ENGLISH Vocabulary Differences US vs UK vs Australia vs New Zealand vs South Africa

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[@calistahuyser5044]

So sad that South Africa didn’t say “Shap” to the thumbs up. That’s what we mostly call it in South Africa

[@vyeagra420]

the older people use that but younger ppl use "shap-shap"

[@MetaalMeerkat]

Yea, not sure where that potato fell out with "kiff", that is not nearly as widespread or recognizable as "shap"

[@louiegumede]

Yeah, I think he also for got that we call the male swimming costume "baggies" too

[@bloodripper9093]

@@MetaalMeerkat never heard of "kiff" or "lekker" that is "sharp"😅😅

[@jeanpekeur9875]

Of awe

[@xxdrippinghaloxx1712]

Australia and New Zealand are like the 2 best friends who never leave each other in the group

[@irisma6439]

Nah I'd say we're more like siblings, stick together in the presence of other countries then fights to the death when alone 😂

[@itsmilan6367]

@@irisma6439 yess!

[@trajictempr8574]

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[@aprilsmith3683]

In South Africa the word "robot"(traffic lights) originated from the term "Robotic Traffic Controller"... The humans were known as "Traffic Controllers"... When they were replaced by the automated system... "Robot" was the shortened version that remains in place today... 🇿🇦

[@evocatus989]

I always wondered why it's called that's. Thanks a lot for today's trivia

[@0001kellykelly]

Oh my God I’m a South African and am only learning this now!😂🙈 I thought “robot” was a British linguistic import 😂

[@teboho_26]

Traffic lights are also called robots in Lesotho😂😂

[@katrina1956]

As an Aussie I love how New Zealand, Australia and South Africa are on the same side because I feel all the accents are similar lol

[@MikeAG333]

Similar? It's hard to imagine how they could be more different.

[@leoui5081]

@@MikeAG333 They do sound similar.

[@MikeAG333]

@@leoui5081 Erm...........no. Not at all. One sentence and I'll tell you where they're from, and be right every time.

[@leoui5081]

@@MikeAG333 I doubt that very much.

[@MikeAG333]

@@leoui5081 Well, you're wrong. It's incredibly easy to distinguish between the 3 accents. However, to try to distinguish between South African and Zimbabwean or Namibian is almost impossible for the outsider. I suspect you might be American, in which case you just dump them all in a basket called "foreigner".

[@solreaver83]

Australia depending on the state and age group can vary a fair bit some times. Swim wear when talking about it genericly and not gender specific is also just called swimmers. Pants is also a generic term for clothing on the legs but trousers is used also to specify long pants that generally aren't denim because those would just be called jeans.

[@utha2665]

I think we use trousers and pants interchangeably, I do, in any case. But you're right, a lot of words are regional and even different between the socio-economic classes within that region. Swimwear in WA are typically called bathers or boardies, speedos (budgie smugglers) but we are certainly well aware of togs, cossies, swimmers, etc. I really enjoy these language similarity/difference videos though, they are fun and the presenters are doing a great service, I think.

[@grandy2875]

Growing up, we often referred to long pants as either pants or strides,,,trousers were more formal like a suit or in particular, a tuxedo... I think a lot of the variation depends on your location and/or generation... the shoes were sneakers, plimsolls or joggers, depending on what they were made out of...swim wear was what the Kiwi and Aussie girls said... I don't think much has changed over the years...I have noticed that with more and more American telly and movies over time, a lot more americanisms are coming into the language and that is starting to see the loss of the older aussie-isms...

[@solreaver83]

@@grandy2875 agreed. My dad says strides some times but usually trousers.

[@krysin]

I mean, I'm Aussie and generic swimwear is bathers so yeh it varies xD

[@type40artist]

When I was living in Queensland, we would call board shorts “quick dries” because they dried quick.. I suppose… when I moved out of Queensland everyone thought that was strange. Now I think it’s a bit weird too.

[@Genevieve_212]

As a South African person that moved to Australia these videos always unlock a new memory or a new word I have forgotten over the years that’s Afrikaans. 🇿🇦🇦🇺

[@Tylasmith-r5w]

RIGHTTT

[@OG-AMIR]

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[@herbertvanrensburg6411]

Piele pappie

[@frederikvandoren]

@@herbertvanrensburg6411 mmmm lekker 😏

[@dianabuck7310]

Terms vary regionally in the US. You could honestly do this with folks from different states and get similar diversity.

[@emmas5938]

I definitely agree with this! Also it’s a generational thing- where I’m from it would be very awkward/outdated to say “Mickey D’s”. No one says that in general where I’m from and even when I asked my friends they agreed. It really does depend where you’re from and slang is also always changing with the times!

[@cammysmith7562]

I mean it’s the exact same in the UK people speak a different language depending on where you are.

[@iatsd]

You mean it's the same as every other English speaking country on the planet? Regional & generational variation is a thing? Gosh, who knew?

[@Mooshanmut]

@@iatsd except Australia, it’s literally just thicker or thinner accent

[@leechion2933]

Im from the city of the worst accent and ye I can say theres a lot of diverity in the way people talk from anywhere else in the US

[@MPT1983]

I'm a Kiwi but lived in Aussie for 6 years, the ones that always stood out to me were Icey Pole instead of Ice block, Pluto Pups instead of Hotdogs and Dooner instead of Duvet. Also all the coffee flavored Milk! So many different brands and types. This was Perth, great place.

[@Povo_Ratto]

Hotdogs can also be called a sausage sizzle or a snag!

[@MPT1983]

@@Povo_Ratto Snags yes I remember that!

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

"Ice block" is also used in some parts of Australia.

[@samthornton5911]

Sometimes we say icy pole purely because there’s a type of ice block called a icy pole.

[@robbieb1254]

Iced coffee is the ducks nuts

[@ninajoit]

I’m a Queenslander and I’ve always called them togs. My Victorian friends call them cossie or bathers. Boardies is also what I call the loose pants made out of quick drying material. Swimmers sometimes gets used too, but mainly togs.

[@aussiebruce0138]

I was surprised that so many used the term Speedos, but no one brought up the fact they were originally designed and made in Sydney Australia (Straya) in 1914 by a Scottish immigrant - Alexander MacRae.

[@KatDoesCrime]

Yeahhh! As a kiwi togs are where it's at! Right on🤙

[@Grubbet]

When I lived in Queensland we all called them Togs. When I moved to NSW no one new what I was talking about lol. So swimmers was the new word I had to use.

[@shaunbrosnan220]

Don’t forget that the biggie smuggles can also be called DT’s AKA Dxxk togs the first word has also been censored

[@SunsetParadiseHRT]

I was so confused when she said “if your from Queensland you would probably say bathers or cossies” like I have always said togs? 😂

[@iainmarais]

South African English slang word for corn on the cob is typically mielie (or mealie if respelled in a more universal English-compliant form), otherwise its plain old corn. We also have something called 'mieliemeel', in slang among English speakers we'd call this mielie meal. The word itself comes from the Portuguese word 'milho'

[@BrandonLeeBrown]

In America we say "corn meal" for flour from Coen. We make cornbread and grits with it. Grits are specially treated corn meal and make what I think South Africans call "pap" (poridge from corn meal / mieliemeel."

[@Rob-t4z7x]

@ No they are different. Grits you can eat, pap you can't, it's tasteless.

[@mikehancho2082]

Generalizing American terms can be difficult. Growing up in the south we never called sneakers sneakers. We called them tennis shoes. But I have noticed it’s changing faster. Not that many people say Mickey Ds as much anymore and sneakers is becoming a much more used word around the US. I think a lot of has to do with social media. Accents and slang are becoming a little more unified. When I was growing up, southern accents were really strong and diverse depending on the region. Now when I go home, you don’t hear nearly as much twang in teenagers.

[@emmas5938]

This is so true! And this is why I put a disclaimer in the comments. Also I’ve only visited about 13-14 of the 50 states so honestly I haven’t experienced a lot of other regions and most of my visits were brief so I didn’t interact with the locals that much. Our way of speaking and terminology is vastly different depending on where you go. I honestly answered these questions based on my experience of where I’m from but of course my experience can be completely different from other people’s experiences!

[@mikehancho2082]

@@emmas5938 of course. Not many Americans get the opportunity to see all 50 states and even when they do they don’t always indulge in the local culture. You did a fantastic job at representing and were also very entertaining! Keep it up!

[@jadentippeconnie4204]

My mom and i grew up in colorado, my dad in New Mexico. And my mom spent like 6 years in west Virginia. We also say tennis shoes or sometimes even tennies We don't say "stop or traffick" before light. Jus "the light." And one that my boyfriend and I argue about is buggy vs light. I say buggy. Apparently that's a southern thing?

[@kpoinsett5380]

I'm from the Midwest and I call them tennis shoes as well

[@thegrahamsullivanshow566]

America is MASSIVE, and you guys have quite significant accent changes state to state, so I can imagine that slang changes as well. whereas in Australia is it very subtle or no difference from state to state, unless you're from Queensland, they're a different breed up there hahah

[@kinsleytanner-1]

Y’all need to add another American that’s southern to each of these, because our terms are completely different, it would be hilarious😂

[@MrNugget314]

The South African guy forgot to mention, "Ja, nee". Its a phrase only South Africans can understand and there is no single agreed upon definition at all but we all know exactly what you mean when you say it to someone else. We also tend to assimilate Aussie and New Zealand slang into local dialect. This is due to the close sporting ties we have with both countries and as such there is a lot of mingling going on and naturally some terms or slang words get adopted.

[@n.jmsimanga6544]

Kiff what it’s supposed to be sharp ou

[@MrNugget314]

@@n.jmsimanga6544 Ja nee, exactly man. Kiff is not a term that I hear a lot. When you like end a conversation 9/10 times the other person just goes "shap shap". Maybe its like a Cape thing? I know those guys down there are a bit different from us Highveld guys. 🤔

[@imaanwallace9298]

"ja no, I mean, it really depends..." 😂

[@MrNugget314]

@@imaanwallace9298 its actually kinda cool that even though our entire country is about the size of one State in the US we have very distinct regional vocabularies. A guy from Durban sounds nothing like a guy from the Highveld. Same thing with guys from the Cape. Geez man imagine if they asked a colored guy from Cape Town to share some local dialect on there hey XD

[@Vortexafternoon]

@@n.jmsimanga6544 or "sha(r)p sha(r)p" ;)

[@marcimousie]

This makes me realize how different American slang is between the west coast and east coast.

[@TheRealOTK]

and there's even more in between with the south, Midwest, Texas, the plains, mountain states, the Southwest, etc.

[@bigploppa154]

she doesnt represent the east coast either. trust me

[@nicholasweaver9550]

We also call sneakers tennis shoes or whatever the shoes specific use is for like running shoes.

[@MEchanicAL_LSTAR]

@@bigploppa154 she seems like elite east coast. She seemed like she’d be kind of snobby.

[@codygates7418]

We need a southerner in there for a whole other language 😂I volunteer because I’d love them to try and guess cattawampuss

[@dzspdref]

The term "Sneakers" came from when Japanese military first started to put rubber on the bottom of their boots to help them sneak into camps to kill unsuspecting soldiers in trenches, as their boots no longer made that clomp heavy sound when rubber was applied. They "tacked" it onto their boots and would "sneak" in to camps. So that's where Sneakers and Takkies come from. Trainers are used since most people train in them for comfort, grip, and control, so that's how "Trainers" came about, to help them train in them better.

[@BrandonLeeBrown]

Oddly, the Gurkhas would do that too.

[@beatsado6529]

In New Zealand, I just call all of the swimming outfits togs, doesn't matter if it is male or female swimming outfits, it is all just togs. We also do say sweet as quite a bit

[@KatDoesCrime]

Ye fr Never heard anyone call them broad shorts or anything, always been togs! Another common phrase of ours is chur 🤙

[@erica.wade02]

YESSS my teacher always says chur bahah ​@@KatDoesCrime

[@laurencefraser]

​@@KatDoesCrime you'll see broadshorts or the like... But only in advertisements where they're specifying the style/type. Not in normal conversation.

[@jeffreydotson4842]

I'm glad to see the people in this video being polite and civil toward each other. I've seen people get straight up rude over differences in terminology. It's one thing to just be joking around or just innocently misunderstanding what someone means, but to actually make fun it's ridiculous.

[@kingofthejungle3833]

@7:46 for those who don't know, there is actually two types of corn, your 'corn on the cob' and corn kernels that you eat for tea, dinner, supper, lunch, whatever you call your cooked meal, is sweet corn. Corn that you use for popcorn, grits if you're going to try that southern US staple, or if you're grinding corn to make cornflour/cornstarch, you will use maize.

[@Laurenade]

Lauren here 🇬🇧 I looooved filming with this group of fabulous people! It was really enjoyable and broadened opinions and experiences 🤩 hopefully we can film together again soon and I hope you guys enjoyed 💚

[@henri191]

Hi , Lauren or Clare 🇬🇧 , i loved your video , loved your outfit , the only one no black 💙❤

[@niccolopaganini1782]

@@henri191 you know what month it is right?

[@mariashurshilina4440]

Thank you very much Lauren🤎 I love you and your videos, there are more fun with you) I'm from Russia, and I'm studying English hard and I want to speak with British accent (your accent is soooo beautiful✨) 🤍🤍🤍

[@basstian385]

"Maize" (corn) comes from spanish "maíz", which comes from Tahino (Caribbean) "mahiz". Corn is originally from Mexico.

[@E-hab]

@@niccolopaganini1782 What have that to do with the months?

[@TheExpatpom]

I was so looking forward to seeing a bit that went: “Pickup truck.” “Yeah, pickup.” “We’d say ute.” “Yeah, we also say ute.” “It’s a bakkie.” Because the discussion on that would’ve been good.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

In Australia ir has changed since I was young. A ute was always a version of a sedan but a pick up was more truck like.

[@cheesemonkey98]

Bakkie is one of the only words I remember from when I was in South Africa and now I just use in my everyday vocab when describing that particular car and then I have to remember most english people don't know what it is 🤣

[@Oxley016]

'Pickup Trucks' basically don't exist in the UK, I have seen about 5 in my whole life and have never saw one at a car shop before so don't know where the people got them lol. Also in some parts of the UK 'baccy' is a slang word used for tobacco.

[@cheesemonkey98]

@@Oxley016 I see quite a few pick up trucks but I live in country so it could be. That's normally what people think of when I say bakkie is tobacco but I use the word for both

[@Oxley016]

@@cheesemonkey98 Yeah I suppose that makes sense having them out in the country and on farms

[@livewireOrourke]

4:01 "I have to get my trainers." "You have *personal* trainers? What?" 😄😄😄😄

[@henri191]

New Zealand 🇳🇿 and Australia 🇭🇲 are pretty similar to each other , not just the accents , but also the flags and are in the same continent as well , Jakob 🇿🇦 has a strong accent

[@FionaEm]

The NZ woman in this video doesn't have a strong accent. Ppl with a strong NZ accent actually sound quite different from Australians. They lengthen vowels that we shorten, and vice versa.

[@ryanjared4263]

i dont find his accent that thick at all.

[@s6r231]

Australia and NZ are not on the same continent. Australia is its own continent and NZ is part of the mostly underwater continent Zealandia.

[@Charles_200]

@@s6r231 Australia = Oceania New Zealand = Oceania Australia isn't a continent neither is New Zealand

[@mstandenberg1421]

Oceania is a region, not a continent. Zealandia is indeed a continent in the geographical sense, albeit mostly submerged. One can see it if one cares to Google it specifically or looks at global terrestrial and marine topography. New Zealand is the bit above water and is a small fraction of it. It’s going to become an issue in time as exclusive economic zone legal languages use the word continent and continental shelf to assert mineral rights and sovereignty.

[@bigjo_t]

I'm from New Zealand but I love the South African words

[@carlosocampo3585]

Why when the Guy said "pommy" to the British girl she was sorprised and everybody laughed? 🤔😂😂

[@skylasmellsroses]

@@carlosocampo3585 because in South Africa we like to call British people or people from England “pommies”

[@KatDoesCrime]

@@skylasmellsrosesIn nz we just call em 'Poms' :) I believe aussie also does that

[@MistyTheCat-n9j]

@@KatDoesCrimewe do? I’ll use that next time i see an English bloke.

[@SanctusPaulus1962]

​@@MistyTheCat-n9j How are you australian but have never heard the word "pom" to refer to English people?

[@probablykirk]

I'm South African and all of this brings back nostalgia from when I was there, me and my family (me, my brother, mum, dad) moved to Australia when I was three (I'm twelve now) and now we don't really speak Afrikaans that much anymore, that's the only reason I clicked on the video, also because I don't really get to relate to other people because south Africa is such a different country and considering that its such a small country and isn't populated with that many locals I saw it as an opportunity to relate with someone, also he sounds more German than Afrikaans. But great video!

[@Rob-t4z7x]

South African is not such a small country, it is because Australia is so big. Population wise the population of OZ if 25million whereas SA has 64million. SA is populated with over double that of Australia. I think you are looking a tjust the white population which is running at between 4 and 5 million. Time to read little more, sonny

[@jacknicolas9373]

I love South-African words for stuff, it's so unique and fun to use.

[@abesodessyrobinson1022]

Poes is my favourite

[@christoduplessis8177]

​@@abesodessyrobinson1022😂😂😂

[@marikeeilers1469]

They missed out on bug: gogga!

[@stephaniemabee2830]

American here: Midwest born, Mountains region living. It's fun to see what people in different parts of even America say things different. 1. I grew up saying Mickey D's. 2. I call them tennis shoes or kicks. 3. Same as Emma. (Swimsuit or trunks for short) 4. Same as Emma 5. Same as Emma or specific type of the candy 6. Yea it's corn, doesn't matter if it's on the cob or creamed or canned lol. 7. Great, Bomb, Nice, Word, Sweet, Sounds Good I love these videos, I love the dynamic and it's fun to learn!

[@booklover_gnosis]

Stephanie our speech is similar I'm mountain grown too.

[@babymochi9792]

I say mickey D's and I'm east coast

[@wildmarjoramdieselpunk6396]

I have lived in California and Michigan and never heard anyone call it Mickey D’s. I feel like that was some hip 90s thing when people were trying to put Zs for S in order to be “extreme”…like Sunny D…never heard that outside of a commercial.

[@craigyoung8008]

As a Saffa living in Aus, I have few things to add. An interesting note on mielies (corn). The common maize based breakfast cereal uses the same name as other countries - corn flakes. And porridge made from mielie (or maize) flower is called “pap” (pronounced closer to “pup”). On swimming costumes, cozzie is also common in South Africa. And “swimmers” is another word I’ve heard in Australia. Some words you can consider for a future edition: - barbecue / barbie / braai - passion fruit / granadilla - truck / ute / bakkie

[@henri191]

Finally , i've been wating for a video with Odessa 🇳🇿, Beth🇭🇲 , Jakob 🇿🇦 , Emma🇺🇲 and Clare 🇬🇧 aka Lauren talking with each other

[@emmas5938]

Thanks for checking us out! Good to see you again! :D

[@DeadlySinTaida]

Interesting..."lekker" is a dutch word and means that something tastes great. South Africa really has many influences 😄

[@yourmother3531]

We have alot of languages, but lekker is basically a afrikaans word that is used throughout the whole country regardless of the language you speak. Afrikaans has is a language that has a dutch influence to it. It also has indigenous influence such as isixhosa words are also mixed in there. Sa has more than 10 official languages, so yes there are alot of international influences to our languages❤

[@alicehutchings1755]

That would probably be due to the Dutch influence in the Afrikaner language!!

[@utha2665]

@@alicehutchings1755 Yes, the Dutch East Indies had a big influence in SA going back nearly 400 years.

[@johanlebacq1998]

About 90% of Afrikaans vocabulary is of Dutch origin. The European settlers were mostly Dutch or Flemish.

[@alicehutchings1755]

@@johanlebacq1998 yep. I know! While I didn’t think it was that high a percentage, it doesn’t surprise me as I know that Dutch and Afrikaner speakers can just about understand each other!

[@jamieodonnell641]

Like if your New Zealand

[@ConnorChapman-ql7bw]

I'm British

[@SanctusPaulus1962]

How can someone be an entire country?

[@popzxedits]

Churr my bro

[@1hsisnk-iwiw]

​@@SanctusPaulus1962 they obviously mean if you're from NZ 😅

[@Hacpoa.137]

Bro The way it says translate😂​@@popzxedits

[@vuyiswachere7759]

In South Africa we call the lollipop a "stalksweet" and great is "sharp sharp".

[@siyabongangcana1795]

Lmao so that's how it's spelt😂

[@KGames0409]

i just call it a sucker lmao

[@Nervybear]

Probably in Gauteng, we call em lollipops here in Cape Town.

[@MaeleMothapo]

lol i came here for this comment and the speedos we call them shorts

[@rowan2445]

Eh. I thought it was "stocksweet" and "shap " 🤣🤣

[@rudolphsteenkamp9022]

I am from South Africa and for great we sometimes say "shap"

[@imaanwallace9298]

Yeah I was wondering why he didn't say that? Far more common and less regional than "kiff". Everyone knows "shap"

[@MosesMatsepane]

I have never heard of Kiff before, is it from the Western Cape or something?

[@Coolio_za]

Everyone knows sharp but kiff is used by certain group of people

[@lalapoo7110]

@@Coolio_za where’s kiff from?

[@69memnon69]

@@lalapoo7110from the 90’s, where it should stay…

[@kingofthejungle3833]

@4:36 what she said, it depends on the part of the country you're from, but also what the swimmers are, so generally, non-specific is swimmers, speedo briefs are called togs, speedos, and more recently (for the southeastern states at least), budgie smugglers, the swimming shorts pictured are board shorts, because surfers use to be the only people to wear them, and we all call them boardies, a girl's one piece is called a one piece, or cozzie, bikinis are just bikinis everywhere.

[@oluseyisegun5706]

Emma's accent has definitely been influenced by being around other non-American English speakers. She sounds slightly English.

[@hanschristianrodriguez]

Sure. I'm Spanish and I'm uttlerly confused about the American and the British ladies. They sound completely opposite to eachother. Emma sounds slightly English, and the British girl sounds slightly American, isn't? :-S

[@Qichar]

@@hanschristianrodriguez I thought the same. It's probably the influence of television.

[@amyb1078]

Yeah, I was confused by that. Most Americans don't say something is "a bit dodgy."

[@-MacCat-]

As an Aussie I've always found the Saffies vocabulary the most entertaining, because of it's real oddities, probably based on the multitude of languages that influence it, and their accent, which just sounds great. However, I have a real soft spot for our bros across the ditch. Often it's like listening to someone speaking a completely different language that you are strangely completely familiar with. Ay bro? It's a shame you couldn't have a Scot in the mix! That would have really thrown a superb spin into the conversation.

[@barearmz2794]

You mean bros across the dutch

[@TessavanOlst-cy4jt]

Bro did South Africa dirty. He has an American vibe to his accent and got so many words wrong

[@Cbyneorne]

In NZ we just call them shoes. You have to figure out from context clues what someone might be talking about.

[@zeth479]

Those in the picture are definitely sneakers though.

[@KatDoesCrime]

Can confirm this! They're all just shoes, never ever went out to try get some trainers Sometimes I hear the word sneakers thrown around, but usually just shoes

[@Yozaboi]

Depends imo, i know people that buy Jordans and like expensive shoes as sneakers. Even say kicks to some degree

[@Leka-T]

Sport shoes I grew up knowing

[@leglessinoz]

the term "robot" comes from an older form.of traffic control. First there was a policeman in the middle of an intersection directing traffic. It was then replaced with a robot version and finally by the lights used now. In Australia some intersections had a thing called a "silent policeman" in them.

[@haleyrichardson8818]

Interesting!☺My fiancé is South African and I crack up when he mentions 'robots' hehe

[@thenumeratorofficial]

Okay, in my show, the traffic lights will ACTUALLY be traffic robots. Beep boop boop bop!

[@hlogiitholeng617]

My fellow South Africans can we gather here and laugh because we know why the broer doesn't like to be called "saffas" abroad 😭😭😭

[@TJ1438]

Not only that the 👍🏻he didn't say shap disappointed

[@UpsideD0wn]

Exactlyy

[@qSBees]

Why didn't he say shap very disappointed

[@hanschristianrodriguez]

A Spaniard here. Can I please ask for the joke explanation? : D

[@TJ1438]

@@hanschristianrodriguez which joke dude

[@TheRozhea]

In Durbs (South Africa) we use "Baggies" to refer to board shorts, it's funny how the English use can be so different and so similar at the same time 😆

[@KyleWilsonVO]

Ye same in East London as far as I know

[@davecole2561]

Here in Britain, that's the nickname of my football club, West Bromwich Albion, who play near Birmingham. Just sayin'. "Come on you Baggies" shout the fans!

[@caseyeslick4822]

Yes! I was looking for this. Baggies all the way 🥳

[@BrandonLeeBrown]

When I was an American kid in the 1960's we said "baggies" for long swim trunks that were made to keep surf boards from chafing your legs, when sitting on them. They did not have the stiff waistband of board shorts, but only had a string tied around the waist. They are also mentioned in 1963 The Beach Boys' song, "Surferin' USA."

[@Rob-t4z7x]

I am a Brit who has lived in SA for the past 20 years but still find it difficult to explain to other English speakers the difference between 'Now. Now Now and Just Now'. Will a real South African help?

[@0001kellykelly]

English South African here 🇿🇦 “now-now” = minimum half an hour. “Just now” = minimum half an hour as well; it just sounds better if you’re being harassed by kids who want to go home. If we’re being specific, “now-now” is not as long as “just now.” It’s super confusing I know but it somehow makes sense 😂

[@mariusbotha5651]

"Now now" is sort of open - it could be any time from now. "Now" is NOW. "Just now" is ok when I have the time to do it.

[@moonlitegram]

Micky D's is definitely a thing in the US. I grew up using it interchangeably with the full name, McDonalds. And it does indeed make sense as the Mickie comes from the "Mc" (mic) part of the McDonald's name.

[@travellingaccordian]

Also is a Canadian thing

[@etheriousdragneel9002]

As a Māori, that rhudisa lady is very much a fellow kiwi Edit: we call sneakers chucks aswell( or the chuck Taylor converses) because those are the ones that get thrown on the power lines 🤣🤣

[@KatDoesCrime]

LMAO so true

[@Hawkathon]

I’m not sure if anyone answered this previously but the South African term “robot” for traffic lights comes from a newspaper article. When traffic lights first came in, the reporter described them being like robots and the term stuck.

[@keithtonkin6959]

Also "togs" Never heard of "Boardies" in New Zealand. Togs for both men and women and for whatever style. When I was a young surfie we did talk about "boardshorts" but that was just for that style whereas togs can also include the brief "speedo" style.

[@joemama6710]

Yea most say togs

[@epicstuffwithhossmill9994]

Everyone says togs never heard someone say boardies or something like that in Tauranga Edit: have now tho

[@tyrancarter9684]

Togs is whatever you wear to swim in

[@KatDoesCrime]

Only ever heard of togs, we don't call em anything else :)

[@MariaRostamo]

never heard boardies always just togs

[@DanTheCaptain]

I think in terms of anglophone cultures, Aussies take the cake with their slang. I like how they shorten everything and make everything a bit less of a mouthful. Budgie smugglers in particular is a funny one I've never heard of. As a swimmer, I'll be using that one lol I already use sunnies for my sunglasses on a regular basis.

[@brucewilliams8714]

Onya, mate

[@lztx]

There's heaps of terms for swim briefs. In addition to Speedos (never singular) and budgie smugglers there's DTs (Dick Togs) and DPs (Dick Pointers) just off the top of my head

[@DanTheCaptain]

@@lztx Yeah I mainly use Speedo for all swim briefs even if they aren't Speedo branded. It's interesting how many slang terms there are for them in Australia. I guess they must be more common than in other English-speaking countries. Here in Canada, only people who swim for sport wear them and generally only when in a lane pool. Wearing them at any other time would be seen as weird.

[@lztx]

@@DanTheCaptain I have/had swim briefs from many brands including Speedo, Mambo, Adidas, Aussiebum, Budgy Smuggler (they tried to un-genericise the trademark with different spelling), and a few generic Chinese brands. It's only slightly weird to wear them in Australia, to the beach, pool, water park, etc. Not many do these days but you won't get anyone making comments or get angry! I would still wear them but I need better sun protection now due to some melanoma scares.

[@bradstammers8744]

@@lztx Don't forget Sluggos...

[@pszczolka80]

As a Victorian, I say bathers. Also, for traffic lights we often say just "the lights" (as in, "turn left at the lights").

[@Rob-t4z7x]

In the UK we also say lights whereas in the USA they often say 'turn left at the red light' even if the light is on green. In South Africa where I now live we would call them 'robots'.

[@wildmarjoramdieselpunk6396]

@@Rob-t4z7xI am in the Midwest US and we say “turn light at the light”. I have never personally heard Americans say “turn at the red light” unless it is a specific light that is red all the time…that isn’t a regular light. I lived in California too and never heard the phrase.

[@henryluczak9156]

A lot of sweeping generalisations. Have lived in UK (England) and Australia. Big differences between countries and regions of the UK - language and dialects. Also depends on age group. With young people there are now more similarities than differences across the English speaking world due to social media I would guess. Older generations tend to preserve the differences.

[@henryluczak9156]

The other thing I’ve observed is that many examples of Australian slang originated in the UK. Fair Dinkum originally came from Lincolnshire where it has fallen out of use. Similarly there are Elizabethan English phrases which are preserved in rural America but no longer in use in England.

[@Lilacleaf49065]

I've been listening and watching an academic called Simon roper and it turns out that thousands of years ago dialects and slangs were changing quite drastically within each century so actually I dont think modern globalisation is changing things as much as we thought. At least the study I've looked at was British accents which are very diverse, I can't speak for more isolated countries.

[@okthen7877]

@@henryluczak9156 i keep forgeting that fair dinkum is something australian people say... like ive lived in australia my whole life and ive never heard someone say it

[@Cassxowary]

*”I was thinking the other day, Aussie is 30% American, 30% uk and just 30% we made up”* and 10% bad at maths 😅😂

[@yourDecisi0n]

The 10% is for mate

[@Hale_hell]

The last 10% is Steve Irwin f*cking crikey

[@blobby.the.fat.dinosaur]

The South African and English people did a very good job explaining and remembering everything

[@thabangaugustinehlalele]

Do not know about English people but the south Dude get a three out of ten

[@DementedPiXi]

Australia before federation had individual settlements (countries) all formed their own unique accent and vocabularies. Each settlement or state after federation kept their own slang and then adopted national slang on top. This can also be community slang as well, where communities created their own slang due to isolation and the great distances needed to travel

[@SpinX522]

Because of the lack of Canadian representation. 1) Canadian 2) McDonald’s 3) Running Shoes 4) Bathing Suit 5) Traffic Light 6) Candy (If they’re on a stick, it’s a sucker if it’s small, lollipop if it’s big) 7) Corn on the cob 8) Same as the US

[@wesleymartin7114]

In the southern US we call them tennis shoes and bathing suit and we also call them suckers.

[@Pete-the-Kat]

@@wesleymartin7114 Which part of the US calls them suckers?

[@juliansmith4295]

3 or runners

[@Layla_Vlogz]

4:42 um form QLD ( Queensland for anyone wondering) and I personally don't call them bathers or cosies I call them togs and a lot of other Queenslanders do too.

[@emmjay22]

I was wondering about this! I'm from Mel and we definitely say bathers. The only people I hear call them togs are Kiwis

[@Layla_Vlogz]

@@emmjay22 ohhh I hear a lot of people in aus say togs idk why but it just is an Aussie thing ig

[@QuandoChinchilla]

Yea same

[@savannahtasker7955]

Im from wagga and we call them swimmers here

[@YesmanNoman]

You could do this same video with different regions of the UK. Its very diverse. 4 countries and within them the slang varies a lot

[@alehlete830]

That uk girl is dumb I'm sorry but it's true

[@AlfieMcSloy]

In the UK we would mostly say 'Sweetcorn', rather than just corn.

[@Amerijuanica]

I would call it sweetcorn only when it's loose but if its all together then I'd call it corn on the cob

[@Missespelt]

Maize is a different from sweet corn

[@unclegreybeard3969]

I would call it fishing bait, it tastes so awful I would never dream of eating it.

[@69memnon69]

As a South African, sweetcorn is an entirely different product. It’s sweetened corn in a can…

[@wildmarjoramdieselpunk6396]

In the Midwest US, we say sweet corn. But my family has farmers in it. I guess it is to differentiate it from seed corn.

[@Truth_Hurts528]

Can't say I've ever heard my fellow South Africans say lollipop, it's suckers. Also always said cossie. Referring to ourselfves as saffas is also a very recent thing picked up from Brits using that term to refer to us.

[@di-sy]

Definitely "suckers" (if on sticks), and then "sweets". Also we used to say "cossies" for swimming costumes.

[@penstay3711]

Stalk sweet sounds more like it

[@lou8523]

In CPT, we call it lollipops, suckers here are those ice lollies to us unless it's in a packet them its a bompie

[@rebbiakiva]

Missing a Canadian 🇨🇦 We call ourselves Canadians or Canucks, McDonald's is Mickey D's, 👟=running shoes, 🩳/🩱=bathing suit,🚦= stop light/the lights, 🍬/🍭candy/lollipops,🌽= corn/corn on the cob, 👍🏻=okay,

[@bnbcraft6666]

Sounds like midwest lingo for the states

[@kalayne6713]

Sorry Canada...definitely needed you on this. Love the way you say 'about' which to my Aussie ear sounds like 'a boot'.

[@rebbiakiva]

@@kalayne6713 I am a Torontonian and have only visited Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Québec but I have never heard any Canadian actually say 'about' like that.

[@JasminMiettunen]

Ah, so you are the ones who say Mickey D's, they talked about it on the video lol

[@bennaustin6632]

@@rebbiakiva As an Aussie, I always thought it was a joke until a colleague at my old job said it. I’m not sure if he was trying to be a stereotype and get a reaction though, as he said it in the phrase “What’s all this about, eh?”. I nearly fell out of my chair. And it was relatively strongly aboot.

[@marke7441]

I can’t believe that the American doesn’t know “Mickey D’s”. Speedo’s have been called banana hammocks.

[@jenniferpearce1052]

Ive seen this American in these videos and i think she's from a strange enclave somewhere. She has an unusual accent and doesn't know words common in the parts of the country I've lived in.

[@compyboi9894]

@@jenniferpearce1052 was thinking the same thing, she says her a’s weird-

[@1MarkKeller]

She must be from the North North East

[@LilRedRasta]

No one really says that though. I know that slang, but I’ve never really heard anyone say it. Most people just say McDonald’s.

[@bigploppa154]

@@LilRedRasta most people say mcdonalds. but i find it hard to believe you grew up in the US if you havent heard it referred to as mickey ds. as for mcdicks, me and my friends have always called it that and at work when someone goes to get lunch at mcdonalds weve always called it a mcdicks run

[@eaglebauersrecordcollection]

I love that the question at the beginning was written “How are your English different from each other?”

[@krystal5z]

I noticed that too. Terrible grammar from the start. At least it sounds wrong to me, yet I don't see my Grammarly catching it.

[@kalayne6713]

As an Aussie, I don't think its possible to say '100 per cent' we use the same words. There are many subtle dialectic differences throughout Australia for example, I always say sneakers and swimmers, never runners or cossie. And nowadays, its good to hear indigenous slang like 'deadly' for good, 'jarred' for 'gotcha', and 'shame' for when you or someone else have been caught doing something embarrassing. And it would have been funny to hear different words for that infamous Aussie slang word 'root' meaning sexual intercourse. We're all class Down Under!

[@HotelPapa100]

Heh. I once worked with a girl from down under. Who'd rather not use the french based pronunciation of "router". I didn't know about 'root' then, but quickly found out.

[@kalayne6713]

@1993DJC No fight here. I did as a kid too. Language is very open to influences from all over.

[@HotelPapa100]

@@kalayne6713 And if you go down to the nitty gritty every person speaks a dialect of their own.

[@danielmarino5647]

I say bathers not swimmers

[@kaz1753]

Yeah she said “100% runners” but I call them joggers. Nobody I know has ever said togs…

[@lady_p0ny]

I would say that the size of the bird in the budgie smugglers depends... Also, it's funny that corn is called mealies in South Africa and here in Brazil we call them milhos, which sound very alike.

[@thelibraryismyhappyplace1618]

I wonder if mielies comes from the Portuguese influence in Africa. After all the famous Portuguese explorers like Diaz and da Gama sailed around SA to get to India. Mozambique is right next to SA and used to be a Portuguese colony. In parts of SA we use the word brinjal for eggplants (aka aubergines). It comes from the Portuguese word beringela.

[@lady_p0ny]

@@thelibraryismyhappyplace1618 I didn't know any of that, thank you! And yeah, I can see how berinjela became brinjal

[@sof9254]

Budgie, ( an Aussie version of Budgerigar ) aa Australian parrot, brightly coloured around 18-20 cm from head to tail.

[@IvarDaigon]

@@sof9254 Budgies are tiny and fit in your hand.. the size of a robbin or sparrow

[@sof9254]

@@IvarDaigon I know,our family had a couple ..!

[@davidbaldwin9830]

So much of this slang is known and used around the US depending on the region. I have lived all over the US so I use Soda, Pop, and Soda-Pop, say Howdy, Sprinkles and Jimmies, the point being we are so big we have lots of versions of slang.

[@TheRealOTK]

The United States is way too big of a country to have a person from one region represent it. If you're looking at slang, you should probably get a representative from at least 10 different regions for this to be accurate.

[@nickhyphendbl2782]

same with uk tbh. its not big but the amount of different accents are ridiculous

[@okthen7877]

same with australia like every single state has different slag they mix over a bit but it very much varys like if someone from western australia said something (im not even gonna guess what they say cause im not from there) but like it could be completely different to tasmania

[@fallenangel_899]

One person will never be enough for one country, even for New Zealand.

[@nickhyphendbl2782]

@@fallenangel_899 wdym "even new zealand" it is by far the least diverse country accent wise in the video

[@fallenangel_899]

@@nickhyphendbl2782 tf theres more than one accent here in nz

[@libbypeace68]

I grew up on the NSW/QLD border in Australia in the 70s and we called swimwear for both male and females just 'swimmers' and we used 'joggers' not runners ... I'm thinking maybe the difference is perhaps generational?

[@ianmontgomery7534]

When i was young in the 60s. Bathers were all types of swimwear but then you could have for men Speedos, togs or boardshorts and for women one piece or bikini. We some times called them togs but that came from the shorts boxers wore ie any bathers that were in a cut like boxer shorts were called togs.

[@sharidivinity2500]

I think it's regional because in NSW we use most of the words that are used by other countries, and I found the Aussie rep to not beware aware of them.

[@absolutelysearchingmyreality]

its both generational, regional and also did you grow up in a city, town or village

[@lbell9695]

Interesting...I'm from Sydney, a Gen Z and I use those exact terms too! Joggers and Swimmers, though I might occasionally say 'Cozzies' as well.

[@Troy13]

Just have to add, in regards to the togs/undies thing in NZ. Specifically for budgie smugglers. If youre at the beach, theyre togs. If your x distance away from the beach theyre no longer togs, theyre undies. A thong is called a g-string. And flip-flops/thongs are called jandals.

[@KatDoesCrime]

Yup Pretty sure aussies just call them thongs because that's the major brand name for jandals over there lmao

[@LeaJoseph-ss5lk]

as a Kiwi I'd say aussie and nz are similar because here in NZ we use lots of slangs lots and lots. Most are created from some cultures and aussie is usually in my opinion just swear words. Which I think is very similar to NZ because we use swear words too but in different languanges.

[@DarkBalaclava]

It's very interesting. I think that the word lekker in South Africa comes from Afrikaans. Because in Germany "lecker" means delicious so it might come from that word.

[@CarliRas]

Hey! I’m Afrikaans and yes “lekker” is afrikaans.

[@falsealaska]

That togs vs undies ad lives rent free in my head even all these years later 😂

[@TianDiener]

In SA you call it roundabout a circle. Go left at the circle and right at the robot. 😜

[@SherriLyle80s]

Some people in the US call Speedos "Banana Hammocks." Kind of surprised she never brought it up but maybe she didn't know.

[@sarahmwelsh]

Yes, in South Africa too. (Although I suspect we got that one from the states).

[@Simsrockslol]

never heard that in my life i’m from LA so maybe it’s regional

[@Dinoclub2458]

As an Australian, for the swimmers, I don’t think I’ve heard those names before. Me and my family call them swimmers.

[@victorbremer8097]

I’m from Detroit Michigan and I only say tennis shoes. It sounds like the American girl has a western accent to me. This channel needs to put a Michigander on here so we show them how we say “sorry” which is oppe or sliding doors are called door walls. Let’s not forget about the phrase “been a minute” when you haven’t seen someone you know in while. We measure distance with minutes only never miles. I’m 30 mins away. We say pop and only pop. I never heard the word soda until I was an adult. I can name hundreds of differences.

[@zvbx]

So am I Victor and yes “tennis shoes” is the term that I use.

[@Rob-nd1qb]

Not everyone talks like that i'm from Detroit born and raised I am aware of people calling sneakers tennis shoes but no one in my family or friends calls them that and I never say pop always soda of course it might depend on the age difference I am 43 and don't get me started on Gov.Whitmer everyone outside of Michigan thinks we sound like her 🤢🤮

[@KatDoesCrime]

Sounds really cool! Definitley would be epic to have one you guys on the show!

[@victorbremer8097]

@@Rob-nd1qb it depends where your family from. My family came to America from Africa in 1950. They learned English from Detroit. If your family from the south and moved to the d for automotive jobs than that’s probably why

[@candacea749]

In Canada we called McDonalds Mickey D’s or Mc Dicks, so that’s where is came from lol. We need a Canadian on this panel 🇨🇦

[@BuhleHom]

As soon as I saw the traffic light I knew damn well my South African representative would say robot 😂😂

[@failenoohayo6678]

Growing up a multicultural kid in USA (Black/Japanese/Native American/White) I'm used to maize (with Native American culture). Where as a majority of the public call it corn(some of the older generations had some that called it maize & so did the trendy health food naturalist types). Other names for sneakers: tennis-shoes, street shoes, kicks, cross-trainers, running-shoes, high-tops, gym-shoes & canvas shoes. Extra tidbit in Japan: KFC=kentakki/kenta, Wendy's=uendizu fahsuto kichin/Fakkin, mcdonald's=makudonarudo/makudo, costco=kosutoko, starbucks=sutahbakkusu/sutaba, & baskin robins(31)=sahti wan.

[@YourEternalRest]

I was waiting for "thong" to come up considering this episode was about clothes. I was disappointed that one didn't show up! That one would've been hilarious!

[@bethyann89]

My Grandma calls flip flops "thongs"

[@rebeccasimantov5476]

@@bethyann89 Is she from Australia?

[@bethyann89]

@@rebeccasimantov5476 no. She's just really old and I think that was an old fashioned word for them. I might be wrong about that part though

[@rebeccasimantov5476]

@@bethyann89 That's really interesting... btw where is your grandma from?

[@lztx]

I would be interested in the SA name. I know the kiwis call them jandals (Japanese sandals)

[@jonlowing7907]

'Togs' is a word to describe clothes for a specific purpose. For example cricket togs, footy togs, running togs and swimming togs. At least in Australia, it's common usage has mostly devolved into swimming togs only, and then only in some regions.

[@ruanholtzhausen4000]

LEKKE' MAN LEKKE'! dié mielies is lekkerrrrr

[@lydiashay8828]

It's weird to think how different the words are depending on your region in the US

[@alanw2036]

The British lady has the harshest accent and the NZ lady has the softest accent.

[@henri191]

Clare Aka Lauren 🇬🇧 is the only one who isn't wearing a black outfit , i wish i could have her style sense

[@imenen.]

Follow her on instagram she has super cool outfit 😉 i love her style ✨

[@macho3455]

New Zealand :I'm kiwi. Me: thinking of 🥝

[@ycplum7062]

Mickey D's is not used in the Northeastern US (New York state and above). Originally, leather shoes with a gum sole were called sneakers because they were much quieter than the then common leather soles shoes. The greater traction made them required for gym/physical education classes. In the US, speedos are sometimes called banana sacks.

[@plebiansociety]

Banana hammocks

[@Neoverse105]

2:22 If someone is interested, in France the official writing is McDonald’s but almost everyone write it « McDo » and pronounce it « MacDo », saying McDonald’s is just weird. Also, in France the colors of McDonald’s are different, the red has been replaced by green, to give it a more "natural" aspect.

[@LadyCole8364]

Ohhh! Thanks for sharing this with us! I had no idea. I'm about to have my kids research a few countries, this Summer, as a way to keep them learning, while they are out of school. France is on our list! I didn't think to see what other countries called some of American brands or other words for items.. Example: shopping cart, I call a cart or buggy but have heard a foreign friend call it a trolley. 🙃🤓

[@Neoverse105]

@@LadyCole8364 I’m so glad my comment was useful to someone 😂 Also what a nice project you have here, such a good way to open them up to new cultures. Good luck 👍🏼

[@GemB3rry]

Rude

[@LexAngel]

In the UK, we do call corn on the cob corn on the cob, but once it's off the cob, it's sweetcorn. I've never heard someone in the UK refer to corn on the cob or sweetcorn as just corn. Ever.

[@marianbarber7279]

I agree. Also maize is used for the plant, or in a list of ingredients on a packet to distinguish it from corn which is a general term covering all cereal crops (traditionally wheat, rye, oats and barley).

[@hanschristianrodriguez]

I'm Spanish and I need to ask: does the British girl really sounds from somewhere in the UK? She sounds slightly American to me. I wasn't thinking on an English accent on her, isn't?

[@Filmedby.addyyy]

HELP WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABT THE SHOES THE AUSSIE SAID RUNNERS BUT WE CALL THEM JOGGERS-

[@nathancloete9932]

I have heard Irish 🇮🇪 people from Limerick use the word "tackie" as well thought it was unique to South Africa 🇿🇦.

[@Das644]

It’s actually written as Tekkie. There is even a shop callet “Tekkie town”. But nowadays, youngsters use Sneakers as they adopt American english

[@BloodHawk31]

@@Das644 I took my brother on with this, and direct translation, tekkies are sneakers, but in the young generation slang, sneakers are the outgoing tekkies, whereas tekkies are seen as training shoes or jogging shoes. We could get 'n nice Afrikaans word to differentiate the two.

[@Das644]

@@BloodHawk31 i guess. It would depend from region to region but i grew up with “tekkies” being closed shoes and the introduction of the word sneakers was when i got introduced to hip hop(well and american culture).

[@leonschrijvers8280]

I got slightly proud when he said lekker, cuz it's Dutch and our influence there hasn't been forgotten

[@sajidastander9311]

Or maybe because 10 million people in SA speak Afrikaans as a 1st language....

[@Eclpse_]

​@@sajidastander9311 yes but Afrikaans is actually influenced by the dutch bc of colonization so a lot of words are similar ( :

[@YKYRA]

@@Eclpse_ that was the whole point of her comment..

[@mariepooley7052]

They finally included aus and nz

[@tomfrazier1103]

Growing up in rural California, everyone wore bosrdshorts or "Jams", an old surfer brand. Speedos were things we'd heard of, but had never seen in life. The water is so cold, surfers wear neoprene wetsuits.

[@zackmckinney8121]

Can confirm, California kid here. Board-shorts is what we always called them. I also grew up saying Micky D’s. Having lived in several states and traveled to 36 US States and Territories, it is very apparent that this ladies grasp on “general American” slang is skewed to a small area of the east coast. Not very representative of the rest of us.

[@tomfrazier1103]

@@zackmckinney8121 Only my Aunt said "Mickey Ds". We didn't eat fast food much. Later I ate at a place called "The Burrito Wagon Stop" and a few local Anglo hamburger stands and an A&W..

[@anthonydomino9904]

Growing up in Florida it was bathing suit if it had a mesh liner and board shorts if it didn't have the liner. Speedos was specifically for banana hammocks.

[@veggieaussiechick]

Ah I think togs is more a Queensland thing than any other state. I haven’t heard of anyone calling them anything else here 👌

[@ashlajoey]

Legit, togs has always been the word used around me in QLD. I honestly thought the whole country used it until I was 14 on a trip to Perth, where a lady told me I must be from QLD after I said togs 😂

[@veggieaussiechick]

I just know that in nsw and Victoria they don’t say togs, so I don’t know where that girl got that info from 🤷‍♀️

[@wizdude]

As an Aussie I always get concerned with what to call it if I’m shopping in another state on holidays (when we used to travel for holidays). I always ask the people in the store where the “swimming apparel” is as that’s the only non-common non-state specific term I can think of :-)

[@jackaspley3283]

Yep, I think generally swimmers or cozzies in NSW, and bathers in most of the rest of the country

[@behemothsbaby]

Australian here and my family says, "corn on the cob" or if cut lengthwise, "corn ribs". Maize refers to the crop prior to harvesting.

[@Icon1468]

2:32 “McDicks” WHAT THE

[@bethyann89]

I'm from North Carolina and very few people said sneakers. They were usually either tennis shoes or tennies for short. I'm also interested in the differences between American English and English in other countries for words that vary a lot regionally (e.g. toboggan, book bag (backpack to a lot of Americans), shopping cart (buggy to older Southerners)), and words that vary regionally in those other countries as well

[@margareth1504]

In Australia we use the term shopping 'trolley'

[@xiomaravelazquez7945]

God bless you all and y’all love ones and God bless all

[@theghostgaming5576]

Im an south african an that's the first time I hear about the word KIFF, like usually we would say that I know of we say SHAP, WELLDONE, GREAT, GOOD, but KIFF that's littary the first time I've heard from it, like even school we used to learn it as WELDONE, GREAT or GOOD, but KIFF okay, It maybe depends on what side of the country u are I guess

[@phumelelanene5604]

Here in South Africa we say words in a different way but I have never heard of "KIFF". The guy was letting me down on the things he was saying.

[@Sa-lw2vj]

Maizemeal kiff and Speedos I heard for the first time actually I always knew it as mieliemeal shup and shorts

[@TheSepticSid]

Kiff is rarely used for "shap" or cool. Kiff is now more generally known as the dust that's collected after crushing some "dagga" and smoking that.

[@69memnon69]

Kiff is from the early 90’s, no one uses it anymore

[@revin4292]

ngl i hear kiff about the same amount of times as i hear shap these days

[@neilhunter5893]

Lauren we call it sweet corn, that's all I've ever heard it called. The tins literally say sweet corn. But the corn on the cob is right.

[@cazzaflop960]

I was looking for this comment! Thank you 🙏

[@jasminewat2662]

Same, no one here calls it corn or maize

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

@@jasminewat2662 yeah maize is when it's made into other things like Monster Munch

[@OperatorDennis]

As a Queenslander, no one says cossies or bathers. I normally say boardies or togs

[@jayt9608]

In my family we have used McD's, MickyD's, McDonald's, just depending on the nature of the conversation. In a more formal discussion, it will be McDonalds, but if we are more relaxed and jokey an abbreviated form has an increased likelihood of use. The shoes will either be tennis shoes or simply shoes. The girl's swimwear would be a bathing suit, while the boy's would be swimming trunks or just shorts. No clarification on the nature of corn except to say that if a person says corn cob, do not expect to see any corn on the cob. Candy is a catch-all term.

[@christopherkucia1071]

My ex and I called McDonald’s mick Dick’s