How funny is that!? I had a strange, kinda creepy dream the other night, I had the sense that I'd had it before but didn't remember it. Even stranger, you were in it! Maybe I'm watching too much DBD! Feliz lunes!
Crashing: So when we say we've "crashed" at our friend's house, or "we're crashing" here, it comes from the idea of partying all day and then crashing down from a high (typically of PCP, Crack, MDMA, etc). It's an idiom that has its origins in the rock'n'roll, garage band scene of the 1970s and 80s which has remained in the common vernacular of the US. Popularized by various TV shows and films. So, it's more of a literal crash e.g. coming down from a high.
@@DianeJennings Thank you! The amount of searching I have the energy to do has been dropping off over the years because, you know, MS.🙂 It's not a disease complication I ever expected to have from Multiple Sclerosis.😕
A friend told me a story years ago about an instructor at a computer company who had a plaque on his desk that read "There are no stupid questions." One day he got a question. He walked behind his desk, opened the drawer, put the plaque in the drawer and closed it.
Sometimes, but you might also ask ahead of time if your friend minds if you crash on their couch for a few days, when you travel to their town, and that sort of thing.
@@aulduronsmith5577 , right. Too drunk to make it home because you stayed up late drinking and thus by the time you fall asleep you are wrecked. And that also makes me think of that image of someone falling into bed because they can't stand for one more moment. lol
"It's been a minute" is an ironic/sarcastic way of saying that it's actually been a long time. It's like calling a bald guy "curly" or a portly guy "slim." Everyone knows it's really the opposite. Along the lines of being stupid drunk and then saying I only had one or two drinks (when anyone can tell that it's been way more). I've heard it a lot in my inner-city neighborhood over the past few years.
Yeah, in the US military service, saying you've "been in a minute (or two)" is a low key, occasionally sarcastic way to get the point across that you might actually know what you're talking about. It's like saying "been there, done that, got the t-shirt."
I usually answer with: "Quality of any answers are not guaranteed. Results may vary. If you experience light-headedness from this answer, consult a physician... blahblahblah." Or... *exasperated* "I just gave out my last answer, but I'll be getting a new supply next Thursday." lol
When saying “I have a question?” Is basically giving the person time to finish what they’re in the middle of to answer your question your going to ask or help with. It’s just being polite.
When I use it it usually is along the lines of, "what you have said or demonstrated is so absurd or illogical that I need to state I have questions, because I have to figure out how to phrase it first so as not to insult you on at least three levels."
I agree here. If you ask me a question with no advance notice, I am going to actively ignore you until I get bored with whatever I am doing, then I'll turn to you and ask you to start from the beginning. While your desire to increase your knowledge is commendable, it does not get to interrupt whatever I am currently engaged in. My GF can testify as to how aggro I can be about this. Let me know you're there, let me find a place to pause what I am doing, and when I focus on you, you may proceed. That is the only way that scenario plays out civilly.
I think it’s kind of illogical. I do it, because it’s a convention of American English... but I’ve never been clear on the purpose and I’m used to it being the subject of a passing joke. There’s a certain amount of absurdity in interrupting to ask permission to interrupt, when it’s used in that context... “can I ask you a question?” and “I have a question” are both common where I’m from and plenty of people in my community respond to the former with, “another one?”
Yeah, “STAT” (6:15) is more commonly known in N America from its medical use meaning ASAP, not “military speak.” I think STAT has its roots in Latin tho. (Statin: Immediately!)
@@psilocinesthesia - That's because many of us have served in the US military. As former Navy, I found myself for a few years after I got out referring to the bathroom as the head, floor as the deck, walls as bulkheads, pens as inksticks......
On the flip side, Europeans are more likely to post schedules using a 24-hour clock (which Americans will often refer to as "military time"), as in "Dinner is at 17:00."
@@cryofpaine its a southern thing and yes it is a condensating way to speak to someone such as implying they are an idiot, blatantly wrong, not not very smart, etc.
U can tune a ZO6 vette and then it gets weird there's tuna in Mexican Spanish which is a prickly pare (we eat cactus) and atun is tuna !!! Weird right ??? (Negative Ghost Rider) Crashing literally for me means it was "unexpected" yet im kind of a destroyer of sorts !!! So be prepared because I tend to make a mess usually !!! Also I do believe The term is military speech or military terminology and for the most part we are ready for the zombie apocalypse the milk and cheese is just for the first week ... then I will exclaim that "we are a go" for tacos and or pizza , to the question bit it goes as follows , so maybe you're not ready for a question therefore if I let you know beforehand that I'm going to ask you a question certainly you have the right to decline my request respectfully !!! Plain and simple !!! PERIOD !!! The Jesus H thing and the Bingham mini coincides with the Heavenly Realm for one day in the heavens a thousand years on Earth so imagine what a minute is Jesus age Christ Yeshua ha-mashiach H is "the" Yeshua "the" Messiah !!! "ha-enlightened one" Mexican jewelry reference !!! I practice the Hebrew faith !!! And I happen to be an American born Mexican !!! Lest I digress no one should be using this man's name in vain !!! Surely that is blessed for me always has been and always will be !!! Bum is so cute !!! (childish or immature ... is how I feel youareusingtheword cute ... condescending)when referring to the anus and or southern cheeks , fart factory , derriere , backside , butt ... butt cheeks , crack , I think it's funny the way youse guys spell a$$)@r$£ crack , butt crack , The stink , the brown round , the waste and defecate expulsion apparatus !!! If you ask around Americans have a myriad and multitude of slang for a person's gluteus maximus !!!
Keep in mind that "Bummed" is a derivative from the slang word of "Bummer" which is a fail or loss which originated with the surfer culture of South California. It has nothing to do with ass play but is an expression of being disappointed. Yea, abstractions of slang can be confusing for folks outside the U.S.
It actually might be even older than that. The beatniks use to say it and may have been the ones who brought it to california in the first place. Before the beatniks, people in the depression era refered to a "bummer" as being a "bum job" or a bad job. Mind you, this is just based on personal observation from old books and movies and not anything concrete
I think it originally came from a "bum trip", a negative experience with LSD. Mid 1960's. Then grew into a more general description (bummer) of a bad time.
@@kurtjohnson3917 I was reading something about the Civil War explaining that Shermans men who "acquired" supplies were called bummers. It was taken from out of work men who sat on their bums all day.
Yeah, I have literally NEVER heard anyone say "STAT!" unless they were on a movie or TV show set in a hospital. This is not everyday American slang. However, her general point that Americans use military jargon is not too far off the bat. America has a lot of soldiers and they keep using the lingo when they get out, so a lot of military terminology and culture ends up filtering back into the mainstream.
@@joshtiscareno1312 i used PRN once when referring to condiments, my doctor friend cracked up at the sideways usage, but i felt it was adequate; you use the condiments as needed, thus, PRN
'I have a question' is more of a statement to get the person's attention rather than just asking a question and then haven't to repeat yourself when they weren't paying attention. Either just giving them time to mentally prepare themselves to answer a question or to get their attention from what they are currently focusing on. One of my coworkers will just walk up to me and start talking to me and I'll have to stop him and have him start over from the beginning of his question because I was paying attention to something else or I had my headphones on and couldn't actually hear what he was saying to me.
I talk to myself.... probably more than I should.... so I let people around me know just to tune me out. I've use "hey, question" as a way to let people know I'm talking to them, and as you said, give them a chance to focus.
"Crash at ..." in some ways _does_ mean we literally crashed somewhere. The term comes from nightclubbing / drinking and ending it by collapsing at someone's place & sleeping it off there.
@@DianeJennings Yeah in America when we say "I crashed" it means like I was so tired that I basically just fell right to sleep. It also doesn't just apply to other people's houses. Like you could say "I was completely worn out from a hard day's work and when I came home I just crashed."
@@DianeJennings In my teenage years (fado), teens smoking marijuana would use this term to say that they are coming down from their high. I grew up in California in the midst of all of the hippie movement and such; this was the only way we used the word "crash". Except, of course, for an actual collision between two objects like cars or bikes or ... ;) Bummed: It is from an old drug term (also fado) for when a psychedelic trip goes bad. We would refer to that experience as a "bummer".
The way you feel about the way we say "I'm gonna do pizza" is how we feel about people in UK saying "I'm gonna get me some shopping" except we don't think it's adorable, just confusing lol.
And she looked like a merrow while doing it! (Are you a merrow, Ms Jennings?) There’s something very seal-like about her physique while she throws herself onto the mattress... 🦭🤔
It’s been a minute since I went horseback riding to pickup school supplies and got bummed because I couldn’t decide between napping or having lunch. Then I said to myself “Jesus H. Christ, just pick one stat!” So, after I took off my fanny pack, I made a command decision that I’m gonna do the tunafish salad and then crash at Diane’s. Period. I have a question, has this ever happened to you?
You actually kind of nailed it with crash. That's literally what happens is we'll go to our friend's house not knowing we're gonna stay the night and then it gets late then when you call home or tell somebody your staying over, and you just say "I'm gonna crash at Larsen's house tonight"
"Horseback" is a throwback to when one might need to differentiate between riding on a horse's back and riding in a wagon or other horse drawn transportation. If people find this "cute", it's only, because it hasn't occurred to them, that there was more than one way to use a horse to go somewhere..
She should totally do a video about the complex phrase "bless your heart." It has soooo many meanings, depending on the situation, who is saying it, and your age.
I had two foreign exchange students from Europe that both stayed here for a year. Both of them constantly said "can I ask you a question" before every sentence, it took me and my wife almost a year to have them stop saying that.
1) "Can I ask a question?" "Yes! And you can ask another one!" 2) Asking for permission to ask is a way of getting someone's attention (when you don't have it yet) or to be polite because we are always busy and one will always be interrupting. 2b) This is also good for hearing impaired people so they can prepare to concentrate.
Person 1: "I have a question." Person 2: (earnestly) "What is it?" Person 1: "It's an interrogatory sentence used to test knowledge or obtain information, but that's not important right now..." ...the movie Airplane (1980)
@@CorvusCorone68 If it's by Awkward Ashleigh, then you need to watch her video. She is a millennial that hasn't see any movies and it's a joy watching her experience them for the first time!
At least in the northwest we'd use the term crash to describe sleeping over when we weren't planning on sleeping over; which also means sleeping in your day clothes so it looks like you just passed out there. Crash is typically used in conjunction with the consumption of large quantities of alcohol at someone's house. So, it's not entirely unlike your reenactment, except that the pajamas wouldn't be used.
Yeah. "Crash" denotes spontaneity and perhaps not actually having time to prepare a place to sleep. You'd never say "crash" if you and your host both knew ahead of time that you were going to be sleeping over.
Back in the early 90s, my uncle got super drunk and drove his car into the side of my neighbor's house. Nobody was hurt, I always giggle when someone talks about "crashing" at someone's house.
My great aunt was parked in our driveway, getting ready to leave after a visit. She was sitting on her jacket, and stood up (in the car) to pull her jacket out. She thought the car was in park, but it was in drive. She floored it and drove through our kitchen 😂. She also once got her boob stuck in a ringer washer. She was a source of many funny stories 😂
In America there is a difference between Tuna and Tunafish. "Tunafish" is basically the chopped stuff you get in cans. You use it for tuna salad or tunafish sanwiches (canned tunafish mixed with mayo, etc. whatever your family recipe is.) "Tuna" is what you order in a sit down restaurant it is usually a whole fillet presented on a plate, eaten with a fork.
I’m American and I’ve literally never said “tunafish” in my life. Tuna sandwich. Tuna melt. Spicy tuna roll. Tuna noodle casserole... Any of these would sound bizarre to me with “tunafish.” “Tunafish sandwich?” Does anybody actually say that??? 🤣 “Tunafish salad?” 😆
“Tuna” is also one of the many names of the edible fruit of the Prickly Pear cactus. So especially in/near our arid states, or states with immigrant populations that eat prickly pear fruit, the distinction between “tuna (fruit)” and “tuna (fish)” becomes important 😆
Love the channel! Here in Ohio at least, tunafish refers to the canned tuna for mostly making sandwiches or heaven forbid, tuna noodle casserole, while "tuna" refers to a nice tuna steak from the fish counter (monger). Keep it up! You make me smile a lot!
When you crash at someone's house it's generally an unexpected stay. As in I had a party at my house and my friend got so drunk he had to crash at my place for the night. This is the first video of yours I found and I thought it was very funny. Keep um comin 😁
There is (was) a dance in the American south called "The Shag". When I lived in London (long before Austin Powers), I was with a group from (mainly) North Carolina. We went to a club one night and this tiny little North Carolina girl asked the doorman of the English club "Do y'all shag here?". The look on the doorman's face was priceless. He probably thought she wanted to do him. And not like a pizza.
The only time you usually hear someone say "full stop" is in a driving manual that you get to learn to drive in the US as in "come to a full stop at the intersection". It's never been an American term for anything else except when it started being a euphemism for menstruation for some reason. Edit: Someone in another comment just reminded me that we also use it for school class lengths. The reason for the "fish" in "tuna fish" is that it means the canned or chopped up form. If we say "tuna" it means the whole pieces like you'd get in a tuna steak/fillet or even pieces in sushi. Stat is more a medical term in the US than a military term, at least in how most Americans hear it. Yes, "I have a question" is very common in some parts of the US. "Bummed" is an interesting word even in the US because "bum" also means a "lazy homeless person" here.
@@jonvn That's a diffrent meaning than the dot the finish a sentence which is called period, actually never heard anyone outside UK&Ireland call a period a full stop
I think that they call lazy or homeless people "bums" because they are usually found sitting on theirs. Bums also tend to be depressed at their circumstances; so, it has also come to mean sad.
The reason I say, "I have a question" is because I'm hoping they'll ask, "What is it?" Then I get to say, "It's an interrogative statement used to test knowledge."
When you go and get supplies - it is referring to non food items like pens, paper, folders, etc. things like that. It's been a minute is akin to a country mile or a New York minute.
It cracks me up hearing stuff we say from the perspective of someone in another country. It's really funny listening to how you explain our phrases from your point of view that we wouldn't think twice about saying or think they would mean anything different anywhere else. Lol.
"Stat" is NOT military, it's medical. Stat is the abbreviation for statim, which in Latin means "Immediately". Drs orders they want carried out immediately have the word "stat".
@@lawrencedavis9246 For all I know the military may have adopted it, but it originates in medicine, because prescriptions are all abbreviations for Latin words, BID "bis in diem", TID "tres in diem", PRN "pro re nata", terms in medicine are all Latin.
@@rstevewarmorycom it also ( as you may know) in its purest form meant right now only now, often an order will be stat then every four hours after but that is not a real stat order.
In this case, it's a single compound word: horseback. Riding horseback was the original terminology, I believe, and used as opposed to riding a carriage, cart, wagon, mule, or bicycle.
@@rylian21 I guess these days we don't think of it that way. Most people talking about riding horses aren't using any sort of cart, so it just seems silly now. Fully cemented in our lexicon though.
Hello again Diane, yup "fanny" is a word every kid, at least in my area, heard from their mother on a regular basis. It was usually "move your fanny" which was a polite way of saying "get out of the way". In my house it was said when mom was vacuuming and we were oblivious to it because we were sitting on the floor watching cartoons.
I've also been told to "sit on my fanny" by my grandmother when I would be fidgeting too much at the table. All the better that my brother would be told the same. Lol. Also my aunt used to live next door to an older couple- Randy and Fannie. Seriously. No idea if they ever knew how hilarious someone from abroad would have found their names.
I wonder if that's a regional thing, or maybe my family was just weird? My family never said 'fanny' unless they meant an actual fannypack. Normally my gam or my momma would just say 'scoot' or 'move your ass' or, occasionally, just grab us and drag us where they wanted us (that one was more my gam than anything). As to the commenter below who mentioned fidgeting, for some reason, Gam always called that maggotting. I mean...I know the reason, cuz maggots are squirmy and never stop moving. She'd tell us to stop maggotting around and sit our asses down. Also, when she wanted us out from underfoot she'd tell us to 'go out and get the stink blown offa ya'. ...I miss Gam. XD Singular human. EDIT: My mother and aunts did sometimes say 'my aunt Fanny' whenever someone told a lie, but ' [...] my ass' was more common.
I am enjoying your channel muchly. :) I must say that videos of this kind of theme always make me tense a bit because it seems to be so easy for people to be unkind in their observations, and you never are - not once. I love that your humor has a different anchor.
@@tomfrazier1103 When the US sent troops to Saudi Arabia as part of Desert Shield, I happen to vist my grandmother. I noticed six gallons of cooking oil in the kitchen. My grandmother, who survived WW II in China was preparing for war supply shortages. Shockingly, there was no shortages.
"Don't let the door hit you where the Lord split you" is my personal favorite saying of all time but I'm not sure if that's "cute" 😄 or American for that matter.
Sorry I missed this the other day. This is one of your funniest observation videos to me. I laughed soo hard because all of these are totally true. All of these are in my vocabulary. 🤣🤣
I live in deep south Texas near the Mexican border. Often here, people will mix English and Spanish. A lot of times within the same sentence. Here it is beneficial to say tuna fish. As the same word in Mexican Spanish it means "prickly pear".
We don't jsut use "Bummed" to mean feeling down, some areas/people use "bummed" to mean borrowed (Usually with no intention of returning). "I bummed a cigarette off of him" or "Can I bum some lunch? I forgot to pack anything"
Can I bum some lunch money? I usually put a can of tunafish in my fanny pack, but I crashed out at Jimmy's place and that fool ain't got no grub. I could really do some pizza.
Where I come from, people usually say they're "bummed out" when they're feeling down rather than just "bummed". i.e. "I'm so bummed out about failing that test!"
Tries to remember the last time someone referred to us Americans as cute. It’s been a minute. Awesome video! You got me at the end. Ow, etc. 😂 Careful crashing
As an American, here's my insight into how I interpret the whole "let's do lunch" thing: As Americans, I would say that we look at eating a meal as an activity or event. So, in the same way you might say that you're going "to do the laundry," we might say "we'll do burgers for lunch." This phrasing is definitely used; I've used it. However, based on my experience, it's still less common than saying "having lunch" or "having burgers."
I don't say "I have a question." It's always along the lines of someone explaining something to me and I'm like "ok cool cool... Question. I have no idea what that means." Like it's not even a question. The question was me questioning my life.
Crashing at someone's place is an unplanned thing. If it's planned it would be called a sleepover (mostly for kids), but crashing is like when you've been hanging out at a place too long and it's too late to go home so you just crash there and leave in in morning
"Getting supplies" is normal because there's always another blizzard, wildfire, hurricane, tornado, earthquake, pandemic, rolling power outage, riot, spree shooting or other 'bad day' happening in the US. How common are those in Ireland? How often does the weather try to kill you there?
Lol. Yes! Coming from North Dakota and our extreme winters, this is very true. We also have a very rural population. Not only do we have to travel further for some items, but if we need to be in a larger town for any other reason, we will pick up supplies because we know that it's cheaper than in our own small town. (Not knocking our small towns! I wouldn't trade the paradise of a small town for any big city.🙂)
That's why people say it. I'm amazed that this is just American. When you say "I have a question" it forces the other person to acknowledge your question. You can blurt out questions all you want and be lied to but the acceptance of that simple phrase makes it so much more likely that you will hear the truth. It's basically a contract.
I love the videos, really make my day; and I just had quite the Lulu. I just wanted to say I feel the same way when I hear Europeans say, "Full stop" as you do when you hear Americans say, "Period"; it's adorable. As for people saying "May I ask a question"; I always want to respond with, "You just did". :)
I never thought of the "do" saying before, though it's true lol Me: Mom, what's for dinner? Mom: How about we do fettuccine tonight? Also, when it comes to being bummed, we also like to say, "Aww, that's a bummer." lol
way back in 1st grade (1970) we had a comic book we'd read once a week called 'bummers.' It was little comic sketches of 'isnt that a bummer.' Drop sandwich and it lands butter side down, that sort of thing.
I've heard people refer to their own home as a "crash pad". That implies that it's not necessarily a permanent home, but a place they're just staying at for a while.
"Jesus H. tap dancing Christ" From the Blues Brothers So there are a few schools of thought on what the H means. Some say it means Holy, like you said. But Catholics will recognize IHS as referring to Jesus, and sometimes the S can look like a C. The letters stand for a Latin phrase where the H means Humans (Hominem). But people always confuse things and so they started think it's His middle initial.
I think the most cute phrase I've seen on this and the TRY channel is "That's so Lovely!" Used so often, and I've never seen it anywhere else. Must be an Irish thing. :)
Another reason I might be a bad sleeper is those bloopers... Install LOONA now 💜 clik.cc/DianeJennings and get in a right mood for sleep ⭐️
How funny is that!? I had a strange, kinda creepy dream the other night, I had the sense that I'd had it before but didn't remember it. Even stranger, you were in it! Maybe I'm watching too much DBD! Feliz lunes!
What 2nd 'darker' channel?
Crashing: So when we say we've "crashed" at our friend's house, or "we're crashing" here, it comes from the idea of partying all day and then crashing down from a high (typically of PCP, Crack, MDMA, etc). It's an idiom that has its origins in the rock'n'roll, garage band scene of the 1970s and 80s which has remained in the common vernacular of the US. Popularized by various TV shows and films. So, it's more of a literal crash e.g. coming down from a high.
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@@DianeJennings Thank you! The amount of searching I have the energy to do has been dropping off over the years because, you know, MS.🙂 It's not a disease complication I ever expected to have from Multiple Sclerosis.😕
Dialogue from the Golden Girls:
Rose: “Can I ask a dumb question?’
Dorothy: “Better than anyone.”
Betty White is the best!!!
They were ruthless with their quips!
A friend told me a story years ago about an instructor at a computer company who had a plaque on his desk that read "There are no stupid questions." One day he got a question. He walked behind his desk, opened the drawer, put the plaque in the drawer and closed it.
@@scapevelocity I had a middle school plastics teacher that did the same with his.
Yes, you can ask another one. (Always my reply)
Crashing usually means sleeping somewhere you didn't plan on sleeping, like "I've had a few too many drinks, mind if I crash on your couch?"
Sometimes, but you might also ask ahead of time if your friend minds if you crash on their couch for a few days, when you travel to their town, and that sort of thing.
But it mostly started out because you were too drunk to make it home.
@@aulduronsmith5577 I feel personally attacked by that statement. ;P
@@aulduronsmith5577 , right. Too drunk to make it home because you stayed up late drinking and thus by the time you fall asleep you are wrecked. And that also makes me think of that image of someone falling into bed because they can't stand for one more moment. lol
Its an 'accident' that I stayed overnight
In America to say "I want to do you" means "I want to copulate with you."
However, in America to say "let's do lunch" has nothing to do with sex.
Who says I want to DO lunch? As an American this just sounds wrong to me.
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I hear people say it in California.
@@Ryan_Dye-r Cali doesn't count, it's not part of the real America.
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@@conniethesconnie I think it depends on the part of Cali
"It's been a minute" is an ironic/sarcastic way of saying that it's actually been a long time.
It's like calling a bald guy "curly" or a portly guy "slim." Everyone knows it's really the opposite.
Along the lines of being stupid drunk and then saying I only had one or two drinks (when anyone can tell that it's been way more).
I've heard it a lot in my inner-city neighborhood over the past few years.
Yeah, in the US military service, saying you've "been in a minute (or two)" is a low key, occasionally sarcastic way to get the point across that you might actually know what you're talking about. It's like saying "been there, done that, got the t-shirt."
That's one of those phrases that I've come to understand by context, but it's helpful to have clarification. Thanks!
down south we sometimes say "i haven't __(fill in blank)__ in a month of Sundays!"
or...."it's been a coon's (the animal') age"
When someone says; "I have a question", my reply is "I may or may not have an answer". I swear this was just spoken today.
I usually answer with: "Quality of any answers are not guaranteed. Results may vary. If you experience light-headedness from this answer, consult a physician... blahblahblah." Or... *exasperated* "I just gave out my last answer, but I'll be getting a new supply next Thursday." lol
I have replied with "I may have the answer."
I like to respond with "I have an answer. Let's hope they match up."
When saying “I have a question?” Is basically giving the person time to finish what they’re in the middle of to answer your question your going to ask or help with. It’s just being polite.
When I use it it usually is along the lines of, "what you have said or demonstrated is so absurd or illogical that I need to state I have questions, because I have to figure out how to phrase it first so as not to insult you on at least three levels."
I agree here. If you ask me a question with no advance notice, I am going to actively ignore you until I get bored with whatever I am doing, then I'll turn to you and ask you to start from the beginning. While your desire to increase your knowledge is commendable, it does not get to interrupt whatever I am currently engaged in.
My GF can testify as to how aggro I can be about this. Let me know you're there, let me find a place to pause what I am doing, and when I focus on you, you may proceed. That is the only way that scenario plays out civilly.
I think it’s kind of illogical. I do it, because it’s a convention of American English... but I’ve never been clear on the purpose and I’m used to it being the subject of a passing joke. There’s a certain amount of absurdity in interrupting to ask permission to interrupt, when it’s used in that context... “can I ask you a question?” and “I have a question” are both common where I’m from and plenty of people in my community respond to the former with, “another one?”
in my area they just interject with '🖐🏼question?"
'Stat' isn't a military term, it's a medical term meaning 'at once ' or now. Just saying:)
Yeah, I hear ASAP from time to time. But I think I've only heard Stat in a hospital. Then again with different parts of the country ... who knows.
Yeah you only hear that in medical dramas
Yeah, “STAT” (6:15) is more commonly known in N America from its medical use meaning ASAP, not “military speak.” I think STAT has its roots in Latin tho. (Statin: Immediately!)
The military term is Ā SAP, (As Soon As Possible).
Isn’t “post haste” another term? Is that military as well, or medical?
We announce questions to make sure the other party is paying attention and we don't have to repeat ourselves.
To avoid the inevitable "What? Were you talking to me? Sorry, I wasn't paying attention"
Question: what kind of bear is best? False! Black bears.
@@toemblem Obviously not a fan of the Colbert Report... what kind of bear is best? A dead one, they are killing machines.
@@Sean__F I was quoting from The Office.
@@toemblem and I was referring to another The Daily Show Alumus also named Steve/Stephen
Bless your heart!
STAT isn't a military term, It means a Medical Emergency. It's a side effect of watching too many medical dramas on TV.
A lot of us DO casually use military terms like "click," "mission critical," "ASAP," "on standby," "watch your six," "good to go," etc., though.
Isn't "bless your heart" what you say when you're trying to be patronizing?
@@psilocinesthesia - That's because many of us have served in the US military. As former Navy, I found myself for a few years after I got out referring to the bathroom as the head, floor as the deck, walls as bulkheads, pens as inksticks......
On the flip side, Europeans are more likely to post schedules using a 24-hour clock (which Americans will often refer to as "military time"), as in "Dinner is at 17:00."
@@cryofpaine its a southern thing and yes it is a condensating way to speak to someone such as implying they are an idiot, blatantly wrong, not not very smart, etc.
"You can tune a piano; but, you can't tuna fish!" Courtesy of REO Speedwagon.
I've never before known a car that told jokes, much less one that was only produced a few years.
I thought that was Groucho Marx
U can tune a ZO6 vette and then it gets weird there's tuna in Mexican Spanish which is a prickly pare (we eat cactus) and atun is tuna !!! Weird right ??? (Negative Ghost Rider) Crashing literally for me means it was "unexpected" yet im kind of a destroyer of sorts !!! So be prepared because I tend to make a mess usually !!! Also I do believe The term is military speech or military terminology and for the most part we are ready for the zombie apocalypse the milk and cheese is just for the first week ... then I will exclaim that "we are a go" for tacos and or pizza , to the question bit it goes as follows , so maybe you're not ready for a question therefore if I let you know beforehand that I'm going to ask you a question certainly you have the right to decline my request respectfully !!! Plain and simple !!! PERIOD !!! The Jesus H thing and the Bingham mini coincides with the Heavenly Realm for one day in the heavens a thousand years on Earth so imagine what a minute is Jesus age Christ Yeshua ha-mashiach H is "the" Yeshua "the" Messiah !!! "ha-enlightened one" Mexican jewelry reference !!! I practice the Hebrew faith !!! And I happen to be an American born Mexican !!! Lest I digress no one should be using this man's name in vain !!! Surely that is blessed for me always has been and always will be !!! Bum is so cute !!! (childish or immature ... is how I feel youareusingtheword cute ... condescending)when referring to the anus and or southern cheeks , fart factory , derriere , backside , butt ... butt cheeks , crack , I think it's funny the way youse guys spell a$$)@r$£ crack , butt crack , The stink , the brown round , the waste and defecate expulsion apparatus !!! If you ask around Americans have a myriad and multitude of slang for a person's gluteus maximus !!!
@@bobby_greene Yeah, I was gonna say "courtesy of my dad, circa 1973" but he probably stole it from Groucho Marx.
Lol. Nice!
I've crashed my fanny on a couch and did pizza. And I'm not ashamed. Period!
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@@DianeJennings It's been a minute since I've done that, and actually, I'm kind of bummed.
I'd like to do pizza, but I can't. So now I'm bummed.
You make it sound like you packed the pizza in a pipe and smoked it. LOL!
Mike, I have a question.
Keep in mind that "Bummed" is a derivative from the slang word of "Bummer" which is a fail or loss which originated with the surfer culture of South California. It has nothing to do with ass play but is an expression of being disappointed. Yea, abstractions of slang can be confusing for folks outside the U.S.
It actually might be even older than that. The beatniks use to say it and may have been the ones who brought it to california in the first place. Before the beatniks, people in the depression era refered to a "bummer" as being a "bum job" or a bad job. Mind you, this is just based on personal observation from old books and movies and not anything concrete
@@Lunch_Meat That's a possibility as well.
I think it originally came from a "bum trip", a negative experience with LSD. Mid 1960's. Then grew into a more general description (bummer) of a bad time.
@@kurtjohnson3917 I was reading something about the Civil War explaining that Shermans men who "acquired" supplies were called bummers. It was taken from out of work men who sat on their bums all day.
Sometimes when someone asks a person if they can ask a question, it means they are probably gonna ask something personal.
I think saying "haych" for the letter "h" is cute.
Lol she is cute btw
STAT is an abbreviation of the Latin word 'statim', which means instantly or immediately. It's mostly used in hospitals here.
Yeah, I have literally NEVER heard anyone say "STAT!" unless they were on a movie or TV show set in a hospital. This is not everyday American slang. However, her general point that Americans use military jargon is not too far off the bat. America has a lot of soldiers and they keep using the lingo when they get out, so a lot of military terminology and culture ends up filtering back into the mainstream.
Yup... FUBAR.
@@joshtiscareno1312 i used PRN once when referring to condiments, my doctor friend cracked up at the sideways usage, but i felt it was adequate; you use the condiments as needed, thus, PRN
@@nathanwooten2589 Or HMFIC
@@nathanwooten2589 SNAFU
'I have a question' is more of a statement to get the person's attention rather than just asking a question and then haven't to repeat yourself when they weren't paying attention. Either just giving them time to mentally prepare themselves to answer a question or to get their attention from what they are currently focusing on. One of my coworkers will just walk up to me and start talking to me and I'll have to stop him and have him start over from the beginning of his question because I was paying attention to something else or I had my headphones on and couldn't actually hear what he was saying to me.
Also as an American I rarely say, "I have a question" it's just "QUESTION!"
Came here to say this as well. You can't just go up and ask somebody something, you gotta give then a chance to focus.
@@andrewthezeppo Yes.or “Hey, question."
I talk to myself.... probably more than I should.... so I let people around me know just to tune me out. I've use "hey, question" as a way to let people know I'm talking to them, and as you said, give them a chance to focus.
Also, we do just say it without asking a question at times, such as: "I have so many questions..."
"Crash at ..." in some ways _does_ mean we literally crashed somewhere. The term comes from nightclubbing / drinking and ending it by collapsing at someone's place & sleeping it off there.
I see
A kitchen floor at a friend's is better than a guest house at an acquaintance's house.
@@DianeJennings Yeah in America when we say "I crashed" it means like I was so tired that I basically just fell right to sleep.
It also doesn't just apply to other people's houses. Like you could say "I was completely worn out from a hard day's work and when I came home I just crashed."
@@DianeJennings In my teenage years (fado), teens smoking marijuana would use this term to say that they are coming down from their high.
I grew up in California in the midst of all of the hippie movement and such; this was the only way we used the word "crash". Except, of course, for an actual collision between two objects like cars or bikes or ... ;)
Bummed: It is from an old drug term (also fado) for when a psychedelic trip goes bad. We would refer to that experience as a "bummer".
@@oxigenarian9763 fado?
You can tuna piano but you can’t tuna fish !!!
Jesus H. Christ I’ll see myself out lol
That’s a good record!
You can tuna piano but you can't piano a tuna!
My dad always says the first one.
@@dangerkeith3000, unless you're from Boston. Then you can tune a tuna, but you can't tune a tuner because you can't tune a fish...
I smile when I hear Irish people say "Jaysus"
I crashed the party means I showed up without being invited. However, crashing in regard to sleeping can mean falling asleep quickly.
I crashed the party. Then I stayed so long I had to crash at the party.
The way you feel about the way we say "I'm gonna do pizza" is how we feel about people in UK saying "I'm gonna get me some shopping" except we don't think it's adorable, just confusing lol.
I hear "I'm gonna get me some shopping done" quite a bit in the midwest. Or other things in a similar vein.
Or “Go to hospital” Or “murder a Chinese”
Going make groceries
nah, it's "as I'M SAT here" vs. sitting. example: "I'm sitting here" or "while u sit here"
Oh my goodness, Diane “crashing” on the bed?!?! So much cuter than any of these sayings. You’re an absolute treasure, Diane, a true gem.
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@@DianeJennings what did your neighbors think of that bed crashing? "Is she seeing someone?" ;)
And she looked like a merrow while doing it! (Are you a merrow, Ms Jennings?) There’s something very seal-like about her physique while she throws herself onto the mattress... 🦭🤔
was she preparing to be bummed? lol
Everytime I hear it, a car demolishing a house always comes to mind.
It’s been a minute since I went horseback riding to pickup school supplies and got bummed because I couldn’t decide between napping or having lunch. Then I said to myself “Jesus H. Christ, just pick one stat!” So, after I took off my fanny pack, I made a command decision that I’m gonna do the tunafish salad and then crash at Diane’s. Period. I have a question, has this ever happened to you?
Hahaha!
*throws bouquets of roses* You win the internet!
*Ticker-Tape Parade Begins*
Thank you for that. You made my day. Kudos.🏅🎉🎆
Epic
You actually kind of nailed it with crash. That's literally what happens is we'll go to our friend's house not knowing we're gonna stay the night and then it gets late then when you call home or tell somebody your staying over, and you just say "I'm gonna crash at Larsen's house tonight"
"Horseback" is a throwback to when one might need to differentiate between riding on a horse's back and riding in a wagon or other horse drawn transportation. If people find this "cute", it's only, because it hasn't occurred to them, that there was more than one way to use a horse to go somewhere..
“do” is a call to an action, eating is that action
As an American, I find every word that comes out of an Irish person's mouth to be cute.
That's the truth. I love the *Irish* ;) .
nobody cares where you’re from bub.
I. B. Peeing, I do. Blessings all y’all from the Texas Hill Country...in America.
@@Snookynibbles shut up....
Ikr
Glad you enjoy us as much as we enjoy you. If you didn’t that would have been a bummer! 😎
I wonder if she has likewise giggled to hear someone say, "That bums me out, man!"
I'm bummed that bummer bums you out. 😉
We also sometimes say we’re going to “hit the sack” meaning go to sleep.
Ouch!
Or "hit the hay" for the same. Guess sacks were regional. Lol
I always say hit the hay
@@DianeJennings My guess is that the sack in question is either a pillow case or a sleeping bag, depending on context.
I use "hit the RACK," but I might have picked that up from an old war picture.
"Is there any other kind of tuna?" Sure. There's tuna piano, tuna guitar.... 😜
And don't forget, tuna is also the name of the fruit of the prickly pear cactus. Really
Maybe they ought to ask Subway... apparently there's some question of whether their tuna is fish.
@@timkramar9729 well we know their bread isn't bread.
@@cryofpaine pretty sure it is. I'm thinking of getting one now but they won't open for another three hours.
@@timkramar9729at least they don't think tuna is ACTUALLY chicken, just out in the sea (🤦🏻♀️ IYKYK, Jessica Simpson)
I say this "I'm going to go forage for food, I'll be back soon."... which makes people kinda think I'm odd but I like it.
I live in Tennessee, I love the phrase "bless your heart."
You're all levels of adorable overload galore.
i live in tennessee too and yes. we do say that a lot
I’m in Missouri and we don’t say this as often, but we sure do know what it means! 😂🤣
🤔 I’m actually surprised we don’t say it more often. 🤷♀️
She should totally do a video about the complex phrase "bless your heart." It has soooo many meanings, depending on the situation, who is saying it, and your age.
Very versatile phrase! Can mean anything from "you're so sweet" to "you're the biggest moron I've ever met".
@@LukeWarm05 there are so many people I've talked to for whom the 2nd meaning would apply.
I had two foreign exchange students from Europe that both stayed here for a year. Both of them constantly said "can I ask you a question" before every sentence, it took me and my wife almost a year to have them stop saying that.
When people say that I say "you already did"
I was just going to say that in German it's not unusual to preface a question with "kurze Frage" (equivalent of I have a quick question).
"That's not an invitation..." You heartbreaker, you.
Broke my heart!
Agreed
1) "Can I ask a question?" "Yes! And you can ask another one!"
2) Asking for permission to ask is a way of getting someone's attention (when you don't have it yet) or to be polite because we are always busy and one will always be interrupting.
2b) This is also good for hearing impaired people so they can prepare to concentrate.
CJ: "Jeff...I haven't seen you in 6 months. Whatcha been doing?"
Jeff: "uh...Six months."
CJ: "Oh... sorry.."
Lol
Person 1: "I have a question."
Person 2: (earnestly) "What is it?"
Person 1: "It's an interrogatory sentence used to test knowledge or obtain information, but that's not important right now..."
...the movie Airplane (1980)
"Surely you can't be serious?"
@@primemover1416 "I am serious. And don't call me Shirley." (Ahh, Leslie Nielsen was so right as that character.)
incidentally that movie is in my sidebar of recommended videos, a reaction form of it
@@CorvusCorone68 If it's by Awkward Ashleigh, then you need to watch her video. She is a millennial that hasn't see any movies and it's a joy watching her experience them for the first time!
@@EricaGamet no iirc it was one of those, watch a movie for free with ads things
At least in the northwest we'd use the term crash to describe sleeping over when we weren't planning on sleeping over; which also means sleeping in your day clothes so it looks like you just passed out there. Crash is typically used in conjunction with the consumption of large quantities of alcohol at someone's house. So, it's not entirely unlike your reenactment, except that the pajamas wouldn't be used.
Crash is also used to indicate you are living with someone temporarily until you can find a more permanent home🙂
@@dominaevillae28 I've never in my life heard it used that way.
Yeah. "Crash" denotes spontaneity and perhaps not actually having time to prepare a place to sleep. You'd never say "crash" if you and your host both knew ahead of time that you were going to be sleeping over.
@@stancates238 "Girlfriend kicked you out? Sure, Matt. You can crash here for a few days"
No? Never heard it used that way?
@@JulesThePsion Not until today. I guess it makes sense, but in my local vernacular I would expect someone to say that I could "stay" with them.
What I got from this, is that Diane wants pizza.
She'll fit right in then.
Back in the early 90s, my uncle got super drunk and drove his car into the side of my neighbor's house. Nobody was hurt, I always giggle when someone talks about "crashing" at someone's house.
My great aunt was parked in our driveway, getting ready to leave after a visit. She was sitting on her jacket, and stood up (in the car) to pull her jacket out. She thought the car was in park, but it was in drive. She floored it and drove through our kitchen 😂.
She also once got her boob stuck in a ringer washer. She was a source of many funny stories 😂
Crashing at someone's house is suggesting that you are, or will be, too wasted to do anything but fall into a sleeping position the moment you arrive.
After watching this one my dopamine levels are soaring 😂 thanks Diane i needed that today
Yaaaay!
In America there is a difference between Tuna and Tunafish.
"Tunafish" is basically the chopped stuff you get in cans. You use it for tuna salad or tunafish sanwiches (canned tunafish mixed with mayo, etc. whatever your family recipe is.)
"Tuna" is what you order in a sit down restaurant it is usually a whole fillet presented on a plate, eaten with a fork.
I’m American and I’ve literally never said “tunafish” in my life. Tuna sandwich. Tuna melt. Spicy tuna roll. Tuna noodle casserole... Any of these would sound bizarre to me with “tunafish.” “Tunafish sandwich?” Does anybody actually say that??? 🤣 “Tunafish salad?” 😆
@@shoelesshipster not tunafish salad so much but tuna fish sandwich. Where are you from in the US?
“Tuna” is also one of the many names of the edible fruit of the Prickly Pear cactus.
So especially in/near our arid states, or states with immigrant populations that eat prickly pear fruit, the distinction between “tuna (fruit)” and “tuna (fish)” becomes important 😆
My guess is it could be related to the USA having a high percentage of German ancestry, and tuna in German is "Thunfisch." (silent "h")
@@imweakfordeaky oh yeah I was about to say that.
Love the channel! Here in Ohio at least, tunafish refers to the canned tuna for mostly making sandwiches or heaven forbid, tuna noodle casserole, while "tuna" refers to a nice tuna steak from the fish counter (monger). Keep it up! You make me smile a lot!
When you crash at someone's house it's generally an unexpected stay. As in I had a party at my house and my friend got so drunk he had to crash at my place for the night. This is the first video of yours I found and I thought it was very funny. Keep um comin 😁
There is (was) a dance in the American south called "The Shag". When I lived in London (long before Austin Powers), I was with a group from (mainly) North Carolina. We went to a club one night and this tiny little North Carolina girl asked the doorman of the English club "Do y'all shag here?". The look on the doorman's face was priceless. He probably thought she wanted to do him. And not like a pizza.
The h is for "Howard". The Lord's Prayer clearly states, Our father who art in heaven Howard be thy name. ;-)
I thought it was "Hezekiah"...and I USE that full name!
Now that's funny .
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Haha. Reminds me of my father saying when he was little he thought the Pledge of Allegiance said "and to the Republic for Richard Stands".
I had a friend who used to say Hussein as Jesus' middle name. His argument- "Jesus is from the middle east, and I like Obama."
The only time you usually hear someone say "full stop" is in a driving manual that you get to learn to drive in the US as in "come to a full stop at the intersection". It's never been an American term for anything else except when it started being a euphemism for menstruation for some reason. Edit: Someone in another comment just reminded me that we also use it for school class lengths. The reason for the "fish" in "tuna fish" is that it means the canned or chopped up form. If we say "tuna" it means the whole pieces like you'd get in a tuna steak/fillet or even pieces in sushi. Stat is more a medical term in the US than a military term, at least in how most Americans hear it. Yes, "I have a question" is very common in some parts of the US. "Bummed" is an interesting word even in the US because "bum" also means a "lazy homeless person" here.
@@jonvn That's a diffrent meaning than the dot the finish a sentence which is called period, actually never heard anyone outside UK&Ireland call a period a full stop
I think that they call lazy or homeless people "bums" because they are usually found sitting on theirs. Bums also tend to be depressed at their circumstances; so, it has also come to mean sad.
It looks like full stop being used to end a sentence was more common in North America during the age of the telegraph.
I use full stop, maybe it's regional
'Full stop' is, like many things, a leftover from a century of typewriter usage.
"They don't know what I'm hearing when they're saying that."
The reason I say, "I have a question" is because I'm hoping they'll ask, "What is it?" Then I get to say, "It's an interrogative statement used to test knowledge."
But that's not important right now.
Questions aren't only to test knowledge. They are also to gain information.
@@evabartlett4599 It's a joke from the movie Airplane.
@@jmcdermid Surely you jest.
@@ActionNerdGo Always, and don't call me surely.
When you go and get supplies - it is referring to non food items like pens, paper, folders, etc. things like that. It's been a minute is akin to a country mile or a New York minute.
When everyone I know say we're going out for supplies, it's food.
Happy Monday! I really love your video.Have a awesome week.
Diane, you are so cute when explaining how cute Americans are. Thats why we love you!!
Everything she does is beyond cute.
It cracks me up hearing stuff we say from the perspective of someone in another country. It's really funny listening to how you explain our phrases from your point of view that we wouldn't think twice about saying or think they would mean anything different anywhere else. Lol.
People used to say " I beg to differ " all of the time. Not sure what that meant, but I always told them they could beg if they wanted to.
"Stat" is NOT military, it's medical. Stat is the abbreviation for statim, which in Latin means "Immediately". Drs orders they want carried out immediately have the word "stat".
The confusion might be due to 'stat' being a word of four letters. Such words are prevalent in the military vocabulary.
@@lawrencedavis9246
For all I know the military may have adopted it, but it originates in medicine, because prescriptions are all abbreviations for Latin words, BID "bis in diem", TID "tres in diem", PRN "pro re nata", terms in medicine are all Latin.
Thanks for the explanation, I always wondered what that meant.
@Doug Sawyer
No, What do you mean notebook?
@@rstevewarmorycom it also ( as you may know) in its purest form meant right now only now, often an order will be stat then every four hours after but that is not a real stat order.
Whenever someone says to me, "I have a question", I like to reply with, "I have an answer, let's see if they match".
I've said this very thing many times, usually to my children.
I usually say, "Well I have an answer but I won't guarantee that it's the right one!"
I hope you only use the joke once per person, or it would quickly get really old.
I just hand them a tampon and walk away.
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never thought of “horse back riding” like that😂
In this case, it's a single compound word: horseback. Riding horseback was the original terminology, I believe, and used as opposed to riding a carriage, cart, wagon, mule, or bicycle.
Its opposed to carriage or buggy riding....i suppose..
If you have horses long enough, you might find yourself riding on the horse's head or, 'fanny'...
Though these rides are often short lived.
@@rylian21 I guess these days we don't think of it that way. Most people talking about riding horses aren't using any sort of cart, so it just seems silly now. Fully cemented in our lexicon though.
WE WANT IT TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR !!!
The FarScape clip just sent me on a binge! I miss that show SO much. Must. Re-watch. All.
We say "I have a question" to get the other person's attention. Otherwise, they may not hear us or ignore us.
Diane practices crashing on to bed.
Mom: Diane! What are you doing in there? Stop jumping on the bed.
She did ask 😂
@@DianeJennings That's funny
No wonder you don't crash at a friend's place! You'd be owing them furniture 😁
😂😂😂too funny Kim! 💥
Hello again Diane, yup "fanny" is a word every kid, at least in my area, heard from their mother on a regular basis. It was usually "move your fanny" which was a polite way of saying "get out of the way". In my house it was said when mom was vacuuming and we were oblivious to it because we were sitting on the floor watching cartoons.
Teehee! 🤭 fanny
I've also been told to "sit on my fanny" by my grandmother when I would be fidgeting too much at the table. All the better that my brother would be told the same. Lol. Also my aunt used to live next door to an older couple- Randy and Fannie. Seriously. No idea if they ever knew how hilarious someone from abroad would have found their names.
I wonder if that's a regional thing, or maybe my family was just weird?
My family never said 'fanny' unless they meant an actual fannypack. Normally my gam or my momma would just say 'scoot' or 'move your ass' or, occasionally, just grab us and drag us where they wanted us (that one was more my gam than anything).
As to the commenter below who mentioned fidgeting, for some reason, Gam always called that maggotting. I mean...I know the reason, cuz maggots are squirmy and never stop moving. She'd tell us to stop maggotting around and sit our asses down. Also, when she wanted us out from underfoot she'd tell us to 'go out and get the stink blown offa ya'.
...I miss Gam. XD Singular human.
EDIT: My mother and aunts did sometimes say 'my aunt Fanny' whenever someone told a lie, but ' [...] my ass' was more common.
So funny how Fanny was/is the more shall we say polite way of saying bum here in 🇺🇸 and it’s certainly more scandalous in 🇮🇪.
The song she sang about fannys is from Sabrina the Teenage Witch. The most random song thats now going to be stuck in my head for days.
I am enjoying your channel muchly. :) I must say that videos of this kind of theme always make me tense a bit because it seems to be so easy for people to be unkind in their observations, and you never are - not once. I love that your humor has a different anchor.
The way people here hoard and buy out grocery stores for bad weather and pandemics, they practically are preparing for the zombie apocalypse.
All countries do it. I watch a Scottish TV show and they call it "panic buying".
Diane should do a video about the Prepper/Survivalist Culture in the U.S.
This is America. Some people are actually preparing for a Zombie Apocalypse, or some other end of civilization event. lol
Hawaii side it's a memory of wartime, and major shipping strikes as trade unions were installing themselves and their Democrat machine.
@@tomfrazier1103
When the US sent troops to Saudi Arabia as part of Desert Shield, I happen to vist my grandmother. I noticed six gallons of cooking oil in the kitchen. My grandmother, who survived WW II in China was preparing for war supply shortages. Shockingly, there was no shortages.
Funny list! I’m guilty of using a few of these. When I hear “stat” I think of hospital talk. You crashing on the bed was hilarious! ❤️U☘️🇮🇪🇺🇸
Thankee!
@@DianeJennings Thanks for your take on some Yankee Doodle Dandies, some terms of endearment I see🙂
"Don't let the door hit you where the Lord split you" is my personal favorite saying of all time but I'm not sure if that's "cute" 😄 or American for that matter.
Friends crash at each other's places. Haha I love your face plant into the bed! You are so adorable!
Sorry I missed this the other day. This is one of your funniest observation videos to me. I laughed soo hard because all of these are totally true. All of these are in my vocabulary. 🤣🤣
I'm bummed Diane clarified that she wasn't inviting us all over for a sleep over party.
That was a nice little dagger in the heart, wasn't it?!
I live in deep south Texas near the Mexican border. Often here, people will mix English and Spanish. A lot of times within the same sentence. Here it is beneficial to say tuna fish. As the same word in Mexican Spanish it means "prickly pear".
Considering that some prickly pears are edible, it's also useful for telling what kind of salad or sandwich you're making.
We don't jsut use "Bummed" to mean feeling down, some areas/people use "bummed" to mean borrowed (Usually with no intention of returning). "I bummed a cigarette off of him" or "Can I bum some lunch? I forgot to pack anything"
Can I bum some lunch money? I usually put a can of tunafish in my fanny pack, but I crashed out at Jimmy's place and that fool ain't got no grub. I could really do some pizza.
Where I come from, people usually say they're "bummed out" when they're feeling down rather than just "bummed". i.e. "I'm so bummed out about failing that test!"
The second version is referring to the fact that you are acting like a bum (homeless/beggar) and asking for something.
Tries to remember the last time someone referred to us Americans as cute.
It’s been a minute.
Awesome video! You got me at the end. Ow, etc. 😂 Careful crashing
As an American, here's my insight into how I interpret the whole "let's do lunch" thing:
As Americans, I would say that we look at eating a meal as an activity or event. So, in the same way you might say that you're going "to do the laundry," we might say "we'll do burgers for lunch."
This phrasing is definitely used; I've used it. However, based on my experience, it's still less common than saying "having lunch" or "having burgers."
That's very strange. As an American, hearing why you think it's cute now makes me think, "Actually, that is cute." 🥰
"stat" comes from the Latin "statim," meaning "immediately."
I don't say "I have a question." It's always along the lines of someone explaining something to me and I'm like "ok cool cool... Question. I have no idea what that means." Like it's not even a question. The question was me questioning my life.
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Crashing at someone's place is an unplanned thing. If it's planned it would be called a sleepover (mostly for kids), but crashing is like when you've been hanging out at a place too long and it's too late to go home so you just crash there and leave in in morning
Often when someone says "I have a question!" I will reply, "I have an answer. Let's hope they match."
Here's one that you missed, "You're good people!" It's totally grammatically incorrect, but people say it here. So you are good people Diane.
Thank you!
I'll back all of that up
I have never said that in my life. It sounds to me like something a hillbilly would say.
Nice ad hominem attack for sure, but I guess someone with a keyboard has that advantage of being able to spread vitriol Gregory.
@@micahottaway8455 indeed. I've heard that in the Midwest
We love a sponsored Diane. 💖
Thanks! Fastest turnaround ever-I was like “don’t need a trial I’m already on chapter 12” 😂
@@DianeJennings And I'm going to see a lawyer tomorrow to do a chapter 11.
My father used to say "Jesus K. Christ." I don't know if he was crazy or just couldn't spell.
My Irish grandparents use to envoke the holy trinity:
Jesus, Joseph and Mary;
when they were upset.
@@elizabethholden9351 I always heard it as Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
@@elizabethholden9351 That isn’t the Holy Trinity though. The Holy Trinity is God the Father (God), God the Son (Jesus), and God the Holy Spirit.
Whenever I heard Jesus' middle initial, it was always H.
I've always been partial to Jebus H. Chrysler.
I have never heard someone say they're going shopping for "supplies" when they go grocery shopping.
"Getting supplies" is normal because there's always another blizzard, wildfire, hurricane, tornado, earthquake, pandemic, rolling power outage, riot, spree shooting or other 'bad day' happening in the US. How common are those in Ireland? How often does the weather try to kill you there?
Lol. Yes! Coming from North Dakota and our extreme winters, this is very true. We also have a very rural population. Not only do we have to travel further for some items, but if we need to be in a larger town for any other reason, we will pick up supplies because we know that it's cheaper than in our own small town. (Not knocking our small towns! I wouldn't trade the paradise of a small town for any big city.🙂)
Even tho I say "I have a question", I still get nervous when others say it, like oh no, what will they ask me & force me into a lie about lmaox)
That's why people say it. I'm amazed that this is just American. When you say "I have a question" it forces the other person to acknowledge your question. You can blurt out questions all you want and be lied to but the acceptance of that simple phrase makes it so much more likely that you will hear the truth. It's basically a contract.
when ever someone say "i have a question " I always fire back with "i hope i have an answer"
That’s what I always say. You can ask but I may or may not have an answer.
When I'd say, "Can I ask a question" to my parents, they'd reply, "You just did. Congratulations!" And walk away.
"It's been a minute" is actually relatively new. I never heard it when I was a kid.
I've never heard of it either.
Me neither. First time I’d heard it was right here on YT. “It’s been a hot minute since I did...”
First time I ever heard of it.
I have heard, "It will be a minute" and it is usually way longer than that.
I heard this when I went to college, from Southern people, in the early 1990s, a friend's girlfriend from Arkansas.
That's weird I've hear it quite a bit.
When you talked about coitus with food, and wondered how it would be possible, it made me think of the old teen comedy movie "American Pie". 🤪
I love the videos, really make my day; and I just had quite the Lulu. I just wanted to say I feel the same way when I hear Europeans say, "Full stop" as you do when you hear Americans say, "Period"; it's adorable. As for people saying "May I ask a question"; I always want to respond with, "You just did". :)
I never thought of the "do" saying before, though it's true lol
Me: Mom, what's for dinner?
Mom: How about we do fettuccine tonight?
Also, when it comes to being bummed, we also like to say, "Aww, that's a bummer." lol
In this example about "do" food, couldn't it just as well mean prepare that food.
way back in 1st grade (1970) we had a comic book we'd read once a week called 'bummers.' It was little comic sketches of 'isnt that a bummer.' Drop sandwich and it lands butter side down, that sort of thing.
Texan humor: asker: "May I ask a question? " Texan: "You just did!"
I reckon I'm fixin' to ask a question.
@@danbrowne4368 Fixin to.... yeah, but I’ve never said reckon in a real conversation.,.. that’s more Louisiana/Alabama.
That isn't Texan, that is everywhere.
In my part of Texas tuna is just as likely to refer to the fruit of the prickly pear cactus instead of the fish. lol
I've heard people refer to their own home as a "crash pad". That implies that it's not necessarily a permanent home, but a place they're just staying at for a while.
I'm unfortunately do some of those things and I'm quite proud. So bless my heart. And I can't believe I blessed my own heart.
Minute is prison speak for a year, so to say,” it’s been a whole minute,” may not necessarily mean a year but seems like a very long time.
"JESUS H. CHRIST ON A POPSICLE STICK!" -- From the movie Fletch.
@Doug Sawyer Yeah, stupid movies, but great books.
"Jesus H. tap dancing Christ"
From the Blues Brothers
So there are a few schools of thought on what the H means. Some say it means Holy, like you said. But Catholics will recognize IHS as referring to Jesus, and sometimes the S can look like a C. The letters stand for a Latin phrase where the H means Humans (Hominem). But people always confuse things and so they started think it's His middle initial.
I can't stop watching you fall onto the bed at 3:02, and again at 8:42. One of the cutest things I've seen...period.
Peeeeeeeerrrrrriod 🇺🇸
roger that!!!
I subscribed just for the crashing sequence alone. It was just too cute. ☺️
I think the most cute phrase I've seen on this and the TRY channel is "That's so Lovely!"
Used so often, and I've never seen it anywhere else. Must be an Irish thing. :)