were expected to keep the pinky clean so as not to mix anything "dirty" into the bowl. Hence sticking your pinky out so it wasn't touching things.
@@MrPercy112 Medieval Misconceptions: FEASTS, DINING, ETIQUETTE and FOOD, filmed at the Abbey Medieval Festival. go to 2:46
Saying sorry even if it's not your fault
I can't imagine why queueing or standing in line isn’t standard behaviour all over the world! It's fairness exemplified.
The phrase 'half eight' is just a contraction of 'half past eight'. Both are equally widely used in the UK. We say 'quarter TO nine', not 'quarter till'.
I can think of two countries where queuing is NOT the norm... India and (surprisingly perhaps!?), parts of ITALY... It's a BIG issue which even gets mentioned in tourist guides and in many places you have to 'take a ticket' (even to just buy a coffee).
@@stewedfishproductions9554 In most African countries queuing is the norm unless it is for a limited resource like seats on a bus, then it's a chaotic, often violent free for all. In Tanzania you'll see people climbing through bus windows to avoid the throng at the entrance.
I've definitely had to 'stand in line' when travelling in the United States. North Americans, would you really not care if somebody pushed in front of you in a queue?! I'm skeptical about the idea that this is particularly distinctive to the UK.
@@Will-nn6ux Big distinction between Americans and Canadians on that one. Canadians are sometimes mocked for our 'willingness' to wait in line, while the American stereotype is that they'll barge ahead given any opportunity.
We hate waiting in lines too but there's not much you can do about it. Common courtesy is to wait your turn.
@@Will-nn6ux I've stood in line at the DMV a couple of times, always making sure I was first because I arrived at 6:00am! Thankfully they now have an online queuing system.
If you hold eye contact for more than a second, you are either going to fight or kiss.
'Pissed' = 'Drunk'… 'Pissed off' = 'Angry.
I find queuing to be a very civilised form of behaviour,it’s really about fairness and consideration for others.
I feel like british people are getting worse at queuing, in supermarkets, people find all sorts of ways to jump queues. Social media and technology has made people become bored so much quicker so they cant stand/ sit still
@@nasheeds8218 I hate it when a cashier opens a new till, and the last person in the line next to it, runs to get there first, instead of letting some of the people in front of them go first. After all, they’ve been queuing longer so should be served first at a newly opened till if they choose to change queue.
Ta is thank you but Ta Ta is goodbye
As in the expression TTFN meaning ta ta for now.
“Brits drink a tea everyday, right?”
It’s just gone midday and I’m on my 7th cup already. If I don’t break double figures for the day, you can assume I’m very ill.
That’s good going!! The only time I drink tea is when I’m ill…I’m far too much of a coffee drinker 😂
I had 2 liters a day from 1984 to 1994. A brit in Denmark. Danes in my closest family was also like that.. So made it easy. 😎
Plenty of other nationalities drink tea. For most drinkers in the population, the UK is only at #6, the USA at #8. #1 is, apparently, Turkey; then Pakistan/Kenya equal second, Vietnam, India - and Ireland.
Calling a Scotsmen, welshman and an Irish man English is offensive
Calling an Englishman Welsh, scottish or Irish is unforgivable
It’s fighting talk!
@@tightropewalkergirl6485definitely it is
Or a Cornishman.. or Cornish maid!!
Yes but calling them British would be OK in most cases (unless it was someone from the Irish Republic).
Concerning how people like their tea, it's not just milk and/or sugar, but how much milk to use, and also how long to brew the tea for: some people like it strong, others like gnat's pee. There was a woman in one office where I worked who liked the hot water just to be shown the teabag.
you forgot lemon
@@annpartoon5300
I've never worked in an office where anyone took lemon...
My sister likes lots of milk. Iv always said to her half a cow still
I get asked if I want tea with my milk because I like a weak, milky tea and lots of sugar. Actually save the bag for the next cup, it'll still be good.
I'm from the northeast of the UK . Half past 8 is the correct terminology, but it's more of a nickname, to shorten it half 8, say all the time.
There’s just something about Brits, it doesn’t even need to be the clothes, but as a fellow Brit you can just tell when someone is British without them even speaking 😆
Here one shouting whaaaay when someone drops something in a pub or restaurant
As well as Ta for thanks, we tend to say Ta Ra for goodbye
I remember Cilla Black saying that at the end of her show. 😊
'Ta ra a bit' in Birmingham for good bye.
TaTa, up north in England for a goodbye from an elderly relative.
TTFN - ta ta for now
Ta ta in London. Usually pronounced "taddah"!
Quarter past eight, half past eight and a quarter to nine (not till nine) are perfectly good English phrases. But so is 'half eight'. Also 'quarter-past' or 'quarter-to' - but we never add the number in those cases.
Quarter-past/quarter-to are only to be used when the hour is obvious.
Like if clarifying on a previous statement that it's nearly 5 clarifying that it's quarter-to is fine; or asking when the next train is while they can see the current time saying half-past just means the next half-past any hour to occur.
But if someone asks what time is it you really should give the hour too since that's not obvious from context.
It came about as a synchronisation tool for people to know the time. Church bells would ring a sequence identifying which hour, quarters (to and past), and half past.
I'm English but I do not mind being called British.
In Yorkshire they say "Now Then" or "Sithee" instead of hello. In Wales they say "Bye Now" for goodbye.
I like the way the Scots use the word ken, but I think that would be beyond Tyler's ken.
Arriving at someone's house and saying "put the kettle on, I really need a cuppa please..." 😂😂😂
It's disappointing if you don't get offered tea!
@@Lily_The_Pink972
True, it's the FIRST thing I say to someone coming in to visit or even a person coming to do some work... "Tea or coffee... milk and sugar?"😅
This is the same in Ireland, where we actually drink more tea per capita than the UK. It would be crazy to go to someone's house in Ireland and not get offered a cup of tea 😂
You shouldn't need to ask.
@@ShizuruNakatsu Coffee in my house in W Cork, not a tea lover unless green.
Ta means thanks, but tata means goodbye.
Or Ta Ra!!
Here's a conversation I had with my friend last night:- "Do you want another cuppa?" "No ta, I'm off now, got work at half 6 but cheers tho" "What time do you finish?" "Quarter past 11" "Do you want to pop round after?" "Yeah, can do if you like, see ya, ta ra" "Ta ra" Didn't go, went home, she knew I'd go home as well, just 2 British people understanding British etiquette.
Drinking tea with a pointed pinkie is thankfully a thing of the past. In times gone by teacups were made small and of delicate bone china. the handles were tiny and one could only hold them with thumb and forefinger. The pinkie was a used as a balance to make that process easier. Nowadays if you drank your tea like that most people would have a giggle at you and think you were being pretentious.
In UK we don't use the word "pinkie".
@@Phiyedough Seeing as it is in the Oxford dictionary I don't think you are correct. Look it up. Most of the people I have met in my 72 years of life IN THE UK and elsewhere have called it a pinkie.
@@PhiyedoughI always use the word “pinkie”.
That is a stupid myth
@@tenniskinsella7768 ?? I'm not sure what you are referring to.
Tea, I always say "hot and wet"
A sign of civilisation
Not passive aggressive...its just we're too polite to cause trouble.... except with our friends where trouble is encouraged 😁
My parents are British, I've spent a lot of time there. Yep TA is a thing Tyler.
You can stare at me if you like.... but when I stare back at you ...read my expression and take the hint.
We are more than 4 countries in GB. On official forms, you have to be British. I always cross it out and write English. We all have our own identity.
How are we more than 4 countries?
I’ve seen office charts including colour for everyone on a tea round.
But there are 5 ways to control colour. Variety of tea, amount of leaves, length of steep, amount of milk, and richness of milk.
Our chart had the mugs on it too, so you know that Sally has the cat mug and two sugars. Bringing someone the wrong mug is a BAD PLAN. It also tells visitors which mugs they shouldn't borrow.
Most Brits drink BLACK tea and this needs sugar( optional) and then milk to give it colour and flavour. The US herbal and Green teas definitely don’t need milk but US holiday destinations that are popular with Brits, such as Florida, are now used to us asking for hot breakfast tea and serve this black tea with a milk jug.
Saying ‘TA’ ( tar) is a very common alternative to Thankyou.
Saying Half Eight instead of eight thirty or Quarter to nine instead of Eight Forty Five is very common here but another complication is that most children and teenagers are used to digital timepieces and are not taught to use traditional clocks so these terms are incomprehensible to them !
Hi,
I think the main difficulty with 'Half 8' in UK means 8:30 in Netherlands it means 7:30, because in UK it is half past 8 whilst in Netherlands it is Half to 8.
@@stephenlee5929 The words “PAST” and TO are very important here to differentiate the meanings.
Black tea refers to the colour of tea leaves; not how much milk.
@@neuralwarpNot in Scotland, at least not with the working class. Black tea is tea without milk, like black coffee is coffee without milk.
Children are still taught how to read an analogue clock as they are prevalent everywhere, railway stations, public buildings and town/village clock towers.
Also remember that in this case, Bum a Fag, Bum means cadge (obtain off you) a Cigarette.
Ta is spoken like Tar (the sticky black stuff woolly mammoths fell into a lot) some people drop the pronunciation of the R but the rest of the word is just like Tar.
Oh just another one, until at least we have become Americanised by your TV programmes we pronounced Lieutenant (as in the military/police rank) more like Leftenant, Left & tenant flowing into each other. Try it, It's easy to say correctly 😜 Unfortunately most now say it wrongly, having served in the military that one, peeves the shit out of me! (oh that means annoy if it's a new one Lol)
English (British) is such a wonderful language, It came from so many other languages, taking a word from here, changing a word from there, we also say things incorrectly from their original sources so ignore if anyone says you're saying it wrong, you may be, but so may they 😀
TTFN (ta ta for now) Mate 😁
P.S. If someone says "Have a good (or nice) day" in the UK they may be taking the piss, the correct response is, "The same to you" with a smile. That way you cover your bases either way. It's not a usual thing to say unless you're in a fast food (or some other) store and they have a policy that says they have to say it to all customers. I hear it from Americans on TV & TH-cam all the time so presume it's a normal parting comment, we use "Catch you later (sometimes with "Aligator" at the end)", "Seeya", "Ta Ta (yes we do say it, or some of us do hehe)" hmmm, there are lots in fact, but rarely wishing people a nice or good day, mainly some form of "Good Bye" or "See you soon"
"Have a nice/good day" is usually used with Happy Birthday or other congratulatory sentences, such as:- "Happy Birthday you old fart & may you have a great day, don't get too pissed!" or similar 🙃
a cuppa tea with a splash of full fat milk and 2 sugars - perfick
Oh no i hate sugar in tea 😂
Yuck, it has to be skimmed milk, at a push semi skimmed is sort of acceptable.
i like the jersey extra creamy milk lol@@shirleyanneyoung955
Heat in microwave
MyTasmanian grandmother was more British than the British, she taught at a Girls Boarding Grammar School and ruthlessly watched my posture, manners, etiquette, articulation! 🤨 Yes, definitely afternoon tea & politness! 😄 Cheers (mate)! 🇦🇺
I am West Aussie and my English great-grandmother taught elocution and her teaching passed down to grandma then mum then me. I was pulled up so often for saying "I"m gunna..."(do something) instead of clearly saying "I'm going to"... I had to speak one way at school and another way at home so I didn't sound snobby. 😅
@@nolajoy7759 Yes, it was difficult at school, you really want to be the same as your peers! 😁 "It's not ow it's oh"! 👍
My mum taught us girls to walk tall by balancing books on our heads and she used to say to pull your stomach in and tuck in your bottom. We would mess about and walk like robots
@@mariacurtis9247 😁👍 We had a string from the head down, shoulders back, etc!
Ah, the good old days, when correct deportment made everyone look better. To paraphrase my long departed, Victorian grandmother: ‘good posture, and elegance of movement, costs nothing - but speaks volumes’.
Making tea is an art . Never had a decent cup of tea in America some of it I wouldn’t rub it on the cats piles
Same. I boil the kettle, warm up the teapot with a little of the boiled water and pour it out. Add two (black) teabags to the pot and the hot water...wait for a bit, depending how strong I feel like I want my tea. Add a little milk to my cup, no sugar, please remember that. lol. and pour the tea. Occasionally I will use my stoneware cup and saucer, or the bone china ones I inherited from my mom. I always put a tea cozy over the pot, the one I use was a gift from my mother-in-law. Making tea is a process I enjoy. I absolutely (almost, while gritting my teeth) refuse to drink tea made with a tea bag dipped in a cup of water and microwaved. Horror. We call it "dip and swish." I'm getting used to the way Tim Hortons makes it in a cardbord cup, but I'm not really sure...🫖
Tyler, you reviewed an entire video about English Tea. The video with the sandwiches and cakes, the tea cozy, how to make it, etc.
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@@brendamiller5785 because they don't have electric kettles....
In parts of Scotland we also say 'the back of 8', which means just after 8, up to about 8.15, ish.
6:21 I'm not british, but as someone who drinks a lot of tea I can assure you there are a LOT of ways to make it, like its diferent depending on how much sugar or milk you put in it, if you put any, if you drink it hot or cold, there are also many kinds of tea like theres green tea, black tea and so on. I, for one, like to drink my tea from a mug, two tablespoons of sugar in it, but I know people who drink their tea with honey in it.
Queing is a very serious thing in the u.k. i once seen a man nearly lynched for jumping the queue
I went to school in the 60's and I still remember being taught how to SPELL queue ! We all had to say out loud QUE... UE !!! (saying it out loud in a sing-songy way Q U E... U Eeeee!😂
@@stewedfishproductions9554 one of the only words were 80% of the letters are redundant 😂
how very civilized
In a New York Italian restaurant, I replied to the waiter that would be lovely. He was so pleased, said New Yorkers were never so polite.
The "half eight" thing can be confusing in Germany, because "halb acht" (i.e. half eight in German) is half to eight (i.e. 7:30), not half past eight.
Same in most of Europe i would say..
I got caught out by that myself in Germany.
That's interesting.
In the UK we do say "pissed" meaning "drunk", however we do also say "pissed off" to refer to us being angry.
I'm English..I don't wear a bowler hat...I don't know any of the royal family and I don't drink tea...
People who wear bowler hats automatically get my respect. Especially if accompanied by a pipe or monocle.
😅
Up until the past ten years in England, if you were walking down a narrow country lane on the road because there was no path, and a car approached, you would always stop walking, step politely up onto the grass verge, to give the car space, then face and watch the car as it drove past, and both driver and walkers would politely smile or nod at each other as a thank you. More recently, I’ve noticed walkers just carry on walking on the road, even if it means the driver is going to hit oncoming traffic if he pulls out to miss the walker. The walker never acknowledges the driver now, just stares straight ahead and stays on the road. I assume they are not English, but in England.
Tea parameters are -
▪︎ what/how much milk/lemon
▪︎ how long steeped
▪︎ what/how much sugar etc
Also preferred variety.
Lemon?? If they asked for lemon at my house, they'd be out of luck. It's milk, or nothing!
Everyone likes their tea completely differently. The strength of the tea, the type of tea, the amount of milk and sugar. It's true, we ask once and remember forever. I could still make a perfect cup of tea for everyone I worked with in 1991.
The being polite goes back I think when you could get challenged to a duel so that you don’t end in a fight you are extra polite to someone so that they can claim they didn’t start it when one happens when you up before a judge ( even it’s the judgement of public opinion and branded a trouble maker and end up being shunned if it happens a lot )
its 10.24am here in the u.k and im just having my 3rd cuppa
Slow day? 🤔
It’s almost 1.40 and I’m only on my second! Got some catching up to do!
Slacker
"Cheers", "Mate", "Ta", would confuse Americans because we use them in New Zealand and Australia as well. And cheers is like an appreciation or a thank you, not a goodbye. "Cheers mate!" = "Thanks mate!"
In NZ "pissed" means both "pissed off" or falling down drunk. I've been both 😂
People in the office (& other work places) ask others how they like there tea because in work places we make each other cups of tea a lot.. or coffee
I love me tea. I drink 4-5 cups per day. I also drink coffee, but only in the morning.
Just with the standard English Breakfast blend of tea, you have the variety of how long the bag is left to stew, how many sugars/sweeteners, how much milk if any (And what kind of milk, if a vegan coworker)
And that's only for one type, some offices will have a variety of blends
Hi Tyler.
I've been looking at your replies, and with regards to "ta" - I've remembered, a lot of this is northern, especially Mancunian - "ta ra" for example, is what you'll hear people telling you when you're leaving whereas in London we would say "see yer".
Yes “tah” instead of thanks usually said to toddlers “say Ta” because thank-you is too difficult.
Making tea for a colleague and if they say just dip the teabag in for a couple of seconds as they want it to be really weak. If you get on well you are more likely to say ‘knob’ or ‘wanker’ than ‘yuk, why not just have hot water’ 🤔.
I mentioned the use of "Ta" in Yorkshire, 6 days ago on your comments and it surprisingly caused a stir.
"Cheers" was an American sitcom about a bar so surely it's a thing in America; well on the East coast anyway.
Yeh as a scotsman I can agree with the "cheers mate" expression. I say both all the time I very rarely say thank you unless I'm speaking with someone down south or other countries. For yes we say aye which unless the person I'm speaking too understands people from Glasgow then I will just say yeh/yep.
"ta" is another type of thanks. Like if your friend gives back something you let them borrow and you'll then say ta I'd say women say ta more I believe but doesn't mean men don't say it either. It's also a word used alot around babies when you try and teach them some words, a child will remember ta more than thanks. P.S your saying ta wrong your adding another letter in there, say the a more end with the a.
Staring into someone's eyes when walking past especially when they are a stranger can be seen as a threat, I've had moments like that but I think that's just a male thing. I feel like it's just an intimidating tactic, someone stares at me I'm staring back. I may have adhd lol
I'm English but I would not be offended by being called British I would probably correct you and say I'm English but I would definitely not be offended
British is fine but being called English when I am Welsh is fighting talk hahaha
Dead giveaway, not really. A lot of these things are the same across the English speaking world, including America. It's a little bit more subtle than that.
cheers is a drinking term,derived from cheerio or as you down the drink you are saying good buy to the drink, people say it instead of good bye when departing . the terms half past and quarter past the hour are very common terms.the little finger sticking out when drinking tea derives from when tea cups were made small and of fine china a rich peoples drink,the tea cup handles were so small only hold able with two fingers and a thumb, tea strength was moderated by the amount of time you brewed the tea in the tea pot before pouring also moderated by the amount of milk you prefer , nuff about tea cheers mate.
Cheers was also an American sitcom.
No it's not. Bo**ocks. Cheers means "be cheerful". Cheerio means goodbye.
yep one of all time faves ,cheers mate@@Phiyedough
My Dad was welsh, and my mum was English, so my parents were worried about me being mixed race.
Although I refer to myself as English, I would never be offended to be referred to as British by a foreigner. I know thete are people that feel weird about being called British, but I never understood that. They are still British. I feel like it's more Scots who feel that. I dunno, because England is larger and more well known? 😂
it tends to be Catholic Scots who get annoyed at being called British most catholics hate the monarchy (they prefer to refer to their mostly non existent southern Irish/celtic roots)
to be completely honest with you it's more of a football thing (celtic vs rangers, with most if not all celtic fans being catholic and most if not all rangers fans being protestant) kinda like the split between northern Ireland (all protestant) and southern Ireland (all catholic)
the split in Scotland is about 30% protestant and 15% catholic (with other religions making up the rest) so nah the majority of scots won't be offended if you call them British but it's best just to call them all Scottish just to be safe ;)
I grew up in England and have always referred to my self as being English. I don’t imagine that many people from Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales would prefer to be called British rather than Irish, Scots, or Welsh. To me it would be like calling people in Mexico, The United States of America and Canada by the catch all term North Americans. As a now Canadian I prefer to be called Canadian not North American. I think the same would be true for the US and Mexico.
Drinking tea with milk/ sugar
Words like holiday not vacation, zebra crossing, pavement, no medical bankruptcy, it's a huge list but the tea is really 1
Tea: milk or no milk? Sugar, no sugar, how strong? Teabag in teabag out?
''Are there really many ways to have your tea?' 😂😂😂😂 wars have been fought for less
In the name of all that is good and holy, please DO NOT tell Tyler what "to bum" means on this side of the Pond!!
I was confused as to why he seemed indifferent to that word, I had assumed it must have an innocent meaning in America, that I don’t know about.
the british will say fuck off,thats a dead give away
For the next level, you need to look at giveaways that people are from particular regions. Firstly, the accents - Scouse & Manc are both local to one another but very distinct. If you're from the north east of England, Geordie, Mackem and Smoggie can be distinguished, but if you're not from the area, they can be hard to tell apart. Then there's the terminology. If someone called you "Pet" or "Duck" would you know what part of Britain they were from?
According to a german friend, Adolf Hitler's voice sounded like Mr. Bean's!
Politeness and insulting - the absolute take on this British stereotype culture is the Catherine Tate comedies.
Check them out.
Another good comedy along similar lines would be "Keeping Up Appearances".
Check these both out when you have time.
We Brits also say pissed off.
We say half past 8 too! But in a hurry leave the "past" out.
It's pronounced more like tar meaning thanks.
We also say ta ra meaning bye or see you later .
Pronounced T rar
turns out an unarmed society is a politer society, and less killy
I've worked in offices before and it is expected you will automatically do the tea round for everyone when it's your turn without being asked, and the first time you go around and ask everyone how they have their tea. But most offices will have a list of names posted up with how they take their tea. As for "mate" I think Aussies say it more than we Brits do. Also they say mate in a friendly way. I feel like Brits use 'mate' ironically in a passive aggressive way mostly.
I have never ever seen anyone hold their pinky out while drinking tea. (Stereotype). Plus most drink from mugs. Oh yes. I'm 64 yrs old.
Ta is thanks and it's very common. Head up and eye contact as you walk past shows that your tough. Like a don't mess with me kinda thing.
Black tea, white tea, with sugar or without, strong, weak. And any combination of the above
The tea thing is quite right. I know how everyone takes their tea at work.
You can have tea with or without milk, with or without sugar, with both or neither.
I have mine with milk but no sugar. My work mates have theirs very differently. One has weak milky tea and 2 sugars while the other has Earl Grey with the tiniest bit of milk in it and no sugar.
TA VERY MUCH = THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
We say " quarter TO 9" etc. Not " quarter TILL 9" !
Here we say "Ta muchly" (slang..mot formslly!)
I still know the tea order for my former work colleagues. I left 3 years ago 😂
Not all Brits love tea. I agree with the literary James Bond who loathed it and called it “mud”. Give me coffee anytime.
Thanks love is use a lot in the UK and please and thank you goes a long way to be polite
Imagine how Canadians feel when they get called American. Its about that level of offensiveness
Likewise the Kiwis when asked about Oz, except that they reply with a wry smile.
Ta is more something I hear people saying to babies/toddlers when you want them to hand over something (especially if they shouldn’t have said item).
Calling a Scots man, Welsh man Irish Man, British, is very highly offensive to most Europeans, especially the English
If I’m overly polite watch out!
'Tar'... ta, super common, thanks, ta... yeah, thanks, ta, all very polite
Ta is thanks but not for everyone, when in was small I was told to say thank you or thanks when I was small Ta wasn't a thing in the south was normally heard more north.
British vs English/Welsh/Scottish/Scottish easily explained, by the tennis player Andy Murray, when he won he was always British, when he invariably lost he was 'demoted' to Scottish
'You don't hear cheers here', yeah mate, it's not like it's the name of one of the most iconic, beloved US shows ever made, sheesh!.
Cheers is usually said when chinking drinking glasses where I live in Yorkshire. I only heard it have the other meaning when I lived in the south of England.
As a Brit when I moved to Dubai it took me ages to get used to them driving on the other (wrong) side of the road, so I always looked the wrong way first when I crossed the road, so it sticks out that your'e a Brit, and it's even worse when you first start driving getting used to the roundabouts.
Thinking about Tea and Englishness, unfortunately you've got previous!! 😂
"Ta" is a bit more northern, but yes, it's another way to say thanks.
The tea comment - 100% yes but I’d extend it to coffee. We definitely drink tea or coffee every day. I always have either 2 coffees or 2 teas as soon as I wake up frankly. There are many ways of having tea (and coffee), and this person is (as much as it probably sounds over the top to an American) accurate when they say that we might make the teas (and coffees) for an office of people for the first time, and when then remember how people have their hot beverage. Whilst I accept that some people would be polite about it, generally speaking, making a tea or coffee in the wrong way for people is an absolute no no in the UK.
Telling the time to someone? You could say “it’s half (past) seven” or “it’s seven thirty” or “nineteen thirty” and most people would understand it! It’s easy as peasy, ta muchly!