American Reacts How I See the UK as an American Abroad [CULTURE SHOCK]

[@maggieellison1017]

I think her feelings are genuine. In the UK neighbours may have different politics but we shrug and agree to differ. It would seem that in the US, the same situation is tearing your country apart. Black or white - no grey. In many reaction videos, time after time we see that your way of life is ‘live to work’ rather than ‘work to live’. Our work balance is good - holiday entitlement, maternity leave, health cover for all, so many things that we take for granted. So, Connor, I think she has reason to be sad.

[@michaellucas4873]

I agree 100%.

[@TruthRDare]

So true. I agree 100%

[@johngardiner6800]

British people will talk to anyone, whether foreign or other Brits. It's just how we are.

[@panchopuskas1]

- although Manchester is a bit special, as are most cities in the North...... I miss going into shops and being called "love" (although in Nottingham it's usually "duck" for some reason)....

[@85parrot]

Unless you're in the south east. No one in London talks to anyone.

[@LaPOLEA]

​@@panchopuskas1Yes, I'm a Yorkshire lassbut I live in the peak district in Derbyshire, and they call you duck, but they do call you love ad well but not as much, and I miss that and all the sayings .

[@OspreyChick]

I hope she made the handyman a cup of tea, it’s the law.

[@stephenlee5929]

Must have done, did see American Deported in local news.

[@Anna-ez5ij]

Don’t forget the hobnobs too

[@Cunning.Stunt7]

Builders brew! ☕️ Not the tea made in a microwave! Mmmmm knats piss... No thank-youp!

[@OspreyChick]

I love a good cup of builder’s. That’s why we have kettles, a microwave cannot boil water.

[@Cunning.Stunt7]

@@OspreyChick Huge culture shock for me, when I realised, Americans do not typically have a kettle in their kitchens! What thaaaaa????

[@carltaylor6452]

I'm an older person in East London. I use 'love' to address women of any age. You'll hear working-class people say it more often than middle-class people. It's also rarer for younger people to say it. I've had women friends try and discourage me from saying it because they think it can be patronising, but TBH it's an ingrained habit and I also think it's quite a harmless endearment.

[@soozb15]

Oldish East London gal here. I miss being called 'love'!

[@miketrevarrow9795]

Well some of your friends must be part of the PC Brigade 🤮 I myself call females Love ❤️ and i always will, and if they don't like this term of endearment, well that's their problem, not mine. 😊😊😊

[@WickedDandelion]

Also, regarding dating. Unlike my experience in the US (cities mostly), people in the UK are generally more interested in who you are. In the US its all about what you "do" for a living. Your job is more important than your character.

[@paulknox999]

grafting I would say is known all over the UK. Never heard mad as a bunch of frogs meaning funny, I have heard mad as a box of frogs which would mean, crazy or insane rather than funny.

[@nickyjones88]

Yeah, it's definitely not funny. It could be said with affection to just mean a bit silly and not truly bonkers but never funny.

[@Cunning.Stunt7]

Yep... they are head fuck, unpredictable, keep an eye out for them types.

[@85parrot]

​@@Cunning.Stunt7yup. End result might be funny as an aside, but mad as a box of frogs definitely means insane.

[@zyndr_]

Connor absolutely adamant that Crumpets are "English Muffins" (despite us all having _repeatedly_ told him that they are not). Literally 2 seconds later his claim gets totally wrecked by this American lady (who has had both). The look on Connor's face had me laughing and wheezing so hard that I almost choked! 🤣

[@mojojojo11811]

They're two completely different products made with different recipes. I don't know why Americans think they're the same thing 🤣

[@scrappystocks]

Absolutely agree. I'm a Brit who lived in California for a while and married an American wife. When I first arrived I noticed store signs saying "real English muffins". These so called muffins were completely unknown and unrecognisable to me. A crumpet has all the holes in the top and when warm allows the butter to run down into it. Delicious.@@mojojojo11811

[@scrappystocks]

Crumpets are most definitely not the same as English muffins. You can check them out at any British grocery store online. I lived in California for a while and got absolutely fed up with Amercans arguing that they were, inspite of me being English and knowing the true facts they still thought they knew better

[@grahvis]

English muffins originate in France and are a sort of bread. US, muffins originate in Germany and are a small cake.

[@mikeh723]

The problem arises because the name "English muffins" was dreamt up by an American for marketing purposes. It was what he called his version of what we call crumpets. His actual recipe was a closely guarded secret (like coca cola). So now all Americans call crumpets English muffins and us Brits have no idea what they are talking about.

[@stupidmastiff491]

Crumpets are made with batter, muffins are made with dough.

[@richt71]

Kristin was living in Manchester where everyone chats to everyone regardless whether you are American or not. The bee was adopted after the Aria Grande concert bombing. The bees nickname is for London football club Brentford.

[@kenhobbs8565]

The worker bee is one of the symbols of Manchester and has represented the city for over 150 years

[@productjoe4069]

Yeah, when I lived in Manchester 15 years ago the bee symbol was everywhere (including in the bollard design and paving slabs).

[@geoflawrence8319]

the english word 'graft' actually means ' to work hard' it is not slang

[@TerranSol]

As a Welshman living in America I agree with her view on the difference between America and Britain civility. America is a very polarized country with very extreme differing views, Britain has a much more centralized view of things and opposite view points are not as important or vocused on as America, also the media has a huge role to play in this. British media is not as reliant on viewing figures as America so they don't need to push an agenda in order to increase viewing numbers.

[@TerranSol]

Hi Connor. Crumpets and English muffins are completely different. They are about as similar as bagels are to a loaf of bread. English mushing are pretty good but crumpets are out of this world. Completely different texture and flavour.

[@pathopewell1814]

What about Piklets? Toasted with butter sinking into the holes, heaven! (Or pyklets).

[@missharry5727]

The bee is a symbol of working together and has been on Manchester's coat of arms for well over 100 years. Also, if you want postcards head to the nearest art gallery or museum. You'll find plenty.

[@grimreaper-qh2zn]

Or the I Love Manchester shop on Portland Street. Post Cards, T-Shirts and all sorts of Manchester memorabilia.

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

Manchester's BEE symbol, evident throughout the city, has been around since 1842. The 'Manchester Bee' is the worker bee, representing the 'city', the 'people' and the notion of 'hard work'. An often-repeated phrase is that “everyone in Manchester is as busy as bees.”

[@ellerosse5471]

Calling people love is unisex but very hard to explain to foreigners sometimes.

[@chrissampson6861]

It's also kind of regional and there's various regional ways of addressing people. getting addressed as cock in Yorkshire and Lancashire was a bit of a surprise for me as a Westcountry native but I suppose addressing people as lover, handsome, bay, and maid might cause some confusion to those not familiar with it.

[@WookieWarriorz]

right, in nothern ireland well say love, honey, dear mostly older women but you can also call everyone mate. i feel like i say no worries mate like 20 times a day haha @@chrissampson6861

[@primalengland]

Connor, it’s not cold and wet all the time. It’s a very equitable climate. You love our grass, don’t you?

[@trevorlsheppard7906]

Men and women are both called love ❤.

[@FTFLCY]

Er, not really man to man. Unless it's Canal Street.

[@hughtube5154]

In Bristol, it's lover, or my lover.

[@peterbiggin7193]

@@FTFLCY In Yorkshire men call other men love. It's a term of friendliness not a sexual chat up 😂

[@lemming9984]

@@hughtube5154 Yes, that's true. I moved to Bristol 16 years ago, and settled in straight away. Bristolians are lovely, and I like being called "loverrrr" !

[@paulrobson7887]

She got the expression wrong, it’s ’mad as a box of frogs’. That’s not a specific Mancunian expression, it’s used all over the UK. Calling someone ‘love’ is a pretty northern thing, where I live near London you’ll hear ‘darling’ more often as a gentle term of endearment.

[@ballyhoo]

Hey Connor, the place that you said looks "amazing" (at 27:20) is Leicester Square in central London (an area also known as: "the West End"). It's actually Cranbourn Street (going towards Leicester Sq. tube station).

[@stephenlee5929]

Hi Connor, I get what your saying about it being easier to be nice to someone with a foreign accent, I'm sure that does break the ice, but also I think if you have a pleasant outlook, people in Manchester are likely to be pleasant too. I think it is probably true of most of UK, so long as you are not in the way, which tourists often are in London.

[@stephenlee5929]

Hi Connor, The Bee as a Football (Soccer) Mascot is for Brentford United, not either of the Manchester teams. The Bee is the Mascot for Manchester, the city not for any team. The Bombing was at an Ariana Grande concert, it was a religious extremist attack.

[@eddieaicken5687]

There is a saying here... 'there is no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing'.

[@Brookspirit]

She would find the same weather if she moved to Canada, after all, in the UK we are on the same latitude. Florida is practically tropical, it's on the same latitude as North Africa. Not sure what she was expecting

[@bonvoyage5377]

she was expecting the weather she got!! she said so at the start........try listening

[@JungleTunes94]

Manchester is probably as wet as it gets for a uk city, Cardiff aside, Londons actually pretty dry, I dont know the figures but would bet they get less rain than Florida just more days when it rains. Manchester really does rain a lot though

[@Roz-y2d]

She’s contradicting herself. She expected rainy weather but she’s culture shocked.

[@Brookspirit]

@@bonvoyage5377 🤣

[@lukedodd2993]

Lattitude means nothing when it comes to weather. It is typically the Air Masses that affect weather; reason why UK weather changes so much is because we get many different Air Masses coming from all direcitons. Whereas Canada typically only has artic-based Air Masses

[@ErikLundgren]

Regarding caffeine: The beverage coffee contains about four times the caffeine than tea, but the dry product tea contains more caffeine per weight than dry, unbrewed coffee does.

[@marcussmith8747]

Was gonna say the same thing, though I was told 1 gram of tea leafs have more caffeine than 1 gram of coffee, though I may have been told wrong.

[@livb6945]

Also it depends on the strength of the brew, obviously

[@johnnyuk3365]

I come from the London area but lived in Manchester for quite a few years, and as others have said, there are cultural differences between the two. It is much easier to strike up a conversation with a stranger in Manchester. Although I suggest being an attractive young woman does help. If she tried to do that on the London Underground people would move seats thinking she was a crazy woman. As for her point at the end about being sad because Manchester reminds her of the US she grow up in. When she made the video I believe she had only been in the country a month so she may have been looking at the country through “rose-tinted glasses “ not sure if that is an American expression as well. There are deep divisions in the UK as well, particularly in politics at the moment. Always have been in politics but very strong at this There are also differences in the economies, North and South with major infrastructure spending for example being focused in the south. This lame duck government we have at the moment has been talking about levelling up these differences for years, not much evidence it is happening. However, from this side of the Atlantic, the US seems to have taken division and polarisation to a different level. The vast majority of people in the UK like or at the very least tolerate each other and don’t feel the need to shoot our neighbours. Well most of the time.

[@neil930]

They went with songs to the battle, they were young, Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted; They fell with their faces to the foe. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

❤❤❤❤❤ Love it. Thank you 🧡🖖

[@jometcalf8991]

Where I am from it's mad as a BOX of frogs and means someone who has lost their marbles/loopy/lunatic rather than funny!

[@anitaherbert1037]

It's a North, South thing. Northerners are generally culturally more friendly than Southerners. Generally the further from London the cheaper it is too. In the North an older person might call you whether you are male or female love. If female sweetheart, or dear. Male it could be mate. The pace of life is much slower. We are not so driven or go getter here. She is right. As it is we watch your news and it's mad.

[@WickedDandelion]

Using "love" is quite normal. The only time you possible won't hear it is if you're a guy talking to another guy, but generally everyone uses this term with each other.

[@lemdixon01]

The UK has quite mild winters because of the warm air from the Altantic, so oftern it doesnt drop much below 0 degrees C at night but if its really cold it might deop below -10 degrees C

[@trevorlsheppard7906]

The bomb in Manchester wasn't anything to do with the I.R.A .

[@RichardFraser-y9t]

It was a religious extremist thing, so kind of very distantly related to the Catholic Vs Protestant thing from Northern Ireland.

[@Roz-y2d]

@@RichardFraser-y9tNo it wasn’t. WTF

[@alexmonroe613]

BTW it's "mad as a BOX of frogs" and it doesn't mean "funny" it means crazy/nuts (although it can often be said with some affection about someone you know who is a bit "zany" "out there" or a bit wild)

[@malsm8892]

I was born in Manchester now living between Manchester and Oldham they have totally different accents. You only have to travel a mile or two to notice the change in slang.

[@primalengland]

Coming from Bolton, I agree.

[@matthewjamison]

Britain very rarely falls below zero Celsius. Winters are between 2-7 Celsius.

[@azza4044]

Every year, we go below 0........

[@matthewjamison]

@@azza4044 Yeah, but it's rare. Hence the "rarely". It's not like it's dropping below zero for a week or two. It's 1 or 2 days. But on average we do alright.

[@wobaguk]

There is more caffeine in tea than coffee BY WEIGHT. But you use less by weight to MAKE tea than coffee. So tea has less in a cup. Its that simple.

[@JungleTunes94]

Exactly and you dont consume the leaves/teabag more use as a flavouring. I think its like 1/5 for an actual cup of tea vs coffee

[@PiousMoltar]

You are so right about the accent thing. I was thinking that before you said it. Damn, I should go to America, everyone would love me there.

[@AmethystRock]

Ive never had a delivery person stand and have a conversation with me. Most of the time they leave the items on the doorstep and runaway before I even open the door!

[@nope66755]

When she said the weather was really good today and there’s grey clouds behind her 😂 Britain moment ❤

[@peterdurnien9084]

Crumpets also known as pikelet's. Muffins do not have all those visible holes in them.

[@omegasue]

Back in the mid 60's i lived in NJ and it was a lovely community - i dont know when things changed, but ive been back since and it was totally different. I live in the south east of england and we do chat to people we dont know - it definitely isn't just a northern thing. English is of course the international language where for instance people like pilots have to know the language (it does make English speaking countries lazy about other languages.

[@cotton9087]

NJ ?

[@omegasue]

New Jersey

[@rhondafoy8009]

I live just outside London, we chat to everyone, very friendly ❤

[@matthewjamison]

I have friends that have polar opposite politics to me. But it never effects our friendship. We'll argue sometimes, drunk. (But we'd probably argue over something else if it wasn't politics 😂) & in the end we just agree to disagree.

[@neilmcdonald9164]

Bombings not IRA at an Arianna Grande concert in Manchester 🎩

[@helenwood8482]

Mad as a box (not bunch) of frogs means crazy.

[@UranusMcVitieFish-yd7oq]

London gets more rain than Manchester. It just rains more often in Manchester.

[@katashworth41]

There was an IRA bombing in the mid 90s which lead to the regeneration of the city centre, the one she was referring to was a suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert.

[@valeriedavidson2785]

Internet speeds are much faster than the U.S. so she is wrong about that.

[@joancline4844]

I’m from the north east of England.we say Pet ..or Flower ..ha ..we are super friendly in the north …😄

[@katherinethompson4500]

She is in the North West of England and generally the North of England is more friendly than the south (I lived in North and South). I don't think it's the fact that she is American that is making people chat to her as Americans aren't that fascinating to Brits or Irish (we have your TV shows etc). In the North people do jut chat and say "hi" more than in the south. I can understand why she feels sad specifically in the North (she is in Manchester - great city) as it is very respectful to all races and creeds etc and the multi-culturalism is celebrated (some ways more than London?). The "Bee" became extra symbolic after the bombing of the Ariana Grande concert which was a horrific tragedy but also brought the city together. PS, Most houses in UK have freezers - she needs to speak to her Landlord. It is a joke in UK that Northerners are more friendly ( funny skit show on this);; kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoWTkqxvqpaanZY

[@stukaseptember]

They love our accent so much that most hollywood bad guys are English :)

[@Yandarval]

The accent automatically make the British sound more intelligent to the US. A villian has to be intelligent. Besides, cant have an American be the "bad" guy.

[@primalengland]

Doesn’t matter what accent you have, especially around where Kristen lives. I live a few miles up the road. We are gradely folk. As are most of the people here.

[@azza4044]

The UK gets temps from -5 to 40 Celsius. We do get very hot spells during summer.

[@geoffkeen8389]

The friendliness from strangers and people calling her love is because she is in the North, if she was based in London her video would be completely different.

[@85parrot]

The Manchester bombing shes talking about was the Ariana Grande concert a few years ago

[@Blayda1]

Connor if you walk down your street in the morning to say go get milk and bread etc and you said hello or morning to everyone you passed, what reaction would you get?. Over here *UK* most people will smile and say good morning or hello as a reply. Some will even ask you "how are you doing?" ,, its just a polite way of greeting someone. Love or Lovey is a common thing you say to female's in certain area's of the UK ,, its not being overly familiar , its just like saying hello but specifically to a female. Mate is usually used in the same manner for males.

[@Blayda1]

Grafting ,, "Ive done a days hard graft" - Ive done a good days hard work - Its not Cockney. "Mad as a bunch of frogs" ,,, is more like some ones a bit eccentric ,, though they may do something which is amusing too , Usually its "Mad as a box of frogs".

[@fionagregory9147]

Females does not require an apostrophe as it is merely plural.

[@Blayda1]

@@fionagregory9147 Ok Karen.

[@ruk2023--]

Googled it for you: Tea leaves contain 3.5% caffeine, while coffee beans have 1.1-2.2%. However, the coffee brewing process uses hotter water, which extracts more of the caffeine from the beans

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

That's the confusion: When comparing tea leaves with coffee beans - tea leaves actually contain more caffeine than coffee beans. But, then the two drinks are made and during the 'brewing' process, coffee’s stronger because its extracted more than tea! The result being that coffee end's up with a stronger caffeine content than tea. As a 'rule of thumb', coffee has about twice as much caffeine as tea. Although the caffeine levels can vary a lot, in both beverages, because of several different factors.

[@hughtube5154]

So that means McDonalds coffee has the most caffeine, as their coffee uses water just off boiling point. It's so hot it's caused burns when it spills; there's been several lawsuits, and a John Oliver segment on his HBO show.

[@lemming9984]

I didn't know that. I always use quality loose-leaf tea, never bags. Caffeine doesn't seem to affect me - tea or coffee. From what I've seen on TV, most Americans regard "Tea" as what we call "infusions", ie not traditional black tea. Infusions wouldn't have any caffeine?

[@stephenpetermay1721]

Need to review tea making technique. (Black)Tea should be made with boiling water onto leaves in a prewarmed pot. This is to raise the "strike" temperature to extract the "base" oils for a darker "tarry " brew. Green (unfermented) tea uses lower temperature. Coffee is generally made with water "just off the boil". Espresso machines can have higher temperatures but the caffeine content is largely determined by the roasting temperature of the beans. The dark "high" roasted beans have lower caffeine than the " mild" roast (and lower aromatic content) when measured by volume (scoop).

[@johnp8131]

Much of this is regional. People are usually more genuinely friendly the further you get from London. There are of course exceptions? I'm originally from just outside London but I am just a nosy git? The weather here in the East (inland) is generally different, usually far better, to that in the north-west where she is. It's also common to use regional slang when addressing people, even strangers. We tend to call people Luv or Mate in the south-east, my friend from Nottingham says "Me Duck" and my friends in the north-east of England call people, mostly of the opposite sex "Pet".

[@martinarscott3524]

I wouldn't necessarily agree with us being more friendly with a foreign traveller, she mentioned a chatty handyman, I have had interesting conversations with plumbers etc, I recently had an electrician in and he took an interest in our cars and we were talking about that for a good 15 minutes or so. PS I love crumpets and hate muffins lol. And mainland Europe isn't cheaper than the UK, my son lives in Austria and it's definitely more expensive there. She needs to shop around for her internet, I pay £45 for 1,200Mb/s

[@geoflawrence8319]

Actually, where I am from, it is "mad as a box of frogs" which is more - someone is bit daft or crazy, rather than funny

[@andrewobrien6671]

The bee has long been a symbol of Manchester. It dates back to the industrial revolution and is shown on the floor of the town hall,built 1825. Its related to the worker ethic and industry of the city. It also appears on bins and the new new bus network is called the Bee. Manchester has been bombed by the IRA and the latest was at the Aria Grande concert, which led a resurgence of the bee as a symbol for the city. Mancs will talk to anyone.

[@earlofnythe]

She moves from Florida to UK and is disappointed with our weather? Seriously? Jeez. Plus, Conor, no it doesn't rain all the time. Our weather is like yours where you live. From freezing sometimes from December to February, to up to 95°f from June to August. But May & September can be hot too. The moral is, don't believe everything said by someone who's been here just 1 month 😂 ...And no, bombing has nothing to do with Ireland in Manchester lol, plus that all ended 30yrs ago. It was an Islamic extremist suicide bomber at a music contest, huge news, very sad. Cockney is London, not Manchester. Not true 'Europeans don't like ice' ?? What's that all about? We do. And I've got 2 freezers! And trust me, Conor, Crumpets are nothing like Muffins, we eat both here. Go buy some Crumpets and you'll never go back.

[@apendlewitch6619]

The bee is nothing to do with football. It is the mascot for Manchester itself.

[@alanmoss3603]

I lived in America for a year and Americans were genuinely fascinated by my accent - but brits aren't that fussed really. We'll talk to you because we like you and not because of your accent. In LA I felt my accent was more important than me!

[@dasy2k1]

The Manchester bee has been on the city coat of arms for years but it suddenly become something people rallied around after the Arianna grande bombing (that was ISIS linked not IRA although Manchester did have a massive IRA bomb go off in the early 90s)

[@melissatheminx4710]

Yes, Connor, love,...... tea does have more caffene in it. I have no idea why it doesnt give the same buzz, must be processed differently in the body, but it is higher in caffene than coffee.

[@fionagregory9147]

Caffeine*

[@horatiomh]

People in London aren't so friendly to strangers. Expect in the pub of course 😁 Graft means work so hard graft means...

[@RWL2012]

I'm in the UK and my kitchen came with a fridge with a little freezer compartment in it, so I replaced it with a fridge-freezer.

[@jonathanocallaghan9202]

Tea has more caffeine than coffee by dry weight. Its just that you need far less tea to make a drink than the amount of coffee needed for your morning coffee.

[@fionagregory9147]

We have tea as our first drink, not coffee.

[@WookieWarriorz]

Man idk where these people without proper fridges are, ive literally never been in a house in the UK without a fridge freezer that would weird me out, or id think thyere a poor student or something. Most people these days have the american style fridge freezers. Its not uncommon to even have a second smaller freezer.

[@alabama1413]

She did not say that summer in England was like winter in Miami. She was referring to the weather in Springtime. Please pay attention

[@David-g7k9e]

Accents,from the south of England working around Britain it takes me a while to attune my ear to the local dialect.

[@neilmcdonald9164]

Postcards in uk used to be in non-tourist area too...blank ones used as an alternative to written letters.They went the way of telegrams as far as non-tourist reasons 🎩

[@debbee0867]

I have no clue the political beliefs of my family, friends, or work colleagues and I don't want to know, it is none of my business. I think that is a big difference between here to that in the US. We haven't got that divide and tension. Even if we know, we keep it separate and don't let it interfere with our day to day activities. Yes, there are some that are loud about their beliefs but I would say they are in the minority.

[@juliehillman8743]

I believe the bombing she refers to was the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester. 'Love' is a unisex expression, and many Northerners will also refer to you as 'lass' (girl/woman) or 'son', 'lad' (boy/man) even though they are no relation to you. Nor do you require an accent to strike up a conversation. Also, the UK does not have 365 days of overcast and cold weather. The UK experiences four seasons. Spring is beautiful, with the flowers blooming and baby animals being born. If there was no rain, the grass would not be so lush and green. From what you have said about your own weather, you have similar summers, but you get the extremes in winter. You need to get over for a proper visit and to explore all the places you have seen. You will be made very welcome. I know I was. ❤️🇬🇧

[@birtybonkers8918]

I’ve only to Florida once (I’m British). It snowed in Orlando. OK, it was December, but it’s not supposed to do that.

[@juliewilliams793]

It is very unusual not to have a freezer in the uk

[@brigidsingleton1596]

I don't have a freezer - just a standard "on the floor", not table or worktop - larder fridge with an icebox !! I don't have a cooker either (no hob or grill or oven) just an air fryer, a microwave oven, a toaster oven and a large electric wok. (Oh and an electric kettle of course !!) 🇬🇧😊❤️🖖

[@paulknox999]

Tea leaves contain more caffeine than coffee beans weight for weight but when made in to a drink coffee is brewed stronger than tea so you use much more coffee bean by weight per cup than you use tea leaves so in the final drink, 1 mug of coffee has more caffeine than 1 mug of tea

[@natmanprime4295]

in the final drink😩🙏

[@flea1683]

Grafting shovel is a narrow shovel for digging in heavy clay. Grafting is hard work I can confirm.

[@GrumpyOldGit-zk1kw]

If you're going to convert the temperature, go the whole way and use 'minus' rather than 'negative'. It's minus 12 degress rather than negative 12 degrees. At least that's what I've always heard/used.

[@andyt8216]

That’s true. I wondered why it didn’t sound quite right!

[@glastonbury4304]

She's very good and loves Manchester so she's great in my eyes...

[@johnp8131]

We'll say it again. Crumpets are like baked thick pancakes, spongy on the inside, crunchy on the outside when toasted. Forget the muffins that are like individual cakes, that's a US thing. Real muffins are like small round, flatish, ciabatta rolls with flour dusted on the outside that you cut in half first, then toast, then butter etc.......... JUST GOOGLE BREAD MUFFINS IN THE UK? There's even a BBC recipe there!

[@danceswithferrets]

Oven bottom muffin + chips + curry sauce = happiness

[@leehallam9365]

You definately have a point about the accent thing, though I doubt that extends to dating. That said she is in Manchester, and people are generally more friendly and relaxed in the North if England as opposed to the South East,. The terror attack she is referring to wasn't the Irish nationalist terror attack of 1996, it was the bombing of the Ariana Grande concert in 2017 in which 22 people were murderered by an Islamist terrorist.

[@theresagrano9711]

I think anyone would naturally compare their home country to a country they have moved to.

[@dianeshelton9592]

It’s never cock e ney It’s cockney. And she is currently living in Manchester. Also mad as a box of frogs doesn’t mean funny. It’s means , odd, unusual, literally mad at times

[@davidrogerson-pj6yh]

Think u might be right her accent would stand right out

[@Badgersj]

You may have a point about American accents in the UK, but on the other hand we are so used to American accents, not just from the media but from the people you meet at work, in your personal life. "American" is normal, not something strange.

[@jamesrowe3606]

Trust me, we know what crumpets are and they're not "English muffins", whatever the hell they are.

[@TheOrlandoTrustfull]

Like, as an American I like totally like appreciate like these like videos like opening my like eyes, to like other like cultures.

[@stud105]

Like, as an Englishman, like, I'd like to say, like, that watching Americans react to anything, like, is like, like, watching a chimp listen to classical music... Like.

[@neilmcdonald9164]

Like-itis,a common ailment amongst the young,like😂🎩

[@stud105]

Watching an average American react to stuff is like watching a blind man try to do a rubiks cube.

[@nealgrimes4382]

@@stud105 Bellend.

[@bonvoyage5377]

not as bad as nawhatameanbruv nawhatameanbruv nawhatameanbruv.........grow up

[@The.Android]

'Love' or 'duck' (often in the north of England) are expressions generally used by men to address women & female children and by women to address men or women or male/female children. So it's a gender specific term that women have more scope/freedom to use the expression with anyone than men do.

[@nealgrimes4382]

Not true i am from the North and women call men Love all the time, same with Duck, in parts of Derbyshire, everyone calls everyone Duck.

[@revbenf6870]

There's a great YT video of Sir Ian McKellen arriving back in Manchester after travelling and being called "love" by the taxi driver and it made him well up with tears realising he had come home. Very moving.

[@nealgrimes4382]

@@revbenf6870 i know the feeling, after spending a long time in the south, Hitchhiking home and getting picked up by someone from home.

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

CONNOR - You are WRONG about crumpets versus muffins - SO MANY PEOPLE have told you in the comments section and you STILL just don't 'get it !' They are NOT THE SAME. Firstly, they look 'similar' - Not, as you say "exactly alike". An ESSENTIAL difference (apart from the taste and texture!), is one is made WITH yeast and make the little holes all over the surface. DOH! Or should I say 'dough'? (LOL) 😅 😂 🤣 😎

[@mrsprivate1678]

He does seem to want to learn anything .

[@markwolstenholme3354]

Manchester/Salford my favourite City (ies) in the UK. 😊 Brits, especially the northern are very friendly with everyone. The Manchester Bee has nothing to do with football. It's the city of Manchester's logo. All homes have a fridge/freezer and most have washing machines and dryers. Internet is fast mostly and a lot cheaper than she said. Politics is always difficult to compare country to country. US politics is of worldwide interest as US is the biggest economy and power in the world. There's a saying "When America coughs the world catches a cold".

[@philipashley9723]

No, as others say, crumpets are nothing like muffins. Crumpets can feel a little plasticky, not soft like a muffin, crumpets are full of small holes when sliced in half. Nothing more tasty than eggs Benedict, on a cut in half, toasted muffin, as long as the sauce is made correctly. Also, crumpets, again, cut in half and toasted, spread butter on and raspberry/strawberry jam. Part of great British food. Then again, most Americans never go to Britain, and the myth has been passed down that our food is bland, totaly wrong. Check out those Americans that go to London, and taste the variety of different foods at the Borough market, it will be an eye opener for American's.

[@Mean-bj8wp]

Conner this is Britain and probably have the most diverse culture in the world especially in London so hearing an American accent is not out of the ordinary.

[@TheLastCrumb.]

The accent was a good point. I live in south uk and some people from Manchester came down to work and on a night out they’d get into lots of conversations with women based on the accent. I went up north…same didn’t happen🤣

[@stinkfoot9776]

She is so delicate and cosseted. 65°F is not a hot day here. 100F for a week last year.

[@user-rc8vd9fu9u]

Coffee has twice as much caffeine as tea.

[@85parrot]

"love" -working class women can call anyone "love". Men can call women "love" but it can come across a bit creepy depending on how they do it/who they are (shouting it from a transit van window for example). Pretty ubiquitous im northern england and working class London - EastEnd etc. Funnily enough some glasgow women use the work c*nt in almost the same way, and i love it.

[@mark_8719]

I lived in Manchester for 4 years, moved from the north east, even i noticed the weather, its rains and has more cloud in Manchester than 125 miles away, really noticeable.

[@productjoe4069]

Oddly, it takes about an hour and a half for caffeine to start taking effect because its mechanism is very indirect (eventually triggering adrenaline production which is what wakes you up). Most of the *perceived* effect of caffeine is placebo (your brain preemptively triggering adrenaline production when you drink), with the real effects happening later. In most people that is. If you have ADHD then I believe it has other effects on the brain that happen faster (which is why I drink so much caffeine).

[@martin-hall-northern-soul]

You're probably right about the accent provoking interest... to a point. However, the people in the North of England are different gravy. We really are friendly, welcoming and chatty with everyone. When the weather is as dull as it is in Northern England, you do tend to warm each other up with a good chat.

[@geoflawrence8319]

a crumpet is not a muffin. I am an expert - I make both

[@mrsprivate1678]

He’s really annoying with hie insistence that they are english muffins and won’t believe English people

[@Tom-ed-w]

ive travelled to the US, and i really couldnt handle the fast paste, everyone living like AI. I come home to the UK after 2 weeks, and felt like everyone loves me.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Sorry, but I think your spell checker has let you down...it's not "fast paste"... it's 'fast _pace_' 😊 cheers. 🧡🖖