Can Americans Guess British Slang?

We tested our Cocoa Butter fam across the pond on their British slang knowledge… 👀🇬🇧 How many do you think they got right?
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[@roshae.x]

Imagine thinking England speaks the Queen's English and finding out we speak Roadmanese

[@junkh3add]

roadmanese lmao

[@nathanosei-atenka71]

I’m so done 🤣

[@daniellamalone5209]

Destiny M true 😂😂😂😂

[@yellowcrocs9000]

Roadmanese needs to be added to the oxford dictionary 😂

[@_Sonder_]

Omg that is so true

[@gtea7811]

“I never associate the UK and slang”. Bruh, your gunna get a SUPRISE when you come here and realise you don’t speak English no more

[@tyty21315]

G & Tea especially if he comes up to Scotland

[@user-uv2cp1qd1j]

How don’t they? Do they not think we HAVE slang?

[@danielmacintyre4877]

ShadyBeAShooketh yeh and let’s be honest, no one actually speaks queens English/RP anymore

[@danielmacintyre4877]

Tylor Graham definitely! They will think they were dropped if in like Scandinavia

[@ct83oldaccount43]

G & Tea hardly anyone actually speaks like it you idiot

[@elmstreet2036]

American view of the uk: " tea, gentlemen, queen, posh, class" Europeen view of the uk: "gangsters, Stormzy, peng tings, guns"

[@bbq_hotdog337]

Knives not guns

[@nazminribeiro6537]

roadmen and shanks*

[@gingythescot1161]

That’s London pal no the UK

[@Amber-md8ut]

Europeen lol

[@oldink3324]

Amber Louise ha ha 😂 that's a new slang word right there

[@jessicalockey2216]

“he hit me with that peng peng”😭😭😭💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@yxng_js2265]

That was a vio icl

[@HoppingSnake290]

E

[@lovelytoca1064]

LMAO

[@Blimp903]

waste man

[@hectora8994]

These lot have clearly never met a roadman

[@_Sonder_]

They are lucky

[@iyvlou2636]

lol love the roadman life

[@jaswantkaur5979]

Hectora Allie

[@jedzzz8269]

@@jaswantkaur5979 stfu about ahlie some 13 yr old forntnite addict🤣🤣🤣

[@tiny_boi2261]

innit XD

[@yourmother6419]

“I love the accent” English people: which one

[@revenantsmum2140]

Truueeee

[@oxksie]

Theres a new accent every 200 square metres lmao

[@eret1761]

Ikkkk it irritated me so much watching this

[@Anonymous-nl9dc]

A scouser, sat here shouting at the screen as you know they’re thinking of some fake posh English accent 😂

[@acethebeast8744]

Mancunian

[@oseifamily8843]

*“Hit me with that peng peng”* Wow just wow

[@Zee-bf2gs]

Wallahi I’m dead

[@serenitychesson8817]

I laughed so hard tho😭🤚🏽

[@TiondaRae]

⚰️⚰️⚰️

[@user3mma149]

They thought

[@rubytoni]

😭👍

[@gerge-8024]

As someone from England this feels like I’m watching people who can’t speak English

[@JulieWallis1963]

inediblealex25 that says more about you than the video. As an almost 60 year old, I knew all of them.

[@blueno6921]

inediblealex25 Are you alright?

[@soundcreeps5371]

@inediblealex25 the difference between old school slang of the 70s and 80s compared to modern slang is 1. it was wittier, 2. it used real words and 3. it generally sounds more approachable and sociable, I'm 27 and most of the speech patterns I use are old school slang, if you watch The Bill in the 80s its full of it, it sounds so British.

[@lillieanne3717]

IT DOES💀💀

[@evielee2396]

Hahaha ikr

[@Gayredheadbitch94]

I love how creative us Brits are with insulting each other, because to anyone outside of the UK. It's like speaking another language

[@jennyd126]

ginger psycho it’s character building 😂

[@shadybeashooketh1911]

*nonce*

[@xXJelly11Xx]

ShadyBeAShooketh mingin wanker 😂😳

[@danielmacintyre4877]

Literally in the uk you could say a random word and in the right context it’s an insult😂 “Shut up you spoon” “You absolute mug”

[@shadybeashooketh1911]

@@xXJelly11Xx *s h e e p s h a g g a*

[@msmiami212]

Guys, how could you have missed ‘Clapped’. That’s one no one could guess if not from the UK.

[@user-qm5cg4hv8c]

Ugly...

[@elizabethroy4136]

trix o yeah that would be pretty hard to guess if you ain’t from the uk

[@Ell3m3nta1]

@@elizabethroy4136 not really lmao people say clapped as in ugly in the U.S too

[@minikipp8549]

Bare clapped

[@SR-xk5ih]

M. People literally say that in the US.

[@oofus4235]

As a Brit, i was waiting for the 'wagwan'

[@user-ft1uh9yo1s]

Wargwarn* and the word is jamaican although commonly used in the UK

[@gguyduifulfwsbnl6982]

D 1 not just Jamaican but ok

[@user-ft1uh9yo1s]

Lil Isxxc That’s legit what I just said try reading bro

[@gguyduifulfwsbnl6982]

D 1 yeah but you said “and then word is Jamaican”. But that’s not true. It’s not just Jamaican, it’s patois. Which is carabin. Just saying you’d piss off a lot of ppl if u said it’s Jamaican

[@user-ft1uh9yo1s]

Lil Isxxc Yes but it’s more commonly used in Jamaica I didn’t say it’s strictly Jamaica

[@spacestudys58]

“when I think about the UK I think about tea” I almost cried. Is this what most people think about when they think about the UK?

[@dannav_17]

Yes

[@Cherokeecandie]

Yes, and really nice outerwear

[@universalpenguin7113]

Exactly, and the worst part is I hate tea

[@Kataza_]

Wtf is it always tea tho- can I just be British and hate tea in peace, they didn’t even represent Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in this vid tho- but seriously WHY is it ALWAYS BLOODY TEA AND CRUMPETS!

[@violettachalamet1409]

@@Kataza_ Maybe tea because of the Boston Tea Party. I get it happened in the states, but King George III was mad lol

[@gulshannaseem786]

First thing America thinks of UK: "Tea" First thing UK thinks of America: "Obesity"

[@prawny12009]

They get flash backs to boston

[@TheCornishCockney]

I thought he said "teeth",yet another generalisation. i worked with an American recently who had never been to the UK before and he was astonished we DIDNT all have bad teeth and wear bowler hats and everyone carried an umbrella. In truth,we are as diverse as its possible to be and because of the mix of cultures,we have the richest character in the world,and the very best sense of humour.NOTHING is taboo.

[@hannahfarr1852]

Encrypted oooof

[@Matt-kr9bo]

The first thing I think of is Harry Potter tbh

[@jessicasiswick1910]

Cockney Red we DO have the best sense of humour you are damn right

[@oh8117]

Imagining an American person say ‘Mate’ scares me

[@-ix-3152]

.... I'm disturbed to think about that

[@Shorty0202]

Or lad

[@aissatuzabonaite9700]

That's just wrong.

[@lolajordan358]

they over enunciate everything so much it’s so cringeeee like just say it normal

[@holly.eq78]

Hahaaaa

[@cyanscrewdriver2092]

I cringe so hard when they say the words, their accent just doesn’t fit with our slang

[@haddenquebedeaux9546]

Yall got sum weird slang tho wtf son😂 in my opinion it is.Shit ours is probably weird to yall to but wtf I cant hear my self saying this stuff 😂

[@bandobaby2945]

Hadden Quebedeaux stfu

[@bandobaby2945]

Hadden Quebedeaux mans gonna chef you up

[@haddenquebedeaux9546]

@@bandobaby2945 😂yeah okay

[@bandobaby2945]

Hadden Quebedeaux lol yall think uk is a joke lmfaoo

[@emmal7612]

The fam definition: ‘someone extremely close to you - like a family member’ Not always. Can’t forget the phrase ‘shutup fam’

[@joeebiden_]

alternatively: nah fam (aggressively)

[@emmal7612]

@@joeebiden_ exactly

[@Heluvsnaomikayla]

Frrr of like your a wasteman fam

[@emmal7612]

@@Heluvsnaomikayla you’re* but yes

[@Heluvsnaomikayla]

@@emmal7612 Ty my spelling is bad lol

[@sabz7473]

He hit me with that peng peng😂😂😂😂

[@jstar__]

I died 😭😭 bmt

[@ddada4997]

😂😂🤣😂

[@robyntheslytherin]

Tbf that's like he's picked up a peng bag of smoke 😂

[@sheluvsjd5857]

Sabah I’m from east London and I’m dying

[@DTownDrillings]

Check out my latest vid‼ Its mad trus me

[@uptwnjs]

The UK has many accents. It's not just a stereotypical royal Queen accent.

[@oof9090]

That’s the same with any country. Chances are, when you think American accent, you think LA or deep south. There are a lot more accents other than those 2, but they’re the most common and well known, especially when portrayed in media. That’s why all Americans think we speak Queen’s English. There aren’t many films which have British accents which aren’t posh London.

[@uptwnjs]

@@oof9090 they should watch Blue Story (if u know what that is)

[@oof9090]

@@uptwnjs I doubt anyone's gonna buy blue story in America

[@uptwnjs]

@@oof9090 lol true

[@irrelevance3859]

Everyone knows. I think they just generalize because it's easier. Same way we do it with Americans

[@lottielonelyy2428]

“When I thing of UK I think of tea..” “The queen” “And proper” Well your in for a surprise

[@reformed2006]

When I think about America I think of.. School shootings, wannabe gangsters and shitty laws and presidents😂

[@lottielonelyy2428]

I GoLD GinGY090 I BAHAHAHA

[@preciouss3]

@ofjg9jfgjfsdoigj dhhfsdhjhsdfgfdh the uk actually has better dental care, it's also free for people under 18 soo

[@leilam.6794]

naw I think of Simon Cowell

[@leilam.6794]

@ofjg9jfgjfsdoigj dhhfsdhjhsdfgfdh same tho

[@gnshnmxr447]

"hit me with that peng peng" *Loses a couple brain cells*

[@HoppingSnake290]

What that mean

[@NovaDaGoat]

@@HoppingSnake290 cute or good looking

[@adam-is9lm]

When they thought 'peng' meant penis, and the lady with the short hair was like 'He hit me with that peng peng' I was deaddd

[@kevin-gn2hr]

she hit me with the peng peng i tot he was a guy

[@pepper7391]

Eu vou

[@tescos.finest]

you was dead ting

[@george_da4860]

When he hit me with the peng peng I got bare. Wtf are these people thinking

[@officialshaae]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@beccakate8592]

‘I love the accent’ Says every American who doesn’t realise we don’t all speak like Benedict Cumberbatch

[@princesaofjudah]

Becca Kate lots of people from different countries think that all Americans sound southern or like they’re from Cali but I sound Canadian because I’m from Michigan (Upper peninsula)

[@lilywillow4034]

innit LOL

[@alexandracharlton5092]

@@princesaofjudah how can 'everyone' think that? Alot of people know America is a big place like people from New York ain't gonna sound like people from bloody texas. its common sense but with the UK its tiny and people just think its London when it's not (obviously). Americans, asians and other foreign people who want to visit the UK only go to london most of the time and they are really missing out.

[@Z3PHLogic]

@@alexandracharlton5092 Well, London is the capital city after all. If you're coming from America or the far East, why the hell would you want to visit cities like Birmingham or Manchester when you can visit London which has everything?

[@rubymaed4815]

Imagine an American trying to decipher a roadman saying “There’s bare peng tings round these ends, fam”

[@future140]

from the video, i got "theres alot of attractive boy/girls around here, friend."

[@rubymaed4815]

@@future140 correct. well done

[@sib9769]

it sounds like jamaican colloquialism more than anything. it's the same slang in toronto without the ayyyeeee.

[@thepersongaminghd7665]

Expectations of London: tea and crumpets Reality of London: 🔪 “wargwarn” “what endz are you from” “ I Ching bare man init” “washed yute” “ure a neek fam”

[@Heluvsnaomikayla]

Frrr omds "mans trynna get cheffed with my shank and dat" or "mans tyrnna buck outside"

[@rxzzza842]

don’t be disrespecting big man

[@Heluvsnaomikayla]

@@rxzzza842 who disrespecting who tf, like I'm just saying other phrases kmt

[@rachellefields6064]

Sounds like much of the slang was stolen from Jamaican patois.

[@ztd161]

And Birmingham

[@clionaashcroft8021]

Who is British here and finding it hard to watch

[@lolimcimco5627]

I just find it amusing ppl learning.

[@harrypotter89067]

me, it’s ridiculous how clueless they are , it makes me appreciate britain more🤣💀

[@hmmmmmnmmmmmm]

Me! "Hit me with that peng peng!"

[@inspiration7961]

Me I'm cringing😂😂😂

[@pho8894]

then don’t lolol

[@patriciahughes5970]

“I just love the accent” Ye cuz there’s only one accent isn’t there

[@colonyofrats4193]

Patricia Hughes it’s not like Britain is 3 different countries that each have hundreds of different accents or anything

[@CatrionaThePoet]

@@colonyofrats4193 but there is hundreds of accents within the UK. So many different variations and dialects in such a short distance away from each other

[@junkh3add]

Cole Sprouse there literally are so many different accents what you on?

[@Echodolly6]

@@colonyofrats4193 It's ok. I got your joke, even if it flew over these folk's heads.

[@bluebird7990]

Catriona have you ever heard of sarcasm?

[@violet_0236]

“I think about fall” AUTUMN

[@rachellefields6064]

Fall

[@kennethmatela5138]

@@rachellefields6064 by that logic you might as well name the other season, cold, grow and heat. Listen to yourself you donut

[@rachellefields6064]

@@kennethmatela5138 Fall

[@danielconway4989]

@@kennethmatela5138 *doughnut

[@kennethmatela5138]

@@danielconway4989 no donut is fine actually. It was used in a pejorative way, I wasn't talking about an actual doughnut. 🤡

[@zenoxiiii]

The guy: "I just love their accent" Me: "Which one, we have about 100 so take your pick

[@chloethehpmhahxhandhaikyuf365]

@TheDriftMonkey WOT!??! EXCUSE ME!!!

[@plutoniiums]

@TheDriftMonkey Clearly, you've never heard any accent outside of London, then.

[@wock.z]

@TheDriftMonkey you mug

[@LM-xw5uj]

@@plutoniiums I would want to test them with a south London accent and Birmingham accent and to see if they can actually tell the difference that would be interesting

[@Callums19]

Lol as a scouser i want to see them react to all our accents

[@jenniferneale2929]

“Clapped”, “nonce”, “butters”, “wagwan” honestly disappointing 😂😂😂

[@lolimcimco5627]

Jennifer Neale Wagwaan is Jamaican- My culture. Also Ting, Rahh, and Bredrin! England peeps just adopt what we have. It’s okay learning it and joining in but it isn’t “English”. Most of you didn’t even know what it was at first and grew livid hearing “Black” people use all slang all the time. Black inherited- then Jamaican adopted. It’s mostly Roadmen talk in england = black males. Everyone else follows.

[@lawrencem6945]

Loli mcimco surely it’s English as well? Been around for a while now

[@taneishamoore2726]

Lawrence Moore Nope

[@lawrencem6945]

Taneisha xxx why not?

[@jenniferneale2929]

Loli mcimco it came from the coloured people saying it

[@nicc7637]

Imagine coming to the UK cos you love the accent and ending up in Manchester 😂

[@erinelizabeth9545]

Or Preston

[@maggiecaddick5591]

Liverpool, Bristol 🤣

[@egheosa]

M E don’t do north londoners like that cause we sound normal🤣

[@Wannawatchthis5555]

Whats wrong with north London 😂

[@erikak8665]

Liam or Noel?

[@Bungz]

Imagine if a typical American bully move to London and started acting hard He is getting rushed

[@Nick_2026]

He would end up in a&e in a coma if he meat with a roadman in Britten

[@jqamqwerty3810]

im getting my rambo if they come to south

[@pepticgloopys1013]

Steps one foot in north and he’s getting touched up

[@lucacarley261]

Lad he wouldn't last two seconds

[@justsomeguy1014]

Mate he says one word in his yank accent and he’s no longer the bully

[@TonytheGr8]

Lol most of these slangs made their way from Jamaica 🇯🇲 to the UK 🇬🇧. Bigup!

[@pkyt2458]

Ye cuz Jamaica influenced the UK heavily

[@ticketyboo2456]

@@pkyt2458 London.

[@0Takethoserisks0]

it’s MLE

[@kyron82]

"When I think about the UK I think about fashion" Chav lad from Hull north face tracksuit would trade you in for a gram of ket

[@Pear_chan]

We can't afford North Face in Hull mate, think Primarni's last season collection

[@Alice-sp5jd]

@@Pear_chan maybe even pep&co if you're feeling real cheap

[@Pear_chan]

@@Alice-sp5jd I've only ever bought one thing from Pep & Co and it was about 3 years ago. It's actually a pretty nice shirt I got, but for some reason I've never ever been back in.

[@Alice-sp5jd]

@@Pear_chan I bought a scarf from there once and its the only time I've been in 😂

[@DTownDrillings]

Check out my latest vid‼ Its mad trus me

[@stingpingking4040]

“i love the accent” brum boys enter the chat

[@SKTheKidd_]

NAHHHHHH😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@charlieroberts750]

😂😂😂😂

[@lloydoduwole1073]

😂😂😂

[@ba5ke8al1]

Brum twn

[@Zoeyyyala]

Kidderminster would like to know your location

[@greenthwaite1751]

This is literally just London slang

[@fajr897]

Its all over uk

[@preciouss3]

I mean a lot of the uk speaks like that

[@vxiennqa]

Luton and i know a lot of people who say these

[@greenthwaite1751]

david williams same here marra!

[@shintaromidorima3703]

Same in Birmingham

[@midnightstudios6910]

0:40 I think about chavs, roadies, drugs, underage drinking and crap school uniforms 🙃

[@austin9675]

Sounds a little bit like South Africa in a way.

[@charlottebruce979]

You must live in a really bad area.

[@Swiftalarm_]

@@austin9675 u are a neek

[@ryanallen2647]

It's not underage if the age limit is lower

[@mattchick7957]

Wagwan is more popular than piff

[@RBS.10]

Matt Chick its not from the uk tho but yh we use that a lot

[@isabel-]

that is Jamaican but ok

[@Dan-mt9bu]

Wagwarn doesn’t mean the same thing as piff tho. Wagwarn means “what’s going on” lol

[@mattchick7957]

Dan I wasn’t saying it was the same I was saying that its more used than piff

[@Dan-mt9bu]

Matt Chick yh dw I misread

[@alexroberts6432]

Every time I read one the words I immediately thought of it in a roadman voice

[@harrietmarkham753]

Omg sameee

[@pyeltd.5457]

Jamaican not roadman

[@MariaSilva-wm2rs]

Ahhahahahaha MEEEE

[@xemzii_x8213]

@@pyeltd.5457 wdym? R u British?

[@1902donna]

@@xemzii_x8213 most of these words derives from Jamaican patois... Brought over to the UK by Jamaicans migrants...

[@vii6590]

Their accent just doesn't fit our slang.

[@oofling6755]

init there accent to stiff

[@rachellefields6064]

Why would it and vice versa. Roadmanese is still pretty proper.

[@someweirdlumpofmeat158]

Innit

[@user-kj2rd7bk9y]

Nah bruh it fits us well mAte

[@I3ATTLE05]

True

[@k3iraa515]

'He HiT mE wItH tHaT pEnG , pEnG ' 😌💅🤣

[@amorettais7969]

Can’t believe they didn’t include the shit ones like ‘rahhh’, ‘leng’ or ‘nonce’

[@babykekse5137]

Omg, imagine them trying to guess leng 😁

[@21Fr0styy]

21Amoretta 12 ye

[@Coldest1_]

Brum people only say rahhh

[@lmaohamish]

How is nonce shit? It is the national word for all twelve year olds.

[@user-cl3tm4uj9y]

Moosh i think youll find its the national word for pedos and uncles

[@nathanosei-atenka71]

The tile should be “Americans guess London slang”. Some of the words like piff we don’t use anymore.

[@kenishaghotey7847]

Nathan Osei-Atenka Piff is uncommon in London and I don’t remember it being a thing in this decade.

[@razorblade4395]

Stfu bitch

[@_Sonder_]

Almost most of them are used in West Midlands

[@Yas-ei3st]

@@kenishaghotey7847 truss last time I heard it was around 2011 when BBM was popular

[@erinelizabeth9545]

We use piff, trust me

[@indiangodmansamosa3273]

When Americans come to England expecting posh accent but they arrive to see “yo wag wan”

[@catsandalcohol99]

It's wa 'gwan

[@mynameismattfirered9276]

@@catsandalcohol99 wargwan

[@IhateAlot718]

That isn't a English saying, everyone in nyc knows what it is and we even say it to other Jamaicans. If you around Jamaicans then you more than likely exposed to it.

[@winniethepooh5605]

This seems like “London slang” let’s see what would happen if they come to Yorkshire 😂

[@user-ye4oh7ve6u]

I swear if Americans start speaking like this IMA THROW HANDS

[@owenmanlow478]

- alyssa ok allysa

[@user-ye4oh7ve6u]

RNG kryze ?? ain’t even how u spell my name 💀

[@mynamesdalyn]

Don’t nobody wanna use these lmao

[@janoycresva1353]

- alyssa No one using those shits

[@damnokay2]

Init

[@mrkrabs805]

Correction: Can Americans guess “road men” slang?

[@maxyfishy3110]

Mr Krabs good idea

[@juliaruggiero9055]

yasssss

[@FrasierEdits]

@@maxyfishy3110 That's what this was

[@warrenlewis7436]

Jamaican***

[@FrasierEdits]

@DestroyHeat Look at who I sent the message to before assuming I was in the wrong.

[@xxxobli7987]

7:43 They got Bare so so Wrong 😂🤣😂🤣

[@cel8st]

disappointed they didn’t include: “Battyfish” “Leng” “I’ll bust your ‘ead open/I’ll bop your head.” “You’re ‘ard.” “Don’t be tight/ That’s peak.” “slaggasaurus(common in South Yorkshire)” “Flagging us off” 😔

[@lemonmaze2700]

Su

[@lkim9634]

Me too. I don't know how to pronounce Leng and I'm on a mission now

[@haddenquebedeaux9546]

Wtf😂

[@haddenquebedeaux9546]

I'm American but wtf

[@zoelloyd676]

Or 'battyboy' 'wind ya neck in'

[@jamess7533]

When people say they they love the British accent are they talking about scouse or Eton?

[@hmvo]

Jamess no one means scouse when they say they like british accents 💀

[@ifunanya]

I’m in Liverpool so this is very funny to me 😂

[@stefanniecundiff1554]

R.P.

[@vickytaylor9155]

I think it’s the R.P accent that American’s think of. They don’t realise we all have different accents. Even in my house we have three different accents even though we were all born in the same county.

[@stefanniecundiff1554]

@@vickytaylor9155 100%!

[@helix6592]

Guy: "When I think about the uk I think about tea... and proper." *me having flashbacks to roadmen, chavs and gangsters* *also me laughing while sipping tea.*

[@lordoil1486]

🤣

[@talhatariqyuluqatdis]

Yeaaa

[@randyvines1497]

Haha yeah imagine thinking that the minority of chavs who speak like this is how all people in Britain speak

[@9kenza]

@@randyvines1497 i got a roadman jacket and the nerds got jealous

[@hi-es3br]

I toats forgot about chavs

[@eekzy_380]

Watching this somehow I’ve lost brain cells and gained a headache

[@juliac1346]

Samee 😭

[@Zeebo-ig6ui]

Same here. I need a lie down.

[@nindie]

Imagine what their reactions will be when they meet the chavs XD

[@jqamqwerty3810]

and the roadmen in east and south london

[@LM-xw5uj]

And the rude African auntie who screams “DO I FUCKING KNOW U” if u know who I’m on about 😂😂😂

[@Jakebrooks405]

‘sorry bruvva u dont have a quid do ya’

[@robinthefarmboy5972]

British people in Americans eyes: posh anywhere else: drunk football/rugby hooligans

[@rthompson4464]

Charlotte Turner your profile pic got me dead fam 😭😑

[@devawheels3942]

Londoners have the same view

[@robinthefarmboy5972]

Mr Devawheels I am a Londoner

[@JMwhocares]

Charlotte Turner uh..no..I'm American and we definitely don't think you're all posh

[@zargonthemagnificent330]

What is a rugby hooligan?

[@joebevan7247]

i’m from the uk and i haven’t heard the word “piff” in timmeeeeeee

[@damien706]

Old weed chat from 2007 lol

[@Oricalkos123]

Come to Bristol 🙄😂

[@oliverbowers6420]

Anonymous Clout ok mate I’m from the uk and please stop with ur roadman grammar

[@deenah61]

i’m from near bristol and i hear it all the time

[@m3rciless]

Far as I know it started in US with dipset also. So. Old af and from NY

[@mirola73]

You can go on and on for weeks with this clip, every part of the country almost has a countless amount of unique words / sayings.

[@RomonWrites]

I find it quite strange to call some of these expressions 'British' because we used them back home (Jamaica) and even the pronunciation is maintained. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Context : Many Jamaicans have migrated to the UK, namely to London, England, and I have on several occasions heard our Patois, or words rather, being incorporated into British slang.

[@sib9769]

yeah that's why their slang is the same in toronto.

[@colonelturmeric558]

Yes, buzzfeed blackwashed britain. There are many indigenous slang dialects, but buzzfeed is too woke to give anything to white native races😂

[@currymunchar]

2:46 "If you say fam it means that mean "yo, i really like you" Meanwhile in the UK: Dont chat to me like that "FAM" I swear i will chef u.

[@zoebyrne9450]

HxvocFN on point

[@genwilson7741]

What does “chef” mean?

[@currymunchar]

@@genwilson7741 stab

[@bellatowner679]

M D factttttt

[@rosie8642]

Gen Wilson get those chef knives out init

[@mxria-ms]

“I love the accent” Britain and there fifty five thousand accents: which one ?

[@summerc6022]

Maria Williams lol ikr

[@yungscrewz7946]

Their

[@haha_9383]

every town has its own accent

[@10-io]

@@haha_9383 you mean every family?

[@haha_9383]

Megan Halliday-Coull no

[@a.alysha_6437]

"London slang" wait until you come to south Wales.

[@michaelmunjoma]

Fam is like a very close friend or a group of close friends its like bond between close friends

[@lemonlimes3699]

As a British person, I was waiting SEVERELY for the “wagwan”

[@arianasponytail2068]

That ain't british tho 🙄

[@lemonlimes3699]

@@arianasponytail2068 Is it not? Oh, where's it from then? I'd like to know.

[@TheMrSpectatorr]

@@lemonlimes3699 It's jamaican I believe.

[@bellab6794]

MaZe patois (pronounced pat-wah) is how you properly say Jamaican.

[@TheMrSpectatorr]

@@bellab6794 Ok...

[@whatever8692]

I’d love to know what they would think “clapped” means

[@mattyttz2940]

Whatever, ugly

[@callummellis3280]

@@mattyttz2940 when did that happen? It used to mean killed or more specifically shot but I've seen a few people say it like that now lol

[@Allylene]

@@mattyttz2940 you're clapped mate

[@user-mv5tm8eu5z]

now I'm hella confused..I've heard it used as 'ugly', 'phat' and 'high' which is it lmaoo

[@whatever8692]

Nowadays it’s only used as ugly. Never heard it used in any other context

[@lilymiddlemas9898]

When he thinks abt the UK, he thinks abt tea. That's so stereotypical 😂

[@jessmilne]

“i love the accent” u drive an hour and u will find someone with a different accent🤣🤣🤣

[@urszulat3770]

I’m British and ngl I didn’t think the American’s would be THIS clueless...😂

[@NYCJON152]

Forever Lambily For some reason they believe the majority of Americans care about what goes on in the Uk.

[@a.mcintosh4585]

Fr

[@wanderer10k]

Most of these words you don't here these words on TVin England, how are the yanks going to hear it?

[@persephone5137]

I’m also British and I didn’t know any of these except peng

[@lickmypickle922]

How and why would we know English slang that has zero effect on our daily lives?

[@Fressivoir]

Lol it's 2019, we haven't said piff in like 5 years

[@aleezamahmood1720]

I'm English and I don't even know what that means 😂

[@ellepoynton935]

“Piff ting”

[@Hannah-lm3ze]

@@aleezamahmood1720 exactly never heard it

[@SaM-bf1hx]

Wtf is a piff lmao that sounds like ur going to eat some biscuits with the queen in a picnic

[@BenWilliams-kz5qo]

South east London we use it a fare bit fam

[@liamfeatherstone924]

that big bubbley lass is ace haha

[@katiefoster350]

"When I think about the UK, I think about tea"😂

[@trapmash4680]

Imagine thinking u could know Slang because of Love island

[@Atomic9808]

Yo love island is like the most proper speaking English people i have ever seen

[@SaintT]

janky mcjankyson 🤣🤣🤣what

[@RK-ep8qy]

Tbf she didn't do that bad, she got the first one right

[@poppycrowther8388]

Lol so tru tho

[@heatherkingston6225]

Love island is just twats from london vibing

[@ocfootball_2970]

Hearing an American say ‘bredrin’ was enough for me.

[@SYMusic04]

OCFootball_29 🇯🇲

[@cocoatea56]

Some Black Americans use "Bredrin".

[@DHU11]

Bredrin isn’t rly British slang tho it’s Jamaican and due to the large Jamaican diaspora in UK it has become part of Black British slang/appropriated widely. Lots of Black Americans/Canadians also use that word in areas where there are large Jamaican settlements

[@aliafxx]

@@DHU11 bombaclaaaat

[@rh0yal959]

Brendrin is actually Jamaican tho

[@doll2801]

It really depends on where you’re from. Literately five people speak posh in the country, but not everyone is a roadman or a chav. I myself use maybe two of those words, but it’s rare to see someone where I’m from use those excessively.

[@charlottegee]

uk:scotland,ireland,england,wales americans idea of the uk:just london

[@molly2574]

they forgot the word *beg* like “she's a beg”

[@uppwardss]

Big man are you stupid

[@zoro9037]

Literally no one uses beg

[@uppwardss]

Zoro nah people do

[@zoro9037]

Tin foil hat I haven’t heard anyone use that in years . Sounds to me more like a chav thing

[@AnnzzLyfe]

That’s used worldwide wtf😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@maddycheatle71]

The way they say “butterface” and we say butters

[@maggiecaddick5591]

Yeh I saw that

[@lyrictheexplorer3455]

Maddy C lmfd

[@idioyjohnathon2054]

@Kevin S ye think so

[@streamgiddyup404]

Kevin S yeah exactly, we also say “clapped” it basically means the same thing

[@chloe-dr4rk]

Kevin S butters came from it. it was but her face, then butterface, then butters which is normally used as plain nasty looking

[@CB7eZ]

Man said tea and fashion

[@ASHTONLEOKISS]

mate this is so funny to watch these guys, we have so many accents all around i love watching americans associate us all with posh stuff it’s hilarious

[@alice-hj3so]

when she said “i don’t think i’d ever compare slang with british” just meet a roadman

[@lumbago9379]

innit just come to any british secondary school and ur bound to meant one

[@TheGhostOfKiki]

Ikr like come to my town and see the kids arsing about on their bikes 😂

[@harrygallagher1253]

Roadmen are funny cause they would get smacked up if they went to fight a real person

[@TheGhostOfKiki]

Harry Gallagher lowkey the yr7s at my school 😂

[@harrygallagher1253]

@@TheGhostOfKiki the yr7 try and beat the year 11s up 😂

[@lil7092]

ahh please do americans reacting to british grime artists

[@globalgears5175]

Whyyyy? Why do you want American people to validate British rappers? I fully don’t understand it. They’re people just like us

[@lilacbuni]

@@globalgears5175 they said nothing abt validation chill, this obvi abt seeing diff cultures/ stuff they're not used to esp since they assumed british ppl dont even have slang.

[@xenojt_3201]

Sam W we are trying to prove we ain’t some classic ass dick heads

[@chanelm7535]

your views will go up trust me buzzfeed

[@cherina6632]

No drill

[@chrismaggs]

I'm from the UK (Wales) and have never heard any of these terms, and I'm very proud to say that!

[@dangercat9188]

I like when they say "you muppet" lmfao.

[@rahasadeghi5432]

Imagine coming here to the UK and expecting the queens accent and ending up in Birmingham

[@aji08]

@chuu I live in Brum

[@lloydoduwole1073]

Brum town k

[@AdamDawood]

Rahhh, all the manz speak roadman and that.

[@libanisa48]

chuu piss off😭😭😂

[@osamabinsmokin2702]

nahh imagine ending up in Manchester hearing ppl sounding like they speaking a whole other language lmao

[@eringazeley7389]

“I just love the accent” um which one??

[@_Sonder_]

I know right??

[@Mangoo-o]

@E Town London has many accents

[@captaindiego228]

Birmingham obviously the best accent in the world😂

[@lyrictheexplorer3455]

E Town wdym not at all?

[@Wannawatchthis5555]

E Town there are lots of different accents in London though 🤣 RP like the queen MLE ie roadman East - cockney

[@giornogiovanna3139]

8:44, you mean break down, with that sheer mass I wouldn't be surprised if you got sudden cardiac arrest before you even planned your trip.

[@nachojr5552]

"When I think about the UK, I think about tea" Of course you do mate, of course you do

[@emmalucygordon3594]

Anyone else use fam like “fam shut up” like it’s more negative then positive??

[@snoozyloco609]

nope jus u lol

[@arikejimoh636]

yesss

[@Murad_69]

I think it’s both

[@danieloa394]

The “shut up” is making it negative not “fam”

[@somekid1136]

@@kianhaines3467 you sound washed bro ur over doing it

[@quno5174]

“British slang” is a bit more than just roadman slang.

[@kingpacothegreat]

O’rangers manager Vitamin true cockney slang

[@lukemaher7901]

Literally the only English slang here was bare, the rest is Jamaican/African slang

[@xxthelilyflowerxx6014]

NONCE

[@Grandfinal43]

*London slang..not everyone is a roadman. No one cares about northerners they still call Chinese people Ch"nky

[@cbrachel]

Ye it was all slang from london

[@Sam4G0d]

Dude with the dreadlocks is FIT!

[@IKB28513]

I’m British and I’ve never once said these words in a sentence.

[@alexanders9932]

You don’t live in the ends your a civilian

[@resonablehuman1163]

Sweetheart we're all civilians.

[@alexanders9932]

If your not born into it keep barkin pass by Brixton and I’ll give you education

[@resonablehuman1163]

Um ok, you seem to be keen to take offence at a line of comment which is in no way offensive so I'll just leave you to that and carry on happily with my life.

[@alexanders9932]

You cute with them lines fam have a wonderful life

[@chloemcdermott2978]

This feels very centralised to London. Imagine them trying to figure out Scots or Geordie slang.

[@bbq_hotdog337]

Tbh it’s most of England with London like Birmingham

[@katl7184]

just them trying to decipher Scots/ Doric would be hilarious

[@dirtybirdy7937]

Or West Country

[@hannahporter7887]

Most of my London friends don't know what mardy means.... Apparently it's a northern word....and I'm from Essex 🤣🤣

[@elsiegreen677]

Not true these are used in Nottingham all the time

[@sc0pe-15btw]

I don’t like it when Americans first thing they think of the uk is TEA

[@liamthomas9622]

KezmAA I mean the first things I think of when it’s America, is type 2 diabetes and m16s in maths

[@sc0pe-15btw]

Liam Thomas bruh

[@liamthomas9622]

KezmAA am I wrong or am I wrong

[@pondfood]

@@liamthomas9622 Fairs

[@babykekse5137]

Blame the media industry. All we import is Downtown Abbey, The Crown & War movies. Films & TV about Black British culture are hardly made. You'll see black faces, but never in a black context. The only examples I can think of Kidulthood & Blue Story and those are specifically about the road life. What about girls like me who grow up in estates but go to university? I have never seen that before. Because roles where black Brits go about their daily lives are virtually non - existent, actors like Daniel Kaluuya have to take American roles & American viewers do not discover they are British until they see them on Jimmy Fallon. There is a bit of green on the horizon though. British director Steve McQueen is directing a BBC series called Small Axe which is set during 1980s England I believe with John Boyega & Letitia Wright as major characters. It is about time.

[@jenaskumbi]

I’ve lived in the uk for all my life and I will tell you now that it’s not all “tea” and “crumpets” out here😂

[@jackpowell1573]

Piff doesn't not mean positive, piff mean spliff 😂😂😂

[@eviemitchell1340]

As a British person watching this was extremely hard

[@taidiamondsss5618]

Worrrrrd I was fighting these tears

[@rhybaax8829]

This nigga said bare was as in no money. 😂 these people in this video are dickheads cuz

[@kylalindo3341]

So tur

[@mildredkwereka6448]

I'm from Britain too and i just find this too funny 😂😂 the other two though peng means penis 😂 😂😂😂😂

[@zak1384]

Dr. Lewcide shut the hell up man you sound like a clown. Your name is probs Spencer or something. Don’t act like you from the hood hah hah. Not saying I am but don’t use words you defo shouldn’t be

[@lolajordan358]

why does everything have to be so literal for americans it’s actually funny

[@pxd8820]

They are trying to guess tbf so first thing they should go for is logic

[@macodaco1465]

simple people thats my guess.

[@byonson8788]

BRITISH ACCENTS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKrchWWgoruDd80&feature=emb_title I feel like some of these slang words were a bit dated as well... Not sure i've heard anyone say "peng", for example, in yeaaars

[@davidm6176]

I’m British and have to put up with my brother shouting British slang with his friends on his computer it’s actually how I learned it

[@CK-vc4lq]

List: Wagwan Nonce Innit 'G' Mandem Aired Geeza Butters Clapped

[@hi-es3br]

Th I forgot about 'G'

[@aidang4509]

W about. Bare and “ah lie”

[@xbumblebeex4850]

Ghee

[@vndlls]

JJ Smith Nah fam listen blud me and my mandem went chicken and chips shop and the boss man was a G, he got us 10 wings for £2.50 I was like calm my G and went and I gave my mandem some and he was like safe! Then, the rude boys approached us and we got the shank out and shanked him and man was bleeding like $H*T. Greater London (my ends): Yo wagwan man g blud init we be chavs out here

[@flintoff2129]

Big man

[@evanjones6161]

“when i think of britain i think of tea” well when i think of america i think of school shootings

[@jude8728]

Bruh

[@TheMrSpectatorr]

Why you guys getting so offended over small stuff

[@abdur4754]

@@TheMrSpectatorr they're just joking, it's for a laugh

[@TheMrSpectatorr]

@@abdur4754 Yes I know but there are some people that actually get offended over it. I'm just asking why people get offended over stuff like that.

[@Riley_rudkin]

When I think of America I think of diabetes bcuz they all fat

[@Blane1]

The ones I say is calm, allow it fam,peak,leng can't think of any more at mo 🤣🤣🤣

[@tobybryan02]

'I love the accent' *laughs in West Midlands accent*