20 BRITISH vs AMERICAN English Words | Easy English 158

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[@gegu8802]

Hi Easy English! I'm an English teacher from Germany and I like to show your videos in the classroom. Thanks for all your great work!

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

That's fantastic! Greetings to all of your students from Brighton 🙌🏖

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

In Canada a roundabout is called a traffic circle.

[@evakosa932]

and in Hungarian "circle traffic"

[@NayadetGhio]

Hi Easy English! I can't speak for all of us, but I think it's pretty normal for people -as myself-, who has been learning english from a lot of different sources like series, movies, comics, games, music, videos, animation and so on, to speak some kind of hybrid between british and american english 😂

[@RussianCatMatyushaVlog]

If anyone is interested...😁 in Russian: 03:13 - "football", 04:12 - "lift", 05:10 - "God's cow", 06:53 "motorcycle", 10:23 - "Filling station", 10:40 - "toilet" , 12:43 - "Rubik's Cube", 13:00 - "jam" - with fruit & "jelly" - without fruit, 13:30 - "cross & zero" 🤔

[@vulkanofnocturne]

Gods cow. Wow. also it wasn't the item they were referring to but the direction.

[@Elenavolpata]

Tic-tac-toe in brazilian Portuguese is called "Jogo da velha" which translates to "old lady/woman's game". And when no one wind the game, you would say "deu velha", and that would be "got old lady", or "got old". lol

[@gabrielabissinger6263]

Justin spent both videos smiling!!! He is so kind!!! And as a mother, I agree with pacifier, because all we want is peace, ahahah!!!

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[@themontgomeryc]

Soccer is originally a British term which was a shortening of “aSOCCiation football”. When the game was exported to the US in the 19th century this was the common verbiage. Highway comes from roman roads which were usually the only paved roads that existed, they were slightly elevated and “higher” than the common dirt paths. Came into usage in the middle ages in England. Theres so many more but I think the video would have been better interviewing people with actual knowledge of the etymology of the words. Because often times the words that “dont make sense”, actually do. And alot of American terminology comes from British terminology that has fallen out of use since we split away and have been seperate.

[@mildredmartinez6330]

I love both American and British English

[@ReedoTV]

Roundabout is also what we call a merry-go-round

[@marketazelenkova969]

Nice, boys, I have lot o fun with you again. Thanks for comming, Justin. AUTOBAHN is the best🤣.

[@dng2000]

There are roundabouts in San Francisco, California by the way and we call it exactly that in my region.

[@ninecatsmagee8384]

I found these videos just the other day and can't stop watching. They're just fascinating! Have lived in the UK for twenty-five years and this has been kind of a culture inventory of how my opinions and ideas compare with the native Brit. I'm finding I'm more acclimated than I'd supposed. More Brit now than the American I once was.

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Thanks so much for your kind comment. Really glad you’re enjoying our work 🙌

[@bandelier100]

In America we also have interstates, freeways and toll ways. Roundabouts are becoming very popular in the US.

[@anjawright4609]

I thought of a few more examples: jumper/sweater, fringe/bangs (hair), exhaust/muffler (car).

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Jam has bits of fruit in it. Jelly is made of the juice only, lumpy bits are strained out.

[@michaelburggraf2822]

... and then there's marmalade. So what's that?

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

@@michaelburggraf2822 jam

[@tryhard-robbin1078]

Hello Easy English. I've been learning English for a while because I want to be able to understand, read and speak the language because I'm from Germany. I'm 16 years old and try to improve my English language skills in every free hour I have. I find it interesting to speak a second language that can take me a long way to converse with people anywhere in the world or (to) learn something about their culture. I also have a few friends who come from America, England and also from Italy and France when playing online with whom I can chat online and make new friends. I also learn something from your videos that can help me, e.g. if I were to travel to the UK or something. I think your channel is great and interesting to learn a lot, keep it up and celebrate your videos. Thx

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Congrats on your English skills! And thanks for watching and supporting our channel! I hope you get to visit the UK soon... try to visit Brighton! 🌊

[@Dana-on1]

Mein Gott! Du sprichst Englisch echt so gut! Wie lange lernst du die Sprache?

[@arupvlog266]

I have learned lots of from your videos. I learned the difference between American language and British language. Thanks to you.

[@RussianCatMatyushaVlog]

В Москве в кафе и ресторанах можно найти в меню блюдо "Fish and chips". И в том же меню "Картофель фри", что означает "French fries" или "frite", а не chips. То есть одно меню содержит два названия для картошки, но русские к этому привыкли. 😄🍟🥔

[@raullopezcifuentes1911]

Fantastic!!

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[@hugobrandao1116]

I'm Brazilian. When we're studying English, it's always American English.

[@thiagovieira9377]

eu aprendo misturado, meio que alguns termos eu uso mais. Tipo ... eu não falo "trash can", eu prefiro falar "bin". Eu digo tanto cookies quanto biscuit, uso mais "cookies" para o biscoito com gotas de chocolate apenas. Eu digo "anticlockwise" em vez de "counter...". Eu digo tanto soccer quanto football e prefiro o termo football mesmo pq é mais intuitivo. E por ai vai, as vezes prefiro termos do ingles britanico, nao fico preso a um só. Claro que o ingles americano é mais presente para os brasileiros, mas não acho que seja tao dominante quanto aparenta, mesmo em cursos de ingles americanos daqui, as vezes aparece os termos do ingles britanico tb

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thanks.

[@LothlorienTubes]

Hi folks, very nice video(s). I'm German and one day I saw the Easy German videos, from there I got to here. I did not realize, that the American, British and Autralian languages are so different. But since a while I have to work with Indian team members online, and I now understand it. But what should I say? We Germans have the same here, comparing to Austria and Switzerland. And also in Germany direct, we have the Schwabians, Bavarians and Saxons. I myself can also speak low German, but this is a kind of own language (a little bit like Netherlands). In high school and university I left the English language beside and got civil engineer, but doing software development in Germany mostly led me to American English. But now our German company has been overtaken by a big Frensh company, and everything switched to English. So I will watch most of your videos, to get better. Thank You for your work! (y)

[@anjawright4609]

Dude/Mate (staying with the GB/US dichotomy), I use American English in the US and British English in the UK. When I studied translation in Germany, we just had to decide which English to use (spelling and vocabulary) and then stick with it i.e. be consistent. And there will be two new "roundabouts" (sic) near my house in Fairfax, Virginia, USA which is just outside D.C. :-). And since I don't like either bum bag or fanny pack, I call that type of bag "kangaroo pouch."

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

I like that. We used to call hooded, pull-over, sweat-shirts with a pouch, kangaroo jackets.

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

Kangaroo pouch is by far the better word 😁🦘

[@tobyk.4911]

is this Aussie English?

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Congratulations! You hit 100k!

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[@romantubolians]

Love love

[@davidemarsilio552]

Dear Team of Easy English, I love watching your videos! For me it's useful for my personal learning of English. In any case I prefer British to American English... Keep producing new videos that for me are very interesting.

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

Thanks for watching Davide... I'm glad you're on TEAM BE 🇬🇧 😂

[@user-ti9ef7fv1v]

ЛАЙК !!! 😊👍

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[@islamadam8502]

Loooove these 2 episodes 👏 I'm team British English because it sounds to me more classic (or more English?!😅) but still I like knowing the vocabulary of American English. Justin seems to be a nice guy and I wish to see him in other British vs American episodes, perhaps one about grammatical differences? Also it would be nice watching an episode about British vs Australian English. You know in Egypt we call noughts and crosses "X O", just the name of the two letters. Seems like the simplest possible way to call it, doesn't it? 😂😂

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

Really great ideas there 🙌 I now prefer the Egyptian version over noughts and crosses

[@vtbn53]

Australian here but it's very definitely British English here although we do often use the term soccer but that is British English too (short for Association Football).

[@thiagovieira9377]

5:49 i prefer the name that i created : pocket bag or pocket pack

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😂😂😂🙌

[@thiagovieira9377]

or waist bag/pocket

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[@kentjensen4939]

Don't forget freeway for highway.

[@hannofranz7973]

As far as I know, the term French fries was created by American soldiers in Belgium that came across the typical Belgian fries. As those folks were speaking French among themselves, they mistakenly thought they were in France and their fries subsequently French fries. I don't know whether this is somehow confirmed but Belgian do claim the authority in fries.

[@TheBluesLab]

I speak: "thank God they are able to understand me somehow" English :D

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[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Fly is a piece of cloth covering an opening.

[@estebanlabulle649]

gas is just short for gasoline

[@jsjb3468]

funny one!

[@suevialania]

What kind of American English? Anglo-American? African- American? Southern? Californian?And about the British English? What kind? Scothish? Whelsh? Ulster? Irish? East Anglia? Northumbria? Mercia? Sussex?Cornwall? Londoner? And frenchglish? Spanglish? Italianglish? Portenglish?etc Australian? Southafrican?Israeli? The best is transatlântic english!!!🇬🇧🇺🇸🇦🇺🇮🇱🇿🇦

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[@shaunjoseph9467]

Both

[@suzannemurrell6605]

we have gardens, americans have yards.we have american air bases,they call them bases.

[@RicardoGoncalves-hl9oh]

British English is the best !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@user-vq2pr1xv8v]

Justin, I actually love you SO much! :) Oh my goodness, your cheery demeanour is SO AMAZING! :) LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT! Do more collabs, p-lease! :)

[@user-vq2pr1xv8v]

Just zip in the UK, no?

[@dng2000]

A toilet can also be called a john, at least where I live in California.

[@michaelburggraf2822]

Hello and hi there. Here's Continental European and I'll happily mix whatever comes to my mind first😅 ... except for football. Why soccer? Because you're loosing your socks while playing it ? 😊

[@Luxury_vagabond]

Lade Bird ？

[@suzannemurrell6605]

ladybird-from our ladyof jesus.

[@zakariyashakir4091]

🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@TheMinecraftandblueyfanlol900]

Erbs or Herbs

[@zakariyashakir4091]

British English is the best❤🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@anjawright4609]

Team GB here as well though I have lived in the States for more than 20 years now.

[@topyjh666]

specifer

[@irinapopova5975]

I am with British English about football. Football, of course! I mean, soccer... what the heck is soccer?! (I've read the comments above, and apparently it has something to do with the word association 👀 okay). But still it is football. FOOTBALL. But I gotta say, for us, non-natives, American English feels more... common. You know, because of all the American TV-shows (TV-series? 🤔) and movies we all watch. Especially, the pronunciation. British pronunciation has become very unnatural and way too complicated for us. So yay to American English! 🎉😅