[Pagoda One] Slang Words of America, Australia, England and South Africa Part 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ค. 2020
- Hello! This is Pagoda One.
How much do you know about slangs of your own country?
We've talked about some good slangs that might represent our countries.
(England, America, South Africa and Australia)
And we are certain that you guys would know a lot more slangs than we do.
So feel free to share your slangs via comment.
Enjoy!
Thank you
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I love that this channel includes South Africa!
Where my South Africans at?
Not here
Here🇿🇦
We never dissaper😂😂
Ya we right here
This girl acting like we don't use hella in SA😂
oh you guys do in SA? wow!
@@pagodaone_5697 a lot😂
I was like🤣🤣🤣🤯🤯
@@pagodaone_5697 mostly kids
Some people use it but it depends on your circle of friends or where you live I suppose.
I think "finna" might be more common nowadays. Around me finna is more common than fixin.
Yes, same for me
For my region, we still say fixin to more then finna. Think it mostly depends what part of the South your from too, we all have slightly different slang depending upon the state we are from. My slang is a little different then the slang my Texas family uses so just depends.
Syrina Crockett I guess it was in the south since I'm from the Mid-West and we say finna (pronounced like funna) more only the older generation say fixin
quincy simmons yeah, must be Midwest thing. Y’all don’t even pronounce finna the way we do here in the South or at least for my state. It’s pronounce more like fin-na instead of funna but it still rarely used here. Finna sound very strange to me when trying to use it in a sentence structure or saying it. Naturally, I want to say either “I reckon” or “Im fixin to” just shows we may all live in the same country but have different slang or ways of saying certain words. Do y’all use a mixture of slangs that’s from other parts of the country and pick and choose which slangs you want to use? Never been to the Midwest so don’t know any of the slangs used up there.
I’m from the Midwest and we say both along with “Imma” which usually means you’ll do something later on.
I like Sam's new haircut. John is always the most mischievous one. Chantelle is elegant and sensitive. Walter makes me feel like he is a chaebol :)))
Sam looks way better with his hair like that! He looks a completely different person in a tie.
Hope she don't forget ZOL
zol! we will cover another version of these soon.
Don't u also mean Jol
But when speaking about the zol, you must include the song.
@@jaimeelewis9760 jol also. 👏
@@cbz5283 that's a good one 😅😂
Sam just got used as a cliffhanger. im devo
I know in South Africa we also use "awe" (AH-WEH) alot... 🙈🙈🙈
South Africa has alot of amazing slang
Was born in South Africa (East London) PLEASE speak about how 'just now' doesn't mean, right now, and 'holding thumbs' for 'crossed fingers'! Cheers!
I live in East London too. I also agree with you're saying just now. Can we also talk about how's there's almost literally nothing to do here? It's kind of funny.
@@kekesmit5468 I'm afraid I can't give an opinion as my family emigrated to Australia a long time ago. Still have family in SA though. I remember East London as a sleepy and quite windy port town. I also remember a Whimpy Bar right on the beach! :)
you put the saliva on the paper, and when you share that Zol, you are moving the saliva from one to another ~South Africa 2020 lol
I've actually heard suss in that context in the US as well, but I think it's usually spelled "sus". I feel like it was more popular a few years ago but it's kind of died out lol
That’s not surprising considering America is really good at butchering the English language
I still use “sus” LOL like when mostly talking abt boys
Yeah, my younger teen sister uses sus so I think it's still pretty popular
@@channelglenn It's just short for suspicious though. There is no "suss" in the word suspicious.
Aunt Jemima I’m not sure if you know the difference between a hard sound and a soft sound. Sus makes a soft sound, but that’s not the way the word is spoken. It’s Spoken with a hard sound, and that’s why you need to spell it SUSS.
South African slang is different sometimes depending on the area you are in
Lmao why’re all the the comments about South Africa
@@Dylan-bj4fx We're not used to international content about South Africa so when the the time comes we put a spotlight on it and wait another thousand years to be recognised again
Fixin’ to is just an expression that means “vaguely soon.” So within a reasonable timespan. If I’m hanging out with friends and I say “I’m fixin’ to leave.” That just means that at some point they should expect that I’m leaving. It might be in ten minutes, might be thirty, might even be an hour after I said it, but I’ve made them aware that I was preparing to leave. Oklahoma is a cross between the West, Midwest, and the South culturally. Those memes making fun of how long and drawn out goodbyes are in the South are very much something folks in Oklahoma adopted. You announce your intentions to prepare to leave, get up and slowly make your way to the door and maybe even out it. All the while the conversation continues with every person each trying their best to be the most polite by not just rudely leaving or cutting off the conversation. Eventually either someone will say to you “Well we should really let you get going now, but it was so great to see you” which is your cue that it’s no longer rude to leave or you say “We really should get together again soon” which is your cue to them that it’s no longer rude for them to wave goodbye and walk away. Then there’s the usual “see you later” or “laters” or “lates” salutations and you get in your car and leave and they wave goodbye and make their way back inside while waving and watching to make sure you’re safely away before finally ceasing to wave and returning inside. Then the process repeats with each remaining guest until all guests are gone and the host can go about their day. Sometimes you get lucky as a host and everyone leaves right around the same time. :-) As for those from not around here, you all get a pass and no one thinks you are rude if you actually day you’re going to leave and then just actually leave without any drawn out conversation. In some groups of people I barely know I can sometimes get that pass as people often don’t think I’m native to Oklahoma (I’m told it’s because of how I pronounce and enunciate certain words...but that likely comes from growing up with family from throughout the US and even an English uncle and then foreigners that were relatives of air force folk’s spouses that are stationed here...so I heard lots of different ways words get spoken).
This is a fun video! Looking forward to part 2!!
always love your comment and helps us to learn more everyday. Thank you ganapatikamesh.
OMG yes!! The goodbye process is so long especially here in Arkansas. I remember anytime my mom saying we are fixin to leave only to know that we wouldn’t be leaving for another hour or so. Then if someone forgot grab an item the goodbye process started all over again. I get it’s polite and everything but why does have to take an hour or sometimes more to say goodbye when at family functions or any other kind of function. With friends you say that you’re fixin to leave, but it’s not drawn out you can just up and leave without having to go through the whole goodbye process.
Sam's new haircut 😂
He is cuteee. 😂❤️
He is looking per-fect british man !!...
I’m from San Francisco and I’ve always assumed all English speakers said “hella” in their everyday speech. We usually say “hecka” when we’re young to not get in trouble because “hella” is sometimes considered profanity.
I'm South African, but American slang is always the coolest, it's hella fire!!!
I think Eish is so cute term to use :)
Walter: it was used a while ago a bit now suss
Among us players: ...
Suss is used everywhere lol I’ve heard it a million times in England
I think you guys are all really interesting!! Love your video ❤️
Fixin to isn't slang though, is it lol, that's just how southerners talk! I just grew up saying it anyway. It's just to make someone aware that you're about to do something in the vaguely nearish future. I'm in America and tons of people say "suss" like all the time the past couple years. The cliffhanger at the end! lol
I suppose it's considered slang because people like me who speak perfect English have never heard it. Like it's not a proper English word. It's not in the dictionary 🤷🏽♀️
Here in cali I have never heard "fixin to" until I went cross country and mainly heard it in Texas.
Oh guys you chose interesting topic! See the number of viewers has risen, i appriciate you for making such wonderful videos, thank you!
thank you so much for your comment:) we'll try harder^^
Im so addicted with ur vids guys!!!♥️
Walter ♥️
Sam♥️
John ♥️
Chantelle♥️
One if my favorites is "Mow" (pronounce the "ow" like the word "down" or "Wow!"). I use it almost daily. It basically means, "To eat a lot" or "to eat with gusto" or "to eat hurriedly" like in a rush to finish your meal.
Example
"I'm so hungry, I'm totally gonna 'mow' down at dinner tonight."
or to a friend:
"Wow! You're really 'mowing' that bag of chips! Save some for the rest of us!"
or at work:
"We're running late today guys, let's just 'mow' and get back to work."
Everyone is looking their BEST! Someone please tell Sam he looks very sharp.
Fixin to is used for everything especially when it comes to leaving someone’s house and there is no time frame for the phrase. We have a very drawn out goodbyes and there are different phases of the “fixin to” saying. There the “fixin to leave” phase one: where everyone knows your about to leave, but you make no move to leave their house for another thirty or sometimes an hour and during that time you wrangle up the kids to get them ready to leave and clean up whatever mess they made while the adults finish talking. Phase two: that’s when you get up to leave, but you will stand by or outside the front door talking for another 10-15 minutes. The final phase(sometimes) is the actually leaving part, you get in your car still talking but will only last till the car door is shut and and started. Sometimes if the person forgets to grab their stuff or leftovers then the whole leaving process starts over. Usually, it’s just to let people be aware your coming over soon or going somewhere soon and ask if they want to tag along or need something while your out.
Wow learning something new all the time in your channel
One of my grandmother's came down to Texas to visit the other and she ran across:
Over yonder, down the road a piece
Which basically means:
That general direction for an indeterminant distance.
Love to see the 4 of them tell their definition of Yank😁
I love coming here it's so educating 😁🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦❤️
It's really interesting hearing that things I say all the time in Australia are never really heard of in other places.
Walter looks fantastic in this video
since the video says 'to be continued' for Sam, I'm hoping he has enough slang words to last a separate video 😁 I'm fixin' to watch Sam's British slang 😂
I love this!!
Love your videos a lot
Supeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!
Keep doing it! :)
Waiting for the part 2! Thank you for sharing~
This video is always hella
Sam's haircut is a trend now from Korea to the world LOL. One of my favorite words 2day is 'hella' is sounds very valley-girl. Tnak u guys for this video I ma really looking forward for the second part. Greetings
thank you for your comment, Richie. Part 2 is coming soon!
Love love this channel ❤️.... 🇿🇦
When a Saffer says "now now", they mean later.
C u now now~
@morton christie it could mean the recent past (5 minutes ago). But do you mean "just now" or just "now" alone?
Thanks, guys! Looking forward to Part Two. (FYI, I am from Myanmar)
Coming soon!
Im from South Africa and use HELLA alot 😂 😂
Hi I am annie and I love this channel and I cant wait to watch the south african slang as a south african thqt would be interesting❤❤❤❤😉😄
"Fixin to" is used in the American South, not the Midwest. Another common saying is "Ima fixin' to" which means I am going to do something/go somewhere in the very near future.
Fixin' to is definitely more southern. Funny video!
Would love to see a video with everyone and two South Africans from different cultures 😂
Wicked - New England, Ayuh - Maine, Pokabook - Mass, Creeme - Vermont
South african slangs!
1. My bru
2. Swak
3. Here come the kerel or the Popo
Love it 😁
Australian slang always sounds like a dude with a David Boone mustache and an 80's mullet, carrying a surfboard in the outback
Sam looks like 10 years younger with his hair
i really love Australian Walter 💙💙🙂
Interesting! I want to see how native people pronounce English. especially some words that Korean people feel hard to say :)
❤
Fixin' to is definitely without a doubt, a southern term. Growing up in Texas, it's just what we say.
Barbe is barbecue right?
I'm New England, instead of "hella" we might be more likely to say "wicked" as an intensifier or just as a one-word response. Hella has made its way over to the east coast though
"Fixin' to" is new to me, too 😄
"Suss" recently I know of it because of watching twosetviolin, the duo from brisbane 😆
This episode was a short one 😆 I was just starting to warm up to the 'quiz', LOL
Thanks guys! have a nice weekend!
Oh, a question: if we use "hi guys" in daily convo it also can include the ladies or not? (although I know a "guy" is male)
To answer your question, yes it can include the ladies. I say it all the time to my girl friends lol
Thank you for your comment, Kenny!
Or you can “hey y’all” and it includes the entire group females and males.
People from Liverpool in England would use "devo" in that context too. If someone is telling you that they just lost a winning lottery ticket, you'd sooth them by say "Aww that's devo". Or if you tell someone you put on a bit of weight before your wedding you might tell them that your "devoed."
Hi Peter, Thank you for your information! good to learn how "devo" is used in daily conversation.
Walter: He is a little suss.
Among Us players: I agree.
This is interesting
Please provide English subtitle
That will be good
Love from INDIA😍
2:10 when she says she needs to have a time frame for "fixin' to", but meanwhile she's South African and almost certainly says "now now" and "just now"
Part two please
Also Chantelle please include AWE
it's on the way~
Or nunu 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 uyajola 99 things
Um everyone saids awe not just South Africa
this video was useful please make more video like this
We are on it, anht slhnzd!
Just a message to the editor even though I doubt you'll see this, it's better to make one long video than two short ones cause with one long video you can put multiple ads throughout.
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CHECKING EVERY SINGLE MESSAGE :)
HAVE A GOOD DAY!!
I suggest to use better "US" to make a reference to the country because "America" is a continent wich includes (Canadá, México, Colombia, Brasil) and many others✌
Don't forget slang differs for different generations! I'm an American Gen Z and some of my favorite slang words are oof and yeet. I've also noticed that there is a difference in the meaning of square up. To me, it means to fight with someone but I've heard that other people use to mean to pay a debt. Also, being "jumped" might have different meanings as well. Where I'm from, it means to be beaten up by a group of people while in other areas it means to be robbed.
I totally agree with you Carrie, slangs do mean a bit different from generation to generation. It applies the same in Korea as well :)
We need Walter to react to Bang Chan and Felix ASAP!!
That hella delicious and terrible was torture to ears. It don't sound right😂
Dude
Am I the only one who hears Yes's Roundabout in the intro song?
Australian Walter's body language in some of these videos though, hahahahahaha. You'd swear mans ain't tryna be there sometimes
I know it's way after the video was made but in Utah there's the word "sluff" and it just means to skip school
when Walter said that's a lil sus,
took me back to Among Us
Is American John and british Sam own a channel please any one help me find it
Hi! they only have their Insta address :)
👍.I love your video realy nice worth to watch. your questions to other are awsm and helpful. Hope you upload more videos with all.
Special ❤️ to all you
American John ;British Sam ;korean billy ; Australian Walter ; Australian bella ; south African Chantélle.❤️❤️
Ye we still using suss in aus
Sam😍
I don’t think we still using much of fixin I thing it has evolved to finna
I wonder if they know our good slang in SA
Nobody in America talks about South Africa
I didn't know Fixin or Devo
I got to woollies and it was closed. I was Devo
wollies? what would that be? Thank you for your comment :)
PAGODA ONE_파고다원 It’s a supermarket. Woolworths. Australian language in action. We would like to shorten everything. Woolworths becomes wollies
John should have used mobbing or on fleek. I stopped watching TV and have no social media so sometimes i have no idea what some people are saying with the newer slang these days. I feel so old
I say fix’n to, y’all, boutta, tha, tomat(uh) in my south US type accent
Why did Walter not include chockers is beyond me. Its used everywhere.
(Or chuck a u-ye or chuck the dummy/wobbly)
Or best one yet, thongs. Holidaying in US, I forgot that thongs don't mean the same thing... and when mine broke and loudly exclaimed 'my thong broke', had a tonne of dirty looks.
Is it just me whose from England and literally uses slang words from other countries without even realising? I say hella and suss all the time 😂 it’s so weird how we’re influenced by slang from other countries
Sus means gay in America lmao idk why he ain’t say that
@@Dylan-bj4fx lol facts
I didn't know "suss" was Australian slang! Thought it was a younger millenial or Gen Z thing. But in LA, at least, we use "shady" for the same meaning.
We use sus so often in Cape Town tho Woh?
Can you guys please add English subtitle underneath
Hi, Chalaha. We will take it into consideration :) Thank you for the suggestion.
Tbh i was just waiting for the word 'awe'
Everyone used that
Uses*
I downloaded urban dictionary to learn American slang
I live in the England but I know suss and WHAT SAM?? How could he not know devo? Here, I've always heard an equivalent, devoed/devo'd not sure how to spell it since I've only hear it in verbal conversations from time to time but yeah it's quite known here.. I immediately was able to know what Walter meant
probably, he has been in Korea for so long :)
Who else is south African
Ek like julle almal se lekker vibe met mekaar, Chantelle if they read this pls explain what I said.
Is that music from JoJos bizarre adventures??😂
I have to check with our editor :)
They need some teen slang too. I also don’t hear hella a lot in Cali. Maybe cuz I live in SoCal. But I rarely hear “hella” in California.
We use suss in america
Sam is so handsome
"devo" means "I must/I have to" in Italian lol
Devo is a name lol
I feel like we've defo *been* saying "suss" and "hella" in Umhlanga since forever though... Just sayin.
We use hella suss here Canada
Ah, from my day....groovy, far out, shine it on (but dad says that he used to just say shine on), foxy, outta sight, it's a gas, can you dig it?, heavy, beats me, it's chill....okay, I'm done :-)
Also, chill out.
You forgot the best one: Bitchin' ;) ;)
John should've said OPE but I don't think he would know what it means either.
I think Ope is just a somewhere up north slang term though (can't remember where, sorry, but you probably know lol)
don't lie, when he said the word "sus" all of you guys were thinking the same thing!?
Fixin' to = about to... Texas slang, y'all!
Sus/Suss now is more popular because of among us 😂