American Reacts 6 American Things That Are Actually British

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[@PhilTough-hn8qj]

The film U-571 really f**ks me off. In WW2 we managed to board a sinking u-boat and acquire an enigma machine. This film totally claims it was the Yanks it's hollywood licence to the extreme.

[@rna8arnold]

Yep its was British who cracked the code. BTW electronic computers were invented by the British during WWII while trying to crack the enigma code but itcwasnt until they acquired an enigma machine coukd they crack it.

[@PhilTough-hn8qj]

Good old Alan Turing.

[@brianbarcroft9167]

Yeah and it was the yanks who liberated France! Not a mention of the fact the there were more Brits/Canadians who landed on D Day and even less notice taken that the commanders of the navy, airrforce and actual invasion forces were British. Even my French friends believe all this American propaganda. Don't get me wrong, nothing could have been done without the Americans but, then again, nothing could have been done without the British. It was truly an allied operation.

[@rh2577]

​@@rna8arnoldI think the Poles might have something to say about that!

[@Scooot1972]

Three words = The Difference Engine

[@darkmatter6714]

The biggest thing he missed out is the American national anthem. The star spangled banner is sung to the tune of an old English drinking song: To Anacreon In Heaven

[@seanscanlon9067]

And the melody used for My Country, 'Tis of Thee is taken from the national anthem of the United Kingdom, God Save the King/Queen.

[@darkmatter6714]

@@seanscanlon9067 That’s surprising - didn’t know that!

[@stewedfishproductions9554]

​@@seanscanlon9067 FYI: The tune of God Save the King (or Queen) has been used by over 10 countries historically and is STILL used as the National Anthem of Liechtenstein. Switzerland only stopped using it in 1961 !

[@B-A-L]

And the music played at graduation ceremonies in America is from Land Of Hope of Glory by the British composer Edward Elgar.

[@amyboleszny543]

I hate to tell other Cubs fans but baseball originated in my native Oxfordshire. We called it rounders.

[@brianbarcroft9167]

Of course it is. When Apple pie was being eaten in Tudor and Stuart England, America didn't exist. So, unless Native Americans made it, there is no argument.

[@herrbonk3635]

Apple pie is not uniqely british though. I wouldn't be surprised if the Americans got it from you though! I mean, you even defined their language (although the French made a try at it too).

[@brianbarcroft9167]

@@herrbonk3635 well of course America got it from England. English protestants came over in the Mayflower. Their families and ancestors had been making it for centuries. And I have no doubt that early French settlers in Quebec also brought their version over from their homeland as well.

[@herrbonk3635]

@@brianbarcroft9167 I wasn't thinking of Quebec. There were people speaking French in the USA (like some still do in New Orleans or Lousiana). Lots of Germans, Dutch, Scandinavians, Italians, etc. too, as you know.

[@booker0110]

Just imagine, civilizations around the world were cooking and eating all that time and you’re surprised that apple pie was being enjoyed back then. And bread. And beer. And countless other dishes roasted, stewed, baked and brewed. This, thousands of years before “America “ existed and you’re surprised?

[@joshuanorman2]

Nonono, you're forgetting that time and history began when the declaration of independence was signed

[@philstansfield]

Yup.... I once pointed out to a whole group of Americans on social media that almost every single part of their "cuisine" is originally from other countries and brought to the states by settles/explorers. They (predictably) denied every single one even though I could point them to proof and they could not do the same in response.

[@Bramfly]

It definitely is not American as the first mention of apple pie is in a cookbook from 1381 in the UK. In 1514 apple pie was mentioned in a Dutch cookbook. Funny how Americans think that hamburgers are American, they’re not they’re German, same with hot dogs, which are merely German Frankfurters and there are many more examples 😂😂

[@binkwillans5138]

To be fair, the Americans did the turn the hamburger into something uniquely American: the beef patty. Plus the chilli dog was great fun for Americans due to the play on words.

[@ericpeterson9110]

@@binkwillans5138 Yeah, I'll grive seppos credit there since while the ground meat patty is german (and tbf, likely something that pre-existed the german hamburg steak), the modern concept of a burger with the topping of cheese, pickes between bread is an American thing. It's departed so far from the original it's like comparing chicago deep dish to italian pizza. Like sure, it might be pizza which did originate in italy, but the execution is so different it's fair to call it an American or at least Italian American food. But yeah, most classic American food is just British and other nationalities food re-branded slighly.

[@snowysnowyriver]

​@@ericpeterson9110 Long before the hamburger, Northern Germany and Denmark had the Frikadellen (German) / Frikadeller (Danish). This is beef and pork patties, fried and served between bread and with pickles.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@snowysnowyriver Lidl sells Frikadellen in the UK, they are really good.

[@maxwhite8470]

Because there is a lot more British history

[@matt-fh6hb]

The “American pastime” of baseball is also British. We have both Welsh and British codes of baseball to this day, that evolved from rounders. And we also have the American code. All very similar but with differences. And the “father of baseball” is a Yorkshireman, called Harry Wright, from Sheffield, who was very much involved in the first professional club, the Cincinnati Red Stockings. A player on his team was Albert Spalding, who went on to fake the Doubleday myth, to claim the sport was created in America, even though he knew Wright personally, had travelled to the UK with him and seen British codes first hand… but that wouldn’t help him sell his wares, would it?

[@user-xy8uz2sd4n]

And rounders is a progression from a stick and ball game played by peasants for centuries throughout Europe.

[@matt-fh6hb]

@@user-xy8uz2sd4n well, kind of. There were multiple stick and ball games, both regional and local, such as stool ball. The first reference to “base ball” was in British printed texts and also there were early references to it in Germany etc. It is interesting that people in USA genuinely believed the ‘New York rules’ or ‘American baseball’ really was invented in USA, despite many of the early professionals being British or Irish born, or German immigrants etc. And that so many ancient bat and ball games were well documented, and existing games such as cricket, rounders, British baseball rules etc all clearly sharing roots with those archaic games. Many of the “fathers of baseball” were British, and are literally in the ‘Hall of Fame’ at the totally fictitious ‘home of baseball’ at Doubleday Field. So random!

[@geoffas]

@@matt-fh6hb The less said about the all-American 'World Series'. the better 😛

[@pesmerga182]

American Football is an off shoot of Rugby too

[@ABC1701A]

@@pesmerga182 Football in which the ball is mainly used with the hands and any contact with feet is purely coincidental.

[@Rachel_M_]

While we're on the subject of things that were invented in the UK, I hate to break it but your constitution is based on our Magna Carta 1215 and the UK Bill Of Rights 1689. The US just copied our homework, but changed a few words to make it look like their own work.

[@Spiklething]

and the declaration of independance is thought to be based on the declaration of Arbroath from 1320

[@eddihaskell]

Well, not the part of the Declaration of Indpendence that contains the following sentence about King Charles Great-Great-Great-Great- Grandfather, King George III. He rather objected to it. " A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."

[@eddihaskell]

​@@Spiklething Many of the themes are similar, but the writing of Thomas Jefferson (in English, not in Latin as the Scottish document) remains one of the most inspirational words in modern humankind -- and has served as the inspiration for similar documents. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". Still, there is no doubt, that the US. Declaration of Indepdenece is an anglo-saxon document rooted in the British legal, parliamentary, and emerging system of human rights.

[@MrBulky992]

​@@eddihaskellHe wouldn't object because he wasn't a tyrant. Unlike the ruler of the USA's ally, France, he wasn't an absolute monarch: his powers and even his position as monarch (Act of Settlement 1701) were subject to the will of Parliament.

[@eddihaskell]

@@MrBulky992 Of course Jefferson and the framers of the Declearation of Indpendence knew that. However, King George did have the power to choose the Prime Minister and the major officers of his government- this power would slowly devolve towards the parties through the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, - who, after being iinformethat Macmillan -- and not Rab Butler had the support of the party by its grandees (it was not true), made a decision not to allow herself to be cajoled this way in the future (1957-). . King George was publically and overwhlimingly against granting representation rights for the 13 colonies in Parliament or self-governing rights to the colonies -- and had the letter threatening to hang colonial leaders in his name if they declared insependence. Actually, in Parliament, a large minority sympathized with the colonists.

[@biometrix1000]

Im impressed you are one of the few Americans who pronounced worcestershire sauce perfectly..well done young chap.

[@Blayda1]

He did didnt he ,, I was over come with appreciation at him being able to get his tongue round this devilish to pronounce word in our dictionary.

[@See_more....]

So...."it's as English as apple pie" is my new catchphrase.

[@cpmahon]

You are correct, Whitechapel is where Jack the Ripper did his thing in 1888. William IV is the King that you were trying to remember.

[@ShaneWalta]

The "Christmas is an American holiday" joke is made funnier when you remember than that celebrating Christmas was banned for a long time in America

[@Thenogomogo-zo3un]

Oliver Cromwell did the same in England. Along with dancing.

[@marydavis5234]

Christmas has never been banned in the US.

[@ShaneWalta]

@@marydavis5234 celebrating Christmas was banned in Massachusetts in 1659

[@marydavis5234]

@@ShaneWalta so banning Christmas in one US state for awhile, is considered banning Christmas in the whole US.

[@ShaneWalta]

@@marydavis5234 when did I say that?

[@hurnethehunter]

A recipe for apple pie appears in a British cookbook, The Forme of Cury by Samuel Pegge, that dates all the way back to 1390!

[@binkwillans5138]

IN USA we don' need no steenking recipe. We got our MOMS...!

[@hurnethehunter]

@@binkwillans5138 And where did your mum, grandmother, etc get it?

[@binkwillans5138]

@@hurnethehunter They made it with LOVE.

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

@@binkwillans5138 you’re proving what Europeans think about Americans. Not very bright but very thin skinned.

[@ChaseOakley-rw2lx]

It looks like you're sat in a ward

[@xbluebae]

The greeny-blue curtain giving that vibe 😅

[@Thenogomogo-zo3un]

Waiting for his lobotomy

[@speleokeir]

That's because he has a secret side-line of harvesting the organs of unsuspecting guests. Possibly. 😷😱😁

[@diane9656]

😂😂😂

[@Jack-nx4rt]

Halloween was Celtic and was celebrated in England and Wales too

[@PaganPunk]

Samhain pronounced Sow-wain

[@peterjackson4763]

Your accent can't be closer to the "British" accent in the 18th century as there wasn't "A" British accent then. Rather there were many British accents, and still are.

[@debbiep268]

I agree. I the accents in uk can be traced back before Ameria. Theres hundreds of them.

[@chrissymoss514]

You can bet that there are only a few products that are actually from America. The reason is due to the fact that America, as well as being a young country, was overrun with settlers from all over Europe.

[@eddihaskell]

Of course applie pie is British! So is Cheddar Cheese, Roast Beef and Roast Lamb Sunday Dinner with those little crisply roast potatoes in the drippings, sandwiches, fried crispy fish with big fries that your granny used to make (no one can duplicate her fried fish btw and she was not British :)), Roast Turkey (even though it is an American bird, the first roast turkey dinners at Christmas were popular in London in 1573), and fried chicken (Scotland).

[@jakeoliver9167]

Sandwiches is a reach. The name yes. But we weren't the first to put something between two pieces of bread

[@DenUitvreter]

@@jakeoliver9167 An English visitor has described the sandwich being eaten in the Dutch Republic of the 17th century, and that was only note worthy because they were eaten sitting on the grass, by some of the richest people in the world at that time.

[@Thenogomogo-zo3un]

@@jakeoliver9167 It was Roman streetfood. Even had hamburgers.

[@LadyThunderbird63]

Oh no you said the D word . Dripping , im now craving bread and dripping with a little salt and pepper .

[@anthonyfernwood8093]

Just to add another one, the tune to your national anthem was also stolen from England, it was a drinking song from the ARACNEONTIC SOCIETY, a men’s drinking club.

[@Phiyedough]

British apple pies don't usually contain cinnamon, especially if they are made with Bramley apples, which have plenty of flavour themselves.

[@Thenogomogo-zo3un]

They dont contain anything but sugar and apples. Reason, cinnamon and other spices used in an apple pie, cloves etc. were too expensive except for royalty etc. That's why the British version is so bland, unless you were part of nobility etc. Spices didn't become accessible for common people till relatively quite recently when tea became a thing during the industrial revolution and alot of the ships carrying tea would carry spices too as these would fetch a premium in Europe. Even though Britain has access to such spices now they forgot to put them into their apple pies. Why I prefer the US ones.

[@angelau1194]

@@Thenogomogo-zo3un Horses for courses.

[@PaganPunk]

Cinnamon was used a lot in London....

[@ABC1701A]

@@Thenogomogo-zo3un Those same spices were being used as far back as the 1300s and were available even if many couldn't/didn't use them. And surely the flavour should be FROM THE APPLES, who wants a pie that only tastes of cloves or cinnamon rather than apples.

[@anthonyhulse1248]

I can’t stand all the cinnamon they put in baking over here (Canada).

[@helenwood8482]

America can keep pumpkin pie. It doesn't taste of anything.

[@marydavis5234]

You need to add spices to it, just opening a can of pumpkin and putting it in a pie crust and baking it, is a big No, it says on the can to add, cinnamon,nutmeg and pumpkin spice to it.

[@eddihaskell]

I love pumpkin pie! It is wonderful, and it tastes sort of like gingerbread cookies or egg nog. The person who says you need to add spices like ginger, nutmeg, cloves, cinamon, etc. is right but it is a key part of our USA and I assume Canadian (October) Thanksgiving feasts.

[@lynndally9160]

Pumpkin is a vegetable not a dessert as far as I'm concerned 😅

[@sarahfields288]

We'll stick to carving them for Halloween

[@ABC1701A]

It tastes of whatever bucketload of spices they added plus the odd hundredweight of sugar (have US friends who make pumpkin pie, they all taste differently as they all use different spices,) remove the spices and it's tasteless.

[@Bluetoothedshark]

A1 refers to the condition of a ship below the water line is rated a,b,c and above the water line is rated 1,2,3, so A1 is the highest standard of ship condition. The term has been used for cars, steaks etc as an alagory of quality.

[@dawn5227]

America wouldn't even be American without England. 😂

[@herrbonk3635]

True, they would speak french, spanish, italian, jiddisch, high/low german, and scandinavian.

[@Scooot1972]

They don't speak English now. It's a perverted, barsterdised version with words like gotten instead of got and humor instead of humour and faucet instead of tap.

[@herrbonk3635]

@@Scooot1972 In that case, English is a perverted, barsterdised version of old Danish. 😇 Only much more so, because american is actually closer to 1700s English than is the strange noises we hear in London today.

[@Scooot1972]

@@herrbonk3635 😆 🤣 😂 Ye old fool. Did I touch a nerve? Wake up and smell the covoffee 😆 🤣 😂

[@jennybertenshaw7694]

As a northern English child living on the North West coast ( ie as close the the Isle of man and Ireland as you can get We used to carve turnips at halloween and were shocked later in life to discover this wasn't some they they did in the south...Our northern ways were actually close to the Vikings who invaded our shores

[@susanwestern6434]

As a Devon born child in the 1950s, living in the countryside, mangel wurzels (turnips), used for cattle fodder, were carved for halloween lanterns. So not only northern, but also the south west. Check out 'Punkie Night' in Somerset.

[@PaganPunk]

East England too.....❤

[@BlindingSun_]

Swedes

[@rochelleb5661]

ahh but the smell was amazing from candle cooked turnips if i had to describe halloween by a smell thats what it would be

[@user-vh7uo2su3h]

The King featured is Edward VII son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He reigned from 1901-1910. As dictated by primogeniture, he was first male son of the monarch, so he became king not his elder sister Princess Victoria aka Princess Vicky. As for apple pie I Iove it, but I am lazy and tend to make apple crumble instead!😊😊😊

[@Lones555]

That's why the phrase "as American as apple pie" should mean you're not American at all (rather than the opposite) since apple pie predates America by several centuries, whoever invented it as there's records in several countries in Europe for it from around a similar period.

[@Dr_KAP]

I see your point although does something being American have to mean it was invented there? Could it mean that the country has adopted it as part of their own cultural identity over time? Not trying to be smart btw, it’s a genuine question- because I’m thinking about us Australians and the Aussie meat pie. We identify with that as strongly Australian, it’s sold in every petrol station, bakery and supermarket and arguably our most popular food. But I know it came from the UK. The Italians likewise identify with pasta, but noodles of course came from China. What do you think?

[@bloodclaat]

@@Dr_KAP Noodles are not pasta.

[@Dr_KAP]

@@bloodclaat correct but I’m not going to go into the history of both right here, the point is obvious lol (ie both noodles and pasta came from China) ..

[@Thenogomogo-zo3un]

@@Dr_KAP Tomatoes came from the new world. What the hell did Italians eat before then?

[@Dr_KAP]

@@Thenogomogo-zo3un on top of pasta? Pork cheeks and sheep’s cheese i believe- maybe a few olives on top lol

[@hippertyhop]

The best way to learn the kings and queens of UK is to watch Horrible Histories. One of the greatest kids shows of all time

[@eldictator1]

Apple pie, fried chicken, mac and cheese, baseball etc etc all British

[@gloryguyful]

No your accent isnt closer..........becasue even more than today there where more accents in the 1700's

[@anthonynoblett952]

Id say devon and cornwall yap would be closer as alot of the settlers were from the southwest when they sailed from plymouth,

[@gloryguyful]

@@anthonynoblett952 not really they sailed from plymouth but weren't largely from that area, though the Cornish were reknowned seaman, I'd suggest the Irish and Scots, with the potato famine and the Highland clearances defined a lot of the accents, but hell throw in the Italians Spanish and French who were there in the formative years

[@ABC1701A]

That's what I was thinking, closer to which county/village exactly.

[@leekirkham1985]

​@anthonynoblett952 One of my ancestors that sailed over from Plymouth was from Stoke-on-trent lol

[@nickallport931]

The skyscraper was invented in my home town of shrewsbury england

[@Trebor74]

The construction method of steel girders was invented in Britain,too. Ditherington mill, Shropshire.

[@davebutler2717]

The flax mill in Ditherington, Shrewsbury, Shropshire was the first iron framed building in the world. It was built in 1797 and is sometimes referred to as "the grandfather of skyscrapers". This paved the way for skyscrapers and the first one was built in Chicago in 1884

[@LFBsmokealarm]

To my ear his accent has definite Irish undertones, as do a lot of New Englanders.

[@leekirkham1985]

Exactly. Sounds nothing like an English accent now or 300 years ago

[@stevenmoses5807]

You will be surprised when you realise just how much you take for granted is actually from England . After all the the first English settlers went over on a ship called the mayflower ( i think that it's name) over hundred years ago

[@janeslater8004]

100 years is not very long ago

[@binkwillans5138]

1620 is 100 years ago???? Did you go to an American school???

[@nealgrimes4382]

America is a bit older than 100 yrs i mean not much older to Brits, we have pubs older than America.

[@michaelpalmer4013]

@@binkwillans5138 Haha, cruel but funny..

[@Blayda1]

@@nealgrimes4382 We have walls older than America but we all have to start some where!.

[@101steel4]

Apple pie is English.

[@baronmeduse]

The pie is, but as a general tart or just 'apples in pastry' it's been all over Europe for centuries. You find it in Germany (also as Strudel), in the Netherlands, in Scandinavia...many more. Of course England is the home of the Bramwell apple, but at 200 years old they're not that old in the grand scheme.

[@johnbaird4912]

@@baronmeduse Chaucer wrote about apple pie in the Canterbury tales in 1390

[@sarahpagett9191]

Yes them countries are germanic so they probably had kinda of the same food ​@@baronmeduse

[@susanwestern6434]

​@@baronmeduse Bramley Apple not 'Bramwell'

[@DenUitvreter]

@@baronmeduse The latticing is said to be Dutch. But this is how the British go about these things, they look into in English sources, find the oldest English recipe and then conclude it was 'another' thing the British did first. Among the settlers in North-America there were English, so they have brought it over.

[@tedthesailor172]

Sorry about the apple pie, we just didn't like to tell you...

[@bullfidde]

What he forgot to mention is that samhain in the Celtic world was probably brought there by the Vikings as it is very similar to their harvest fest. Over here in Sweden my father did carve lanterns with face on it and put candles in it in the early 50's . Then being told it was an ancient tradition. When I grew up in the early 70's it was almoste gone

[@debbiep268]

I celebrated Halloween in North East England. It was jack shine a maggy though. Turnips with faces carved in them with a candle inside. And dressed up like a witch. Carving a turnip (a snarter) was hard work. Also we celebrated bonfire night with a guy. A human sized one. It was old clothes in the shape of a man filled with paper. Then we had a huge bonfire and burnt the guy on it (guessing guy fawkes?), Use to sit outside the local pub across the road from my house with the guy and people gave me money. Thats gone now. Never fireworks, just making absolutely massive bonfires.

[@user-gw6lf9qi3q]

You got our apples and pumpkins we got your turkeys, fair exchange. Mmmm turkey.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Turkey... Yuk !! I prefer chicken...and beef. And apples...!

[@markdonovan8884]

Turkey is disgusting

[@eddihaskell]

@@brigidsingleton1596 Turkey ARE yuck -- but you might change your mind if you buy an all-natural free-range turkey this Thanksgiving, and not one of those frozen ones. I tried it (it is expensive) and it was a revelation. In the meantime, I have three huge 9 dollar Butterball turkeys in the freezer in Florida I need to cook from last November.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

@@eddihaskell Thanks, but no thanks re turkey meat (poultry) ... I don't like it _at_ _all_ .!! ...And btw, I *don't celebrate Thanksgiving* * (*I've no need to, being a Londoner - UK resident*).

[@eddihaskell]

@@brigidsingleton1596 I was told Londoners celebrate Thanksgiving along with the rest of the UK on July 4.

[@nikolaucznaum4312]

Apple pie, apple crumble, rhubarb crumble, spotted dick bread and butter pudding are all old British recipes!!...

[@dcallan812]

What you need to remember is the UK and Europe have been around so much longer than the USA, and many people have European heritage. Christmas is as American as apple pie, St Patricks day and the tune you sing along to the national Anthem.

[@moonspirit6555]

Hi from a true Brit, love your channel, especially to your reactions, thank you

[@BommeltjeNL]

Apple pie (or appeltaart) was made in countries where apples grew (western Europe). It was made long before the recipe was printed in any book, so apple pie is not specifically English or British. The British were the first to put it in a book in 1390, but it doesn't say where they got the recipe from. History is known for getting origins wrong.

[@johnbaird4912]

Romans introduced apples to England 2000 years ago So it could of been made in England for centuries before 1300s

[@floominggonzo283]

How do you know apple pie was created before if there is no evidence to prove that?

[@BommeltjeNL]

@@floominggonzo283 Almsot all cookbooks use other people’s recipes.

[@ChrisGriffiths-jw5qd]

@@johnbaird4912 England didn't exist 2000 years ago....so no they didn't

[@johnbaird4912]

@@ChrisGriffiths-jw5qd Sorry the romans introduced apples to Britain . So England could of been making it for centuries before the 1300s IS THAT BETTER

[@pjmoseley243]

A vast amount of new world culture originates from the UK and apples were here in the UK before we ventured westwards.

[@eeesh5600]

Apple pies have been made in uk since the 1300s. Over 400 years before the USA even existed.

[@lynn69jackson]

As you are from New England, you more than likely have English ancestry. This means that your ancestors possibly brought things to America ( like recipes) when they became immigrants of the colonies.

[@user-jr3eb5oo3g]

The ice cream biscuit cone was invented in Manchester-the real one- in the late 19th century.

[@PhyllisGlassup2TheBrim]

re languages. Unless you are able to converse daily with native speakers, it's impossible to speak it properly. I speak German fluently because as an army daughter with a German mother I picked up a few words from going shopping, then when I started work in a German coat factory, I was thrown in at the deep end and the German girls of my age chatted with me and corrected mispronunciations and wrong words. I'd taken German in school for 2 years. When I left school I spoke no more German than I did before I started the lessons.

[@pommiebears]

Nice to hear an American pronounce “Worcestershire” correctly lol.

[@gordongate]

"wuster" is the more accepted pronunciation though

[@MJS-vx3oj]

Wuster where I'm from!

[@speleokeir]

Most people say Wooster sauce rather than the full worcestershire.

[@Blayda1]

@@MJS-vx3oj yep we grew up with Wuster Sauce too.

[@louisemiller3784]

Can’t bear that Lawrence, most annoying creator ever

[@L1am21]

I dont agree with some of the stuff he says about Britain either.

[@samsprrr3548]

I think he's been gone too long from Britain to judge

[@carlh429]

First of your vids I ever had to bail out on before watching properly. Lost in the pond guy is an out of touch smart arse know nothing who’s been away from the UK for at least 15 years. Can’t stand him.

[@SirHilaryManfat]

He seems extra annoying in this video for some reason.

[@Makethemostofit1]

He basically copies David Mitchell's voice and delivery.

[@robertlisternicholls]

Interesting. Thanks Connor. Keep up the good work.

[@robertpetre9378]

Do you know how hard it is to carve a turnip ?😅 pumpkins 🎃 are definitely more practical when it comes to carving.

[@stewedfishproductions9554]

Actually, YES 😊 Although born in North West England, my father was Scottish. When Halloween came round, the family and neighbours would have a party. Apple bobbing, baked potatoes etc., but my dad would carve a turnip into a Jack O'Lantern... he showed my brother and I how to do it; when older and safe for us to use knives, we followed suit. They are very hard to carve and your hand aches... 😅😅😅

[@binkwillans5138]

Pumpkin carving is for toddlers. With turnips, you plan ahead and use the right tools.

[@babennberry]

I imagine ships from Europe to America carried stores of apples for the journey, and literally plopped their seeds in the New World. But George IV was followed by his brother, William IV, then their niece, Victoria. She was (eventually) succeeded by her son Edward VII, then his son George V, and in turn, his sons, Edward VIII (who abdicated) and George VI. Then Lizzie (peace by with her).

[@user-yf6yz3fl2s]

William was between George and Victoria, he was younger brother of George and uncle of Victoria.

[@thepoliticalhousethatjackbuilt]

William IV reigned from 1830-1837 between his brother George IV and niece Victoria.

[@spanishpeaches2930]

Bramley apples are English.

[@Loki1815]

I'm sitting here racking my brain for an actual American Dish! OK, so I went to Google and there are loads of dishes that Google purports to be American but alas..... Apple Pie from England Hamburger from.. er.. Hamburg, Germany. Frankfurter... er Frankfurt Germany. Pizza from Naples, Italy Spaghetti Bolognasè from Imola Italy Meatballs from Persia Sandwich from Kent England the Earl of Sandwich. Mac and Cheese Europe (Debatable where though) Roast Dinner (as in Thanksgiving) England Doughnuts Dutch BBQ from Prometheus, the second he gave man Fire there was someone waiting to throw Ribs onto the flame! You could, of course, claim the TV Dinner?

[@90charmedndangerous]

Plastic cheese?

[@ericpeterson9110]

@@90charmedndangerous Swizerland if i'm not mistaken. They cant even make the junk food right!

[@ericpeterson9110]

I'll give Americans that some of the foods you listed have been modified so heavily they are at least a majority American. The American style burger, chicago or NY style pizza, Texas BBQ etc are far enough from their origin points they are really their own food. Though still I'd call them Italian/American or German/American etc. As for pure American food though, I really cant think of much. Breakfast cereal, collard greens and hash browns possibly?

[@binkwillans5138]

Beans and corn?

[@binkwillans5138]

@@ericpeterson9110 What about Hershey bars, M&Ms, Twinkies, Oreos?

[@L4g__]

Worcestershire source is just wooster source with oo as in wood

[@geoffas]

Only for those people who can't pronounce "Worcestershire'. However, you may be thinking of "Worcester" which is indeed pronounced ''wooster'. Just call the sauce 'Lea and Perrins' and be done with it 😛

[@B-A-L]

The expression 'As American as apple pie' means something that Americans claim they invented but clearly didn't!

[@alisonwhyte8885]

George lll, George lV, William lV, Victoria, Edward Vll, George V, Edward Vlll (abdicated became Duke of Windsor), George Vl, Elizabeth ll, hope this helps.

[@Mike-po2gx]

Lost in the Pond is dire. He has spent soo long in America he is out of touch of the UK today. Historically yes. But.

[@fayesouthall6604]

I’ve seen his videos he’s ironic and often inaccurate.

[@TychoCelchu]

With regards to the claim that the American accent sounds like the old English accent, it’s more to do pronunciation. English used to have the rhotic R and short A that are used in much of the US today. Some areas of the U.K. have also retained that pronunciation. Places like Boston have the more modern British pronunciation using the non-rhotic R and the long A.

[@pietergreveling]

Just for fun! Pumpkin in Dutch is Pompoen, but you pronounce it as Pompoon. 😁✌🏼

[@davidcooksey1390]

Apple pie needs lots of custard

[@pommiebears]

Mmmmm….yes! You like custard? Try making powdered birds custard with evaporated milk! You will LOVE me for it. 😊

[@susanwestern6434]

Nah. Clotted cream is best. I am biased though, coming from Devon.

[@stewedfishproductions9554]

Apple crumble too... 😊

[@nolajoy7759]

Have never tried making custard with evaporated milk..will try that. ​@@pommiebears

[@binkwillans5138]

Brandy butter is better.

[@ruddyy123]

Everything you know and think is a lie. America is only 400 years old. British is ancient and everything came from here 😆

[@ruddyy123]

The internet you’re using is thanks to the British

[@jakeoliver9167]

So ancient it's debatable when it began. 1066 is modern England's origin. And that's still pretty damn old.

[@binkwillans5138]

Except gun crime and McDonalds.

[@geoffas]

@@jakeoliver9167 Nah, England was formed in the mid 900s.

[@rh2577]

​@@ruddyy123I think you mean WWW. The internet is an American invention.

[@ikecarter6011]

thankyou for pronouncing Worcestershire sauce correctly one of those things that grates on me 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@alunchurcher7060]

Yes all British and by the way pizza was first in Italy.

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

Skittles started in the UK before being bought by wrigley’s. And the Monday night football theme was composed by a British guy for the UK version of Superstars a tv show that pitted people from different sports against each other.

[@andrewthomas405]

To not think apple pie is not british is very odd

[@stewedfishproductions9554]

Americans have an ability to believe EVERYTHING in America was invented there... (except for a healthcare system based on everyone's needs AND not the ability to pay for it...) 😂😂😂

[@wayne7521]

Samhain is shown in the game assadins creed valhalla. It is said that if damhain goes in your home you'll have lots of good luck , and the person who knocked on doors wore a ciws skull and a bear skin ,to disguise themselves .

[@sturlamolden]

My Gosh, a Brit that does not know king George IV did not live in Buckingham palace. It was not built yet. He lived in St. James’s Palace. The first resident in Buckingham Palace was his grand-daughter, Queen Victoria.

[@nektekket852]

Actually Buckingham Palace was purchased by George III, and was used as a royal seat before it became the official residence in 1837... It was built in the 17th century by John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, hence the name.

[@nektekket852]

Whoops! Built in 1703....

[@davidpaylor5666]

I never did get how Americans thought that apple pie was an American invention when the apples, the wheat used to make the pastry, the sugar used to sweeten it and the dairy used to produce the butter and cream all came from Europe. The way many (most, even) people in the USA view British food really winds me up. If they aren't living on beans, squash, maize and turkey then they are eating imported immigrant foods, very many of which are British in origin. Even the potato came to North America via Europe, it originated in the Americas for sure but it was only after we'd started growing them in Britain and France that they came back to Virginia in what is now the USA.

[@chrisBrown58]

Your comment about accent at the beginning I have also heard elsewhere, something to do with the shift in vowel pronounciation in UK that hasn't occurred in the US. Linked to that, an Englishman, Cecil Sharp, was a collector of English folksongs. On a visit to the US he found that older versions of the songs had been preserved in the Appalacians.

[@hettispaghetti6061]

You might like Shirley Collins' work, she's an English folk singer who's been around since the '50s. She's collected songs from across the UK and North America as well as writing her own music. This NPR Tiny Desk is a good introduction and she talks about some of the old songs she's found, how she found them and also performs them: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGm2laZ-qM6Nbc0

[@24magiccarrot]

For some American's you could probably add Hugh Lawrie to this list. He's so good in House that a number of Americans are surprised to find out he's not American.

[@Jeni10]

It was only in recent years that I learned the truth about pumpkin pie. I knew about them but since all of my pumpkin experiences had been savoury, I assumed the pie was as well. Then someone talked about it as a dessert and I was stunned! I’ve always eaten roasted pumpkin, or steamed pumpkin, as one of a few vegies with my meat. Then the news came that you all used canned pumpkin! There’s no such thing in Australia. We have such an abundance of different pumpkin types that it’s really cheap to cut a few chunks for roasting and even mashing. As easy as potatoes.

[@alanhenwood5315]

The American accent is a mixture of all the immigrants from mostly Europe who settled there so the chances of it resembling an English accent even from hundreds of years ago are slim!!

[@helenwood8482]

It's a myth that your accent is closer to the old British accent.

[@Caambrinus]

In fact, you know quite a lot of Italian words, e.g. ciao, pizza, pasta, spaghetti, lasagne, zucchini..... buongiorno means 'hello/good day'.

[@janeslater8004]

I though apple pie was originally french in antiquuty.both countries are very close and produce apples.but cider is definitely english. France and england were one land back in the day

[@gertstraatenvander4684]

Meh, that's debatable. Czechs, Germans and Dutch also have a claim on apple pie.

[@L1am21]

Yeah but they call it something diffrent. 🤫

[@ftumschk]

True - it's probably found wherever apples grow and pastry exists, I guess. Suffice to say that apple pie existed in Europe before America was discovered.

[@gertstraatenvander4684]

@@L1am21 Yeah, they have their own languages...

[@Lones555]

There's records in both English and French texts from 11th-12th century too so add France to your list.

[@mrm7058]

It's hard, if not impossible, to proof who exactly invented it, since records from mediäval times are anything but complete. Maybe somewhere in Europe, I wouldn't rule out the middle eastern region either.

[@muppeteer]

Keep ya apple pie...crumble rules

[@jakeoliver9167]

Crumble is also british...

[@binkwillans5138]

Rhubarb's better. You won't get that in US.

[@muppeteer]

@@jakeoliver9167 as am I...crumble rocks

[@Blayda1]

@@binkwillans5138 but Apple and Rhubarb is a gift from the gods!.

[@gordonsmith8899]

George IV (1820 - 1830) William IV (1830 - 1837) Victoria (1837 - 1901)

[@uingaeoc3905]

George IV was succeeded by William IV his younger brother. His niece was Victoria who came next. After Edward VII, Victoria's eldest son, was succeeded by George V whom is often forgotten about.

buon juorno= bom dia= buenos dias= good morning

[@binkwillans5138]

good day

[@xbluebae]

As a Brit, I've always adored the American enthusiasm and energy - see American stand up comedians 😍 Jack o lanterns were indeed made from turnips! Or swedes 😂 Cue my parents (born int late 60s) saying how easy we have it with pumpkins now lmao

[@Thenogomogo-zo3un]

The original ones were made from the skulls of enemy tribesmen 🎃🕯💀🕯

[@xbluebae]

@@Thenogomogo-zo3un that sounds way better than vegetables 👌🏻

[@Mickman007]

Jack mostly hung out between Whitechapel and Spitafields, he's last known and most gory one was indeed at Spitafields.

[@DavidJohnson-rj8zu]

Apple Pie covered with thick Birds Custard (Developed by Alfred Bird who was a Chemist in Birmingham GB in 1837) 👌mine you Cherry Pie wants some beating with either Custard or Vanilla Ice Cream, another nice one is Apple Strudel which originally came from Austria made with Apples and Raisins in Puff Pastry that ends looking like a sausage roll. 🧐

[@ftumschk]

6:08 As far as I know, Lloyd's of London doesn't insure steaks. But they may have diversified, so I may be wrong ;)

[@stewedfishproductions9554]

Mind you, Lloyds of London is the 'source' of the name for the 'sauce'.... 😂😂😂

[@Thenogomogo-zo3un]

They should. To stop people from inadvertently putting A1 sauce on them

[@ShweeksieOnYouTube]

Are you telling me, that you thought, that nobody thought to put an apple in a pie? before America was discovered or settled?

[@GrasshopperKelly]

2:00 The American accent is a slowed down tembre of a more victorian, posh british accent. There are plenty of 100-150 year old recordings of Southern US accents, that sound oddly Posh British. Some of which sound exactly that if sped up slightly.

[@martinmillar7137]

As a kid in scotland..or more specifically as a kid in inner city deprived glasgow, Halloween was probably the best holiday.. got some scheme kids candy and joy it was very much for the kids and even if you had nothing...you did on the 31st by hook or by crook it was about children... Poor mans christmas.. but a very special time of year... Don't even think kids bother nowadays but back in my time late 80s through 90s.... Was stranger things vibes ❤😂

[@lemdixon01]

Some places in England still pronounce the 'r' at the end of world like in the US and Ireland. It tends to be more rural areas and can be a 'farmers accent'. Areas or counties include, Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, Herefordshire, Shropshore, East Lancashire, Suffolk, Norfolk. People in The Forest of Dean also spoke this way which I think is Glostershire.

[@LittleG-ec6hx]

* Gloucestershire*

[@nixonsmateruby1]

The American accents are like British in the way they change from north to south, and some southern states have tones of the west country.

[@tom_4615]

Yeah the whole Halloween thing is definitely true.. my mums Irish but her and her family moved to England when she was very young. So her family, being Irish always celebrated Halloween but apparently no one else at her school did (this would have been like the 70s) and some people had never heard about it. If they knew about it, it would have been because of films. Now fast forward to the future, our family doesn’t really do anything for Halloween because it IS the shittest holiday but apparently people love it now, and it’s now weird that she/we don’t celebrate Halloween

[@LYNX_FRoSTY99]

2:10 NO WAY! 🤣 not even close 🤣

[@fishtigua]

As a sailor I got drunk and laid in 7 different languages, my Tahitian is a bit rusty now.

[@user-gt2ud2gw9e]

Yes, we've touched on this before. The standard Britsh accent has changed over centuries And furthermore, there are regions in UK where the accent is not so far off an American accent. I usually tend to think of Bristol - where, for example, the local city of Bath is pronounced as you guys pronounce it, yet the "Barth" sound is used almost as soon as you leave the area.!

[@juniusvindex769]

Us in Wiltshire call Bath, " baff" and Bristol is "brizzle" 😁👍🏻

[@ICT17]

There is no standard British accent because there is no such thing as "the British accent".

[@davidboydarnott417]

So A1 started as a standard for ships , then it became just a label for anything in its best condition.

[@paulwillard9687]

Before we could get a pumpkin my mother used to carve a swede

[@davidboydarnott417]

I thought Christmas was a German holiday because it was Tradition to decorate a Tree in Germany and the German Royal Family gifted a Tree to the British Royal Family and the followers of fashion spread it throughout the country. And because Santa Claus is a German name, Santa Claus is short for Saint Nicholas which Americans changed to St.Nick.🤔

[@braveheart40kglasgow56]

The only thing that's American is processed, everything else came from everywhere else

[@user-ze5tu4ck1t]

Apple pie was 1st mentioned in the 13th Century

[@rochelleb5661]

nope the american accent is not closer to older english accents, i speak the oldest english accent (geordie) and americans sound nothing like us

[@getouttamyrowboat5658]

I was looking for this comment. Fellow Geordie here and it winds me up whenever I hear Americans say that. They genuinly HAVE to try and claim theirs is the correct way for everything.

[@heatherfruin5050]

I heard that about the original American accent being more posh than the posh English accent. Hello from Australia. 😊

[@geoffas]

The American accent was heavily influenced by the south-west English accent... which is why the Yanks roll their Rs. A lot of the ships which sailed to the colonies set off from Bristol which is a southwestern port in England.