The words I like, or don't mind, but might not necessarily, (or probably won't) use myself...as an _English_ person... 'bugger', 'sod', 'tosser', 'wanker', 'bloody' and even the 'f' (!🦆!) word ...etc (?!) ... Words I _don't_ like, and _don't ever use_, as an English person... 'bollocks' (but as 'bs' are my initials so...a maybe a tad self-depravating?!) ...and the 'c' word. The last one being uttered by me, _only in private to myself_ when having problems with my Tablet... But, _never if am near anyone else who might hear me saying it_ .
+Jack Gray Wow. Thank you, my friend! I think word of mouth will help with the subscriber count. I wouldn't hold it against you if you told your friends...
I love the fact that Brits have a complete replacement vocabulary for cuss words. It's like it allows you to express the exact sentiment that you would have with a cuss word, without fully crossing the line and using what some consider offensive language. Btw, this video was the dog's bollocks.
+J-Me Why, thank you! I once had a conversation with a customer here in the U.S. that included British swear words. There is no way I could have done that without repercussions back home.
I spent three years in Britain, married to a wonderful man whom I lost to cancer in November of 2018. I remember him saying a lot of these words, but I never knew he was swearing until now. LOL😁😁😁
I know all these words, and I am crying with laughter here! 😂😂😂 I'm pretty sure I could get away with most of these, though my colleagues might ask me what they mean. I could just lie.... Also, don't forget bellend. 😏
I really like your videos. I'm from Alabama and just love hearing about England. Thank you for making them. I would like to say that while I'm sure that over there those words are cuss words, they sound like the name of kids toys by Hasbro to me. Things like Yoyos and those paddles with the rubber ball and string, or other non electronic types of toys. I'm not trying to insult any of y'all by saying that, I just thought I'd point out the difference and that to me most of them just sound like very happy and friendly words. Again, thanks for the videos.
Hahaha! I'd love to see the marketing for those! Incidentally something similar did happen. They found it hard to market the video game Pong back in the 70s because here the word pong means "stink"!
Sunshine rose Girl there are so many different British accents. Theres really posh accents from the South but in the West they're not posh at all (I'm from Leeds, trust me on this) I'm not too sure about the East That's only in Yorkshire by the way, the rest of Britain is a whole different story haha.
Hilarious, I’m English and sat I the garden giggling as I listened to this. Bollocks and bugger are the ones I use most. Sod is used in the same way as “go away” ie, sod off! Or “aaagh, I’ve had enough of trying to do this” ie, sod it!
Thank you! It's been a very bad week and you had me laughing out loud boisterously. Although I knew most of these, it was your obvious discomfort that was so hilarious! But you soldiered on, and turned out this delightful video. Cheers!
There was a British movie from the 1980s I watched with some friends called "Hope and Glory". It was set in London during WWII and centered around the war viewed through the eyes of a ten year old boy. He was playing with his friends and they were daring each other to use "swear words". The boy stood up and said "Bugger off you bloody sod!". My friends and I looked at each other and said "That's swearing?".
An English friend of mine (we're both expats in Asia) told me about a schoolmate of his son''s. The son went to school in England rather than over here in East Asia for the years beyond the fifth or sixth grade (in other words, when he was about 10 years old). Well, the son's schoolmate was named Richard Head. I sympathized with the poor "sod," who got dubbed "Dickhead." My sympathy stemmed from the fact that when I was in high school in the States, I had a physical education teacher (we called it "gym class") who, when he called the roll and got to my name, would yell out, "Rector!" And I'd say, "Here, Sir"" And then he'd gleefully say, "Wrecked her, hell! Damn near killed her!"
We have a family on our area with the name of Heer, which is pronounced hair. One person was named Richard who owned the Heer Oil Company. They supplied gas stations with gasoline, and delivered home heating oil.
They also use some of these often in American broadcast television shows that have a British character/British characters. It's clearly done to get away with bending the rules of what can be said, because British profanities aren't specifically listed as forbidden words.
I think you covered all my faves!!! Well, EXCEPT that you left out a personal & family favourite "Oh SOD and BUGGER, BUGGER and SOD!!!"😊👍🏼Otherwise, the entire video is SPOT ON!!!! WELL DONE.......EXCEPTIONALLY WELL DONE!!👍🏼😊
I watch a lot of British sitcoms so most of these are not all I know including the show but this particular show you brought up some new words for me I really enjoyed them
I legitimately used to say "bugger" when I worked at Starbucks as a way to destress more openly since 98% of people apparently didn't know it was a swear word or thought it was a very soft "swear" word. Kind of how some people in the US will say perfectly nice things to replace swearing.... like "son of a biscuit" or (one a coworker would use instead of "oh my lord", because apparently that's bad) "oh mylanta"
As an American, I have been trying to incorporate these more and more, as my more oblivious coworkers have no clue I am actually using profanity to degrade them. That being said, I have a particular affinity for the word "wanker". It just sounds so glorious rolling off the tongue. Tosser comes in a close second, though as far as meaning I use the two interchangeably. I have also only recently started using "I don't give a toss", which is essentially a Brit profanity version of "I could not care less"
One thing that always amused me is that most Americans tend to drop the "not" and say , "I could care less," which of course renders the phrase meaningless. If you could care less, then obviously you do care to a degree, which is the opposite of that which you wish one to infer from the phrase.
You should have expanded on "sod" and included the phrase "sod all", which seems to have no real equivalent. Oh, and maybe you should also have touched upon the git/get dichotomy.
Excellent. Sod is almost as versatile as the f word. You can tell someone to sod off, and you can curse a situation by saying sod it. In Ireland, bollocks can also be used as a personal insult, although it's usually pronounced and spelled as "Bollix".
Oh my gosh, I love "wanker." I hear it all the time on British TV shows and I've been tempted to say it out loud. Also, "tosser." And I love, "cheers." I actually do use that one out loud :-)
We Brits probably stole some of them from you. British troops picked up Australian words when they fought side by side in the war. Even in modern times Australian words and expressions have become part of British vocabulary since the popularity of Australian TV soaps back in the mid 80s, although that obviously did not include swear words.
My grandmother was from Birmingham and cussed like a sailor in American and British terms. But she had always said the bu**er was just calling someone a stinker (or telling them to bu**er off) and so it was in my vocab all the way into college. Until 1 day my new (at the time) husband heard me say it and was mortified. ;) Bloody hell has stuck around;).
The Brits are creative in their cursing. It seems we Americans rely on just one word (starts with "F") as noun, adegative, verb and adverb. Even if we do use the colourful words from across the pond and the person hearing them knows they're being insulted, the words don't get the visceral response.
AbFab was instrumental in making bollocks into the American conscience. Eddy always calling things " bleeding, bollocksy." Bell end is my new favorite term. It replaces knobhead.
I have to say that I particularly loved this video! Very funny!! I keep hearing 'booger' when you say 'bugger' though, so I don't think that would work. I'd just sound about five. lol! Of all the words you mentioned the only one I really hear in America would be 'sod' - as in 'poor sod', used as a nicer alternative to 'poor b*****d'. Do you say it that way too? Plus when my class started reading Harry Potter in middle school 'bloody' made the rounds. We thought we were being so cool even though our teachers couldn't care less.
Not sure how common but at least in some parts of America we use “bollocks” but only as part of the phrase “all bollocksed up” which means messed up or broken.
Bugger is basically a synonym for fuck/fucker. Such a good one. We do use knob in the sense you do, but it's not highly common. The only problem with Americans using these, though, is that it sounds so wrong to say them without the British accent. Lol
If that's the case, you'd positively adore my house.... it's about the only way to appropriately vent frustration with a 6yr old copy cat around. I fear that one of these days the cat will be out of the bag and i'll be bloody hung with nothing to holler at.
I only love bugger when it comes out of Johnny Depps mouth...I'm British and hate the English pronunciation but when Johnny says it in Pirates of the Caribbean I laugh my ass off.
As a Yank who is a fan of the classic Britcoms "Porridge" and "Red Dwarf," I elect the fictitious "naff" and "smeg" respectively to become real British curse words. 😆 They sound as randomly sourced and legitimate enough.
What about the dogs bollocks. That's the opposite of bollocks. For example "that film was the dogs bollocks" means it was great! You are the dogs bollocks is a compliment. Even as a brit I find this funny.
We have an equivalent to "Bollocks" and that's just "Balls". It's not quite as common, I think, but I love saying it. "Balls" as exclamation, "load of balls" meaning load of bullshit, etc.
You do realise that 'berk' is Cockney rhyming slang. The full phrase is 'Berkshire Hunt'. I'll leave it to your imagination to decide what 'hunt' rhymes with. It's not a nice thing to call someone.
Americans have a long history of adopting Yiddish pejoratives and using them in situations where we wouldn't be willing to say their English equivalents. Of the words you present, I think the best ones are "tosser" and "bollocks", as neither sounds even slightly profane to the American ear. (A tosser? Isn't that a person who throws something? Bollocks, are those, like, barn stalls four housing cattle, or something?)
"Bollocks" has been familar to many Americans since the Sex Pistols album "Never Mind the Bollocks." In the Pistols' famous 1976 TV appearance, Steve Jones called Bill Grundy a "fucking rotter," a "dirty bastard" and a "dirty fucker."
LMAO And yet, another great video my friend! Quick question for you, I heard Phil Collins use the term Right wanker... I understand the wanker part but I'm not sure about Right wanker though??? Either way, I like the sound of right wanker better.... as long as we're at it, how is it you Brits get away with using the word cunt? Most Americans would view that incredibly offensive, course I'm very open minded but if I ever said it to a female, I could expect the retaliation to rival a nuclear fallout! lol PS: For what it's worth, you have an incredible grasp on sounding just like a natural born American, you should look into acting, I think you be great at it! My wife is an actress in Los Angeles, and she loves it, she says it's like getting paid to have fun! I thought about it for a while, if I was ever asked to do it, I'd probably give it a shot, sounds like fun.... 😀 Hope you're having a nice day, enjoy the weekend mate! PS: My wife said if you weren't already married you should meet her friend! (Trust me, she's incredible) I said to her I thought you already have a lady, a wife in fact. She said if you don't, you should meet her friend Chrissy... 😉 lol
Funny you should mention it. I'm a stage actor myself, having worked theatres up and down England and in the U.S. Ha! I am indeed married, but tell Chrissy I said hi.
Lost in the Pond LMAO I'll tell Chrissy hi for you! I'll bet you're an incredible actor, you've got the American accent & dialect down perfectly! You should give Hollywood & film acting a try, my wife loves acting there, she's typecast though, they've got her cast in parts of Country girls, farm girls, etc... No doubt, that's her natural self, not much acting required there... All my best to you & yours there mate, David
Dan Brown You're absolutely right Dan, country girls are the best! My wife is about as country as they come & she's absolutely amazing, I wouldn't have it any other way!
Hilarious...seriously. For some reason I use the word "bloody" a lot especially when it's cold outside, as in "it's bloody cold outside!!" Not sure how I picked that one up...
I'm British and I'm laughing my head off into space
Well that will cure the laughter at least.
same
well yes cuz he's teaching this shit to Americans like me LMAO
So am I it's because I use these daily
The words I like, or don't mind, but might not necessarily, (or probably won't) use myself...as an _English_ person...
'bugger', 'sod', 'tosser', 'wanker', 'bloody' and even the 'f' (!🦆!) word ...etc (?!) ...
Words I _don't_ like, and _don't ever use_, as an English person... 'bollocks' (but as 'bs' are my initials so...a maybe a tad self-depravating?!)
...and the 'c' word. The last one being uttered by me, _only in private to myself_ when having problems with my Tablet... But, _never if am near anyone else who might hear me saying it_ .
Why on earth do you not have more subscribers? Quality as high as ever. With love from Newcastle.
+Jack Gray Wow. Thank you, my friend! I think word of mouth will help with the subscriber count. I wouldn't hold it against you if you told your friends...
random question but what Newcastle are you from (there's two or three in the uk)
I was going to ask the same, but I realize, using myself as an example, your fans might be hermits.
I love the fact that Brits have a complete replacement vocabulary for cuss words. It's like it allows you to express the exact sentiment that you would have with a cuss word, without fully crossing the line and using what some consider offensive language. Btw, this video was the dog's bollocks.
+J-Me Why, thank you! I once had a conversation with a customer here in the U.S. that included British swear words. There is no way I could have done that without repercussions back home.
I spent three years in Britain, married to a wonderful man whom I lost to cancer in November of 2018. I remember him saying a lot of these words, but I never knew he was swearing until now. LOL😁😁😁
SORRY TO HEAR THE SAD NEWS ABOUT YOUR HUSBAND
I'm British.....had a really rubbish day and this video made me goggle and cheered me up so thank you!
I am American and I think this is hilarious.
Noticed that he used an american curse word in this video? toward the end?
Bollocks!
Just kidding love the Americans
#AskaBrit I'm in the USA now, and there's a street in my hometown named Knob Hill... so, err, Penis Mountain?
Does it happen to be near Pen Island?
I know all these words, and I am crying with laughter here! 😂😂😂 I'm pretty sure I could get away with most of these, though my colleagues might ask me what they mean. I could just lie....
Also, don't forget bellend. 😏
OMG YES BELLEND XD
Highly entertaining! Loads of laughs! Keep up the good work!
I really like your videos. I'm from Alabama and just love hearing about England. Thank you for making them. I would like to say that while I'm sure that over there those words are cuss words, they sound like the name of kids toys by Hasbro to me. Things like Yoyos and those paddles with the rubber ball and string, or other non electronic types of toys. I'm not trying to insult any of y'all by saying that, I just thought I'd point out the difference and that to me most of them just sound like very happy and friendly words.
Again, thanks for the videos.
Hahaha! I'd love to see the marketing for those! Incidentally something similar did happen. They found it hard to market the video game Pong back in the 70s because here the word pong means "stink"!
Mary Hildreth this is everything you need to know about england
*ok*
England!
Mary Hildreth if a child's toy had the name of 'bollocks' or 'wanker' or 'tosser' then I would sue.
What is your favourite British accent? I'm from Lancashire in the north west
Whenever British people cuss the words sound so beautiful because of their awesome accents.
I hate making typos.
Kevin C. Geordie accents are terrible.
Sunshine rose Girl no actually he's right there are many regional accents in the uk
I wish I sound like a drunken sailor when I curse 😂😂
Sunshine rose Girl there are so many different British accents. Theres really posh accents from the South but in the West they're not posh at all (I'm from Leeds, trust me on this) I'm not too sure about the East That's only in Yorkshire by the way, the rest of Britain is a whole different story haha.
What an honest talk...love it.
Hilarious, I’m English and sat I the garden giggling as I listened to this. Bollocks and bugger are the ones I use most. Sod is used in the same way as “go away” ie, sod off! Or “aaagh, I’ve had enough of trying to do this” ie, sod it!
Thank you! It's been a very bad week and you had me laughing out loud boisterously. Although I knew most of these, it was your obvious discomfort that was so hilarious! But you soldiered on, and turned out this delightful video. Cheers!
I know an American fella and when he was telling me about his job he said "I turn a few nobs" and hhad no clue why I was pissing myself laughing
There was a British movie from the 1980s I watched with some friends called "Hope and Glory". It was set in London during WWII and centered around the war viewed through the eyes of a ten year old boy. He was playing with his friends and they were daring each other to use "swear words". The boy stood up and said "Bugger off you bloody sod!". My friends and I looked at each other and said "That's swearing?".
I actually just watched this at work. Could not stop laughing!
Knobhead . . . My favourite
How to discreetly insult someone. 'Call them a bloody wanker' 😂😂😂😂
I know! Right!! :)
Its not that discreet. Anyone thats listened to punk music knows what a wanker is.
Priceless! I'm half i love with Laurence Brown!
An English friend of mine (we're both expats in Asia) told me about a schoolmate of his son''s. The son went to school in England rather than over here in East Asia for the years beyond the fifth or sixth grade (in other words, when he was about 10 years old). Well, the son's schoolmate was named Richard Head. I sympathized with the poor "sod," who got dubbed "Dickhead." My sympathy stemmed from the fact that when I was in high school in the States, I had a physical education teacher (we called it "gym class") who, when he called the roll and got to my name, would yell out, "Rector!" And I'd say, "Here, Sir"" And then he'd gleefully say, "Wrecked her, hell! Damn near killed her!"
We have a family on our area with the name of Heer, which is pronounced hair. One person was named Richard who owned the Heer Oil Company. They supplied gas stations with gasoline, and delivered home heating oil.
Gary Rector what an ass head.
Took me a mo', but I got there! :)
They also use some of these often in American broadcast television shows that have a British character/British characters. It's clearly done to get away with bending the rules of what can be said, because British profanities aren't specifically listed as forbidden words.
I’ve been watching a lot of British tv the last few years so have heard a lot of these. Thanks for sharing their meanings.😂
Love the British swear words! Somehow, they sound so much less crude or crass. More elegant!
What a funny video! Knobhead killed me. 😂👍
I think you covered all my faves!!! Well, EXCEPT that you left out a personal & family favourite "Oh SOD and BUGGER, BUGGER and SOD!!!"😊👍🏼Otherwise, the entire video is SPOT ON!!!! WELL DONE.......EXCEPTIONALLY WELL DONE!!👍🏼😊
I watch a lot of British sitcoms so most of these are not all I know including the show but this particular show you brought up some new words for me I really enjoyed them
Bloody funny! I've been teaching my French buddies bugger and bollocks. Too funny 😂😂😂😂
This is so funny! Funniest part is when you were laughing yourself
I legitimately used to say "bugger" when I worked at Starbucks as a way to destress more openly since 98% of people apparently didn't know it was a swear word or thought it was a very soft "swear" word. Kind of how some people in the US will say perfectly nice things to replace swearing.... like "son of a biscuit" or (one a coworker would use instead of "oh my lord", because apparently that's bad) "oh mylanta"
I particularly like how, with both Brit and American obscenities, you can often add "-off" to transform a filthy noun into a filthy verb.
As an American, I have been trying to incorporate these more and more, as my more oblivious coworkers have no clue I am actually using profanity to degrade them. That being said, I have a particular affinity for the word "wanker". It just sounds so glorious rolling off the tongue. Tosser comes in a close second, though as far as meaning I use the two interchangeably. I have also only recently started using "I don't give a toss", which is essentially a Brit profanity version of "I could not care less"
One thing that always amused me is that most Americans tend to drop the "not" and say , "I could care less," which of course renders the phrase meaningless.
If you could care less, then obviously you do care to a degree, which is the opposite of that which you wish one to infer from the phrase.
supaflyrobby what I would do to hear an American say 'tosser', 'wanker', 'bellend', 'bugger' and my personal favourite 'bollocks'
Bell end
Start calling people knob heads and your brit approved! :')
haha!
you missed Bell end. It's not used widely over there either. As attested by an episode on Elementary. I laughed very loudly.
Just seen this and I am loving everything about it. THANK YOU. Please make more.
That video was just bloody brilliant... Carry on amusing us! Cheers, mate.
Amusing. That knob'ead was bloody hilarious
My favorite was "bloody hell!". That term got me quite a few raised eyebrows from those who live in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
You should have expanded on "sod" and included the phrase "sod all", which seems to have no real equivalent. Oh, and maybe you should also have touched upon the git/get dichotomy.
I thought sod was short for sodomy or sodomite... Like Bumming, but less like a kids word.
Excellent.
Sod is almost as versatile as the f word. You can tell someone to sod off, and you can curse a situation by saying sod it.
In Ireland, bollocks can also be used as a personal insult, although it's usually pronounced and spelled as "Bollix".
Oh my gosh, I love "wanker." I hear it all the time on British TV shows and I've been tempted to say it out loud. Also, "tosser." And I love, "cheers." I actually do use that one out loud :-)
Here in Australia we say all those British swears lol, it's interesting
We Brits probably stole some of them from you. British troops picked up Australian words when they fought side by side in the war. Even in modern times Australian words and expressions have become part of British vocabulary since the popularity of Australian TV soaps back in the mid 80s, although that obviously did not include swear words.
My grandmother was from Birmingham and cussed like a sailor in American and British terms. But she had always said the bu**er was just calling someone a stinker (or telling them to bu**er off) and so it was in my vocab all the way into college. Until 1 day my new (at the time) husband heard me say it and was mortified. ;) Bloody hell has stuck around;).
lol your videos are very funny!! you should definitely become a TV presenter!
Thank you, Saajidah! And great to meet you finally - if only through the TH-cam comments! Lol.
I've just watched like, 6 of your videos in a row. Which, as a Brit who works with a lot of Yanks, I really enjoy them.
+Noxiyu Wolf Thanks for watching! Always good to see some fellow Brits around here.
I watched this at work. :D Already knew the words but I loved your delivery. :)
The Brits are creative in their cursing. It seems we Americans rely on just one word (starts with "F") as noun, adegative, verb and adverb.
Even if we do use the colourful words from across the pond and the person hearing them knows they're being insulted, the words don't get the visceral response.
You are right, best one so far.
O Bollocks! What a sod. I love these videos.
Thank you! Glad you're enjoying them.
AbFab was instrumental in making bollocks into the American conscience. Eddy always calling things " bleeding, bollocksy." Bell end is my new favorite term. It replaces knobhead.
I do enjoy your videos, very British humour throughout! I also like the fact that you got David Mitchell to do the narration!! ; )
Also SOD is used as a difficulty e.g. I would re wire the garage but it;s a SOD to do.
even as a difficulty its still a swear word.
I was watching this at work......, thanks
Bloody hell. This post is the absolute BOLLOCKS LOL. I'm from England and I love all of your VIDEOS. Well done
I have to say that I particularly loved this video! Very funny!! I keep hearing 'booger' when you say 'bugger' though, so I don't think that would work. I'd just sound about five. lol!
Of all the words you mentioned the only one I really hear in America would be 'sod' - as in 'poor sod', used as a nicer alternative to 'poor b*****d'. Do you say it that way too?
Plus when my class started reading Harry Potter in middle school 'bloody' made the rounds. We thought we were being so cool even though our teachers couldn't care less.
I'm American and since the dawn of time, even the dullest of us have understood it wouldn't be prudent to call our manager a "bloody wanker". lol
even I'm american, I like to say " *OH BLOODY HELL, DONT BE SUCH A WANKER* " lmao when someone is to scared, or denies a request i say lol
This is the best thing I've seen all week
Bloody brilliant mate!
Cheers, Amanda!
Not sure how common but at least in some parts of America we use “bollocks” but only as part of the phrase “all bollocksed up” which means messed up or broken.
Bugger is basically a synonym for fuck/fucker. Such a good one.
We do use knob in the sense you do, but it's not highly common. The only problem with Americans using these, though, is that it sounds so wrong to say them without the British accent. Lol
I somehow derive a lot of humo(u)r from hearing Americans utter British swear words. It's adorable.
If that's the case, you'd positively adore my house.... it's about the only way to appropriately vent frustration with a 6yr old copy cat around. I fear that one of these days the cat will be out of the bag and i'll be bloody hung with nothing to holler at.
Correct the same as Sod. Like expressions "Bugger Me" and "Sod Me" both expressions of surprise.
Note to people: Sod, is actually aloud in schools in England, I always said Sod.
So totally perfect!!!
I've heard most of these phrases from watching some British television and movies. I had a good idea what they meant. Now, I know for sure.
I only love bugger when it comes out of Johnny Depps mouth...I'm British and hate the English pronunciation but when Johnny says it in Pirates of the Caribbean I laugh my ass off.
I really enjoy your videos sir.
Why these curse words sound nice?
As a Yank who is a fan of the classic Britcoms "Porridge" and "Red Dwarf," I elect the fictitious "naff" and "smeg" respectively to become real British curse words. 😆 They sound as randomly sourced and legitimate enough.
Just shared this with my husband🤣🤣🤣
What about the dogs bollocks. That's the opposite of bollocks. For example "that film was the dogs bollocks" means it was great! You are the dogs bollocks is a compliment. Even as a brit I find this funny.
Very funny and useful!!!
Bollocks is probably my favourite curse word. I say it too often lmao
You and me both!
my favourite is berk. i've used it a-many times while speaking with american customers.
Love that word. I especially like to say "a right daft berk."
Informative...And very funny!!!
Ha! Thank you!
We have an equivalent to "Bollocks" and that's just "Balls". It's not quite as common, I think, but I love saying it. "Balls" as exclamation, "load of balls" meaning load of bullshit, etc.
This is rather British! Haha, I adore your content.
Thanks.
"After all this time......"
Any potterhead would be like this. 😭
I love this! I use the word fuck way to much at work, so it's nice to have these options!! hahahaha
William S. Burroughs had a great routine called "Bugger the Queen."
Aaaah damn...I already say most of these, am only 11! XD also you have a new subscriber! :)
The first one was used often in Pirates of the Caribbean
funniest one i heard was "taking the piss out of me" lol
I don't know why
but All British Swearing Its Sounds classy on my ears
WHY THANKYOU
intro was very Alan Partridge . . Hello Alan
A-ha!
That video was the dog's bollocks! ;)
ROTFLMMFAO. Laughing my arse/bum off!
2:47 “as in idiot, not an actual anus”
GOLD 😂😂😂
I tend to use bloody hell and bugger a lot (and yes, I'm American) I also use the word berk quite a lot as well.
You do realise that 'berk' is Cockney rhyming slang. The full phrase is 'Berkshire Hunt'. I'll leave it to your imagination to decide what 'hunt' rhymes with. It's not a nice thing to call someone.
I do now .thanks. When I first looked up the word berk the defination said it was another word for idiot. And yep I do realize what hunt rhymes with.
Steve doesnt realize it can be used for meaning basically idiot aswell, you are right to use berk the way you did
I always appreciated how British people could insult someone, but they sound polite, classy and educated - so it's very funny.
What’s the meaning of the expression “F*cking Out!”? I always hear from the show, Love Island.
Americans have a long history of adopting Yiddish pejoratives and using them in situations where we wouldn't be willing to say their English equivalents.
Of the words you present, I think the best ones are "tosser" and "bollocks", as neither sounds even slightly profane to the American ear. (A tosser? Isn't that a person who throws something? Bollocks, are those, like, barn stalls four housing cattle, or something?)
Almost peed my pants laughing at this video!
Can't swear at work since we got a high school new hire... So here I am lol
"Bollocks" has been familar to many Americans since the Sex Pistols album "Never Mind the Bollocks." In the Pistols' famous 1976 TV appearance, Steve Jones called Bill Grundy a "fucking rotter," a "dirty bastard" and a "dirty fucker."
OMG im in stitches lol 😂😂
LMAO And yet, another great video my friend! Quick question for you, I heard Phil Collins use the term Right wanker... I understand the wanker part but I'm not sure about Right wanker though??? Either way, I like the sound of right wanker better.... as long as we're at it, how is it you Brits get away with using the word cunt? Most Americans would view that incredibly offensive, course I'm very open minded but if I ever said it to a female, I could expect the retaliation to rival a nuclear fallout! lol PS: For what it's worth, you have an incredible grasp on sounding just like a natural born American, you should look into acting, I think you be great at it! My wife is an actress in Los Angeles, and she loves it, she says it's like getting paid to have fun! I thought about it for a while, if I was ever asked to do it, I'd probably give it a shot, sounds like fun.... 😀 Hope you're having a nice day, enjoy the weekend mate!
PS: My wife said if you weren't already married you should meet her friend! (Trust me, she's incredible) I said to her I thought you already have a lady, a wife in fact. She said if you don't, you should meet her friend Chrissy... 😉 lol
Funny you should mention it. I'm a stage actor myself, having worked theatres up and down England and in the U.S.
Ha! I am indeed married, but tell Chrissy I said hi.
Lost in the Pond LMAO I'll tell Chrissy hi for you! I'll bet you're an incredible actor, you've got the American accent & dialect down perfectly! You should give Hollywood & film acting a try, my wife loves acting there, she's typecast though, they've got her cast in parts of Country girls, farm girls, etc... No doubt, that's her natural self, not much acting required there... All my best to you & yours there mate, David
Country girls are the absolute best. Strong, independent but very feminine in my wonderful experiences. :)
Dan Brown You're absolutely right Dan, country girls are the best! My wife is about as country as they come & she's absolutely amazing, I wouldn't have it any other way!
I just love the British accent sounds so sweet and lovely 🤩😍
"KBO! Keep buggering on!", -Winston Churchill.
Hilarious...seriously. For some reason I use the word "bloody" a lot especially when it's cold outside, as in "it's bloody cold outside!!" Not sure how I picked that one up...
I love this video