Things that surprised me about UK as an European(cultural SHOCKS)🇬🇧

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  • @itsevelinakp
    @itsevelinakp  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

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  • @stephenlee5929
    @stephenlee5929 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hi,
    It is not legal to use an E-scooter in England (probably rest of UK) unless it is rented and the rented ones are restricted to specific areas.
    To rent one you need a drivers licence.

  • @stephenlee5929
    @stephenlee5929 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I think the time thing, your British person was probably confused, as some Europeans (Dutch, probably other too) say Half To rather than Half Past, so Half to Eight is 7:30, where Half past eight is 8:30, I believe they us both structures in Germany.
    Re the toilet flush, we have many variants, the one you mentioned is probably old and some what faulty (worn), but is not uncommon.

    • @itsevelinakp
      @itsevelinakp  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Oh mybe!!! I don’t remember the exact exact sentence she was referring to,mybe that was that

  • @PeterCarney-qg9qp
    @PeterCarney-qg9qp 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The tilt turn windows are I think originally German invention/design and I first came across them over 40 years ago, if opened correctly they give more than adequate ventilation, also simple to use

  • @PeterCarney-qg9qp
    @PeterCarney-qg9qp 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The squirrels you see are grey squirrels an invasive species from USA which has brought about the demise of our local Red Squirrel

  • @seanmc1351
    @seanmc1351 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That window you showed also, where it tilted into the house is calle a ''tilt and turn'' if you turn the handle fully, it will aslo open to the house to clean, these are expensive and not fitted as standard in houses, but maybe fitted in blocks of flats, where a window cleaner could not reach

  • @helenwood8482
    @helenwood8482 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    No, half past 8 is 8:30.

  • @seanmc1351
    @seanmc1351 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi evelina, the windows open that way for a few reasons, and there are different types, for one thing they seal better to keep te heat. with usually a 3 lever lock, which pulls the window tight, second, that windo you described is an easy clean window, normally upstairs, so you can clean inside an outside, no need for window cleaner, also some of the windows full open like that, for fire escape, they have to be easy to get through, thats law, many of them windows, do have child lock as well

    • @itsevelinakp
      @itsevelinakp  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Okey,that makes sense!!! Thanks for letting me know :))

  • @IDD.Bronze.Sculptures
    @IDD.Bronze.Sculptures 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    london is not representative of the UK

    • @itsevelinakp
      @itsevelinakp  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Never said that it is,just shared the differences I experienced:)

  • @amacater
    @amacater 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Green parakeets - originally from Australia - but now common in some areas of London. Randomly talking with strangers - probably more in Manchester than in London :)

    • @itsevelinakp
      @itsevelinakp  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Crazy how far they have “come” and now are ‘locals’-those birds ,but I had many experiences in London when I started talking-I feel like it felt like people were more open :)

    • @chestermosburger3113
      @chestermosburger3113 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@itsevelinakp they escaped from Jimi Hendrix's flat or something, so the story goes.

    • @leohickey4953
      @leohickey4953 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ring-necked parakeets are from the Himalayas, not Australia. Australia has many different parakeets, but not those. I had the same thought as you about talking with strangers - much more common in the north than London.

  • @HannahLouiseYT
    @HannahLouiseYT 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The green birds are called parakeets. There are some funny/interesting theories as to how they ended up being here 🙂

    • @itsevelinakp
      @itsevelinakp  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Haha,thanks for letting me know :))

  • @memes3874
    @memes3874 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    3:02 that is vauxhall, it is the same as opel

  • @oldperson989
    @oldperson989 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Uk is also in Europe

    • @itsevelinakp
      @itsevelinakp  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Kinda but not really,the life there is SO different

    • @cianw2942
      @cianw2942 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@itsevelinakp Not 'kind of'. What continent do you think it is in? Not Asia or North America. Europe. European Union is very different to the continent of Europe.

    • @seaweed2433
      @seaweed2433 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@itsevelinakpI have lived in italy, Norway, USA and England for work. Every country is different. Italy, England and Norway are all European and are all VERY different

    • @itsevelinakp
      @itsevelinakp  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @seaweed2433 yup I agree

    • @itsevelinakp
      @itsevelinakp  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@cianw2942 whelp UK is not in European Union ,idk what you want ,I shared the differences I experienced travelling there that’s it,I’m not trying to prove or not prove anything. United Kingdom has always been more separate -that’s history!

  • @PeterCarney-qg9qp
    @PeterCarney-qg9qp 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In the U.K. half past eight means either 08:30 hrs or 20:30 hrs

  • @RRaymer
    @RRaymer 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Europe is late on the E-Scooter trend. They were very popular about 10 years ago in UK. You can rent by your phone. But now councils removed them because they are not friendly to the environment in production and don't contribute to net 0 goals.
    And yes, British produce like apples, etc.. is very expensive. British farms have very strict regulations in food production that increase costs for farmers, so groceries that are made in England are expensive and its cheaper to import from Europe or somewhere else

    • @itsevelinakp
      @itsevelinakp  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I actually still have never used the e-scooter but also I can’t imagine London with many many scooters as they are so dangerous bc most ppl use them irresponsibly. I thought mybe that’s the case for fruits .

  • @PeterCarney-qg9qp
    @PeterCarney-qg9qp 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Where in Europe do you come from, it’s a collection of countries, which country

    • @itsevelinakp
      @itsevelinakp  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Latvia

    • @flitsertheo
      @flitsertheo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Except for the steering wheel on the wrong side of the vehicle. Or should we say the "sword wielding" side ?
      Their commercial vehicles are branded as "Bedford".

  • @TomsKampuss
    @TomsKampuss 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good informative video🙌

    • @itsevelinakp
      @itsevelinakp  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glad you liked it

  • @kissifferbritannica5357
    @kissifferbritannica5357 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Hi… no dog fouling means don’t let your dog poop in public lol Great video 👍

    • @itsevelinakp
      @itsevelinakp  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Haha yes,that’s what I thought,just the word alone -that I had never seem

    • @Nerdy4Life
      @Nerdy4Life 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@itsevelinakp fouling = make foul or dirty; pollute. i.e. "factories which fouled the atmosphere"

  • @PeterCarney-qg9qp
    @PeterCarney-qg9qp 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think the time difference between Riga and London is 2 hours perhaps you hadn’t reset your watch to U.K. time 😊

    • @itsevelinakp
      @itsevelinakp  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No-I had -that’s the thing . That’s why I was confused. Watch changes automatically .

  • @djs98blue
    @djs98blue 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s interesting how the UK feels less like the rest of Europe

    • @itsevelinakp
      @itsevelinakp  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s sooo different!!

  • @Kingshieldwall
    @Kingshieldwall 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    SHOCK. Countries are different. Who would have thought that 🤔

    • @itsevelinakp
      @itsevelinakp  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s just a title 😂

  • @jezlanejl
    @jezlanejl 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You do realise that the Uk is European, you coming from eastern Europe being in a first world country must of been a surprise.....

    • @itsevelinakp
      @itsevelinakp  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I never said that UK isn’t Europe. But there are many many different things in UK,that’s it.

    • @Sanecheck1
      @Sanecheck1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      “First world country”? Haha what a joke. The UK is a dump.

    • @flitsertheo
      @flitsertheo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Having visited the UK often I sometimes had some doubts about that statement.

  • @PeterCarney-qg9qp
    @PeterCarney-qg9qp 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s a shame you didn’t make it to Liverpool, Manchester a great place

    • @itsevelinakp
      @itsevelinakp  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Actually-pls check out my channel!! I did go to Liverpool and I LOVED that city!!!

  • @Jgvcfguy
    @Jgvcfguy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Could that person have said quarter to 8 meaning 7:45 or 20 to 8 meaning 7:40?

  • @nickoakley8465
    @nickoakley8465 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Vauxhall cars - they are OPEL in Europe

  • @preciouslouis7634
    @preciouslouis7634 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love this vid but there scooters everywhere in London.

    • @itsevelinakp
      @itsevelinakp  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ohh really!!? How did I missed that !haha,didn’t see really any in Manchester too

    • @preciouslouis7634
      @preciouslouis7634 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They are everywhere haha, every time i am out yeah i see them. @@itsevelinakp

  • @helenwood8482
    @helenwood8482 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Those are not palm trees. They are yuccas.

  • @raymondporter2094
    @raymondporter2094 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "Half past eight" means 8.30 in all of the UK (and surely everywhere else).
    "Cupboard" is pronounced "cub-ud". In the USA you might say "closet" but that is America for you... They also say "faucet" when they mean "tap" and "sidewalk" ehen they mean "pavement" but it doesn't mean that they are bad people, just that they don't speak our language properly. We forgove them because they generally mean well.
    And if you go to places where they sell drinks for £9 each, then either you are going to the wrong places or you are drinking treble whiskies/fancy cocktails. Where I live in North Yorkshire a pint of beer (20 fluid ounces, about 558mls, not 16 fluid ounces as in the USA) costs about £4.25, but in Wetherspoons it eould be more like £3 a pint. London & Manchester might not be representative of the whole country.
    Thanks for the amusing video though.

    • @itsevelinakp
      @itsevelinakp  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hey!I never said bad people ,I LOVE UK, and the people are so nice!!! I don’t go to pubs ,I once went in to pee😂but in Manchester one lady said to me that half past eight for her is different. Thank you for watching and commenting!!!

  • @blake4604
    @blake4604 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Don’t worry , half past means exactly the same in the U.K. as it does to you- I don’t know why someone told you it’s different!

    • @blake4604
      @blake4604 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      PS hope you enjoyed your time in the U.K.!

    • @itsevelinakp
      @itsevelinakp  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I loved UK!!

  • @seanmc1351
    @seanmc1351 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The squirrels that you saw are pest, they are not native to the UK, they came here, either on boasts or some way, the native squirrel is the red squirrel, sady these are getting less and less every year due to the great squirrel taking over

    • @itsevelinakp
      @itsevelinakp  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah -exactly. When I saw those squirrels, I was like:”why they aren’t ginger brownish red,but are greyish ?!”

  • @newton18311
    @newton18311 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They are not Palm trees they are Yukers.

    • @itsevelinakp
      @itsevelinakp  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Oh okey :))

  • @tonybennett9964
    @tonybennett9964 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh! Dear never mind you talk a load of rubbish. It's a different country ,different customs. Why are you eating American icecream

  • @paulbaker9879
    @paulbaker9879 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    UK people are Europeans...

    • @itsevelinakp
      @itsevelinakp  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As I wrote in the description-I never said UK isn’t Europe,but it feels like a completely different world :)