ENGLISH Vocabulary Differences US vs UK vs Australia vs New Zealand vs South Africa

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[@calistahuyser5044]

So sad that South Africa didn’t say “Shap” to the thumbs up. That’s what we mostly call it in South Africa

[@vyeagra420]

the older people use that but younger ppl use "shap-shap"

[@MetaalMeerkat]

Yea, not sure where that potato fell out with "kiff", that is not nearly as widespread or recognizable as "shap"

[@louiegumede]

Yeah, I think he also for got that we call the male swimming costume "baggies" too

[@bloodripper9093]

@@MetaalMeerkat never heard of "kiff" or "lekker" that is "sharp"😅😅

[@jeanpekeur9875]

Of awe

[@xxdrippinghaloxx1712]

Australia and New Zealand are like the 2 best friends who never leave each other in the group

[@irisma6439]

Nah I'd say we're more like siblings, stick together in the presence of other countries then fights to the death when alone 😂

[@itsmilan6367]

@@irisma6439 yess!

[@trajictempr8574]

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[@katrina1956]

As an Aussie I love how New Zealand, Australia and South Africa are on the same side because I feel all the accents are similar lol

[@MikeAG333]

Similar? It's hard to imagine how they could be more different.

[@leoui5081]

@@MikeAG333 They do sound similar.

[@MikeAG333]

@@leoui5081 Erm...........no. Not at all. One sentence and I'll tell you where they're from, and be right every time.

[@leoui5081]

@@MikeAG333 I doubt that very much.

[@MikeAG333]

@@leoui5081 Well, you're wrong. It's incredibly easy to distinguish between the 3 accents. However, to try to distinguish between South African and Zimbabwean or Namibian is almost impossible for the outsider. I suspect you might be American, in which case you just dump them all in a basket called "foreigner".

[@ninajoit]

I’m a Queenslander and I’ve always called them togs. My Victorian friends call them cossie or bathers. Boardies is also what I call the loose pants made out of quick drying material. Swimmers sometimes gets used too, but mainly togs.

[@aussiebruce0138]

I was surprised that so many used the term Speedos, but no one brought up the fact they were originally designed and made in Sydney Australia (Straya) in 1914 by a Scottish immigrant - Alexander MacRae.

[@KatDoesCrime]

Yeahhh! As a kiwi togs are where it's at! Right on🤙

[@Grubbet]

When I lived in Queensland we all called them Togs. When I moved to NSW no one new what I was talking about lol. So swimmers was the new word I had to use.

[@shaunbrosnan220]

Don’t forget that the biggie smuggles can also be called DT’s AKA Dxxk togs the first word has also been censored

[@emilywyvill]

I was so confused when she said “if your from Queensland you would probably say bathers or cossies” like I have always said togs? 😂

[@dianabuck7310]

Terms vary regionally in the US. You could honestly do this with folks from different states and get similar diversity.

[@emmasherbine5938]

I definitely agree with this! Also it’s a generational thing- where I’m from it would be very awkward/outdated to say “Mickey D’s”. No one says that in general where I’m from and even when I asked my friends they agreed. It really does depend where you’re from and slang is also always changing with the times!

[@cammysmith7562]

I mean it’s the exact same in the UK people speak a different language depending on where you are.

[@iatsd]

You mean it's the same as every other English speaking country on the planet? Regional & generational variation is a thing? Gosh, who knew?

[@Mooshanmut]

@@iatsd except Australia, it’s literally just thicker or thinner accent

[@leechion2933]

Im from the city of the worst accent and ye I can say theres a lot of diverity in the way people talk from anywhere else in the US

[@MPT1983]

I'm a Kiwi but lived in Aussie for 6 years, the ones that always stood out to me were Icey Pole instead of Ice block, Pluto Pups instead of Hotdogs and Dooner instead of Duvet. Also all the coffee flavored Milk! So many different brands and types. This was Perth, great place.

[@MatterhornedCrassy87]

Hotdogs can also be called a sausage sizzle or a snag!

[@MPT1983]

@@MatterhornedCrassy87 Snags yes I remember that!

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

"Ice block" is also used in some parts of Australia.

[@samthornton5911]

Sometimes we say icy pole purely because there’s a type of ice block called a icy pole.

[@robbieb1254]

Iced coffee is the ducks nuts

[@Genevieve_212]

As a South African person that moved to Australia these videos always unlock a new memory or a new word I have forgotten over the years that’s Afrikaans. 🇿🇦🇦🇺

[@user-tw9fo7pz7i]

RIGHTTT

[@iainmarais]

South African English slang word for corn on the cob is typically mielie (or mealie if respelled in a more universal English-compliant form), otherwise its plain old corn. We also have something called 'mieliemeel', in slang among English speakers we'd call this mielie meal. The word itself comes from the Portuguese word 'milho'

[@solreaver83]

Australia depending on the state and age group can vary a fair bit some times. Swim wear when talking about it genericly and not gender specific is also just called swimmers. Pants is also a generic term for clothing on the legs but trousers is used also to specify long pants that generally aren't denim because those would just be called jeans.

[@utha2665]

I think we use trousers and pants interchangeably, I do, in any case. But you're right, a lot of words are regional and even different between the socio-economic classes within that region. Swimwear in WA are typically called bathers or boardies, speedos (budgie smugglers) but we are certainly well aware of togs, cossies, swimmers, etc. I really enjoy these language similarity/difference videos though, they are fun and the presenters are doing a great service, I think.

[@grandy2875]

Growing up, we often referred to long pants as either pants or strides,,,trousers were more formal like a suit or in particular, a tuxedo... I think a lot of the variation depends on your location and/or generation... the shoes were sneakers, plimsolls or joggers, depending on what they were made out of...swim wear was what the Kiwi and Aussie girls said... I don't think much has changed over the years...I have noticed that with more and more American telly and movies over time, a lot more americanisms are coming into the language and that is starting to see the loss of the older aussie-isms...

[@solreaver83]

@@grandy2875 agreed. My dad says strides some times but usually trousers.

[@krysin]

I mean, I'm Aussie and generic swimwear is bathers so yeh it varies xD

[@type40artist]

When I was living in Queensland, we would call board shorts “quick dries” because they dried quick.. I suppose… when I moved out of Queensland everyone thought that was strange. Now I think it’s a bit weird too.

[@MrNugget314]

The South African guy forgot to mention, "Ja, nee". Its a phrase only South Africans can understand and there is no single agreed upon definition at all but we all know exactly what you mean when you say it to someone else. We also tend to assimilate Aussie and New Zealand slang into local dialect. This is due to the close sporting ties we have with both countries and as such there is a lot of mingling going on and naturally some terms or slang words get adopted.

[@n.jmsimanga6544]

Kiff what it’s supposed to be sharp ou

[@MrNugget314]

@@n.jmsimanga6544 Ja nee, exactly man. Kiff is not a term that I hear a lot. When you like end a conversation 9/10 times the other person just goes "shap shap". Maybe its like a Cape thing? I know those guys down there are a bit different from us Highveld guys. 🤔

[@imaanwallace9298]

"ja no, I mean, it really depends..." 😂

[@MrNugget314]

@@imaanwallace9298 its actually kinda cool that even though our entire country is about the size of one State in the US we have very distinct regional vocabularies. A guy from Durban sounds nothing like a guy from the Highveld. Same thing with guys from the Cape. Geez man imagine if they asked a colored guy from Cape Town to share some local dialect on there hey XD

[@Vortexafternoon]

@@n.jmsimanga6544 or "sha(r)p sha(r)p" ;)

[@bigjo_t]

I'm from New Zealand but I love the South African words

[@carlosocampo3585]

Why when the Guy said "pommy" to the British girl she was sorprised and everybody laughed? 🤔😂😂

[@Strawberrypoptart482]

@@carlosocampo3585 because in South Africa we like to call British people or people from England “pommies”

[@KatDoesCrime]

@@Strawberrypoptart482In nz we just call em 'Poms' :) I believe aussie also does that

[@jacknicolas9373]

I love South-African words for stuff, it's so unique and fun to use.

[@mikehancho2082]

Generalizing American terms can be difficult. Growing up in the south we never called sneakers sneakers. We called them tennis shoes. But I have noticed it’s changing faster. Not that many people say Mickey Ds as much anymore and sneakers is becoming a much more used word around the US. I think a lot of has to do with social media. Accents and slang are becoming a little more unified. When I was growing up, southern accents were really strong and diverse depending on the region. Now when I go home, you don’t hear nearly as much twang in teenagers.

[@emmasherbine5938]

This is so true! And this is why I put a disclaimer in the comments. Also I’ve only visited about 13-14 of the 50 states so honestly I haven’t experienced a lot of other regions and most of my visits were brief so I didn’t interact with the locals that much. Our way of speaking and terminology is vastly different depending on where you go. I honestly answered these questions based on my experience of where I’m from but of course my experience can be completely different from other people’s experiences!

[@mikehancho2082]

@@emmasherbine5938 of course. Not many Americans get the opportunity to see all 50 states and even when they do they don’t always indulge in the local culture. You did a fantastic job at representing and were also very entertaining! Keep it up!

[@jadentippeconnie4204]

My mom and i grew up in colorado, my dad in New Mexico. And my mom spent like 6 years in west Virginia. We also say tennis shoes or sometimes even tennies We don't say "stop or traffick" before light. Jus "the light." And one that my boyfriend and I argue about is buggy vs light. I say buggy. Apparently that's a southern thing?

[@kpoinsett5380]

I'm from the Midwest and I call them tennis shoes as well

[@thegrahamsullivanshow566]

America is MASSIVE, and you guys have quite significant accent changes state to state, so I can imagine that slang changes as well. whereas in Australia is it very subtle or no difference from state to state, unless you're from Queensland, they're a different breed up there hahah

[@TheExpatpom]

I was so looking forward to seeing a bit that went: “Pickup truck.” “Yeah, pickup.” “We’d say ute.” “Yeah, we also say ute.” “It’s a bakkie.” Because the discussion on that would’ve been good.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

In Australia ir has changed since I was young. A ute was always a version of a sedan but a pick up was more truck like.

[@cheesemonkey98]

Bakkie is one of the only words I remember from when I was in South Africa and now I just use in my everyday vocab when describing that particular car and then I have to remember most english people don't know what it is 🤣

[@Oxley016]

'Pickup Trucks' basically don't exist in the UK, I have seen about 5 in my whole life and have never saw one at a car shop before so don't know where the people got them lol. Also in some parts of the UK 'baccy' is a slang word used for tobacco.

[@cheesemonkey98]

@@Oxley016 I see quite a few pick up trucks but I live in country so it could be. That's normally what people think of when I say bakkie is tobacco but I use the word for both

[@Oxley016]

@@cheesemonkey98 Yeah I suppose that makes sense having them out in the country and on farms

[@beatsado6529]

In New Zealand, I just call all of the swimming outfits togs, doesn't matter if it is male or female swimming outfits, it is all just togs. We also do say sweet as quite a bit

[@KatDoesCrime]

Ye fr Never heard anyone call them broad shorts or anything, always been togs! Another common phrase of ours is chur 🤙

[@er1ca.x]

YESSS my teacher always says chur bahah ​@@KatDoesCrime

[@kinsleyjohnson7413]

Y’all need to add another American that’s southern to each of these, because our terms are completely different, it would be hilarious😂

[@marcimousie]

This makes me realize how different American slang is between the west coast and east coast.

[@TheRealOTK]

and there's even more in between with the south, Midwest, Texas, the plains, mountain states, the Southwest, etc.

[@bigploppa154]

she doesnt represent the east coast either. trust me

[@nicholasweaver9550]

We also call sneakers tennis shoes or whatever the shoes specific use is for like running shoes.

[@MEchanicAL_LSTAR]

@@bigploppa154 she seems like elite east coast. She seemed like she’d be kind of snobby.

[@codygates7418]

We need a southerner in there for a whole other language 😂I volunteer because I’d love them to try and guess cattawampuss

[@Laurenade]

Lauren here 🇬🇧 I looooved filming with this group of fabulous people! It was really enjoyable and broadened opinions and experiences 🤩 hopefully we can film together again soon and I hope you guys enjoyed 💚

[@henri_ol]

Hi , Lauren or Clare 🇬🇧 , i loved your video , loved your outfit , the only one no black 💙❤

[@niccolopaganini1782]

@@henri_ol you know what month it is right?

[@mariashurshilina4440]

Thank you very much Lauren🤎 I love you and your videos, there are more fun with you) I'm from Russia, and I'm studying English hard and I want to speak with British accent (your accent is soooo beautiful✨) 🤍🤍🤍

[@basstian385]

"Maize" (corn) comes from spanish "maíz", which comes from Tahino (Caribbean) "mahiz". Corn is originally from Mexico.

[@E-hab]

@@niccolopaganini1782 What have that to do with the months?

[@hlogiitholeng617]

My fellow South Africans can we gather here and laugh because we know why the broer doesn't like to be called "saffas" abroad 😭😭😭

[@terri-jeanponnusami1438]

Not only that the 👍🏻he didn't say shap disappointed

[@UpsideD0wn]

Exactlyy

[@qSBees]

Why didn't he say shap very disappointed

[@hanschristianrodriguez]

A Spaniard here. Can I please ask for the joke explanation? : D

[@terri-jeanponnusami1438]

@@hanschristianrodriguez which joke dude

[@moonlitegram]

Micky D's is definitely a thing in the US. I grew up using it interchangeably with the full name, McDonalds. And it does indeed make sense as the Mickie comes from the "Mc" (mic) part of the McDonald's name.

[@travellingaccordian]

Also is a Canadian thing

[@DeadlySinTaida]

Interesting..."lekker" is a dutch word and means that something tastes great. South Africa really has many influences 😄

[@yourmother3531]

We have alot of languages, but lekker is basically a afrikaans word that is used throughout the whole country regardless of the language you speak. Afrikaans has is a language that has a dutch influence to it. It also has indigenous influence such as isixhosa words are also mixed in there. Sa has more than 10 official languages, so yes there are alot of international influences to our languages❤

[@alicehutchings1755]

That would probably be due to the Dutch influence in the Afrikaner language!!

[@utha2665]

@@alicehutchings1755 Yes, the Dutch East Indies had a big influence in SA going back nearly 400 years.

[@johanlebacq1998]

About 90% of Afrikaans vocabulary is of Dutch origin. The European settlers were mostly Dutch or Flemish.

[@alicehutchings1755]

@@johanlebacq1998 yep. I know! While I didn’t think it was that high a percentage, it doesn’t surprise me as I know that Dutch and Afrikaner speakers can just about understand each other!

[@henri_ol]

New Zealand 🇳🇿 and Australia 🇭🇲 are pretty similar to each other , not just the accents , but also the flags and are in the same continent as well , Jakob 🇿🇦 has a strong accent

[@FionaEm]

The NZ woman in this video doesn't have a strong accent. Ppl with a strong NZ accent actually sound quite different from Australians. They lengthen vowels that we shorten, and vice versa.

[@ryanjared4263]

i dont find his accent that thick at all.

[@s6r231]

Australia and NZ are not on the same continent. Australia is its own continent and NZ is part of the mostly underwater continent Zealandia.

[@Noah_ol11]

@@s6r231 Australia = Oceania New Zealand = Oceania Australia isn't a continent neither is New Zealand

[@mstandenberg1421]

Oceania is a region, not a continent. Zealandia is indeed a continent in the geographical sense, albeit mostly submerged. One can see it if one cares to Google it specifically or looks at global terrestrial and marine topography. New Zealand is the bit above water and is a small fraction of it. It’s going to become an issue in time as exclusive economic zone legal languages use the word continent and continental shelf to assert mineral rights and sovereignty.

[@kingofthejungle3833]

@7:46 for those who don't know, there is actually two types of corn, your 'corn on the cob' and corn kernels that you eat for tea, dinner, supper, lunch, whatever you call your cooked meal, is sweet corn. Corn that you use for popcorn, grits if you're going to try that southern US staple, or if you're grinding corn to make cornflour/cornstarch, you will use maize.

[@TheRozhea]

In Durbs (South Africa) we use "Baggies" to refer to board shorts, it's funny how the English use can be so different and so similar at the same time 😆

[@IamDuck1972]

Ye same in East London as far as I know

[@jeffreydotson4842]

I'm glad to see the people in this video being polite and civil toward each other. I've seen people get straight up rude over differences in terminology. It's one thing to just be joking around or just innocently misunderstanding what someone means, but to actually make fun it's ridiculous.

[@vuyiswachere7759]

In South Africa we call the lollipop a "stalksweet" and great is "sharp sharp".

[@siyabongangcana1795]

Lmao so that's how it's spelt😂

[@KGames0409]

i just call it a sucker lmao

[@Nervybear]

Probably in Gauteng, we call em lollipops here in Cape Town.

[@MaeleMothapo]

lol i came here for this comment and the speedos we call them shorts

[@rowan2445]

Eh. I thought it was "stocksweet" and "shap " 🤣🤣

[@-MacCat-]

As an Aussie I've always found the Saffies vocabulary the most entertaining, because of it's real oddities, probably based on the multitude of languages that influence it, and their accent, which just sounds great. However, I have a real soft spot for our bros across the ditch. Often it's like listening to someone speaking a completely different language that you are strangely completely familiar with. Ay bro? It's a shame you couldn't have a Scot in the mix! That would have really thrown a superb spin into the conversation.

[@barearmz2794]

You mean bros across the dutch

[@Truth_Hurts528]

Can't say I've ever heard my fellow South Africans say lollipop, it's suckers. Also always said cossie. Referring to ourselfves as saffas is also a very recent thing picked up from Brits using that term to refer to us.

[@di-sy]

Definitely "suckers" (if on sticks), and then "sweets". Also we used to say "cossies" for swimming costumes.

[@penstay3711]

Stalk sweet sounds more like it

[@rudolphsteenkamp9022]

I am from South Africa and for great we sometimes say "shap"

[@imaanwallace9298]

Yeah I was wondering why he didn't say that? Far more common and less regional than "kiff". Everyone knows "shap"

[@MosesMatsepane]

I have never heard of Kiff before, is it from the Western Cape or something?

[@Coolio_za]

Everyone knows sharp but kiff is used by certain group of people

[@lalapoo7110]

@@Coolio_za where’s kiff from?

[@69memnon69]

@@lalapoo7110from the 90’s, where it should stay…

[@stephaniemabee2830]

American here: Midwest born, Mountains region living. It's fun to see what people in different parts of even America say things different. 1. I grew up saying Mickey D's. 2. I call them tennis shoes or kicks. 3. Same as Emma. (Swimsuit or trunks for short) 4. Same as Emma 5. Same as Emma or specific type of the candy 6. Yea it's corn, doesn't matter if it's on the cob or creamed or canned lol. 7. Great, Bomb, Nice, Word, Sweet, Sounds Good I love these videos, I love the dynamic and it's fun to learn!

[@booklover_78]

Stephanie our speech is similar I'm mountain grown too.

[@babymochi9792]

I say mickey D's and I'm east coast

[@pszczolka80]

As a Victorian, I say bathers. Also, for traffic lights we often say just "the lights" (as in, "turn left at the lights").

[@larcoal2963]

"Sneakers" is a very east coast thing... tennis shoes or tennies is very popular elsewhere in the US.

[@Cbyneorne]

In NZ we just call them shoes. You have to figure out from context clues what someone might be talking about.

[@zeth479]

Those in the picture are definitely sneakers though.

[@KatDoesCrime]

Can confirm this! They're all just shoes, never ever went out to try get some trainers Sometimes I hear the word sneakers thrown around, but usually just shoes

[@Yozaboi]

Depends imo, i know people that buy Jordans and like expensive shoes as sneakers. Even say kicks to some degree

[@DementedPiXi]

Australia before federation had individual settlements (countries) all formed their own unique accent and vocabularies. Each settlement or state after federation kept their own slang and then adopted national slang on top. This can also be community slang as well, where communities created their own slang due to isolation and the great distances needed to travel

[@etheriousdragneel9002]

As a Māori, that rhudisa lady is very much a fellow kiwi Edit: we call sneakers chucks aswell( or the chuck Taylor converses) because those are the ones that get thrown on the power lines 🤣🤣

[@KatDoesCrime]

LMAO so true

[@Daughter.of.revenge]

I'm South African but grew up as a Aussie so this can still be hard for me at school i would say good or traffic lights but when talking to my parents or grandparents they would say robots or lekker it gets so confusing🥲

[@oluseyisegun5706]

Emma's accent has definitely been influenced by being around other non-American English speakers. She sounds slightly English.

[@hanschristianrodriguez]

Sure. I'm Spanish and I'm uttlerly confused about the American and the British ladies. They sound completely opposite to eachother. Emma sounds slightly English, and the British girl sounds slightly American, isn't? :-S

[@Qichar]

@@hanschristianrodriguez I thought the same. It's probably the influence of television.

[@amyb1078]

Yeah, I was confused by that. Most Americans don't say something is "a bit dodgy."

[@henri_ol]

Finally , i've been wating for a video with Odessa 🇳🇿, Beth🇭🇲 , Jakob 🇿🇦 , Emma🇺🇲 and Clare 🇬🇧 aka Lauren talking with each other

[@emmasherbine5938]

Thanks for checking us out! Good to see you again! :D

[@kingofthejungle3833]

@4:36 what she said, it depends on the part of the country you're from, but also what the swimmers are, so generally, non-specific is swimmers, speedo briefs are called togs, speedos, and more recently (for the southeastern states at least), budgie smugglers, the swimming shorts pictured are board shorts, because surfers use to be the only people to wear them, and we all call them boardies, a girl's one piece is called a one piece, or cozzie, bikinis are just bikinis everywhere.

[@LeaJoseph-ss5lk]

as a Kiwi I'd say aussie and nz are similar because here in NZ we use lots of slangs lots and lots. Most are created from some cultures and aussie is usually in my opinion just swear words. Which I think is very similar to NZ because we use swear words too but in different languanges.

[@henryluczak9156]

A lot of sweeping generalisations. Have lived in UK (England) and Australia. Big differences between countries and regions of the UK - language and dialects. Also depends on age group. With young people there are now more similarities than differences across the English speaking world due to social media I would guess. Older generations tend to preserve the differences.

[@henryluczak9156]

The other thing I’ve observed is that many examples of Australian slang originated in the UK. Fair Dinkum originally came from Lincolnshire where it has fallen out of use. Similarly there are Elizabethan English phrases which are preserved in rural America but no longer in use in England.

[@spozbucket]

I've been listening and watching an academic called Simon roper and it turns out that thousands of years ago dialects and slangs were changing quite drastically within each century so actually I dont think modern globalisation is changing things as much as we thought. At least the study I've looked at was British accents which are very diverse, I can't speak for more isolated countries.

[@okthen7877]

@@henryluczak9156 i keep forgeting that fair dinkum is something australian people say... like ive lived in australia my whole life and ive never heard someone say it

[@theghostgaming5576]

Im an south african an that's the first time I hear about the word KIFF, like usually we would say that I know of we say SHAP, WELLDONE, GREAT, GOOD, but KIFF that's littary the first time I've heard from it, like even school we used to learn it as WELDONE, GREAT or GOOD, but KIFF okay, It maybe depends on what side of the country u are I guess

[@phumelelanene5604]

Here in South Africa we say words in a different way but I have never heard of "KIFF". The guy was letting me down on the things he was saying.

[@Sa-lw2vj]

Maizemeal kiff and Speedos I heard for the first time actually I always knew it as mieliemeal shup and shorts

[@TheSepticSid]

Kiff is rarely used for "shap" or cool. Kiff is now more generally known as the dust that's collected after crushing some "dagga" and smoking that.

[@69memnon69]

Kiff is from the early 90’s, no one uses it anymore

[@revin4292]

ngl i hear kiff about the same amount of times as i hear shap these days

[@blobby.the.fat.dinosaur]

The South African and English people did a very good job explaining and remembering everything

[@thabangaugustinehlalele]

Do not know about English people but the south Dude get a three out of ten

[@ycplum7062]

Mickey D's is not used in the Northeastern US (New York state and above). Originally, leather shoes with a gum sole were called sneakers because they were much quieter than the then common leather soles shoes. The greater traction made them required for gym/physical education classes. In the US, speedos are sometimes called banana sacks.

[@plebiansociety]

Banana hammocks

[@Cassxowary]

*”I was thinking the other day, Aussie is 30% American, 30% uk and just 30% we made up”* and 10% bad at maths 😅😂

[@yourDecisi0n]

The 10% is for mate

[@leglessinoz]

the term "robot" comes from an older form.of traffic control. First there was a policeman in the middle of an intersection directing traffic. It was then replaced with a robot version and finally by the lights used now. In Australia some intersections had a thing called a "silent policeman" in them.

[@haleyrichardson8818]

Interesting!☺My fiancé is South African and I crack up when he mentions 'robots' hehe

[@livewireOrourke]

4:01 "I have to get my trainers." "You have *personal* trainers? What?" 😄😄😄😄

[@dzspdref]

The term "Sneakers" came from when Japanese military first started to put rubber on the bottom of their boots to help them sneak into camps to kill unsuspecting soldiers in trenches, as their boots no longer made that clomp heavy sound when rubber was applied. They "tacked" it onto their boots and would "sneak" in to camps. So that's where Sneakers and Takkies come from. Trainers are used since most people train in them for comfort, grip, and control, so that's how "Trainers" came about, to help them train in them better.

[@keithtonkin6959]

Also "togs" Never heard of "Boardies" in New Zealand. Togs for both men and women and for whatever style. When I was a young surfie we did talk about "boardshorts" but that was just for that style whereas togs can also include the brief "speedo" style.

[@joemama6710]

Yea most say togs

[@epicstuffwithhossmill9994]

Everyone says togs never heard someone say boardies or something like that in Tauranga Edit: have now tho

[@tyrancarter9684]

Togs is whatever you wear to swim in

[@KatDoesCrime]

Only ever heard of togs, we don't call em anything else :)

[@tafaragadze6432]

Nobody... In SA we call anything with a stick a sucker 🤣🤣🤣 then everything else is sweets, even chocolate

[@absolutelysearchingmyreality]

I just moved down south, I was kinda shocked by this

[@rue3816]

Yes!

[@Sa-lw2vj]

But here around northwest we always call the one a stick stock sweet

[@YesmanNoman]

You could do this same video with different regions of the UK. Its very diverse. 4 countries and within them the slang varies a lot

[@alehlete830]

That uk girl is dumb I'm sorry but it's true

[@Dinoclub2458]

As an Australian, for the swimmers, I don’t think I’ve heard those names before. Me and my family call them swimmers.

[@AlfieMcSloy]

In the UK we would mostly say 'Sweetcorn', rather than just corn.

[@Amerijuanica]

I would call it sweetcorn only when it's loose but if its all together then I'd call it corn on the cob

[@Missespelt]

Maize is a different from sweet corn

[@unclegreybeard3969]

I would call it fishing bait, it tastes so awful I would never dream of eating it.

[@69memnon69]

As a South African, sweetcorn is an entirely different product. It’s sweetened corn in a can…

[@marke7441]

I can’t believe that the American doesn’t know “Mickey D’s”. Speedo’s have been called banana hammocks.

[@jenniferpearce1052]

Ive seen this American in these videos and i think she's from a strange enclave somewhere. She has an unusual accent and doesn't know words common in the parts of the country I've lived in.

[@compyboi9894]

@@jenniferpearce1052 was thinking the same thing, she says her a’s weird-

[@1MarkKeller]

She must be from the North North East

[@LilRedRasta]

No one really says that though. I know that slang, but I’ve never really heard anyone say it. Most people just say McDonald’s.

[@bigploppa154]

@@LilRedRasta most people say mcdonalds. but i find it hard to believe you grew up in the US if you havent heard it referred to as mickey ds. as for mcdicks, me and my friends have always called it that and at work when someone goes to get lunch at mcdonalds weve always called it a mcdicks run

[@Vindemius]

In the U.S., pants can refer to underwear. For example, "to [expletive: defecate] one's pants" doesn't mean to defecate one's trousers. The literal phrase means to defecate one's underwear, but we more often use the phrase figuratively to emphasize one's shock or surprise.

[@meikahidenori]

also in Australia if you go up north a thumbs up can also get the responce 'Deadly' from more indigenous communities. it still means the same thing, just a completly different word.

[@rebbiakiva]

Missing a Canadian 🇨🇦 We call ourselves Canadians or Canucks, McDonald's is Mickey D's, 👟=running shoes, 🩳/🩱=bathing suit,🚦= stop light/the lights, 🍬/🍭candy/lollipops,🌽= corn/corn on the cob, 👍🏻=okay,

[@bnbcraft6666]

Sounds like midwest lingo for the states

[@kalayne6713]

Sorry Canada...definitely needed you on this. Love the way you say 'about' which to my Aussie ear sounds like 'a boot'.

[@rebbiakiva]

@@kalayne6713 I am a Torontonian and have only visited Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Québec but I have never heard any Canadian actually say 'about' like that.

[@JasminMiettunen]

Ah, so you are the ones who say Mickey D's, they talked about it on the video lol

[@bennaustin6632]

@@rebbiakiva As an Aussie, I always thought it was a joke until a colleague at my old job said it. I’m not sure if he was trying to be a stereotype and get a reaction though, as he said it in the phrase “What’s all this about, eh?”. I nearly fell out of my chair. And it was relatively strongly aboot.

[@SpinX522]

Because of the lack of Canadian representation. 1) Canadian 2) McDonald’s 3) Running Shoes 4) Bathing Suit 5) Traffic Light 6) Candy (If they’re on a stick, it’s a sucker if it’s small, lollipop if it’s big) 7) Corn on the cob 8) Same as the US

[@wesleymartin7114]

In the southern US we call them tennis shoes and bathing suit and we also call them suckers.

[@Mieomi]

@@wesleymartin7114 Which part of the US calls them suckers?

[@juliansmith4295]

3 or runners

[@akwyld2545]

As an Aussie we also say Boardies for board-shorts for men..and yes the budgie smugglers is a real history photo of our form PM in those cosies

[@iHelpSolveIt]

The UK has a number of terms for nice , regionally different. South Africa also has regionally specific words aside from lekker which os Afrikaans for nice, sharp, aWeeee

[@DanTheCaptain]

I think in terms of anglophone cultures, Aussies take the cake with their slang. I like how they shorten everything and make everything a bit less of a mouthful. Budgie smugglers in particular is a funny one I've never heard of. As a swimmer, I'll be using that one lol I already use sunnies for my sunglasses on a regular basis.

[@brucewilliams8714]

Onya, mate

[@lztx]

There's heaps of terms for swim briefs. In addition to Speedos (never singular) and budgie smugglers there's DTs (Dick Togs) and DPs (Dick Pointers) just off the top of my head

[@DanTheCaptain]

@@lztx Yeah I mainly use Speedo for all swim briefs even if they aren't Speedo branded. It's interesting how many slang terms there are for them in Australia. I guess they must be more common than in other English-speaking countries. Here in Canada, only people who swim for sport wear them and generally only when in a lane pool. Wearing them at any other time would be seen as weird.

[@lztx]

@@DanTheCaptain I have/had swim briefs from many brands including Speedo, Mambo, Adidas, Aussiebum, Budgy Smuggler (they tried to un-genericise the trademark with different spelling), and a few generic Chinese brands. It's only slightly weird to wear them in Australia, to the beach, pool, water park, etc. Not many do these days but you won't get anyone making comments or get angry! I would still wear them but I need better sun protection now due to some melanoma scares.

[@bradstammers8744]

@@lztx Don't forget Sluggos...

[@Jaqueli9er]

I would say that the size of the bird in the budgie smugglers depends... Also, it's funny that corn is called mealies in South Africa and here in Brazil we call them milhos, which sound very alike.

[@thelibraryismyhappyplace1618]

I wonder if mielies comes from the Portuguese influence in Africa. After all the famous Portuguese explorers like Diaz and da Gama sailed around SA to get to India. Mozambique is right next to SA and used to be a Portuguese colony. In parts of SA we use the word brinjal for eggplants (aka aubergines). It comes from the Portuguese word beringela.

[@Jaqueli9er]

@@thelibraryismyhappyplace1618 I didn't know any of that, thank you! And yeah, I can see how berinjela became brinjal

[@sof9254]

Budgie, ( an Aussie version of Budgerigar ) aa Australian parrot, brightly coloured around 18-20 cm from head to tail.

[@IvarDaigon]

@@sof9254 Budgies are tiny and fit in your hand.. the size of a robbin or sparrow

[@sof9254]

@@IvarDaigon I know,our family had a couple ..!

[@thenumeratorofficial]

Okay, in my show, the traffic lights will ACTUALLY be traffic robots. Beep boop boop bop!

[@HallaBoi-SA]

Takkie- is Afrikaans. We South Africans mix all languages. We usually take the most interesting word from each language.

[@darianistead2239]

Or... Seppo- short for septic tank, rhymes with yank. Pome- Prisoner of mother England. Kiwi- The bird, not the fruit. Ozzy- Shortened like everything Australian. Saffie/Saffa- shortened aswell

[@abekane7038]

Bonza, cheers cobber

[@KatDoesCrime]

Almost my guy, Ozzy is usually spelt 'aussie', but right on! 🤙

[@darianistead2239]

@@KatDoesCrime My jandals would beg to differ, they're green and say "ozzy, ozzy, ozzy, oi, oi, oi" on them, Mrs bought them taking the piss, she calls them "thongs"🤣 To be fair, seen it spelt both ways though..

[@KatDoesCrime]

@darianistead2239 You make a fair point there, i suppose the spelling really depends on who you ask. Ozzy it is, then! 👍

[@jnawk83]

Kiwi isn't fruit. Stop calling kiwifruit Kiwi.

[@kalayne6713]

As an Aussie, I don't think its possible to say '100 per cent' we use the same words. There are many subtle dialectic differences throughout Australia for example, I always say sneakers and swimmers, never runners or cossie. And nowadays, its good to hear indigenous slang like 'deadly' for good, 'jarred' for 'gotcha', and 'shame' for when you or someone else have been caught doing something embarrassing. And it would have been funny to hear different words for that infamous Aussie slang word 'root' meaning sexual intercourse. We're all class Down Under!

[@HotelPapa100]

Heh. I once worked with a girl from down under. Who'd rather not use the french based pronunciation of "router". I didn't know about 'root' then, but quickly found out.

[@kalayne6713]

@1993DJC No fight here. I did as a kid too. Language is very open to influences from all over.

[@HotelPapa100]

@@kalayne6713 And if you go down to the nitty gritty every person speaks a dialect of their own.

[@danielmarino5647]

I say bathers not swimmers

[@kaz1753]

Yeah she said “100% runners” but I call them joggers. Nobody I know has ever said togs…

[@DarkBalaclava]

It's very interesting. I think that the word lekker in South Africa comes from Afrikaans. Because in Germany "lecker" means delicious so it might come from that word.

[@CarliRas]

Hey! I’m Afrikaans and yes “lekker” is afrikaans.

[@mmartinsrj]

My guess: Is there any possible influence of Portuguese on "meallies"? Because the PT word for corn is "milho" (/mill-you/), pl. "milhos".

[@TianDiener]

In SA you call it roundabout a circle. Go left at the circle and right at the robot. 😜

[@failenoohayo6678]

Growing up a multicultural kid in USA (Black/Japanese/Native American/White) I'm used to maize (with Native American culture). Where as a majority of the public call it corn(some of the older generations had some that called it maize & so did the trendy health food naturalist types). Other names for sneakers: tennis-shoes, street shoes, kicks, cross-trainers, running-shoes, high-tops, gym-shoes & canvas shoes. Extra tidbit in Japan: KFC=kentakki/kenta, Wendy's=uendizu fahsuto kichin/Fakkin, mcdonald's=makudonarudo/makudo, costco=kosutoko, starbucks=sutahbakkusu/sutaba, & baskin robins(31)=sahti wan.

[@enderjammer5035]

In Chicago there's a lot of people that call your sneakers/trainers/etc... Gym Shoes. I cannot in my right mind refer to them as anything else, they are gym shoes, you use them in gym class and for anything sports related...

[@lydiashay8828]

It's weird to think how different the words are depending on your region in the US

[@tequilacollins]

About 20 years ago I went to a formal party for a club that was British, Australians, & US Americans. The host called it *three countries separated by a common language* .

[@Oxley016]

and in the case of the yanks, a great big fucking ocean (thank christ) xD

[@libbypeace68]

I grew up on the NSW/QLD border in Australia in the 70s and we called swimwear for both male and females just 'swimmers' and we used 'joggers' not runners ... I'm thinking maybe the difference is perhaps generational?

[@ianmontgomery7534]

When i was young in the 60s. Bathers were all types of swimwear but then you could have for men Speedos, togs or boardshorts and for women one piece or bikini. We some times called them togs but that came from the shorts boxers wore ie any bathers that were in a cut like boxer shorts were called togs.

[@sharidivinity2500]

I think it's regional because in NSW we use most of the words that are used by other countries, and I found the Aussie rep to not beware aware of them.

[@absolutelysearchingmyreality]

its both generational, regional and also did you grow up in a city, town or village

[@lbell9695]

Interesting...I'm from Sydney, a Gen Z and I use those exact terms too! Joggers and Swimmers, though I might occasionally say 'Cozzies' as well.

[@kurtsudheim825]

As a saffa, esp with the thumbnail, I'm extremely disappointed he didn't say Cossie, but moreso for mean they're: BAGGIES! Also, it's spelt mielie rather than meal-ies. We share a fair bit with the Aussies because of the Dutch influence, so every time you hear that "-ie-" suffix like Cossie, brekkie, Trekkie etc

[@BornzOfficial]

I'm South African and all of this brings back nostalgia from when I was there, me and my family (me, my brother, mum, dad) moved to Australia when I was three (I'm twelve now) and now we don't really speak Afrikaans that much anymore, that's the only reason I clicked on the video, also because I don't really get to relate to other people because south Africa is such a different country and considering that its such a small country and isn't populated with that many locals I saw it as an opportunity to relate with someone, also he sounds more German than Afrikaans. But great video!

[@80sGamerLady]

Some people in the US call Speedos "Banana Hammocks." Kind of surprised she never brought it up but maybe she didn't know.

[@sarahmwelsh]

Yes, in South Africa too. (Although I suspect we got that one from the states).

[@Simsrockslol]

never heard that in my life i’m from LA so maybe it’s regional

[@victorbremer8097]

I’m from Detroit Michigan and I only say tennis shoes. It sounds like the American girl has a western accent to me. This channel needs to put a Michigander on here so we show them how we say “sorry” which is oppe or sliding doors are called door walls. Let’s not forget about the phrase “been a minute” when you haven’t seen someone you know in while. We measure distance with minutes only never miles. I’m 30 mins away. We say pop and only pop. I never heard the word soda until I was an adult. I can name hundreds of differences.

[@zvbx]

So am I Victor and yes “tennis shoes” is the term that I use.

[@Rob-nd1qb]

Not everyone talks like that i'm from Detroit born and raised I am aware of people calling sneakers tennis shoes but no one in my family or friends calls them that and I never say pop always soda of course it might depend on the age difference I am 43 and don't get me started on Gov.Whitmer everyone outside of Michigan thinks we sound like her 🤢🤮

[@KatDoesCrime]

Sounds really cool! Definitley would be epic to have one you guys on the show!

[@victorbremer8097]

@@Rob-nd1qb it depends where your family from. My family came to America from Africa in 1950. They learned English from Detroit. If your family from the south and moved to the d for automotive jobs than that’s probably why

[@Scell_]

I'm a New Zealander and I've never heard the term boardies in my life, but it might be from a different part of nz

[@aytcs]

As someone from Ohio (who has lived in many parts of the state over the years), which was specifically mentioned by the American representative here... that picture contained "candy". "Suckers" are very specific, typically round on top and always have a stick. No stick = not a sucker. "Sucker" is not a term used in place is of the generic "candy".

[@bethyann89]

I'm from North Carolina and very few people said sneakers. They were usually either tennis shoes or tennies for short. I'm also interested in the differences between American English and English in other countries for words that vary a lot regionally (e.g. toboggan, book bag (backpack to a lot of Americans), shopping cart (buggy to older Southerners)), and words that vary regionally in those other countries as well

[@margareth1504]

In Australia we use the term shopping 'trolley'

[@tomfrazier1103]

Growing up in rural California, everyone wore bosrdshorts or "Jams", an old surfer brand. Speedos were things we'd heard of, but had never seen in life. The water is so cold, surfers wear neoprene wetsuits.

[@zackmckinney8121]

Can confirm, California kid here. Board-shorts is what we always called them. I also grew up saying Micky D’s. Having lived in several states and traveled to 36 US States and Territories, it is very apparent that this ladies grasp on “general American” slang is skewed to a small area of the east coast. Not very representative of the rest of us.

[@tomfrazier1103]

@@zackmckinney8121 Only my Aunt said "Mickey Ds". We didn't eat fast food much. Later I ate at a place called "The Burrito Wagon Stop" and a few local Anglo hamburger stands and an A&W..

[@anthonydomino9904]

Growing up in Florida it was bathing suit if it had a mesh liner and board shorts if it didn't have the liner. Speedos was specifically for banana hammocks.

[@catforce9999]

I do realise as a British Northerner, we have a lot of slang in common with Australia and New Zealand, Lollies for example. It’s interesting as Australia was originally a state for criminals to be sent to which could just show how northerners may have been more likely to be deported to Australia. However, this is just from my perspective.

[@williamjordan5554]

In the south US, at least in the 60s and 70s, hard candy on a stick was called a sucker. A lollipop was a large version with many colors on it.

[@emmasherbine5938]

Hey guys! Emma here! Thanks for checking out this video! I had such a fun time with Lauren, Beth, Odessa, and Jakob! Keep in mind I’m from the Northeast part of the USA so I can’t speak for the whole USA for certain words, slang, etc. or if I haven’t heard of certain words, slang, etc. because it’s such a big country and each region is different! Anyways this video is just for fun and I had a great time with these awesome people! 😊

[@michaelmachupa3854]

Emma you're beautiful, you remind me of Dakota Johnson.

[@benperry2725]

Very true, no 1 person can fully encapsulate what everyone from the US will say for different things. Personally as an Ohioan, my choices for these words would be: McD’s, tennis shoes, swimming trunks, stop light (but when I’m driving just light), candy (but you are spot on with the suckers specifically 😂), corn, and great/good/awesome/etc My all time favorite different word we have though is “sweeper” for a vacuum cleaner. We also say when we are going to vacuum that we are going to sweep. I would love to see one of these episodes where we get multiple people from the US and see how our own words compare.

[@michaelmachupa3854]

@@benperry2725 I'm from Cincinnati, we also just say light like if were giving directions we'll say something like "go 3 lights and turn left and then you'll hit a stop sign and then you'll turn left.

[@flirtandfunTV]

Emma..!!!❣️ You're Very Gorgeous Chik, Y reminds me of Gigi Hadid ; Thinking of Y loud.😍

[@MagsonDare]

I grew up in Chicago in that little lingual pocket where we call them "gym shoes."

[@LexAngel]

In the UK, we do call corn on the cob corn on the cob, but once it's off the cob, it's sweetcorn. I've never heard someone in the UK refer to corn on the cob or sweetcorn as just corn. Ever.

[@marianbarber7279]

I agree. Also maize is used for the plant, or in a list of ingredients on a packet to distinguish it from corn which is a general term covering all cereal crops (traditionally wheat, rye, oats and barley).

[@hanschristianrodriguez]

I'm Spanish and I need to ask: does the British girl really sounds from somewhere in the UK? She sounds slightly American to me. I wasn't thinking on an English accent on her, isn't?

[@lettuce7378]

for the shoes one i'd always call that particular kind of shoe a tennis shoe or tennies. I'm from the west coast of the US

[@willmatheson4828]

As a New Zealander born and raised I have never once in my life heard someone say runners or trainers, in my experience I have only heard them called "gym shoes" and occasionally "sneakers". Also never heard boardies before.

[@henri_ol]

Clare Aka Lauren 🇬🇧 is the only one who isn't wearing a black outfit , i wish i could have her style sense

[@imenen.]

Follow her on instagram she has super cool outfit 😉 i love her style ✨

[@MsFitz134]

Words definitely vary by region in the US. I'm over a thousand miles away from Ohio and we say suckers instead of lollipops too. The same goes for bathing suit/swimming suit, soda/pop, grocery store/supermarket, blacktop/asphalt, etc.

[@NickiNicoleee]

Im from the south and we also say suckers

[@LadyCole8364]

Seeing your asphalt comment: In my 20s, living near a bigger city, the crowd I use to hang out with would call the highway "the slab".

[@Mieomi]

@@NickiNicoleee I have never heard anyone from my side of the south use the term sucker

[@exodus6996]

@@NickiNicoleeeas someone from ohio i rarely hear the term lollipop

[@butterfly.clips21]

Aussie here! Those 'runners' as she called them would never get called runners here. That photo was just of some casual shoes, nobody would wear them running. They're just shoes. People call shoes that you would wear to play sport like basketball, netball or hockey runners, sometimes sneakers.

[@rainbows_trees_clouds_dais1766]

Yep, I commented the same. I'd call them sneakers... more like a dress sneakers. But definitely not runners. Runners would be a sports sneaker/shoe.

[@markmorris5880]

Great video very enjoyable I like the format a lot interesting to find out how similar we are even though South Africa seem to be out there on a couple of words!!

[@rue3816]

The SA guy has probably been out of the country for a long time, a lot of the names he gave were Americanised. We don’t call them “board shorts” they’re baggies. And we don’t say “lollipops” we say “suckers”

[@tshegofatsomabena6029]

@@rue3816 Ey... we use lollipops or stoksweets where I'm from (Limpopo) and around the uni I'm in (UP), maybe don't generalise there haha. Suckers sounds as American as board shorts to me.🤔😅

[@rue3816]

@@tshegofatsomabena6029 that’s so weird… in Durban I’ve only ever heard them called suckers. Maybe I shouldn’t have generalised hahah

[@candacea749]

In Canada we called McDonalds Mickey D’s or Mc Dicks, so that’s where is came from lol. We need a Canadian on this panel 🇨🇦

[@nathancloete9932]

I have heard Irish 🇮🇪 people from Limerick use the word "tackie" as well thought it was unique to South Africa 🇿🇦.

[@Das644]

It’s actually written as Tekkie. There is even a shop callet “Tekkie town”. But nowadays, youngsters use Sneakers as they adopt American english

[@BloodHawk31]

@@Das644 I took my brother on with this, and direct translation, tekkies are sneakers, but in the young generation slang, sneakers are the outgoing tekkies, whereas tekkies are seen as training shoes or jogging shoes. We could get 'n nice Afrikaans word to differentiate the two.

[@Das644]

@@BloodHawk31 i guess. It would depend from region to region but i grew up with “tekkies” being closed shoes and the introduction of the word sneakers was when i got introduced to hip hop(well and american culture).

[@denisesavage2382]

As an Aussie - trainers, I've never heard that for us anywhere. Togs is a Queensland thing. I've no idea what part of Australia the Aussie one is from . . .but there were things that I would say aren't quite what I've experienced.

[@eaglebauersrecordcollection]

I love that the question at the beginning was written “How are your English different from each other?”

[@epicstuffwithhossmill9994]

As a New Zealander I can agree with everything that she said

[@TheFullStop]

She did forget Sweet corn instead of just corn

[@KatDoesCrime]

Pretty much, apart from the broad shorts We just call em all togs :)

[@YourEternalRest]

I was waiting for "thong" to come up considering this episode was about clothes. I was disappointed that one didn't show up! That one would've been hilarious!

[@bethyann89]

My Grandma calls flip flops "thongs"

[@rebeccasimantov5476]

@@bethyann89 Is she from Australia?

[@bethyann89]

@@rebeccasimantov5476 no. She's just really old and I think that was an old fashioned word for them. I might be wrong about that part though

[@rebeccasimantov5476]

@@bethyann89 That's really interesting... btw where is your grandma from?

[@lztx]

I would be interested in the SA name. I know the kiwis call them jandals (Japanese sandals)

[@PlanetZaia]

If you’re talking to a child, generally you would say sweeties (in the uk). We also say sweet corn as well as corn.

[@rudytoboi4988]

American here. As a runner we would call running shoes trainers. So your typical sports nikes. Not sure if it’s a specific term used in cross/track or if it might be a regional thing (California). Just surprised the American didn’t mention that so maybe it’s just a niche fact I know