12 WEIRD AND INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT BRITISH CULTURE |

Here are 12 weird and interesting facts about British culture. My name is Ysis, I'm a Brazilian living in the UK. Watch more fun facts about the UK:
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[@irene8532]

I like any of your videos they are so nice. I enjoy your fluent English and kind smile all the time

[@Jinty92]

I am Scottish. I have just come across your video. I can't believe you are Brazilian. You sound Welsh to me. I have an Iranian friend who moved here to Scotland from Wales and we thought she had a,Welsh accent which she found hilarious. Your English is amazing. I am only fluent in English & French. My father was a French & German teacher so I spent most summer holidays visiting French friends he made as a student.

[@KeriNicole46]

I really enjoyed this. I’m so fascinated with UK life. I’d love to move there, but it’s really hard to. Growing up, we had a washing machine in our kitchen, and I’m in NY.

[@janicew9]

This was so fun, and you mentioned so many interesting things I've never heard of, even after watching UK youtubers for years!

[@alexismccourt7712]

I love the comparisons, honest and very charming,😊

[@1972piledriver]

The BBC impartial lol good one

[@jojox5136]

Yes I did laugh at that

[@raquelrivas2431]

I like your English. I understood everything. I am learning. Very interesting the facts you told.

[@christines3694]

Such a cool video Thank you😍

[@YsisLorenna]

Glad you liked it!! :) x

[@marcuswardle3180]

Washing machines are in the kitchen because it has mains water plumbed in and a waste water outlet also plumbed in. Plus 13 amp sockets are plentiful. The mains electricity is wired in the kitchen for oven so it is easy to wire in the washing machine.

[@thyshiaalen5698]

Great good communication... you have..nice to watch

[@sandraloure933]

Spot on!!! Loved the video! As a Spanish person who lived in the UK for 5 years, I noticed (and loved!) many of these aspects you mention, so much so that I married a British man ;) By the way, congratulations on your super fluent English!!!! Besos from Barcelona!

[@RogersWorldandAdventures]

Great video very interesting

[@veronikaneuzilova1726]

I am from the Czech republic and I don't remember anyone visiting us without invitation since ever 😀 I would definitely hide myself as well and pretend I am not at home 🤷🏻‍♀️😀 But when I was in Brazil with my partner to meet his family I was so surprised about this! Exactly what you said - I was in the shower, went downstairs after and there was 5 more people 😀 out of nowhere! So weird to me, I felt a bit of a social anxiety there 😀 Lovely video, I am in love with British culture ❤️

[@onlyme1028]

The flashing lamps at Zebra crossings are called Belisha becons. Black pudding is another example of some food that isn't a pudding.

[@fernandadeoliveira5303]

Hi, Ysis. Olha, visitar pessoas sem ter sido convidado, ao menos aqui no centro de São Paulo, atualmente, não é mais tão comum assim, não... Acho que era mais quando éramos mais novos, não hoje em dia... É o que me parece. Agradeço por todas as novidades que você trouxe, esse da faixa de pedestre diferente foi muito interessante!!!! Thanks!

[@YsisLorenna]

O prazer 'e meu, Fernanda! Acho que deve ser coisa da minha familia ou de cidade pequena mesmo :) Ainda acontece muito na minha cidade natal. Beijos :)

[@thelearner761]

Liked b4 watching!

[@albin2232]

On holiday in North Wales in the pub: "Can you recommend a good place to stay?" "Mrs Jones over the road will make you comfortable. You go over the road and Mrs Jones says, "Oh I knew you were coming - come in." Nobody does gossip like North Wales, but they are really nice!

[@banuyaseen4662]

Great xxx video xxxxx ysis xxxx

[@YAARGtv]

Great!

[@maahsouza38]

Ysis, seu cabelo está lindo! x

[@rosemarielee7775]

Washing machines are in the kitchen so it is easy to carry wet washing outside to dry on a washing line. Tumble dryers are expensive to run, and laundry dried outside smells so much better.

[@SumitVerma-hz3ri]

Nice one beb

[@valeriedavidson2785]

Please do not get confused. Our meals are breakfast, lunch and dinner. Just because some people say Tea when they mean dinner it does not mean it is correct or general with everybody. The evening meal is dinner.

[@fionagregory9376]

Correct.

[@michaels640]

Yorkshire pudding is great with gravy with a meal, but if you have any spare, having them as a pudding with a knob of butter and some sugar, and they are really lovely.

[@christinekaye6393]

In the U.S., some areas refer to the mid-day meal as dinner and the evening meal as supper. I believe when times were more agricultural, the mid-day meal was the biggest meal of the day to sustain people for the rest of the day's work. In England, aren't most desserts referred to as "pudding" when speaking generally?

[@valeriedavidson2785]

Yes, pudding is considered the correct term by middle class people in England when they are referring to the sweet course.

[@SaraKhan-es5tc]

I am missing those grocery haul you used to do.. are you planning to make any more of those videos???

[@kevinjones4559]

I know a Colombian lady who loves the weather here because it changes so much. In Bogota she said the weather was essentially the same every day. She loves fog and snow and the very late summer evenings.

[@faysalimran4356]

Very funny was X here it is interesting

[@raquelrivas2431]

Thanks from Uruguay.

[@alineneves505]

Dar uma passadinha ou dar um pulo na casa de alguém é muito comum onde moro tbm, às vezes nem quero visita e a pessoa tá lá batendo na porta 😂😂😂

[@nithyak5141]

Hi ysis...Pls upload videos about homeschooling of Bella...my kid s of her age ..it would b really useful for us..

[@spark_6710]

We had a dryer in our kitchen !! Lol. In Tokyo !! In the 80's ! And yes ,we were the only one did that !! Lol. Everybody ,my old shoolmates,neighbour's kids & their parents asked us why !!? Lol.😅🤣😆

[@catpainblackudder01]

Yorkshire pudding can be a sweet, try it with jam or ice cream, lush...

[@ahammedfaisalk]

I hope you'll get 1m subscribers 💓👌

[@terencecarroll1812]

Orange juice bits are not pulp but grated zest (skin) pulp is just mush and is what you get in a smoothie

[@thomaslowdon5510]

Royal warrants are issued to the company for its quality of produce Not one specific item... Service and consitency of product are what gets a warrant .. quality is paramount..... when you apply your company gets a full investigation and scrutiny before consideration and a fee recieved...

[@marcuswardle3180]

Royal Warrants are issued to a person. A firm I worked for had a Royal Warrant but it was awarded to a person.

[@makeupyourmind2019]

There’s a very similar tv license in Italy.

[@makeupyourmind2019]

Our washing machines are in the bathroom if there’s enough space, if not they go in the kitchen as well.

[@gaellehubert6060]

Whe have TV licence as well in France, but for TV only, and we have advertisements We also can have washing machine in the kitchen.

[@spark_6710]

We did & still do in Japan for NHK ( Japanese national TV broadcast like BBC in Japanese version ) ,annual reception fee just like the license fee ! 💜🥁🐉🎤💞

[@Cecibug1]

Maybe the washer machine is in the kitchen because it's convenient to build when it come to water lines and plumbing 🤔 Also I don't know if this is just in the US but we use a lot of explanation points... Especially woman. My husband says it's funny like "why is everyone shouting"? It's become a use for excitment or emotion like, Thank you!!! Or, See you soon!!!

[@xxGuItArGiRLxx89]

The BBC is not impartial. Love these vids. Very interesting.

[@nilushapremji8469]

In canada we call a period of 2 weeks bi-weekly. In fact most people in canada get paid bi weekly....love your videos....xx

[@mazdamps]

Yes quite, but you couldn't say, 'in a bi-weekly'! Although we could say, I get paid 'fortnightly'!

[@manoelcarloshenriquemartin9940]

Down here in Brazil, at least where i live, nobody visits their friends without a texting first anymore. Or am I wrong?

[@MarcioNSantos]

I guess she's already too much time in the UK. Since then, text message became much more popular in Brazil. People use "WhatsApp" all day long to everything nowadays, so I guess it's almost impossible to visit someone without sending a message before.

[@LF-kt8qp]

yep...tv licence is approx £149 a year😪which i don't agree. ha ha..very true about people complaining about weather. i found it weird asking permission to visit someone's house but now iam used to it lol.... i found it strange that most kids were going to bed about 7.30pm in UK🤔🤔🤔...

[@chasfaulkner2548]

Four seasons in one day? That's just Monday, the other 6 days are even worse, seriously, it can go from 70degrees to 40degrees. Remembering a June day in the 80's, went to work at 8 o'clock in jeans and T shirt, at midday it started snowing, at 3 o'clock it was 6 inches deep. The next day I wrapped up in warm clothes and was shedding layers as the day went on, at going home time it was jeans and T shirt again.

[@terencecarroll1812]

We are very private people in UK and people popping in unannounced is just rude

[@terencecarroll1812]

Yorkshire Pudding is Batter made with eggs, flour and milk or water

[@welshnathanwales]

How long did it take you to be fluent, your use of idioms and phrases is really good, im trying to learn Spanish and im planning in moving to Perú so im curious how long it make take... I know everyone is different.

[@alexbraz4255]

Fortnight was great. I ´ve never heard about that.

[@davidhastie7700]

Fortnight: a contraction of ‘fourteen nights.’

[@laizealmeida3868]

When someone is interested in you, and invites you to dinner, does that mean they want to date? I saw this in a British series, and I understood that it was more than just an invitation to eat out.

[@Jess_Bishop]

Eu detesto quando estou no Brasil e as pessoas aparecem do nada e eu já estou preparada pra sair de casa.. 😂

[@ilariandre_]

I'm from Italy and here we pay a fee not just to watch the tv but to own it! So, if you own a tv you must pay the fee.. The fee is included in the electricity bill.

[@mazdamps]

Hi Ysis, Royal warrant....it's possible that the royal family have never used, or eaten, products that are branded as such! They have something in the order of 200 staff, so many things will be used for them.... The Queen wears underwear by 'Rigby and Peller', but I doubt she will wear Brazilian style panties....lol Because it's such an emotive subject, many people will know that you can state that you never watch a TV as you only watch You Tube videos, and they might sulk, but they can't challenge it! True, a 'fortnight' is a strange historical statement, when you consider it, but I am sure that other countries will have some expressions that are unique to them, that they don't consider so unusual! For instance the Americans who want to abbreviate every word they can, but still call 'tights', 'pantyhose' ! An Elizabethan expression, with three syllables, instead of one! x

[@dilaniadikari1086]

Hi i am ftom sri lanka are you know sri lanka. I like your vedio .

[@kikstertripster6022]

Actually most cultures prefer people to let you know in advance before showing up at their home. I have never believed in people "popping up" at my house unnanounced.

[@hlund73]

X's are older than text messaging. It comes from telegrams where you paid by the characters used.

[@raquelrivas2431]

Thanks ! I always ask this to myself .

[@peterp40982]

4 seasons in 1 day more like in an hour

[@Swansea32]

The Welsh accent is getting stronger

[@Divyanshu0236]

British culture is best in the world !!!

[@ganjamozart1435]

Think it's pretty mediocre/bad. The classism, racism, anti-intellectualism, provincialism, I could go on...

[@nickgov66]

A fortnight is two senights. (fortnight = 14 days, senight = 7 days).

[@fionagregory9376]

7 days is a week.

[@fionagregory9376]

Never heard of senight!

[@manoelcarloshenriquemartin9940]

So you said that tea time is dinner time? Seriously? Really? bit weird this breaking news!

[@valeriedavidson2785]

People who say Tea time when they mean dinner are usually working class. Middle and upper class people do not say Tea for dinner. Tea is actually the drink of tea with a cake or sandwich.

[@peterwilson6509]

Were you hiding from tv licence inspector calling he he we never cold call I even phone family first before visiting merry Christmas 🎄🎁⛄😃

[@SL-hk6th]

X

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Yorkshire Pudding can be eaten with syrup or jam with custard poured over it, as a dessert so not only as a savoury dish .. and it u as equally as tasty either way.💕

[@michaels640]

The French are weird; they call a fortnight quinze nuits; fifteen nights!??!?

[@MarcioNSantos]

Actually in Brazil there is a word for that "quinzena"... that means 15 (quinze) days, just like "dezena"... that means 10 (dez) days.

[@Depreuz]

ah yes a fortnite

[@henryviii6341]

it’s not U.K. nobody here lives in U.K. we are Brits english welsh Scottish irish londoners yorkers eastenders etc NEVER U.K.

[@davidhastie7700]

I stopped watching at the appearance of the first one.