How Are British English and American English Different?

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[@souhartoto8318]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤

[@clarkbenitez1280]

So because of those differences there are so called regular and irregular verbs in English.

[@LauraArraisANIME]

pasa algo parecido con el idioma español en diferentes países xD // something similar happens with the spanish language in different countries xD

[@traderglen621]

Could you do a video on the New England "Downeast accent? A person with a Downeast accent will say "Ca" for "Car" and "arnt" for "aunt".

[@manuelcondor2469]

Paul! When will you make a video about Canadian English?

[@bikutoso]

As a non native English speaker, there seems to be lot of mixing of UK English and US English in the English used by me.

[@soundingsea3419]

yeah me too.. and also, as non native english speaker, sometimes i think twice before write/ typing some word in english ( Color/Colour, Organise/Organize, Favor/Favour etc)

[@IGLArocknroll]

Sometimes I use US English and UK English in the same sentence. I wondered for a while: why do I get weird looks from Britons or Americans? Then a British lad pointed it out: it is bloody confusing for them.

[@rodrigoadrianrodriguezaedo4477]

@@soundingsea3419 I prefer -ize

[@MithrilChu]

@@IGLArocknroll i have been in same situation many times.

[@MrRhombus]

Probably Canadian English we used a lot of both

[@titleloanman]

As a person from the south, hearing that Americans don’t use the word “reckon” made me spit out my sweet tea and knock over my banjo.

[@gredangeo]

Well.. it's a regional dialect.

[@iamanastronaut8561]

Lol!

[@raney150]

Yeah, most of us don't.

[@somedumbasswithlonghair4965]

As someone born and raised in Alabama, it triggers me when people say you all instead of yall

[@beastmr919]

reckon is actually american origin

[@abylay9288]

"I'm not your friend, mate."

[@Сашаромисмерть]

Im not your mate, lad.

[@abylay9288]

@@Сашаромисмерть I'm not your lad, buddy.

[@juancarbd92]

I’m not your buddy, pal.

[@abylay9288]

I'm not your pal, chap

[@95kpeople2]

:)

[@adityatyagi4009]

One time I was editing a document with a British friend. He simply didn't understand me when I kept saying to put the "period" after a certain word. After awhile, I realized he didn't know what a "period" was and he referred to it as a "full stop."

[@brucewilson4350]

😂 and then there’s an exclamation mark v exclamation point!

[@fionagregory9147]

Full stop is better.

[@gibboap]

He realised * 😂

[@LyrLyrPantsOnFyr]

See, somehow I always knew what a period was, on the first time I encountered it. But full stop sounds better, it feels like there’s something wrong with periods.

[@nerysghemor5781]

In the US, “reckon” sounds very rural, and possibly Southern.

[@Kacaaaw]

Exactly what I thought, i grew up in the south where it's fairly common, but that's why he disclaims and says he talking of general American where we hear it super rarely

[@jascaesar]

But it sounds elegant.

[@cheep5645]

@@jascaesar when you say it British it sounds more ‘elegant’ but not really for southern- I think the accent really gives it a connotation you don’t get through straight text. Like southern is more ‘reckin’ than ‘reckon’

[@jascaesar]

@@cheep5645 it sounds elegant, perhaps with the Brit accent 😊 reckin sounds more like ‘you came in like a wreckin ball’ hahaha. Thanks for differentiating 😉

[@dand.jensen]

@@jascaesar Nice to know as it´s a norse/danish word meaning "compute" P.S. yes I´m danish :-)

[@jeffreywang3979]

British : Where is the toilet? American : In the bathroom.

[@obasiswift]

Well where's the restroom?

[@kavajo2055]

In the bedroom

[@nathyatta]

I actually don’t like how we say ‘toilet’. I think ‘bathroom’ is nicer

[@ilayendras5048]

Jajajajaja

[@Danledz]

just say "where can i take a dump" and they´ll know

[@terrylambert8149]

The American postal service delivers the mail. The British mail service delivers the post.

[@Tobberz]

Hehe never thought of that before. You post your post at the Post Office, from which Royal Mail deliver it.

[@what-uc]

'Mail' is an old word meaning the bag items are carried in. 'Post' refers to the staging posts in the system going back to when horses were used.

[@strategossable1366]

wohhhh

[@ronaldoseven4865]

In Canada, we used postal code as our term of address. In USA, they used zip code.

[@LuisAldamiz]

Clarke: ZIP is an acronym, US-Americans love acronyms for some odd reason.

[@jrc58526]

Really interesting. It reminded me when I was teaching student nurses from the Philippines here in the UK. They grew up learning American English so all their assignments contained really unfamiliar spelling and expressions.

[@agnesmarywalowemshimba1956]

True,l have my friend in Doha she is a Philippine when she speaks English speaks different and I speak different..now I know she speaks American English and I speak Britain English...all the l am not good in English but learn British English

[@AS-wj1du]

But English speakers correcting and essay wouldn't mark something as wrong whether it was British or American English as long as it's consistent

[@SBHighlander_74]

British English Australian English American English Canadian English Original English from England

[@fionagregory9147]

@@AS-wj1du correcting an essay*

[@needbettername8583]

I've watched a German English speaker have a break down trying to understand an American, British, Australian and Canadian have an argument.

[@shannonmikko9865]

What is the channel/video?

[@needbettername8583]

@@shannonmikko9865 I meant in real life,when I was travelling Australia. It was kind of beautiful.

[@lomfmur]

That’d kill me to watch 😂 I had a friend who went to Italy with me and the poor Italian behind the counter had quite a time trying to figure out the different phrases and terms each of us used. (Me being Canadian and him being English)

[@Georgin]

And New Zealand.

[@bishplis7226]

a german or an english speaker, which one?!

[@johnathanhughes9881]

Interesting anomaly: In Australian English, which contains elements of US and UK English, we use both "Licence" and "License" - but whilst either spelling is acceptable, TECHNICALLY you're supposed to use -se for a verb and -ce for a noun. So the government will license me to drive, but they do so by giving me a licence. . .

[@tallicaaa]

I think this is correct in British English too.

[@stevebrian2145]

Australians have the absolute best swear words!!

[@b4byj3susm4n]

If they are pronounced the same, and essentially mean the same except for the part of speech, then why retain the spelling difference?

[@FroZenMemes]

@@tallicaaa Yeah I think so. "licensing" looks more correct than "licencing"

[@suravinayan2753]

@@stevebrian2145 "F***"

[@DísirKyrkje]

I’m American and I remember walking into an elevator in Hawaii, and this guy looked at me and said ‘Kwite niat eh?’ I just stared at him then said excuse me?? He repeated it again ‘Kwite Niat eh?’ And I just stared at him again, then said I’m so sorry I don’t understand. He looked at me and slowly said ‘Q u i e t. N i g h t. E h?’ He was Australian 😂

[@vargasmartin7143]

At first i thought it was hawaiian

[@akam9919]

@@vargasmartin7143 me too.

[@bernardedwards8461]

You mean Orstrylyan cobber!

[@Luiz17071990]

I'm learning English and trying to focus on British accent that to me, at least, is the nicest together with African accent, American is ok, but I must say that Australian accent is quite annoying.

[@bernardedwards8461]

@@Luiz17071990 There are many kinds of British accents, some more pleasant than others. The best one to learn is standard English as heard on the BBC and spoken by Prince Harry. Apart from anything else, it's the most easily understood.

[@BabsW]

Having grown-up and lived in both countries as a child and adult, some of these differences can cause embarrassing moments- rubber 🇬🇧 vs eraser 🇺🇸, pants 🇺🇸 vs trousers 🇬🇧, etc.

[@dmtaylo1]

American: bathroom, restroom Canadian: washroom Englishman: loo, toilet Scot: privy

[@hakim93abuhassan]

Malay is tandas

[@yuxingwan2663]

In China: WC

[@nakitojimo2001]

@@yuxingwan2663 : Same like Indonesian

[@cazique]

Australian: Dunny Hindi: Street

[@BareSphereMass]

Navy: head

[@nucelom]

today i learned that when i'm talking in english i'm basically jumping from british to american all the time

[@nanvas7374]

This is normal :) Why should You preference one of them particulary if You are speaking with other not native person.

[@sonospiacente3334]

yeah me too, and It cleared up my mind about some differences on gramatics that often confused me

[@nanvas7374]

@@joshuamatthews8326 Yes. If both of them called english language, The native speakers should be educated enough to be able to understand . For not native in most case does not matter. The communiction is much more important. :)

[@fredriksasaa6969]

@@nanvas7374 alot of americans say film/films (british word) and my friends from the UK say borth- trash(american word) and rubbish. im like......

[@alphaq1617]

fredrik sasaa The British way of saying it is correct as English originates from England(obviously) there’s no debate

[@mariem24601]

British: She's in hospital. American: She's in the hospital.

[@Pantano63]

is that really the British way?

[@mariem24601]

@@Pantano63 Yes that is the standard use in the UK. And American English uses the same kind of grammar for other situations, like when we say "she's in college" or "she's in prison", but we don't say "she's in hospital". Maybe that sounds too permanent a state and we would rather be optimistic, so we just say "she's in the hospital", like she's in that scary building, but it isn't a state of being, we're sure she'll be released any minute! :)

[@pager58]

Subtle different meanings or emphasis? as I would interpret the first statement as 'She is getting treatment in hospital'. The second one is more open as she could also be just visiting or attending for treatment.

[@gpwnedable]

British: She's in hospital. American: She's in the hospital and is working on a GoFundMe campaign to pay her medical bills.

[@lql1094]

Good one.

[@DrScrubbington]

When you mentioned how past tense forms have different tendencies, I think burned/burnt is an odd one in America, because here we usually say "burned" as a verb (I *burned* the candle), while "burnt" is exclusively used as the adjective (the candle is *burnt* or burnt out.) Although there are plenty of Americans who may say "burnt" as the verb as well.

[@IndependentThinker74]

Imagine the confusion of a disabled American tourist visiting Great Britain who rented a hotel room on the first floor.

[@clydelowe3463]

jps101574 The ground floor you mean?

[@TheLucidDreamer12]

@@clydelowe3463 that's the joke

[@clydelowe3463]

The joke missed my joke what a joke!!!!!!!

[@ggbel3320]

That’s some fawlty tower shit right there.

[@dariusanderton3760]

that ground floor / first floor stuff has caused confusion for travellers for generations, maybe even a century or two. I remember it in the 1980s when I was a teen.

[@Rafadoodle9912]

As a British person, that section about the 'intrusive r' was fascinating. It had never even occurred to me before that we put an 'r' sound in some sentences that isn't actually there, and that Americans don't do this. If I remove the 'r' it sounds really robotic and unnatural. In an American accent it sounds perfectly ordinary however.

[@Trex100]

Yes, this is one of the most interesting differences in our speech.

[@jayteegamble]

Listening to those intrusive Rs as a non-Brit can be borderline infuriating. Lindybeige did a video on it years ago (The trouble with America-r-is) and now that i understand why you do it I am bothered less.

[@rebeccalyons1327]

I grew up in New England and we have the intrusive r as well. We also drop the r in father, car etc.

[@SC2player1]

My grandpa does this, and my dad to a lesser extent, funny enough my dad seems to do this more as he ages. FYI my grandpa was raised in NY but doesn’t have a NY accent at all

[@Rafadoodle9912]

@Yongo Bazuk While some British accents may sound annoying and some may not, the intrusive 'r' has nothing to do with this. Intrusive doesn't even make sense as a word to describe it over here. It's just a natural part of the way we all speak which I suppose we use so that our speech is more fluid. Even posh English accents use it.

[@winchesterchua3311]

In the Philippines, if you live on street level, you live on the ground floor and the person living above you is on the second floor.

[@aminebrahimi3948]

WTF! you mixed both cases :)

[@大塒昭]

Filipinos: We’re going to break the rules of English

[@attentionforkannada7581]

Then where the fuckin first floor is?...

[@shaungordon9737]

So, no first floor??

[@rosie-uu1ek]

yes, here in the philippines in our everyday lives we speak using a mix of tagalog and spanish

[@satchin5724]

Mr. Paul appreciate your pronounces in english and it's really nice that every one can understand easily.

[@jaamees]

Australian English: ɥsılƃuǝ uɐılɐɹʇsnɐ ɟo ǝldɯɐxǝ uɐ sı sıɥʇ

[@Steve-zc9ht]

Surprised i can read this

[@transient7685]

😂😂😂

[@Luiz17071990]

This is an example of Australian English

[@HeidenLam]

Oof yes

[@grs6262]

Not quite that bad, really. Is it?😁

[@chrisischeese]

I always find these comparison videos between the two fascinating, mostly because, as a Canadian, we use a weird sort of mix of the two.

[@cathyschaffter5843]

English-speaking Canadians mostly got their accents from the Americans loyal to Britain who got "cleansed" from the U.S. during their war of Independence. Yet the accents of Canadians living in Windsor, Ontario, is very different from the "Great Lakes" American accent found across the river in Detroit! Another factoid,

[@gusloader123]

chris, Hello. It is because (as a different Y.T. video channel points out:) Most Canadians live within a hundred miles of the U.S. Canada Border. TV signals and especially radio signals do not know about "Borders" drawn on a map. We watch several TV shows filmed in Canada, and lots of folks north of the Border listen to U.S.A. based radio stations. Canada is vast, but very few humans live in the far north areas. When I drove the Alcan highway back in 2012, I was tired of sleeping in my pick-up truck (Started my journey at Valdez, Alaska) so I got a motel room in Dawson Creek, B.C., Can. (where the Alcan Hwy started in WW2). Except for "liters" being on the gasoline pumps, I did not notice any real differences between the Canadian-speak at the Border check-in stop place near the Alaska border, to the U.S.A. Border Agent at the Montana border check-in. {[ Oops, just remembered one difference: Stopped at a grocery store in one of the oil towns along the Alcan Hwy. to get "road food" ( always cheaper than eating at a restaurant / Diner/ Fast foods place ). Soda pop with caps, bottled water, crackers, cheese-in-a can with nozzle, cupcakes and maybe some jerky and potato chips. { One hand on the steering wheel at all times 😉}. ,,,, there be four-legged critters in the area! } I walked over to the Bakery section, then the cookies and crackers section but NO "Nabisco" brand "Saltines" crackers. So, I asked to teenagers who were stocking the shelves that day where the "Saltines" where at. They did not know what I was talking about. { They did have Coca-cola on the shelves so I knew I was still on earth.} So, I walked around the store again, and Viola!, on the canned soup aisle they had soda crackers. They were not labeled "Nabisco" and "Saltines": but the box was the same color and size with a picture of the crackers. Most groceries in the States ( that I have shopped at) usually put the cracker, cookies and "snacks" on the same aisle, not on the Soup aisle. ]} Turned on the TV expecting to catch some Canadian News broadcasted from Ottawa or Toronto. Nope. The TV news shown in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Can. was from a TV station in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.. 🤔 Very odd. Would have thought a station from Edmonton, Alberta, or Calgary would be on the air in Dawson.

[@stormninjabros025]

yup, we use "colour" and "favour" but also "realize" and "apologize"

[@AspireGMD]

Eh Canadian English is basically just American English in phonology, I don't notice any differences and I constantly have to see Canadians saying they're Canadian and not American as everyone assumes they are lmao. The only time it's noticeable is the minority of rural Canadians that have the "thick" accent.

[@imac1957]

@@AspireGMD It is easy to pick a Canadian. Get them to say "boat" or "out" or "about" or anything with the same vowel pair. The "oot" gives it away.

[@dotsya]

"Can you give me a lift?" "Sure, it's right by the stairs." "No, I mean in your car." "My car doesn't have a lift, m8." "..."

[@ghizlane5695]

Lol 😂

[@mykhayloklen5194]

And my dotsya's name is Sofiya.

[@svijayiitk]

LOL. nice joke😂😂 I Liked your comment

[@leo_funny587]

Dude... How can you say "Give me a lift" in British English?

[@ashleysmith1276]

@@leo_funny587 We say it the same way. Context generally avoids confusion - when would you give an elevator to someone??

[@solosunbeam]

Interesting as a Scotsman how many similarities there are between Scottish standard English and General American English.

[@EagleFang74]

Agreed. I always hear the similarities.

[@samdaniels2]

That's not something to be proud of, mate...

[@dinohunter902]

I what to visit Scotland I'm 29 % Scottish I did a ancestry but then I have 16 more regions

[@jockkardashian.9407]

As a Scot I'm always reading English people talking about "Americanisms" online that have "never" been used in the UK, that have always been used in Scotland...

[@louissanderson719]

@@jockkardashian.9407like what?

[@antoniolorenzana8839]

Does anyone else associate the word "reckon" with a rural southern accent?

[@superfluidity]

See the comment on this video by R Lee.

[@Mathematrix7]

Yes, sounds like a pirate or cowboy to me

[@charlesstuart7290]

Definitely taught as wrong usage when I was at school in the US.

[@christopherfairs9095]

Reckon sounds more American English than British English.

[@charlesstuart7290]

Its used regularly in the UK and "I reckon" is usually considered sub standard in the US.

[@lordoftheflings]

In the US "burnt" is usually used when talking about food. i.e. "I burnt the chicken" but in other cases you would use "burned". i.e. "My house burned down"

[@electroskates2434]

My Phone burnt out

[@TheBeatle49]

That's because"burnt" tastes better than "burned."

[@Welokedogs]

Im not from the US but "My house burnt down" just doesnt feel right to me

[@robthetraveler1099]

I (American) disagree; I don't think Americans would commonly use "burnt" as a past tense of "to burn"; I think they would only ever use it as an adjective ("burnt toast," "burnt ends," "burnt orange").

[@aidenbagshaw5573]

@@Welokedogs As a Canadian, that's probably how I would say it. I'd probably only use "burned" to emphasise the verb.

[@adam13weishaupt]

As a Brit now living in the US, there was only one point I disagree with. Toward the end you say that British 'mate' corresponds to American 'friend.' Actually 'friend' is widely used in the UK too, but 'mate' is more colloquial, corresponding to the American 'buddy.' Another couple of examples of differences in vocabulary that have a potential for misunderstanding! (1) 'Rubber' in the US means condom, in the UK it corresponds to the American 'eraser.' (2) In Britain to 'knock someone up' is just another way of saying 'go to visit'; in the US it means to make someone pregnant.

[@jasonlescalleet5611]

“Well you’re not matin’ with me, sunshine!” To this American, “mate” always has the sexual connotation that Donna ascribed to it in that scene, after the Doctor expressed that he just wanted “a mate.”

[@tannyshim3074]

Duster & eraser as well. I got very confused on American English as my american friends confused on me too . 😂😂😂 exa : dustbin. I got the glare …..

[@кучешкилайна]

Is it true that English Language comes from UK? And thanks to the English, the whole world writes in English Am I right or not? Correct me if I'm wrong

[@lewishamel8105]

In liverpool, to knock someone up definitely means to get them pregnant haha

[@haltdieklappe7972]

@@кучешкилайна English comes from England. The reason they speak it in America is because most of the settlers during the 17th century were English and so naturally they spoke English there too. English is older than the unite states dating back at least 600 years. It’s a mix of Anglo Saxon (german), French and old Norse (Viking language)

[@mindyschaper]

Your point about the "intensive r" was very enlightening, since it held me understand the "intrusive n" in Yiddish pronunciation of Hebrew words. The Hebrew name Yaakov (Jacob) is pronounced Yankov in Yiddish, resulting in the common nickname Yanky. I've often wondered why the "n" was inserted for no reason, and seeing it happen in other languages makes it make a little more sense. I'll have to think if it occurs in other words as well.

[@Karen-ul9hd]

In French it happens all the time, it's called 'liason'.E.g. un enfant (a child); les enfants (the children). The latter is pronounced le-z-enfants.

[@wundermax1993]

Thank you for shedding light upon intrusive 'r'. It has been bugging me for years, now i can look it up! Your videos are very good :)

[@bn56would]

I was surprised American English didn't have it. Saying e.g. "I saw a car" without the intrusive "r" is painful.

[@sk8_bort]

Do Aussies go crazy on that intrusive R or is it just my imagination? I'd say they use it more often than the Brits.

[@bn56would]

@@sk8_bort It's not a "use" thing, it occurs naturally to a native speaker especially in an informal environment.

[@sk8_bort]

@@bn56would Sorry, I'm not an English native speaker so maybe that's why I didn't get my point across. What I meant is that the intrusive "r" seems to be more present in the Australian English variety.

[@bn56would]

@@sk8_bort No, you did get your point across. But I'm saying it's common in both British and Australian dialects. It's not like a British person does it less than an Australian person given the right conditions. Perhaps the reason why you've heard it from Australians more often is that a lot of the British media/speeches are formal and/or the films (which often include actors with posh language). If you went to the UK and were in an informal environment like a pub it'd pretty much be the same.

[@kingben1216]

I once saw a Brit call another Brit a “silly sausage” in an online forum and nearly died laughing. I cannot for the life of me imagine an American calling someone that.

[@JohnsysChannel]

It's usually used for insulting children in a nice way. If they fall over you'd call them a silly sausage for example. In Scotland they have a similar phrase that they use to insult the children, they'd say, "Ye Cannae stand ye fuckin baw bag".

[@dotdashdotdash]

A Briton.

[@Dai_VR]

@@JohnsysChannel LOL THAT'S TOO FUNNY! I thought living in Wales was hilarious sometimes but damn, that's another level of brilliance with some interesting form of English. Well, I know what to expect if I ever visit Scotland now.

[@shaungordon9737]

It sounds weird to me in Australia too, but it's very British. A lot of their insults are kinda 'cute' to us.

[@moodini99]

It's not really a British thing to say either

[@PatrickOfTav]

I am reminded of a conversation between two friends, one English and the other American: Am: Where've you bin? En: It's pronounced "been". Am: In America we say "bin". En: Then how do you say "dust bin"? Am: Trash can.

[@OwenKelly]

That's a load of rubbish! 😂🗑

[@PatrickOfTav]

I should have said this is a true story, not a joke.

[@TripNBallsGaming]

I've always pronounced it as "ben".

[@presidentoftherepublicofca4080]

@GABRIEL GREGORY Nah ! He meant garbage

[@zebjwest6709]

we say bin here as well

[@saidfarid6382]

Hi professor Thank you so much for your priceless advice and interesting guidance. I love your way of teaching and excellent explication. I really appreciate your job. I wish you peace and happiness under the sky of prosperity.

[@YangSing1]

Can you make a part 2? I found this interesting

[@martymitch8375]

I just love your profile pic!

[@YangSing1]

marty mitch Really? Thanks

[@phinaibe8434]

Despacito

[@YangSing1]

Phina Ibe ?

[@NicolasCollart]

I agree I think this topic needs additional video, particularly if we go into regional differences. But great video nonetheless as usual!

[@FriedAudio]

My favorite British word that you never, ever hear here in the US is "whilst". Whenever I hear it, I feel that I've just crossed over into Sherwood Forest.

[@ccchemicaaa]

I know right!!!

[@anthonyehrenzweig1635]

You only get it in Britain from someone who is trying to be pompous

[@BiglerSakura]

Also "till" (instead of "until") and "fortnight".

[@Trex100]

I worked with a lot of international English speakers who used this word -particularly in their writing. I have personally never applied the word. It just felt awkward.

[@BiglerSakura]

@@Trex100 If you mean English speakers from non-English-speaking countries, then it's explainable. For English as a foreign language in schools they often use some old-fashioned British standard.

[@afinoxi]

Canada : *exists* USA : _It's free real estate._

[@Unberable]

I love me some North Montana

[@sturmdegs]

Maine was robbed in 1842 by Webster Ashburton!! We own lots of New Brunswick and the Gaspé!!

[@zeryphex]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3_bgYmgZc2YoMk On a serious note ... I'm not sure Washington D.C. would annex Canada as a whole ... due to Quebec. The Quebecois are fierce resistance fighters, and have conducted acts of violence similar to domestic terrorists (throughout history). Washington D.C. would have a headache. ... and it's difficult to maintain a democracy while expanding territory due to bureaucracy which increases almost exponentially. Before The U.S.A. would annex Canada and/or Mexico, it would have to move from a de-centralized form of government to a more centralized form of government ... which would remove some of the bureaucracy.

[@cmanlovespancakes]

Blame Canada.

[@jakepirate2521]

Then where we gonna shoot our movies?

[@77Catguy]

Whether standard or not as an American I am likely to mix "~ed" and ~est" suffixes depending on context or grammatical form--for example, "I burned my toast" but "My toast is burnt." The same might apply to some other such examples. However, one "~st" suffix that to my knowledge only occurs in British English (and a sure giveaway that the author is non-American) is the word "whilst" for what we would say "while."

[@durstein]

Grammar regarding group nouns. In American English you say ‘the army has’. I have heard brits say ‘the army have’ because it is a single group

[@SM_zzz]

James Stoddard I've also noticed Brits using was/were in a different way. E.g. "You wasn't at school today, was you?"

[@slycordinator]

@@SM_zzz That sounds like slang or at least from one of the many dialects they have.

[@slycordinator]

And yes, my Brit friend will use the plural form on most any group. Even if it's a band of a few people.

[@SM_zzz]

slycordinator Maybe it's slang, I'm not sure which is technically correct. To my Irish ears it sounds weird. We would say "were you...".

[@Lebst]

Steve Daniel both the UK and America have dialects that say "you was". Nothing spectacular there.

[@lukedeaville1306]

"z" pronunciation American: zee English: zed

[@Gamer-uf1kl]

True

[@theeviloverlord7168]

@@lol-ih1tl The thing that's funny is that Canadian english says "Zed" but we still read "EZ" as "Eee-Zee"

[@Betelgeuse732]

Jee Hinglish

[@Marco-bf4uu]

It's not ,,zee" its ,,see"

[@ScottishPEACEguy]

Americans need to start using English subtitles, or learn how to pronounce vowels.

[@akiraiwasaki6695]

MOBILE British : MOH-bye-ul American: MOH-buhl Japanese: Mobairu

[@irenakolbuszewska9556]

mobile phone vs. cellphone

[@sportlovers1508]

British : English Japan : Ingrisu

[@ScienceLover234]

Mobil Turkish:Mobayl

[@Jesusisyhwh]

Mobile (Moh-beel) Alabama.

[@mairasann]

Portuguese: mo-bee-lee

[@dizzydaisy909]

I speak a dialect of American English called Appalachian English. A lot of the grammar is similar to Irish, since a lot of Irish workers were hired to here for the Transcontinental Railroad, while the word choice is a lot like AAVE with a bit of British. Alot of the different accents we have now in America and Britain are gonna meld together over time thanks to the internet I reckon, my only proof of that being that I don't have as strong an accent as my older kinfolk.

[@stevenwanderscheid713]

American: You like it. British: You fancy it.

[@nuureTUBE]

Steven Wanderscheid haha

[@shockwave5484]

sounds fancy

[@kevinpenlington5020]

If a Brit says 'You fancy it?' they usually mean a fight.

[@lokeytombs1591]

@@kevinpenlington5020 yeah like when americans say " you want it " usually means a fight

[@lorelorena5428]

Tf

[@AdanCafe]

I don’t remember if you touched on this on your Spanish video, but could you do a comparison video between European Spanish and Latin-American Spanish?

[@patricklo1514]

What about American Spainsh to Latino's?

[@jjeherrera]

Which Latin American Spanish? There are many differences between Latin American countries... :-D

[@mcgoldenblade4765]

There are a huge variety of spanish accents in North America, but same thing applies to British English as well. So maybe it's doable.

[@ericgonzalez3641]

You mean Spanish Neutral Latin and Spanish from Spain

[@patricklo1514]

@amelali If Spanish spoken in US same as Latin America's,why KZbin language still distinguish Spainish into Espanol(latinoamerica)and Espanol(US) in this two regions?

[@HONEmusicINT]

American : "Color!! License!! Organize!!" British: "Colour!!"Licence!! Organise!!" Canadian: "yes"

[@alanc1491]

Canadian dialogue: "Sorry" "Sorry"

[@Marco-bf4uu]

Do you even realise how fucking annoying and hard it is for us Europeans getting forced to learn both accents in school. In the graduation test we need to correct texts into specific accents. Fucking weird

[@birdyashiro1226]

DeutscherSoldat1871 Same here in China...When I want to say a word I need to think about which is the correct pronunciation, and then turns out they are all right...Or, sometimes: I am going for a vacation in holidays…

[@Marco-bf4uu]

@@birdyashiro1226 Yea

[@shezanahmmed5582]

@@Marco-bf4uu really bro. That is so panic.

[@arfareandaneswara3286]

This is a story about the daily life of Nate, who lives in New York City, United States and Laura, who lives in London, England. As you can see, they have very similar lives, but the vocabulary words, that they use, are very different! British English vocabulary words: flat, trousers, nappy, underground/tube, pavement, ground floor, lift, post, biscuits, chips, crisps, chemist's shop, car park, boot, petrol, lorry, rubbish, torch, mad, holiday American English vocabulary words: apartment, pants, diaper, subway/metro, sidewalk, first floor, elevator/lift, mail, cookies, french fries, potato chips, drugstore/pharmacy, parking lot, trunk, gas, truck, garbage/trash, flashlight, crazy, vacation

[@rkmugen]

UK: The train will arrive in precisely fifteen minutes' time. US: The train will arrive in approximately fifteen minutes. Japan: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Slow trains!

[@thomHD]

Because the US and UK were putting 4-5% of their GDP into military, whereas Japan wasn't allowed one so spent the money elsewhere

[@Maheshrpsharma]

i just say LOL

[@tonyburzio4107]

In the US, we don't like each other enough to ride a train. :-)

[@red2theelectricboogaloo961]

china: i mean you have slower trains than us so

[@Maheshrpsharma]

@@red2theelectricboogaloo961 i already get that joke. ME SMART na?

[@schooooooorsch]

my best one is still rubber/eraser. when i asked my us teacher for a rubber she looked a little "surprised".

[@jonnyboybrum]

Now that made me laugh out loud!

[@lql1094]

Um yeah.

[@jtom2958]

Really both terms for an eraser make sense. Cause it’s made of rubber and it erases. One name describes what it’s made of one describes what it does

[@Gwynbuck]

@@jtom2958 That's because, until it was vulcanised, the only thing the Victorians could do with rubber was to use it to erase pencil marks. 'Rubber' literally comes from the action of rubbing.

[@danieldaniels7571]

@@jtom2958 in the US, “a rubber” usually refers to a prophylactic.

[@tishaw.8254]

One of my most favorite channels. Always a treat.

[@b4byj3susm4n]

A section that would’ve been useful here is for words used in both varieties but with different meanings. Examples: “Quite” In British, I’m sure the typical use of this word is as a modest modifier, like “somewhat”, whereas in North America it is an intensifier to indicate greater extent or seriousness. “to table [a proposal or topic]” In the US, it means to remove or postpone it from consideration, whereas in England it usually means to introduce it for discussion or consideration.

[@garthly]

Yes, I always found it deflating when I told an American colleague something and he said: “That’s quite interesting.” And I used to find it very confusing when something was “slated” ie “tabled” and not “criticized.”

[@6illyloomer955]

"R sounds are always clearly pronounced " Me a *bostonian*

[@geekinutopia5899]

And me a non-rhotic southerner.

[@SuperTonyony]

I'm from Kentucky, and we not only pronounce our "R" sounds, we stress the heck out them, like pirates!

[@christopherlatham91]

Na an r is replaced

[@miakid4159]

My littlest cousin is growing up in Boston, and he called his finger.... fingggggaaaaaa, his mom scolded him and forbade all her children from dropping the R. We laughed so hard.

[@6illyloomer955]

@@miakid4159 yeah the accent has died down a little, but there are still many people both young and old who have it to some degree

[@Langfocus]

For people in the UK, do any of you say "go to the pictures" meaning "go to the movies"? I remember hearing that once a long time ago. It might have been Scottish English or a dialect in northern England.

[@rekoonbolt4158]

Langfocus I have a friend which is british,he doesnt say that tho

[@Ogrecrusher]

I have heard that said, but usually we would just talk about going to the cinema. Pictures is a bit old fashioned to my ears.

[@TheLewisLegend]

my grandmother says it alot, its more of a generation thing

[@kovo42]

"go to the pictures" is pretty standard in Scotland.

[@Blood_Monkey]

I say "go to the pictures"; I'm in the north of England, Yorkshire specifically. Actually, I more often than not say "off to ' pictures" where the 'the' isn't even said.

[@infamous5731]

lorry - truck holiday - vacation jumper - sweater crisps - chips chips - French fries trainers - sneakers fizzy drink - soda postbox - mailbox biscuit - cookie chemist - drugstore shop - store football - soccer

[@flavoursofsound]

jelly - jello jam - jelly car park - parking lot boot - trunk railway - railroad petrol - gas motorway - freeway nursery - kindergarden primary school - elementary school secondary school - high school city centre - downtown shopping centre - mall mobile - cellphone washing machine - washer

[@PG13hockeyman]

The high school that I go to is called a secondary. I say pop instead of soda. In the south they’ll say coke.

[@karenbartlett1307]

@@flavoursofsound only one mistake. Jam and jelly are not synonymous in the US.

[@karenbartlett1307]

@@PG13hockeyman Only in some parts of the South. In some parts they say "soda" and in some they say "cocola" and in some they say "cold drink" and in some they say "sasparilly", and in some they say "sody-pop". You can't generalize.

[@PG13hockeyman]

Karen Bartlett I just picked the most common name.

[@LyrLyrPantsOnFyr]

3:39 Something interesting about my accent, is that, I actually struggle with r sounds, because we barely use them in English (it’s not even used in the letter itself), and all the languages I’m learning have different r sounds. This is why when I’m speaking, it always takes me a few tries to get the word “rare” right.

[@rewjik7998]

That feeling when you are a non-native speaker and you've learned british englisch in school, while at the same time practicing american english passively via youtube videos, and as a result you now speak some twisted abomination of both.

[@curties]

i feel you.

[@foooddriven]

I feel you bro :”)

[@dhanushnayak]

Relatable

[@narrelleweir6383]

I am an Australian & feel the same. I was raised with British-English & Aussie slang, however, we have so many American-English things (movies, tv series & now spelling in newspapers) that I am frequently being corrected for using the wrong spelling ize/ise, re/er. I have noticed that many NSW people still use the harsher slang, that has been raised before. We do not all swear like troopers. Those from NZ do have an accent so fish & chips sound like fush & chups, but their English is British/English.

[@israellai]

i think that's most of us non-native speakers

[@paleogreg7427]

As an American, I usually thing of "burned" as a past tense of "burn", and as "burnt" as an adjective. "I burned the toast, now I have burnt toast."

[@bigyin2586]

“Burned” is the past participle, while “burnt” is the past perfect.

[@marconemeth9683]

One is past participle and the other is past perfect. The question is which form would you use in present perfect tense. Would you say "I have just burnt the toast" or "I have just burned the toast?"

[@j.s.c.4355]

Yet “drempt” is the more common past tense of dream in the US.

[@MaoRatto]

In the south, we use it as a verb. >:( As a past tense of you burning something, while "burned" is used in the present. Though we also do use it as an adjective as well. Though the bible belt is much closer to middle English than UK's or the rest of the states. Though the way people near the great lakes SOUND HILARIOUSLY FLAT if you're a southerner.

[@MaoRatto]

@@j.s.c.4355 ... He he he , no. Though I guess some of us in the bible belt speak differently where that word is " dreamed ", but it is always followed by " of ". Never dream'pt.

[@BlueShadow777]

Although “mate” is synonymous with “friend”, it is a colloquialism and thus equates more with the American colloquial “pal”, “bud” and “buddy” rather than the more formal “friend”.

[@walidsadaoui8238]

duuudde

[@BlueShadow777]

ಠ_ಠ I’m European too. Italian and British. “Cheers, mate”, “Thanks, pal”, “Okay, buddy”, “Excuse me, bud”... It’s all the same, and (anything) can be applied sincerely or sarcastically... depends on context and delivery.

[@alantodd5823]

@@BlueShadow777 In the North east of England 'Marra' is commonly used for friend

[@BlueShadow777]

Alan Todd Yes, I know. I’ve watched the entire series of “When The Boat Comes In”. 😀

[@Bpinator]

We use the world slime now

[@jnet2010]

Excellent video! Another difference that comes to mind is that British English speakers don't place an article in front of certain nouns, e.g. "she was taken to hospital" or "he attends university." In American English, a speaker would say "she was taken to the hospital" and "he attends a university."

[@stellalpina]

Hi! Could you talk about Canadian, Australian and South African English as well? I'd be curious to know if there is any major difference both in grammar and pronounciation. :)

[@Gruntled2001]

Yes, please! I love how Aussies pronounce an "a" after many consonants, e.g. "me and my mites", meaning "me and my mAtes". Or "good dye", as in good dAy, lol. Or what New Zealanders with those a's. "Flig" actually means "flag" in Kiwi ))

[@greengoop9733]

Pronounciation in South-African english is rather achin to a mixture of Australian and British English, but it really depends where you are from.

[@canman5060]

Canadian : Earh ?!

[@Aurelien_]

I love the kiwi vocabulary :) "Sweet as, mate"

[@e4iojk]

+ЭлектромонтажUSA I am an actual Aussie, and this is so inaccurate. We really don't say "day" or "mates" with a long I sound, we say them with a long A sound like everyone else

[@CSJohns]

Present tense: "I high five my friends." Past tense: "I high fove my friends."

[@hahmad6985]

Foved

[@Glashome]

it is strange that you don't really get "new" irregular verbs, isn't it? i like the sound of fove better than fived but obviously when "high five" was becoming a verb people decided that it would be fived and that's it. I say step up the fove campaign.

[@crossleydd42]

Past tense (UK) dived: Past Tense (US) dove.

[@Rosie6857]

(Nick Tolmie) You certainly do in informal UK speech. "Shat" is the past tense of shit and "wunk" is the past tense for a solitary activity. These are really what the dictionary pompously classes as "jocular". I'd put "fove" in with them. Rather nice.

[@Maheshrpsharma]

C. S. Johns, and the updated version SHOWS....

[@timlu9685]

I am a Chinese college student. The English we learn doesn't make a clear distinction between British and American, so I am still confused about my IELTS writing. Thanks for your video. I've learnt a lot from it.

[@LeonidasArg2021]

Same problem here in Argentina. We are taught whatever teachers are thinking of 😂😂😂 I ended up speaking American with a lot of British words.

[@AntASledd]

Well, American and British English are, for the most part, nearly the same...so you are OK. There are a few differences in spelling on a few words, but it is OK, because most of us know BOTH spellings, and BOTH are OK, for the most part. And, so you are OK. Don't worry too much about it. There are some major differences in the accents (or sounds of words), but it is not a HUGE difference like in some languages. So, whichever form you learn--or even if you mix them--it will be OK. And, you will have a Chinese/English accent. So, that is OK, too! Thank you for spending so much time to learn English! Sincerely, a friend in the USA.

[@陈一搏-v3q]

Just try to ensure that the spelling and expression in your article is consistent, but in most case it is not a serious problem unless you want to get 8.5

IELTS is a British language exam and in your writing portion of the exam you should always use British English preferably. American English is accepted if you keep it consistent, i.e., you don’t go mixing British and American in the same writing piece. The IELTS exams are assessed in the University of Cambridge, England.

[@bishplis7226]

then use english because its an official language and american is not, are you daft son?

[@SpiritmanProductions]

Just a tip: The word 'participle' is easier to say if you leave the stress on the second syllable. ;-)

[@catholicdad]

That's a ridiculous pronunciation neither Brits nor Americans use.

[@SpiritmanProductions]

@@catholicdad From Oxford Dictionary: /pɑːˈtɪsɪpl/. Just like 'participate' and 'particular'. Educated and lived in the UK for over fifty years and have never heard it any other way until seeing this video. Maybe check your facts before making sweeping statements that you have insufficient evidence for.

[@catholicdad]

@@SpiritmanProductions Are you suggesting the words PARticle & PARtridgeshould be pronounced parTIcle & parTRIdge also? You're insane.

[@SpiritmanProductions]

@@catholicdad Haha! Are you really that dense? I simply gave examples of similar words with second-syllable stress to make it more relatable. I never said it applied to all similar words, did I.

[@catholicdad]

Maybe it's the non-rhotic bastardization of English many Brits nowadays employ that would cause y'all to mispronounced these words. How do they say it in the West Country & Ireland?

[@aqualone1465]

LOL he uses the "invaded" american flag throughout the video

[@tjohnson2139]

Omg he does 😂

[@amaansiddiqui2030]

Lol I just noticed

[@hikatilahun3499]

hay

[@peterhans3600]

Damn I just realised

[@hikatilahun3499]

Hay

[@michaelcapone175]

Should have had an entire section dedicated to food. Seriously, I was trying to follow a British recipe and had no idea what the ingredient list was. American: zucchini British: courgette American: eggplant British: aubergine American: snow pea British: mange tout American: arugula British: rocket American: rutabaga British: swede American: scallion or green onion British: spring onion American: beets British: beetroot American: cookie British: biscuit American: biscuit British: scone American: french fries British: chips American: potato chips or just 'chips' British: crisps American: cotton candy British: candy floss American: grilled cheese British: toastie or toasted cheese American: french toast British: eggy bread American: cup cake British: fairy cake American: ham British: gammon American: juice concentrate British: squash American squash British: marrow American: granola British: muesli American: a slice of bacon British: rasher American: green beans British: runner beans American: sausage British: banger

[@Fennec1919]

Most of the british words r french 🤣🤣🤣 that's why u need 2 learn a lotta languages ... British eat French ... Le Porc in French British is Pork and Le Boeuf in French British is beef 🤣🤣🤣

[@tictacmaniac7415]

We definitely wouldn't say all of those words (as a Brit), but some of them for sure! Such as aubergine, spring onion, beetroot, biscuit, scone, chips, crisps, candy floss, toastie, squash, muesli and soooomtimes bangers. I'd never really say eggy bread or fairy cake though

[@crappyaccount]

who the fuck came up with eggy bread and why did they think that was a good name for anything

[@mrpetit2]

American: ham British: gammon: Isn't gammon a specific type of ham (rear porkleg) that is cured but still has to be cooked or baked to be able to eat? And ham the same type of meat, also cured (salted, dried, smoked whatever) but ready to eat?

[@brianlav1]

Mange tout is french for snow peas. Aubergine and courgette are also french words (same meaning as in British).

[@adk_88]

British play football with their feet. Americans play football with their hands. Good luck explaining that.

[@abhalimmohamed4313]

American football should be called American Rugby. The word soccer should not be used for football. Wonder who introduced the word soccer

[@Mach-2-Fishbed]

@@abhalimmohamed4313 I just call American football hand egg.

[@Outlaw_j84]

Ab Halim Mohamed the British

[@kentix417]

Football is played on foot. It contrasts with polo, which is not.

[@shrabonahammed6202]

Шогк наяdег Комгдdе I think the coconut suits it more...

[@CarstenMoreno]

Good video! I'm American and I've always used the word vacation when taking a fun, getaway trip, never holiday. To me, a holiday is a particular day of the year that one or many people celebrate a tradition, whether culturally or religiously, like Easter, Cinco De Mayo, Memorial Day, Independence Day/Fourth of July, Christmas, etc.... I've never referred to a fun getaway trip as a Holiday in my life. I call it a vacation. But whatever. UK vocab is interesting, indeed!

[@Igorex888]

in Europe,. we say Holiday, there's a holiday song

[@oddviews]

And my favourite: as a British English speaker, seeing a sign outside an American's house, "No Solicitors"

[@Despondencymusic]

HUH HA!

[@christoohunders5316]

I Have a red, huge No solicitors sign on my gate, but unfortunately illiteracy is so widespread in France in 2019, that my sign is useless, I have therefore printed the address of free reading lessons courses that exist close to my house (requires a family member that can read tho), at least I'm doing something beyond being harassed !

[@oddviews]

So to get my revenge I will have a sign made for the gate of my house, "No Lawyers"

[@christoohunders5316]

@@oddviews You can still be served !

[@tomf3150]

@@christoohunders5316 Obviously a "No solicitor" sign in France means nothing. You should write that in french. :D

[@ravenchain85]

I wonder what British lawyers think when they visit America and see all the "No Solicitors" signs hanging on front windows.

[@danieldaniels7571]

I thought it was funny when he made the lawyer / solicitor comparison that he didn’t mention that solicitor has a completely different meaning in the US. Perhaps it doesn’t have that meaning in Canada.

[@ijmad]

You actually see those signs here in the UK (mostly London) but they say "No Soliciting" - since a solicitor doesn't solicit, they practice law. Soliciting is still what prostitutes do. It's not very logical.

[@danieldaniels7571]

@@ijmad does that mean the UK has door to door prostitutes?!?

[@deutschekanadische]

@@danieldaniels7571 It has the same meaning as the US

[@danieldaniels7571]

@@deutschekanadische In the video he said the term “solicitor” in the UK was used to mean lawyer. I’ve never heard it used to mean that in the US. A “solicitor” in the US usually means salesman, generally one who makes unexpected sales calls in person, whereas the only other word used to mean lawyer is “attorney.”

[@amandag417]

British women "Knock me up in the morning." American man: What?!?! (mouth gaping open)

[@julianus3433]

I had to look this up. I hate the English now

[@jcoker423]

It's a bit of an old joke, like rubber.... probably not said much now. Although 25 years ago my US gf fell about laughing when my Mum told her to 'lay the table'

[@creamytrumpet7435]

I can well believe the surprise American men are only used to knocking each other up, I saw a documentary about it called broke back mountain.

[@rtpwyk]

Another one they say is 'Come in to me'

[@voornaam3191]

@@creamytrumpet7435 Knock knock knocking on heavens door... Knocking up angels?!

[@jtgd]

6:54 this explains my issues with accidentally spelling words ending with -ise and ize. Both can be correct, but in the US, people will notice, and likewise in Britain as well

[@aguamenti20]

I had the most embarrassing encounter when I asked my classmate in university for a "rubber" which means an eraser in UK but not in the US *yikes*

[@badass2962]

Rubber mean condom my brother

[@audriusmartinenas2365]

Its impossible to put on eraser on a penis

[@chesterpanda]

They’re kind of the same, one prevents mistakes while the other cleans them up.

[@gulsaanga4533]

Hahaha. Thats cute.

[@jonsnor4313]

And pretty understandable, i mean it rubbs, the writing tool.

[@aldenosaur4456]

I like how the us flag has an extra star for the rest of the video

[@frankwilliamk3769]

why though

[@myusername3689]

Pluto?

[@HicSuntL3ones]

Israel?

[@foreignhill886]

It's for Canada

[@gljames24]

Puerto Rico?

[@PockASqueeno]

“Reckon” is sometimes used in the US in parts of the Deep South.

[@ajs11201]

It's also used (albeit not too frequently) throughout the US as a calculated thought or accounting. So a reckoning is a reasoning--not just a thought. And when time is counted or measured, it can be said that it was reckoned (as in "figured" or "computed").

[@charlesstuart7290]

While commonly used in the UK it was taught as substandard in the US.

[@ajs11201]

@@charlesstuart7290 I'd say it's substandard in American usage if you use it in this sentence: "I reckon it's about time for dinner" or something like that. I'd argue that it's more properly used in this context: "The earth's time zones are reckoned according to their longitudinal lines."

[@charlesstuart7290]

@@ajs11201 I guess - but in an American classroom you would almost always use a word like determined. No American teacher would use reckoned as a first choice to make that point. It might also get marked as incorrect usage even though its really not.

[@ajs11201]

@@charlesstuart7290 You're probably right about the classroom teacher marking it wrong, but I'd be buying her a dictionary if she did! 😉

[@garmit61]

One thing i really notice as a UK English speaker is that in common usage, certainly on youtube and the tv, the indefinite article ‘an’ is very often replaced small with ‘a’ by Americans and also it’s normal for Americans to refer to collectives as ‘a bunch’ (eg . ‘A bunch’ of pigeons as opposed to ‘a flock’. I’ve not worked out if these are accepted norms or just grammatical errors in speech though. On the pronunciations, a lot of regional English accents have much closer vowel sounds to those American ones you listed. For example ‘bath’ is only really pronounced in the RP way in the SE of England. Nice comparison though. The intrusive ‘r’ is something I don’t even hear when you explain it so it’s pretty subtle. Very interesting you picked up on this, but that is how we work out who the outsiders are who may cause us trouble😏

[@jackochainsaw]

"An" goes before every word with a vowel. "A" goes before a consonant. Americans don't get this right. There are a very small number of exceptions but generally that is the rule. We pronounce Herb with a hard "H" so it would always be "a" herb and not "an" herb.

[@sarah-cv2kx]

As a British person, I feel like you taught me differences that I didn't even realise we had.

[@alvallac2171]

A zee!

[@wiiztec]

Zed's dead baby zed's dead

[@bhgtree]

"Reckon...Americans rarely use it." Clint Eastwood: "I reckon not."

[@damion0068]

I reckon Clint Eastwood is also over 90 years old. But reckon is also used in some of the southern dialects.

[@thomassenbart]

Yup, reckon is antiquated and considered rustic in the US, save in the South, where it is still common.

[@markthomas2651]

Reckon is still said in the American south. Hello from Arkansas.

[@Revolución_Socialista]

"Americans" are all people who live in the American continent, not just in the United States!!

[@timothyswag3594]

In the Southern US, "reckon" is used a lot more. "Do you reckon we could..."

[@nathyatta]

Yeah... I was surprised when he meantioned 'reckon'. I though that was common in at least some parts of the US.

[@wholesome122]

@@nathyatta it’s common in the south, less commonly used in the north but not unheard of.

[@nathyatta]

@@wholesome122 We say it in Australia. Obviously it is very informal.

[@JerusnamWien85]

If you say it in the North, people will assume you're from the South.

[@EmpressLilith222]

I’m in the south and never say it but I live in the Acadiana area and we have our own distinct phrases apart from the rest of the south

[@Kevins-Philippine-Retirement]

I am surprised that as a Canadian like I am, you used the "Zee" word rather than "Zed". A Canadian and also a British person would think for a moment you are an American, until they hear your accent. I really love your channel though which makes me prouder to be a Fellow Canadian. You are clear and concise.

[@GoodOldCinema]

Apparently for Canadians it depends on the region they're from. Some say "zed" and some "zee".

[@djecvalizer61]

English man: Good morning! American man: Wassup! Australian man: I'm Australian

[@peterquintiliani3954]

You can 'lift' something down, but you cannot 'elevate ' it down!

[@LunizIsGlacey]

DJ ECVALIZER *I'm Strayan mate But g'day to you too.

[@hunterwilder9665]

DJ ECVALIZER I have never, ever said "Wassup!" in my life

[@serrincroft7771]

I NEVER say wassup, I say good morning like 99% people in the US. I’d feel like a total douche if I said wassup.

[@cmdrfrosty3985]

Australian man: help I lost my snake

[@slicer2938]

i live in a Australia and im finding that we take parts from both accents and grammar and words we use for us it seems we take the shortest way to say something or the easiest to pronounce

[@bn56would]

I don't think Australian accent came about as a result of a mixture of American and British, but rather English and Irish because both countries' arrests were deported there and basically made up the population.

[@johannadavis7594]

Americans sometimes find it hard to tell if someone is British or Australian. An Australian show Women in cell block H was big in the US in the eighties. Most Americans thought it was a show from England for the longest time.

[@kelly3014]

They should call it Australian English.

[@TDavid-ry7tu]

Lol is KZbin for you upside down aswell?

[@thisisAB]

Canada is similar in that way as well. Although we are definitely more similar to American while Australian still sounds more similar to British, despite it being very distinct.

[@11dallis]

British : " Dont dirty the car seats with that rubbish! Chuck it in the boot! " American : "What...?"

[@ijheller]

You need crampons on your trainers whilst strimming slops

[@seancassidy674]

In New England, rubbish and garbage were pretty interchangeable when I was growing up and most of the vocab differences are fairly widely known. Plus, the eastern Mass and RI accent is also famously non-rhotic - originally from East Anglia (also with added Rs sometimes where they don't belong - my fartha or my aurnt).

[@navnarva1948]

i think british english has a bigger range of commonly used vocabulary.

[@tyrannosauruscock]

I don’t understand...

[@raiscooper9661]

@@tyrannosauruscock How?

[@mjbucar]

A VERY WELL DONE VIDEO on the subject - thank you!

[@11dallis]

True story: British girl standing next to me in a club: "Do you fancy a bop?" Me (american) "Huh...?" Her "Would you like to dance ?" We got on just fine after that...

[@SarbjeetKaur-uo8ds]

So you are the lucky one😝

[@charlesstuart7290]

Be Bop A Looba and I don't mean maybe!

[@jpsned]

Haha! : )

[@MartianMothman]

Your British too though because you said, “We got on just fine after that...” but an American would say, “We got along just fine after that...”

[@themangounoduo8429]

I have never heard bop and im british

[@shreenathranganathan9297]

"Disclaimer: I'm not American, I'm actually Canadian. But I'm confident that someday we will be American... After the invasion" I choked on my food! XD

[@EarlJohn61]

I assumed he meant the *Canadian* invasion of the *USA*

[@scottfgray]

No need for the invasion, just join the family!

[@surlygirly1926]

@@EarlJohn61 Well, they showed a 51st star popping onto the US flag (funny) ... so I do think he meant US invasion of Canada. However - probably in the sense of: the mass exodus of Americans fleeing the insanity of our nation during the Trump administration. 😉

[@snouh5543]

But, idiots like you could hardly understand anything.

[@DSAhmed]

@@snouh5543 be nice.

[@miked2662]

The term “Reckon” is often used in the Southern states of the U.S. in the same way that you portrayed.

[@picmajik]

Most Southern accents also are non-rhotic.

[@rayboy1995]

Can confirm, I am southern and I reckon I use reckon a lot.

[@totallynotidris]

@@picmajik It depends on the Southern accent. The Southeastern (Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, etc) is the non-rhotic one. However the Southwestern accent like Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, is very rhotic.

[@cmillivol98]

Lillian Arzumanyan I’m from Tennessee and I feel like our accent is pretty rhotic unless I’m just imagining things

[@mohnman1]

All my life I thought reckon and learnt were some of the most country things you could say. Now I'm sitting here thinking about how I've been speaking like British folks my whole life.😂

[@aerobeats9462]

Paul is finally realizing that a Canadians destiny is as ours 😈, great video Paul (as always) keep up the great work

[@BrandonjSlippingAway]

America: sidewalk Britain: pavement Australia: footpath America: Chips, fries Britain: Crisps, chips Australia: Chips, chips. Isn't language fun?

[@Kenny-Alpha]

They actually dont say chips in America for French fries...at all! They only call them fries. I live in the Caribbean. We say chips here for fries

[@Icewind007]

@@Kenny-Alpha He meant chips for something like potato chips, which they call crisps. In America, we do still have "fish and chips" where we call fries "chips", but this is basically the only occasion that an American refers to it that way.

[@Kenny-Alpha]

@@Icewind007 I've lived American my entire life and never heard anyone say fish and chips...definitely not on the east coast

[@disoriented1]

@@Kenny-Alpha I am in my 50s, and in my childhood there was a fast food chain 'Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips'..like Captain D's and Long John Silvers..so that's where I learned the Brits called fries 'chips'...

[@BrandonjSlippingAway]

-oki0ki perfectly acceptable to just call them all chips though. Usually context is enough otherwise; potato chips, hot chips, and fries is the way to differentiate.

[@notmyworld44]

This has, for me, been one of the most enjoyable videos I have yet seen.

[@kraka2oanIner]

Yup. Wicked interesting; absolutely intriguing.

[@jdryak]

I warrant (as an American citizen) that Wayne is British (unless he is what one might call, a "cultivated American"). An American might say instead: "For me, this has been one of the most fun videos I have ever seen." OR, "This has been one of the 'funnest' videos I have ever seen." OR, "This's bin da funnest video I (done) seen." Isn't *language* marvelous!?

[@notmyworld44]

@@jdryak Thank you for the flowers 😀 and the highly entertaining comments! No, Wayne is only a highly individualistic American, born and raised (would you believe) in the southland, who decided early in life that he would not be ordinary. Blessings to you.

[@DanH34]

Oi, M8, 'ave you got a loicence for that video!?

[@mountainhobo]

Severely underrated comment on so many levels.

[@zigv8325]

tha' instead of that :p

[@mc_sea]

I'm surprised I managed to get the joke considering I don't live in the UK.

[@coyotelong4349]

U wot m8

[@zed8762]

Video'r*

[@blancawilson4747]

Bathroom, crossing guards, and tea time. Would you please explain the differences with those? Thank you!!!

[@HughM1952]

I am an Englishman with an RP accent who has lived and worked in the US in the past. At first, you don't notice this, but after a time you become more aware of common English words that Americans don't use. For example, "fortnight" - a common way of saying "two weeks". This is a routine word in English that Americans rarely understand: "I'm going home in a fortnight". I found that Americans didn't usually say that they didn't understand a word, so I would continue to use it until some obvious misunderstanding occurred. One such was the use of the verb "table". In English, when you table a subject for discussion, you mean that you would like to discuss it - to put it on the table. In American, the verb seems to mean the exact opposite - to put the subject aside for later. This led to a very confusing negotiation on one occasion! I said I'd like to table (i.e. propose) an item for discussion and they said, OK, and changed the subject! A trivial, but baffling, difference is the English "I couldn't care less" versus the American, "I could care less". They mean the same thing, though they should mean the opposite. When I considered that an American was being aggressive, rude or irrational, I learnt (learned) to always ask for clarification of his/her meaning before reacting. On one occasion, an American host asked if I wanted to "wash up" after a meal. In England, that means "clean the dishes" whereas in America it seems to mean "wash your hands". I would have been happy to help with the dishes, but I had never been asked by a host to do so before! Another confusing difference, though not strictly linguistic, is the writing of dates. 9/11 means 9th November to an English person. We would write 11/9 if we meant 11th of September. Even after some considerable time, it was easy to read dates wrongly. With the exception of "Fourth of July" Americans tend to say, "November nine", which might explain the reversal.

[@originalhgc]

An American who says "I could care less" is blissfully ignorant of the connection between words and meaning, and simply repeating what they heard from someone else, while inferring the meaning from context. It may be wrong to say it's not prevalent in American, but I will damn sure say that it's not acceptable.

[@jamesdougherty2271]

People in the states say, "Let's put it on the table", which means something is open for discussion.

[@maulana_clan]

Americans probably understand "fortnight" for a very different meaning. And probably everywhere else outside of USA and Japan, people read 9/11 as 9th day of November.

[@BillRoyMcBill]

@@originalhgc I could care less what you find acceptable or not...you didn't see that coming, did you?😈

[@atentoni]

originalhgc Yes, that’s what I say as well. I’m American, and “I could care less” is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me.

[@FishAndBits1]

*Sneakers (US English) , Trainers (UK English) , RUBBER SHOES (Filipino English) 😁😊*

[@flre-furiouslegionsquad]

good one

[@bhappigusain5982]

😄😄

[@TheHeroMvp18]

Pisonet warriors hahahaha

[@alvexok5523]

The English say plimsolls for shoes too.

[@CountryballPhilAnimation]

I speak Filifino English

[@dr3w199]

Nice video. As a Brit, I think one of the most confusing experiences I had visiting the US is when I ordered a hotdog and chips... I got the hotdog but was pretty disappointed when they gave me a packet of crisps instead of the "chips". It took me a while to realise what was wrong !

[@ehsan74827]

you gotta say fries mate :)

[@dr3w199]

@@ehsan74827 haha I know now! No better way to learn than by experience!

[@brentwoodbay]

When I moved to Canada and took trips across the border, oh so long ago, that used to often happen to me it was still mainly 'chips' in Canada at the time!

[@EmaDaCuz]

I ordered chips and got chips, but they could not stop laughing at me. When they served my dinner, they went for a very funny "here are yer chips, me darling". Also funny because I am an Italian living in UK.

[@AlecMacintosh]

@@dr3w199 in Canada we always use "chips" in the British sense in one case: fish and chips. The fish is typically breaded haddock.

[@williamnethercott4364]

This was a good effort but one thing to remember is that there are so many accents and dialects in the UK that RP users only number about 2 or 3 million, although they will be fully understood just about everywhere.

[@terylou-u2i]

I remember babysitting for an American family and being told "The pacifier is in the counter, the diapers are in the cupboard and the stroller is under the stairs." I just nodded and pretended I understood so as not to worry the parents that I didn't have a clue what they were talking about 😂. After the had left I looked on the kitchen worktop and found a dummy, I found nappies in the cupboard and a pushchair under the stairs and learned some American vocabulary 😀

[@fliegeroh]

LOL. British moms are so clever. Or should I say "mums?"

[@PaulCHa]

I thought strollers were called “prams”?

[@Slee3688]

😂 Would you have known what a diaper was if they had said "Pampers?" Most people I know often call disposable diapers Pampers.

[@emanmahmoud9439]

It is the best video I've ever seen about the differences between American and British. Thanks very much for your effort.

[@fenlet6062]

Yes, probably the best I've seen as well.

[@kentix417]

Here's a great Wikipedia page on the differences en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_American_and_British_English

[@Revolución_Socialista]

"Americans" are all people who live in the American continent, not just in the United States!

[@kittytroublemaker2283]

Good luck figuring out Scottish-english or Northern-Ireland-English.

[@jimgreen3966]

Kitty Troublemaker, or Australian, Kiwi, Welsh, or Caribbean English. One time I was driving a rental in New Zealand, and I saw a road sign saying "Caution, metaled surface ahead", speaking of a gravel road. There's not a speck of metal in gravel! So, where in the world did they come up with that term??

[@kittytroublemaker2283]

@@jimgreen3966 true 😂

[@fredrickaappletree3402]

Kitty Troublemaker ....or northeast English 🙂

[@MegaWriggs]

Or Janner dialects from the southwest!

[@yonderberry]

@@MegaWriggs Janner is Plymouth only, Devon slightly different.

[@xandermarjoram8622]

Some more differences: UK: "a couple of things", US: "a couple things" Also in the UK we use the word fortnight a lot meaning two weeks (fourteen nights).

[@nathanrhodes4131]

How a Brit typically asks "Why have you done that?" whereas an American typically asks "Why did you do that?" Curious that this difference also exists between Spanish from Spain and Latin America, respectively.

[@jakobbrown3291]

Nathan Rhodes they’re really interchangeable mate, we don’t have a preference.

[@cloroxbleach3023]

"I can't believe you have done this"

[@MITF2016]

I am from Chile and there are so much other latin americans that dont understand us. We talk using many words from "coa", which refers to a dialect used by the thieves and people who are in jail.

[@bn56would]

I usually say "Why'd you do that"

[@santiagomorales5464]

@@MITF2016 but in Chile say much "wea" or things similar, you say words than in other country we didn't use

[@danadnauseam]

Actually, in US English, Attorney and lawyer are generally interchangeable.

[@kentix417]

In and out of court, you're a lawyer (or attorney) either way.

[@chrisyorke3013]

Don't know about Canada, but in the UK, Australia, NZ , at least, 'a solicitor' almost always refers to a legal consultant who does not stand at the bar for you.

[@hiccacarryer3624]

Lawyer is the collective term for barristers and solicitors

[@dinkster1729]

@@chrisyorke3013 Sollicitor is a snobby way in Canada of saying "lawyer". "My sollicitor will be getting in touch with yours." means I'm going to lawyer up.

[@jesusisthetruth4497]

Daniel Reitman oo

[@MichaelDisley]

Superb as always, Paul. My favourite difference between the dialects has to be the baffling British F in "lieutenant" - "leftenant"

[@someoneorother2222]

My Dad was in the Royal Navy. He told me that that word is pronounced "leftenant" in the army but "lootenant" in the Navy.

[@jamesk5541]

@Mary Smith zed to me seems so out of place every letter be a single letter till you get to zed? It's quite wierd to us Americans

[@LEO_M1]

Mary Smith Context solves that problem though. If you tell someone "I need to write a check." They'll know you don't mean the verb form of the word.