Brit Reacts to 7 Questions Americans Always Ask Me About Britain and Its People

[@Michael-kf7gm]

I love his shock when he realizes that he adds an “r” to phrases lol

[@AngelRivera-de1lq]

That part was amazing 😂

[@AngelRivera-de1lq]

Reminds me when I moved to the suburbs and noticed how much I mumble my words and leave out half the letters in any given sentence 😂

[@TheValwood]

That was my favorite part!!!

[@hannakinn]

My Southern relatives in NC and VA work an R into my name irl first name which has no R in it at all. They also pronounce the A in my name as if it's an I, so weird.

[@jack-of-all-trades1234]

Funniest revelation ever.😂😂😂

[@mrz1703]

" i dont do that... i sawr a film today.... OH MY GOD I DO!" 😆

[@Timbothruster-fh3cw]

IKR😂

[@terrimobley6067]

Funniest moment. And SO endearing

[@ryanhenderson8908]

funniest part of the video.

[@Mustangmom2k]

When a Brit says "law and order," it sounds like "laura norder."

[@steelsquire2153]

I also noticed when certain words, or phrases are said they throw a really heavy H in there.

[@a2ndlife877]

Dude, I know you’re British but I think we all consider you an honorary American!

[@Elias-oi9bn]

Agreed

[@pheelphine]

Right on💯

[@phillipblades6784]

Yes!

[@AlzheimersCaretaker]

His demeanor screams American. combine that with his relatively slight British accent and his opinions on most things British vs. American, and this man might as well be an ambassador or something.

[@DaveAnderson-yb5zt]

I know I for one would absolutely love if Lewis came here and did a few vlogs of his experiences. Pretty sure he'd pack on an extra 10 pounds (or 5 kilograms, whatever 😂)

[@maryellenlarocheperry3796]

I love to watch British baking shows. I get tickled when you call cake, sponge. I’m sure I know why, but I immediately relate sponge to something you use to wash dishes or to clean the counter.😅

[@piratetv1]

Is it all cakes or just spongecake?

[@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171]

​@@piratetv1Spongy cakes, but not limited to spongecakes, I think.

[@christinezehnle7552]

That's because sponges are sea creatures

[@mariahwatts3468]

What always gets me on British baking shows is calling cookies "biscuits." I always have to do a hard shift in my brain to not picture a baked kfc style biscuit and instead think "cookie" lol

[@413TomaccoRoad]

I loathe The Great British DEI Bake Off.

[@ARNM55-l9v]

Older American here, again. It sure seems that the majority of the "man on the street" interviews with Britts come across as being significantly less than positive when being asked about Americans or America. I don't think the average American has that kind of negative attitude towards the UK, it's people, or it's culture.

[@dead-claudia]

yeah it's that third variable: brits being famous for just generally more negative on average, with americans famous for being almost suspiciously positive on average

[@Gaeilgeoir]

*its* people, *its* culture. 🧐

[@MSGill645]

I have noticed it. Can't help but wonder if it is still an embarrassment that the Colonials whipped the Crown and set up a new country? 😊 Sort of makes us their renegade, bustard children, lol!

[@paulmartin2348]

@@MSGill645 You do realize that the only reason we "whipped the Crown" is that they were in a real war in Europe that matters and didn't care about us really at all.

[@rurirotaru516]

​@@MSGill645I'm not to sure if that is entirely the case. The polotics of the time and how britian was losing colonies slowly at the time due to the kings polocies. I beleive there were quite a few people understood and agreed with america at the time. Then america not only saved their ass but many countries ass in the world wars but also helped them rebuild. I think the hatred towards america was the fact these countries who needed americas help had their national pride desteoyed. Felt ashamed for being to weak to deal with their own shit at the time. Cause we see this very similar adittude from all the countries we saved. Yet from countries we beat and made surrender look upon america rather favorably. So to me those countries that were saved seam just ungrateful pricks.

[@killrade4434]

"Do it do that?" "Oh my God I do" You keep being you.

[@jenyanc]

Oh my God, I doooo...... LMAO On hating Americans: my sister moved to England over 30 years ago. Within 2-3 years, she started making snide remarks about Americans. I'd have to remind her that she was an American citizen. She recently became a British citizen and still dislikes American customs. Her loss!

[@garycamara9955]

Hope she stays there!

[@hrw3mom103]

lol, my daughter was the opposite. She goes to university in Scotland. She downplayed her American status in the beginning but the more obnoxious the comments about Americans became, the more she felt the need to correct the stereotype. It’s just offensive to generalize 330+ million people. Please don’t lump me in with the ignorant, never traveled, uneducated crazies.

[@LA_HA]

Your sister is Madonna? Wow. Is her British accent better?

[@LA_HA]

​​@@hrw3mom103Serious question... Does untravelled equate to uneducated and/or crazy? I'm just curious. Nothing more

[@the50258]

The British hate I see is people saying all Americans are idiots and we don't know geography​ and stuff like that

[@JohnMcDonald-ef5gz]

@the50258 It's envy. They're jealous of us and they're pretty dumb. I can go skiing in Vermont one week and then hop on a plane and lie in the sun on a beach in California or Florida the next week after.

[@jordanparker5949]

No country needs to call us idiots when they think climate change is real, are okay with infringing on freedom of speech, think socialism is a good thing, and don't believe in the freedom of gun ownership.

[@LA_HA]

​@@jordanparker5949They can always just mind their own business, but...well... it's sm

[@mariawebb2201]

The self-awareness.😂....lol ❤ I sometimes speak differently depending on who I'm speaking with.

[@loriharris8928]

😂😂😂 This Canadian is also confused why the UK calls all desserts pudding! Btw - I'm LOVING your channels!!! Do more please about Canada 🇨🇦 😊

[@donnawaddell739]

Love your happy disposition

[@janp719]

When I went to London for 6 weeks as part of University in the mid 1980’s, we were warned about the attitude toward us and to be aware. And I did run into it a few times.

[@jaebee9308]

My Indian Son in Law refused ice in his drink for years. In his culture, they believe that it's bad for you to drink cold drinks while eating hot food. We eventually won him over to the joy of ice-cold drinks. Mainly because he realized it didn't make any of US sick. 😂

[@flamerollerx01]

An ice cold drink with your meal is amazing, especially if you eat a good amount without drinking in between bites. Sometimes I'll eat almost everything I put on my plate before taking a drink of ice cold soda. The feeling is amazing and I take like 4, or 5 deep gulps... so refreshing.

[@lindawick455]

Medically, your DIL is correct. Either room temperature, or not even while eating meal.food

[@sa3270]

Any time an American creator says a measurement like 13 miles or 56 degrees in a video, you can count on at least a dozen comments from British people accusing Americans of being ignorant of the metric system.

[@mrmadness2699]

But we are Blanche, we are!

[@alphanerd7221]

@@mrmadness2699 No. We know about the metric system. It just sucks. This is another case of the Brits trying to act like they are superior for copying the French.

[@drcovell]

Perhaps we should adopt the metric system-it was tried during the late 1970s, but it just couldn’t be enforced. NASA lost a multi million dollar Mars lander due to a particular mistake by not using metric only. There was also the “Gimli Glider” of Canadian fame, due to an error in fuel measurement.

[@alphanerd7221]

@@drcovell The metric system is crap. People that work in measurements in the Americas mostly use Imperial anyway. In Canada and Mexico construction is still done in feet and inches.

[@mrmadness2699]

@@alphanerd7221 You’re Waaaay too emotionally invested in this.

[@ajwinberg]

British people arent the onlyones who use and intrusive -r-. A lot of people who live in the New England states do it too. Especially in New York and Massachusetts.

[@NightSky-z6p]

We from the southern states, never heard of the -r-. before and I’m from state of Georgia 😮

[@KatieBellino]

Maine is very guilty too.

[@KatieBellino]

@@NightSky-z6p Oh, we just drop "r's" when they should be there and add them when they shouldn't in Maine. "Hey, I have an id-eah(r)! Let's get a be-ah togeth-ah aftah wah(r)k!" (Hey, I have an idea! Let's get a beer together after work!).

[@marydavis5234]

New York is not part of NE area of the US.

[@flamerollerx01]

​@@marydavis5234I just looked it up. New York state is north of the equator and in the northeast of the USA.

[@0515tommyboy]

The example of a connecting R that always made me laugh is in the Oasis song "Champagne Supernova" when he sings "a champagne supernov-er in the sky".

[@bigcountry816]

So, I never cared much for the UK most of my life. One day my mom was telling me about a TV show she had found and that I needed to check it out. She was telling me it was hilarious! I was skeptical at first but one day I was bored and decided I'd give it a try. The name of the show is "The IT crowd" I couldn't stop watching after the first episode I was hooked. Since then I have been more open minded and curious or intrigued with Britain as a whole. I some how stumbled on to your channel and I subscribed and watch your videos almost daily.

[@rhawkas2637]

The question about the UK, Great Britain, and England makes a lot of sense when you consider a lot of people don't know where Wales or Scotland are on a map beyond "somewhere in Europe" and a lot of people do tend to use UK, Great Britain, and England interchangeably.

[@briansmith48]

We do kind of the same thing in America. 🇺🇲 We have: New England, the South, Mid West, the North Pacific and the Southwest.

[@StoneE4]

I know the difference(s) but I pretend not to just to get a rise out of the Limeys... I'll stop doing that as soon as they stop calling us "Yanks."

[@RustyShackleford-s2o]

Love your show... I've wondered my whole live why Brits say the letter "r" in a word like "saw." Seeing you realize y'all do this was so damn gratifying. THIS is one of the few reasons why I have trouble understanding "old English" like y'all speak in the old world.

[@braemtes23]

Many Americans also speak with the intrusive R. I am from New England and say saw-r-it, idear, pizzer (pizza), etc. I had no idea(r) I was doing this until it was pointed out to me when i was in my sixties. Matt Damon, when speaking about the Boston accent discussed this feature of the accent with this the example: Is Ma-r-upstairs.

[@RoderickEmanuel]

The fridge is fawring out. While we finish our drawring. Er, Init!

[@LittleNemoGaming]

I laughed SO hard at your reactions and comments in this one. Thanks for the entertainment.

[@xGojoSatoruu]

What I’ve been dying to know is why Brits use an ‘f’ instead of pronouncing the “th” 😂 it’s like a nation-wide speech impediment or somefing 😂

[@babyfry4775]

I agree. When you hear him say math, he’s saying maf. He’s not the only one. Most of the Brits do it.

[@PerroneFord]

This is quite regional as well as class based. You can visit any region of the US and you would immediately be able to tell the difference if someone grew up poor and didn't go to good schools, versus people who grew up with money and went to the best schools. This is similar. The post, aristocratic British accent doesn't have this. But your commoners, or more working class folks from many regions do.

[@donaldwatson7698]

@@PerroneFord Exactly. Just look at the word "ask". Many Americans say "axe", swapping the "k" and "s". I've even heard it from some professional whose job requires quality speech skills, such as news reporters.

[@annedunne4526]

In Ireland we say " I saw a film" with no intrusive " r". We also pronounce the " r" at the ends of words like "fathER".

[@Valdal98]

You could teach the rest of the Brits how to be more fun and cheerful.

[@Gaeilgeoir]

💯%!

[@belltoll1918]

That is insulting! I am half Brit and Half American. Brits are every bit as fun loving as Americans ... Sheesh. How many real Brits do you actually know? I know plenty of sour faced Americans. Stereotyping is foolish. America is not all fat people and dumb, just as all Brits are not dour and miserable.

[@fedodosto3162]

Godd grief! have you never heard of Monty Phyton???

[@catherinewetzel417]

So happy the England, UK, GB question came up!

[@billbuyshouses7077]

I from Texas and my wife’s mother is a war bride from London. She made Yorkshire pudding for us about 8 years ago and it was fantastic!

[@littlenightmareskitchen]

The face and reaction to the fact you put an "r" in between words was so wholesome and made me smile

[@tbergstrom4599]

The attacks I have experienced against America are related to political stereotypes. I try to explain to people that they have to imagine themselves in an election not with their own countrymen but with people that live thousands of miles away with different economies, climates, language and ethnic mixes. 'That type of system has to often compromise to keep together such a diverse society under a central authority

[@dead-claudia]

minor nit: we all generally speak english in the us, and different states do have significantly more in common culturally than europe does. we do have some cultural oddballs like california, texas, west virginia, florida, and louisiana. but those exceptions for us are at most like europe's normals.

[@christinezehnle7552]

I get tired of Europeans saying things like we know nothing of the rest of the world. Those that do that , are hypocrites because just about EVERYTHING they complain about is simply not true. I think the problem is we do not let how we feel about ourselves and our countrymen be determined by Europe. In other words we really don't care. You see how how Megan gave zero f@c#s.

[@Mansellyn]

I agree with you. I have lived in the Western section of the US, the Eastern section, and the Midwest section. Languages and word choice are different. Tones, pronunciation and more than anything else extended meanings. ‘Bless your heart’ in the Midwest has as many meanings as in the Southern US states. Foods, insertions of foreign languages as common everyday words, so many changes between areas of the US. As well as between rural and urban areas. Go to some of the Western States and someone saying that going to the town ‘…isn’t that far’ May mean over a hundred miles. A ‘short drive’ to work in suburban areas may mean a fair distance. It can all depend on where the people are from and relates as well to your comment as ‘Would you like a soda (pop, coke)? Are you eating dinner or supper? Maybe it is lunch?

[@ericpoeperic]

I agree. You can't look at things from an American perspective or a UK perspective when judging another nations political system. You have to take the time to understand why it is the way it is.

[@alphanerd7221]

@@dead-claudia As if Kentucky and Vermont are so similar.

[@avon1243]

Yorkshire pudding is cooked in the fat from the roast while popovers are cooked in a pan somewhat like a muffin tin.

[@lynnw7155]

Right; Yorkshire pudding and popovers are not the same. I don't know if we have an equivalent to Yorkshire pudding in the US. I make Yorkshire pudding whenever I make a roast beef...just put the pan of batter under the rack and let the beef drip into it. Yum!

[@tiffanymichaels2429]

I didn't know that. Thx for the info.

[@flamerollerx01]

​@@lynnw7155Oh that's all a Yorkshire pudding is?! That sounds fantastic!

[@courtneyraymer6586]

You can also put the muffin tin of popovers under the roast to make individual servings of Yorkshire pudding.

[@hollyjensen2371]

in new england we add in "intrusive R's" but we mostly ignore the r sound in most words so they have to be added in somewhere to compensate. Don't want to hurt the letter's feelings.

[@hollyjensen2371]

as a footnote...when i visited cumbria and scotland in 2002, i was told that the queen (not yet dead), owned the common lands, like the coastline areas, and that was why the right to pretty much go where you wanted was ok. part of commonwealth thinking? there were private lands of course, but many areas were just open to be explored. but calling Brits "subjects" probably goes back to the american revolution, where the founding fathers used that terminology.

[@jishani1]

Little bit of context on why Americans ask about brits drinking warm beer. In the UK beer would be served cellar temperature historically. Which is colder than room temperature, but would be warmer than if it were refrigerated. It was sort of refrigeration before refrigeration. You had some pubs stick around that do it the traditional way. Old businesses become culturally important and popular. Tourists visiting an area will go to places that are unique and different.. and may come away with the idea that everything is done the way they experienced it at that one location. On average though, beer is served as close to freezing temperature as humanly possible in the US. Where it being not hot is the main concern in the UK.

[@brianhums5056]

Good to hear, cause warm beer needs to be tossed!

[@SuzetteSam79]

Omg I’m dying 😂 the last video I watched was a Walmart haul and you were feeling bad about your diet… and this is the first time I’ve seen you drinking water instead of Coke 😂😂😂.

[@garygramling5618]

I'm in Southern California. When I was in 4th grade, I had a teacher from New England (Boston, I believe.) For some reason, I remember this like it was yesterday (it was 40 years ago! lol): She couldn't say drawing!!! She said drawering. She kept trying and trying but couldn't say drawing! We, as 9 year olds, were SHOCKED!! We said "Say drawer." She could pronounce that. We said "Say draw." She said drawer. We said "Say drawing board." She said "drawering board" lol!! All of my life I've been so aware of people doing that and mostly hear it with Brits! I'm 53 now and FINALLY OTHER PEOPLE ARE NOTICING. Ah the magic of youtube lolololol

[@kyrataylor2035]

I also had a teacher in 4th grade, Miss Kinney was her name, and I was (as well as the other kids) shocked when during a verbal spelling test she said oriole (like the bird) then used it in a sentence which clearly showed she meant oil. A couple of classmates asked if she meant to say "oil" and she responded that she DID say oil. We knew better because she said oriole twice but we didn't argue with her when her eyebrows went up!

[@SnappingTurtle801]

I've also notice some pronounce the TH sound as n F sound, think/fink, throw/fro, thought/fought ect. And words that end in an A is the "er" sound.

[@massmama3953]

I always sat I speak closer to the Queens English than anywhere else in the USA. I live in Boston and we drop our “r” and add “r” when it’s not there.

[@KatieBellino]

Maine-ah's do this too. Like, didn't even notice Brits did this to comment on it.

[@Zomby_Woof]

Yorkshire Pudding is in its own special category. Simple, but when properly executed, transcendent - like a perfect french fry.

[@Lisa-pr8ng]

You are as far as i feel an honorary American.

[@teerat8451]

My dad always added the R's to words that didn't need them. "Warshing the clothes" was the biggest one we gave him a hard time about..

[@Gaeilgeoir]

4:48 Wait, do I *do* that??? ... 😳 Omg, I do!!😱 😂🤣😂🤣

[@CRCO1975]

Regarding the intrusive R - as someone mentioned below, it is more common to hear it in New England, but it creeps into some words in the Midwest also. Common are: washer and dishwasher being pronounced "warsher" and "dishwarsher". "Car warsh" is another.

[@toastythabrave9927]

I watch a streamer on twitch from Maine & he says wash as warsh. I am born & Raised in Iowa and have never said warsh, it's always been wash. I think it just varies from state to state in the Midwest. Plus I am sure I have heard a few Iowans say warsh & I got confused lol.

[@briansmith48]

Oh my God, 😂 You're right. I just tried it. 🤣 Warsh... From: Ohio 🇺🇲

[@saltysunflower]

That's also a Maryland thing, particularly Baltimore. Born & raised so if you know, you know.

[@Americans4Israel4Ever]

The United Kingdom is used to describe the political unit consisting of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Great Britain is the geographical term referring to the island simply known as Britain. England is one of the countries that make up the British Isles.

[@sophiefilo16]

This is a better explanation than either of them gave...

[@BTinSF]

The island was known to the Roman as "Britannia". The Angles didn't invade it for hundreds of years after the Romans left leading to the name "Angle-land" or England. The "United Kingdom", of course, was united over time starting under the Plantagenet kings in the Middle ages and then disunited, in part, in the early 20th century with Irish independence. That may have started a trend that's ongoing as I expect Scotland (Scots-land) to eventually separate as well.

[@sharonporter7132]

Agree 100% with your support for Israel. Count all of us here.❤❤🇮🇱

[@GarryCollins-ec8yo]

Assoccer is a British word that led to Americans using soccer.

[@seakc87]

They have a show called Soccer AM. They don't say anything about Canada or Australia using it, just us.

[@usmc24thmeu36]

That's like when you try to say WATER you say WADA...😂😂😂

[@cyn37211]

Some Americans use the intrusive r. My father was from Alabama, and he used the r, but my mom was from Philadelphia and didn’t use it.

[@DNXbrainsync]

I have no idea why I enjoy watching your videos so much. Great personality, I suppose? Perspective? Cutie pie? Keep it up, sir. You're a healthy guilty pleasure :)

[@conscience5500]

@4:48... yes you do! It's cool though, "invasive r's" are found in Boston too. We imported some of them from the old land and kept them in a few spots. Be proud of the things that you make you unique in this world though. Celebrate the differences.

[@busboy262]

I just assumed that the added "r" in some was a debt paid for the missing the "t" in others. While I'm kidding, my mom explained to me quite seriously that the the way that Brits spoke was "lazy". LOL

[@wendyl7906]

Also-my mom use to love the monarchy (or thought of it) and always said that it brings it a lot of money in tourism to England. So love them or hate them, they are helping your country by bringing $$$ in tourism. I'm iffy on them but there's something to be said about things of the past.

[@christinezehnle7552]

They cost alot too. And where does their personal wealth originate?

[@snowdogthewolf]

4:48 "Do I do that? Oh my god, I do!" That's gold. I damn near pissed myself. 😆

[@curtjoyner4493]

I've heard some Brits pronounce Diana as Dianer.

[@KatieBellino]

New Englanders do this too. Probably an English accent leftover from the first settlers.

[@marydavis5234]

@@KatieBellino not all people from NE added an extra R to words

[@KatieBellino]

@@marydavis5234 I'm from Maine. It's common. More pronounced in some than others, but even those that think they don't, tend to do it subtly.

[@Ltlmscrl]

Brooklyn and Queens also.

[@KatieBellino]

@@Ltlmscrl Yes, I've always thought NYC and Boston have some similar accent traits, even though they aren't the same accent.

[@tyrafamily6702]

I always notice when British people put an intrusive R in names like Diana. (Di-an-er)

[@michellerobinson1318]

Some people in New Hampshire do the same

[@jayeharrison4533]

When I lived in Texas, we had “grocery carrrrrrrts” I live in New England now, and we have “grocery cahts”

[@starchunkss]

The self-awareness in this video! lol I love this channel!

[@ScottieRC]

Been to Britain twice. They say the British are polite, but that wasn’t my experience. Most of what I heard was a bunch of rude hatred towards America. It was usually based in ignorance, too.

[@sherlockholmez8764]

Still salty about 1776.

[@jeankwal4031]

I got alot of love from all the brits I met. They asked me lots of questions cuz they wanted to hear my voice. How nice is that! To be listened to. You must have been in the wrong place. Wishing you better luck next time if you go.🤗

[@TheBaldr]

In the 1970s there was some problems that rose to a lot of Anti-Americanism especially in British culture especially after WWII and US had risen to a Super Power and the UK wasn't one by that time. Stupid things like they stopped called it "soccer" and referred to "soccer" as the American way of calling it. Part of it never went away.

[@brianhums5056]

@@sherlockholmez8764 And 1812! Not salty, but we do remember!

[@joanreynolds955]

⁠@@sherlockholmez8764It’s been nearly 250 years. Get over it.

[@michelled219]

Bloody hell you do!! Born in Scotland but I’m American. That’s common here in the US.

[@CR-we5eo]

The “TH” sound pronounced like “F” still baffles me. 😅

[@hawaiirastalady]

I've noticed that Lewis does that. He pronounces a hard "TH" like an "F" -- he pronounces the word "BOTH" like "BOFE". But he pronounces a soft "TH" like a "V" -- he pronounces the word "BROTHER" like "BRUVVER". But not all Brits do that. I think it is a dialect in the region that Lewis is from.

[@david-dp5om]

What do you think the Brits think about us pronouncing "PH" as an "F"

[@oceanforth21]

@@david-dp5omuh, they also pronounce that diagraph as /f/. Did you think they went around saying “metap-hor”?

[@tinatovar7548]

I know I don't talk perfect English I'm Southern American but it's okay it doesn't bother me that y'all speak the way you do

[@christinezehnle7552]

You speak perfect southern and that's perfect!

[@carolgrosklags8933]

I just chalk up the differences in our English as being a different dialect, that's all, and I don't stress about it 🙂

[@kevinreinhardt7216]

I'm really proud of you! You have really grown your channel, and your content is great and genuine! I've really enjoyed your reactions. I wish I could bring you to a camping music festival in Kentucky, I want to see your reactions haha!

[@duchesssussex7648]

Finally, an explanation on the "r." It's been driving me nuts for decades. I've asked but to no avail. Finally!!!!

[@saratripp3625]

On Downton Abbey, Lady Mary often talks about “Mamar and I” 😊

[@ItsTheFuzzMan]

Yeah, Pop Overs are good with some ham gravy...or cream of mushroom, clam chowder, etc. An easier version that uses toast instead of pop overs we call "shit on a shingle" it's similar to beans and toast only gravy instead of beans. "Shingle" refers to the toast being like a square shingle you find on a roof

[@AC-ni4gt]

I still remember in chemistry classes the "Plum Pudding" model. The first time I heard it, my American English got confused. Then I added it to my growing kit of King's English. Goodness that was something back then.

[@JennyShull]

In the US classes I took at school (that are not pluralized in the US but might be pluralized elsewhere:) •Science •Math •Finance(?) •Foreign Language

[@jeannem.6534]

I love Yorkshire pudding with roast beef! My mom used to make it. Haven't had it in a couple decades! I might just have to make that

[@stpaley]

if you curious what would happen if Charles III said "no", it did happen in 1649 with Charles I (i think that was the year, it has been a few years so my memory could fade a little)

[@lacebolla5059]

Tap beer in the pubs would keep the kegs in the cellar too, right? Meaning the air temp would be quite cooler... Which I think would be the reason to store the kegs in the cellar versus building a cooler.

[@That_1_E90]

The realization when you pronounce the R had me crackin up 😂😂😂

[@gldiv1014]

Wait, I’m still stuck on the fact that British homes do not have air conditioning! What! Crazy! I would not survive there.

[@GodsSoldierz]

Lol my grandma grew up there & she said it’s because they don’t have many hot days, it rained almost daily where she was from… Also windows are different there to open the house up during the summer & vent, I feel you though tripped me out too, we’re spoiled here! 🤣

[@GodsSoldierz]

Newer homes are installing though…

[@flamerollerx01]

Yes the climate there is just too stable and hardly ever gets particularly uncomfortable, so there's little reason to manipulate the indoor temperature for comfort. Here in America, we get high and low temperatures all the time. It would be shocking and unheard of in the UK to have a cold day in the summer, but that does happen regularly enough in many states for it to be a problem and it's usually some level of too hot in summer here. For any UK people reading this, just imagine 30c every day, for about 4 months during summer, sometimes going as high as 36! It's 31 outside RIGHT NOW where I live! With 51% humidity!

[@seakc87]

Historically, the British climate has been akin to the Pacific Northwest. With climate change, both areas have been getting warmer in the traditional warm months. The difference is because a/c was normalized a long time ago in the US, but not in Europe.

[@GodsSoldierz]

@@flamerollerx01 Yeah we’re just getting into the 100+ degree Fahrenheit temps here in Tx, that’s not counting humidity which will feel even hotter than that, but we’re used to it, energy bills are insane though during summer here! Haha

[@lisadavenport2390]

This was so funny 🤣 from across the pond - you don’t moan! Love your personality

[@Mansellyn]

I just realized that Oklahoma/Missouri ‘wash’ may be British. That’s the word my students always wanted me to say just so they could laugh. How did we not get rid of that pronunciation? Also, we do have savory puddings in the US also, but they are usually traditions from our ancestors. Also, many people don’t eat blood pudding (black pudding), or Yorkshire puddings. We do have popovers more regularly. I think we just like the sweeter ones more. Banana pudding anyone?

[@Blondie42]

Laurence forgot that bars generally serve beer 🍺 in chilled glasses that came out of a freezer.

[@wendyl7906]

When mom's family came to visit from England (often), they would leave the 2 liter bottle of soda on the counter and drink it warm. We, on the other hand either put it in the refrigerator or put ice in it. I fondly remember going to Burger King and they had issues ordering a hamburger plain with nothing but the meat and bun. We like our sauces on ours. My uncle once told me that whenever I come over to the UK, I needed to bring a jar of peanut butter because I was going to hate their food. I'm sure it's changed now but they always wore skirts with dressy sandals. Kind of out of place for those here that were in shorts, tank tops and flip flops. Love it or hate it, it's my heritage and my mother went to her grave still possessing her UK citizenship. ps I hated when my mom would say toilet or underpants. LOL I also inherited the low demeanor, quietness and off putting jokes.

[@geraldrepash-m8c]

Elton John in Goodbye Yellow Brick Road says "Vodka'r and tonics" but so do some of us on Long Island.

[@danielbeaupre1786]

As an American who is also an Anglophile, I love your videos. I am stuck on both sides!

[@Spikeba11]

Popover's are pretty much Yorkshire Pudding with sugar added because we add sugar to everything. I know this because I decided to make some Yorkshire Pudding because I wanted to try it and my Mother said they looked like popovers. So I researched the history. I got the Yorkshire Pudding recipe from the BBC and I think it was a bad recipe(it was a simplified recipe, probably for people who don't normally cook)

[@Skynet88]

Always a good watch Mate! Thanks for being you! ❤

[@Dandee268]

I've heard people in the US add in an R where there isn't one. Like saying warsh the dishes instead of wash the dishes.

[@dead-claudia]

yeah but that's different, and it's a pretty strong "r" compared to the weak non-rhotic "r" sometimes added in british english

[@Dandee268]

@dead-claudia It is still an intrusive r. Yes, Americans pronounce it more fluently, but it still falls in the same category in English.

[@Michael-kf7gm]

Would love to see L3WG react to Korean Englishman!! The channel is brought to us by the founders of Jolly. The spicy noodle challenges are awesome.

[@Ranger1PresentsVirtualRealms]

I find it pretty funny when someone, usually a fellow American trying to appear more intellectual than they actually are, snidely insists that "England" no longer exists. Usually this is when discussing something concerning our revolutionary war and someone refers to the "English navy" or "English vessels". They seem to think "England" simply ceased to exist and only "Britain" remains.

[@1anubis1god]

Man, it’s really funny when you have to try to explain things and concepts that are just automatic to you in a digestible way for other people who don’t know and then you realize holy shit. This is a lot harder to explain than I thought it was gonna be.

[@ericaalhammouri2764]

When British English is being spoken, Brits add an R sound when a word ends with a vowel and the following word begins with a vowel. For example. My name is Erica. A Brit would say… Ericar is a girl. They would also say … Erica read a book.

[@socaldeb]

4:50 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 What I think we (or at least I) do is, we don't have a glottal stop when we say "I saw a film today" we just drag the "aw" and blend it with the "a" "I saaaa film today" lol 😊

[@futureidol83]

Something that irks me is when Brits say "hotting up" instead of "heating up" or "I was sat there" instead of "I was sitting there". Then they accuse Americans of not speaking proper English. Don't get me wrong, I love the UK and British culture (I have over 90% English ancestry), just not when they speak improperly grammatically and then accuse other English speaking countries of speaking poorly.

[@giselleko6777]

I’ve been to England a couple of times and I’ve been surprised by their grammar mistakes that are just as prevalent as they are among American English speakers. Some English accents are almost impossible for me to understand, but no one had trouble understanding me or my family.

[@RoderickEmanuel]

Or we was stood there. Where was you yesterday?

[@sarahanlon4870]

The word "soccer" originated in the 1880s at Oxford University, where students were known for shortening words and adding "-er" to the end. In this case, the students shortened the word "association" to "assoc" or "assoccer" to distinguish it from the sport of rugby football, which they called "rugger". They then added "-er" to the end, resulting in "soccer". The term was first recorded in 1891 as "socker" and quickly spread beyond the university campus.

[@drcovell]

Linguistics specialist here. All sorts of strange regional pronunciations in the USA, e.g., in parts of Utah a “Horse” is called a “Harse!” In the USA one can drive for about week and STILL not go from coast to coast. I lived In rural TX during my youth (15 years) and when I came to CA, at a service station in LA, asked the man: “Ya’ll please check my “ahl” and “tahs.” After two responses of incomprehension, I carefully enunciated “Please check my oil and tires.” THAT got through! 😂 PS If you “Sawr” a dog you might be guilty of animal abuse!😂😂😂😂😂 🇺🇸 + 🇬🇧 + 🇦🇺 + 🇳🇿 ❤️⚔️🩸 = 🌎🕊️

[@NightSky-z6p]

As an American when a “British say your sports is name wrong” I would take that as a threat or a insult like what did my country even do to ya’ll and some British criticizing our American people hurts my heart because why so much hatred 😭😭

[@peensteen]

So sensitive. Why do we have to get so butthurt anytime someone criticizes the US? We've done a lot to deserve it. The Brits and Aussies go at it all the time, but they have a sense of humor.

[@NightSky-z6p]

@@peensteen “having a sense of humor” can sometimes be a big problem. And society don’t seem to realize it but I guess it can work in both mysteriously ways. 🗿 I weren’t say we are butthurt it’s more likely we don’t take any bullshit matter who they are and who they is and where they come from. We Mexicans and Americans get along because we understand each other hard work and family vowels, and the love of our countries. The British folks are out get along with and I’m pretty sure if your a older man your blood pressure would go up no offense but I been there to know what it feel like 🤨

[@alphanerd7221]

@@peensteen That isn't really criticism though. It's like saying "I have brown pants why are your pants blue, wrongly having blue pants."

[@teresafletcher5535]

I love black and white pudding! Had it every morning in my traditional Irish breakfast while I was in Ireland.

[@Elias-oi9bn]

In Baltimore, some people use the intrusive R while speaking

[@darkerbrother1]

The T in Baltimore is not pronounced either. It’s a D or a W 😂😂😂 Hun

[@WhiteRhino3420]

I’ve noticed the Brits I watch pronounce “th” as “f” like in maths and maffs, and “think” becomes “fink”. You also swallow your letters when you get into longer sentences. When you get to going, you start pronouncing words like “like” as “lie” and “what” as “wha”. When you go slower, you pronounce all the letters, but when you speed up, consonants get lost.

[@neutrino78x]

lol it's like with Joel and Lia, from time to time Joel will say something like "I gave Lee-er a ticket to the show", instead of "I gave Lia a ticket to the show", and people point it out, and say it's funny, and he doesn't realize he's doing it lmao 😂🤣😂

[@brianhums5056]

Rudest "posh" couple I have ever seen! I cannot watch them and I am not alone!

[@neutrino78x]

@@brianhums5056 I'm a fan, they're great 🙂 btw they are not a couple, Joel is gay and Lia is married (to a man). 🙂

[@brianhums5056]

@@neutrino78x To each their own!

[@janehess6607]

Love the British series Doc Martin. But I was always driven crazy by the pronunciation of the female lead’s name. Louisa, always came out as Louise-er. Never got why.

[@cynjinmissouri8958]

I think a lot of Americans seem to forget that a lot of ancestors came from the UK. Im 23% British, 6% Irish, 5% Scotish

[@MaryOrdoyneFalgout]

I watch your channel a lot. I subscribed just now. American. ❤

[@RustyShackleford-s2o]

This is done in the NE of the U.S. too. They're hard to understand as well.

[@yvonneconte3040]

We are?😮

[@pacmanc8103]

@@yvonneconte3040No, you aren’t at all.

[@garyi.1360]

Lawrence has it wrong. Math isn't seen as singular. It is plural. It's the abbreviation of a plurality and is itself then plural. Americans simply see it as an inappropriate abbreviation to drag a letter back over after it's already been abbreviated sufficiently.

[@scooterdooter]

You mean 'inappropriate'? Saying it's appropriate to change something that is sufficiently abbreviated doesn't make sense. Or did you type American instead of brits?

[@garyi.1360]

@@scooterdooter Yes thanks.

[@rebecca_is_book-hooked]

Also, I think it is easier to say “math” than “maths”. Putting the “s” after “th” is somewhat awkward to pronounce.

[@FourFish47]

That's what Lawrence said. Americans consider math a plural because it includes different kinds of mathematics... without the s

[@FourFish47]

That's a good question - what if Charles wanted more power? That would be a dictatorship and that's the question right now in America. Felon 34 wants to be a dictator, and if he is NATO and the U.K. will be vulnerable to putin

[@davideboos]

BTW, I've been to England twice, once at Cheltenham and the other in London, and, as an American, it seems like I can be mistaken as a native until I speak. Heck, at both places, I was asked for directions.

[@robynbeach3198]

I looked up Yorkshire pudding the last time he was creaming his jeans over it, i gotta try one of those recipes! They do look good, and I cook with beef tallow anyway. I've made crumpets like 10 times already and they're amazing, but don't listen to anyone that tells you they freeze well and come out of the toaster like fresh, that's bs!

[@ThomasReeves-s7u]

I think there are actually some Americans that do the intrusive r. Looking it up possibly some in Rhode Island, particularly older people there.

[@bencruz563]

Beer in american bars are often served just above freezing. You often get thin sheets of ice on top of the beer and shedding off the glass. All good bars do this.

[@SuzetteSam79]

I love a British accent!

[@kyrataylor2035]

Me too!