American Couple Reacts: British Words Americans Surprisingly DON'T Use! This SHOCKED us!!

American Couple Reacts: Common British Words Americans Surprisingly DON'T use! This SHOCKED us!! After learning all things United Kingdom for a year now, we thought we at least knew the most common British word differences. We were WRONG!! This was a lot of fun and now we have a couple new words to confuse our fellow Americans with! Let us know if you learned any of our words here.
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[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

After learning all things United Kingdom for a year now, we thought we at least knew the most common British word differences. We were WRONG!! This was a lot of fun and now we have a couple new words to confuse our fellow Americans with! Let us know if you learned any of our words here. And yes, today is our 19th Anniversary! 19 years together on the 19th is pretty cool! Celebrate with us by laughing at us in the episode! If you enjoy this video and our other content, please click the Like button.

[@da90sReAlvloc]

Happy anniversary i hope you lady's enjoy your day 👍🇬🇧

[@philsexton5761]

Yes, we do have a lot of “Proprietary Eponym’s” like “Hoover” instead of Vacuum and most people will say “I need to hoover” when going to clean up which is hard for me now as I sell rival vacuums and after 50 years, it’s very hard to stop saying something you have just always used… What about escalator, I think this is one we use on both sides of the pond and yet that is a brand name if I remember correctly?

[@neilgayleard3842]

A baked potato in its jacket. We use both terms in Britain.

[@neilgayleard3842]

The queue thing is about fairness. If you think it's not a big deal then check out what David Beckham did and tv presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield did and compare the reaction to how they behaved.

[@stuartfitch7093]

Happy Anniversary. You are correct is saying that in London and generally more the south of England that people tend to keep more to themselves, don't talk so much to strangers etc. Here in the north of England we are warmer people on average. We like to stop and have a chat with people we know in the street, especially if we haven't seen them in a while. I think part of this can be put down to the fact that the south, particularly London is full of professionals, richer and higher class people. Here in the north you get mostly working class people with a few middle class. We are more laid back and family, friends are more important to us. If you ever visit then you will find a big difference between the people of London and those of York, which is close to where I live. Both are very historic places but the local people are very different. I wouldn't say Londoners are nasty, they're just more money orientated, haven't the time for a chat or a cup of tea where people i know in my area would stop me in the street and have a ten minute talk with me about how I've been doing since they last saw me.

[@Iconiccreative]

Argy-bargy can also be used to describe a bit of a physical argument - when people are pushing and shoving each other. Cheeky can be used to describe a child too, for instance if a child speaks back or when they push boundaries and give you a grin knowing that they're doing that and they're an ok kid, and you want to tell them off but are secretly laughing because they've been so cheeky. With the flyover word, we use the words fly past for when military planes fly over a ceremony as a way of honouring those being commemorated - there was a fly past by the Battle of Britain Flight (the Lancaster, Dakota, Spitfires and hurricanes) during the unveiling of the Bomber Command memorial in Green park in 2012. Yes people are starting to use the word hangry now for being hungry. We also used baked potato too here. Queue - it's thought that our obsession with queuing started during WW2 where everyone had to queue up for their rations. Often the queues would last for hours and of course people would get cross if they'd waited for hours to have someone jump the queue. In fact yesterday I was queuing for something and had queued for an hour and when 2 women tried to push in front of me, I told them they couldn't as others had been queueing before them.

[@rikmoran3963]

Hangry does not mean hungry, it means that you get angry when you’re hungry. This word was being used commonly 20-30 years ago as I remember girlfriends who would describe themselves as hangry. As soon as they started getting grumpy you knew to pop into a cafe to grab some food.

[@grahamtravers4522]

Both our latest grandsons are "cheeky monkeys".

[@andrewwells3367]

My father used to use a lot of hyphenated words. Are you familiar with: namby-pamby, hoity-toity, la-di-da, hanky-panky?

[@susanvanderbilt358]

You sound like Michael Mc.. when he in gra norton show.. 😂

[@no-oneinparticular7264]

Peckish does mean a little hungry, not ravenously hungry. Queuing up for something is a totally different word to Cue the music. Saucy, is an english word for bawdily rude, so not to be confused with Sassy. Happy Anniversary!!

[@AylaOlivieri]

Happy anniversary Natasha and Debbie. I hope you have a lovely day ❤

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Thanks Ayla!

[@Isleofskye]

@@TheNatashaDebbieShow Can I echo those sentiments lovely Ladies from South East London😀 Well, that is the pleasantries out of the way so now I need a quiet little word with you both. If and, hopefully, when you continue to make us laugh with your views NEVER tell us (insult us lol ) by telling us you are "just kiddin;) .WE KNOW and it dilutes the banter if you inform us of something we already know. Now ENJOY your day 😀

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

It's just how we speak...

[@Isleofskye]

@@TheNatashaDebbieShow Just Kidding, ...Actually I'm not.🤣 Obviously each to their own but I used to say that to my English female friends time and time again when they made a joke against one of their own female friends as if to re-assure them and protect heir sensitivities that it was just a joke. Their friends were strong and secure and KNEW that I would tell them and the rest of us understood without you informing us,I would say. My pet hate as you,almost,never hear Males say it....lol

[@cocteaut]

Happy Anniversary Natasha and Debbie! Raising my morning mug of tea to you two, here's to many, many more decades together yet to come. British slang, this will be a hoot! Lots of love from Stuey and Ross 💚🤍🧡🇮🇪🇺🇸

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Thank you!! We use hoot here too

[@cocteaut]

@@TheNatashaDebbieShow must try to make a video with all the Irish slang words and phrases we use for you sometime! Yeah, you might need some Tylenol for those!

[@trevorgoddard2278]

Due to the large number of American TV shows we get here in the UK we are fairly familiar with American-English words and phrases. As a result we understand Americans better than they understand us, although the words that have different meanings on opposite sides of the pond can get us sometimes.

[@samhilton4173]

Took me 12 years to realise that period meant full stop America lol

[@anthonynesbitt3011]

Like Poundland, if you want to see an American turn red in the face and giggly.

[@paulguise698]

Hiya Trevor, I've heard Coronation Street is aired in America, have you watched on youtube, Payne it's a television programme on the same lines as Fawlty Towers, I watched 1 and half episodes of it, if you haven't watched it give it a watch, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

[@nobbynobbynoob]

@@samhilton4173 And that isn't even an American usage either: period has meant "end of cycle" or "full stop" for centuries. Even the 1874 book "English Grammar" by Charles P. Mason, published at University College London, references "Full Stop or Period" on page 171.

[@fionagregory9147]

@@samhilton4173 full stop is best.

[@davidmckie7128]

If you are in England and you are waiting to go into an attraction, people usually talk to the people around them in the queue and it becomes a social event. In fact if you have found some great people to talk to you might end up being disappointed when the queue is finished.

[@antiqueinsider]

Argy (from argument) and Bargey (from barging or pushing somebody around by crashing into them). Then, yes, it's made to sound a bit playful, and often refers to an argument that is not too violent. (less than a fight or a riot, it was just a bit of argy-bargey.)

[@Westcountrynordic]

Could you say that the Falklands was a bit of an Argy Bargy

[@nigelhyde279]

The late Bill McLaren a Rugby Union commentator would describe on field fights as “A little bit of argy-bargy” in his Scottish accent.

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

A few common words/phrases we use in the UK, but aren't in America: Something that is “manky” is unpleasantly dirty or disgusting. A 'whinger' is the same as a whiner or moaner - you could also say 'stop all your whinging and whining..!' I remember saying to an American friend (while going around a flee market) " I haven't seen one of those in 'donkey's years' " - they had no idea it mean a long time !? They don't understand the word 'anorak' and especially when used in the term, "he's a bit of an anorak". Having a 'barney' is lost on them too. This will become too long, but here are a few other ones that most Yanks 'don't know'; 'Stone the crows', Perspex, quids-in, rocket (as in salad leaf), cack-handed, 'have a dekko', cashpoint, treacle, rumpy-pumpy or shag (not the baccy - LOL!), 'give it some welly' (or even just 'wellies'), toffee apple, Sellotape, chav, jimmy riddle, lock-in, skew-whiff, tailback, Old Bill, sleeping policeman, rat-arsed, pukka...

[@MsCheesemonster13]

Even if you are British, often when you move to a different area in our country, you come up against a whole new vocabulary that you were previously unaware of. One of my particular favourites is “mardy” which means grumpy, sulky or in a bad mood. So you can say that someone is a mardy sod, or that they are having a “mard on” or call them a real “mard arse” when they are like that. It should be pronounced so it rhymes with “hardy”.

[@changelocation]

You could say they have a monk on Lincolnshire 🙂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@suetatlock8328]

I grew up with Mardie meaning a scaredy-cat.

[@cazharris5581]

Kids are being mardy when they pout and stick their bottom lip out…

[@Calimosh]

Mardy is a northern term, I've rarely heard it living down south.

[@delbydoo]

Yep, that's a very Grimsby word, or Cleethorpes, or anywhere up there....."getting mardy because he's got a monk on" is a genuine phrase :)

[@paulmason6474]

Congratulations on your bronze Anniversary❤🎉😊

[@wynmcnamara9604]

Parky is a good word. It means a bit chilly. Used in a sentence such as..'Blooming heck, it's a bit parky today'.

[@yampymusic]

Also 'nippy' means parky, where I come from at least.

[@janetdear6429]

🎊🎊 happy anniversary ladies 🎊🎊🎊 when I visited the lovely American the first time, I had trouble with the way you say things like standing in line, but after 3 week's I got use to it. Hope you have great day. Great video thanks Natasha's and Debbie 💖😁

[@lynwratten9857]

Most people don't like a queue's either but we also don't like queue jumpers. It's is a traditional way of being considerate to others. We had rationing during WWII so people had to queue then. Cue the music, is the spelling for another type of thing altogether.

[@Maggieclayton57]

I’m Scottish and I talk to people I don’t know all the time. I’ve had some very in depth conversations with total strangers 😊😊😊😊

[@emmahowells8334]

Loved your faces when your say Argy Bargy lol, yeah you sound like pirates when you saying it lol.😂 Happy Anniversary guys.🌹

[@margaretnicol3423]

There's a few Indian restaurants in the UK called the Argy Bargy. A funny take on Onion Bhaji (which are delicious).

[@ianjones997]

On the topic of the humble potato, I think the term "spud" is only using in the UK for them. As in "spud-gun"

[@WreckItRolfe]

The two brand names I can think of which Britons have genericised are 'hoover' and 'sellotape' - especially the latter.

[@paulharvey9149]

We also use lots of brand names, like absolutely everybody hoovers their carpets - irrespective of which company manufactured their vacuum cleaner. Again, these are normally referred to as the hoover, as in, "Would you like me to put the hoover round for you?" Sellotape is another one - years ago, the children's TV programme Blue Peter, confused generations of us by suggesting we use "sticky-backed plastic" when following their craft suggestions... Admittedly, it was at the same time as all their presenters spoke down with their ever so posh received pronunciation - and I expect I was not alone in imagining that sticky-backed plastic must be something that only posh people in the south of England could afford, because all we ever had was Sellotape...! Likewise, everyone that wants it asks for Coke in a bar, irrespective of whether it is actually Coca-cola or not - and even when the bartender says they only do Pepsi, most reply "Oh that'll do," because they think of Pepsi as being an alternative brand of Coke

[@ericbatemanrodgers]

Happy Anniversary ladies

[@janicebroughton8192]

Happy anniversary xx

[@LittleNoiseBoy]

Congratulations on a lovely achievement - 19 years together is something rare and special - no argy-bargy! ;-) x

[@martingridley7321]

Happy anniversary to you both! ❤️

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Thanks Martin!

[@viviennerose6858]

It's 'Cue the next song' though as typing this, I can see how queue would work too. I'll just slink quietly away into the corner ☺️

[@paulinelazarus393]

love you to love your video's happy anniversary have a fab day 😘 💕 xx

[@Moggy471]

You two should come over and have a look around. But trust me and don't just go to London. Because people, words, slang and attitude are very varied depending upon where you are in the country. I think you'll find it very interesting and enjoyable. We would be glad to have you. Happy anniversary. Celebrate your 20th in the UK.

[@AgentMucha]

We don’t even call it aluminium foil, it’s tin foil 😊

[@davidbarr9343]

Congratulations on your anniversary! Great video as usual. Hope you had a great day.☺️From Scotland UK 🇬🇧

[@jayweb51]

In Australia, a queue is where you line up; but to get ready to play some music, we use the word cue.

[@dirtbikerman1000]

I think the jacket part is because when baked properly in an oven or wrapped in tin foil in a fire the centre goes really soft and the outside goes crispy So there's a definite outer layer like a jacket. I like this guys videos but some of his explanations are a bit off.

[@jang3412]

When I was in New York with my 21/2 yr old daughter, we were amused to see her having an argument - in an argy-bargy way - with the folks at the hotel....'It's a LIFT not an elevator'. She was really quite fiercely insistent. Maybe a bit cheeky, but we just had to laugh!

[@jang3412]

By the way that is 2.1/2 or 2.5 years old. She had learned to behave rather more by the time she was 21/22.

[@dannyblackwell2426]

this made me laugh as its funny how he mentioned Overpass couple years back i was visiting friends in the US, and was in back of their car and asked them how much further is it and they said not much just over this overpass... well i sat in the back and could not work out for the life of me what they ment LOL. I had to ask, and then I told them us brits call it a Flyover! LOL

[@pureholy]

We use the word hoover for vacuum cleaners and the act of using them - irrespective of the manufacturer as in; ‘I used the hoover to hoover up all the dust.’ Or ‘My dog hoovers up his food so fast, blink and it’s gone’

[@devonsteve2347]

Cant beat a bit of argy-Bargy, it clears the air, we dont say to someone lets have an argy-Bargy, its usually said in the past tense, either ‘we’ve had a bit of an argy-Bargy’ (when someone notices a bit of an atmosphere) or you can hear someone having a bit of a row with another.’sounds like their having an argy-Bargy’ (do you realise just how hard it is to write argy-bargy with auto correct ON!) Flyover- Grimsby, if I remember correctly, its 1st one was at RIBY (pronounced; RYE-BEE) SQUARE, was fascinating to a 6yr old. Jacket Potato (SPUD), wrap in tin foil if throwing into the embers of a fire. Queue; we dont really like being in a queue, just that theyre part of life, so we just accept them. Very often if you have a trolley load of goods, and someone joins behind with only 1 or 2 items you offer up your place in the queue. “Is that all you’ve got?. Go in front” (very often your still loading up the conveyor belt by the time theyve been served anyway)

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

😂

[@productjoe4069]

We like queueing so much, we do it spontaneously whenever there's a service that handles people at a certain rate. If you have a shop with multiple counters (like a ticket office, or a post office), you'll even find people here will automatically form a single queue to feed all the counters without any directions (or even any obvious communication). There is a complex etiquette to the process too: how close you stand, how loud you talk, under what circumstances you can and can't duck out and back in. I think queueing is so important here because it balances the British need to not feel hard done by (aka entitlement) with our strong aversion to conflict or causing a fuss.

[@zephon6745]

Some times we complain about it raining cats and dogs. We would probably complain when there is nothing to complain about.

[@yorkieandthechihuahua]

Happy 19th!

[@carolsandland2933]

Happy 19th anniversary ladies, have a wonderful day xx

[@clivesangster6754]

, Congratulations on your anniversary.❤️❤️

[@archiebald4717]

A vacuum cleaner in the UK is commonly called a 'hoover'. Potatoes are commonly called 'spuds'.

[@simonbutterfield4860]

Except in Scotland where they use tatties instead of spud.

[@littlemy1773]

My ‘hoover’ is called Henry…I wish I was rich enough to buy him his girlfriend though!🤣🤣🤣

[@darkkrenify]

when you think argy-bargy is a naughty word wait till you learn about rumpy pumpy it will make the ladies of the nobles garden faint

[@thelastpilot4582]

On Bonfire night (Guy Fawkes) when I was young we used to put potatoes into the Bonfire without aluminium foil (it had not been invented) and when they came out they had a thick charcoal like jacket.

[@Wine1690]

We do use brands to describe certain products. In the UK we use the term "Hoover" for vacuum cleaner in honour as a nod to it's inventor Edgar J Hoover, who crossed the Deleware to alert the Patriots that the Germans were coming. Hope that helps.

[@kiki64allen56]

Hi Girls, so you had an argument the other night! That actually sounded good not dirty, that's your mind! Nothing to do with the word. Rascal is perfect for cheeky! We have kleenex but use tissue. Tin foil in UK not aluminium foil. Peckish is a little hungry, a biscuit sorry cookie, at a breaktime and I hate queues! Like Debbie, I prefer to leave. Quickie on brolly - I worked for an American couple in London and would always remind them to take a brolly when they left the house, it took them a week of getting wet to discover what I was actually saying, we found that very funny at the time.

[@theresashadwell9060]

Happy Anniversary 🎉🎊 ...Part 2 yes please or we might have an argy bargy 🤣

[@simply_psi]

There are a few brand names us Brits use such as Sellotape for sticky tape, Durex for Condoms, Coke for cola, Hoover for Vacuum cleaner (we even use that as the verb for to Vacuum, hey honey I'm hoovering the carpet), Le Creuset for Dutch oven, Lemsip for a hot Paracetamol drink to help with colds and flu, Stepsil for throat lozenges, Bacardi for white rum, Martini for Vermouth, Mailbu for coconut rum, Baileys for cream liqueur, I'm sure there are many more.

[@StampinDivaUK]

Yes, please do Part 2!! Yes, the Brits take queuing VERY seriously. Not being born-British, but having lived here for the past 26 years I actually find myself having the most amazing conversations in queues. But I'm always the one to start the conversation. It's definitely easier to chat to people from the Midlands and northwards. London and surrounding counties are not into smiling, chatting or even eye contact sometimes. The other way I've seen 'cheeky' used here is in a colloquial way. They say "I'm just going to the pub for a cheeky pint" or "Shall we go out for a cheeky Nando's". Or even, "I stood out in the rain with my brolly for a cheeky fag(cigarette)".

[@sarahealey1780]

Londoners are known for not speaking and keeping their heads down , but I'm like u I just start talking to everyone and it's funny to watch them squirm and try to get away for ya 😄

[@johnwoodhouse6797]

I think one of the most used brand names to describe an item is when we refer to a vacuum cleaner. We call it a Hoover. Probably because the first ones available were made by them. Even now, when so many other makers cleaners are available, we still call them Hoovers.

[@willmark100]

Happy Anniversary- Love watching you

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Thank you so much Mark!! 💓

[@williamnorton7697]

Argy-bargy is a fond term used for a bloody great row with someone. Possibly from the Falklands War period when Argentina, the Argies, invaded Sovereign British soil. Cheeky in British English is the same as sassy ( or don't sass me) in American English. Brolly has been explained as an umbrella, but gamp be was a term widely used, and still is on The Isle of Wight, after Charles Dickens named an umbrella carrying character Mrs. Gamp. Charles Dickens lived in the Isle of Wight every summer and always had a gamp. As for Aluminum; you are correct in the States. Sir Humphrey Davy, the discoverer of that element, called it Aluminum. Later scientific book editors changed the spelling so that it sounded more like other elements because of the syllable count. I have had to repay so many beers to U.S. servicemen and women on this topic! Shame on me.

[@ethan6858]

Happy Anniversary to two delightfully lovely ladies. I am an avid watcher of your entertaining videos. You are so entertaining and funny. Keep them coming. We, here in the UK love you. Xx🇺🇲🇬🇧

[@StormhavenGaming]

Aluminum foil? ALUMINUM? Everybody knows it's pronounced Tin!

[@grahvis]

During WW2, GIs arriving at an English station on their way to their camp, were somewhat bemused seeing a large sign saying "Keep Your Pecker Up".

[@racheltarmey6429]

My mum always said get the hoover out . Not vacuum cleaner

[@Rob_Infinity3]

Happy Anniversary, you two! The first word that came to mind for me as possibly a US equivalent to "cheeky". Would be referring to someone as a "scamp". Like "oh, you little scamp!".

[@tomsenior7405]

Fanny and Spunk have very different meanings to the American usage. I wonder why Laurence didn't mention them. (This comment will no doubt be deleted by KZbin).

[@j0hnf_uk]

The example of a flyover in Grimsby is a perfect example of a white elephant, in that it was built in order to elevate traffic congestion created be a level crossing, the rail lines of which serviced the nearby fish docks. Being, as it was at the time, the largest fishing port in the world, the number of trains using it meant traffic had to stop many times an hour. So, the idea of having a flyover was put into action to allow passage of traffic along, what was a busy road, unhindered. Except, by the time they'd finished construction of it, (having knocked down buildings that included a hotel and a full row of businesses in order to make room for it), it was no longer needed, due to the sudden decline in the fishing industry, thanks in large to becoming part of the EEC, reducing fishing quotas.

[@MarkmanOTW]

To say Brit's 'like' a queue is slightly misleading. We've been brought up to respect an orderly lining up of people. It's fair and respectful of others, and allows everyone their turn which is deemed the right thing to do. Those who try to push in (jump the line) is seen as disrespectful, impolite, and selfish - therefore deemed to be worthy of being challenged, reprimanded, and berrated. When I was in New York, I was waiting to be served at a bar. I saw guys coming in and barging past girls waiting to be served. I offered to buy a couple of girls drinks for them as I challenged and pushed through to get served. What surprised was the entitled, self-centeredness of those many people who had the 'me first' attitude. My act of chivalry paid off, as they were grateful and invited to be my guides for the rest of my weekend stay before leaving New York in my journey across the States.

[@trishosullivan4857]

Cue up ( as in your music reference ) is a different meaning entirely and spelt differently to queuing up as to line up .

[@davesilkstone6912]

In the UK Hoover is a verb, as in I'm going to Hoover the living room.

[@albidor99]

Happy anniversary ladies - where I grew up in the UK in the south, peckish meant slightly hungry, and aluminium foil was called baco foil, love your channel

[@alisonjane1976]

Happy Anniversary.

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Not sure why some comments are thinking we were referring to cue. We were referring to queue in the same spelling as you. It is used in music apps to add a song to your queue. Cue is an entirely different thing.

[@jamiewulfyr4607]

Argy-bargy is surfing that line between a Barney and aggro. What you two had the other night was a Barney. If you'd started pushing and shoving it would've been argy bargy. Try to avoid letting things deteriorate into full-blown aggro.

[@haeleth7218]

As an Englishman. "Peckish" means just a little bit hungry. We also use "Baked potato" in England as well as "jacket potato". Also, in terms of a "flyover" you can also have them just for pedestrians only i.e. no vehicles; these are usually in places where it is impossible or dangerous to cross a road.

[@lovelifeandcrafts5003]

Cheeky can also mean naughty child(ren) or we are having a cheeky takeaway aka naughty takeaway (takeout). . We also sometimes call jacket potato's - jacket spuds. Lol. I've never heard argy-bargy. It must a location thing. I'm in the west Midlands and from the south of England but also lived down north in Scotland UK . Lol. Xx

[@fayesouthall6604]

Love you two ! Happy Anniversary ❤ 😊

[@katydaniels508]

You absolutely can be a cheeky rascal! 🤣 Happy anniversary 💕

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Thanks Katy! We are both cheeky rascals! 😜

[@laughingoutloud8612]

You can be cheeky little devil too 😅

[@KatKittykatty]

Happy anniversary ladies 💐 As you know being American and brought up in the UK I'm very familiar with both English and American words, and growing up in the North we used the word Spuds alot for potatoes 🥔

[@grahvis]

When I was a kid in Southern England, a hole in a sock was often referred to as a spud, particularly if it was in the heel and the sock was dark.

[@KatKittykatty]

@@grahvis that's hilarious, I did grow up In Bedford as a child, so I know southern words too but I've never heard this 😅

[@HighlandMike325]

What's strange is we call overpasses "flyovers", but we still call short tunnels under roads "underpasses"

[@vaudevillian7]

We generally know American words because we see way more American movies and TV than you guys see British stuff although that’s been changing in the last 10 years or so especially with streaming We do have underpasses, sometimes called subways (as you heard in the London Underground video) if primarily for pedestrians

[@davidwebley6186]

Yep in the same here in the UK I would see an overpass as a footbridge over a road as apposed to the underpass.

[@zappababe8577]

It's spelled "cue up" when cueing up a song or video etc

[@mattymoowhite]

"... When the argy-bargy's done, when the battle's lost and won..." Macbeth act 1, scene 1 . All schools teach this Shakespeare play.

[@icybar]

I’d forgotten that, well done, thank you for the reminder!

[@carllynn4264]

Argy-bargy also known as against Argentina in football terms

[@johnnyW1966]

Cheeky also has a slightly nuanced version, a word I use quite a lot. For instance; "When I got to the station I saw that my train was delayed, so I nipped into the pub for a cheeky one."

[@dominique8233]

Happy anniversary and many more of them 🌻🌼🍰💗💖🌸🏵🌺

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Thanks!

[@michaelslater5569]

A very happy anniversary to you both 🎉❤

[@johnmh1000]

Happy Anniversary to you both! A possible brand name would be 'hoover' for a vacuum cleaner. Not sure if this is exclusive to the UK though.

[@andybaker2456]

A good example of a brand name being used to describe all items of a similar type would be Hoover, the vacuum cleaner brand. It's quite common to hear someone say they bought a new hoover, even if they bought a Dyson, or Vax etc. We will also say that we're going to "hoover the floor" or "do the hoovering", you will rarely hear a Brit use the verb 'to vacuum'!

[@jang3412]

Thanks Andy. I was thinking the same, but thought if I looked through all the comments somebody will have saved me the bother! Cheers!

[@downsman1]

Once again, dear friends, it is clearly demonstrated that we are, beyond doubt, "two nations separated by a common language". Still, it's the small differences between us that make life so fascinating, isn't it?.............................................................the ancient Englishman.

[@1442GlennLane]

True story:- Visited D.C in 1996 as a very young Royal Marine drummer with the Royal Marines band visiting the USMC barracks at 8th & i to rehearse a joint concert with the 'Presidents Own' band. I used to pencil sketch at the time and needed something I forgot to bring. On entering a department store, I approached the counter with a very stern looking elderly woman asking me "Yes sir, what can I get you" I replied " I would like a rubber please". I could see the change of expression on her face when she replied "We do not sell those things in here". I said "Yes you do" (pointing at the item in the display cabinet). She replied "THAT young man is an eraser". I said " Okay, i'll have one". Eraser/rubber. Same thing different meaning. 🤣

[@nickgrazier3373]

Nnnnnoooooo!, I don’t know anyone who like’s queuing any where, old Laurence does exaggerate somewhat sometimes! We do queue all the time mainly because we don’t like to argue as who was first. Oh and Happy Anniversary ladies have a good one!!

[@rogerdavis5914]

Great reaction ladies thank you and a happy 19th anniversary, just like to say it's my wife and my 54th anniversary next week

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Happy Early Anniversary ☺️

[@TwistedTiara]

Cheeky goes aong with 'bugger', cheeky bugger, normally said to kids in my area of the Northeast. Peckish, clamming (Northeast again), not hungry enough to eat a meal but to nibble on something light. Jacket potato, (Northeast is jacket tetty). Happy anniversary girls.

[@nickgrazier3373]

Argy-Bargy as in - you should have been in the pub last night there was a right Argy-Bargy between Stan and Sid went on for ages. It does work and is evocative see?

[@andrewmiller6754]

I'd say we do call things by brand names sometimes like to me I call ALL vacuums a hoover even though it is a brand name and i personally call all carpet cleaners a vax. what Yous would call an overpass we (me) would just call a motorway, I've never heard nor used 'flyover'

[@sylv_sparkly]

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!! Argy bargy is a noisy argument, sometimes including pushing and shoving. A right old argy bargy would be quite a loud one, a bit of an argy bargy not so much. Brolly definitely usually used rather than umbrella. Cheeky is similar to sassy but a bit milder, generally used for children or something that is amusingly impolite or rude (but only slightly), or even tongue-in-cheek for something REALLY offensive but VERY funny - it's kind of used for something that you like or find funny. Also used quite often to describe a bit of a naughty indulgence - a cheeky pint (of beer) at lunchtime - and something that almost everyone seems to use: a cheeky Nando's, as in, a spontaneous indulgence in popping to Nando's for a meal. Flyover is a bit of an odd word when you think abut it, but if you said overpass to us, we'd understand, because for the opposite we do use the word underpass. Peckish is definitely only slightly hungry or wanting a snack, and very often used with "a bit" as in I'm feeling a bit peckish. ...and as for queues... I HATE queues, as do most people, but there is definitely queue etiquette, including not invading other people's space. And if you keep bumping me and don't get the message when I glare at you, I might have to start swinging my bag until you feel the need to allow a little more space between us... And no, we don't talk to strangers much in London. If you exchanges pleasantries with 200,000 people on the way to work you'd never get there, and it's just TOO MUCH input! I think it's just a self protective mode to almost go into a state of suspended animation particularly when using public transport, and then when you finally get to work (or other destination) you wake up again and start greeting people normally

[@sjm6963]

Happy anniversary. Hugs and kisses from the UK. X

[@antlermagick]

"I don't really understand how time works" As someone with ADHD this is super relatable

[@cynthiawilson3826]

Greetings from Northern Ireland. Happy Anniversary Natasha and Debbie. Have a fabulous day. Keep going. My husband and I have celebrated our 58th this year and would still choose each other. Much love and blessings. 💖

[@michelletrudgill4573]

Well done again girlies, love your reactions to our words and phases. Have you done a video on cockney rhyming slang. I say my grandson is a cheeky monkey when he does something that is funny. Xx

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

We have done 2 on Cockney! 1 reaction video and a Live video where Debbie mastered it!

[@dolfin98]

Talking of argy-bargy there is a funny video with Michael McIntyre referring to all those strange little English phrases #MichaelMcIntyre #GrahamNorton #ChrisMartin “Discussing The Intricacies Of The English Language On Graham Norton | Michael McIntyreTalking about argy bargy”

[@optimist3580]

PETROL, the American usage of “gas” to describe a petroleum liquid product is probably one of the worst mis uses of a brand name “gazeline” to describe something that is definitely not gas!

[@louiselane806]

People do talk to each other in queues, I’ve been in The Queue at Wimbledon, for which there is a “Guide to The Queue” booklet, and it’s very sociable.

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Ok good to know!

[@neilgayleard3842]

It's about minding your own business and respecting other people's privacy.

[@juliegeer5855]

You have the perfect day for your anniversary as it’s also my birthday, and what a way to spend it, watching you guys 😀Happy Anniversary to you both, I hope you have a fabulous day ❤

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳

[@juliegeer5855]

Thank you

[@wrorchestra1]

Probably the most common brand name used is Hoover. People tend to say that more than vacuum cleaner. One that I NEVER use and rarely hear in general use is "British English". Queue jumping is seen as rude and impatient here. When you a readying a piece of music to play, technically it is cueing up. A cue is a musical term for 'when a player starts playing' or 'when an ensemble starts playing'. Happy Anniversary!