This made me laugh - 'cause it's SO true. Thank you Island Girl for an enjoyable half an hour. I don't mind being called a Brit it's kind of nice. Take care. Love from the UK xxx
During the cold war I was a young soldier in Germany. After a night out a few of us would go to the local chip shop, for a late night snack. Quite often a German youth would come in and go to the front of the cue, as they do. He would be grabbed by our guy at the front of the cue, and passed back along the cue to the back of the cue. We are not always tolerant. I guess we are mostly tolerant, but after a few drinks, beware. Ha Ha.
You know you're British when some guy 'passes the hat' around to collect a big tip for the driver. Who is the pilot of your international plane flight. And everybody looks into the cockpit after you have landed and says "Thank you drive!" Or maybe that's just the Welsh...
I will always pick someone up for queue jumping 'the end of the queue is back there'. I don't like confrontation but my anger overcomes it! I've only complained about a dish in a restaurant a few times in my life. The last time because the meat was off. The chef would have known it when he put it on the plate so I had no compunction in sending it back. As long as I get what I ordered and its fit for human consumption I'll not complain. If the food is not good I just don't go back. I have a typical Irish complexion (although I'm a Brit) - dark brown hair blue eyes and very pale skin. I burn really quickly even with factor 50 suncream. I was the only person on the beach in the south of France with a long sleeved top ankle length skirt and large rimmed hat. The french lady next to me was wearing three tiny triangles and a few strings, she didn't burn 🙄
It’s because of the British that you’re African Jamaican American not African, therefore you ARE British and amongst the best of them xxxxxc MWAH XXXXXXXXXX❤ it’s ADORABLE to see you with your son you’re obviously an amazing mother xx ❤
What you tend to notice is that in the hardest to live places, the humour is more dark and blunt, probably from having to deal with the harsh realities of life.
From the age of about six, we are taught to make a good cup of tea. Anyone who is allowed through the door must be offered a cup. We are also expected to remember how everyone likes their tea. You ask once and remember forever. I sti remember the tea preferences of people I last saw in 1992. In most UK churches, everyone is offered tea acter the service. Many offer coffee too, but there is almost always tea and biscuits. It can be a lovely thing for people who are on their own. They get to sit and chat for a while.
11:26 we talk about the weather so much as we’re right in the middle of 4 merging weather streams - the cold from the north and east, the warmer from the south and west, which gives us such random weather!
We tend to just say "Alright" as a greeting & leave the "You" off unless we're genuinely concerned about someone, in which case we'd say "Are you alright"? Yep, us Brits see the sun so rarely that we feel we must make up for lost time. The severe lack of melanin in our skin means we walk around looking like freshly cooked lobsters before we go brown but not if we blister. It's incredibly painful but it doesn't stop us from taking the piss out of each other for it.
Oh yes, offering a cup of tea or coffee when someone enters your home is absolutely the norm. Which is why when as someone turning up to work on something in someone's property, if they don't offer refreshments it sets a tone for how the job and pricing will go. Keep the workers well watered and looked after and they tend to look after you, often going the extra mile to make sure you are happy.
You really are a lovely lady, your reactions brighten my day. As a redhead (grey now) with 5 redheaded, freckled, light skinned offspring, I live by Factor 50 sunscreen!! If someone queue jumps, I'm usually the one telling them to bog off 😊
On the bus Yes! We tend to only sit next to other people if we have to (sometimes people who are not travelling far would prefer to stand than sit next to someone else) the only exceptions might be if someone is disabled or elderly or pregnant. Might sit next to you but usually they will ask first. Or someone who knows you (better than just meeting you on the same bus every day) friends, neighbours or family members
The restaurant with poor quality food or service. We would rather not complain but not go there again for a long time or never again. Social media has also changed things a lot - as the complaining would be done on-line with a poor review. Enjoyed your video as always x
That's basically it. But We do open doors ( Mostly for lady's of any age and kids.) and Give up seats for people with age or difficulties.. Woh. If you don't say thank you or show some kind of respect. We have a lot of foreigners who live in Britain that dont know this. Good reactions show👍🌻
Hi Xee, the one about ''I can't complain'' -- we say that as whatever may be bad for you at that moment, we think that 'There is always someone worse off than yourself' so 'I can't complain, I'll have a cup of tea xxx 🙂
Young school kids and people from different cultures (in London) seem to push in queue’s.. I sometimes pull them up on it, depends on what mood I’m in! 🙃
Yorkshire tea and rich tea biscuits is heaven for me. Rich tea biscuits are the perfect simple dunker. Don't effect the flavour of the tea, just enhance it. I must be getting too old.
15:30 it’s interesting. Looking at comedian Jimmy Carr I’ve watched his gigs from the UK, Canada and the US. The UK it’s no holds barred, including the audience. In the US Jimmy has to heavily edit himself. The audiences have zero sense of humour. In Canada it’s sort of in the middle.
Bus driving is the only job in the UK that people some people feel the need to say thank you. No other job is like that. No one says thank you to the factory works. No one says thank you to the British government for their work, but then why would you as they are no good at their jobs. Welcome to England 🏴 🇬🇧. Enjoy your day. 😎
Americans say “What’s up?” Brits say “Alright?” It’s the same thing. Yes I called myself a Brit, no problem. As a Welshman I prefer it to being called English 🏴
I do tan in the sun, but my poor husband has always gone bright red, burns and goes back to white,😂😂 I'm not offended by brit, or anything else you say. XX
She’s from Canada which has a lot harsher weather. She keeps repeating in all her channel. I have relatives in Canada who have never got over how cold after living there after forty years.
22:43 oh Lord! I so going to JA to see family, but I have to use factor 50 sun block! 😒 Seeing Dad now he’s no longer ashy, he’s a lovely shiny mahogany 😊
It's not "you alright" it's "yorlri'e" or "yor'rite". I don't need sun to turn red. Even the wind can do it. However, I was ginger (now grey), so it's expected. She forgot when you hold a door and someone sails through without thanking. In a loud voice, "Thank you, don't mention it!" I'm old enough to remember before supermarkets had automatic doors. I'd then say something like, "Ooh, look! It's Mrs Sainsbury" or whichever shop it was.
I have never been to Jamaica, but Iived in St Kitts for a year. 40 different denominations on that island. Not 40 different chapels - 40 different denominations. The churches rule that Island.
You know you could do some of these vids yourself, as a Jamaican girl moving to a foreign land. There must be loads of things you had to get used to, and even things now you still are not used to or prefer were different.
She’s talking about a few idiots but people in the UK wear screen and especially on children. Plus 64% people drink coffee more than tea now and young teens tend to drink cold drinks and don’t drink either. There’s coffee shops everywhere in the UK. 🇬🇧
If I go out in the sun for more than 5 minutes,I burn badly. I spend the whole summer in my house with the curtains closed, wearing factor 50 sun lock if I have to go out.
Can certainly tell Jamaica was a British colony. Me thinks you've picked up some of our weird & wacky ways. BTW I think your lens needs cleaning poppet. it's a bit misty. XXX
If you love history British history and America the mayflower ship you should go to Lancaster Castle. One day A year American quakers that were on the mayflower would come and visit the prison and it was locked down, It was a prison now it’s A hotel William Wallace. All that history is there the Mayflower the first people to go to America was in cells in Lancaster Castle the prison people that were sent to Australia c kids for stealing A apples 8 year boy sent to Australia for stealing a apple 🍏 it’s full of history,
hey girl the X at the end of a message means so much more, between couples, me and my wife always give about 5 X's at the end if she texts me and there is only 2 X's, i have done something wrong, dont know what but she is upset, if i get message and no X's im sleeping on the couch we also use it to judge emotions, and it works well
I’m English not British, British is a political union not a people but most English are not even aware of it. We are English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh.
I am never offended if someone calls me a Brit.
Anyone offended by being called a Brit is just beinv silly.
Bogtrotters aren’t allowed to say the word Brit.
This made me laugh - 'cause it's SO true. Thank you Island Girl for an enjoyable half an hour. I don't mind being called a Brit it's kind of nice. Take care. Love from the UK xxx
Jamaicans and Brits have so much in common.
Yes indeed. My wife and in-laws are Jamaican. Love them and Jamaica x
During the cold war I was a young soldier in Germany. After a night out a few of us would go to the local chip shop, for a late night snack. Quite often a German youth would come in and go to the front of the cue, as they do. He would be grabbed by our guy at the front of the cue, and passed back along the cue to the back of the cue. We are not always tolerant. I guess we are mostly tolerant, but after a few drinks, beware. Ha Ha.
You know you're British when some guy 'passes the hat' around to collect a big tip for the driver. Who is the pilot of your international plane flight. And everybody looks into the cockpit after you have landed and says "Thank you drive!" Or maybe that's just the Welsh...
I will always pick someone up for queue jumping 'the end of the queue is back there'. I don't like confrontation but my anger overcomes it!
I've only complained about a dish in a restaurant a few times in my life. The last time because the meat was off. The chef would have known it when he put it on the plate so I had no compunction in sending it back. As long as I get what I ordered and its fit for human consumption I'll not complain. If the food is not good I just don't go back.
I have a typical Irish complexion (although I'm a Brit) - dark brown hair blue eyes and very pale skin. I burn really quickly even with factor 50 suncream. I was the only person on the beach in the south of France with a long sleeved top ankle length skirt and large rimmed hat. The french lady next to me was wearing three tiny triangles and a few strings, she didn't burn 🙄
It’s because of the British that you’re African Jamaican American not African, therefore you ARE British and amongst the best of them xxxxxc MWAH XXXXXXXXXX❤ it’s ADORABLE to see you with your son you’re obviously an amazing mother xx ❤
Aww thanks Jack🥰🥰
What you tend to notice is that in the hardest to live places, the humour is more dark and blunt, probably from having to deal with the harsh realities of life.
From the age of about six, we are taught to make a good cup of tea. Anyone who is allowed through the door must be offered a cup.
We are also expected to remember how everyone likes their tea. You ask once and remember forever. I sti remember the tea preferences of people I last saw in 1992.
In most UK churches, everyone is offered tea acter the service. Many offer coffee too, but there is almost always tea and biscuits.
It can be a lovely thing for people who are on their own. They get to sit and chat for a while.
I love that 🥰🥰
11:26 we talk about the weather so much as we’re right in the middle of 4 merging weather streams - the cold from the north and east, the warmer from the south and west, which gives us such random weather!
As a Canadian I love British Humour. My father was born in the UK so it is part of who I am.
Jamaicans and English seem to have the same sense of humour, I’m white English and I get on so well with Jamaicans,, we also love the reggae music
….and the Welsh 🏴
We tend to just say "Alright" as a greeting & leave the "You" off unless we're genuinely concerned about someone, in which case we'd say "Are you alright"?
Yep, us Brits see the sun so rarely that we feel we must make up for lost time. The severe lack of melanin in our skin means we walk around looking like freshly cooked lobsters before we go brown but not if we blister.
It's incredibly painful but it doesn't stop us from taking the piss out of each other for it.
Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun. :)
Oh yes, offering a cup of tea or coffee when someone enters your home is absolutely the norm.
Which is why when as someone turning up to work on something in someone's property, if they don't offer refreshments it sets a tone for how the job and pricing will go.
Keep the workers well watered and looked after and they tend to look after you, often going the extra mile to make sure you are happy.
You really are a lovely lady, your reactions brighten my day. As a redhead (grey now) with 5 redheaded, freckled, light skinned offspring, I live by Factor 50 sunscreen!! If someone queue jumps, I'm usually the one telling them to bog off 😊
If friends ask if I’m alright in passing and I’m not .. I usually reply ”don’t ask” .. 😂
Same 😂
It's not about confrontation, it's manners. If someone has cooked you a meal, you should be grateful and should not complain.
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I have no problem driving in Jamaica - they drive on the correct side of the road too!
When someone drops a glass its whaaaaayyy then clap then shout sack the juggler 🤣🤣🤣
I am from uk I don’t drink tea but always got tea bags
On the bus
Yes! We tend to only sit next to other people if we have to (sometimes people who are not travelling far would prefer to stand than sit next to someone else) the only exceptions might be if someone is disabled or elderly or pregnant. Might sit next to you but usually they will ask first. Or someone who knows you (better than just meeting you on the same bus every day) friends, neighbours or family members
Anyone that cuts in front of me in a queue, gets asked the question " I hope you are going to do that when we are queuing for the pearly gates?"
Brilliant!Must remebem ber that.
The restaurant with poor quality food or service. We would rather not complain but not go there again for a long time or never again. Social media has also changed things a lot - as the complaining would be done on-line with a poor review. Enjoyed your video as always x
That's basically it. But We do open doors ( Mostly for lady's of any age and kids.) and Give up seats for people with age or difficulties.. Woh. If you don't say thank you or show some kind of respect. We have a lot of foreigners who live in Britain that dont know this. Good reactions show👍🌻
Rude to call someone British? What a load of crap! Where you hear that foolishness? People from England, Wales or Scotland ARE Brits!
I’ve always been offered a tea or coffee when I visit homes in Jamaica x
Hi Xee, the one about ''I can't complain'' -- we say that as whatever may be bad for you at that moment, we think that 'There is always someone worse off than yourself' so 'I can't complain, I'll have a cup of tea xxx 🙂
Love your videos your laugh is infectious I love it x
Young school kids and people from different cultures (in London) seem to push in queue’s.. I sometimes pull them up on it, depends on what mood I’m in! 🙃
the fucking Polish (before we threw them out!)
Yorkshire tea and rich tea biscuits is heaven for me. Rich tea biscuits are the perfect simple dunker. Don't effect the flavour of the tea, just enhance it. I must be getting too old.
15:30 it’s interesting. Looking at comedian Jimmy Carr I’ve watched his gigs from the UK, Canada and the US.
The UK it’s no holds barred, including the audience.
In the US Jimmy has to heavily edit himself. The audiences have zero sense of humour.
In Canada it’s sort of in the middle.
Yep, 10 minutes of sun exposure and I'm burnt. 😊
Bus driving is the only job in the UK that people some people feel the need to say thank you. No other job is like that. No one says thank you to the factory works. No one says thank you to the British government for their work, but then why would you as they are no good at their jobs. Welcome to England 🏴 🇬🇧. Enjoy your day. 😎
🤣 I don't mind being called a Brit. I had an Australian girlfriend and she would call me a whinging pom.
It's not how you take your tea. It's how you make it for others. A perfect cup of tea should be the colour of good fudge.
20:54 “Lobster on South beach!!!” Lol
Americans say “What’s up?” Brits say “Alright?” It’s the same thing. Yes I called myself a Brit, no problem. As a Welshman I prefer it to being called English 🏴
I do tan in the sun, but my poor husband has always gone bright red, burns and goes back to white,😂😂 I'm not offended by brit, or anything else you say. XX
She’s from Canada which has a lot harsher weather. She keeps repeating in all her channel. I have relatives in Canada who have never got over how cold after living there after forty years.
22:43 oh Lord! I so going to JA to see family, but I have to use factor 50 sun block! 😒
Seeing Dad now he’s no longer ashy, he’s a lovely shiny mahogany 😊
Hi Island Girl, your laugh makes me smile, even if I have had a hard day, THANK YOU, XX
The first thing you put in your bag on holiday is sun screen
Just for you, XXXXXXX😊,take care, Tony here in the UK 🇬🇧 ❤
It's not "you alright" it's "yorlri'e" or "yor'rite".
I don't need sun to turn red. Even the wind can do it. However, I was ginger (now grey), so it's expected.
She forgot when you hold a door and someone sails through without thanking. In a loud voice, "Thank you, don't mention it!" I'm old enough to remember before supermarkets had automatic doors. I'd then say something like, "Ooh, look! It's Mrs Sainsbury" or whichever shop it was.
I always thank the bus driver - whichever country I’m in!
Unless you have to get off via the central doors!
@@annstuart7076 when it's the central doors, you just raise my voice to thank the driver.
What's wrong with being called a Brit? That's what we are 😂
You're British IG..sorry to far gone 🇬🇧 (not saying thats good thing, probably a good therapist if u act quick 😊).... cheers for the content x ❤😊
I have Harrods Eearl Grey teabags just for guests, makes me look posh 😂
Thanks for sharing
Its just "alright", not necessarily "you alright"
Or possibly "your reet" in Yorkshire
Brits don't ask about kids, just the weather. We hate to ask people about their families.
That’s for letting know that🥰🥰
Number 4 jumping the que.. I ask if that person is special? As everyone else has waited their turn.
I have never been to Jamaica, but Iived in St Kitts for a year. 40 different denominations on that island. Not 40 different chapels - 40 different denominations. The churches rule that Island.
I don’t know anyone that wouldn’t complain at a bad meal.
You know you could do some of these vids yourself, as a Jamaican girl moving to a foreign land.
There must be loads of things you had to get used to, and even things now you still are not used to or prefer were different.
She’s talking about a few idiots but people in the UK wear screen and especially on children. Plus 64% people drink coffee more than tea now and young teens tend to drink cold drinks and don’t drink either. There’s coffee shops everywhere in the UK. 🇬🇧
If I go out in the sun for more than 5 minutes,I burn badly. I spend the whole summer in my house with the curtains closed, wearing factor 50 sun lock if I have to go out.
Dropped glass-“sack the juggler?”
!not?😁
Saying Brits isn't rude.
If you make a bad cup of tea 😢
❤ from Northeast England ❤
Happy Monday Island Girlz
We tutt, but Jamaicans kiss their teeth! I hear that a lot from my wife!
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Deh yah a check in as usual
I always think if you complain in a restaurant about the food, they may spit in your food or drink which is still to come 😬
That’s how I feel too. Lol🥰🥰
@@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS 😂
Can certainly tell Jamaica was a British colony. Me thinks you've picked up some of our weird & wacky ways. BTW I think your lens needs cleaning poppet. it's a bit misty. XXX
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Tend not to say you alright. Its just Alright. Nothing more.
If you love history British history and America the mayflower ship you should go to Lancaster Castle. One day A year American quakers that were on the mayflower would come and visit the prison and it was locked down, It was a prison now it’s A hotel William Wallace. All that history is there the Mayflower the first people to go to America was in cells in Lancaster Castle the prison people that were sent to Australia c kids for stealing A apples 8 year boy sent to Australia for stealing a apple 🍏 it’s full of history,
hey girl the X at the end of a message means so much more, between couples, me and my wife always give about 5 X's at the end
if she texts me and there is only 2 X's, i have done something wrong, dont know what but she is upset, if i get message and no X's im sleeping on the couch
we also use it to judge emotions, and it works well
So you know when you see the x lol good one🥰🥰
Not a lot of us burn.most of us do use sun protection.
My beautiful, sassy and strong friend smashing it again!
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You know you're British when Australia beat your country in cricket AGAIN.
I don't mind be called a brit
19:22 Hello love 👋🏼😊
I’m English not British, British is a political union not a people but most English are not even aware of it. We are English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh.
Acurate
Here's yer kiss for the vid X
What’s a “fawner”?
yes i hate being called a brit its disrespectfal
Yes, i cringe when I hear Americans say "Brits" rather than British, as Brits it he equivalent of Yanks!! No one likes that term.