We swapped countries over 10 years ago. Here’s what happened

[@evan]

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[@thetruthhurts7675]

Greggs sausage rolls are awful.

[@evan]

@@thetruthhurts7675 you have now been banned from r/casualuk

[@MSFSFreeware]

Wow, my 2 fav male "we now live here" tubers in the same vid !! Collabtastic :¬)

[@sonofCW]

Is the correct answer

[@baronvonsatan]

You said "shops" instead of "stores" without even noticing.

[@josefschiltz2192]

To me, Evan still sounds American and Laurence still sounds British.

[@susanunger2278]

I agree

[@conormurphy4328]

I think they’re both shifted about 5% to the other accent and think it’s much more.

[@Scoobay]

My British ear can pick up britishisms from the American, but I can’t pick up any Americanisms from the Brit. Maybe Americans can.

[@josefschiltz2192]

@@Scoobay My British ear - RP - concurs, but it's only very slight. In order to make a proper comparison, it would be better to hear their original accents.

[@Anagrams458]

Except when Evan uses the word "nice". As in, "oh, that's very nice". He did that a couple times in Lawrence's video when talking about food.

[@undinae]

As a dual American/Brit who was born in Britain and live here now but grew up in the US, my accent is definitly all over the place. I was born in Yorkshire, went to the States as a 4 year old and came back here at 12 (then bounced back and forth a bit). When I visit the US, my American accent becomes much stronger but Americans still only hear the British parts of it. Over here in London, they hear the American parts. When asked where I was born, I say Yorkshire because its true, but I always end up having to say 'but I grew up in the US'.

[@evan]

I love the beat…. Beat… “but I grew up in the US”

[@gswcooper7162]

As a Brit who was born and has lived in London all my life, my accent is STILL messed-up, because I've picked up on some of my dad's accent which mimics HIS late dad's Sunderland accent. So I'm 2 generations removed, and still sound part-London, part-Sunderland. xD

[@barvdw]

​@@gswcooper7162 and probably even an old-timey Sunderlander. I'm Belgian, Flemish to be more precise, in the 19th and early 20th century, quite a few Flemish farmers 'emigrated' to Wallonia, the francophone southern part of Belgium, but they largely kept their accents when speaking Flemish. Once a year during pelgrimage season, lots of them come to Halle, and you can hear Flemish accents that have disappeared in their native region, and where locals of that region might find it hard to understand it...

[@Alboalt]

You called your significant other your girlfriend first then "partner" the next time. "Partner" is very British/European.

[@feline.equation]

I’m the opposite. British parents who raised me in California as a very proud first gen American (with dual citizenship). My parents have mostly lost their accent, but the odd funny word gives it away. For me, people hear my cadence and certain words I say that I’ve just picked up from my parents and their quite British lifestyle. I listened to BBC almost exclusively growing up and was very exposed to the posh accent. My Irish grandmother also tries her best to sound posh because she’s ashamed to be Irish. That’s also added to my funky language influence. I applied to grad school in the UK. I’m actually hoping I won’t have to go, I don’t much want to live over there, but hopefully it’ll be an adventure.

[@The_Dragon_Boi]

Cant believe you two started this experiment a decade ago

[@LJ-PLAYS-YT]

Fr

[@sahaibparvez]

Fr

[@lopezthedestroyer]

Fr

[@ujmm]

FR

[@autumnwinter1462]

frrr

[@briandoolittle3422]

I was able to tell you who the prime minister of the UK was, and then they had like 35 prime ministers in a one year period, and I gave up.

[@Somnia07]

😂

[@patrickholt2270]

Comes of becoming a colonial possession of the US, such that our PMs have neither power nor ability. Of course they don't last now, because they aren't working for the people, and the people want rid of them sooner rather than later. It's the same reason we voted out of the EU, to try to get back sovereignty. Sadly Washington controls NATO and NATO controls the European Commission, so we're ruled from abroad either way.

[@qhu3878]

its easy, we had hagraven then bojo then cabbage then richi and now we have sir kid starver

[@Somnia07]

@@qhu3878 lmao this is hilarious 😂

[@qhu3878]

@@Somnia07 none of those nicknames were made up by me, we have to find a way to entertain ourselves somehow on this godsforsaken island

[@ziyadow12]

One of the better british vs american videos, the setup looked like there was a team behind it.

[@evan]

Haha thank you! We just got on super well and came prepared :)

[@nozrep]

it was great work either way and one of those super fun type of cross cultural reverse inverse reciprocal sort of things. which sometimes can go very bad. But when they go very good like this, it’s just so very good!

[@hesky10]

You can hear others behind the camera, pretty sure I heard Heather's voice

[@donnieenfield8280]

I think it's more the lingo not the accent that makes it seem more one way or the other

[@Varksterable]

This isn't just a colab. This is the universe succumbing to the inevitability of destiny. And heaving a heavy sigh of regret then saying; "Look. You two just have to do this. It's written." Evan and J Forman next up. Yay!

[@jaclynrachellec]

+

[@LiqdPT]

It still stunned me when Evan was in a Tom Scott video.

[@ruebrownies]

Even and J Forman have done a video together?

[@LiqdPT]

@ruebrownies ya, I thought so... Looks like at least 2 of them 5 years ago

[@nozrep]

it is written!

[@Nova-w2i]

Language is funny that way. I'm German and I learned British English at school, but then you get americanised (-zed) through TV. When I lived in England as a student, I unlearned all the AE for BE again. Then I studied interpreting and had to drop the Greater Manchester accent because it sounds ridiculous coming from a German. These days, my English is all over the place and usually depends on what shows I'm currently watching. On a side note, the German dialect from where I grew up is now completely foreign to me because I've lived in different parts of Germany for so long.

[@krystiankowalski7335]

That’s a real shame, I’m sure it doesn’t sound ridiculous! Now I’m curious as to what a German-Greater Manchester accent sounds like

[@backtoklondike]

As a Swede I feel the same way and it was even "worse" in a lot of ways. Because in elementary school, British English was the "proper" English and it had been that way for decades here. But then when I entered junior high, there was reform in English class where American English was allowed to be taught. And combined with also growing up with American movies has made my accent be a mix and match of American and British words and sometimes I'm not even consistent with words.

[@Nova-w2i]

@@krystiankowalski7335 A lot of glottal stops, having "dinner" at noon and "tea" in the evening and pronouncing the "h" in HTML but not in Huddersfield. Still don't see any relation between "candy" and "floss" though ;)

[@EvieOConnorxoxo]

I mean, I'm from England, but even my accent is all over the place. Grew up in South, spent the last few years in the North.

[@Nova-w2i]

@@EvieOConnorxoxo Good point, English accents are ... many

[@chloer2207]

The question "what words do you refuse to use?" reminded me of something. I'm French and the English they teach in schools here is British (to a slightly ridiculous degree, they had us learn "how do you do" like it was something everybody said all the time), and about 10 years ago I got into a long distance relationship with an American girl. One day in one of her messages she wrote "learned" and I was like "oh no, never, I didn't suffer through learning irregular verbs just to end up saying learned, it's learnt!". Today my English is a big mix of UK and US words and accents (with obviously some French accent still) but even if I write in American English I'll use all the irregular verbs (or try to, I probably mess it up sometimes). Other funny story, a few years ago I lived and worked in the UK for 2 years, I was in Essex but close to London, one of my colleagues had a strong East London accent and I had to make him repeat quite often, and he had trouble with my accent so he made me repeat often too. In the middle was another colleague who understood both of us perfectly and was very amused.

[@Jinty92]

I'm Scottish and my dad was a French & German teacher. We holidayed with friends he made as a student every year. He did a year in France. Their nephew came to Scotland to stay with us and when he returned in class he said *it's threatening to rain*. His English teacher told him this was not an English phrase and he told her head just been in Scotland and they use it a lot. It was true. He asked us when he arrived about pronouncing th sound. He said some teachers say v sound, some day z, which is it. We said neither. My dad was pranked by a French pupil to say the word coux for neck cause he was pronouncing every u sound with cu cu. She had wanted him to say *take that scarf off your arse*. He just thought she was weird wearing a woollen scarf in the heat. Her mother told him about her plan so he learned quickly to pronounce them properly.

[@DavidCruickshank]

As a Brit, i love the idea that there are classrooms of French children talking like the poshest Victorian children ever "Now children hold up your pinky fingers whilst holding your tea cup and say "how do you do?"

[@matthewetmoi8436]

@chloer2207 your English sounds perfect now, very natural

[@sarahjohnstone9041]

​@@DavidCruickshankMoreover in written English is the equivalent of How do you do, for some reason all EFL learners seem to use it!

[@bigfanofstuff3266]

Ooo you use "hanged" "hung"correctly, don't you? I can feel it

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

It's true. Evan's American accent sounded like a British guy putting on an American accent.

[@jaclynrachellec]

But at the same time, his British accent isn't very convincing lol.

[@2223jels]

@@jaclynrachellec chiswik

[@ah795u]

​@@jaclynrachellec nowhere fits for him anymore

[@anitapeludat256]

It's only in certain word usage, more or less. And as though he's practicing enunciation. Which never hurts. Americans can always brush up on enunciation regardless of our American variant.

[@georgewang2947]

He also has a regional accent from the part of New Jersey he is from, when he says the "o" sound like hoagie and social.

[@nozrep]

10:05; Texan here, for fun, many years ago, I switched my vehicle “temperature outside” display and my phone temperature on the weather app to Celsius. Because for fun, but also because I just wanted to become familiar with Celsius in the same way that I am familiar with fahrenheit. Still not there but I am almost there! Like if I see anything 40C or above I now intuitively know that it is stinkin’ superrrrr hot outside and I don’t even have to do the math conversion anymore😂

[@kevinreid2720]

Scottish American here - I still can't convert between celsius and farenheit but I've learned what numbers roughly go with the temperature I feel outside in different seasons (dang humidity sometimes throws me off though 😅)

[@calopsita4465]

​@@kevinreid272030-40 hot 20-30 breezy 10-20 breezier 10 and below cold At least thats what i feel

[@susancreveling1929]

Loved this conversation! So interesting. It was a great idea. Thank you!

[@evan]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ZagnutBar]

American living in New Zealand here. Don't try to convert C to F. Just do this: 0: freezing 10: cold 20: nice 30: hot 40+: very hot

[@willjackson6522]

In Britain, that works most of the time, but then you’ll have random days where 12 degrees makes you sweat profusely because it’s humid. Humidity is the secret killer in England, worse in the South than in the North in my experience.

[@aaron74]

I learned C by changing my thermostat to the C scale. I discovered I like to keep my house 21 in the winter and 23 in the summer. I love summer but 35 is sweltering.

[@lynnhettrick7588]

@@aaron74 I start sweating around 26.

[@barrysteven5964]

Or - 30 is hot 20 is nice 10 is cool 0 is ice

[@titaniumvideos1039]

Uh yeah I'm just gonna stick with Fahrenheit

[@petermccallum9494]

Just noticed how Evan is cross legged and taking up less room. Lawrence is taking up more room. Is it subconscious adoption of their new countries mind sets?

[@evan]

I've always crossed my legs cause they LONG

[@lowthg]

Yeah, if we all spread out like Laurence over here, we wouldn’t fit

[@thescrewfly]

I think the baseball cap is the giveaway (even though I already know which is which, obviously).

[@justarjen]

​@@evan You just made me realize that most people around me who cross their legs are tall

[@tarrynlea]

ride the London underground and you'll see plenty of manspreading! tbf, I'm partial to a little femme-spreading myself, especially when I'm feeling tired (and not wearing a skirt/dress)

[@nadeansimmons226]

I was born in Yorkshire but moved to NZ when I was 17. I am now 69, have 2 grown up children and was a primary school teacher for many years. In that time people still recognise that I have a slightly different accent than most NZ people but I have completely lost my Yorkshire accent apparent from the odd word or phrase I still use. This year I went to the Uk on holiday for 2 months, including a week in York, staying with a cousin. In that time my Kiwi sister-in-law who came with me noticed that I was slipping into a more noticeable Yorkshire twang. It didn't take long. I guess Yorkshire DNA is strong.

[@emjayay]

That happens to a lot of people when they go back to where they grew up. The original programming is still there.

[@samsta65]

I was born in London and moved to Australia when I was 9. I sound Australian to everyone except when I speak to my family, my cockney accent comes out instantly even 50 years later.

[@OakwiseBecoming]

I’m an American in England for 4 years. I can see Britain sinking while America has hope in Trump. My English husband wants us to move to America if Britain can’t turn it around. Hopefully Farage gains some traction.

[@stephanie-bwi]

As a Scot who has lived in the US over 25 years at this point, I realised a long time ago that I was finding my accent becoming a hybrid Scottish-Mid Atlantic- so now I purposefully stress my Scots accent. But when I visit Scotland, people say I have a “twang” (to which I respond “how dare you!) 😂

[@stephanie-bwi]

Also, I still use Celsius (which Americans seem to find annoying). It took me 24 years to actually decide to get my citizenship, but I don’t feel American in the slightest (especially now). Scottish first, British second, American some way back! ;)

[@andremarks4624]

In your 26 years. I noticed you still use the letter S in realized instead of the letter Z. 🤷‍♂️

[@stephanie-bwi]

@ indeed. I won’t bastardise my spelling, either! 😜

[@perryelyod4870]

@@stephanie-bwi Do you still pronounce 'Z' the correct way as 'zed', or the incorrect American way as 'cee'?

[@stephanie-bwi]

@@perryelyod4870 “zed”.

[@ibs5080]

Dual Brit Canadian here. Currently in the UK. Lived in Vancouver Canada for almost 30 years and yet I've totally kept my British accent. Incidentally there's a subtle difference between Canadian and American accents. Particularly with a sentence like "Out and about in the house". 🇨🇦🇺🇲🇬🇧 Just came across your channel today and after looking at the very interesting lineup of videos, I'm now subscribed. Hello fellow North American neighbour (neighbor). Incidentally I've crossed the Canada US border around 400 times and very familiar with the US.

[@bamccabe1]

About pronunciation a dead giveaway. Remember when I first noticed it. Wondered why that person was pronouncing it that way and eventually realized it was Canadian.

[@jmcg6189]

​@bamccabe1 Although it doesn't come up often but "bath" is another one. My mother was Canadian-American and her accent came out primarily on "bath".

[@nozrep]

Texan here and to us there is a massive difference in Canadian and American accents but just as with England it is sort of a geographical spectrum, like, I knew a lady from Iowa, and some of the words she said almost sounded North Dakotan, or Minnesotan, which is almost Canadian. But she also had bits of Missouri in her accent. A crisp American midwest accent. But yah it gradually changes from region to region and if one has a “musical” ear, one can catch the sometimes very subtle nuances. Believe you me, Canadian accent difference are NOT subtle in Texas😂 or any of the American South. haha. But if you are a Canadian going between Manitoba and Minnesota very often… the difference would not be as much as from Manitoba to Texas, for example. A sliding geographical spectrum it seems.

[@OakwiseBecoming]

I’m an American in England for 4 years. I can see Britain sinking while America has hope in Trump. My English husband wants us to move to America if Britain can’t turn it around. Hopefully Farage gains some traction.

[@kathychatterton5623]

And in pronunciation of “schedule” and American talk of being in THE hospital, and Canadians will be in hospital. I lived across the strait from Vancouver and listened to Canadian radio.

[@kiradotee]

Omg what a collab I never expected but extremely excited about!!!!

[@longiusaescius2537]

Nice avatar

[@lorrygoth]

As a Canadian Evan still sounds "American" to me, because he sounds Canadian and we have, generally, a more similar accent compared to the US than we do with the UK. And Lawrence sounds British. All imo.

[@fromhgwaii]

Evan enunciates more and easily uses British terms. Lawrence is a getting less sharp in his enunciation, and uses US expressions habitually.

[@OakwiseBecoming]

I’m from Rochester, NY (on Lake Ontario, adjacent to Buffalo/Niagara Falls) and I get asked if I’m Canadian in England ALL THE TIME. But when I was still in America and worked in a call center and would call people in the Deep South, they’d also ask me if I was Canadian. Nobody in Western/Central NY thinks we sound Canadian 😂

[@jonathanmangum4347]

@@fromhgwaiiEvan sounds more Irish to my ears like north Irish tbh

[@VenomHalos]

@@OakwiseBecomingno Canadians think you sound Canadian either 😂 I live close to Niagara Falls, ON, and the western NY accent always makes me giggle 😂

[@dyslexicfinch]

Omg finally a collab - I’ve been wanting this for years

[@blu_indi9333]

Linda McCartney had a hybrid American-British accent. A very noticeable one too.

[@davehoward22]

Paul mccartneys not as broad liverpool as he was...Gillian anderson has a very mid atlantic accent.

[@OakwiseBecoming]

Linda McCartney had the most dry and boring personality I’ve ever seen in my life. They’d interview her solely because she’s the wife of Paul, then she’d downplay it like he’s nothing special. The interviewers all grasp at straws because she is SO BORING in interviews, cannot stand her, never could. Hated her stupid way of speaking.

[@lennygdmn2713]

And millie Bobby brown the girl in stranger things, a really strange hybrid between British and American

[@p0tat0s0up]

been obsessed with your videos lately Evan, keep it up

[@evan]

Thanks! Will do!

[@dawnvickerstaff]

My husband is British, I am American. I've lived here in Britain for 20 years (!!?!!). Never thought this would be. Anyway. We argue now and again about words, pronunciation, spelling and just made up stuff that Brits like to claim are real things. He KNOWS what I mean but he likes to nudge me toward his version of the language we sort of share. Now, is this fair? I haven't lost my American accent or gained a generic British one though my phrasing has changed so that my American family now think I sound British. Can't win for losing.

[@valeriedavidson2785]

How can you argue about the English language when you are in England. Americans have tried to change our language when the rest of the world learns the correct language. 20:57

[@Neo_Tenko]

"I'm about to vote for the first time" Ooh, so this is from the before time? From the long, long ago? :D

[@katrinabryce]

Before Hallowe'en, if it was filmed at the same time as the Lost in the Pond video.

[@evan]

Wait till you see my next video where I wear my lil I voted sticker haha

[@skykid2]

You sitting in Grant Park is blowing my mind directly behind that bench is where I used to sit and watch people flying through on their bicycle😂 first I said oh that's Grant Park and then I said oh my God he's actually right next to the spot I used to sit!!!

[@TalesOfWar]

You're right, most Brits forget the Midlands exists. To many of us it's just a giant mass of roads that you get stuck on and end up cursing going from North to South or vice versa. Hi from Manchester!

[@joermnyc]

There’s an argument over here does Central New Jersey exist. North and South are pretty much well defined, but should there be a middle as well? It has gotten to the point that the state government had to “define” which parts of the state count… and even that is like “well it’s these counties definitely… and this other county… maybe?”

[@coasterfest]

That's the West Midlands, which just proves the point even more, you completely forgot that the East Midlands exists. 🙈🤣😂 Even though you've probably day tripped there (Derbyshire / Peak District) a fair few times, being from Manchester. 🤣

[@wessexdruid7598]

She's from Oxford, isn't she? Surely that counts... Midlands covers a lot more than just Brum.

[@davehoward22]

Im from sheffield and its borderline midlands on a map,but yorkshire is one of the stereotypical northern counties. Derby,leicester are the borderline,north/midlands cities,watford the southern "border"?

[@coasterfest]

@@davehoward22They’re definitely East Midlands mate, Derbys, Notts, Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincs and Northampts make up the East Midlands, both on a map and administratively. We even have an ‘East Midlands’ mayor, that we have to vote for, these days! (Another waste of money.) Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, that all border the East Midlands, are classed as Southern Counties. But to be honest, I think most midlanders class themselves as Northern, and certainly relate more to the North than the South. ;)

[@karenbeamish6907]

Not relevant internationally, but I was born in Western NY , married a southern boy and ended up having a southern drawl. Friends and family noticed after I had moved to the south. When I moved back to NY I still had a southern drawl . The pediatricians office was "tickled" by my drawl and loved the way I said "insurance" - definitely a difference. 26 years later "insurance" y'all and many other words are still a part of my vocabulary. Love you guys! Uh, love y'all! Lol 😆

[@andyjohnson4907]

This collaboration is better than the final act of Avengers: End Game.

[@Yupppi]

I wish that was a high bar.

[@knightwish1623]

It was fun watching you two doing this colab. As someone who moved from England to Germany over 50 years ago I didn't really have a problem with using a different pronouncing of words, my problem was learning a complete new language. The only German I knew when moving here was how to say Please, Thank you and count to 10. After 50+ years I now have to sometmes use Google Translate to write in English. Sometimes for spelling and sometimes to find the right words.

[@Idk-ys7rt]

Watched the Lost in the Pond video earlier (it was great btw)

[@evan]

So good!

[@Evasapprentice]

Evan’s intensity is overwhelming- definitely an American. Lawrence is calm, northern English, never change.

[@carstarsarstenstesenn]

All about perspective: I find Evan's energy to be fun rather than overwhelming, and I like Lawrence's videos but sometimes I find him dry.

[@pagejames8754]

Right, because all 330 million Americans are the same 🙄

[@alyj6398]

It's been a long time coming. So excited to see you two collab after watching both of you for years!

[@Patricia-g4t5i]

I Wholeheartedly agree with you on this, they Sound Alike!😊😮

[@jessbrown1719]

I really loved the candor in this video. Evan does a decent job of being candid, but I think Lawrence helped him take it to the next level. This aspect would make the biggest difference in this channel IMO.

[@StotakkFilms]

I have an American accent from growing up in PA, but in Germany when I speak English it interestingly shifts to a light German accent. Not sure why, but it's fascinating

[@theavocadoguitarist.1823]

I think it’s a bias that starts from a young age. My mom was raised in Iowa to her very midwestern parents with Midwest accents. And not the “central Midwest accent,” that sounds sort of made-for-TV, I’m talking like vaguely Dakotan/Michigan sounding Midwest speak. She moved to California with my dad and they’ve been living here for 30 years, and you would not be able to tell that she wasn’t from here just by her voice. But every time we go to Iowa, or her parents come and visit us, her accent suddenly shifts to Midwest like it’s her default. What I’ve learned is that accents aren’t just locally focused, but an important part of ingroup behavioral characteristics.

[@keithwarrington2430]

@@theavocadoguitarist.1823 We British do ( comedy ) German accents so well because our natural pronunciationin most dialects is far shorter and more clipped, more like German. Americans tend to drawl which just doesn't work easily.

[@Kris1964]

Great collab 😊 so funny - Evan sits like a brit and Laurence like an American

[@SherriLyle80s]

He commented he has always sat like that, even living in the US. He is "tall and has long legs" was his reason

[@marquisstevenson7036]

What kind of comment this it’s so ignorant it’s not only a Brit thing it’s what you most comfortable with mostly for females or people who are tall

[@adrianmcgrath1984]

I think if you’ve grown up in the UK, you are used to accent switching anyway? I was born and raised in a poor part of London, but when I was about 10 my mom remarried a rich, very posh Surrey guy. I pretty quickly learned how to move between the two 'societies' pretty seamlessly - or more often, how to irritate the Surrey crowd. For some years I moved between different parts of London and Surrey, always able to go 'undetected' if wanted. I’ve now lived in Canada for decades and have no idea what I sound like. But when I first arrived, people frequently asked me to repeat myself or where I was from. I very rarely get asked where I am 'from' anymore. I think most people recognize that I have a bit of an accent, but once you reach a certain fluidity in cadence and lexicon, as Lawrence and Evan - and many others have, you are recognized as a transplant rather that a foreigner or tourist. I suspect for an American moving to the UK 'cracking the code' may be a little more complicated, since the UK has many conventions that are more complicated. I heard an American who lives in the UK talking about hidden signals like putting your knife and fork together to announce that you are finished eating. I also think the UK has a lot of class and regional differences that need to be learned before you can 'pass' anywhere.

[@sarahjohnstone9041]

Ah yes the knife & fork thing threw me for a while in France - I kept putting them together and waiters kept asking if I was finished! Turns out there they tend to be at say 4 & 8 o'clock resting on the side of the plate, who knew?!

[@ytpanda398]

Totally agree, even in the same area of London hanging out with different groups of people my accent and vocab will change without me realising, and to top it off a lot of Londoners have an immigrant background so add a 3rd code switch if your grandparents speak English with a heavy foreign accent!

[@lemonsasa]

We moved from the same area Evan grew up in to Minnesota. My partner asked for wooder and I asked for water and the waiter brought it to me but had no idea what my partner had asked for. I only say water because I grew up with more British people than he did. Wawa set me up for failure because in Minnesota there is no place I can go up to a screen, tap a bunch of food, and get it at 3am. I had more culture shock between Philly and Minneapolis than I had between the US and the UK.

[@mysteryegg340]

Yay! I’ve been waiting for this since I saw Evan pop up on Lawrence’s channel a few days ago ❤

[@chrisk5651]

I’m American and I hate when people say “On Accident” instead of “By Accident“!!!

[@beckypalmer-scott329]

I think "on accident" was started by the kids on Barney the Dinosaur show. Younger people use it more than older people do.

[@nozrep]

i usually just say accidentally

[@jonathanmangum4347]

I use both lol

[@aurora6920]

Oh yeah that is strange

[@SolamenteTavo]

I'm from the south of Costa Rica and have been in the Metropolitan area for 11 years and boy my accent has changed, just moving 300 km away from home changes you

[@Themaninbue]

Having friends in other cultures is nothing short of a blessing. This reminded me a lot of the conversations I have with my British friends. Thanks for the laughs.

[@joermnyc]

Black Friday has lost a lot of importance, especially this year, as ALL of November is apparently “Black Friday”. It kind of makes me want to wait to shop until December because better deals are probably waiting.

[@Maxid1]

In the late 80s I went back to my "home town" in upstate NY. It had 1 stop light in the middle of town. I went to a, I think it was a Stewarts and asked for a latte. The girl said, "a La what?!" Espresso drinks hadn't quite reached them yet. So a large coffee it was! I wonder if that girl ever experienced cultural whiplash from that when they finally did reach there? But I could hear the difference in their speech and mine immediately, Something I couldn't hear (except for the back woods residents which even when I lived there were fewer and fewer). After 10 years of west coast living had erased whatever accent I may have had. I heard a little of it while I was in the Navy (you'll hear all accents there) but even then mine was on it's way out after only a year or so.

[@MeadeFatLoss]

Upstate NY is culturally more like the Midwest than NE

[@franklingoodwin]

As a Brit I agree with the dislike of the term "addicting".

[@ethelmini]

obligated is worse

[@Bakers_Doesnt]

@@ethelmini 'burglarized' is just wrong on so many levels; it sounds like a home improvement: "we had workmen in to burglarize the house in time for Xmas"

[@franklingoodwin]

@@Bakers_Doesnt Yes. This is the worst one. That and "anyways" it's either anyway or many ways.

[@franklingoodwin]

@@ethelmini I don't mind thst one. I might even be guilty of using it occasionally. In fact I'm certain I have used it

[@SherriLyle80s]

But you use some words like hangover. Thank the Americans for that. 😊

[@vonfluffinstuff5796]

2 of my fave you tubers. I have just moved to America from the UK two months ago. You guys have both been a lot of help.

[@IsabelJones69]

And then there's Girl Gone London who also moved from America to London. You should meet up with her. I only discovered her a few weeks ago.

[@NovemberReigne]

I watch her channel as well, her husband is English.

[@julietannOsfan1972]

The trees behind you look stunning. So beautiful.

[@mirthenary]

I too have had an accent change, I used to have a deep southern accent until I was about 10. Then we moved to MD, and at some point, I lost it and I've had a notherner, or "regular" american accent ever since. Didn't even know I had it or even lost it until I heard a tape of my voice several years later, and thought "I used to talk like that?" It must have been all the torment I received about it and subconsciously lost it.

[@davesayswords]

The contrast is bloody well interesting! I have somewhat related anecdote on the whole being in a diff country and having lots of people question you about a certain political event. I live in the UK but often travelled to the USA as part of my role as a Community Manager online. I was working at VidCon LA the night of the Brexit vote and results. I was questioned by at least a hundred people in that 24 hour period about what I think about it, who I voted etc EVEN THOUGH I know full well the majority of people asking me didn't really understand it. As the final tallies came through I was sat in an iHop (post days work) at 3AM with an American friend, and a creator from Israel and we were discussing how disillusioned we all were with our respective political climates. Being in that scenario has always stuck with me for several reasons (one being all the Americans questioning me, another being sat in ANY sort of eating place at 3AM which is NOT common in the UK and another just being able to spend time with these friends from different places.) Wait how was that relevant again? Oh well I've typed it now.

[@NZKiwi87]

‘On accident’ triggers me too Evan, me too!

[@tarrynlea]

same! but to me it's not as bad as 'burglarized'

[@scrapheap339]

​@@tarrynleaI find myself extending words unnecessarily like that when I'm with family/close friends like I might say something has been ratificisated for example instead of ratified.

[@stewartbrodie1720]

Yes, especially when people say it by purpose.

[@keira-P007]

Yeah, when people say "on Christmas" also. It's either "at Christmas" or "on Christmas Day" if you're a brit

[@Den_YouTube_handle_bullshit]

How about "at the weekend". An American told me that nobody says that! I've never spoken it any other way. It's not "on the weekend" where I live. Also, "waiting on" irritates me especially when fellow British people say it. Grrr.

[@chefbrian26]

I’m so stoked that Lawrence feels pride to be a US citizen and does enjoy it so much. I remember his first videos where he was new to America and still fighting to acclimate and now he’s a full fledged American 🇺🇸 💪

[@tacop11]

Two of my very favorite KZbinr’s together, I love it.

[@theo2dd]

15:33. "I give up EVENTUALLY".... : a lovely British slip. In fact, I thoroughly enjoyed the entire conversation. Thanks, guys!

[@bananaspliitz9136]

0:53 he says what w the glottal stop mentioned later. It was the only thing I picked up in his accent when he wasn’t trying to sound British 😂

[@MidnightAspec]

Just started following Evan today but have been following Lawrence's Lost in the Pond for a while. Great collab!!

[@AMayT1992]

I was so hoping this collab would happen one day! Thank you both!

[@chrissaunders535]

I'm an American that has been living in London for over 6 years now and every part of this is relatable, especially the Dude > Mate swap. My son was 4 when we moved here and now just turning 11 he has a super interesting mix of the two, I'm curious to see how it's going to evolve the longer we are here.

[@Dolph681]

You can lose your accent only in your cases guys, where English is your first language. I've lived in the States and now in Britain, doesn't matter which accent I speak people still recognised I'm from Europe......somewhere😅

[@nanniwa]

What I noticed, as an American, was when Lawrence said “as if it were”. This is grammatically correct, but most Americans have lost the subjunctive, and would say “as if it was”. Also, when I visited Britain, I fell in love with sausage rolls, which you can’t get over here in the U.S. I learned from a British lady on KZbin how to make them at home, and my son and I make a dozen every couple of months. I also enjoy Cornish pasties, which were available fairly easily in Britain, but no one sells them (that I know of) around here.

[@lilyp.1709]

Cornish Pasties are a big regional thing in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

[@LegsAkimbo]

I subscribe to both of you so this was great to see. Thank you.

[@TheFonzieCommunity]

I’m so happy for this collab of y’all!!

[@pamelaroundy9814]

Totally agree. Thanksgiving is our best holiday. For the same reason, no greed and family.

[@jacquelineleitch7050]

lol. Thanksgiving is the ultimate greed fest; whitewashing the ongoing genocide of and dismissal of the First Nations with a made up bs fest.

[@emq667]

The one that gets my goat is “I could care less”. 🤯 NO YOU COULDN’T!

[@Joe_Sheffield]

This is the ultimate Collab! Well done guys! My second and third favourite YT stars in one video... The 1st spot goes to ItsJPS. ❤❤

[@bugtracker152]

It was cool to watch your videos together sharing your experiences. I'm mostly following Lawrence's channel since I immigrated to the US almost a decade ago and I find it interesting to hear from a person who has a different background but made the same journey as I did. Sometimes I learn something new. I'm originally from Ukraine and the version of English they used to teach there was a very outdated version of an RP. It was a school specialized in teaching English even though quite a bit of Ukrainian accent still siped in. I visited the UK a couple of times, mostly for business and recently I did it for leisure. Surprisingly I still can understand folks in the UK better than some Americans even when I traveled through Scotland where people have a notoriously difficult accent, and that's after so many years living in the US. I'm sure I still have some accent but no one ever told me anything in the UK, while in the US they find it fancy which is still cracking me up 😂

[@Usagi1017]

Very normal. My mum moved to Portugal in the 90's from DRC when she was 19 and now she even forgetting French a little bit and she's fully fluent in Portuguese. I moved to UK from Portugal when I was 19 (10 years ago) and my English accent is a mixer of Portuguese/Manchester/Lancashire ahahaha. People get very confuse and can't figure it out where I'm from. I also say phrases and words such as "Do you want a brew?", "I'm knackered", "Fucking bellend", etc ahaha. In terms of food, I am surprised that I like beans on toast and pies (specially in winter time). I miss Portugal weather a LOT but I like the snow (in Lancashire) and Autumn in UK is LOVELY!!!

[@james.mccormack]

Lawrence should come up to Massachusetts. A lot of Irish shops around here near Boston that sell everything Irish, including sausage rolls and potatoe bread.

[@ivanheffner2587]

9:40 Oh, the frozen nasal hairs. I remember that from my years in Alaska. IIRC that happens when it gets down to mid-teens. You haven’t experienced real cold, though, until your car tires start to develop flat spots because the rubber doesn’t move.

[@beefgoat80]

I didn't think I had much of a Texas accent until I moved to the Midwest. It's not a strong accent when I'm talking to most people, but my wife says I start talking like Matthew McConaughey when speaking to other members of my family.🤷

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

I can’t stand ‘ I could care less’. That’s most definitely, I couldn’t care less.

[@pagejames8754]

That's not an American thing, it's just a lack of education thing. Not everyone in America says it incorrectly

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

@ i’ve only heard North Americans say it. Never heard anyone else say it, and I’m 70.

[@karlcx]

honestly, travelling in america as a non american it gets really, really old - super quick - to constantly not be understood, or treated like a sideshow because "you have an accent (and they don't apparently)". it amazes me that so many travellers don't just fake an accent the whole time for fear of losing their minds to the blank wall stares.

[@hansonel]

Interesting. When I visited London a few years ago I noticed I started picking up accents bizarrely enough after being there for a week... when I needed directions and my phone battery died I popped into a mobile shop asked the shop keeper: "Sorry, where's number 29 Euston Road?" with an unexpected slight British accent. BTW, as a Chicagoan planning a move to Europe I instantly recognized that exact location, that's the bench I sometimes sit on when relaxing in Lincoln Park.

[@-beee-]

The dynamic between you two is delightful. What a joy! Great editing as well. Bravo!

[@captainkrunch]

im loving this crossover episode

[@JamesCorp]

Can I say this was fascinating and really interesting to see both perspective I could watch a video of Lawrence and yourself talking about living in your adoptive countries together all day!

[@TomBartram-b1c]

I knew a Welsh person who moved to Aus, when he came back he had an Aussie accent in English but retained 100% his original accent in Welsh.

[@Sari-b7k]

Their accents still sound more like their home countries than not to me but their cadence and how they sounds a bit more life their new ones

[@lynettesherburne]

So good to see you both! 😁 👍 💙

[@CrankyBeach]

This is fun. :) I visited London clear back in 1978 with a school friend. We were both California natives. We were riding the tube and chatted with a group of college students from somewhere in the deep south. An English woman listened to us for a while, then said she loved listening to our accent. Singular. We said, which one, and she claimed to not hear any difference!

[@PredictableEnigma]

My accent changed quickly from my phases living in Mississippi, Germany, and Nebraska 😂 The way the locals speak just rubs off on me.

[@kylejde]

i have been watching you both for years (Proud NJ BOY here EVAN) so great to see you collab

[@nekoti.8-2]

After watching Evans oldest videos, I don't really detect an accent change. Howrver I have noticed Lawrence's accent isn't as strong as it had been years ago. And, the word bin isn't not used. It just isn't used as much as trash can. Most, here generally drop the "can" part on most situations. Like, "put this in the trash". But, if you need to bring in the thing that holds the trash (on pickup) day it's "bring in the can". Generally, we refer to "trash can" only rarely

[@xheralt]

You neatly hit on the distinction, the can itself versus something going into it.

[@sarahjohnstone9041]

Ha, exactly the same here; 'Time to take the rubbish out/empty the rubbish' 'Oh can you bring the bins in?'

[@Jfleshman1209]

Excellent collaboration. Well done, gentlemen.

[@jdswanny1969]

After my British citizenship ceremony, my husband hugged me then asked how it felt to be a subject!!

[@jah5391]

I will die on my hill that fahrenheit is better than celsius for weather because 100 = really hot and 0 = really cold. Where I live the hottest day was 109 degrees and the lowest was 12... which is objectily a better range than 43 to -11 for the same reason that metric is better than imperial for measurements.

[@kiradotee]

12:35 love his laugh :)

[@j.rinker4609]

Glad I saw both your videos!

[@evan]

Glad you like them!

[@pyejammiesfanfic640]

I’m from Cardiff which has its own specific accent. I’ve lived in England for fifty-four years and can no longer speak with a Cardiff accent which I find sad. It’s a really difficult one to do if you’re not a native.

[@dafyddrhobert2414]

Black Friday has certainly hit the UK. It started this year a couple of weeks ago for certain retailers. It's not only the Friday, whichever one it is, anymore.

[@kumoric]

BEST COLLAB EVER!!!

[@nozrep]

Evan, one of my best buds went to medical school in Nevis Island and met his beautiful wife there. She is from Liverpool. A Scouser!😅 Which she is of course very proud of just like her husband and me are super proud Texans. But which also, apparently is a dangerous thing to type here on the internet. When I went to visit for their baby’s christening, she was explaining to me some of the nuances of Liverpool like, Scouse is the name of the accent, and people are proud of their hometown… but also, scouser is also used as an insult on them and if you say it wrong or say it in the wrong way to them…. you could start a physical altercation very easily. I was amazed. But because she explained it to me and she herself is from Liverpool, I have zero problems typing the word scouser because I know how I am using it.

[@meredithgreenslade1965]

To me, an Australian, I think you sound like neither has left their accents behind. Lawrence, you do sound very British. The other guy is very American.

[@willjackson6522]

As a Brit, they definitely haven’t lost their accents, but there are key tells sometimes. Not sure I could tell you exactly what they are, but I know they sound off when I hear them

[@ajalicea1091]

With living in different places in the States I have been told that I sound like I'm from Texas. I grew up in Midwest and New England area until I graduated from highschool, equally. My daughter sounds like she's lived in Alabama (southern drawl) "purtty" ; son sounds like he's from New York City due to the speed of his speech. Have to tell him to slow down to understand him. Really enjoyed hearing this conversation with these guys.

[@GHar94]

On freedom of speech, I agree with people who say we have freedom of speech, not freedom from consequence. In the same sense that ignorance of the law is not an exemption. We can say what we like freely as we like in both countries but there’s a chance people will take umbridge which is not a stain on your freedom.

[@Nassifeh]

That's socially, though. That's the problem with this idea--the US First Amendment definitely does not protect you from social ramifications. It does, however, protect you from those consequences being imposed by the *government*. The UK government is able to impose these sorts of restrictions with a more relaxed standard than in the US. So the UK has hate speech laws related to a number of groups, for example, and those are categorically unconstitutional in the US. They aren't aggressively enforced, but it's just not true that you can "say what you like freely". Of course, I'm not entirely sure that it being legal to have Nazi rallies in the US is actually better, but it is different.

[@GHar94]

​@@Nassifeh I am referencing the law as well as socially when referring to consequences but I agree in a way. Issues like these are not as black and white as Twitter wants you to think lol

[@Nassifeh]

@@GHar94 Okay, then, to be clear, UK can pass laws where they can fine or jail you for saying stuff with a considerably lower legal standard than in the US. This isn't information I got from Twitter or something, and I'm not sure why you think it would be? But if it helps, I have a US law degree! The two countries just have entirely different legal approaches here. It's not just hate speech--UK defamation law is also wildly different in a way that would be unconstitutional in the US. I don't know on what basis you think they're legally similar, to be honest. As I said, there's benefits and drawbacks to both of these approaches, but they aren't similar.

[@GHar94]

@@Nassifeh im not getting into an argument or debate in YT comments, I have better things to do. Thanks for the comment tho 👍

[@webbpaje]

this is such a fascinating video! i wish this kind of topic was explored more (especially in this more relaxed fashion)

[@RNS_Aurelius]

I will never understand people who like twiglets. They taste like if you scraped up the bottom of a dirty oven and decided that's a tasty snack. But weirdly when Laurence said he likes them I thought "yeah, makes sense"

[@sarahjohnstone9041]

Hard to explain..it's like they're so wrong, it's right..can't resist that tang. Same for Marmite although I don't have it that often

[@debshed9684]

Thank you guys for this collaboration absolutely fantastic. You should do more of them.

[@FatNorthernBigot]

I'm from Grimsby. I've never heard anyone talk like Lawrence.😂

[@SherriLyle80s]

Laurence goes to the beat of his own drum. 😊

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

A really interesting discussion and a unique view of your Country swapping experiences.

[@SunnyTheOpossum]

I just moved to the UK from America and finding food that I actually like has been the biggest problem so far. I never thought I was a picky eater, but the food here is so incredibly bland, it’s almost impressive. (One discovery I’ve made through is that you guys do tomato-based dishes VERY well, and at least from my limited experience from the past 3 months living here, I’ve never gone wrong ordering something with tomato as the primary ingredient, and I don’t even like tomato all that much.)

[@nekoti.8-2]

That explains why Brits are genuinely shocked when they eat food in the U.S.

[@johannayaffe2647]

You need to try Indian food...that should be spicy enough for anyone

[@krissyg7026]

Really! Haven’t heard that before. It is just what you are used to, my cousin is now moving from USA back to England and have a long list of foods that she missed. You can literally get anything in the UK, you are not looking in the right places.

[@nekoti.8-2]

@@krissyg7026 can you get barbeque ribs or chicken with barbeque sauce?

[@krissyg7026]

@nekoti.8~2 probably, if you look in the right places. I just don’t understand people that go to a different country and complain that it’s different ? Wouldn’t it be boring if everywhere was the same? Wouldn’t it be a waste of time travelling is there was no different food? I love going to different countries and eating different things, in fact, I refuse 9to eat what I can get at home when I’m abroad. I can get my fix when I get home.