Can You Guess this English Slang words? (American vs British vs Aussie vs South African)

[@henri191]

Mia 🇭🇲and Rea 🇿🇦 have credit but i like the fact that channel views were being "normal" until Lauren 🇬🇧 came back and changed even more with Christina's return. 🇺🇸

[@antoniocasias5545]

What do you mean channel views were being normal?

[@Charl_es19]

@@antoniocasias5545 that means that some people weren't watching the channel as before and then when Lauren returned people got happy in see her back and after a while Christina too

[@lemonz1769]

I really like the Spain/Brazil videos

[@KenziBell451]

Oh my gosh I’m from South Africa and my name is Rea 😊😅

[@ninasm]

I remember moving from SA to Austria and writing my first English test and wrote robot instead of traffic light (not knowing that the word traffic light even existed) and causing huge confusion for my teacher.

[@xo3535]

😹😹💔😹🤦🏾‍♀️

[@Abby-MaeBrockwell-dd3mw]

Did you still get the mark 😂😂

[@alisaclarisse]

Proud of you Rea 🇿🇦 representing us 🤗

[@realebogapetlele6713]

Thank you my friend 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@SinilkMudilaSama]

@@realebogapetlele6713 ya is very funny and laughing🎁🍻🍷🍒👍

[@kyleglennistor5109]

But how can she lie about sarmies bra

[@kyleglennistor5109]

This meddie knows Niks about South Africa

[@realebogapetlele6713]

@@kyleglennistor5109 you should go on the show since you are better than all of us

[@jasminesoyinka]

First channel with a Black South African 👏🏾👏🏾

[@Cd1988B]

She doesn’t know her own slang though.

[@itumelengmasemola717]

@@Cd1988B how can someone not know their own slang the slang that she doesn't know is not hers lol

[@kurtsudheim825]

@@itumelengmasemola717 what are you on about? The person is saying she didn't know half the slang words from her own country, it's not like she owns the words, but they're from her country, & she doesn't know them, so she was effectively a little useless here. The whole point is explain the colloquial terms, so if she doesn't know them, why's she there

[@ismailkoya66]

what's up with her accent though? A lot of people nowadays are switching up their accents. You don't hear the hard and rough general South African accent

[@shaziiekay1688]

@@kurtsudheim825 no one know evry little thing about their country plus south africa is a diverse place that sometimes has a different slangs depending on where you live. She did a good job explaining these slangs though even if it's not what she, herself, uses

[@math.n]

the best group so far, they are really into the purpose of the videos and seem to have fun with each other

[@jasonsmart3482]

My ex was South African so knew those ones especially the robot always amused me.

[@ChristinaDonnelly]

Learned a lot of words and phrases this time! Hope you guys learned something new too! -Christina 🇺🇸

[@henri191]

I loved the video , i've learned many words as well , nice , Christina 😁🇺🇸

[@ChristinaDonnelly]

@@henri191 glad you learned some too!

[@AT-rr2xw]

I am from Massachusetts too, but I have never heard of bang a uey.

[@redsorgum]

@@AT-rr2xw In California we would say hang a u-ee or a lewy

[@ChristinaDonnelly]

@@AT-rr2xw Oh really? I think it's most commonly used in Boston, so maybe not used as much in other towns. My parents grew up in Boston so I would always hear them say it haha

[@HalHamza]

We say sharp sharp in Nigeria too, but it means quickly or hurry up depending on the context.

[@adjetyann2095]

I'm from Côte d'Ivoire, a French-speaking country, we have also the word "Chap-Chap" which exists in our slang, the , and it also means the same things that you said earlier. Nouchi is an ivorian slang based essentially on French, but influenced also by Spanish, English and some local languages from Côte d'Ivoire.

[@johnwanderin3872]

Eejit is also used in America, probably from the Scots settled areas like certain parts of Appalachia

[@armyaj]

if you watch supernatural with subtitles it's spelled "idjit" which is why that spelling confused me

[@Munchticles]

That makes sense, I live in Tennessee and hear it from time to time from people a little deeper in the hills.

[@vaiki]

I do love the banter between Lauren and Christina 🤩

[@jannafreudenberg1878]

Same

[@zerotunzend3182]

I'm from the US and my grandfather would say "eejit" often. I picked it up but kids at school and other people thought it was weird. My grandfather would also say "aye" instead of okay...and I picked that up also. I still get odd looks from time to time here in the US when I say certain things. If eejit originates from Scotland, it makes a lot of sense to me now. Apparently our family ancestry has a lot of ties to Scotland. I wonder how certain terms and slight accent idiosyncrasies remain in a family for so long without changing. I did grow up with my grandparents on a ranch in the middle of nowhere...so perhaps that social isolation over generations preserved those terms within our family.

[@MegUSN52]

I grew up in SE Alabama where there are a lot of Scottish and Irish ancestry. Eegit was a common word for us as well.

[@yolaqhina5849]

I like rea cause she seems sweet and I'm also in south africa 🇿🇦 ❤

[@cr9153]

Eejit is also Irish, as my Northern Irish relatives use it too.

[@gregmuon]

I know the dictionaries say it's British or chiefly British, but dodgy isn't uncommon in American English either. I've heard it my whole life.

[@anndeecosita3586]

I’m American too and I think perhaps I am misunderstanding this as a context thing. I don’t see anything “new” about the word dodgy but I can see how maybe i’ve been using the same word in a different way. One way I use dodgy/dodge/dodger is to mean evasive. My background is in journalism and we frequently say someone is dodging questions. So if I’m asking someone straight forward questions and they are giving me clever responses that aren’t really answers I would say “he’s being dodgy.”However I might use dodgy to mean potentially dangerous. I have seen some foreign English publications use dodgy to mean low moral character like dodgy car salesman.

[@kurtsudheim825]

I think that's why they were all confused, it's just an English word, used throughout the world. Since your bit supposed to answer if it's from your country, I think they all held back

[@rue3816]

We use the word dodgy here in South Africa a lot as well

[@utha2665]

In Australia we have been using dodgy for at least as long as I have been alive, I remember a segment on an Australian comedy show ion the 70s called Dodgy Brothers and they were a car yard selling really dodgy cars. Any Aussies know what show I am referring to?

[@josefschiltz2192]

So this is what I've read regarding the appelation of 'Robot' regarding traffic lights. Before traffic lights were there in South Africa, the police used to control traffic with their hands in busy intersections as they still do at times. When the traffic controllers (the police) were replaced it sort of created an impression that a human job was replaced with a machine and hence the name robot. The original term was “robotic traffic controller“. When the traffic controllers (the police) were replaced it sort of created an impression that a human job was replaced with a machine and hence the name robot. A number of countries call traffic lights a 'robot'. Robot can also be a term for a vending machine. The word itself derives from the Czech word “robota,” or forced labor, as done by serfs. Its Slavic linguistic root, “rab,” means “slave.”

[@Nghilifa]

interesting!

[@ashmaz4811]

you are complicating it , its common across nearly all of southern africa... Robots is because they are robots🤣

[@siphokazimtshali8872]

that's interesting. I'm South African and I didn't know where it comes from lol

[@Gadavillers-Panoir]

Football means a different sport in the US, the UK and Australia. Weird that 3 different yet popular sports are known by the same name.

[@NicholasJH96]

You left the Irish out with Gaelic football & yes they uk football is also football, unlike uk football & American & Australia football all have same origin. Gaelic football was around before the others with another name.

[@maryjennings4913]

You also forgot Canadian Football, and rugby, which I've heard of being called a type of football.

[@mhlave2440]

Probably because all those sports are derivatives of Football ⚽️ (Soccer).

[@RossM3838]

@@mhlave2440 and rugby

[@anndeecosita3586]

@@mhlave2440 I think what we in the USA call football is more like rugby.

[@naileataylor2106]

The only reason I knew the meaning “eejit” one, was from watching Agents of Shield, and hearing Fitz talk😂

[@nathaliacardozo]

I'm in love with the south african accent omg

[@kingxyz033]

I wish they could bring more Africans to this channel

[@audreyh_333]

for everyone confused about the australian football, we call Rugby League or AFL Footy

[@bestofthevoice7286]

I’m a Rea 🇿🇦 stan I love her

[@realebogapetlele6713]

Thank you!! 💐💐 been seeing your comments!

[@marydavis5234]

Dodgy has been used in the US since the 1960's

[@teyisenkosekhaya]

I am enjoying this. Love all the way from South Africa

[@davyslanguages]

Love from Togo west Africa

[@starshocker]

Interesting how we always learn new things if these videos. I suck at slang most of the time, so I'm taking notes haha

[@Verbalaesthet]

In German we also say "shoot" (Schieß los) to mean "pose your question" or "tell me".

[@SinilkMudilaSama]

Shooot the shit, it's a bizaaaarrreeee phrase funny phrase chris 🤭🤭🤭🤭🍻

[@danielbanks6569]

Pretty sure soccer comes from the full name for footy, Association Football > Assoc > Soccer. In the same way that Rugby is really Rugby Football and sometimes called Rugger.

[@pipers_river]

We definitely say "hang a left/right" in Australia but I hadn't heard of "Hang a Larry/Louie" as an North American thing before. It's so cute! Aussies say "chuck a uey" - I had no idea Americans had something similar! Never heard "head like a half sucked mango" before but I totally believe it's Australian. 😂Maybe it's from Queensland? It fits right in with similar Aussie insults that I know (they've got a face like a dropped meat pie).

[@henri191]

This word, "Eejit", i've heard first time with the video with Vanille from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 , even though she is from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 , Lauren did well and knew the meaning 🇬🇧

[@AT-rr2xw]

I guessed that it was idiot, but I didn't know where it was from.

[@LB_die_Kaapie]

I thought it was like Irish or Cornish but I'm from 🇿🇦 so just guessing.

[@NeilBlanco]

It's also Irish. I have a keyring from Dublin with that word on it...

[@stinkygremlin267]

@@AT-rr2xw it's from Ireland and Scotland

[@anndeecosita3586]

I remember that video

[@samueliwelumo]

In Nigeria 🇳🇬 , Sharp sharp means like quickly or fast 😂🇳🇬

[@samueliwelumo]

So i can be please make the food sharp sharp

[@jake7821]

Head like a half sucked mango! 😂 My Mum always says, “head like a racing tadpole” hahaha! Language is funny! 😂

[@SavageIntent]

I'm german but grew up in south Africa. I always heard 'sharp-sharp' but I only saw it written down after many years, I always thought they were saying 'shupshup'.

[@suby-r4n]

Mine in Nigeria sharp sharp means like quick quick hurry up 😅

[@lrclouder8088]

When the other people tried to guess shap shap my gosh no the pronunciation and guesses were so off 😂 Love these vids!

[@kambasacong8586]

Christina and Lauren I like you so much so awesome and pretty woman for me🇺🇲🇬🇧💖

[@reginaldhalliday1293]

The slang Sharp-Sharp in Nigeria means to do something "quickly"...

[@emily_gross1990]

Here in America we had a long running tv show called Supernatural. In it, one particularly gruff character has this catchphrase "idgit" that pretty much meant stupid or idiot. He also used it almost like a curse word.

[@WhoseCarly]

Wait, who was the one who said that?

[@fatimacoats5306]

@@WhoseCarly Bobby Singer

[@WhoseCarly]

@@fatimacoats5306 oh thx. Ngl, I forgot the context on this so I was like Bobby singer what? Since I knew he who he was I was just confused on why someone commented this lol. Also when did I write this comment… I can’t remember doing it even after reading it

[@straightwhitemale966]

I remember "hang a louie" and "toss a ritchie" from polar express

[@gordonwallin2368]

Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

[@AlfinAbdadJuvenal]

Greetings from Indonesia

[@buggaoff8160]

The woman's explanation of footy is unintentionally hilarious

[@tuffin]

Christina's socks are in other level...

[@christianhansen3292]

she acts like a "blonde"- lol yeah i like the jeans.

[@geraldjones756]

Bus a lef, bus a rite 🇯🇲 Take a left, take a right🇯🇲

[@amoasiwa.n6598]

In Ghana we say Sharp too But just one sharp ..but means the same thing ...Mostly used amongst friends

[@zatoichi-64]

Sarmie is sandwich, Rea was incorrect about that but right about it’s cultural use

[@JesseHOH]

Mate, the AFL is the greatest sport to ever exist. Australia has it bloody good bro. 🇦🇺 UP THE POWERRRRRR!!!!

[@anndeecosita3586]

Christina did a dance that we in the USA call the robot. My friend does the robot when we are at the club and I’m like 🤦🏾‍♀️ 😂

[@Mettorm]

It terms of sarmie in SA, I would usually only use the term if I was referring to a toasted sandwich, eg: a toasted sarmie. Also at my school we called them toasted zarms instead of toasted sarmies but that is more specific to just my school.

[@hasan.m2806]

Love u from arab world 💜 💚 💜 💚 💜 Lauren and christen

[@elsolitariodrogado]

PFF... ok just because i used that too much, i remember that we have something similar to the mango one and it is like a hairstyle but thats why i love my country mexico so much

[@amakwejoshua4635]

sharp sharp in Nigeria means fast

[@user-elizabethrids]

As an Australian that doesn’t see much Aussie content it’s amazing to see this but I say chuck a uiy

[@a1smith]

Thanks again guys. Love it.

[@EllaDrawings]

Fun Fact: In America we look at tea as fish food for sea creatures in The Boston Harbor

[@jojojuice29]

They greeted like Teletubies 🤣🤣🤣

[@the_real_littlepinkhousefly]

I associate "eejit" with Ireland -- but of course it makes sense it would be Scottish, too.

[@davelister2961]

After the Vikings wiped out the native Scottish, the Picts, the Irish settled Scotland. Scotland, land of the Scots. The Scots were an Irish tribe.

[@rossg9361]

@@davelister2961 rubbish.

[@michaelsegal3558]

I’m Canadian and I’ve NEVER heard of hang a Larry or hang a Louie

[@Aussierueswatches]

Oh "bang a uey" In Australia it's like that, tho it's "chuck a uey"

[@Who-Even-Is-Pebblez]

Bruh I’ve never heard someone say hang a Larry in canada

[@Classic_Dom]

Rea was right with the word “Dodgy” bc we also use it in the US. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@anndeecosita3586]

Yes we Americans do use the word dodgy. I think because we’re more apt to say sus/suspicious or sketchy that maybe people think it’s not part of our vocabulary.

[@overlordnat]

@@anndeecosita3586 ‘sus’ has only recently become a popular expression in America but it’s been quite widely used at least since the ‘sus laws’ that Thatcher passed in the 80s which made it easier for police to stop and search people (famously disproportionately black) on suspicion of crimes. I suspect that ‘dodgy’ is another rare example of slang crossing from Britain to America rather than vice versa.

[@anndeecosita3586]

@@overlordnat Sus is recent but really I think sus is merely be a shorter version of suspicious or suspect which isn’t new. And the USA slang of calling something or someone “suspect” has been around a long time in my circles. I don’t mean suspect like the kind the police arrest but suspect as in not perceived as trustworthy. Like I might say “That chicken salad is suspect because it was left on the counter all night.” or “He lies a lot so everything says is suspect.” Also I sometimes use dodgy as an adjective in the family of dodge/dodger to mean evasive. So I think we use dodgy but maybe not entirely in the same context as Brits.

[@almyvannucci392]

In Australia we also call rugby footy too.

[@ipulrmdan]

cristina and lauren i love you friend🙂🤭

[@CharlesStacyII]

Great video! Eejit was my favorite. Good job Lauren.

[@RedHanded1969]

I remember a British MP called David Cameroon, Dodgy Dave..

[@armyaj]

in america we have certain regions that say "Idjit" which is why the spelling confused me but i said it out loud and immediately knew what it was

[@bobgade6733]

Dogdy is definitely sketchy.. sus is more shady

[@anrach579]

In Florida, we would normally not say swimsuit. That's a fancy term for what we call a bathing suit.

[@anndeecosita3586]

I hear Americans saying both bathing suit and swimsuit. But I lived for many years in the South. Christina is a Yankee so maybe that’s why she doesn’t hear it much.

[@G-B-F123]

Idk but bathing suit seems like the fancy version to me. Sounds fancier than swimsuit

[@anndeecosita3586]

@@G-B-F123 Bathing suit is a more old fashioned term but it is common in the South. Because it’s newer, some people think swimsuit sounds fancier.

[@josephvanwyk2088]

Sarmi - is Afrikaans slang yes. It's short for ham and cheese sandwich

[@ponyxaviors4491]

I'm American, and I've heard "dodgy" being used here my whole life. But I've generally heard it in the context of like, "He's being dodgy." and not so much in a sentence like "a dodgy situation" that Lauren said for the UK.

[@anndeecosita3586]

I’m also American and curious as to in what context do you use “he’s being dodgy”. I have a journalism background and it’s common for us to say someone is dodging questions. So if I say “he’s being dodgy” most likely I’m saying he’s being cleverly evasive and not responding to straightforward questions in a meaningful way. I wonder if this is slang because there is a famous novel by British author Charles Dickens called Oliver Twist and the Artful Dodger is a main character. At times I mean dodgy as giving me a vibe of being potentially dangerous. I mostly I say sketchy but sometimes I say dodgy. I think maybe Brits use dodgy to mean corrupt or low moral character as well. Not sure.,

[@ponyxaviors4491]

@@anndeecosita3586 I would interpret "he's being dodgy" in the same context you used, as in "dodging questions." I've also heard it used as a synonym for suspicious. "He's being dodgy/he's behaving suspiciously." Which I feel like is maybe a similar idea to the dodging questions thing, because if someone is dodging questions it would likely make me feel suspicious of their motives for avoiding a direct answer. But now you've got me curious as to where "dodgy" did originate, lol.

[@Lily-jf1pq]

Dodgy could be anything you'd want to avoid like that situation/person/whatever seems a little sus, might want to avoid it. I could even use it to describe food that might've gone off like oh that smells a little dodgy, better not eat it

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

I really like "sharp-sharp". :D

[@LB_die_Kaapie]

Pronounced shup-shup ;)

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

@@LB_die_Kaapie Cool! :D

[@adjetyann2095]

In Côte d'Ivoire, we have also this word in our slang, the Nouchi (Chap-Chap)

[@terentius81]

The "Head like a half sucked Mango" reminded me of a friend's old favourite: "head on 'em like a bulldog chewing a wasp."

[@amiroamiro4753]

MORE OF THIS SERIES 🇺🇲🇿🇦🇦🇺

[@gwynnethweinrich2612]

We do actually call sandwiches sarmies here in South Africa

[@hollish196]

Half-sucked mango needs world wide usage.

[@nl212ep]

“Shoot the shit” just means to casually talk to people you know. I wouldn’t say it means “talk it out.” To me, “talk it out” means settle and argument.

[@ConfusedMushroomXD]

Fun fact: in south africa the robot when there is not one but you would think there is the is a picture of a robot with a cross in it

[@drevil4454]

In south africa dodgy also means scaly.

[@lynnhettrick7588]

I knew footy. I’ve heard/said “hang a Louie” (not Larry) and “hang a u-ey.”

[@GotTheSwablus]

im from australia (nsw) and NEVER ONCE heard the slang "half sucked mango" where is that from lmao

[@tristanjohnson4477]

Not sure where it's from but I've heard it before.

[@addisonhoppe3923]

Also from Australia (Tas) never heard it before

[@yananscunt]

I always hear it

[@greendro6410]

This was interesting.

[@varenwilson1514]

Footy is the discount rugby :)

[@ItzReezo01]

In south africa a sarmie is a sandwich depending on the person who uses it

[@itumelengmasemola717]

It's crazy I've never heard that word before in my life 🤣

[@mangashu911gt]

Definitely isn't a sausage lol

[@MRAPEXPREDATOR1]

Sarnie not sarmie.

[@Scott_Forsell]

I think of "shoot the sh!t" as something you do with acquaintances or semi-buddies, or randos at a bar. With friends you talk, with randos you "shoot the sh!t". It's not a forever classification. I have many good friends I met in a bar and started out just swapping anecdotes with.

[@eliseivanica]

i have never in my life heard about the half sucked mango in my life and i’ve lived in australia my whole life 😭

[@utha2665]

I certainly have, I've also heard they have a head for radio, or uglier than a hat full of bums too. But using a mango, it's probably from a more tropical region like Queensland.

[@kikibigbangfan3540]

Here in America, I never heard it pronounced "eejit" but "idjit" instead...close enough I knew instantly what it meant.

[@kurtsudheim825]

Ya, I would've got it of they'd said it, but spelt like that no

[@bradleythwaites989]

Australians actually do call soccer 'football'. It is the correct name for it.

[@mileycyrusfan197]

"hang a larry"? oooh, a canadian slang!!!

[@jh6129]

I hope you can do a video with Arabic

[@A1sxxo]

I’m Irish and we say eejit too lol

[@triaurorar3291]

I got the hang a luey from the polar express

[@Quangkhac2024]

I'm bad at English but I'm trying to learn

[@nuiz..]

LMFAOO we use something similar to eejit in jamaica

[@NZC_Meow]

I thought footy was an Australian word meaning the ball used to play rugby 🏉

[@shiningkimmy]

I heard footy and thought footjob. I’m going to hell

[@sshadyh]

my brother says flip a ricky when we means to turn right and we are american

[@Mad4Livie]

SLAYY ROBOT

[@Millie-on5jv]

Guys it’s not complete unless you ask peng, leng, fit, butters and clapped

[@Leach1drawzz]

When they said sharp aharp it was kind of weird but i know is as shap shap

[@elisatoto3977]

Come on, none them watched Supernatural? Eejit was simple