23 British Words Americans Don't Understand | 🇬🇧 UK vs USA English 🇺🇸

[@girlvsglobe]

What's YOUR favourite British expression? 😁🇬🇧

[@lewis72]

- I'm chuffed. - That was a right-old hoo-haa.

[@girlvsglobe]

Hahah I love the word chuffed!

[@Itsallfun3000]

Good job, I despite having American friends I didn't realise so many of these were British! A few more ideas; cuppa, ta (so many times I had to explain this), seen, gander... if you go into cockney slang there are too many I love discovering my country's as well as others 🤟

[@ajreddd]

cheeky! this was something I kept hearing from the guy I went out with hahahhaha

[@katia_g213]

"And Bob's your uncle"

[@_zay__326]

Such a great video , I really needed it so much to educate myself more with the differences of these two accents . Thanks 😊

[@miketrevarrow9795]

I'm British, and in all my days I've never heard the saying a cheeky nando's this must be a regional thing (down south) We do have French fries in BRITAIN, these are long narrow potatoe slices, mainly at such places as McDonald's or other American style restaurants, CHIPS on the other hand are much thicker potatoe slices, to which us BRITS add ketchup, or curry sauce, mayonnaise, or gravy or vinegar. When having FISH & CHIPS, you will be asked, (if having it wrapped up to take away ) do you want salt and vinegar, or they will be some on the counter top so that you can put it on yourself A good fishshop ( chippie) will have a choice of fish ( up NORTH it's mainly HADDOCK down south it's CODD) to be had with mushy peas, or curry sauce or gravy, in my area we ( north east- humber region) have a thing called a PATTIE, they don't sell them down south, they don't know what they are (and no it's not a fishcake) look it up ? It's a regional thing.

[@kevinbarrett2653]

I wonder if you would take the tea challenge. Make a vlog in your unique witty style where you start with the cold water, kettle, milk, milk jug, sugar bowl and sugar. Make a cup of the way you think is correct and ask for comments. Great vlog as ever. Kevin

[@planetconker1104]

Just to explain a bit on the "Cheeky nandos". It means that the person isn't really suppose to be having a nandos but they are going to have one anyway. So some examples are maybe that person is trying to lose some weight and aren't suppose to be eating takeaways, or that person is on the way to meet friends and dont have time to stop at nandos on the way, but they decide to stop there anyway even though they don't really have time and their friends might be a bit cross with them for being late. Thats the term for cheeky when used in conjunction with a place like nandos "Cheeky nandos". So "we are not suppose to have a nandos, but let's have a nandos anyway"

[@girlvsglobe]

This is hands down the best explanation of the term I’ve come across! Thanks for sharing 😁😁😁

[@anger57289]

Absolutely - a cheeky nandos/chinese/indian/kebab is pretty much saying "probably shouldn't but fuck it I can't be arsed cooking!"

[@sarasillyful]

Love this video! My dad is from the UK and people always ask me his terminology. I’m gonna show my friends this video now :)

[@girlvsglobe]

Aww thanks a lot Sara!! Hope your friends enjoy it too 😁🎉

[@festivitycat]

'long' is definitely regional to wherever you are, I'm British and I've never heard it used that way! The rest were spot on though. Also I like that you used 'rubbish' like a native without noticing!

[@girlvsglobe]

Ohh interesting Surita, didn’t know that! And hahaha I know the moment you’re talking about - I’ve clearly been here a long time 😂

[@stevenfisher1570]

As a London boy and a fan of all our prized slang terms, Long can be such a useful term when you just can’t be bothered, or “can’t be arsed”. Add that to your next vid if you do any more. Loved watching it and hearing how your American accent has been diluted to sound almost British. Ps, Cheeky doesn’t mean just quick, it’s also like a guilty pleasure. Like, let’s nip into the pub and have a cheeky pint before going home. I doubt you’ll read this or reply, but thought I’d post my appreciation anyway. X

[@arghjayem]

01:35 probably because these days (in part thanks to Harry Potter) “bloody” is seen as a pretty tame word! I find more and more people, even those you wouldn’t expect to use profanity, use f**king instead! Crazy I know! 06:46 Funnily enough- Nick meaning Gaol (not jail), as in “I was sent to the Nick for half inching” actually originates in the colonies, specifically Australia from the 1880s where it first shows up in a Sydney Book of slang.

[@joelmasamba6762]

Your teaching is Uber great i do like it too much i would rather you made us understand more about vocabularies used in the politic coz i wanna have a knowledge about it

[@Itsallfun3000]

Whats the little music theme when the dishy man (whoever he is!?) Appears?

[@eddymccabe5351]

A) Afraid you are grammatically more correct than the "professor" - the word is pronounced "MISS chiv us" B) any item that is referred to as "cheeky" is being acknowledged to be slightly naughty but nice, e.g, a cheeky pint would be to have an unscheduled pub-stop, which might go on to more than the one. SImilarly a cheeky nando is a meal which you all know is not likely to be good for you.

[@girlvsglobe]

Thanks for the clarifications Eddy! 😀

[@bigredracingdog466]

Nick also means 'condition,' as in, "that old Mini is in excellent nick."

[@bigredracingdog466]

'Plaster' as a noun means Band-Aid.

[@tnp-thanaphon]

Thanks

[@nkirk8740]

Also to be Nicked is to be arrested, great channel, 👍👍👍👊✌️.

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3:31 , and yeah well i am a subscribed enjoyer of your channels now.

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Thank you

[@richardwani2803]

Pissed also means your angry in the UK too

[@girlvsglobe]

True! 😁

[@anger57289]

No it doesn't. Wanker :)

[@barryporteous4904]

Long? Cheeky Nando's? New to me (I'm UK 63 years)

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[@girlvsglobe]

Thank you so much, I’m really glad to hear it 😁💕

[@terencecarroll1812]

Cheeky Nando's just means,a sly Nando's on the way home before dinner or going to the pub

[@anger57289]

Lovely effort - but we call french fries "fries". Chips are different, closer to wedges for my American bretherin

[@spinelcrochetandcook8534]

Love it 😊

[@girlvsglobe]

Thank you, that means a lot 😁

[@brubafc]

Milo Ventimiglia as your example for the word dishy! Hahahahah My inner Gilmore Girls fan is screaming.

[@brubafc]

Finished the video and I was roaring with laughter!

[@terencecarroll1812]

French fries are thin chips Chips refers to chunky chips

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Yes!! More London videos please..

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Banged up means locked up.

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[@girlvsglobe]

You too Adeel!

[@joelmasamba6762]

Uber understandable,i fancy going to America

[@terencecarroll1812]

That was a fancy dress 👗 Not fancy dress - that's dressing up in a costume

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[@akpierce314]

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[@katia_g213]

Cheeky Nando's = guilty YOLO type take away 😂

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[@eldabasa]

British able to speak american ,but american cant speak british well🙂

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