7 UK vs USA DIFFERENCES that MOST People Have NO Idea About! // American in the UK

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

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[@jcdom3841]

Englishman here - firstly your husband is a lucky guy - I learnt ROYGBIV - surprised he didn’t. Great videos! Thank you.

[@eddhardy1054]

I was taught 'Richard of York gave Battle in Vain' too

[@TomLaceyJohnson]

Same here.

[@SvenTviking]

Yep.

[@zebj16]

Me 3.

[@millsymills6967]

Same here, 70’s born.

[@maximbobforthewin2588]

Yep same

[@veryblocky]

I know the song “I can see a rainbow”, but I always knew it as just a song and not a way of remembering the colours. The mnemonic I was taught was “Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain”

[@Jneedstostopobssessing]

The rainbow song is literally just a song. I do know people that think it is the actual colours, though. I learned "Richard of York gained battle in vain"

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Ah, interesting!

[@jerry2357]

It should be “Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain” referring to Richard III losing his crown at Bosworth Field.

[@andrewbutler7681]

@@GirlGoneLondonofficial Not only that: it is an American song! It was written by Arthur Hamilton, from Seattle, for the film "Pete Kelly's Blues" starring Jack Webb. We were always taught "Richard of York gave battle in vain", which fitted in with history lessons about the Battle of Bosworth...

[@davidfaraday7963]

I read a fascinating article a while back that essentially said that its hard to distinguish between two colours if your language doesn't have different names for them. The researchers tested the ability of people to the tell apart colours when their language did or didn't have different names for them. They found that people found it very much easier when their language had different names for them. A rainbow has a continuous spectrum between short-wavelength (violet) and long-wavelength (red) light. We only see it as a set of seven discrete colours because we have names for those colours.

[@gastrickbunsen1957]

@@davidfaraday7963 Easy example, Robin redbreast. Its breast is orange but we didn't distinguish between red and orange until the fruit was introduced over here.

[@TP-uf6fn]

Drinking out of the sink sounds funny 😂 I’d say drinking water out of the tap. Out of the sink sounds like you fill the sink and then lap the water like a cat.

[@OEDODRAGON]

It sounds very gross to say drink out the sink to me as that sounds like you are drinking the old stanky sink bowl water. xD Drinking water from the tap sounds fresher.

[@robinmunro7733]

@@OEDODRAGON Yeah, drinking out of the sink sounds comparable to a dog lapping out of a bowl!

[@stevenclarke5606]

Yes, you really don’t want to be drinking out of the sink! In the UK we prefer to drink water from the tap

[@halcroj]

I have no problem with baseball hats. I have one myself. The thing that winds me up is people who wear them indoors. Wearing a baseball cap, even in a McDonalds marks you out as a foreigner. I'd even go so far as to say, it's still considered polite to take your hat off, any hat, when you're indoors.

[@johnclements6614]

I only wear a bathrobe in the afternoon when I am expecting Vogons.

[@billycaspersghost7528]

They can be a big problem if you have not kept up with with Galactic Planning notifications. You only have yourself to blame ,resistance is useless.

[@paulbenwell3560]

Classic! I hope you have your towel handy as well.

[@andrewdoubtfire4700]

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[@philrobinson4052]

Even though there is an Hollywood film, I don't think many non-Brits will understand the reference and anyway, I think Arthur Dent wore a dressing gown not a bath robe. Phil

[@billycaspersghost7528]

@@philrobinson4052 I wonder how many people not "of a certain age" will understand the reference. How does 40 years slip by ? One minute you are reading the book passed round ,listening to the radio series and the BBC TV version. Next your grown up kids actually think you are 60. I was in a Punk Band I was "Spew Vomit" Life just runs away . Resistance is useless.

[@dougtodd24]

I'm Scottish. ROYGBIV stands for "Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain". I used heard the "I can sing a rainbow" too as a kid and some of my workmates today go by that and need corrected.

[@dauntless1248]

northern English here and exactly this

[@michael-pn9po]

My understanding: A Bath Robe is specifically designed (being of towelling/absorbent material) for wearing between bathing and dressing - Whereas a dressing gown or housecoat is generally made from less absorbent materials and designed to be worn between bed/undress and dressing to keep warm and for ladies to wear at the dressing table (applying their new face ;-)

[@charbostock2079]

You make wearing a dressing gown at a dressing table sound so elegant! In reality, we’re all just wiping dirty makeup brushes on the front and using the corners to wipe off badly-applied lipstick in our haste 😂

[@charleshayes2528]

@michael-pn9po Also, men would wear a "dressing gown", at home, if they took off their Morning Coat or Jacket, even if they retained their waistcoats ("vests" to Americans) and the rest of their clothing, including their ties. This can be seen both in contemporary illustrations of e.g.; Sherlock Holmes and in recreations in film and TV. Since dress codes for men have become much more informal and a jacket or coat is no longer essential, the lack of such a garment no longer causes embarrassment or social shock. Perhaps it is this loss of the formal role of the dressing gown that allowed the name to be applied to the "bath robe". It may also be a working class usage that confuses the two since working class men would have less motivation or need to wear a "dressing gown" to cover the lack of a formal jacket or morning coat, since their jobs would often require them to work in shirt sleeves and they would keep their jackets/coats for outdoor wear, while formal occasions would be covered by "Sunday Best" suits and clothing. However, I should also point out that heavy "bath robes" are often described as "dressing gowns" by such UK stores as Marks & Spencers. My old, ragged, towelling robe is from the now defunct "British Home Stores" and was sold as a "Dressing Gown", not a bath robe and while a search does, now, bring up "bath robe" when searching for "dressing gown", the former has always had an American sound to it. The first time I encountered "bath robe" was in American novels, some decades ago and it is only very recently that it has become common in British English to use "bath robe" and to distinguish it from the older (thinner) style of dressing gown.

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

Tummy is a term that starts in childhood and we carry on using it as it's a simpler and more friendly word for the whole abdomen. We also use the word belly in the same way.

[@newmie01]

Whenever I hear belly I always think of the tango advert (I think it was tango) Belly’s going to get you! It’s a hilarious word

[@graemeparrington2841]

@@newmie01 think it was Reebok. Very freaky ad.

[@EricIrl]

@@graemeparrington2841 Tango - I'm sure.

[@graemeparrington2841]

@@EricIrl reebok used it also. Look up reebok classic ad on here.

[@Arcane2080x]

@@newmie01 definitely Tango came to mind here!

[@leoleeuk]

I was taught in the UK for the planet's, My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets.

[@lou4guy07]

I was taught many vile earthlings munch jam sandwiches under newspaper piles

[@wynhaywood8077]

Mother very easily makes jam sandwiches under nine pence

[@dom8259]

This is the one I remember apart from Saturn was Starts

[@TheLlaauurreenn]

@@lou4guy07 oh my god! I thought I made this up myself when I was you get! No one I know has ever heard of this! X

[@lou4guy07]

@@TheLlaauurreenn I've had that most people look at me weird when I say that

[@radicalgoodspeed16]

Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain this is how I was taught to remember the colours of the rainbow

[@helen3504]

Yes me too

[@alistairsanger3111]

me too

[@jeffjenions7422]

Me too

[@Llian_C]

same

[@artspooner]

Same same

[@klondikechris]

Some Canadian things: we wear robes, but we call them "housecoats." Worn over PJ's for example, while eating our Shredded Wheat, which we do have. Cats here do go outside, but our winters can be cold! So, many stay in. And, almost every house has a rhubarb patch somewhere. The stuff almost grows like a weed, and people here do eat it.

[@Sylvander1911]

Don't eat the one's that grow like weeds, they're deadly.

[@markwhickman351]

I have both a bath robe (for drying off after a shower) and a dressing gown for keeping warm over bed clothes whilst relaxing.

[@ivylasangrienta6093]

I have a third one! A thin silk robe for covering up if someone knocks on the door and it's hot out.

[@fionabrown1739]

There are house coats as well to be worn over day clothes for house work to keep them clean and taken off to receive visitors. Usually fully zipped or buttoned. You might also use robe instead of negligee but that's a different kettle of fish.

[@philroberts7238]

Yes, I've always thought of a bath robe to be a kind of dressing gown made of towelling, whereas traditionally a dressing gown is like a bath robe but made of some wool/cotton/synthetic mixture with a twisty, tasselled cord to hold it together. Underneath the dressing gown there would usually have been pajamas, underneath the bath robe it would have been just you.

[@Historian212]

Although we don’t usually use the term “dressing gown” in the US, plenty of us wear robes over night/bed clothes for warmth, and sometimes over casual clothes at home. They can be made of terrycloth or of wool, flannel, silk, satin, cotton, etc. She’s from Florida and it rarely gets cold there. In the more temperate parts of the US we wear robes a lot more.

[@alunwalters6610]

as regards"tummy" vs "stomach", I think there might be a cultural thing in the UK where stomach is the medical organ ( I had a stomach ulcer) and tummy is a layman term for the wider medical term abdomen.

[@wessexdruid5290]

When you 'rub your tummy', you're rubbing your belly.

[@RCassinello]

I would go so far as to say that when people and/or doctors talk about tummies, it's almost exclusively the lower abdomen and specifically excludes the stomach.

[@neill392]

It's a military thing. Officers have abdomens, NCO's have stomachs other ranks have guts!!!

[@PaulMGleeson]

In my house we tend not to drink out of the sink, we pour the water into a glass from the tap.

[@stevehaddon8224]

Better the sink than the toilet bowl !!

[@donrhule1424]

😂 😂 😂

[@MeStevely]

@@stevehaddon8224 When I was little, someone gave my mother some toilet water (eau de toilette). I thought that was a horrible trick.

[@davidcook7887]

If your husband puts on his dressing gown at 3 o clock in the afternoon, then you should give him his slippers and call an ambulance.

[@donrhule1424]

😂 😂 😂

[@robwhite6057]

Ambulance will not be any good when the planet is demolished to make way for a bypass

[@davidjones332]

Some years ago a television programme was made called The Secret Life of Cats, which explored the very complicated lives they have outside the home. Cats are natural hunters, very territorial and naturally inquisitive, so it seems cruel to keep them confined. Yes, a few get run over, but most know to avoid busy roads and prefer to explore gardens and hedgerows. In the UK there aren't really any predators for them to fear.

[@Lily-Bravo]

I have two cats. One of them loves human company and has various houses she goes to visit. There are builders next door who give them both bits of their lunch. There are woods behind and a lot of hunting goes on and sometimes they bring things back. When I am out gardening they hang around and show off by playing tag and rushing up trees. A friend has a house cat as she is nervous about cars, but we are in a village and it is really not a problem. Her cat is overweight and really quite bored, and looks wistfully out of the window.

[@neilbuckley1613]

Yeah, I think Coyotes, raccoons and bobcats might be a serious threat to Domestic Cats in the USA.

[@hyweldavies936]

Re: secret life of cats, one highlight was a particular cat who frequented 3 different homes and each family believed he was their cat.

[@missharry5727]

When we bought our present house we had a 10 year old cat and deliberately chose a cul de sac backing onto another with no busy roads nearby so he would be safe outside. We had previously lived behind a bit of abandoned land where he amused himself with baby rabbits .

[@littleannie390]

@@missharry5727 I have had cats all my adult life and every time that I have moved have always chosen property on quiet roads (cats come first obviously). My current cats are 18, 13 and 12 and they are free to come and go through the cat flap during the day. I do usually keep them in a night.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Although not myself British, I did attend prep in England from 8 to 13 (a cathedral choir school), just as one of my sons later did. Both of us learned roy -guh - biv. Another of our mnemonics was and is Every Good Boy Deserves Fruit, for the lines on the G Cleff, with Face for the spaces. Talking of music, while you have notes, half notes, quarter notes, etc, we learned breves, semi-breves, minims, crotchets, quavers, semi-quavers, demi-semi-quavers, etc. 🎹🎶🎼

[@frankmitchell3594]

I heard that Blackcurrants are not grown in the US because of a disease that the bush can carry. A few years ago I was at a small town in Pennsylvania and they had a Rhubarb festival and Rhubarb Queen. I liked the way you remembered the planets, it was almost unforgettable.

[@neilbuckley1613]

In the USA five needled pines [AKA White Pines ] are a major timber resource in the eastern mountains and the Western mountains. They suffer from a fungal disease called White Pine Blister Rust. The fungal life cycle requires an alternative host, a member of the Ribes genus which is closely related to our own Black Currant [Ribes nigrum ] which can also act as a host. American foresters grubbed out all their native Ribes and many states forbade the cultivation of Black Currants to protect the timber crop. In the UK our timber pines such as the Scots Pine are two needled pines which do not suffer from the disease, so Black Currant cultivation is not a problem.

[@Add1ct666]

@@neilbuckley1613 I agree. Blackcurrants are banned in most states. This is why Americans use grape as their main flavouring, which never took off over here.

[@fionagregory9376]

Ribena is great.

[@kawa-rimono]

For the rainbow colours 'richard of York gave battle in vain' is the most accurate, but we also knew the song. For Planets we learnt ' my very easy method just sums up naming planets'. Dressing gown just goes on if you're cold, doesn't matter what clothes are underneath. In my family 'tummy' tends to be for children and stomach means the actual organ, if you've a pain that is that area but not the stomach, you might say abdominal or literally just what it is - stomach cramps ir period pain.

[@juliebrooke6099]

I think the sing a rainbow song is actually American. The rhyme to remember the colours is as others have mentioned, “Richard of York gave battle in vain.”

[@iannewlands2039]

I remember the corporate disaster when Coca Cola tried to launch their new bottled water called DESANI. Basically turned out to be bottled tap water at a premium price.

[@johnclements6614]

I preferred Peckham Spring.

[@iannewlands2039]

Perfect comic timing that classic came out about the same time I think.

[@peteince]

Been recently watching KZbin videos about that. They advertised it as having "spunk," without realising the word has a different meaning in the UK.

[@johnclements6614]

@@iannewlands2039 I think the Coca Cola stuff was bottled in Sidcup (south east London, Kent border) so it could well have been the same water.

[@darrenhemingway7121]

@@peteince always enjoyed the red dwarf Comic-Con event when a kid asked about “Smeg”

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

I've never needed a mnemonic to remember the 4 main points of the compass.

[@stevieinselby]

I did like Bill Bailey's skit where he goes through the 8 and 16 points of the compass 🧭 Never, Never Eat, Eat, Shredded Eat, Shredded, Shredded Wheat, Wheat, Never Wheat ... and ... Never, Never Never Eat, Never Eat, Eat Never Eat, Eat, Eat Shredded Eat, Shredded Eat, Shredded Shredded Eat, Shredded, Shredded Shredded Wheat, Shredded Wheat, Wheat Shredded Wheat, Wheat, Wheat Never Wheat, Never Wheat, Never Never Wheat 🤣

[@rhiannonwilmott2950]

Same! I remembered them by saying North East South West!

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

@@stevieinselby Never heard that one!

[@trickygoose2]

As a child, I got to grips with east and west before I did left and right. I can't imagine anyone struggling with north and south!

[@stevehaddon8224]

Naughty Elephants Squirt Water

[@sarahmccullough1100]

Uk bathrobe is a towelling robe used to put on after the bath or shower to dry and a dressing gown is more soft and fluffy and used to keep warm hope this helps in some way from Sarah in Belfast Northern Ireland x

[@cowboynobby]

My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets

[@ffxiprincess411]

Brilliant!

[@stevieinselby]

That's much better than the nine pizza one, which I can never remember!

[@jamesgreen1561]

We were taught to create our own... Still remember it from primary school. Many Voles Eat Moldy Jelly sitting Under Nervous Pigs 😂

[@steveshephard1158]

@@jamesgreen1561 We also had to invent our own but, I think it was secondary school. Mine was slightly surreal. My Violet Eating Melon John Smith Understands, Now Paul....

[@EricIrl]

@@steveshephard1158 Except you need to drop the "P" now.

[@aquilegia4ev3r]

"Richard of York, gained battle in vain" was how we were taught the rainbow colours. The song "I can sing a rainbow" was just a fun song sung in infant school as far as I can remember.

[@Jon1950]

I always think of a bathrobe being made of towelling and a dressing gown is made of other material; preferably silk. They have a different purpose. a bathrobe is all you wear before and after showering/bathing. A dressing gown is for when you are partly dressed.

[@steveshephard1158]

I have a towelling dressing gown that I wear over my pyjamas that I occasionally use as a bathrobe if someone rings the door bell whilst I'm getting dried.

[@johno8892]

Baseball hats are quite common in U.K. particularly with the younger generation. Not as good as sun burn protection though as a beanie or any wide brimmed hat.

[@glynnwright1699]

When Coca Cola introduced Dasani in the UK the public health laboratories determined that it was of poorer quality than the standard required for water that is provided through domestic taps. That finished off Dasani sales in the UK, permanently.

[@stevenclarke5606]

I remember this happening

[@OEDODRAGON]

Dressing gowns are worn over night clothes to keep you warm. They can be a thinner material, thick, and maybe fluffy. Bathrobes normally have a 'towel' material and would be worn after a bath/shower or in a spa. They both look very similar.

[@vickytaylor9155]

We were taught the saying “Richard of York, gained battle in vain” to remember the colours of the rainbow.

[@Brakdayton]

‘Gave’ not ‘gained.’

[@Bedfordshireman]

'Gave'. He certainly didn't 'gain' the battle lol.

[@kenslater7354]

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour are the notes on the treble clef in music notation EGBDF (also the title of a Moody Blues album). The bass clef notes are FACE

[@arthurerickson5162]

I really enjoy your vlogs. I’m a chem teacher in the US (NJ), and I’ve always used ROYGBIV, but I really like the Richard III one! I’ll use it and offer an extra credit point or two for the 1st student who can tell me the history reference. Also - have shredded wheat in my cupboard right now, agree with the Orlando water opinion, and I like rhubarb pie!!

[@catherinerobilliard7662]

My winter dressing gown is red and gold quilted, warm and comfy, my summer dressing gown is a silk wrap. My bath robe is white towelling.

[@doyle8711]

On the stomach vs tummy thing. The Stomach is a specific organ that isn’t where most think. So they use Tummy as a general term. For example they will ask “Where is your Tummy pain.” Then you point to your lower abdomen which is likely meaning an intestinal issue not a stomach one. So it’s a specific term vs a general term.

[@lemdixon01]

We don't say tummy so much here up north, just say stomach

[@marshalldonaghy4542]

Just a quick comment about Tummies. Yes, it is a very childish word, but I don't think it refers to the stomach specifically, rather the whole abdominal area.

[@danic9304]

To be honest I have always felt it was weird when doctors say 'tummy' to me as an adult - its not a word I use as an adult, and a lot of people use stomach instead as adults.

[@johnwright9562]

I can sing a rainbow is an American song. It was written by the composer Arthur Hamilton in 1955 and sung by Peggy Lee it was used as a nursery song in the UK

[@allenwilliams1306]

“Every good boy deserves flogging” EGBDF - lines on a stave in the treble clef, and FACE for the spaces between them.

[@scottythedawg]

feminist music teacher? I had a misogynist one because the F was Females, although he did say we could remember Fun if we preferred.

[@neilbuckley1613]

I was taught "Every good boy deserves favour".

[@bethling]

I learned it as Fudge

[@stevenclarke5606]

I was taught this, and FACE as the notes 🎶 in between the lines.

[@trickygoose2]

Generally, I've ever worn a dressing gown or bath robe for any length of time in 2 situations: 1) When there has been quite a gap between me getting out of bed and showering. 2) If I have a bath or shower in the evening and I change into my bed clothes but don't go to bed for some time after.

[@Mortigantoj]

"Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain" for rainbow colours and "Naughty Elephants Squirt Water" for directions

[@hollya6408]

I’m British and I was taught Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain for the colours of the rainbow and My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming (Planets) for the planets.

[@rnp497]

'Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain' for the rainbow. We were taught I can sing a rainbow but it was just tune

[@john_smith1471]

Very few people older than 10 suit a baseball cap, much more smart and on trend is the British tweed flat cap, some youngsters wear them too,

[@dougtodd24]

And I got to the end of the video, your videos have started appearing in my KZbin feed and I like it :)

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@paulbenwell3560]

Like most people in UK I know - the classic mnemonic is ""Richard of York gave battle in vain" - being an historical reference the War of the Roses (the war between two royal houses for control of the English crown) and refers to the defeat and death of Richard, Duke of York at the Battle of Wakefield in 1460.

[@jca111]

"Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain" for the rainbow

[@sammurphy5680]

I'm Welsh and our Physics teacher taught us the 'Roy. G. Biv' method to learn the colours of the rainbow. We did learn the 'I Can Sing a Rainbow' song, but just as a song for itself. My children learn that song too but they learn it in Welsh. It's called 'Dyma lliwiau'r enfys'.

[@kamgrant]

In my school we were taught, 'Never Enter Smith's Wood' - since the school\area was called Smith's Wood

[@geoffdevall5705]

We had Never Eat Shredded Wheat

[@CamcorderSteve]

I remember the points of a compass on a map by remembering that E(ast) and W(est) , make up the word "WE" when read from left to right.

[@TheLondonLass]

I never use the phrase 'robe' or 'bath robe'. I think of a robe as the sort of thing a bishop or king wears at a formal ceremony! I wear a dressing gown all day at home during the colder months. It means I don't have to turn the heating up and I can quickly take it off if someone knocks on the door.

[@daiboy456]

South Wales here. Taught the rainbow song in primary school, ROY G BIV in secondary school. Planets were "My Very Easy Method Just Shows Us Nine Planets".

[@nicksavage567]

Two indirect references to Sir Isaac Newton here. He came up with the idea of there being 7 colours in the rainbow and invented the cat flap which lets our cats roam outside when they want.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Here in East Africa, at least amongst the old expat families (my family is 6th generation here, 134 yrs), a dressing gown can sometimes be referred to as either a house coat or (in my generation) a smoking jacket. A "bath robe" is made of towelling fabric (terry). When I was at prep in England, we boys wore a dressing gown over our pyjamas, after bathtime, during our rec periods before lights-out.

[@jerry2357]

Englishman here: a bathrobe is made of towelling, but any other similar garment is a dressing gown. So you could have a satin dressing gown, but a towelling bathrobe. Also, “stomach” is only one part of your abdomen, whereas “tummy” refers to the whole area. Personally, I would say that I had “abdominal pains” not “tummy pains”.

[@allenwilliams1306]

Nobody knows where their stomach is. You clearly don't because it is much higher up than your abdomen, inside which are your guts, liver, and kidneys, etc.

[@jerry2357]

@@allenwilliams1306 When most people refer to stomach pains they usually mean pains lower down in the abdomen (in the bowel etc). I do know that the stomach is in the upper abdomen below the liver and above the intestines.

[@eloisepasteur]

@@allenwilliams1306 anatomically your stomach is in your abdomen, because it’s under your diaphragm, which separates the tharox (largely containing heart and lungs) from the abdomen (contains most of the gastrointestinal tract stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, kidneys, urinary bladder, uterus and ovaries in women, spleen). There are various bits of tubes, like arteries, veins etc and muscles, and bits of spine and other bone in there too.

[@allenwilliams1306]

@@eloisepasteur Technically, yes, but it is well above where people think it is, contained within the ribcage.

[@artspooner]

@@allenwilliams1306 You are right people generally think it is lower but it is still within the abdominal cavity. Not sure why you said Jerry2357 doesn't know where the stomach is as everything he said was right.

[@daviddwyer5568]

I didn't realise that Americans don't say tummy and I had an American girlfriend for several years. One word for a part of the body that Americans who come over here need to be careful with is "fanny." No need for an explanation but it shouldn't be used in polite company in the UK. It means something totally different in the States

[@jca111]

I always thought Tummy meant the general area, whereas stomach means.... well the stomach specifically.

[@Anonymous-wq1rf]

I agree! I think the equivalent medical term is abdomen? If you search for "what organs are in my tummy" you will see a dozen organs that could be the source of discomfort or pain.

[@Add1ct666]

@@Anonymous-wq1rf the stomach is high up in the abdomen, just under the lower ribs. Tummy ache or belly ache is usually where the intestines are. (We call this "gut rot")lol. (On a side to that, I think "rot gut" not "gut rot" is the name given to old western style whiskey, which gave you gut rot.)

[@segazora]

yeah, refering to that whole area as your stomach just seems really unhelpful when the problem could be any of the organs below your ribcage

[@vic2152]

It is a bit late after this video was issued but we were taught "Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain" for Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet for colors of rainbow.

[@vkdrk]

After watching your videos I realized that my home country (Slovakia) is basically a mix of US/UK customs with some weird ones added to it 😅

[@GaryHayward]

I'm a Brit but wouldn't say "tummy" to another adult unless in a playful way.

[@RosLanta]

These days I don't even own a dressing gown, but when I did it was normally worn either over a towel after a shower, or over pyjamas for warmth in the morning or evening. I would never think of it as something to wear over day clothes.

[@johnd6487]

I would concur, but for quite a few people these days it seems to be something you put on over your onesie before heading down to Asda to do your weekly shop

[@chrisbrown4002]

Thanks for all your great videos, I'm born and raised in the UK a long time ago and I was taught ROYGBIV for colours of the rainbow :)

[@kevinjones4559]

Most of the UK blackcurrant crop goes to make the squash Ribena.

[@FireStormintheTARDIS]

Brit living in Oregon here. So, in my opinion there are three uses and names for this wearable item you were discussing. First, we have a bath robe. I use my bath robe after I shower. Second, we have a dressing gown, which I use for putting over my pajamas when I get up. Third, we have a house coat, which is worn over the top of my regular clothes when I am cold or just want to snuggle down. One thing to remember; all three of these items are actually the exact same item of clothing, but the name changes only when the conditions of use change. I hope this makes some sense!

[@eddhardy1054]

Some of my old pet cats were almost feral. They'd go out at night and you wouldn't see them for days then they'd just turn up again (my mum reckoned they were spreading the love by visiting all the neighbours in turn).

[@AnastasiaTalen]

Richard of York Gave Battle In Vain here too, although I had an art teacher who said "Richard of York got bathed in vinegar". Planets was "many volcanoes emit mouldy jam sandwiches under normal pressure"

[@billycaspersghost7528]

Our cat has been laying waste to the local mouse and bird population. As a favour to us she brings ,their often still living ,bodies into the house. My wife is a nervous wreck. Terrified of mice , she makes me conduct mouse patrol before she leaves the barricaded bedroom. We never had a mouse problem until we got that cat. Thanks Pumpkin!.

[@wessexdruid5290]

Female cats are wired to feed their 'family', even if neutered. She's caring for you?

[@lawrencegt2229]

A dressing gown is less water-absorbent than a bathrobe - typically woollen and worn for warmth in winter, normally over the underclothes, prior to applying the top clothes or once the top day clothes have been removed and put away for the evening. A woollen dressing gown would typically be too scratchy to wear next to bare skin. The bathrobe is a fluffier, more absorbent garment, worn next to the skin when emerging from the bath/shower for both warmth but also to assist in the drying process.

[@ksansbury]

Richard of York gains battles in vein

[@gillchatfield3231]

*vain

[@alistairstuart1736]

Gave

[@GWProductions2011]

Richard of York gave battle in vein is definitely how I was taught it in North East England

[@nancybudd494]

@@GWProductions2011 me too, in Yorkshire the rainbow song is just a song

[@fionagregory9376]

in vain.

[@MrDeadhead1952]

In answer to your Robe question, two pieces of clothing are conflated here, back in the day there were 'Dressing Gowns' which were specific pieces of clothing designed to be worn over normal clothing on cold days, terry towelling robes were for use when bathing especially on cold days. Currently, dressing gowns are no longer a thing with terry towelling robes performing both functions.

[@gtbyast]

For the planets I was taught "Many Volcanoes Erupt Mulberry Jam Sandwiches Under Normal Pressure"

[@gailstevens6831]

In Victoria, Australia we were taught - My Very Elderly Mother Just Sits Up Near Pop

[@NickLea]

Others may have mentioned this already but, yes, as you say, a bath robe is something that you would wear after coming out of the shower and is usually some sort of towelling material. A dressing gown on the other hand I think nowadays would only be worn in two situations. Firstly by young children before they go to bed. You might get your children to change into pyjamas/nightie before going to bed and they may well put on a dressing gown to keep warm (likewise, getting up in the morning before they actually get dressed). The other situation is adult women (I've never come across a guy like your husband - except in fiction). Either, it's a similar thing about being in PJs or a nightie and wanting to keep warm about the house or it's something a lot more sheer, in conjunction with lingerie, for a very different purpose. By the way, with "tummy" - yes it is also a "toddler" medical word in the UK as well but, to be quite frank, that is why it is used when speaking to patients to ensure that there is no misunderstanding as not everyone has the highest levels of learning. Then with mnemonics, as others have already said, yes, we learnt Richard of York. With the planets, we were never taught this at school but I learnt it later for a course I was doing, the one you mentioned about pizzas:- My very eager mother just served us nine pizzas Then one that may be a bit obscure, but at school I was always spelling the word "necessary" wrong. My English teacher gave me a mnemonic to remember that still works to this day:- "Never Eat Cake, Eat Salmon Sandwiches And Remain Young"

[@kathrynmcauley4808]

A bath robe is specifically made of towelling. A dressing gown is soft and fluffy or silky and comfy and keeps you warm over pj's

[@nshepherd1987ify]

I was taught My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets

[@stephaniemossman7768]

I love how unique these differences are! I love these types of videos and am so glad I discovered your channel! It’s so refreshing to not hear the same differences everyone talks about. Plus, all of these are quite fascinating as an American.

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Thank you Stephanie!! So appreciate you watching and your comment! Don't forget to check out my Patreon if you want more videos that you can't see on KZbin - the first one is coming out on Thursday! www.patreon.com/girlgonelondon

[@richardlincoln886]

I heard you say 'My cat was allowed..." hmmm... interesting concept. Certainly my experience is cats are in charge, they even chose humans rather than being domesticated. Its usually the cat allowing people :)

[@stevejelliffe3280]

Dogs have masters, cats have servants!! 😂😂

[@bcase5328]

In the US, a cat outside is at risk of getting hit by an automobile or getting attacked by an wild animal. We lose cats to coyotes; there are also rabid racoons and skunks.

[@nigelfiddament5059]

@@stevejelliffe3280in ancient Egypt cats were revered as gods… they still believe they deserve this.

[@sjelliffe1]

@@nigelfiddament5059 😂😂😂

[@Kerynasta]

Tummy is a kid word here too. For some reason the NHS talks to everyone as if they have an IQ no bigger than their shoe size. Say "abdominal pain" given "stomach" is the organ that's actually higher up than a lot of people think. People in these comments saying "tummy" is an adult words are probably well under thirty and have been swept up in the idiocy...

[@oldunpastit]

Cats in the U.K are free to roam, and it will be weather dependant on it's choice. consistent.

[@khwezik3894]

Oh my gosh, Edinburgh has the best tap water ever!!! Super crisp, love it.

[@l3v1ckUK]

I don't recall pink ever being in the rainbow song. But the rainbow sing is certainly how I learned. Having googled it, all the references mention pink. Strange how your mind blocks it out when you know it's wrong. I don't remember being taught a way of remembering planets. To this day I struggle to remember which way round Jupiter and Saturn are. Dressing gowns. Children wear them over their pajamas when it's cold. I've only heard doctors say tummy to children.

[@adam9612]

They were probably laughing at your husband going to the beach, in the UK, in May ... 👌

[@rhiannonwilmott2950]

Jeez and it's been so cold lately!

[@thirdofherne9232]

The song was just a kid's song. 'Richard Of York Gave BattleIn Vain' or Roy G Biv was how I was taught.

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Want to know more about life in the UK as an American? Check out this tell-all guide! girlgonelondon.com/how-to-move-to-the-uk-from-america-2/

[@RK-zf1jm]

Well the bottled water in the UK if its marketed as mineral water it has to be mineral water if its labelled as bottled water it could well be tap water coca cola got fined 60 million here in the uk for bottling tap water.

[@SvenTviking]

Hubble bubble, tummy trouble.

[@steveshephard1158]

I think in suburban areas where people have gardens cats are allowed to roam free but, people living in flats in cities have house cats.

[@grlaycock67]

I think the wearing of a dressing gown/robe during the day harks back to when a gentleman would wear a smoking jacket. Smoking jackets are mainly made of velvet and look like a shortened bath robe. You can still buy them for the discerning gentleman along with Samuel Windsor "Albert" slippers, have a look at them on google.

[@peterhughes8715]

Remember O Ye Germans Britain is Victorious

[@rogerwitte]

I think you get Rhubarb in New England. Blackcurrant was illegal in the US until the mid 60s because fears about forestry.

[@paulbenwell3560]

A bath robe would normally be put on after a bath/shower while you were still slightly wet and generally naked beneath and is a kind of towelling material. A dressing gown is worn often over pajamas or other night wear to keep warm and would be made out of silk or other materials (but not towelling).

[@fainitesbarley2245]

Technically yes but most people only have one and use it for both purposes. When I was little we’d never heard of a ‘bathrobe’. People’s houses are generally warmer these days so those heavy, hairy woollen dressing gowns are a becoming a bit a thing of the past. They were mere amazingly warm though!

[@paulbenwell3560]

@@fainitesbarley2245 Still have both here :)

[@markprior2278]

I have not referred to my stomach as my tummy since i was a kid, and I've certainly never heard it from my Doctor.

[@evelenebray346]

The rainbow song is just a song to my knowledge, usually sung in infant school assemblies. I don't think it was actually meant to teach the colours of the rainbow, I can't remember ever actually being taught to remember the colours, it's one of those things that just doesn't seem important enough to be taught. The Bathrobe/Dressing Gown thing is because I think the UK has a longer history of Robes being a different kind of dress for an occasion. Whilst they're both the same thing, I think we associate Robes more with the opening of parliament style dress. It's also one of those things that are pretty interchangeable, I've referred to a Dressing Gown as a Robe myself. The cat things are also because we lack the predators that are a danger to cats. Cars are the biggest threat to them here. Also, I am very pleased I subscribed to this channel. I found it a few weeks ago and watched a few videos, but I've definitely watched far more lately. You lack the arrogance other channels seem to have, in 'USA BETTER. NO BRITAIN BETTER'. I like that you see both countries for what they are, two places to live with different ways of living. Neither is better or worse.

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Hey Evelene! Thanks so much for your comments - that means a lot because that's exactly what I hoped to achieve with this channel in appreciating and understanding both countries and their ways of life. Interesting that the rainbow song wasn't necessarily supposed to teach anything and was just a song - that makes more sense!!

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

@@jillhobson6128 Luckily this is no longer the norm. In fact, many vets refuse to do it.

[@pirateteaparty717]

My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets. Is what we got taught in school (england) We also sung the rainbow song. Dressing gown = indoor coat (especially for older built houses as the insolating is near to nothing (very cold)) I dont really use tummy but say belly instead of stomach all the time "not feeling well, ive got a belly ache"

[@segazora]

I wasn't taught how to remember the rainbow colours, that just wasn't considered important enough to learn

[@kendee4421]

I was taught ROYGBIV in East London, 1960s Also Richard of York. Very radical teacher, though, taught times tables as different songs. 7 times was Way Down Upon the Swanee River!

[@beckyallsopp5695]

Your husband is strange. Most people have a dressing gown but it is worn over pyjamas because the UK is freezing. Not worn over normal clothes EVER by myself or any of my friends in the UK

[@Richard_Ashton]

A dressing gown is an article of clothing and a bathrobe is a towel with armholes. One is for when you first get out of bed, the other is after baths / showers.

[@jennifersalice6885]

I’m a US expat here in Surrey. We brought our indoor cat with us. I recently was in a conversation about this and they were perplexed about how the cat would get adequate exercise. Mine is old now and doesn’t need much exercise, but house size in the US makes it possible for most indoor cats to run around as much as they like.

[@mistakenot...4012]

I was taught Roy g biv and also ‘read out your green books in verse’ (green books were a series of textbooks used in primary school when I was little). Was always aware that the ‘I can sing a rainbow’ colours were wrong and have never heard of it being used to teach. I was born in the late 70s. Re robes/dressing gowns; As a kid they were always called dressing gowns but I do know people now who would differentiate between a towelling bath robe (used for getting out the bath/shower) and a fabric dressing gown which would be worn over pyjamas while not in bed.

[@vamps_rock]

Interesting set of issues to talk about, different from many others I've seen. This is my take as someone born and raised in the UK. Yes for NSEW, and rainbow song - never heard of your version. I've always been aware that there is a discrepancy between the song and actual rainbow colours. And never heard of the planet one at all - I certainly wasn't taught anything about planets (that I recall?) in school. Tap water down south is very hard - it is drinkable and tastes fine most of the time, but I need to descale my kettle and my refillable water bottle weekly or the limescale build up is horrific. Rhubard is DISGUSTING and blackcurrant is my favourite squash flavour (heavily diluted as I'm not a fan of anything really sweet) even though I don't drink much of it any longer. _Bathrobes_ are made from towelling (so are wearable towel) used after a bath/shower to dry off and _dressing gowns_ are something else usually made from other fabrics that are worn around the house - only over clothes if your home is really cold, but most often over nightclothes before going to bed or after getting up before getting washed/dressed. Also, there are warm 'snuggly' ones and 'pretty' ones which are for decorative purposes. And I've known many people over the years that regularly wear baseball caps so that experience seems a bit odd to me. As a 20+ year cat parent, mine are very much outdoor animals (except at night) unless I've not had direct access to the outside such as when I lived in an upstairs flat. I have had a few over the years that are not that fond of going out, but otherwise, I have always treated my cats as the domesticated wild animals that they are and don't keep them inside if they want to go out. Yes it has it's risks - and I have recently lost one of my girls very traumatically through a deliberate act of animal abuse by some totally evil individual - but I can't restrict their natural instincts as a matter of course. My one furby I have now is much more of a homebody, so the fear that I currently have of letting her out (for even just the two or three minutes at a time she tends to go for only a few times a week) is not an issue as she is not clawing to get outside like my other one used to every day. Although she does sit in the window a lot more now because I think she is wondering why her sister isn't coming home. Tummy is just a less medical word rather than a childish one - belly is often used for kids, but most people use stomach (which as an aside is an ugly sounding word) in everyday speech in my experience.

[@dylandajhharwood5566]

With cats, I think some breeds are more commonly kept indoors, Sphynxs are rare in UK anyway but are also very expensive so you'd never see one roaming free. Most don't spend massive amounts on a cat from my knowledge too, mine was £35 as a kitten and she ended up having 7 kittens of which we kept a couple. Loads of people wear caps here, I've got 3 and like caps. Odd thing to be made fun of for wearing one.

[@lawrencegt2229]

The Libertines wrote in their song "Time for Heroes", "There are fewer more distressing sights than that, Of an Englishman in a baseball cap". In the UK the use of a bone fide baseball cap is considered very lower class or touristy, however the use of a cricket or rowing cap - visually similar to the baseball cap but usually with a shorter visor - is acceptable, particularly if it is in the colours of your old school (and especially when paired with a natty blazer). Our other traditional lightweight headwear would be the flat cap, which has enjoyed a resurgence of popularity, thanks to the BBC show 'Peaky Blinders'.

[@ivylasangrienta6093]

I can't remember ever being taught the colours of the rainbow, the planets or anything using mnemonic techniques. We just had to memorise them. But then again, I'm old af.

[@EricIrl]

Same here although I like the mnemonic for the different categories of star which is - "Oh Be a Fine Girl Kiss me Right Now Sweetie" (OBAFGKMRNS).

[@davidgilmour2299]

My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets. That's what I would tell first year kids. Also, in parts of Scotland they call a dressing gown a 'House Coat'.