I am planning to seriously use "OY" on a regular basis to get my husband's attention.He kind of tends to tune me out at times,to be expected after 20 years together,! And I DID try it out just now and it works very well!
Kip means chicken in Dutch. So when you were saying "I'm going to get some kip before we go out tonight.", It would be "I'm going to get some chicken before we go out tonight." That's pretty legit actually. xD
Me, as a brazilian, as soon as he said the first word I wondered if I was in the correct video lol. In brazilian portuguese, "Oi" means "hi", also used to catch someone's attention
My husband used to have a cat called oi! They couldn’t work out what to name it so it was always oi come here, oi don’t do that, oi get off the furniture!! 😂😂
Brilliant! Love this! I had a friend who named his dog "Diogi". It seriously took me MONTHS before I realized his name was D. O. G. I felt soooooo stupid I didn't realize sooner his name was DOG. 😂
I’m from the southern USA with a southern accent (and midwestern influence) and kerfuffle is a normal part of my vocabulary. It’s interesting that you included it as a very British word hahaha
A version of " innit" is also a very common southern word- the pronunciation is more itin-it all said together. Still very similar for sure. I have come across a few others as well over the years.
Great video as usual. We also use the words kerfuffle and busker in the US, including the verb “to busk” which means the same as it does in the UK., e.g., “I saw this great musician busking in the 42nd Street subway station this morning.” “Fizzy drink” has various equivalents in the US, e.g., soda, soda pop, pop, etc. depending on the location. “Alight” is a formal word used throughout the English-speaking world.
Kerfuffle is used in Canada as well. I have used it myself. I find it interesting how in Canada we have picked up British words and American words in our culture.
There is an etiquette to the use of love as a form of address in Yorkshire. A woman can use it to anyone, but a man can only use it to women or children. It is not necessarily an expression of affection: typically used by people in the service industries, such as retail or hospitality, to address friends and strangers alike.
I've just found this channel, and I love it! Congrats Tom, and thank you for your lessons, I love British English. "Do a runner" hahaha in Spain it would be "hacer un simpa"; to do a "simpa" (simpa = sin pagar/without paying), the verb transforms into a noun because you 'leave without paying', but you 'do a simpa'. hahahha and I must confess, I did it once...
I’m 63 and from Yorkshire. As kids we used to get chastised by adults for saying innit. Now everyone uses it, you think it’s a modern saying. But I think it’s been used in Yorkshire for generations
Thanks kristina, I'm 77 and from Cambridgeshire, Surrey and Wiltshire, I had not heard Innit until the 1910s, and thought it had come in with increased immigration, very biased of me, sorry, I'm glad to know that like many other trends, it started in Yorkshire!
This was a fun video, thanks Tom. I enjoy watching British mysteries, etc, and have heard most of these words: Many of them I know, but wondering the meaning of others--so now I know! One thought: If you said "I'm playing footie with my mates", someone that speaks American English might get a very different meaning! Footie: we might think it's footsies, which is sort of like cuddling, and we usually use mate as in spouse or significant other. LOL!!
Thank you for such useful and important tips! I've been watching your channel for a long time and learning British English! Great channel! Thanks mate!
Oi, these year I got my bachelor's in english and I learned about rhyming slang and I fell for it! It's absolutely charming! Regarding "nowt", I've heard it pronounced with the glide in "no" 🤷🏻♀️
I think this really shows how different and varied our accents are because I would pronounce“I’m going to play some footie with my mates” as: “Am gonna play some foo’ie wi me ma’es” But we all call football footie Edit: 8:40 the Scots do a similar thing when they use the phrase “I don’t have a scooby” which is short for “I don’t have a scooby doo” which rhymes with “I don’t have a clue” Edit 2: (sorry i like talking about this topic) what I find funny is that in my area of the uk “pegging it” means to run away, for example “oi, it’s the pigs, peg it!” And I can imagine this would cause a lot of confusion to someone who isn’t familiar with the area
Great video. I appreciate the lessons mate. I'm trying to develop one of my characters who gets educated in London and comes back with a British accent. Thanks...
Hello Tom : A tear is running down my cheek. I miss London so much. I miss the woman saying "ALIGHT here for Buckingham Palace" every time we arrived in Green Park (Piccadilly Line). Thanks & greets from Argentina (Hope it is from England someday) IDsign4U (Marcelo Miguel Bazan)
The British English interjection "oi" according to my knowledge, my search and my analysis is I think in fact "equivalent" to "hey!" and it makes sense that if anyone is feeling shocked or surprised or even greeting someone who either he or she meet before or not.
Oi, Tom! I learn British English and use it in my animated shorts about popular science and Tinkerbell, innit great? Sounds like I’m off my trolley. You might take a look, but I don’t insist-horses for courses. “Eat, Kip, Dream” is an entertaining and useful channel, but modern buskers use Patreon. Consider opening your own page? And don’t get me wrong, I’m not fly tipping with my comments. Also, Grammarly suggests fly-tipping. No, really, thank you very much for your work! I improved my pronunciation a bit and learned some useful expressions.
The term "busker" is also being used to identify a street musician here in the States. "Soda" is not the only term we use for a fizzy drink. It depends on the region. In the West, you might hear "soda pop". In the northern Midwest, it's simply "pop". In the South, we say "coke". And up in Eastern Massachusetts the older generations will say "tonic". And we either say "right" or "huh" instead of "innit", while Canadians say "eh". As in: "Paris is a nice city, right?" etc. You forgot "f***inell", which is a British swear word. I found that out by reading an imported British periodical called Zit Comic, lol.
"Innit" is used as a generic tag question in British English, sometimes associated with Multicultural London English, but considered bad or broken English by most educated speakers.
“Oi” is also a very Nepalese word!!🇳🇵🇳🇵 It’s use is very similar to British. It is mainly used to call someone in not a very soft way. Like Oi, what are you doin’?
That’s the kind of video I enjoy the most cause I want to learn the street spoken cockney English not the theory to speak rp English So please do more videos like this
"To do a runner" can also mean to quit/leave something voluntarily. As for "innit", I think it's more common in the south of England. I think it sounds horrible but I'm from the North so probably biased.
Horses for courses originated from horse racing where trainers would only race horses on ground that was beneficial to there style of racing So the pick the horses for the race courses.
Kerfuffle can be heard in some parts of the US, but it is a little old-fashion. Busker is also used over here, especially in NYC. Here: different horses for different courses. Isn't nowt a variation on naught? Alight is alight in the US, though infrequently used and then for getting off a horse or other ridden animal.
I'm a filipino but i really love british accent ,I have a lot of British friends that always comes visit me here in Philippines and this is a very big help for me .A big THANKS bruv.
I love your videos and the way you easily and clearly express yourself when you're teaching! It makes learning English "a piece of cake!" Cheers luv! 😊
I'd never heard of "Builder's Tea". Sounds like a new form of "Standard NATO" (tea with 2 sugars and milk). Two more great words that are uniquely British would be "daft" and "gormless". In my county of Lincolnshire we'd also hear the unique word "stitherum" .
Soda is probably the most common in the US but we've got a few. In western new York and other parts of the country people say "pop". People who say soda hate when people call it pop. You'll also hear "tonic" around Boston, but only someone with a heavy boston accent would say that. That same person would call jeans dungarees. Some places in the country say Coke to refer to almost any type of soda.
"kerfuffle" has been standard American English for at least thirty years, at least in my (New England, liberal, educated) peer group. "busker" is definitely standard American English. Pretty sure I've heard "nowt" from Canadians.
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Nobody:
No one at all:
Absolutely nobody:
Louis Tomlinson: Oi oii
😂😂
YES
Harry :Louiiiis
Louis :oi oiiiiii
Vaishnavi Khatal loueehh
Love this, that’s my favorite thing that he says!
Zoin
"Innit" is one of the best expressions, innit?😊
Hehe it is, innit?
I thought "innit" was very brummy? Now I'm curious how many ppl actually use it :p
It's terribly British, innit?
Wow I love It, Do you love It to, Innit?
@@Lesmcpemenofficial, looks like I have to buy me a bri-ish dictionary, innit?
I’m a Japanese and when I lived in London I heard a lot of innit!!! Very British!!
innit
American here. Its amazing how little British English I knew. Thanks for the lesson!
Instead of sounding like David Beckham, The Queen or Emma Watson, I would love to sound like Tom.
*On today's episode of Which Tom Is It...* 😂😂😂
More seriously tho, is it Hiddleston? Holland? Felton? Hardy?
@@khaoulafellah8009 Tom Jones.. LOL!
@@khaoulafellah8009 Hardy! Definitely.
i would like to have an accent like....Lucy Bell....from English With Lucy
...who sounds like David Beckham? I'm gonna take a guess, but he's either from Essex or Hertfordshire. Fuck it, I'm gonna go with he's from Watford.
I can hear Louis Tomlinson shouting "OII OII!"
Absolutely! xD
Yesss
Watch some of the recent Dr Who.
exactly what i thought....
directioner all the way
Could you please make more videos on British English expressions and English grammar?
I am planning to seriously use "OY" on a regular basis to get my husband's attention.He kind of tends to tune me out at times,to be expected after 20 years together,! And I DID try it out just now and it works very well!
In Brazil, “oi” it’s an introduction like ‘hi’
Really? Oh that's cool!
Oi! is very portuguese this word
Estou surpreso de ver essa palavra em outra língua também, pra nós é uma saudação não é?
that's also used in Dutch, to say hallo (as approaching or leaving people... Hooi, informal)
@@marceloesteves3601 morei em Londres e nunca ouvi essa palavra "oi" em inglês.
Kip means chicken in Dutch. So when you were saying "I'm going to get some kip before we go out tonight.", It would be "I'm going to get some chicken before we go out tonight." That's pretty legit actually. xD
nobody:
literally nobody:
directioners in the comments: Louis Tomlinson: "OIOI"
Oiii oiii
Oiii oiii
As they should! :b
in Ukrainian "oi" is also an interjection with the same meaning as "ouch" or "oops" in English (depends on context and intonation)
Valerie they got it from “Oy Vey “ 😂
In india "oi" is the same meaning
In Spanish sounds so similar to "oye"...interjection with the same function like brit...every time I heard that, immediately I understand it.
Yep
In Polish too.
Me, as a brazilian, as soon as he said the first word I wondered if I was in the correct video lol. In brazilian portuguese, "Oi" means "hi", also used to catch someone's attention
My husband used to have a cat called oi! They couldn’t work out what to name it so it was always oi come here, oi don’t do that, oi get off the furniture!! 😂😂
Hehehehe excellent name
Brilliant! ☺️
Brilliant! Love this! I had a friend who named his dog "Diogi". It seriously took me MONTHS before I realized his name was D. O. G. I felt soooooo stupid I didn't realize sooner his name was DOG. 😂
@@YourFavoriteSwiftie that’s my neighbors dogs name. Excerpt he didn’t try to spell it creatively. It’s literally D-O-G on his tags
I live in Leeds and I must say your pronunciation of "alright love, what can I get you today" was bang on!
It’s alreyt love here in South Yorkshire
I like how you say 'gonna' without being aware you're doing so, while the subtitle underneath says 'going to'.
Do not say "go off" in an American airport! It means explode.
I’m from the southern USA with a southern accent (and midwestern influence) and kerfuffle is a normal part of my vocabulary. It’s interesting that you included it as a very British word hahaha
A version of " innit" is also a very common southern word- the pronunciation is more itin-it all said together. Still very similar for sure. I have come across a few others as well over the years.
I wonder if it is Scottish Gaelic - the American south was populated by many Scottish and Scots Irish people.
Best English teacher in the whole world. And what a nice person you are! Thanks a LOT! 🏆💫✨👍👍👍
Great video as usual. We also use the words kerfuffle and busker in the US, including the verb “to busk” which means the same as it does in the UK., e.g., “I saw this great musician busking in the 42nd Street subway station this morning.” “Fizzy drink” has various equivalents in the US, e.g., soda, soda pop, pop, etc. depending on the location. “Alight” is a formal word used throughout the English-speaking world.
Kerfuffle is used in Canada as well. I have used it myself. I find it interesting how in Canada we have picked up British words and American words in our culture.
Yeah you guys must be an interesting mix of the two Englishes.
We do in the southern USA as well. It’s normal in my southern accent. I was surprised to see it in the list, since I hear and use it all the time!
Proximity and association, prolly.
@@EatSleepDreamEnglish yes,Canadian English pronunciation is like mixed the British and American.
There is an etiquette to the use of love as a form of address in Yorkshire. A woman can use it to anyone, but a man can only use it to women or children. It is not necessarily an expression of affection: typically used by people in the service industries, such as retail or hospitality, to address friends and strangers alike.
I've just found this channel, and I love it! Congrats Tom, and thank you for your lessons, I love British English.
"Do a runner" hahaha in Spain it would be "hacer un simpa"; to do a "simpa" (simpa = sin pagar/without paying), the verb transforms into a noun because you 'leave without paying', but you 'do a simpa'. hahahha
and I must confess, I did it once...
Ha! I'm shocked Rakel ; ) hehe thanks for sharing the info about simpa : )
And in Brazilian Portuguese we say "Fazer um corre", (corre = Run). Literally do a runner, it's fascinating how everything is connected innit?
Am glad to hear these phrases. Felt being back home in good old England 🏴. Lovely memories.
Hello from Germany 🇩🇪
Louis Tomlinson: OI OIIII
His Accent is the Best... Ever!!! ❤
In Japan "Oi" has the same meaning as "Hey" in English, but is used only by men and sounds a little bit rude.
We love Japan
‘’Tosh” in Britain is like saying “rubbish/garbage” 😯
00:32 - Oi means HI. in Portuguese.
It has the same function as mentioned in the video.
Louis Tomlinson = oi oiiii
8:28 Cockney rhyming slang is a fascinating form of expression.
"OI" is used in Portuguese and means "HI" in English. It can also be used to express surprise.
Dependendo da entonação pode significar taaaantas coisas né? 😃 De ironia a deboche 😂
oi, hey, aye, all sounds so simple any rhesus monkey can utter.
That's a very informal language in the UK.
Very interesting to learn something about it.
I’m 63 and from Yorkshire. As kids we used to get chastised by adults for saying innit. Now everyone uses it, you think it’s a modern saying. But I think it’s been used in Yorkshire for generations
Thanks kristina, I'm 77 and from Cambridgeshire, Surrey and Wiltshire, I had not heard Innit until the 1910s, and thought it had come in with increased immigration, very biased of me, sorry, I'm glad to know that like many other trends, it started in Yorkshire!
1990's I meant!
This was a fun video, thanks Tom. I enjoy watching British mysteries, etc, and have heard most of these words: Many of them I know, but wondering the meaning of others--so now I know!
One thought: If you said "I'm playing footie with my mates", someone that speaks American English might get a very different meaning! Footie: we might think it's footsies, which is sort of like cuddling, and we usually use mate as in spouse or significant other. LOL!!
Yeah We Do! Lol
Thank you for such useful and important tips! I've been watching your channel for a long time and learning British English! Great channel! Thanks mate!
Awesome! Cheers mate, always happy to hear when people have been watching for a long time : ) Big hugs from London : )
@@EatSleepDreamEnglish Thanks a lot for the answer! Cheers from Saint-Petersburg!
You can use "OI" in Brazil (portuguese) as well. 😁
Thank you Tom. I really thought that "discombobulated" was my favourite english word but now that I know the word "kerfuffle "...🤣
Oi, these year I got my bachelor's in english and I learned about rhyming slang and I fell for it! It's absolutely charming!
Regarding "nowt", I've heard it pronounced with the glide in "no" 🤷🏻♀️
I think this really shows how different and varied our accents are because I would pronounce“I’m going to play some footie with my mates” as:
“Am gonna play some foo’ie wi me ma’es”
But we all call football footie
Edit: 8:40 the Scots do a similar thing when they use the phrase “I don’t have a scooby” which is short for “I don’t have a scooby doo” which rhymes with “I don’t have a clue”
Edit 2: (sorry i like talking about this topic) what I find funny is that in my area of the uk “pegging it” means to run away, for example “oi, it’s the pigs, peg it!” And I can imagine this would cause a lot of confusion to someone who isn’t familiar with the area
I have class in less than half an hour and here I am. Thank you for the video!
When I lived in New York for a few years they kept telling me "we don't say "oi" here, you should learn to say "yo"--but I was like, ugh.
I am loving “kerfuffle”
I love your videos cause they're educational and easy to understand 👍🏽 And your such a dedicated teacher ❤️
Your teaching is easy peasy. There were many words I didn't know yet.
Oi in Brazilian Portuguese means "hi" like "ciao" for Italians. 🇮🇹
Also in Italian (at least in my area) we can say "oi" to call someone, but it's very very informal.
"Oi" in Romanian means "sheep" (plural). xD
@@kacciahrula, good to know that. Grazie! 🇮🇹
@@waomawingu1972, tks. Good to know that. 👍
@Diego Ferreira, interesting.
Are you from RJ?
We sometimes use "aí" that way too in Rio.
Great video. I appreciate the lessons mate. I'm trying to develop one of my characters who gets educated in London and comes back with a British accent. Thanks...
Thanks, man, that's useful!!!
Great lesson! Thanks!!
Oi Tom ,nice video. Learnt a lot.
Great vid Tom, rock on you man!
Hehe cheers Umar...I think you rock bro!
Hello Tom :
A tear is running down my cheek. I miss London so much. I miss the woman saying "ALIGHT here for Buckingham Palace" every time we arrived in Green Park (Piccadilly Line).
Thanks & greets from Argentina (Hope it is from England someday)
IDsign4U (Marcelo Miguel Bazan)
Oi used widely in Malaysia and Singapore as well
The British English interjection "oi" according to my knowledge, my search and my analysis is I think in fact "equivalent" to "hey!" and it makes sense that if anyone is feeling shocked or surprised or even greeting someone who either he or she meet before or not.
Nobody:
Louis:oioii
I recently discovered the British word “chuffed.” Definitely need to use that more often here in the States. 😄
what does that mean, mate?
George Grau “to be delighted” 😃 So, if you get a great present for your birthday, you can reply with, “I’m quite chuffed.”
You could also say something like: “that cup a rosie lee is chuffing lovely” (saf east Londoner here
How to pronounce it?
See also: "chuffed to bits", e.g. "I won the lottery and I was chuffed to bits". Very, very chuffed!
Oi, Tom! I learn British English and use it in my animated shorts about popular science and Tinkerbell, innit great? Sounds like I’m off my trolley. You might take a look, but I don’t insist-horses for courses. “Eat, Kip, Dream” is an entertaining and useful channel, but modern buskers use Patreon. Consider opening your own page? And don’t get me wrong, I’m not fly tipping with my comments. Also, Grammarly suggests fly-tipping. No, really, thank you very much for your work! I improved my pronunciation a bit and learned some useful expressions.
Off your rocker! 😃👍 That was quite clever!
Hahaha Eat Kip Dream made me laugh out loud : )
@@EatSleepDreamEnglish Thanks! Hey, I have an idea! Why don’t you make an episode about English humour?
The term "busker" is also being used to identify a street musician here in the States.
"Soda" is not the only term we use for a fizzy drink. It depends on the region. In the West, you might hear "soda pop". In the northern Midwest, it's simply "pop". In the South, we say "coke". And up in Eastern Massachusetts the older generations will say "tonic".
And we either say "right" or "huh" instead of "innit", while Canadians say "eh". As in: "Paris is a nice city, right?" etc.
You forgot "f***inell", which is a British swear word. I found that out by reading an imported British periodical called Zit Comic, lol.
I'm curious Edward in the South they say 'coke' does that cover all fizzy drinks?
Very very useful!! Thank you so much 🇬🇧❤️
When Japanese get angry, they say oi!!
I think Koreans do the same thing, but not chinese.
I've never seen an angry Japanese. They are usually so relaxed.
I thought they often say "urusaiiii!"
Same with here in Malaysia. When we get angry we usually say oi. We do usually call someone by saying oi to get her/his attention .
Same in some areas of Spain. Well, depending of the intonation can be used to call someone or to express annoyance or anger.
People here be talking about Louis's "OI" while I can actually hear Levi saying "oi oi oi" xD
in America, "doing a runner" would be called a "dine and dash"
Oh that's cool! Thanks for sharing
Hey Tom, can you say that a shoplifter does a runner as well, or is it only at restaurants?
"Innit" is used as a generic tag question in British English, sometimes associated with Multicultural London English, but considered bad or broken English by most educated speakers.
“Oi” is also a very Nepalese word!!🇳🇵🇳🇵
It’s use is very similar to British. It is mainly used to call someone in not a very soft way.
Like Oi, what are you doin’?
That’s the kind of video I enjoy the most cause I want to learn the street spoken cockney English not the theory to speak rp English
So please do more videos like this
"To do a runner" can also mean to quit/leave something voluntarily. As for "innit", I think it's more common in the south of England. I think it sounds horrible but I'm from the North so probably biased.
Your videos are super useful! I find "off your trolley" super funny! Thanks, Tom!
You can hear Alight for on the London buses.
YES! Great example, we hear it all the time and some underground lines too. I think the District line has it.
Thank you so much, cheer for British accent fans
Gone off can also means you're over something like or it's so last year for you - usually a person or a band. Off your trolley can mean drunk too.
Horses for courses originated from horse racing where trainers would only race horses on ground that was beneficial to there style of racing
So the pick the horses for the race courses.
Many of these words are used in Canada too.
Oi gevalt! Some of these terms show up in American English as well. "Busker" and "kerfuffle," in particular.
"gone off" really surprised me, I'm British and i didn't think of it as a British thing, i thought that every one said it no matter where you live.
I remember Melanie B from the Spice Girls often say “Oi You Lot! “ LOL
I could imagine me going into a game yelling
"OI OI!DO A RUNNER,OR YOU'RE OFF YOUR TROLLEY!AND I DON'T WANT TO KERFUFFLE!"
Kerfuffle can be heard in some parts of the US, but it is a little old-fashion. Busker is also used over here, especially in NYC. Here: different horses for different courses. Isn't nowt a variation on naught? Alight is alight in the US, though infrequently used and then for getting off a horse or other ridden animal.
I learned something new, thank you for sharing
England- Horses for courses
America- Different strokes for different folks
I'm a filipino but i really love british accent ,I have a lot of British friends that always comes visit me here in Philippines and this is a very big help for me .A big THANKS bruv.
I love your videos and the way you easily and clearly express yourself when you're teaching! It makes learning English "a piece of cake!" Cheers luv! 😊
Amazing video, thank you!
One of the most appreciate lesson. Thank you
Thank you Tom. Very useful lesson
I loved this lesson, "innit" is great; most of the words are unknown to me. Thanks.
I use kerfuffle all the time and I’m from the American Southwest.
You always fascinate us with your videos, innit?
I loved this video !
I'd never heard of "Builder's Tea". Sounds like a new form of "Standard NATO" (tea with 2 sugars and milk). Two more great words that are uniquely British would be "daft" and "gormless". In my county of Lincolnshire we'd also hear the unique word "stitherum" .
Splendid!
I've just subscribed in your channel and the lessons are amazing. One expression which is extremely british: "Fancy a cuppa?"
Love this segment!
So Brits say OI instrad of HEY! It's good to know.
Thank you
This video is emanating Britishness and I like it
Nowt and luv are pretty common here in lancashire as well
Here are a few more:
Peckish
Skint
Knackered
Gutted
Could u give us their meanings pls
He's previously done a video with those too, I think it was called British adjectives :)
Marichou Mar peckish - hungry | Skint - broke(no money) | Knackered - exhausted/extremely tired | Gutted - Annoyed
@@marichoumar7712 peckish means hungry, skint means having no money, knackered means tired and gutted means upset/devastated.
Nought is an old word for zero.
In Brazil, we use the word "barraco" meaning the same as "kerfuffle"
thanks
Soda is probably the most common in the US but we've got a few. In western new York and other parts of the country people say "pop". People who say soda hate when people call it pop. You'll also hear "tonic" around Boston, but only someone with a heavy boston accent would say that. That same person would call jeans dungarees. Some places in the country say Coke to refer to almost any type of soda.
"kerfuffle" has been standard American English for at least thirty years, at least in my (New England, liberal, educated) peer group.
"busker" is definitely standard American English.
Pretty sure I've heard "nowt" from Canadians.
"Oi! No Fighting!" - Thomas Shelby