American Reacts to Things You Should NEVER Say to Brits

[@dinger40]

Microwave only heats water, Kettles boil water. Boiling water is necessary to to make tea. You don't reheat tea, you make fresh.

[@irreverend_]

Yep, no reheating tea, make more tea.

[@davidgill5699]

Microwaves do boil water. But since it's waves it doesn't heat all of it evenly.

[@irreverend_]

@@davidgill5699 This is true, although convection will help it to heat evenly, however the risk with microwaving water is if you have an exceptionally clean mug, and very pure water, it is occasionally possibly for it to become superheated and explode in a boiling mess upon moving it. That's obviously very rare with tap water, but it has been known to happen

[@missharry5727]

If there is milk in the tea that is a total no-no anyway. Heating milk in a microwave is asking for a horrible mess.

[@Ariadne-cg4cq]

You don’t RE-HEAT tea, you boil water again and make a new cup of tea!

[@ricksanchez-qx5zz]

No lie the tea in microwave should be a criminal offence

[@dunc71]

Owning a microwave should be a criminal offence

[@OrganicPatriot]

100%... i split up with an ex because i caught her making me tea in the microwave when wi had a kettle

[@andyf4292]

thats a 'send the SAS' job

[@jameshead9119]

YOU NEVER REHEAT TEA ! By what ever method you think to use and is more of a crime than putting the milk in the cup first ⛄️☕️☕️☕️

[@fionagregory9147]

​@@OrganicPatriotgood

[@LaraGemini]

I have said it before.... I have an Irish friend (living in London). We have a LOT of tourists, she gets told often by Americans that they are "Irish", so she speaks to them in her mother tongue . One muppet then said "Well actually I am more Italian than Irish" so she spoke to them in Italian. She speaks 4 languages,.

[@MJS-vx3oj]

Brilliant!

[@MJS-vx3oj]

Brilliant!

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

🤣🤣

[@Dave-ks9fi]

Perfect.

[@GillianBergh]

Because of my colour, I've had someone tell me, 'Don't be funny,' when I've described myself as British. (Dad was Anglo-Irish, Mum is Indian. All of us were born in India.) But, because of my Indian background a lot of people are shocked that I can't speak any Indian language - and some have accused my mother of being neglectful of her 'culture.' My parents spoke 4 languages, between them - English being the only one they had in common. They also planned to move to England , so it made sense to teach it to their children.

[@random3x70]

Fun Bit: American tourists who were hiking across trails near the Queen's residence bumped into the Queen with her guard without knowing it. They started chatting and asked the queen the question "Do you know the queen", to which she replied rather dryly "No but he does," gesturing to her guard.

[@Happyfaceshock]

And then when they turned to him, presumably with awe, and asked him what she was like, he called the Queen (in front of her) ‘cantankerous’ lol, he then said she had a good heart

[@richardfield6801]

British people are just not obsessed with their 'rights' in the same way Americans appear to be. Saying 'it's my right' sounds really cheesy to British ears, a bit stuck up and self righteous. If someone tries to stop you doing something in the UK, the appropriate response is 'piss off', not 'it's my right'.

[@Glaschu1]

Maybe British people should be a bit more obsessed with their rights. Maybe we’d still have the right to free speech

[@QueenBabylonnia]

Not with the ‘ touchy hurting feelings ‘ rules finding its place, with people being arrested for a ‘non-crime crime’.

[@Gantali9305]

@@QueenBabylonnia eh?

[@AnnabelleJARankin]

Agree, 'it's my right' would raise a laugh because we'd think it was a joke!

[@joshsanders6891]

Also why we haven't got freedom of speech anymore and they do. A robust constitution will do that

[@monty2005]

If the kettle is unavailable, one should boil the water for one’s tea in a pan. Never use the microwave!

[@ErrrorWayz]

Absolutely, wtf are you doing with microwave. The only thing it's for is heating up beans.

[@abraxas2563]

@@monty2005 or buy a normal kettle

[@monty2005]

@ in this scenario the kettle is unavailable, either because it is broken, otherwise engaged, stolen, lost, loaned out or it simply doesn’t exist. The need to boil water for tea may be so infrequent that the capital investment in an electric kettle would not be justifiable. All I’m saying is to use a pan if there is no kettle to hand.

[@abraxas2563]

@ just how expensive do you think an electric kettle is? “Capital” investment lol

[@monty2005]

@ exaggeration. Although technically true. The purchase of an item that will deliver economic benefits or service potential over a period of more than one year can be considered capital expenditure and recognised as such. Of course, the low value would preclude capitalisation as a non current asset, but technically speaking, the purchase of a kettle would meet the definition of capital expenditure. 😊

[@stevewallace1387]

I'm English a Scotsman is Scottish a man from Wales is welsh and a man from ireland is Irish but when our country is threatened we are all British

[@aethellstan]

*ireland not island

[@timphillips9954]

Rubbish, we could be invaded by bloody alians and I would still be Welsh and not British.

[@stevewallace1387]

Your right busy at work did not notice

[@PaulVincent-n2x]

Ireland!

[@aethellstan]

@@stevewallace1387 i guessed you just typed quickly. we all make mistakes said the dalek getting off the dustbin

[@janinshirley]

I'm a Brit that doesn't drink tea. I would never reheat my tea or any other hot beverage in the microwave. I would prefer a fresh brew

[@LindaOvenstone-hg3gl]

I'm a Brit and just a couple of days ago I forgot to drink my tea and i put it in the micro👋 for a few seconds Uggghhhhhh was horrible 😂

[@janinshirley]

@@LindaOvenstone-hg3gl same with coffee, did it once, never again.

[@grenniespexify]

I'm prepared to reheat a forgotten cup of tea in the microwave for myself to save energy, knowing it's going to be grim. I wouldn't dare offer it to someone else!

[@janinshirley]

@@grenniespexify Years ago my Mum would make a pot of tea with tea leaves and cover the pot with a cosy. It could keep the tea warm but it would become stewed. I think that's what put me off. I'm going back over 60 years, long before teabags.

[@grenniespexify]

@janinshirley My mum insists on adding some fresh boiling water to an overstewed pot to freshen it up. It does work - kind of. Waste not, want not and all that!

[@PaulVincent-n2x]

Making tea in the microwave is the worst offender.

[@toastedsandwich1]

Making tea in the microwave should be a imprisonable offence.

[@RadekLazok]

Its offend even when I m not british

[@fionagregory9147]

Stupid yanks

[@OriginalHandprint]

…but putting your head in it gets the thumbs up 😂

[@KimChappell-dw3ky]

The importance of a good brew is to make it in a teapot…tea needs to be steeped in boiling water and left to brew for a minute or two to develop its flavour. Tea always is poured first and milk second…more milk can be added but can’t be taken away. I bought my friend in America an electric kettle years ago…once he tried it there was no going back.

[@Motorhead_England]

A few years ago, my clan got involved in an argument with an American team over the mic regarding world war 2 while playing Call of Duty. The usual stuff about the Brits not being able to win until the USA got involved etc. Then other wars were quoted throughout history as the argument got more heated. Then one of the Americans shouted " who won the American civil war anyway?" There was dead silence....until I replied, "well America I guess, considering you were fighting each other". This brought howls of laughter from our team, and the American lads quit the game.

[@jasonyoung7705]

"You'd be speaking German if it wasn't for us" "And you'd be speaking Japanese if it wasn't for us" (look up the 'tube allows project')

[@stuson]

what a story mark!

[@vertmicko4763]

@@jasonyoung7705 l remind them of the 7 years war(French & lndian War) of the mid 18th century, Where we defeated the French & drove them out of most of North America. "you would be speaking French if it wasn't for us." Unfortunately it goes right over their heads.

[@janielee6467]

The French helped them, they would have lost otherwise

[@dreamimgflowerd976]

@@jasonyoung7705 Tbf I think the US would have been better off then XD

[@peterjohnson1091]

Biscuits are for dunking in tea.

[@abraxas2563]

@@peterjohnson1091 in Canada and the US there is doughy product (similar to a scone but savoury) called a biscuit. They call (what we call) a biscuit a cookie. In Australia we call a type of biscuit a cookie, but all biscuits are NOT cookies.

[@Everythingcovered-ee5fo]

@@abraxas2563we call what you call a biscuit, a “scone” outside America

[@abraxas2563]

@@Everythingcovered-ee5fo I think that’s what I said. Plus last time I checked Australia is outside America to 🫤

[@airbubble.]

@@Everythingcovered-ee5fo when was the last time you put gravy on your scone?

[@GarryGri]

@@abraxas2563 So is an American biscuit more like a 'Crumpet' or 'Soda scone' rather than what a British person would generally think of as a scone? PS. The only savoury 'normal' scone we have are cheese scones.

[@sandrabeaumont3111]

i think the average Brit knows more about American history than the average American.

[@Yesser-Thistle73]

I think you're right.

[@LFCLEE84]

There's much less to learn for us Brits tho.the Americans have at least 2 thousand years to learn about

[@Lotan_]

@@LFCLEE84 It's fascinating that Americans try to use "our history is complex and cannot be understood by outsiders" as a defence for so many things. What comprises an entire book of history for Americans makes for a single chapter of ours. Or any European country's really. I don't think many Americans really comprehend just how young their country is. Or just how old other countries are.

[@jacobtravill3734]

@@Lotan_ Yeah the USA was only like one segment of Horrible Histories whereas the brits had like a few hundred or whatever.

[@watermelon7998]

But the average Brit knows as little about most European countries as the average American about Britain - and Brits are on the same continent and the same size as those countries.

[@thom-bennett-tailoring]

Whenever asked by an American whether I knew the Queen I would always reply with a straight face, "Yes, of course!" leaving it at that.

[@nicolasbeachy4862]

I was 14th Baron of Oxford to a few Americans, just because they believed me when I was on holiday in the states once hehe

[@kevfullo]

I don't wish to upset you but I recently went to the US and tried biscuits and gravy. I don't think I'll have it again! I only tried two different places though. To us they taste like bland scones with the filling from a Pound Bakery chicken slice squeezed on top. Some of you perverts will love it. Edit: i replied to the wrong post!

[@ashhabimran239]

Better yet, I ask them if they know the President

[@Kat-mu8wq]

Of course. We all played crochet with Lizzie on a Saturday evening whilst enjoying some delicious scones and tea. 🙄😂

[@rttmh]

I refueled the rental car in Florida. Noticing my accent, he asked where I was from (England). He then complemented me on my ability to speak English.

[@leec6707]

Americans claim to be the most culturally diverse country, but they still get excited over accents.

[@kmortensen9312]

@@leec6707 True.. declaring places like New York to be "the melting pot of the world" etc totally oblivious to the fact London has been such a melting pot for much much longer and still to this day is an incredibly diverse city

[@glenmartin7978]

while on Holiday in America someone asked us where we were from when we said Durham/ England they said oh OK what part of Ireland is that

[@MichaelLamming]

You need to try Yorkshire pudding with gravy, you'll never want an American biscuit again. Preferably with beef gravy 😋

[@ErrrorWayz]

Tbf American biscuits and gravy are absolutely banging. Looks utterly vile, tastes great. Source: used to bang a bird from Chicago.

[@thatpanfairy7176]

Oooh with a delicious Sunday dinner or chicken dinner 🤤🤤

[@dwynnell]

A bit of onion gravy is nice too.

[@johnvaller1707]

Im Danish and even I understand the cultural significance of tea to the British people. And as alway: Why are there shools in the US, they do NOT use them.

[@kmortensen9312]

Tea and the trade of such was a big part of the british empire and their worldwide trade monopolies.. they made vast amounts of money from importing and exporting tea from their possessions in the far east.. and as such ofcourse that spills over into the general population leading to people having strong feelings for the drink that ran the empire :D

[@riverraven7359]

Why do people not understand the difference between lose and loose? "I loose it" loose what? Your shoes, your belt, your dog? Illiteracy is rife.

[@pattaccone]

There their and they’re is the worst for these people 😂😂

[@SilverionX]

My brother in Christ it was a spelling error. Don't get yourself worked up about something so small and insignificant.

[@riverraven7359]

@@SilverionX it seems a particularly common error, and the amount of comments, messages , responses that are filled with misspellings and grammar errors does not fill me with confidence in the education standards of the western world.

[@scottneil1187]

​@@SilverionXPlease stop using that idiom. Not everyone believes in your fictional sky being.

[@chojin6136]

I first read that as 'literacy is life'. I read it again and thought it was too damn accurate

[@jacob79001]

We had some American friends visit here in England a few years back and met them at the train station. They asked if we've ever met royalty and we were like "no that's not an accurate stereotype" then no more than 5 minutes later both princes went by in convoy and were waving to us from the limos. They just so happened to be doing their helicopter pilot training nearby at the time in Shropshire... We tried explaining how unusual that is but they didn't seem to believe us.

[@grenniespexify]

The comment about rights is because many Americans assume that their rights in the USA apply across the globe. Of course, in other countries across the world people have rights, including the UK, but they will be legally and culturally different. Particularly, the right to bear arms, but also trespass and property laws/rights are very different in the UK.

[@RatKindler]

I saw an episode of the reality show Border Patrol where an American police officer was driving through Canada to get to Alaska and was stopped at the Canadian border and all his guns were confiscated. He was arguing that he has a permit and a legal right to bring his guns into Canada because he was American. He was really pissed off.

[@joykoski7111]

@@RatKindler I came here to make this exact comment. I am also in a bordertown in Canada and that happens all the time. Its not about Americans having rights. Its about US citizens thinking those rights apply to them outside of their home country.

[@Steve14ps]

In the UK the right to bear arms is wearing a short sleeved shirt!

[@andyf4292]

americans... their aunty's grandma's dog saw a picture of Dublin once, now they're irish

[@arianbyw3819]

@andyf: love it!.lol!

[@steveholmes11]

Or .. they ate a potato.

[@John-cq9jb]

Scots Irish usually I drunk whisky and like the pogues

[@sarahhobson4684]

😂😂😂 brilliant 👏😂😂

[@LilMizRandom09]

As Brits, we can fight over putting the sugar in at the same time as the tea bag, how long you should leave the bag in, if you can reuse the bag a second time, even putting the milk in first, but microwaving tea will offend all of us.

[@robinharwood5044]

Some will gasp in horror at the thought of a teabag instead of loose leaf.

[@anitapeludat256]

@@LilMizRandom09 😅. I like your straightforwardness. I don't know if any British folks here in this comment section realize that for all of my many years of traveling, I've observed it has gotten to the point that many Americans will deliberately respond to British criticisms or just say something that has proven to be a British instant irritant due the constant fascination of Americans by many British folks, (not all.) Historically, the consistent criticisms and complaints, cause such an instant, intense reaction in many British, it's common knowledge that it's easy to yank their chains . If a person is expecting the worst possible language or behavior that they've stereotyped, Americans will happily provide it for you, if you need to be easily judgemental. All Americans are not the same, it's obvious many people haven't spent much time in the states. As an aside, a large majority of Americans don't have the money or more importantly, enough, or any paid time off of work to visit the UK or even any countries in Western Europe. We also use our paid time off to visit family, that may live a great distance or we have so many beautiful places within our own country we want to visit first. A proper trip overseas, for example is well worth more time off, and is often planned well in advance for a special anniversary. The folks that jet over to England frequently, are the popular celebrities and the very wealthy. Oftentimes the very wealthy, will be quite obnoxious and entitled and even dress like slobs and be very rude. Those are the American tourists you are hating on. Or expecting because it seems England and the whole of Europe believe the non factual American media that our corrupt government wants you to believe, since the 30s from Hollywood or 50s and on TV. Our news media is corrupted, too. Things are bad now, my apologies, I'm fighting the insanity and didn't vote for the vileness of trump. I tell people to not visit the states for awhile, it's not safe and it's going to get worse before it gets better.

[@iceman221087]

NEVER microwave your cup of tea, either drink it cold or make a new cup, we also have tea pots so we always have hot tea.

[@barriehull7076]

It's my right to do it and I will, so go forth and multiply, oh and have a nice day.

[@gazzie12000]

Re: Gravy on biscuits. What you have to realise is that "biscuits" are totally different things. UK biscuits = US cookies. Also "gravy" is not the same thing at all, it is what you put on your roast beef, roast chicken, roast lamb etc. Brown meat flavoured gravy. So the American is basically saying "would you like meat gravy on your cookies".

[@thefurrybstard1964]

Imagine gravy on your chocolate digestives.

[@BonMooney]

I'm pretty sure everyone realises this. Besides, the gravy that goes with biscuits is not brown, it's white. It's not gravy at all. It's a white sauce.

[@gazzie12000]

@@BonMooney Yep, that was exactly my point - neither the biscuits or gravy is the same ! Pretty sure there will be a LOT of Brits who have no idea what the American "biscuits and gravy" means, hence the reason not to ask for it over here - as it sounds so weird ! Meat gravy on cookies? Yuk - ha ha! 😀

[@qlyck8937]

English businessman here - You do not boil water in a microwave full stop/period. End of discussion on that one. If I offered by staff microwaved tea, they’d leave.

[@Omni_Shambles]

By chance, by choice, by accident. "On accident" literally sounds like a child speaking. He's right. 💯

[@neuralwarp]

Also on the weekend; visiting with; and writing (a person).

[@CrDa-i7e]

Saying “Lucked in” when it should be “Lucked out” when things go wrong

[@jeanauguste-f7i]

And saying anyways instead of anyway bugs me.

[@mehallica666]

Saying "I COULD care less" really grates on me.

[@BonMooney]

"Healthful " "Worrisome" "I feel really chill" 🤬

[@Tuffydipstick]

I had someone say to me when I told them I live in England. They replied Oh London! 😮 No I don’t live in London. We all don’t live there.

[@ashhabimran239]

Americans: London = England = Britain = UK

[@richardfield6801]

A friend of mine married an American lad here in the UK. When her new husband took her over to America to meet his parents they were very pleasant. They asked here, where in Eng-el-land she was from. When she said, in Hertfordshire, about 30 miles north of London, the mother looked astonished, and cried: "England is so big!!!.

[@101steel4]

You're wasting your time with Americans. They all seem to be as thick as shit😂

[@101steel4]

​@@ashhabimran239My English cousin lived there. Most thought he was Australian 🙄 When he told them he was English, the usual reply was "You mean British"

[@philgreen8101]

Then you mist live in a thatched cottage or a castle...

[@mobbs6426]

I remember a story the queen once told about Americans. She was hiking on one of her estates I think, and came across some American tourists. They got into a discussion, and as Americans do, they started gushing about the royal family, the Queen in particular, completely oblivious to who they were talking to. The Queen, enjoying her anonymity played into it for a while, and it's been a while, but I think she eventually disclosed her identity through the use of a bank note. There's a video about it here on KZbin. You'd probably enjoy reacting to some of her content. She had a good sense of humour, but you have to be able to understand English to properly appreciate it

[@janielee6467]

That’s one of my favourite stories

[@annettegrant6423]

I thought the Queen never carried cash?

[@annettegrant6423]

Oh, the Americans had the cash

[@GillianBergh]

It reminds me of a TV drama set in Victorian times. A working class woman helps a well to do young man. He thanks her and says, 'A portrait of my mother can help you.' Then he thrusts something into her hand, and walks off. The portrait is on a banknote.

[@stm345]

One of the reasons people ask if you know the (king/queen) is that they think the UK is so small everyone knows each other and there is only one big city, London. An American lady asked me where I was from and when I said 200 miles north of London, she said, ‘Oh, out in the countryside then? I said no, a city of 300,000 people.

[@Nameless_JPN-ENG]

Tbf most Brits knows the king/queen. They know them as much as we do. Just that the king/queen doesn't know any of us.

[@breezy3392]

How did that person respond?

[@stm345]

They were very surprised. I think all of us to an extent build a fantasy in our minds of places we haven’t been to or read up on and I don’t think that Americans in general appear to have much education regarding world history or geography. I think it’s sad as it fosters the mindset of America being the centre of the world and the best at everything in the world when that so patently is not the case, despite them being the richest and most powerful nation.

[@breezy3392]

@stm345 There's a difference between fantasy and delusion

[@qlyck8937]

English person here - If you said “if it wasn’t for us, you’d be speaking German” is something you DEFINITELY shouldn’t say to certain brits. I suppose we could flip that around and say “you’d be speaking French if it wasn’t for us”. By the way, all three are great languages, and I love my American friends to bits, but I would say this in the nicest way possible… remember where you got the language from to begin with.

[@princessperdita]

I believe that there was a vote whether the U.S. should use English or German as the country’s main language and English succeeded by just one vote

[@hannytierlierblaauw192]

@@princessperditathe vote was between English and Dutch I believe

[@micmac274]

So it was the Americans who caused my German teacher to use what I consider a bad teaching technique during my A-level studies? Sneaky, weren't they?

[@freedompodcast4518]

6:35 As a Brit we don't do gravy on biscuits here. If any yank ask for that they will get very confused looks from a Brit. It won't be offensive but brits will give a very confused look to the yank and or maybe be very concerned think he is escaped mental patient but apart from that very confused looks all around.

[@ItsNotRealLife]

Cover some digestives with bistro gravy See how they get on with it

[@Inucroft]

it's because the UK Biscuit isn't the same thing as a US Biscuit. To an American, i'd be classed as a cookie

[@Someone-pm1bp]

@@Inucroft hope you'd be a smart cookie then!

[@cato1684]

@@ItsNotRealLifechocolate digestives 🎉

[@olly_profcat]

Do you want some gravy on your cookie

[@Simon-Davis]

The "You'd be speaking German if it wasn't for us" is particularly galling when you consider that until 1941 certain private interests from the USA were actively supplying Germany with resources. Some conspiracies will even say that certain private US interests continued, and circumvented blockades by shifting operations off shore and supplying 'neutral' German allies. One thing that is undeniable though is that through the 1920s and 30s prior to the war private US interests were instrumental in providing and investing in inter-war German technology and manufacture. GM, Ford, IBM and a whole host of others all invested heavily and built large scale facilities in Germany which all ended up producing for the German war machine. Between GM and Ford, they held roughly 70% of the automobile market in Germany prior to 1939. That is a heck of a lot of factory space and manufacturing ability. You can argue that Germany seized those interests in the run up to WW2, which is true. But the counter to that is they were able to do that because they were there. But hey, the US interests so affected made an absolute fortune in reparations after the war and fobbed off any responsibility to the feet of the German government, so its all OK..."they used our stuff to do it, it wasn't us".

[@ashleighhogan941]

And let us not forget that the German V2 rocket scientists were taken to USA for their brains on the space programme.

[@scottneil1187]

​@@ashleighhogan941Some also ended up in the UK, Russia and other places.

[@chojin6136]

"Jokes on you. I learned German anyway" Seriously, though, this is probably the most ignorant thing an American can say. There is no evidence that their involvement had any affect on which side won, because the war was already drawing to a close. The only affect they really had was keeping our losses lower than they would have been without them. We still would've won the war if they decided to sit it out

[@Ikaftl]

If that was true, why aren't the Germans speaking English?

[@snorpenbass4196]

(cough)Coca Cola(cough). Who invented Fanta so they could keep selling to Nazi Germans (because the ingredients for Coke couldn't be shipped there anymore).

[@Sharturse]

"We saved your ass in the War". Don't say that every time your ego is bruised. I've heard this countless times, but only on the internet.

[@uksoloz]

Same as well as them bring up 1776 when they’re losing a discussion, absolutely muppets haha

[@chojin6136]

The war was already winding down when the US got involved. The only affect they had was on the number of losses, not whether we won or lost

[@LaraGemini]

I just reply. But I don't have a donkey and which war are you referring to?

[@AnonIllumi]

I've used this retort when they drop that Nugget. "well we nuked you twice..." In the 1960's one of the biggest military exercises, where Britain was involved was to test the US radar defence system. the US were able to stop every other aircraft except 2 Vulcan bombers that got through and nuked city targets. So we are the only country that has nuked the US mainland.

[@NikosLosBabos1]

​@chojin6136 100% correct. They only got involved after the bombing of Pearl Harbour in 1941, given the war was already 2 years deep by this point. They came in with their dustpan and brush after all the hard work had already been done yet they claim to have won a war they were never a part of to begin with

[@TheJim9191]

One that's not mentioned here: I went to visit the states with a (British) friend of mine who happens to be black. He was CONSTANTLY referred to as "African American" wherever we went and it annoyed the hell out of him. His go to response was "Actually I'm neither" which was very British of him lmao

[@ErrrorWayz]

The main reason the IRA had to pack up is 9/11 laws stopped Yanks funding them. The kettle thing is mad. My Dad got asked to come to the kitchen in the late 70s in the States to make his own tea after he complained. He said the whole kitchen was fascinated.

[@Stateral]

As a British man and someone who has lived in Wales since i was 7 i can tell you: don't ever attempt to pronounce Welsh place names unless you are being taught or have been taught how to pronounce them correctly by a Welshman.

[@StephenWhittaker-g5g]

so the problem with "on accident" is it does not involve conscious action where as "on purpose " is accidents happen, where you have to do things on purpose

[@irreverend_]

This. I guess an extended version would be "by way of an accident", which clearly doesn't work for "purpose".

[@notcrediblesolipsism3851]

Prepositions don't really have any logic to them, and although 'on accident' sounds really jarring to my English ears it's nothing more than a widely accepted convention that's different on either side of the pond.

[@williecoulter1091]

G'day from Australia, I have never used the words on accident as it sounds weird, I usually say by accident as in I spilled the milk by accident.​@notcrediblesolipsism3851

[@leebeastkiller]

the american revolution is bearly considered a foot note in history classes in the uk, it's like how large was the british empire (at its peak in 1913 was about 13 million square miles spaning around the world) compare that to the usa 3.8 million square miles (thats now as well) which at the time had about 30% the population of just britain at the time (around 2.5 million). heres one you american will hate - sayng "you would be speaking german if it wasn't for us" is like if we said "you americans have never won a war alone"

[@Lazmanarus]

Except the one where they fought themselves.

[@snowinginsummer1]

I actually never studied the war of independence at all at school in Uk, we did ww2 and civil rights, but not that. All my knowledge is from American shows/movies and hamilton lol. Ofc it’ll be biased but I’m not that interested in it.

[@uksoloz]

@@snowinginsummer1same but we learned about the great depression as well either way Americans forget compared to the rest of the world it’s history barely exists haha

[@LaraGemini]

I asked my children - They said they did something about Cowboys for GCSE. And it was dull.

[@pelinoregeryon6593]

But they have won a war alone.. the American civil war 😁 who else could have won, they were the only ones involved 🤗 That aside who helped them with the war of independence? [Goes and checks] Ah I see, the French and Spanish, expected.. and the Dutch? didn't expect that, what had we done to annoy the Dutch?

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Tea can only be made correctly using freshly boiled water. It can't be reheated. Btw, add to your list the word you often say, "acclimate". In the UK (and other English-speaking countries 🇦🇺🇨🇦🇳🇿) we use the more recently coined word, acclimatise (or acclimatize in Canada).

[@anitapeludat256]

@@t.a.k.palfrey3882 Both words have different meanings, look it up. Why the insistence that only Britain or the USA must be the one standard of what is accurate. We are different countries. Different cultures. There is no reason to compare. It also sounds ludicrous that someone in this comment section, claimed the revolutionary war here in the states was a mere blip in British history books, and yet, many British get very wound up and insistent that only THEY know the accurate facts of that very same Revolutionary War they care little about. I only mention it here because it's very common to hear the same British folks talking out of both sides of their mouth. I see no reason to care if British citizens learn about the Revolutionary war or not. After more than 60 years on this earth, the "Americans", as though all 350 million citizens, (all from different countries around the globe) are all alike and like us or not, there is an obvious, and constant fascination with the states. Try turning off any American media. Hollywood movies since the 30s, TV since the 50s, it's all propaganda from our govt. It's all make believe and Bull S***. We Americans know this, why on earth does an educated population like Britain, swallow it hook , line and sinker ? The criticisms for years, play like a broken record. And the odd insistence that only Britain knows the history of a country they likely were not born and raised in,? I have no reason to assume that I am all knowing about any other country since I wasn't born there . After all these years, the constant derision, more often than not from Britain, is far more loud and constant than many other countries, including countries that have every reason to have very valid complaints and even hate of our govt . I can only respect them for that, it's authentic and genuine. The British have a reputation of being constant whiners and complainers, often with sharp teeth, even towards one another and the monarchy. After all these years, it's such a disappointment, I never wanted to believe it . Such a rich cultural country it is, and yet, a great deal of misery spreading folks.

[@cogboy302]

A lot of Americans were sucked into donating to NORAID. Funding the IRA. I met an ex-US Marine in a bar in Spain in 1996, and he asked me, "What was it like growing up with the war in Northern Ireland?" 'What war was that then? I don't recall there being a war.' "The oppression of the Catholics by the British." 'Well, you should know, as you lot paid for it.' Not a clue about what was actually going on in NI during the Troubles.

[@philipmccarthy6175]

Are you suggesting the Catholic/nationalist community weren't oppressed ? Firstly by the loyalist run Northern Irish government & subsequently by Westminster & the British army .

[@ChrisR395]

@@philipmccarthy6175 When did he suggest that? He was pointing out that the Americans funded the war, not that the Nationalist Northern Irish were not being oppressed by the Loyalists. You reading what you want to read? How annoying.

[@101steel4]

Many Americans have no idea N Ireland even exists. Even though most of them claim to be Irish themselves 😂😂

[@BonMooney]

What was going on was exactly British / loyalist Protestant oppression of the Catholic population . The Catholics staged civil rights marches to get equal voting rights and were shot at. So they retaliated and "the troubles" began.

[@BonMooney]

If you were a Catholic in Northern Ireland it WAS a war. And the Americans were very supportive, I don't think many had to be "sucked in" . They recognised oppression and wanted to help.

[@Jeni10]

We also learned loads of phrases to practise using the right prepositions and adverbs. So it’s: different from, by accident, come quickly, speak truthfully, etc etc. Only in America do you use “off of”. That is not used in any other English speaking country. We would replace “off of” with a single word. For example: He picked some apples off of the tree. Correct wording: He picked some apples off the tree. He got twenty bucks off of my desk. Correct wording: He got twenty bucks from my desk. If “off of” was grammatically correct, then the opposite would also be true, “on of”, but that makes no sense. Also, “He likes her alot.” Incorrect. “He likes her a lot.” It’s two separate words. There is a word spelled “allot”, but it’s referring to a particular time or place. “He was granted an allotment to grow his vegetable garden.” “You failed to arrive in the allotted time frame.”

[@knownonsenseman8283]

Thank you! I thought I was the only person on the planet to get annoyed by Americans saying "off of". I was also starting to think that I was incorrect.

[@kerouac2]

Knowledge of "the troubles" in Northern Ireland seems to be reserved for the older generations. Speaking of which, that would be a good topic for one of your videos Tyler. I can already see your eyes popping out.

[@sandrabeaumont3111]

Tyler. There ARE kettles sold in the US.But unfortunately for you they take so long to heat up water. This is because of the poor electricity supply you enjoy. Yours being 120 volts, ours 240 volts. Not to mention your outdated plugs and outlets in your homes.

[@Loupa57]

Water is boiled in the kettle. Tea is not made in a kettle.

[@bandycoot1896]

Not against the microwave, just warming tea in it. You can't make a decent cup of tea in a bloody microwave ffs 😂😂 I'm 4% Scandinavian, does that make a Viking? Apparently it does according to some Yanks😉 Lets face it, we are divided by a common language.

[@moochkin]

and to quote Al Murray, "and a great big ocean thank christ"

[@HuwBass]

@@moochkin Came here to post this, not disappointed to be beaten.

[@knutsfordhouse]

The thing about the war of independence, or the american revolution, that escapes most Americans, is that it was not a war between american and british people, because all the people in america fighting that war were themselves either mostly british settlers or decendents of british settlers who were fighting against british rule, wanting to set up their own rulers from within. It wasn't a war between two countries as such, didn't affect british people back in britain, and was fought by british decendents against british rulers, not by american people' against british people. So, essentially there are no sides to take, it was an internal political war, albeit a bloody one.

[@Xantia_Mystique]

When I went to America, I had Americans asking me if I'm Canadian. When I said, "No, I'm from England," they said "no your not", "are you sure?", "you don't sound British to me." I sighed and told them. "There are many different accents in Englad. I'm from Liverpool, but my accent is a little different due to being an Army brat." They then asked me, "Do you know the Beatles?' Ugh! However, John Lennon was actually my nans cousin. I made the mistake of telling Americans that once. Never again! No, I didn't personally know him! It also doesn't make me rich or famous either! I also went to Uni with an American. One day, she said, "I don't get it. You guys live in England, so why don't you speak proper English?" I nearly lost my mind. She was referring to the way we pronounce certain words that they say differently and the different words we use like "crisps and chips.' I had to just get up and walk away!

[@susansmiles2242]

You should have slapped her 😂😂😂😂

[@vivianmchenry8352]

Beetles are insects.

[@Xantia_Mystique]

@vivianmchenry8352 thanks, autocorrect changed it for some reason. Lol

[@keri1981]

We're fine using the microwave for anything EXCEPT BLOODY TEA!!! 😂😂😂 And im sure most British people know what you mean by biscuits and gravy.......we have televisions here now ya know! 😂😂😂

[@SkidTheDumbFox]

"Are you Scottish or British?" The best equivalent I could think of for Americans to understand what it sounds like it saying "Are you Californian or American?" Or "Are you Floridan(?) Or American?" Or any other state

[@JoyceLove-m4z]

There were years of violence and unrest in Northern Ireland fuelled to some degree by the Irish community in the US. 😢

[@BonMooney]

The Irish community had every right to feel "unrest" after centuries of British oppression and murder.

[@Li.Siyuan]

Irish in inverted commas...

[@chloefarrant3479]

I'm a Brit, who has lived in the US. I have indeed heard every. single. one. of these. I've also been asked if I personally know the SAS (a SECRET service), and often get asked if I want crumpets (which ofc, I do, they're delicious). Point of clarification: American biscuits from "biscuits and gravy" and NOT the same thing as British scones. They look similar but they are not the same thing, scones are sweet so that still sounds gross to any Brit that isn't familiar with an American biscuit.

[@JoyceLove-m4z]

You can’t re- heat tea, it tastes disgusting!

[@steveholmes11]

My wife has a Doctorate in Biotechnology, and explained the REAL kettle Vs Microwave difference. Let's begin that a kettle will boil the water in three minutes, a Microwave will eventually boil it in about fifteen minutes. The kettle produces a rolling boil, which aerates the hot water. The microwave heats the water in a way that expels dissolved air. It turns out that the aeriated water really boosts the flavour of the tea. (Compare with decanting wine to let it breathe). The electrical engineer in me wonders whether the lower American supply voltage renders kettles impractical. The relevant formula is voltage squared divided by resistance. Can a US socket supply 2 Kilowatts?

[@Steve14ps]

Oh too right

[@michaelpearl-r8w]

Stating "its my right" is never going to win any argument.

[@phoebegreig6523]

The truth about WW2 is that America was only running support. Yes, they were critical in winning the war but they didn’t crack Hitler’s code or have any big influence on battle tactics.. They were in their own war with Japan at the time the Alliance was formed between Britain and France and the intelligence was being shared long before the US army was on the scene. The Soviet Union were helping the allied troupes long before America got involved.. The US joined the WW2 to AID Britain because they were their closest allies and if Britain fell then America was next on Hitler’s list!! They supplied weapons and men to ASSIST Britain in the war effort.. It’s a complete fabrication that they “saved us”

[@Yesser-Thistle73]

And were very late in both World Wars in joining with their "allies"! To us, WWI ran from 1914 to 1918. WW2 was from 1939 to 1945!

[@raven4442]

"The soviet Union were assisting" the Soviets were the first to fight the nazis and won the war. They would've won without the UK. The UK and U.S. actively supported and funded the nazis until it wasn't convenient for them.

[@NatashaWarden]

Yep , USA only actually fought against Germany on the 6th year of WW2. WW2 lasted 6 years .

[@Steve14ps]

USA only joined the war with Germany as Hitler declared war on the USA

[@TheKitchenTableGamer]

Yeah, they only "helped" to save their sorry arses!

[@RandomFindsDotCom]

Saying "i did it on accident" is like saying " i did it by purpose"

[@Messy4MentalHealth]

I was just reminded of being in Time Square on New Year’s Eve 2003 when I was asked the question by someone who overheard my English accent…’Do you know the Queen?’ To this day I wish I’d said yes…

[@glenmartin7978]

American Biscuits are the Equivalent to a British Scone, a Biscuit is what you call cookies. We also have cookies but they are softer than Biscuits as the word "biscuit" has a fascinating history that goes all the way back to ancient Rome. "Bis" means twice in Latin, and "coctus" means cooked. The Romans would bake bread twice to make it last longer (used on long Sea Voyages or long Millitary campaigns), and this is where the word "biscuit" comes from.

[@guystarbuck2686]

We call cookies biscuits in the UK. Absolutely no gravey on biscuits mate.

[@theyorkshirepirate6091]

gravy

[@DavidCoomber-r1j]

To reheat tea is sacrilege.

[@barriehull7076]

I blaspheme every day then and will continue to do so, try and stop me.

[@ColinWalker-g4o]

@@DavidCoomber-r1j can't waste the tea thoe u reheat lol na it's what my mum did so I thought it was normal

[@0utcastAussie]

Re: WW2. Russia lost 26 MILLION people KIA. So basically, If it wasn't for the Russians we'd all be speaking Deutsch ! That's why Russia refers to WW2 as "The Great Patriotic War" !

[@Jams848484]

This does not get acknowledged enough in the West.

[@maritapramalte3104]

Russia didn't lost 26 mil.Most off theese people was from countries occupied by russia-Ukraina,Latvia,Lithuania,Estonia,Turkmenistan,Kirgistan etc.

[@birtybonkers8918]

To be fair, without the US joining the war the post-war Eastern bloc might have started in Calais. We Brits, however, would still have been speaking English.

[@Jeni10]

The microwave is fine for reheating food, but NOT for making tea. Tea is made with tea leaves, which are dried young leaves from the top of the tea plant. To get the maximum flavour from the tea leaves, you fill the kettle with cold water, as much as you’ll need to make your tea, and then boil the kettle. This takes two minutes, just enough time to pop your favourite tea bag into your cup (or scoop tea leaves into your teapot if you have friends over), and as soon as the kettle boils, grab the milk from the fridge, then pour the water into your cup, leaving an inch at the top for the milk. Stir and sit in a comfy chair while you sip your delicious tea. Have a few biscuits on a plate if you like, preferably something really nice, like a Rich Tea Biscuit. Time passes and you want another cup. DO NOT REBOIL THE WATER! Empty the kettle and start with cold water from the tap. If you reboil the water, your tea will taste terrible, a sort of metallic taste that’s very unpleasant. Resist the urge to reboil the kettle.

[@Li.Siyuan]

An inch for milk? Are you mad?

[@georgiajames4033]

I'm Welsh and proud 🎉

[@Yesser-Thistle73]

Similarly, Scots and proud! Wales, Scotland and Ireland - proud Celts. (Along with Brittany (Breizh), Cornwall (Kernow), and the Isle of Man, or Ellan Vannin).

[@GillMosley-wo9mf]

I'm English and I'm glad you're proud to be Welsh, or Scottish, or Irish,diversity is King.😊

[@85stace85]

Are you proud to be called British though? I got called a British b*****d by a Welsh lorry driver as he went past once when I was 15 😂 I was on holiday in North Wales and I had a top with the union Jack on because Wimbledon was on 😂 it did amuse me at the time 😂

[@steveholmes11]

Where are all the Welsh-Americans.

[@russedwards5233]

Patagonia

[@lcg8220]

'on accident' is just grammatically incorrect, basically when we use the preposition 'on' we assign intention to the following noun, but an accident isn't intentional so instead we use 'by' which tends to indicate a state or manner in which something happens, regardless of intention. By saying "On accident" it effectively suggests the accident was intentional.

[@Kat-mu8wq]

Yeah it's America.. Let's not confuse them with punctuation and grammar. 😂 Their simple minds may explode a d make a terrible mess.

[@wobaguk]

The whole 'its my right' thing. Some Americans consider stuff you can constitutionally do in America as a 'god given right' that must therefore transfer to all other countries, simply not understanding that the USA is just another country with a regular government and laws like everyone else. The constitution is not some profound declaration on humanity. Try rocking up in the US as a 16 year old, and delaring your 'right' to drink alcohol!

[@Hey.Joe.]

The other thing is, don't expect that US-laws (which are only valid inside US) are also vaild in other countries outside of US like UK, which have their own Laws and if you break any of their laws, you cannot just refer to US-Laws, if you are not in US itself.

[@enby_gaelord7583]

19.51 In Britain, we also call it the American Revolution, i guess some might call it the 'war of independence' but i've not heard that before in my part of the country

[@colinbirks5403]

It's your rights, to carry a gun? To smoke cannabis (in some states) to plead the 5th? Not in Britain it ain't your rights.

[@gerardflynn7382]

Britain officially doesn't have a Written Constitution. British people call their act of Union their Constitution.

[@beccaboo3040]

​@@gerardflynn7382we have the Magna Carter.

[@nataliamundell6266]

We do have a right to remain silent. ( pleading the fith )

[@stephenlee5929]

@@nataliamundell6266 'We do have a right to remain silent.' If you are saying that as an English person, I think you might be surprised. 'If you fail to mention, when questioned, something which you later rely on in court, it maybe held against you', this is not quite word perfect but is said when being arrested in England. I have no idea if the same or similar is true in the rest of UK.

[@nataliamundell6266]

stephenlee5929 yes you have a right to remain silent yet that may be seen as a sign of guilt t

[@MayJay1812]

I live in Ireland and we always hear the stereotype that Americans will ask us if we know Bono, the singer to U2. I always thought that was exaggerated But I stayed at a hotel in Dublin once a few years ago and as we were having breakfast we got talking to an American couple next to us.... who ultimately ended up asking us if we knew Bono... I had to fight the temptation to jokingly say yes!

[@LaraGemini]

Always say yes!

[@clemstevenson]

There was no goody-baddy thing in the US war of independence. The Americans were colonists, who wanted independence. It's hardly a Third Reich issue. George the third was a figurehead monarch of the 18th & 19th centuries.

[@arachne1960]

British Biscuit = American Cookie, so no we don't want gravy on it.

[@_Nerdstalgia_]

As a polite Englishman I have a particular phrase im fond of. It goes something like this, "I couldn't give less of a f**k if I tried ... I tried, I was wrong."

[@SkidTheDumbFox]

In Britain, biscuits are more or less what Americans would call cookies, so to British people, gravy on biscuits is basically gravy on cookies. You wouldn't put gravy on an Oreo, yuck

[@Louise-tn8hi]

In Scotland, or this Scot.. I wouldn’t claim ownership and say “its my right” instead I would use “ I have the right”

[@timothydraper3687]

Americans have said 'You'd be speaking German if it wasn't for us' to comedians in the UK, and in youtube comments too.

[@trevorcook4439]

Ffs. The warrrderr doesn’t get to boiling point in the microwave. Plus a kettle is sitting there. Time for a cup of Yorkshire proper strong in Australia. America needs to learn they’re the weird ones

[@stevejamo1958]

Biscuits in the UK are what you would call cookies in the USA. So you can imagine how someone would react, if suddenly asked this.

[@PaulVincent-n2x]

People saying haitch instead of aitch! Boils my blood

[@Omni_Shambles]

Fair. In Scotland some people say Jaigh instead of the letter J. 🤣

[@Yesser-Thistle73]

@@Omni_Shambles Jay.

[@sirloinofstake6308]

100% agree 👍

[@RippySharp]

Definitely! There is no “h” at the beginning of aitch! No “T” at the end of across, and no “k “at the end of anything!!!

[@arianbyw3819]

Americans say erbs instead of herbs. Ugh.

[@zerocool278]

'I did it on accident' You did what on top of an accident? It's by accident.

[@stm345]

As a Brit living in Kansas City I will say that Electric Kettles are now pretty common. When I first came here around 15 years ago you would have to go online to buy one but you can even get them in Walmart now as well as most other department stores.

[@mehallica666]

Are the wattages the same as over here? If so, the lower voltage in the U.S means the kettle will be drawing twice as many amps as it would in the UK, and unless the cable is suitably rated for such current, that's a bad thing. It isn't voltage that harms you, it's current (amps).

[@steddie4514]

I am 55% English, 40% Irish and 5% Norse therefore I am English 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Yesser-Thistle73]

@@Georgie_R 100% Scot here, as far back as can be researched-so far.

[@Lazmanarus]

@@Georgie_R Don't say Yugoslavian to someone from the former Jugoslavia, the proper term is "Jugoslav".

[@Lazmanarus]

@@Georgie_R No offence was taken, it's a common mistake - I even hear BBC newsreaders make it. I do get irritated by people saying "North Walian", I prefer "Northern Welsh", but even Northern Welsh say North Walian. 🙄😒🤥

[@kayhoward8723]

I'm a Geordie and also English and British. I don't know which other parts of the world we came from

[@EvenBigger-Brother]

As an Englishman i took a DNA test , Big up my Sentinelese brothers and sisters . I have now written to the government and waiting for a response regarding my preservation order .

[@Kat-mu8wq]

As a Scot, my DNA test has confirmed my suspicion that I am indeed Danish! A whole 2%! I shall be returning to my motherland shortly I hope.

[@rickysevens]

The kettle thing is more to do with electricity used, in the UK 3000watts (13a @230v) is max power, our kettles average 2000watts; in the USA using mainly 110v, a 2000w kettle would require twice the amps, amps determin cable size, socket utility etc... in a nutshell, its quicker in the usa to use a gas hob or microwave, otherwise it would take twice as long or use expensive kettles.

[@kmartyCZ]

"...in the USA using mainly 110v, a 2000w kettle would require twice the amps, amps determin cable size, socket utility..." ... and first of all, half the resistance of the heater. Otherwise 2kW kettle would be (as it is) just around poor 950W in the U.S.

[@Spiklething]

In the 2022 census in Scotland, 65.5% of people identified as Scottish only, 13.9% identified as British only, and 8.2% identified as both Scottish and British. So it is a perfectly valid question to ask someone in Scotland if they are Scottish or British

[@MartinOReilly-mb4um]

I know the first time I heard an American say, "I did it on accident!" I thought he just made a one-off mistake, but he kept saying it. It does sound hugely incorrect. Also gravy on biscuits- Nope. Microwaving tea also bad, NO ONE does that here-ever. Just boil a little extra water if you must. edit: Going on about Northern Ireland is an old one from the troubles that used to be. I guess people forget now.

[@riicky83]

Imagine the American's reaction if we went up to them and said "I may be 100% English but by default, I'm also 100% American" When you describe Biscuit and Gravy. Never heard of white gravy unless you're talking about cream or custard which would be more appropriate to go with Scones. For us, Gravy is more of a savoury fluid to go with meats and vegetables etc.

[@ChrissaTodd]

There is savory white gravy it exists

[@Lazmanarus]

Gravy is whitish before the gravy browning is added.

[@philgreen8101]

@@ChrissaTodd that would be white sauce, which is a roux.

[@Little_old_me]

Tea is important 😂 Kettle. Tea bag 1st. Sugar if necessary, milk last. Its simple but makes a massive taste difference 👌🇬🇧

[@huwford2731]

Generally, in America you have your rights explicitly defined, in the UK everything is your right unless the law says otherwise

[@Glaschu1]

And in the UK, the law says we no longer have the basic right of free speech.

[@Ghozer]

​@@Glaschu1 It's not quite as simple as that, as defined, now we don't have the right of 'free speech' but we do have freedom of expression, which still allows us to express and share our thoughts and opinions etc, what we can't do, is hate speech and incitement, terrorism related material etc, religious restrictions (denying things due to religious conflict) and such...

[@Glaschu1]

@@Ghozer It’s not just terrorists or people inciting violence who have been targeted by these laws. UK law prohibits sharing of “grossly offensive” material. The problem with that is that it is entirely subjective what is offensive and what isn’t, and also that many popular and mainstream ideas today would have been considered “grossly offensive” within living memory. This has lead to some insane arrests in the UK, including for jokes and even silent non-verbal prayer. The police recording of “non-crime hate incidents” is also absolutely dystopian. We can criticise the US all we like, but at least they are safe in the knowledge that their government isn’t going to through them in jail for discussing ideas they don’t approve of

[@mandlin4602]

@Glaschu1 Let me guess, you don’t like Muslims, you have “valid concerns about immigration”, believe in two tier policing, voted reform, still refuse to accept brexit was a huge mistake and you’re “not racist, but”?

[@Glaschu1]

@@mandlin4602 No, none of that is true. I didn’t vote Brexit or Reform, and where I’m from immigration isn’t a major issue like it is in parts of England. As for muslims, I have nothing against them. The only muslims I really know are two of my uni pals. I just believe in free speech, including for people I disagree with. And if you find parties like Reform distasteful, what do you think they will do with these anti-free speech laws once they get power? Once you cross the line of allowing the government to persecute people whose speech goes against the social or political zeitgeist, you have no protection when that zeitgeist moves in a direction you don’t like. Homosexuality was illegal in Scotland as late as the 1980s, and that is just one example of how within living memory our politics and culture was much more to the right than it has been for the last 15 years. You are kidding yourself if you think it can’t flip back at any point in the future.

[@Helena.E.M]

In 2013, my mother and father were invited to a sit-down lunch with the Queen and Prince Philip on St Michaels Mount. They were part of a very small group of people. My son spends a lot of time in the US and this response to the inevitable question has done nothing to debunk the myth that every English person knows (knew) the Queen personally 😂

[@cannissolis]

I had to look up biscuit and gravy. what is referred to as a biscuit is closer to a soda bread or possibly lard fried bread and the gravy is closer to a meat stew. I'm sure it's delicious but would probably choose a nice pie in preference. and the reason it would initially sound disgusting to a brit is because what you call cookies we call biscuits although there is a subclass or type of biscuit we refer to as cookies.

[@BenjaminParnell-x6v]

In American school's they don't teach about most things that make American government past or presant look bad for example the trail of tears or the fact the batale of litle big horn was a unprovoked attack on the native Americans

[@sg-zd8eb]

A grain of salt always irks me. No brit would say that. We always say pinch of salt.

[@neuralwarp]

A grain of salt would be just one crystal.

[@ParanormalUKNetwork]

According to my Irish (Now ex)Girlfriend, one thing that the real Irish hate is Americans who call themselves 'Irish'. (Especially those who've never been there!)

[@hayleyrice1870]

The biscuits and gravy is mostly just a transatlantic miscommunication on what a biscuit is. - In the USA a biscuit is a savoury flaky bread type thing (not a scone). - In the UK a biscuit is a sweet cookie type thing. So that’s where the horror comes. Brits think you are talking about pouring gravy over a sweet cookie. 😂. In the UK we wouldn’t pour gravy over sweet things, and even if we translate the meaning of a “biscuit” to the American version of a biscuit, we don’t typically have bread on the main plate with a roast dinner to pour gravy over either if there was bread it would be on a side plate. In a similar way that it’s unusual to have mashed potatoes with a roast here, but that’s common in the states. Was always surprised at British pubs in the states to order a roast dinner special and get mash and gravy instead of roast potatoes! 😂. Lived in both places and seen both!! Cooked thanksgiving & Christmas dinner in the states and Sunday roasts & Christmas dinner here in Uk. Very different things!! 😊

[@jarls5890]

Yea - always a bit confusing this. As a non-native English speaker (I'm Norwegian) isn't the US "biscuit" actually what most would consider a "bread roll". I.e. a small hand sized "loaf of bread"? I always think of Biscuit = sweetened, hard, dry, typically flat and round pastry product. E.g. Digestive. Often combined with cheese or jam. Cookie = sweet, softer, not always dry (may have a filling or topping), round pastry product. E.g. Jaffa. Eaten as is. often with coffee or tea after a meal. Both typically sold in packaging where they are stacked.

[@mehallica666]

As I understand it, Americans have this 'biscuits and gravy' for breakfast.

[@TylerRumple]

I sure do! 😬

[@raven4442]

​@@TylerRumple UK gravy is usually meat fat mixed with herbs and spices and a little water. So imagine pouring that over "cookies" 😂

[@Lazmanarus]

I wouldn't put it past them to have meat gravy with their digestives (if they had digestives) - they pour *syrup* over *bacon* ! 😵

[@Gilly9244]

15:10 yeah saying ‘on purpose’ makes sense because it’s something you’ve chosen to do. You can’t do something ‘on accident’ because it was an accident so not intentional.

[@Tony-c7z9t]

If tea needs to warmed up, it means too cold to drink therefore past it's best, so we will dump the cold tea down the sink and make a fresh one, also with the higher voltages in the UK heating liquids in the microwave can be very very dangerous, possibility of the liquid exploding in the microwave therefore possibility of short circuit.

[@EdDnB]

Most food contains liquid in it, so better just not use the thing then hay!!! 😮

[@Tony-c7z9t]

@EdDnB ah if your not a yank, then you make a good impression of one, cus a brit would know exactly what I mean and that is liquid by volume ie a mug full of water, not the miniscule amount in say a tatah(potatoe that is in cas your a yank)

[@EdDnB]

@@Tony-c7z9t no shit Sherlock.. N I’m English not British

[@Tony-c7z9t]

@@EdDnB wow that's what a Brit sounds like when they've dropped their dummy out the pram, or has your giro failed to come in the post. Cee You Next Thursday!!! Oops sorry they're useful, you ain't!!!

[@DiamondDog1]

Hi Tyler....glad some Americans or I should say US Americans are gradually learning a deeper & slightly more in-depth knowledge and understanding of whats outside their own Country....after all, we Brits had to learn about the United States before and after The American Independence in 1776...so its only fair. You mentioned putting gravy on biscuits, it IS bad in Britain because biscuits here is your version of cookies...Im not sure you would like gravy on cookies...and we wouldn't put gravy on scones/scons, we would put jam & cream on our scones but the American biscuit is more bread based so I can understand putting or dipping into gravy. Great show keep it up. Cheers.

[@DarkuntilDusk]

Thinking that British and English are the same... I'm Welsh...

[@sallyannwheeler6327]

Fi hefyd.👍

[@Yesser-Thistle73]

@@sallyannwheeler6327 And I'm a Scot!

[@blackmanta66]

I'm sorry to hear that

[@sallyannwheeler6327]

@@Yesser-Thistle73 🤝

[@badgerbane]

Tbf in my experience the Welsh are the most anglo-friendly of the territories. No real beef between England and Wales, no constant threats of secession (looks at Scotland) or actual wars of secession (looks even more pointedly at Ireland). Just a fairly healthy friendship between nations.

[@CocoHikari583]

Biscuits are what we in the UK call cookies.

[@sc3pt1c4L]

No, it's called an electric keTTle.

[@ChaseOakley-rw2lx]

Keh'ul.

[@pauloldfield8378]

Yeah, yanks are prone to mispronouncing things like how they say d instead of t like with the example you gave & how they put an e instead of ai in the name Craig. Why can't they learn to English properly?

[@Omni_Shambles]

@@pauloldfield8378 Be quiet KREG. 🤣

[@StephenWhittaker-g5g]

reheating tea can have a number of undesirable effects one is it can change the chemical composition slightly altering the flavour. an intresting fact about flavour its it is also affected by the oxygen in the water mixing in the mouth, boiling the kettle more than once can release to much of the mixed in oxygen dulling the flavour. microwaving can do this very efficiently because of the heating mechanism hence the flavour can be affected

[@dunc71]

Thank for understanding that the amount of air in your mouth affects the taste, hence t cups having a thin wall so you can sip your tea, people who serve tea in a mug get it thrown back at them. Nobody else believes me.

[@barriehull7076]

Who cares!

[@Vaultboy-u6j]

1:10 don’t you try it buddy because we WILL colonize your house

[@Bugzy83]

I legit just spit my tea! Amazing comment!😂😂😂

[@Bugzy83]

Colonise your house..... I mean brah..... Im dead😂😂😂

[@Inucroft]

11:50 omfg, this hurts so much as a Welshman

[@sallyannwheeler6327]

Mae’n rhy boenus.😬🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@tonybussey8763]

The accent is Cockney you cant

[@tonybussey8763]

I tell my American counterparts who try to do my accent,” that’s the worse Australian I’ve ever heard!”