American Takes The Great British Vocabulary Quiz! *english is tuff*

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[@carolineford8951]

Knackered....the most used word in my vocabulary 🤣🤣🤣

[@KingDomsKingdom85]

Ditto 😂🤷‍♂️

[@Andreaod73]

Same 😴!

[@joebhoyy]

I’m f**king knackered mannnnn 🥱🥱🥱🥱

[@sarahwhite8135]

JT: "I might be a thesaurus" Also JT:"what is a contraceptive?"😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@matthewshepherd5390]

Also JT: what's synonymous mean?

[@CD-Gaming]

Also JT: "I got 13/17 right..."

[@TC-qd1zw]

They are not used a lot in America, as you can say.

[@stirlingmoss4621]

@@matthewshepherd5390 Yeah ! What is synonymous 'like'?

[@stirlingmoss4621]

Something his Dad forgot to buy

[@sarahwhite8135]

I always use "knackered" to express tiredness and regularly refer to dim people as gormless!!

[@nealgrimes4382]

what i love about Gormless is that, there is such a thing as Gorm that has fallen out of use.

[@Dan-B]

*Tell us you had bad sex ed, without telling us you had bad sex ed* “What the heck is a contraceptive?” 😆

[@utha2665]

I hope Anna knows what a contraceptive is 😂😂😂

[@user-qj7et4wv3q]

@@utha2665 She does, she ain't so much a as a Numpty as JT.

[@mana3735]

@@utha2665 She must....otherwise they'd probably have around 10 kids running around in the background ;)

[@zepo82]

@@mana3735They seem a nice couple. They know whats up. Hope they do have kids if they want to though!

[@user-ke6bg1ml5e]

Is it in???

[@DaveBartlett]

"Sometimes, the words just don't be worded" - I think you made your point well enough there, JT! 😂

[@Psammead21]

Does anyone else watch JT complete these quizzes whilst calling out the right answers to him through the screen and cheering him on? No? Just me? OK. I'll see myself out 😂 Love you JT (and Anna) and congratulations on the well deserved 150k subscribers xx🎉❤

[@wenglishsal]

Yep, I do it all the time, and either groan or cheer at the right or wrong answers JT picks..

[@TanyaRando]

Me too 😂😂

[@emmielouchim1342]

I do! 🙋

[@gleadhill79]

Nope, it's never got me bad like that! Lol

[@lornaparadise6796]

Nope i do too

[@pherphuxake]

When the police were first formed they were also called "peelers".

[@HelloTosho]

If you see a gormless person, you understand how appropriate the word is.

[@AlmightyCRJ]

"Yesterday a lorry carrying potatoes spilled its load over the M4. People could be seen grabbing huge handfuls before the Peelers [police] arrived."😂

[@carolhartland3864]

Lol😅😅😅😅

[@roderickmain9697]

This after an accident of the M42 where a lorry carrying razor blades collided with a truck carrying potatoes. Drivers were warned to look out for loose chips.

[@charlottetweedy2959]

Oh dear.! .... What is a contraceptive. 😳.

[@gilbertsprojects2954]

Mini JT/Anna coming soon 😂

[@lalunacee9168]

I like to think he knows it as Birth Control 🤭

[@pauljmorrow509]

Love the hat,wrap up well and wear a johnny bag.

[@marysmith1922]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jeanrozanski7264]

😂😂

[@conollytom7049]

3:38 US Sexual health education having a lot to answer for. that’s what that is 😂

[@mistycrom]

"What's a contraceptive?" Well, JT... when a mummy and a daddy love each other very much, but they also like things such as 'money' and 'sleep', they might use those. Also, a word not many people know of is the counterpoint to gormless, 'gormful'.

[@KingDomsKingdom85]

This comment levelled me 🤣. Giving "the talk" to grown adults will never not (excuse the double negative) be funny to me.

[@slashdisco]

JT: "I might be a thesaurus." Also JT: "What does synonymous mean?" Never change, dude. 🤣

[@andrewpinks3678]

In UK we call strollers push chairs; a pram is more the bassinet style stroller where the baby lies flat.

[@lmorgzy]

We use pushchair/pram/buggy interchangeably, here in the East Midlands at least :)

[@andrewpinks3678]

@@lmorgzy, may be I’m of an older generation. I remember ordering our silver cross pram for our daughter to sleep in during the day for the first few months of her life; didn’t go into buggy/pushchair until they could sit up. I know that there has been a lot of design developments in last 20 odd years so that “prams” aren’t really a thing any more.

[@lmorgzy]

@andrewpinks3678 yeah on second thoughts, I'd probably use pushchair and buggy more interchangeably, and pram more for the bassinet type you mentioned. Not to say I don't ever use pram to refer to the latter, but maybe not as much as I first thought LOL

[@ElizabethMackenzie69]

I'm from Lancashire, and I use 'pram' for all of them. 🙂

[@deeg4552]

​@@ElizabethMackenzie69im from Lancashire and call them both prams too

[@lottie2525]

Quid isn't slang for money, it's slang for a pound specifically.

[@RunrigFan]

Not true

[@Debbie-st4nn]

​@@RunrigFan Nobody calls 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 or 50 pence quid. It's always pound(s) so it is specific for pound(s)

[@tracyhagan6222]

​@@RunrigFanit definitely is a £, £5 notes are fivers and £10 notes are tenners

[@RunrigFan]

@@tracyhagan6222 true but often we may say can I borrow 5 quid or pounds

[@_Professor_Oak]

@@RunrigFan not sure what planet you're on, but a quid is a pound just like a buck is a dollar. Its slang for the currency, not money in general. A quid. 5 quid. 100 quid. For example, you dont say "have you got some quid for the bus?", unless youre special or something...

[@louiseglasgow]

Growing up in Northern Ireland the slang for police was Peelers, so like the English use Bobbies that comes from Robert Peel's first name, the Northern Irish nickname comes from his surname.

[@jamespasifull3424]

Now you know the word, I expect you'll be spotting gormless people everywhere you go! I know I do!! 🤣

[@HAYDNBBH]

Doesn't know the word contraceptive or synonymous .... "I might be a thesaurus" 😂

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

Worrying!

[@kingoftadpoles]

Oh the irony!

[@Granny_Cat_Lady]

The police are often called Bobbies, or Peelers (it’s an old fashioned term); Wellies, or welly boots as my daughter used to call them; I use the phrase Gormless a lot - I know a few dim-witted people 😂

[@shaunrye7740]

So it’s you that takes a whizz in my lift!!! 😂😂😂

[@digidol52]

You did great - you're only 15% gormless.

[@ALMUK22]

Chuffed to bits with your guesses today, JT!

[@rikmoran3963]

"Sometimes the words just don't be wording...." 😂🤣😂 You know it's going to be good when he starts the video by saying this!

[@lalunacee9168]

JT , you just asked what is Birth Control (Contraceptives, ) 🤭 Great video, definitely go for that lottery ticket.

[@Michelle-bo4hj]

Yes we do use these words every day , What is contraception OH MY really JT lol. yet another great video . Keep at it JT 150k subscribers your smashing it, and we love the content.

[@ALMUK22]

Quid is used to refer to one pound.

[@billyhills9933]

Quid is an invariant - it is both singular and plural, so you can say a quid or five quid.

[@kathnunan641]

nope i say i only five ten or 20 quid or squid as well

[@EmilyCheetham]

I use the work knackered & hear others use it. Knackered can mean tired but it can also mean worn out. e.g. the chest of draws is knackered- It is falling apart.

[@sticklebrick2003]

"I'm such a good guesser..." - AKA - "I've done a ton of edits to hide my Googling..." 😂😂😂

[@karenbeamish6907]

Congrats! (Easier than "congratulations " 😂 Good job saying "perambulator" and "synonym" with no problem! Much love to y'all from WNY!

[@ALMUK22]

Yes, in the UK we do call police officers ‘bobbies’ or ‘coppers’.

[@charlie11111]

🐖

[@ALMUK22]

Or the ‘old bill’!

[@kathnunan641]

we also call them gathers cops fuzz police some people call them a joke old bill and many more words

[@HelloTosho]

Don't forget Rozzers

[@wallythewondercorncake8657]

I've known some people who were pretty deep involved in drug crime and they called em "feds" We aren't in America ffs

[@sc3pt1c4L]

Spiffing job my old mucker!

[@janetcarlisle4615]

I love these quizzes JT. I think you did rather well to be honest. One thing though you may want to look what a contraceptive is or you might get more than you bargained for!! 😂😂😂

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Another highly amusing video, young man. Thanks for putting yourself through the mill for our enjoyment. I do wish Americans were not addicted to multiple-choice answers, though. Straight question and answer allows for creative thinking. 😅

[@vickytaylor9155]

Quid just means a pound.

[@jamespasifull3424]

So funny to hear an American say 'gormless'!! My old man used it a LOT, usually about us, his five sons, when we did stupid stuff as kids!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@annedootson6456]

Congratulations Anna what you calling baby haha😂

[@anglosaxon5874]

It's funny how the word 'chuff' [one use there off] is a negative expression but 'chuffed' is a positive one in english.

[@2rare2die100]

“I was chuffed to bits when he chuffed off…” Yup, it’s a funny old language is ours 😂

[@lottie2525]

What the chuff! Chuffing hell! You chuffing chuff meister! I'm chuffed with that last one.

[@wobaguk]

Im sure some of these are generational. There was a lot of talk of 'bobbies on the beat' or lack of them when staffing shifted away from visible policing to red tape and investigation.

[@torfrida6663]

150k! I subscribed just as you were about to reach 2,000! Many congratulations! 💕🇬🇧👍

[@mattlm64]

I think shambolic is a bit more than mere disorganised. It refers to a complete ill thought out mess.

[@Rachel_M_]

We have loads of slang words for Police, plod, fuzz, old Bill, peelers........ they just go in and out of fashion.

[@debrachapman60]

Don't forget Coppers. 😂🚨

[@Rachel_M_]

@@debrachapman60 the filth... 😂

[@jerry2357]

For uniformed police officers "Woodentops".

[@Rachel_M_]

@@jerry2357 😂

[@KingDomsKingdom85]

Filth, rozzers, bizzies, etc. We have a load of them 😂

[@ollwynaspinall1991]

✨ Congratulations JT on your 150k subscribers you well deserve it 🎉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 love your channel so much ♥️ you always bring a smile on face 🤗👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 thank you!!✨

[@user-ke6bg1ml5e]

Ik...gonna try and follow YT guidelines....sort of...lol 1. Bobbies - You're right not many call them that....maybe 60/70 years ago but generally nowadays we use various acronyms such as - The Fed's, Rozzers, The Filth, The Old Bill I could go on but they wouldn't meet YT guidelines 2. We are the champions at Queuing....there's a lot of queue etiquette regarding pushing in etc it can cause full on fist fights..... Anyway just a bit of extra info.... Still loving the content and so 'chuffed' that you two have finally moved into the new house. Your happiness is infectious! JT Anna and you have had a meteoric rise and richly deserved your 50K status....congrats. Your channel is in my top five and what I love most is your down to earth honest attitudes. So refreshing from the many US channel hosts acting like the next wannabe influencers .... And not gonna lie I do have a bit of an Anna crush too ....😂😂😂😂

[@johnmcaleer7099]

Hi jt Been watching you since the early days. Glad to see you get to 150k you and anna are the most relatable couple I've seen on KZbin Congratulations ❤❤ Ps say hi to anna for me

[@user-yu9uw8wo9o]

I thought a stroller was a pushchair, not a pram

[@sarabaldeschwieler7763]

Baby carriage is more usual for Pram.

[@roderickmain9697]

I would concur.

[@ginibelle1416]

You did good JT. Congratulations with 150k subs to you and Anna ,well done ♥♥♥♥♥

[@andrewhodgkins2292]

Police were historically called peelers or bobbies

[@emmahowells8334]

150k subs CONGRATULATIONS JT🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 well deserved as your channel is awesome., my fave channel on KZbin, love it. 😎👌❤️ All these words are used throughout the UK and not just in England as the quiz suggests JT.

[@jeanproctor3663]

"Bobbies" is a legit word for the police. Another one, that isn't used any more, is "Peelers", also after Sir Robert... For "Knackered", think about the knacker's yard, where old, tired horses are sent to...re-purpose them.

[@timglennon6814]

Congrats on 150k subs. You deserve it. Your videos on all your channels are awesome.

[@CushtyCrow]

As a British bloke. That door behind you… It has a vent on the bottom AND a huge gap underneath. Surely it should be one or the other haha. Great channel, I love it.

[@davidwebley6186]

Ha I couldn't stop noticing that too, Perhaps the house is designed to have really deep Shag pile.

[@KingDomsKingdom85]

Total ventilation 😂👌

[@davidricks7128]

Congratulations on the 150 k loving your channel keep up the good work and all the best for the future from Lancashire England

[@Rob1972]

I enjoyed that! Yes, we use most of those words daily. Oh, and your glasses really suit you!

[@marcanderson8669]

Here's a Kiwi bit of slang for you that applies: You're a bit of humour mate. "I might be a thesaurus" 🤣😂🤣

[@RuthAnne1961]

I'm from the UK and I didn't know what a boffin was. Well done; you did really well!

[@juliaw151]

No way! The boffins were always picked on at school, it was shortened to boffs very often.

[@helenbarnett695]

Congratulations on hitting 150k whoop whoop 🎉🎉 and good effort on the test ✅️

[@lucylindsay3442]

Also might hear 'I'm cream crackered' - informal rhyming slang for 'knackered'. (Jacobs Cream Cracker is a type of savory biscuit for cheese).

[@anglosaxon5874]

Congrats on 150k subs. Deserved!

[@Scorpion-Gamer82]

JT, I would love to see you and Anna try the Impossible Quiz. It would be so funny watching you trying to figure out the answers. From Scotland so loving your hat in this vid.

[@winsmanmicro565]

Congrat's for 150 subs mate & you did well at the Quiz

[@scottfindlay6439]

We love you and Anna too JT

[@Sav453]

Great video. Congratulations on a 150 thousand subs

[@shaneah14]

As a Brit, I can promise you NOBODY says Hard Cheese instead of tough luck 🤣🤣

[@maxek46]

Yeah, I knew what it meant but can't say I've heard anyone use it in recent memory

[@elaineshakeshaft2830]

Congratulations on 150k👍👏👏👏❤

[@dianat119]

Sometimes, if we're really chuffed we say: 'Chuffed to little mint balls'. My hubby was a bobby. Your guesses are phenomenal. Well done. 👏🏼👏🏼😉😉 Oh and the hat suits you. Billy Connolly would be proud of you. Try searching for If It Wasnae for Your Wellies, it's quite funny if you can understand it. 🤣🤣

[@derekmills5394]

Check out the NZ version "If it weren't for your Gumboots"

[@KingDomsKingdom85]

Why did he leave the force? A delayed conscious, perhaps? 😂

[@keithgrant7950]

Loved watching this, (1.30 in the morning) Even if you got bits wrong you still learnt new words to throw at friends at your next celebration (party) /gathering (get together). keep doing these.😄💛

[@user-cj6fn1iu9m]

Congrats on the subs JT! I hate to disappoint but although some of those words are a bit dated they're still in everyday use in UK! 😇😇😇

[@charliemckeown7521]

Congratulations on the 150k ❤😊

[@heidimarie1198]

HAHAHAHAHA =- every day words used in Retail !!!

[@deethorpe5920]

hiya jt you did very good with the quiz an yes we do use all those words, now im knackered lol,

[@AdamOBrien29]

Yes your description of shambolic is bang on 💪

[@TukikoTroy]

tic-tac-toe: 1960s: imitative; from tick-tack, used earlier to denote games in which the pieces made clicking sounds.

[@ryanawilson8549]

What is a contraceptive 🤣🤣🤣 a condom is a type of contraceptive

[@IJustFartedPoo]

Sos yer ma

[@stuarthumphrey1787]

We really do use these words. As for what's a contraceptive, well.....😂

[@oopsdidItypethatoutloud]

Aye, we use all of them Anorak is a good one to look up And I agree Jiggery-Pokery is right up there

[@deemo8578]

congratz on 150k subs :)

[@teresanew9247]

Well guessed JT. Congratulations on 150.

[@wenglishsal]

BRAVO JT, you did really well, and no you are totally not gormless. I think 'jiggery-pokery' is a 'cracking (aka brilliant) word too. Some amazing words used, there are so many wonderful and colourful words for all sorts of things here 'over the pond'. *HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS* to you dear JT and lovely Anna, for reaching 150K subscribers, who I am sure, enjoy your posts so much, and the variety too. Outdoors, 'Getting your House', fishing, cooking, package opening, the list continues to grow and I'm here for 'em all. My heartiest best wishes to you from Wales.

[@elizabethsmith9213]

Well done JT x

[@paulharvey9149]

JT, I love you even more for wearing that hat! So much so I'm going to explain the word that others are extracting the piss from your lack of familiarity with...!! As you might expect, 'contra-' is related to contrary - which means saying or doing the opposite of what might otherwise be expected... '-ceptive' is a noun, that might also be abstract if used to describe a behaviour, reaction or feeling that isn't an object as such; also related to '-ceive' which is the related verb, or action-word... Think of where else you might see it: receive, deceive, conceive, perhaps - and ask yourself which of these would you prefer the opposite result, of what might otherwise be expected! Got it now?!! It's just like shit really - and that other four-letter word that Billy Connolly once wrote a song about: you may not have heard of the word - but you've sure as hell done it - or used one or more of its forms, I guess, in the case of contraceptives!! Not wishing to give the impression that we spend much time talking about others on this side of the ocean - especially in critical ways (as if...); we may indeed use the word 'gormless' to describe an individual known to us who appears "not to be the full shilling," or, "several sandwiches short of a picnic," to use but two of our most-used modern sayings - neither of which leaves the listener in much doubt as to how we believe the subject might be, based upon our observations of them. People in Scotland might use the local dialect word of 'glaikit,' which I think you'll agree has much the same effect - and so 'gormless' is probably the softer option...!!! 😂😂😂

[@ChristinaH111]

Aaah, I hate the word glaikit. lol, my dad used to call me that all the time, and he wasn't nice about it either

[@JL16061980]

Yep, we use those terms 😉❤🇬🇧 You did great JT 👍🥰

[@user-jd2ie6ff4i]

Congrats on hitting 150k

[@susangraham9562]

You done really well jt xx❤️❤️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@ruaridhsimpson7688]

Couple of different words for the police - bobbies, coppers, old bill

[@georginarigg8463]

love you TJ xx

[@scottosborne2915]

great vid JT keep on testing that mind of yours

[@gazzeroo]

Good job JT

[@geekypaul_n7]

As a British person of 47 years i have never asked someone to borrow a "biro". Its a pen! 😂

[@pds8475]

You would say something like "He's a gormless idiot" "He's F***ing gormless. It's just one word in the arsenal of words and sayings that we have to call someone an idiot. For me rather than just someone who foolish it's more in line with a person who looks blankly at you when you try to explain how to do something.

[@philrichardson42]

Well done mate 👏

[@georgebaker2164]

In some parts of the UK (mostly Norn Iron and Scotland) the police are known as 'Peelers', the same derivation as 'bobbies' but using his surname instead. Usually used in a slightly less respectful way, "Oh oh, somebody called the Peelers", without resorting to calling them the Pigs, or the Fuzz. 'Bobbies' is generally used to refer to village police constables or neighbourhood beat cops in cities, i.e. those that patrol on foot and interact, in a good, way with locals. Examples of a gormless characters would be Forrest Gump, Jeff Dunham's puppet Bubba J. or Joe Biden!! No offense intended.

[@barriehull7076]

yep there is no nice word for bone spurs.

[@no-oneinparticular7264]

In my area ,the police are known as absent 😂

[@katherinedowling4246]

It’s amazing how much you take for granted in your own languages slang it really is a nightmare you do so well JT to know the meanings it’s so interesting ❤thanks

[@emmanix6317]

A quid in the uk means £1

[@easterdeer]

You'll hear 'knackered' all the time - very common word! 'Boffin' is only really used by newspapers like "The boffins over at MIT have discovered...". A bit of jiggery-pokery going on but I think you deserved your score - you are British now :D Huge congratulations on the 150k!!!!!!!!!!

[@sreypichtvshow6059]

Great showing with the great vocabulary quiz. I love your video, friend. Thanks for your sharing💝❤️💖

[@markdoyle9728]

Great video. I would like to see you and Anna check out Scottish sitcom still game it's right up your street with the type of humour. There are plenty of short compilations and full episodes on you tube

[@Giggirl]

That was fun, thanks JT 😬

[@TheCornishCockney]

Gormless 😂

[@GiottoMoon]

First time seeing your channel, really enjoyed this! .. You Questioned wether the British actually use these words,.. YES we do :)

[@brookieb538]

Also, if you went to school in the UK and were a teen during the "2000s" we would use the term "boffin" for the smart kids, as opposed to geek or nerd which became more popular terms for smart kids later on due to the influence from American movies :) NIce vid! :)

[@Bridgercraft]

Bobbies, Peelers, The Fuzz, the Plod, the Rozzers, The boys in blue, The Pigs, The Filth, the Bizzies, The Cops..... We have a lot of slang terms for His Majesty's constabulary.