unimportant question: does travelling or backpacking get boring if you've already visited so many places? like, do touristy places feel similar and tourism activities feel repetitive?
Remember you are speaking to many thousands of us native English speakers every time you make a video. We understand you perfectly and you have no reason to be nervous!
US native here, and I would consider both of you fluent in English! A slight accent (we have different ones throughout the US) or a few grammatical errors do not take away from your fluency. And BTW, sometimes I don't understand the British accent either, lol. 😅 Come visit California, USA! 💕
Nah. Come to Michigan/the Midwest. We are the forgotten sampling of our country. We’ll drink beer with you and grace you with our midwestern hospitality. 🤗
US native as well and I've never had any problem understanding anything on this channel. Anyone who speaks English well enough to make long form content in English is doing pretty well with a very confusing language.
As an American, your English is really good. Every now and then there’s a wrong tense or something else small. But if anyone gave you a problem, they were just being rude.
I imagine all Brits could understand them, but they couldn’t understand us as they went to Scotland too who have very broad accents that Uyen and GB probably not familiar with.
Please never think your English is bad. There are so many different dialects with English, plus it's a crazy language. I find that those of you who speak more than one language are far more precise with the English language than native speakers. As an American, there are some dialects that I can not even understand! I think you both speak wonderfully. ❤
My husband and I are multicultural. He is Canadian European ancestry and I'm from the Philippines. I am the planner, hotel booker and itinerary creator. I get the best deals on hotels, airfare. My husband is the packer, the transportation coordinator, and driver. We make an awesome team! I am too anxious to be a spontaneous type of traveller.
Is it funny that I’ve been watching these shorts and videos for about three months and I just realized that she has given her boyfriend the name “German boyfriend“ in order to protect his identity. For just a second I thought “why is she calling him ‘ German boyfriend’ right in front of him“ as if it was rude. For some reason it felt culturally acceptable for her to say that when he wasn’t in front of her and felt odd with him in front of her but then I realized it’s the same thing as the teddy bear over his face, a conscientious and loving way for her to keep him out of the limelight he does not wanna be in. Guys I wanna say I really enjoy your positive and realistic messages
As someone from the North of England. I understand you both perfectly! I actually think you both speak English fluently. It is probably just a confidence issue or you just dont understand us (but we understand your accent). Try not to be nervous. You can also let people know that you didn't catch what they are saying as you are originally from Germany. English people are usually friendly and wont mind!
I am a small asian woman (lookswise) but german, and I do feel the thing about not getting someting when asking for it, might be also about how you ask it and not who asks it. If you ask very quiet and almost too shy people forget you. If you are very determend and ask very precise, loud and clear people keep you in your mind. Idk maybe it's not always but sometimes.
Aussie here! 99% of what we say is “gday” and “magpie” so you’re totally fine GB! Also hope you didn’t get swooped too much whilst you were visiting lol!
I always plan everything in advance because i would hate to have any problem in another country and maybe on a tight budget. So i try to plan it all, what i leave open is what i will do or see.
I am a native English speaker from USA. Our English is different than the British English. I would not know what they are talking about. I would also need to learn some of their words and phrases that are different than ours. Also, thank you German Boyfriend for making me realize how much German I was still living as I grew up. My Great Grandparents were from Germany. Granted, we were slowly changing, but, I see many similarities as to what you talk about and my younger life. Also, for your spice level, it will change, I married a Hispanic, and started eating spicier food. Now, I add spice to my food a lot. Take care!
Traveling with my wife can be a bit of a challenge given her health issues. Her food allergies mean we need to find an aparthotel. Her chronic fatigue issues mean that we need to find a mix of things to do. For example, museums and sights that are physically accessible to her (sometimes getting a wheelchair helps), and more extensive things that I can do alone when she needs a break. Occasionally she needs a crash day, while my own approach to vacations can be physically punishing (lots of walking, hiking), and I want to try *all* the foods. We went to Dresden this summer, which mostly worked out, although the ongoing construction in the palace meant that she wasn't able to see one of the exhibits. The stairs were just too much :( . On the days she needed to crash, I hiked up to Königsberg and also Meißen.
This Canadian thinks your English is fantastic! I don't fluently speak any other language, and am always blown away by multilingual people. You would always have my patience and listening ears if we ever had a miscommunication!
Biggest travel tip we use, schedule down time! We also each relinquish control of planning alternating trips. How do you handle customs? My husband and kids have dual citizenship and go through a different line when we leave his country. I like not having to keep the children set but my line is sooooo much longer.
I live in America and I think you two speak more like the Americans do. There are different accents in America but they are just like having different dialects so you'd hear the difference in the sounds of words but you'd still be able to understand what the word is. I enjoy the content you create! I watch it all the time.
I agree, it's not super American like but I notice words from time to time that are the AmEn ones rather than BrEn (which makes sense, as AmEn is more visible in movies, online etc so people not in the UK will hear those words more often).
Yeah the weird thing is I'm in the Netherlands and germans come to my town to visit the beach in summer but our beaches are not even that great. Though I did always go find sharkteeth in the sand so German boyfriend would have liked that. The seabed could be muddy, or slimey feeling at times and you have to pay attention to the tides. But dutch people d go walk along the coast in winter too, we call it "blowing out" and the beach places serve hot chocolate so you can warm back up after the winds blew all the thoughts out of your head.
As a native english (american english) speaker i can understand what both of you say just fine. You communicate very well what you are trying to say in my opinion.
London has always been expensive if you don’t know it. I went there on my monthly Stipendium €850 per month for a year to do my internship. It covers my whole living costs (did flat sharing in the Zone 1 because wanted to be close to my work place) and had amazing social life and still had an amazing social life during that time. Lots of free exhibitions, festivals, performances, house parties,…
My husband and I, I'm the planner! What I do now because my spontaneous husband needs it I plan in a him day! That's the day he gets to do whatever (always in the middle of the trip) so he can spend a day or two seeing what's around then he's free to pick wherever. It works for us
The "how are you?" question in English also used to confuse me. It was asked by people I don't even know so I never knew how to reply... Do they really want to know how I am today? Why does it matter to complete strangers? Turns out later on I learned you just have to answer "good, you?" and they say "good", and then you are free of this torture.
People have old fashioned patriarchal attitudes in the UK too. When I was buying my first apartment, I took my boyfriend at the time to a viewing - the (white male) owner talked the whole time to him and completely ignored me (Chinese female). When I asked questions, he only addressed the answer to my boyfriend. He only realised the mistake at the end when my boyfriend pointed out that he would not be part of the transaction at all 😂
I am more like German bf and my husband is like Uyen when it comes to traveling. We have learned to compromise over the years. Now I make sure to schedule spontaneous days into our travel itineraries 😆
As always your laughter, your stories, your communication and relatioy, your wholesomeness, your interesting topics with unexpected twists I LOVE UOU GUYS! 😖🍭🥹
I'm from Canada and a native English speaker. I honestly only understand UK English about 75% of the time. Some of the accents are SO difficult to understand, and there are so many Britishisms! I asked someone how long a delivery would take to arrive and she answered, "How long is a piece of string?" which apparently is a very common phrase indicating she had no idea how long, but I'd never heard of the saying before so I thought she was intentionally trying to be annoying (to be fair, that was also a very unhelpful answer). My partner and I watch the Great British Bake Off religiously, and depending on who the show contestants are in the season, I have to turn on subtitles or ask my British partner what people are saying every few minutes. Accents are a struggle!
I love this. You guys are great and so fun to watch. I never watch podcasts other than true crime, but I absolutely love you guys' energy. Big fan! ❤❤❤
My wife is a teacher and speaks 4 languages. She's also picking up, Somali, and Portuguese, from her students. She's also an ardent watcher of Korean dramas. I also like some of them like Crash Landing on You
Hi so I'm getting my Master's in English language, 1 yalls English is great. 2 The English you're using with your friends, and in Thailand is sometimes classified as ELF English as a Lingua Franca so it makes sense that it is easier to speak English to Thai speakers of English than to "native" English speakers as the syntax and grammar rules are different.
Ive never travelled outside of Australia but when my husband and i do travel we plan our holidays based first on where we want to eat and then what there is to do near where we are eating. Both of your english is fantastic.
If you're comfortable can you talk about how did you meet him & felt comfortable with him, build **trust** completely and feel safe. How did you decided he's the one for you for sure? Relationship advices videos maybe please 🙏🏼❤
That is an excellent idea! I have seen a video, though, where she explained how they met and how their relationship developed. I would have no idea how to suggest that you find that video but just in case she is it able to respond, you might check, maybe her playlist! Good luck!
I don't know what I did but since a few days, your videos are automatically dubbed in french. Listening you in English was one of my pleasure! I hope I will find a way to stop this automatical translation !!!
It sounds to me like you somehow got your closed captioning changed. That would be unusual that you don’t know how you did it because it’s specific things you need to do. But glitches do happen! So, check your closed captioning, if that didn’t work, I don’t know what to do. Closed captioning has its own little button in the upper right hand corner, but that just turns it on and off. To get to the settings for closed captioning, click on the little gear wheel in the upper right hand corner, click on closed captioning, and from there, it sounds like you would need to click on English. Good luck!
Oh thank you. Actually, it seems that my mobile web browser via Opera, don't allow me to change the default settings. But if I use the official youtube app, then I can turn the spoken language to original English. Without your message, I'd never think to check this option. Thanks again
@@DonnaJo3452 it is not closed caption it is trail youtube does to part of the audience, me included unfortunatly, of AI generated audio (7 languages avaiable). And it is by default, took me a while to find the setting to change back to the original audiotrack.
As someone who is in a relationship with someone in America, I can tell you Americans LOVE asking you how you are and they are pretty chatty and that really takes getting used to hahahah so you might need to plan what to say if they ask you how you are and talking about how the nice day is 😂
I teach English as an additional language to adult immigrants to Canada, so it was really interesting listening to you two talk about speaking English with native speakers of English. First off, I want to say that you both speak English really well and it doesn't matter that it isn't perfectly correct. You communicate easily and don't need to think about it too much. That's what's important. I'd love to be able to speak another language that fluently! As for feeling uncomfortable speaking English to native speakers but not to other learners, that happens to everyone when they first start speaking a language they're learning to native speakers of the language. My students feel uncomfortable when they start classes unless they've been using English in Canada for a while. I also feel that way when trying to speak French or Japanese to native speakers. Eventually, most people get used to it and the discomfort goes away. The other thing to remember is that if people aren't familiar with or expecting an accent, they need to listen more carefully to understand what they're hearing. This means that people often don't understand you at first just because they weren't paying enough attention. This happened to me sometimes when I was in England. People weren't expecting a Canadian accent, so it took them a few seconds to adjust and sometimes I had to repeat myself because of that and also because of vocabulary differences. It was actually more difficult for me, I think, because I couldn't understand every accent and occasionally still couldn't get it when they repeated themselves. It was a little embarrassing but perfectly normal. But I don't have any problems understanding either of you and would be thrilled if my students spoke English as fluently as you two.
I am a native english speaker from Australia. When I went to the UK we travelled around extensively and my ear had so much trouble adjusting to the accents. It's not just a second language thing!
Gosh, that would give me so much anxiety. My partner and I went to Vietnam for 1.5 weeks and I had everything planned 6 months beforehand, flights and train tickets booked 3 months in advance. I always make spreadsheets for the places I want to go and will make heat maps, for example I will find 1 thing I want to do that day and we will buy tickets, than I will look on the map for any place that is within 15 minutes walking distance, that way I don't accidentally book 2 events that are so far apart we will be stressed rushing from one to the other.
if it makes you feel better about understanding accents: I once went to a wedding in Inverness, Scotland (I'm American.) My friends took me to the kilt shop when the groom was picking his up, and I had a conversation with the shopkeeper, who was from the Isle of Skye. This man and I literally had a conversation....where neither understood the other. Our accents were unintelligble to one another hahaha. We just faked our way through the convo while my friends lost it laughing.
Well done, you guys, you surpassed the top tier relationship challenge, traveling together! Level 60 achieved! And may I present trophies for candid communication🏆and compromise🏆 Also both of you are adorable. Always a good time. ❤
I’m from the UK, I love people at least trying to speak with me even if it’s the wrong vocab/tense, a lot of the time I get ‘sorry English not good’ and my response is always ‘it’s fine I’m same in your country’, we laugh and continue to try and communicate. Sometimes it’s easier talking back a little broken because all the filler words can confuse the non English speaker 😊
Uyen, I get your bad impression from Prague/Czech Republic considering you stayed in the most touristic places. 😂 If you ever come again, just watch a few videos of the Honest Guide channel for inspiration. 😉 Czech cuisine isn't the lightest one but it certainly has its gems. ❤
In Japanese we say ‘neh’ at the end of any sentence in spoken informal Japanese. Equals to’ isn’t it’ like ‘no?’ But our ‘meh’ with different intonations means different situations 😂
I do think you guys would like Canada! In particular I think you would do well in Ontario, particularly Toronto. Toronto is actually the most multi-ethnic/multi-cultural city in the world! If you do your research you can find a German area and a Vietnamese area too - Asian however would probably be easiest. We also have a nice Asian hub in Waterloo (I studied at the University of Waterloo). And 15 minutes away is the St. Jacob’s Farmers market (and the town of St. Jacobs), which has strong Germanic roots (especially because of the Mennonite community there). There are also many Mennonite Farms nearby. Just start driving and look for the signs at the side of the road for a farm (often Mennonite, so they often speak Pennsylvania Dutch which I’ve heard is very similar to German). Kitchener is also quite German in its roots, though it’s also more multicultural now too. Fun fact! Kitchener used to be called “Berlin.” It got changed during WWI. It was named after some British general instead. If you do come to Canada let me know, I know the best places to go and could easily help you plan (including in a budget). All the best! :)
I love researching and planning what to see when I travel. Otherwise, I feel like I am wasting time in a new city or country. I may make a short list and decide that day, but always start out early in the morning. Glad you found a good travel style together. Have you been to the Senckenburg Museum in Frankfurt?
I'm in uk ... we have so many accents across the UK, there's some other English folk struggle to understand lol .... but we all fully understand every word you say! Your very good at speaking English..... UK claims you as an English speaker ! ❤
😂Traveling with my husband revolves around eating in good places, walking to see places near our hotel and more than 4 days away from home loses our enjoyment. I like planning activities, but not more than one a day so we can improvise. 😊
I am from the USA but I have a lot of Australian friends. I have been to Australia multiple times, and I can't understand them 20% of the time, their English slang is next level, lol. They cut so many words in half and add a/ie/y onto the end.
You guys would fit in with the Canadian way of speaking & living. Every 2nd one is a mixed couple here & ppl just don't care. Your English is REALLY IS VERY GOOD & you'd do fantastic here. You'd be totally understood everywhere. However GBF, you WILL be asked, 'how are you doing today', by everyone. I just say 'oh, not too bad'.... You 95% sure, won't encounter any racism at any place, UNLESS it is an immigrant to Canada. They always ask if you want separate bills in restaurants. PLEASE to my Canada. We'll go through parts of Alberta and also Manitoba. You could go to B.C. and see stuff on your own....it several places you could stay with ppl I know and not have to pay 😁😁😁
😂 if someone says hi, how are you? It’s almost just like saying hi. Always hopefully you would say good and you? The saying really just means hello and they want you to say hello back.
speak of food. That one time we went to USA, my mom somehow managed to get us Thai restaurant almosts everyday. When we ended up with fast food, we would end up with big pile on leftover fries while marveling on the giant serving size.
Can i recommend you Portugal for your next visit? Please don't visit only Lisbon. Too many tourist only places that dont offer the authentic experience. In a 3h train travel you can go to the north or south of the country and the food is great! Have a great day, you two!
Uyen I love you so much :) I’m German but I live in Australia now and my boyfriend is Australian. Mixed couples are the funnest! Herzliche Grüße an dich und German bf :)
Accommodation is something I won't compromise on when I travel. It has to be booked for the entirety of the trip, no exceptions. I don't need the added stress of "what if" and "maybe I'll be able to book...". I also like doing research on places to visit and things to do, so I'll make an itinerary but whether I follow it to the letter or not depends on the day and how I feel. That I'm more flexible with. Also, I'm surprised you guys said that plane tickets from the UK to mainland Europe were expensive. If you go with one of the numerous budget airlines, you can really good, cheap deals. I've paid as low as 25 euros for a return flight from the UK to Prague and back.
Hi! I'm from the United States. I grew up in Tennessee, but I live in Arkansas now. In other words, I'm from "the south". I RARELY have any trouble understanding the two of you and I've watched everything on your channel. One caution I have for you if you come to America- be aware that certain parts of the country have extremely thick accents. A few of the states/regions I'm referring to are -Boston (Massachusetts) -Louisiana -"the deep south" -Minnesota and Wisconsin Pretty much everywhere else is easy to understand. Hope that helps!! -Emili ❤
I'd say Minnesota and Wisconsin have pretty standard American accents in the major cities (Minneapolis/St Paul, Madison, etc), and stronger accents the more rural it gets. That said, Minnesotans will never, ever be able to pronounce "bag" correctly. They will always say "beg".
Come to America and explore from east to west and north to south. So many different accents! My husband is from southern italy, he had a priblem with the southern accents 😅
Oh boy! I am such a planner and my partner is so spontaneous. If I had my way I would schedule every day, every few hours haha. Now we compromised - I can plan a daily activity and we're spontaneous around that lol
I was traveling to a small town in the mountains of Veracruz, Mexico. A friend let me use his discount to fly into Mexico City, but it was standby. He could see how full the flights were, and he said the return flights were wide open. Well, not after two weeks! Apparently the kids in Mexico were out on holiday and in two weeks 99% of the tickets going to Texas were booked! Hours in the airport and a long flight back through another state. 😅
Is an Australian I thought that I would have no communication problems at all when I went to America, but I certainly did. Later on I came to understand that my English was understood just as well in Thailand as it was in America !!
Your fate while visiting the US would depend on where you go. If you go to NYC, no one will think you’re a tourist just based on your English. I knew people who’d lived in NYC for decades and only spoke their native languages. Likewise, Americans in more diverse areas are so used to hearing English varieties that they don’t really care. The advantage would be that you’ve been heavily exposed to the more common American accents through tv/movies. But some of the regional ones are just wow. I had a native English speaker from the Midwest ask me for directions in NYC and as a native New Yorker, I couldn’t understand her because her accent was so thick.
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Is there a warm feeling inside, a comfort in the presence of a loved one while traveling?
Will you visit the US?
unimportant question:
does travelling or backpacking get boring if you've already visited so many places? like, do touristy places feel similar and tourism activities feel repetitive?
How much did it cost when you ordered german BF in the catalogue?
Wie hast du die Essenkultur in Deutschland wahrgenommen, als du zum ersten Mal Gabel und Messer benutzt hast?
Remember you are speaking to many thousands of us native English speakers every time you make a video. We understand you perfectly and you have no reason to be nervous!
US native here, and I would consider both of you fluent in English! A slight accent (we have different ones throughout the US) or a few grammatical errors do not take away from your fluency. And BTW, sometimes I don't understand the British accent either, lol. 😅
Come visit California, USA! 💕
I'm British and plenty of our accents ( we have lots) are incomprehensible to me.
Nah. Come to Michigan/the Midwest. We are the forgotten sampling of our country. We’ll drink beer with you and grace you with our midwestern hospitality. 🤗
@@longlegs2121But, we (so cal) have the best Vietnamese food.
Also a Californian, I see Germans here all the time in our National Parks, I think German bf would love to visit if he likes nature.
US native as well and I've never had any problem understanding anything on this channel. Anyone who speaks English well enough to make long form content in English is doing pretty well with a very confusing language.
As an American, your English is really good. Every now and then there’s a wrong tense or something else small. But if anyone gave you a problem, they were just being rude.
Totally. Just small mixed-ups are ignored. We understand what you say that’s all it matters ❤
I imagine all Brits could understand them, but they couldn’t understand us as they went to Scotland too who have very broad accents that Uyen and GB probably not familiar with.
Please never think your English is bad. There are so many different dialects with English, plus it's a crazy language. I find that those of you who speak more than one language are far more precise with the English language than native speakers. As an American, there are some dialects that I can not even understand! I think you both speak wonderfully. ❤
My husband and I are multicultural. He is Canadian European ancestry and I'm from the Philippines. I am the planner, hotel booker and itinerary creator. I get the best deals on hotels, airfare. My husband is the packer, the transportation coordinator, and driver. We make an awesome team! I am too anxious to be a spontaneous type of traveller.
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Dont be hard on yourselves about your English, im a native english speaker and i can understand yall perfectly well. ❤😊
Same. Also a native English speaker and I understand you both perfectly.
I’m able to watch them at 2x speed like I watch most of my other videos.
I understand both of them, but you can always learn more
Is it funny that I’ve been watching these shorts and videos for about three months and I just realized that she has given her boyfriend the name “German boyfriend“ in order to protect his identity. For just a second I thought “why is she calling him ‘ German boyfriend’ right in front of him“ as if it was rude. For some reason it felt culturally acceptable for her to say that when he wasn’t in front of her and felt odd with him in front of her but then I realized it’s the same thing as the teddy bear over his face, a conscientious and loving way for her to keep him out of the limelight he does not wanna be in.
Guys I wanna say I really enjoy your positive and realistic messages
I love how german bf spoke about priviliges - such an important conversation to have!
Thus video made me feel so appreciative of German boyfriend and Uyen’s relationship. Made me feel more hope for the world.
Right? ❤
As someone from the North of England. I understand you both perfectly! I actually think you both speak English fluently. It is probably just a confidence issue or you just dont understand us (but we understand your accent). Try not to be nervous. You can also let people know that you didn't catch what they are saying as you are originally from Germany. English people are usually friendly and wont mind!
UP THE NORTH RARRRGHHH
If your fiance ever wants to stop being a biologist, he would have a great career as an audiobook reader. He has such a soothing voice.
He sounds like Winnie the Pooh.
@@KGood28hahaha I was thinking he should read a “Get Sleepy” story but you’re right, it’s totally reminiscent of Pooh Bear
As an American, I can easily understand 100% of their conversation. I have to use subtitles when I watch British shows or I will miss things.
Uyen : I would never go somewhere where the food isn't good
Also Uyen : goes to London
London is very multicultural, you could live there and never eat any British food at all.
@@z0zRAMCTotally, lived there for 12 years and had the most amazing food experiences.
I am a small asian woman (lookswise) but german, and I do feel the thing about not getting someting when asking for it, might be also about how you ask it and not who asks it. If you ask very quiet and almost too shy people forget you. If you are very determend and ask very precise, loud and clear people keep you in your mind. Idk maybe it's not always but sometimes.
You shouldn't be insecure about your accent, we can understand you guys perfectly and if anything knowing more than 1 language is a flex!
Aussie here! 99% of what we say is “gday” and “magpie” so you’re totally fine GB! Also hope you didn’t get swooped too much whilst you were visiting lol!
"Magpie" I laughed so much 😆 I thought "I never use gday", but you got me with the magpie 😂 Swoopin Season is over for now, I think (phew)
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I always plan everything in advance because i would hate to have any problem in another country and maybe on a tight budget. So i try to plan it all, what i leave open is what i will do or see.
I am a native English speaker from USA. Our English is different than the British English. I would not know what they are talking about. I would also need to learn some of their words and phrases that are different than ours. Also, thank you German Boyfriend for making me realize how much German I was still living as I grew up. My Great Grandparents were from Germany. Granted, we were slowly changing, but, I see many similarities as to what you talk about and my younger life. Also, for your spice level, it will change, I married a Hispanic, and started eating spicier food. Now, I add spice to my food a lot. Take care!
Traveling with my wife can be a bit of a challenge given her health issues. Her food allergies mean we need to find an aparthotel. Her chronic fatigue issues mean that we need to find a mix of things to do. For example, museums and sights that are physically accessible to her (sometimes getting a wheelchair helps), and more extensive things that I can do alone when she needs a break. Occasionally she needs a crash day, while my own approach to vacations can be physically punishing (lots of walking, hiking), and I want to try *all* the foods.
We went to Dresden this summer, which mostly worked out, although the ongoing construction in the palace meant that she wasn't able to see one of the exhibits. The stairs were just too much :( .
On the days she needed to crash, I hiked up to Königsberg and also Meißen.
Culture cuddles with a cuddly teddy bear! 🥰 German boyfriend's disguise is adorbs.
Oh, the cutest thing you’ve seen when traveling: an excited Uyen! I … love … it!
This Canadian thinks your English is fantastic! I don't fluently speak any other language, and am always blown away by multilingual people. You would always have my patience and listening ears if we ever had a miscommunication!
Biggest travel tip we use, schedule down time! We also each relinquish control of planning alternating trips. How do you handle customs? My husband and kids have dual citizenship and go through a different line when we leave his country. I like not having to keep the children set but my line is sooooo much longer.
I live in America and I think you two speak more like the Americans do. There are different accents in America but they are just like having different dialects so you'd hear the difference in the sounds of words but you'd still be able to understand what the word is. I enjoy the content you create! I watch it all the time.
I agree, it's not super American like but I notice words from time to time that are the AmEn ones rather than BrEn (which makes sense, as AmEn is more visible in movies, online etc so people not in the UK will hear those words more often).
Yeah the weird thing is I'm in the Netherlands and germans come to my town to visit the beach in summer but our beaches are not even that great. Though I did always go find sharkteeth in the sand so German boyfriend would have liked that. The seabed could be muddy, or slimey feeling at times and you have to pay attention to the tides. But dutch people d go walk along the coast in winter too, we call it "blowing out" and the beach places serve hot chocolate so you can warm back up after the winds blew all the thoughts out of your head.
As a native english (american english) speaker i can understand what both of you say just fine. You communicate very well what you are trying to say in my opinion.
London has always been expensive if you don’t know it. I went there on my monthly Stipendium €850 per month for a year to do my internship. It covers my whole living costs (did flat sharing in the Zone 1 because wanted to be close to my work place) and had amazing social life and still had an amazing social life during that time. Lots of free exhibitions, festivals, performances, house parties,…
My husband and I, I'm the planner! What I do now because my spontaneous husband needs it I plan in a him day! That's the day he gets to do whatever (always in the middle of the trip) so he can spend a day or two seeing what's around then he's free to pick wherever. It works for us
I feel like German BF is more of an explorer and wants to experience as much as possible and Uyen is all about relaxing and food 😀
The "how are you?" question in English also used to confuse me. It was asked by people I don't even know so I never knew how to reply... Do they really want to know how I am today? Why does it matter to complete strangers?
Turns out later on I learned you just have to answer "good, you?" and they say "good", and then you are free of this torture.
People have old fashioned patriarchal attitudes in the UK too. When I was buying my first apartment, I took my boyfriend at the time to a viewing - the (white male) owner talked the whole time to him and completely ignored me (Chinese female). When I asked questions, he only addressed the answer to my boyfriend. He only realised the mistake at the end when my boyfriend pointed out that he would not be part of the transaction at all 😂
I am more like German bf and my husband is like Uyen when it comes to traveling. We have learned to compromise over the years. Now I make sure to schedule spontaneous days into our travel itineraries 😆
Scheduling spontaneity, that's fantastic 😂
I've been watching your Australia videos and now I'm early 😂😂
As always your laughter, your stories, your communication and relatioy, your wholesomeness, your interesting topics with unexpected twists I LOVE UOU GUYS! 😖🍭🥹
I'm from Canada and a native English speaker. I honestly only understand UK English about 75% of the time. Some of the accents are SO difficult to understand, and there are so many Britishisms! I asked someone how long a delivery would take to arrive and she answered, "How long is a piece of string?" which apparently is a very common phrase indicating she had no idea how long, but I'd never heard of the saying before so I thought she was intentionally trying to be annoying (to be fair, that was also a very unhelpful answer).
My partner and I watch the Great British Bake Off religiously, and depending on who the show contestants are in the season, I have to turn on subtitles or ask my British partner what people are saying every few minutes. Accents are a struggle!
We use that phrase in Australia. It means it will take as long as it takes. My kids hate it lol
German boyfriend really loves you if he travels without having pre-booked a hotel for the full stay 😂😂 Love you both guys! ❤
This made me laugh out loud in the first two minutes. Love the energy of you two.
I love this. You guys are great and so fun to watch. I never watch podcasts other than true crime, but I absolutely love you guys' energy. Big fan! ❤❤❤
My wife is a teacher and speaks 4 languages. She's also picking up, Somali, and Portuguese, from her students. She's also an ardent watcher of Korean dramas. I also like some of them like Crash Landing on You
love the pod! 💕 keep it up! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Shes so blunt, it cracks me up 😅
I wish majority people would be like that instead of hiding behind various masks.
Hi so I'm getting my Master's in English language, 1 yalls English is great. 2 The English you're using with your friends, and in Thailand is sometimes classified as ELF English as a Lingua Franca so it makes sense that it is easier to speak English to Thai speakers of English than to "native" English speakers as the syntax and grammar rules are different.
Ive never travelled outside of Australia but when my husband and i do travel we plan our holidays based first on where we want to eat and then what there is to do near where we are eating. Both of your english is fantastic.
If you're comfortable can you talk about how did you meet him & felt comfortable with him, build **trust** completely and feel safe. How did you decided he's the one for you for sure? Relationship advices videos maybe please 🙏🏼❤
That is an excellent idea! I have seen a video, though, where she explained how they met and how their relationship developed. I would have no idea how to suggest that you find that video but just in case she is it able to respond, you might check, maybe her playlist! Good luck!
Love from the bottom of my heart. May the Almighty keep you both smiling together until your last breath
✨💖💞💖✨
I am from Midwest Michigan and have never had a problem understanding either of you ❤
Taking naps in forgien places is WONDERFUL!
I don't know what I did but since a few days, your videos are automatically dubbed in french. Listening you in English was one of my pleasure!
I hope I will find a way to stop this automatical translation !!!
It sounds to me like you somehow got your closed captioning changed. That would be unusual that you don’t know how you did it because it’s specific things you need to do. But glitches do happen! So, check your closed captioning, if that didn’t work, I don’t know what to do. Closed captioning has its own little button in the upper right hand corner, but that just turns it on and off. To get to the settings for closed captioning, click on the little gear wheel in the upper right hand corner, click on closed captioning, and from there, it sounds like you would need to click on English. Good luck!
Oh thank you.
Actually, it seems that my mobile web browser via Opera, don't allow me to change the default settings. But if I use the official youtube app, then I can turn the spoken language to original English.
Without your message, I'd never think to check this option. Thanks again
@@DonnaJo3452 it is not closed caption it is trail youtube does to part of the audience, me included unfortunatly, of AI generated audio (7 languages avaiable). And it is by default, took me a while to find the setting to change back to the original audiotrack.
I really like that you respect your fiance's desire for anonymity
As someone who is in a relationship with someone in America, I can tell you Americans LOVE asking you how you are and they are pretty chatty and that really takes getting used to hahahah so you might need to plan what to say if they ask you how you are and talking about how the nice day is 😂
I teach English as an additional language to adult immigrants to Canada, so it was really interesting listening to you two talk about speaking English with native speakers of English. First off, I want to say that you both speak English really well and it doesn't matter that it isn't perfectly correct. You communicate easily and don't need to think about it too much. That's what's important. I'd love to be able to speak another language that fluently! As for feeling uncomfortable speaking English to native speakers but not to other learners, that happens to everyone when they first start speaking a language they're learning to native speakers of the language. My students feel uncomfortable when they start classes unless they've been using English in Canada for a while. I also feel that way when trying to speak French or Japanese to native speakers. Eventually, most people get used to it and the discomfort goes away. The other thing to remember is that if people aren't familiar with or expecting an accent, they need to listen more carefully to understand what they're hearing. This means that people often don't understand you at first just because they weren't paying enough attention. This happened to me sometimes when I was in England. People weren't expecting a Canadian accent, so it took them a few seconds to adjust and sometimes I had to repeat myself because of that and also because of vocabulary differences. It was actually more difficult for me, I think, because I couldn't understand every accent and occasionally still couldn't get it when they repeated themselves. It was a little embarrassing but perfectly normal. But I don't have any problems understanding either of you and would be thrilled if my students spoke English as fluently as you two.
I am a native english speaker from Australia. When I went to the UK we travelled around extensively and my ear had so much trouble adjusting to the accents. It's not just a second language thing!
Gosh, that would give me so much anxiety. My partner and I went to Vietnam for 1.5 weeks and I had everything planned 6 months beforehand, flights and train tickets booked 3 months in advance. I always make spreadsheets for the places I want to go and will make heat maps, for example I will find 1 thing I want to do that day and we will buy tickets, than I will look on the map for any place that is within 15 minutes walking distance, that way I don't accidentally book 2 events that are so far apart we will be stressed rushing from one to the other.
if it makes you feel better about understanding accents: I once went to a wedding in Inverness, Scotland (I'm American.) My friends took me to the kilt shop when the groom was picking his up, and I had a conversation with the shopkeeper, who was from the Isle of Skye. This man and I literally had a conversation....where neither understood the other. Our accents were unintelligble to one another hahaha. We just faked our way through the convo while my friends lost it laughing.
Well done, you guys, you surpassed the top tier relationship challenge, traveling together! Level 60 achieved! And may I present trophies for candid communication🏆and compromise🏆 Also both of you are adorable. Always a good time. ❤
I watch y’all’s videos from America and your English is amazing
You guys are just sooooo cute. I can feel the deepest respect & love you have for each other. ❤❤
I really enjoy these. Thank you for sharing your stories 💜
I am vegetarian and lactose-intolerant, so I definitely consider what I can eat before traveling anywhere! 😅
I’m from the UK, I love people at least trying to speak with me even if it’s the wrong vocab/tense, a lot of the time I get ‘sorry English not good’ and my response is always ‘it’s fine I’m same in your country’, we laugh and continue to try and communicate. Sometimes it’s easier talking back a little broken because all the filler words can confuse the non English speaker 😊
"very traumatising" 🤣😂
I pre-book my accommodation and make spontaneous decisions about what to do each day. I book at least 3 nights at each location.
Uyen, I get your bad impression from Prague/Czech Republic considering you stayed in the most touristic places. 😂 If you ever come again, just watch a few videos of the Honest Guide channel for inspiration. 😉 Czech cuisine isn't the lightest one but it certainly has its gems. ❤
Just start saying "eh?" At the end of your scentences and you will be Canadian certified 😂
In Japanese we say ‘neh’ at the end of any sentence in spoken informal Japanese. Equals to’ isn’t it’ like ‘no?’ But our ‘meh’ with different intonations means different situations 😂
Natural history museum mentioned. The best place in London for sure
I do think you guys would like Canada! In particular I think you would do well in Ontario, particularly Toronto. Toronto is actually the most multi-ethnic/multi-cultural city in the world! If you do your research you can find a German area and a Vietnamese area too - Asian however would probably be easiest. We also have a nice Asian hub in Waterloo (I studied at the University of Waterloo). And 15 minutes away is the St. Jacob’s Farmers market (and the town of St. Jacobs), which has strong Germanic roots (especially because of the Mennonite community there). There are also many Mennonite Farms nearby. Just start driving and look for the signs at the side of the road for a farm (often Mennonite, so they often speak Pennsylvania Dutch which I’ve heard is very similar to German). Kitchener is also quite German in its roots, though it’s also more multicultural now too. Fun fact! Kitchener used to be called “Berlin.” It got changed during WWI. It was named after some British general instead. If you do come to Canada let me know, I know the best places to go and could easily help you plan (including in a budget). All the best! :)
Just love German boyfriend!! So sweet and honest!!❤❤❤
I really related to Uyen on the dinosaur fossils! 😂👍🏽 I visit the Tyrell museum in Drumheller a lot, you’d both love it!
I love researching and planning what to see when I travel. Otherwise, I feel like I am wasting time in a new city or country. I may make a short list and decide that day, but always start out early in the morning.
Glad you found a good travel style together. Have you been to the Senckenburg Museum in Frankfurt?
what a beautiful couple you two are. made my day!!!
Not German Boyfriend not wanting to claim the American accent and suggesting Canada instead...😂😂😂.
Everyone here says 'love you', when they hang up the phone from family.
I'm in uk ... we have so many accents across the UK, there's some other English folk struggle to understand lol .... but we all fully understand every word you say! Your very good at speaking English..... UK claims you as an English speaker ! ❤
😂Traveling with my husband revolves around eating in good places, walking to see places near our hotel and more than 4 days away from home loses our enjoyment. I like planning activities, but not more than one a day so we can improvise. 😊
Extremely good audio quality/microphones!
I’m British and English is my first language. I can understand both of you really well.
beautiful new setting
You both are so adorable but German boyfriends giggle is amazingly funny
I am from the USA but I have a lot of Australian friends. I have been to Australia multiple times, and I can't understand them 20% of the time, their English slang is next level, lol. They cut so many words in half and add a/ie/y onto the end.
Going through this in Manchester UK right now. Losing my mind A LOT!!
What! I'm from the US and you speak very well, I understand everything. Don't be nervous 👍🏾
You guys would fit in with the Canadian way of speaking & living. Every 2nd one is a mixed couple here & ppl just don't care. Your English is REALLY IS VERY GOOD & you'd do fantastic here. You'd be totally understood everywhere. However GBF, you WILL be asked, 'how are you doing today', by everyone. I just say 'oh, not too bad'....
You 95% sure, won't encounter any racism at any place, UNLESS it is an immigrant to Canada. They always ask if you want separate bills in restaurants. PLEASE to my Canada. We'll go through parts of Alberta and also Manitoba. You could go to B.C. and see stuff on your own....it several places you could stay with ppl I know and not have to pay 😁😁😁
😂 if someone says hi, how are you? It’s almost just like saying hi. Always hopefully you would say good and you? The saying really just means hello and they want you to say hello back.
speak of food.
That one time we went to USA, my mom somehow managed to get us Thai restaurant almosts everyday.
When we ended up with fast food, we would end up with big pile on leftover fries while marveling on the giant serving size.
Can i recommend you Portugal for your next visit? Please don't visit only Lisbon. Too many tourist only places that dont offer the authentic experience. In a 3h train travel you can go to the north or south of the country and the food is great! Have a great day, you two!
Uyen I love you so much :) I’m German but I live in Australia now and my boyfriend is Australian. Mixed couples are the funnest! Herzliche Grüße an dich und German bf :)
Accommodation is something I won't compromise on when I travel. It has to be booked for the entirety of the trip, no exceptions. I don't need the added stress of "what if" and "maybe I'll be able to book...". I also like doing research on places to visit and things to do, so I'll make an itinerary but whether I follow it to the letter or not depends on the day and how I feel. That I'm more flexible with. Also, I'm surprised you guys said that plane tickets from the UK to mainland Europe were expensive. If you go with one of the numerous budget airlines, you can really good, cheap deals. I've paid as low as 25 euros for a return flight from the UK to Prague and back.
Hi! I'm from the United States. I grew up in Tennessee, but I live in Arkansas now. In other words, I'm from "the south".
I RARELY have any trouble understanding the two of you and I've watched everything on your channel. One caution I have for you if you come to America- be aware that certain parts of the country have extremely thick accents. A few of the states/regions I'm referring to are
-Boston (Massachusetts)
-Louisiana
-"the deep south"
-Minnesota and Wisconsin
Pretty much everywhere else is easy to understand. Hope that helps!!
-Emili ❤
I'd say Minnesota and Wisconsin have pretty standard American accents in the major cities (Minneapolis/St Paul, Madison, etc), and stronger accents the more rural it gets. That said, Minnesotans will never, ever be able to pronounce "bag" correctly. They will always say "beg".
Come and visit Canada! GB would love Drumheller, Alberta and Uyen would love pougine!
Come to America and explore from east to west and north to south. So many different accents! My husband is from southern italy, he had a priblem with the southern accents 😅
I am way too anxious to travel like that. I have to have an itinerary for the entire trip. I’m also too poor 😂😂 I’ll live through yall tho 😂
It's a long way but the Field Museum in Chicago, IL is a lot of fun.
Oh boy! I am such a planner and my partner is so spontaneous. If I had my way I would schedule every day, every few hours haha. Now we compromised - I can plan a daily activity and we're spontaneous around that lol
I was traveling to a small town in the mountains of Veracruz, Mexico. A friend let me use his discount to fly into Mexico City, but it was standby. He could see how full the flights were, and he said the return flights were wide open. Well, not after two weeks! Apparently the kids in Mexico were out on holiday and in two weeks 99% of the tickets going to Texas were booked! Hours in the airport and a long flight back through another state. 😅
I love Paddington ❤️
Is an Australian I thought that I would have no communication problems at all when I went to America, but I certainly did. Later on I came to understand that my English was understood just as well in Thailand as it was in America !!
Your fate while visiting the US would depend on where you go. If you go to NYC, no one will think you’re a tourist just based on your English. I knew people who’d lived in NYC for decades and only spoke their native languages. Likewise, Americans in more diverse areas are so used to hearing English varieties that they don’t really care. The advantage would be that you’ve been heavily exposed to the more common American accents through tv/movies. But some of the regional ones are just wow. I had a native English speaker from the Midwest ask me for directions in NYC and as a native New Yorker, I couldn’t understand her because her accent was so thick.
Uyen bug lore & bug tour please (im terrified of bugs but im interested 😭)
I agree!!! You guys would do fine in the US ❤