Do We Speak Canadian or British? - SimplyPodLogical #94

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben take a Canadian Slang quiz and a British-Irish Dialect Quiz.
0:00 - Hey what’s up holo everyone
3:23 - Canadian Slang Quiz
12:41 - Bagged Milk
18:45 - Kraft Dinner
21:23 - Undies
23:32 - Poutine
29:37 - Canadian Slang Quiz Results
30:30 - British-Irish Dialect Quiz
35:37 - Mr. Chesterfield
36:22 - Skipping School in the U.K.
40:03 - What do you call a baby?
40:54 - What do you call an idiot?
50:55 - What do call your mother?
52:37 - British-Irish Dialect Quiz Results
55:33 - It’s tea time
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[@tchaugn]

"Ben stop smelling my underwear" changed my life. More of that lmfaooo soo funny

[@MyTherapistsNails]

I spit out my tea. :'D "GOT 'EM!!"

[@lizalove91]

Hahaha and when he was like brown noser sounds like someone smelling someone’s underwear 😂

[@jinxie8]

I can’t stop laughing at Menchie and whatever she’s trying to do on Ben’s shoulders and we’re only 5 minutes in.

[@heatherkook2326]

"who calls it silverware" WE DO IN THE MIDWEST CRISTINE LMAO

[@camilleelasky537]

And in california

[@htebazilej]

In Pennsylvania/New York, it's silverware, cutlery or utensils, depending on the mood and sometimes depending on where you are eating. I think cutlery is for fancier meals.

[@mischapotter]

interestingly, in B.C Canada I call it silverware to

[@chasidychance2805]

Silverware here in the south... southwest Virgnia / northeast Tennessee area of the U.S.

[@heatherkook2326]

@@htebazilej yeah here In michigan it's silverware and utensils are more considered like big spoons, spatulas, wisks, stuff like that

[@TrishaSpectacle]

I feel like Cristine’s “English accent” is an inflection away from almost sounding like Moira Rose from Schitts Creek LOL would love to hear her try THAT voice.

[@Alex-pg1ik]

You know, I think you might be right XD

[@noodlemaiden7619]

It reminds me of Phoebe imitating a bad English accent 😁

[@alphabettiispaghetti5380]

As someone from the UK this was hilarious! The fact that you don't recognise words like chav or skive makes me realise how localised it is! I've done this quiz before and it was very accurate to where I grew up

[@chloebrunsdon6964]

Omg yes those two are part of everyday language 😅

[@FuzzyVixen]

I didn't know wood lice had so many other names 😂

[@FuzzyVixen]

And as someone from near Liverpool thinking scally meant scally wag got me 🤣

[@bekah4137]

I’m from the uk and just did this and it was pretty spot on 🤣 though when you’re from wales i don’t feel like it’s difficult 🙈

[@mdx7460]

Love how they think we all practically speak like the royals. They would get a shock if they heard how absolutely not posh the majority of us are (Liverpool here so.. yeah😅)

[@LenusichkaLena16]

Almost сhoked on “Ben, stop smelling my underwear”, but hey, to each their own, I guess. 😂😅😆

[@kyndramb7050]

I DIED! 😄🤣😂😅

[@kikibirdball]

You mean choked?

[@KathLou]

Cristine’s “accent” is like someone with a Cockney accent trying to sound posh - or like an American trying to sound like a posh Brit doing a Cockney accent. 🤣

[@NayCollison]

Omg I literally came here to write this comment above - so glad it isn’t just me who hears that!

[@caitlin329]

I think Cristine's accent is a bad version of an American's idea of a 'London accent' 😅 It swaps between 'posher' and less so, but sounds as one would expect -like someone who's watched some film and TV.

[@selfawarepotato6608]

Yeah, I know she thinks she sounds British… But she does not 🙄LOL

[@DaniCal1forn1a]

@@valap_ Noooo, he did a bad version of a cockney accent, which is a specific London accent 🤣. Cristine's English accent isn't cockney haha

[@keldasinclair6827]

yes! lol we don't sound like that!

[@alicerandall5964]

Not London, surely if anything it sounds closer to a Sussex accent, I mean it certainly not a good one but more Sussex than it is London!

[@faeryvixenetc]

yeah it's pretty heinous lol

[@ceuti]

"Ben stop smelling my underwear" is the funniest thing I've ever heard Cristine say lmao

[@rubysparkes]

“No one says ‘a facial tissue’” 😄 In the UK we do say “tissue”. Even though growing up we almost exclusively had actual Kleenex brand at home, we wouldn’t call them “a Kleenex”. That’s my very exciting story for today 😅

[@evasanchez3186]

Haha my boyfriend calls the roll of toilet paper he uses as tissue Kleenex. We’re from Mi, US.

[@ava_lavender]

same except I'm from the U.S.

[@htebazilej]

Ugh. I hate when people refer to products by a brand name instead of what it is! I use only Puffs brand but just call them tissues! Also, not all permanent markers are Sharpies, food storage containers are not Tupperware, Mac and cheese is not Kraft unless it's actually Kraft (which it shouldn't be because that's not the best brand!)..etc... lol

[@alicepavan168]

In Italy we do this but with the kitchen roll of wipes, we call them "Scottex" because it's the name of one of the brands that produce it ahah even if we don't buy that brand in particular we say "I'm out of scottex" or "could I pls have a scottex?"

[@alicepavan168]

@@htebazilej I was working in a restaurant once and while i was in the kitchen, my boss told me "can you pass me the domo pak?" he meant the cling film and he called it by the brand. I never noticed the brand's name and at home I've always called it "film" so i was standing there like wtf.

[@macfloof8679]

You guys need to guess actual British accents and see if you understand what is said. We do not all sound like Christine’s fake accent 😂

[@selfawarepotato6608]

Her accent isn’t even remotely accurate LOL I don’t know what that is, but it’s not British! 😂

[@devonshanahan1479]

I just want to see them translate glaswegian😅

[@kparkiart5067]

@@selfawarepotato6608 yes! Exactly. ThT would be a great video!

[@katyb2793]

I'm Aussie and I struggle with some British accents 😅 And Scottish is... practically impossible!

[@kparkiart5067]

@@katyb2793 I'm BRITISH and can't understand some stronger accents 😂 especially those way way up north

[@elliepie02]

Cristine’s hair looks so beautiful in this Edit: I went to a public high school in the US and they did attendance every period and would call home if you were absent.And they require a guardian to sign you out early or in late. Kids still skip, but there’s more security against leaving campus, so they often just linger in the halls.

[@mistyz0ne]

same here in canada

[@TheTiaraKay]

Can confirm this is interesting as an American! From my viewpoint it seems that a lot of your language is more formal

[@evasanchez3186]

I’m from Michigan, only 30 minutes away from the ambassador bridge, and we talk like 90% the same!! Haha

[@aerryn420]

@@evasanchez3186 Same! It’s crazy how similar their dialect is to ours.

[@KZesty]

Answers to some questions: I haven't seen that caramel candy you mentioned in America, and FUBAR is a military acronym for "F---ed Up Beyond All Repair/Recognition" or similar.

[@edakanari4408]

We have it in the UK too and it's so good but it's hard to find now due to the pandemic

[@PamalaWatts]

Fubar isn't necessarily military... I learned it in high school in the 90s 😂 but this definition is correct

[@KyunChan93]

@@PamalaWatts it had it origins in the military but eventually made its way into the broader civilian world

[@erican6433]

Screech is Newfoundland rum 😆 The joke is that we're drinkers. Fun fact: some Newfoundlanders ask for "fresh milk" when placing a Timmies order because Carnation (condensed) milk was so commonly used for coffee/tea (because it was shelf stable)! I think some Timmies locations actually had condensed milk available for orders for some time. Also, very familiar with coffee "whitener". Maybe it is a NL or East coast thing? In NL, "townies" are city folk. Everyone else are "baymen", lol.

[@chanellovvesyou]

I laughed unnecessarily hard at Ben saying "put in the butt" so nonchalantly 😂

[@SimplySarah1990]

I was rolling 🤣🤣

[@onemooreperson13]

I live in the south in America, and my family calls it silverware no matter what it's made of. We even say plastic silverware when we have those. It's weird in such a way that I love.

[@adriannakeller1908]

I live in Washington state and it's the same 🍴

[@sarahclark569]

Same in New England

[@elle94]

The actor your thinking of is Colin firth. This is hilarious, everyone thinks we sound like the queen. I have a Yorkshire accent. For such a small country we have so many different accents and ways to say things. A townie was used more when I was a child and it was to say someone who lives in town (the centre) we would probably for that question say chav but there were a few other answers I would use also. Also you sound like Eliza doolittle 🤣🤣

[@catls7975]

Cristine i love you but no one in the UK talks like that 😂 (would love to see you react to how different parts of the uk actually speak)

[@leola_lottie]

As someone from the UK I'm outraged that 'knickers' wasn't listed as slang for underwear! 🤣

[@ina2353]

Yeah the episode just dropped. If you ever read this comment I just wanted to tell you how wholesome you guys are. I love your podcast ❤️.

[@KatBee00]

Your triumphant "GOT EMMMMM" had me cracking up 🤣🤣🤣

[@lore2135]

Cristine's hairstyle looks awesome in this episode :D

[@Kaeracter]

FUBAR: F'd up Beyond All Recognition, and yes, I do believe it's origins are military slang. As an American, I found the Canadian one interesting, as you had answers that were totally strange to me :). The Coke thing is endemic to south-east US (I say soda and my friend from GA thinks that's strange, lol); I'm curious if it's really the norm somewhere in Canada as well.

[@Janiz1998]

I always hear this joke, but as someone from the South, no one around me has ever just says just "coke." When I hear coke, they want coke or an equivalent (pepsi, for example), not just soda in general. I did hear pop a lot, and I am used to saying soda.

[@allisonlachance3953]

@@Janiz1998 I’m from Missouri and had a coworker from Alabama. One time I asked if she wanted anything from the cafeteria and she said a coke. As I was walking away she said: you need to know the type! I want a Pepsi! She’s the only person I’ve met in “real life” who has called soda in general a coke.

[@HarmonAtcher]

@@Janiz1998 Maybe depends where in the south, or how close to a bigger city? I live in Georgia and it's pretty rare in my area to hear the word soda. All soda around here is "coke" or even "cocola" for the older folks. I'm not anywhere near ATL, but I also wouldn't call my area rural. There is a preference for Coke over Pepsi, but I do have customers frequently ask where the Coke is, then come back with Mountain Dew for instance.

[@nataliedickens1289]

My father is from Iowa and he has used soda-pop and coke interchangeably to say soda. He’s lived in California now for many years and now says soda but I remember growing up and him defaulting to soda-pop or coke

[@mellymaker1282]

Your British accent flexes from Queens English (very posh) to Cockney (working class London) its as if you've watched My Fair Lady and merged the two accents together.

[@KZesty]

Ben is right about strawberry milk being great, and Cristine I love how you styled your hair! This is a fun episode to hear your cultural vocabulary.

[@sarahstickings5452]

Cristine I’m afraid to say that your British accent isn’t like any British accent lol. But maybe if I had to say you go for a posh Southern English accent.

[@rockangel1603]

yeah in the politest way possible, it sounds like a butchered RP southern accent

[@brynnc7536]

I’ve only heard “townie” being used as someone who lives in a college town to hang out/go to parties but doesn’t go to school there (I’m an East Coast American)

[@rebeccacook8149]

That's how I've heard townie as well, and it's typically more of an insult

[@AikoHyuuga369]

For the longest time… Timmies didn’t have milk alternatives, and Starbucks did. Thus, lactose intolerance made me always choose Starbucks.

[@PresleyLune]

they still dont in the states :(

[@anthail]

Honestly, if I'm outside of the Nordics, my safest bet for finding lactose free milk or dairy alternatives is sadly always Starbucks.

[@TreesR4Huggin]

Ben and Cristine making jokes about it being silverware instead of cutlery- meanwhile I grew up saying silverware 👀

[@jamiek4421]

If you’re rich enough to have silverware

[@TreesR4Huggin]

@@jamiek4421 no- my parents just called our utensils silverware even though it wasn’t- maybe it’s an east coast thing, but all my friends also say silverware, even though it isn’t true “silverware”- it’s just what we say instead of utensils 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@leahbelieva]

@@TreesR4Huggin we say silverware in the Midwest. Even though it’s not silver at all.

[@jamiek4421]

@@leahbelieva so Culture based on sounding rich / faking it? Comes off quite🥴

[@haleyhoudini]

My grandma called a couch the "davenport". We're from Illinois, she lived in northern illinois her entire life. Never heard anyone else call it that! I've heard chesterfield, too. Languages can be so fun!

[@johndododoe1411]

Chesterfield is a specific style, specifically the buttoned style first made for the 4th Earl of Chesterfield. Davenport is an actual brand name.

[@TrishaSpectacle]

I used to work in furniture sales in Minnesota and we’d rarely, but occasionally get some old people come in asking for davenports!

[@nadiabeautyo7107]

It’s the name of the couch not the sette

[@kyleemuy]

My grandpa called it a Davenport too! I’ve never heard anyone else say it either

[@josiehayes757]

My grandma calls it a divan. Born and raised in rural Kansas. Been here since 1919! I’ve never heard someone call it that either.

[@RokoleeDIY]

As a Brit, I thought we'd be much more similar to Canadians than this video shows! I say grandad and I've never heard of it being weird to anyone before :D

[@heather4860]

Yeah me too

[@kacchiii]

Canadians use a really random mix between British English and American English. Vocabulary wise, I'd say we are more similar to Americans, but we definitely spell some words the British way like colour, favourite, etc. I thought their take on "grandad" was weird - surely they recognize the word "grandfather" and that has the word father in it, so why not dad for short? We normally use grandpa here anyway but I'm also used to hearing grandad because half of my family comes from England! :)

[@kattwade]

Same! I had nana and grandad on both sides. Originally from the West Midlands, never thought it was odd either

[@anthail]

I think grandad also has more to do with the fact that in a lot of European languages the words have roots in big/great+father/mother. There's more closeness to the actual etymological history in the UK, while the Americas is further removed from the whole cluster of languages and therefore crossovers of meaning/what sounds off.

[@mistyz0ne]

I think at that point they were talking about the answer that was just "dad" being weird but also saying that they personally didnt use grandad

[@mobuckey]

Beyn reading the British potato bug list is a bop

[@ashley25987]

Ben’s comment about hearing the honking.. glad I don’t live right near downtown anymore - I couldn’t imagine this past weekend 😩

[@kacchiii]

It's been soooooo annoying 😭

[@LivvyAlexW]

It was ridiculous this weekend here in Alberta. Still is

[@ashley25987]

@@kacchiii I feel bad for you 😭 my friend is on Lees Ave and there was even tons of people on the overpass by her building with signs, getting people to honk passing by the entire day. So disappointing to hear some of the news from this convoy shit show

[@hannabanana7513]

Ben is probably thinking of “Thomas’ Snowsuit”, By Robert Munsch

[@kyndramb7050]

Or maybe A Christmas Story?

[@hannabanana7513]

@@kyndramb7050 could be, but I think he said a Canadian book with a snowsuit 😉

[@ketrakrelek2347]

as a brit your answers to the 2nd quiz are cracking me up so hard lol... highlight was the inability to pronounce settee (its set - ee) 😂

[@stephaniewayman6850]

21:50 I honestly don't remember a video where Ben laughed that hard. Made my day!

[@shxttynails]

Thank you for time stamping! I wanted to show it to my boyfriend bc it’s legit the most lol moment in all of podlogical history and I kept buzzing around the British part like a lost little lamb lol

[@2-kitties-in-the-city]

Cristine got Byyyn real good with the underware clap back. 😹😹😹😹😹

[@bananachickenboo]

He pretty well got her back with “put it in the but”

[@misspiece22]

Oh My God Cristine! The sniffing underwear comment got Ben SO good!!

[@jasminetannant9463]

I think people from other countries get confused about tea time, tea time is just the food in the evening, like dinner time.

[@katharinar.4463]

Yes, I wanted to say that. I’m from Germany and always learned, that tea time is drinking tea around 5. Then I moved to NZ and was quite confused, that „having something for tea“ just means having it for dinner 😀 why isn’t that taught right around the world 😀🙈

[@CarliBABE16]

Girl the second Ben said rimmel London a memory was unlocked for me too 😂 I remember dying laughing at that video!!

[@hotsexyangel]

“This quiz is American!” It’s most definitely not american, I’ve never heard more than half of these words in my entire American life 😩

[@htebazilej]

Probably depends on where you live because I knew most of them but in in the northeast and we do have Tim Horton's here. (Usually part of a gas station)

[@BungaloHippo]

lool just because you don't or haven't experienced it doesn't mean its untrue or doesn't exist. always remember that in life. the world doesn't resolve solely around your own experiences. i can tell the british quiz had a actual British influence in the writing, based on the questions, as it had words and terms from the south north and east and west of England. even more specific regions for example south eastern, midland and northwestern terms. cannot speak on the irish terms as i have no knowledge of them but i definitely believe there is an Irish person out there who identifies with some of words and even more specifically the ireland that is closer to the uk. there is a whole other part of ireland that is not connected to the uk if you didnt know. forgive me for waffling but my point is you can't say "that is definitely not a thing because i have no knowledge of it!" which is basically what you said above. That's not really how facts work.

[@vickyle4518]

“Aren’t these just words everyone says” NO WHAT IS A TOQUE

[@Krazy4Pink_Kerry]

I’m from York (North Yorkshire) and I would say Croggy for give someone a ride on the back of my bike. I’d say “gizza croggy to the shops” lol and we would skive off school as well lol

[@billyjean3118]

“Ben stop smelling my underwear” 😂 😂 I died 😂

[@mary.w.]

I love doing these quizzes with yall. Also, a dialect coach would be an amazing guest!

[@berryfreezepop]

OMG the BBC Pride and Prejudice miniseries with Colin Firth is the BEST! 💖

[@Sarahphotos]

I almost died laughing when Ben said “we can hear the honking from here” 🥲😂😭

[@RobSup]

As an Australian, Starbucks being thought of as "fancier" coffee is very funny to me

[@anthail]

As someone from the Nordics, Starbucks isn't coffee, it's coffee adjacent, like a coffee milkshake, so if you want an actual cup of drip coffee, you would not go to Starbucks. And no, a cup of coffee is not an Americano.

[@jenmaddilyn5448]

@@anthail Completely agree. Us Aussies have an espresso based coffee culture though which came from a heavy Italian influence, so drip coffee isn't as prevalent here. But have to say, I have a soft spot for you Nordics. When I was studying abroad my Danish friend seemed to be the only person who could commiserate with me over the awful coffee options we had

[@caitlin329]

The Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth is a BBC series, not a film. But yeah it is the superior version 😅

[@camilleelasky537]

We just watched it in my high school english class😂

[@katiepemble9533]

Really loved the podcast this week. I am from the UK and it's great to hear someone who loves our accents. For the bug question, most people I know use Wood Louse. Cristine is also right we do use the word Mum a lot. Gran, Grampy, Grandad and Granny are also used quite a bit. Chucking it down is also a slang term for very heavy rain, usually in a short period of time. I did notice some of the words used were also relating to the time period you grew up in. For example: Chav is a word to describe a person who is an idiot usually wearing a certain type of clothing and has an aggravated attitude. But my Grandad did not know this word and asked me one time what it meant as he heard my cousin use it. Come to the UK Cristine & Ben we don't bite :)

[@lupeflores9093]

“Ben stop smelling my underwear” took me out 🤣😭 this is Cristine’s revenge for Ben always dragging drama in

[@elincroz]

As a Welsh person hearing how Ben pronounced tadcu and mamgu KILLED ME 😂😂😂

[@alyssaferry600]

This episode was HILARIOUS. Cris and Ben were so goofy!

[@HelenMJ]

Tadcu is pronounced tad-kee and is Welsh for grandfather, mamgu is pronounced mam-gee (hard G) and is Welsh for grandmother :)

[@laurenmelissaj]

listening to Ben try and speak Welsh was so funny!

[@natkieus]

I was gonna comment this also haha!

[@meganmartini15]

Ben reading the list of all those bug names had me in stitches lolllll

[@danlernihan]

I think Ben has a Scottish accent waiting to come out 😂 every now and then when he’s doing a funny accent it has a touch of the Scottish about it, like when he said brune the first time

[@mollycorlett8091]

these episodes are always the highlight of my week :)

[@lowkeybruja]

21:49 I AM CACKLINGGGG😭 Cris that was _chefs kiss_

[@xtremechic1]

I left for just a minute and walked back in hearing “Ben, stop smelling my underwear" LMFAO out of the whole video, walking in on that moment was just great timing

[@hf3023]

When I was in highschool I was told the schools stop calling parents as another preparation for college because they wouldn't do that when you get to college or uni. Someone who grew up and lives near the GTA is was really interesting see how my answers matched up and were sometimes different.

[@TheGeorgiaholic]

As an English person I found this hilarious 😂

[@sydneyblattler8160]

Love the podcast so much. You guys are so great

[@honeywren]

I’ve been waiting for this one! Love from London

[@fantasistudios9775]

"Ben stop smelling my underwear" had me dying at work!! Trying so hard not to laugh in my quiet ass office 🤣🤣🤣

[@rachs86782]

I'm from the UK and I've only ever heard those grey rolling bugs be called woodlouse 😂

[@SIX06_]

Also from the UK and my family used to call them cheese bugs for some reason! Some of my friends called them Roly polys.

[@rachs86782]

@@SIX06_ I've never heard them being called anything other than woodlouse but maybe it's just an area thing :)

[@SIX06_]

@@rachs86782 Oh definitely, I hadn't heard of half of the ones on the list! 😅

[@gracealice4338]

@@rachs86782 i’m from west yorkshire and have always called it a wood louse!

[@rachs86782]

@@gracealice4338 I think woodlouse is the most correct term other than it's latin name. Quite interesting little things really, they actually belong to the crustacean family!

[@emilyvera8891]

as someone who grew up in southern ontario their whole life - this little series of podcasts is so much fun

[@exterminatexx]

Oh my god, Ben's reading order stresses me out so much. I tried to follow when he reads the answers for the british test and they are all over the place 😭

[@littleelozzaaa545]

I’m from the south of England (Southampton - pronounced South-ampton) and personally I don’t think Cristine’s accent is very English at all.. i would say it is more like old stereotypical common English then how people sound these days if that make sense? Also, English accents very from region to region, me in the south, sounds very different to someone from the midlands or up north etc etc

[@ZoeClarkTattooer]

Maybe it’s the tea that makes you gravitate to the British accent, if you can get a hold of some Yorkshire tea, it might improve it!

[@justcomments]

Nowt better ;)

[@ZoeClarkTattooer]

@@justcomments cor beat it, even in the West Midlands

[@demijones7718]

Yorkshire tea is the best tea ever. Tetley and PG tips can’t compete

[@elliehenry9011]

Y’all should do more of these cultural/region quizzes!!!

[@juanpozosss]

Lmao I wasn't expecting the Rimmel London, Ben u brightened my day

[@laceyns]

The Canadian quiz was like when you use the wrong formula but somehow get to the correct answer on a test.

[@doooot]

As someone from south (east) london your British accent sounds like someone from like north london or a ‘posh’ area lmao

[@milanaprymakova8157]

I'm dying 🤣 love you guys. I've been a fan of yours for years. Coming from watching H3 podcast. This is such a breath of fresh air, just relaxed conversation, no politics 😌

[@lizalove91]

“I don’t call them at all!” Had me 😂I love really seeing both of y’all’s sense of humor and quirkiness come out on camera now. The podcast is elite 😌

[@vsailorsv]

Christine's hair though 😍 👌

[@curlycrown3494]

Cristine very confidently picking the wrong pronounciation of scone and talking about high tea, which is not a thing 😂

[@bunnyonrings]

This was actually so interesting 😂

[@Michelle-hw4wj]

I was in high school in 2012-2016 and my school did absolutely call if you didn’t show up. Also if you left during the day they’d usually notice but also you couldn’t get back in. The gates were locked so you could leave but you couldn’t get back into school without buzzing in to the office.

[@kelseymcguire4165]

Cristine: We are Ottawa, and we may speak differently than someone from Alberta Ben: We live in Ottawa, we can hear the honking from here As someone from Alberta - Yes read them.

[@ikutozoom234]

Okay, I'm from Minnesota and I've been using the term loveseat all my life and recently, people just look at me like I'm insane when I use this term. I'm like do y'all not call a two seater couch a loveseat???

[@RebeccaMundschenk]

From Iowa - it's a love seat.

[@aim-to-misbehave5674]

UK, I would call something a loveseat if it was something between an armchair and a two-seater sofa - where two people can sit side-by-side if they're sat very close, basically

[@GarliccDread]

I'm from NJ and 32, always called those small couches loveseats. My grandma had one and it's how I learned what it's called.

[@mistyz0ne]

yeah we had one in the house and always called it a loveseat, I think maybe mostly people who never had one might not know the word

[@marymcnaughton3203]

This was amazing 😂

[@bshows89]

I'm only a year younger than Cristine, and where I grew up, they would absolutely call your parents if you missed a class and they hadn't been notified in advance. It was an average sized public high school - about 1500 students. I think part of it was a safety thing as well. Like "what if something has happened to this child and we don't notify the parents that they aren't in school."

[@HippoCollector86]

This hurts my Newfie soul. 😂

[@kparkiart5067]

Do a guess the British accent quiz lol 😆 that would be a wild ride! 😂

[@maddiej2165]

Ben is right about the children’s story with the snowsuit. It’s called Thomas’ Snowsuit and it’s by Robert Munch (the most famous Canadian children’s author. Every Canadian kid has read a book from him at some point)

[@kattwade]

Your accent is hilarious cristine. It’s very much ‘southern’ England, a bit London and the Home Counties. Your results actually brought you around the West Midlands and down into Cornwall - the difference of ‘ah’ vs ‘are’ a sounds (like in last) make a huge distinction on where you’re from. We also just have SO MANY names for the same thing depending on where you’re from. The child’s shoe question was confusing I bet as it is specific to children - it’s not a hard ‘gym shoe’ or sneaker, it’s a flimsy black slip on shoe that you wear in your first years of school. Either way you’re very welcome in most parts of the uk, promise!

[@romyb5099]

It is very much not southern England, it’s just a nonsense American impression of southern England. It’s totally off. Never heard anyone in the south speak like that in my whole life and I’m from Essex.

[@kattwade]

@@romyb5099 it’s not exactly northern is it lol. It’s a completely made up accent based on media as you say but it most closely resembles the south, not Essex and Kent, but ‘southern’ into Surrey sort of direction. I’ve lived in London for 10 years and I’m from the midlands originally.

[@fionaj8668]

There isn't one British accent. Better to say English accent but even then it varies greatly. Remember Britain is strictly 3 different countries all with very distinct accents. All of the answers in the British Quiz are used depending in where you are from. The variety of answers shows how there isn't a standard accent or dialect.

[@hannahbellxoxo2414]

In fairness the quiz also can predict where your from in Scotland/ wales / Northern Ireland

[@fionaj8668]

@@hannahbellxoxo2414 the quiz is spot on. I have done it and it really got where I was from. Still isn't such a thing as a British accent there is a collection of many different accents that come under the umbrella term British. I think the accent thought of as British in this context is perceived pronunciation which is essentially the removal of your accent to a standardised accent. This is a false and very old fashioned concept

[@Amarianee]

@@hannahbellxoxo2414 true, but Cristine was clearly referring to an English accent. She rarely, if ever, attempts any other British accent. Within the first 2 minutes of the video I was yelling at the screen (in good fun, not angry yelling) and saying, "oh, this is going to be cringy and hilarious."

[@lix2406]

Cristine with hair down!!!! 😍😍😍

[@cassandracummings8312]

Agree on trick questions! Hoodie, jacket, coats are all different to me. I'd say parkade or parking lot depending on inside/outside. Studio or bachelor are used interchangeably.

[@vessiecakes]

Love that the second quiz is inclusive of Ireland, lots of good Northern Irish slang in there 🇮🇪

[@spriddlez]

I'm from Alberta... it said I was from Quebec. I never took French wpast the 8th Grade 😂. Clearly a top tier quiz

[@bladepanthera]

As a Brit, this is my first time ever hearing the name "Chesterfield" for a piece of furniture... 😅 it's a chaise longue. Settee and sofa are the same thing to me.

[@audreyb1269]

A Chesterfield is a very specific type of old fashion leather sofa and armchair. I don't know if people use it for any other kind of sofa/armchair though, it would sound really weird to me. It wouldn't even cross my mind to call it a Chesterfield, outside of a description of the furniture itself.

[@wsc7848]

I agree, a Chesterfield is specific style of sofa or chair with scroll armrests, not a generic word for your sitting furniture.

[@stefplaysmusic]

LOVE THIS

[@PhoebeHB]

As a Brit, I've literally never heard chesterfield in my life! It shocks me how many things on that quiz Ben and Cristine didn't know, I didn't realise chav hadn't made it outside the UK!

[@kelseymcguire4165]

Personal grip with the Canadian Quiz: used a picture of Lake Moraine in Alberta - but can only get BC as an answer if you have a western accent.

[@devossy1]

I’d love to see you guys do a quiz with Australian slang 😂🇦🇺

[@massomouse1556]

A scallie(?) or a townie, townie is often a person who's native to and never left a collage/university town and is of working class means. And the actor Ben was thinking of is Colin Firth.

[@pecansandy34]

🤣🤣🤣That was so good!!!! "As in, Ben stop smelling my underwear"!! Loved that!