American Reacts to British Things I Had Never Seen Before Moving to The UK!

Girl Gone London shares the uniquely British things she encountered for the first time after moving to the UK. From quirky traditions to everyday items, see what surprises, fascinates, and confounds her as she navigates life across the pond!
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[@jamescurrie7678]

Every British person saying you have no idea what your talking about when you say a crumpet is the same as an English Muffin 😂

[@cmlemmus494]

Sure, but for someone who doesn't have crumpets what would you prefer they get compared to, Yorkshire Pudding? A pancake isn't the same thing as a crêpe, either, but you can understand why they are compared to each other.

[@mysticalmaid]

@@cmlemmus494 Pancakes are practically the same thing. Muffins and crumpets are very different products.

[@SNMG7664]

@@cmlemmus494 Crumpets are made from a batter, not a dough, so they kind of do have more in common with a Yorkshire pudding, a pancake, or a crepe.

[@Salfordian]

She's a barm cake

[@andyf4292]

crumpets are a carefully crafted butter delivery system

[@baloo5621]

Crumpets and English muffins are very different. Crumpets are unlike anything else, you'd have to try one

[@corringhamdepot4434]

1, No. Windows have handles that you can lock if you want to. Otherwise, you don't use the key. I would only lock the windows if I was going away. Or to stop a child opening the win

[@TCampbell36]

Exactly!

[@glo0115]

Thankfully my mum would leave the living room window on the latch without locking it, so it was easy to use my spoon (from yoghurt in packed lunch) to force the window open if I forgot my keys. I lock mine when on the latch now but leave the key in. It takes seconds to do it

[@Simon-lt6fe]

I work in the glazing industry. it's to do with government regulations. Basically due to the way glass breaks, it's deemed unreasonable that someone can break the glass in the window and climb into the building (without becoming shredded pork) but it is reasonable that someone would break the glass, stick their hand in and open it from the handle. Having a locking window handle is essentially a way to get past this without including toughened/laminated glass (which is alot more expensive than a locking handle)

[@jemmajames6719]

I always lock mine! You must live somewhere really nice!

[@babalonkie]

Precisely. You lock the windows when you are out for some period. Otherwise you would leave a window unlocked at nearly every location.

[@reefuss69]

keys on our windows are for security, can stop kids opening them and falling out, and stop Criminals forcing the latch open.

[@persephonewildfox9128]

Double glazed windows are difficult to break.

[@barrywalker4295]

Not if you hit the corner of the window. Back when double glazed windows were first introduced to Uk, there were public information adverts about how to break dg windows as a few people died in fires not being able to get out. This was when they were one big pane with no openings

[@Varksterable]

Give a big shoutout for Hedgehog Crisps! (Those who remember them.)

[@RobG001]

Nice, you beat me to it. First one I thought of. :)

[@Sladey1601]

Haven't had them since tuck shop in primary school back in the 80s 😅

[@Really-hx7rl]

Yum! I remember them. 👍

[@funkyblu6662]

@@Varksterable never tried them but sausage and tomato was my favourite back in the 80’s

[@Thurgosh_OG]

I was thinking of the Haggis crisps by Smiths or Golden Wonder, in the 1970s.

[@TobiasCruelty]

Rhubarb crumble with custard is delicious.

[@DavidRea2710]

with clotted cream

[@mana3735]

@@DavidRea2710 Tough choices!

[@AlBarzUK]

Now you’ll have to explain to dummies what a ‘crumble’ is! 😁🤭

[@andycale8831]

What the fuck is confusing about a key on a window? You've got one for the door.

[@peterbabicki8252]

Because you need to lock a door when you're out, from the outside, so that people can't get in. If you can lock a window from the inside with a locking mechanism _(without a key)_ then what is the purpose of a key?

[@dale897]

What is the purpose of locking a door from the inside then? What's the purpose of double locking doors then?

[@MimTheDwarf]

@@peterbabicki8252 mostly safety reasons, such as stopping children from opening and leaving

[@peterbabicki8252]

@@dale897 Well in many cases if you don't lock a door from the inside people can just walk in. That isn't the case with most windows, because there is no opening mechanism on the outside. I'm someone who lives in the UK, and I have these keys one my windows, but they're pointless and I never use them. When I want to close the window I lock them with the handle, I don't turn the key afterwards. I'm with the Americans on this one. The key is pointless.

[@thegrinderman1090]

@@wyterabitt2149 He's saying he locks them with the handle. The key mechanism is like an extra lock. We have the same, never used the key to lock them, it's so excessive.

[@Gregdotgreg]

Sash windows. Closed with a latch. Windows with a key, you normally keep the key in the lock and remove the key when you go out

[@andyf4292]

as sash windows... nearly , nearly draft-proof, but not quite

[@helenwood8482]

One more time: English muffins (which are neither English nor muffins) are a kind of bread that originated in New York. Crumpets are made from batter, like a pancake. They are not even remotely similar. A crumpet is basically a sponge that soaks up butter. It is delicious.

[@stevenbalekic5683]

Exactly, we have them here in Australia. The bottom is usually smooth and brown from the factory cooking process...during that process bubbles form in the batter and rise to the top where they pop and make lots deep holes where butter eventually fills after toasting mmmm. The only other food that's similar is a pancake...like you said...but nothing like it at the same time.

[@funkyblu6662]

@@stevenbalekic5683you are wrong muffins are English( first know recipe dates from 1747) and what you know as an English muffin( we are not talking about American muffins, totally different) was first invented in America by an English man from Plymouth by using a crumpet very thinly sliced, crumpets are also not a muffin in England

[@funkyblu6662]

Crumpets are not a sponge, made from batter and cooked on a griddle.

[@susanroberts2289]

There’s a sing song nursery rhyme that goes back easily for two hundred years. “Have you seen the muffin man that comes down Drury Lane?”

[@stevenbalekic5683]

@@funkyblu6662 I think you have replied to the wrong person...I have not mentioned anything about muffins.

[@titanium_di2402]

Crumpets & English Muffins ARE NOT the same thing, JJ!!! Completely different textures and you can't slice a crumpet (into 2 slices).

[@mojojojo11811]

you can't slice a crumpet (into 2 slices) Your knives must be blunt. 🤣

[@timtim00]

He said it looked the same so maybe that's just what they call them 🤔

[@marylynne9104]

@@timtim00- no, what the Americans call and English Muffin is what we would call an oven bottom muffin/barm, which has a soft white bread consistency. Absolutely nothing like a crumpet or a pikelet.

[@WILFREDRUSSELL-h8n]

Freshly baked rhubarb and apple pie with hot custard (i.e. not soft American ice cream - alright, with ice cream 👍)

[@thanerobbo4776]

It would be a chicken and sweetcorn pizza. Often with the BBQ sauce topping instead of tomato

[@redladybirdmay7611]

yeah sweetcorn as a pizza toping is a pretty basic option here :)

[@wilsoncj]

The windows are "locked" from the inside without using the key (i.e., they cannot be opened from the outside, even if they have not been locked with the key). As such, most people don't use the key. The main reason for using they key is if the window needs to be locked for safety reasons (e.g., to stop kids opening the window from the inside).

[@simonrobbins8357]

If you buy an Apple computer they have a slightly different keyboard which isn’t exactly like either of the ones she described because… well, they are Apple😂

[@MatthewLucas-yf7ee]

Yes!!! As someone who used to use both windows and Mac for work, I would never get it right touch typing. Main thing is the @ symbol/quotation marks (mac having them in the US positions)

[@SNMG7664]

It's more or less the only thing that has stopped me from getting an Apple laptop. I could not handle the position of the @ and " keys, or the shape of the enter key lol.

[@WILFREDRUSSELL-h8n]

Every virtual keyboard that pops up on every app seems to be slightly different - drives me mad

[@andyf4292]

rule #1 Never Buy Apple!

[@yorakhunt447]

1. The key for the window lives in the lock. 2. Washer dryers suck donkey balls.

[@DB-stuff]

What I was going to say but more more succinct and elegant

[@dib000]

Mine is great

[@AlanEvans789]

Washer dry indeed sucks monkey balls. Shame I only have room for a combination machine in my place.

[@Mark_Bickerton]

You keep the keys in the porcelain plant pot, or tea cup on the wall unit... of course! :)

[@vallee3140]

careful you never know who is watching.

[@audiocoffee]

'English Muffins' and crumpets are two totally unrelated items cooked/prepared in two totally different ways and are not served the same. crumpets are warmed up with butter melted onto them and then sometimes cheese/jam. 'English muffins' are a bread like object that are treated.... well, like... bread. you don't eat crumpets cold. meanwhile, elsewhere, rhubarb is amazing!! I've always loved it. best served with apple in a crumble served in a bowl and liberally drenched in hot custard. but, if you're an absolute psychopath, you can clean and eat rhubarb raw (the more sour it is, the better imo, but some of you dip it in sugar first... smh...🙄)

[@PHDarren]

21:50 Rhubarb Crumble with Custard, awesome. Also the Crawford Press drinks company makes a fizzy Rhubarb flavoured drink that's amazing fridge cold on a hot day.

[@davehilton3588]

we briefly had hedgehog flavoured crisps here

[@stuartcollins82]

A manual car doesn't have a "Park" gear like an automatic does. When you stop a manual (stickshift) you leave it in neutral, which means it can roll freely, and probably down a hill, into something, and ruin your day. You 'could' leave it in 1st or reverse, depending on the slope of the road you're on, but to be fair, it's just easier to pull a handle and put the brake on. Most manuals now have an automatic electronic parking brake, which applies when the car is stationary, and releases when you apply gas. Even in an automatic, it's a good backup option, just in case something happens to your gearbox/transmission. I drive an automatic in the UK (they're very common now that they've improved recently) and leaving my car in Park feels super sketchy, it's nowhere near as secure, and can rock a little, it's just makes my inner engineer freak out.

[@qwadratix]

Things have changed . I just bought a new Kia. It has so many electronic assisted brake options that I really don't know which button or buttons to push/pull when stopping, moving off on a hill or parking... And the manual is utterly useless. The words are English but that's as far as it goes. I'm astonished at their ability to use words without conveying any meaning. They even managed to do it in KZbin videos.

[@stuartcollins82]

@@qwadratix I drive a Kia stinger. You want to enable the "auto hold" and it'll pretty much take care of the handbrake

[@qwadratix]

@@stuartcollins82 I can't figure out if it's enabled by default when starting or not. I haven't had much time to look at that issue since I've been occupied with things like how to turn off such 'helpful' features as the 'driver attention warning' and the thing that tries to steer you into opposing traffic when it thinks you're out of your lane on a single track road. It took me three days just to work out how to turn off the radio.

[@Jeni10]

Crumpets are nothing like English Muffins except that they’re both round. Muffins are baked and are the same on both sides so when you split them open, they have a firm bread texture. However crumpets are made from batter and are cooked in crumpet rings (larger than poached egg rings) either in a skillet or on a cast iron hot plate. While they are cooking, air bubbles begin to rise through the batter and as the batter cooks, the air bubbles form holes all over the top. Once that’s happened, you flip them for one minute to finish cooking the top, lift them out and set them aside to cool. Once all the batter has been used up, you can toast a crumpet and apply a generous amount of cold butter, which melts and falls into the holes. From there you can add anything you like, usually some kind of spread - Peanut butter, jam, Nutella, Marmite, etc. Eat it over a plate because the buttery goodness will drip from underneath! Way more delicious than an English Muffin! Google crumpets and see for yourself! Make some!

[@helenag.9386]

The keys STAY on the lock. No Brit would remove the keys from the win dow! It's extra security and American Windows suck.

[@rikmoran3963]

Rhubarb crumble and custard! Mmm, yummy!

[@Tazzynogood]

As kids we would take a stick of rhubarb and dip it in a bowl of sugar and eat it,lovely.

[@JJLAReacts]

Oh wow! That's very American of you! You know, the sugar ☺️

[@uppyraptor49]

Parking brake is used to mainly stop shunting if a car hits you!

[@Thurgosh_OG]

No. On Manual cars, you know the ones found most commonly throughout Europe; they are to stop the car rolling on any kind of slope in the road and also because, when you put a car into Neutral, when stopped and the engine is off (I know about putting it into a gear on a sharp hill), there's nothing stopping the wind or someone leaning on the car, from pushing your vehicle into motion. The Handbrake (as we commonly call it in the UK) is to stop any movement of the vehicle. It doesn't prevent rocking motions from other causes though.

[@vaudevillian7]

Crumpets are not like English Muffins, texture etc is very different, although English Muffins were invented by someone attempting to make crumpets in the US English muffins are much more like bread, Americans often think they look the same which is odd as they look very different

[@lotiloti101]

The best rhubarb is known as 'forced' from the Yorkshire triangle. It's grown in the dark . It grows so rapidly, you can actually hear it growing . Rhubarb was originally imported from China.

[@georgecarlinismytribe]

My combo washing machine can do a quick wash in 1 hour. Clothes come out perfectly dry and not shrunk. Because the drier cycle condenses the water/steam and flows it out of the normal water outlet, you only need one water connection, the waste connection and the power lead. Very convenient. 👍

[@speleokeir]

In Europe black currents are probably of greater commercial value than white pine which is regarded as a poor quality timber, whereas black current is probably the most popular flavour here - everyone loves it! Raw black currents and rhubarb are quite sharp so they're best when sweetened. Rhubarb is often combined with apple in pies and crumbles and served with either custard, cream or icecream, depending on taste and time of year Fun facts: 1) Rhubarb leaves are poisonous😮🤢. The stalks are the edible bit. but also mild laxatives so help keep you regular, like prunes!💩😀 2) There is even a Rhubarb triangle. Rumour has it that this is a place where rhubarb pickers mysteriously disappear😱 Or they could have just nipped into the garden shed for a cuppa and to escape the kids and missus!😁

[@lesleycarney8868]

You don't lock the windows if you are in the house. The good reason is your house insurance will be cheaper.

[@90Pekkis]

I might be the only person who thinks this way but i feel that USA USA chant be a super obnoxious.

[@timtim00]

He was obviously making fun of it.

[@nolasyeila6261]

Yes..but I think JJ does it comically

[@GrumpyOldGit-zk1kw]

@@nolasyeila6261 I agree, but, even so, I still down vote every video with it in.

[@crocsmart5115]

Aww no,no no no! I’m not having that,these poor Americans making an effort learn how to spell and you’re just disparaging them……😂😂😂

[@paulgealer21]

It’s all harmless fun, some folks need to lighten up

[@SweetHooligan1848]

Maggie Smith has just died. Maybe a video on her career? (and not just freakin Harry bloody Plopper!!)

[@emmastratton456]

Aye! A Private Function sprang to mind for starters.

[@nolasyeila6261]

Oh no...😢

[@miamonan9627]

The Lady In The Van.

[@chrisnorman1902]

The British keyboard is different because it has an extra key which unlocks the handle to let you open your window

[@Spectral2k1]

Most of time people leave windows unlocked and just lock them if going away,etc. As for breaking the window, most windows in the UK are double glazed and are not easy to break even if you have something like a hammer.

[@alasterjordan1197]

Crumpets and muffins are completely different. You can buy crumpets in Wholefoods in parts of the USA

[@JJLAReacts]

I'm intrigued by the crumpet. Whole Foods you say? Hmmmm.... thank you.

[@sirjonty18]

As a former UPVC installer I can tell you you that ever window fitted on a home comes with a key. All keys and locks are the same, so one key fits every window, you cannot lose every key. and window locks are for security purposes. Everyone's out, holiday ect.

[@SNMG7664]

A crumpet and an "English muffin" are nothing alike. An English muffin is a bread, made from a dough. A crumpet is made from a batter. They're about as related as a slice of white bread and a pancake. All they have in common is that they're round.

[@JJLAReacts]

Oh, I see. Thanks for clarifying that.

[@Shoomer1988]

Putting the handbrake on in a manual car (most of them in the UK) isn't really about being kind to brakes. It's more about you not wanting to find your car 100 yards down the road embedded in a bus shelter.

[@shirleyanneyoung955]

I’ve never seen a UK keyboard like that one (I’m from UK).

[@Shoomer1988]

Most people in the UK don't have a combo washers/dryer. I'm sure some do but I don't think I've ever even seen one. As far as I know, they kinda suck. Convenient but not great at either washing or drying. Apart from that the sunshine and the wind is free - and your clothes smell nicer dried outdoors.

[@mysticalmaid]

Very true. I saw a laundry room in a neighbours house once, I thought they were super posh haha.

[@letitiakearney2423]

I’ve had a laundry room for over twenty years and it’s fully fitted with washer dryer fitted cupboard and hand sink just off the kitchen. All new houses mostly have them or big properties. Nothing posh but great as it leads to the back door and keeps the house clean if you have dogs.

[@Shoomer1988]

@@letitiakearney2423 My dogs have a purpose-built kennel out on the teak floor mezzanine by the tennis courts, near the help's accommodation.

[@Russ_Keith]

@@Shoomer1988 Alright. You win. I don't have a dog. (Ignore the dog in the Avatar, It followed me into the comments section).

[@Shoomer1988]

@@Russ_Keith I have no idea who you are or if you have a dog or not. Who said you don't have a dog? It wasn't me.

[@ragnarthered2179]

I would say, ironically its probably most common to put corn on whats percieved in the uk as an american/mexican style pizza. Its wouldnt be on most pizzas.

[@JJLAReacts]

Ha! That's fascinating. We DO eat a ton of corn over here. We put it in almost everything and I'm surprised we don't put in on our pizza.

[@Fiobo823]

Washer dryer combos are crap. Specifically, the dryer part, which never works :D

[@JJLAReacts]

Hmm, I will stop wishing I had one. Thank you.

[@robertlangley1664]

I have one they are great if you are short of space it’s obvious you don’t no what you are talking about

[@MrBulky992]

Yes it does work (I have had one for 40 years) but not as well as separate washers and dryers. The resulting degree of dryness can vary according to the material being dried, how much clothing is in the drum and how the contents were loaded. Towels tightly wrapped up inside a duvet cover will be almost as wet when they come as when they were put in. Given the choice or no dryer and no means of hanging clothes outside (through local regulations or poor weather conditions) or a washer-dryer, the latter is the only practical option unless you want to risk condensation problems in your home.

[@lynnejamieson2063]

There is no park option on a manual transmission, so once you take your foot off the brake pedal and move the gear box to neutral (as you should), without applying the handbrake (emergency/parking brake) the car is in free rolling mode. So if you walk away from a car without applying the handbrake, even if it looks as though you are on a completely flat road. There is a good chance that you’ll return to the car being in a different place and possibly attached to either another vehicle or a wall. If there is a bit of an incline then the build up of speed may well have resulted in a crash. You’d have found the sweetcorn option on the Pizza Hut website, if you’d have clicked on the picture of the pizza where it said customise. Crumpets and English Muffins aren’t the same. They have very different textures, where muffins will absorb the butter that melts into it creating a soggy bread cake hybrid and a crumpet creates little pockets of melted butter within a product that has a texture closer to rubbery type of bounce that absorbs without altering its structure. The locks are there for security but to be honest, they are pretty unnecessary unless you have a child or pet that can reach and unlatch the handle. The glass of the windows that these types of handles/locks are attached to also aren’t quite as easy to smash as the old style of sash windows that still seem to be more prevalent in the US. The windows are double glazed, so they are units that have two layers of strong glass with a gap between the layers to creat an insulating layer of air. I’m not saying they’re unbreakable but they are definitely much harder to break than the windows of my childhood. (There are double glazed sash window units too but they aren’t very common outside of listed buildings or ones that are in a conservation area, as they tend to be more expensive than standard double glazing).

[@vallejomach6721]

It's also bad for the clutch...well, potentially causes excess wear at least, to sit in gear stationary with the clutch held down. Of course, they mostly drive automatics so that wouldn't be part of their driving at all. Plus it's more tiring holding the clutch all the time in traffic...when you can just put the handbrake on, the car into neutral, and take your feet off the pedals a while waiting for traffic to move again.

[@jezlanejl]

Crumpets are nothing like English Muffins, your Muffins are more like our Scones.

[@steviesbadtv]

Bro. She’s got you doing lots of homework, I bet you didn’t expect that when you sat down to watch a video..😏🤷🏻‍♂️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@chrisnorman1902]

It's fun when you go to use a pull cord light in a disabled toilet, and accidentally pull the emergency cord instead and set off the alarm

[@harvelle2432]

Some people worry about burglars getting in too!!!! 😡

[@stephenlee5929]

As do insurance companies.

[@klaxoncow]

I can type "American keyboard" on a British keyboard. It's not quite the same as typing on an American keyboard, because there are literally extra keys and stuff. But, basically, when you installed MS-DOS back in the day, as Microsoft are an American company then the default was "English (US)", not "English (UK)". You could change this in the software, but it'd be US English layout by default. And, like, the PCs at college (that's British college, not American college, so I'm talking A levels, not Degree level) - 386s and 486s running MS-DOS - were often not configured properly. You'd use them and find the wrong character appeared - "oh, right. They've not set this up one properly to be UK layout". This happened often enough that I learnt where the keys were on the US layout and then just mentally switched. I also worked in Germany a while back, so I also learnt to type on an QWERTZ rather than QWERTY keyboard. Again, a little mental switch in my brain and the fact that "Z" and "Y" are swapped on German keyboard (Z is a common letter in German, while Y is rare - the opposite to English) soon didn't phase me.

[@jillosler9353]

I never use the window key because I no longer have small children who could open a bedroom window and fall out. Just because this SAFETY FEATURE is built in does not mean you have to use it. Americans seem to have a problem understanding this - just like the switch on the plug outlet which you also don't have to use every time! I was 2 days short of my 19th birthday when I flew out from England to Libya with a baby and a toddler to join my RAF husband who was posted there in the 60s and despite not speaking the language, knowing the customs or how anything worked I SURVIVED because I used common sense!!! For someone who is supposedly an intelligent lady she was surprised that everything wasn't like it was 'back home'???? You don't have to pull the cord in the bathroom hard to operate the light; obviously you have to pull it but definitely not hard. Electric kettles can bring cold water to boiling point in 60 seconds - which is quicker than a microwave.

[@PHDarren]

02:00 you can't lose the key to the window, every window has a lock and every lock has a key, you have 20 keys that are all the same. Losing 20 keys isn't unlucky it's stupid.

[@kathy671]

Only a bell end would lock the window and remove the key :)

[@JJLAReacts]

😂

[@johnallsopp6324]

As a child in England we used to eat the rhubarb stalks raw, straight from the plant in the garden. A treat was to dip the stalks in sugar. Cooked rhubarb is an amazing desert often served with custard. Apple and rhubarb pies were a staple. BUT be careful as the leaves are very poisonous.

[@uppyraptor49]

You dont have to use a key, its usually to lock when you are away from the property

[@uppyraptor49]

Americans are always different

[@JohnnyZenith]

You keep saying England. You mean the UK.

[@shirleyanneyoung955]

Par for the course from people like that.

[@JJLAReacts]

Yes, you're right, sorry 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@colinbirks5403]

Rhubarb is a vegetable. Fruit is the product of a plant. Rhubarb, is THE plant not the fruit of a plant.

[@TheGramophoneGirl]

16:40 mentions can't see corn yet the Americano has sweetcorn as a topping :)

[@JJLAReacts]

LOL it's funny that it's called The Americano, but in America we don't have that.

[@TheGramophoneGirl]

@@JJLAReacts the irony is not lost

[@samuelritchie5483]

Wait til you have a tuna & sweetcorn sandwich 😂

[@mariannewilliams845]

Or jacket potato 🥔 😊

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Yuck!. Unfortunately, i do not like either of those, so that's a bad combo for me.

[@aeneas6458]

The parking brake is essential on manual gearbox cars. With an automatic gearbox, you put the car in 'Park' and the wheels will not move. On a manual, you normally come to a halt, then move the gear lever to neutral AFTER applying the parking brake. Otherwise the car may roll, especially on a hill. Until recently, most cars sold in the UK were manuals because A) They were cheaper than automatics and B) Automatic gearboxes were crap. This is no longer the case for A) and B).

[@JJLAReacts]

Ahhhh, I see. I try not to drive a manual if I can help it 😂

[@duncanny5848]

Sah windows with the latch are my favourite, and I am born and bred English. BUT the need for better protection from the cold led to sash windows dying out, pretty much, and getting replaced with hinged windows, and to add keys and locks to these for added security is so obvious and easy it just happened. Most people never lock them, but hey....

[@stephenlee5929]

Sash windows can be both secure and weather tight, even double glazed, (I haven't seen triple glazed, but can't see why not), it's just normally they aren't, mainly due to price, which is mainly due to most windows being hinged.

[@thomasharper1927]

Chicken, Sweetcorn and Mushroom is one of the most popular pizzas in the UK. I can confirm sweetcorn on pizzas is not just real, but very common.

[@VampireJack10]

Also very delicious.

[@titanium_di2402]

Sweetcorn (corn) is a usual topping for pizza in England. I can't speak for the rest of the UK. But... I think it's gross. But I wouldn't REFUSE a piece if offered 😊

[@Thurgosh_OG]

I would. I hate sweetcorn.

[@annecunningham1151]

I’m English. I have separate washer and dryer. I can dry one load whilst drying another.

[@vallee3140]

same here

[@grunions9648]

Consider this: My local shop sells Roast Potato flavoured crisps. Yep.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

So thin slices of deep fried crispy potato with added 'Roast' flavour...

[@Chrisjames504]

The windows with keys are difficult to smash

[@mojojojo11811]

As opposed to what? Windows without keys are also difficult to smash. In fact whether there is a key or not has no relevance on the difficulty to smash a window now doesn't it?

[@Chrisjames504]

@@mojojojo11811 the windows with keys tend to be double or triple glazed

[@mojojojo11811]

@@Chrisjames504 then why didn't you say that instead of leaving it up to interpretation?

[@Chrisjames504]

@@mojojojo11811the images are clearly double or triple glazed

[@mana3735]

Combo washer/dryers are bobbins. We've had a few...they don't t last long.

[@MrBulky992]

It depends how much you use them. Mine (still going) is the third in exactly 40 years but I live on my own and not everything I wash needs to or can go through the dryer cycle. Do they last less long than the separate machines, I wonder? I clean mine once a month, mainly to get rid of limescale in a hard water area.

[@Amy-fx5co]

Yes sweet corn on pizza is very normal in England, its my favourite topping along with mushrooms and chicken

[@JJLAReacts]

Wow, I have to try it, thanks!

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Several comments have said 'in England', as if it wasn't just as common in Scotland or Wales. Can't people say Britain any more?

[@thedisabledwelshman9266]

as nice as this girl is, she can be a bit vacant at times.

[@enemde3025]

You will have a key for EACH window. I have keys but never lock the window, as they are very hard to open from the outside or smash, as the 2 panes of glass make it really strong. Good luck trying to smash a double or triple glazed window !! Washer/dryers are not common in the UK as they are expensive to buy and run. I don't know anyone who has one. We prefer to hang our washing outside. I have a £ and $ dollar sign on my keyboard ! No " accents" on different letters either. That's the HAND BRAKE, not the "emergency/parking brake" in the UK ! You HAVE to use it every time you stop or park the car. It's part of learning to drive and part of the test. Failure to use it during the test would be an automatic fail ! NEVER heat water in the microwave to make tea. You will be deported !! We don't have STOVES. We have COOKERS. We don't call it deep DISH pizza. We call it deep PAN pizza. It's called SWEET CORN in the UK not corn . The pull cord is a safety feature and part of UK building regulations, and MUST be fitted to the bathroom light to stop wet hands touching electric switches. Crumpets and Muffins are two different things !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rhubarb leaves are VERY poisonous if eaten !

[@alananderson5731]

I've never seen a gun,I must be weird.

[@vallee3140]

nor have we

[@zaphodbeeblebrox6627]

Corn ( sweet corn in Britain) is usually part of the topping on a vegetarian pizza, it's not usually added to any other toppings... Well, maybe you could order a chicken & sweetcorn pizza but that's about it. Crumpets are made by creating a yeasted batter which is then spooned into a crumpet ring and cooking on a griddle. As they cook they rise in the ring and the characteristic bubbles form which create the little craters on the top of a crumpet. You then take them out of the crumpet ring and turn them over to set any dough on the top which hasn't set . Once cooked, you let them cool down ( maybe half an hour) before toasting them and spreading proper butter on them.. Delicious! A British muffin on the other hand is more like a soft bread roll (usually coated in ground Semolina), but instead of cooking it in an oven it's cooked on a griddle. Again, you let it cool before dividing it in half and toasting it. You've probably had these in McDonalds as ( Something or other) McMuffin. They don't taste the same before you ask.

[@shannonsmith4174]

YOU NEED TO CLICK MARGERITA AND ADD STUFF TO IT I USUALLY DO CHEESE TOMATO MUSHROOM AND PINEAPPLE PIZZA HUT DOESN'T DELIVER TO MY HOUSE EVEN THOUGH IT 5 MILES AWAY I'M STUCK WITH GROSS DOMINOES.....

[@daveofyorkshire301]

The trick with a washer/dryer is to empty it immediately because the condensing dryer is extremely humid at end of a cycle. Left to cool the humidity turns back to water on the clothes. It's why people think they're bad dryers. Condensing dryers drain through the drain pipe by condensing the steam into water.

[@Lilly8Listens]

Let me tell you something about Rhubarb, it's also the title of a 1970 film, where all the characters are called Rhubarb, and the only word spoken in the film is Rhubarb.

[@cmlemmus494]

In west coast Canada I've seen pizza with "taco toppings" that include corn. Usually this is ground beef, fresh tomatoes, red onions, sweetcorn, and jalepeno peppers. Not a Pizza Hut flavour, this is the kind of pizza you get at a pub that also serves salads with goat cheese and walnuts, ahi tuna poké nachos, and a Thai curry burger. Rhubarb is very popular in Canada as it grows in all provinces. Very popular for jams and pies. It looks like celery but is super sour, is harvested in fall, and a few plants will give you more than you can use (think zucchini).

[@Chris_GY1]

Only downstairs windows are locked upstairs windows aren’t in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. We speak proper English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The King’s English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. Only a separate washing machines and tumble dryers are good as if you buy are washer/dryer which are rubbish compared to the normal machines as it only takes one part of the combined machine to break sit is out of action. The pound sign was on 3 on that key board not the euro sign you need glasses. On planet earth it’s a handbrake as we have brains on planet earth.😊

[@RRM1000]

I literally just had a tuna and sweetcorn pizza (they're the best!). Is sweetcorn really more bizarre than pineapple on pizza?! Me no think so!!

[@bartholomewswarmkrunsh3859]

It’s what makes those dull household chores exciting - can I escape through a window? Where’s the key? No rechargeable, cordless appliances for me - there’s that extra thrill in knowing you escaped falling down the stairs when vacuuming or electrocuting yourself as you mow the lawn. 🤣 Window keys are purely for insurance purposes - you leave it unlocked, claim invalid (Even if you're only claiming for a spill on the carpet.) Oh, by the way, love your humour.

[@24magiccarrot]

The lock on the window is to prevent children from being able to easily open the window, particularly on a non-ground floor.Typically most people keep the key next to the window its just an extra step to prevent curious kids from accidentally opening the window

[@PeterWaddington-i2p]

On the topic of weird flavour crisps, back in the eighties you could have bought "Hedgehog Flavoured Crisps" for a few years! Only in the UK

[@andygreen6836]

Herbies Pizza Hot Bite has bacon, pepperoni, onion, jalapeno, sweetcorn, and meatballs is amazing

[@gwaptiva]

UK Keyboards are different and (for a programmer) superior. The differences are subtle; There is an extra key nestled in the enter key (which is tall rather than wide). and no, switching the layout in the software from US to UK doesn't help, because there is no key left of Z in the US layout.

[@YourPanorama]

So wrong! Crumpet does not equal Engilsh Muffin! Look it up and thanks for your whispering - it's actually helped me get over my hatred of whispering, (ish).

[@tonywalton1464]

I know it's only Judge Judy, but "litigants" on that are always on about their washer-dryer and the Great Judge has never said "washer-dryer? What do you mean by THAT?" I conclude that combination washer-dryers aren't exactly unknown in the USA. Regarding keyboards, this rather naive lass should forget obscure symbols and try a German or French keyboard. Both differ from the UK/US layout. German is QWERTZ on the top row, French is AZERTY. Oh, and that wasn't a picture of rhubarb. It was a picture of Gunnera mannicata, an ornamental garden plant with a resemblance to rhubarb.

[@jsmith498]

Nooo. Crumpets are totally different to muffins and much nicer.

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

You don't normally lock the Windows , they are double glazed so good luck breaking through them quickly . You only lock them if you are going on holiday or out of the house for a long period .

[@24magiccarrot]

There is sweetcorn on the Chicken Feast and mushroom and sweetcorn pizzas in pizza hut, in my opinion sweetcorn belongs with chicken or mushrooms or both

[@dangermouseuk78]

I don't know if many people here in the uk actually use the key lock on a window. I guess it can be added security for when you go on holiday or something. But normally the key fits into a little button which you push in and then lets you turn the handle to open the window. Locks tightly without the key using the key just prevents you from pushing in the button. Or at least that's how ours work.

[@LindaYoung-o3l]

The sash windows you were used to in the US are very easy to break into. Your house insurance is cheaper in the UK if you have locked windows. I keep the keys in the lock so you don't lose them and they're there to use if there's a fire. WASHING MACHINES - now you have touched a nerve. Top loading washing machines like you have in the US haven't been seen in the UK since the 60's. My friends and I were crying laughing when we saw them AND soap flakes instead of liquid capsules. You do know how to make laundry a chore. Washer dryers are more common in small apartments where space is limited - and they have separate controls for washing and drying. I keep saying this woman needs to move out of London more. I have a separate washer and dryer but I mostly dry my washing outdoors. It's not a parking brake it's a hand brake. IT has nothing to do with parking. You need it when making a hill start in traffic. We don't have so many automatic cars here and you need to get to the break point in a manual car without rolling back into the cars behind. Boiling water on the cooker (not stove) takes forever. Much quicker in a kettle - saves electricty. She's not very worldly wise is she? Crumpets are NOT English muffins. Interesting fact about black currants. Rhubarb is lovely - lots of people grow it in their gardens.

[@jerry2357]

In Britain, rhubarb is grown in the "Rhubarb Triangle" in Yorkshire (which has its own Wikipedia page). The Magnum photographer Martin Parr did an exhibition about the Rhubarb Triangle a few years ago, at the Hepworth in Wakefield, but the book of the exhibition "The Rhubarb Triangle: Photographs by Martin Parr" is out of stock at amazon, so I assume it's now out of print.

[@MrChasanDayve]

I always found it strange that Americans still call # the pound symbol, but are happy to put it at the front of a phrase online #JJLARulesOK! and call it a hashtag, instead of a poundtag. I think it's an American who first used it too.

[@stephensmith5912]

A washing machine service engineer told me once that combo washer dryers were a major source of income for him, being subject to far more breakdowns than separate washing machines / dryers, even though they make up a small % of the washer / dryer market in the UK, with most people having a washing machine only, a lesser proportion having washer and dryer, and very few having a combo washer/dryer. Not clear if that is due to reliability issues caused by combining the 2 separate functions into 1 machine, or the fact that they are run for longer durations on average, or maybe a combo (yeah, pun intended) of those 2 reasons. Like most people in the UK I have only got a washing machine, never had any drier, and dry my clothes on an outdoor washing line or indoor drying rack (we have 2 of those). Adequate for most, and saves ££ on electricity.

[@MrBulky992]

Anyone unsure of the differences between a US and a UK keyboard would soon find out if they went into their Windows settings and changed the setting for the keyboard. For one thing, they would be unable to type an email address because the "@" character is in a different place!

[@stephenlee5929]

Most windows in UK have locks, this is partly because insurance companies believe it reduces the likelihood of being burgled (burglarized). Most people keep the window key either in the lock or very close to it. Sash windows can also have locks, and do in the UK if you want house insurance. Washer/driers, tend to be more expensive, and generally do a worse job than separate washer and drier, but they only take-up a single unit space. Part of their bad reputation is due to them having a different capacity as a washer than as a drier, so for instance 14kg washer/9kg drier, this makes them difficult to use properly, so people often don't. Pizza toppings, yes we have sweetcorn as a pizza topping, it is normally available, when you pressed the add button on your order at pizza hut you were adding a 2nd pizza not extra toppings. Crumpets and English Muffins are very different, we have both but normally don't say 'English' Muffin, just Muffin, (No mules are harmed in their making).

[@andyf4292]

ah, america,, windows that can't lock, doors so flimsy you can actually Kick them in! but you avoid the security risk by having assault rifles in the bedroom! :>

[@borlach_]

Walkers do a turkey and stuffing crisp at christmas, and I love them

[@berrytyrant]

Simple....you don't take the key off but keep it in the hole. We don't tend to lock up stairs windows for emergency exit reasons.

[@emmafrench7219]

I can't eat crumpets unfortunately. My stupid brain suffers from Trypophobia! (Disgust at lots of small bumps and holes). I used eat them when I was little and then this bloody thing appeared. It's horrible. But I do like muffins.😋✌🇬🇧

[@TCampbell36]

Locks are mainly seen on double glazed windows. Mine are only locked when I’m going away. I had a combo washer and dryer and my clothes were dried beautifully. I used to have pull cords but in my 1814 cottage there is light switch in the wall outside the bathroom I love crumpets and muffins I have strawberry and rhubarb jam.. delish! I used to love rhubarb crumble

[@sharonlock6452]

Crumpets are made from batter and cooked on a griddle and muffins are a dough and baked in the oven . Blackcurrant drinks and grape drinks are not the same either .