An American Exploring London

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7 ай бұрын

The start of my trip around the world! I spent a few days in London after flying in and really enjoyed it! I like NYC better, but there's a whole lot more cities to come.

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@davidfitchett6950 Ай бұрын

He had one bad coffee so he thinks maybe all the coffee in London is bad this is just one bent statements he came out with, this bloke is a nob head.

@tomblaise Ай бұрын

Thank you for the engagement David! 😊🙏 Comments like yours help my videos rank higher on the KZbin algorithm. Cheers. 🍻

@davidfitchett6950 Ай бұрын

No it doesn’t you 🤡

@davidfitchett6950 Ай бұрын

Believe me you need all the help you can get 😂😂

@tomblaise Ай бұрын

@@davidfitchett6950 Thank you David. ❤️ I make these videos for my Dad and he really loves them. It makes it all the more worth it when complete strangers give me constructive criticism and support like you do. 😃👍

@davidfitchett6950 Ай бұрын

You’re welcome 🤡😂😂

@markpalmer8083 Ай бұрын

'We'll see what else London has to offer!' The understatement of the year! 'When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.' Dr. Samuel Johnson.

@DBIVUK 2 ай бұрын

Think you went to the British Museum; there is a Museum of London as well, which is about the City's history (currently closed while moving to a new home). By the way, behind the National Gallery is the National Portrait Gallery which is completely separate and I find far more interesting.

@paulm3033 26 күн бұрын

Oh dear ...

@TheClunkingFist 26 күн бұрын

The signs. Why stop at Chinese? Why not Japanese, Korean, Hindi? Where do you stop? It makes sense to have some Spanish on US signs in some areas. Just like it makes sense to have Welsh on some signs in parts of the UK...

@frank9446 Ай бұрын

The English language thing in the UK shouldn’t surprise you. If you travel to France, airport signs will be in French and English - in Italy, Italian and English - in Spain, Spanish and English. It’s the same in just about every major airport in the world. The reason for this is that the local language is the primary language for local people, whilst English is added as a ‘Lingua franca’ to facilitate communication among people who who speak a diversity of different languages and who often adopt English as the common language of communication - something that is common in an international airport setting. This brings us back to the UK. The local language is English, and so too is the Lingua franca, so all the signs should, by convention, be only in English. In the USA, airport signage is predominantly American English which is sometimes supplemented with additional languages based on the linguistic backgrounds of the regional communities that the airport serves. The problem in London is that there are over 300 different languages spoken in the local communities. If London catered to all those languages, there would be no room in the airport for passengers - there would just be too many signs!

@dogwithwigwamz.7320 Ай бұрын

Whilst I was training at a hospital in North Lincolnshire I took the opportunity to fly to and spend a few days in New York City. My departure date was Friday the 13th of November, 1992 - with a 10 : 30 am local time departure. I had booked a room to stay in Central London over the night of the 12th, but became anxious about missing the mid morning flight. I therefore took a train down to Central London and then another one out to Heathrow Airport on the 12th. Ergo, by the time I reached Heathrow I`d been awake about 10 hours. I didn`t sleep a wink overnight in the departure lounge at Heathrow..... So another 12 hours has to be added to the 10 I had already spent being awake and upon arrival at Heathrow. We left London at 10:30 am ( at which time it would have been 5:30 am in New York ). I landed at JFK at about 1pm, local time - which is another 7.5 hours being awake. Upon leaving JFK and heading off to Manhattan that City-Scape awoke me further, it was a Friday night and I probably ended up jumping into bed at the Wellington Hotel at 55 St and 7th Ave at about 2am, which is another 13 hours. I lose count of the numbers of hours I must have been awake.... But I had a lot of fun whilst there in America`s greatest city. Americans go on about New Yorkers as if they are a breed apart. I found the vast majority of them quite charming.

@Stand663 Ай бұрын

English is a universal language. Everyone speaks it.

@AM-dz2sh Ай бұрын

NYC has always tried to be London or Paris, unfortunately it will never have the class or style. Cool city, but a concrete 'skyscraper jungle. My opinion, I welcome others to disagree. x

@paulmidsussex3409 2 ай бұрын

All the EU countries use signs with symbols to identify what the sign means, the UK did not take down the signs when they left the EU. In Cardiff obviously the signs are in 2 languages.

@leohickey4953 Ай бұрын

Also the signs at the Eurostar terminal in St Pancras station are all in French as well as English.

@Stand663 Ай бұрын

I worked in travel and tourism. Most Brits do not speak European languages, nor do they live in Europe. They do occasionally visit Europe as tourist or for cheap sunshine holidays. There’s no point in Britain being Eu. The opposite happened. Most Europeans came to the UK. This is why Britain changed very quickly literally overnight. The Brits according to my experience in travel, mostly travelled, migrate, relocate to English speaking countries, mainly in the Commonwealth realms Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Caribbean, and Florida in the US. The Brits travel mostly everywhere except Europe. Mexico, Japan, Thailand are also other favourite destinations.

@enzotrump1618 Ай бұрын

Johnny no mates. I can't think why.

@tomblaise Ай бұрын

🥺

@sharonwelsh8102 23 күн бұрын

Nasty comment leave people alone

@rpmillam Ай бұрын

You didn't go to Albertropolis.

@thatguy01196 7 ай бұрын

Damn so u rich like that 😭😭

@tomblaise 7 ай бұрын

Lots of hard work and some luck in business. 🙂

@user-gd9xf9zs9r Ай бұрын

Lol your only flying to the uk done the opposite many times not that bad.

@TheClunkingFist 26 күн бұрын

"I guess that's why they left the EU, they weren't ready to integrate." Tell us, oh wise one: what supra-national organisations does the US submit to? (Great to see that you DIDN'T Uber from the airport in the end!)

@tomblaise 23 күн бұрын

The United States is willingly subject to the International Olympic Committee based in Switzerland.

@johnmannymoo8626 Ай бұрын

You get nauseated not nauseous.

@tomblaise Ай бұрын

Webster Dictionary Says: nauseous adjective nau·seous ˈnȯ-shəs ˈnȯ-zē-əs Synonyms of nauseous 1 : causing nausea or disgust : NAUSEATING the nauseous smell of rotting garbage 2 :affected with nausea or disgust When the medication makes her tired and nauseous, she works at home instead of going to the office. Nauseous vs. Nauseated: Usage Guide Those who insist that nauseous can properly be used only to mean "causing nausea" and that its later "affected with nausea" meaning is an error for nauseated are mistaken. Current evidence shows these facts: nauseous is most frequently used to mean physically affected with nausea, usually after a linking verb such as feel or become; figurative use is quite a bit less frequent. Use of nauseous to mean "causing nausea or disgust" is much more often figurative than literal, and this use appears to be losing ground to nauseating. Nauseated is used more widely than nauseous when referring to being affected with nausea.

@johnmannymoo8626 Ай бұрын

@@tomblaise yes it's changed over the years because of ignorance.

@tomblaise Ай бұрын

@@johnmannymoo8626 🤣

@stirlingmoss4621 Ай бұрын

Sheldon insisted on that version in Big Bang Theory