Brits Vs. Americans: Who Speaks Proper English? Pt 2

We once again pit Brits vs. Americans to debate who speaks 'proper' English 🇺🇸🇬🇧👀
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[@jamess7533]

Your taking someone else’s language. Says the American.

[@chriswebb76]

E. G. Ur wrong. They don’t have as long a HIstory because not all the people who moved over from Europe were English

[@e33u75]

E. G. Your county was founded in the 14th century 😂 We have been speaking English 100s of years before you

[@elwolf8536]

@@usuarios.164 by British you mean Scots irish? Right.

[@elwolf8536]

@@usuarios.164 interesting . Clay might originate in Yorkshire as I now of a few families around my area. If you feel so strongly about your roots then maybe you should pay the old world a visit and get a feel for your ancestral home land

[@Lyshie7]

English originated from England lol its the slang that makes it confusing

[@royallegend3911]

*That girl saying Aubergine is a french word yes it is but does she realise that English is a mixture of many other languages such as french, German, Latin and many more..*

[@saffrontapp9334]

Royal Legend innit

[@AlphaUk]

The English language was reformed under William the conqueror's rule in England, he was french, Just to back this guys statement ^^^

[@paulbarrett1984]

@@AlphaUk technically, he was Norman. "France" didn't exist back then.

[@AlphaUk]

@@paulbarrett1984 Well done mate i think that's obvious

[@rhiannetonks5172]

YASSSS

[@dh7314]

English: Vaccine American: Bleach Injection

[@ll-cb3py]

America: Autism

[@shrekiamtherealshreknoclic680]

l l -I agree

[@mayamarino1197]

@@ll-cb3py thats rude-

[@ll-cb3py]

@@mayamarino1197 boo hoo

[@mayamarino1197]

l l :)

[@samueltallman7921]

USA "Don't use Aubergine, get your own words!" Completely forgetting their use of cilantro (Spanish word for the coriander plant)...

[@The-Mov]

Completely forgetting their use of LITERALLY OUR ENTIRE FKIN LANGUAGE

[@deeron1554]

Hmm, we have links to the France, go and read our history.

[@swifter4602]

Americans: get your own words English: get your own language

[@Ella-bz1kz]

And cookie is Dutch.

[@swifter4602]

Pretty sure every language has influence on others to some extent

[@homeless4763]

Americans: They're called pants Brits: no they're called trousers Me, an intellectual: leg sleeves

[@PD_Bear]

I mean you aren't wrong tho...

[@_Tundrra_]

Lmaoo

[@baconous689]

He's too dangerous to be kept alive!

[@av076]

You are hella correct

[@williammccallum7552]

Lol

[@jasminexo5061]

*English* - the clue is kinda in the name lol

[@frog2924]

?

[@surayyahravat7342]

English. England

[@BenhurKifle]

E. G. No they haven’t

[@jamiemidge4983]

E. G. English has been spoken in Britain since 1500 that’s 276 years before America became independent..

[@ethankitson470]

@@usuarios.164You being serious?

[@arianafox4458]

“Get your own word” GET YOUR OWN LANGUAGE

[@user-tq9vs6fc9u]

The reason we don’t have our own language is that you all colonized everything you could reach and forced the natives to speak English or be killed. And most of the time, native peoples didn’t have that choice, they were just killed. So people in the Americas would’ve had their own languages if Europeans didn’t come here and ruin them by killing them. Same goes for a bunch of countries across the world. So.....

[@adamtheprop6959]

志瑜杨 Canada: *Am I a joke to you?*

[@user-tq9vs6fc9u]

AdamTheProp True for Canada as well.

[@adamtheprop6959]

志瑜杨 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language_in_Canada

[@user-tq9vs6fc9u]

AdamTheProp Right, I know about French Canadian. Still a result of colonization and forced assimilation of Natives.

[@alistairt7544]

To anyone curious enough as to why there's a lot of French words in English, I'll just brush up on a bit of "super quick" history, and some etymology, so skip if you don't feel like reading a lot lol. EDIT: Had to shorten it cause I went full on writing an essay LMAO William the *Bastard* of Normandy won the Battle of Hastings(1066) and became King of England, and taking the new title of William the *_Conqueror_* . He was a Duke from Normandy(NW coast of France), who was a _vassal_ who pledged his fealty to the King of France. Normans, were once Vikings who were given territory by the French King, King Charles III, back in 911 AD, because the Vikings basically pillaged and massacred a lot, and it annoyed the French King obviously lol. The catch was that they swore fealty to him, becoming France's subjects, and they protect France from future Viking invasions. They settled and inter-married with the local French population, and eventually created a separate identity, and adapted French culture, language, and customs. *_Norman_* came from the word "Norsemen", meaning people of the "North". So England, and eventually the rest of the British Isles and parts of Ireland, were ruled by the Normans for centuries, they brought with them their culture and language, and even many of the castles and cathedrals were built by the Normans(importing castle-building technology and architecture from France to Britain). As a result, a lot of the French words we still use today, especially the ones from Old French and Norman French(later Anglo-Norman), are more associated with power, government, formality, and class. The Norman lords used words like _bœf_ (beef), _porc_ (pork), _venesoun_ (venison) and _mouton_ (mutton) as words used to differentiate the meat that they consumed from the actual animal raised by the peasants, while the English peasants ate cow, pig, deer, and sheep. The English eventually borrowed MANY French and Norman words and is now in our everyday speech. This created "etymological twins" where we both have words of Germanic origin(Anglo-Saxon) and of French and Latin origin, but having similar meaning, often in differing context. Examples of these are: *Germanic* *French* to ask to inquire thoughtful pensive belief faith weird strange a drink a beverage woods forest understand comprehend room chamber come arrive leave depart book craft literature belly stomach cook(noun) chef think conceive house mansion abide obey fair beautiful deadly lethal friendly amicable We can literally go on and on lol And then, we absorbed a lot of French words throughout the years, and we have an interesting situation where we have a word that was first borrowed from Old French and Norman French, and also have a word borrowed from Modern French, while still keeping the words of Old/Norman French origin. An example of this is: CASTLE & CHATEAU: _chastel_ (Old French) -> _castel_ (Late Old English) -> (Modern English) *_castle_* _chastel_ (Old French) -> _château_ (Modern French) -> (Modern English) *_chateau_* We took both words but in different time in history, and applied it to different types of buildings. They both came from the same origin, but developed and taken in different times in history, "castle" was back in the Middle Ages, and "chateau" in the 18th century. Castle is called "Château fort" in Modern French, basically "fortified castle". Then you have old French words that we took in the Middle Ages, but are not used in France anymore, or it evolved differently into Modern French. An example is: PURCHASE: In English: (Old French) _porchacier_ -> (Anglo-French) _purchaser_ -> (Modern Eng) *_purchase_* In French: (Old French) _porchacier_ -> (Modern French) *_pourchasser_* The original meaning from the Old French word was, "to go after something", "achieve", "pursue". It eventually evolved in English as "to acquire". In Modern French, the word evolved to _pourchasser_ which means "to hunt down", because the word _chasser_ is the word "to hunt". The verb "to buy" in Modern French is _acheter_ , which came from Vulgar Latin _accattare_ . Bonus words: "achieve" and "pursue" all came from Old French too, _achever_ and _pursuer_ lol In conclusion, we took a lot of words from French, and also Latin, which makes English the most Latinised or Romanised Germanic language. Thanks for reading!

[@broskilel1471]

Ali C mate any British person would know that so I don’t get why the Brits the vid didn’t when talking about is an aubergine was French

[@jenaiyaadams2337]

"Super Quick History"

[@Als15165]

Thanks for the history lesson.

[@zenoctis196]

My guy jus waffled wikipedia

[@Als15165]

Willy Ekerslike Yep. English is derived from a lot of languages, but ya know, all languages come from somewhere. Well nice talking to you. I hope your quarantine is going well! 😊

[@gagabyte1826]

*Brits:* We speak proper English *Americans:* No, us *Every other language:* English is English...

[@nathanc9866]

Lol yeah

[@grindelz]

420th like, nice

[@dans3.macabre]

WE ORIGINATED THE LANGUAGE. Therefore you should follow OUR rules

[@Ezra983]

Yeah

[@nathanc9866]

Cole Mclaren its been changed

[@MarieA38]

“It’s an eggy shaped plant” girl what eggs have you been looking at 😂

[@gandaruvu]

A variety of eggplant when still young actually looks rounder and white in colour, hence the name.

[@sircommentthecommenter4501]

I’m British and still don’t understand like- why not a... oh I don’t know a... ah. It’s hard to make a word um.... nevermind

[@ftumschk]

@@gandaruvu Indeed, but isn't the massive, misshapen purple vegetable the image that normally springs to mind? I know that the white, egg-shaped variety exists, but I've never seen one in the supermarket.

[@thecrazyvulpixguy5201]

Lee Marie I think we found the one American in the comments

[@doaa7941]

@supercøn20 you just described German in 2 sentences or something

[@hurry5856]

Americans: you can’t steal another countries word Literally the entire American dictionary: *exists*

[@WRUScrumhalf]

Also they are forgetting that French was the main language of Britain for a long time!

[@malarkeysquad3845]

funy

[@leilacuthbertson]

Ikr

[@Maria70007]

country's*

[@forevergone3637]

Almost like most people here aren't decendants of English speakers...

[@kipnook4404]

brit: “it’s an aubergine” american: “no you’re just taking someone else’s word” but america took an entire language from us.. (edit) rule fuckin britannia

[@glutenissin4413]

That One Guy You Walk Past America steals everything they own lmao we made the language there’s no more to ut

[@tanishqhitesh]

We call it brinjal in India

[@reiayanami6290]

Actually the true Americans are the "red Indians" or Native Americans.

[@kipnook4404]

Jessie no americans are british people who invaded the native americans, americans wouldn’t be predominantly white if they were native americans

[@reiayanami6290]

@@kipnook4404 The original Americans, I mean.

[@niallspotato2949]

"You've stolen French words" Well, a few of our kings were French so it's no surprise we have French words in our vocabulary

[@christiansarewankers302]

William the conqueror

[@amaliafilaiti6838]

Well they stole our language

[@tam496]

Dwi ddim yn gwybod beth rydych chi'n siarad amadano

[@christiansarewankers302]

@@tam496 u speaking welsh?

[@emilymorris6559]

True haha

[@zakarie.]

The Americans want to come for us because we use a "french" word, for Eggplant. Yet they use an italian word for Courgettes (Zucchini)

[@phootphetishphilip5551]

Real Americans dont care about other cultures lol

[@chiara3424]

PhootPhetishPhilip ! Yes american only care about themselves we know that And courgettes is also french to be fair

[@phootphetishphilip5551]

@@chiara3424 idk even know what that is

[@fred1854]

Of course we have French words they invaded us in 1066

[@antaridae]

Zakarie zucchini is not even italian to be honest

[@mikaemd7691]

"Get your own word" Why don't you get your own language?

[@user-qk1hf8cx4c]

What

[@mikaemd7691]

@- kool - Look at y'all now.."CoRoNaViRuS WhAT?" Protesting about Corona and an orange 🍊 president bruh Kid President would do better than TrUmP

[@mikaemd7691]

@- kool - not mad 😌

[@thehamoodiandoctor5792]

@- kool - Most Americans aren’t natives lmaooo

[@thedrslimbo]

We didn’t steal it you gave it to us

[@mayank9114]

Americans-"eggplants" Brits-"aubergine" Indians-"the heck!! That's a brinjal"

[@0forwarner-duck123]

I have no problem with Indians calling it something different if they don't call it English.

[@vignesh1065]

@@0forwarner-duck123 It's"Indian English" Indian languages have their own words for "Brinjal".

[@gsisisgjjs5802]

We Brits call it a dummy because it replaces a nipple, it's a dummy version. This is my conclusion.

[@daisy6545]

You would be correct it is shortened from “dummy teat”. Aka ‘fake nipple’. What a lovely comparison 😂😂

[@VisualSoldier2]

Yeah dummy just short for dummy tit

[@daisy6545]

VisualSoldier teat**

[@VisualSoldier2]

@@daisy6545 not in my neck of the woods mate. It's dummy-tit or dummy-titty in the north

[@daisy6545]

VisualSoldier wow. I’m from Essex so 😂😂

[@FHDOnTheStreet]

English - The clue is literally right in the name. English .... England

[@taventube2151]

Most americans came from england bringing english with them over time english from england changed but american english stayed closer to its roots

[@scarlettcloete6150]

Artavenday Osnaughfay no no no English did not come from America English came from Latin, french, German etc I think it was the Norman’s or the vikings I’m not sure that brought the languages over to England and it’s a combination of all of them which originated in wngland

[@sariahjames8331]

Artavenday Osnaughfay no they didn’t there all just ignorant and rude and annoying fat and stupid .they styled it horribly and less close to how it is. I mean who calls water wader.

[@taventube2151]

@@sariahjames8331 i have never been fat nor have most americans i have ever seen and nobody in my region says wader america has many different accents people close to the canadian border kinda have a british accent and people close to the mexican border kinda have a spanish accent

[@harrywatson-sims4200]

Artavenday Osnaughfay actually they changed the English language in America to suit their needs. The English that’s changed from how English people used to speak- is slang and we do not use the Old English words anyone. But the English that English people used when they moved to America would have been old English- shakespeares English. American English has moved on with the years just as English English has- except we have more slang. So English English would be the correct English.

[@scvraxiao_]

other people in the comments: arguing about which one is proper *me: just watching the video in quarantine*

[@devi4183]

Americans- "eggplant" Britishers - "Aubergine" Americans- "that's french. Make your own words." Some Southeast Asians- "Brinjal". 😂😂😂

[@inurihettiarachchi9780]

Even we Sri Lankans call it brinjal😅I thought Brits called it the same since we learn British English

[@ohhhboyyy7625]

talong

[@kekinhaah95]

In Brazilian portuguese is beringela

[@tanishqhitesh]

Inuri Hettiarachchi brinjal is a Portuguese word

[@nelozk1860]

South African and it's brinjal here too

[@nightwilton8919]

American: Aubergine is French. French was once the official language of England

[@catherineoa4677]

Nigh Chaiyaban THANK YOU

[@scptime1188]

Don't Americans wear perfume? That's french too.

[@liamwilkinson9902]

SCP Time and use the word entrepreneur

[@scptime1188]

@@liamwilkinson9902 yeah

[@rubypoppy8604]

SCP Time and their language came from Britain, I think they’ve all forgotten that

[@mravina1614]

Brits: It's an aubergine Americans: It's an eggplant Me in Asia: Bro that's a brinjal

[@yoonjinlife9579]

me : laughs in asian

[@lemongirl007]

Lol I am not even Asian but I left so loud kkkkkkk I am American but in Portuguese you say "berinjela" and it looks like the Asian way you said and it's like 2:30 am and I just laughed out loud 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@marcjugmohan]

baigan

[@yoonjinlife9579]

@@marcjugmohan baigan in Hindi 🤪

[@mravina1614]

@@yoonjinlife9579 Hahahah

[@freyjarichardson1519]

"get you're own language stop copying French" Excuse me William of Normandy invaded in 1066 and won the battle of Hastings like dont attack us for it jesus😂

[@esme4048]

Yeah, now we have the vocabulary of a CONQUEROR and you just copied everyone america lmao

[@freyjarichardson1519]

@@esme4048 wait nahh my brain can't understand your reply please explain it my brain is still running Windows 7 and zero sleep😂(I mean I'm dumb with sleep anyway but the no sleep thing amplifies it)

[@esme4048]

@@freyjarichardson1519 ill try and say it again in a way that makes more sense lmao "Yeah, now we have the vocabulary of a conqueror (william of Normandy is william the conqueror) and america is just trying to copy and improve our own language and failing badly"

[@freyjarichardson1519]

@@esme4048 ohhhhhh ye now I understand thanks for that😂 and also yep William the conqueror was just engraved in my brain by horrible histories and my year 2 teacher😂

[@esme4048]

@@freyjarichardson1519 sammee lmao, every british person has watched horrible histories, the best kids tv show EVER 🤘

[@karinandersson5463]

🇺🇸 speaks english because of 🇬🇧.... HISTORYYYYY...just sayyyiinn’

[@0forwarner-duck123]

But you don't speak proper fucking English.

[@0forwarner-duck123]

@That One Guy You Walk Past Ely

[@0forwarner-duck123]

@That One Guy You Walk Past correct

[@0forwarner-duck123]

@That One Guy You Walk Past Mercury

[@0forwarner-duck123]

@That One Guy You Walk Past not the usa. Why do you care.

[@bigdraco2994]

British English: traditional American English: simplified Damn thanks for the likes 😘

[@MrMonne84]

American English simplified by a 5 year old.

[@hue6]

Well done soldier , you've cracked the code to peace

[@bigdraco2994]

Not really hard to crack considering that the American president has the English skills of a 6-year-old.

[@kujojotaro8079]

As an American i can verify this

[@junkh3add]

nah brits got slang

[@thepuredrop79]

Americans: you're taking someone else's word for eggplant. Brits: where tf you think zucchini comes from?

[@henry55]

Italy!

[@derohnenamen3476]

@@henry55 nope german

[@henry55]

Der ohne Namen nope, Italian

[@pirate6616]

Lemon Gang nope, americaneese

[@catherineoa4677]

The first 4 replies is why I love KZbin 🤣

[@ablene_teklie]

1:10 why you speak french for one vegetable? *Get your own words* *said an american women who speaks English* Mtsm

[@blazedaze933]

Finally someone has commen sense

[@dndyeety8093]

Hush up we stole ur language and we dumped ur tea hush up yanks

[@joethecommunist.1243]

Quincy yeeter at least we aren’t obese.

[@miniminers_cat]

@@dndyeety8093 hbu shut up grandma :)

[@slapmyfunkybass]

Yea, like all English words are English, most are Latin, French and Germanic.

[@adisynnefransen1066]

When the girl started laughing when he said the dummy I about lost it 😂😂😂😂

[@MrBimze]

Try to pronounce “gun” American people: *toy* English people: *gun*

[@jadathompson5580]

Hahaha

[@MrCalland]

Hahaha

[@sakeriyasaleh4820]

Hahaha

[@hmmmmmnmmmmmm]

It's more like. "Child's toy." "Crime."

[@starry7212]

baril

[@kayozzy]

Her: “Get your own word” Americans speak the type of English of colonisers. English people speak original English. Her: ight imma head out

[@taventube2151]

We came from english descent bringing our language with us there was no stealing involved

[@samihahyasmin4343]

@@taventube2151 yes there is

[@taventube2151]

@@samihahyasmin4343 you can't steal something that is yours

[@samihahyasmin4343]

@@taventube2151 English England Nuff said

[@taventube2151]

@@samihahyasmin4343 we started out as english citizens

[@myra8891]

ppl are so pressed, it’s just different accents and slang of the same language, no ones better than the other this was just a fun video. edit; love how ppl bring history into this like THEY FOUGHT in the wars lol no one cares about either srsly

[@zay485]

Fuckin PREACH dude

[@myra8891]

That One Guy You Walk Past ok?

[@akakaklul4219]

ik. its funny seeing how seriously the brits are taking this video. Bringing up history and their french kings like bro we do not caaarrree.

[@mariam4215]

@@akakaklul4219 i mean we colonised ur country, gave u a language that u altered and starting saying we speak it wrong and then u obsess over independance from a country thats more than 40 times smaller than you...

[@thebatmanwhoposts9600]

Exactly, people are taking this way too seriously. It's obvious the people in the video are just joking around so I don't know why everyone's getting so worked up.

[@Sam4G0d]

"So you go to the hairdresser and say I want fringe"? LOOOOOOOOL

[@viv1dre4m33]

No lol but its like a hairstyle, like i want a fringe.

[@viv1dre4m33]

. Ost people to cover there wham forheads

[@zakiak5104]

"use your own words"- said by an American speaking English. 😂 edit: damn yous are still going 9 months later 🤣🤣🤣

[@leahj2495]

Don't Americans say 'zuccini' for 'courgette'? That's a German word.

[@jennyd126]

Most Americans will never admit they speak ENGLISH... as an English woman I can accept our English language has been developed and influenced by Latin, French, Germanic etc 😉 we ain’t to precious 😉

[@chiarasceusa7220]

@@leahj2495 it's zucchini and it's italian.

[@tairdelbach]

No said by an American citizen whos country is built on by slavery racism and starting wars in Countrys for oil gold diamonds ect

[@neobe195]

E. G. I have to politely disagree I have developed a family tree. I believe Britain and France are the Parents of Canada and The US and Canada is the favourite while the US is always having to argue and fight for things while Canada asks and they are like, sure sweetie, ‘mercia go tidy your economy.

[@Ck01560]

Brit: Hello mate Americans: sorry don’t understand language barrier

[@trollyoplays425]

I’m American and I say,” Mate”

[@Ck01560]

TrollYo Plays clearly didn’t get the joke ya stupid yank

[@trollyoplays425]

ExplorerK, clearly doesn’t know what context clues are.

[@trollyoplays425]

ExplorerK, lmao, some kid being triggered over “Wrong” answer when clearly, you’re literally dumb and that you’re not a Brit since you literally said “yank” meaning you’re American and clearly arguing with the person, but you “Brit” need to learn what a damn “Eggplant” is called, probs you call sprinkles,” Hundred and thousands” lmao, wrong word for sprinkles, idiot.

[@trollyoplays425]

ExplorerK. And plus, you literally not even one since you said. “Ya” lmao, not a single Brit on Roblox said “Ya” and plus, “Ya” means yeah. Clearly, you need to have a brain.

[@serafong7012]

hello from Malaysia, a country that uses British English but in this country there's loads of ppl who use American English

[@acequeenofthedeck8431]

This video: talks about differences in words Comment section: *so you have chosen* *WAR*

[@angelinanguyen3709]

Alice Angel YES

[@jess8023]

england was invaded by norman’s and they ran the country so yeah english has a lot of french in it😂

[@bedfordsophie5197]

Yeah the English were literally forced to speak French whilst William the Conqueror (or Guillaume) was in power under pain of death. You imbeciles or should I say 'imbéciles'

[@Robson.je88]

Gcse history

[@jess8023]

Supernova Cinnamon yeah it has lots of french and german history aha

[@joshualarrier1654]

Oh fuck it guys can we just say it’s all derivations of Latin, likewise with the other languages that were listed given that the Latin alphabet contains the letters in which the Germans, us and French etc still use today.

[@sammy_winchesterxxspookyna8748]

Supernova Cinnamon the Anglo-Saxons were German

[@billf9621]

The irony when the Americans talk about taking a language and changing certain words.

[@lowksliana2884]

Actually British people colonized America so if they never did we Americans wouldn’t be called Americans and we would have our own language

[@Ok-us5th]

Lowks Liana so you are a Native American

[@luxx_pete8415]

Ok probably not a native

[@Ana-bt8pr]

Lowks Liana actually you would still be called Americans in a way because of the continents, just like the brits are Europeans

[@jamarihunt4165]

@@Ana-bt8pr we'd be called north Americans.

[@saitama4308]

America - egg plant England - aubergine Indians - are they mad , this is a bengan 😂😂😂

[@dhruvparapurath7967]

Brinjal😂😂

[@j.s.b.6299]

There's a lot of languages that have loan words adopted into the language from other languages. From that point on, that word is a part of the language regardless of its origin.

[@VoltageProduction4]

Going off about aubergine being French doesn't realise English is a mixture/derivative of languages like French, Latin etc

[@royallegend3911]

Optimus Grime I know right English is a mixture of french, German and a bit of Latin

[@Lee1978R]

Exactly, Language is an evolving thing. Most of English stems from Nordic, French/German, Latin, even Indian and Arabic words too I think. As a younger country Americans have taken English and used different words to fit their own explanation of things. Some I like but most I think are weird lol. Could be worse, could be like the nonsense kids today speaking street slang.

[@royallegend3911]

Lee1978R exactly I agree with you 100%

[@nickjulius1044]

Aubergine. I blame the Normans! Why can't we go back to good honest Anglo Saxon. It's one in the eye for King Harold!

[@lucyaherne4413]

Optimus Grime exactly and don’t they use the word Zucchini for Courgette which is an Italian word??

[@w7n424]

So us British steal one word from the french but it’s ok that Americans copied are whole dictionary and removed the words that take effort to say 😂 lol, nice 👍

[@chiprbob]

Both British English and American English were independently standardized in the 1800's. Dictionaries did not exist before the language was standardized.

[@pryingeyes1551]

are does not equal our.

[@lordvoldemort5725]

Wi ll ??? We didn’t steal your language! Your language came to us from colonization! Most white people and most blacks in America have descended from the British colonies! Your people forcefully taught SLAVES English and wouldn’t let them speak their native language! You BROUGHT English to the colonies that your king created!

[@w7n424]

Lord Voldemort Actually the Spanish ( Christopher Columbus) first colonised your country and during 1776 your country voted to change there national language to German yet you decided to keep the English so now who’s forcing it down your throat? Seem like your enjoying it 😂

[@antonioperez4796]

Wi ll lol what. Colombus never stepped foot in what we now know today as the USA, he landed in the Bahamas. And the spanish colonized the Southwest and Florida. The English colonized the 13 colonies, essentially the whole eastern portion of the usa.

[@BeeBeau]

1:06 The reason we have some french words is because we were invaded by Norman's in 1066 and the words used by the leaders (the French) were French and the words used by the citizens were English giving us a mixed English/French language. An example of it is the Englishman ran the farm with cows (the English word at the time) and the French leaders ate Steak (the French word for cow at the time). So you have many French words in your American language as well like accidental, barber, cabbage and many more.

[@kaybuzz366]

0:58 I'm from the uk and i've never heard anyone call that "hundred thousands" we just say sprinkles Imao

[@rqrj]

hundreds and thousands is old

[@lylaharrison3827]

I'm only 12 and I call them hundreds and thousands

[@johndeclan69]

“That’s French? That’s like... get your own word!” Who’s gonna tell her just how much of English is from French?

[@drnambread8879]

Bug Crusher we took a couple words from French Americans took our whole language and has anyone told u about 1066

[@What-ol7fe]

She was not a good spokes person on behalf of Americans

[@jamarihunt4165]

@@PuckDaily I'm confused are you American or English? Cos if you're English your extremely wrong in many ways.

[@jamarihunt4165]

@@PuckDaily ohk got it

[@lizbet5242]

@@PuckDaily you do realise Americans are Europeans right? Majority of Americans are English/Irish. So the only people who could beat us english was the English 😂😂

[@surayyahravat7342]

Ummmmm do they realise that history states in 1066, William, who was French, became king of England and that's why so many French words are in the (proper) English language

[@nathandurbin9260]

He was not French he was Norman.

[@surayyahravat7342]

My mistake. But I guess Normandy is in France

[@nathandurbin9260]

@@surayyahravat7342 yeah but they were descended from vikings who raided France so the french gave them Normandy to create a buffer state between them and other viking raiding party's. But essentially they had became French culturally by the time of 1066 but they were still not French if you know what I mean

[@surayyahravat7342]

Sorry I'm not really a history nerd or anything. I literally just made this comment based on my history lessons back in year 7 (which I hardly remember) 😂

[@nathandurbin9260]

@@surayyahravat7342 😂don't worry about bro

[@Sarah-ew4et]

4:23 it's a rubber not an eraser as you can erase ur mistakes out but u can rub them out

[@iambruceybruce]

The pants vs trousers debate is also a north vs south thing in England... Pants, referring to boxers/briefs, is a southern term and I always thought was a shortened version of underpants, hence "trousers" are pants! Up north we would say undies if referring to briefs and boxers for boxers obviously. Kecks (from underkecks) is another slang term for both.

[@Ivy3h]

The word “dumb” means not able to speak so maybe that’s where “dummy” comes from. Just a guess though

[@tobydude100]

Yeah that's what I also thought. Kinda makes sense!

[@lybsm8516]

That's literally what my brain was thinking!!!😂

[@ct83oldaccount43]

Ivysaur :3 the word dumb means you for thinking that’s what it means

[@drewgriffiths3258]

It's called a dummy because its a dummy nipple. Like, a fake version of a nipple 🙈

[@pryingeyes1551]

No, it does come from dummy as in substitute. Though the product itself was designed and patented in the U.S., so....

[@bendurward4420]

This comment section is a melting pot for UK-US antagonism

[@blucas994]

Yeah it's really sad. I wish that both sides would think that maybe they can both be right instead of just one.

[@bldyvalentine5001]

@@blucas994 its called Buzzfeed

[@poopman6971]

B Lucas british people have to have a winner. Tying is ridiculous.

[@zackolander5568]

Lily's Life or maybe people are from different cultures, so things are different.

[@poopman6971]

Zack Olander ya what mate

[@sarcasticandenthusiastic3729]

The reason we have french words is the english language is a mixture of other languages left behind from all the times we were invaded. I always find it weird when Americans argue that their version of the language is right because they literally took our language and over the years randomly changed some words

[@zubairhauman]

They should do UK And SA English. They are both very similar

[@indiaequine4565]

American:why are you speaking someone else’s language? Also American: speaking English Edit: wow I didn’t expect this many people to see this 😂

[@sportsdailyyoung1420]

we come from the same place you know right?

[@chanthecat]

But the English language originated from west Germanic- so technically anyone no matter where they’re from today unless they’re western Germanic and speaks English is speaking someone else’s language.

[@chanthecat]

blondie xx we don’t really get to chose the name of the language we speak, I mean- Australians and Canadians also speak English(for the most part)

[@chanthecat]

blondie xx we don’t get to chose what to call it, we can just decide one day to go to Wikipedia or a dictionary and change the name of the language we use, that’d be great; but it just won’t happen.

[@ethangeorge277]

Chanthecat sad nz noises 😢🇳🇿

[@Itchy681]

I assume a dummy is used as ‘a dummy’ like a substitute. Like the dummies you use for car crash tests etc. It’s there to replace either a baby’s bottle or a woman’s breast depending on the way they’re fed. Hence it’s a dummy.

[@edwardeastham7988]

I always assumed that it came from the word "dumb" meaning unable to speak.

[@lynnejamieson2063]

I was under the impression that it was a shortened/more polite version of dummy tit, as in substitute breast, as they were generally given to babies who were crying to be fed.

[@franklingoodwin]

@@edwardeastham7988 that's exactly what it means

[@nathan_scofield_ynwa]

@A M Mute

[@lacari0805]

I thought of it like “the internet for dummies” books. You’re educating an idiot or ignorant person about something, like a. Hold is young and needs to be taught so is ignorant and a dummy

[@eliottjudeswan9748]

American: see's dummy as a swear word Any English person: allow me to introduce myself

[@starcat_]

batshark 007 bruh dummy is not a swear word😭

[@tamareaevans5053]

i dunno man Agree

[@FourYshadowI6004]

Isn't "fart" considered a bad word to British people? But to Americans its not.

[@JJaqn05]

@@FourYshadowI6004 No lol

[@ZainabHabib]

I grew up in the UAE and I got teased so much for calling it a "rubber" when I moved to Canada. 11 year old me had serious culture shock that year.

[@taylorswift7205]

The funny thing is us Americans copied British people’s language

[@amalzuhair4495]

Taylor Swift it’s literally the same language. The early settlers were British, hence they spoke English with time the dialect changed but it’s still the same language

[@Zayan_zamal]

@@amalzuhair4495 but america speaks it wrong

[@RandomlyThinking]

It funny how british peoppe copied French people

[@stealtbadge2877]

Pyro0878 shit I think the American civil war was more than decades ago

[@gabyyfahmy8562]

Taylor Swift thief u stole my language

[@caitlowrie4334]

these Americans are quite patronising aren’t they

[@Terrezio]

They’re American. We fight their patronisation with our sarcasm👊🏼

[@chrisb9996]

It’s all for jokes. Don’t take it personal lol. That’s just American humor

[@Terrezio]

Yeah but then when we're sarcastic in our comebacks, the americans get offended, (more often than not).

[@chrisb9996]

JustAGuyfromLDN Lol it’s all because we don’t understand each other’s humor sometimes. But honestly we have love for each other

[@Terrezio]

Chris B of course we do😄surely you can agree though an American saying “you’re using someone else’s language” to try and prove a point is just mad😂😂😂

[@Vikkin1218]

1:24 not sure about pants but in case of meat, they use the English term if they talk about animal flesh but use the french term if they talk about food meat because of the French because back in time many of the aristocracy spoke french and they only got in contact with the meat if they were eating. Or at least that's what I was taught in class

[@JayTraversJT]

This shouldn’t even be a discussion.

[@ronaldweasley4016]

I don’t care but british accents sound WAYY more calming and natural.

[@thefroggames1897]

Have you been to Blackpool or heard of Little t?

[@verde7595]

Midwestern America is considered the most "neutral" accent of any English-speaking locale. Plus, American English is the form taught in second-language classes worldwide, including Asia.

[@av076]

Ew. Wtf?

[@oikawasmilkbread1410]

@Will Robinson u should totally listen to Tom Hiddleston Speaking❤❤❤❤❤

[@skyla-idiot]

ElectricAxylplayz #SAVEKZbin *English

[@mrace7563]

“You’re taking someone else’s language” Says the person who uses words like “Filet Mignon” and “Entrée”

[@imanwtk]

they must have never heard of "loan words"

[@okeol1812]

Resumé, other foreign words, maybe a racial slur. Who knows with Americans

[@TheTyThang]

Rsy Tn those are not specific to France. Latin America uses them as well, as so do the Portuguese & Italian. They’re Latin words.

[@nickeynguyen3404]

That is a statement I can’t argue with. I don’t know why they said that. And I’m American.

[@danmcshane6004]

And café

[@alexexum6084]

I'm an American who grew up watching British TV (and still watch more Brit shows than American) so I use more words and love them. higglety pigglety is one of my faves and I used it all the time haha

[@miracleangel4335]

Omg an American moved to my school and we thought it was real cool! Next day we were in our p.e. clothes, she came to the front and said like my pants- The girls:😳 Most of the boys: hahahaaahahaahahaaaaa~ wait wat That one boy: how can we see through your trousers😬 He: wait what did I say👉🏼👈🏼

[@charliesadler3945]

The Karen in there saying a “dummie” is offensive, 😂 I cannot

[@defencebangladesh4068]

lmao

[@pascal6121]

I like how they didn't realise the reasons it's called a dummy. How do I put this? It's a pretend nipple for babies to suck on in replace of actually breastfeeding them, that's why it's called a dummy. A pacifier also sounds fine as well but maybe pacify sounds a bit too aggressive?

[@enilehcodramramlised8716]

Well in elementary we used to call people dummies but I guess I Kinda can understand where she’s coming from🤔🤷🏾‍♀️

[@enilehcodramramlised8716]

Pascal if that’s the case they should call it a nipple sucker or a sucker says babies nipples or something🤷🏾‍♀️

[@henry55]

It’s called a dummy because it makes the baby dumb

[@emmam4608]

Why is the feud still strong between us 😂 like we have our own differences why dont we go after australia they cant seem to make up their minds about which side they're on with words 😬😂

[@4thWallBreaker]

As an Aussie, I find this really funny xD

[@graffititurtle11]

they use the same words but for different reasons it seems like

[@zyco9188]

4th Wall Breaker Because most British want to distance themselves from America.

[@graffititurtle11]

@@zyco9188 lol that's ironic

[@christiansarewankers302]

Lol

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

What maybe relevant too is it also depends on how many times Britain was invaded and or conquered before America was discovered as to how much of the English language was already compromised and diluted before it went overseas? If someone tried to speak ye olde English today they would probably be sectioned? A lot of medical words and phrases are still Latin too of course.

[@danielvasquez5761]

many languages have similar words or the same words in different languages like the french with an eggplant

[@benniegibbons7188]

“why are you using french for your vegetables,get you own words.” then you can’t use a word like cliché either because it’s french. no fight an american puts up will be able to hold up in any argument or debate. americans have some how standardized broken english and too an extent it is rather commendable

[@lucyaherne4413]

Then an American pulls out a Zucchini...

[@lynnejamieson2063]

There was a period of a few centuries after the Norman Invasion, when French was actually the language used by the English aristocracy.

[@petersimonsaba]

English is derived from several main cultures’ languages, that of the: Anglo Saxons, Germanic People, Vikings, Normans and Romans. The French words in the English language are derived from the Norman language. We didn’t steal the word from them, they shoved in in our mouths when they invaded from across the channel.

[@BoomBox5168]

Bennie Gibbons technically they cant use 'pants' either as it derives from the French word Pantalon

[@RyandracusChapman]

You literally can't speak English without French influence. As a Cajun French speaker, I'll point all the words that you used that come from French origin. *using - utiliser *French - le français *argument - l'aurgument *debate - le débat *commendable - commendable *standardized - standardiser *extent - l'extension

[@Comic3247]

Even though we both speak English, we still have a major language barrier

[@Comic3247]

E. G. No worries, I was just saying that we both have slang terms the other doesn’t understand

[@Garyck88]

@@usuarios.164 I live about 45 mins away from Ipswich. Cmon you tractor boys

[@kiwiskinny4027]

You must haved learned English as a second language because I'm American and I can understand Brits perfectly.

[@nads357]

Honestly Americans I understand but like when I heard for the first time an American say to me do u like my pants I was like 🤣🤣wattt!!so maybe a little barrier but easy to pick up on when I learn

[@phoebecampbell6292]

quick google search "which country has the English language originated from" will tell you the obvious answer here lmao

[@Chloegra]

I also love how Australian English is a mixture of both of these like they use chips as crisps but also use rubber

[@sadlittlesushi]

I literally just watched 6 minutes of Americans pretending they made the English language....

[@enochmulamba804]

Ikr

[@georgiathompson5457]

They literally pretend they invent everything and forget everyone other country

[@lampkinplayzminecraft]

lol the English didn't create it either

[@vanishwhite6423]

We took words from other countries but we did create the language

[@lampkinplayzminecraft]

@@vanishwhite6423 it's more or less like that but yk history isn't flawless

[@peace7467]

american english is a dumbed down version of british english

[@tomstev2745]

Yeeunology yep don’t have to say any more

[@gregcoogan8270]

Are you that stupid? You need to crack open a history book.

[@arryzlo7664]

It’s not “dumbed down”, it’s just that it’s different than British English and is therefore seen by many people in England as “dumbed down”, which is not true in any way.

[@awdc2830]

@@arryzlo7664 it basically is the dumbed down version that so many people use/used so it became normality. It's no different from a young person who speaks urban slang mixed with proper English. Your literally just making up new words or using other words differently just like a young person does when they make up their slang. Lol which was originally a slang term became proper English due to its mass use just like the entire American language

[@zak3172]

Technically, weren't Americans originally british? Cuz the original Americans are the "red-indians", but the english colonised america......

[@bazastill7093]

We use aubergine which is a French word, but it’s the colour of the vegetable so that makes sense. Americans invented egg plant, which makes no sense. Also, if they were having a go because we use a French word, they call trousers pants, which comes from the French word Pantaloons. They use zucchini for courgette which are Italian and French words respectively.

[@deba2714]

India was colonized by the British but we use legit all of the American terms

[@BigCMiner]

I’m sorry but this video is just Americans being offensive Oh and anyone saying “there just over sensitive” is just proving my point

[@jessmari4851]

My thoughts exactly👏

[@tunasandwich6077]

xd snarison _ nah it just goes to show that americans are just up their own arses and overall unnecessarily rude

[@sencoin4921]

BigCMiner We see it as British people being offensive

[@quackadoo3101]

xd snarison _ 1:06

[@sariahjames8331]

Meem Nub we don’t give a shot get your own language.

[@audreyn.9394]

"Why you speak french, use your own word?" - That's called history. 😐

[@catherineoa4677]

Random Lassie this is because of the invasion from the Battle of Hastings. The Duke of Normandy invaded Britain in order to take the throne and he succeeded. We never even wanted to take in the French language as Anglo-Saxons 😂 Mhm, it is history sis.

[@henry55]

And like AMERICANS speak ENGLISH. Idm Welsh people, Scottish people, and Irish people speaking English, because they're not complaining that we have "copied" words from French. They have copied practically every word from English, and we've copied a few.

[@anusha2170]

Random Lassie It's because one of the kings of England back in the 10th century was from Normandy (France) that's why

[@ahsanimam73]

DariusPlayz Roblox 11th century. King William the conqueror or William the 1st, king of Normandy and England. He is distantly related to Queen Elizabeth II. Research the heritage of the royal family and you will find they are part scottish, welsh , English, Italian, Dutch, French, Norman, and Norwegian.

[@anusha2170]

@@ahsanimam73 You mean Elizabeth the I?

[@GathKingLeppbertI]

The name of eggplant was given it by Europeans in the middle of the eighteenth century because the variety they knew had fruits that were the shape and size of goose eggs. ... In Britain, it is usually called an aubergine, a name which was borrowed through French and Catalan from its Arabic name al-badinjan.

[@Peacefrogg]

In the netherlands, bangs or fringe is called a pony! We call an eraser or rubber a gum! And a dummy or pacifier is called ‘speen’, which is the dutch word for teat (or nipple) !

[@FatherEdmund]

They say we stole the word aubergine when their entire language is a copy of English

[@devoured1221]

Father Edmund Cargill Thompson because British come to America and that’s why they speak English and besides, English is derived from other languages

[@mistushipper]

they both speak english though,, you can’t steal a language you both share

[@officialteaincorporated243]

@@devoured1221 The language in the UK has always been invented by us just expanded by others

[@chunkychew6995]

👏 I'VE👏SEEN👏SO👏MANY👏COMMENTS👏LIKE👏THIS👏SO👏FOR👏THE👏LAST👏TIME 👏THE👏 AMERICANS👏WHERE👏 LITERALLY👏BRITSH👏THEY👏 DIDN'T👏STEAL👏YOUR👏LANGUAGE👏 👏THE👏ONLY👏THINGS👏WE👏STOLE👏FROM👏Y'ALL👏WHERE👏YOUR👏TEA👏AND👏YOUR👏COLONIES👏

[@nickeynguyen3404]

Well, America WAS colonized by the British.

[@kriichan6100]

"Why are you speaking French? get your own word." Why are you speaking English? Get your own language.

[@Hyomiria]

Krii Chan Exactly 😂

[@inspiringer6418]

It is our language because we were once English colonists. If you bring your people to another continent and leave them alone for a long time what do you expect?

[@makoto3766]

@@inspiringer6418 Brits try to call Americans dumb but forgot they colonized us

[@inspiringer6418]

@@makoto3766 Maybe they never learned??.. Yeah you are right.

[@sulaimanhameed1699]

Exactly

[@Zuleika_1]

“I’m going to pacify you” 😂😂😂

[@talanhodge9983]

Imagine fighting over who uses proper ENGLISH

[@hihungryimdad9194]

Exactly

[@robbegeens2885]

they just changed certain words because theyre too stupid to use/pronounce them

[@Lauren-ul9gi]

Robbe Geens Geez....

[@hihungryimdad9194]

Robbe Geens why so toxic? 🇺🇸

[@henry55]

@@hihungryimdad9194 "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" explains their comment. Philosopher to Sorcerer, really?

[@burponatree2320]

It’s called English THE CLUE IS IN THE NAME

[@meteor5452]

You spelled americaneese wrong

[@sizzylizzy9443]

This has already been commented

[@Regular_Decorated_Emergency]

Nope, I can simply tell all of you why America has the proper English. Here is why: America is using the original English, believe it or not, while Britain changed the original (proper) English to what they believed is correct. So if Americans are speaking the original English, then we are speaking the correct English. Plus, many forms of words & phrases would not exist without us.

[@meteor5452]

American is right because America is better. End of story.

[@Regular_Decorated_Emergency]

Well, really proper depends on where you are, I guess. To be frank, at this point already, UK can't really claim it as their language. There is American English, Australian English, Canadian English, & then the less popular dialects. American English is the most influential & popular, but proper really depends on where you are, although ultimately you are always using proper English; it just may be that you are not following dialect standards of your location. So I guess that that sums it up.

[@snickle1980]

I always love the way Brits use the phrase "Ahoy Matey!" and "Jolly good day to you, sir!" You guys are amazing. =)

[@SirCubn]

When

[@kaisanorma4077]

when you learn british english in school but american english from the internet so all the words sound natural

[@Gooner1990]

What's a rubber made out of? Rubber

[@lacari0805]

dani No one asked about your irrelevant “eraser” knowledge. Call it a rubber or I’ll erase you

[@tharushiranasinha7727]

lacari0 oml lol 😂😂😂😂 They were just trying to help tho

[@lacari0805]

Tharushi Ranasinha Someone needs to put these Americans in their place. If they come to ends they better be ready for beef

[@Ryan-vz3tb]

lacari0 no American is going to call it a rubber because that means condom in America

[@varyiaverner]

in america a rubber is a condom so

[@NorthCamZ]

The french conquered the UK for a while which is why.

[@dontquestionmypfpijustlike8146]

Norman’s did for around 70 years

[@zjewel2348]

Don’t Question my PFP I just like downfall exactly

[@alfieb8106]

English is called because it's from England and England is in Britain.

[@0forwarner-duck123]

England is not Britain. England is just one of the nation's that make up the greatest county ever, Great Britain.

[@alfieb8106]

Great Britain isn't a country it is an island

[@0forwarner-duck123]

@@alfieb8106 I know that I am sorry that I accidently used a comma instead of a full stop. They were meant to be separate sentences.

[@alfieb8106]

@@0forwarner-duck123 ok

[@sarah-jl8cr]

As someone who's native language isn't English I do prefer British english. Westart with it and school and are only supposed to use American words and pronunciation in higher grades and they do prefer to speak British in oral examinations. Then you get used to American when you watch American shows and movies. It studied Anglistik which is basicelly British Studies and for Liguistics we had to decide wether to transcribe in British or American. I could never bring myself to pronounce "ask" and "can't" and the like the American way so I decided to practice British pronunciation again. :D And lastely: Why "eggplangt" anyway?? How did someone come up with that?^^

[@JoJoGamin]

“That’s French.” Well sorry mrs filet mignon and entrée

[@175_muhammadyudhiarabbani9]

Hahahahaha true

[@yasmeenshaheen7340]

“Get your own word” “Too lazy to create a new word” Umm,you actually took our language🙄

[@yasmeenshaheen7340]

OI! OI! Let’s not start a fight😂😂 (Remember it’s a joke🙏)

[@yogurt463]

「L O A D I N G P A G E」Don’t act like we can’t do that to you www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/british-people-are-proud-of-colonialism-and-the-british-empire-poll-finds-a6821206.html

[@yogurt463]

「L O A D I N G P A G E」 The Dunblane school massacre took place at Dunblane Primary School near Stirling, Scotland, on 13 March 1996, when Thomas Hamilton shot 16 children and one teacher dead before killing himself. It remains the deadliest mass shooting in British history.

[@yogurt463]

Yasmeen Shaheen en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_the_United_Kingdom

[@ajg9577]

Josh boom

[@annalarsen3159]

Im American and I honestly like the word trousers because of Harry Styles lol

[@Larissa-jt5sm]

I'm from the Netherlands and they teach us British English in school, but most people use a mix of both.. because of KZbin and movies

[@kieranrobertson8078]

Right. I’m no historian or language expert but I assume aubergine from French originated from when we had French royalty.

[@scarletthart1828]

Modern English is a combination of French, Norse, Latin and old English which is a germanic language. Until Henry 2 most nobility spoke French as their first language and it was spoken in government and parliament (parler - to speak.)

[@ya_dad_sellsavon8718]

1066 Normans conquer England and that's were French was introduced to the English language. So Beef, Poultry and other words are taken from the French language

[@superfluidity]

Not really. Etymology online gives Aubergine as from 1775. George III was king of Great Britain. He was born in London, and his parents Frederick and Augusta were both born in what is now Germany.

[@ministig63ace]

American: eraser English: rubber Me, an intellectual: deletanator

[@jessicaferridge1618]

The clue to a rubber being a rubber is that its made out of rubber 😂

[@greenishbean7904]

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[@KangarooFam]

I call it the destroyer of words

[@iamkulit1cs735]

About the eggplant aubergines thing, English is really just a wierd combonation of French, German, and Greek. That's why their so similar

[@Jeepin290]

Every Brit: Get your own language! All of us Americans: You people are the ones who taught us it-

[@ifysrina]

These American people not knowing that English is from England

[@kriichan6100]

The language is literally names after the country it came from

[@chrisb9996]

Lol I’m sure they know. It’s supposed to be funny not serious

[@mypictureisisorrowproducti3710]

Chris B nah but those Americans in the video were just being rude

[@chrisb9996]

My picture is ISORROWPRODUCTIONS Well I’m sorry for them. We Americans know that the English gave us their language. I think in our humor we like to poke fun sometimes, but don’t mean to be offensive.

[@jiwuwuw]

Chris B not all Americans...