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I can't agree with you. As a foreigner who has always had British teachers or travelled very often to Britain, American accent has always sound less familiar to me. I can't say I don't understand Americans, but it's just a question of ... practice. I try to train my ear to different accents as much as I can. So, thanks for this video Lucy!
For me it is totally the other way around. It could be because I am currently living in the UK. In all/any ways, the words(vocabularies) can be understood from the context itself; some times LOL 😁. Just pretend like you are elaborating more on the meaning hence you can guess the right definition of it without being awkward or old-fashioned wo-/man.
15:50 I’m from America, and never in my life have I ever heard the term “ABC Store” referring to a place that only sells alcohol… I’ve always grown up with it being called a “Liquor Store”
Living in the South, where alcohol is heavily regulated, the ABC Store is a specific store, usually in a more rural area and typically the only place to purchase anything stronger than beer or wine.
As an American, I agree with Lucy's distinction between "woods" and "forest." I grew up in the southern midwest of the US, and "woods" was probably more common than "forest" for any area with many trees.
Learned some British English when I grew up…every time when I want to say “side walk”, pavement came into my head but then when the word is at my mouth, it feels weird and I always second guess. Some other good ones: rubber/ eraser, torch/ flash light, trash/ garbage. Biscute was a good one. Took time to absorb that.
For the “Tractor Trailer”, as an American, if someone said that, I would be confused. We typically call them trucks, semis, or semi-truck. Also, for the “ABC Store”, I have never heard anybody in America call it that. We typically call it a Liquor Store. If you call it an ABC Store, you may get a weird/confused look
Yea, never heard "ABC store" either. Party store or liquor store in the US, though more and more alcohol is being sold at big grocery chains like Walmart.
The main difference between a duvet and comforter is that a comforter is just one piece of bedding while a duvet requires two separate pieces - an insert and cover. A comforter is usually quilted with the filling evenly distributed, while a duvet has an insert that works as the fill.
@@smithrocks1 yup! Duvet has a protective and decorative cover over a sealed fluffy insert, kinda like the blanket version of a pillow in a pillowcase. Comforter, like you said, is bedding where the fluffy filling is directly inside the decorative fabric. Both the duvet insert and a comforter can be quilted though as it helps keep the fill from bunching up in one spot. Since I mentioned it, a blanket doesn’t have fluffy filling, it’s a piece of thick fabric, sometimes quilted, sometimes woven/knitted. In the rare case a blanket has filling to make it warmer, the filling is nothing more than a thin sheet of poly-fill.
I am an American, and I would call it a "liquor store", not an "ABC Store". If you're in the military, it's called a 'Class 6 store". To us, "trousers" sound like something an old man wears with suspenders. Also, to us, "pavement" is the substance the road is made out of.
Victoria Khinchagova probably the non native english speakers😂 english text books aren’t the most usual, we have to teach ourselves so much to not get laughed at😩
Cannot resist telling this story, I was talking with a British friend while driving down the George Washington Memorial Parkway, she said. "I never could understand why Americans drive on a parkway and park on a driveway." She was spot on.
We also call a forest “the woods” here in America. Being from the Northeast, I agree a “forest” generally refers to a huge area of trees, whereas just a couple acres or a small lot is just “woods”.
Agree. When I was a kid, my parents' home in the midwest had three acres of trees in the back of a five acre lot. We always referred to it as 'the woods'. A trip to the forest meant that we were probably heading to a national park.
I agree - Forest to me is a larger wooded area. I live in the woods (I have three acres of trees in the four acres of land I own) I don't live in a forest. That picture they showed was definitely just the woods
Agreed. In the mid west we call it “the woods” as well. No one in there right mind would call something a forest that isnt. Also the American and Australian were only going off a small photo.
"Alcoholic beverage control (ABC) states, generally called control states, are 17 states in the United States that, as of 2016, have state monopoly over the wholesaling or retailing of some or all categories of alcoholic beverages"...such as distilled spirits / liquors...ergo, an "ABC Store" is often used to refer to the place where this type of alcohol is sold in these States (and this is actually on the sign of the store). But you can buy beer or wine pretty much anywhere (doesn't have to be an ABC store).
kigglz15 Lol same here, I moved to New York when I was three but then moved back to India, and when I was twelve I moved to Canada and now it's been two years since I'm living in Canada. The profile pic is of my mom not me, lol. I miss New York though. I miss queens and Times Square and Manhattan. Waaaa
i’m from england and for me it sort of depends on what type of trees. i generallly call a group of lighter green trees ‘woods’ and darker evergreen trees as a ‘forest’
As an American, I'd say the woods if they're in like the city or someone's backyard. But I've NEVER heard of an ABC store. We'd call them either a liquor or package store. Also, the pavement can be used for what you walk on or drive on ("pound the pavement"). Additionally, while we don't usually use duvet, we do have duvet covers that go over your comforter. Especially if you have a plain white one or just want to change up the look of your comforter without having to buy a new one.
I grew up in West Virginia and currently live in ohio after moving 10 years ago. I have never heard anyone describe a wooded area as a forest UNLESS they were speaking about a rain forest. We go hiking in the woods. We go hunting in the woods. We go shed hunting in the woods. I would say more “country” states say woods rather than forest.
Hello, I'm German Fedorov; I'm from Los Angeles, California in the US and I'm pleased to meet you. My brother, who is from Australia, and my sister, which is from England, helped me to write down each word for the picture.
Yeah I'm from Illinois and I don't think I've ever really used the word "forest" in my life. We always called woodland type areas "the woods". I've even worked for farmers that would call it "the timber", but that's more of a rural expression. Maybe because where I'm from here in the Midwest there really aren't huge forests so it's not a common word.
I was born and raised in North Carolina and I've always called it the woods. The only time I would use forest is if I was talking about a very large wooded area, e.g, the Smoky Mountain National Forest.
Lucy - Isn't it Off Licence - To license is the verb, but the certificate is a licence - The term off licence means it is outside the alcohol licencing laws, which years ago was very restrictive
American english: clear and simple to understand British english: sound royal and beautiful Australia english: weird but absolutely cute!!!! Just my opinion 😊
In the US, if you were to adk, "Where's the nearest ABC Store?" you'd die of thirst before you get an answer. "Liquor Store" is what they're commonly called.
Just a note: Americans call it both “Forest” and “Woods.” The term “Forest” is generally used for much larger masses of trees while “Woods” is a smaller, more Suburban mass. Edit: We also use the term “Jungle,” but that is for more tropical areas.
I moved to Australia and I remember being told about the dress code on my first day at work. My manager said that I couldn't wear "thongs" and I told her it was none of her business 😂
ABC Store, this is a local term and I would says most Americans would have no idea what she was talking about if she told them she was at the ABC Store, they would probably think she was buying educational material for her children. The common term in the US would be the Liquor Store or maybe even the Packaged Goods Store. Just adding an additional comment as someone reminded me. In the US many States allow what I will call "soft liquor" to be purchases in general grocery stores. So you can buy things like beer and wine at your regular grocery, but "hard liquor" you would have to go to the liquor store/package goods store, because those places have to have a liquor license to sell it. Also, many bars will have a package goods store where you can also purchase bottled liquor to take home.
Yes I am from the Boston, MA area. It is most commonly called a liquor store, or the packie short for package store. Very common when I was in high school for someone to say I got someone to go to the packies for me. I have never heard the term ABC store. Interesting.
ABC Stores exist in only 17 states. Those states do not allow retail package liquor to be sold by anyone but the state's Alcohol Beverage Commission. It is kind of depressing to reside in such a state as there is never a "sale" on prices and absolute nothing but hard liquor is sold in an ABC store. I was in Virginia on a 7 month work contract and discovered ABC Stores. I have no idea what states make up the other 16, but apparently NC is one of them. The number of locations of ABC stores is also limited as there is no competition allowed in the sale of hard liquor in those states. I was in Fairfax, VA for that 7 months and only found ONE ABC Store in that city.
@@susu1946 Correct, most areas in the states it's simply "Liquor Store"..."common wealth" states have "ABC Stores"...and in Maryland the liquor store is "the bar", not to be confused with an actual bar that you sit in.. rediculous I know.
I think people tend to forget that the U.S. has a fairly diverse set of accents itself, just like the U.K. and Australia. A California accent doesn't sound like a Tennessee accent, and a Tennessee accent doesn't sound like a Rhode Island accent, and so on.
West Virginian (me) is pretty unique too. In fact, the Appalachian accent is closer to Elizabeth in English than modern UK English because of the historic, geographical isolation of the Appalachian region.
Lol slippers confused my English friend too. What they wear is footwear made of soft material. We call 'peppers' 'capsicum' in India. Since India and Australia were both British territories, I'm pretty sure we got it from the Brits. When I was in school, we learnt both the British English and the American English versions. Now with more English friends it gets really confusing. I can't say pants to mean trousers because it means underwear in England. That one made me laugh like anything.
OK, I am old enough to remember when these shoes were introduced to the US from Japan after WWII. At that time those were called a lot of different names - Jap Flaps/Slaps Go-aheads (as in constant forward motion needed to keep on feet) sandals and later/now - flip flops People need to remember that in the 1950s things made in Japan were thought of as the same level of 'cheapness' that made in China invokes today.
I really enjoyed your English lesson. Now I found out that I am using all these three different accents without knowing where to use correct ones. I'd love to learn more from all of you ladies 😊. Really appreciate your great help in learning English Language. I'm your big fan ❤❤.
I agree. I live in the NE US, and we would call this a liquor store, or in New England (in the far Northeast), this would be called a package store [Edited to avoid misunderstanding}
non Melbournian Aussies would say: -Truck or semi-trailer; the toilet is usually separate from the bathroom, so you would say the toilet/ dunny/ loo if you wanted to use that and in rural Australia you will find on properties the toilet is located outside of the house and known as the dunny / loo/ outhouse / thunderbox, knows as the thunderbox as thunder occurs in there at times...; Forest/ The Bush; petrol station/ service station/ servo; pants/ trousers.
I’ve lived in three different areas of the U.S. and I’ve never heard it called an ABC store. It’s called a liquor store. That’s what everyone I’ve ever known calls it.
Same. That comes with being Indian. Especially the British and US ones. British English was taught in schools to us and what we hear today in popular medias is American one so we use best of both. Like British Chips but Amrican way of saying fries but as children we used to refer to as fry as chips
Each motorway has its own identifying number after the letter M. M1, M2 etc. but the M25 is less of a motorway and more of a car park...parking lot...ahhh whatever. Being English in America sucks sometimes.
I'm American and I just started working for the UK market in my job. This was very helpful. I will say though, I was with Vanessa until you got to the store where you buy the alcohol. Everyone I know just calls it a "Liquor Store". I was today years old when I found out what ABC stands for. I've only ever heard of ABC Liquor which is a specific, branded store. Also, I would just say truck but I believe people that live in more rural areas or people that know a lot about trucks would say "tractor trailer". Anyway, super helped video. Thanks!
I'm french and I just realised that when I speak english I mix all of these.. I guess teachers at school in France just didn't tell us the differences between cultures, that's too bad! Very interesting video
@@teresaantonio5867I agree with you ! I live in Québec ( a french province of Canada ) I suppose I have learned canadian english at school but I love the british accent ! I wish I'll have the opportunity to go visit England one day...I wish to go to USA and Australia also ! I'm happy to listen to these videos today. Thank you Lucy ! Have a great day everybody !
Il fut un temps où l'anglais enseigné en France était British, depuis le l'avènement à grande échelle des séries américaines et le fait que les étudiants en langue anglaise ne choisissent plus principalement la Grande Bretagne pour leurs études nous avons de plus en plus un anglais scolaire moins homogène. Par contre ce qui me frappe c'est le nombre de mots français ou ayant une base française c'est hallucinant 😮
Swiss Homes have a standard complete Bathroom with everything (small Appartements only have a shower, bc a Bathtub won't fit in). In the recent Decades it became quite fashioned to also have a additional separate little Room with just a Toilet and a Sink, the "Tages-WC" ("Day-Toilet") where often also the Washingmachine/Tumbler is or the Cupboard for cleaning Utensils is located. That's for day use or Guests, so they don't have to go upstairs in the private Family-Bathroom. The "Tages-WC" is mostly located between the Entrance and the Kitchen, conveniently where it's nearest to go to.
In America we also sometimes call a highway a freeway. The reason is because before the federal interstate system, roads like that usually included having to pay a toll. The freeway could be driven on for free with no toll.
America: highway and interstate Australia: highway or freeway Britian: wow we don't have states so we don't say interstate we don't say highway, freeway sounds dangerous-... thankyou so much for watching Me: what... WHAT DO YOU CALL IT THEN?
A lot of the American answers must be regional. I've always called small patches of trees "the woods". There's nothing unusual about it at all. Also "ABC Store" is only a thing in some states. I'd think the whole country would also call these "liquor stores".
I live in Germany where wood's would best describe a patch of trees. The US and Australia have huge areas unpopulated which would best be described as forests. I think land mass shapes how we define and use these words.
I'm married to a Canadian. tons of different words to those examples in the Video that left us both confused when we first met. Don't drive on the Sidewalk, Drive on the Pavement in Canada. I was learning to drive, I was told to follow the pavement to the intersection, I'm like what? Wellies = Galoshes, Rubber boots. Toilet was at the back on the garden, old house we stayed at in Kamloops, They called it the "can" and "put"
I’m from Illinois in the US and “the woods” and “forest” are almost completely interchangeable but using the word forest is definitely for bigger areas of trees.
UK here, "the woods" is basically just a term to describe a small, unnamed collection of trees. A forest is much larger and older and is typically named, for example the ancient Savernake Forest. Other terms include a copse or coppice which is an area of privately owned trees which be fenced off, which may be used for commercial purposes like firewood or sap. There is also a grove which is usually a very small plot of land where trees grow with minimal undergrowth.
I'm American. I've never heard of ABC store, it's a liquor store. We also say the woods, and some people say thongs for flip flops, rain boots can also be called rubbers, we have freeways and expressways, trousers and slacks.
i'm from Virginia and we have ABC stores to buy hard liquors. but now I live in California and they don;t have ABC stores and instead you can buy hard liquor at a gas stations or 7/11's even after 9pm.
In Serbia we learn British english from the the beginning of the school, but easiest to understand is definitely American english, probably because of movies, music, etc. But still most of the time i just literally translated words which is sound weird to english speaking person, it is what it is enough for basic communication
American: highway - interstate Australian: highway - free way British: Thank you so much to Emma and Venessa Hope i didnt hear wrong Tell me if i heard it wrong 😅
I think it's strange that as an Indian, I understand all three versions of the same word because of our colonial past when we were introduced to British English and because of our love for american television and Hollywood, as a result of which, we adapted to American English slang but most of our schooling is done in British English.
@@rexbanner29531) A major part of India knows the english language, even Indian media is highly interested in english speaking countries which made us naturally consume any english content without much caring about which english speaking country . 2) Also bcz of this alot of Indians primarily travel and live in these 3 countries and when they comeback they bring the language knowledge with them and over the time it gets spread . So u can it's bcz of today's global media and cultural exchange we r able to under all these countries english. Tho I do say we don't understand everything bit by bit but we can estimate what they may mean in native. By the way a fun fact : knowing 3 variations of english cause great state of confusion ! Bcz u r like which is correct pronunciation tomahto or tomayto? Whts the difference btw cookie and biscuits ? U say u want to go to toilet then someone will "correct"u by saying it's restroom then someone will say it's bathroom then someone will say it's washroom...and u r like nevermind I will find my way.
Vanessa:- Comforter Emma:- that's weird, we call it "doona" Lucy:- You said comforter is weird but "doona" that's weird! We call it duvet Me:- Duvet? That's weird as well. We call it blanket 😶😂
But it’s not a blanket... a duvet/doona/comforter is more for decoration. It’s also puffy and large. I think a duvet/doona/comforter is like a type of blanket
@@lovenothate520 A duvet/comforter/doona is filled with either feathers or synthetic filling, and is put inside a duvet cover (which is a word used in the US btw, just probably not in North Carolina). A blanket is made of wool or synthetic fibers but is not "filled" with anything. It's a piece of fabric that is used over a sheet. Or it can be decorative.
When it comes to liquor stores, US is LIQUOR STORE , UK is OFF LICENCE (not LICENSE) or OFFY, AU is BOTTLE SHOP or BOTTLE-O, ABC Store in New York is a video store connected to ABC-TV
Right. Duvet is the cover in which we place our comforter in the US- usually the duvet is decorative and the comforter inside is down or down alternative. The duvet is usually not actually used. Or sometimes the duvet is a decorative like quilt that goes on top of the comforter but is not used.
I'm from the U.S and I never heard of ABC store. I'm from Ohio close to the Pennsylvania border, and we call it the liquor store! Down South has many different names for everyday item's than the northern United States but that's part of the charm. I love the different cultures in our country!
ABC store literally sounds like a children's store lol! I've never heard that word either, but I'm on the west coast so...we call it the liquor store. I've actually also heard supermarket as well here in the states sometimes instead of grocery store.
We actually have many variations of identification in America sheerly due to size/numerous regional areas. Vanessa could've elaborated with several more variations of each and still correctly represented millions of people. I've never heard of calling the most common 'liquor store' an ABC store- that would be a strictly regional variation.
I lived and worked in several states before retiring. Virginia is the only state where I encountered ABC stores. Basically, it means no one can sell package liquor except the state of VA. So, there is never a sale or discounted price and absolutely nothing is sold in the stores except liquor. Apparently, NC is similar to VA in that respect.
Yes, I always called it a "liquor store" in New York State and never heard "ABC store" until moving to Virginia. In NY we definitely used the term thongs in the 60's and 70"s back in the day when I was wearing them. I think flip flops won out in popularity after a while though.
I thought in the states you could buy liquor or alcohol in most grocery or convenience stores (Gas stations, Walmart)? I guess it maybe varies from state to state?
I’ve never heard of an ABC Store. It’s a liquor store. And, in some states you can buy alcohol in grocery stores/gas stations. Not in my state, though.
The differences between US states or regions is even more different than the differences in these 3 countries. So you’d really need about 10 Americans and 5 Aussies to make this anywhere near accurate. ABC Store is the name and on the sign they hang outside stores selling alcoholic beverages in many US states, especially in in the mid Atlantic region. It’s illegal to sell all or some types of alcohol anywhere else (like in the supermarket - yeah, we use that term here too).
Agreed! The woods/forest is one that stands out at differing between people in America. To me, those were the woods. But I grew up near Woodstock, woods everywhere. So I consider a forest like laarrrggee nearly untouched land.
well i count atleast 5 large regional accents in the US and those have their own variations. Northern accent (new york , new jersey) , Mid west ( illinois, wyoming down to oaklahoma ) Southern (Louisianna over to florida , east texas) South western (west texas , parts of arizonia and New mexico) West coast (california , washingtion parts of new mexico and colorado )
I'm from the USA (albeit from NY), but I've NEVER heard "ABC store" or "ABC State". We would just call it a liquor store, even if there's more than just liquor sold there.
I'm surprised to hear her say 'ABC Store' as someone from NC. I think most people would definitely agree in calling it the 'liquor store'. ABC Stores do exist, they're just a specific brand of liquor store. You could also go to a Carolina Ale House or any grocery or convenience store.
Wonderful ! it seems the non natif has a super advantage, he can use many English words. So I have chosen the most comfortable vocabulary for me: chips and chips / cookies/loory/bangs/candy/swimming costume /forest/toilet/flat/supermarket/duvet/pepeers/rain boat/thongs/petrol station/ off licenece/pants/sidewalk/hightway.
The issue with ‘American English’ is that different parts in america all have different english, while most words can stay the same the north and south have a very different way of speaking.
Yeah, in "Upstate" New York (anywhere that's not the NYC area, to outsiders), we have different words for foods and drinks per region. Soda vs. Pop, Red or White hots vs. Hot dogs and conies. Then again, it's NY: we care thoroughly about our foods and drinks, lol.
North, south, east, west, the middle of the country all have different accents and dialects. The same can be said about Australia and the UK having different accents and dialects depending on the region.
American here, we do say "The Woods" also when we mean a small forest (especially a local forest -- "Let's go hang out in the woods"), and while we do say "supermarket" sometimes, usually we just say "the Store", as in "I need to go to the store and get some milk". It always means the grocery store or supermarket.
@@chillz9600 Usually forest is used for a named one like Ocala National Forest or something similar to that, or as a large geographical area of woodlands
Yup, fellow American here, I grew up two blocks from the woods. We had lots of woods but no forests where I grew up. If you asked someone where the nearest forest was, they'd probably direct you to some national park 40 miles away from town.
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For flip flops can't we also say sandle
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For a non native speaker like me, American english is a lot easier to understand. British english is indeed beautiful in its own way.
I bet it's because what we're more used to hear (games, movies, music, series, etc.)
For me it's the opposite.
I can't agree with you. As a foreigner who has always had British teachers or travelled very often to Britain, American accent has always sound less familiar to me. I can't say I don't understand Americans, but it's just a question of ... practice. I try to train my ear to different accents as much as I can.
So, thanks for this video Lucy!
For me it is totally the other way around. It could be because I am currently living in the UK. In all/any ways, the words(vocabularies) can be understood from the context itself; some times LOL 😁. Just pretend like you are elaborating more on the meaning hence you can guess the right definition of it without being awkward or old-fashioned wo-/man.
British is the best for tv shows and movies but American English is the best! Also here in America they have said that USA English is the better one
British: The Woods
American: Forest
Australian: Forest
Me: Jungle
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Me : animal's habitat/wild place
Forest
Elijah and Gump
US: highway
Australia: highway
UK: thank you Emma and Vanessa for joining.
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Exactly I was waiting as well
so what's the answer ? I also wait for it.. lol
What is it ? I need an answer :D
🇬🇧:Petrol station
🇦🇺:Petrol station
🇺🇸:Gas station
And there is in 🇮🇳 we called it Petrol pump🤣
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Yeah gas station is just confusing
@@Detson404 yes kind of
Don't you guys have your own regional languages? 🇮🇳
I just realized that my english is a mix of American, British, and Australian
And sometimes, it makes my brain stop working😂😂😂
Same
I'm asian, and I can confirm, I speak all the types of English
Huh? Where are you from?
@@thatpinkdude6850 same
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I’m from America, and never in my life have I ever heard the term “ABC Store” referring to a place that only sells alcohol… I’ve always grown up with it being called a “Liquor Store”
Living in the South, where alcohol is heavily regulated, the ABC Store is a specific store, usually in a more rural area and typically the only place to purchase anything stronger than beer or wine.
I'm from Massachusetts. we call it the packie 😂
but I call it the liquor store
@@britneyragsdale4345 I'm southern as well. The ABC is a specific liquor store, in general we call them all just liquor store
@@kayxoh19 also from MA. We love the packie or liquor store.
U.S. : HIGHWAY
Australia : HIGHWAY
UK : Thank you so much to Emma and Vanessa for coming
lolll i was waiting for her to say what british ppl call it :'(
@@cc-uv7eu Most of the time we call it a car park or traffic jam lol
@@cc-uv7eu In England we call this a motorway.
I think they call it a motorway.
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Dovet is the one where you have a cover and internals that can be separated. A comforter is one that can't be seperated.
As an American, I agree with Lucy's distinction between "woods" and "forest." I grew up in the southern midwest of the US, and "woods" was probably more common than "forest" for any area with many trees.
Yeah
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Yep same in the south east
i say both
I’m American and I call it the woods all the time
Agreed
For anyone wondering, us British people call freeways/highways: 'motorways'
THANK YOU! That's why I came to the comments
Me too!
Thank you, I was looking for it lmao
In Australia we have highways, but if a highway is hundreds apon hundreds of kilometres long, then, we call them motorways
Yeah I was confused when she didn’t say it
My accent:
Elementary school: American
Secondary school: British
What I speak: Australian
Haha i speak australian accent even though im not Australian
But with my teachers i speak normal english with no accent (most likely to be American)
Yes
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Learned some British English when I grew up…every time when I want to say “side walk”, pavement came into my head but then when the word is at my mouth, it feels weird and I always second guess. Some other good ones: rubber/ eraser, torch/ flash light, trash/ garbage.
Biscute was a good one. Took time to absorb that.
I love how she pauses her guests in the worst expressions but hers never pauses. Hahahahaha
10:37 look at the American girls face, lmao
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Hehehe..
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Im Screamin 😂😂😂 i swear
For the “Tractor Trailer”, as an American, if someone said that, I would be confused. We typically call them trucks, semis, or semi-truck.
Also, for the “ABC Store”, I have never heard anybody in America call it that. We typically call it a Liquor Store. If you call it an ABC Store, you may get a weird/confused look
Even more specific, here in TX you'll hear us called them 18-wheelers.
Yea, never heard "ABC store" either. Party store or liquor store in the US, though more and more alcohol is being sold at big grocery chains like Walmart.
I'm in the US too and I have never heard of an ABC store. It's liquor store or Beer distributor for us
i agree
Can confirm as an American because both confused me, I was like "Tractor trailer?" and "Wth is an ABC Store?! That's a liquor store-"
American: human
British: human
Australian: *mate*
I fixed it:
American: human
British: sometimes mate
Australian: always mate
:
dude aussies say mate much more than british
Dude Australians says mate all the time what do u mean lol
Legit, g'day mate
oh shit wtf did i typed so sorry i'll edit it
Comfort=comforter
“That’s so weird!”
“In Australia it’s called a DoOnA” 😂
In British is duvet 😂
British :- Duvet
Aus:- Doona
Usa:- Comforter
Me:- Blanket?
Ikr
Same
I think blanket is thinner than duvet and also it's furry.
Same but my mom calls them a duvet
Samee
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🇬🇧: Disney
🇦🇺: Sidney
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Dad joke
This comment is underrated lmao
HAHAHA LOL
You made it right Lmao.
Yes, we do have duvets in the USA. A comforter is typically a much fluffier thicker blanket. A duvet is typically a thinner blanket.
The main difference between a duvet and comforter is that a comforter is just one piece of bedding while a duvet requires two separate pieces - an insert and cover. A comforter is usually quilted with the filling evenly distributed, while a duvet has an insert that works as the fill.
@@smithrocks1 yup! Duvet has a protective and decorative cover over a sealed fluffy insert, kinda like the blanket version of a pillow in a pillowcase. Comforter, like you said, is bedding where the fluffy filling is directly inside the decorative fabric. Both the duvet insert and a comforter can be quilted though as it helps keep the fill from bunching up in one spot. Since I mentioned it, a blanket doesn’t have fluffy filling, it’s a piece of thick fabric, sometimes quilted, sometimes woven/knitted. In the rare case a blanket has filling to make it warmer, the filling is nothing more than a thin sheet of poly-fill.
I thought a duvet was a cover you put over a comforter (kinda like a pillowcase).?
I am an American, and I would call it a "liquor store", not an "ABC Store". If you're in the military, it's called a 'Class 6 store".
To us, "trousers" sound like something an old man wears with suspenders.
Also, to us, "pavement" is the substance the road is made out of.
Americans: comforter
Australians: doona
British: Duvet
Me :Blanket
Yup.. that's Indian right...
It is a motorway.
Ikr
Yeahh its a blanket!!!this people stupid
I may be british but there all just blankets to me
American English : comforter
Australian English : doona
British English: Duvet
Me: Blanket
Meee
Yass
😅😅😅same! I wonder in what county they say Blanket
Victoria Khinchagova probably the non native english speakers😂 english text books aren’t the most usual, we have to teach ourselves so much to not get laughed at😩
My English : my wife
British: Lorry
Australia: Truck
US: Tractor Trailer
Germany: LASTKRAFTWAGEN
Ja isso 😂
Ja, aber man kürzt es auch mit LKW ab😂
in Italy : Camion or Autotreno
(as far as I know, even in France they call it camion)
@@proges anch' io avrebbero detto camion ma parlo tedesco 😂.
😂😂😂
Cannot resist telling this story, I was talking with a British friend while driving down the George Washington Memorial Parkway, she said. "I never could understand why Americans drive on a parkway and park on a driveway." She was spot on.
We also call a forest “the woods” here in America. Being from the Northeast, I agree a “forest” generally refers to a huge area of trees, whereas just a couple acres or a small lot is just “woods”.
Agree. When I was a kid, my parents' home in the midwest had three acres of trees in the back of a five acre lot. We always referred to it as 'the woods'. A trip to the forest meant that we were probably heading to a national park.
I agree - Forest to me is a larger wooded area. I live in the woods (I have three acres of trees in the four acres of land I own) I don't live in a forest. That picture they showed was definitely just the woods
Agreed. In the mid west we call it “the woods” as well. No one in there right mind would call something a forest that isnt. Also the American and Australian were only going off a small photo.
We New Englanders call it 'the woods'
For example, you may see the woods off the side of a road, but you can go hiking in the forest.
I’m an American and I have never heard of ABC store. We call them “liquor stores” where I live.
Or package store in places in the south.
Same
Summer Schilling we say 'RUMSHOP.'
"Alcoholic beverage control (ABC) states, generally called control states, are 17 states in the United States that, as of 2016, have state monopoly over the wholesaling or retailing of some or all categories of alcoholic beverages"...such as distilled spirits / liquors...ergo, an "ABC Store" is often used to refer to the place where this type of alcohol is sold in these States (and this is actually on the sign of the store). But you can buy beer or wine pretty much anywhere (doesn't have to be an ABC store).
Yeah or convienience store
Also as an American, I have NEVER heard someone call a liquor store and ABC Store. It’s literally a liquor store.
I have
I have.... its what we call it. Maybe its a regional thing.
Right? Lol
Faccttsss or a corner store
I always call Liquor store not ABC Store.
The Woods is a Small Local Forest, probably Nearby or Between Towns. The US was One Big Forest when we got here.
I’m from New York, and I use both “the woods” and “forest”. I generally call a smaller group of trees “the woods” and a larger group a “forest”.
kigglz15 Lol same here, I moved to New York when I was three but then moved back to India, and when I was twelve I moved to Canada and now it's been two years since I'm living in Canada. The profile pic is of my mom not me, lol. I miss New York though. I miss queens and Times Square and Manhattan. Waaaa
Same in louisiana
We call it jungle....😉
i’m from england and for me it sort of depends on what type of trees. i generallly call a group of lighter green trees ‘woods’ and darker evergreen trees as a ‘forest’
I think 🤔 Many Live tree call 🌳 forest and cut or pcs tree 🌳 woods. 😜😂
American: flip flops
British: flip flops
Australian: thongs
Me: sLiPpErS
OMG SAME
Same 😅
true! same here!
Me: Badslippers😅
SAME HERE 😂😂😂
As an American, I'd say the woods if they're in like the city or someone's backyard. But I've NEVER heard of an ABC store. We'd call them either a liquor or package store. Also, the pavement can be used for what you walk on or drive on ("pound the pavement"). Additionally, while we don't usually use duvet, we do have duvet covers that go over your comforter. Especially if you have a plain white one or just want to change up the look of your comforter without having to buy a new one.
Exactly
I think we were misrepresented 😂
Exactly but for liquor store we also say corner store... I've never heard of a package store before
@@pwalker827 I totally agree.. We we try totally misrepresented lol
I grew up in West Virginia and currently live in ohio after moving 10 years ago. I have never heard anyone describe a wooded area as a forest UNLESS they were speaking about a rain forest. We go hiking in the woods. We go hunting in the woods. We go shed hunting in the woods. I would say more “country” states say woods rather than forest.
Hello, I'm German Fedorov; I'm from Los Angeles, California in the US and I'm pleased to meet you. My brother, who is from Australia, and my sister, which is from England, helped me to write down each word for the picture.
That's what happens when you learn English on the internet, your accent becomes a mix of everything
EXACTLY lol, and you use the different words indiscriminately
For real.
accent and vocabulary, and you know whats crazy.. i never even thought about that🤦🏾♂️
Hahaha
Ik and I'm not even American or Australian or English 😂
Lucy, as far as using "woods" vs. "forest", it depends in America. The woods generally signifies a small wooded area, while a forest is a larger one.
didn't lucy explain it tho? at 9:09
I agree. I'm from Indiana and we call it the woods. I guess we think of forests as heavy pine tree areas like Yellowstone or BC Canada.
Yeah I'm from Illinois and I don't think I've ever really used the word "forest" in my life. We always called woodland type areas "the woods". I've even worked for farmers that would call it "the timber", but that's more of a rural expression. Maybe because where I'm from here in the Midwest there really aren't huge forests so it's not a common word.
@@USAR8888 you're right there's a difference like saying grassland or plains
I was born and raised in North Carolina and I've always called it the woods. The only time I would use forest is if I was talking about a very large wooded area, e.g, the Smoky Mountain National Forest.
american: apartment
australian: apartment
british: flat
me: LivInG rOom
In India also living room
VISHNU SUDHAKARAN in India its banchord
In Belarus at schools: Apartment, flat and living room 😂
Yesss!! when the picture came out I said "living room" 🤣🤣🤣
I said the exact same thing aswell 😂😂😂😂
Lucy - Isn't it Off Licence - To license is the verb, but the certificate is a licence - The term off licence means it is outside the alcohol licencing laws, which years ago was very restrictive
American english: clear and simple to understand
British english: sound royal and beautiful
Australia english: weird but absolutely cute!!!!
Just my opinion 😊
British english is clear yet elegant
@@vengefulspirit4262 it's not
There are different American accents.
I feel Australian is much more easy to understand....
British is royal one and American is loud .. idk just my opinion !
british is completely rubbish, American is good, Australian is understandable
Americans: spider
English: spider
Australians: pet
Фильмы и все такое 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Street Hawk 🤣🤣
o русский
In australia as someone who hates spiders it's referred to as a "fucking spider"
Very true in Australia they are everywhere
Being an Indian I'm amused how we've picked words for different things from all these three countries 😆
Yes , it's so true
True
so trueeeeee
Me too
That's What I was Thinking Lmao
We called it "the woods" in the Southern US. Forest is used for a large area that usually has a name.
In the US, if you were to adk, "Where's the nearest ABC Store?" you'd die of thirst before you get an answer. "Liquor Store" is what they're commonly called.
Package store or packie is fairly common too, or at least in the north east.
If someone asked me where an abc store is i'd die of laughter- ;-;
@@alexfalardeau1520 definitely not the case in the northwest. I live in Idaho and havent heard that one before
@@ChickentNug State store or liquor store in the Philadelphia area.
I would tell you to either go to Hawaii or Vegas to go to an ABC store. It's a store chain.
Just a note: Americans call it both “Forest” and “Woods.”
The term “Forest” is generally used for much larger masses of trees while “Woods” is a smaller, more Suburban mass.
Edit: We also use the term “Jungle,” but that is for more tropical areas.
B.s
If it was an area of Eucalypts, Emma would definitely have called it "the Bush".
Do South African people use the same word, or Kiwis?
🤔
We call it Jungle
Yeah I thought so too
Shivam Tiwari we also use jungle, but that is for more tropical zones
I moved to Australia and I remember being told about the dress code on my first day at work. My manager said that I couldn't wear "thongs" and I told her it was none of her business 😂
Lol!
Lol😂😂😂
😆
😅😅
Lmaooo
US:comforter
AUSTRALİA:doona
UK:duvet
Me:blanket
ABC Store, this is a local term and I would says most Americans would have no idea what she was talking about if she told them she was at the ABC Store, they would probably think she was buying educational material for her children. The common term in the US would be the Liquor Store or maybe even the Packaged Goods Store.
Just adding an additional comment as someone reminded me. In the US many States allow what I will call "soft liquor" to be purchases in general grocery stores. So you can buy things like beer and wine at your regular grocery, but "hard liquor" you would have to go to the liquor store/package goods store, because those places have to have a liquor license to sell it. Also, many bars will have a package goods store where you can also purchase bottled liquor to take home.
Yes I am from the Boston, MA area. It is most commonly called a liquor store, or the packie short for package store. Very common when I was in high school for someone to say I got someone to go to the packies for me. I have never heard the term ABC store. Interesting.
NJ here, it's called liquor store here
ABC Stores exist in only 17 states. Those states do not allow retail package liquor to be sold by anyone but the state's Alcohol Beverage Commission. It is kind of depressing to reside in such a state as there is never a "sale" on prices and absolute nothing but hard liquor is sold in an ABC store. I was in Virginia on a 7 month work contract and discovered ABC Stores. I have no idea what states make up the other 16, but apparently NC is one of them. The number of locations of ABC stores is also limited as there is no competition allowed in the sale of hard liquor in those states. I was in Fairfax, VA for that 7 months and only found ONE ABC Store in that city.
@@susu1946 Correct, most areas in the states it's simply "Liquor Store"..."common wealth" states have "ABC Stores"...and in Maryland the liquor store is "the bar", not to be confused with an actual bar that you sit in.. rediculous I know.
@@timothyharshaw2347 I live in South Jersey by PA and I think they call them ABC or state stores in PA but definitely liquor stores in NJ.
I think people tend to forget that the U.S. has a fairly diverse set of accents itself, just like the U.K. and Australia. A California accent doesn't sound like a Tennessee accent, and a Tennessee accent doesn't sound like a Rhode Island accent, and so on.
Hell, a North Jersey accent doesn't sound like a South Jersey accent.
LOL, my California wife and kids chuckle at my nasal Michigander vowels.
@@aemrt5745 you mean the Superior accent
Ctfu N.W., S.W., or N.E.DC DOES NOT SOUND LIKE SE DC
West Virginian (me) is pretty unique too. In fact, the Appalachian accent is closer to Elizabeth in English than modern UK English because of the historic, geographical isolation of the Appalachian region.
Vanessa : Flip flops
Lucy : Flip flops
Emma : Thongs
Me : Slippers / Chappal
😂😂
chappals
Lol slippers confused my English friend too. What they wear is footwear made of soft material. We call 'peppers' 'capsicum' in India. Since India and Australia were both British territories, I'm pretty sure we got it from the Brits. When I was in school, we learnt both the British English and the American English versions. Now with more English friends it gets really confusing. I can't say pants to mean trousers because it means underwear in England. That one made me laugh like anything.
@@breadzeppelin2705 That also.
OK, I am old enough to remember when these shoes were introduced to the US from Japan after WWII. At that time those were called a lot of different names -
Jap Flaps/Slaps
Go-aheads (as in constant forward motion needed to keep on feet)
sandals
and later/now - flip flops
People need to remember that in the 1950s things made in Japan were thought of as the same level of 'cheapness' that made in China invokes today.
@@jaindaugh509 we're Indians in this thread. We call them chappals/slippers.
Interesting! :) Thanks for the informative video! (American here) You didn’t say what do folks in the UK call the highway? Motorway, I guess?
America: Forest
Australian: Forest
Uk: The woods
Me: Jungle
I'am algerian love america💗💗
This really hits haha I love jungle
lmao same 😂
in malaysia we usually use jungle / forest
in nj we use the woods sooo
my english be like: *AUSMERICANTISH*
YES! EXACTLY! 🤣
Yeah,I actually don't know which accent I use tho lol
From where you?
@@reshmaparveen9263 I'm from indonesia
@@reshmaparveen9263 alright sure,you can DM me,my IG account is @rayn77_business
We asian used all the three world randomly whatsoever word come out on the moment...
Yea...only Asians can relate to this 😂
Yup
relatable
asian 💯
Omg yea 🤣
I really enjoyed your English lesson. Now I found out that I am using all these three different accents without knowing where to use correct ones. I'd love to learn more from all of you ladies 😊. Really appreciate your great help in learning English Language. I'm your big fan ❤❤.
The missing British answer at the end was 'Motorway'.
Thanks
The US has a bunch of words - highway, interstate, freeway (in California), parkway
Thanks. Im even rewind to verify if she mention it. But she didn't.😖
I was hoping someone would mention it down here!
whats bad about this phrase is if its not an electric car the term is inaccurate...cars have engines that power them...a motor is electrical
As an asian, im proud that i can speak every kind of english 😎
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same
Hahaha true
Same
So do I ❤️
I am American and I have never ever heard of a store that only sells alcohol to be referred to as an ABC Store. We call those stores a liquor store.
I agree. I live in the NE US, and we would call this a liquor store, or in New England (in the far Northeast), this would be called a package store [Edited to avoid misunderstanding}
yeah I'm in WA and OR and we call them liquor stores
Visit Virginia. ABC = Alcohol Beverage Control. The state controls the sale of all “Hard Liquor”, beer and wine can be purchased at stores.
In the south, particularly VA and NC it’s called the ABC store.
@@carmelasicurezza More Poms in WA. The rest of the country call 'em Bottlo's. lol
non Melbournian Aussies would say: -Truck or semi-trailer; the toilet is usually separate from the bathroom, so you would say the toilet/ dunny/ loo if you wanted to use that and in rural Australia you will find on properties the toilet is located outside of the house and known as the dunny / loo/ outhouse / thunderbox, knows as the thunderbox as thunder occurs in there at times...; Forest/ The Bush; petrol station/ service station/ servo; pants/ trousers.
I’ve lived in three different areas of the U.S. and I’ve never heard it called an ABC store. It’s called a liquor store. That’s what everyone I’ve ever known calls it.
Yes.. really love Lucy's tutorials classes on English pronunciation...I'm pleased you also do..how often do you watch her?
Exactly! I said the same thing when I saw the picture :)
@@danielavallejos3010 good morning from here
The ABC store is only in certain states
:)
I just realised that I use a mix of American, British and Australian English. I could understand most of the 3 countries' words.
Means yur special dear
I am also
Sameee
Same. That comes with being Indian. Especially the British and US ones. British English was taught in schools to us and what we hear today in popular medias is American one so we use best of both. Like British Chips but Amrican way of saying fries but as children we used to refer to as fry as chips
So do i
American here: we do use duvets, and the alcohol shop is called a “liquor store.”
But- what is the highway in British English?
Im also curious
It’s called a motorway
Each motorway has its own identifying number after the letter M. M1, M2 etc. but the M25 is less of a motorway and more of a car park...parking lot...ahhh whatever. Being English in America sucks sometimes.
It's like a overhead bridge
a motorway.
I'm American and I just started working for the UK market in my job. This was very helpful. I will say though, I was with Vanessa until you got to the store where you buy the alcohol. Everyone I know just calls it a "Liquor Store". I was today years old when I found out what ABC stands for. I've only ever heard of ABC Liquor which is a specific, branded store. Also, I would just say truck but I believe people that live in more rural areas or people that know a lot about trucks would say "tractor trailer". Anyway, super helped video. Thanks!
British: chips
Australian: hot chips
American: french fries
Japanese: fried potato
British : crisps
Australian : chips
American : chips
Japanese : potato chips (pota-chi)
India: Alu chips
In Russia and Kazakhstan as well, кортошка фри - fry potato
@@constantinemawthoh2631 Exactly
@@constantinemawthoh2631 ya alu tikki XD
I'm french and I just realised that when I speak english I mix all of these.. I guess teachers at school in France just didn't tell us the differences between cultures, that's too bad! Very interesting video
yes, same here to bad.
@@teresaantonio5867I agree with you ! I live in Québec ( a french province of Canada ) I suppose I have learned canadian english at school but I love the british accent ! I wish I'll have the opportunity to go visit England one day...I wish to go to USA and Australia also ! I'm happy to listen to these videos today. Thank you Lucy ! Have a great day everybody !
Il fut un temps où l'anglais enseigné en France était British, depuis le l'avènement à grande échelle des séries américaines et le fait que les étudiants en langue anglaise ne choisissent plus principalement la Grande Bretagne pour leurs études nous avons de plus en plus un anglais scolaire moins homogène.
Par contre ce qui me frappe c'est le nombre de mots français ou ayant une base française c'est hallucinant 😮
same
Yes. I was taught the same way. Years later I started learning about the difference and chose BrE
“Where’s the toilet? It’s in the bathroom” I couldn’t stop laughing with that one 😂😂😂
What they understand with "toilet" is not the place, but literally the thing you sit on to leave what you don't need
Me too😆😆
@@baneofwolves9767 exactly
Why's that funny
Swiss Homes have a standard complete Bathroom with everything (small Appartements only have a shower, bc a Bathtub won't fit in). In the recent Decades it became quite fashioned to also have a additional separate little Room with just a Toilet and a Sink, the "Tages-WC" ("Day-Toilet") where often also the Washingmachine/Tumbler is or the Cupboard for cleaning Utensils is located. That's for day use or Guests, so they don't have to go upstairs in the private Family-Bathroom. The "Tages-WC" is mostly located between the Entrance and the Kitchen, conveniently where it's nearest to go to.
When she say "my whole life is a lie" That crack me up..😆
British: Duvet
Australian: Doona
American: Comforter
Me: Blanket 😂
I wonder where that I get that from.
Blanket is different, it's that you cover duvet with in order to protect and wash easily).
Here in my country we called it bed cover. And blanket is on the top of bed cover
It's bed cover
Razai
Same here can't understand anything
American: Gas station
British: Petrol station
Australian: Petrol station
Indian: PeTrOL PuMp
😂🤣🤣
True
😂😂 right
😂true
india: Thel baroo
American: sometimes similar to British
Australian: expect the unexpected
S2k Rom haha thanks mate. All us Aussie’s speak weirdly, huh? Lol
the australian is more like the british
I feel like. Ifl. Mybe not hahaha sorry
Ooo
S2k Rom you can’t compare squeakers to normal speaking people
In America we also sometimes call a highway a freeway. The reason is because before the federal interstate system, roads like that usually included having to pay a toll. The freeway could be driven on for free with no toll.
America: highway and interstate
Australia: highway or freeway
Britian: wow we don't have states so we don't say interstate we don't say highway, freeway sounds dangerous-... thankyou so much for watching
Me: what... WHAT DO YOU CALL IT THEN?
Yes! I thought I missed it so I rewatched that part again 😂
A road if it’s one lane, dual-carriageway if it’s two lanes, usual motorway if it’s three or more.
@@reneestephens1399me too. I repeated it twice.lol
America also say freeway also Expressway it just depends what area you live in usa
Americans: flip flops
British: flip flops
Australians: thongs
Filipinos: *weapons*
Indians: Bazooka
Chinese: Stonks market
HAHAHHAHAHH
arabians : knifes
😂😂😂
In America it isn't generally an ABC store, it is normally called a liquor store
Melodie Fulmer I have never heard ABC Store either, but in Michigan everyone says party store. I guess it varies depending on where you are in the US.
USA is a big country, so there may be differents ways to say the same thing
In a lot of areas of the Southeast it is an ABC store. It goes by other names in other places, though.
An ABC store is when the state sells beverage. Normally, everyone just calls it the liquor store.
Nope , don’t make things up .
I like the British language, even the pronunciation is light and beautiful.
For everyone wandering the last one for British is motorway (cuz she didn’t say it and I’ve seen a lotta ppl question)
She didn't say it. She's too busy looking at herself.
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thank you....I was wondering
Isn't it also sometimes called a dual carriageway, or is that an antiquated term?
@@greghudson6861 yes dual carriageway is used in Britain
A lot of the American answers must be regional. I've always called small patches of trees "the woods". There's nothing unusual about it at all. Also "ABC Store" is only a thing in some states. I'd think the whole country would also call these "liquor stores".
I thought I was losing my mind when I heard abc store. Never heard of that in my life
@@teeheewilson4829 In some states. sales of Liquor is controlled and only sold by the State. However, that is not the case in MOST US states.
In Idaho, we have state run liquor stores. We call them liquor stores. I'm 40 years old and I've never heard anyone say ABC store.
I live in Germany where wood's would best describe a patch of trees. The US and Australia have huge areas unpopulated which would best be described as forests. I think land mass shapes how we define and use these words.
I'm in New Jersey and we always called them the woods.
American: Simplified
British: Traditional
Australian: Exotic
American: simplied
British: honhonhon croissant.
Australian: let's take some old british, with some exotic and American please
Pretty much..
I was actually very surprised by a lot of these lmao
true
That's a very American way of simplifying it, lol
I'm married to a Canadian. tons of different words to those examples in the Video that left us both confused when we first met.
Don't drive on the Sidewalk, Drive on the Pavement in Canada. I was learning to drive, I was told to follow the pavement to the intersection, I'm like what?
Wellies = Galoshes, Rubber boots.
Toilet was at the back on the garden, old house we stayed at in Kamloops, They called it the "can" and "put"
America: "Comforter"
Australia: "Doona"
British: "Duvet"
Me: "bLaNkEt"
edit: cool I got lots of likes :)
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Same
Samee
Well yeah, but the type of blanket is a comforter
Hii
.are you from amarica
I’m from Illinois in the US and “the woods” and “forest” are almost completely interchangeable but using the word forest is definitely for bigger areas of trees.
UK here, "the woods" is basically just a term to describe a small, unnamed collection of trees. A forest is much larger and older and is typically named, for example the ancient Savernake Forest. Other terms include a copse or coppice which is an area of privately owned trees which be fenced off, which may be used for commercial purposes like firewood or sap. There is also a grove which is usually a very small plot of land where trees grow with minimal undergrowth.
same and also from illinois. i wonder if it's different from state to state.
From Illinois, never heard of a semi being called a tractor trailer
I’m from IL too and I have always called it the woods
Isaac Sanders I have heard it a few times but it’s definitely called a semi here! :-)
I'm American. I've never heard of ABC store, it's a liquor store. We also say the woods, and some people say thongs for flip flops, rain boots can also be called rubbers, we have freeways and expressways, trousers and slacks.
How about parkways and .... Britches?🤔
i'm from Virginia and we have ABC stores to buy hard liquors. but now I live in California and they don;t have ABC stores and instead you can buy hard liquor at a gas stations or 7/11's even after 9pm.
It's mean they don't know exactly
When I travel to the states I am looking for a liquor store and never heard of any ABC stores
We also have duvets and freeways.
In Serbia we learn British english from the the beginning of the school, but easiest to understand is definitely American english, probably because of movies, music, etc. But still most of the time i just literally translated words which is sound weird to english speaking person, it is what it is enough for basic communication
American: comforter
Australian: Doona
British: duvet
Me: blanket
I've definitely heard of duvet covers - usually a separate piece of material to cover a comforter or "duvet".
Me too I have only heard comforter 3 times in my 11 year life and this is the third time
Haha...But It is Doona..
Same
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American: highway - interstate
Australian: highway - free way
British: Thank you so much to Emma and Venessa
Hope i didnt hear wrong
Tell me if i heard it wrong 😅
i'm actually on the coments to see if anyone said whats the brittish bersion of highway, but everyone is comenting blanket
I am also checking the comments to find whether someone mentioned what is the British version of Highway :p
In Britain, it would be Motorway
@@nuretanjim1241 Me too i tried to find but no one mentioned it
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I dunno why but it seems so familiar to me maybe i know it before but forgot it 😅
I'm an American and we say the woods, not the forest. A "forest" is a huge tract of land with trees. We go for a walk in the "woods."
Ditto. It’s the woods in Chicago-my neck of the woods 😉
In Australia, any wooded area is MASSIVE. Ergo, they're all forests.
Yasss
Robert Frost's poem: "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening".
Same I usually think that the woods is like a small version of a forest and a forest is like HUGEEE
I am very happy to be able to listen to various languages, greetings from Indonesia, thank you for making me happy
I think it's strange that as an Indian, I understand all three versions of the same word because of our colonial past when we were introduced to British English and because of our love for american television and Hollywood, as a result of which, we adapted to American English slang but most of our schooling is done in British English.
Sometimes it is difficult to understand them due to slang and they way they write their words.We use a lot of British words more than American words.
That still doesn’t explain how you understand the Aussie :)
I think we all Indians prefer Petrol Pump than Petrol Station or Gas station...
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@@rexbanner29531) A major part of India knows the english language, even Indian media is highly interested in english speaking countries which made us naturally consume any english content without much caring about which english speaking country .
2) Also bcz of this alot of Indians primarily travel and live in these 3 countries and when they comeback they bring the language knowledge with them and over the time it gets spread .
So u can it's bcz of today's global media and cultural exchange we r able to under all these countries english.
Tho I do say we don't understand everything bit by bit but we can estimate what they may mean in native.
By the way a fun fact : knowing 3 variations of english cause great state of confusion !
Bcz u r like which is correct pronunciation tomahto or tomayto?
Whts the difference btw cookie and biscuits ?
U say u want to go to toilet then someone will "correct"u by saying it's restroom then someone will say it's bathroom then someone will say it's washroom...and u r like nevermind I will find my way.
Vanessa:- Comforter
Emma:- that's weird, we call it "doona"
Lucy:- You said comforter is weird but "doona" that's weird! We call it duvet
Me:- Duvet? That's weird as well. We call it blanket 😶😂
a blanket is a different thing tho
p.s. Duvet is more a French word than English hence the silent T
But it’s not a blanket... a duvet/doona/comforter is more for decoration. It’s also puffy and large. I think a duvet/doona/comforter is like a type of blanket
Blanket that's weird aswell
Me- dhoosa😂
@@lovenothate520 A duvet/comforter/doona is filled with either feathers or synthetic filling, and is put inside a duvet cover (which is a word used in the US btw, just probably not in North Carolina). A blanket is made of wool or synthetic fibers but is not "filled" with anything. It's a piece of fabric that is used over a sheet. Or it can be decorative.
When Vanessa is paused: 😊
When Emma is paused: 👁💋👁
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When it comes to liquor stores, US is LIQUOR STORE , UK is OFF LICENCE (not LICENSE) or OFFY, AU is BOTTLE SHOP or BOTTLE-O, ABC Store in New York is a video store connected to ABC-TV
They definitely have duvets in the USA. They just don’t know the difference between duvets (which need a cover) and a comforter (all in one)
Right. Duvet is the cover in which we place our comforter in the US- usually the duvet is decorative and the comforter inside is down or down alternative. The duvet is usually not actually used. Or sometimes the duvet is a decorative like quilt that goes on top of the comforter but is not used.
Most of us know the difference
Exactly! The blanket itself is a comforter, the cover is a duvet.
I DIDNT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE I grew up in NC and I was so confused when she said we would never say duvet because I grew up hearing both lol
I know both. I have always called them both. Grew up in so cal, so maybe it's a regional thing.
Asians use all of the above, depending on the situation 😂😂😂
I think you said almost right
Exactly
aHa we are in da middle ☺️
After watching this I am bit confusing, I always thought we in India predominantly use British English but turned out we use mix of all of them
true...especially biscuits and cookie part...
I'm from the U.S and I never heard of ABC store. I'm from Ohio close to the Pennsylvania border, and we call it the liquor store! Down South has many different names for everyday item's than the northern United States but that's part of the charm. I love the different cultures in our country!
Travel.
I'm from the South and I've never heard them called ABC stores. I just say liquor store.
ABC store literally sounds like a children's store lol! I've never heard that word either, but I'm on the west coast so...we call it the liquor store. I've actually also heard supermarket as well here in the states sometimes instead of grocery store.
NorthEasterner here, also Liquor Store.
Given that she had to look it up I don't thing she had ever heard ABC store either lol
I grew up in North Carolina and we said both duvet and comforter in my family... we also said woods and forest...
We actually have many variations of identification in America sheerly due to size/numerous regional areas. Vanessa could've elaborated with several more variations of each and still correctly represented millions of people. I've never heard of calling the most common 'liquor store' an ABC store- that would be a strictly regional variation.
I lived and worked in several states before retiring. Virginia is the only state where I encountered ABC stores. Basically, it means no one can sell package liquor except the state of VA. So, there is never a sale or discounted price and absolutely nothing is sold in the stores except liquor. Apparently, NC is similar to VA in that respect.
Yes, I always called it a "liquor store" in New York State and never heard "ABC store" until moving to Virginia. In NY we definitely used the term thongs in the 60's and 70"s back in the day when I was wearing them. I think flip flops won out in popularity after a while though.
I've never even heard of a ABC storre
I thought in the states you could buy liquor or alcohol in most grocery or convenience stores (Gas stations, Walmart)? I guess it maybe varies from state to state?
I’ve never heard of an ABC Store. It’s a liquor store. And, in some states you can buy alcohol in grocery stores/gas stations. Not in my state, though.
The differences between US states or regions is even more different than the differences in these 3 countries. So you’d really need about 10 Americans and 5 Aussies to make this anywhere near accurate. ABC Store is the name and on the sign they hang outside stores selling alcoholic beverages in many US states, especially in in the mid Atlantic region. It’s illegal to sell all or some types of alcohol anywhere else (like in the supermarket - yeah, we use that term here too).
Agreed! The woods/forest is one that stands out at differing between people in America. To me, those were the woods. But I grew up near Woodstock, woods everywhere. So I consider a forest like laarrrggee nearly untouched land.
Same with the Uk
well i count atleast 5 large regional accents in the US and those have their own variations.
Northern accent (new york , new jersey) ,
Mid west ( illinois, wyoming down to oaklahoma )
Southern (Louisianna over to florida , east texas)
South western (west texas , parts of arizonia and New mexico)
West coast (california , washingtion parts of new mexico and colorado )
@@DenverStarkey Accents even vary within a lot of states depending on the region of the state you live.
Americans : abc store
Me: waaaahhhhtttttttttt *confustion*
I'm from the USA (albeit from NY), but I've NEVER heard "ABC store" or "ABC State". We would just call it a liquor store, even if there's more than just liquor sold there.
I'm surprised to hear her say 'ABC Store' as someone from NC. I think most people would definitely agree in calling it the 'liquor store'. ABC Stores do exist, they're just a specific brand of liquor store. You could also go to a Carolina Ale House or any grocery or convenience store.
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I never seen a abc store until today that’s crazy lol I didn’t know wat was inside it till I watched this video
In Michigan, it's a liquor store. If more than liquor is sold there, we generally refer to it as a party store.
Yeah ABC is a chain of liquor stores.
Wonderful ! it seems the non natif has a super advantage, he can use many English words. So I have chosen the most comfortable vocabulary for me: chips and chips / cookies/loory/bangs/candy/swimming costume /forest/toilet/flat/supermarket/duvet/pepeers/rain boat/thongs/petrol station/ off licenece/pants/sidewalk/hightway.
The issue with ‘American English’ is that different parts in america all have different english, while most words can stay the same the north and south have a very different way of speaking.
Haha yeah, I was thinking this cause I've never heard of an ABC store before... it's always been a Liquor Store to me.
Yeah, in "Upstate" New York (anywhere that's not the NYC area, to outsiders), we have different words for foods and drinks per region. Soda vs. Pop, Red or White hots vs. Hot dogs and conies. Then again, it's NY: we care thoroughly about our foods and drinks, lol.
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…….and thinking. And voting.
North, south, east, west, the middle of the country all have different accents and dialects. The same can be said about Australia and the UK having different accents and dialects depending on the region.
@@kgill147 yeah because the rest of the other 49 states dont care about their food 🙄
American here, we do say "The Woods" also when we mean a small forest (especially a local forest -- "Let's go hang out in the woods"), and while we do say "supermarket" sometimes, usually we just say "the Store", as in "I need to go to the store and get some milk". It always means the grocery store or supermarket.
Yea I've probably never called nor heard someone say Forest...
@@chillz9600 Usually forest is used for a named one like Ocala National Forest or something similar to that, or as a large geographical area of woodlands
Heard families say that a lot when I was in Alabama hehe
Yup, fellow American here, I grew up two blocks from the woods. We had lots of woods but no forests where I grew up. If you asked someone where the nearest forest was, they'd probably direct you to some national park 40 miles away from town.
Yep he buy a milk and never came back
As an American, I can say I’ve never heard of an “ABC store.” I’ve always called it a “Liquor Store.”
probably North Carolinian english
Yeah in NC we have abc stores. That’s the legit name of the store that sells alcohol lol
I am not American however I was raise in America and I never heard of such a thing 😂😂😂😂😂
Agreed... Some other differences too.
@@MrBdoleagle I'm a North Carolinian and I would've said "Liquor Store", but I've heard of "ABC Store"