New Zealand Family React to 5 Ways Living in the US Has Altered My Perception Of It (HAD NO IDEA!)
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When people overseas say "holiday", I'm thinking, what holiday are they talking about? In the U.S.A. we say, vacation. 😎
yeah we say vacation. we just wish we could afford to take them.
@@RichardPicturesTTVspeak for yourself 😂I have vacations all the time.
@@WiscoMadmanReally, well, a "holiday" vacation is for a month!!! 😂 Merry freaking Christmas!
To me the biggest difference between The US and many other places is our tendency to measure distance in time. I live in Houston and will say San Antonio is roughly 3 hours away.
Oh that’s so true!! I never thought about that. 😂
I sometimes hear miles from my husband but I prefer or rather always say it by how long it takes to get somewhere. Although we take turns driving, when getting gas, husband likes to record it. Date, location, price, miles traveled since last fill up. Hence, his use of miles verses time.
Which you would consider a day trip and europeans would consider a vacation XD
@@Nydasor "holiday"
Trips from Houston to New Orleans comes to mind.
I live across the "other pond" from Lawrence, I live in Michigan, about 20 minutes from Lake Michigan. In October of 2015, a farmer in Chelsea Michigan found the bones of a Wolly Mammoth. There is even more history to this continent than people think.
Hi neighbor, I live on the other side of the state. Lake Huron is at the end of my street 😊
I live in AK. We sometimes find megalodon teeth in cliffsides that erode from high tides.
70 yr old American woman. Love your videos. How wonderful that your children are able to explore so many cultures. I have lived in many states
Alaska, Washington, Oregon,California,.Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Minnesota , Nebraska, Michigan, Missouri, Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, and Florida. I have met wonderful friendly people. A few were not so nice, but that is life.
God bless your family and keep making videos.
Lost in the Pond is awesome. Glad you guys have seen some of his content.
My Darlin' Clementine Drowned in the Pond!
NOTHING funny about that! 😐
Your children are so intelligent and well behaved. I salute your parenting skills ❤
I am in Ohio and I have always heard caramel and route pronounced both ways, plus many others. I think people move around so much they just pick up everything. Had a friend that grew up in Pennsylvania and he proununced human without the h.
I am originally from the Chicago suburbs saying "carmel" and now live in Georgia where people say "care-a-mel." In my very non-scientific survey, I find that people who learned how to speak in the north say it as I do, and people who were raised in the south say it with the three syllables.
I find words, accents, and pronunciations fascinating!
Me too. I usually say it, wait, how do I usually say it?🤪 I’m surprised whenever it comes out of my mouth differently than I was thinking it.
Lol so true
even in a family Americans pronounce words differently. my mother lived in WV all her life and pronounced alot of words exactly like the British. Her family heritage is Irish and part native American. My father pronounced words completely different. He too lived his his whole life in WV but his heritage is German and Irish.
The pronunciation of the word route in America differs greatly from region to region even areas of each state. You will hear both pronunciations of the word here. Even the word about is the same way.
No one in my American family consistently says it one way or the other, either. We just go with whichever way comes out.
The pronunciation can also change depending on how it is used. Paper r-out, or r-oot 66 (the highway).
I say stuff like Root 66 but route for like directions (Midwest)
It's true. I've heard rout 66 and paper root and vice versa. Sometimes both in the same region. lol
After a while I stop thinking about it altogether and just go with what ever people are saying at the time without even thinking about it. Nowadays I only think about pronunciations when somebody is specifically talking about them.
Originally, there was a clear difference in the meaning depending on how it's pronounced. The dictionary defined route pronounced root as a set course of travel, while route pronounced r-out referred to war routing or forcing out your enemy from their position or removing wood in a trench as in using a router/wood working tool. It only changed because so many people mispronounce the words.
American here. Born and raised in California.. And I just wanted to say that I love your videos!! Your kids have grown so much since you guys first started! It’s really cool too see them grow while you guys do your thing. Americans love New Zealanders by the way. We are Allie’s and friends ❤
Stay blessed ❤
Let's be honest american loves every country
Specialy their women's
They just love UK accent so much 😒
Me too 😁. Born and raised in California,61 years of age. I've lived in NY and people have terrible misconceptions about us being flaky and out there 😂😂. I tried to send them straight, but it's still up in the air 😅😅. I don't mind,at all because it's humourous to me
I know you guys focus on the United States, but it would also be great to see more of New Zealand…the shops, culture, scenery etc.
I enjoyed that one clip of you all driving in the car going to your store. I think that was the day Den got that huge stuffed animal. It’s hard to shop with kids though. Even sometimes well behaved ones. I’m expecting to hear more crying and tantrums as we get closer to Christmas. At least us adults will know in what direction the toys are in any store 🤭.
I agree. I want to learn about New Zealand
I agree with this comment!!!
Yeah I don’t know much about NZ and would love to see
Yeah that would be for, their base may be American centric but we also care about the stories of the people living in their own countries
We say the different route pronunciations here in the US too depending on where you're from. One thing I've noticed is when a Brit mentions a "garage" when referring to going to get your car fixed. Not only is the stress on a different syllable but we might say mechanic or "taking my car to the shop". A garage to us is a place attached or not attached to your house to park your car.
Do not speak for all Americans, here in NE, we call it a garage for car repairs.
@@marydavis5234 I wasn't speaking for all but what I've noticed.
@@marydavis5234its a personal preference. I spent almost 40 years in NE & never once heard anyone say they were taking their car to a garage & meaning mechanic.
A "garage", la-dee-dah!
I call it a "car hole" 😁
Going to add, the dealer’s. Only because some do get to bring their vehicle/s there when it’s still under warranty/leased it from or bought there. Ours offered 10 free oil changes and some offer free tire rotation. My husband would also go for morning appointments and get a free coffee and donut.
As a citizen of the United States (or an "American" as we say over here), I can say that many of us who have been born and raised here are often surprised by the differences in areas of the U.S. Here are a few examples:
1. I live in New York State (no, not New York City) and I was born and raised outside of Buffalo and Niagara Falls. I now live just over an hour East of where I resided. There are some big differences between the two. Buffalonians (that's what we call ourselves) says "pop" and here they say "soda" when it comes to fizzy drinks. [Side note: my sister scolds me every time I say "soda".] People also drive differently. Buffalo drivers are far more aggressive drivers, which you think is normal until you move out of that area. Buffalonians even have a slightly different accent. Our vowels have a flatter, more nasally sound. It's annoying to listen to. 😋
2. I would agree that most Americans are kind, but that level differs greatly. For example, here in New York, when you go to Walmart - the home of the "Walmart Greeter" - it is often a rude experience. Essentially, many of the workers are there to make a living and you, the customer, are a nuisance. Go to Ohio or North Carolina, and you'd think you'd just walked in for your private appointment to an exclusive salon OR you're the person they've all be waiting for with arms wide open.
3. Weather. Everyone ELSE'S weather is terrifying. I live close to the Southern shores of Lake Ontaio and I grew up close to Lake Erie. [Last side note: these lakes are huge and appear to look more like seas than lakes.] In this area of the U.S., we refer to them as the "snow machines" because storms, blizzards, and many feet/meters is snow are dumped onto the surrounding areas every year. We drive, work abs go to school when it snows... we even drive and work in storms, and life goes on as it usually does. Unfortunately, we're so used to it, many don't heed warnings for blizzards and bad storms. Now, give Southern Ohio a forecast for snow (not even the ACTUAL snow), and you every citizen will buy out all essentials from all stores and hunker down as if the apocalypse was imminent. Less than 1/8 inches of snow will shut down an entire community. Personally, I think earthquakes are terrifying because there's no safe place to hide - but people from California think nothing of the daily movement of the earth. Florida residents may, or may not, leave home because of a hurricane, and residents of the Mid-West apparently don't worry too much about tornadoes (I say "apparently" because people keep living there).
These are just a few more insights into living in the United States.
I agree to an extent, but I will say that New Yorkers (nyc residents) are much, much more helpful to strangers than anywhere else I've been in the US (the south, southeast, mountain west, new england). If you don't have exact change, someone will cover it or the cashier will just waive it. If you're looking at a map, 2 or 3 people will offer to help you find your way, if you're at the top of the subway steps with a baby stroller, someone will wordlessly grab the end and help you carry it down (and if you're at the bottom, two people might just pick it up and carry it up for you). One time someone just handed me his umbrella and continued walking through the rain. People in NYC might not make eye contact, but they'll go out of their way to help a stranger. Plus, you can buy pretty much anything you need from somewhere closer and cheaper than at wally's, anyway.
The Midwest is used to blizzards as well
I live in Illinois and we have gotten 20 inches in a night.
I think you mean the south as they really never see much ice or snow.
I grew up in Kenmore (just north of Buffalo) and went to college in Troy (near Albany), When my folks came to visit, my dad would always mess with the server by ordering a "pop". I'd have to translate.
Another fun difference is "sub" vs "hoagie" vs "grinder" vs "torpedo". And there are more localized terms too. I think in south central New York, it's a "speidie".
Holy cow! Fellow (Upstate) New Yorkers!
I now and have for the past 27 years live in Washington state on the Olympic Peninsula. Coming from Chicago never thought about earth quakes. Now I listen to a program that’s usually is close as to where and when earthquakes will happen. But not the first one in any area. I’ve been thru 3 that I’ve felt. Pretty small ones and I do worry because they can sneak up and the first one is a surprise.
Lawrence is one of my favorite utubers. Learn a lot from him in a fun fashion. A witty, witty man. Very kind also
The differences between the adult’s and children’s reactions to Lawrence’s wit was highly amusing.
I was born and raised in Pennsylvania, I met my Wisconsin husband and moved to Wisconsin. I was very surprised as to how different it was. I was told I held my R too long when I talk, I was laughed at for not know what a Brat was and I did not know that the Packers were THE best football team, ever. We are all different here, and I think that's great. I learn new things all the time about our country and the people who live here. I still refuse to call a drinking fountain a Bubbler ! lol
Heresy. 😉
But do you still call the stuff that comes out of the fountain Wudder?
I thought they were called bubblahs only in Rhode Island!
Only cheeseheads say bubbler.
@@maryannefeyer6332i was born in R.I. and its the only place I've ever heard it called a bubbler
Hey NZ fam, just a little info about old trees. The worlds tallest tree, Hyperion (coastal redwood, 116 meters or 380 feet tall), and the worlds oldest tree, Methuselah (bristlecone pine, 4800+ years old) are located approximately 500 miles apart across California. Crazy isn't it.
I enjoy seeing the U.S. through your family's eyes! I highly recommend you guys visit New England. From Maine down to my state of Connecticut, the beauty and history here is great and everything is close by each other. Thank you!
We use both route (rowt) and route (root). We might ask what is the best route (rowt) to get to the next city, and be told to take route (root) 80. But yes, some people will pronounce both the same way, but they'll choose either of those two. We try not to make too much sense over here. 😁
I pick and choose. If someone were to ask, "Which road did you take?" then I might answer, "I took the 44 route (root). But I was late because I stopped at Sonic to get a Route (Rowt) 44 cherry limeade."
There's way too many accents and dialects here in the US, so there's tons of ways to say things (you'll never catch me calling a water fountain a bubbler) and I've found it super interesting to look up the histories and etymologies of words between Eng and US cause you'll be able to see where and why there's splits in how we say things
btw, there's 4 major ways I've heard to say caramel in the states, including how y'all say it! car-mel, care-mel, car-a-mel, care-a-mel (I personally switch between car-mel and care-a-mel, language is fun lol)
Any easy was to differentiate route ("rowt" vs "root"), both are basically interchangeable. But typically "root" is when referring to an actual physical road like Route 66. And "rowt" is used when explaining directions. For example, this is a perfectly normal sentence, at least where I am from lol "This is the "rowt" we should take: Drive 5 miles west, then get on "root" 66" haha but still, some people never use "rowt", it depends on the part of the country I suppose...you'll get the hang of it eventually haha
Well, unfortunately they have become interchangeable but only in the last 30 years or so. I believe that the mispronounciation came because of the computer companion the "router." Since I am a college graduate, I will continue to properly pronounce Rout as only ROWT, and Route as ROOT.
Have to react to "Sunshine" as a 7th generation Buffalonian! Buffalo's accent is termed "Erie Basin Twang," yes, a broad, twangy "a." Buffalo is notorious for blizzards & will produce a 6-footer in October every few years. The jet stream which comes down from the Canadian Rockies swoops back up northeast, directly along the path of Lake Erie - 700 miles to pick up moisture & dump it on Buffalo & southwards along the lakeshore, called the Snow Belt. Once a great metropolis, 8th largest city in the US & an industrial powerhouse, population is now little more than a third of its peak. Renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright's career took off in Buffalo, after being hired by a Buffalo entrepreneur to design the Larkin Building (since demolished) & a number of homes, some of which survive. Chicago is called "The Windy City," but Buffalo is windier! It was a great center of the Underground Railroad before the Civil War, and I lived in a house which had been an important shelter for runaway slaves making their way to Canada. I no longer live in the area - fed up with the winters. And I no longer live in California - driven out by the Northridge Quake (a cling to your flying mattress & scream moment at 4:30 in the morning).
As a buffalonian I agree with our twang lol
Rout and root. Sometimes it depends on who raised you and other times its where you are. All based on what your parents or grandparents grew up with.
Agreed - I've heard it both ways here - Florida/New York - ..... - my "neu yawk" has softened in the years - I learned to actually to pronounce my "R"s - (ares) - 😊
For numerous words there is no standard US way of pronouncing them since a large percentage of the population pronounces them differently. Just checked and there was a survey done on the pronunciation of caramel. The results were 57% use three syllables and 43% two syllables.
Atlanta brought up route which is another good example of that. And the same person might use different pronunciations depending on context. For example someone who normally says rowt might switch to root for something specific. The famous road Route 66 is a good example of that. Root is the correct pronunciation even if you normally don't use that.
Yes! What "rowt" are you taking? I'm driving "root" 66. And if you've moved around the country enough, you might no longer call carbonated beverages just pop or soda, but soda pop!
@proudmoon3 My grandmother in Cambridge, MA, always called soda, 'tonic'.
From Wisconsin, much thanks for the shoutout. "Ope" is a word that's along the lines of "ohh" or "sorry" or "excuse me" or "woops". I most commonly use it as "ope, sorry" when I pass someone too closely while walking.
Wisconsinite here too. My sister says that all the time !
Have lived in Wisconsin my entire life and have never heard anyone saying “ope” nor have I ever used it. Oops or whoops, yes…but ope…nope.
I've had the privilege of living in a few different areas of the country. I was born and raised in southern NJ and have lived 53 of my 58 years here. In 1998 I moved to Arizona on a whim. After 3 years there, we moved back east to North Carolina to be closer to home. Through that experience I can attest that people are the same wherever you go. The one difference is that people in North Carolina move at a much slower pace and tend to be nicer. I've visited several states and love this country and it's people. Yes there are knuckleheads but they're inevitable and everywhere but for the most part, most people are good decent people.
As usual he's spot on. Pronunciations can differ by county here in Tennessee. Atlants looked sad or under the weather. Hope all is well.
Hi NZ Family! Originally from Upstate New York. We’d say pop for soda. Then our family moved to the eastern end of Pennsylvania (PA). Most of them say soda instead of pop. That took some time. If I say soda and we’re traveling back home or the western end, maybe Pittsburgh, PA., they would look at me funny, I’d probably quickly then say soda pop. So, even in the same state, words can differ, whether it’s east to west or north to south.
Spanish is wriggling its way into our commercials too, without even our being on a Spanish channel. DirecTv, satelitte tv service, used to have maybe 1-5 channels, now it looks like it’s 25 plus channels. Some stores based on population, I guess of Spanish speakers, may even have food aisles labeled in both English and Spanish. We have one that when we go in that direction from our house. We currently live on the eastern end of West Virginia. If we drive 30 minutes north or east, we’re could be in the state of Maryland. If we go 30or so minutes, south , then we could be in the state of Virginia.
There are some words that we often interchange using that the Brits use and so do we. There are quite a few, like Laurence that have come to live in the US. Maybe we just wind up influencing each other? We like to watch tv shows from Brit Box. I can’t recall if it streams from Hulu, or what. I used to watch Brit shows like, Are You Being Served? , AbFab, Rowan Atkinson, Eastenders, et cetera. Some jargon I may be familiar, other, and probably more recent, I’m not sure. Also like, You Tuber, Kabir Considers. He’ll sometimes put on Laurence and react to some of his stuff.
So, safe traveling, whenever you’re back in the US.
Every time Lawrence talks about aluminum i laugh because it sounds like a toddler trying to pronounce it to me . Curiously strange 😂
The really funny part is, that a BRITISH scientist invented the word and pronunciation of Aluminum, but yet the english wanted to fancy up the word and spelled and pronounced it aluminium, which is INCORRECT because your own scientist invented the word, and spelled and pronounced it the correct way, the way Americans say it.
I love your family. Sam and Nadine are the parents every kid should have. Atlanta is the prettiest thing on youtube and Denzel's antics (Atlanta's kitchen) are very much fun.
What he said at the beginning in Spanish was "For Spanish, press 2". I live close enough to Chicago that my bank adds: "For Polish, press 3". In case you don't already know, the Chicago metro area is the 2nd. largest Polish area in the world.
I don't know if you ever saw "Last of the Mohicans", but in it, the Hudson River was mentioned several times, and it was very thickly forested. Today it separates Manhattan from New Jersey.
In addition to the Redwoods and Sequoias, we have the bristlecone pine, which are the world's oldest trees.
The Florida Man was apparently some sort of Tarzan recluse who did weird things, and was portrayed as being everywhere--thousands of them. It was probably based on 1 person, or dreamed up by someone.
The story, The Last of the Mohicans, takes place in New York, but the movie was filmed in North Carolina. One scene was shot on the Biltmore Estate. The scene where the girl lets herself fall off the the mountain is at Chimney Rock State Park. I've actually done that hike.
@@reindeer7752, I've heard that, but my point was how little of the country was settled back in 1755, as compared to now. Present day NJ was absolute wilderness.
"Florida Man" and "Florida Woman" came about from news headlines describing the wacky things found in Florida police blotters.
"Florida Man Sets Girlfriend's Car On Fire, Has Sex With Her On Beach While Firefighters Respond"
"Naked Florida Woman Stands In Roadway And Attacks Cars With Pitchfork"
Haha! We in the US say rout ...like out with an R. lol
But when we say, "Route 66" we say it like "root." Go figure! 😂
some of our pronunciations are regional .... not just the one. a few words like Aluminum and Tomato of course, have the one, but words like Caramel and Pecan are regionally different.
In the NYC area, we say route as route and root. It all depends on the sentence and the context in my opinion. I always say Mary, Marry and Merry differently. But people in the Mid West do pronounce all 3 the same way. I do not understand why but it's the truth.
I do not know if we "wear out heart on our sleeve" but I will say we are not afraid to opine. Most of us see life as short, and we want to live it to the fullest as much as we can. We are taught from a very early age that life will not give you anything. If you want something, you must go out and get it by working hard and saving your pennies. Failure is not as bad as not trying to do something in the first place.
True, but some are still in the learning process.
Interesting thing about the common languages in The U.S, and I don't know if it is unique to California, we use the term "spanglish" to describe a specific sort of hybrid slang between English and Spanish. There are alot of people who grew up bilingual or in a home where older folks spoke Spanish and younger members speak English but they understand eachother regardless. I grew up in a Hispanic neighborhood and most of my school friends didn't speak any English until roughly 3rd or 4th grade, but we were able to teach eachother enough to play and make friends no problem.
I am not fluent in Spanish at all, but can learn the key words and phrases I need to speak to my customers who only speak Spanish. I enjoy it because it puts less pressure on a Spanish household's children who are often expected to translate for the adults, over time, the adults come to my store without the "translators" and know we can help them in either case, even though we don't fully understand all of the language.
Thanks for sharing! In Texas we often refer to Spanglish or regional Spanish as TexMex (not just the food 😆). As a multigenerational Texan, I thought I learned Spanish as a child but now I realize I actually learned TexMex.😆
@@dv3507 that's cool, I would love to know if people in Florida have a simular experience with growing up with people from Cuba, for example, so interesting.
If you guys were driving when you were in Florida, you should really stop into Saint Augustine. It’s the oldest city in the United States. I live about 45 minutes away and it’s absolutely incredible. You see the oldest school house with all of the desks and the things they used to teach the kids, all of the old structures that you can go into, the fort which you can also go inside of, they have the torture museum, which shows lots of torture contraptions that people used throughout the early United States and in Britain back then, they also have a wax museum, which has figures of really important people from the United States, from Britain, even just people that are famous now. And they provide a lot of facts about each person. And then also all over the museum. They have lots of little Q&A’s on the walls where they ask you a question and you’re supposed to answer it so you can flip up the little box and see if you got it right. And they give you a little piece of paper so you can keep track of which ones you got right and which ones you didn’t etc. all things that were there originally when the oldest city in the United States was founded. It’s got so much history. They also have a wax museum and all kinds of really cool educational things about the United States. In fact, Donald Trump came and had this, actually I don’t know what it was, but he went to one of the old houses and stood on the balcony with his wife, and did a speech Right on the river near the fort. Out of all the places he could’ve chosen he chose an old little house that is hundreds of years old and really not that much space for people to gather around like an arena. People were just standing in the old, narrow streets. They also have horse and carriage as like they used to and you can ride them. The restaurants are incredible. They also have restaurants that go back a really long time. I think you guys and your children would find it extremely informative especially since you guys are still interested in history what better place to learn about American history, then the oldest town in the United States?
St. Augustin is the oldest *European* city in the USA. I live in an Ojibwa town that is some 8000 years old.
Oldest city, no Plymouth should be considered to be
@@davidscott8400 St. Augustine was founded 55 years before Plymouth. Jamestown was founded 13 years before Plymouth.
@@davidscott8400 Not at all. The Spanish founded St. Augustine before the British ever set foot here.
And the Spanish founded settlements on the west coast MANY years before a Brit even knew it was there.
Actually the oldest settlement in America is Pensacola....yes we were wiped out by a hurricane, but we came back baby 😂
1st? Looking forward to the videos from your US tour! Hoping you had (or are having) the most fun ever! Cheers....
Are they in the US now???
@kitdriscoll1288 yes dallas
He’s pretty spot on with his observations. Most Americans do wear our hearts, and our opinions, on our sleeves. Most of us are friendly and will talk about anything you bring up in a conversation. I live in the beautiful state of Utah, and it is very diverse in natural features and people. The LDS church has been a huge draw for many foreign church members to move here, and because our missionaries go all over the world, we are a prime location for military and NSA language experts.
No! Most people are NOT friendly! You clearly haven't been to here in Sac, Ca!
Muted the chiefs game so I could watch your video since it just dropped! Love you guys!
Me too
Doing the same thing, go Chiefs!
Hate we lost but GO CHARGERS⚡️⚡️😂
Crazy thing about this is it's so true. I didn't grow up in new Zealand when I was a little kid and then when I was 13 years old. My family moved me to Australia and then when I turned 17 I moved to the United States an even though I miss new Zealand everything is so much cheaper. Here and the way of life is so much better than that of what I had so. I hope 1 day you guys make the decision to come and live in America because honestly it's absolutely incredibly here.
Really is the dream of opportunities and is just so much benefits from financial to build an a family to just? You're everyday health style it's amazing here in america god bless you and your family and god bless the united states of america
My city isn't on your tour schedule (which is okay) but I'm still so happy and supportive of your trip to our beautiful country! 🧡👏💚🇺🇸💙✌🧡
That tour schedule was just the 2023 tour. Your city will hopefully be visited in 2024 or later!
Looking from the outside in apposed to from the inside out gives a new perspective on things.
Ope! Is an exclamation that (some) Midwestern Americans make when surprised, usually. For example, two people enter a doorway, one going in, one going out, one might say, “Ope- excuse me!” Or “Ope- ladies first!” In the Northeast, it’s replaced in some areas with Oops! or Whoops!
I live in Michigan and had never heard of "Ope", but definitely the other two. We are a variety here for sure.
@@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586 variety is the spice of life! Now that you mention it, I’ve been to Michigan numerous times and I don’t think I heard Ope until I got to Minnesota and Wisconsin, I should have said, “some Midwesterners”. I think part of America’s charm is these little regional differences.
I haven’t heard that in Iowa or Illinois either
@@patrickduffy8881You are so right.
We say it in Missouri. We also say in-it (isn't it). I didn't notice we said it until my ex-wife's kids who grew up in Maine pointed it out. I don't think the younger generations say those words as much as their parents/grandparents
the whole soda thing, i grew up different. I was born on the west my grandfather was born in chicago. so i grew up with both terms and still use both terms regularly without thinking. but running into people and use one they sometimes get confused. the southern coke thing is real craziest experience ever a friend from texas and i having a convo and asked whats my favorite coke i thought he meant coke in general like between the flavored cokes to regular, not all of cokes products and it was interesting and one day he called at a drive thru said listen to this and asked for a coke they responded what kind then he say dr pepper. I was mind blown, I told him when you come here be specific you ask for a coke you're getting a coke lol.
I moved from MD "soda or Coke" state to MO "pop" state in the 70's as a kid. The first time in the McDonald's in our new town I asked the young lady behind the register, "What kinds of soda do you have?" She looked perplexed and then stammered, "Um...Arm and Hammer?" True story! I was nine but her answer let me know immediately that one does not call a carbonated soft drink a "soda" in SW MO.
All of them are spot on. Though the United States of America's history may be short, but it has had a big and lasting effect on the rest of the world.
Now you are canceling us Native Americans. So not appreciated.
@@mygreywolf By no means, after all The United States Constitution was based heavily on the Treaty Of Five Nations, and many countries have modeled their Constitutions on the US Constitution. Not to mention the major roles Native Americans have played in all the wars in the United States Of America, like the Code Talkers. Then there's Sacagawea guiding the Lewis And Clarke expedition. And yes there were less happy incidents that shaped American history, like the Trail Of Tears and other forced relocations. And let us not forget to mention that place names across the entire Continent, even many of the States themselves, come from Native Americans. United States history is forever part of Native American history, you cannot really separate the two.
@@bartonbagnes4605 Thank you for the "white washed" history lesson we all get in school. Now go to the reservations and talk to the elders to get facts.
@@mygreywolf Strange, I didn't learn any of this in school. I had to read many different kinds of books, several written by Native Americans. It would be easier if Native Americans were more open to sharing their stories and histories. And those few they do share with outsiders, usually have borrowed aspects from foreigners, like stories from the Bible mixed with their own stories. I would love to learn more about the many nations, but it's hard to find books actually written by Native Americans about themselves. Book Of The Hopi by Frank Waters was one I found fascinating. I wish there were books like it for the other nations.
@@mygreywolfI’m not really sure how @bartonbagnes4605 comment “cancelled Native Americans”? They simple said that the United States’ history is short yet long lasting. Not that North Americas’ history itself is short. The video even makes an effort to highlight Native American history. People are so quick to find a way to be offended instead of actually reading the comment for what it was. If anyone thinks that United States history is the only history of North America then they’re ignorant, but this commenter wasn’t making that point?
Route can be used both ways in the Midwest. You could hear" I'm finishing my delivery route (rowt) and then my family is going on a vacation along historic Route (root) 66. Love your channel. Keep it up!
Many Americans really do pronounce it cahr-a-mel. It’s mixed, depending on the region.
Out of all the regions my favorite is the Pacific Northwest. Washington state has deserts, forests, two sets of mountains (with volcanoes), the Puget Sound, Pacific Ocean, and a rainforest. You don’t like the scene drive two hours and everything is different. (Forgot plains)
About route...it can be pronounced either way depending how it's being used. "We traveled on Route (root) 66." "What route (rout) do you want to take?"
Because they are two separate words Spelt the same, duh! Like Read and Read!
@@GaryTongue-zn5di Route (root) and route (rout) are the same word with two distinct meanings. Read and read, OTOH, are conjugated forms of the same verb. So not really the same thing.
There is a reason for the free refills (on certain drinks)
Diner found that diners were more likely to order a desert if the still had something to wash it down with. Also diners were more likely to tip larger if they were well hydrated …. That 3/4 filled glass of ice tea they had to dump out at the end was worth the pie ala mode they ordered and them putting down a 20% tip versus only a 10% or doing the math for a 15% so that they can not be generous without looking cheap.
I do want to thank you for showing me Laurence's channel. I do enjoy. I also enjoy learning about your country as well,
Born and raised in Minnesota. We say "ope" and "uffda". I think it stems from our german and scandinavian heritage ❤
This is the third channel that pops up when you type in New Zealand on TH-cam
during autumn WV is so beautiful
Radio stations west of the mississippi start with K (such as KEXP) radio stations east of the mississippi start with W (WNYC).. with a handful of exceptions.
We say both versions of route depending on if it is local (out)or if you go a long distance(oot)typically
When it comes to language ours is a mixture of many. We use predominantly English with a mix of French, native, Spanish, Germamanic, Hebrew, . For example creole, Louisiana bayou region speak more French than English. African and native. In Wisconsin where I live there is more German, Swiss and Norwegian influences. BTW I think cheddar is the best cheese in Wisconsin. Appalachian people have their own way of speaking . They drop letters like y'all, youns, expect is spect, ect. They also have a lot of Irish and Scottish influences. That's why when talking about speaking English some people differentiate between American English and other countries who speak it.
I live in Los Angeles county, and for signs to instruct people, for example in 10:04 we usually have English, Spanish and French on them.
Americans may say “Root” or Route” based on what their parents said. Same with “Carmel” or “Caramel”. I say Ca-rem-el but I say both route and root depending on context. Just like you guys, we don’t all fit in one box! Cheers.
Love "Lost in the Pond"😅. He is so wonderful ❤!! Good on you guys for putting this up!
California is home to three long lived trees. Coast Redwood trees are the tallest and they can live to about 2,000 years. Giant Sequoia trees are the largest trees and can live to about 3,000 years. Bristlecone Pine trees are very slow growers that are not tall at all, but the oldest bristlecone pine tree is over 5,000 years old.
He spoke briefly about Amerindian history, but only touched on the equivalent of a grain of sand. Human habitation on the continent goes back at least 30,000 years and possibly longer depending on which paleoanthropologists you hang out with. He mentioned Cahokia, but not Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico. That's an Amerindian town that has been continuously inhabited for over 2,000 years. So Europeans who say America has no history should talk to them first.
Thank you for this. I have been stating the same thing on many
vlogs where Europeans try to diminish the USA by saying they have a house older than the US, etc. The fact is Great Britain did not become a united nation state until 1707, France not until 1789 (after the USA), Germany 1871 (almost 100 yrs. after the US). Of course, there was history being made before then, but there was history being made in what is now the US, as well.
Man, the different pronunciations of "route" are not set in stone here. lol. I hear both commonly, and I'm never sure which one I want to use myself. But, yeah, I guess the "root" pronunciation is well known if foreigners hear how "Route 66" is pronounced.
My grandfather used to come up with funny names, such as when I graduated he said I was "edumencated" - mashed postatoes were "Squished Taters" ...
For Mar~ I wonder if your Grandfather ever worked in Washington, DC? I knew someone that used that same word that we generally know as educated.
His channel doubled in no small part because of our favorite New Zealand family. ❤
😂😂 "yogurt" sounded the same to me every time you guys said it. Must be a subtle difference that my American brain can't pick up.
5:47 - The *_oldest_* trees in the world are the bristlecone pines. The redwoods are the *_largest_* and *_tallest._*
exactly redwoods are old, but they are considered the biggest, not the oldest.
I knew that the types of trees that grow are dependent on what part of the country, but I've never heard it referred to as "tree diversity". But that does explain why my home state of Texas has soooooo many pecan and mesquite trees. Just like most houses in South Texas, there are both pecan trees and mesquite trees growing in my back yard and all over my neighborhood. We're south enough to have the longer summer needed for pecan trees and west enough to have so many mesquite trees. So no coincidence how popular pecan pie is or how mesquite (+oak) is so widely used here for our slow smoked bbq. Both are signatures of Texas cuisine.
One learns something new everyday…or almost everyday :). I did not know that about Texas and the trees and how both are so much used when it comes to eating. 👍
I always tell my kids that Carmel is a city in California, but I love to eat caramel, both of the a's are pronounced.
I say Car-mel like Carmel 🌽 corn
Pronunciation of “route” varies by region in the US, we say it both ways you said, depending on where. Also, depending on meaning. For example, the internet device “Router” is often pronounced rhyming with “out” and “doubt” and the same people will talk about their “route home” and pronounce THAT rhyming with boot, and scoot. Caramel also varies regionally. For that one I can think of at least 5 pronunciations (the last 2 are flat wrong). Care uh Mel (emphasis on Mel, like Mel brooks). Care uh mull (emphasis on care). Car uh Mel (emphasis again on the Mel) and Car-Mull or Car-MEL which is completely missing the middle syllable and ends up with me asking if they’re talking about the sugary substance, or the mountain in Israel, or the town along the coast of California, or the process by which sugar is cooked (carmelization).
lol the route(rout) or route(root) at the end got me because living just off Route 66 we call it route (root) 66, but can go to the sonic drive in and get a route (rout) 44 sized drink
I like he mentioned the midwest "ope". I'm a St. Louisan and use it on occasion to say "whoopsie" or "my mistake"- I say "ope! my bad" lol.
The "route" thing is a slight point of contention. Route 66, one of the main highways of the mid-to-late 20th century, was pronounced like "root"; but if I were to ask about a general path to get somewhere or how to feed some cables through the walls, it'd be pronounced like "out". Even with the path thing, it's still either/or and generally understood, but if it's things like wires or plumbing, it's almost exclusively pronounced like "out"
His perceptions are accurate and his presentation is hilarious. Growing up "route" was always pronounced like the root of a plant. Around the country I hear it pronounced both ways, sometimes depending on how it's used. We are pretty open minded to pronunciation differences even if we do get a laugh out of it. I like your accent.
Usage is key. There is 'root' 66, and a paper 'rowt'.
Something for your road-trip, hyways ending in even numbers are east and west, hyways ending in odd numbers are north and south
Lost in the Pond is pretty spot on. Route pronunciation can really go either way in the U.S. I have used both versions.
I live in the only state without counties. We, here in Louisiana, have parishes.
The second language in the United States only started like maybe two or so decades ago. Right now there are approximately 50 million Hispanics living in the United States mostly in Texas and California and Arizona. But back in the 1970s there was only 9 million. There was no such thing as press 1 for English or press 2 for Spanish that came about more recently.
Sadly we are over run by immigrants and the government chooses to ignore them claiming it wasn’t an issue.
They won’t let them work legally and they stay at police stations or homeless shelters for months.
Loved this! Thanks ❤️ Much Love! Michigan!
Ya know on the Route/Route deal I use both, actually, just in differing contexts Jane's paper route. (root pronunciation). State route 23 (ra-owwt pronunciation). I'm not sure on other uses, but while you were speaking, just occurred to me. Dunno if an Ohioan thing or American-versal. But likely due to tv.
I've not heard anyone use ope in the 30 years I've lived in MN. Uff da, definitely use that often. 😊 I remember being asked to lunch when I first moved here. I was surprised to learn that lunch is what I had always known as coffee. Served with something sweet. Dinner is the noon meal, usually quite large, and supper is the evening meal. Breakfast is the same but it's forenoon lunch and afternoon lunch. 😊 People here call carbonated beverages pop because that's what happens if you store your pop in the garage during winter 😂 I don't often have pop but I order it by the flavor if I decide to. I have picked up an accent since living here. Sometimes I have to ask for a translation or spelling of a word to make sure I'm on the same page. Aunt is a good one. Here the vowels are both pronounced...
Im from Georgia USA. I was born here. Our language makes a lot of sense in the USA for example we park on driveways and drive on parkways and Arkansas is pronounced Ark Can Saw but Kansas is pronounced Cans Ass. I got a kick out of watching your trip to Wal-Mart aka Wally World I am kinda used to seeing people from say the Philippines or North Korea breaking down in amazement and or crying when the go into a Wal-Mart for the first time or any American grocery store for that matter when they are realizing that all the propaganda that they heard about our country was actually true I didn't expect a family from New Zealand to be so excited by Wal-Mart but I have never been outside the USA yet so I have nothing to compare it to.
I live in Indiana located in the Midwest. We do describe distance in time. It takes 15 hours to drive to Florida or 2 hours to Ohio. The states and cities are so different from one another. One country but so so very different in culture and landscape from region to region. I do think we are very welcoming and friendly except maybe New York( it is the France of the US) 😊 We tend to talk to complete strangers in a grocery store or on the street. I can make friends anywhere. I love to talk to people. Our history is young but intense and many places to visit history in the US. Washington DC alone is fabulous. Gettysburg Philadelphia, Virginia. Lots of Lincoln history through the country. Southern historical homes. Many museums. Americans are VERY patriotic. We like to help people. We have a tendency to think we can save the world or want to. We want peace and happiness.
Also a lot of our products have English and French on the labels if they're also sold in Canada. Seldom do you see a second Spanish language on labels though.
Ummmm.....come to Texas. Spanish as a second language is on A LOT of our labels!! Way more than French!
Got change rejected a few times in vending machines - mostly Canadian nickels.
@@danajohnson4757 We’ve got a Walmart further south of us that I’ve taken to calling the Spanish Walmart. There’s two down in that general area but only one of them has taken on more of a Spanish tone. Almost everywhere I’d turn, someone was speaking Spanish and it also appeared some signage was in both English and Spanish. Not quite like that at the other one, further out and maybe more suburbia like?
Love yawl....you all...y'all...younce....and you guys
He's informative and entertaining. Also, never bashes the USA.
Was hoping he'd mention the Great Lakes
a bit of information for yall It was my tribe who took in the lost colony when ol boy Raleigh left to go back to England
I just recently learning about the "alternate" pronunciation for Aluminum (Aluminium) - had no idea...Thanks to comedian Matt Rife for that! 😂
My mom is Native American from Mississippi the Choctaw tribe we use to live on the reservation in a Wigwam unit I was 5 and moved to LA .
Love❤Lost In The Pond❤😂he is hilarious.
I have been watching Lost in the Pond as long as I've been watching you. England and New Zealand has so many similarities. We Americanized Mr. H and Friends and you guys. Laurance Learned it all be living here and experiencing it all.
Americans pronounce some of the words Lawrence used in his examples differently, depending upon where you are in the country. As for everything being in both English and Spanish, that's a relatively new thing and it's not one most Americans appreciate. Any group that came over to America over the years that did not speak English as a primary language actually learned to speak English, but that is not so with the new wave of Spanish speakers, they expect to be accommodated, and, of course, we do accommodate them, which is ridiculous.
I was 21 when I first heard someone not from the Midwest point out that I said “Ope”. I literally never noticed it before then 😂
"Ope" is more of an upper Midwest expression (Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan...) I never heard it when growing up in the Midwest in a region called "The 4-States", Missouri specifically. But it is becoming more common due to social media/vloggers.
Florida Man is a common but new meme. I started hearing it around a decade ago when some very, very bizarre incidents that occurred in Florida were hitting the news rather frequently. "Bath Salts Man" aka "Florida Man" probably was one of the first of the news reports that helped start the meme. I won't go into the horrible details on that one, but I think it was one of the main stories that helped create the image that the most bizarre, insane crimes were mainly committed by folks living in Florida.
Have you tried Dairy Queen's Blizzards milkshakes?
Denzel - we are watching you grow up - you look like a little man! Atlanta you are becoming a twin of your Mom (which is good thing! LOL)! You guys are amazing and anxiously awaiting the videos of your trip to the good old USA!
A lot of the pronunciations We use those in some areas and don't in others, like caramel is typical in the Southern States and care-O-mel is typically used in northern states. Route and root Are used interchangeably, like you might say my kid has a paper route or on this road trip what root will we be taking? Personally I think route is used more. If anybody here says Aluminium instead of aluminum We know that they're from a different country. Other things like tomāto or tomàto, It depends on where you're from, one is more common the other is more posh.
America is really so big that you can't say that Americans say a word this way or that way because depending on where you're from they can say the words completely different.
Can't wait to see your American reaction videos when you return from your visits to America
Route is used both in america it just depends on who your talking to you can always tell what that person means by the context of the conversation some people say route and some say root meaning route but we all know it’s actually route