American Things that CONFUSE British People!

[@ThoseTwoBrits1]

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[@lionking4466]

Sunny d ?

[@faiththomas1749]

Joel & Lia : the first one applies to he major money sports (ie football and basketball ) scholarshipstats.com/ncaalimits, it happens bcoz in certain states that’s reside in ur favorite region THE SOUTH (specially Texas ) boys are taught that you have to play a manly sport like football in order to be successful: the cookie thing can be explained here food.ndtv.com/food-drinks/what-is-the-difference-between-cookies-and-biscuits-1781487... the biscuit thing is southern www.allrecipes.com/recipe/216391/easy-sausage-gravy-and-biscuits/ ( or u can go to any southern restaurant and get the recipe )

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@lionking4466 good guess! I only thought of Mickey D for McDonalds!

[@texasborn2720]

@@lionking4466 I think it is disgusting washing your clothes in the kitchen. Having your clothes with all that body fluid and body stains next to your food ? Ewww very nasty.

[@cyntogia]

Restroom stalls have gotten better. I recall being 15 and seeing a man watching me from the Crack. It was not a nice experience

[@orthohawk1026]

it slays me when people from a country that eats black pudding, haggis, and such things, complain about biscuits and gravy

[@MichaelScheele]

IKR

[@AB-is3tr]

LOL

[@ninadouglas6289]

LOL!!

[@docmarmalade5224]

Lol, IKR. There's something wrong with their English. They call cookies biscuits. Such a shame.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

SO TRUE!!! It’s just milk and flour and fat... unlike the bizarre ingredients in black pudding and haggis!!🤢 I mentioned those things in a “weird foods” video on my channel, and boy did I get some hateful comments from my British viewers! Yikes!😳😬

[@michelehoffman1308]

I think if you guys had an actual homemade lemonade, you'd think differently.

[@japhialynne]

Brown sugar lemonade is amazing

[@johnsymonstcu]

@@japhialynne I have never heard of that but it sounds intriguing!

[@frankmoyer5822]

@@japhialynne I gotta try that!

[@stargazer1682]

I've heard, anecdotally, that Meyer lemons make really good lemonade, because they're naturally sweet and don't require a lot of added sugar.

[@kafkaskitchen]

@@japhialynne no it aint

[@joycetaepke2533]

I’m a 53-year-old American. I don’t have a single story about anyone peeking through the gaps of a restroom stall. Maybe we just respect each other‘s privacy enough to not look. 🤷‍♀️

[@SuperDrLisa]

Agreed, and I'm even older.

[@CaseyinTexas]

Same here. I’m 64 and I’ve never seen anyone peeking between the cracks. Anyone caught doing that would immediately be called out as a pervert and would probably get the crap beaten out of them. It’s just so socially unacceptable to do that to the point it would never happen. So quit being paranoid about being spied upon. Nobody cares about sitting on the toilet and they won’t peek.

[@mythosthebear]

Maybe it's just us young folks that get peeped on then.

[@catgirl6803]

Agreed. I’m 40. I have had little kids crawl underneath into my stall though. Ha!

[@lavenderoh]

@@mythosthebear All old people were young once, idiot.

[@amy.m.hammer]

We have Gatorade, Powerade and lemonade and none are carbonated. As much as y’all can’t imagine it without fizz, I can’t imagine it with it.

[@CrisCudi98]

Bruh imagine lemonade with fiz. Nasty

[@catgirl6803]

Don’t forget Kool Aid! Oh yea!

[@krystalh21]

Exactly

[@Kwitchurbitchin]

Sprite is what I believe they picture when thinking of lemonade.

[@LordGertz]

When you add the the fizz it becomes soda. Italian soda to be specific, its nice, but different. More for sipping than drinking, if you know what I mean.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

SCONES AND BISCUITS ARE NOT THE SAME!!!😳 Now I’m triggered!😂

[@xnonsuchx]

They will NEVER care to understand, unfortunately. I think they just like purposely triggering people about it. They may sometimes look similar, but they are made differently (scones have eggs and biscuits don't and biscuits tend to have more dairy product in them) and have a different texture.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@xnonsuchx I agree! Scones and biscuits have completely different taste and texture, due to the different ingredients as you mentioned. Plus they are eaten with different accompaniments. I have done a couple videos on my channel about afternoon tea, because I am completely obsessed with scones and clotted cream and jam! LOL😋

[@simonpowell2559]

I think the problem here is you are comparing American biscuits with American scones. The closest thing in the uk to American biscuits is a British scone.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@simonpowell2559 sorry I didn’t explain that better. I am comparing American biscuits (I live in Texas) to British scones. I have been to Britain more than 20 times, and I have a love affair with scones, clotted cream and jam! I have done a couple videos about afternoon tea on my channel. And I have an upcoming vlog I filmed recently in Cornwall where we tried three different types of scones in one day in Saint Ives😋😋😋

[@simonpowell2559]

@@MagentaOtterTravels Thanks for reply: I have visited the States, but I didn't try American biscuits. Just looking at them in photos they most definitely would not be called biscuits. But they certainly look like our scones, but, as you said scones in Britain and always sweet, often with jam and cream and always with tea. Maybe a savory "scone" in a stew, we would call a dumpling.

[@ckalbfus]

The lemonade one genuinely shocked me. I’ve never seen fizzy lemonade, but if I did I’d just call it lemon soda

[@mdaniels135]

They're talking about sprite

[@grahamsmith9541]

@@mdaniels135 In the UK Sprite and Lemonade are two different products.

[@jwb52z9]

@@mdaniels135 Sprite is different.

[@devonlass1967]

Sprite is different but Lemonade is similar. We also have Lemon flavour Fanta here as well which looks like 'American' lemonade but of course is also fizzy

[@kyliee8586]

I have seen “sparkling lemonade” before, though not often. There’s also fizzy orange juice that I had that is apparently in France too.

[@laserwolf65]

"ade" = fizzy? Really? As an American, "ade" is never fizzy unless it's marketed as "sparkling." "Ade" here is just a summer drink of fruit juice water and sugar.

[@caseyflorida]

Right! Sparkling Lemonade is fizzy. Lemonade is not.

[@timelapse11]

It's true for Brits, we always see ade to mean a drink with be fizzy. Like if I'm buying a drink with ade as the suffix, I expect it to be fizzy. XD

[@TuFargon54]

@@timelapse11 I grew up drinking cool-ade so there's no connection there for me an prob millions of others.

[@gregmuon]

All the "ade" means is juice that's been extended with water and sugar. The water and sugar is an aid or helper that helps extend it.

[@timelapse11]

@@gregmuon maybe in America, but in Britain it's more commonly known to mean a drink is frizzy

[@patrickturner4132]

Try American lemonade after a hot summer’s day, and get back to me. No way would I ever carbonate it.

[@susanjohnson9795]

USA I hate lemonade I have tried & tried it but you can have it. I prefer plain sparkling water.

[@suzilla8851]

@@susanjohnson9795 ok

[@nicolethompson8613]

Mmm - fresh squeezed of course!

[@theamanda1661]

yes

[@TheCelestialvision]

I’m from the US and living in UK for the past 4 yrs. I can’t stand the UK lemonade. It’s basically just cheap sprite with less flavor. American lemonade is so much better! PS: Also my favorite drink to order at restaurants in the US is an Arnold Palmer which is half lemonades and half iced tea. So refreshing but no way you can get this in the UK. They hate the idea of iced tea and don’t have real lemonade that’s not cheap sparkling drink

[@robertgronewold3326]

Joel, Lia. I have said this before and I will say it again. This time in caps. A BISCUIT AND A SCONE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS IN AMERICA!!! A biscuit is savory, and scone is sweet. Plus the actual recipe for the dough is slightly different. Also, we tend to cut scones into triangles here, because we'll pat the scone out into a round disk and then slice it pizza style before baking them separately.

[@jtinalexandria]

An American "scone" is just a deliberate knockoff of a British scone. We have no indigenous scones in America.

[@glowhoo9226]

@@jtinalexandria we usually call them turnovers instead of scones

[@2Blessed]

@@glowhoo9226 no, turnovers are flaky pastry with a filling like fruit, scones are made from a drier version of biscuit dough. Turnovers and scones are very very different.

[@vtbn53]

Never had a sweet scone in my life

[@robertgronewold3326]

@@vtbn53 In America, they're sweet.

[@arjaygee]

In the US, the -ade suffix, as used in drink names, refers to a sweetened, fruit-flavored drink, with no fizz implied. They are usually, but not always, made with citrus fruits.

[@Critique808]

Like Koolaid

[@MyGuise]

College is where the NFL and professional leagues pick their players so it makes sense to get a general degree while playing for your college 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@gregcourtney751]

Also, no player will be pro their entire life. A degree helps them have a successful career outside of whatever the sport is when that becomes necessary.

[@victorwaddell6530]

I cheffed for a small Southern college for one year . Many of the jocks on athletic scholarships couldn't read some of the menu items . One day a jock looked at a pan of Chicken Cacciatore and called it Chicken Chupacabra .

[@eksortso]

I used to do one-on-one math tutoring college athletes at Pitt. There, tutoring was mandatory for those athletes, whether they needed it or not, because they had very regimented lives. These kids were whip-smart, no real dummies. And I tutored a lot of students there, including one football player. This was back in the 90s.

[@eksortso]

The NFL and the NBA rely heavily on college athletics for recruiting. Other sports, not so much. Baseball has minor leagues, essentially "farm" systems, to bring up young prospects. Hockey is similar, I think; the U.S. and Canada each have their own minor ice hockey leagues. College soccer is a big thing, especially in the women's game (Title IX and all that). But for men, MLS clubs and others started up academies that are bearing fruit nowadays, and the college system, which operates under slightly different rules for the game, is feeling pressure to get in sync.

[@dougbrowning82]

@@eksortso Hockey has junior and minor leagues, but when you move up to NHL level, they start you out in their AHL affiliate for development.

[@Tabfort]

You can’t take gravy on a biscuit, but you can take beans on toast? 🤔😂

[@TinaLaGreca]

I’m a flight attendant and when Aussies or anyone from Europe ask me for lemonade I have to say, “Do you mean a Sprite or lemon soda?” I’ve learned!

[@SofiaBerruxSubs]

That's not lemonade

[@SofiaBerruxSubs]

@@joshrees3413 that's not what Americans consider lemonade though and as you said was later carbonated which means it wasnt orginally.

[@TinaLaGreca]

@@joshrees3413 Not in America. A lemonade is made with lemons, sugar and water. It is NOT fizzy. So when on an American Airline, we will tell you we don’t have lemonade if you ask for it expecting a fizzy drink!

[@mermaid1717]

OOOOHHHH... is that what they mean by an "ade" drink being fizzy? Sprite? That's weird! I mean even GatorADE is not fizzy. In fact no ade drinks in America are fizzy.

[@SofiaBerruxSubs]

@@mermaid1717 that's so true.

[@brandonharris1367]

I completely agree about the lemonade. It should just be called lemon juice or lemon drink. Something along those line.

[@Steeleperfect]

Here in the UK, we call it lemon squash.

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

Lia says "ade" means fizzy. "Ade" doesn't mean fizzy, it means sweet. Lemonade, Koolaid, Gatorade, Powerade - all sweet, but not fizzy.

[@Steeleperfect]

Wrong. In the UK, it means a fizzy drink.

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

@@Steeleperfect Ok, I forgot to say “in America.”

[@BadAssSykO]

In America, if you want like fizzy type drinks then you add carbonated soda to it... which is horrendous!!!

[@Tony36847]

Yeah, I've lived in the US all my life and never heard that "ade" had any correlation with fizzy. Just a UK thing...

[@Yopiwastaken]

@@BadAssSykO no, if you want a fizzy drink you carbonate it

[@michellesuh4240]

-ade is watering down and adding sugar to help something be drinkable (like lemon to be drinkable since straight lemon would be HARSH). Mixtures like lemon, lime and orange is called either citrus punch OR citrusade. If it’s fizzy it is a soda.

[@Steeleperfect]

That's squash.

[@rettawhinnery]

Kool-Aid is also not fizzy, just like lemonade and limeade.

[@lucassnouffer216]

And Gatorade, and Powerade

[@Critique808]

Orange ade

[@camhan9300]

I’ve seen several public toilet stalls here with long doors and no gaps but most do have annoying gaps and I hate that too. Also mostly only rich people have actual laundry rooms in their houses. I’ve never even seen a laundry room that wasn’t public and I’ve seen a lot of houses. Average people use their garage for laundry. Almost any house you find here only has laundry hook ups in the garage. Maybe that’s a west coast thing? I don’t think so though

[@jimpemberton]

American biscuits and gravy are delicious! And no, they aren't scones.

[@perdidoatlantic]

I had that for bfast this morning.

[@nirvanalynn2137]

Sausage gravy🤤

[@Tony36847]

Yeah. There's no similarity between the American biscuits and the British scones

[@Hannah.smith253]

Gravy should be brown as well...not white

[@annebeard2362]

They are closer to english scones than what we, Americans, call scones which are more cakey.

[@willielarimer7170]

The gaps in the bathroom stalls are more a safety issue, at my work we had a guy pass out because of his blood pressure, and the paramedics got him out with no problem

[@arjaygee]

American biscuits are not really like scones, other than perhaps the shape.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Agree! Taste and texture is TOTALLY different!

[@pjschmid2251]

There are some notable similarities though. Although they don’t have the sugar nor do they use eggs biscuits are still a bread product that uses baking powder as leavening agent. So I would have to disagree that the taste and texture is TOTALLY different. The way they’re actually made is quite similar as well where are you have flour and your fat typically butter that is cut or rubbed into the flour before the liquid component is added and then the dough is cut into rounds for baking in a hot oven. The truth is there is nothing in British culinary tradition more like an American biscuit than a scone and there is nothing in American culinary tradition more like a British scone than a biscuit.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@pjschmid2251 drop biscuits are more like scones than rolled out flaky buttermilk baking powder biscuits.

[@pjschmid2251]

@@MagentaOtterTravels You see the flaky type of biscuit is a very different method of baking. To create flaky layers you would need to fold the biscuit dough a number of times let it rest and fold it again. But the quick and simple biscuit that you make, and it can be either dropped or cut out, is simply brought together quickly using butter and buttermilk it can be patted out into a round and cut with a biscuit cutter and those biscuits are tender (not flaky) just like a dropped version of the biscuit yet they’re still cut. Personally I do not have the time or the patience to fold and create layers to make biscuits.

[@WeareChaoS]

@@pjschmid2251 the south would like to have a talk lol

[@johnwhite345]

I know it may come as a shock but there are dozens of scholarships a person can get to get into college besides sports.

[@bond1j89]

ADE is a suffix used to denote a sweetened, fruit- (often citrus) flavored beverage. limeade, and orangeade . The suffix has also been used in brand names, including Kool-Aid and Flavor Aid . Lemonade was invented in 1630 in Paris. Lemonade is called “lemonade” and not “lemon juice” like “orange juice”; because it is a mixture of lemon juice, sugar and water, which is why it's called “lemonade.” Orange juice and apple juice mixed with water and sugar could be called orangeade.

[@Steeleperfect]

So you use ade to mean squash, whereas we use it to mean a carbonated drink.

[@Mindy14]

@@Steeleperfect squash is a vegetable or a gored really....

[@ivyfalls1]

US colleges give scholarships for academic excellence, music, athletics, and even acting.

[@markfoster1520]

To attract more talent to their school.....also, if it's a single year scholarship, you can enjoy paying for the rest of the degree yourself.

[@ivyfalls1]

@@markfoster1520 Most scholarships, even athletic scholarships are 1 year at a time though the NCAA has allowed schools to offer 4 year scholarships. In some sports like baseball, soccer, etc, players are given 1/4. 1/2 scholarships.

[@starchaser57]

Yes they do But you have to admit the big money goes to sports. The scholarships given to the things that you are listing in no way equal the scholarship given to some illiterate guy who can catch a football

[@ivyfalls1]

@@starchaser57 Oh, absolutely. . .then again, only football and most/some basketball programs make money.

[@gwillis01]

Having a laundry room is quite a common feature in a stand alone residential home in the U S but it is almost never found in an apartment that is part of an apartment building that has several floors. The laundry room is where you have the washer, the dryer, the drying racks for delicate clothes that can not go in the dryer, the stockpile of extra laundry detergent, and the bottle of stain remover to apply to stubborn stains to give the laundry detergent a boost in cleaning power.

[@gravisred]

Love you guys. You really need to have an American side-kick to explain these American things. Preferably someone older than 25 who has experience with American culture.

[@tarafarrar1586]

I can't believe I am sharing this story but here goes.... I went out to a kareoke bar with some friends one night. I had way too many long island iced tea and found myself in the bathroom puking. I was so drunk I forgot how to unlock the stall door. My friend crawled under the door, pulled my hair back (I was puking again) and then proceeded to unlock the door. It was one of the few times I was grateful for the gap. The only other times is when I happen to get into a stall with no toilet paper and have had people next to me pass me some.

[@ChaquetaB]

Whenever I'm in a stall with a full door, I have this unrational fear of getting locked in with no way to (easily) escape.

[@tarafarrar1586]

@@ChaquetaB that’s a scary thought.

[@robertkoons1154]

Cookies came into English language from Dutch "cookjie" meaning little cake, which was first used by English speakers in New York ( New Amsterdam). Biscuits came from biscotti (Italian) which means twicec ooked

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

“Mickey D” for McDonalds? That’s the “Panny D” thing I thought of when you asked...

[@manamar]

Was just coming here to say the same thing. "Maccy D's" :D

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@manamar Unfortunately, I’ve never really seen Joel or Lia answer things in the comment section. So I’m not sure if we will ever find out if that’s what they were thinking! LOL 🙄. That’s one thing I love about having a KZbin channel, is being able to respond to people. While I would like my channel to grow, I don’t ever want to be so huge that I can’t take the time to respond to anybody... 😐

[@kimharding2246]

I was going to ask the same. 🍔🍟

[@mojoshivers]

I always prefer the Australian Macca’s. Lol

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@mojoshivers never heard that one! Haha

[@crinkle2649]

One of my friends got a football scholarship. He got hurt really bad and got cut. Then he got sent home because they were not paying for his school any longer. They didn't care about his injury and he still has pain over 30 years later.

[@Shay2theT]

Re: cookie v biscuit v cracker v scone: As an American, I wonder what you'd call a package of small crunchy chocolate chip cookies. You would call them biscuits, I imagine. But it could be the exact same recipe as soft gooey cookies, just made smaller and cooked longer. That confuses me. At what point on the timer do they turn from cookie to biscuit? 🤔

[@kungfuclub]

Choc chip cookies whether soft and chewy large or small choc chip cookies in a packet we call both cookies. Our biscuits are custard creams, chocolate bourbons, Oreos etc. I can see how it can be confusing. American biscuits, I've always wondered what they are as they are served with a thick white gravy? They have the same shape as an English scone but doubt same taste as it is savoury?

[@Shay2theT]

@@kungfuclub Yeah, a basic biscuit in the US is a similar texture to a scone but usually softer, buttery in flavor, and saltier. You usually eat it by cutting it in half and spread with butter, jam, honey, or with savory things like cheese, egg, bacon, sandwich-style. The other option of putting gravy on it is absolutely delicious. 😋 It's usually a heavy cream gravy made from breakfast sausage with lots of black pepper.

[@kungfuclub]

@@Shay2theT oooh sounds yummy, I hope I can try it one day! Thanks for your reply btw

[@garycraig6506]

Chocolate chip “biscuits” doesn’t sound, quite, right. Or blood pudding?! I love pudding (sorbet). I also absolutely love rice pudding.

[@Steeleperfect]

If it's hard it's a biscuit, if soft, a cookie.

[@jkelley14701]

In the US, the opposite is true. 'ade' at the end is NOT fizzy (carbonated). The only other main type of 'ade' would be Kool-aid, which is spelled slightly differently. Of cours, Kool-aid is a brand, but I think most of us will refer to a fruity drink made with a powder as kool-aid whether it's the actual brand or not. A fizzy lemonade (lemonaid?) would likely be refered to as carbonated lemonade. We'll generally refer to a fizzy (carbonated) drink as pop or soda.

[@grahamsmith9541]

I don't know where the ade meaning fizzy came from. I have never heard of it meaning that untill this video. Especially as non fizzy Lemonade is still called Lemonade.

[@messinalyle4030]

When I think of scones, I think of a bread cake with a certain texture to it, with raisins and maybe other dried fruit bits baked into it, and covered with icing. Sometimes biscuits as we Americans know them can be sweet, with raisins baked into them, and topped with icing as well. When biscuits are prepared this way, the only differences I can think of between them and scones are that the biscuits are softer, more gooey, and the shape is round unlike the triangle-shaped scone. In the Southeastern region of America where I live, I've known biscuits to be commonly prepared in three different ways in fast food restaurants--1. the sweet, scone-like types of biscuits that I just mentioned, which are generally called "cinnamon raisin biscuits," 2. biscuits and gravy, which are prepared the same way as those in the picture that you showed us, the white stuff on top being the gravy, and 3. as a sandwich, most commonly either "chicken biscuits" with a fried chicken patty in the middle of the sandwich, "bacon, egg and cheese biscuits" with those things in the middle, or "sausage biscuits" with a sausage patty in the middle. I think that biscuits and gravy pre-dates all of those other ways of serving biscuits. People talk about them as though they are one of the first identifiably Southern foods to ever crop up. In my family, when we bake biscuits at home, sometimes we slice them in half and put butter and jelly on them, or butter and apple butter. Apple butter is another thing altogether. I didn't know that it was unknown outside the Appalachian region until a distant cousin brought his wife from another country to a family reunion and someone had to explain to her what apple butter was. It's a condiment. Basically applesauce which has been baked in spices until it turns a reddish brown. It's really good--it's often used like jam or jelly. So, yeah--just a few cool things about biscuits in America, particularly the South, which I thought I would throw out there in case anybody was interested.

[@kungfuclub]

That is really interesting, thank you! I would love to visit the States one day as got a food bucket list to eat lol. I think the States has way more variation and choice than England in terms of groceries. I'm quite jelly tbh 🤣

[@messinalyle4030]

@@kungfuclub Thanks for the comment! I can be kind of long winded sometimes when I think of things to say on a topic that hopefully some people might find interesting. I hope I didn't prattle on for too long, lol!

[@Steeleperfect]

Icing on a scone? That has to be a sign of the apocalypse. Also, raisins are not really scone material. You want big, juicy sultanas.

[@messinalyle4030]

@@Steeleperfect Maybe scones are different where you live than where I live. What are sultanas?

[@patrickking9600]

Y’all gagging at biscuits and gravy and calling out the “white sauce” had me absolutely dying laughing 😂. I would pay a lot of money to have y’all come to Georgia just to eat some biscuits and gravy with me ☺️.

[@jwb52z9]

Outside the US, unless you're in Italy, gravy is always a brown sauce made from various kinds of meat drippings.

[@keriezy]

You say maths and we say math. You say sport and we say sports. Utility rooms can have laundry machines but laundry rooms are not utility rooms.

[@barbaraaanderud9195]

We call the room, with a washer and dryer, a utility room. It also allows access to our heater/ac, water heater, and electrical breakers. For many homes, they serve a dual purpose.

[@johnsymonstcu]

When I was a child, we had custom in our family that before our Thanksgiving dinner we would go around the table and each person would say what they were thankful for. I am sure that this was quite common across the country at that time. I honestly can't say if this is still a popular custom today. Anyway, without sounding too "corny", for this unforgettable year of 2020 I must say that I am so thankful for having Joel and Lia in my life this year. 🤗. The two of you have been there when all seemed dark and dreary. I would turn on your video and the proverbial sunshine would burst out of my screen and for a brief moment life was good and happy and fun! Thanks so much for being there for me and every other "Legend". Sending you happy thoughts, a virtual hug and a big, fat Thank You for all that you do to make my world a little bit brighter and happier. ❤👍😊🙏🌎

[@gentlespiritjw4904]

Precious friend, when I scroll through the comments looking for your name, my heart leaps when I see it. Once again you have expressed so eloquently the same thoughts and feelings that I have about Joel and Lia. I guess we are very "in tune" together. 😊 I am sending you a massive virtual hug. I am so glad that you are in the world. I am spending Thanksgiving alone tomorrow, but I hope you have a special day. 🙏❤😊🥧

[@johnsymonstcu]

@@gentlespiritjw4904 It's always so nice to have a message from you.🙏😊. I will be having Thanksgiving by myself also but will conjure up memories of times past and close family members. I think many people this year will be having solitary dinners. There is nothing wrong with finding pleasure in returning to pleasant memories of times gone by. Yes, not all of our past experiences were good or even worth remembering but once in awhile it's nice to wrap ourselves in the warm and fuzzy visions of our youth. Take care, dear friend and know that you are in my thoughts and prayers more than you could know. ❤🤗🦃🙏🌎

[@barbarakiewe4917]

@@johnsymonstcu Is there a legends romance in the works??

[@johnsymonstcu]

@@barbarakiewe4917 "A gentleman never talks." Stay turned for this continuing legend. 😊

[@gentlespiritjw4904]

@@johnsymonstcu I just now saw your message back to me. I don't know why I didn't get notified. I was afraid you were upset with me. I've been saving our messages in my phone because you blow me away with some of the things that you say and share. I love that we agree that "once in awhile it's nice to wrap ourselves in the warm and fuzzy visions of our youth". Are you a writer by any chance? I don't know anyone like you! 😊 Thank you for keeping me in your thoughts and prayers. I do the same. You have no idea what a relief I'm feeling that you actually DID respond. ❤🙏😘

[@meganhaning]

Just as lemonade is flat/ still so is Gatorade. I’ve assume “ade” as in aid...to aid the water with flavor

[@movietimeateds69]

It was created for a Florida football team. Theyre the gators, so its gator aid.

[@martyb5807]

Never seen any fizzy Koolaid either.

[@Steeleperfect]

UK lemonade is fizzy.

[@AnDream109]

I was thinking the same thing lemonade, Gatorade, and Koolaid =/= fizzy. If they were that’d be gross. And warm buttery biscuits with country gravy and sausage is *chefs kiss* delicious. My Canadian friend tried it at a hotel once and she had it for breakfast for the rest of her stay. But I think it originally used to be an Army thing. At least that’s what my grandpa said.

[@jartstopsign]

@@movietimeateds69 Exactly, the trainer way back in the day noticed none of the players ever took a piss during halftime and figured out they were all dehydrated and came up the electrolytes drink to give the Gators an edge in that insane heat

[@blue9280]

Lemonade to us is juice and our equivalent to what you’re talking about is sprite. Also, our lemonade tends to be sweet and refreshing.

[@glowhoo9226]

If someone handed me a glass of lemonade and it tasted like sprite I’m fighting them

[@kellil3845]

You call all fizzy stuff sprite? Not just like soda haha

[@grahamsmith9541]

@@glowhoo9226 So would most people in the UK. I don't know where it has come from that we regard Sprite as Lemonade. WE DON'T. If it isn't Lemon Flavor it's not Lemonade.

[@treetopjones737]

@@grahamsmith9541 Lemon cake is lemon flavor but it is not lemonade either.

[@cynthiabrooklyn6369]

And blood pudding looks appealing?

[@silky0439]

THANK YOU!!

[@annecunningham1151]

Black pudding is the best. I eat it fried or raw. Love it 😁

[@Steeleperfect]

It's black pudding, not blood pudding and only crazy people would ever eat it

[@alliebenson4653]

I loooove black pudding! It’s absolutely delicious.

[@Dunagh]

Mmmmm.... Black Pudding. And morcilla in a good fabada asturiana! I miss Europe.

[@genevieveking8819]

I completely support getting rid of the bathroom stall gaps! You are right the posh hotels have completely enclosed doors with no gaps on side, top or bottom! I was stunned the first time I saw a bathroom like that.

[@chrissyzcreationz]

We can't stand the cracks in the bathroom stalls either. SOME places have started building walls between the stalls and using real doors but leaving the top open and a vent like thing at the bottom. I believe, legally, they have to have a way to gain access for emergencies.

[@kathleenjimenez8394]

Biscuits and gravy is amazing, IF, the gravy is made right. The one in the picture, didn’t have enough sausage.

[@kungfuclub]

I've always been curious, can you describe what it tastes like/compare to something similar? I know I can try and make it from a recipe but doubt it will taste as authentic lol

[@lavenderoh]

@@kungfuclub It's actually really simple and if you can make a bechamel, you can make it. Although if you're outside of the US, I'm not sure if you can get the right kind of sausage. Step one, figure out the sausage lol If you can't get "American breakfast sausage" it's not a sausage link in casing, it's just seasoned ground pork in a package so it's cooked as you would cook beef mince for bolognese for example. So in theory you could buy ground pork and season it with our sausage's seasonings (lots of sage, some nutmeg, etc). You'd cook the sausage in a pan (cast iron skillet a plus), breaking it up as it cooks into smallish pieces. After it's fully cooked you add tons of black pepper like double or triple whatever you think is right, and that is VERY crucial lol and if you like spicier food, add a pinch of red pepper flakes, too. Stir it around to season everything. Sprinkle in your flour and cook it off a bit (with the sausage and all) and next you'll slowly add milk about a cup at a time while stirring well until there are no lumps (other than the sausage) and it thicker to about a carbonara sauce consistency. This is the method I use and I'm a southern American who loves to cook and eat lol I do use vegan ingredients now so if you want any substitutes for that I can help there too lol But I swear it's so simple you should be able to find a recipe that works for you. The biscuits, too. I'd avoid "drop biscuits" for a real southern experience go for flaky buttermilk biscuits. Although after you try it like that, go for the drop biscuits in a pinch lol 😂

[@kungfuclub]

@@lavenderoh Wow!!! Thanks for lengthy detailed reply, much appreciated!!!! Yeh I would need vegan substitutes for the dairy side of things as I'm lactose intolerant. I think I could get breakfast sausage style patties kinda like McDonald's style sausage. I will look online too for the biscuit recipe. Thanks again, I still feel like I'm craving this even having never tasted it lool xx

[@jwb52z9]

It's not always sausage gravy with the biscuits.

[@jwb52z9]

@@kungfuclub You don't have to use sausage in the gravy part, but a lot of people like it that way. I, more often than not, don't have sausage in it, but sausage on the side or whole sausage patties inside the biscuits that are cut in half before the gravy is poured on top. A lot of American Southerners also like eggs with it.

[@dr.westwood]

Ades in the US are nearly always flat. Still water, sugar (tea sugar or jam sugar), and citrus juice. Other fruits can be added (cherry limeade is amazing). I suppose you could make it with a seltzer water, but then it because a soda water in our dialect. Cordials in the US are an alcoholic sipping beverage, typically made by steeping fruit in alcohol for for several weeks, and then the fruit strained out and the liquid filtered until it's no longer cloudy. There are some with herbs in it such as Benedictine, but typically just fruit. Cranberry cordial is quite lovely and relatively easy to make.

[@jwb52z9]

I wasn't aware cordials existed in the US anymore outside stories about the 17th to 19th centuries.

[@dr.westwood]

@@jwb52z9 in the US cordials and liqueurs are the same thing. Marketing.

[@dougbowers1256]

About the bathroom stalls... WE DON’T LOOK! It’s considered rude to look and if you did, you would be ostracized as some kind of perv. When you enter a restroom, you can tell if someone is in the stall and then you avert your gaze and choose another stall or wait for the one in use. You don’t have to rattle the door to tell if the stall is occupied.

[@mistybridges]

Joel said, "Or Oreo COOKIES - that's a biscuit." Ummm....you yourself called them cookies and then said it's not. That made me chuckle.

[@Makota1995]

I live how triggered Joel and Lia get over the public bathroom stalls, every other video they mention it 🤣🤣

[@rosssmith5963]

I wonder if they are peeping through the cracks themselves and they assume everyone else is too.

[@bond1j89]

In Commonwealth nations and Ireland, a biscuit is a small baked product that would be called either a "cookie" or a "cracker" in the United States and most of English-speaking Canada. Biscuits in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and Ireland are hard and may be savoury or sweet, such as chocolate biscuits, digestives, hobnobs, ginger nuts, rich tea, shortbread, bourbons, and custard creams. In Commonwealth nations and Ireland, the term "cookie" typically refers to only one type of biscuit (the sweeter baked dough typically containing chocolate chips or raisins); however, it may also locally refer to specific types of biscuits or breads.[1] Similarly, a "cracker" refers only to a thin and dry "biscuit for cheese". In the United States and some parts of English Canada, a "biscuit" is a quick bread, somewhat similar to a scone, and usually unsweetened. Leavening is achieved through the use of baking powder or, when using buttermilk, baking soda. Biscuits are usually referred to as either "baking powder biscuits"[2] or "buttermilk biscuits" if buttermilk is used rather than milk as a liquid. A Southern regional variation using the term "beaten biscuit" (or in New England "sea biscuit") is closer to hardtack than soft dough biscuits

[@superdrew8564]

Cracker and biscuit or cookie are not at all near each other in Canada...where did you get this...

[@michaelmize1155]

Biscuit means "twice cooked". The only small baked pastry that is cooked twice are "Biscotti" which is where both the UK and the US get the word "Biscuit". Neither side gets it right so once again it's just what you grow up with that you are most comfortable with.

[@snarkykat]

Universities make *a lot* of money off their big revenue sports, so it's worthwhile to them to give scholarships to good athletes (money for jocks)

[@johnp139]

It’s not a SCHOLARship, it’s an athleteship.

[@CaseyinTexas]

Also, there is a lot of competition between the various state run universities for students, do they do anything they can to increase the the student body because the more students they have the more money the state provides.

[@brianplum1825]

Colleges are ripping off student athletes, who should be paid cash. Instead, they're pocketing billions of $ from the exploitation of these athletes.

[@snarkykat]

@@brianplum1825 I agree

[@snarkykat]

@@CaseyinTexas Absolutely

[@SofiaBerruxSubs]

Americans would call a hard dog treat a biscuit.

[@beanallene]

🤣 Dog biscuits! I forgot about those 😂

[@SofiaBerruxSubs]

@@annasanoja8457 that's what I call it and my family does. Were american and we call them dog biscuits

[@annasanoja8457]

@@SofiaBerruxSubs the British and Americans have two complete different meanings for cookies and biscuits. Biscuits are pollowy bread usually made in the South with lots of Lard and butter. In the UK, Biscuits are digestives used to eaten with tea. Cookies in the USA can be oreos, and many different things.

[@SofiaBerruxSubs]

@@annasanoja8457 I know they do. I'm just saying that if we would call something that be like what they would call a biscuit we would probably think or use the term dog biscuit. You dont need to explain to me the difference. I know biscuits are fully bread and biscuits to the uk are a digestive for tea. I know what cookies are in the USA. So please stop and I dont need the explanation. Been to the UK and i am from the USA.

[@beanallene]

@@annasanoja8457 Also, some of the packages say dog busicuts so... not being derogatory or anything. In fact that title probably even came from Britain because dog busicuts are like hard cookies for dogs. Like on Pocahontas where the pug had his little snacks. The actual structure of the treat is very similar to the Royal Dansk Danish Butter Cookie Tins but flavored differently.

[@luzcartagena6869]

Biscuits with gravy is ultimate comfort food.

[@MsPrecious61]

It is more Southern food

[@thomasohanlon1060]

@@MsPrecious61 Nope I'm from the north east and eat it every chance I get.

[@meomy29]

Have you ever made angel biscuits? They take biscuits and gravy to another level. Yum.

[@steverodgers8425]

Sausage gravy!

[@NovaLaMason]

No.

[@diegoespinosa9114]

Came for the title, stayed for the tangents. I absolutely love your fascination of American culture! Love the channel. Cheers!

[@edgee4108]

Colleges make a ton of money from advertisers. When a game is on television advertisers pay millions to have their ads played during the game. This make giving a scholarship to a good athlete well worth it.

[@dalemoore8582]

I DO NOT ever see a scone!!! A biscuit, is a biscuit, is a biscuit. It is not a SCONE and it is not a cookie.

[@michaelmullard4292]

The US and UK are obviously separated by a common language. Fun video as always! Stay safe, guys.

[@SofiaBerruxSubs]

Maybe but ik that when it comes to real different languages it's harder.

[@nelsonacastro5474]

Your videos always put a smile on my face because both your laughters are contagious. Also, on the eve of a very American holiday I’d like to wish you and all our British friends across the pond a blessed and Happy Thanksgiving!! 🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@michw3755]

We don't celebrate it, but thanks anyway 😁👍

[@cathyknapp8439]

I’ve always thought it fun when I hear y’all call it fizzy soda. In the US we call it carbonated 😊

[@julievanderleest]

Make America private again was the best line yer!😂😂😂😂😂 I’ve never had a peeping Tom in the bathroom nor have I ever thought of it. Now I’m never going to use a public restroom the same again. 🤭

[@thomasohanlon1060]

You just insulted every southern kitchen, surest way too not experience southern hospitality.

[@62impalaconvert]

Most laundry rooms have a deep double sink for rinsing clothes and other things and filling and emptying the ubiquitous utility (mop) bucket. A lot of us call it the "utility room".

[@jimpemberton]

One nice thing about University sports is that most of the college kids are still playing because they love the game. Too many pros have gotten caught up in the celebrity of the thing and it's more about them than the game.

[@SuperDrLisa]

I made a first floor (ground floor) tiny bedroom into my laundry room. It's right behind my kitchen. Yes washer, dryer, tools, cleaning supplies, litter boxes and and extra bed sheets and blankets. 2 closets. Every inch of space is cluttered even top of the washing machine.

[@Kikidy523]

We actually call the triangular pastry with icing a turnover.

[@deegeef]

A turnover and a scone shaped as a triangle are two very different things, istm.

[@BunniBeshara]

A scone is like a cookie whereas a turnover is a pastry, similar in texture to a croissant, but more crisp. Both are triangular, but couldn’t be more different.

[@abuiel]

Nothing like a turnover. A turnover is flaky with some sort of filling, usually fruit.

[@vierrag]

Scones are heavy. A turnover is light and flakey. Not the same thing.

[@Kikidy523]

Idk about anyone else, but in NJ we call a triangular pastry a turnover. They get pretty heavy when you shove apples in them. I mean the USA also has many different names for a fizzy drink, we say soda, some say pop and so on. So..yeah

[@tanyamckinnon5376]

When I was growing up every house in our neighborhood had the washer in the kitchen and clothes lines in the back yard for drying

[@trudiyoung4732]

I did not know lemonade was fizzy in the UK. Thanks for the warning. ☺️

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

If you want American style lemonade in the UK, you ask for old-fashioned lemonade😉... if you want 7-Up, ask for lemonade😆

[@peterlyall7488]

would you drink 7 up because that's what they are talking about.

[@Steeleperfect]

Not a warning, a promise. It's a lot nicer than the lemon squash you pass off as lemonade.

[@grahamsmith9541]

@@MagentaOtterTravels If you ask for 7up you will get 7up. NOT Lemonade. 7up is Lime and Lemon. Lemonade is just Lemon. I don't know where this myth has come from that we call everything Lemonade. If it isn't just Lemon WE DON'T call it Lemonade.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@grahamsmith9541 I agree with you. I apologise if you feel I was perpetuating a myth with my comment.

[@EphemeralProductions]

The white sauce on the biscuits is a thick sauce that is made out of milk, butter, and flour and has a lot of black pepper added, and sometimes pork breakfast sausage. it is SO GOOD! yum! i just ate, and even I want some! LOL

[@LG123ABC]

When you call scones "skawns" it gives me pain in my "bawns" and I need to go get an ice cream "cawn" to feel better. I need to call my friend on the "phawn".

[@bazzokzwattom2655]

Your friend is riding a fawn?! 😳 😆

[@mikek0135]

🤦‍♂️😆

[@Steeleperfect]

Scone rhymes with gone.

[@jwb52z9]

@@Steeleperfect Unless you're Scottish and then it rhymes with "spewn".

[@andreacaldwell7492]

This has killed me 😂😂 literally just replied a similar comment. Where I live in KY, we say “scone” like we say, “bone”, “drone”, “tone”. You get the gist.

[@rooooooby]

In the American utility room/closet, there's the central air unit, cleaning agents, and maybe a circuit breaker and utility sink.

[@422katieleigh]

Our most common xxxx-aid is Kool-Aid, which is always flat. So lemonade doesn’t seem weird.

[@OongaGosh]

@Joel & Lia. No offence, but in Sweden we would never even consider handling dirty underwear and socks in the same place where we prepare food. That’s disgusting and a bit pagan. Swedish washing machines are located in the bathroom, a separate utility room or in a shared utility room for the building. Kitchen is not an option just because you have plumbing there. American machines don’t heat up the water enough. That’s weird too.

[@sharonsmith583]

You guys need to get over the toilet thing. Most people don't peek. If they do, just holler "pervert" at them.

[@lauracrabb7169]

Stole my thoughts

[@suesylvester7075]

Thank you! Someone had to say this. I’m older, and NEVER in my life has someone tried to peek in. Besides that, I thought Americans were the ones who were supposed to be prudish.

[@brianplum1825]

They did mention in one of their previous videos a young child peeked at one of them. It'd be funny if they yelled "pervert" as you recommended.

[@sharonsmith583]

@@brianplum1825 it usually is just very young children who do peek. They can have a pass on being called a pervert, anyone else deserves to be called out.

[@lostmyshoe2294]

Same. I’ve never had a problem with somebody staring at me through the crack in the door. In fact, I actually went to a restaurant with some coworkers last week that had a bathroom that had completely enclosed stalls with no gaps. Both of the doors are closed and I stood there forever waiting because I found it much more uncomfortable and invasive to knock on the bathroom door. Normally I give it a fleeting side glance to determine if it’s empty. And it wasn’t just me, my coworker did the same. It didn’t occur to either one of us to knock. Turns out only one was occupied and my coworker could tell when she got in there from a space underneath between the two stalls that the other was empty. I had never really thought about it before and I know this sounds weird but I think I would hate it if all stalls had no gaps. I find it very jarring for somebody to knock on the bathroom door when I’m in it.

[@autumnrryan8453]

We respect each other’s privacy in America. We don’t have people peeking through the gaps of the bathroom stalls all the time.

[@stargazer1682]

Actually, I'm pretty sure there are scholarships for theatre majors in the US. They're not strictly as prominent as athletic scholarships, but they do exist.

[@jwb52z9]

People who are THAT good with the theatre arts usually just end up going to a performing arts school or straight into acting classes and skip going to a university all together.

[@stargazer1682]

@@jwb52z9 Not necessarily. There are plenty of students who go to a conventional university or liberal arts college and study theatre, either as a minor or major, who get some type of related scholarship. Let's be clear though, there's an important distinction between receiving a scholarship - any kind of scholarship - and getting *a full ride*; because I kind of feel Joel and Lia and others might be thinking of the latter when talking about scholarships, when there's much more of a spectrum to it. Yes, there ARE scholarships that cover the full length of a student's undergraduate degree, and fewer people get those types of scholarships, even for sports. Many scholarships, however, are much smaller, anywhere from as much as a few thousand dollars to as little as a hundred dollars; and may only contribute towards the first year of college. A student starting college can and often does have more than one scholarship, coming from any number of sources, but not all, and possibly not even most scholarships that aren't "full rides" are recurring; they're just one time payouts and a student that goes into their Freshman year of college with any scholarships can still end up needing to take out student loans or explore other types of student aid as their time in college continues.

[@jdredwine7224]

Used to make Lemonade at Chic-Fil-A. Squeezed/juiced the lemons, a little water and sugar added = lemonade. Fizzy drinks are carbonated. Those are sodas. That is more like lemon soda.

[@hectorramos2490]

On your next trip whenever the panny-d is over you should go to a college football game to feel the atmosphere its electric and super fun

[@terrycarter1137]

Joel & Lea, seen enough UK VS US words, and the best description that covers things is certain words just got lost in translation between the UK and the USA. gotta agree with the bathroom stalls though.

[@stalkingcat2684]

Colleges give out scholarships mostly to football players because the football games generate a lot of money for the school.

[@brianplum1825]

There's a lot of money in college basketball and March Madness as well.

[@jimgreen5788]

@@brianplum1825 , and many of the players in Pro Baseball come out of college level baseball.

[@maxineallen5673]

Whereas in the UK, if you are serious about sport you probably have to go to a particular university, which has a reputation for it. You will then be considered as less academic and your degree would likely be sports related too.

[@jimgreen5788]

@@maxineallen5673 , and I hear in the UK, the stadiums/gyms are as empty as COVID era ones, whereas here they're jammed to the rafters. It also happens at the high school level, especially football in the South, basketball in the Midwest, and hockey up north, and at least a few states get all worked up about wrestling. Other sports available at most decent-sized schools are baseball, cross country (running the hills and valleys of a park), track & field (what you call athletics), volleyball, and soccer (football to you), and at some of these are the ever-present cheerleaders (football and basketball), who can also get a scholarship to college. I knew a girl years ago who got a full ride (tuition paid in full) to Duke U. for her cheerleading skills, and several people saw her cheering for the basketball team on national TV.

[@maxineallen5673]

@@jimgreen5788 yes we sure do have a different attitude to sport here. No one wants to see college sport except maybe the Oxford/Cambridge boat race, and that's once a year and a silly tradition! If you are really good at sport and could be professional, you won't be at University.

[@jessbergy814]

My laundry room is not bougie lol small, washer, dryer, cleaning stuff and on the other side of it we use it as an overflow pantry (it's right off the kitchen) because our pantry isn't huge.

[@jamus1340]

Biscuits and gravy are from your favorite part of America. the "south." Typically they are served for breakfast. The gravy is a sausage gravy it's white because it has milk and flour in it. When the "Panny-D" is over try some when you visit a southern state.

[@toshomni9478]

One of the most delicious things you can have in the USA.

[@MyenaVT]

Out of curiosity I’ve heard that some places don’t leave the sausage in the gravy. Which state(s) will need to be evicted from the union for such an offense?

[@jamus1340]

@@MyenaVT When I was down south I had biscuits and gravy in "Gulf Shores" and the bits of sausage were left in. I'm sure that must be the usual way down south. The "Yanks" just make the gravy AND I think it's nasty. So I don't eat biscuits and gray here where I live. There is a huge differences in cuisine regionally...

[@harrietbredehoft6578]

You should try sawmill gravy.

[@jlmww]

The coolest “flat” I ever lived in had the washer and dryer in the bedroom’s walk-in closet. Best arrangement ever!

[@BeeuTforAshes]

I looked up about drinks ending in ade and found this: Based upon the origin of the suffix -ade, it’s used in lemonade because as action has been taken with the lemons; they are squeezed.

[@HeidiSanToro]

Try ice tea mixed with lemonade ....🙃❤ howdy from San Marco's TX

[@ambervanraalte8116]

Neighbors!! I’m from Austin and never have I ever tried that. I’m so glad I read your comment, I almost closed the app. I will have to try it!! 😁😁

[@suesylvester7075]

Widely available at bars and restaurants, an Arnold Palmer is generally 50%iced tea, and 50%lemonade.

[@yvonnepalmquist8676]

I was going to suggest this, too. But then realized ice tea is probably just as foreign to them. They hate our tea, lol.

[@yvonnepalmquist8676]

@@suesylvester7075 a favorite of mine.

[@Steeleperfect]

Cold tea is an abomination to Brits - tea without milk even more so.

[@EliWilson14]

Sports is a major source of income for major universities in the USA. That’s another reason.

[@diegoyuiop]

In which way, do they get money for every player who gets chosen by a team?

[@bignate5368]

@@diegoyuiop No it's the same thing as regular sports...you win games and people will cheer for you and buy jerseys and stuff and also attend games. In order for a college team to be at the top they have to recruit the top players coming out of high school from all over the country

[@EliWilson14]

@@diegoyuiop For example the school I go to sells season tickets to home football games each year, those tickets for decent seats are $365-420 per seat. Then you make that the entire stadium and that’s a lot of money. Then tv revenue + the sells of clothes, food, and other things the university tries to sell. It’s a big business.

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

Mark 10:30. Our clothes washer and clothes dryer, fit into more of a closet space, with two doors, rather than a whole big room as per your visual aid example. A utility room is generally the area where laundry is done, and is the descendant of the scullery. Utility room is more commonly used in British English, while North American English generally refer to this room as a laundry room, except in the American Southeast. In Australian English laundry is the usual term.  Wikipedia › wiki › Utility_room Utility room - Wikipedia

[@solace6700]

What I learned from this video: The UK is much more boring than the US ✅

[@Steeleperfect]

Only in the sense that we have never elected an orange Nazi toddler to lead us. Okay, America. You win on that one.

[@angeliapurdie3884]

@@Steeleperfect The electoral College did, not us. Majority vote wasn’t for the “Orange Nazi Toddler” a nice amount of the population voted for him but you win the election off of electoral votes, which is why he won and many others that didn’t win the majority because you simply don’t need to.

[@jameswelsh598]

I'm an old guy so this happened a while ago, but it still quite memorable. When I was young I did a lot of duck hunting, on public land, and they had outhouses on the land. I didn't mind using them, but I went to one place that was one door but was a two holer, and it was occupied, but I had to use it, but I managed. Another time there was a line up in front of a shack that had three doors, and there was a lineup. Tuned out the three doors led to one room that had three seats, and the other two were busy. I was mortified, but to this day I have to problems using a public restroom, at least until I run into a 4 holer outhouse!

[@j.w.griggsiii8698]

Thank you for recycling topics! You reminded me of how truly blessed we are here in the United States, and we are sorry that you didn't have that privilege! Happy Thanksgiving!

[@genevieveking8819]

A lot of people have the washing machine in the garage or basement. Some have them in upstairs closets, which I found strange when I saw that house hunting a few years ago.

[@stepfatherappa241]

Ya'll should look up the High Tider accent of Ocracoke, North Carolina. Their accent is almost closer to an English accent than an American one because of generations of living on an island far from the mainland. I feel like its something you guys would love.

[@jeanjohnson8492]

There are a lot of words that people in different parts of North Carolina use that are old English. I have been to Ocracoke Island and they do speak a different dialect of English. The people in the mountains also speak a lot of old English. In my part of North Carolina, aka Little Scotland, we also have some old English and Scots words used. Many of us have Scots ancestry. The people in the Tidewater area of Virginia also have a very different accent. It just depends on where you are from. In the southeastern part of NC, we call chicken and dumplings, chicken and pastry. Every part of the US is different.

[@stepfatherappa241]

@@jeanjohnson8492 NC is definitely a great place to check out when it comes to different dialects. It has more dialects than any other state in the US!!!!

[@Steeleperfect]

Just watched a video of them. There is little or nothing English in those accents. 100% US. Come to England and hear real English accents.

[@stepfatherappa241]

@@Steeleperfect because their accent is influenced by british accents from hundreds of years ago, not modern accents

[@jeanjohnson8492]

@@Steeleperfect Actually, in some parts of Virginia and North Carolina, they do speak in an old English way. We are talking about English that was spoken in 1600s and 1700s in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, as well as Scotland. The area I am from in North Carolina has many of us descended from Scotland, mainly in the Highlands and the Hebrides. Many of the Highlanders that settled in North Carolina fought on the side of the Americans during the Revolutionary War. Just one group of Highlanders fought for the British. Flora McDonald's husband and his men fought for the British in North Carolina. They were defeated. So for many, the language used by the Scots and English are present in many communities today. Many of the songs brought to US back in colonial days before the American Revolution are the versions of the 1600s and 1700s. You find the same thing in South Carolina. The Gullah people speak the language of their ancestors from Africa. The biggest difference between England and the U.S.A. is our long history about freedom and not believing in a monarchy.

[@Paladin585]

Don't know if it's just a local thing, but I live in Florida and we call the laundry room the "wash room". Most apartments I know of either have a separate laundry facility for residents, or you're forced to use a laundromat, you can't have a washing machine in the apartment because of the risk of water damage.

[@TheValwood]

I never noticed the toilet thing my whole life before ya'll started talking about it in another video. Now, I'm so self conscious about it and can barely pee in a public toilet now.

[@starkwords]

Most folks don't have laundry rooms that nice. The washer/dryer are usually in the garage, in a closet, or in a tiny utility room where you have your hot water heater, tools, extra toilet paper & cleaning supplies. At one point when mom's partner ran a business out of the garage, we had ours on the patio in the backyard. The room you showed was really nice, like the ones in the homes of the rich people i used to clean for.

[@frankmoyer5822]

Yes lemonade is a simple drink made from lemons, sugar and water, and ice. Which of course there is none in Europe. A fizzy drink is called "soda" in America.

[@superdrew8564]

Or pop

[@anastasiap.6807]

Homemade lemonade its the same even in Europe not fizzy.

[@frankmoyer5822]

@@anastasiap.6807 Yeah, seriously I don't know where they get their facts from.

[@Nick29917]

I’m from Ohio and I say pop.

[@grahamsmith9541]

Try telling Spain and Italy there are none in Europe. They have been growing Lemons commercially for over 1,000 years. Also commercially in France. In the UK they are grown as a garden plant.

[@kyraschrick8877]

I looked into the gaps in the stall and the ones on the bottom are for emergency like a shooting or a riot started or a fire started and its to help get out in case you cant open the door

[@kathleenjimenez8394]

Dr Pepper was an actual Dr who practiced in a tiny town in Southwestern Virginia.

[@randalmayeux8880]

Dr. Pepper was invented by a guy who worked in a pharmacy in Waco, Texas.

[@americanfreedomlogistics9984]

Language barriers can exist even within the same language

[@duanewilcox2096]

We have Kool-aid that comes in several different flavors, and they are not fizzy.

[@Joncotter324]

I’m not sure if it’s a regional thing, but we called our laundry room the mud room. It’s where we came into the house from the garage. I’m from Michigan.

[@flamingpieherman9822]

Biscuit: savory hard scone with no sweetness Scone: circular or triangle sweet Roll: soft yeast biscuit like a small Yorkshire pudding can be slightly sweetened. Cookie: all round or square single serve pastries...no bake or baked Having a good sports team at a school is where the money backers are. So it's to their benefit to send out scholarships to people who play well. It really shouldn't be about sport that should be about learning but we have our priorities backwards here in America