7 British Words I've Picked Up after 10 Years in the UK as an American

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[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Hiya! Lovely for you all to join me today. I quite like hearing your comments, so let know them down below!

[@wessexdruid7598]

I highly recommend the book 'Watching the English', by Kate Fox. You may find it amusing.. edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/4434518/mod_resource/content/1/Watching%20the%20English.pdf

[@djrampantuk]

Can I put my garbage in your bin?As an English comedian that can mean many things 😂🙌

[@ewalk4692]

I see what you did there. ;-)

[@grahamstubbs4962]

If you're not saying 'cheeky', 'gutted' or 'mate' congratulations you're a posh girl.

[@samk9729]

What are the chances of you using British phrases and words in America by accident?

[@philn8122]

Chuffed doesn't mean excited; it means being really pleased at accomplishing something unexpected.

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

another excellent reason I don't use it as I don't even understand the context I'd use it in clearly 😂

[@ewalk4692]

@@GirlGoneLondonofficial Builder asks: "Are you happy with the new kitchen extension?". Customer replies: "I am absolutely chuffed with it!".

[@captaintorch983]

'Dischuffed' was very popular in the Midlands, don't hear it very often now!

[@user-zu6ir6kj5g]

When I was at school, we were taught to avoid using "nice" at all costs, as it was regarded as the laziest and most mundane of all adjectives. In my experience, "pardon me" is most often used when you've burped or accidentally farted.

[@lottie2525]

That's immediately what I thought when nice was used instead of lovely. Anything but nice! It was drummed into us in English lessons at school.

[@clivewilliams3661]

For us it was 'Lots' or 'a Lot of'. It was great to be able to create a composition that had dialogue, where you could actually say whatever you liked 'lots of'😁😁😁

[@lawrenceglaister4364]

It's a excellent word for sarcasm 😊 especially with mmmm in front of it

[@user-zu6ir6kj5g]

@@lawrenceglaister4364 True - it's excellent if your subtle intent is derogatory.

[@michaelwant8501]

Again it depends on how it's said, but I always feel that 'Pardon me' can be a little passive-aggressive! "Well, pardon me for breathing" comes to mind!

[@iainwasson6822]

As a Brit in the USA I'd say that "sketchy" is the best Amriecan equivalent of the British use of "dodgy".

[@jonathanfinan722]

But then the American use of sketchy is not what sketchy in English means, ie ill defined, literally like a sketch.

[@BrandonLeeBrown]

Sketchy is a fairly recent slang word in America and is not as common as shady, seedy and suspicious are in America, which have similar use in the UK too.

[@ultraredd]

This American says dodgy. People know what I mean.

[@wessexdruid7598]

@@ultraredd Shady.

[@johnlabus7359]

In the USA, you can also just say that something is sketch.

[@sailingby]

As well as being used to mean an apology, ’excuse me’ is sometimes used sarcastically

[@crossleydd42]

'Pardon me' is often used in an exaggerated way when people burp or even fart and can't hide it up! 'Cheers' is also used as a sort of toast, when about to drink alcohol.

[@tonys1636]

Often followed by "Vicar" Often someone would add "As the Bishop said to the Actress".

[@djrampantuk]

Sarcastic not exaggerated 👍

[@lawrenceglaister4364]

​@@tonys1636, bishop to actress ( or vice versa ) is one of my favorites , you can make loads of jokes 😂

[@TheCorek1949]

If I am in a crowded place, like trying to get to or from a bar at the Theatre, I will use "Pardon Me" as I try and squeeze past.

[@Lily-Bravo]

@@tonys1636 The second one I tend to say when someone has unintentionally said a "double entendre". I have to careful who I say it in front of as my image is of a polite innocent. But I was brought up on the Navy Lark and Up Pompeii as well as Chaucer!

[@markmcpherson8990]

Lovely is also frequently used sarcastically. "The weather is lovely" could mean it is warm/sunny, or equally cold/wet!

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

very true! good point!

[@MrGBH]

@@GirlGoneLondonofficial It kinda depends on what order. "The weather is lovely" is more likely to be sincere than "Lovely weather today"

[@shmupperfromhell]

Or when you knocked a saucepan of freshly cooked spagbol onto the kitchen floor: "oh, lovely'" ^^

[@Sandysand701]

Yes, you might find your car has a flat tyre, you might say, that's lovely

[@lawrenceglaister4364]

​@@GirlGoneLondonofficial , like most things it's not what you say but how it's said 😂

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

As a child, when I first heard someone say, "I'm going for a vacation", (it was a US school chum), I thought he meant he was going to the dorm lavatory for a dump. 😅

[@Lily-Bravo]

Evacuation?

[@lottie2525]

It's so interesting hearing your list. I would say 'excuse me' if I wanted someone to move out of my way, 'sorry' if I was in the way, and only 'pardon me' as a sarcastic dig under my breath, if I thought someone should have said either 'excuse me' or 'sorry' to me. Brilliant, lovely, fab, cheers, mate! 🤩

[@NickLea]

I agree - that's exactly the only time that I would use "pardon me"

[@stevieduggan1763]

Hi Kalen. Love your channel, girl. The etymology of the phrase " give you a ring ", and " give you a bell " is that early phones had bells.

[@BrandonLeeBrown]

Give you a ring is used in America too. Give you a bell, is similar to the Dutch expression, to bell somebody and I haven't heard it in America, but would understand.

[@wessexdruid7598]

Tinkle. On the blower. Just to upset Evan Edinger...

[@lemdixon01]

@@wessexdruid7598 'dog 'n bone' - phone

[@lemdixon01]

I wonder if 'give you a bell' also got prominance from Alexander Graham Bell, the inventer of the telephone.

[@ethelmini]

I'm more interested in the flip side, what other uses do Brits & Yanks have for variations of "calling" ?

[@john_g_harris]

Your use of "pardon me" sounded right to me. One way to describe it is that it's a more aggressive version of "excuse me". As others have said, it's also used when you want to be pardoned for something rude.

[@dorothywhite5836]

When in doubt say 'Sorry' and that will cover all eventualities!!

[@bobm4378]

@@dorothywhite5836 yes, sorry seems to be the European word 'excuse me' and 'pardon' ;)

[@XPLOSIVization]

Pardon me is often used if you accidently do a loud fart or burp in public, I tend to either give a quick sorry can i squeeze past you, or excuse me, if im trying to get past someone in the way of me

[@robinholland1136]

'Pardon me' is an interesting one. It can be used to excuse one's own behaviour but, depending on the intonation, can be used to upbraid somebody who has accused you (erroneously) of doing something they have taken exception to, as in the expression, 'Oh! PARdon me for living!' (with the stress on the first syllable of the word 'pardon'). It's another one of our ways of answering a social challenge without actually saying what really needs to be said. We're very good at that!!

[@tonys1636]

"Pardon me!" said with force when someone does not move out of one's way. Two or more people blocking a passage or corridor whilst chin wagging and not moving out of the way.

[@robinholland1136]

@@tonys1636 Yes. Why is it that people always decide to have a conversation in the doorway I need to get through? It's a mystery . . .

[@mej6519]

"sort it out" can be use on the kids, say they are arguing in the back of the car, "OI, you two, sort it out".

[@rogerwitte]

I want to congratulate you on having a young nephew. I love having nieces, nephews and grandchildren. It's like having most of the best bits of parenting but avoiding most of the worst bits (because you can hand those off to the actual parents).

[@robinholland1136]

'I wouldn't buy a car from that place. The guy who runs it is proper dodgy.' The original 'Fab Four' were, of course, the Beatles. 'Fab' is, to my ears, 60s speak and sounds a little odd nowadays.

[@lottie2525]

These phrases always come around, fab dahling.

[@Poliss95]

F.A.B Scott.

[@wessexdruid7598]

Similar to 'cool'. Which at one time, would have been though very 'old hat'.

[@walneygirl]

"Fabuloso" is of course High Camp".

[@danowen79]

I’ve heard that Americans use “quite” to emphasise quality being much better than just good, while Brits use it to mean fairly good to average. So kind of opposite sides of “mid” depending where you live.

[@boyblunder8889]

One thing I’ve noticed about Americans is when talking about sums of money , I often hear things like “it cost me 25 hundred dollars” , where we would say it’s “2 thousand 500 pounds” or “2 1/2 grand”

[@jonbolton3376]

One of our words that i love which you didn't include is 'gormless ' meaning stupid, usually about a person, but i often use it to refer to an absurd situation. I've loved that word since i was a kid. My American girlfriend loves it too, and has started using it in Texas lol.

[@Poliss95]

@jonbolton3376 I don't think gormless is used much down south.

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Interesting! Haven't heard anyone say it so had never heard of it before!

[@Poliss95]

gormless (adj.) c. 1746, also in early use gaumless, gawmless, "wanting sense, stupid," a British dialectal word, from gome "notice, understanding" (c. 1200), from Old Norse gaumr "care, heed" (of unknown origin);

[@benhodkinson6467]

Madam, you are very insightful and honest about your experience. Your words are loaded with deeper meanings and not just statements of fact. I feel that you have picked up a British intellect during your time with us. You are welcome to stay as long as is pleasurable for you

[@robtyman4281]

If you wanted to get past someone in a shop (if they were standing in your way or in front of a display with a product you needed), you'd definitely say 'excuse me' and not 'pardon me'. As the latter indicates that someone has muttered something under their breath - which might have been rude or at least 'brusk'; and your response would then be 'pardon me'. So if you said this to someone you wanted to get past (in a shop or cafe), they might instantaneously say 'sorry, I didn't say anything?' in a surprised or perplexed way.

[@captaintorch983]

7 American words/expressions I refuse to say and never will: it sucks, rest room, stick shift, semi truck, on accident, back yard, British English. In a Sacramento restaurant I was tempted to ask the waitress where the "Pee corner" was. I settled for Toilet in the end! She still gave me 'an old fashioned look'!

[@jonathanfinan722]

urgh "on accident". "Excited for..." grates with me. I mean you can be excited for someone else but you can't be excited for and event that's going to happen to you. Also "Lit on fire"

[@lottie2525]

Can I add gotten, could care less, burglarisation and neat to your list?

[@captaintorch983]

@@lottie2525 Absolutely Lottie I forgot 'gotten', it is hideous . Worst American word of all

[@wessexdruid7598]

@@lottie2525 Conversate? Why the need to expand a perfectly good word like converse.

[@BrandonLeeBrown]

Some Americans and a lot of Canadians say, "wash room."

[@gmdhargreaves]

In the UK we never use the word Awesome, I’ve never anyway unless it was with an over exaggerated American accent ❤❤❤

[@heraklesnothercules.]

I would use it in relation to something like Niagara Falls, but not like Americans frequently use it for even trivial things 😂

[@djs98blue]

Everything is awesome!

[@gmdhargreaves]

@@djs98blue name a few please?

[@AndrewJLeslie]

Apropos of not much: Apparently, in Norway, the standard response to being asked "How are you?" is "Up and not crying". That seems reasonable.

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

absolutely love this

[@anny1_232]

That’s brilliant! I might start using that one myself!

[@benhodkinson6467]

Suitably British response l! I like it a lot.

[@grahammoore8967]

I loved this - it was lovely!!

[@allysmith1242]

I picked up "lovely" back in college from a roommate obsessed with Britain, but I mostly use it with sarcasm when referring to a situation or circumstances.

[@iainsan]

One thing that amuses British people about American English is that the alternative words used in the US are often much longer and harder to say: flat is apartment, lift is elevator, car used to be automobile, etc. Also, unnecessary descriptors, such as 'horseback riding' instead of just 'riding'.

[@davidjones332]

My favourite is from the prewar debate on air power. An American general said: "There is no known agency that can prevent the accomplishment of a bombardment mission". Our Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin said: "The bomber will always get through" -six words instead of fourteen!

[@Lily-Bravo]

Burglarise for burgle.

[@suetatlock8328]

You are so genuine. The word chuffed/chuff can be used in so many ways and all different. I worked with someone from a different part of the UK and she was so amused at my use of this word I was crowned Queen of Chuffs.

[@DelfinaKS]

It is a lovely/amazing video. Your analysis is quite interesting!

[@Sandysand701]

Some words/phrases using rhyming slang are just for fun, others are used to add emphasis, like if a car park is full/busy, I would say It's rammed, chock a block just seems old hat now. "A sticky wicket" is common to use, it means you're in a challenging situation/position, a cricket term for having to deal with an unusual ball bounce, another one is: "It's just not cricket" meaning they are not playing by the rules, or someone is playing dirty. "Dealt a Googly" is like a curveball or braudsided. If someone is "loved up" means they are smitten with their partner. If someone is "minted" they are well off, proper minted, they are very rich.

[@captaintorch983]

It used to be 'jam packed' until that prize pillock Corbyn changed it to 'ram packed'

[@user-ze6ef2jb2f]

hallo girl gone;really liked this video;made me feel quite at home as your talking like a londoner now;keep those words going.thankyou.

[@altosanon]

You've been on public transport enough "See it, say it, Sorted!"

[@andybaker2456]

"Quite" is an interesting one. As someone who works for an American company and therefore very closely with Americans on a daily basis, I've found that "quite" has a slightly different meaning on either side of the Pond. For example, a group of us recently had to work on an emergency project for our CFO, who is based in the US. We worked hard to get it done, and on successful completion, we each received an email from the CFO thanking us, and saying that she thought the project had gone "quite well". As a Brit, to me, that meant she thought there was room for improvement! But when I questioned her comment with my American boss, I was assured that she meant the project had gone "very well"!

[@Lily-Bravo]

In Britain there is almost an unspoken "all things considered" after the "quite well" Would you agree?

[@andybaker2456]

@@Lily-Bravo Yes indeed! 😄

[@jumblechaos9035]

I’ve really been enjoying your recent videos, the more relaxed style suits you and the content is really good. I just wanted to say keep doing what you’re doing!

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

aw that's nice, thanks so much! I like doing a variety of relaxed and more scripted ones to keep it interesting. I appreciate you taking the time to comment. Hope you continue to enjoy!

[@CovBloke1310]

I recall a video you made in Florida with one of your friends, and you told her that the word BOG was also used for toilet/bathroom/washroom etc. One of the funniest videos that you have made..... And the phrase "Give me/you a tinkle" is used regarding phone calls.

[@COMEINTOMYWORLD]

Pardon me is used in the UK when you burp or fart to a more forceful level that it's now audible in a public place like on a bus or shop queue and everyone around you needs someone to claim it vocally to ease this unexpected but heartfelt alarm. I have often wondered why Madonna called her early hit song Holiday and Not Vacation?! 'If we took a vacation, just one day out of life, it would be, it would be so nice. Vacation!'

[@philonutube100]

"Nicker" is another slang word we use for Quid .....Off piste a bit is "put wood in't hole" = close the door. )

[@crossleydd42]

The latter is very Yorkshire. Like: "I'm going over yon Pennines in't coach!

[@kenholst3541]

"You born in a barn?"=close the door

[@Lily-Bravo]

I say I am going "off piste" when I drive a roundabout way, or walk a different route, and also when I am wandering a bit when telling a story.

[@crossleydd42]

@@Lily-Bravo Agreed - not doing a normal/conventional thing!

[@alanmills9492]

Hiya mate, I'm gutted that I can't give you a ring but your holiday looks proper lovely ! Did you sort it out ? It must cost a few quid but it'll be brilliant to have a mooch around those places ! Cheers !

[@nathjones77]

Tidy

[@q.e.d.9112]

@@nathjones77 Quite.

[@charlesunderwood6334]

1990s rave culture used "Sorted" for pretty much anything that was good or is progressing well- a lot of older people (like me) still use it on its own or in "sort it out" etc.

[@ajc389]

Knackered can have a double meaning. A knackers' yard is a horse abattoir where you take your brocken down old nags to be turned into glue. The other service provided by a knackers was to geld stallions so I think that being knackered can mean both.

[@mosless1]

I’ll give you a ring: comes from when telephones had an actual bell inside, that rang when a call came in.

[@benhodkinson6467]

Your list of things your not prepared to say, was better than the list of things you adopted! LOVED IT and have to agree that if your not feeling it, your best off avoiding it.

[@chrisdbris]

When you said about your friends being American it reminded of when I lived in San Francisco and a fellow Brit asked me how come I knew so many Americans.

[@markrichardson3421]

Excuse me to interrupt another person, pardon me to apologise for a fart or burp.

[@eadweard.]

Burparts.

[@walneygirl]

Some thoughts, for what they're worth, 1. I'm definitely in the "excuse me" camp but I would use "pardon me", or its stronger variant "well pardon me for breathing" in a snarky way to somebody being pompously aggressive. (Snarky is one of those American words I like so have appropriated for my own use). 2. Fab/Fabulous, oh my that takes me right back. Do people down south really still say that? To me it's ever so early 1960s, it goes with listening to early Beatles songs on "Fab 208" (Radio Luxembourg) when I was 9 or 10. There was a Fab magazine for pre-teenage girls with news and gossip about pop stars, and a Fab ice lolly ("popsicle") marketed to girls (it was pink and white with a top section covered with sprinkles) as the distaff counterpart to the Zoom lolly, which was rocket-shaped. Even ice lollies were gendered in those unenlightened times. I see from googling that these items have been revived, so maybe the words have come round again as well. Not heard much in Scotland though, I think. 3. Hiya, very northern English (where I was born) and Scottish (where I live). The sort of greeting you would hear on Coronation Street from the very beginning (1960, when the sound of Manchester vowels coming from the telly outraged polite society). Other northern greetings from Up North would be Ay Up, which is more Yorkshire than Lancashire, and the peculiar to Hull "Now then", which can have people new to that city feeling they must have done something wrong. "Hi" is always a good general greeting so stick to that if you're comfortable with it. 4. Chuffed - much more quietly pleased with something you've done or that's happened to you, and not really excited. We're not excitable people! 5. No need to go out of your way to change the way you speak. Everybody will know you're American, they won't mind because you're clearly somebody who's ready to take us as you find us and muck in, and they will understand you just fine. Pick up what you find useful and discard the rest.

[@williebauld1007]

I think you should adopt bawbag! To describe people negatively 😜

[@jonathanfinan722]

Wee dafty

[@eadweard.]

Fannybaws.

[@bobbybobob123]

Brits don't say 'vacation', but 'staycation' has become popular lately, but used wrongly. 'Staycation' used to mean spending your vacation time at home. Now it seems to mean spending it in your home country, in which case 'staycation' covers almost all American vacations.

[@maryandrews4097]

The only regular use of the word vacation in the UK refers to the breaks between university terms. NB: terms not semesters.

[@russellpotter7294]

A cashier gives me my cakes and shopping and I always say 'Lovely, Cheers' . Not so familiar with 'Pardon Me'. I just say 'sorry'. As I push past them to get more cake. FAB was used a lot in the Sixties and was even used as a call sign for Thunderbirds a popular Children's show. So Fab has stuck with us. Anyway cheers mate it was brilliant and fun. Weird how easily we fall into phrases. Love the 'still Americans' comment. Reminds of Donald Sutherland at the end of Invasion of The Bodysnatchers where he has turned and points and screams at the human. STILL AMERICAN would be a great scream. 'So Anyway' another phrase I have fallen into. Great fun.

[@richardlaasna8372]

Here in Bristol, we do say proper but also add job to it as in "Proper Job." Also, "Cheers Drive" when getting off the bus. We also like adding an "L" here & there; for eg. "I bought this from Asdal". Referring to Asda! Finally, "Right Mate!" Are alright mate or You Alright Mate!

[@ABPhotography1]

'Barry' means fantastic on Scotland's South East Coast xx

[@omgitsabloodyandroid5161]

Yes dear

[@carolineskipper6976]

It sounds as if the phrase much used on the Rail transport system of 'See it, say it, sorted!' (what you are supposed to do if you see something suspicious on the rail system) would potentially sound quite weird to Americans, if they typically only use 'sorted' to refer to organising collections of objects. As a Brit, I would use 'excuse me!' to ask someone to get out of my way, but 'pardon me?' if I failed to hear or understand what they were saying, or realised that I has offended them in some way. I have realised recently that Americans, when they do use 'Quite', use it to mean that something is especially so. For example "The kids are quite excited to go to Disneyland for the first time this summer". In the UK, we often use it to mean that something is particularly underwhelming. So, if your guests tell you the meal you cooked was 'quite nice' you would be wondering what was wrong with it.

[@pdrg]

A Mooch isn't just a wander, it implies you'll be having a bit of a look at the same time. It's not aimless :)

[@normanfairbrass7275]

You did a proper job there!

[@jimbrown5552]

Very interesting

[@robharris8844U]

Holiday - you will hear "going on hollies!" Give you a ring - you will also hear " Give you a bell!" Have a mooch - you will also hear "Have a gander" Parden me - excuse me you will also hear "Scuse me!" Hiya - you will also hear " Yo!" Dodgy - you will also hear " really dodgy" Brilliant- you will also hear " Brill!" or " SMART!" YOU MUST LEARN TO SAY "CHEERS!"

[@JustinThomas7]

I noticed in one of your earlier videos you said you would “venture a guess”. I had to look that up as I’d never noticed it, but it sounds like that is the American variation of “hazard a guess” which I’m more used to hearing. Now I’ve noticed a few Americans saying venture.

[@crocsmart5115]

More jarring is the way americans use the word holidays for things like Christmas. It’s just really weird to hear it in that context.

[@BrandonLeeBrown]

Holiday, is a day off from work or school, while vacation means to go away somewhere. Or vacation can be to be away from work or school for more than one day, "paid vacation" or "Easter vacation."

[@lemdixon01]

I've noticed that if you say to Americans ''how are you'' they will quite often say ''I'm good'' whereas British people would tend to say ''not so bad'', so less of a positive afirmation and an understatement.

[@TukikoTroy]

'Fab' is a definite throwback to the sixties.

[@cfp8872]

That Vlog was a proper job🤪 I would be interested to know what your American family and friends (non UK resident) think of the way you speak having been here several years now. Cheers 👍

[@ianprince1698]

don't forget that in English usage one can merely change the tone of the word to put a negative spin on that word. Grate!

[@allysmith1242]

Nice point regarding the ease and lack thereof of speech. Very true. Least amount of facial muscles required....

[@stevenmarsham1905]

I've noticed in the last few year on american TV shows is the word "sketchy" being used

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Ah yes, we do say that a lot!

[@johnlbirch]

What is interesting is - taken together - the words you have adopted are social class markers. They say "middle class, home counties". This is even clearer with the ones you have not adopted as they tend to be lower class words or phrases. So well done - you have found your place in society.

[@idristaylor5093]

While I know the activity, this is the first time I have come across "cheersing". Mooching I take to mean either investigating or freeloading; I have never heard it used to mean meandering.

[@robinholland1136]

I always understood 'mooching' to be engaging in some aimless activity, often to the annoyance of another person. 'Stop mooching about and get on with your homework!' was something I remember being told by my mother.

[@jillp1840]

We'd never use mooching to mean investigating or freeloading. But I do love to have a good mooch around the shops, or in our lovely historic towns and cities, just have a mooch.

[@lemdixon01]

I remember when I started a job in Stoke-on-Trent and in the place I worked it was big with a few hundred people working there. They all would say 'eh up' to each other in the morning so you'd hear just 'eh-up' 'eh-up' everywhere. This is more a northern thing but we never said it in Blackpool bit I'd say 'tara' for goodbye and 'ta' for thanks.

[@gingerdom5623]

A good one I see a lot of foreigners saying is 'taa', which is an informal thank you. Usually used to demonstrate that you're appreciative for something, but not when someone has gone really out of their way, otherwise a simple 'taa' would seem less grateful.

[@barriehull7076]

ta. ta /tɑː/ exclamationINFORMAL•BRITISH thank you. "‘Ta,’ said Willie gratefully"

[@andrewstevens2364]

Your hair is lovely

[@izzyroberts5518]

Dodgy = Sketchy in the US If you want a very funny book & indeed an entirley NEW Language I highly recommend 'Jackspeak' by Rick Jolly. Jackspeak is Royal Navy/Marine lingo and many words from there have snurggled into the English lexicon

[@tonys1636]

Do you still have your merchandise site as can't find a link. Need to replace the Girl Gone London mug as the dishwasher has started to remove the overglaze print. It has lasted a few years.

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Tony, this made my day that you use your mug! You should be able to find it on this page, feel free to e-mail me at [e-mail] if you can't: courses.girlgonelondon.com/store/

[@tonys1636]

@@GirlGoneLondonofficial Thanks Kalyn, page added to reading list, for speedy access, speedy when my ancient laptop decides to get its finger out of its arse, see you've added a couple of new designs.

[@smahier]

"Fab" dates from the 1960s, when the Beatles were often referred to as the Fab Four. It continued later in the 1990s with the TV show "Absolutely Fabulous" which is widely called "Ab Fab." "Hiya" is said everywhere, but is especially common in Manchester. Since you live in London, I´m surpised you omitted the constant substitution in that city of "very" for "well", which is both well common and maybe well dodgy.

[@gordonsmith7885]

Never use nice...the weakest adjective...but..nice one mate!..is a lovely compliment

[@Findo_Gask]

What about 'bollocks!'? Had to ask.

[@chrisaskin6144]

To mooch: to amble around aimlessly with a fairly nebulous, undefined purpose - to see what turns up or where you finish up.

[@kevinpraetzel1283]

You would have been completely lost in East end London in the 80s with sayings like that's sound or that's mint, meaning that is really good and there are so many more

[@drewfaye]

Really enjoyed your video and understand why you don't use certain phrases as when I travelled around the States it would feel fake to use terms such as "bucks" You could also do an entire video on slang and phrases from Yoekshire.😅

[@musicgarryj]

Maybe you could do a video about American words/phrases that are not used in the UK. One example is the word "excited". In the US you might get a business executive saying "I'm really excited about our new ad campaign". That's never said in the UK. Excited is a word for children: like a five year old child might say he's really excited about going to a party The only time "excited" appears in UK grown ups' vocabulary might be in connection with "bedroom activities"! lol Anyway, keep up the good work! :)

[@jimbrown5552]

Lovely

[@mdnickless]

I'm surprised you say Ring, since we don't use phones like that so much anymore. I might still use it for a business number, like Ring the doctor. But even then I'm more inclined to say, Phone the doctor.

[@tomwalker779]

In Canada you will hear people say pardon me, but is often used as an interjection in response to someone saying something stupid or insulting.often used when someone pushes abruptly in front of you, often interchanged with EXCUSE ME!!!

[@simonwebster9712]

As a Brit myself, this video made me proper chuffed. Lovely.

[@Nutrient-Gold]

I believe "knackered" meaning completely tired derives from the 'knackers yard' - a place where old horses would be taken 'care of/or not so much' in their older years.

[@FalcomScott312]

We here in the UK often use the word "bloody hell" when we're angry about something!

[@lemdixon01]

I think that there a lot of words and phrases that start of either in the US or UK and end up getting adapted in the other country. Then it can be difficult to know where it originated from. I know that 'teenager' was originally an American word that was adopted in the UK.

[@peckelhaze6934]

I never say "Pardon Me" I say "Excuse Me". I use "Pardon" to get them to repeat what they said. I use "Dodgy" or "Iffy", as in a bit iffy".

[@riverstone0113]

As an American who has lived in the states my entire life and have a clearly American accent, I have always been perplexed why people always ask which country I’m from. I think I’m starting to get it! I say so many of these words in everyday speech.

[@iLoveBeingDelusional4U]

You've been pardoned.. You need to watch the sitcom Abfab, you'll be in stitches.

[@crazycatpetera1404]

Knackered is usually only used for extreme tiredness, you wouldn’t say knackered if we were slightly tired because it would sound odd.. however if you said “oh my gosh my neighbours have a new baby and I haven’t slept for 3 *bleeping* days.. I’m so knackered” then it would sound completely normal. Chuffed isn’t just excited it’s more when you’re super proud and excited about something. You’d also use it as a banter to knock them down a peg or too like “look at him, he’s chuffed” 😂 I agree with you on ‘bloke’, ‘mate’, ‘gutted’, and ‘cheers’ - they would sound like you’re trying too hard 😂 Cheeky would work though but only if you understood the humour behind it.

[@MrChristbait]

Fab is very 50s American , although we had the fab four in the sixties.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Volkuth]

I typically use 'lovely' sarcastically.

[@peteince]

When a someone burps or sneezes, they sometimes say "pardon me" or "excuse me", as an apology to those around them.

[@BrandonLeeBrown]

In America when somebody sneezes, we say the German expression, gesundheit. The Brits avoid German words for some reason (not sure why that is) and say, bless you.

[@elizabethsimpson4430]

"I beg your pardon" is the articulated version of a slap in the face

[@53Zander]

hi Kalyn very interesting topic, l am an adopted moonraker, (Wiltshire)but originated from Kent, l did go to boarding school. not for rich kids, as kids from most of the areas of the UK went there my phrases and us of words were picked up there. For example instead of saying l would do something, l now say.. we would do something, in others words you pick up the language of the locals.

[@johnhurst3737]

How do you flash a peace sign/victory/ swear at people with your hand ✌.

[@Dasyurid]

I think the way you say “quid” and “cheers” is fine and doesn’t come across as weird or fake at all. I’m sure it feels weird saying them because you only ever hear them in British accents, but honestly it sounded fine.

[@oliverkent8429]

If you go up to places like Staffordhire/Stoke on Trent area they will call you 'duck' everywhere you go. Quack quack

[@stephentaylor1476]

When you go on holiday you go somewhere, vacation means you are vacating the house. Staycation means you are staying at home not going on holiday ie Windowsill Bay or Stopperton on sea. Since covid everybody seems to think that it means going down to Devon etc why I do not know.

[@jonnynexus]

"Do you say pardon me or excuse me?" As a Londoner, I say 'scuse me. :)

[@adamclark6756]

I would love to hear you say all these in your best English accent now. That would be an entertaining video i am sure!

[@lemdixon01]

There's also regional phrases that are said in the UK, ( and I'm sure regional differences in the US ). In regions of England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland. In Stoke and parts of the East Midlands for example they say ''eh up me duck'' for a greeting or just ''eh up'' instead of hello. In the West Country in Devon and Cornwall they say ''hello my lover'' or ''hello my old mucker'' I guess if if its men, the former being a bit like ''hello love'' or 'hiya love'' or ''hiya duck''. In the north East they replace love with pet. In Manchester they say love so much you get men calling other men love. In Wales they say ''hello but'' if they don't say borida.

[@robertgriffith8857]

@lemdixon01: It's bore da - two words, bore = morning and da= good.