Americans React to British Words That Are RUDE in America..

[@ThatChrissyGirl]

French fries we call fries but the bigger ones are called chips 😂

[@markowhit4604]

Tbf we all call fries chips too but i bet it varies depending where you are...

[@dave24-73]

Agree potato chips are also called crisps, French fries are tall and thin like sort at McDonalds, and chips are fat like fish and chips.

[@barr790]

I dont know a single person that calls a chip of any size a French fry, you're making that up 😂

[@ThatChrissyGirl]

@markowhit4604 That's interesting! So even the thin ones from Maccies, KFC etc?

[@ThatChrissyGirl]

@barr790 The thin ones from Maccies, KFC etc always known them as fries 🤔

[@thyra_UK]

My Canadian mother in law once told my teen daughter because she was being all happy that she was full of spunk, i nearly choked on my tea laughing

[@SamFBM]

what else does spunk mean

[@thyra_UK]

@@SamFBM its british slang for Semen 😆

[@asbocazbo]

Omg flashbacks of America Kids Tv having characters called RANDY 😂😂😂

[@thyra_UK]

@@asbocazbo 🤣🤣🤣

[@c.h.fieldsports9876]

😂😂😂😂

[@ChristopherStendeck]

My girlfriend is American and I can't tell you how hard it is to lot laugh when she talks about being bummed.

[@fatbelly27]

Does she also get pissed?

[@dragondude6984]

🤣🤣

[@Bri_g3]

Oh no 😂

[@misslday9848]

Wait what does she think it means ?

[@lindseyscammell9347]

​@@misslday9848I'm pretty sure being bummed to an American means feeling fed up or down about something.

[@Jer0867]

I'm a Brit. A few years ago, an old friend of mine called round with his new girlfriend, who was from America. As the conversation turned to the weather, she recounted a time that there was a severe winter in the States, and she was out shopping. She told us how she came out of a shop, with 2 bags full of stuff, and slipped on the ice...."I fell right on my fanny!" Well, my brother and father have more decorum than me, and respectfully held it together, with no more than a subtle smile....but I have NO filter, whatsoever! I completely...how do you guys say it....lost my shit! I just fell about the place, much to the bemusement of our American guest! My friend had to explain to her, that the word "fanny" means something TOTALLY different here in the UK! I mean, "falling on your fanny" in the UK suggests an unfathomable feat of flexibility and gymnastic prowess, the logistics of which, take some figuring out! Oh, how we giggled that day!

[@anni50ful]

@jer , I was on a coach when a yank shouted 'My fannys wet ' I dropped my coffee in my lap, 😂😂

[@BarbaraMacDonald-bq1lb]

Fanny means the same thing in down under 🇦🇺 as it does in the UK

[@lynnewayne6898]

When I was in hospital having had spinal surgery, an American consultant came to see me and asked if he could see my "fanny". I was just twenty and horrified! 😲 (He wanted to check my backside for pressure sores). 😅

[@geoffreynewby3270]

Jps at his best

[@veilbreak5867]

​@@lynnewayne6898😂😅😅😂

[@zcustard]

I couldn't believe how offended a security guard in a dallas conference centre was when I asked where the toilet was. He even told me I meant 'the bathroom'. I told him I didn't have time for a bath. Recently in the UK people have started talking about going to "the shitter". Not sure if it's disgusting or quaint...

[@camoTiara]

Brilliant, have you thought of a comedic career ? 😆🤣

[@katrinabryce]

Crapper is the "quait" word, as the flushing toilet was invented by Thomas Crapper.

[@roberthindle5146]

The Queen's English is "I'm orf to drop a significant log in the shit-bucket. Pass me the Tatler, darling, I'll be a while"

[@zcustard]

@roberthindle5146 maybe for some classes. Now it's "I'm just gunna drop the kids off at the pool!"

[@1954Antony]

Where's the bog?

[@paulharvey9149]

Chips and French Fries are not the same product, in the UK. Chips is short for Chipped Potatoes, which is self-explanatory; whereas French Fries are processed and reformed into thin, chip-like shapes. Both are deep fried. Before McDonalds became widely established in the UK, we didn't really have French Fries here... We have lots of words for toilet: loo, lavvie, cludgie, WC (water closet), stall, shitter, gents / ladies, small / wee room, throne room, lavatory, latrine, john, powder room, ladies waiting room, comfort room, karzi, bog, crapper, etc. Arturo- you can have as many f*gs as you like - thanksfully, the days of massed negative judgement of such matters are now far behind us!

[@tasha1721]

Ive got a wee sign on my bathroom door at home that says cludgie on it. 😂

[@michaelcolbourn6719]

Most people I know just call them skinny chips.

[@kelvinprice9603]

As a smoker i've always enjoyed saying things like 'i'm just popping outside to smoke a fag' or 'can i bum a fag' in front of Americans just to see their reaction. Very innocent phrases in the UK for going outside for a cigarette and asking if you can have/borrow a cigarette.

[@geoffrobbins1000]

lool

[@xx_sugarcube_xx8170]

I can imagine the shock on their faces hahah

[@davenwin1973]

Be careful where you say that. In some parts of the US, you can be charged with a hate crime for using that word, as it's offensive, and continuous saying it is looked at as harassment.

[@andrewbutler7681]

@@davenwin1973 It could be worse: I used to say "I could murder a fag right now" when I was desperate to smoke a cigarette quickly (before I gave up tobacco altogether).

[@amz7290]

I always found 'Just gonna smoke a fag' gets a really funny/shock reaction Means 2 very different things over here and over there and its deffo hilarious :D

[@JustMe-ks8qc]

A university friend of mine accidentally insulted her American boyfriend when she described the earrings he gave her as "dinky". Dinky in the UK means small and cute, she found out that it means cheap and nasty in the US.

[@davidberriman5903]

When I was very young a dinky was a small trike for very young children.

[@Bazroshan]

Hence the brand name Dinky Toys, a range of model cars etc.

[@davidberriman5903]

@@Bazroshan I had forgotten about them.

[@rgs_goat-xb7wp]

When I was at school, we had a little van thing called the "Dinky Diner" in our playground area. It had snacks that you could buy at break if you got hungry. It was, in fact, very small and cute

[@suckurmum6566]

Dinky round here means pussy😂

[@petedenton9434]

One reason for distinguishing between bathroom and toilet in the UK could be that for many years they were in separate rooms. This was a practical thing in days when plumbing was limited. It meant that one person in the household could take a bath without blocking access for other people to to the toilet if there was only one toilet in the house.

[@IkarosWaltz]

On trains they used to have a separate Water Closet and "Toilette", the wash room. They eventually combined them under the name, Toilette, so that's why we call it a toilet when really the bath or sink makes more sense to be named a toilet.

[@spiritusinfinitus]

Yes! I grew up in a house that had an entirely separate room next to the bathroom with just a toilet in it. It didn't even have a hand basin as that was in the bathroom with the bath!

[@christinecleaver3711]

In the early 70s, one of our houses had a ɓath in the kitchen and a toilet outside, which we called the lavvy😂

[@WheelyHydie]

originally toilet was a verb, not a noun. to toilet was to wash and ablute, only later did it become synonymous with the lavatory itself.

[@sueburke6096]

Toilets were mainly outdoors until.the late 50s

[@kaysimpson4865]

The first time I went to the US my sister and I were walking around the sports equipment area in a large department store where we came across a piece of exercise equipment called a Fanny Firmer. Obviously, in the UK, this has an entirely different meaning. We were laughing uncontrollably for a good 10 minutes. That was over 30 years ago and I still find it hilarious.

[@JanUK26]

That's hilarious 😂😂

[@imchezi]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 did you try it?

[@mialeaver435]

Wth is a fanny firmer 😭

[@melanieharvey8445]

I am American and emigrated to the UK in 1987. My sister came over for a visit and we took her into town to see the high street. It was a cold February day and my very blonde, very busty sister commented out loud that she was cold. My British husband said "well I am nice and warm" she replied, in her "out doors" voice "well it's fine for you , you're wearing pants! I am wearing a short skirt and my fanny is freezing!!!" It was like a comedy dream when everyone on the high street stopped dead in their tracks and turned to look at her, eyes wide with disbelief/horror!! And THIS makes ME laugh 30 odd years on! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@imchezi]

@@melanieharvey8445 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 EPIC!!!

[@dereknewbury163]

As a schoolboy we always referred to the toilet as the "bog" and this is still in use today. I have a feeling that "up the duff" may have derived from, "plum duff" a popular Victorian pudding, because some people also refer to be pregnant as, "being in the pudding club"" ..But mid 20th century English slang! It has been said that we are two nations divided by a common language and this is becoming increasingly true as "American" achieves its own identity.

[@lesleyhawes6895]

The woman on the video is wierd, taking offence at words that we regard as common - and she's the British one. No bath in an American bathroom, you don't take a rest in the rest-room, at least if you want to object to 'loo' you have to go into the word's etymology,.

[@littlemy1773]

Do you know where up the stick comes from as well, by any chance?

[@chrisspere4836]

Yes, bog here too or if its just blokes you say wheres the slasher or pisser. Of course in older times it was the WC which was labeled on every stall which stands for water closet. I still remember putting 1 penny in the brass coin slot on the door to get in public toilets.

[@633squadrongoodwin]

I think many people say " where`s the Ladies / Gents "@@chrisspere4836

[@antoineduchamp4931]

Very good commentary and explanation

[@nhugh23]

What I find hilarious was when I moved to Wales from Ireland, we stayed a weekend in a lovely b&b with a bar and there was an agricultural show near by so loads of people were there but also Americans passing through. Local cuisine in Britain and Ireland are not identical so seeing "locally sourced F@Gg0ts" on a menu was definitely different. So I googled it, pork balls made from pork and akin to meatballs. No bother. The US tourists lost their shit. I mean went on a social justice rant to end all rants. Of course, that derogatory term only came into existence in the 1920s us and the meat had that name from the 1840s, so it's older. Apparently because the US is the centre of the world, the island that invented English should alter it's meaning to suit the Americans. It was an interesting 20 min before the bar owner told them to F off 😂 god I loved Wales!

[@WelshFiremanSam]

That's a great story 😂

[@doyouhearthepeoplesing2]

😂 brilliant

[@hollythebordercollie2257]

Also means branches of wood that you might put on an open fire

[@rayaqueen9657]

​@@hollythebordercollie2257small bits of wood would be kindling. Faggots are what you make out of non-wood stuff to use as kindling. Usually made of twigs or paper, could be anything that catches light easily to start the fire.

[@anni50ful]

Hilarious ! I have my facebook American friends all trained now , there are words they use Id never heard of , earworms ? , we have great fun sending various words backward and forward across the pond haha .

[@helencheadle5709]

Hi guys! Senior U.K. lady here with true info about names coined for condoms you mentioned. Back in the 1700’s John Milles had an Apothecary shop in London(chemists shop!) , and amongst other things he sold were condoms…latterly they became known as “Johnnies” after the shop owner. Don’t forget that before latex was discovered, animal gut membrane was used to make something to prevent pregnancy..disgusting yes, but everything starts somewhere ! French Letters? Another name used, mainly during WW1 and WW2 when soldiers were passing through towns with chemists they could buy condoms still made of very thin animal gut but sealed in little pkts containing the condom to keep them moist so they didn’t dry out and crack…being in little envelopes they became known as French letters…other slang names came along, but I thought you would be surprised just how far back things go! Even the Romans made condoms out of animal intestine or fine bladder together with fine linen, then oiled, pleasure being paramount to the Romans!!! So now you know a few things you thought had been invented in maybe your parents lifetime? Sorry! Go way way way back! Just thought an old head of knowledge might help with a few answers for you guys! Best wishes from over the water in the U.K.! 😁👍👩‍🦳🙏😂💕💫🤗xx

[@jackalexander8842]

I'm absolutely devastated that the term, "spend a penny" wasn't referenced here! That's how my Grandmother referred to a visit to the lavatory. They lived in Wales, I remember the first time I heard her say she was going to spend a penny, I thought she was going to Beaumaris, to the shops. I quickly and excitedly said, "Can I come, too, Baba?!" Much to her horror and my Father's utter delight as he laughed his socks off! I went a colour similar to a tomato!

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

To further add to the rubber/eraser confusion, in Australia a leading brand of adhesive tape (Scotch tape/ Sellotape) is called Durex. So, asking for two rolls of Durex means you are bad at keeping things whole in Australia, but that your very sexually active in either UK or US. 😂

[@79BlackRose]

Joel, come on! We don't call French Fries chips. We call chips, chips. Chips are not those weedy French Fried things.

[@yzolakitchi]

😁lol, was gonna say the same. French fries are still French fries here. McDonalds fries are thin and weedy everywhere. But chips...now you're talking. Chunky and perfect. Then of course there are potato wedges ...

[@mdx7460]

@@yzolakitchi so you actually say French fries? Or are you just specifically thinking about McDonald’s which name them fries so your brain associates them?

[@chrismackey9267]

Those very thin things McDonalds serve are French Fries. Proper chilps are thick (healthier too) and can be straight cut or crinkle cut.@@mdx7460

[@yzolakitchi]

@@mdx7460 No, definitely not just for McD's. Any restaurant that sells them, instead of actual chips, although I'd probably call them fries most of the time. Some burger places here in the UK sell burgers and fries, but I suppose we tend to think of fish and chips meaning the fatter chips. McCain's sell frozen oven chips and French fries here to cook at home. Then you've got a choice of straight cut or crinkle cut...lol. And we haven't even got started on hash browns or waffles ... and now I am feeling decidedly peckish with all this potato banter 😁😁

[@mdx7460]

@@yzolakitchi oh I know, I just don’t think I’ve ever said fries naturally. They are just chips to me. Like I even say McDonalds chips.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

It’s nice to see Joel lead the linguistic learning because British swearing is poetry.

[@dereknewbury163]

I love to hear somebody with a Welsh accent swearing - almost a lullaby

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

@@dereknewbury163 And Scottish swearing is incredibly inventive.

[@spiritusinfinitus]

Even William Shakespeare was up for a bit of poetic profanity "By my life, this is my lady’s hand these be her very C’s, her U’s and her T’s and thus makes she her great P’s. It is, in contempt of question, her hand."

[@dilligaf73]

Joel and lia have gone their separate ways. They no longer use this channel

[@kd8199]

@@dilligaf73 - Joel has a partner now that he does KZbin videos with. Not sure what Lia is doing. Perhaps they are still friends?

[@philbrooke-little7082]

I recall having an American over for some product training and in our tea break we used to go outside for a cigarette. As he smoked we asked him if he wanted to come out for a fag. Imagine our surprise when he looked at us in utter shock and announced shakily that he was happily married! He was equally uncomprehending about the sign above a door that read “Mind the step” he looked at the step in a puzzled manner and asked what was wrong with it!

[@AlexaFaie]

My Mum & I used to walk past a security door when walking into town when I was a kid and would have a joke about it because it said "this door is alarmed" so we used to think up kind and soothing things to say to the door as we passed.

[@santelder]

So funny :)

[@neilgayleard3842]

Faggot is a old fashioned weights and measures term. Things like tobacco, peat, and metal were sold in different sizes of them. The meatballs are made with offal / organ meat served with peas pudding/ mashed yellow split peas and onion gravy.

[@mehhandle]

Fagg*t (fag uht) is also an old word for bundle of sticks. I didn't know about the use of the word for measurements of weights, very interesting. KZbin gave me a warning before I posted this so I've edited the word 😂

[@neilgayleard3842]

True, that's why tobacco/ cigarettes are called that. I am English and old enough to remember turf being sold as fagts.

[@mehhandle]

​@@neilgayleard3842ahh, that makes sense. I'm English to, you've just unlocked a memory of my dad and grandad talking about turf being sold as fagts.

[@neilgayleard3842]

Yes and peat that was burnt for fuel to heat people's homes.

[@steveaga4683]

Restroom...isn't that the bedroom?

[@imchezi]

Joel and Lia used to do videos together comparing their love of British and American culture. They were my fav duo! They aren't a couple, just friends. ❤

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

Surrrre

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Arturo saying “uncivilised peasant” took me out 😂 Also, hello to Arturo if you’re reading this comment.

[@patricialewis1464]

Pissed means drunk…..not annoyed

[@CaptainShonko]

Yep, top draw RP accent right there Arturo, well played sir!

[@dragonflydays45]

Lavatory is the word used by the upper classes. They shun the word Loo. Loo is an Anglicisation in speech of French l'eau (water). The toilet was often referred to as the W.C ( Water Closet) Re the word rubber, which is used by many Brits to mean eraser. During a quiz on a cruise ship full of Americans, a genteel English woman raised her hand to the MC and in a very cultured loud voice stated she needed a rubber. 😳😱 The MC had extreme difficulty regaining order among the many hundreds of passengers, some of whom had become hysterical😂🤣. She was at a total loss to understand what was so funny but had great English charm when told. She apologised to her husband for embarrassing him🥴

[@antoineduchamp4931]

Yes indeed: Lavatory is from Latin = 'lavare' = to wash. Posh word in the UK. In centuries past people threw the contents of their piss pots out of the window. As they did it, they would cry put a bastardisation of the French "gardez l'eau" = watch out for the water. The gardé bit got lost, and the Brits retain the l'eau part, pronounced loo. As a Brit - when I hear an American say 'he took off his pants' = in the US .. means he removed his trousers. In the UK it means he takes off his underclothes. NB. A Brit might say 'the film was pants' = the film was awful.

[@geemo4284]

Loo is fine amongst the upper classes - it’s toilet that is considered ‘non U’.

[@Jack-md2uf]

Wrong, loo is perfectly acceptable. Signifiers of the working class - 'Toilet', 'Pardon', 'Lounge', 'Serviette', 'Dessert', 'Couch'.

[@patricialewis1464]

The royal family ALWAYS call it the loo

[@nightowl5395]

@@geemo4284 yes, I was just about to say that; I am not of the upper class myself 😁..however I don't think people say lavatory and they are more likely to say 'loo'.

[@betagombar9022]

It really gets my goat when Uk people say they're going to the bathroom...there is no bath in that room for lordys sake!! 🙄 just say loo, toilet, bog, lav etc OR quite simply 'I'm going for a wee' 😂

[@Thorpeman]

There's a bath in both of mine

[@exeterman2]

Same with calling it a restroom, you ain't going there to rest, you're going to piss and/or shit!

[@StarTarot-vq6fy]

Yea I refuse to be shamed for saying the word toilet. I was in America once in a... I think Buffalo wings restaurant and I asked that. The women looked at me like I asked her if I can spit in her face

[@jesclifford88]

I remember ordering chips in America at a theme park as a child and being proper confused that they gave me a bag of crisps 😂 had to go back to my parents like ‘what just happened, what do I do?’😅

[@PokhrajRoy.]

We want the reaction to American words that are rude in Britain.

[@Drones_and_more]

"Fanny Pack"

[@violentbuddhist]

Watching TV whilst holidaying in North America in the 1970s; I was astonished the hear Wilma on 'The Flintstones' say, "oh, Fred's bollocks things up again", I later discovered that in the US, to 'bollix' is, to bungle or screw up.

[@AngelaPennock]

@@Drones_and_moreshocking 😮😂

[@spiritusinfinitus]

There is also "Where's the Crapper?'" which while it sounds rude and literal, is actually probably due to a chap called Thomas Crapper who was a plumber who patented many toilet-based improvements in the 1800s. I don't think the even ruder "Where's the shitter?" has an equivalent historical figure to attribute though!

[@DD-wd7ku]

In Australia you can go to the 'dunny'. In public places, shopping centres etc., the signs generally say 'toilets'.

[@AlwaysRightAllNight]

I guess why the reason we ask for the Toilet rather than the bathroom is because for a while, you had a separate room for the Toilet and for the bath/shower. Both rooms tended to have sinks as well but now we just normally combine the two rooms if they are next to each other like mine was. We also have "half bathrooms downstairs if you are lucky, which are the same as the upstairs one with just a Toilet and sink however we dont really call the upstairs one "a half bath" just the toilet.

[@robertmurray8763]

In old Australian home's bathroom and toilet can be two different parts of the home. Australian's and New Zealander's say toilet it's more to the piont,!!

[@AlwaysRightAllNight]

@@robertmurray8763 same with Britain I guess as we have like two different types

[@robertmurray8763]

@AlwaysRightAllNight I have just bought a small two bedroom flat, combined shower/laundry (no bath), but two separate toilets.

[@AlwaysRightAllNight]

@@robertmurray8763 do the toilet rooms have a sink as well because that’s pretty common but most flats have a regular bathroom with a bath/ shower, sink and toilet. If your flat an older build or a more modern one?

[@robertmurray8763]

@AlwaysRightAllNight One toilet (no sink) is off the shower/laundry, which two sinks one for personal care and a laundry sink, and the other has a toilet has a sink. Australian law house/apartment/unit/ flat must have minimum three sinks one kitchen, one personal care/vanity, and one laundry to be legal. The flat is about 50 years old.

[@Youssii]

I was in India at a restaurant and wasn’t sure if it was rude to ask for the toilet so asked for the bathroom and was taken to a room with only a sink so I could wash my hands 😅

[@darrylg1960]

She is definitely not Joel’s partner. Joel himself is a KZbinr and he is gay. He is in a relationship with a well known rugby player in the UK.

[@AmberPanda]

Was that really necessary to put on the Internet that Joel is gay ? So what does anyone care? very few I would think. 😮

[@stephenlee5929]

@@AmberPanda I think it was in response to JPS suggesting he and Lisa are in a relationship.

[@helenwood8482]

They're not in a relationship. They're friends.

[@helenwood8482]

​@@AmberPandaHe's openly gay. In the UK, it's fine to be gay.

[@andyt8216]

He definitely is. There is a video of them both visiting York where he asks his other half if York is in Yorkshire. I lost all respect after that.

[@batkinssmart4273]

The children's song "Skip to My Lou" always causes amusement here in the UK among children, who assume it is about heading for the "bathroom".

[@anthonycharnock6560]

"Up the duff" is colloquial (cokney) "She's in the family way" is much more genteel and tends be used in the North of England...

[@Home8rew]

Also the more judgemental “in trouble” or the more euphemistic “Irish Toothache” 🙂

[@dereknewbury163]

Anthony, mate, surely you are not implying that northeners are more genteel than southerners

[@anthonycharnock6560]

@@dereknewbury163 No...not at all...I was referring to colloquialisms and that one inparticular because that was cited as an example...

[@siguy3410]

toilet is also the crapper after Thomas Crapper, who was the first to have a bathroom showroom that allowed people to see the fixtures of an indoor bathroom. it is also referred to as the John. Sir John Harrington was the inventor of the forerunner of the first flushing toilet (known as the Ajax), so it's only fitting that his first name should have become synonymous with the toilet.

[@robertmurray8763]

Australian's and New Zealander's use the same slang terms as the British. Chips (crisps) and chips (French fries) just to confuse matters in OZ and "The land of the long white cloud" !!

[@mdx7460]

If I remember correctly I think they say hot chips?

[@robertmurray8763]

@@mdx7460 Sometimes.

[@athenagoddessofwisdom2094]

Australia - I'm old school re. hot chips are chips. What the Poms call crisps are also chips. This is because in the post ww2 era our allegiance shifted from Britain to USA which infected our language. Hot chips were well established as 'chips''. To create confusion the crispy, thin UK crisps became chips like the Americans. I think the Poms got the differentiation right. If you want hot chips specify 'HOT'. Fries are French. Re - Toilet, Dunny, Bog etc NOT bathroom - DO NOT CRAP in the bath.

[@ScotchEgg7856]

You could probably do a whole episode on Scottish slang/rude words 😂

[@nathanmiller9632]

Nobody cares about Scotland tho

[@moirabaker458]

Aside from which, they probably differ in every region

[@mej6519]

French fries are thin, chips are chunky. We used to have a potato chipper at my mums, different sized slicers would create thin or chunky chips.

[@marionpetford7374]

Some people say in the club meaning she is pregnant. The funniest thing that was said to me when I was 8 months pregnant was I still see you are carrying the furniture around 😂 good video Joel and nice to see your 2 friends love from uk 🇬🇧

[@NicholasJH96]

No they not dating each other, they are best friends, women called lia is getting married to her boyfriend Ash, Joel is gay and is dating a rugby player.

[@kfardell5898]

I’m English and many years ago I lived in NY. I went into a supermarket and asked for a joint , I got quite a reaction from the assistant, then I explained I wanted a joint of beef

[@Gadgetonomy]

Ha, no the two aren't in a relationship, the guy is openly gay (he has his own channel).

[@asphaltairborn5601]

I think with America is that everything is named more simply and straight forward where as in England it’s a lot of our words are influenced by other languages. So it’s just different . A good example is the fact you call them blinkers , because they blink. But we call them indicator’s because they indicate which direction your turning . 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@asquithmainlines699]

In Canada we call them Signal Lights as the signal which way you are turning.

[@asbocazbo]

Whereas in the UK, BMW drivers are completely oblivious of allllll these terms xx

[@Michelle-tr5sq]

Ha ha😂

[@asphaltairborn5601]

@@asquithmainlines699 thanks that another example 👍🏻

[@asphaltairborn5601]

@@asbocazbo haha most truthful statement I’ve ever heard 🤣

[@anitawhite2669]

Those two are not in that sort of relationship. Joel is living with his partner and Lia got married in July this year.

[@cosmic-creepers9207]

I say loo if I’m round a friends house, but toilet if I were asking in a restaurant or bar. The signs literally say “toilet” in our public spaces so it’s not offensive at all.

[@adrianross3253]

Hi Joel, the man in your video is Joel wood he lives with a English rugby player called Keegan Hirst. They have a very good y-tube channel

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

Uhh no? ?? Keegan is white … and a man. Also question… why do we care again?

[@jingtroc23]

We actually use "eraser" and "rubber" interchangeably😊. A lot of words that you see British use are more often than not used interchangeably with another British word that Americas use exclusively to describe the object or whatever.

[@audibleadventures9004]

That's a recent phenomenon. Americanisms slipping into British culture everywhere. Any brit could tell you want things are in american English but americans couldn't name ours.

[@StanStraykids_Quokka]

@@audibleadventures9004 i honestly dont like how the younger generation is being influenced by american tv shows and movies cause it feels like we are becoming more american and losing the british culture

[@craig3782]

We use karzi, bog and crapper as names for the toilet as well

[@jonathangoll2918]

I've also heard 'khazi'. I think it's Anglo-Indian slang, and means something in an Indian language.

[@ray5753]

this channel is like a fan account for the whole of the british population and as a brit, im all for it.

[@michaelisles4756]

We also say Bun in the Oven for pregnacy 😂😂😂😂

[@shaunwild8797]

Or up the duff.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Or up the fluff, if you’re Gino D’Acampo

[@winterlinde5395]

In Germany it’s a Braten im Ofen, a roast. 😊

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

I recall at my junior school in London, eons ago, one of my roomies responding to a master's question as to why the boy hadn't enjoyed his summer break, "Oh it was aweful, sir. My big sister was preggers." The master responded, "You shouldn't say it that way, Richards. Better say, 'My sister was in confinement'." I hate to think what our master would have said if my chum had said, "Up the duff."😂

[@z0zRAMC]

@@t.a.k.palfrey3882bloody hell, im old and confinement is even dated to me lol

[@traleegirl]

I have a friend in the USA who lives in Boston.We communicate often.She was telling me how her job was getting her down and she needed a change.I told her to keep her pecker up which in America means Pe#is in the UK it has a totally different meaning.Its encouraging someone to be positive who is having a difficult time. Im surprised that the English trio didn't catch on to that word.

[@johnnyboybimbola]

"pulling the chain" confuses nearly all Americans when discussing the restroom/washroom

[@Pinkoni10]

With regards to chips, it’s a shorter version of chipped potatoes, (thickly cut and irregular shaped, more wedge like sometimes, with no regard to length or symmetry) the straight fries of today weren’t introduced to the UK until much later. Pubs give you the option of fries or thick cut chips. With regards to Loo, my great grandmother once told me it stood for “Room 100”, also referred to as WC or water closet. Old houses used to have their toilets in its own room, separate to the sink and bath. My great grandmother’s was outside in a metal storage “room” which I always thought (as a child) was a mini aircraft hanger or an above ground Anderson shelter. Akin to the American Outhouse, only bigger and with all a manner of stuff stored there.

[@jaycc69]

Asking where the toilet is, rather than where the bathroom is, might be because in many older houses the toilet was often in a separate room from the bath and sink. So if you had asked for the bathroom, you would have been asking for a completely different room from where the toilet was, and might have got some funny looks from the hosts who may have been thinking you had decided to go for a bath!

[@gary.h.turner]

The word "toilet" originally meant "a small toile" ("toile" being the French word for "cloth"), i.e. a face flannel that would be used in a washroom. It only later became a euphemism for the "other facilities" within the room.

[@chickenfist1554]

There's a lot of words and phrases used here (UK) that are universal in the whole of the UK, but some are very specific right down to the county or even the town. Bread roll is a good example. Cob, bun, bap, roll etc.

[@Potatohead-yD3]

It’s a buttie where I’m from

[@Masque54]

Arturo is gold!! He has a superb, quick sense of humour and seems very intelligent!

[@Neil_TheShiningMile]

Joel and Lia (the two Brits in the video) aren’t in a relationship. Joel is gay and Lia is his friend.

[@mikeoxlong4110]

Yep, he's defo a Pillow Biter

[@faithpearlgenied-a5517]

​@@mikeoxlong4110Sounds like you know all about it 😛 especially with that name.

[@Irene-xs9pc]

What business is it of yours, you nasty bigots

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

@@mikeoxlong4110shut up what does that even mean

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

This comment is so wrong in so many ways I don’t even know what to start

[@mikeokeeffe4692]

Hey guys. Greetings from Manchester, UK ! What a great three guys to watch. So pleasant and genuine, you guys have a great vibe and I will say that you guys are a credit to your parents - and your country. Watched a bunch of your content and just wanted to say that for you yourself Joel and for Arturo and Stefan, you guys collectively. ✌️

[@PokhrajRoy.]

7:57 Joel is gay and lives with his partner. Lia is his friend. (And yes, other people have mentioned it)

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

Uhh no one has mentioned it because it’s not true. He lives alone

[@Maxwinchesterphotography]

@@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072Joel is gay and has a long term boyfriend who he lives with and his partner’s 2 kids. Even says so in his channel description.

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

@@Maxwinchesterphotography oka that’s not even a little bit true

[@Maxwinchesterphotography]

@@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072what are you basing your information on?

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

@@Maxwinchesterphotography my eyes???? What I am seeing? What I am reading?

[@TheAmandaAmazing1]

We also call the toilet "The Bog" I'm going to the bog, for a slash. 😂

[@davidberriman5903]

Joel one of the funniest things you guys say is that you have an ass. That is a four legged animal. Personally I have an arse. The trouble is in Australia the language is becoming Americanised via movies and television programs.

[@Anniesrandommoments]

English words are being replaced by some American words here in the UK because of TV etc. When my son informed me he was taking out the trash I corrected him instantly. "Just take out the rubbish" 😊

[@jesclifford88]

@@Anniesrandommomentsagree! KZbin is also a big influencer on the young too, garbage or trash gets a swift correction from me, you are completely right it’s rubbish!

[@Anniesrandommoments]

@@jesclifford88 I knew it couldn't just be me 😊

[@chrismackey9267]

Yes, I associate trash with what some people write, not what they throw out in the rubbish bin.@@jesclifford88

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

I think it’s because the accent reduces the R

[@Arsenic71]

Me personally I prefer (British) English because in the great scheme of things, it's more like German, i.e. direct and descriptive. If you're looking for a place to take a dump or urinate, it's called a toilet, that's what you are looking for. Not a place with a bathtub, shower and mirrors. I really like those reactions of the three of you, as a European it teaches me a lot about American culture.

[@mark-nm4tc]

I would encourage Americans to adopt 'Bollocks' simply because its so versatile. 'Oh bollocks'...when it all goes wrong. 'Dogs bollocks' when you're impressed. 'Load of Bollocks' when someone else is talking crap.

[@arcticfoxacorn9879]

I'm just commenting to help you get to 1000 comments....I enjoy watching you 3 guys.

[@XENONEOMORPH1979]

we had cigarettes called jps ,john player special we used jps for short a packet of jps.

[@STEPHENLAWLER2010]

Lol!! JPS is a Fag! I used to smoke them!

[@ybm_678]

the thing about fries vs chips, is that everybody outside of the UK thinks we call all fries chips. But, we still call the crsipy fries fries, at least where I'm from we do, but we call the chip shop chips chips, because most of the time they aren't crispy and just soggy.

[@trevorgoddard2278]

When you look deep into the origin of words and phrases, you find quite a lot of similarities between UK and American varieties, even though they sound different. "Up the duff" and "bun in the oven", for instance both relate to the bulge of pregnancy. The problems come from trying to explain why as several of the words needed have a different meaning or no meaning in the US of A. Almost all the misunderstandings stem from the fact than American English spilt from the mother tounge a long time ago and both varients have since gone their own way.

[@cleverchimp499]

All these slang words have etiquette attached to them it depends on your surroundings. E.g Toilet for senior company, loo when out at restaurant, bog or shitter when with the lads😂 These rules apply for most slang.

[@Kimmy234L]

The word Rubbers was always used pre 80/90s in the UK ...it came from Rubber Johnnies. Who says up the Duff anymore??🤷‍♀️ I think in the uk most people say Loos or Cloakroom....but most signs say WC, Toilets, or Cloakroom.

[@winterlinde5395]

That’s… interesting. In German Kloake is the sewage. But now I wonder if that’s where our Klo derived from. That’s loo. Except it’s more polite to say Toilette.

[@neilgayleard3842]

Duff is slang for dough.

[@winterlinde5395]

@@neilgayleard3842 💡😃👍🏻

[@daveofyorkshire301]

Toilet: bog, shitter, making a deposit, pointing Percy at the porcelain et al. There are dozens of colloquialisms.

[@lesleyhawes6895]

Cloakroom is only common in places where you might leave your coat, like a theatre it concert hall, and even there it is better to indicate if you want to use the loo rather than leave your coat.

[@KaoruSan241]

One word that is SO offensive in this country and I often hear Americans use is “spaz”, I’m not sure why it doesn’t have the same connotation in the US but over here it’s a slur!

[@AlexaFaie]

Oh no its got the exact same origin in America it comes from the word spastic which is a medical term to describe a muscle being overly stiff which can interfere with movement resulting in spasms.

[@jjwebster1]

Those two are not in a relationship. Joel, the guy, came out as gay.

[@NotARealWizard]

You guys are so gentle. it's refreshing to see

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

It's quite common for someone in a UK pub to say... "I'm just going outside to smoke a fag..." or something similar. 😎

[@fibienn250]

Asking for the toilet etc makes sense in countries that commonly have a seperate toilet and bathroom. Also, where I live, the guest toilet is often in the laundry or is in a powder room (just a toilet and vanity).

[@stuartmcivor2276]

Restroom is an example of the American mild prudishness, like them saying 'tidbit' instead of 'titbit' or not allowing any nudity on TV despite all the graphic violence.

[@davenwin1973]

As an 80's kid, restroom was used to mean a public bathroom. Same with washroom.

[@robertmurray8763]

​@@davenwin1973In Australia 🇦🇺 a washroom means a laundry.

[@rayaqueen9657]

​@@robertmurray8763I would assume that too in the UK

[@rayaqueen9657]

American women always keep their bra on when they have sex too.. according to every film TV show ever.

[@rayaqueen9657]

I always assumed that American public spaces all had rooms with beds in so that you could have a rest while shopping etc. Really I was quite old before I realised. I can't think of anywhere less restful roomwise

[@timbomilko5367]

Again, my parents would groan at the term 'toilet'. We were always taught to say lavatory or loo ... for the sake of mild bathroom humour, we would often say 'bog'. I always found a rather humorous alternative was to ask 'would you show me the geography of your establishment'. There is a book of 1940s and 1950s on upper class etiquette by Nancy Mitford called 'U and non-U' (e.g. where serviette would be crude but 'napkin' appropriate). It is interesting to see how etiquette has changed with the complementary change in the class structure (thank goodness). I enjoyed the banter, fellas. :)

[@miniveedub]

I always thought it funny to hear it called ‘the facilities’ or ‘the convenience’. In our house amongst family it’s jokingly called the meditation room.

[@lulusbackintown1478]

I usually say loo or lavatory but in a public building I would say toilet as I'm often greeted with a blank stare if I say lavatory. I can't bear serviette so say napkin. I think toilet and serviette were used by people in the past to make themselves seem of a higher class. That worked well 😂

[@sc3pt1c4L]

"I think these two are in a relationship" pmsl. Erm...no...Joel (in the video being watched) is a cigarette!

[@davidboydarnott417]

But you guys say "i just gotta pop to Can and ill be right back" The Loo ,is the same. Slasher, pisser, crapper actually comes from Thomas Crapper who invented the Water Closet, the W.C. , Don't get Aussies involved coz they'll have 100 more words for the Khazee . Haha.

[@shirleyburke1571]

Or bog for toilet lol

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

In Australia you could also hear, where's the thunderbox, or even where's the shitter as well.

[@THOBART05.]

1:10 come to the U.K and you will struggle to offend a proper brit.

[@danielferguson3784]

Here in the UK we call French Fries French Fries. Chips are not French Fries, they are much thicker pieces of potato, more like fingers, not skinny thin crispy things. Crisps because they are crispy. Toilet places are often labelled Ladies & Gents, so people may ask where's the Ladies, rather than toilet, or where's the Gents, occasionally where is the little boys room. Toilet doesn't refer to the pot specifically, but the room where the toilet is. It makes more sense than asking for a bathroom without a bath, or a rest room that you don't rest in. Loo comes from the French "garde de loo", called out when emptying the old pot from a bedroom window, meaning lookout below, water etc coming down.

[@kd8199]

You rub off the pencil with a rubber. Makes total sense. Torch is a flashlight. Windscreen is a windshield. Learned a lot from my dear British friends here in the US.

[@chrismackey9267]

I'd be worrid if my torch flashed when I want a steady light to read or look at something in poor light. Remember the flaming torches of old before the invention of bulbs and batteries?

[@Trebor74]

Americans can't tell the difference in the meaning of words depending on context.

[@kd8199]

@@Trebor74 - that’s a broad generalization.

[@ChrisLow224]

Bog is another informal term sometimes used for toilet, although it upsets some people when you ask ‘where’s the bog?’😂

[@barryford1482]

In Australia we use all those British words and the meanings. When I visited the USA Arizona in 2019 I always asked 'where is the toilet"

[@alansmithee8831]

@barryford. In 1994 I found a bar in Flagstaff that served Sam Smiths Yorkshire bitter. I went in my England Rugby League replica shirt. Two Scottish student rugby union players, wearing their representative shirts, took exception to it. I stood my ground. Then their seven foot native American pal decided to join the conversation. Remembering the Western films of my youth, where outnumbered cowboys were scalped with sharp tomahawks, I decided it was time to go back to the hostel. However, as a Yorkshireman, I made sure I finished my bottle of beer first.

[@rogerfoster1201]

I always take "Homely" as meaning pleasant and nice but in a non-flashy way. Interestingly there was a big hit record here in Britain in the '70s called "Homely Girl" by The Chi-Lites, the soul group from Chicago. The hook line was "Homely Girl, you're a beautiful woman". The song was only a moderate sized hit in The USA (where the lyrics would have been about an "ugly duckling" growing up to be a "beautiful swan") ... here in Britain the song was taken to be about someone who had always been very pleasant growing up to be absolutely stunning. The song was revived in The 1990s by UB40, the group from Birmingham, England, and became a big British hit all over again. The American lady in Joel & Lia's video has a YT channel called "Love & London" where she gives hints to visitors to the city about what to do and what not to do, where to go and where not to go and what to say and what not to say. The videos are very good and even I have learnt about a few things from them.

[@xxdebsixx]

I think I was about 9 when my Uncle brought his American fiancé to our house. I was so excited to meet a real American! The first thing I said to her was, “Do you want to see my rubber collection?” I think I made quite the impression!

[@joyparry9354]

When I visited my aunt & uncle in the US in the '80s I can remember being confused that Americans call braces "suspenders" [I thought my uncle was off to the Rocky Horror Show when he was asking where his suspenders were!] Suspenders here are what people use to hold up stockings! My aunt's neighbour loved the word "bloke" ["guy"] - she liked that word!!

[@showmoke]

There's an English expression which I don't think is used by anyone other than by the British but foreigners very often find highly amusing and that expression is 'DON'T GET YOUR KNICKERS IN A TWIST' which means basically telling someone that they are getting confused or getting their facts mixed up. We just take that expression for granted and don't really think about its origin. A Spanish engineering colleague who I used to work with (who spoke fluent English by the way) was highly amused when I used that expression on her!

[@lindseyscammell9347]

It doesn't mean that though bud. It means don't get wound up or annoyed over something small.

[@showmoke]

@@lindseyscammell9347 - ah ok, fair enough, but I always thought that it was both explanations could be applied to the expression.

[@faithpearlgenied-a5517]

I've heard US Americans say 'don't get your panties in a bunch' 🤢😄

[@_theOGtee_]

in Australia we say "dont get your knickers in a knot"

[@djtone122]

us lot in Yorkshire call the toilet a "bog" so it would be. "weirs bog" 😂

[@101steel4]

English words 😉 British isn't a language.

[@traceypritchard782]

Hi guys, I enjoyed your video (from the island of Guernsey I the British Channel) Another British word for toilet - bog and bog house ‘I need to go to the bog”. An old one is the ‘water closet’

[@finbar481]

I visited the states and i was asked in a bar if i wanted to buy any shit 😳 lol. The sign on the escalator said " No Strollers" i didnt know what a stroller was, i just thought it was someone who walked slowly so i made sure i hurried up 😂 I also found it hilarious that on a menu i saw, you could get a gobble for 10 bucks. A gobble in uk is a BJ 😂

[@questionmark9819]

Hey guys, Brit here and they were correct about these but as Joel said at the end, certain words or phrases are associated with lower and upper classes with the "loo" being a very well known one, the poshest of the posh will more likely say lavatory, middles or upper middles will say loo and the working classes will say toilet. These variations are standard for pretty much every saying or word basically, it's just how we speak and as we have an utterly ridiculous class system which is deeply ingrained in to our society. P. S. I'm a sub to the Joel and Lia channels and they are very close friends but are in relationships with other people. Also, if you ever say the word "fanny" in the UK, expect to be given strange looks as it's a completely different meaning here to what it is in America and as for the F word, the shorter version means a cigarette but the longer version is meant as the offensive term too but, the food item has been around for a long time so it's fine to say in supermarket but still people will laugh to themselves. And don't say you're "bummed". As in, never. Ever.

[@mrj9585]

up the duff according to the OED says the etymology of this (originally Australian) expression is "obscure", but may be related to duff = a flour pudding boiled in a bag, a dumpling. Hence analogous to similar slang phrases for pregnancy such as in the (pudding) club or to have a bun in the oven.

[@Sharon46T]

Pregnant in the UK - up the duff (casual very BLUNT), bun in the oven (casual tactful). Chips - big fat ones served with e.g. steak, French fries are those served with burgers e.g. McDonald’s

[@equestrianandsingingtimmy826]

Also up north Bog is used for the toilet, as many older houses the bathroom use to be a separate room to where the toilet was.

[@stanoliver8567]

Hi ! Lads up in the newcastle England ,we call the rest room the BOG think about it yeah! I'm a geordie and proud ,love the Americans❤

[@carolynclitheroe3588]

One of my favourite expressions is ‘keep your hair on’

[@MariTeabag-lf1ly]

Despite its British popularity for a slightly less crude way to call the toilet, the word “loo” is actually derived from the French phrase 'guardez l'eau', meaning 'watch out for the water”. In Olden Times, Toilet waste used to be thrown out of the house windows directly into the street.

[@gerrimilner9448]

in UK we have chips, from a chippy with salt and vinigar and fish/pea fritta.... uummmm. we also have frys- skinny - double,treble or quadrouple fryed chips that wont absorb vinigar bun in the oven, is another phrase we use for expecting we have bathrooms with loos in them, but rarly say bathroom. restroom is never said here

[@gerardmertens781]

Other british names for tiolet 1.Bog 2.loo 3.gents 4.ladies 5. lavatory 6. W/C 7. Privy