Americans React to British vs American English **50 Differences**

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In this video we react to British english vs American english. Join us as we explore 50 differences between the way Brits and Americans speak. We were shocked at just how different some American english and British english words are. We may speak the same language, but in many ways our words and phrases are vastly different. This was a lot of fun and had us both laughing and confused the entire time.
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[@stumccabe]

Chunder is not British, it's Australian. Puke is British.

[@countesscable]

And spew

[@scottythedawg]

i would say puke was american also. try sick or vomiting

[@gracesprocket7340]

"I come from a land down under, where beer does flow and men chunder"...

[@cheryltotheg2880]

Yeah I’ve never said chunder in my life

[@michellealexander784]

Agree I have never used the word Chunder, puking up or vomiting.

[@grenvallion]

Side note. A lot of these words are different depending on where you live in the UK.

[@alsmoviebarn]

For real. You can pretty much travel to the next city and locals will know you're not from there because of your accent and/or dialect. Although, a lot of the US words are different depending on where you live in the US too. I'd like to see him react to some of the regional US dialects that exist, like Wisconsinites calling traffic lights a "stop and go light"

[@c_n_b]

If you go to any city in England and you have an English accent they will know you aren't from there.

[@DreadEnder]

Same in USA

[@pmyumjr]

Yeah never heard of snow settling always used sticking.

[@Burglar-King]

Yes but most aren’t. I have friends & fam from Glasgow to Durham to Newcastle to London to Cornwall. We might use slang words but essentially the base word is the same. E.g. Potatoes, spuds, tatties, etc. The slang is now U.K. wide but started off regional. the base word stays the same.

[@garylancaster8612]

We literally never, ever, call an off licence an "alcohol shop". Don't know where he gets that from.

[@JacquelineBarnes-u5y]

People who sell alcohol in the uk call their shops by lots of names but the true British words are off licence

[@frankgibson1335]

As a North-East UK person I often wonder where the people who do these videos come from but then there are those southern idiots (yuppies) who think it's clever to use Americanisms.

[@NauiByeolEge]

In my area of Scotland, shots are not called jabs, but jags.

[@elisamcgowan4774]

Just a note to the BRITISH guy doing the video, we do NOT call it a 'gas station', but petrol or service station. For someone who is doing this description video, he doesn't know his own language very well.

[@101steel4]

Petrol garage

[@xhogun8578]

​@@101steel4rubbish

[@ebbonfly]

What if you drive diesel?@@101steel4

[@StefanPriceUK]

He doesn't.

[@paulhopkins8391]

I live in the Southwest of the UK and use ‘Gas Station’ all the time….probably more than petrol station.

[@littleannie390]

Lilo is a brand name (coming from the words lie low) and is used to mean any inflatable pool bed, rather like band aid is a specific brand.

[@reactingtomyroots]

Ah, that makes sense! :) Thanks for explaining

[@andrewheale4738]

@@reactingtomyroots Always know it as Airbed.

[@MrCalland]

The word “plaster” is of old English origin, meaning “a bandage spread with a curative substance”. This comes from the medical Latin word “emplastrum”, also meaning “plaster” or “bandage”.

[@alimantado373]

Wiki is your friend😄

[@Doctor_Who_Rocks]

​@@MrCallandAnd isn't it "sticking plaster" or "sticking-plaster" and "plaster" is the short form? And nobody says the full form anymore and some might not even know it?

[@barriehull7076]

A broiler is any chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) that is bred and raised specifically for meat production.

[@wobaguk]

College is a coverall term for a place you would go after you are done with school to do vocational courses, a place for adults to do catchup education, and a place to do intermediate qualifications after 'high school' but before 'university' (if your school didnt offer them). University is considered 'higher'.

[@colinmorrison5119]

The distinction used to be clear, with universities and polytechnic colleges. Many of the 'polys' have upgraded to university status, so it's becoming a legacy term.

[@tamielizabethallaway2413]

My Grandchildren go to a COLLEGE... They are 13! (Twins, in case you thought they were born separately the same year 😂) The younger 3 Grandchildren go to an ACADEMY. Basically what I would have called in the '70's - '80's A Secondary School. And A Middle School. It's basically a load of pretentious yuppy twaddle! "Fake it til you make it" mentality. Or what my Mum would have called "A big hat, with no drawers on" 😂 (for any millennials or younger who don't understand what that means, the drawers means knickers... because they are drawn up and drawn down to use the toilet, right? So some people still call them "drawers". So the saying: *a big hat and no drawers* means, a woman who's dressed up all fancy, for example Ladies' Day at Ascot, designer outfit, shoes, bag, and a big fancy hat...yet no knickers on underneath! Basically, all for show! Looks like a Lady but quite clearly isn't one! These days you could equate it to an Instagram "influencer" some cheap old trollop who makes out like she's some model living the high life! Hah! There's a reason so many of them get FREE trips to Dubai....😜) But I digress... I used to go to an "Academy" when I was younger. At age 3-14 I did Ballet, Jazz, and Modern at a "Dance Academy." Back then an Academy was (in terms of children's education) somewhere you went to for classes of a specific nature, outside of your normal school hours. For example dance, gymnastics, or swimming etc. It was not a fancy name for a plain old ordinary school! I went to: PLAYGROUP aged 3-4½, INFANT'S SCHOOL aged 4½-8 (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years) MIDDLE SCHOOL aged 8-12 (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years) SECONDARY SCHOOL aged 12-16 (2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th years) This accounts for some schools at the time taking children at age 11, so they would class that as the 1st year of secondary school, having missed the 4th year of middle school. So regardless of what type of school children went to, starting aged 11 or 12, by the time ALL children in ALL secondary schools were 12, they would all be in the 2nd year. In case you wondered why I skipped the first year above. We all left secondary school after the 5th year aged 16....those who chose to stay on to 17-18, for higher education, would then enter the 6th form....hence why it is is still called that today, despite it following what you now call year 11. The schools that took children aged 11 were from the older school system of the '40's - '70's, when children sat an exam called the ELEVEN PLUS. The 11+ exam was very classist in nature and basically separated the children based on who was deemed academically brilliant, and those who... weren't! 🙄 The ones who passed the 11+ exam would go to single-sex Grammar Schools, those who failed would go to secondary schools that focused more on technical learning. Basically training them up for going to work, because they were deemed too stupid to absorb any more "intelligent" education. That's a very broad explanation....but the basic point was, ONLY CHILDREN IN GRAMMAR SCHOOLS could later go on to university! So it was snobby as generally more wealthy children went to boy's or girl's grammar schools. Not that their MONEY bought them a place, but parents with money tend to demand better from their kids so as to not show them up! Poorer families tend to be proud of their kids if they're well behaved and polite, rather than because they know every country and their capital cities off by heart! The eleven plus exam was eventually abolished because, duh! How can you judge academic brilliance in 11 year olds who still laugh at farts or boobs? Many children who passed had been under pressure to do so, yet in themselves were average in intellect so they struggled in grammar school. Many who failed had presumed they would fail anyway and so didn't do their best. It ended up with a lot of children going off to the wrong school setting for them. Anyhoo, for anyone other than the O.P who is reading this, especially if you happen to be British and younger, that explains why your current schools have sixth form, because they counted years in each school, primary, middle and secondary school, separately, rather than how they do it these days for the entire duration of your education. Grammar schools especially, and much earlier schools tended to name each year a "form" rather than year. It's a hot mess basically of a number of school systems introduced in many different decades over the past century, and different schools still clinging to those varying terminologies. It's about time they started afresh and made all schools follow one system and one set of labelling. Side Note: the ELEVEN PLUS EXAM was abolished! Gotten rid of. No longer exists. "But, but, but" some of you will say, "I had to do my / or my child had to do their - 11+ exam only a few years ago, so it's not abolished at all!" I repeat, it was and IS abolished. Remember I mentioned snobby before? Well, there are some schools, run by old fashioned snobs, who still make kids sit "their own version" of an eleven plus exam, and some equally snobby schools who only agree to take children who passed their exam. This is bullshit! The government abolished the exam as it was unfair. The government decides which exams schools must give to children, not the schools. A lot of headmasters/mistresses (oooh sorry, how sexist of me...🙄) I meant head teachers, would do well to remember they are in charge of the RUNNING of the school, they are not in charge of HOW it should be run! It's not a free-for-all where they can make it up as they wish. Yes they can implement certain measures and strategies for parent participation, or tackling bullying etc, they can have a fun feel or a zero tolerance approach to running their school, but the curriculum is set by the government, the exams are set by the government. No school can refuse entry to your child because they failed their 11+ exam because it is abolished. Neither can they prioritise children who did pass their bogus exam! Any school still making kids sits their version of the eleven plus exam are misleading you! As parents, we tend to think the school knows what it is doing and so encourage our kids to follow the system and don't question it. As I said, the whole school system needs an overhaul, all using a universal terminology, the same year structure across all schools, and strict guidelines as to how far a head teacher is allowed to interpret the way it should be run. Because ultimately, schools still vary far too much from county to county and the kids are the ones who suffer. Every UK child should be guaranteed an equal education experience up and down, left to right. Parents are still pushing for their children to attend "better" schools in a different catchment area, because that school is better than the one directly opposite their house. Not that I blame the parents, I did exactly the same! We want the best for our kids. But there shouldn't be "better" schools in the first place, which is WHY the eleven plus was dropped to ensure ALL children have equal opportunity and education no matter what school they go to or what area they live in. It's ridiculous how schools are allowed to run so differently! There's been more than one teacher over the years who deserved a good punch in the throat! My daughter's school years were worse for me as a parent than my own school years had been. And I was bullied! What with all the woke crap they're allowed to tell the children these days as well. Grrrr! Ok I'm gonna shut the fuck up now! Apologies for long ramble. 😂 I was getting annoyed the more I thought about it! 🤣 Sorry. 😘😘😘 xxx

[@allenwilliams1306]

In the UK, the term “college” can be applied to any educational or training institution irrespective of the age group being catered for. It is only part of their name, and doesn't have any particular significance. If you asked me what college I went to I would say “Hertford College”. I would mean the one that is an integral part of Oxford University, but, to you, it might be interpreted as a school or further or higher education institution in the town of Hertford. The word “college” also means anything that is operated on a collegiate basis, i.e. one in which the members of the college run it independently of any other body. The College of Arms, for example, is nothing to do with education at all.

[@tamielizabethallaway2413]

@@allenwilliams1306 exactly my point, one word that brings to mind completely different things for different people. In Roman times a collegiate was basically a street gang that administered "policing" in their area. (Policing in the broadest possible sense! Very much "an eye for an eye" kind of punishments dished out! 😳) In the end, especially with schools, when these words started to be applied to schools of younger children, it initially made that school appear to offer a better quality education. An illusion of being better-than. But so many jumped in on it, that these days the words don't actually mean anything anymore. It's literally like Instagram, slap the word "model" over an ordinary girl who works in Tesco, and all of a sudden she's "beautiful" "stunning" "gorgeous" etc. It's all a front. We live in a world that's become obsessed with how people, places or situations are judged based on what they look like, rather than what they are. Models used to be rare, and we're chosen by scouts. I know they still are scouted, but with Instagram and only fans anyone can be a "model" now. I saw a photo in an article of the pyramids at Giza, right? I've never been, but the photo looked so enticing. The article then showed what the photo looked like if zoomed out a bit, then a bit more etc. You imagine the pyramids being in this vast sandy desert, when in fact infrastructure and roads have crept up closer and closer, covering the sand, and the pyramids are directly opposite a Burger King built on a crammed busy street full of shops, cars and tourists...just a short walk away! Everything is not as it appears anymore, labels and illusion have replaced truth.

[@lindastaines8288]

And yet universities like Cambridge are made up of several colleges

[@8outof10catzDOOM]

Some of the things the British guy calls them isn't what most other British people would. Also the purse, the word itself comes from the word "Purser" which was an officer on a ship in charge of the money. Nappy is short for napkin...We call it a rubber because that's what they were made of where as you name it after what it does, amazing though when he asks her what a rubber is she actually says condom, and why do you call them rubbers? because of what they made from originally...weird how it works. A register is a list of all students in that group, we also use roll call but not for that reason. Band aid is actually a brand name, where as a plaster is a medical covering that helps an injury, scaled down from the plaster you have on your leg when you break it. In an elevator we would say going up or going down...never rising, raising is what bread does when it cooks. The Li-Lo is a brand name originating in the UK and patented in the US from 1947. Stag being the male proud animal, the female version being a hen do. A vest is named after a generic name for clothing, vestiture. Needs to be said we in the UK call a sofa a sofa more than a settee nowadays. shots fire from projectile weapons, jabs are from melee, blades etc. we certainly do not say CHUNDER, throwing up or vomiting are the words most sane people use here. Off licence is just a place to buy alcohol "off" Licenced premises, i.e. A Pub. To grill is to cook under or over heat without the use of oils which is why you can both grill under heat on a standard cooker here or over heat on a BBQ. when puts up the exclamation mark you say its a point, but did you notice you called another punctuation MARK a question MARK? maybe the US needs to decide what they are points or marks. He gets a few wrong.

[@russellfrancis6294]

Just because the kid says hen-do. (slang.) It doesn't mean we all do. Steve & Lindsey : Stag Party/Hen Party. Regarding the education question. My best example: I went to college, but not university. I think of a three tier structure. 1.School throughout the formative years. 2.College for early higher education. 3.University. For academic excellence which may lead to high-paying career.

[@fionagregory9147]

I deliberately only got 3 O levels because I did not want to go to University. I am English by the way. I got 3 Bs in O level but then got a French O level because I needed one to go to Technical College. Got a B in French too.

[@tonys1636]

Still trying to work out how a Salamander got its name, it's a grill that grills both sides, top and bottom at the same time.

[@fionagregory9147]

@@russellfrancis6294 I say hen party and stag do.

[@gillianrimmer7733]

An off licence is somewhere licenced to sell alcohol to be drunk off the premises - as opposed to an ordinary premises licence where you sell alcohol to be consumed on the premises.

[@warrenturner397]

Hello from Australia. Back in the 80s my girlfriend and I were living in LA where she worked as a Secretary to the CEO Of Columbia TV. One day she had to take a record of a meetng and as it was about to start she realised she had forgotten something so she said "Excuse me I have to get some rubbers". Stunned reactions from all the blokes. In those days notes were taken in pencil by shorthand which was a combination of notes, scripts and abbreviations. So she needed rubbers to rub out mistakes.

[@wessexdruid7598]

Rather than prevent them.

[@reactingtomyroots]

😂

[@TheRealRedAce]

No doubt the Americans insisted the washroom towels were sanitary!

[@irishandscottish1829]

My sister works in the oil industry here in the uk. It’s always great entertainment when Americans come over here to work and they retell the office of their horror of their children coming home calling it a rubber instead of eraser

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

When a horse's tail is cut straight and short, in British English we call this bobbed. Hence the colonial era song, The Campdown Races has the line, "I'll bet my money on the bob-tail nag. Somebody bet on the bay." The action of cutting a tail short is called docking.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Steve is correct re the bang tail though. I worked with horses, teaching both horseriding and stable management' and the horse's tail is held up at an angle and they cut / trim the ends of the tail til when the tail hangs in its natural position, the ends appear straight. The bob-tail thing always confused me because rabbits are called bobtails!! ("Rag, Tag and Bobtail" an _old_ children's story!!) I think it instead, refers to the old carthorse types, which were docked to stop their tails getting caught up in the 'crupper' - which is at the back end of a horse's harness, where the tail is poked through, rather than the straight sleek tail of a smartly turned out riding horse.🐴❤🐴🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿♥️🐴♥️😏🖖

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Steve is correct re the bang tail though. I worked with horses, teaching both horseriding and stable management' and the horse's tail is held up at an angle and they i

[@jeorjina]

Bob-tail would be a short cut up to the tail bone (hock height, for example), docking would be amputating the tail bones for an even shorter tail, but bang-tail is simply cut blunt (usually cannon height), so Steve is correct

[@bryanromans2331]

In the UK buses operate withing regional areas and stop frequently - coaches are in essence inter city vehicles

[@jasonfield8823]

same in Aus

[@Bridget410]

Tenerife is one of seven islands that make up the Canarian archipelago. Together, they form the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. Off the west coast of Africa but belong to Spain. Known as the Fortunate Islands because of their climate. 2.2 million people live on these islands.

[@AutomaticDuck300]

I was there last summer. It’s pretty great.

[@Bridget410]

@@AutomaticDuck300 My parents use to go 2/3 times a year, all the islands are nice. Took my son in January for his 18th birthday. We went on a camel ride, the guy owned the two camels and there were two seats to each camel. He tied me on so I didn't fall off but left the lads free 😂

[@tonys1636]

They get the name Canary from the Latin for Dog, Canine, not the yellow bird. If they had wild felines on them they might have been named the Felony Islands Lol.

[@CJD35UK]

I used to work in the IT department of a large UK travel agent. Someone replaced Lanzarote with Lanzagrotty in the test sale system. This was accidentally rolled out to the live system in the shops and a fix had to be rolled out the next night.

[@BiddyBiccy]

The difference between raise and rise is just a difference in verbs. Raise is a transitive verb and needs to have an object, for example raise your hand, raise the roof. Rise is intransitive so doesn't need an object, for example sun rise, or to rise up off the chair. Rise is what happens to something, raise is what you do to something. So it's a rise in pay Vs having your pay raised. We have a lot of words for vomit in the UK, depends where you live. I've heard of chunder but it's definitely not commonly used. We say vomit (or vom), throw up, be sick, spew, hurl, chuck up (or chuck), there are probably more. We say vest for tank top (or my American friend calls it a wife beater!), we say waistcoat for vest, and we say tank top for those knitted sweaters with no sleeves.

[@nasheeds8218]

When you said only old or fancy people say “drapes” is how we feel for alot of the words in these videos. In different age groups and different places in the Uk words can vary so much

[@countesscable]

I’ve never heard anyone in the UK refer to curtains as ‘Drapes’ I’m in the South snd retired

[@nasheeds8218]

@@countesscable its an American word lol, they are saying that they havent heard anyone in America say drapes and im saying that alot of “british words” in these videos are unheard of

[@alimantado373]

Drapes are usually those 11ft curtains in stately homes and London houses, Us working class have Curtains, Its a class thing😉

[@nasheeds8218]

@@alimantado373 damn, didnt have to shame me like that 😂

[@Doctor_Who_Rocks]

​@@alimantado373I'm middle class and from London and I've never called a curtain/curtains "drapes" in my life! I was mystified by the Yanks' "drapes"! And I've never heard of *anybody* in this country calling curtains "drapes", of any size, of any class, anywhere in the country; so I don’t know what you're talking about.

[@stuartfaulds1580]

For the Schools in the UK, at least back in my day we had Playgroup/Nursery > Primary School > Secondary School > College/University. We have both Colleges and Universities. Our Secondary Schools are I think akin to your High Schools. To myself Broiler brings to mind something being boiled.

[@lesdonovan7911]

yes secondary school in Uk are high schools in America, however not often where I live in the west country do we use secondary anymore,

[@wobaguk]

Sometimes primary is divided up into Infants and Juniors. Our secondary schools technically end at 16, whereas high school continue to 18. But since most people going to uni will do A-levels at their schools 'Sixth form' (lets not get into the naming), you are probably there to 18 anyway.

[@Dave.Thatcher1]

My first school back in 1951 was called an "Infant School".

[@stuartfaulds1580]

@@Dave.Thatcher1 ahh about a decade before my time, but still good to know, thanks.

[@TheIceMurder2]

Why did you put "College/University" instead of "College < University"? University is a step above College in the UK.

[@joannecole2572]

i love the different way we say buoy. In the UK we say it as if it was spelled BOY......the same way you would say the beginning of the word buoyant.

[@TheRealRedAce]

So....Americans don't say "Boo-ee-ent? :D

[@johncunliffe1581]

Thanks ,after reading the comments, there's no more to say, well done for spotting those that you did. Keep them comming. Regards to you both and a hug for your little cuty.

[@colinbirks5403]

Lilo is original brand. Ball pen is a Biro for same reason, and a vacuum is a Hoover too.

[@captaintorch983]

The ball pen was invented by Laszlo Biro.

[@ColinRichardson]

Also, Whirlpool Spa is a Jacuzzi

[@RichardBarclay]

I always thought it was called that because you lie in then and they are low down (lie low)

[@vallejomach6721]

I think one of the differences is sometimes there are more variations that exist in English, as opposed to American English. There tends to be far more colloquial and/or slang terms for things...like Police, for example. In the US it seems to be just police or cops...but cops, coppers, the fuzz, rozzers, peelers, woodentops, bobbies, pigs, the plod, flatfoot and probably a few more. Now some of those aren't used much, some are meant to be offensive and some are old fashioned, but they will get used. Or 'throwing up'....puke, spew, vom, chuck(ing) up, chunder, being sick, hurl, upchuck, throw up, blow chunks, heave...maybe barf, but that's probably an Americanism, I guess, that's caught on from films/tv.

[@wessexdruid7598]

Calling God on the big white telephone?

[@TheIceMurder2]

Brit here, but I'm pretty sure I've heard Americans refer to the cops as pigs before. Also feds, five-o, po po etc. There are just as many slang words, its just what you're more familiar with.

[@jonhodges6572]

What you call a rubber we used to call a rubber Johnny. It's gone out of fashion a bit now, but was always a running joke at school when your name is John and someone asks to use your rubber (eraser)...."Can you pass the rubber Johnny"

[@LorraineMartin-mw6uc]

Yes we did 😂😂😂😂

[@MattDunny]

Chunder is from Australia, it comes from when people went there by sea, when they ran to the side to vomit, they would shout a warning to anyone beneath them “Watch out under” shortened to chunder

[@Mark-Haddow]

Australians should use it in a song. When the men are at work... or not.

[@chwilhogyn]

If your getting a Jab my part of Wales where Welsh is the first language, its called a 'Pigiad' translatest to "a little pintch'!!

[@Shane-Kelly]

Great as always, although surprised the video didn't have some of (what I feel) are more common differences, i.e. Boot / Trunk Bumper / Fender, Tap / Faucet Bathroom / Restroom / Washroom / Toilet / Lavatory Crisps / Chips Chips / French Fries Biscuit / Cookie LIft / Elevator Trousers / Pants Pants / Underwear Jumper / Sweater Trolley / Shopping Cart Petrol / Gas Footpath or Pavement / Sidewalk Pedestrian Crossing / Crosswalk Indicators / Turn Signal Sweets / Candy ... and so on.

[@RevPeterTrabaris]

Hello, you two! Hope you are well today. We used to use the word curtain's to refer to window coverings that only went to window sill length, like Kitchen Curtain's. Long material that went to the floor were called Drapes. Fun video. Have a great day. Peace

[@jomc20]

I've never heard English people use the word 'drapes'. We use curtains for fabric hanging in front of windows on a rail.

[@sarahdoyle2794]

I love seeing your wife doing these with you, shes just radiant always smiling and her eyes look like they're always smiling too! Just beautiful ❤️ sending love from Manchester England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ❤

[@tracy6568]

Strange? In all my 54 years I’ve never heard of chunder? 🤔 Love it when you both react together 🥰👏🏻

[@vaudevillian7]

Have definitely heard it - referenced in Blackadder too in the Beer episode (Cardinal Chunder)

[@sddsddean]

I would say 'chunder' is more Australian than British...I'd say 'throw up'.

[@colinmorrison5119]

It's in use in Northern Ireland, alongside 'boke'.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

It's used in the song by Men At Work - I come from a land down under (I can't recall the line but it ends...and men chunder?!) The band got into copywrite problems for including an instrumental portion of the song "Kookaburras Sits in the old (something*) tree" (...sorry, my memory tennds to let me down when I need it most!!😢) (*oak / ash? ...oh, maybe the old _gum_ tree?!!) 😊🌿🐨 Couldn't find a kookaburruh so used a koala instead!!

[@ColinRichardson]

Wow, I pretty much said the exact same comment word for word..

[@elemar5]

Connecticut, Poughkeepsie, Albuquerque, Arkansas, say those as you see them Steve.

[@bermudagirl50]

I always want to say Arkansas the way it looks!

[@marydavis5234]

⁠ Arkansas and Kansas are named after two different Native American Tribes.

[@piecewisefunctioneer]

As a Brit Connectycut, puffkeepsy, alber-cuer-cue, R-kansas I know how they're actually spelled but Poughkeepsie just makes me think of people trying to pronounce Loughborough 😂😂

[@LB-my1ej]

You two are so nice I love watching your reactions.

[@dianasullivan3285]

Never heard of chunder in UK throwing up, vomiting or being sick is what I've heard of

[@tonym480]

I think chunder is Australian in origin. Story I heard is that it's from 'Watch Under' from the days of emigrant ships when the passengers slept in bunks and there was a lot of sea sickness. I'm sure you can work out the rest 🤣

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

Chunder is an Australian term I first heard in the 1970s

[@raphaelperry8159]

You've never heard of the chunder wander? It might be a foreign word but I've heard it in England going back over he last 30 years.

[@caron-the-mancunian]

Neither have I........

[@raphaelperry8159]

Generally when students mention the chunder wander they mean being so drunk that they stagger about from one place to another vomiting everywhere with no particular sense of purpose or direction.

[@colinmorrison5119]

Chunder is used in Northern Ireland, though the word 'boke' (rhymes with soak) would probably be the most popular slang term. Puke, too. Off-licence is universally truncated to 'offie'. Steve is correct on grills and barbecues. It's buses here, not coaches. When they finally show up, anyway. In Belfast, the police are known as peelers, a nod to Robert Peel, the first policeman. Edit: Correction, the PM who created the police

[@sirderam1]

Robert Peel was the Prime Minister who established the first police force in London. He wasn't a policeman. The London police force wasn't the first in the UK however, Glasgow already had a police force.

[@christinedugmore]

Bus is for everyone’s use a coach is standard as a private hire or pre booked

[@colinmorrison5119]

@@sirderam1 My mistake.

[@stephenhodgson3506]

A long time ago when my youngest was 7 or 8 we were in Walt Disney World and he went up to the counter in one of the shops and asked the assistant if the had any Micky Mouse rubbers. she burst into hysterics as did the girl besides her and he was bemused as to why they were laughing.

[@furyiv]

A rubber rubs stuff out :P

[@paulmilner8452]

this is one word i feel the americans got it perfect, eraser sounds better it erases

[@furyiv]

@@paulmilner8452 wasn't a play on the words it honestly rubs lol

[@Gerryjournal]

It's called a rubber because it's made of rubber. Or was

[@barrykeeto1248]

I don’t why in the US condoms are called rubbers? In the old days they were made of leather and now made from a latex material but never rubber! Leather must have been bad enough but rubber.. ? 😂

[@RichDoes..]

Keep 'em coming guys, well done Lyndsey!

[@neilmcdonald9164]

In uk we have 2 stages:best before when you can consume it ,but it's not at its best and sell buy after the store should not be selling it still (but many smaller stores do)🎩

[@WoNkY_DoG]

Also 'use by'

[@Nathan1975Liggy]

Yes Ladybirds do fly

[@jackochainsaw]

Almost all beetles can fly. That's why they have that shape, it's a wing cover.

[@paulhopkins8391]

They are also a type of beetle :)

[@RichardBarclay]

Their proper name is "ladybird beetle", they are not ladybugs because they are not "true bugs".

[@mattlm64]

The Underground and Tube is London-specific. The Glasgow metro system is known as the Subway. You also have the Tyne and Wear Metro. "Metro" might be the best generic term.

[@adamwynyard4065]

The metro in Newcastle has about 10 stops - why would we call the real tube the metro after the system in a northern small town ??

[@mattlm64]

@@adamwynyard4065 It appears to be used generally to refer to such systems elsewhere but it also can refer to overground services, so "underground" or "subway" might be best to refer to specifically underground lines.

[@adamwynyard4065]

Subway is a fast food outlet and underground means simply under the ground. London was the first and being by far the most important place in the UK it will always be the tube

[@lisasmith2660]

People in the UK have learnt American words though films, TV shows etc unfortunately it hasn't happened vice versa

[@harryt5021]

Through movies like Harry Potter, lord of the rings and james bond it has

[@harbl99]

You didn't hear about the so-called Peppa Effect? American children were using British English idioms because of the Pepper Pig tv show. "Mummy" instead of "mom", "telly" instead of "tv" and suchlike.

[@geezagame]

@@harbl99 *Peppa Pig

[@lindaoconnor8298]

I just love how you embrace the differences

[@pamelsims2068]

We certainly DO NOT say chunder!!!!!!!!!!!! We say throw up or, politely, I felt so bad I was sick all over myself!

[@vallejomach6721]

I've definitely heard people say and use it...usually in the context of a 'going for a tactical chunder'.

[@sandrapaterson8678]

Never heard chunder in my puff lol

[@MrGrimsmith]

@@vallejomach6721 Yup, the tactical chunder was used during pub crawls when I was a student and that was over 30 years ago. Letting everything go was a vom bomb.

[@karendowse8721]

Some Brits certainly DO say chunder, I’m a Londoner and have heard it said many a time

[@markdavidson9743]

Chunder must be a posh english word because it certainly isn't said up north.

[@pamelsims2068]

We can say "it was curtains for him" if someone dies ... say in an accident. The curtains being the ones at the crematorium that the coffin disappears behind before cremation. You wouldn't say... it was drapes for him would you?

[@shaunfarrell3834]

Actually I believe it is older than that, predating crematoria. In the past it was customary to draw the curtains even in daytime as a sign there was a death in the household.

[@SerenitySoonish]

The videos with both of you are so fun 🥰

[@Irene-xs9pc]

I agree, i love Steve and Lyndsey together 🎉❤

[@traceygilligan1201]

Loved that, your reactions were fun

[@AliceJoy78]

We have our own slang words for police, depending where in the UK you are from. We also sometimes use the word cop. But, we may also use; Bobby, copper, constable, pig, fuzz or rozzer.

[@CJD35UK]

You missed out, the filth and bizzies.

[@ColinRichardson]

I have NEVER heard of "chunder" in my 39 year existence.. that must be a regional thing.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

It's an Australian word.

[@RichardBarclay]

I think it's southern because I've heard it in Sussex.

[@nathanthom8176]

Purse comes from coin purse in which before notes and cards you would keep your money. Purse was also adopted to mean awarded (gambling or naval warfare etc). Wallet was used sincebthe 12th century but was for storing valuable items but not necessarily coinage. Over time it seems with the advent of notes the term wallet took over for men and the two terms came to represent a fifferent form factor for the same job.

[@markcook4320]

some of the english words will also be different depending on age.

[@reactingtomyroots]

Definitely makes sense!

[@fionagregory9147]

We always say holiday.

[@tanyaabram8336]

Fascinating to find out why Bangs are called that

[@0utcastAussie]

If you pronounce the word as you see it then this word Coworker MUST be pronounced as Cow-Orker, right ?

[@marydavis5234]

No, it would be co worker.

[@TheCount66]

And what about Arkansas. Are Can sass?

[@marydavis5234]

@@TheCount66Arkansas is not a English word, the state of Arkansas is named after the Native American tribe, who settled the state and the same with Kansas.

[@robheyes6470]

Certainly according to Scott Adams in the Dilbert cartoons

[@Gerryjournal]

Only a fool would try to pronounce any English word phonetically. What a crazy language

[@carolineskipper6976]

Thanks for the 'bangs' explanation Steve! I've often wondered. Lilo - you literally lie low on it. It's like a mattress on water instead of land. Chunder is Australian not British. It's a term we know here, but we don't really use it. We're more likely to say 'vomit' 'throw up' or 'heave' ' Grill' is to apply direct heat to the food - so might be from above or below (though in Britain it's most likely to be from above). If we are talking 'grilling outdoors' it's always 'Barbecue'

[@gloriaadams2181]

I am 70 and lived in England all my life and never heard the word chunder????!

[@brigidsingleton1596]

It's Australian in origin.😊

[@Richard-b2t3t]

I’m retired & went to live in Bangkok with my Thai wife & her adopted daughter. Thailand tends to use American English when speaking English. During lockdowns due to COVID, with schools closed, many of my step daughters friends would come to our house to study together. I was asked to explain to them the differences between American English & British English. It sounded simple until I began to write a list of words from each version that had differences! I did my best & left them with the following statement. “If you want to ask any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask me. I will not suffer ’loss of face’ because I admit that it is not a subject that I am an expert in but I will do everything that I can to help you.” Because Thai people are very respectful I also said “Generally conversations between American people & British people are largely understood. Please be tolerant when using the English language.” 🙏

[@pelvist]

As a brit, i have never used or even heard of the word "chunder".

[@cousindave1]

Why do you pronounce solder, "sodder"?

[@cupid_stunt7414]

Band Aid is the brand name of adhesive bandages

[@wildadventure5101]

For me, 11-16 would be Secondary school, then 16-18/19 would be collage. But my collage also had a university centre and would offer courses for adults to retrain and to retake things. Such as retaking Maths if they needed a higher grade for a job.

[@Rldavies84]

When it comes to 🤮 in Wales we call it spewing ie. I just spewed up 😂😂😂

[@weejackrussell]

Same in Yorkshire as in Wales .

[@Jenel_79]

With the Plaster, the US calls it a Band Aid because that's the most popular brand of plaster and it just became synonomous with plasters. In the UK, a lot of people call them Elastoplasts, as that was a large brand of plasters and just become synonomous for plasters.

[@paulkelly9554]

Apparently "chunder" originated with the first immigrants to Australia, who suffered from seasickness during the voyage. They'd shout "Watch out under!" before heaving over the sides on to the decks below. That was shortened to "chunder"

[@normancobbett2891]

Guys, I enjoyed that video, keep them coming. It would be interesting if you could compare car prices

[@drziggyabdelmalak1439]

That was great fun, guys! And you both knew so many. Cool! We don't really use 'chunder' - it's gone out of fashion. We'd say 'throw-up' or 'puke'. Lilo is a Trade mark name [like Nylon etc] and comes from to 'lie low'. Please do more things like this. It was great!

[@EmilyCheetham]

Brits call a pencil eraser a rubber because you rub with it. Brits do also say zit for the spot/pimple.

[@allanblackesq]

The fun when I arrived in the UK from Australia, sellotape in Australia is called Durex, Durex in the UK is a condom or rubber in the USA. In Australia flip flops that go on your feet are called thongs, but thongs in the UK are sexy underwear!! I got into so much trouble at school asking for the Durex or asking someone to pass it to me. I was 10 at the time!

[@101steel4]

English vs American English. There's no such thing as British English.

[@DavidRichards-z2k]

Back in 86 I was posted with my regiment for a short time to Fort Lewis Washington State. We set up a regimental memorabilia table in the PX, the best selling items were “rubbers”with our regimental crest on them (a red rampant dragon) sadly we had a lot of returns as the item was not as described on the packaging, loads of laughs.

[@paulief3817]

The underground in Glasgow is called the subway, although a lot if people refer to it as the underground

[@LetsTalk_ManUtd]

I’ve never heard anyone in the UK say Chunder, wtaf 😂 We call it being sick or throwing up.

[@donmaddox8898]

Chunder is an Australian saying

[@DylRicho]

7:36 Same situation with "we are headed" versus "we are heading."

[@craigbolton2231]

We call kindergarten, nursery in scotland. Also we use rubber for condom and eraser. Gives us a giggle too

[@nataliedunn5239]

Some of the "UK" ones are actually specifically English, or even more regional. I don't know one Scot that would say Chunder, I would personally say sick or being sick. And with the snow thing, I would say it's lying/laying, rather than settling.

[@jeanauguste-f7i]

You do realise that English is spoken in America because the English colonised American in the 17th century. We taught you the language you speak today. Your welcome ❤

[@mtburton909]

Remember, they speak american, not English

[@brigidsingleton1596]

*you're* welcome too.😊❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🖖

[@2eleven48]

'You're', not 'your'. 'You're' is a contraction of 'you are'. 'Your' is a possessive adjective. So much for your English.

[@8outof10catzDOOM]

Technically we didn't teach them it, our settlers already knew it when they went there, over the years they developed different accents due to other nationalities.

[@2eleven48]

@@8outof10catzDOOM.....Who is this 'them' you refer to? Aside for the indigenous peoples, the 'Indians', there were no English speakers prior to when the pilgrims and other settlers arrived from parts of the UK.

[@michellealexander784]

Secondary school in the UK is for pupils from 11 to 16 and then the option to complete A levels at the school or move to a college to complete the A levels. Then on to university for the degree.

[@andrewmilligan3764]

Never heard of chunder ,it could be in a certain area of the uk

[@AC-um2mk]

Chunder is Australian and comes from the expression "watch under" which was a warning people would call out to people below 😂

[@emilyjayne77]

I’ve not heard it either!

[@tonygreenfield7820]

Only ever used sarcastically with a faked Ozzy accent. Commonly "technicolour chunder" for a really impressive one involving either an Indian takeaway (tikka masala) or a pizza....🤮

[@AC-um2mk]

@@tonygreenfield7820 "pavement pizza" 🤣

[@christopherstrong150]

50 years ago, working in a hairdressers near, an American army base in Suffolk A lovely young American lady asked me if I’d give her a bang Fortunately, I noticed she was married and obviously didn’t mean what I thought she meant. Eventually she pointed to her forehead and I surmised she wanted me to cut her a fringe, but it could’ve become very embarrassing.

[@AndusDominae]

Standard ages of schooling in the UK: Playgroup, 2-3yrs old. Nursery, 3-4yrs old. Primary school, 4-11yrs old. Highschool/comprehensive/secondary, 11-16/18. Sixth form, 16-18 (optional 2yrs after compulsory secondary education). College, 16-onward, can do same qualifications as sixth form, more vocational qualifications, gain certifications for other things, much more variety in general, sometimes linked to universities so maybe yr1 of a degree or an access course or a foundation degree can be completed before going away to university. University, 18-onwards, standard undergraduate degree is 3yrs but some vary depending on specifics. The difference between raise and rise is I rise (it's happening to me) whereas I raise something/someone else (I'm acting upon something). Eg: If I pick up a cup, it rises because I'm raising it. You've got it. Grill is the shape of the heating element, though we do have gas grills. Grills can also refer to the grilled surface within a barbeque, and similarly if you see "grill" on a restaurant sign it probably means more like a mangela (wood/charcoal fired Turkish barbeque).

[@RichardBarclay]

In the UK we do use the word subway but for something else. A subway is a footpath that goes underground, like under a road or railway line.

[@johnv467]

In the UK, a condom used to be called a "Rubber Johnny"

[@enemde3025]

Ladies use a PURSE. Men use a WALLET. Thanks for clearing up the " BANGS" question for us Brits. BAND AID is a brand name for plasters . LILO ( trade mark name) comes from LIE LOW. To lay/sleep on the floor. TENERIFE is one of the CANARY ISLANDS off the West coast of Africa and is a very popular British holiday destination. MOSCOW and GLASGOW. CHUNDER is an Australian word, not British !

[@MrGrimsmith]

Yep, the "broil" bit used to confuse the hell out of me. Nowadays I have a fair few friends over there that I speak to regularly so just switch between words based on who I'm speaking to. You get used to it after a decade or so :D One thing to bear in mind though, the bloke on the video was using what is referred to as "received pronunciation", i.e. "The King's English". Most of us have regional accents and use dialect words without thinking about it. The number of different names for a bread roll being a prime example. There are a LOT.

[@MaceCameron]

Im not sure about the rest of the uk, but in scotland, this is how we do it. 2 - 4 years old - Nursery 4 - 12 years old - Primary School 12 - 18 years old - High School (for high school you can leave earlier than 18) Also, we would say “Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3” and so on up to Primary 7. And in high school, “S1, S2, S3” and so on up to S6. As I said, this is only in scotland I think, but yeah, just wanted to say, great video though!

[@uppyraptor49]

You pronounce DAT TAR (data) we pronounce it DAY TUR

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Except Aussies say _Dar_ta (Tim Minchin for example) 😶

[@0utcastAussie]

@@brigidsingleton1596 Yo Ghurt too But they listen to Stat-us Quo

[@brigidsingleton1596]

@@0utcastAussie Yes, though I say "_Yog_urt" but I spell it with the _aitch_. 🙂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿♥️🖖

[@Angusmum]

Grammatically we use the word “raise” when a second or third party or object is involved in the activity. I will raise the platform; They raised the table so that they could slide the carpet underneath it; They will raise the amount of their study time if they want to pass the exam. When it is something that mainly affects you, you use the word “rise” ie When I stand on the platform I press the lever if I want to rise(up).

[@Yorkshirelass1971]

A dual carriageway has 2 lanes, a motorway generally has 3 ,and blue signage

[@wessexdruid7598]

Many motorways initially had only two carriageways. Then they expanded to three, then four...

[@MrCalland]

Green signsa are carriageways blue is motorways.

[@Mackieee]

A dual carriageway is a road with a median, like a grass median or a barrier. Meaning one carriageway on each side, nothing to do with the number of lanes.

[@Yorkshirelass1971]

@@Mackieee dual carriageway has 2 lanes, that’s y it’s called dual and a central reservation either with or without a grass verge , and the speed limits determine which it is ,

[@Mackieee]

@@Yorkshirelass1971 wrong, its about the number of carriageways, not lanes.

[@Relyx]

In terms of raise vs rise, I'd say that raise is the act of causing something to rise. If you are raising something, it is rising.

[@lisagrimmett6109]

39 from England. Never have I heard being sick referred to as chunder 🤢 you get sick, vomit, throw up, puke but never chunder 😮

[@brigidsingleton1596]

It's an Aussie term!!

[@voidwraith75]

Yes, Ladybirds fly😊

[@shaunfarrell3834]

Coach, also sometimes referred to as a single decker to differentiate from a double decker. Chunder as others have pointed out is Australian, it was introduced to the Uk in a comic film The adventures of Barry McKensie.

[@jennd9091]

I would love to go back and mark steve's old guesses against lindsays - she is so good!! (also i think steve has progressed)

[@georgesamuels3402]

Bro, I've watched your vids for a minute now. I've got to say, your partner is way more on it in terms of getting English haha Respect Lindsey.. Peace out from West Yorks

[@carllawrenczuk9173]

So you're saying American birds appreciate their hairstyle being named after a horses a$$ 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️🤣😁 As someone who has been jabbed many times and shot once I'll take a jab any day guys 💯

[@brigidsingleton1596]

It's not it's "ass" / "arse" .. it's its _tail_ !! And a "bang tail" as Steve described is correct. (I worked with horses, teaching horseriding and 'stable management' so that's my source.)

[@jennd9091]

We do not say chunder that must be regional. Holidaymakers are tourists, Preschool or nursery would be kindergarten. but mainly Nursery.

[@cunninglinguist-hu1dz]

In Scotland spots/zits(acne) are known as plooks.

[@angelahawman4263]

Lilo. A trademarked type of inflatable mattress which is used as a bed or for floating on water.

[@wessexdruid7598]

On which you lie low.

[@weejackrussell]

It was always called a lilo in the 1960s and 1970s.

[@michelekirby-xv4sw]

That is a grill, it took me years to figure out what a broiler was as its similar to boiling, yes we say bbq. We say both usually curtains but sometimes drapes. In England subway is a sandwich shop.

[@vatnidd]

The "underground" in Glasgow is called the Subway!

[@jasonfield8823]

It is funny that Australia has a mix of both. eg. we call them band aids but call a crib a cot.. Our education system can be a little confusing. Basically kids start in Daycare / play group ( Private or Council operated ) until about 3-4 Years old. then to Preschool, ( Private or State Government operated, usually attached to a Primary School if Government operated). then off to Kindergarten for 1 year then to Primary School -1st to 6th year(Class). Then years 7-12 are Highschool, (Private or State Government operated) also is some States / Territories, also happening now in some places in New South Wales years, years11 & 12 are called College. Then off to University or TAFE, [Tertiary & Further Education]. Like a trade school. At year 10 Level you obtain our High School Certificate. you can also start TAFE and can be part of your "units" for our HSC [ Higher School Certificate ] TAFE can also to be referred to as College. Side Note: Our State run schools are a "free Education" system as School fees and Wearing of uniforms are recommended but not legally enforced. All our schools are designated "safe places"

[@edwardwoodstock]

You two are so nice. America needs to use you as ambassadors for your country. You are the best representatives of a nice America x

[@anthonyyarwood]

The snow one that doesn't stick we say sleet

[@xiaoshanxz]

Sleet

[@paulhopkins8391]

Sleet is snow mixed with rain so is different from whats being asked.