Americans React to 10 Shocks of Visiting the UK!

[@cmsxcb]

You will not find a city LESS representative of Britain than London. It is a socio-economic anomaly entirely separate from the rest of the UK.

[@susyward581]

The problem with London is that people from all over the uk move to London and take their misery with them, that’s why visitors to London people think Londoners are rude/miserable/never speak to strangers

[@johntomlinson6849]

It's a cesspit.

[@cmsxcb]

@@susyward581 Didn't say it was bad - just that if you judge the whole UK by what you see in London, you aren't getting the full picture 🙂Just like if you judge the whole north of England by what you watch on Coronation Street... well, you get the idea, I'm sure.

[@sutty85]

​@@susyward581nah London is over half immigration mate 😂

[@grahamdhv3812]

​@@sutty85source?

[@trevorgoddard2278]

The most important thing to remember about the Royal Guards, just because they wear the traditional red jacket and bearskin hat doesn't mean that they're just ceremonial (tourist attractions), they are serving members of the British armed services, and yes they are armed.

[@thistlerose6061]

Exactly, the tourist guide saying that policemen dont carry guns, no they have taser, mace and sometimes batons, but the military who stand guard outside the queen/kings resident, you bet they have guns, the swords are not fancy displays neither that they wear.

[@Lotan_]

@@thistlerose6061 You tend to get police with rifles in London too.

[@Chubbz69UK]

Theyre just not carrying live rounds in the magazine as that would b unlawful, hence why the armed police are there.

[@DefLepRock83]

The Sunday roast is one of the reasons I’m glad I was born in England, it’s the one thing I can cook perfectly 😂

[@dylanfulton9801]

Don't take beans on toast for granted 😂

[@DefLepRock83]

@@dylanfulton9801 I Hate beans on toast, that’s a snack not a meal

[@dave_ryan]

@@dylanfulton9801 Skinheads on a raft. 😂

[@tangobrit34]

I will be honest, I am not a fan of Sunday Dinners

[@DefLepRock83]

@@tangobrit34 Not everybody does like them, but growing up they were a huge part of my childhood and it was a family thing, my mum would cook and my grandparents would come over and spend some time with us, I loved it

[@deborahneale7048]

It's worth mentioning that wales , scotland and ireland have their own languages too which are the origins of their particular accents. Of course most people in these countries speak english too.

[@malcolmhouston7932]

Most of them only speak English.

[@deborahneale7048]

@@malcolmhouston7932 Maybe in the souh but North Wales is very Welsh speaking. The thing is because they can speak English too most visitors don't hear the Welsh conversations they have between themselves. I've heard groups of young teenagers on street corners speaking welsh to each other. Also the South Wales valleys away from the cities also have a good number of people who at least understand if not speak Welsh.

[@malehumanperson7901]

You will get much more Welsh in northwest Wales than in the south. There are essentially no people in Wales who do not speak English. @@deborahneale7048

[@AmberPanda]

Cornwall also has its own language, when new road signs go up they are in English and Cornish.😅

[@peterc.1618]

Our new non-EU passports now have the languages of the four constituent parts of the UK in them as well as French and Spanish. We no longer need a whole page saying, "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" in every EU language.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Earlier, it was Joel watching the videos as a wide eyed boy wanting to visit the UK (and occasionally starting civil wars) but now he’s the experienced traveller among his friends. I like this character arc.

[@1nikg]

Aye I respect how he had a bad experience in Scotland and decided there and then that we were bad ppl lol but he came back and loved it and now understands why we have rough banter. An American who puts his money where his mouth is, good man 👍

[@braddo7270]

Ayee the lads becoming a mancreature! 💪

[@iriscollins7583]

Those soldiers are serving soldiers. When on Guard duty it's called ceremonial duty. The following week they could be fighting somewhere in the world.The pall bearers at Queen Elizabeth's funereal were serving in Iraq, flown home, after the funeral, within a few days, they were back in Iraq.

[@katewoolford7683]

He's a blinder

[@johnrobinson3905]

As long as we don't mention 'The Birmingham Incident', and its subsequent deletion. Don't worry - I won't mention that.

[@micade2518]

Black pudding is not at all what you think it is, Joel: it's blood (pork's) sausage and it's actually delicious.

[@more-reasons6655]

It's actually disgusting

[@micade2518]

@@more-reasons6655 You're entitled to your opinion but, then again, it's a question of QUA-LI-TY! Have you ever tried them with onion in it? And grilled, NEVER boiled? Yummy ...

[@TerranSol]

​@@more-reasons6655have to disagree with you there. Black pudding is one of the tastiest things on the planet.

[@MarlynMeehan]

@@more-reasons6655 Black pudding is absolutely delicious.

[@johnleonard9090]

@@micade2518I would agree on quality also different areas tend to have different recipes that give variations on taste.

[@BernardWilkinson]

Initially in Britain we had Speed Cameras painted "Battleship Grey".This was challenged in Court and was deemed to be entrapment. As a result they are painted bright yellow now. PS. there is no liver in Black Puddings.

[@peterbrown1012]

They also used to hide them behind road signs until a judge ruled that they had to be prominent.

[@scottythedawg]

@@peterbrown1012 they did that with the black pudding as well.

[@peterbrown1012]

@@scottythedawg?

[@rosieharris3176]

@@peterbrown1012 Have you not heard of the black-pudding-hidden-behind-road-signs-uprising of 1274...?

[@LG-cz6ls]

@@scottythedawg Hahaha!

[@fabulousaardvark4776]

British accents can change not only by region but by which part of the city you are from. Foe example, the Birmingham (Brummie) accent is distinct to the Wolverhampton ( Black Country ) accent even though the two areas are geographically adjacent within the county of West Midlands. Just as if two adjacent US suburbs had different accents. Or Queens and the Bronx? In addition most regions have either their own language (Welsh, Scots Gaelic, Cornish etc) or distinct dialects within say a 30 mile journey.

[@sejbomb]

I love a brummy accent and I’m originally from Coventry next door 😂

[@rosieharris3176]

Yup, I'm from the north-west of Bath, it would take me 10 minutes to drive to my ex's place in south-east Brizzle, like totally different planets, accent-wise! If I'd drive 10 minutes in the other direction - again, totally different accent! I LOVE it!

[@niallrussell7184]

He would have heard Brum when he wandered around Digbeth!

[@PhillipDavison-iy2gh]

We were on holiday in Tempe Arizona, went to restaurant, at salad bar with my daughter spoke to her,and woman nearby said what part of Essex do you come from could hardly believe it. She told us she was on holiday from Chicago and having lived in area recognised our accents. After 10 minutes or so my wife sent out search party to find out if we had disappeared

[@MarshaKlein8425]

I live in Dumfries, Scotland. It's only 30 miles from Carlisle, England and yet the accent changes completely in those 30 miles. Dumfries= Scottish accent, Carlisle= English accent. I spend quite a bit of time in Columbus, OH and the guys at Speedway always greet me with, "Hey, Scatlind say something for us." I suspect they think that everyone in Scotland has a generic "Scottish" accent but accents vary wildly. I have an Edinburgh accent which is fairly easy for them to understand but they might have more trouble with a Glasgow or Aberdeen accent. One of my pet hates is American KZbinrs pronouncing Edinburgh and Glasgow as Eadinburg and Glass- gowh. They're pronounced Eddinburra and Glazgo

[@adamsermet5953]

Cool video! One note on the cops without guns situation- yes most cops don’t carry guns but if you were to dial 999 (our 911 equivalent) and said there’s a random person with a weapon, within 5 mins cops with serious guns like a swat team will show up. So it depends on what is called for.

[@Oxley016]

Yeah and most major train stations and all airports have armed police stationed on sight almost 24/7. London has armed police stationed around the major royal and government sites as well the bigger touristy areas due to security/terror concerns.

[@making_randoms]

Nobody knows why Stonehenge was built, but construction started over 5000 years ago, took over a 1000 years to buuld. But most impressive is some of the stones came from a quarry in Wales, over 200 miles away

[@cookeymonster83]

And predates the pyramids

[@TomGraham-mk2wl]

Stonehenge update: It's now being suggested that the stones may have come from Scotland!

[@milamber82]

Some of the older stones have been found to be from N.E Scotland, Aberdeen area. possibly the Shetland Isles in the most up to date research. Stone/Bronze age Britain seems to have been far more connected than previously thought.

[@MarlynMeehan]

The guards at Buckingham Palace or other Royal properties are fully trained members of the military and can be posted overseas just the same as any other member of the military.

[@LG-cz6ls]

Guards were the original training officers of the Gurkhas, and founded our SFs, including the SAS, of course.

[@kharnt.betrayer2946]

Most of them have been deployed prior to being on guard duty, I think there's a rule about having to complete a number of tours before you can be selected for guarding the royals.

[@LG-cz6ls]

@@kharnt.betrayer2946 There is no rule that they must complete any tours before taking up Guard duty. In fact the first posting for Grenadiers when they pass out is to Nijmegen Company. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenadier_Guards

[@Robdc89]

If there's one thing I would say is, do not mess with the royal guards, their job ain't ceremonial, and those assault rifles are real and they have a loaded magazine just in case, but during wartime or the threat of terrorism is high, their guns will be loaded, and will use them to protect king and country, and there is also armed police. stationed at palaces.

[@alisonbailey2636]

I love my country, I love that its an old country and we have so much history be it good or bad. I love our traditions and that we can do ceremonies so perfectly.

[@lottie2525]

Seeing this reaction video with your mates made me so happy seeing you've learnt so much about the UK Joel, in the way you were able to explain things when they asked questions. Nice one.

[@Froggygoblin]

I like the way the guy talks about the rest of the UK and not just London; specifically telling people to visit the small towns. I live in a small town on the edge of the Lake District and it’s beautiful, and every where I go here is gorgeous. I’m from Newcastle originally and have lived all over England but the community where I live now is unbeatable.

[@ThatChrissyGirl]

Joel's a Brit expert now! ☺️ loving the reactions with your friends! Hope they do come and visit! ❤

[@BomberFletch31]

Not quite. He still doesn't know what's in black pudding!

[@spanishdncr71]

You forgot to mention potatoes when you described the roast dinner 😅. You can’t forget the potatoes, that and the gravy along with the Yorkshire pud are my faves 😋😋😋

[@bamboozla9977]

I'm not going near a roast dinner if I don't see roast potatoes on the plate. Roasties and mint sauce are my love language

[@MO_91185c]

​@@bamboozla9977Exactly my thoughts!

[@Phiyedough]

It does become tiresome the way people make fun of British food. I now live in Croatia and the food here often does tend to be bland. It is a treat for me to go back to UK and have some of the tasty dishes on offer.

[@alysonhopkins2037]

I think that people make fun of British food is because of the war years (1939- 1945) food was very strictly rationed, and they had to use very strange things to compensate as no food could be imported. Eggs were rare (unless you lived in the rural areas and kept chickens unheard of in cities) and there was a substitute called powdered egg. Other food stuffs were treated the same way by using substitutes. The Americans couldn't understand that concept they had no idea of the hardship the British suffered but, of course, the British either put up with it or starved. How times have changed.

[@sejbomb]

British food is fun. It’s odd and quirky. I have crisp or banana with sugar sandwiches for lunch sometimes and some days I’ll have a full English for dinner 😂 we’re an unusual bunch but it works.

[@micade2518]

Quite honestly, British food used to be particularly bland, with boiled everything and overcooked meat (for a Continental's taste) but they have greatly improved recently. They were saved by the number of foreign food restaurants (Chinese, Indian, French, Italian, ...) there were "in those days".

[@catherinerobilliard7662]

@@micade2518British food was bland because all the best produce was exported to pay off our war debt. American GI’s were posted in the UK in WWII and assumed we ate poorly out of choice. I grew up in the 50’s on a diet of spam and potatoes; my parents used to talk of how tasty food was before the war. Incidentally, the UK war debt was not paid off, with interest, to Canada and the US until 2007.

[@micade2518]

@@catherinerobilliard7662 Yes, Catherine, but I've lived in London for a decade in the late '70's-early '80's ... Because I strongly believe in "When in Rome, do as the Romans", I ate all that my lovely landlady was cooking but, well, ... it's in the cooking method and seasoning that I found the food to be bland. Yet, I never left any on my plate!

[@coot1925]

They say that you can judge a person by their choice of friends and I have to say Joel that your mates seem like really good blokes. It would be so cool to see them visit our humble little island. ✌️♥️🇬🇧

[@marycarver1542]

There is nothing "humble" about o ur little island, it once ruled nearly a quarter of the world! including America !

[@missmerrily4830]

Humble little island? I'm clearly living in a parallel universe! 🤔 We're as arrogant as it gets!

[@faithpearlgenied-a5517]

​@@missmerrily4830Well it's a mixed bag, obviously. Stating we're arrogant is as ridiculous as stating we're humble. We're a mix of human beings with different personalities. We have some lovely people and plenty of arse holes.

[@stylesforever1297]

@@missmerrily4830well speaking for people I know I’m not arrogant but proud to be English and there’s not wrong with that !

[@Greg_Romford]

Tea and crumpets isn't really a British idiom, and the only place you will find English muffins is a McDonald's. You are much better off finding a nice hotel or tea shop and having an 'afternoon tea' which will include a selection of sandwiches, cakes, tea or coffee and freshly baked scones with jam and clotted cream. There is also a rather interesting story behind our driving on the left in the UK, which I'd be happy to tell if anyone is interested…

[@christinamoxon]

We eat toasted crumpets with butter and my husband was raised having his grilled with cheese on top. I also just bought two packs of English muffins. Toasted with eggs they make a great lunch. Or toasted with butter and jam for a snack. They have whole sections in the supermarkets full of crumpets and muffins and even easonal varieties where they shape them into xmas trees or halloween characters. So yes, they are a thing. But an afternoon tea is a great thing to have when you go out.

[@Greg_Romford]

@@christinamoxon I didn't say they weren't a thing, I said they weren't the idiom that the Americans think they are. But thanks for replying

[@reggipher]

I'm not interested.

[@Greg_Romford]

@@reggipher you were so uninterested you chose to post a reply…

[@markowhit4604]

​@@Greg_Romfordquiet peasant!

[@callum4796]

A pub is very different from a bar. It means "public house" where originally people would just gather to socialise in ancient times so the owners would brew extra alcohol for the punters and the pubs became the center of communities which still carries through to today

[@PaulHirst-og4uk]

Black pudding is not liver. It's simply dried pigs blood that's seasoned with salt, pepper and mild spices. It's amazing. The best way to eat it is with egg yolk. The runnier the better !

[@chixma7011]

Make sure you fry it until it’s a bit crispy on the outside first. Preferably in the bacon fat.

[@PaulHirst-og4uk]

@@chixma7011 Does it sound like I need cooking advice? 😂

[@Ladyjojo695]

Gross it looks gross too 😂

[@PaulHirst-og4uk]

@@Ladyjojo695 If you go through life not trying new things, you're boring 😉

[@Ladyjojo695]

@@PaulHirst-og4uk I have tried it. It’s disgusting lol.

[@Jinty92]

Was interesting watching Joel inform his friends about the UK. Great to know he thinks we sound like aliens 👽😂

[@lg_believe333]

I think the important thing to remember here Joel to take things with a pinch of salt when listening to tourists talking about the U.K.. I’m a Londoner, born and bred, and believe me most of the time people are polite when standing in queues but there are plenty of occasions when people do jump the queue and are impolite. We’re human just like everybody else, and like other countries we have our fair share of polite and impolite people. Also Joel, please think about using separate mics when reacting to videos with your friends because Walter’s voice was loud while your voice and your friends voice was much harder to hear.

[@JimAtHome]

Black pudding is made from blood and herbs & spices Blutworst in Germany but it's common in most European countries, Btw Scotland also has its own language Gaelic and the Welsh do too Cymraeg and they aren't dialects of English they're languages that are much older and as different to English as Finnish or Italian

[@stephenholland132]

Don't forget the Irish Gaelic.

[@JimAtHome]

@@stephenholland132 How could I I’m Irish 😉

[@stephwaite]

The guards with the red uniform and big hats are soldiers in the British Army.. They only wear this uniform when guarding Royal residences or on special occasions - for example, the young soldiers who carried out Queens coffin were from one of the Guards Regiments ( I think they were from the Coldstream Guards Regiment

[@MazzaEliLi7406]

Those same guardsmen may well be on active duty in some war torn part of the world (usually at the behest of the USA or NATO) in the same year that they are detailed to 'guard' the king.

[@fatsam2564]

I know right. So many people think the are just for show, when they are so much more then that

[@tonyeden2944]

Hello, I am an 83 year-old Briton and would like to compliment you three young men on you very polite manners and your calm reaction when watching the videos. Excellent! Now here is a subject for you to examine. Anne Lister lived in Yorkshire in the early 1800s and she had a brain way ahead of her times. Genious? Perhaps not. She maintained diaries with many entries in her own secret code. The beautiful house she lived in is now a very popular tourist venue. However, her life is in the BBC series called Gentleman Jack and I highly recommend that you try to watch the series and that will be a marvellous subject for one of your videos. Truly, take a look as the tv series is one of the best I have ever seen and Anne Lister was an kutstsnding woman. Regards, Tony Eden

[@karennelson4108]

Thank you that. I know the BBC made a TV drama series about her. I find her story very interesting. Thanks for the info

[@lovelybitofbugle219]

Literally made my stomach grumble when he was describing a Sunday roast 😂

[@chapsnaps1]

Joel, when are you coming back to the UK? Another great vlog. Why don't the three of you come over? What's happened to Ben? He's very entertaining!

[@cmsxcb]

There have been many theories over the years about why the twisted spire in the photograph is like that, but not one of them blames the weather. From the use of unseasoned wood to unskilled labourers. The real answer is the weight of the lead sheeting that was added in the 17th Century warping the wooden frame. It's in Chesterfield BTW.

[@PaulTheFox1988]

Nah, we all know that the real reason is cause the spire heard that the lass getting married was actually a virgin and bent over to try and take a look to see if it was true and got stuck like that (for anyone wondering it's a piss take of Chesterfield lasses having a reputation for being promiscuous) 😂😂

[@cheman579]

Just saying, the weather component differs in the North and the South. Up here in West Yorkshire it's been raining the last 3 days and is predicted to carry on until next Tuesday. It's very common to have 3 weeks straight of just rain every day. London and the south in general has less harsh weather because of where it's located, but up here in the North the cold is much harsher and literally like 9 or 10 months of the year is cold and raining.

[@kevinturner3997]

Black pudding is congealed pigs blood with herbs, delicious 😋

[@birterasmussen8133]

Black pudding - in Denmark we call it “blood sausage” (translated). It comes from the time when every part of the pigs body was eaten or used in some form. Not wasting anything. When I was a child in the 1950’ies and 1960’ies it was a well known dessert. We had it with applesauce.

[@Arltratlo]

German name is Blutwurst....never ate it, but saw how its been made by my aunt, after slaughtering the pig....in the early 70s!

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

Unfortunately, so many pubs closed after Covid and now because of the cost of living crisis. Loads of fish and chips shops are closing. Can you believe it 😮

[@Bizzlle]

Very sad for future generations this is happening. Now we really can look back and talk about “the good old days” 😢

[@alanmon2690]

@@Bizzlle I've just back from my local after a brief chat with the bar-wench about the good ol' days before decimation beer was 1/3d (~7p) a pint and then double figure inflation. On the walk home in the rain I was accosted by a young girl who started talking to me "Are you cold?" "No, I grew up in this town, I'm used to this weather. [..] Why don't you have an over coat? "We're not allowed them" "How nasty of the school. We wore them in winter, the school had no central heating." She laughed, I made my excuses and crossed the road before I could be accused of anything. In the good ol'days the chat would have innocent, these days one can't be too careful.. '

[@lindylou7853]

The food thing is from WW2 when the UK had no food. We were starving - so we dug up parks to grow potatoes and Londoners raised chickens, rabbits and pigs in the back gardens.

[@hazelmacmillan7588]

WE had allotments, some still have,. My grandmother made our puddings, with jam made from apples, blackcurrants etc. Potatoes were and still a staple here.

[@pathopewell1814]

Still do.

[@robphillips100]

Our pub was built in 1280 but started to function as an inn in 1473 … same family ran it for 250 years before selling it in 1999🍺🍺

[@jacobreisser8034]

Black pudding is made from pigs blood and fat. It's delicious! 😊

[@poppletop8331]

The phrase remembering your P's & Q's is simply a shortened way of saying, don't forget your Pleases (P's) & Thankyous (Q's) to people.

[@fatsam2564]

The kings guard 💂‍♀️ stand on guard for no longer then 2 hours at a time they walk up and down every 10minutes or so. Also they are fully trained front line soldiers ready for war 😭 they tend to get deployed for active duties/tour for 2 years then they get 2 years as the kings guard almost as a treat for completing the the 2y tour. Lots of people think they are just guards or just for show. Highly recommend (guarding the queen) real life documentary from training to guarding the queen to fighting in Afghanistan

[@anthonycharnock6560]

The Oriental building that you saw in Brighton was a Royal Palace built by King George IV. He used to stay their regularly in the early 1800s. When Queen Victoria came to the throne she thought it was too public and decided to sell it to Brighton council who have restored it to how George IV had it. It's called the Brighton Pavillion.

[@DrDaveW]

The "Q" is from the sound in "thank you" ("than-Q"). It has nothing to do with queues. We're good at forming queues, but we still hate waiting in them as much as any other country.

[@kookytoots6755]

Smh it was a clever Segway into talking about queues, pretty sure he was well aware (by the way he said it) that he knew Q's actually didn't stand for queues.

[@braddo7270]

@@kookytoots6755 no he definitely isn't aware... Walter is known for being inaccurate, ignorant and stereotypical. Oh, and LOUDLY wrong.

[@mistakenot...4012]

@@braddo7270he literally put a title overlay acknowledging the usual meaning and saying that he was just using it to segue to queues.

[@braddo7270]

@@mistakenot...4012 anyway... Walter is KNOWN for his inaccuracies 👀 don't see how that's relevant to the point.

[@mistakenot...4012]

@@braddo7270 because you responded to someone saying that he was aware of the real meaning of ps and qs by saying that he definitely isn’t, when the overlay proves that he is. Doesn’t mean he isn’t known for inaccuracies but that wasn’t the specific point being disputed.

[@1nikg]

I was just about to type how Ben has become an experienced traveller of the UK and how he rose above his first experience in Scotland..... And then just at the end he says we sound like aliens 😂😉... Your some lad. Looking forward to the next vid of you educating your mates. Haste ye back 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@sknox1394]

Ben? His name is Joel. Ben is his brother 😂

[@braddo7270]

@@sknox1394 yeah people sometimes get names wrong, it's quite common 👀🥱

[@helenagreenwood2305]

Not only accents change across the UK - local slang also changes and what we call things or how we pronounce things - one being scone is it scone or scon 🤷 it's scone by the way 😆

[@littlemy1773]

The stone of scone has entered the chat 👀🤣

[@frankward8336]

It's a scon of course. Unless you're South of Wolverhampton.

[@braddo7270]

IF I HEAR ANOTHER AMERICAN SAY "TEA AND CRUMPETS" I WILL ABSOLUTELY START ANOTHER REVOLUTION 👍🤣🤣 so annoying 🤣 Crumpets are not even common. 😂

[@TimeyWimeyLimey]

The last revolution was started by dumping tea into Boston harbour. Where are you going to dump the crumpets ???????

[@Greg_Romford]

@@TimeyWimeyLimey while I like the question, the fact is there really are no crumpets to be dumped! Other than in the minds of our American cousins...

[@braddo7270]

@@TimeyWimeyLimey on your lawn matey 👍🤣

[@braddo7270]

@@Greg_Romford I mean we do have crumpets, they're Welsh... but they're WELSH, not english 🤣🤦🏼‍♂️

[@bradgooner3284]

OI i love my crumpets.

[@dereknewbury163]

Love the definition of ancient civilisations as places where they just throw-up a bunch of stones.

[@martinmoore3969]

All the Architects were busy back then, and didn’t have time for smaller projects

[@dereknewbury163]

@@martinmoore3969 Oooh!

[@littlemy1773]

I thought it was a fairly accurate statement lol . Big stones and no one really knows how they got there or why 😂

[@AlexaFaie]

@@littlemy1773 They walked. And because its a pretty nice view.

[@littlemy1773]

@@AlexaFaie 🤣

[@heraclefolia]

Stonehenge is about 7000 years old. It took around 300 years to build. Really interesting place to visit.

[@Enigmatic..]

Dude, my local pub is older than your entire country, its 401 years old lol. Its so old that the building has warped over the years.

[@emmaseager1006]

The sausages wrapped in bacon are called pigs in blankets

[@weirdscix]

The guards for example at Buckingham Palace and Horse Guards are usually on duty for 2 hours with 4 hours off, they are also able to move every 10 minutes to stretch their legs.

[@stuartkennedy4202]

I’m Scottish and love the American accents that’s one reason I have been there every year for over 23 years.

[@thenerdytiger9306]

5:17 just gonna say if you visit the uk make sure you know which side of the borders you are on cos if you go into a pub in Wales or Scotland and say it's in england people will NOT be happy with you.

[@roxammon5858]

Two great pubs i know of, The Barton Arms in Birmingham, and the Square and Compass in Dorset [which has a small museum]. My local pub in Birmigham, The Comet in Hodge Hill built in 1608 was knocked down to build cheap houses.

[@ruthmckay9086]

50 accents?! And the rest... But it really is nothing like how the accents change from state to state in the US; I live in Manchester, NW England, and the accents vary from suburb to suburb. However, the further away, the more they vary - say Manchester and Liverpool, for example, 35 miles apart, and the accents are SO different, it's quite mind blowing. Mind you, we have had a much longer time to develop these dialects... Oh, nearly forgot - down the road from me is a pub which has been there since 870 (ish) A.D, and it's not even well known. 🤔

[@carlysexton5887]

I’m from St.Helen’s which is between Manchester and Liverpool, literally 15/20mins away from both and our accent is very different.

[@ruthmckay9086]

@@carlysexton5887 It certainly is - and we wouldn't have it any other way!

[@jamesdawson1558]

The Indian style building is the Royal Pavillion in Brighton built for HM King George IV and the church with the twisted spire is the Crooked Spire near me in Chesterfield Derbyshire:)

[@colingregory7464]

Do not carry a knife IN CASE YOU NEED IT its considered carrying a weapon, you can carry a small knife that doesn't lock open but you can still have trouble

[@britbazza3568]

Hi JPS and friends this video the Guy talks about the UK then mentions England is more than London. Yes it is England is also not the UK the UK is England Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland these areas are four entirely different nations in one larger nation they all have their own cultures and identities. They also have their own natural beauty all around which is what has formed the various culture. If you want architecture then you can see stately homes in England Castles in Wales national parks in England Wales and Scotland there is so much here it will blow your mind also you mentioned the accents in the UK. We actually have over 200 accents throughout the British Isles The Royal Guards are actually British Army and are fully trained Soldiers who go on active service in War zones. These men are not the best paid eitlher

[@margaretphare3157]

I would just like to clear up a constant misunderstanding from Americans; cookies are softish and cooked once, biscuits are firm, crispy and crunchy and the word biscuit is French and means cooked twice. Therefore, when Americans make "biscuits" for breakfast, for example, we would call those scones or muffins. Crumpets are not English Muffins, they are two different things. Crumpets are usually toasted and buttered and served at tea time with a cup of tea, especially in wintertime.

[@lindy491]

I’m surprised about how little they know about the UK like not knowing the countries it’s made up of 😯 but it’s never too late to learn more about the world 👏🏻

[@jillosler9353]

How many non-Americans can name every State that makes up the USA - or what countries were once amalgamated as Yugoslavia? Most people only know what is close by or of specific interest to them. France is my nearest European country but I could not name half the Provinces that make up the whole.

[@martinmoore3969]

It’s too late for me, I know everything about the world

[@braddo7270]

@@jillosler9353 your assumption that people don't know that is quite funny 🤣 if you know that, why wouldn't everyone else? 🤣

[@Dark_Nemesis4300]

American's tend not to know very much about anything outside of America. It is not a criticism, but just that the country is so big, and their media and education is almost completely US-centric. The vast majority of American's don't even hold a passport.

[@lynette.]

Great Britain is the name of the island because it is bigger than the island next to it. Doing a video on the varying accents would be fun.

[@thenerdytiger9306]

6:42 and roast potatoes you CAN'T forget them

[@crackpot148]

My youngest works and lives in London. He maintains that it is so different from everywhere else in the UK that it is virtually a separate country. Like me he is originally Welsh but if a stranger asks him if he is English he will answer, "No, I am a Londoner".

[@pauleckersley6132]

Some comment I read just then about London was a little meen. London is very English with its own character. Manchester is a lot different to Leigh 10 miles west. --- But I really want to thank you lads for your kindness towards us English n Brits.

[@gaynorhorsefield8986]

Hi lads, The black pudding we have here is beautiful, especially fried, but you don’t eat it thinking what it’s made of, it’s congealed pigs blood , no liver. But on a Sunday full fried breakfast it’s so nice. It’s good listening to how you perceive the U.K. and funny sometimes. 🇬🇧

[@lynnewoodstock3358]

We are taught here as children how to cross the road. We are told ‘look right, look left, look right again. If all clear quick march, you can cross the road’ 😂

[@AlexaFaie]

Yeah there's something very American about only looking in the direction of traffic & not considering to look both ways. They use the car for so much including very short walkable distances that they don't know how to be pedestrians.

[@JamesLMason]

Now you just need to show them a video showing the other side of life in the UK. Maybe one of the nightlife videos.

[@tracyball5041]

Ha ha OMG ,,

[@christinamoxon]

They'd never visit again.

[@tattycakes2k2]

The street full of sloshed people dancing to vengaboys!

[@stevenshadbolt2366]

Nobody nowhere behaves quite the way brits do when pissed up---especially when overseas in a crowd--its really a national disgrace--but bizarrely, we are secretly proud of it! 😎

[@Deadmau5l]

A note to add about Stonehenge, They never just threw up stones randomly all these circles are used to track planets and star systems in the nightsky allowing the ancient people to know when to plant crops etc. They are never just random the ancient people are more technical than we are led to believe as we think we are superior species

[@cuteopiax1259]

I'm from England but I lived in America for a year. The things that shocked me when I arrived back in England after a year away was how teeny tiny everything is - the roads, the buildings, the trees, the hills, the portion sizes. It also shocked me how slow everyone spoke as Americans speak a lot faster. It also shocked me how complicated things are here - the silly rules, the red tape; Americans like to simplify but we like things complicated, for no good reason. And finally, the British reserve; as it's much, much harder to make friends in the UK as people like to keep themselves to the themselves a lot more, have less confidence and are really shy by comparison.

[@DropShort105]

Great Video and respesct from an Englishman. In regards to the Guards, they rotate, they have 2 hours on Sentry Duty then 4 hours off, and they will keep rotating soldiers until "The Changing of The Guard" where 1 of the 5 Regiements will be on Duty. Cheers lads!

[@beatricewilliams8286]

Your friends are lovely bring them with you next time x

[@The_Vile_Vortices]

Black pudding is congealed pigs blood...its formed into a sausage shape, the cut in slices and fried. Its lovely.

[@steveparkes]

Talking about asking directions. I'm from the UK and the first time I was in the US (in 1994 because I'm old ;) ) I asked a US cop for directions and he said "What did you just say" Took too steps back and started tapping his gun before telling me to move on. Your cops are scared shitless of random encounters it's no wonder so many shootings and beatings happen. I saw a private cop in a shop pull his gun a few days later. Over here we only see firearms officers openly carrying weapons when the terrorism risk is really high or when they are special operations. Over there it was a fat lad who probably failed the police entrance exam watching shoppers in and out a small store. :(

[@sandradring6265]

I can’t wait for all three of you visiting the U.K...what fantastic videos they’d be...😄👍

[@archiebald4717]

Stonehenge is thousands of years older than Machu Pichu. Absolutely none of these things is shocking.

[@lauraburnett9320]

I have my volume full up but with your upright microphone, it`s not as clear as normal/

[@lauramclaughlan3159]

You guy's should definitely visit scotland , its such a beautiful place . The people are friendly great nightlife in glasgow and edinburgh . Soo many castle's and waterfalls to see .

[@avaggdu1]

An American telling other Americans what Britain is like; meanwhile every Brit rolls their eyes. Britain isn't just history, landscapes and stodgy comfort food. If you want that, we have it in spades, but we also have an excess of sport, music, fashion and everything USA has, without most of the third-world nonsense and insanity.

[@violetm4]

ohhh bless, Ps and Qs doesnt mean queues!! it is meant to be Please and Than-Kyou.. the last syllable of thank you is like Q, so when we're younger we are told by our parents to mind our Ps and Qs 😂 not to do with queuing!! ❤

[@grahamboffey457]

In Britain, you drive 20 minutes, and bread rolls have a different name.

[@kimarnill7648]

Jps you sound homesick. ❤

[@rc3937]

The thing is that the guy in the original video didn’t even mention that much is that when he was talking about the old buildings, some of them were built even before the US was discovered by Christopher Columbus, even if wasn’t the first to discover the US anyway

[@MoMo-ug7fq]

Hello one of oldest pubs in England is in city I live it’s from MoMo in uk it’s called The Olde Trip to Jerusalem was built in 1189 still open if google you will see it always enjoy your videos your friends are great take care and much love from MoMo in uk xx🥃xx

[@braddo7270]

Actually that's not the oldest pub BY FAR in the UK. Its debated but there's one in Manchester from the year 1000, there's one in Ireland that's from the year 900ad, there's another in Bolton from the 1152. The "oldest pub" is not known, because they're built then rebuilt many times over, over centuries.

[@MoMo-ug7fq]

@@braddo7270 I do apologise I missed one off please don’t shoot me x

[@braddo7270]

@@MoMo-ug7fq oh no I won't do that 🤣 I'm not an American 🤣

[@MoMo-ug7fq]

@@braddo7270 I’m so relieved 😀xx

[@martinmoore3969]

In 1195 it was taken over by Wetherspoons, never quite the same after that

[@tonybennett4159]

Like that you're passing on your knowledge and experience to your friends, Joel. I'm now living in London, but as I was born in a tiny country hamlet and later the family moved into an isolated Tudor farmhouse down a narrow lane, I can vouch for the fact that there's plenty out there not like London. I'm sure people have said something like this before, but of all sports the American game has less right to call itself football than any others. The list is 1. football (we prefer not to use soccer), 2.rugby union, 3. Aussie rules 4.rugby league, 5. American football, based on the amount of times foot is struck at ball. Do Americans know what British gravy is like? I'm just wondering, as while in the states I tried biscuits (cornbread) and gravy, and the gravy was very thick and sort of grey.

[@donnabarnes540]

Go to Chester if you haven’t already . There’s some really old pubs there .

[@garysmith2450]

Black pudding is mainly pig’s blood and is delicious when fried to a crisp. Unlike bars, a pub or public house is a building where the bar is downstairs but the landlord lives upstairs. Some if not all the staff will live in the pub. Downton Abbey is actually called Highclere Castle, owned by Lord and lady Carnarvon. It’s about 10 miles from my place😊

[@noahark3810]

your mates are so nice

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

I wouldn’t bother with Stonehenge. And whoever says crumpets isn’t really British thing. At 4 o’clock yesterday my husband and I had a cup of tea and crumpets, hot with loads of butter and loads of marmite 😋.

[@gaynorhead2325]

Marmite on crumpets, my favourite.

[@HUMPTYNUGGET]

The Queens Guards are actual British army infantrymen , they do operationel tours all over the world such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia etc , There are five Queens footguards regiments who rotate which each other doing ceremonial duties in London and being operational infantry units fully trained and ready to deploy ....they are among the very oldest oldest British army regiments . They have a different rank structure to the other British Army army Regiments and Corps.

[@elizabethstevens4160]

We have buildings in the UK that are older than the USA!

[@hehegroggy]

i live in a town with a city about 20 miles away, and just in that distance theres a difference in accent between people born in the town and people born in the city.

[@sheenamaclean8324]

While knife crime is a big problem in the UK, and especially London, it's a bit of a stretch to say knife stabbing is the biggest crime. Knife crime in the US is still higher per head of population than in the UK.

[@thenerdytiger9306]

14:54 those guards are actual trained military soldiers and the black guns they carry are operational and loaded

[@mikekelly702]

Irish pubs are the same way. Great video, Joel. Love the UK.

[@jamescowderoy9971]

A pub in the countryside with an open fire in winter.... fantastic

[@emme2141]

The weather will give you whiplash, it will rain as if sun never existed for a few days, and then suddenly one day turn so sunny you can’t believe it ever rained

[@patrickbriscall7934]

Ps and Qs is not about queues. It’s Please and ThanKues. Black pudding is not liver, it’s blood and oatmeal and if you get a good one it’s delicious; rain: it’s wettest in the west, London is in the East and relatively dry; the reason Stonehenge survived is it made out of stone, nearby there is something called woodhenge. Pubs used to be central to communities but that is sadly fading. I love a good pub.

[@braddo7270]

Did he just say "suka"? 😂😂

[@michaelmckenzie1581]

The best black pudding is made in stornaway in the outer hebrides Scotland and its a mixture of beef suit onion oats and ether cows blood or pigs blood

[@bunnybeargamerz]

So in explanation to the tenth shock, England is just England, Great Britain (GB) is England, Scotland and Wales and the United Kingdom (UK) is England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Also, the only armed offices you will meet are the Beefeaters (Queen's/King's guards) or 1% or the police who train extra

[@magosofmars8410]

Thats right boys do not sleep on pubs its a really important part of the local culture my regular pub the one crown was established in 1756 and its still going strong

[@allierowland9]

Black pudding is congealed blood made into a sausage pudding.

[@markLawley-g8u]

The problem with England is there is hardly any English there anymore.