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@zyndr_
@zyndr_ Жыл бұрын
This reminds me of the American term for 'guide dog'. They call them "Seeing-Eye Dogs". I couldn't stop laughing when I first heard that one.
@wessexdruid7598
@wessexdruid7598 Жыл бұрын
In the USA, 'Seeing Eye Inc' was the first (and still one of the biggest) US charity to train guide dogs, so it's a bit like 'Hoover'.
@ballyhoo
@ballyhoo Жыл бұрын
We should get in on the act over here and start calling UK Police sniffer dogs "Smelling nose dogs" lol
@wessexdruid7598
@wessexdruid7598 Жыл бұрын
@@ballyhoo Search dogs are not all the same. Drugs dogs do not seek out explosives, or weapons, or people - or vice versa. Military and police environments are not the same, either.
@vyvienvp3413
@vyvienvp3413 Жыл бұрын
Makes for hilarious comedy, right?
@wessexdruid7598
@wessexdruid7598 Жыл бұрын
@@vyvienvp3413 There is a lot of comedy in the fact that Brits (& other Commonwealth nations) use different words and phrases to Americans. Rubbers, fannies, trumps, fags, randy, spunk... the list goes on and on. It's the whole point of this skit. The US doesn't own the English language.
@aldomir
@aldomir Жыл бұрын
Tuna fish is another one. We Brits just say Tuna. I've often wondered if an American has confused it with Tuna Cow or Tuna Turkey and so had to specify.
@ftumschk
@ftumschk Жыл бұрын
We used to call it "tuna fish" when I grew up in 1960s/70s UK. I suppose it was because it was more common for homes to have pianos in those days, and we didn't want to eat the "piano tuner" by mistake ;)
@aldomir
@aldomir Жыл бұрын
@@ftumschk lol definitely not. It was probably the guy who ate a piano tuner who decided it should be called tuna fish ;)
@patrickporter6536
@patrickporter6536 Жыл бұрын
Eyeglasses. As opposed to footglasses.
@aldomir
@aldomir Жыл бұрын
@@patrickporter6536 yeah they cover that one in the clip
@nessiferum6200
@nessiferum6200 Жыл бұрын
Also cod fish - why?!
@vaughanellis7866
@vaughanellis7866 Жыл бұрын
As a Brit whose worked and lived in America I can attest that we are divided by a common language, so much so that I had to produce two versions of my reports one for the US management and one for the UK management, and the one for the UK management would be shorter because I did not have to use the descriptives I had to put in the report for the US management.
@Pyedr
@Pyedr Жыл бұрын
@@AH-fg8dk "Garbage truck"?
@rosieposie6521
@rosieposie6521 Жыл бұрын
Yanks can't understand the ENGLISH language it's far too difficult for them, so they make up extra words, and words like Y'ALL 🤮 so that they can understand each others drawl, and then they have the cheek to laugh at us. I'm glad Michael McKyntire showed just how ridiculous they are. I bet they didn't like that.
@nilocnolnah6788
@nilocnolnah6788 Жыл бұрын
ThTs is true. Me too.
@Conzdunchad
@Conzdunchad Жыл бұрын
We are divided by a common language and a great big fucking ocean thank Christ
@nilocnolnah6788
@nilocnolnah6788 Жыл бұрын
@@Conzdunchad True. Lived there 16 yrs.
@MaxK_
@MaxK_ Жыл бұрын
Trash can is still too long. Bin, just throw it in the bin. Simple 😂
@valeriedavidson2785
@valeriedavidson2785 Жыл бұрын
Trash is an American word. We do not use that here.
@ftumschk
@ftumschk Жыл бұрын
@@valeriedavidson2785 "Trash" is definitely British, and was first used in England in the 14th century, although back then it meant something worthless and worn out, not domestic waste specifically. It does seem that the Americans were the first to use it to mean what we call "rubbish", though.
@RaijinGod-Indra
@RaijinGod-Indra Жыл бұрын
@@ftumschk Same with sidewalk too, we used to say that but changed it.
@AH-fg8dk
@AH-fg8dk Жыл бұрын
try dustcart and see the confused reaction you get 🙄🤣
@grantm6514
@grantm6514 Жыл бұрын
Or "I'll bin it" which translates to "I'm gonna go ahead and throw it in the trash can right now"
@samkershaw8474
@samkershaw8474 Жыл бұрын
My favourite is Jeremy Clarkson: "They (Americans) call a liquid, gas"
@martindunstan8043
@martindunstan8043 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, mine too😂😂✌️
@XANDER_REED
@XANDER_REED Жыл бұрын
Lol i was just Thinking about that watching Disney's Cars1.... oh no I'm doing the American thing😄
@fromireland8663
@fromireland8663 Жыл бұрын
A liquid when contained. Exposed to air, it's both.
@martindunstan8043
@martindunstan8043 Жыл бұрын
@@fromireland8663 true, it is quite possible for all three states to exist simultaneously with temperature and pressure being key to the states definition called triple Point. Sounds strange but you're spot on, though the jibe was still funny🤣✌️
@WhiteTiger333
@WhiteTiger333 Жыл бұрын
Oh, hahaha - I never thought of it that way, but it's so true!
@s.w.4833
@s.w.4833 Жыл бұрын
When you laugh at yourself you're being somewhat British .. when you join in you're being very British. We Brits love making fun of ourselves (and others of course) it's not to be nasty it's to look at how stupidly funny we can be sometimes .. which we all are let's face it.
@treadingtheboards2875
@treadingtheboards2875 Жыл бұрын
We Aussies do the same, your not an Aussie unless you can laugh at yourself.
@angiedavies5530
@angiedavies5530 Жыл бұрын
Love this truth ❤
@WhiteTiger333
@WhiteTiger333 Жыл бұрын
@@treadingtheboards2875 Ahaha - I remember when, as an American, I learned the phrase "spit the dummy". It was love at first listen, because it's so descriptive with its "dummy" twist, especially for a certain recently past president. But it's frustrating to use it where I live, because I just get blank looks.
@evaadams8298
@evaadams8298 Жыл бұрын
Funny story, my partner was in LA at a cafe and on the menu was a “Chicken Egg sandwich. So when his order came, there was only egg on the sandwich. So of course, he said “excuse me, there is no chicken on my sandwich” and the waitress replied “no, the egg comes from a chicken”. He could not believe it 🙄😂. It’s a bit like “Tuna Fish”. We just say “Tuna” we know what it is 😂🤣🇦🇺
@WhiteTiger333
@WhiteTiger333 Жыл бұрын
Must be an LA thing. I'm sure 99.9% of Americans would assume that their egg sandwich was made with a chicken egg. Perhaps if you are going to eat your sandwich with artisanal bread (that sounds like it came from a deep well), it matters what sort of egg it is.
@evaadams8298
@evaadams8298 Жыл бұрын
@@WhiteTiger333 well I’m just telling a story that happened to my partner. But as mentioned before, we don’t say “”Tuna Fish” we say “Tuna” so it is a little different in Oz we know that Tuna is fish 🙄
@WhiteTiger333
@WhiteTiger333 Жыл бұрын
@@evaadams8298 I wasn't teasing you, I was teasing the system that thinks it needs to say "chicken egg". 🙂
@PyromancerRift
@PyromancerRift Жыл бұрын
I would have thought it would be a chicken sandwich, with eggs. As EVERYBODY AROUND THE WORLD does.
@dudoklasovity2093
@dudoklasovity2093 7 ай бұрын
but Angelinos are so spoiled in food choices they probably also order ostrich egg samdwich or quail 😂
@christineharding4190
@christineharding4190 Жыл бұрын
What I object to is English being referred to as British English. No! English is the original so it's simply English! Happy New Year.
@Jim-Scott
@Jim-Scott Жыл бұрын
I like it when languages are given the options "English", with a Union Jack beside it, and "English - simplified" with a USA flag!
@valeriedavidson2785
@valeriedavidson2785 Жыл бұрын
I so agree with you. It drives me mad.
@dylanmurphy9389
@dylanmurphy9389 Жыл бұрын
@@Jim-Scott I hate when it says English and has an American flag
@nilocnolnah6788
@nilocnolnah6788 Жыл бұрын
Correct. And British is a citizenship. English, Scottish and Welsh are birthrights. Just saying.
@JL16061980
@JL16061980 Жыл бұрын
Great reaction ❤
@vyvienvp3413
@vyvienvp3413 Жыл бұрын
OK he is being IRONIC, which is very English, humour. It is very funny comedy... Americans do not get Irony.
@WhiteTiger333
@WhiteTiger333 Жыл бұрын
Ummmm...yes, we do. I'm an American, and I get it very well. True, not everyone does. I always roll my eyes when my fellow Americans don't get irony or sarcasm. I wonder if it is more of an American thing to NOT get irony or dark humo(u)r.
@WandaWitch2800
@WandaWitch2800 2 ай бұрын
@@WhiteTiger333 American comedy is the least funny thing and so painful to watch. British comedy on the other hand is funny and you can actually call it comedy. American shows even add in the laughing sounds into it because nobody else will ever laugh and the characters wait after every “joke” they make to get a reaction when 99.9% of the time it’s really not funny. You need to try and watch Friday Night Dinner, Ghosts (UK VERSION. Not the American crap) and Gavin and Stacy. Then you will get a taste of British comedy.
@WhiteTiger333
@WhiteTiger333 2 ай бұрын
@@WandaWitch2800 I love British comedy. (And Irish comedy). it's an art that too many Americans are losing. I don't know why, but it is the case.
@WandaWitch2800
@WandaWitch2800 2 ай бұрын
@@WhiteTiger333 yep exactly!!
@Seamaster1963
@Seamaster1963 Жыл бұрын
Great video mate, Michael McIntyre is a funny bloke. Loved your reaction and defence of the yank terminology. Just remember, it’s our language so we’ll always be correct. When you change it, it’s not English anymore. 😂
@georgegard.aka.currymonste1498
@georgegard.aka.currymonste1498 Жыл бұрын
Neck tie is another
@wendy-anncoetzee-goncalves6588
@wendy-anncoetzee-goncalves6588 Жыл бұрын
This is soooooo funny. It's even funnier how you trying to explain 🤣 😆😆😆😆 🇿🇦🇿🇦
@nessiferum6200
@nessiferum6200 Жыл бұрын
I don't have an issue with most of the US butchering of the English language but I cannot tolerate 'horse-back riding', it's so stupid, like taking my dog for a walk and going 'dog-leg walking'.
@MegaChrissie61
@MegaChrissie61 Жыл бұрын
Where else would you sit on a horse... lol.😊
@rayjennings3637
@rayjennings3637 Жыл бұрын
At 04:48 he hits the nail on the head by calling table-tennis 'ping-pong' Perhaps Michael McIntyre could have used that as an example!
@valeriedavidson2785
@valeriedavidson2785 Жыл бұрын
As an older English lady I would like to say that "Waste Paper Basket" was common years ago in offices in England. It seems they do not say that now.
@Tomp4ul
@Tomp4ul Жыл бұрын
As a guy born in the 90s, it was common for me to hear through primary & secondary school, but feel like I stopped hearing it towards the end of secondary/start of sixthform - though waste paper basket in these situations generally did mean it was for things like waste paper; muckier mess still went in the bin
@jimblonduk
@jimblonduk Жыл бұрын
In the words of everyone's favourite song from everyone's favourite group in 1974 "Womble up the rubbish and put it in the bin" from Banana Rock by The Wombles :)
@happiestaku6646
@happiestaku6646 Жыл бұрын
That has never been a common thing in the UK.
@valeriedavidson2785
@valeriedavidson2785 Жыл бұрын
@@happiestaku6646 Sorry to disagree with you. I am 84 yrs old and worked in offices all my life, in England. Waste paper basket expression was always used. How old are you, 20?
@Pyedr
@Pyedr Жыл бұрын
With rare exception in the US it's just "trash", or "trash can" if there is a need to differentiate the receptacle from content. "Wastepaper basket" is similarly here something I would be very surprised to hear from anyone who isn't elderly.
@greeneaglz2573
@greeneaglz2573 Жыл бұрын
I think a sensitive nerve was hit with this one. "The threaded thing, its like a big ping pong ball hitter thing"... sounds very American. 5:01
@Buthyful
@Buthyful Жыл бұрын
You're reaction is so genuine made me laugh even I have seen this clip before hehe.. and don't be afraid to be misunderstood when you explain things, we all try to explain things when the joke is about us 🤣. English isnt my native language and I still find this very funny. thank you for the vid.
@ledzep331
@ledzep331 Жыл бұрын
I'm in the 1m high club. I used to love that last train home on a Saturday night!
@knottyal2428
@knottyal2428 Жыл бұрын
"Momentarily" as in "soon". In English this means "briefly". And "Yard work"= gardening.
@alanmacification
@alanmacification Жыл бұрын
Squash and racquetball are different in the same sense that softball and hardball are different forms of baseball.
@liamblack2574
@liamblack2574 Жыл бұрын
A watch is called a wristwatch … incase you tried to put it round your ankle for convenient viewing lol
@geoff1201
@geoff1201 Ай бұрын
As opposed to the original fob watch.
@Bazroshan
@Bazroshan Жыл бұрын
I certainly detest the use of unnecessary words. 'Pre' rarely adds anything, especially pre-booked and pre-ordered, as all booking and ordering has to be done pre-event, not post-event.
@THX_1138
@THX_1138 Жыл бұрын
Did Connor straight up flick the V at Michael McIntyre - lol! 😂
@rusty75ish
@rusty75ish Жыл бұрын
Trash bin is also saying too much! It's a bin
@gogglebox2427
@gogglebox2427 Жыл бұрын
Michael McIntyre's is a Comedy God. Women really get his humour. Try his Getting out of the house with children skit. Or Driving with children in the car. Or.. Dentist. 😂 He, and Peter Kaye are such brilliant observational comedians. Lee Evans is brilliant but.. Sweats a lot. 😳
@FairMindedgirl
@FairMindedgirl Жыл бұрын
getting out with kids is sooooooooo funny!
@brucedowney9164
@brucedowney9164 Жыл бұрын
I love Americans, simple folk..as the pub landlord would say hahahah
@sammij7863
@sammij7863 Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣👍
@peterjones6733
@peterjones6733 Жыл бұрын
Agree. Public plane! Loved your irrigation at the waste paper basket :)
@andypat5405
@andypat5405 Жыл бұрын
In Australia, we call sidewalk/pavement a footpath. A bin is a rubbish bin.
@veronicasandberg8759
@veronicasandberg8759 Жыл бұрын
Have you watched Michael McIntyre when he talks about his dentist visit? If not, look that upp 😄
@althelas
@althelas Жыл бұрын
every single one of his sketches is hilarious.
@benchode1
@benchode1 Жыл бұрын
Funny 🤔 Peter Kay did a dentist routine and then Michael did the same routine 2 years later 🤔 not funny at all just copied
@grantm6514
@grantm6514 Жыл бұрын
He missed my faves: The implicit concepts of *here* and *now* are apparently confusing to Americans, they have to be spelled out in detail. Brit: "This button..." American "This button right here... Brit "I'm happy..." American: "I'm happy right now..." Similarly, *verbs* apparently don't count in America unless preceded by "go ahead and...", yes, even the verb 'stop' gets preceded by "go ahead and..." You see it in any American tutorial vid: "OK, I'm gonna go ahead and begin. First I'm gonna go ahead and open it, I'm gonna go ahead and flip it over and then I'm gonna go ahead and remove this cover right here and then I'm gonna go ahead and do this..."
@petegarnett7731
@petegarnett7731 Жыл бұрын
American Instructional videos spend the first half telling what they are "gunna" do, so they are twice as long for the same use (usage).
@maryannebrown2385
@maryannebrown2385 Жыл бұрын
I don’t know what videos you are watching, but as an educated American, I can tell you that is not how we speak. Nor do I know anyone who speaks that way. Have you ever been to the US?
@lorrainemann808
@lorrainemann808 Жыл бұрын
I love that you started thinking you would hate this, and you ended up laughing 🤣 squash is played with a stringed racket, not a paddle.
@douglasmcclelland
@douglasmcclelland Жыл бұрын
This is soooo funny.... as a Brit I think this is hilarious.... and probably true!!! :)
@marianabryce7250
@marianabryce7250 Жыл бұрын
I’m South African and I think the British have the best sense of humour in the world!!!!!! 😅❤️
@marianabryce7250
@marianabryce7250 Жыл бұрын
@Chris Davis I’m impressed that they DO 😀👏👏👏. Not many nationalities have that ability. Kudos to the Brits. 🤗❤️
@shazshanaa6425
@shazshanaa6425 Жыл бұрын
Squash and Racket Ball I thought were the same. Squash is indoor in a individual room where you hit the ball off the end or sides, small hardish rubber ball and rackets that have long handles with small heads.
@davesilkstone6912
@davesilkstone6912 Жыл бұрын
Trying to describe the paddle used in paddle-ball without saying the paddle, priceless 😄
@richardscratcher6075
@richardscratcher6075 Жыл бұрын
I grew up thinking "trash" was an imported American word until I discovered Shakespeare's Othello. Act 3 Scene 3 - "Who steals my purse steals trash..."
@ftumschk
@ftumschk Жыл бұрын
It's the same word, but with a subtly different meaning. Shakespeare meant "trash" in the sense of "worthless items", rather than waste. We still use the word in the same sense when referring to cheap "trash" jewellery.
@ftumschk
@ftumschk Жыл бұрын
@TheElevenBravo20 No. "Trash" means used stuff you throw out, not "worthless items" in the more general sense that Shakespeare used it. Comprehension not your strong point, obviously.
@SpiritmanProductions
@SpiritmanProductions Жыл бұрын
Sometimes a word or phrase is shorter in en-US but it loses something (like grammatical logic) as a result e.g. "As far as X is concerned" or "as far as X goes" (both of which need their verb) are reduced to only saying the first part with X (the noun phrase) and losing the closing part, which hurts! But where en-GB uses 'Expiry Date' for credit cards, en-US uses 'Expiration Date', which is longer. Make it make sense!!! 😁
@Tapio86
@Tapio86 Жыл бұрын
The "mile high club" is such a bad name, since there are mountains several miles high, i.e. you do not need the fly to achieve it. In some languages it is called 10 000 m club, i.e. you need to be on long haul flight altitude (a bit less than a mile higher than Mount Everest).
@John-et9yl
@John-et9yl Жыл бұрын
Far too many syllables in the word aluminium. Confuses the hell out of Americans.
@carnifaxx
@carnifaxx Жыл бұрын
I remember an American asking where is Jonathan Ross's (is this right?) accent from... :D
@bellabana
@bellabana Жыл бұрын
The fact Americans invented and use the word ‘doneness’ says it all…..
@grantm6514
@grantm6514 Жыл бұрын
And 'winningest'
@couthyquine
@couthyquine Жыл бұрын
I loved you Paddleball segue at the end. In Europe, it’s just called Padel.
@colingregory7464
@colingregory7464 2 ай бұрын
There are times when I am offended by Americans refering to the language they speak as being English !
@captricharddee3634
@captricharddee3634 Жыл бұрын
The Mile High Club. Unfortunately, this explains the queue for the bog, due to people shagging.
@wizardsuth
@wizardsuth Жыл бұрын
Here pavement is synonymous with asphalt (what the British call "tarmac"). Usually if you're walking on the pavement you in a street or parking lot. Sidewalks are frequently made of concrete, not pavement.
@lakshmibhaskara1516
@lakshmibhaskara1516 Жыл бұрын
Pavement comes comes from paving, asphalt is not paved at all, so you are really confusing me.
@kristophergoordman7225
@kristophergoordman7225 2 ай бұрын
@@lakshmibhaskara1516 You’re correct. Asphalt is not paved. It is the material used to do the paving!
@lakshmibhaskara1516
@lakshmibhaskara1516 2 ай бұрын
​@@kristophergoordman7225 Definition of paving... a surface made up of flat stones laid in a pattern. "weeds had forced their way up through the cracked paving" Asphalt and paving are different in England
@kristophergoordman7225
@kristophergoordman7225 2 ай бұрын
@@lakshmibhaskara1516 The act of paving, as in to pave, is to cover with concrete, asphalt, stones, or bricks.
@HappyHammer55
@HappyHammer55 Жыл бұрын
You should watch Michael McIntyre dentist - brilliant.
@nicola1175
@nicola1175 Жыл бұрын
So true🤣🤣🤣
@Lily-Bravo
@Lily-Bravo Жыл бұрын
English people get burgled. Americans get burglarised. Extra syllable.
@barbara-annperry5941
@barbara-annperry5941 Жыл бұрын
Scottish people find it difficult to say burgled and burglarised and burgler alarm.
@carbine5378
@carbine5378 Жыл бұрын
Just relax .. you are offended! Unfortunately he just touched the tip of the iceberg!
@Nina5144
@Nina5144 Жыл бұрын
Remember MIchael is saying this ‘tongue in cheek’.
@davidthom7127
@davidthom7127 Жыл бұрын
You seemed to get offended about something he didn't actually mention. So much for your language skills 🤣
@DanishDelight77
@DanishDelight77 Жыл бұрын
But even trash bin is to his point isn't it - not just bin - but trash bin. 😂😂
@nicolasimcox1748
@nicolasimcox1748 Жыл бұрын
Take it for what it is - humour 😂
@UltraSuperDuperFreak
@UltraSuperDuperFreak Жыл бұрын
Lol you look like a younger version of him :P First thing going throu my mind :)
@aquablushgirl
@aquablushgirl Жыл бұрын
Oohh a little flash of One Direction in the green room. Always a pleasure....
@DreadEnder
@DreadEnder Жыл бұрын
Dude trash can isn’t any better, they had to clarify that it’s a can for trash not a can for fresh stuff
@petegarnett7731
@petegarnett7731 Жыл бұрын
Trash is talk. Rubbish goes into bins.
@DreadEnder
@DreadEnder Жыл бұрын
@@petegarnett7731 yeah in the UK it’s sometimes called rubbish bin but almost all of the time it’s just bim like James May
@joycebarker2288
@joycebarker2288 Жыл бұрын
Talking about balls I am asked all the time why we call football and not soccer . Answer we were playing it in the 19 th century and if we wanted to pick up the ball and run we would be thrown out of the game😅
@p38arover22
@p38arover22 Жыл бұрын
Sidewalk? We call it "footpath" in Australia.
@dannyhall8227
@dannyhall8227 Жыл бұрын
And his father is a Canadian as well
@emmajp_9385
@emmajp_9385 Жыл бұрын
My favourite unnecessary charge was instead of burgled…. Burglarized
@CaptainDawg02
@CaptainDawg02 3 ай бұрын
My favorites are the British who call a subway “underground tube”, a highway a “motorway”, candy is “sweets”. Come on…or calling cookies - biscuits and biscuits - scones. And what’s with adding unnecessary “u’s” into words and the complete absence of the letter “z” (zee, not zed) in words.
@lakshmibhaskara1516
@lakshmibhaskara1516 2 ай бұрын
It's not underground tube. It's the underground, or you came by tube. Never the two together.
@CaptainDawg02
@CaptainDawg02 Ай бұрын
@@lakshmibhaskara1516 point still stands. This isn’t exclusive to Americans whatsoever.
@lakshmibhaskara1516
@lakshmibhaskara1516 Ай бұрын
@@CaptainDawg02 sorry what was your point? I missed it.
@CaptainDawg02
@CaptainDawg02 Ай бұрын
@@lakshmibhaskara1516 that the comedian was being hypocritical…
@mlee6050
@mlee6050 Жыл бұрын
There is a special plane can pay to do mile high club, seen pilot take off with couple in back that want to join with space
@bignumbers
@bignumbers Жыл бұрын
Tbf, we call ping pong "table tennis" in the UK, so we do it too
@ftumschk
@ftumschk Жыл бұрын
...and even that used to be called "whiff-waff".
@ajaxlewis7664
@ajaxlewis7664 Жыл бұрын
I want that jacket.
@samd1571
@samd1571 Жыл бұрын
The English version of English is correct and simpler.
@enemde3025
@enemde3025 Жыл бұрын
What about " sailboat " !? We just call it a BOAT !⛵
@DS9TREK
@DS9TREK Жыл бұрын
How do you express the difference between a sail boat and rowing boat?
@CeleWolf
@CeleWolf Жыл бұрын
Sailing boat
@maryannebrown2385
@maryannebrown2385 Жыл бұрын
We also say motorboat. Where I live there are a tremendous number of lakes that one can use all types of boats. Hence boat is used as a root word with an additional noun to denote meaning. This was a very common way of describing nouns in Middle English and as a former English colony our English as retained many of these old customs. Like “horseback riding” instead of just riding. Straight from Early Modern English.
@zoefarr2600
@zoefarr2600 Жыл бұрын
I think I saw somewhere that the U was removed by cost-cutting newspaper editors/typesetters because it cost per letter and they were cheapskates
@radepiljov7969
@radepiljov7969 Жыл бұрын
Tunafish is the best , that is like beefmammle.
@alunchurcher7060
@alunchurcher7060 Жыл бұрын
Mile high club is much more fun travelling 1st class and having fun with the stewardess/flight attendant
@truckerfromreno
@truckerfromreno Жыл бұрын
It's true. Only the English speak real English.
@ftumschk
@ftumschk Жыл бұрын
Yet, despite all this apparent dumbing-down, the Americans call something as simple as a baby's dummy a "pacifier".
@happiestaku6646
@happiestaku6646 Жыл бұрын
Well, because it is used to pacify a baby. See, they still need for it to be explained what it does.
@ftumschk
@ftumschk Жыл бұрын
@@happiestaku6646 My point is that "pacifier" is rather a sophisticated word. If they called it a "comforter" I'd have less of a problem with it :)
@ftumschk
@ftumschk Жыл бұрын
@@TheElevenBravo20 Grow up.
@sonjam-blue
@sonjam-blue Жыл бұрын
English is not my mother tongue, but now I fully understand the differences. 😄😂🤣
@Kim-dk9nk
@Kim-dk9nk Жыл бұрын
As a South African we also talk English like the Brits hahahaha
@arturochao62
@arturochao62 Жыл бұрын
Sorry dude Its true I heard a guy asking very angry to Brit as he called him to speak english Also a girls in Arkansas saying that brits speak british Sorry if you sre bothered but you really earned by your self
@majbrat
@majbrat Жыл бұрын
Tmypu should check out Michael McIntyre's big show. So funny. Some stand up, send to all, midnight game show, surprise star. It's great.
@andrewvonhardley2071
@andrewvonhardley2071 Жыл бұрын
Please don't take offence too us sarcastic English. We love you really.
@Episode_13
@Episode_13 Жыл бұрын
He's right, Michael is right!
@raamannair8072
@raamannair8072 Жыл бұрын
Yup! America where they drive on the wrong side of the road. Heck! Even the steering wheel is on the wrong side in the car.......and they play football with their hands! When there's trouble on land, they bring in the Navy.........seals!
@dougbanks3906
@dougbanks3906 Жыл бұрын
Why trash bin.why not just bin.
@c_n_b
@c_n_b Жыл бұрын
4:11 I was just about to comment that. The risk of getting caught is part of the challenge.
@petegarnett7731
@petegarnett7731 Жыл бұрын
Two entirely different languages with some common words that mean different things. That is worse than a completely different language that you have to learn from scratch.
@lizzieburgess674
@lizzieburgess674 Жыл бұрын
Yes - 'false friends' in vocabulary are a known problem when learning any foreign language but they are extra-common when an anglophone tries to switch between their own variety and another - especially between the US and any other variety.
@helgaioannidis9365
@helgaioannidis9365 Жыл бұрын
American learning German: okay, the elevator is called Aufzug, the sidewalk is called Gehsteig and the subway is called U-Bahn. Brit learning German: Let's see, Krauts call a lift Aufzug, the pavement Gehsteig and the tube U-Bahn. German learning English: Aufzug is either elevator or lift according to whom you speak to, Gehsteig is called pavement or sidewalk, remember which is used by whom and call the U-Bahn tube when speaking to someone from the civilized world and subway if they speak American (and don't get confused if they get a sandwich from subway, because that's a food chain and you recognise when they refer to the food chain when they don't use an article in front of it...🙄).
@helgaioannidis9365
@helgaioannidis9365 Жыл бұрын
@Chris Davis oh darling I live in Greece and grew up in Germany. No subway restaurants here or where I grew up. I'm actually quite proud of myself knowing those exist on the other side of the Atlantic and about being able to communicate with you in your language, considering I've never been to the US. Did you know that the word "idiot" is originally a Greek word (ιδιώτης)? I'll take your attempt to insult me with its Greek meaning, which actually suits my job, so in some way you are right about me being self employed 😁 I'd also suggest you don't assume everybody lives in your country just because they are able to express properly in your language. Many of us just really take a big effort in learning foreign languages and hence are able to have a proper conversation with you. I hope you'll learn some manners and common sense through the internet, as your environment seems to lack those and wish you good luck with everything you do.
@helgaioannidis9365
@helgaioannidis9365 Жыл бұрын
@Chris Davis a native speaker lecturing a non native speaker over a spelling error. How refreshing and original. 😁
@martinhollamby5948
@martinhollamby5948 Жыл бұрын
I can’t get over the fact he looks like he could be your estranged father!😂
@morgan8937
@morgan8937 Жыл бұрын
We call ping pong 'table-tennis' in the UK 😅
@jimporter
@jimporter Жыл бұрын
Ping Pong was a British name for table tennis. When table tennis was becoming popular a number of companies (Jaques who also made croquet sets) brought out their own versions and and trade marked the name Ping Pong, another company called their set Whiff Whaff. Other companies used their own proprietary names. Jaques Licensed the name Ping Pong to Parker Bros in the US, hence the popularisation.
@morgan8937
@morgan8937 Жыл бұрын
@@jimporter Interesting stuff! Thanks for the deeper dive!
@alunchurcher7060
@alunchurcher7060 Жыл бұрын
Elephants have trunks not cars.
@danielhead8123
@danielhead8123 Жыл бұрын
You must react to more Michael McIntyre he's hilarious
@margrietpetersen2396
@margrietpetersen2396 Жыл бұрын
I ❤❤❤ Michael!
@shimizaorasuu1109
@shimizaorasuu1109 10 күн бұрын
This dude looks like the comedian in the video.
@Tonkgal1
@Tonkgal1 Жыл бұрын
Someone tell him about squash and racquet ball.
@paulbromley6687
@paulbromley6687 Жыл бұрын
Have you seen the state and size of most airoplane toilets. I struggle to swing my…cat.
@brucedowney9164
@brucedowney9164 Жыл бұрын
Keep digging 🤪
@wolf5370
@wolf5370 Жыл бұрын
"Trash bin" is similar, the need to know what to put in the bin, "trash" to stop you putting good new stuff in them - why not just "bin"?.
@CaptainDawg02
@CaptainDawg02 3 ай бұрын
What’s the bin/can you put recycling in called?
@jemmajames6719
@jemmajames6719 Жыл бұрын
Michaels dad was Canadian.
@barbara-annperry5941
@barbara-annperry5941 Жыл бұрын
Scottish Canadian.
@iainrees1171
@iainrees1171 Жыл бұрын
Dude the fact you say Trash bin instead of waste paper basket, Its a BIN !! we don't need to know what goes in it :-)
@martinburke362
@martinburke362 Жыл бұрын
Britain's Explain? Yanks Explain the Explanation?
@BrillianceoftheMoon
@BrillianceoftheMoon Жыл бұрын
Trash bin still explains what you put into it! Bin is enough!
@slimofbonar1978
@slimofbonar1978 Жыл бұрын
don't mess with the language lol
@flowerpower7389
@flowerpower7389 Жыл бұрын
The people who migrated and populated the US over centuries just started to forget English so they made it up. Nothing wrong with that. 😂😉
@lynseyh8876
@lynseyh8876 Жыл бұрын
U throw anything in the bin because u don't need it in the uk , trash bin , waste paper basket lol
@alho9231
@alho9231 Жыл бұрын
Don't get me started on "normalcy"... FFS it's normality 😤
@carbine5378
@carbine5378 Жыл бұрын
Are you sure? I think it might be normalcy
@kristophergoordman7225
@kristophergoordman7225 2 ай бұрын
Normalcy is a term coined by one of our presidents for their campaign slogan “a return to normalcy”. I’ve only ever used that word in reference to its inception. Otherwise, the word is normality.
@alho9231
@alho9231 2 ай бұрын
@@kristophergoordman7225 Good man!
@redjelly8321
@redjelly8321 Жыл бұрын
👍🤣💕
@Onlymeonlymeable
@Onlymeonlymeable Жыл бұрын
Treat yourself and watch the Matt Damon, Bill Murry a d Hugh Bonniville 'madness' on the Graham Nortan show. Too long for this, but kills you.
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