As an American, my question to you is, why are you on a british channel? Not only that, you took the time to comment. I have a sneaky suspicion you do think about Brits. A lot 😁
@@illmakeufamous6776 I think he meant the average American doesn't think about the British because British law, rule and media doesn't affect Americans in any way whilst American law and choices affects nearly every western country.
I watched a boxing match in London and when an American boxer fought they played the national anthem and the entire arena booed the entire song. Pretty classless. Definitely left a bad taste in my mouth towards them
Welcome to the UK. Not everyone in UK is like the Stephen Fry. Cultured, extremely well read excellent command of the English language highly Intelligent, polite, classy very friendly and loves watching and playing cricket or watching England play at Lord's. Quite a few are actually like the classless bunch you came across in London. Reality is most Brits are not like Stephen Fry, John Cleese or Micheal Palin. In fact Brits like Stephen Fry types are more rare than ever. So keep that in mind next time you visit Britain. Just like a lot of Americans are not like the friendly characters the lovely American men and women you would find in the American sitcom Cheers about a pub of friendly polite Americans. I personally came across a lot rude and unfriendly Americans especially when I was in New York. Of course though on the whole I liked Americans those who were nice were really nice and I quickly forgot about the rude Americans came across in America when I visited especially when I visit New York city.
@@rohanmarkjay if it makes you feel better New Yorkers and new englanders are known to be the rudest people in the country. Not sure why but they just are. I live in the Midwest and everyone is pretty nice here
@@rohanmarkjay While I totally agree about rudeness, I genuinely don't know any American that would boo the UK's national anthem it's considered extremely rude and classless especially if it's being played when a fighter from that country is coming out I think the worse thing Americans would do is be quiet during it lmao.
Americans didn't change the word 'FALL' to make it mean "autumn". This was a word that we inherited from the British back in the 1500-1600s, where it was used in England to mean "autumn". Over time, it fell out of use in Britain, but remained as a synonym of autumn in North America. I wish the Brits would stop blaming Americans for speaking purer English than they themselves do! 😆
It's all silly...I was born in the US (1964) to immigrant parents from Latin America, and I can't tell you how many times (I find it hilarious) I've been corrected from saying soccer, instead of football....by English folks. A term (soccer) they coined, and discarded...mostly because we used it. I grew up actually watching an English sports program on PBS (in the 70's) called "Star Soccer"...like I said, silly.
Some of the English are arrogant and they’re perfect. I say that because of silly crap over words. Why do they care if we say Fall or Autumn?! Actually,It’s an individual thing. Some of us say fall some say autumn. It’s questioning our individualism which is apart of our freedoms. That’s what the ignorance is with the Uk when it comes to America and Americans. The way we live and how we think has a lot to do with our freedom. We’re encouraged to be positive and to believe in ourselves. We aren’t trying to make someone else feel inferior. It’s the crazy way that you guys think. How you see us really has nothing to do with us. It’s the ability to not comprehend the foundation of America and its people. I just wish this division could be put to rest UK.
I don’t know how people can hold such strong feelings towards a place they have never been to. You’re either a good person or you’re not, no matter where you come from.
Yeah name me any country in the top 50 biggest countries in the world & im sure I can come up w at least a few things I don’t like ab their ppl or country
Unfortunately many people do not remember history....America has bailed Britain out with American money, soldiers and food on many occasions. So many prejudices.
Bailed us out ? Lend lease was paid back in 2016 it took a long time to pay that debt back , it really infuriates us that you believe all this crap about winning the war on our behalf .the battle of Britain was in 1940 we defeated the luffwaffe if they had succeeded things in the world could be very different . You just need to look into things in further depth .
@@claregale9011The US was financially in the war from the start Had the US sat completely out of WW2 Hitler would’ve overran Europe because he was kicking everyone’s ass on the continent. It took the USSR and the United States to give The Allies the extra power to overcome the Nazis
That's how their country was formed, they were the very antithesis of America, where America was born out of rebellion against the British Empire, the Canada was born out of loyalty to it. Every since the fall of the Empire they've had an identity crisis.
Ive known lots of Canadians over the years. They often say it would just simply be easier to be American than deal with how their culture just slowly plods along and everything is slow to change. I even know a few that renounced their Canadian citizenship to just move permanently move here and make things easier for job promotions and family movement in general versus having to constantly fill out paperwork for various things from taxes to births and marriages to all the other small things we do on a daily basis.
@@ThinGibbons bigotry is everywhere in the world, the US is not especially bigoted. Although depending on what media you listen to that is all you'll hear about.
@@claregale9011 And we don't want others to look up to us, we wanted to be treated with respect and courtesy that many Americans try to bring in understanding others. And if you think we don't otherwise, it really reflects you've narrowed your opinions to have zero compromise as your mind is made up and no matter what could be presented as alternative facts that contradict your assessment, there is very little we can do to try to find a common ground. This is why more and more Americans are turned off specifically by Europeans, twice we get dragged into world wars that continent created, acting superior that they are the superior ones, not reflecting properly that it was this snobbery that involved that continent so many wars for a millennia! The audacity is that many think they would be in a better position to be "leader of the free world" when they can't even get their act together but instead find entertainment in watching what is supposed to be ally struggle in the last few decades. So no, you don't look up to us, but many never dropped the condescending attitude.
@@kate2create738 Both world wars you came into a few yrs in , pearl harbour was the reason the entered the war in late 1941 the war started in 1939 , the first World War you entered in 1917 it started in 1914 .
I don't think it's a matter of the US being self involved... it's just the US is huge with so much going on and traveling to another country is a major undertaking for many US citizens (distance, cost, etc). It's hard to really learn and understand other countries without visitng and experiencing them yourself. And you can spend a lifetime visting different states in the US so deciding to spend many thousands of dollars to visit other countries is not an easy decision. It's kind of an entitled perspective when you live a few minutes or a few hours from a long list of other countries that you can visit for little cost.
Considering everybody in the world comes here, we are not a monolithic culture. We are a big culture with a lot of side cultures. I don't think Europe realizes that. We do not all come from the British.
Literally the only reason I haven't been to Europe is the cost associated with it. It doesn't make sense to spend any less than a week there, and it would probably cost me 4 grand. My friend spent a week in Greece and it cost her $7k
Exactly! I traveled all over the world when I was younger but now that I’m in my 50’s I’ve decided to start seeing more of my own country. I’ve realized I could spend weeks every year for the rest of my life traveling around the US and not see all of it. Heck, I can drive 12 hours and not leave Texas!
I’m half British /half American, but I live in the US and have an American accent. My whole life I- even as a child- I have listened to anti- American insults. Literally non-stop whenever I’ve been in England. My own relatives are anti-American and tried to shame me for being half American when I was a child. When I see this stuff, it rips off the bandage and takes me back to the shocking rudeness and harassment I put up with as a child, and throughout life, just for “being American”. It makes me want to throw my UK passport in the trash and spit on the Union Jack. So, ask this half-American what she thinks about the British. I want to be proud of my British heritage, but the people make it quite hard. The biggest myth about the British is that they are polite. They’re actually quite rude. The 2nd biggest myth is that the British are more sophisticated and cultured. They aren’t.
First of all, as an American, we use both words - Autumn & Fall. I never understand why that’s such a big thing to comment on. I’ve been to England several times and have several British friends. I met many when I was living in Hong Kong. There is definitely an undercurrent of irritation towards Americans. I felt it when hanging out with British people in HK. Most were very pleasant when I first met them and some were outright rude & felt that it was fine to list all of their grievances with Americans to me after an hour of acquaintance. Even the people I became friends with gave me a verbal jab once in a while 😉 in jest. The whole, “Americans are ignorant buffoons, that do everything wrong” is definitely a thing. I would hope ALL people would base their opinions on people they actually know vs stereotypes. There are good people and bad people - and they live in all countries. I have met a large amount of Brits that are great people, so they are responsible for the bulk of my opinion. I love British people & always smile when I hear a British accent.
Are you sure...Check Jonathon Ive British who was a minor player in the development of all Apple products including iphone. Can you imagine planes without a net engine? Met engine is British. You will find also Bell, a Scotsman invented the telephone and another Scotsman went the first moving picture!
Yeah, I think with our words, it's a lot like our food. Americans like variety, so we often use more than one word to describe things, especially between states or regions- and even sometimes differences within a state. Look up "Road Verge" on Wikipedia. There are about 3 DOZEN different words for that in America, plus a few from Canada and Australia!
England: colour America: color England: humour America: humor England: flavour America: flavor England: what the *** are you doing? America: getting rid of u
Sidewalk is a british word invented from before america existed, same with the word "fall" meaning autumn which is a latin word. Fall is what the british called it in the past..... 9/10 times when brits get all huffy about americans using "weird simple words" its just old english lol. just insulting their own ancestors.
The word soccer originated in England; I guess the US didn't get the memo when England changed their mind. The same goes for aluminum vs aluminium, aluminum was it and then things changed and the US probably said "nno."
@@77marioland when england changed its mind, we were no longer under their rule lol. why would it matter what they call things? meanwhile currently UK is 100% changing their language to match US slang. they are obsessed with US culture and its a very 1 sided attraction.
I just think it's weird to judge a place you're not from. Even if you visit a country, it's not the same as growing up there. So as an American, who am I to judge British people or ANY people?
Agreed! I like Daz and a few of the English TH-camrs but they aggravate me when they have an opinion about how things are in America. Have an opinion but don’t try to correct what you don’t fully understand. Criticize our Presidents but don’t try to tell us how to fix homelessness and how you would take money from our military budget. Not saying that doesn’t make sense but it’s something that you don’t have ALL the facts about. Don’t tell us about how to tax items when you know nothing about our taxation.
@HTxGhost124. YES! Well said. Yours is the first text that closely mirrors my own opinion. I have become surprised and shocked recently by the understanding that such a massive amount of people exist in every country , (including my own , which is America ) whose opinions about a person from any other country reflect nothing but a hollow, senseless stereotype . It’s weird and ugly because it’s so universal. It’s ubiquitous to witness such a blind, lazy ignorance and that’s why it’s so startling and unsettling. We don’t need to judge any other group of people , but we do and the reflections of our minds are showing that we really don’t know that much about each other. We need to shut up and start listening.
Let's talk truthfully about the UK's health care system. The UK health care system is broken & has been for years. The NHS in the UK is under funded & under staffed. The waiting times for obtaining even the most basic health care is substantially longer in the UK than it is in the US. At least 30% of the doctors in the UK are from foreign countries. UK health care providers make substantially less that those in the US. The availability & quality of specialist / advanced medical services in the US far exceeds what is available to those using the UK's NHS.
Precisely! My daughter was dating a Brit guy in college in the US, his mom was suffering from extreme bowel ailments and had to come to the US for treatment because the wait time was 3 months to see a specialist. - I get angry with the snotty comments by the Brits and all of Europe who have “free healthcare” which they pay a hefty price for up front. What really gets me is those countries gutted their militaries and used those savings for domestic goodies. The U.S. taxpayers is paying for their free healthcare; when they have to start paying for their militaries kiss their free healthcare goodbye..we can pull our military out and maybe give our citizens free healthcare then.
That’s why that doesn’t impress me. I know in America we don’t talk about Medicare and Medicaid but it’s the equivalent to the NHS and it’s better to me.
@@Kim-427Well, not exactly. Medicaid and Medicare are payers of services only. They don’t provide direct services and set the salaries of contractors. The NHS is quite different. In fact, they - especially Medicare - are better than the NHS. There is not an issue of waiting lists.
I don't understand how those countries with "free" healthcare can talk up their healthcare when they have those back logs of appointments and most of the are not even the size of one of our larger states. I've watched many British news shows discussing their overload on the NHS and how, with the foreign invasion, they will have to do away with the NHS or deport all of the people. When it comes down to it, the "free" healthcare may be great for general check ups but the mortality rate in things like cancer are higher in the UK. This is never brought up and I wish more push back was done with that kind of information.
A couple of things, firstly to the lady who thinks we only specialize in "Texas and Mexican" has never had American food. Secondly, as the interviewer said, Americans don't generally have an opinion either way about British people. However, when a British person is overtly critical or offensive to an American, they'll hear every curse word under the sun.
People never even mention anything about the UK to me in real life. I look at everybody as equal, I don’t know why people speak on Americans and classify all of us as loud, Ignorant, racist, richer or think that we think we’re all better than everybody etc... I’ll tell you this most of the people who think like that definitely get these things from the internet so that’s how they perceive all of us without even actually experiencing America for themselves. It’s really weird to just say oh I know this for a fact when in reality you don’t actually know anything your just saying bs.
Totally agree. I wish though Brits would fix themselves, seek counseling, or whatever it takes to heal all wounds and pride over falling to 2nd rate country status and stop blaming and whinging about America and Americans. You are wasting your time and energy. Move on! Again, as the commentor pointed out, no American gives the British a sustained thought anywhere in their day.
I think it’s good not to generalize. Not all Americans are the same, not all British are the same, and not all hold the same attitudes Collectively and historically, the US and UK share a positive and constructive relationship… I think that should say more about how British as a whole tend to view Americans as a whole and vice versa
My brother has expressed annoyance that us Americans don't normally use the metric system like the majority of the world does. So there is at least one American who certainly cares what others outside of the US thinks of us.
At the end of the war? I have 5 uncles who served in the war. 2 in the Pacific (Army and Navy) where we fought the Japanese to standstill ( Midway). Another in North Africa 1942, then Italy 1943-1945. Another 2 uncles in Europe (training in Britain before D-Day in 1943) hitting the beach at Normandy just like so many others (yes British and Candaians). Then there was the hedgerow country in France, Marketgarden in Holland, and eventually onto Berlin. End of the war? Really? Did we bleed any differently? Even prior to our actual involvement we were supporting the British covertly in the Caribbean spotting Nazi U-Boats with reconnaissance aircraft and reporting their positons to the Royal Navy surface vessels which targeted the U-Boats. How about lend/ lease and stepped up industrial production that we "Yanks" arranged to keep Britain armed. My mother, as did millions of other American women, worked in the defense industry, producing equipment for both American and British war efforts. You really ought to show greater respect. We "YANKED" you out of the "recent unpleasantness". Cheers, as you British say, from the U.S.A.! 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲.
I’m a Texan technician, often top of production at work. I had a coworker I sometimes talk to bring me a bag of snacks to my desk because he said he felt that I work so hard I should feel more appreciated.
The "fall/autumn" thing is a classic example of what you are calling "simple" but is, in fact, part of the dichotomy between Anglo-Saxon or "Old" English and post-Norman-Conquest Frenchified English. English commonly has two words with similar meanings (cow/boeuf-->beef), one with German (Anglo-Saxon) roots and one with French (Latin) roots. In this case "Fall" is Germanic, Autumn is Latin-French. After the Norman Conquest, the Norman aristocracy mostly replaced the old Anglo-Saxon aristocracy and Norman French was the language of the upper class in Britain but the common people continued to speak "Old" (Anglo-Saxon) English. The two languages gradually merged but there continued to be a refined word and a cruder word for may things. American colonists, being largely lower class folks, typically used the cruder word for things whereas in England imitation of the upper classes became the norm.
The last 17 years of my work life I worked for the NYC branch of a Hedge Fund that started in London. I remember the first time I was sent to the London main branch and since it was a trans-Atlantic flight I was allowed to go business class. My boss told me that rather than use an American airline, use Virgin since their Upper Class fares were the same as business class fares in other airlines and the price included free rides to and from the airports so it was a good deal. I remember on my way back at Heathrow, I had a very nice time at the Virgin Upper Class lounge and when it came time to board, we were escorted to the gate by a Virgin employee who when we got to the gate, loudly announced "Upper Class coming through" and literally pushed several people aside. As an American I was shocked at that but what was more shocking was how that was accepted. I remember thinking how that would never have been acceptable in the US. As to how I was treated by Brits in the 2 weeks I was there? It basically depended on the background of the people who worked there. I had no problems with the Operations staff who I understood came from a less educated background and spent most of my time there with them. And the sole person who came from what I guess they called "Upper Crust" (his dad was a Baron, a title he inherited the title a few years later) was quite friendly. However most, but not all, of the people who worked in the trading groups who had higher education made a lot of snide comments about me being an American and had nothing but complaints about the US. Since I did not have to normally deal with them, I just ignored them. As someone who grew up in Queens part of NYC, I was familiar with being looked down upon by people who lived in Manhattan so it wasn't all that surprising. The major difference is that there was no racial element. There were members of pretty much all racial groups in the trading teams but their classism was very overt. So I got the impression that the Brits who had a higher education background looked down at Americans as being from a lower class.
New subscriber and American here. This was interesting, if a little disheartening. I've always felt a special kinship with the British people, having a great deal of English and Scottish ancestry. One thing I don't quite understand is why Brits aren't genuinely happy for the successes of others. I recently learned about the Tall Poppy Syndrome. That just isn't a thing here. Most of us are happy when someone we know achieves a goal, etc. It doesn't cost anything to be happy for others and you'll be happier in the long run too. Our friendliness isn't fake either. We tend to be curious and interested and strike up conversations easily. The British people fascinate me. I'd love to be tour guide to some who are visiting the US sometime. Perhaps I could change some minds. Loved the video. TFS.
Hi , don't forget we are a long established nation ( nations ) I'm including Scotland, Wales , Ireland and England , hundreds of yrs of being conquered , fighting , unrest , it's no wonder we are more inclined to be pessimistic and not too optimistic, we are a very down to earth people not overly patriotic very critical of our government but hopeful of improvement , most of us just strive for a good life being able to have the basics or just the odd holiday , the second world war brought us as a nation together in ways the u.s will never understand, . Through the bombings , rationing that lasted into the 50s we were tested to the limit , I'm a proud English / brit and do not look down on any nation or people we are all unique and should embrace our differences, yes some nations do things better than others and where we should learn from each other . We are cousins and allies . 😊
I agree with you! The real question is what food is *native/stylistic to the UK that they eat at which point they often times volunteer: beans and mash, spotted dyck, beans on toast etc. So them getting offended that American's bring this up is a bit disingenuous. The question was *not what food do they have available- we all probably have the same. With regards to native food/styles in the US we can start with Barbecue, Southern Cuisine, and of course all types of Fast Food.
I don't know of any Americans that look down on British people. Interesting that some feel that way. Have these people actually been to America to check this out? For the woman that said that she thinks Americans are too "extra" and it can't be genuine....We are "extra" in most things we do because that's our culture, and yes, it's totally "genuine"! We are patriotic, driven, kind, and talkative. It's not unusual to see strangers smiling and/or talking to each other for one reason or another. We find things in common with each other in all walks of life. Keep in mind that what you may see on television is a very small sample of what goes on in America and if it's in the news it's probably a negative. There are literally millions of great Americans. By the way, my DNA is 50% English. Millions of Americans have European DNA. We are cousins when it comes down to it lol
I honestly cannot believe that you’ve never heard of this before. As an englishman who moved to the states, I’ve always felt like my family and friends in the UK looked down upon Americans. Sometimes it’s more of that they disapprove of the government and way of life and project that on the people a bit as well. Whenever I tell Americans that I moved here from the UK the first thing they ask is “why on earth would you ever want to do that? If I had the opportunity to leave I would do it in a heart beat.” However, one thing I can say for certain is that many Americans romanticize England as well as some countries in Europe and for that reason they may “believe” that Europeans look down on Americans more than they actually do.
I'm sure Europeans look down on Americans, but we absolutely love our brothers and sisters from across the pond. I watch numerous videos from Brits about America and they all end up taking trips to the U.S. thanks to donations from Americans. 😉
Honestly, I used to hold the UK in high regard, but the Brexit stuff and the Anti-Americanism around Harry and Meghan have changed my view. I try to keep in mind, that not all Americans like Trump and not all Brits are for Brexit.
Why would you hold a low opinion of Brits because of Brexit? Unless, of course, you believe the narraritive about those who voted Leave. I can only guess because you brought up Trump.@marshsundeen
My fathers 2 ancestors James and Thomas left Cheshire area in late 1690's for Virginia, USA. They walked to Maysville, KY. They were Tanners and made a living making leather and fur wearable. They purchased 100 acres of land, my family owns still. Part of my ancestry is English, and I would love to visit the town of Whaley some day.😊
It's interesting to see Brits defending their country after watching so many videos from Brits about America. There wasn't even anything negative said about the British lol You might have a slight idea how it feels now to constantly watch videos criticize your country. The greatest country on the planet 😊
It's bad form to look at any group of people and lump them together. As an American I literally never think "Oh those British people are (fill in the blank). I just judge every person I meet on a case by case basis.
I think he was right when he was talking about both the British and Americans having the attitude that we can criticize our own country all we want but if the criticism comes from outside you better bring big brother to protect you... As an American I actually really like the British. You all are fine with me, but don't dare to think you can tell us what our gun policies or healthcare system should look like. If you like your country's way of doing things, great! You can keep them,, just like we will keep ours. It doesn't mean I won't go and throw a few pints down with you all. Other than that I think that the rest of the world just gets too saturated with American music, films (even though it seems all our actors are British these days, lol) , media, and our dirty laundry to the point that it's just a natural reaction to just turn away...
I'm pretty sure that Daz can attest to this but being from Jersey, I don't give a F what other countries think about us. The fact that being better, richer, and aiming for excellence is looked down on is nuts
I compare to to why people hate the Yankees, even though that have been to the World Series since 2009. They’re rich, more dominating, kinda arrogant and the people that support them are the same way.
It's one thing to be the best and arrogant, but we AREN'T the best. By far. Yet, so many of us THINK we are, which is the stupid part. Let's actually BE the best.
@@sullen2420 I've been at my company for 12 years. 1 out of 15 drivers. 2.6 million miles (career) and I'm the only one in my terminal that has gone without a accident or injury. I'm the BEST driver we have. According to them, I should be ashamed of my accomplishment? I shouldn't be proud? Why? To make another not feel small? Fuck that
@@57kwest You're taking it personally, it's not about what we accomplish in our lives, it's about USA as a nationality, politics, etc. We WERE the best post WW2 and we've been falling downhill ever since as a country. They don't mean you shouldn't be proud of YOUR personal success, they mean it looks silly to a lot of folks (including me as an American) to have all our problems at home, not try to solve them at all with Dems and Republicans, and then STILL wave the #1 finger chanting "usa usa usa". That's what we're talking about here.
@@sullen2420 but you can't have we without you and me. They even mentioned the promotion thing. Over there, the don't want to celebrate success. Hell yeah I take it personally. WE THE PEOPLE are a collection of individuals.
When I lived in Germany, I attended a convention. One of the attendees asked me for a lift back to the hotel. I graciously responded, “ Of course!” The minute she gets into my Volvo she exclaims, “ Kapitalist Wagen!” I drove her back. Today, I’d ask her to get out so her Marxist ideals aren’t compromised!
I remember the first time that I stopped in a pub in London. I was given the stink eye look, as I was asked what part I America I was from. I mentioned that I was Canadian and the bartender's attitude did a 180.
I don't think it's a matter of not caring about what's going on in the rest of the world because we feel like there is chaos going on all around us here at home. We get worn out with our own media and end up wanting to get away from any and all reporting on significant events. I personally don't look down on the British. It's easier to know what going on in the US in general because so many of our problems become international news. What's never reported is all of the good things that go on here despite the bad.
I've met a Canadian that had a very good description of Canadians when they said:" Canadians speak like Americans, spell like British, and speak a form of French that's 400 years out of date, and all three countries say that we're doing it wrong."
My friends went through almost all major European countries they said they were treated great everywhere but England. Even refused service at a restaurant
Being American with grandparents who came from Ireland in the 1920s which was dirt poor due to being a British colony for about 700 years, I really don’t care how Brits feel or what they think about us Americans.🇺🇸🇮🇪
Well that was kind of depressing. As an American, I’ve always considered the British our more refined brother and sisters. But, as an American, I am confident I could change some minds.
With thousands of years of culture circling the bowl, I would think the Brits would have more important things to worry about. They are on the verge of losing their civilization.
The rise & fall of great civilizations, isn’t that pretty much inevitable w time? Idk what would have to happen for a country / empire to be on top for forever. Even if it takes 1000’s of years, all great civilizations have fallen
But here's the funny thing, if you were to ask most British people what country would you want to immigrate to, most would say the United States. Look this up, the most attended World Cup in history was in the United States. The largest group of fans from any country represented was from England.
I have very good friends from England that I love to visit and have done so many times. They are on the upper end of socioeconomic scale. What I've learned is that it's 100 percent a caste system there. The reason they are never too direct or overly serious about things is that it is considered common. To be excessively"to the point" about anything is a signal that one is in a lower position and has to be troubled about such things. I think it's hilarious to watch and give them sh*t about it. Their whole culture is like that. They can also be quite nasty when they want to be. They prefer nastiness over direct confrontation.
I’m an American who is fairly obsessed with the UK. From Shakespeare to Tolkien to The Beatles to Monty Python, British arts are utterly fascinating to me. I’m a close student of British history and I actually tear up to the singing of Jerusalem. I’ve never thought of it as admiring the cuteness before. I suppose there’s a certain amount romanticization involved like I’m picturing The Shire. To use another Tolkien allusion, the British are to me like the High Elves in the undying lands.
:) I've read most of Tolkiens books, seen the movies and listened to several of the audiobooks many times over. Its a great story. Peter Jackson did an excellent job portraying the Elves imo. I was a bit disappointed in his portrayal of the Orcs. But some of the scenes.... like the Pelennor Fields were pretty epic both in the book and the movie. I think the most profound thing Tolkien said was something I might never have even known. I just chanced to see one day that he told someone that the reason he wrote his novels was to express something he had felt all his life. He called it.... the 'heart-racking sense of the vanished past'. I've come to find that I get it. I really do!
Great video. We spent 5 weeks last summer in Kent, the Cotswolds, and London area and loved it. We are coming back again this June and July and to Scotland in April and May. The people we met were great, very polite and hospitable, especially in the small villages and towns. Of course, like in the U.S., we didn’t talk too much about politics, just like at home in the U.S. I think he could expand his repertoire by going outside of London to interview people. We also met quite a few Brits over the years living in Spain, mostly Andalusia. I would say these Brits are more different from their compatriots back home. Many left the UK to have a better retirement because the costs are less. Some of them rail against issues back home (not unlike American retirees in Europe and South America). I think the biggest difference is the speed of change in society and culture. The U.S. of today is not like the U.S. of even 30 years ago. My impression of the UK is that this change is moving at a very slow pace as Brits tend to regard their traditions and ways of doing things with great importance. Americans are constantly looking for the more improved, next thing, whether it really is or not.
I was made fun of once when a coworker said he missed biscuits. So the next day I got him two American biscuits and a half pint of sausage grave. He and the other British guys laughed at me all day and giggled out of innocent fun. It didn’t stop him from eating both biscuits and gravy at breakfast time….lol
I have a British friend who works in the health care system and has for years. She is NOT going to agree that their health care system is so much better. She's called it "shit" more times than I can count. Seems to me that there are better systems than either the U.S. or Britain in quality and cost.
wow, so many negative comments about Britts from us. I agree that we ( US and England ) are more alike than different. It is just kind of like siblings with our little squabbles. But we still have each others back in the end.
But,I think that’s that optimistic message some Americans try to portray to avoid a disagreement. We aren’t more alike than different that’s the problem. One may be more influenced by the other and the one that’s influenced doesn’t like it. And one is a bit envious okay maybe not envious. One seems to offer a very abundant way of life that’s enviable. Because of that the other picks apart what they can find to try to make the other look bad. It’s ridiculous and silly.
@@Kim-427 I meant that we are alike that if something happened to Britain on a global scale, we would be there to support them and I believe Britain would be there for us if something happened to us in the US. I know we have our differences, but I know we still support each other just like we do with our friends, siblings, relatives, etc..
We may be alike, but we don't think alike. America is very unique. Americans are individualistic and do not respond to Monarchy, or tyranny, or dictatorship. We are free thinkers who chart our course under God. Yes, this country was built to be under the laws of God, that is Jesus Christ. We are one of the few countries that has armed citizenry. This is how we protect our rights under the Constitution from tyrannical government.
I think these people are watching way too much TV. You know, a rising tide lifts all boats and all that. I don't understand being resentful of someones else's success.
I suspect British people's false perceptions of Americans come from TV fiction and movies, since the majority of people nowadays believe that entertainment is reality.🙄
We try to be the best for ourselves, and the rest of the World made being American "cool". We do like to share our ideas as we are big on individualism, and we take those ideas seriously, that's how we progress in things like technology so quickly. We love to share in success, when we hear about a promotion, we are generally happy for that person, even proud of them, and it's usually a well-deserved promotion. Sure, we're like; "Damn, I wish I could get one too", but it doesn't ruin our day. Over the top? Everyone wants greater things, bigger is better, people used to want better food, larger castles, more land, and that stuck with us because the resources were available here and people could have their own land and grand homes, so we made the most of it. We do and we don't understand British traditions at the same time, but I suppose some British don't either, but we do love old things because we don't have many. We work hard to preserve old things and some of the greatest lovers of antiquities are Americans. You will not find an American born and raised here and in their right mind defacing the Colosseum or something of that nature and we'll definitely call them out. British are admired for preserving their traditions, and ours too. Whether the British like it or not, it's also our homeland, there are more English, Irish, and Scots, Welsh here than in the UK. The same situation exists in places like Australia, New Zealand, Canada, all have large English, Irish, Scot populations. If the UK wants to be independent of Europe, we should help them as they are our family, we share blood and a culture, and we haven't in the past, and will not allow any of these places to be invaded in the future. As for the differences in words, we sometimes use older English terms from the Colonial Era, so they have been preserved in American English, while they changed in England, as it has experienced a lot more changes in language trends than the Southern US or East Coast. I think the host is correct with his theory that we're a lot more alike than different, so much alike that we have to pick at the small things to find our slight differences as we share a language, history, and general culture.
As an American who first visited Britain (and much of the rest of Europe) in 1982, I never felt inferior to them. It was all so primitive at that time. Small. I’ve been back many times, seen much improvement, even lived in Europe for a couple years. Always very happy to return. Two things I want to dispel. First, racism does not run rampant like your news will tell you. I’ve always lived in mixed race communities and never witnessed anything racial. Just the news sensationalizing it. Second, guns. I grew up in a time when people had gun racks in their trucks. Went out shooting. Commonplace. Murder is very rare. If you took out the gang violence in intercity areas, the USA would be low in gun violence. Lastly, medical care is available to EVERYONE. Even if you cannot pay, hospitals must treat you. You just get billed for your care. You might be on the 200 years payment plan and some other fantasy, but you get care. And, you don’t need to wait for it. It’s fast. Brits and other countries pay for it, too, just with taxes, which involves government, which slows down everything and makes it cost more, overall.
Europeans also don't realize that Medicare/Medicaid covers more people (87.2 million) that any European country's population (Russia isn't Europe either).
To add to your comments about our American healthcare, yesterday I was watching an Australian drama from a couple of years back that I found on a streaming platform. One episode had a 16 year old girl who had been plagued with horrible abdominal pains that several doctors had dismissed as normal menstrual cramps. Finally as the story continued she was finally taken to a medical center where she was told by a doctor that she thinks the problem was Endometriosis, which is a condition where cells from the lining of the uterus migrates into the abdomen and other adheres to other organs and tissues. The condition can be fatal of those cells migrate to the brain, heart or lungs causing. The girl was finally relieved to find out what was wrong with her, but was told that she required a surgery to confirm the diagnosis. The doctor told the girl that Endometriosis exploratory surgery could cost from $5000 to $10000 because it is considered elective surgery, therefore not covered by the Federal Healthcare or they could put her on the waiting list but it could be years before anything would be done for her. Here in the USA a few decades ago, my wife had Endometriosis exploratory surgery within days after seeing her doctor and her doctor was shocked to see her abdomen was full of the migrated tissue. Our employer provided insurance covered it all.
I had a long distance relationship with a man from England for a short time. When he flew to see me I was waiting in the airport with all the others, anxious to see our person. I was chatting with a nice lady which he spotted immediately. His first reaction was he thought we were talking about him and he didn’t like it. Maybe that was partly a British cultural influence just as I am very open and friendly and enjoy talking to strangers. If I were in England I would be so excited to meet people and would be a little hurt if I got a cool reception. But at least now I understand that difference.
I grew up in Alaska and in 1994 I participated in a exchange program to London, where I lived with a host family and attended classes at the University of London. My experience was a complete game changer for my improvement. I think something I have noticed over the years is when I meet Brits, Europeans and Australians I tend to apologize for being an American. That isn't to say I have shame about being an American (for the most part), it just I remember taking the tube for an hour and half twice a day from Harrow on the Hill to downtown London to attend my classes (the program was 6 months.) It took about 2 months and I could pick out an American the second they set foot on the tube. They were loud, talking about deeply personal stuff like it was an advertisement and making comments about how certain words that the Brit find very offensive is stupid and they persisted in saying the words out of context over and over again "to prove a point?" What I find interesting over the decades is that since I open a conversation with not beating my fellow English speakers over the head with how superior we think we are or belittling customs we don't understand, my conversations tend to end up being a Brit and I bashing our own countries and then we end up talking about what we appreciate about each others country. I don't know about other Americans but I have found that I seems to make outrageous assumptions when I meet a fellow English speaker whether they be British, Australian or a European that speaks English better than I do. That assumption that since we can communicate relatively well, I internally diminish how culturally different we are. It is like when I traveled with a group of Australians in South East Asia for 3 weeks. I initially felt very comfortable with the Australians because I make the assumption Australians were basically the same culturally as American with a better accent. I was dead wrong. To be fair, the Australians found my quiet introverted nature strange because their main source of exposure to American culture is TV and movies.
I lived in England from 1990 to 1992 on high Wycombe afb and went off the base into the local town daily and we were never treated differently but going through that in Italy, Greece, Germany, and Saudi Arabia we mostly stayed on the base so felt like America just like the bases in Florida and Hawaii
I had to look it up but it's called Daws hill in high Wycombe. They closed the high school, not sure about the elementary school but when I was there from 90 to 92 every one from other countries whose base didn't have high school sent us there. 80 rooms per building. Boys and girls separated. When you turned 18 you got a ration card to buy cigarettes and liquor so that caused a bit of trouble but overall what a great time
I have many British friends and colleagues that in my opinion don’t look down on anyone especially Americans. I found them very pleasant to talk to and I couldn’t imagine them saying anything bad about anyone. I think it’s just some that think these crude and unhelpful thoughts.
The funny thing to me is that every British person I have met who has spent time here in the U.S. has admitted that they were very wrong in their opinions of Americans before they moved here. They understand that all of the divisiveness is overblown by the media and that it's not difficult here at all, even if you're a person of color. Yes, they're still a bit overwhelmed by how outgoing a lot of us are, but, after living here for a bit, realize that it is actually genuine and not some affectation.
I think the British people are amazing! I've always seen them as warm, friendly & caring. I love the traditional ways they keep & how down to earth they are.
Why do Americans always say that , you do realise the war started in 39 ? I think its so disrespectful to our boys who fought for our freedom too and sacrificed so much , the battle of Britain was pivital in changing the course of the war if it was not for that win over the lufftwaffe above us things could be very different . We are greatful for your joining the fight and are not forgotten at all .
I boringly dont even think of what someone I dont know thinks of me. I used to work for a British pharma company and had to frequently have zoom meetings with my British counterparts. We in the US (and I mean just where we lived as I actually work with a multinational team that was born all over the world) always ended up just leading the meeting and implementing changes as all the British team (mostly UK born from what I could tell) just sat there and never gave any important input because they would always never want to change anything. I have a friend who worked in banking and would have to go to Dublin and London for big meetings and said the same thing and that it was a waste of his time since he could have just made the changes because they never gave important input that moved things in a timely manner. Just from my experience, most UK people are very closed minded to solution solving and dont respect the people doing the bulk of the work because they think they are beneath them. While my UK work counterparts were supposed to be my equals, they often came across "too good" to actually work. My multicultural counterparts (I have coworkers from about 30 countries the last time I counted) that I worked with in the US would always say the same and was part of the reason they chose to live in the US vs Europe.
I loved the culture, history and especially the people of Britain and Scotland when I recently visited. The people were extremely welcoming and friendly. I really never felt any negativity or disrespect for being American from anyone. I look forward to going back to explore and getting the chance to meet more of the people.
Growing up in the 70's I can only remember 4 things that Americans stereotyped about people outside the US. 1. The French language sounded effeminate.2 The Canadians were nice but didn't know what bacon was 3. The British sounded like stuck up rich people. 4. European women were too hairy. As a country we are pretty much self-absorbed due to the diversity and size.
They’re mad because we whipped them twice then became more powerful and now they depend on us for protection. Imagine your baby brother now being your daddy
This was a very good video, now that I’ve gotten through it all (I tend to read people’s comments before I watch an entire video). I have been to the UK a number of times, from Kent and Sussex in the south and as far north as Glasgow and Scotland. I find it a lot easier to understand southern English speakers without having to listen closely. In Scotland and northern England, I really have to pay close attention to understand both the accents and idioms often used. I have often found that’s part of the fun, however, and consequently like to spend more time up there than London southwards. I’ve never experienced any sort of condescension from any group though - sure, the occasional individual, but I’m fairly certain the person isn’t friendly to anyone really. Good choice of videos, Daz and family!
I visited the U.K. last week and had a great time. Started in Manchester then Liverpool then London and ended in Newcastle. The accents are so fascinating in each place.
I think the impressions of many of those interviewed are based on US movies, TV--where everyone is either from NYC of California (the one guy talked about a Valley Girl accent)--well maybe the don't process the fact that this is the most diverse country in the world with 330 million people with hundreds of dialects, varied attitudes, different words for things (as many Americans say Autumn as Fall)--there are about 6 (by my count) ways here of referring to what you call "fizzy drinks" --soft drinks, Pop, Soda, Tonic, Coke (in some parts of the South every "fizzy drink" is a "Coke") are 5 off the top of may heard. Being from Pittsburgh the NYC accents sounded strange and funny--same with the "surfer dude" slang. Those are both a different world for me, and ours for them--NYC people always sounded stupid (not true of course) as did many Southerners (not true, either).
In the US we are taught when we see someone successful, we can work hard and get there too. Some people may become arrogant when they achieve it. But striving for excellence is taught to us. Well used to be at any rate. I was born in 1970s. We Americans also get rather sick of the misconception about our healthcare industry. There may be millions uninsured, but no1 is denied service at a hospital. Regan passed a bill thru Congress, ensuring that no hospital could turn away anyone that required medical attention. Our whole system is based on working for what you have. I am currently on what we call Medicaid. Meaning that I have zero cost healthcare and have to go into a queue for Dr visits etc and can goto any emergency room if something happens. The only difference is our Medicaid covers our poorest who cant cover it themselves. And that coverage is comparable to European health coverage. Those who work and pay into an insurance system have a higher level of care. What is dubbed "cadillac" or "luxury" care. But to say we dont take care of homeless or poor is just wrong. It creates an incentive to work and get a higher class of coverage.
This was very interesting, and all i can say, I've been to London many years ago and found the people to be very friendly, helpful, and nothing bad to say about America. I agree that you can talk to someone in one area of America and then in another area and get an entirely different answer to your question. As an American, i see many pitfalls in how we treat other Americans and bad mouth our country, our leaders, etc, but i also see a lot of good. Oh, for the Fall/Autumn thing...i was always taught its called Autumn, and now one of my grandsons calls it Autumn because he has heard me say Autumn is the actual name for that season.
my ancestry dna is 61% english 12 % scottish 11% germanic 8% welsh 4% swedish/danish 4% norwegian but i was born in the united states so basically were the same just raised in different places
Americans are largely not even thinking about the British. No offense.
@dustin----that's a relief.
😂😂😂😂 PREACH!!!!!!!!
As an American, my question to you is, why are you on a british channel? Not only that, you took the time to comment. I have a sneaky suspicion you do think about Brits. A lot 😁
@@illmakeufamous6776 I think he meant the average American doesn't think about the British because British law, rule and media doesn't affect Americans in any way whilst American law and choices affects nearly every western country.
@@kevinprzy4539 I understand that. I just really love this family and their videos. No worries
I watched a boxing match in London and when an American boxer fought they played the national anthem and the entire arena booed the entire song. Pretty classless. Definitely left a bad taste in my mouth towards them
Welcome to the UK. Not everyone in UK is like the Stephen Fry. Cultured, extremely well read excellent command of the English language highly Intelligent, polite, classy very friendly and loves watching and playing cricket or watching England play at Lord's. Quite a few are actually like the classless bunch you came across in London. Reality is most Brits are not like Stephen Fry, John Cleese or Micheal Palin. In fact Brits like Stephen Fry types are more rare than ever. So keep that in mind next time you visit Britain. Just like a lot of Americans are not like the friendly characters the lovely American men and women you would find in the American sitcom Cheers about a pub of friendly polite Americans. I personally came across a lot rude and unfriendly Americans especially when I was in New York. Of course though on the whole I liked Americans those who were nice were really nice and I quickly forgot about the rude Americans came across in America when I visited especially when I visit New York city.
@@rohanmarkjay if it makes you feel better New Yorkers and new englanders are known to be the rudest people in the country. Not sure why but they just are. I live in the Midwest and everyone is pretty nice here
@@rohanmarkjay An arena full of Americans wouldn't dream of booing through God Save the Queen. 😂 Stop it.
@@rohanmarkjay While I totally agree about rudeness, I genuinely don't know any American that would boo the UK's national anthem it's considered extremely rude and classless especially if it's being played when a fighter from that country is coming out I think the worse thing Americans would do is be quiet during it lmao.
@@bangarang74 No we wouldn't boo it. We may be rude in other ways, but not that way.
A lot of people from outside the United States get there perception of Americans from the news. We know how much you can trust news nowadays!
Thanks Mr. Grammar.@@rmk2336
Not to mention the American Film Industry bombarding us for decades with some of the worst aspects of American Culture.
Thanks for your constructive criticism Mr. grammar@@rmk2336
A lot of people are getting their impression of the US from social media algorithms that reinforce their own prejudices.
These people get all of their American knowledge from the BBC clearly.
More like The funny pages written by an American to see how much they believe
Americans didn't change the word 'FALL' to make it mean "autumn". This was a word that we inherited from the British back in the 1500-1600s, where it was used in England to mean "autumn". Over time, it fell out of use in Britain, but remained as a synonym of autumn in North America. I wish the Brits would stop blaming Americans for speaking purer English than they themselves do! 😆
Soccer is also a word with origins in England and they make fun of us for using a slang word they created!
Same for the word soccer... It originally came from the term Association soccer, which became asoccer, and then soccer. all in the UK.
It's all silly...I was born in the US (1964) to immigrant parents from Latin America, and I can't tell you how many times (I find it hilarious) I've been corrected from saying soccer, instead of football....by English folks. A term (soccer) they coined, and discarded...mostly because we used it.
I grew up actually watching an English sports program on PBS (in the 70's) called "Star Soccer"...like I said, silly.
Some of the English are arrogant and they’re perfect. I say that because of silly crap over words. Why do they care if we say Fall or Autumn?! Actually,It’s an individual thing. Some of us say fall some say autumn. It’s questioning our individualism which is apart of our freedoms. That’s what the ignorance is with the Uk when it comes to America and Americans. The way we live and how we think has a lot to do with our freedom. We’re encouraged to be positive and to believe in ourselves. We aren’t trying to make someone else feel inferior. It’s the crazy way that you guys think. How you see us really has nothing to do with us. It’s the ability to not comprehend the foundation of America and its people. I just wish this division could be put to rest UK.
Same thing with pronouncing herb and aluminum. The Brits changed it, not Americans.
Does anyone in America actually care? Therein lies the difference. We don’t.
I don’t know how people can hold such strong feelings towards a place they have never been to. You’re either a good person or you’re not, no matter where you come from.
Yeah name me any country in the top 50 biggest countries in the world & im sure I can come up w at least a few things I don’t like ab their ppl or country
They are the same people 😅🏹🪶🏹🪶
That's how I feel. If anything when I find out someone is from a different country, I'm automatically more intrigued to get to know them better.
@@RipPimpCScrewstonTX Americans and British are the same,where did you get that,we are a different breed.
Since the score, the last time I checked, is 1776 to 0, I can't bring myself to care.
Unfortunately many people do not remember history....America has bailed Britain out with American money, soldiers and food on many occasions. So many prejudices.
Bailed us out ? Lend lease was paid back in 2016 it took a long time to pay that debt back , it really infuriates us that you believe all this crap about winning the war on our behalf .the battle of Britain was in 1940 we defeated the luffwaffe if they had succeeded things in the world could be very different . You just need to look into things in further depth .
@@claregale9011 money will NEVER replace the American people who lost their lives for other nations, especially for judgmental Brits in this video.
@@raevj you entered the war after pearl harbour it was not for other nations .
@@claregale9011The US was financially in the war from the start
Had the US sat completely out of WW2
Hitler would’ve overran Europe because he was kicking everyone’s ass on the continent.
It took the USSR and the United States to give The Allies the extra power to overcome the Nazis
@@claregale9011 But America definitely didn't have to fight alongside everyone else. We could have left it at Japan.
The funniest thing is how hard Canadians try to not be American. That has become their "identity."
Canadians ALWAYS have to define themselves and their country through the US. They have no identity of their own
That's how their country was formed, they were the very antithesis of America, where America was born out of rebellion against the British Empire, the Canada was born out of loyalty to it. Every since the fall of the Empire they've had an identity crisis.
Ive known lots of Canadians over the years. They often say it would just simply be easier to be American than deal with how their culture just slowly plods along and everything is slow to change. I even know a few that renounced their Canadian citizenship to just move permanently move here and make things easier for job promotions and family movement in general versus having to constantly fill out paperwork for various things from taxes to births and marriages to all the other small things we do on a daily basis.
Ironically they are the most Americanized country in the world
@@ThinGibbons bigotry is everywhere in the world, the US is not especially bigoted. Although depending on what media you listen to that is all you'll hear about.
It’s crazy to me to be looked down upon for striving for excellence and being the best person I can be.
The best term I’d say is putting us on the pedestal only for others wanting to knock you off of it.
We don't look down on you , we just don't look up to you .
@@claregale9011 And we don't want others to look up to us, we wanted to be treated with respect and courtesy that many Americans try to bring in understanding others. And if you think we don't otherwise, it really reflects you've narrowed your opinions to have zero compromise as your mind is made up and no matter what could be presented as alternative facts that contradict your assessment, there is very little we can do to try to find a common ground.
This is why more and more Americans are turned off specifically by Europeans, twice we get dragged into world wars that continent created, acting superior that they are the superior ones, not reflecting properly that it was this snobbery that involved that continent so many wars for a millennia! The audacity is that many think they would be in a better position to be "leader of the free world" when they can't even get their act together but instead find entertainment in watching what is supposed to be ally struggle in the last few decades. So no, you don't look up to us, but many never dropped the condescending attitude.
@@kate2create738 Both world wars you came into a few yrs in , pearl harbour was the reason the entered the war in late 1941 the war started in 1939 , the first World War you entered in 1917 it started in 1914 .
@@claregale9011 Exactly. We never started any of this crap, just inherited it.
I don't think it's a matter of the US being self involved... it's just the US is huge with so much going on and traveling to another country is a major undertaking for many US citizens (distance, cost, etc). It's hard to really learn and understand other countries without visitng and experiencing them yourself. And you can spend a lifetime visting different states in the US so deciding to spend many thousands of dollars to visit other countries is not an easy decision. It's kind of an entitled perspective when you live a few minutes or a few hours from a long list of other countries that you can visit for little cost.
Considering everybody in the world comes here, we are not a monolithic culture. We are a big culture with a lot of side cultures. I don't think Europe realizes that. We do not all come from the British.
The USA is only 5% of the world's population. We can't be responsible for everything.
Literally the only reason I haven't been to Europe is the cost associated with it. It doesn't make sense to spend any less than a week there, and it would probably cost me 4 grand. My friend spent a week in Greece and it cost her $7k
Exactly! I traveled all over the world when I was younger but now that I’m in my 50’s I’ve decided to start seeing more of my own country. I’ve realized I could spend weeks every year for the rest of my life traveling around the US and not see all of it. Heck, I can drive 12 hours and not leave Texas!
I’m half British
/half American, but I live in the US and have an American accent. My whole life I- even as a child- I have listened to anti- American insults. Literally non-stop whenever I’ve been in England. My own relatives are anti-American and tried to shame me for being half American when I was a child. When I see this stuff, it rips off the bandage and takes me back to the shocking rudeness and harassment I put up with as a child, and throughout life, just for “being American”. It makes me want to throw my UK passport in the trash and spit on the Union Jack. So, ask this half-American what she thinks about the British. I want to be proud of my British heritage, but the people make it quite hard. The biggest myth about the British is that they are polite. They’re actually quite rude. The 2nd biggest myth is that the British are more sophisticated and cultured. They aren’t.
First of all, as an American, we use both words - Autumn & Fall. I never understand why that’s such a big thing to comment on. I’ve been to England several times and have several British friends. I met many when I was living in Hong Kong. There is definitely an undercurrent of irritation towards Americans. I felt it when hanging out with British people in HK. Most were very pleasant when I first met them and some were outright rude & felt that it was fine to list all of their grievances with Americans to me after an hour of acquaintance. Even the people I became friends with gave me a verbal jab once in a while 😉 in jest. The whole, “Americans are ignorant buffoons, that do everything wrong” is definitely a thing. I would hope ALL people would base their opinions on people they actually know vs stereotypes. There are good people and bad people - and they live in all countries. I have met a large amount of Brits that are great people, so they are responsible for the bulk of my opinion. I love British people & always smile when I hear a British accent.
Yup...that's the Brits for you!
If we are such buffoons...how come they didn't invent the gadget in their hands, electricity, cars, planes...etcetera.
Are you sure...Check Jonathon Ive British who was a minor player in the development of all Apple products including iphone. Can you imagine planes without a net engine? Met engine is British. You will find also Bell, a Scotsman invented the telephone and another Scotsman went the first moving picture!
I was born in 66 and it's always been Autumn 🍁 and Fall 🍂... There are a lot of women and children named Autumn also. Not so many named Fall 🤪
Yeah, I think with our words, it's a lot like our food. Americans like variety, so we often use more than one word to describe things, especially between states or regions- and even sometimes differences within a state. Look up "Road Verge" on Wikipedia. There are about 3 DOZEN different words for that in America, plus a few from Canada and Australia!
Us Americans dont give a f*ck. We don’t look up to the British or anyone. We just do us🤷🏽♂️
More importantly, we bow to No One, especially a King❤
Exactly !
That's totally right. I actually love Britts!! Most Americans treat others as they would want to be treated.
😂😂❤ yes
I think this is sentiment is what they're talking about, lol.
England: colour
America: color
England: humour
America: humor
England: flavour
America: flavor
England: what the *** are you doing?
America: getting rid of u
Sidewalk is a british word invented from before america existed, same with the word "fall" meaning autumn which is a latin word. Fall is what the british called it in the past..... 9/10 times when brits get all huffy about americans using "weird simple words" its just old english lol. just insulting their own ancestors.
Like Merry Christmas in the US and Happy Christmas in the UK. The US And Britain. Separated by an ocean and a common language.🤣
The word soccer originated in England; I guess the US didn't get the memo when England changed their mind. The same goes for aluminum vs aluminium, aluminum was it and then things changed and the US probably said "nno."
@@77marioland when england changed its mind, we were no longer under their rule lol. why would it matter what they call things? meanwhile currently UK is 100% changing their language to match US slang. they are obsessed with US culture and its a very 1 sided attraction.
I just think it's weird to judge a place you're not from. Even if you visit a country, it's not the same as growing up there. So as an American, who am I to judge British people or ANY people?
Agreed! I like Daz and a few of the English TH-camrs but they aggravate me when they have an opinion about how things are in America. Have an opinion but don’t try to correct what you don’t fully understand. Criticize our Presidents but don’t try to tell us how to fix homelessness and how you would take money from our military budget. Not saying that doesn’t make sense but it’s something that you don’t have ALL the facts about. Don’t tell us about how to tax items when you know nothing about our taxation.
@Kim-427 that's exactly what I meant, you said it better 👏
@HTxGhost124. YES! Well said. Yours is the first text that closely mirrors my own opinion. I have become surprised and shocked recently by the understanding that such a massive amount of people exist in every country , (including my own , which is America ) whose opinions about a person from any other country reflect nothing but a hollow, senseless stereotype . It’s weird and ugly because it’s so universal. It’s ubiquitous to witness such a blind, lazy ignorance and that’s why it’s so startling and unsettling. We don’t need to judge any other group of people , but we do and the reflections of our minds are showing that we really don’t know that much about each other. We need to shut up and start listening.
Let's talk truthfully about the UK's health care system. The UK health care system is broken & has been for years. The NHS in the UK is under funded & under staffed. The waiting times for obtaining even the most basic health care is substantially longer in the UK than it is in the US. At least 30% of the doctors in the UK are from foreign countries. UK health care providers make substantially less that those in the US. The availability & quality of specialist / advanced medical services in the US far exceeds what is available to those using the UK's NHS.
Precisely! My daughter was dating a Brit guy in college in the US, his mom was suffering from extreme bowel ailments and had to come to the US for treatment because the wait time was 3 months to see a specialist. - I get angry with the snotty comments by the Brits and all of Europe who have “free healthcare” which they pay a hefty price for up front. What really gets me is those countries gutted their militaries and used those savings for domestic goodies. The U.S. taxpayers is paying for their free healthcare; when they have to start paying for their militaries kiss their free healthcare goodbye..we can pull our military out and maybe give our citizens free healthcare then.
Well said.
That’s why that doesn’t impress me. I know in America we don’t talk about Medicare and Medicaid but it’s the equivalent to the NHS and it’s better to me.
@@Kim-427Well, not exactly. Medicaid and Medicare are payers of services only. They don’t provide direct services and set the salaries of contractors. The NHS is quite different. In fact, they - especially Medicare - are better than the NHS. There is not an issue of waiting lists.
I don't understand how those countries with "free" healthcare can talk up their healthcare when they have those back logs of appointments and most of the are not even the size of one of our larger states. I've watched many British news shows discussing their overload on the NHS and how, with the foreign invasion, they will have to do away with the NHS or deport all of the people. When it comes down to it, the "free" healthcare may be great for general check ups but the mortality rate in things like cancer are higher in the UK. This is never brought up and I wish more push back was done with that kind of information.
A couple of things, firstly to the lady who thinks we only specialize in "Texas and Mexican" has never had American food. Secondly, as the interviewer said, Americans don't generally have an opinion either way about British people. However, when a British person is overtly critical or offensive to an American, they'll hear every curse word under the sun.
People never even mention anything about the UK to me in real life. I look at everybody as equal, I don’t know why people speak on Americans and classify all of us as loud, Ignorant, racist, richer or think that we think we’re all better than everybody etc... I’ll tell you this most of the people who think like that definitely get these things from the internet so that’s how they perceive all of us without even actually experiencing America for themselves. It’s really weird to just say oh I know this for a fact when in reality you don’t actually know anything your just saying bs.
I can promise nobody in America cares what the British thinks about them. Not even a little bit.. 😂
Nobody in America cares what Americans think of them.
Totally agree. I wish though Brits would fix themselves, seek counseling, or whatever it takes to heal all wounds and pride over falling to 2nd rate country status and stop blaming and whinging about America and Americans. You are wasting your time and energy. Move on! Again, as the commentor pointed out, no American gives the British a sustained thought anywhere in their day.
I think it’s good not to generalize. Not all Americans are the same, not all British are the same, and not all hold the same attitudes
Collectively and historically, the US and UK share a positive and constructive relationship… I think that should say more about how British as a whole tend to view Americans as a whole and vice versa
@@coyotelong4349 Does it hurt your feelings when a Britt sais something negative about Americans?
My brother has expressed annoyance that us Americans don't normally use the metric system like the majority of the world does. So there is at least one American who certainly cares what others outside of the US thinks of us.
The English should remember that they'd be speaking German if thousands of American soldiers hadn't fought and died in WWII.
yanks only showed up at the end of the war, and oyu charge us $400 million for your charity,
At the end of the war? I have 5 uncles who served in the war. 2 in the Pacific (Army and Navy) where we fought the Japanese to standstill ( Midway). Another in North Africa 1942, then Italy 1943-1945. Another 2 uncles in Europe (training in Britain before D-Day in 1943) hitting the beach at Normandy just like so many others (yes British and Candaians). Then there was the hedgerow country in France, Marketgarden in Holland, and eventually onto Berlin. End of the war? Really? Did we bleed any differently? Even prior to our actual involvement we were supporting the British covertly in the Caribbean spotting Nazi U-Boats with reconnaissance aircraft and reporting their positons to the Royal Navy surface vessels which targeted the U-Boats. How about
lend/ lease and stepped up industrial production that we "Yanks" arranged to keep Britain armed. My mother, as did millions of other American women, worked in the defense industry, producing equipment for both American and British war efforts. You really ought to show greater respect. We "YANKED" you out of the "recent unpleasantness". Cheers, as you British say, from the U.S.A.! 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲.
I’m a Texan technician, often top of production at work. I had a coworker I sometimes talk to bring me a bag of snacks to my desk because he said he felt that I work so hard I should feel more appreciated.
The real question is…why in 2024 are adults bowing and calling a man “King”?
Gaynor always struck me as someone who follows The Golden Rule. Love her!
Imagine if the interviewer didnt have an american accent 💀
America is the Britains little brother that grew up to be stronger and taller and can’t be bullied like they used too
People put us down as being loud and ignorant. Many negative opinions of us until you need us. England was the big brother until America grew up.
The "fall/autumn" thing is a classic example of what you are calling "simple" but is, in fact, part of the dichotomy between Anglo-Saxon or "Old" English and post-Norman-Conquest Frenchified English. English commonly has two words with similar meanings (cow/boeuf-->beef), one with German (Anglo-Saxon) roots and one with French (Latin) roots. In this case "Fall" is Germanic, Autumn is Latin-French. After the Norman Conquest, the Norman aristocracy mostly replaced the old Anglo-Saxon aristocracy and Norman French was the language of the upper class in Britain but the common people continued to speak "Old" (Anglo-Saxon) English. The two languages gradually merged but there continued to be a refined word and a cruder word for may things. American colonists, being largely lower class folks, typically used the cruder word for things whereas in England imitation of the upper classes became the norm.
I love etymology! Thanks!
heck yeah! truth!
In the US, a sidewalk is a paved area just like the street is. They are both pavement. But they are not the same thing, are they ?
It's often concrete sidewalks and asphalt road surfaces.
That asphalt is paved at some point.
@@JESS7CA ROLL TIDE ROLL 😃
The last 17 years of my work life I worked for the NYC branch of a Hedge Fund that started in London. I remember the first time I was sent to the London main branch and since it was a trans-Atlantic flight I was allowed to go business class. My boss told me that rather than use an American airline, use Virgin since their Upper Class fares were the same as business class fares in other airlines and the price included free rides to and from the airports so it was a good deal. I remember on my way back at Heathrow, I had a very nice time at the Virgin Upper Class lounge and when it came time to board, we were escorted to the gate by a Virgin employee who when we got to the gate, loudly announced "Upper Class coming through" and literally pushed several people aside. As an American I was shocked at that but what was more shocking was how that was accepted. I remember thinking how that would never have been acceptable in the US.
As to how I was treated by Brits in the 2 weeks I was there? It basically depended on the background of the people who worked there. I had no problems with the Operations staff who I understood came from a less educated background and spent most of my time there with them. And the sole person who came from what I guess they called "Upper Crust" (his dad was a Baron, a title he inherited the title a few years later) was quite friendly. However most, but not all, of the people who worked in the trading groups who had higher education made a lot of snide comments about me being an American and had nothing but complaints about the US. Since I did not have to normally deal with them, I just ignored them. As someone who grew up in Queens part of NYC, I was familiar with being looked down upon by people who lived in Manhattan so it wasn't all that surprising. The major difference is that there was no racial element. There were members of pretty much all racial groups in the trading teams but their classism was very overt. So I got the impression that the Brits who had a higher education background looked down at Americans as being from a lower class.
I will admit we tease the British for the fact they explored and conquered the planet looking for spices but never used them in their own food !
Actually that's not true.
What group of people weren’t explorers? Literally everyone were explorers.
The British are not "the Americans of Europe", they are the New Yorkers of Europe.
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Exactly.
Nah,I wouldn’t insult New Yorkers that way. There is a difference in being in a hurry and direct versus rude and superior. Yes I said it! Lol
@@Kim-427 nah New Yorkers are rude and think they are superior.
hahaha as a New Yorker, I agree. Although I'm from Long Island, we are much nicer here. Life isn't as hectic.
New subscriber and American here. This was interesting, if a little disheartening. I've always felt a special kinship with the British people, having a great deal of English and Scottish ancestry. One thing I don't quite understand is why Brits aren't genuinely happy for the successes of others.
I recently learned about the Tall Poppy Syndrome. That just isn't a thing here. Most of us are happy when someone we know achieves a goal, etc. It doesn't cost anything to be happy for others and you'll be happier in the long run too.
Our friendliness isn't fake either. We tend to be curious and interested and strike up conversations easily. The British people fascinate me. I'd love to be tour guide to some who are visiting the US sometime. Perhaps I could change some minds. Loved the video. TFS.
Hi , don't forget we are a long established nation ( nations ) I'm including Scotland, Wales , Ireland and England , hundreds of yrs of being conquered , fighting , unrest , it's no wonder we are more inclined to be pessimistic and not too optimistic, we are a very down to earth people not overly patriotic very critical of our government but hopeful of improvement , most of us just strive for a good life being able to have the basics or just the odd holiday , the second world war brought us as a nation together in ways the u.s will never understand, . Through the bombings , rationing that lasted into the 50s we were tested to the limit , I'm a proud English / brit and do not look down on any nation or people we are all unique and should embrace our differences, yes some nations do things better than others and where we should learn from each other . We are cousins and allies . 😊
SO true.
“Our food is great. 95% of the time we eat food from another country” 😂
I know what you mean but still…😊
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I agree with you! The real question is what food is *native/stylistic to the UK that they eat at which point they often times volunteer: beans and mash, spotted dyck, beans on toast etc. So them getting offended that American's bring this up is a bit disingenuous. The question was *not what food do they have available- we all probably have the same. With regards to native food/styles in the US we can start with Barbecue, Southern Cuisine, and of course all types of Fast Food.
UK food is literally DOGSHIT with salt.
I don't know of any Americans that look down on British people. Interesting that some feel that way. Have these people actually been to America to check this out? For the woman that said that she thinks Americans are too "extra" and it can't be genuine....We are "extra" in most things we do because that's our culture, and yes, it's totally "genuine"! We are patriotic, driven, kind, and talkative. It's not unusual to see strangers smiling and/or talking to each other for one reason or another. We find things in common with each other in all walks of life. Keep in mind that what you may see on television is a very small sample of what goes on in America and if it's in the news it's probably a negative. There are literally millions of great Americans. By the way, my DNA is 50% English. Millions of Americans have European DNA. We are cousins when it comes down to it lol
Well said. 💯
I honestly cannot believe that you’ve never heard of this before. As an englishman who moved to the states, I’ve always felt like my family and friends in the UK looked down upon Americans. Sometimes it’s more of that they disapprove of the government and way of life and project that on the people a bit as well. Whenever I tell Americans that I moved here from the UK the first thing they ask is “why on earth would you ever want to do that? If I had the opportunity to leave I would do it in a heart beat.”
However, one thing I can say for certain is that many Americans romanticize England as well as some countries in Europe and for that reason they may “believe” that Europeans look down on Americans more than they actually do.
I'm sure Europeans look down on Americans, but we absolutely love our brothers and sisters from across the pond. I watch numerous videos from Brits about America and they all end up taking trips to the U.S. thanks to donations from Americans. 😉
@@FourFish47😅.. Love brother and sisters? 😂 We?
Honestly, I used to hold the UK in high regard, but the Brexit stuff and the Anti-Americanism around Harry and Meghan have changed my view. I try to keep in mind, that not all Americans like Trump and not all Brits are for Brexit.
Why would you hold a low opinion of Brits because of Brexit? Unless, of course, you believe the narraritive about those who voted Leave. I can only guess because you brought up Trump.@marshsundeen
That’s why I think they’re full crap.
There are plenty of "Haters" out there everybody has one. I think it stems from jelosy.
There’s a lot of jealousy towards Americans. It’s so ridiculous.
My fathers 2 ancestors James and Thomas left Cheshire area in late 1690's for Virginia, USA. They walked to Maysville, KY. They were Tanners and made a living making leather and fur wearable. They purchased 100 acres of land, my family owns still. Part of my ancestry is English, and I would love to visit the town of Whaley some day.😊
It's interesting to see Brits defending their country after watching so many videos from Brits about America. There wasn't even anything negative said about the British lol
You might have a slight idea how it feels now to constantly watch videos criticize your country. The greatest country on the planet 😊
It's bad form to look at any group of people and lump them together. As an American I literally never think "Oh those British people are (fill in the blank). I just judge every person I meet on a case by case basis.
I think he was right when he was talking about both the British and Americans having the attitude that we can criticize our own country all we want but if the criticism comes from outside you better bring big brother to protect you... As an American I actually really like the British. You all are fine with me, but don't dare to think you can tell us what our gun policies or healthcare system should look like. If you like your country's way of doing things, great! You can keep them,, just like we will keep ours. It doesn't mean I won't go and throw a few pints down with you all. Other than that I think that the rest of the world just gets too saturated with American music, films (even though it seems all our actors are British these days, lol) , media, and our dirty laundry to the point that it's just a natural reaction to just turn away...
I'm pretty sure that Daz can attest to this but being from Jersey, I don't give a F what other countries think about us. The fact that being better, richer, and aiming for excellence is looked down on is nuts
I compare to to why people hate the Yankees, even though that have been to the World Series since 2009. They’re rich, more dominating, kinda arrogant and the people that support them are the same way.
It's one thing to be the best and arrogant, but we AREN'T the best. By far. Yet, so many of us THINK we are, which is the stupid part. Let's actually BE the best.
@@sullen2420 I've been at my company for 12 years. 1 out of 15 drivers. 2.6 million miles (career) and I'm the only one in my terminal that has gone without a accident or injury. I'm the BEST driver we have. According to them, I should be ashamed of my accomplishment? I shouldn't be proud? Why? To make another not feel small? Fuck that
@@57kwest You're taking it personally, it's not about what we accomplish in our lives, it's about USA as a nationality, politics, etc. We WERE the best post WW2 and we've been falling downhill ever since as a country. They don't mean you shouldn't be proud of YOUR personal success, they mean it looks silly to a lot of folks (including me as an American) to have all our problems at home, not try to solve them at all with Dems and Republicans, and then STILL wave the #1 finger chanting "usa usa usa". That's what we're talking about here.
@@sullen2420 but you can't have we without you and me. They even mentioned the promotion thing. Over there, the don't want to celebrate success. Hell yeah I take it personally. WE THE PEOPLE are a collection of individuals.
The green and white sweater ladies are the most insufferably self impressed people I've ever seen in a man on the street interview 😆
Could not agree more!
yeah, they fit the pompous Brit stereotype to a T.
When I lived in Germany, I attended a convention. One of the attendees asked me for a lift back to the hotel. I graciously responded, “ Of course!”
The minute she gets into my Volvo she exclaims, “ Kapitalist Wagen!”
I drove her back. Today, I’d ask her to get out so her Marxist ideals aren’t compromised!
I remember the first time that I stopped in a pub in London. I was given the stink eye look, as I was asked what part I America I was from. I mentioned that I was Canadian and the bartender's attitude did a 180.
A famous person once said "I just want to say, can't we all get along?"
I don't think it's a matter of not caring about what's going on in the rest of the world because we feel like there is chaos going on all around us here at home. We get worn out with our own media and end up wanting to get away from any and all reporting on significant events. I personally don't look down on the British. It's easier to know what going on in the US in general because so many of our problems become international news. What's never reported is all of the good things that go on here despite the bad.
We Canadians might be a hybrid of the UK and US. Apologetic and outgoing.
As an american,wow very spot on. we love our brothers and sisters to the North ❤
I've met a Canadian that had a very good description of Canadians when they said:" Canadians speak like Americans, spell like British, and speak a form of French that's 400 years out of date, and all three countries say that we're doing it wrong."
Brits aren’t apologetic.
No way Canadians are nothing like British,they are more American.
@@andrewbarrett42 Bit of a sweeping statement, "they." Have you met us all?
My friends went through almost all major European countries they said they were treated great everywhere but England. Even refused service at a restaurant
Being American with grandparents who came from Ireland in the 1920s which was dirt poor due to being a British colony for about 700 years, I really don’t care how Brits feel or what they think about us Americans.🇺🇸🇮🇪
Well that was kind of depressing. As an American, I’ve always considered the British our more refined brother and sisters.
But, as an American, I am confident I could change some minds.
I'm not loud, not rich, not happy, not confident. Nothing wrong with being direct, that should be a good thing, but whatever. lol
I challange this American to wait in line in britain for health care , you can go on a dime to hospital
With thousands of years of culture circling the bowl, I would think the Brits would have more important things to worry about. They are on the verge of losing their civilization.
We aren't far behind don't worry haha.
@@sullen2420 True, but we have guns so there's still a chance!😅
The rise & fall of great civilizations, isn’t that pretty much inevitable w time? Idk what would have to happen for a country / empire to be on top for forever. Even if it takes 1000’s of years, all great civilizations have fallen
@@scotthill1600 very true!!! Wise man who reads
@scotthill1600 empires all collapse amd fail . Its just inevitable as people and ideas amd values shift amd more variables
But here's the funny thing, if you were to ask most British people what country would you want to immigrate to, most would say the United States. Look this up, the most attended World Cup in history was in the United States. The largest group of fans from any country represented was from England.
Shakespear used the word 'fall' instead of autumn.
I have very good friends from England that I love to visit and have done so many times. They are on the upper end of socioeconomic scale. What I've learned is that it's 100 percent a caste system there. The reason they are never too direct or overly serious about things is that it is considered common. To be excessively"to the point" about anything is a signal that one is in a lower position and has to be troubled about such things.
I think it's hilarious to watch and give them sh*t about it. Their whole culture is like that. They can also be quite nasty when they want to be. They prefer nastiness over direct confrontation.
I’m an American who is fairly obsessed with the UK. From Shakespeare to Tolkien to The Beatles to Monty Python, British arts are utterly fascinating to me. I’m a close student of British history and I actually tear up to the singing of Jerusalem. I’ve never thought of it as admiring the cuteness before. I suppose there’s a certain amount romanticization involved like I’m picturing The Shire. To use another Tolkien allusion, the British are to me like the High Elves in the undying lands.
:) I've read most of Tolkiens books, seen the movies and listened to several of the audiobooks many times over.
Its a great story. Peter Jackson did an excellent job portraying the Elves imo. I was a bit disappointed in his portrayal of the Orcs. But some of the scenes.... like the Pelennor Fields were pretty epic both in the book and the movie.
I think the most profound thing Tolkien said was something I might never have even known. I just chanced to see one day that he told someone that the reason he wrote his novels was to express something he had felt all his life. He called it.... the 'heart-racking sense of the vanished past'.
I've come to find that I get it. I really do!
Great video. We spent 5 weeks last summer in Kent, the Cotswolds, and London area and loved it. We are coming back again this June and July and to Scotland in April and May. The people we met were great, very polite and hospitable, especially in the small villages and towns. Of course, like in the U.S., we didn’t talk too much about politics, just like at home in the U.S. I think he could expand his repertoire by going outside of London to interview people. We also met quite a few Brits over the years living in Spain, mostly Andalusia. I would say these Brits are more different from their compatriots back home. Many left the UK to have a better retirement because the costs are less. Some of them rail against issues back home (not unlike American retirees in Europe and South America). I think the biggest difference is the speed of change in society and culture. The U.S. of today is not like the U.S. of even 30 years ago. My impression of the UK is that this change is moving at a very slow pace as Brits tend to regard their traditions and ways of doing things with great importance. Americans are constantly looking for the more improved, next thing, whether it really is or not.
The last part you said makes sense. We, as Americans, are constantly improving on things and ideas. It's just what we do.
I was made fun of once when a coworker said he missed biscuits. So the next day I got him two American biscuits and a half pint of sausage grave. He and the other British guys laughed at me all day and giggled out of innocent fun. It didn’t stop him from eating both biscuits and gravy at breakfast time….lol
I have a British friend who works in the health care system and has for years. She is NOT going to agree that their health care system is so much better. She's called it "shit" more times than I can count. Seems to me that there are better systems than either the U.S. or Britain in quality and cost.
wow, so many negative comments about Britts from us. I agree that we ( US and England ) are more alike than different. It is just kind of like siblings with our little squabbles. But we still have each others back in the end.
But,I think that’s that optimistic message some Americans try to portray to avoid a disagreement. We aren’t more alike than different that’s the problem. One may be more influenced by the other and the one that’s influenced doesn’t like it. And one is a bit envious okay maybe not envious. One seems to offer a very abundant way of life that’s enviable. Because of that the other picks apart what they can find to try to make the other look bad. It’s ridiculous and silly.
@@Kim-427 I meant that we are alike that if something happened to Britain on a global scale, we would be there to support them and I believe Britain would be there for us if something happened to us in the US. I know we have our differences, but I know we still support each other just like we do with our friends, siblings, relatives, etc..
We may be alike, but we don't think alike. America is very unique. Americans are individualistic and do not respond to Monarchy, or tyranny, or dictatorship. We are free thinkers who chart our course under God. Yes, this country was built to be under the laws of God, that is Jesus Christ. We are one of the few countries that has armed citizenry. This is how we protect our rights under the Constitution from tyrannical government.
Well I love the office bloke family and they seem pretty cool to me ❤ 🇬🇧
I think these people are watching way too much TV.
You know, a rising tide lifts all boats and all that. I don't understand being resentful of someones else's success.
As a swede i'm staying out of this... as a swede always does.
This is the most truthful, unabashed, humorous, underrated but on point comment ever - you made my day! 😂
I suspect British people's false perceptions of Americans come from TV fiction and movies, since the majority of people nowadays believe that entertainment is reality.🙄
I'll say it again. I am not a citizen of the world, I am a proud American. Screw what the Euros think.
And thereby hangs a tale...
Exactly
We try to be the best for ourselves, and the rest of the World made being American "cool". We do like to share our ideas as we are big on individualism, and we take those ideas seriously, that's how we progress in things like technology so quickly. We love to share in success, when we hear about a promotion, we are generally happy for that person, even proud of them, and it's usually a well-deserved promotion. Sure, we're like; "Damn, I wish I could get one too", but it doesn't ruin our day. Over the top? Everyone wants greater things, bigger is better, people used to want better food, larger castles, more land, and that stuck with us because the resources were available here and people could have their own land and grand homes, so we made the most of it. We do and we don't understand British traditions at the same time, but I suppose some British don't either, but we do love old things because we don't have many. We work hard to preserve old things and some of the greatest lovers of antiquities are Americans. You will not find an American born and raised here and in their right mind defacing the Colosseum or something of that nature and we'll definitely call them out. British are admired for preserving their traditions, and ours too. Whether the British like it or not, it's also our homeland, there are more English, Irish, and Scots, Welsh here than in the UK. The same situation exists in places like Australia, New Zealand, Canada, all have large English, Irish, Scot populations. If the UK wants to be independent of Europe, we should help them as they are our family, we share blood and a culture, and we haven't in the past, and will not allow any of these places to be invaded in the future. As for the differences in words, we sometimes use older English terms from the Colonial Era, so they have been preserved in American English, while they changed in England, as it has experienced a lot more changes in language trends than the Southern US or East Coast. I think the host is correct with his theory that we're a lot more alike than different, so much alike that we have to pick at the small things to find our slight differences as we share a language, history, and general culture.
As an American who first visited Britain (and much of the rest of Europe) in 1982, I never felt inferior to them. It was all so primitive at that time. Small. I’ve been back many times, seen much improvement, even lived in Europe for a couple years. Always very happy to return. Two things I want to dispel. First, racism does not run rampant like your news will tell you. I’ve always lived in mixed race communities and never witnessed anything racial. Just the news sensationalizing it. Second, guns. I grew up in a time when people had gun racks in their trucks. Went out shooting. Commonplace. Murder is very rare. If you took out the gang violence in intercity areas, the USA would be low in gun violence. Lastly, medical care is available to EVERYONE. Even if you cannot pay, hospitals must treat you. You just get billed for your care. You might be on the 200 years payment plan and some other fantasy, but you get care. And, you don’t need to wait for it. It’s fast. Brits and other countries pay for it, too, just with taxes, which involves government, which slows down everything and makes it cost more, overall.
Europeans also don't realize that Medicare/Medicaid covers more people (87.2 million) that any European country's population (Russia isn't Europe either).
To add to your comments about our American healthcare, yesterday I was watching an Australian drama from a couple of years back that I found on a streaming platform. One episode had a 16 year old girl who had been plagued with horrible abdominal pains that several doctors had dismissed as normal menstrual cramps. Finally as the story continued she was finally taken to a medical center where she was told by a doctor that she thinks the problem was Endometriosis, which is a condition where cells from the lining of the uterus migrates into the abdomen and other adheres to other organs and tissues. The condition can be fatal of those cells migrate to the brain, heart or lungs causing. The girl was finally relieved to find out what was wrong with her, but was told that she required a surgery to confirm the diagnosis. The doctor told the girl that Endometriosis exploratory surgery could cost from $5000 to $10000 because it is considered elective surgery, therefore not covered by the Federal Healthcare or they could put her on the waiting list but it could be years before anything would be done for her.
Here in the USA a few decades ago, my wife had Endometriosis exploratory surgery within days after seeing her doctor and her doctor was shocked to see her abdomen was full of the migrated tissue. Our employer provided insurance covered it all.
Mushy peas are of the Devil. lol
I had a long distance relationship with a man from England for a short time. When he flew to see me I was waiting in the airport with all the others, anxious to see our person. I was chatting with a nice lady which he spotted immediately. His first reaction was he thought we were talking about him and he didn’t like it. Maybe that was partly a British cultural influence just as I am very open and friendly and enjoy talking to strangers. If I were in England I would be so excited to meet people and would be a little hurt if I got a cool reception. But at least now I understand that difference.
I grew up in Alaska and in 1994 I participated in a exchange program to London, where I lived with a host family and attended classes at the University of London. My experience was a complete game changer for my improvement. I think something I have noticed over the years is when I meet Brits, Europeans and Australians I tend to apologize for being an American. That isn't to say I have shame about being an American (for the most part), it just I remember taking the tube for an hour and half twice a day from Harrow on the Hill to downtown London to attend my classes (the program was 6 months.) It took about 2 months and I could pick out an American the second they set foot on the tube. They were loud, talking about deeply personal stuff like it was an advertisement and making comments about how certain words that the Brit find very offensive is stupid and they persisted in saying the words out of context over and over again "to prove a point?" What I find interesting over the decades is that since I open a conversation with not beating my fellow English speakers over the head with how superior we think we are or belittling customs we don't understand, my conversations tend to end up being a Brit and I bashing our own countries and then we end up talking about what we appreciate about each others country. I don't know about other Americans but I have found that I seems to make outrageous assumptions when I meet a fellow English speaker whether they be British, Australian or a European that speaks English better than I do. That assumption that since we can communicate relatively well, I internally diminish how culturally different we are. It is like when I traveled with a group of Australians in South East Asia for 3 weeks. I initially felt very comfortable with the Australians because I make the assumption Australians were basically the same culturally as American with a better accent. I was dead wrong. To be fair, the Australians found my quiet introverted nature strange because their main source of exposure to American culture is TV and movies.
I lived in England from 1990 to 1992 on high Wycombe afb and went off the base into the local town daily and we were never treated differently but going through that in Italy, Greece, Germany, and Saudi Arabia we mostly stayed on the base so felt like America just like the bases in Florida and Hawaii
Has that base shut down? Or maybe been renamed? I grew up in England and have never heard of it. I know of Alconbury, Lakenheath, and Menwith Hill.
I had to look it up but it's called Daws hill in high Wycombe. They closed the high school, not sure about the elementary school but when I was there from 90 to 92 every one from other countries whose base didn't have high school sent us there. 80 rooms per building. Boys and girls separated. When you turned 18 you got a ration card to buy cigarettes and liquor so that caused a bit of trouble but overall what a great time
After I graduated my dad was stationed at lakenheath and I was there for 6 months working at the bowling alley on base
I have many British friends and colleagues that in my opinion don’t look down on anyone especially Americans. I found them very pleasant to talk to and I couldn’t imagine them saying anything bad about anyone. I think it’s just some that think these crude and unhelpful thoughts.
@ThinGibbons nailed it.
"It is very deep insecurity over greatness gone and never to be recovered." "Bitterness at our evolution of your culture."
The funny thing to me is that every British person I have met who has spent time here in the U.S. has admitted that they were very wrong in their opinions of Americans before they moved here. They understand that all of the divisiveness is overblown by the media and that it's not difficult here at all, even if you're a person of color. Yes, they're still a bit overwhelmed by how outgoing a lot of us are, but, after living here for a bit, realize that it is actually genuine and not some affectation.
We Americans couldn’t care less what the Brits think about us.
I think the British people are amazing! I've always seen them as warm, friendly & caring. I love the traditional ways they keep & how down to earth they are.
They look down on us because we kicked their ass twice and saved their ass twice. Humiliated to say the least.
Why do Americans always say that , you do realise the war started in 39 ? I think its so disrespectful to our boys who fought for our freedom too and sacrificed so much , the battle of Britain was pivital in changing the course of the war if it was not for that win over the lufftwaffe above us things could be very different . We are greatful for your joining the fight and are not forgotten at all .
So it should be Americans looking down on Brits as they won the war.Even Canadians worship Americans for defeating the Brits.
I boringly dont even think of what someone I dont know thinks of me.
I used to work for a British pharma company and had to frequently have zoom meetings with my British counterparts. We in the US (and I mean just where we lived as I actually work with a multinational team that was born all over the world) always ended up just leading the meeting and implementing changes as all the British team (mostly UK born from what I could tell) just sat there and never gave any important input because they would always never want to change anything. I have a friend who worked in banking and would have to go to Dublin and London for big meetings and said the same thing and that it was a waste of his time since he could have just made the changes because they never gave important input that moved things in a timely manner.
Just from my experience, most UK people are very closed minded to solution solving and dont respect the people doing the bulk of the work because they think they are beneath them. While my UK work counterparts were supposed to be my equals, they often came across "too good" to actually work. My multicultural counterparts (I have coworkers from about 30 countries the last time I counted) that I worked with in the US would always say the same and was part of the reason they chose to live in the US vs Europe.
I loved the culture, history and especially the people of Britain and Scotland when I recently visited. The people were extremely welcoming and friendly. I really never felt any negativity or disrespect for being American from anyone. I look forward to going back to explore and getting the chance to meet more of the people.
I think we Americans would prefer you just say 'Thank you' and keep it moving
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Growing up in the 70's I can only remember 4 things that Americans stereotyped about people outside the US. 1. The French language sounded effeminate.2 The Canadians were nice but didn't know what bacon was 3. The British sounded like stuck up rich people. 4. European women were too hairy. As a country we are pretty much self-absorbed due to the diversity and size.
I remember all of that.
They’re mad because we whipped them twice then became more powerful and now they depend on us for protection. Imagine your baby brother now being your daddy
So the old lady with a black boyfriend thinks America is prejudice I wonder where she got those ideas??
This was a very good video, now that I’ve gotten through it all (I tend to read people’s comments before I watch an entire video). I have been to the UK a number of times, from Kent and Sussex in the south and as far north as Glasgow and Scotland. I find it a lot easier to understand southern English speakers without having to listen closely. In Scotland and northern England, I really have to pay close attention to understand both the accents and idioms often used. I have often found that’s part of the fun, however, and consequently like to spend more time up there than London southwards. I’ve never experienced any sort of condescension from any group though - sure, the occasional individual, but I’m fairly certain the person isn’t friendly to anyone really. Good choice of videos, Daz and family!
The entire UK is the size of 1 US state out of 50. There is no comparison and no where to look.
Well, it is really the size of New England and New Englanders are closer in similarities culturally and personality-wise to Brits.
@@hrussell9677do you live in New England? I’m just curious…
What?
@@hrussell9677lol as a new englander, that’s false
Dude, no state has 60,000,000 plus people and hundreds of its own nukes like the UK does.
American hospitas turn no one away....and you get taken care of quicker. No waiting months.
That is very sad! We Americans would be the first to stand and have your back! So sorry you feel this way!
Did you watch the entire video? Sounds like you're just cherry picking the negatives.
I visited the U.K. last week and had a great time. Started in Manchester then Liverpool then London and ended in Newcastle. The accents are so fascinating in each place.
AS AN AMERICAN, I LOVE THE BRITISH. WITHOUT THE BRITS, THERE WOULD BE NO AMERICA.
This is the real answer to the question of, What Americans think of the British? The answer is.........We don't think of them at all.
I think the impressions of many of those interviewed are based on US movies, TV--where everyone is either from NYC of California (the one guy talked about a Valley Girl accent)--well maybe the don't process the fact that this is the most diverse country in the world with 330 million people with hundreds of dialects, varied attitudes, different words for things (as many Americans say Autumn as Fall)--there are about 6 (by my count) ways here of referring to what you call "fizzy drinks" --soft drinks, Pop, Soda, Tonic, Coke (in some parts of the South every "fizzy drink" is a "Coke") are 5 off the top of may heard. Being from Pittsburgh the NYC accents sounded strange and funny--same with the "surfer dude" slang. Those are both a different world for me, and ours for them--NYC people always sounded stupid (not true of course) as did many Southerners (not true, either).
Love you guys. You really make me want to come back to Britain and explore the North this time--outside of Westminster, Salisbury and Dover lol
I would like to see the villages, and London of course.
In the US we are taught when we see someone successful, we can work hard and get there too. Some people may become arrogant when they achieve it. But striving for excellence is taught to us. Well used to be at any rate. I was born in 1970s. We Americans also get rather sick of the misconception about our healthcare industry. There may be millions uninsured, but no1 is denied service at a hospital. Regan passed a bill thru Congress, ensuring that no hospital could turn away anyone that required medical attention. Our whole system is based on working for what you have. I am currently on what we call Medicaid. Meaning that I have zero cost healthcare and have to go into a queue for Dr visits etc and can goto any emergency room if something happens. The only difference is our Medicaid covers our poorest who cant cover it themselves. And that coverage is comparable to European health coverage. Those who work and pay into an insurance system have a higher level of care. What is dubbed "cadillac" or "luxury" care. But to say we dont take care of homeless or poor is just wrong. It creates an incentive to work and get a higher class of coverage.
I could care less what the British think.
This was very interesting, and all i can say, I've been to London many years ago and found the people to be very friendly, helpful, and nothing bad to say about America. I agree that you can talk to someone in one area of America and then in another area and get an entirely different answer to your question. As an American, i see many pitfalls in how we treat other Americans and bad mouth our country, our leaders, etc, but i also see a lot of good. Oh, for the Fall/Autumn thing...i was always taught its called Autumn, and now one of my grandsons calls it Autumn because he has heard me say Autumn is the actual name for that season.
my ancestry dna is 61% english 12 % scottish 11% germanic 8% welsh 4% swedish/danish 4% norwegian but i was born in the united states so basically were the same just raised in different places