7 Questions Americans Always Ask Me About Britain and Its People
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English makes no sense...Common in UK: awesome=awrsome. Common in USA: wash=warsh....
England and America “are two countries separated by a common language" G.B. Shaw
I pay for TH-cam Premium NOT to get ads. I'm ok with one user created ad, but not two or the mentioning of the same one twice in two different places. I have a rule if I see that, I unsub. I don't expect you to change it, just saying. I get TH-cam Premium for a REASON lol. Having the flow of my watching experience interrupted turns me off.
I signed up. Ohh Laurence, your words enticed me!
@@susanhenderson5001 Adding 'r' at the end of words, in the US, is a regional dialect. Not all regions do that; I had never heard that until I studied linquistics in college. I've spent my life in Tornado Alley.
I'm a Brit and I bloody love americans
And we love you too. 😘
I am an American - and right back at you! I love all things British- including the people.
And we bloody love you as well...
Don't you mean you love bloody Americans?
Same here. Love 'merica.
"Why do you call it math?"
"It's short for mathematics."
"So is maths."
"It's shorter."
Mathematics isn't plural, it's collective
@@orsonzedd "Arithmatic".
@@tskmaster3837 Arithmatic = Math
@@orsonzedd A variety of maths, yes. There are many more, hence the plural.
@@speedingpullet7400 No. Mathematics is collective. There's not a variety of mathematics, there's just mathematics. A collective noun for all arithmatic
I think it's fun at times for Americans and Brits to poke fun at each other. But it's good to remember that at the end of the day, we're more similar than we are different. If the hate truly ran deep, we wouldn't have been allies in wartime. I like to consider us as family to some degree, and I'd hope they see it the same way.
Brits don't poke fun. They mean it. It's incessant in local media and most Americans don't even read it. I've lived here a decade now and some will just have this smug superiority and think I won't notice subtle jabs. Some don't and are actually curious. But it makes it hard to make friends and put down roots. I really don't have any still after a decade.
@@impishrebel5969Uh that varies. Brits are well known for banter.
You sound paranoid lol
@@impishrebel5969Oh mate, you really don’t get banter do you? Why are Americans so paranoid? 😂
@@impishrebel5969 I'm really sorry. I know that can be very lonely. That's one thing about Europe in general; such a beautiful continent that has nothing to be ashamed of, yet sometimes can come across as insecure because of their need to put Americans down and brag about themselves. Of course, the majority won't, but you really notice the ones that do. The one that really used to get me when I was a teenager was being told I don't speak English, often by non-native English speakers! That stupid notion is so prevalent that there was a time in China when one of the locals expressed surprise that the Brits, Yanks, and Aussies could all hold conversations together without blinking an eye.
@@DeborahHMarksI remember hearing that last one a lot but with French lol. A whole bunch of purist snobs who claim we don't speak French in Canada (Quebec). Whenever they're asked what language it is they always answer along the lines of "I don't know but it's not French like we speak". Last time it happened I was stifling a laugh but my coworker (at a crêpe place) was ready to blow a gasket.
I lived in Mildenhall near Lakenheath for six years when my dad was in the US military and my mom fell for the Brits and the Brits fell for her. We lived off base and she knew every woman in our neighborhood and they were always showing her the British ways and she was always showing them the American way. The Brits loved it when my mom would bring home different kinds of groceries from the base commissary and she would show them how to cook them up then invite them for dinner. Those were such good days. I miss them.
i visited little American colonies like Lakenheath when in the RAF. the Americans were always gracious hosts. i spent a thanksgiving day with an American family - i think it was at Shepherd's Grove if i'm remember the place name right - it was 40 years ago now.
I lived near enough the same bases that we had a US airforce officer in the village. His wife was an absolute hoot and got on with all the other mums really well. she threw killer parties and you're right, us Brits absolutely loved the US contraband candy! Well the kids did anyway. I've been obsessed with Reece's since well before they were a staple in mainstream UK shops.
I was introduced to American Apple Pie from someone whose husband worked at a US airforce base in the UK. I'd never had one with cinnamon on before and it was delicious. Shame some of those bases are reducing their size/employees.
My dad was stationed at Lakenheath in the late 60s and I was born there in 1969.
Years of listening to British accents have left me with one question. How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?
😂
If you don't eat your meat, you cahn't have any pudding!
All in all you’re just a another brick in the wall.
@@dustdevl1043Stand still, laddie!!
You may want to listen again, as the proper pronunciation of "eat" is "beat".😜
Went to London for the third time in 2017. Was accosted by two women at a nightclub in Ealing who were mad at me for being an American visiting their country. Was really stunned by that. An Englishman came to my aid and helped me brush them off. He's one of my best friends now.
Come to the countryside next time
@@mikehunt8823Good advice on this side of the pond as well. America is not New York and Disney World.
They were just jealous because you could have afforded to visit their country, but the opposite wasn't true.
British and Canadian hate for Americans is very real. Not everyone participates, but it's enough people that you're bound to come across it multiple times. Not sure if this trait extends to Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, but I suspect it does.
Unlike the video, it has nothing to do with fun-loving people giving you the jazz. They really hate you for no reason.
Your American. Kick some ass.
Beer nerd here! UK cask beer is served “chilled” at around 53° F/12°C, vs American commercial lager beer served closer to 40° F/4.4°C. So British beer isn’t “warm,” it’s just _warmer_ than what Americans are used to.
Also UK cask beers are naturally carbonated and so less sparking than the force-carbonated American lagers, so to someone used to the USA’s brews they often taste flat.
The room temperature bit may have come from the Brit tradition of finding the room a bit chill and putting on another layer, rather than another log or scuttle of coal. Their Great Depression (or at least rationing) didn't end until the early 1950s.
Very good explanation! Now I don't have to explain.
We have cask ales in the US. There’s a pub a few towns over that serves them. Mount Kisco, NY. A few others in the area as well, but further away.
Really bad beer has to be served ice cold so you can't taste it as much. The beer has improved but the habit of serving it nearly frozen has persisted. At least now you're less likely to have to toss it out if you linger over it a while and the temp goes up a bit.
That's actually really interesting!
Baseball is a sport. Hockey is a sport. Together they are sports.
Calculus and Set Theory are mathematics. But each one is not a mathematic.
Who's to say? Is language not fluid and ever evolving? Or do we want to be like the 🤢*French*
Sport can be both singular and plural as are many words in UK English, sports can also be used for multiple ones or the field or stadium, even Americans don't say sheeps when referring to multiple sheep. English is a very strange and often puzzling language even ignoring its own rules at times, making it one of the hardest languages to learn for a non native. One could say unique amongst the world's languages.
@@tonys1636Most of the time there is an explanation, usually some umlaut, dropping final vowels and dropping certain final consonants, some vowel shifts and mergers and boom mouse and mice.
@@kylezdancewicz7346 Definitely easier for us to learn another European or Slavic language than them to learn English, derived from many ancient languages and still following some of their rules without any indication. Even the French have 'borrowed' some of our modified old Norman French words and modern ones to avoid using a lengthy description to describe something or action. We have started to use the correct spelling and pronunciation of names like Nestlé and Citroën.
Yes they are individually a mathematic. Geometry is a mathematic discipline as is basic Arithmetic. Otherwise pluralizing it with an s is incorrect as an s indicated a collective or multiple singular.
If the word maths is an abbreviation of mathematics then it would have originally been spelled as a contraction "math`s" as Baltimore was contracted as Balt`io on the side of locomotives in the 19th century. Things like this come from local jargon, which by definition is localized.
Many things were standardized in the 19th century in the British Commonwealth (post Napoleon) and many things were standardized in the US in the late 18th and early 19th century as independent Republics love to do that all of a sudden...just as they did in Republican France.
This is often the reason different usages and different date formats exist....because of the way national newspapers printed them in words...then followed suit/suite by number abbreviations.
One of the reasons I started watching your videos was because I found it refreshing that an English person actually liked America. I felt good about that. I really like England and it bothers me to think that English people think Ill of Americans. Collectively Americans may not appear to be so great but individual we are really nice. Thanks for the humor and for the appreciation of our culture.
No one I know hates Americans , only the ones who put us down , mock our culture and traditions , believe me they are out there .
I've watched a few of those US/UK comparison videos, which on the whole are just poking friendly fun at the US, with no malice intended. Some of the people in the comments section can be pedantic and say mean things - bust most are just nasty people anyway! I'm a Brit, never been to USA, but I know if I went I could fit in and be happy there. Americans do seem very friendly and accepting. I know I can speak for 90% of the UK - we don't hate America or Americans - though we are very concerned at the people you choose as President!! 🤣
It’s not general population that British hate it’s certain American laws we hate, and we think you’re political people are lazy regardless of which party they belong to. Most people I know ones interested in politics think USA needs someone younger than certain two people that are long past retirement age in the UK. British make fun of USA & French. We don’t actually hate you.
@@lemming9984 What Lemming9984 said
@@lemming9984 This American is stunned and amazed at the poor _selection_ every election! My wife and I are dumbfounded that it's nearly always a choice between bad and worse.
I just visited the UK. I toured the country via train. I ate and drank in neighborhood pubs. The beer was cold, the people were outstandingly nice, and the city of London was fabulous. I stumbled upon the Color of the Troop rehearsal, and the changing of the guard and was awe struck. Hyde park is an absolute gem. From Bath to Brighton, Portsmouth, Southamptom and the Isle of Wight, the residents were fantastic. They treated this direct descendant of a disgruntled colonist with hospitality. Even the ride home on the Queen Mary 2 was something to behold. We are already planning our return and what other locations we will explore.
Oh wow, the QM2. I understand a small cabin is not that much more than a commercial flight?
@@penultimateh766 My cabin was a sheltered balcony,deck five. You are correct at the cost. The trans Atlantic crossing was first class and luxurious. It was British style to the maximum.
Yeah, when I visited about 10 years ago, the people were nice and very generous.
I found it watching the changing of the guard reminded me of watching paint dry. I would not recommend that to anyone. Much more interesting things to do in England.
Glad you had a nice trip. Rude question time. How much did you pay per night for accommodation, and how did it compare to the same level at home?.
And how much did the trip in QM2 cost ?.
Love the intrusive cat! We Americans love the British and consider Britain our best friend in the world.
Canada scowls at you.
@@Lordoftheapes79we don’t care about Canada.
We like warm beer because it doesn't set off our sensitive, rotting teeth.
Cats are never superfluous. Liquid, but not superfluous.
So just regular 'fluous' then.
@@Astavyastataa Well played, sir 😁
He didn't say it was "superfluous." He called it "intrusive," which is very often true.
He used "intrusive" like the intrusive-R.
@@speedingpullet7400 ... cats breath through their bottoms. I've watched them, so I know ... 🙃 ...
Americans and people in the UK, are a lot like siblings. we couldn't get along together as one country, and we pick on each other, incessantly, but we do have a secret affection for each other.
Ken I’m not sure what planet you’re on but there’s absolutely no affection on the British side 🤣🤣
@@Euanker ... Billy Connolly explained it thus, "there are some people in life, that once you start kicking, you can't stop" ... 🤗 ...
No secret affection for Brits here. Sorry.
@@cookielady7662none here, either. They can stay on their side of the pond.
@@kenbrown2808 And woe be unto anyone who messes with a sibling.
As an American who recently visited Brittan for the first time, I must say two things. 1) I never felt like the British people disliked me because I am American. Quite the opposite, in general they seemed fond of Americans. I would advise my fellow Americans to try to dial back your gregarious nature when in Britain, you can come across to them as impolite. 2) British beer was not warm, it was quite good. Having a pint in a pub on a cold, damp London evening is an experience you shouldn't miss.
It’s spelt Britain… but other than that you get it so we’re cool.
@@ffotograffydd Darn spell check..
@@Vegaswill714 No worries! 🙂
But don't go out on the moors after midnight...
We can be a little reserved!😂
As a British person who is Scottish, I'd like to tell you emphatically that we Scots absolutely do hear the extra 'r' added between words by English English speakers.
There is an entertainer named Pippa Evans who invariably introduces herself as Pippa-r-Evans and alas, it jars slightly to Scottish ears because it sounds so wrong to us. :D
And Paul McCartney apparently thought his first wife's name was Linder. "Linder and I..."
@janetwilliams2835, thank you! I’m an American in Nashville. I’m sitting at my table, where Pippa has been a guest on two visits. I adore her and she slays me with her stand-up. She’s an artist. Her inter-vocallic r awoke my ears to this feature of modern speech among the middle class in England. Pippa is so attuned to speech and accents, it would fascinate me if she’s unaware of doing it. I think I mentioned my curiosity about that feature in middle class speech in England, and she opened wide eyes without committing to having heard it or forming a view of it. Say hello to my friends up in Edinburgh, including Mark McKergow and wife Jenny. You’ll hear him on sax in jazz rooms. (I don’t think I’ve heard inter-vocallic r from Mark). Go to a Pippa show and laugh for me.
New Yorkers also sound out that final “r” like brits as well - at least traditionally they did, although the “New Yawk” accent seems to be gradually disappearing.
There are states in the US where people will put an R into words like “wash” making it sound like “worsh”. It’s not just a UK phenomenon.
If we can have a silent "e" in words,we can have an invisible "R."
Classic Boston accent is only one of them
Lived 50 years in Oklahoma and I “warsh” and “rench” my “deeshes”. (Parents from Great Depression Kansas)
@@tricorvus2673 yup, and to be honest, "warshin" sounds like there's a lot more elbow grease being used than "washing."
The lovely people of my hometown Pittsburgh *worsh* their clothes. Then call *yuns* in for *supper* served with a *pop* 😊
Us poor Americans getting picked on by the Brits? Take a quick note of how they speak of the French.
Also how we speak of the Surrender, i mean French. Definitely meant French.
What happened to civility? It's incessant.
They hate the Irish most of all. Then the Americans. Then the French.
* We poor ...
@@mypartyisprivate8693Americans are the largest common denominator, and speech is near instantaneous, nearly free, and mostly anonymous. That’s what happened to civility, and why it’s constant.
We had the gall to be the largest target, who speaks the same language, and therefore is the most common thing on their media feeds a lot of the time.
If it bugs you, go outside, or hit the gym. The difference between the two is immense when you realize one reality is at hand, and the other is contained in silicon, electric, and conductors. Not the same interface as the local. Which is causally more relevant in most every case.
You've probably had ten thousand answers to this question, but my grandfather told me that when he arrived in England, just after the end of WWII, there was barely any refrigeration available, so the beer could only be served warm. He said they didn't like it that way, it was just all they had, and somehow the GIs thought they wanted it that way... but most of the American GIs were basically kids, and my grandfather already HAD kids of his own when he was mobilized, so he maybe had a wider view.
Sadly, it's been many years since I've been to Britain. I was surprised at how nicely I was treated. I was the odd duck in my friends group in those days, the girls were loud, bubbly, wildly flirtatious, cheerleader types. I was more of a wallflower.
London really was a whole new world for me. I suddenly felt like I wasn't invisible, I actually had people engage with me in conversations everywhere I went. I have a slightly deeper voice and a southern accent, something I was made fun of for quite a bit in the midwest. My best friend interrupted a conversation I was having with our Scottish tour guide, saying I sounded like a hillbilly. He in turn told her that he thought my voice was sensual. She was mad at me for three days after that lol.
At no time did I feel unwelcome or overlooked. It was such a new experience and helped me gain some confidence. I was actually very sorry to leave.
She doesn't sound like a very good friend. Why would she try to humiliate you like that?
Come back! We'd love to see you, and we've missed you!
I think we British loathe the stereotypical American, loud, opinionated, boarish and poorly educated, but in reality, when we actually meet you in person we're charmed by how polite, considerate, intelligent, and inquisitive about us/Europe and our place in your history/identity we are.
@@sweetabby1106 we didn't stay friends very long after that. I had made excuses for her rude comments for years, telling myself it was her insecurities talking.
I don't know what it was about our trip abroad, but she openly started mocking everything about me. My working in Hospice Care was creepy, while her being a dog groomer was cute. My laid back, simple style of dressing meant I was poor and her barely there outfits were the height if fashion. I loved architecture, archeology, history and literature so I was just a loser need. My uses of ma'am and sir, social etiquette and just basic manners made me a backwards and embarrassing to be around.
It really woke me up. I was sad for a bit, but I got over it in time.
@danrcash My father is a massive Anglophile, so he encouraged us to "devour" anything British, music, art, literature, television, movies, and history. Some of the happiest days of my life were spent walking, where so much history took place and wondering about the lives that were lived long ago. To be able to see and touch places I've read about in books, or watched on television. Acknowledging the good and the bad, and still feeling grateful for the experience.
Hahaha well those southern accents do sound hillbillyish but that's not bad it's a specific culture, in the US people like to mock these accents and I've met many Americans who have either taken classes to change their accent or have changed it on their own.. which seems insane to me. In general outside of the USA those southern accents would be viewed exotic of charismatic @@omegadubois6619
I don’t understand British education terms, and I hope you’ll explain them in a future video. For instance, what is a “head girl/boy?” What is a grade of two-two? What does 6th form mean? Is it comparable to our 6th grade? What is infant school? Infants here (US) don’t typically go to school. Anyways, if you could explain things like that, I’m sure I’m not the only one who’d appreciate it!
You can honestly answer those yourself.. The obvious ones are,
Head girl/boy = class representative
Infant school = preschool
The other two you can just Google search for.
@@RedTail1-1 That's not the point of Lola's comment. The point is to ask the ENGLISHMAN about ENGLISH things to hear it from the horse's mouth. I assume you watched this video... so why didn't you just Google the answers? Tsk tsk, really should follow your own advice.
@RedFail1-1 the heck is a class representative?
@@s.henrlllpoklookout5069 , maybe student council president?
@@s.henrlllpoklookout5069 A student with a fancy title, but no real power.
Ooo, Laurence, always a joy to see you!
Englishman here. One of the things I dislike about my fellow countrymen is how pedantic they can be about language, and how arrogantly insistent they can be that British English is the only English, and 320 million Americans must be wrong. Not so. Many of the inflections and grammatical constructions still present in American English are actually preserved from British English as it was spoken at the time we colonized North America! In any case, all languages change over time. Plus how can a bastardized hodgepodge of French, German, Latin and Greek be Platonically, eternally correct?! Any linguist will tell you their subject is always descriptive, never prescriptive. There are rules, but they're loose and inconsistent, sometimes contradictory, and constantly evolving. When our grandparents were young, starting a sentence with "And...", using double negatives, or ending a sentence with a preposition, were considered cardinal sins! In only a couple of generations, all have now become common usage in British English, considered permissible in certain contexts even by the BBC Style Guide.
So why squabble over language? Better to be fascinated by the different ways it is used. 🤷♂️
Are you a linguist?
@@pathopewell1814 Nah, I've just followed a few online over the years, and am interested in the evolution of English, in particular. 😏
Agreed on how some American usage still dates from the 17th century. Although I have been assured by an American that the differences are because they are get up and go innovative types who changed the words, which I guess just fed into another stereotype.
Whilst it is true that often, meanings & spellings have changed in Britain, but remained unchanged in the US. Some differences such as the dropping of U in words like colour, occurred because Noah Webster, the compiler of Webster's Dictionary changed them. He wanted the language to become easier to teach, and become a more American language.
English *is* what is spoken in England, just as French is spoken in France, and Spanish in Spain. The languages in the US require "Merkin" before the language name. Were Merkins to do that, and not refer to "British English" rather than "English", and not try to take over UK financially and culturally, I'd have no complaint.
Well that's untrue: I'd still object to them calling a missile a missal - it looks nothing like a book of the Mass; and heavy emphasis hurled towards the end of a word; and emphasising French loan words at all.
"...hate on Americans..." One day, in a conversation with a fellow in the Isle of Man, the topic of the American Revolution came up and our Founding Fathers.
He made an interesting comment: "The Founding Fathers were just gangsters who didn't want to pay their taxes."
Is there still some lingering animosity over something that happened 240 years ago?
Also, please explain why the Brits say "Lef"-tenant instead of "Lieu"-tenant... thanks!
They were religious lunatics and nobody wanted them here, actually that was the pilgrims
Brits don't care about the American Revolution. We're too concerned arguing over our own wars - Wars of Independence, Jacobite Uprisings, War of Three Kingdoms, even the Napoleonic Wars. What happened in the USA back then is of no concern.
@@scottw.3258 I figured that it was either something left over from his earlier days or just plain banter which is fine, too. Thanks for the comment...
Some beers are better served at warmer temps, such as darker or maltier beers/ales like stout, porter, black and brown ales, etc. But by "warm" I mean between about 45° to 55° F (around 7° to 13° C). A warmer serving temperature brings out the flavors and aromas better.
Sometimes beers are mulled (heated), though that was much more common in past centuries than now. Of course prior to refrigeration cellared beer was about as cold as it got, and no one was leaving their beer out in winter on purpose. For centuries people tended to prefer mulled beer. It works best with malty, low hop ales, and you can add spices and such. Good stuff.
Lighter lagers, light summer ales, hefeweizen, etc., which are meant to be more refreshing than full flavored, are generally served cold.
Sincerely,
Beer connoisseur (ish) type person
Exactly - those ales you mention in your first paragraph are intended to be served, neither chilled, nor at room temperature, but between the two at cellar temperature.
Warm beer used to be American tradition as well. Well-documented!
And some beers are best served so cold it numbs your taste buds, and you don't taste it. And most of those are american mass market beers.
Also cask conditioned ales, a famous British style, are served at a higher temperature than, say, disgusting macro lagers.
"warm" beer might have come from ww2 era - like so many misconceptions of UK - when perhaps there was a shortage of coolants or refrigerants at times "there's a war on you know?" . USA didn't know what shortages were in WW2 or what it was to be blockaded by the U-Boat menace for years on end.
As a kid I was close with a British family who lived across the street from my grandparents in Memphis. I'm aware that English food is the source of disparaging jokes, but every meal that Londoner family served was a Dickensian feast: roast beef, pies, poultry, shortbread, etc. Why don't a few of these talented cooks open a restaurant that serves the amazing English food that I remember eating as a kid?
The British themselves bought into the "terrible food" stereotype. I don't think it helped that rationing didn't end until the mid 1950s just as TV dinners were really taking off so you had quite a large portion of a couple of generations only really know home cooked food made by people who learned to cook from people who learned to cook during rationing then got caught up in the "frozen meals" fad. And then when people started moving away from that there was an influx of immigrants with exciting new (to most) foods and ingredients so they jumped on that stuff and British food was just seen as boring comfort food. Attitudes have changed, in the last 20 years British dishes started showing up on fancy menus and not just as "cheap grub," but when the Brits have only just started taking their food seriously again it's going to take a while for anyone else to give it a chance.
It only seemed glamorous through your childish eyes! Haha.
During WW2 The UK was starving. Food was poor. The Americans soldiers would report back how awful it was and that became the stereotype. It took a long time for standards to recover. British food is brilliant now - far less processed and wholesome.
Some do. There used to be a store/restaurant here in Tucson. If you wanted a spot at the five course X-Mas dinner, you had to make a reservation in July. Their Saturday breakfasts were to die for.
I went on a tour of southern England and Wales a few years ago. My take on it is the food isn't bad but the combinations of food they put on a plate were weird. Someone told me they could order a pizza in England with mashed potatoes and green peas on it, yuck!
When I was in the USAF stationed in Germany in the early 90s, I was offered a ride on a tour bus, full of middle-aged Brits, to get to a certain place in the city. (I don't remember which German city I was exploring that weekend.) They were all smiles and friendly banter until one of the ladies asked if I was a student. I informed her with the same friendly tone that I was in the Air Force stationed in Germany. All of the smiles dropped off their faces, they turned forward in their seats, and didn't speak another word to me, nor look at me. TOTAL SHUNNING. When their bus got to the place where I was dropped off, I walked to the front of the bus and departed in total silence.
I've never felt so self-conscious and get-me-out-of-this-place in my LIFE!
That's so disappointing to hear, I hope that didn't ruin the rest of your visit to London. I spent a week there after a work trip to Cologne (mid 90's, space science related), and enjoyed my time in London immensely. Would love to go back, didn't get to all the museums I'd hoped to tour...
@@davidg3944 Thank you. We were in Germany. They were a group of middle-aged Brits touring Germany. Even today, more than 30 years later, I'm still baffled by it. Maybe they were pacifists!
PS: However, they being pacifists doesn't make any sense. If not for the Allied forces, England today would likely be ruled under German communism. There were still a lot of people alive in the early 90s in England who lived through WW2. My elderly German landlady was very kind but not that British group on the tour bus. I wish someone would explain it!
And there's the Isle of Man, whose citizens are British. The island is not part of the UK, and is nearly always left out of these discussions, maybe because few Americans know it exists.
I love the Isle of Man ❤
In fairness, most Britons usually forget the Isle of Man exists.
In all fairness, most Americans forget that Samoans, Puerto Ricans, and Guamaninans are Americans.
@@solace001 Not to forget that Canadians, Mexicans, Brazilians and Chileans are ALL also Americans ! ( just not United-States-ians )
Ooo, Lawrence, could you explain the English schooling system to us ignorant Yanks, please? 😁
Think american education then improve it by a lot
Pre-school, then seven years at primary school,five years at high school. GCSEs at 16, then two years at sixth form, A Levels for some at 18. Then university or some form of training.
Well for a start, nobody gets a cap and gown for finishing high school.
Yes! The gcse? What does it mean? Firsts? Seconds? Comprehensives? Leaving certs?
High schools in uk do not have this graduation ceremony , in effect everyone graduates regardless of grades which is how it should be ..less pressure.
I'm American and I've listened to "A Day in the Life" multiple times and never noticed that "r". Also, as a small child my mother asked me if I'd eat Yorkshire Pudding. Assuming it was pudding as in the Bill Cosby Jello Chocolate ad, I said YES! Oops.
I'd still eat one, sounds scummy. Popovers!
You didn't like Yorkshire pudding when you tried it?
It's funny because a lot of Americans call Washington Warshington.
@@tbolt2948 And let's not forget "one nation under guard".
I've always heard it, but never noticed it. Probably because plenty of Americans do the same. I don't understand why anyone would care either way.
Over on the J. Draper, she has a couple of videos about the powers of the British monarch, like "Who Was The Last Monarch With Political Power?" and "What Happened The Last Time The Monarch Vetoed A Law?"
For those interested in the history of London, I highly recommend her channel.
I always envisioned a "drawering" room to be a long skinny room with floor to ceiling drawers.
Drawers full of pants?
@@arthurbrands6935 Drawers and drawers of drawers! 👖
I knew it was “drawing room” but imagined a room with drafting tables, pens and pencils, paper, etc.
Drawring not drawering.
Withdrawing into this room!
I spent three days in London in 2008 with two of my buddies. I got the impression that people didn't like the US government, but not that they didn't like Americans in general. In fact, most of the people we met at the pubs got a kick out of us being from Texas, and asked a lot of questions about our beloved Lone Star State.
Tbf I think most people are kind to Americans faces but have something else to say behind your back, this goes for all European countries not just the UK
@@Euanker This. I used to live in Britain.
They didn't like a certain fake Texan named George W. Bush.
@@EuankerWhat I just said in a comment! Great synchronicity.
To be fair, Americans tend to not like the US government either. Or at least we love to complain about it.
We Americans have examples of the intrusive r as well. For example, Hoosiers of my mom's generation, and indeed, even many of my generation, will often say "warsh" instead of "wash."
I was just about to post that my Grandfather said "warsh." And he pronounced "orange" more like "ornj," with only one syllable.
"Intrusive arse" was right there.
Americans drink German "Lager" beer, which must be brewed, fermented and stored at cool temperatures. Germans built underground cool storage vaults for aging, "lager" meaning a storage area in German. However British "beer" is really more of an Ale, which is warm fermented and doesn't need to be kept as cool/cold when being made and aged. American beer is often served close to the freezing point, whereas Brit beer is served somewhat warmer.
The correct serving temperature for a German 'lager' (i.e. Pilsner or Helles) is 7°, which reflects the temperature range at which primary fermentation occurred.
Americans don't drink German beer, they drink dishwater. You've never drank German beer if all you've had is American stuff.
Also, it's extremely rare to find this 'ale' you speak of in the UK...well, perhaps it's more popular in England, but in Scotland our beers are served chilled.
@@scottw.3258I'm not American, I'm British. I've also travelled to Germany many times, so I've certainly had many varieties of the 'real stuff'!
As for cask ale, it's very easy to find here in London. You Scots used to have heavy in practically every pub, but a friend in Edinburgh tells me that it's increasingly hard to find, as it isn't considered 'cool' enough (no pun intended).
I've also brewed in the past, and I'm planning to take it up again in the autumn, so I'm familiar with the yeasts used for different styles and the temperature ranges within which they work.
@@mbrady2329 Interesting, but i didn't reply to you...
@@scottw.3258, you did, even if you didn't intend to.
I had a friend from Wales some years back whom I loved asking how proud he was knowing that Charles, Prince of Wales, was his lord and sovereign.
Emphasis on _had,_ right?
@octaviusmorlock I knew them nearly 20 years ago, we didn't keep in touch. We were in a band together.
@@FretlessChris Did he have any vowels in his name?
@taylorlibby7642 His parents were Irish, so he thankfully had vowels for our pleasure!
Only he is not Welsh, neither is William. Get back when Wales has a real Welsh prince
Traveling on my own in.... Britenglanduk... some many decades ago, people would often ask me (based on how my accent sounded to them) what part of America I was from. I'd then tell them I was Canadian. After showing them my passport to prove it, those Britanincal people totally relaxed and smiled when they realized their awful, horrible error. So yes, in the days of my youth there was a measurable Anti-American default position many I met held.
a surprising number of ppl in UK have families in Canada, Australia and New Zealand the Dominions have been favourite places for migration for longest time.. but ppl can't tell difference between US and Canadian accents - not helped by number of Canadians in US movies and tv shows - some even made in Canada - playing Americans
When I was in Southhampton I was told that beer in England was served at room temperature. But not the room you're in, but the room in which the beer is kept in kegs - the cellar. The cellar would normally be chilly, in the 50s F. That is the proper temperature for beer.
6:46 traditionally, a "pudding" is a dish that is cooked with steam. However, as you mentioned, there are a few exceptions, "Yorkshire Pudding", or "black pudding" are exceptions that immediately spring to mind...
Here's my two-cents/pennies on the subject of "warm" beer - my husband is a self proclaimed expert on British beer, ale, lager, etc and we had a chat about this when he heard you talk about it. Some of the following you did touch on. Americans generally keep their beer in a refrigerator whereas we generally don't bother. Beer and many food items lose flavour if kept in the fridge - think of strawberries, chocolate, tomatoes, grapes - you can taste their flavour if kept at room temperature. Same for beer. This is not to say we like "warm" beer. We just don't generally refrigerate it. So, to Americans, it would seem warmer than refrigerated beer. As for lager, that's different and often is refrigerated. Casked ale in a British pub which is "pulled" at the bar will be slightly cooler than room temperature as it's stored in the cellar.
Quite right. Cask beer/ale is kept in the cellar of the pub. It varies but is typically about 10C. This temperature allows you to appreciate the flavour but it's far from warm. You'd want a cask to be drunk in a couple of days for maximum freshness. Keg beers are refrigerated and much colder, it's fine for lagers. This stuff will keep for ages, which is why pubs favour it
The stereotype I'm used to hearing in the US is that British beer is both warm and flat. I think that comes from the fact that casked ales, which are served warmer and with less carbonation than American beers, are quite common in the UK and extremely rare in the US. Most Americans who try a "real ale" at a British pub will have never experienced casked ale before and would probably see it as uniquely British.
Two UK pennies are worth two pence. A single coin worth two pence is pronounced tuppence.
Cold beer tastes much better and fresher than room temperature beers.
@@JB-1138Totally depends on the type of beer. Light 'blonde' beers like Pilsner and Lager types have to be served cold or they taste like piss water. But with dark ales aka stouts, or copper ales, you want serve them at temperature (which still isn't 'warm'), because otherwise you impair the flavour. It pretty much mirrors the difference in how white and red wines are served.
Looking forward to the follow-up!
I took a 2-week vacation last summer to Scotland. People seemed friendly. I think it’s just the English who dislike Americans, not the British.
When you break into a Chicago accent, I nearly wet my pants. I was born and raised in a Chicago suburb. Your imitation is spot on!
You should hear my Chicago accent. You’d swear I was a native. But the nephew won’t give me any air time.
@@uncletoby- 😂
Most of my friends are Americans! (& Canadian, I'm a Brit). I find Americans much easier to talk to, & in my experience, once they accept your friendship, they are much more fiercely loyal. Of coarse, as with most nations of the human race, you get ones opposite of that, but overall, some of the best people I know are American! I spend so much time talking to them, I've even found myself saying little things like "Y'all"! To the horror of the Brits around me! Lol.
Lol! I have family in England and every time I see them they make me say the words alabama, y'all, fixin'to and biscuits (for some reason. Dont think i say that one weird) over and over again. Sends them into hysterical laughter. I'm from the deep south so I get it.
@@waitwhat1029I would imagine that the same would apply to a Georgia accent. I'm guessing you're from across the state line?
@@jeffduncan9140 ... Baldwin county, AL. Lower Alabama, north Florida, most of Mississippi and parts of Georgia we all sound the mostly the same.
@waitwhat1029 ah, LA. I've lived in Georgia (Douglas County) long enough to have lost that Alabama twang in my accent. That's about the biggest difference I can detect between an Alabama and any other Southern one. I'm familiar with people just wanting to hear you say anything so they can hear that accent....especially y'all.
@@jeffduncan9140 ...wait! What twang?! Lol. I can't hear; it's my own accent. XD
Eta... I'm just kidding... I hear it. Lol. I'm willing to trade any australian for their accent.
7:19 TIL that in Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall", at the end of the song when the teacher yells, "If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding", it basically means the same thing as when Weird Al Yankovic sings "You won't get no dessert 'til you clean off your plate" in "Eat It".
The word was "eat"? I thought it was "beat".
My granny always said the word "warsh" as opposed to wash. She was mostly of English, Scottish, and German descent.
The British have a difficult time with introspection. I once got a lecture about American colonialism by an Englishman!
What do the Australians call the two of us?….oh yeah. “The mother and the eldest daughter”. It fits.🎉
The biggest question, which nation has the most rednecks Autralia or US? Next question, who is going to help the US when it gets into trouble? 😅
@5:00 Different kinds of beer have different optimum temperatures. Here in the states, a lot of people think of very pale lager as being the most basic beer, and thus consider "chilled to almost freezing" to be the norm. For a lot of Americans, beer is one of those things you drink to cool down on a blazing hot, humid day.
Heavier, more flavorful beers like brown ales, tripels, and stouts aren't meant to be chilled that much, as the temperature dulls the flavor. Which throws some people off -- often those who say "I just like my beer to taste like beer" and aren't used to their beer having much flavor to dull.
Areas in the US that were until recently non-rhotic, think New England & NYC Metro, also use intrusive Rs. This is particularly noticeable in older generations.
I just got back from my second trip to the UK. And I love it. Almost everyone is very nice. I’ve made some great friends. Still won’t eat beans for breakfast 😂
We Americans and U.K. folks have our silly, minor differences - but at the end of the day or even the next unfortunate war, we've got each other's backs. We would die for each other and already have a few times... As an American when I think of Dunkirk, the Blitz, Churchill, and the utterly horrific Somme my heart skips a beat for our ally. I am inspired by the courage of the Brits under horrific odds - keep it up.
Brit here. Having travelled to the USA many times (12 States plus DC) since the '70s originally for business and since then for vacations, I can honestly say that I have found most Americans to be likeable, friendly and helpful (even the TSA who often get unfairly criticized).
When I was a kid in South Wales (in Great Britain, not England), football was usually called "Soccer" (short for Association Football) so it is not an Americanism, but its usage in Britain seems to have faded- perhaps because it is now all run by Arabs?
British beer used to be hand pumped in prehistoric times and was at room temperature but luckily is mostly served chilled, now (assuming it can still be called British, as the big breweries are now mostly owned by Carlsberg, Heineken and Inbev).
Regarding American beers, I have tasted some very nice ones in New England (Samuel Adams, for example) and draft Budweiser in Arlington, VA. However, some of the beers in Texas were vile, despite any amount of chilling.
that extra 'r' thing I've heard come up when english folks say "idea" becomes "idear". Also regarding beer temps, traditionally there was not refrigeration for kegs at pubs, and the kegs were stored in cellars, so they were served at "cellar temperature" so more in the 40-60F range, which is definitely warmer than typical 30-40F range of refrigerated beer. I wouldn't call them warm or even lukewarm, but definitely "cool" compared to "cold".
maths is correct in britian for the same reason we say "microsoft is going to do whatever", but brits say "microsoft are going to do whatever". The pluralization of collections.
That bothers me lol. Microsoft is one company so it should be referred to as a singular
Lol, Russell Brand does it all the time. I find the British use of "sat" rather interesting. Past tense, present tense, future tense...its all "sat".
I don't believe it is the same reason at all. "Microsoft" is a collective noun. Collective nouns have different rules for subject-verb agreement in British vs. American English.
"Mathematics" is a mass noun. I am not aware that mass nouns have different rules in the two varieties of English. I think the problem here is that many Britons assert that "mathematics" is plural, when in fact, mass nouns are always singular in normal usage. Mathematics/physics/economics/obstetrics/politics IS my forte, not "are" my forte.
@@leahtv7778 Microsoft is a company, but a company is a group of people.
If you say "Microsoft is among the world's highest-valued companies" then it might make sense to use "is" as you are thinking about a singular legal entity. But if you say "Microsoft are bringing out a new patch for Windows" then it makes much more sense to refer to them in that collective sense (using "are"), since legal entities have no agency, they don't "do" anything (including bringing out software patches), companies are just abstract ideas. The group of people working for that legal entity are the ones bringing out the software patch: Microsoft as a collective.
British universities moved the s to make a five letter code without using mathe.
I saw a video on YT that addressed the 'why do Brits dislike/hate Americans' question, and one woman said that we're annoying. I'm not sure what I or others have done to annoy her (especially me, since I haven't been to Britain in 40 years, which was probably before she was born) - but that was her reason. Somehow I don't think it's anything that we can fix, we're just an annoying people apparently. My British friends in Bristol don't seem to mind, though. We've been friends for almost 50 years.
OMG that is such a vast generalization. Americans are well over 300 million and of course by definition that includes Canadians.... every walk of life and personality imaginable. That woman probably met 3 chance annoying people in a row and her mind is set for life lol.
I listen to a lot of British mysteries and audiobooks and radio shows, so I know that "pudding" means "dessert," but the other day in one of the radio dramas the husband went to the kitchen for the pudding and came back with an apple pie, and I still couldn't help but register that if someone promised me pudding then presented me with an apple pie it would make me kind of sad.
I had a friend from Britain. She made Yorkshire pudding for my family once. I liked it; it was pretty good.
Back in the 70s when I was first married I had really old Betty Crocker cookbook from the 50s. It had a recipe in it for popovers, and I thought “that sounds like fun!” So I made them and my husband and I just absolutely loved them and we put Butter inside of them while they were still hot and they were so good to take a big hot, buttery bite out of. I didn’t learn till decades later that basically I was making Yorkshire pudding. Popovers would be good with hot savory beef gravy!
You say Brits say maths but lots of them also say "mafs."
As in, "You gotta fink hard to do mafs, innit?"
Not a lot of them - only in a very small area of London.
@@karnubawaxnot many uncle.
Also he did not address the original question: " _WHY_ " are there two different shortened words, and " _WHY_ " do we use one, and they use the other?
Love your channel. Your accent and humor is very charming. Your American wife is lucky to have you. And we are lucky to have you!
Also glad you've maintained your accent. America is diverse after all.
Actually the monarch does have power, the Queen refused to sign the 7th Lisbon Treaty as it would have meant the disolusion of the monarchy, British government and our freedom. The treaty was thrown back to the House of Commons where it was thrown out - and quite rightly so!
The only part of that which is true is that the monarch does have power. It's just that if he/she ever actually uses it outside of dire emergency situations then Parliament is likely to abolish the monarchy or depose the monarch.
The Lisbon Treaty simply changed aspects of how the European Union worked, but did not take any power away from national governments which had not already been given to the EU. It certainly wouldn't have abolished any of the national governments or monarchies of EU countries. And the Queen did give Royal Assent to the act which added it into UK law.
The country is a constitutional monarchy. the monarch is the head of state, commander-in-chief and defender of the faith ,as well as head of the Commonwealth. they don't just dress up and wave.
@@stephengray1344 The phrase used is "Le Roy / La Reyne s'avisera" (The King/Queen will consider the matter). Not a straight "no", but "I'll think about it" - which means the same thing in practice! According to Wikipedia, the royal veto hasn't been used since 1708, by Queen Anne.
As you say - if the Monarch actually tried to thwart Parliament, we'd probably end up becoming a Republic, though hopefully without any beheadings!
When Jeremy Clarkson made fun of the US during the height of Top Gear, as an American, I have to admit I laughed with it.
I really liked Jeremy Clarkson until he made violent, sexual remarks about Meghan Markle for no reason. But then again, he punched out a Top Gear crew member because the dinner he wanted wasn't available.
@@HimmiefanI would take you serious except you conveniently forgot he was paraphrasing Game of Thrones. Context matters.
@@Himmiefan what a guy! lol
That was the first YT sponsor plug I've watched in a long time. I think simply because you make it so nice to listen to.
The intrusive R is one of my favorite lingquistic quirks. It makes me so happy whenever I hear a Brit do it.
Jeff Smith ("The Frugal Gourmet"), who was from Tacoma, Washington, once said that a New Englander asked him, "Don't you have cahn frittahs in Tacomar?" He said that this shows how frugal the New England people are. They dropped the R's in "corn fritters," but rather than let them go to waste, they tacked them on to the end of "Tacoma." 😊
Usually the 'R' as added to a word that ends in a vowel when the following word starts with a vowel. This is true of many Northeast American accents and of many English accents as well.
Worth noting that what you described sounds like a Stephen King character from deep into Maine. Most of New England doesn't really sound like that.
@@masterofallgoons I just looked up the story to check the details. (It's in "The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American.") He said it was a New Hampshire woman.
@@bobbuethe1477 - New Hampshah!?
Why do you not use the word the? He went to hospital. He went to the hospital. It drives me crazy 🤪
Americans say “went to church” and “went to school”, which is similar. But we don’t say ”went to hospital” sounds weird.
Maybe it's because time is of the essence when going to the hospital. That extra split second could cost a life.
I wonder if it has to do with the first letter/sound of the location?
To the opera
To the hospital
To the arena
To school
To church
As for “to the store” when that is a consonant, I think it is because “to store” is a verb (i.e. “store” is both a noun and a verb.
@@jamieba3971when you say you are going to church or to school it is more like a specific action.
I'm going to the pool. I'm going to swim.
If you weren't going to church service. You would say hey, I'm going to the church.
So, we don't go to hospital as a specific action.
I'm going to the hospital. I'm having an operation.
Americans say "the hospital" .. Brits do too sometimes but it shouldn't be necessary. unless you went to several and wanted to speak about one in particular...
The 'warm beer' thing is usually referring to bitter or stout, which is generally served at room temperature. It's not actually warm, it's just not chilled like lager.
Lostinthepond's comment section - undoing 200 years of British-US friendship, one thread at a time
I can't even count how many times a British person (or European) responds to something i say online by telling me how wrong i am and then following up with something like "but i guess i shouldn't have expected any better from a 'Murican."
Then i respond, defending my position with facts and logic, to which they just call me an uneducated yank or tell me to eat another hamburger and leave.
It comes from some Brits innate feelings of inferiority.
I can't stop laughing...You defend your position with 'facts and logic'? You're American, Americans don't know what 'fact', or 'logic' are. You know what American fact and logic is, but those are very different beasts to actual fact and logic.
@scottw.3258 well here's a fact for you. I used logic to predict your reply in my comment. You did exactly what i said you would do. You made a personal attack against me, calling me an uneducated/dumb American.
Thank you for proving me right.
Unfortunately if people all over Europe are saying this to you there's probably a reason..
@@KurNorock My friend, you didn't use any logic, i'm afraid to tell you. You didn't predict anything.
I made no personal attack, i didn't call you anything.
Not only do you not know what facts, or logic are, but you lack simple comprehension. Instead you devise your own interpretation of words placed before you. I think you've ably demonstrated the issue you have when communicating with people. As 'c.leighx' has stated, if people all over Europe are saying this to you, there's probably a reason. I would suggest there is definitely a reason, and you've shown it here today.
I wish you well, i hope your dreams come true for you. However, i'm not communicating further, as i was always told not to argue with an idiot, as sooner or later, outsiders begin to wonder who the idiot is.
So i leave you, while there is absolutely no doubt who that idiot is. Take care, and all the very best to you.
They ALL get along? Seems legit.
MOST . places like the Armed Forces are a great melting pot. apart from the "nationalists" in the regions , most people get along pretty well together in reality. we are not the Balkans
The warm beer issue is that American drinks tend to have ice in them, while British drinks are just refrigerated. So the British drinks are perceived as unnaturally warm if you're used to ice. Conversely, some have argued ice-cold temperatures numb the taste buds so you don't get as much flavor.
I love the question about putting an "r" in words that don't have them. That is very common when speaking to many New Englanders. It's not uncommon to hear "idear" for "idea". As I once heard it explained that we New Englanders are frugal people and don't like to waste things so we put the "r"s that we drop from one word at the end of another, word.
I had a 🏴 teacher, Mrs Kaiser for science class in high school.
She added “R” to things too. There was a girl names Tanya in my class and she hated how Mrs Kaiser called her “Tanyer”
A Boston accent, maybe?
My husband's family is from New England, so they have always called me "Tiner". Yet, they drop the r at the end of random words. We live in the midwest, so when you hear it done in this part of the country, you always know where those folks are from.
Best Daphne line from Frasier:
“We used to *own* you people!”
Titter 😆
We? I want to factcheck her royal pedigree. She was just as much owned
@@annarboriter Uh?
@@annarboriterYou know it was a comedy show written by an American right?
A British person would be very unlikely to say something like that. America was not the jewel in our crown, it’s not seen as a loss, the American Revolution isn’t even taught in schools.
@@ffotograffydd I'm thinking the reason the American Revolution isn't taught in schools might be for the opposite reason you're thinking lol
I love you guys. We have a long history together. Many of us are direct descendants. 🇺🇸☺️
It’s the cast ale that is served at cellar temps usually around 58 F . That is “warm” to American palates, but the flavor of the beer comes out much better at this temperature. The European Pilsner and the like is usually chilled to around 40F, in the same pub.
96%. Just make it 100% why not🤣
96% off means anyone paying full price is getting massively ripped off. The sales team did not think this through.
Hello Lawrence!
Another drink difference is lemondate. I was in England on a bar-boat and my friend's roommate asked what I wanted. I said, "Lemonade." As he was leaving I called out hastily, "Wait, I mean with real lemons." Because British lemonade is a sugary soft drink like Fanta or Mountain Dew. The guy stopped bewildered. My friend had lived in the US so he understood the problem. He explained, "He means like a Hooch without the alcohol." I think that was the name of the canned alcoholic drink with real lemons they had. The best lemonades in the US are available in a few cafes, where the barista literally squeezes a few lemons into water and that's it.
Based on the description of "black pudding", it seems it's almost identical to the Polish "sausage" known as kishka. Great with eggs, BTW!
We Aussies still have the same language nuances as the Brits. Maths is maths. Pudding is pudding desserts. Beer has to be cold. Brits do whinge a lot. A large number of Aussies have some English heritage so we probably whinge too. Cats are the same here. No matter what you're doing they have to be in it too.
I think “whinge” is a splendid word. I wish we had it in American English.
Speaking of Aussies. A number of years ago the company I worked for had 4 Aussie contractors. They were super nice people. One day one of them talked about Vegimite and crackers. They all said they loved it. We never heard of Vegemite. A few days late they brought in some Vegemite and crackers. Five of us tried it for the first time. After one bite, we all gagged. We never understood how they liked stuff. They laughed at us.
People forget that most of our experience interacting with people from the UK is online. People say things to each other online that they would never say in person. Not just out of fear of violence as many would claim, but also out of differing social expectations. You'd look like a complete jerk if you started calling somebody foul names in public or started ripping on their culture like a raging xenophobe.
Well said!
I agree. Ive seen so many nasy and insane comments coming from non americans about america. Half the stuff they say isnt even true. It almost seems as tho they actually do hate us and for no good reason either. Hate is such a strong word, and I would never say that about a country or its citizens especially if I never been there. Yea there could be some things you dont like about a country but to come out and say "i hate america and all americans" is crazy. Imagine if an american said that about any other country.
The beer question has to do with the 2 types of traditional beer served in the US and UK. The beer commonly served in bars in the US is lager in kegs which is traditionally served anywhere between 6 and 8 Celsius (can be as low as 4 and as high 10) and Cask ales in the UK which are typically served between 8 and 12 degrees c (but can be as warm as 14c). The ale is also perceived as flat due to the fact that ales have only the natural carbonation developed by the fermentation happening in the cask. Where as the lagers have added carbonation through a separate bottle attached to the draft line.
Thank you for another great video
I love that you get into difficult topics and explore them!
The English language: Idk, I'm just winging it 🤷♂️
I'm convinced English is a pidgin, rather than a proper language.
@@IcicleFerret its the world's most versatile language and forever evolving.
Surely you've heard the joke about English following another language into a dark alley, bopping it on the head, and going through its pockets looking for words.
@@DaisyCloverbee "English doesn't borrow words. It follows other languages into dark alleys, clobbers them over the head, and rifles through their pockets for loose grammar." :)
9:28 Not all Brits dislike Americans. One agreed to marry me, after all. 😁
Yeah, Grampa Phil went to war in England and came home with Granny so I reckon Brits are alright too. XD
“if it's a dark aromatic ale, such as an English Bitter, then it's served at room temperature or thereabouts to savour its rich hoppy aroma” and bitter is Ale which is a type of beer, so pints yes can be served warm over here(cellar temp). We call beer lager a lot to save the confusion. Lager will always come chilled.
Im an American and have two good friends that are Brits. The three of us have mostly concluded (from our own experiences) that most of the "hate" is just friendly ribbing/"taking the piss", and to some outside perspectives looks like argument or dislike.
Like other people are saying in these comments, its like a sibling rivalry. No hate involved, just a fun time messing with your friends.
British cask beer is served at cellar temp(~13C), which is not warm and is pretty cool and refreshing. But it is much warmer than usual beer in the US, served ice cold at around 5C. Hence the stereotype. But 13C is still plenty cold, and you can actually taste the beer when it's not freezing cold.
As a linguistics major, you should know that "maths," whether or not you say it with the s, is NOT PLURAL. Nobody says "maths are hard" or "maths are fun," or "maths have many sub-fields." No, grammatically speaking, the word "maths" along with "mathematics" is almost always SINGULAR: "Maths IS hard." "Mathematics IS fun." "Math HAS many sub-fields." Only in the rare case where you refer to many separate calculations as "mathematics" might you use it as plural.
If I understand correctly, the term "mathematics" was originally considered plural, maybe was even used as a grammatical plural, because the Graeco-Latin word it comes from was usually used as plural: μᾰθημᾰτῐκᾰ́ or mathēmatica. It's perhaps for this reason that the UK kept a "plural" s in the abbreviated form, as the abbreviation might have come from when it was still considered "plural." However, the word is almost never plural, being an abstract mass noun, no matter if you're American or English or Australian or whatever kind of speaker of English. Thus, I'm not really sure if "maths" came about because the word used to be plural, or it was some other arbitrary reason and the "plural" explanation is a folk etymology trying to justify it.
Sports vs. sport is completely different. Americans don't say "sports is fun." We say "sports are fun." The -s is actually the plural suffix. We treat sport as only a countable noun, while British English you can use it as an uncountable mass noun, like it's the name of a subjects or disciplines: Science IS interesting. Maths IS complex. Sport IS exciting. You don't say "Sport are exciting." Compare again to "math" vs "maths." In that case, whether British or American, you typically treat this word as meaning the singular uncountable concept of the field of mathematics. In America, if we want to express the idea of all physical competitions as a singular concept, we would have to use a different word: athletics. In the UK of course, you use that world to only mean what we call "track and field." Thus, it isn't really a good comparison to look at "sport vs. sports" and "maths vs. math," because the "sports" difference reflect actual semantic and syntactic differences between the two languages, while the "maths" difference does not.
So...about Brits and their perception of Americans: Around 2013 or so I went to England with a good childhood friend (whose family moved to the USA when we were younger) and we stayed with his grandma who lived in Harlow (Harlowtown whateva) about 45 minutes north of London. It was an AWESOME trip as I've always been an anglophile. Ok so to make things short cause I'm too long winded----the story----dun dun duuuuuun:
Almost every English or other British person I met were INCREDIBLY gracious, open, friendly and welcoming to me, my other American friend and my English friend with a remarkable American twang in his North London accent (LOL). I kid you not the were just so kind and not just OK with the fact that I was American but actually usually very interested or intrigued by where I might be from. One guy at a clothes shop thought I might be Australian. Guess again...
We met two English guys, one from York the other from...I forget where...who were in London for N.Y.E. and we had too many beers at the bar...the morons started paying for our beer! And the bartender, who was friends with them start shelling out free drinks at us too. At that SAME hotel, we ran into a person we knew from the USA who...oddly happened to be vacationing in London during NYE as well. So this dumbass, at a 5 star hotel he was staying at, wanders around and leads us to what is very clearly a private party in the hotel and the security guard, upon recognizing we're American literally just says to us, "Oh, you're American?!" and ushers us into the party. Honestly, I was a bit too "there" or maybe "not there" to really decided if it was a private party or some sort of VIP/Premium party zone for those who wanted to pay for it. But WHAT?! I thought that shit only happened in stupid movies.
There were so many wonderful experiences we had with British peeps. I met a Scottish man (likely a Highlander cause his accent was so thick that I wasn't even sure he was speaking English! sorry whoever you were). He was running a rock band t-shirt stall in Camden and I bought a the Who tshirt off him and he was trying to carry on a conversation with me and was smiling and laughing so hard but all I could do was just smile back and sort of play along like "Oh I know? Right?". HAHA. My friends and I were on the tube one time sitting across from a young couple and the two were very reserved/quiet. We weren't LOUD but we were definitely noticeably "American speaking" and not whispering. At first I felt their gaze and felt like maybe they didn't like us very much but eventually, we all got into a conversation about where we were headed and they started giving us recommendations. They were VERY into Jazz and told us all kinds of cool places to go check out that wouldn't really be known or otherwise accessible to tourists were it not for prior knowledge. They were incredibly warm and charming to us once we broke the ice.
From the cab drivers, to the bus drivers, to the police officers, to the museum personnel, to the wait staff at restaurants, to the street vendors, to the random people we'd meet for the first time at various locations, we were treated incredibly kindly and as if we belonged there and that they were HAPPY we had come. The myth that Brits hate Americans was very strongly dispelled in my mind that week.
But to this day, the FUNNIEST experience I've probably ever had that made me really feel American and realize I was an "other" was when we were "Down in the Tube Station At Midnight" (thanks the Paul Weller) and trying to get back to Liverpool St. Station to take the train back to Harlow and this other group of young folks comes and sits down next to me on a bench. I ask my English friend a question about the train we're about to take or some other such logistical question and this totally miserable, cynical turd of a 20 year old exclaims to his friends upon hearing my accent, "GREAT! Now there's YANKS in the tube". I couldn't help but giggle a little to myself. Absolutely hilarious. Then we rode the train home and met other...inebriated youths and the proverbial Essex girl drunkenly told me I looked like Harry Styles (when he was still in One Direction so I didn't know if that was a compliment or not HAHA).
An old British gent grabbed me crossing the street the wrong way and saved my life.
We New Englanders are non-rhotic there are no "r"s . We do occasionally add them where they don't belong
Is ma(r) upsteahs?
As someone called "Lindar", I support this comment on the tragedy of pronunciation
I grew up in Minnesota, which definitely has rhotic R's. Drove me crazy when some of my relatives would say warsh instead of wash. I think it has some weird connection that my dad's family migrated to Minneapolis from Queen City, Missouri. Also, probably somehow connected to my cousin second cousin once removed running as Trotskyite candidate for President. BTW, he didn't win.
@@TheMastermind729 Matt taught you well
Rhotic has an 'r'.
Love Lawrence... Love Britain..
Many New Englanders put the letter "r" between a vowel ending word and a vowel beginning word, too. We must have gotten it from the British. We say many words that end in "r" as "ah" like the British, too.
Many Americans are simply curious about the Royal Family. Not really obsessed but just curious.
We all learned the history that ties us together but didn’t necessarily know their actual role in present day.
My definite second question on that is “Do most Brits like them?
Jealousy.
As a Brit I didn't know Brits did hate on Americans. Yes, we poke fun at their weirdest customs, but no hate is involved.
I believe it’s more of a cultural phenomenon, in Britain we poke fun at our mates and no malice is intended, but I’ve made friends with Americans they tend to take it personally, I believe it’s because Americans tend to be nice to strangers and nicer to their friends, whereas Brits see poking fun as a way of breaking the ice. If you can’t take a joke, you’ll probably be a boring person.
@@leekelly9639 I think you're right!
The jokes Brits say don't imply respect. Its always stup!d american jokes.
@leekelly9639 I think you've hit the nail on the head here. 'Nice to strangers, and nicer to their friends.' Well, I would be, too, if any of them might be able to shoot me for any unintended slight ...
I've worked overseas with LOTS of USAmericans and - generalising here - the ones who are newly-hatched (ie first-time arrivals outside the USA) really are sensitive flowers, in that those big loud egos are often a lot more fragile than they appear. Their confidence is, in large part, an outward show, as they believe/have been taught that diffidence and understatement are severe character flaws.
So when we (or the Aussies!) poke fun at them, or tease them, or tell them ridiculous stories about haggis breeding, or drop bears, because we're often predisposed to like them, and want us _both_ to have fun and a laugh, they get all offended, hurt and annoyed ... and will retaliate, often with something which is perceived by _both_ of us as mean and nasty ... so now we're at daggers drawn. It can take the presence of a fully-fledged second American, or an experienced-with-hatchlings Brit, Aussie or Irish, to defuse it.
'hate on' is not legitimate. there is no such thing as hate on.