The human brain naturally thinks in English

The Pub Landlord examines the scientific fact that the human brain naturally thinks in English.
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[@kalanaherath3076]

This guy is the personification of the _"me getting political after three drinks despite promising not to speak about politics"_ meme

[@privatetrash2810]

Not to be racist, but what the FUCK is Obama

[@kalanaherath3076]

@@Smellthecoffee100 Yes, you do indeed sound like one. Glad you realised

[@markshirley01]

I live with these characters 😁

[@jameshill9325]

Three drinks this is him after smelling that pint

[@indlovubill7100]

He's taking the piss though many of his fans don't realise it.

[@kav12ab]

He’s like the main character on bully the video game but grown up

[@JesAlb1004]

🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣

[@woodlefoof2]

J N Morgan yeah they are good, the age shows but they still hold up

[@killswitchfate]

HOPkins

[@ChestersonJack]

Is that why this showed up in my recommended?

[@kav12ab]

Chesterson Jack no that’s just KZbin for you

[@lombardo141]

I love this guy. He is like a bad propaganda officer from World War 2. 😂😂😂

[@themantheledge]

Or a good one? Cause he's English yeaaa

[@Priapus212]

@@themantheledge so he's good? Really?? culturacolectiva.com/history/bengali-famine-winston-churchill

[@etherealhawk]

@@Priapus212 Oh come on. Anyone with half a brain knows part of war is *don't let the enemy capture your supplies*. Moving supplies away from the front, even if it causes famine, is CORRECT PROCEDURE TO WIN A WAR.

[@woodlefoof2]

Ethereal Hawk but doing bad things in war is bad :(((((((((((((((((

[@krazytroutcatcher]

Ethereal Hawk Lol! Seriously? It’s a bloody war crime you goon. The British weren’t at war with the Bengals, the supplies of food outside Britain were plentiful, enough to feed them. The British East India company devastated India since the 1700’s, taking crops, gold and jewels. Famine was induced. Churchill refused to let grain from Australia and Canada to be exported to India. “They breed like rabbits” was his quote.

[@TykusBalrog]

The terrible thing is that after learning english and with how much British comedy i watch every day, i have actually started to think in English instead of my native language 😅

[@itsonlymat1594]

That's because it comes naturally to da brrrain🧠

[@morganmcgovern3125]

That's actually really sad

[@itsonlymat1594]

@@morganmcgovern3125 your sex life is sad u virgin piece of shit

[@camelcam6008]

@@itsonlymat1594 Morgan is doin ya mom doin doin ya mom

[@itsonlymat1594]

@@camelcam6008 who da fucks morgan

[@harryzero1566]

The most well known historical Chinese character was called Confusious, that says it all.

[@royksk]

Joke doesn’t really work when spelt correctly: Confucius 🧐

[@harryzero1566]

@@royksk I know, hence the mis-spelling, credit to you for noticing. If I had spelt correctly, and/or used the verbals, it probably would still have worked. Should I edit and see if after 68 thumbs up if it still works?

[@noah2183]

Obama is better

[@harryzero1566]

@uncletigger it isn't much of a joke, because it wasn't meant to be, just a play on words. Lighten up.

[@hm09235nd]

uncletigger i disagree, i think this kongfucius fella is a great subject for humour

[@simonpinkerton4905]

For those that don't know, he graduated from Oxford University having read modern history.

[@Tridhos]

Simon Pinkerton It's a brilliant act but much like Alf Garnett there will always be those around that take him seriously.

[@manofched]

Who did?

[@hugh212]

@@manofched Al Murray

[@kaloyantodorov9063]

And still says that Britain was won every war...clearly wrong

[@hugh212]

@@kaloyantodorov9063 he never said that 😂😂

[@Jethorus]

I’m afraid of brain damage just watching him whack his head lol

[@alext7667]

its gentle enough to not affect him

[@FortNite-fb5wm]

@@alext7667 If you are that dense take some Ex-Lax and take a shit on your German Uncles chest.

[@privatetrash2810]

Brain cells technically grow back, kind of

[@arrowb.8438]

especially when he has on so much jewelery, he could knock a horse out with a fist bump, his hand weighs 50 pounds/20kilos

[@plugplugintons8484]

Pussy

[@Dave68Goliath]

English. Spoken by Klingons, Vulcans, Ferengi all planets in Stargate and a long time ago in a Galaxy far far away.

[@cade3276]

Yeah so is an abundance of other languages. Star trek and star wars aren't only english m8.

[@Dave68Goliath]

@@cade3276 wow. You're so intelligent.

[@cade3276]

@@Dave68Goliath 😋🦶

[@thewomble1509]

@@cade3276 So ARE an abundance. Plural.

[@alwest4472]

@@thewomble1509 when you correct someone's english in a debate about english you've won

[@The10thManRules]

Grey matter. Grey is an English word. Grey is spelled with an E, not an a. And E obviously stands for English. The circle of truth is apparent.

[@cigh7445]

Illuminati comes from the English word 'illuminate'. Could this be a coincidence?

[@The10thManRules]

@@cigh7445 The illuminati was destroyed by the Masons.

[@pseudonayme7717]

Or was it created by them...? o.O

[@nonamemcgillicutty9585]

@@pseudonayme7717 certainly, people began questioning masonry too much so they concocted the "Illuminati" so they had something more vague than them to place blame on

[@JustDaniel6764]

@@cigh7445 illuminati is latin and it means enlightened.

[@scoop4363]

One of the most original comic acts I've heard in a long time.

[@timesthree5757]

Go to any bar in America and you wont think it's very original

[@serenffa4799]

He's todays version of Alf Garnett

[@thewomble1509]

@@timesthree5757 You wouldn't be able to hear it from a bar in America you tit!

[@spacequack5470]

​@@timesthree5757Said nobody with functioning brain cells

[@xandervampire195]

I'll be honest, if he was the barman in my local pub I would be an alcoholic. I don't even drink but if he was the barman, I'd be there from opening to last orders every night. Just for the banter and comedy.

[@GB-vn1tf]

Now you understand why Britain is full of alcoholics? 😉

[@JaxMerrick]

@@GB-vn1tf I now understand why Brits consider it a travesty for the pubs to be closed.

[@SighNaps]

@@GB-vn1tf Husband: What? There are no alcoholics in Britain. Wife: What about Francis? Husband: He's fond of a pint is all. Wife: And Erin? Husband: Erin? She's an experienced wine taster. Wife: Richard? Husband: Richard travels for work, the tonic stops malaria from taking hold.

[@walkingwarcrime]

I'm Swedish and I unironically think in English because it's more natural. This dude is on to something.

[@tman5634]

& you write perfect English 😀

[@georgecarroll3470]

A mate arrived in Australia, and at customs they asked if he had a criminal record. When he said "Shit, do I need one"? They didn't laugh.

[@markriley5863]

I will be honest. I had seen bits and pieces of the pub landlord over the years and thought Al Murray was okay. He was not bad. In the last couple of days I have been binge watching his stand up in lockdown and have very quickly come to the opinion that Al Murray isn't okay or not bad. He is a fackin' genius.

[@georgebennett3197]

He's right. If English was good enough for Jesus it's good enough for the rest of the world.

[@dominicthompson7612]

@@jtg1972 can see you're really good at noticing sarcasm 🥴

[@garethwigglesworth8187]

@@dominicthompson7612 that was a joke not sarcasm

[@dominicthompson7612]

@@garethwigglesworth8187 the joke is sarcasm what you on about hahaha

[@HueyPPLong]

@@jtg1972 Explain the King James bible then

[@hotcootaful]

Hilarious

[@4Kandlez]

"Welcome back luv, you've done yer time" LOL

[@davehoward22]

Being transported for stealing a bag of turnips is hardly a hardened criminal anyway...

[@menakles]

I hurt myself laughing at that one. Literally. I'm off work with a lung infection and I almost had a rupture.

[@DylanBegazo]

I never thought I needed British humor in my life. Wish I could buy you a drink. Love from Spain ☺️

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Humour*

[@JohnGardnerAlhadis]

​@@dcmastermindfirst9418 I was about to write the same thing. 😂

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

@@JohnGardnerAlhadis Good.

[@KZ-hu9uj]

I have never heard of this guy before, but I have never been so delighted by a comedian. Love it

[@hcrun]

Brilliant! :D I'm an Aussie and he had me on the floor with the last few minutes. Superb!!

[@Grilled_Soupe]

He looks like that one kid from “Bully”.

[@iim4xii129]

He really doesn't.

[@joeogle7729]

this does partially support the theory that that the welsh language was just invented by an angry dad loosing at scrabble.

[@baldieman64]

"Welsh" actually means "Foreigner" in old English. Of course, in modern English, it means "miserable moaning git".

[@violenceisfun991]

@@baldieman64 they sing everything instead of talking 😂😂

[@pnonnymouse4840]

Sorry to destroy the idea but the language spoken in Wales is older than scrabble... but it does sound angry most of the time with far far too many Ls

[@JulieWallis1963]

@@pnonnymouse4840 whoosh!

[@AA-hg5fk]

*losing - I'd keep up with the Scrabble

[@thirdiecaduyac1579]

Basically the most drunk yet accurate comedian you might ever get in the UK

[@Efemral]

Wow he really pegged us aussies, good on him, I love this guy

[@ElvisPresley68]

He’s got a point you know I speak 4 languages but I always think English in my head before I translate, How weird

[@SnoutBetter002]

‘Welcome back love’ 😂😂

[@nimitz6428]

Wow strangely enough you're spot on. English is my second language. I naturally think in English and dream in English. Haha I think I am to influenced by English culture lol.

[@MarijnvdSterre]

I wished someone had called out: "Tell that to the French" I would have loved to see his reaction (No doubt he has one) The bar set is so perfect, he really does sound like he is on a drunk rant. A good one!

[@PiousMoltar]

"You take that double O and save it up for a ridiculous place name later on" AAAHAHAHAHA

[@diveinstructordaniel1095]

This is exactly what I think every Brit looks like 😂

[@oscarflowerdew741]

Vod Kanokers yeah pretty much tbh

[@12skippy21]

Not true, I don't own a tie.

[@bertieblack5639]

You're not far off mate. Ay up from Nottingham!

[@Mewsfinder]

Joe McCaffery Loud and proud pal, This guy is a national treasure HANDS OFF

[@yeahrightok.3975]

Says the person with dobbie the house elf as his profile pic.

[@Madyetmellow]

Genetically engineered for bar work 🤣

[@peterfromgw4615]

Mate, that because the Poms are too lazy or too incompetant (or both) to work in a pub........

[@Madyetmellow]

Peter from GW both. No doubt about it definitely both!. 🍺😉👍

[@kartel8844]

@@peterfromgw4615 Hello, drinking!

[@TheSixtiesteenager]

As Flanders & Swan sang 40+ years before Murray "the English the English the English are best, I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest"!

[@stuartbanks1934]

I’ve only recently started watching clips of Al Murray on KZbin, but he is hilarious and his take on Britain and the rest of the world is priceless. Keep it up Al, we love you.

[@Gooberpatrol66]

He sounds absurd, but I'm trying to learn french, and I'm starting to agree with him...

[@Tester-sh1mn]

My aunt is an Aussie French woman and when she went to Uni in France the kept saying all the places in Australia wrong e.g. Breesbane when in reality it’s said brisbin

[@AA-hg5fk]

Why are you learning French if you speak English?!

[@AndoCommando1000]

I’m Australian and I never noticed the missing “oo” in G’day was thriftily recycled in our place names! Those missing “oo’s” were hiding in plain sight all my life. Genius!!!

[@edjavas]

As a resident of Wooloomooloo, I am offended.

[@twrampage]

Same here, from Toowoomba.

[@TheOpalHammer]

Lay off the Fosters before you name things

[@4x4ozventures10]

@@TheOpalHammer only tourists and British drink fosters 🤢

[@TheOpalHammer]

@@4x4ozventures10 Tourists only drink it because they think you drink it. The British... we don't drink it unless all the alcohol (including mouthwash) is gone.

[@concernedcommenter8258]

It sounds like a fake name... Why does it exist? They ran out of names.

[@aerogamer3549]

"You've done your time and payed your debt" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@benjaminhaslam3152]

Should redo the worst government ever sketch, I think there's plenty more material to go around

[@s10dlka]

No rush, there'll be plenty more worst govts ever before Brexit is done. He can build another half hour on it

[@Tester-sh1mn]

There has he did one on Australia

[@bloodySNiP]

Saw you in Edinburgh mate, world class!

[@beaucaspar3990]

*Beautiful British city!*

[@Fernandwinnie]

@@beaucaspar3990 EDINBURGH IS THE CAPITAL OF SCOTLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@kevster1007]

Worlds most spoken language - beautiful just beautiful

[@larrynachos]

lol I thought this was gonna be a ted talk or something

[@TheOpalHammer]

It wasn't?

[@orpheus5995]

I remember seeing a french newsreader when a light above her broke she exclaimed in English "My God I got a shock then"!

[@Iron-Bridge]

That roast of Australia at the end is hilarious 😄

[@fancylion6687]

I'm from Eastern Europe but learning so much English since I was 2 has made it hard to not think in English.

[@Terrezio]

He takes as much of the piss out of us brits as he does everyone else and that's what so many people fail to understand about this character. His act is more about irony than a lot of the popular comedians of the last 20 or so years. I'm british so I know I have a vast vocabulary on how to describe it... it's... it's uhhh, nah it's ffffuckin beautiful init

[@charliedontsurf4543]

This bloke a champion

[@kr0ll3x]

I'm Swedish and I've been talking in my head in English for years now. Its really weird. But it' even weirder when i speak Swedish in my head. That makes me cringe, I don't know why.

[@beaucaspar3990]

That's weird

[@kr0ll3x]

@@beaucaspar3990 Well, me speaking English in my head has improved my English a lot so that's good at least.

[@rajarshichakraborty8862]

Same here god damn it, I am a bengali and Idk why but whenever I think/speak in bengali inside my head it just makes me cringe hard, like what sorta sorcery is this for Christ's sake?

[@fpnorway8355]

Same situation nabour.....same f****** situation. And it does improve your English, its weird. I blame the British for colonialisig America in order to then have them to rule the movie and musicians industry (with a little help from England). Forsing English on us 24/7. Useful tho, I'll admit

[@matthewstone1362]

I'm English and I barely know English.

[@davethelong5093]

Somehow the thing I find most amusing out of all this awesome clip is the bar behind him.

[@igcnik4556]

The kid from the game “Bully” is named Jimmy Hopkins. There go on now

[@xmfclick]

Chinese: "With an alphabet like that you would number your food, wouldn't you?" - brilliant!

[@drob437]

He’s like Don Rickles , he has the gift to insult everyone and no one is offended.

[@fcallum]

When he asked if there were any teachers in the room, one of them should have said 'I thought I was'😂

[@daddymuggle]

I actually believed something similar to this (for a couple of weeks), when I was about 6 or 7.

[@johnblue8907]

yes i agree, Al Murray actually went to a uk posh public school (Bedford, I went there too), he pretends very convincingly to be working class. His viewpoint of British supremacy betrays his roots

[@lewisw3436]

@@johnblue8907 you do realise he is a comedian right? This is a stand up routine not a expression of his viewpoints.

[@johnblue8907]

@@lewisw3436 Fair point, I need to lighten up

[@lewisw3436]

@@johnblue8907 :)

[@yourdreams2440]

I used to think that Chinese was just English spoken really fast

[@stopmotionpro233]

True im dutch and think in English the language is just better i have to learn french in school for 8 years and cant understand a word of it

[@crawford1083]

China - "with an alphabet like that no wonder they number their food" 😂 😂 😂 A genius Al Murray!

[@markgc1316]

Did he adlib that last bit ? I do hope so. Genius!

[@Ha-fh5np]

I can confirm this is true. I was born and raised in America and I think in English.

[@stevetaylor7403]

Mangled English.

[@Ha-fh5np]

@@stevetaylor7403 well we speak American obviously, but of course still think in English, same as you.

[@Peter-uy3ti]

No such language as American.

[@SpeckleKen]

@@Ha-fh5np You were raised in America... and... you *_think?!_* Do your neighbours call you a witch? :-)

[@Ha-fh5np]

@@SpeckleKen well played lol

[@Bawbag0110]

Cant believe he didnt pick up on the fact the Australian was from Queensland..named after our beautiful British queen

[@sanderdeboer6034]

He makes so much sense! Can't fault his logic!

[@rogeralsop3479]

Excellent.

[@gustavgnoettgen]

Das ist das reason why other languages sound so strange.

[@Mehscoop]

Das macht sense

[@gustavgnoettgen]

@@Mehscoop Ich weis right?? 😄

[@gustavgnoettgen]

@daAnder71 ich hab versucht to Sound more denglish 😄

[@Sizey3]

HA HA HA. Germans on dowels.

[@gustavgnoettgen]

@@Sizey3 HAU DEAH YU??? We attended a perfektly fine konversaitchon end yu interrupt us???

[@AndrewLale]

The amazing thing is he's right. I'm a brain scientist fella, and I've seen the English alphabets in that mess of goo up there. Really.

[@noeljonsson3578]

Say that to a person who doesn’t speak English and he would wonder what you just said.

[@mohammedhussain6749]

Noel Jönsson he would still understand. It’s just that easy.

[@pianoman1894]

People say English is the hardest language to learn.... Me sat comfortably at home thinking WHAT THE FUCK IS WELSH THEN.

[@andyq752]

Brilliant.

[@wolfblood98]

He's got a point tho even though I speak 4 languages I think and dream in English despite it not being my first language

[@robsol123]

This guy’s amazing!

[@eNyaaaw]

He the most British person alive. The looks, the voice lol. Amazing standup.

[@CancerGaming56]

Am trilingual. Can confirm this to be true.

[@eoinh1]

Fair dues he's got beamish.

[@badferritbadferrit5526]

Lol beamish over Guinness any day

[@TheLifeOfDan1]

Al Murray. A brilliant British Comedian.

[@paul_the_merciful]

Many thanks to Mr Murray ..for confirming my suspicions.. I knew it..😀😀😀 I have always thought stuff in English it's much easier ..lol I had a look at Dutch and stopped after my brain shut down and started aching.. Thanks again Al..😀😀😀👍👍👍

[@flankspeed]

"... it's Tracy" LOLOLOLOLOL

[@gregorygrove7245]

Thought this said Thinks It's English. Thought no, no, no, it Knows It's Free.

[@alwyntomlinson2895]

Murray clever, quick and very funny...genius

[@brianvincent655]

Such an intelligent man who can put his intellect to comedic expression. An absolute genius who's timing is second only to Benny Hill.

[@Goldenleyend]

First time watching I thought he was an academic or something from the thumbnail, cause I think in english and I know a lot of people that do as well even though we dont speak it all the time

[@xm612]

He is an academic

[@max79444]

He’s very posh too. Descendants of Scottish aristocracy

[@badferritbadferrit5526]

God bless ya lad

[@musilily926]

if it is the case that we get the place names by saving double 'o's, the people in woolloomooloo have been saving a while.

[@ph4ntomzzzr655]

‘No wonder they’re all confused and angry’

[@okmann98]

Al Murray is the smartest gammon I've ever seen.

[@cameronhughes-williams4480]

okmann98 piss off w ur snowflake words

[@Iloveyouallalittle]

@@cameronhughes-williams4480 you realise al murray’s act is taking the mick out of gammons?

[@razzaus1570]

That was bloody hilarious

[@Peter-uy3ti]

My Indian friend, who speaks her own language fluently,told me that she thinks in English.

[@nemome5837]

Beautiful English language. Made from French, Germanic tongues and Latin, and countless other languages.

[@Nathanhodgeon13]

And each one of those languages will have originate from else where so what’s your point exactly? Cause last time I checked English is it’s own language and the most spoken through out the planet.

[@nemome5837]

@@Nathanhodgeon13 English is not "it's own language". It's made from other languages that are not from these islands. The Angles and Saxons and Jutes etc were not from here. Neither were the Celts or Romans or Danes or Normans etc. English continues to be made by other languages that are not from here. And "through out" is one word. You're welcome.

[@ryanboshell6124]

Tom Hardy’s let himself go.

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

OMG

[@nvstewart]

Don't know what drugs you are on but, don't even look anything like him.

[@ryanboshell6124]

@@nvstewart I bet you’re a riot at party’s.

[@nvstewart]

@@ryanboshell6124 I am actually. The point is this, the point is.....the point is this, if he did actually have a resemblance to Tom Hardy, it would actually have been a funny joke. But keep trying, eventually you will find the correct formula for what is funny and what is not.

[@ryanboshell6124]

@@nvstewart no, but he sounds like him. The point is literally that he doesn’t look like him.

[@MartinWillett]

Al Murray will never be as popular as the character he hates.

[@neillennox8472]

You might be right, unfortunately.

[@dominickdupuy7891]

Yes the word “thought” is very straight forward

[@Paris.Kalachnikov]

A remarkable talented multi faceted man whilst funny.

[@garypowell1540]

There is no evidence that the human brain naturally thinks in English. However There is plenty of fairly self-apparent evidence that the human brain naturally thinks better in English.

[@justinchase5065]

I learnt French first, then learnt English and stopped thinking in French. Same with my Chinese friends.

[@timbuktu8069]

The English language was invented by King Arthur in circa BC. It hasn't been changed since.

[@willspencer8694]

Tim Buktu assuming your a complete moron

[@raymondjames1341]

Mmmmmmm well theres 2 things wrong here; 1: king arthur wasnt around in the b.c., he was around in the a.d. and 2: he didnt speak english, he spoke old welsh.

[@timbuktu8069]

LOL I love the way you pretend not to understand satire. ...On the other hand...You don't think Al Murray is serious, do you?

[@jc_da_killa7132]

I live in Australia. Toowoomba to be exact, so yeah we’ve taken a couple oo to use in our name haha. He’s not wrong when he says we’ve boiled the English language down to its bare minimum either. Literally half out nouns are shortened.

[@michaelcurry1927]

Fantastic

[@garymanc1]

drink a bloody English Beer !

[@pseudonayme7717]

If he was drinking real beer, he would be hammered. That really would be very English 😄

[@razzaus1570]

Fosters is puss thats why we send it overseas and dont keep it here in Australia

[@joez6235]

Fosters is as Australian as Dick Van Dyke is Cockney.

[@markr418]

The Aussies brought back fosters with them.

[@Inquisitor_Vex]

Pseudonayme 77 It’s 💯 real bear. He’s big enough that 2 pints won’t bother him.

[@govang5191]

Aye English is the Best, James English, An yup He,s Scottish,

[@TheOpalHammer]

Being English is a state of mind.

[@max79444]

Quite a posh one too...

[@beaucaspar3990]

@@max79444 England isn't posh, there are posh areas in Scotland and Wales. Also it depends on how you define posh

[@curiousman3655]

God bless Al Murray

[@jakhaughton1800]

Quite fancy a pint of 4 minutes past 5! Lucky Al

[@TotalRookie_LV]

Well, seriously speaking it ain't "natural", yet it's somewhat primitive, which is good for international communication.

[@exsappermadman25055]

8 Tracey's have seen this vid.....

[@exsappermadman25055]

24 Now....

[@kylethomas9640]

No other comedian has his own beer taps on stage

[@colinnaylor126]

You’re a star pal

[@9nikolai]

As a Norwegian, I can't say with certainty that he's wrong :P