American Answers Questions Brits Have About Americans

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As an American I have a lot of questions about British culture, but today I am excited to turn the tables and answer some questions that British people have about American culture. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!

[@toastofcinder3547]

The weird thing about the cups to us, is not that they are red, it’s the fact that in the UK, plastic cups are used for children, or in medicine, adults are expected to be trusted with glasses. Then again we don’t throw ourselves onto tables. Do Americans get drunk and instantly form a hatred for furniture?

[@jamestaylor6760]

12:30 That's what the red and green parts of the door locks are for. They're there to tell people whether or not the toilet is in use. Red: engaged/in use. Green: vacant/free to use. It's simple.

[@Peterraymond67]

Tyler. One question I would have asked was “Why do Americans call a toilet a bathroom when there’s no bath there?” Are you all afraid of the word toilet? If you asked for a bathroom here in the UK you may be asked, Do you need towels? The gap and finding out if its occupied was solved here years ago, when the lock was invented by a smart Brit in the Victorian times they arranged for the outside to show either Vacant or Occupied, also some show Red or Green for the Americans!

[@lindajw100]

Or the "Rest Room"!!

[@wendyfield7708]

It is a lavatory!

[@jessicafoster2699]

Just ask where the shitter is, works every time 🤣🤣

[@Aeroxima]

I'm late to the party, but if I was to answer, I'd say because having the same word for both the room and the actual thing itself is ambiguous and potentially could be confusing. It's not that you can't work around it, it's just why not have different words for different things? Bathroom I'd guess is because people grew up with there being a toilet in the toilet (see what I mean?), and with a lack of any other word, it just got called that because at home it is a room with a bathtub. From there it's common habit, and generally used by default. Sure some would go with restroom to be more polite, and that might work too, it's just not the habit, and frankly "bathroom" feels more comfortable to say. No clue who came up with "restroom", are you really resting in there? I guess you're "relieving yourself", so.. sure?

[@alchristie5112]

When I’ve travelled around the US I found that it’s generally about 10+ years behind other countries in terms of banking and usage of cards. Chip and Pin, for example, with a payment card was used in EU for years when they were still asking handwritten signatures in the US. Now of course most of us have moved on again to contactless payment options

[@johamlett27]

Question: ‘Why are Americans so obsessed with red cups?’ - Tyler: ‘Let me pull up a picture so you can see what they look like’. Yeah, going back to the original question we’re very aware of how they look - no picture required thanks 😂

[@leohickey4953]

It's not unusual to hear Americans referring to Europe as a single country. It's not unusual to hear Americans referring to Africa as a single country.

[@stephenlee5929]

Or Australia? Oh no that is, but it is part of Europe, right? I know cos of Eurovision. 😒

[@DatShepTho]

No it's not part of europe. It's part of Oceania, which also contains New Zealand and lots of island countries in the Pacific. There are a few countries outside of europe in Eurovision, including Isreal and Armenia, both part of the larger Asia continent

[@Tidybitz]

@leohickey4953 ... True, but USians also refer to America a single country when it's a continent.

[@gibson617ajg]

It's not unusual to be loved by anyone, It's not unusual to have fun with anyone......

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

​@@DatShepThoyou forgot Australia is in Eurovision as well 😃

[@joannakennedy6005]

Chip and Pin, means that there is a microchip in your credit/debit card. You insert the card into the card reader and you put the 4 digit pin onto the keyboard of the reader and it accepts or rejects it. In the UK it is more advanced than that also.

[@wessexdruid7598]

I love how he assumes it has something to with fries...

[@Tidybitz]

​@@wessexdruid7598 ... automatically it's food, first thought. Ha!

[@mw-wl2hm]

They just got that in America? I thought it was standard. I guess we're more advanced in Canada than they are. (I do know they don't pay with debit/credit at the table in restaurants and they also don't have e-transfer.)

[@keithdockrell2889]

Exactly, we don’t normally use it now, it’s all contactless

[@Tidybitz]

@@keithdockrell2889 ... I've never used contactless, don't want it, always a pin if I pay by card, I mostly use cash though and I'm not alone in that.

[@shakz86]

You should be able to tell if a toilet stall is in use, by the engaged/available sign. Not by looking under the door.

[@sallyannwheeler6327]

Exactly! Talk about pervy!

[@OEDODRAGON]

Also, if the door doesn't open, there's a good chance someone's in there. x)

[@cireenasimcox1081]

I've never heard anyone from the USA defending their toilet stalls without giving the first excuse "It's so you can see if there's anyone inside". That's just so primitive: - even toilets in African villages don't shame people by making them visible to anyone who cares to look. Then the next excuse "It makes them easier to clean". In what way? Millions of toilets across the world remain sanitary, clean,as germ-free as possible without shaming possible users. I'll never understand a country which thinks nudity is perverse/sinful/against the law.......but just shrug or laugh because they perform one of the most intimate of human functions on display to anyone who cares to see. What a lack of dignity!!

[@marydavis5234]

Actually there is no available or engaged signs on the bathrooms in US stores and it is common sense to knock on a toilet stall to see ,if anyone is in there.

[@wessexdruid7598]

You don't need to look underneath. Just look either side of the door.

[@MarkWhitter-qm6ef]

I’m baffled as to why American grocery/shopping bags never seem to have any handles? Is it really a concept too far?

[@Deano-Dron81]

🤣 I’m picturing most of the movies and tv programmes based in the US I’ve seen, where they hug their paper bags in both arms walking out a shop. They must have them by now though I’m sure, like a bag for life type thing.

[@MsKaz1000]

@@Deano-Dron81 someone I follow on here was talking about expensive designer shopping bags that look like supermarkets own for-life bags and she is an American so clearly they do

[@Deano-Dron81]

@@MsKaz1000 I mean, that cool obvs.

[@hypsyzygy506]

They put the handleless bag back in the shopping cart, and wheel it to their car. Only bag ladies need handles.

[@seanstirling2685]

​@@hypsyzygy506ok, but once you're home how do you move them from the car to the house?

[@clivenewman4810]

Renee Zellwegger nailed our accent as Bridget Jones.

[@enemde3025]

She " nailed" an ENGLISH accent. Not a BRITISH one !

[@damonx6109]

And what exactly is "your" accent?

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

​@@damonx6109well "my" accents is south australian

[@michaelfuentes8101]

@@enemde3025 what are you talking about? The English accent is literally a type of British accent.

[@HarryPottersBeard]

​@@michaelfuentes8101 Omg English is a language it isn't an accent FFS 👀

[@philipmason9537]

American bread is not classed as bread in Europe because it contains too much sugar.

[@paulbromley6687]

It’s more a cake

[@Phiyedough]

If Tyler visits UK and orders biscuits and gravy he will probably get something like chocolate hobnobs with Bisto gravy!

[@nedrasellayah9314]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@traceyturnbull8257]

😂😂

[@pathopewell1814]

Or dog food.😮

[@lindajw100]

​@@pathopewell1814😂😂😂

[@janetnewman709]

OMG! Biscuits and gravy?! Looks like someone has vomited all over their scone! 😂😂😂

[@Ki11erAce]

The A B C song was written in the early 1800s in Boston. I'm guessing that's where the letter Zed got changed to Zee, so that it would rhyme.

[@tefalhead7396]

As kids we used to do John Wayne impressions as an American accent- "Get off your horse and drink your milk"

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

Whilst walking bandy-legged!!

[@paulbromley6687]

The hell you did pilgrim.

[@catlover0160]

Omg, same here 😂

[@helenwood8482]

No, we don't use solo cups. We can be trusted with glasses.

[@Attirbful]

I was about to say, Europeans will, outside of a picknick situation (and even then, most will prefer real cutlery and dishes), not want to be seen with solo cups, cause they suggest that you can‘t be trusted with adult glassware (cause you will get too drunk and break it) or are suspected of stealing it - both not signs of adulting. No self-respecting European would like being served anything on plastic or paper. Also, it makes the host seem like really cheap or really lazy - and an environmental dickhead on top…

[@kathryndunn9142]

😂 I like it

[@sallyannwheeler6327]

Do Americans recycle much? Talk about bad for the environment to put it mildly. If they are just too lazy to wash real glasses,just buy reusable plastic ones!!!

[@marysmith1922]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@amyclaire27]

😂😂

[@kaatom1]

I have watched a few KZbin's with Americans trying UK food, the majority only use a fork and fill the fork and shovel the food in.

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

And now because of the ubiquity of american culture in movies and multimedia, as well as sheer laziness I imagine you see kids over here and their parents doing the same. It always amuses and amazes me that when these types have to use a knife to cut their pulled pork perhaps, into the wrong hand it goes. What with waving their cutlery about their heads, not closing their mouths when eating and talking with their mouths full, I spy the end of civilisation coming down the track!

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

​@JP_TaVeryMuch You're right. Kids aren't taught how to use cutlery properly and lots of homes don't have a dining table. I despair...

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

@@Lily_The_Pink972 Oddly, it's one of those self-inflicted markers of classiness that speaks volumes, if one's of a mind to care. Can't be a future CFO at a butter'em up dinner with potential investors a-waving your fork through the air in the wrong hand.

[@MrPaulMorris]

19:10 Chip and PIN is a more secure alternative to signing paper slips for credit or debit card transactions. The cards have a 'chip' that is read by the card reader and the buyer enters a 4 digit PIN (Personal Identification Number) to authenticate. To be honest, Chip and PIN is as almost obsolete now being widely superseded by contactless payment cards ('Tap and Go') with PIN entry only being required for security after 10 to 20 consecutive contactless payments. Many US visitors to Europe struggle because not only are their cards not contactless but some don't even have a chip, still using the completely obsolete magnetic swipe strip. Current issue cards here in the UK no longer have magnetic stripes nor do they have embossed text so paper slips are no longer an option.

[@Niki-xr6cw]

Yes in britain we are grown up enough to use actual glasses for holding our drinks.

[@pixied1028]

So funny is that British humor cuz it sucks. Quit getting so worked up over something trivial, have a sense of humor about shit. Only college kids use red solo cups partly due to they have lines of measure in them. Red was first now we have other colors long time now, and even clear.

[@pinkthistle5713]

@@pixied1028 This is clearly an office where people have been asked to mention differences, therefore, is a snapshot ! It allows Tyler to discuss these differences in his show. It's not that deep, you seem to be the one who lacks humour 🙅‍♀

[@grahamgleed9040]

Chip & pin refers to 20th century technology. Before contactless payments we used to have to put our debit cards into a card reader & type in a pin number.

[@annfrancoole34]

CHIP & PIN. In 2003 cards were rolled out in Ireland. Debit and credit cards are embedded with microchips, used to store data on the cards. PIN Number: Personal Identification Number. Of course Tyler won't read this.

[@sunseeker9581]

Then why write it?

[@annfrancoole34]

@@sunseeker9581write what ??

[@mareiketje4899]

@@annfrancoole34 The explanation.

[@knutsfordhouse]

One thing that irks me about Americans doing a 'British accent', is that there is no such thing. Scotland is in Britain, Northern Ireland is in Britain and Wales is in Britain. (Actually, no, it's Great Britain & Northern Ireland that makes the UK). Those accents are distinct. What you mean to impersonate is an 'English' accent, and more specifically a home counties accent, meaning those southern counties surrounding London. West country (Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, etc), and Northern English accents, (eg. Yorkshire, Lancashire, Scouse, etc.), are very different.

[@WooHooCrossStitch]

LOL! I'm a Brit (I say that but I have dual nationality as my dad was American) I sound English but dial back many, many years, my dad was stationed in San Angelo, TX. As a child, my mum would hear, 'Y'all' this and 'Y'all' that.' I live in the US now and my children all think I sound hilarious when I try to put on an American accent. This is more self preservation as I field a lot of phone calls at work. I've learned to say uncooked as opposed to 'raw'. (s'cuse me, what?! was the normal response)

[@hume6900]

The main reason for the large gap is apparently in case of an emergency, such as a cardiac event, stroke or something else that could require the intervention of paramedics or someone trained in CPR, Artificial Resuscitation (to do those 2 procedures until the emergency pros get there and can take over). A person cannot get under a door that only has a 3 inch gap, whereas an adult can usually get through the larger gap under the door.

[@vickytaylor9155]

Chip and pin is one of the ways we pay for things. We put our card in a machine and type our PIN code into the machine . We also have tap and pay where we just tap the credit or debit card at one end on the machine to pay.

[@kathryndunn9142]

Seem we had it at least 10 yrs or more before America. Which is odd as they normally a head of use in fashion trends. But still the cordless kettle thing gets to me because they have microwave so why not a cordless kettle

[@wessexdruid7598]

@@kathryndunn9142 In banking and finance, they're often decades behind. Partly because they have so many small banks that compete with each other, rather than co-operating to make cusomers' lives better.

[@hypsyzygy506]

Chip-and-pin is very old fashioned now - it's all contactless.

[@jmodified]

@@kathryndunn9142 "they have microwave so why not a cordless kettle" Because they have a coffee maker and don't drink tea.

[@judyburgess3357]

In the UK you don't need to look to check if someone is in the toilet because when you close and lock the door a little sign moves from saying Vacant to Occupied

[@johnm8224]

"Scones and j*zz" had me laughing out load!

[@brigidsingleton1596]

From what I know of American's "biscuits and gravy" ...their biscuits are an insult to scones, but their white gravy does resemble jizz!!! Ewwww 🤔🥺😏😟

[@cerliezio]

This has nothing ro do with the video but it is a true story which I found hilarious. This happened in Livorno Tuscany which being in Tuscany is an important Port of call for cruise ships with thousand of tourists who wishing to visit the important sights of Firenze Siena and other historic places like San Gemignano for day trips. wander around the city I was in a shop having just purchased a polo shirt as I was ready to leave when this oversized American couple approached the salesman who had just helped me and quite bluntly asked him Do You speak American? this In spite the fact that the shop had signs displayed quite prominently on the door with French German and UK flags . The salesman answered "I speak English". The man shook his head and rather disappointedly looked at his wife or companion and went OK sorry and walked out. I couldn t help looking at the salesman and both broke down laughing.n

[@MsKaz1000]

I have read some similar comments before and I always think don't they have English lessons in schools or do they call them American lessons how can they not know they are speaking English even with American pronunciation it is still English

[@kerouac2]

"Herbs" is the only word with a silent H in American English? At what HOUR did you think this?

[@ragad3]

I think he meant to say it’s the only word he can think of that has a silent h in American English *but not in British English*.

[@laurenholloway195]

Honestly! 😂

[@The.Android]

"Questions The British Buzz Feed News Room Have About Americans".

[@livb6945]

Thank you for doing these vids, it's fun. I'm from little Sweden. Our country is divided into counties (as I presume all countries are) and we "have to" learn the names of them, and the biggest cities....and we still learn about other countries as well 🤔 Another thing I really don't understand about the US is why many people seem to mix or confuse history with geography. How don't you know the difference?

[@andrewbowman4611]

The pronunciation of twat to rhyme with cot is certainly peculiar, as it clearly rhymes with cat. In the UK, it's almost a combination of twit and prat (neither of which are particularly common in the US). There was also an urban myth that a twat was a pregnant goldfish, but seeing as goldfish don't actually get pregnant, it's clearly a load of old bollocks.

[@andycooke6231]

Not sure about Europe but Sarah palin thought Africa was a country, and she wanted to be president.

[@blakemwest]

Chip and PIN 😂😂😂 tyleeeer... As opposed to swipe and sign 😂😂😂

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

9:08 The chocolate thing is ahem, hard to swallow. I've found it one of the only differences in taste that familiarity hasn't erased from my memory. What's more galling is what a certain US confectionery company did to the British standard taste of Cadbury's milk chocolate. All of a sudden it became more powdery and less smooth and creamy as ever it had been. Despite news programmes filming features on this, their test subjects apparently didn't notice. Obviously done to reduce production costs, I think that herein is also the answer to your full of preservatives and additives admission a little earlier. Herein lies the root of many differences in US / UK products.

[@jordie-fly439]

When I visited America as a Brit I understood why their geography doesn't really include the rest of the world. They have almost everything there in their own country. Want a sun filled holiday, go to Florida or California. Want to go skiing, no problem. City break, hundreds of them. Camping in a nature retreat, done. Mountains, deserts, lakes, oceans, beaches, driving holidays, wilderness, canyons, waterfalls, rivers. They quite literally have nearly, if not every type of geography within their own country. No need to get a visa, or even a passport really, change money, or learn a bit of language, worry about different laws (mostly), and if you really wanted to you can drive your own car to all of these different places. Europeans are very fortunate in that we can experience many other countries without spending large amounts of time stuck in a cramped metal tube. Sure, by staying in your own country you may miss out on experiencing different languages and cultures, and many other things the world has to offer, but I do get it.

[@pinkthistle5713]

I do understand what you mean, but, that would mean Europeans have no need to know about the USA or go there as we have everything on our doorstep ! ( language, money and needing a passport is not a big deal )

[@Stephie_L]

They definitely have a lot of variety in their own country but I’m pretty sure they don’t have architecture that you would find in Greece, Japan or Bali? I also think travel is good because it opens you up to different perspectives. I think Americans would be less paranoid and divisive if they got out of their own bubble. But I understand your point and why a lot don’t think they “need” to travel outside USA.

[@annfrancoole34]

American white gravy is just a variation of béchamel sauce which was brought to Louisiana by French explorers in the 17th century. I bet Tyler didn't know that !! 😀😃😄

[@shelleywade8995]

@Tyler Rumple what’s the deal with all the paper plates and plastic cups all the time no proper crockery seems to get used at all

[@markharris1125]

To be honest, I have learned something from this, the biscuits and gravy thing. Solves a mystery. Thanks, Tyler.

[@AndrewLench-t9h]

Chip and pin is when you use a credit or debit card to pay for things ie in the UK you can tap your card against a card reader and payment is made, alternatively you can put your card in a card payment reader and enter a pin number to make a payment

[@pds8475]

Here in the UK we would call what you call gravy, white sauce or bechamel. We however would never put it with scones as it mainly goes with pasta. White sauce is the base and you add the flavouring that you require. So cheese sauce is white sauce with cheese added to it, Parsley sauce is white sauce with parsley added to it and so on.

[@MsKaz1000]

my understanding about the biscuits/scone-like thing is it tastes nothing like a scone despite the way it looks I would love to try them even if just once but yeah we would need a new name

[@iantellam9970]

@@MsKaz1000 They're not hard to make. Just google a recipe.

[@HelenDinsdale]

Chip and pin refers to the debit cards that have an electronic computer 'chip' inside them, and the pin is the number you use to enter into the shop's payment device, in the UK it is in a 4 number format. Chip and pin is the UK's preferred method of card payment in shops.

[@paulbromley6687]

Was it Webster of US dictionary fame where they rationalised spellings to make it clearer and simpler for Americans like Center for Centre, colour for Colour, Tire for Tyre, Theater for Theatre. In English many of our words and phrases come from French we retain the French spellings it’s not a problem but it’s a bit odd that in the US they felt in necessary to clarify a more phonetic spelling system

[@brigidsingleton1596]

And they have an entrée as their _main_ meal, instead of it being the appetiser...?

[@annfrancoole34]

@@brigidsingleton1596 I always say "I'm having a starter" 😀 😀 ☘☘

[@marydavis5234]

Wrong, back when newspapers were hand printed ,you had to pay for every letter used, so in the US, they got ride of the extra letters that are never pronounced.

[@rayaqueen9657]

But they gave up on the project before it was finished when they realised it DIDN'T make for better clarity. So now it's a mish mash.

[@hypsyzygy506]

I always want to pronounce 'kidnaped' as 'kid-nape-d'. The double 'p' of 'kidnapped' is there for a reason.

[@catlover0160]

Chip and pin…. Oh, like French fries 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂……sorry, that had me in fits of laughter

[@brentwoodbay]

We have a full size pick up truck, Ram 1500. But we only had it because we used to two a full size trailer (caravan) We no longer have the trailer, but still have the truck as we and our son use it to carry larger items the odd time, and as the occasional six seater! There are many here in Canada that drive them just 'because I can' . Even many who say they need one for work would be ok with a small PU or van, like we see in the UK.

[@Jamie_D]

OMG i'm sooo glad he finally got there with contactless/chip and pin,lol

[@elizabethchew505]

Chip and PIN on bank cards. Look it up! "Chip and PIN is a known phrase.

[@MRB-19]

As an occasional visitor to the US, I was surprised by a new one at baggage claim area in an airport: the pronunciation of carousel (carousEL like the ride at the fair ground). The new one for this was carousAL (as in carousing).😯 Tell me: is this a legit variant in some part of US - or maybe just an ESL error?

[@gmdhargreaves]

Biscuits in gravy sounds insane! It’s a pudding and a main in one crazy persons Sunday roast

[@wessexdruid7598]

They just haven't had stew and dumplings.

[@iantellam9970]

@@wessexdruid7598 Actually stew and biscuits works well too.

[@emmahowells8334]

We do have red solo cups in the uk, we just are not as obsessed as Americans are with them lol. 😂. You don't need a gap at the bottom of the toilet doors to know when the cubicle is occupied or not, we have that on the door on the locking mechanism, it has a little green panel of the word vacant to say when it's vacant and when a person is in the cubicle it's a red little panel when the lock is turned to lock the door, hence why we don't have gaps like yours do. Chip and pin is to do with credit and debit cards lol.

[@helenwood8482]

I've never seen any of the cups here.

[@trudim6024]

I haven't either.

[@emmahowells8334]

@@helenwood8482 I've seen them any many places here in Wales, seen them in pound stores too.

[@emmahowells8334]

@@trudim6024 depends where you shop. Sometimes when you aren't particularly looking you don't notice, we have them here in Wales.

[@WreckItRolfe]

@@emmahowells8334 I have a feeling they are a modern thing though. If people needed plastic cups in the 90s-00s they just had those thin white ones.

[@marydavis5234]

Sausage gravy aka Bechamel sauce with cooked sausage pieces ,is the gravy used for biscuits and gravy.

[@Fred888]

And it’s foul 🤢 🤮

[@marydavis5234]

@@Fred888 have you even tried it

[@dukkha1288]

In UK, it looks like the closest thing we have to to biscuits-n-gravy is a vol-au-vent.

[@rayaqueen9657]

Thanks for this. I think it's more like a scone but as soon as you've said vol au vent I knew what their 'gravy' is like! Lol

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

I've seen a video on making biscuits and gravy. The biscuits look like unsweetened scones and the gravy is a load of grease (their term 🤢), ground sausage meat and powdered flavourings. The thought of it makes me feel ill.

[@iantellam9970]

@@Lily_The_Pink972 They're really nice. My mum used to make American biscuits sometimes as kind of a dumpling alternative to have with stew. White gravy isn't that far off bread sauce really. You don't need to use powdered flavourings any more than you need to use gravy granules for our gravy.

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

@@iantellam9970 I'll take your word for it!!

[@urbanshadow777]

Chip and pin is a microchip on your bank card that allows payment in shops using the chip and a pin number. Now it is wireless though and you can just tap the card on the machine to pay for things. If you lose the card you can stop transactions using your mobile banking app.

[@Ukhome-s4p]

Our gravy is brown made from meat juices and vegetable water

[@dorothysimpson2804]

Unless it's vegan

[@SteveParkes-Sparko]

I can only think that Americans got their way of pronouncing 'Erbs from the French, who spell it with an extra 'e' on the end (Herbes) and THEY drop the 'H' at the beginning as well when they pronounce it.

[@hypsyzygy506]

In fact it's the Brits who started to pronounce the 'h' at some point during the 1800s (probably because dropping the 'h' at the beginning of a word was considered lower class - think of Henry Higgins teaching Eliza in 'My Fair Lady'). The US often preserves the older pronunciations of words.

[@nafisahafeez5866]

I mean in Britain we do small dinner parties use normal cultery but huge ones like for asian family gathering we have sometimes use not red but white disposable cups and played sometimes

[@francisbarlow9904]

Tyler the UK has over 100 counties and each has a 'Capital'

[@sunseeker9581]

The US has a lot more which I bet you cant name.

[@francisbarlow9904]

@@sunseeker9581 Can you?

[@iantellam9970]

@@francisbarlow9904 Can anyone? There are over 3000, it would be quite a party trick.

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

16:00 This is one of my "I feel sorry for Americans" concerns. At first, it's confusing and can become annoying ~ particularly when everything is Ohsum/Awesome, when it just plain can't be. It leads me to the initial "Oh aren't Americans so polite?!" reaction to the standard greetings you guys learn from birth. But once you think about it, their very ubiquity reduces them to meaningless platitudes. And so I get to my genuine concern how do Americans show true empathy, compassion, being pleased to see someone? Oh no! I've just got the answer. I guess you just add Awesome to the standard nice to see you guff. Arrgghh!!!

[@bandycoot1896]

The word "super", like "when I was super little" and "I'm super shocked"

[@JoyceLove-m4z]

In movie theatres, audiences howled with laughter at Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins😂

[@christinebarnes9102]

Credit and debit cards have a chip in them so that you can swipe and pay, but above a certain amount when paying, you have to put the card into the machine and type in a pin number.

[@Rhianalanthula]

When you get your debit card, you have to use it with the PIN first before it will let you tap for contactless.

[@marydavis5234]

Not how it works in the US, you tap ,scan or swipe your card first, then it asks for a four number pin code.

[@Jamie_D]

If we use plastic cups at parties they just white usually, and much smaller

[@WreckItRolfe]

Because they're largely for children

[@brigidsingleton1596]

We used 'see-through' plastic cups (like plastic beer glasses).

[@Jamie_D]

@@brigidsingleton1596 oh yea or those, maybe they newer and easier to recycle

[@MayJay1812]

I think other countries like Britain and such don't have those red plastic cups outside of beer pong really, because at house parties you tend generally to bring your own alcohol. You'll usually get cans, bottles, or borrow a glass if you're having wine. In America I think it's common for everyone to share the alcohol so it makes sense to have a bunch of disposable cups around They're useful because the notches/lines on the cup imply how much you can fill the cup with what alcohol.

[@wessexdruid7598]

The point about them being red, though, is because you can't see what is in them and if there's alcohol. Which matters, at college parties.

[@thedeewolf]

Chip and pin refers to a security method we have on our debit cards when buying things in a shop...

[@RogersRamblings]

"Americans can't label all the countries in Europe." I'd suggest that's because many Americans don't use understand that Europe isn't a country, it's a continent just like North America. European history is American history.

[@stephenlee5929]

To be fair, I don't think I could label all the countries in either, South or Central America, I'm not sure I even know how many there are. And with Europe we have had some country splits and renamings.

[@wessexdruid7598]

And yet, his brother did a pretty good job, when he tried. He seems brighter and more willing to learn, than Tyler.

[@RogersRamblings]

@@stephenlee5929 But if you were going there on holiday you'd specify which country rather than just "South America" I'd guess.

[@damonx6109]

I'm telling you this as a Canadian who knew all the US states and their capitals by the time I was 12... Tyler is dumb. He doesn't know anything about his own country. I've been watching his videos for two years now. He and his brother do these to make pocket change. Look... most Americans don't know or care about the rest of the world. Tyler pretends to be interested and yet fails to learn anything even after doing these videos for over two years... He lives in a very specific part of the US and has never travelled anywhere. He's never seen a mountain nor has he seen the ocean. His view of what "America" is is his own view and the sad part is... he thinks we are all as ignorant as he is...

[@thehapagirl92]

Duh we know that

[@PhoenixNL72-DEGA-]

American bread is sweet cause of the added cornsyrup. This stems from the past when the US government would subsidize farmers growing corn. They ended up with such an over abundance of corn that they turned it into corn syrup and basically just dumped that stuff in every kind of food item they could think of to get rid of the surplus.

[@MsKaz1000]

so why are they still doing it

[@PhoenixNL72-DEGA-]

@@MsKaz1000 Afaik there is still farmer subsidies given out. And anyway all the american's are now used to it and if the corn syrup would be removed they would think it tasted bad and stop buying it.

[@MrPaulMorris]

"Herb is the only word we pronounce with a silent 'h'..." I must listen more closely in future as I'll be fascinated to hear how you pronounce 'hour', 'honest' or 'honor'/'honour' (with or without the missing 'u'!).

[@timothyallan111]

I think the geography issue goes both ways - most Brits would be hard-pressed to label a map of the US; I think most would get Florida, California, probably Texas, and also be able to locate NYC, but beyond that I think most would be pretty bad unless they have vacationed in the US. It is a big place, and even though I have taken the time to learn general US geography, I still make mistakes - particularly with states in the middle of the country.

[@rayaqueen9657]

I took that online test for Europe, US states and Africa. I got 85% for Europe and 55% for the other two. (I'm in the UK). I think 50% for the place you don't live should be doable for most people on no training. Or am a genius of some Kind?

[@timothyallan111]

@rayaqueen9657 I think that is a respectable score, although I feel it might not be representative of the majority of the population - perhaps I am being a little harsh towards other Brits? I don't know whether you watch Richard Osmond's House of Games (BBC), but there is a round in that where the contestants have to find locations on a map, and people tend to perform diabolically when it is a map of the US.

[@wobaguk]

Heres the thing, Im pretty sure the history and geography we did in school was basically UK, plus maybe a bit of egyptology and what 'savana and tundra were'. There was basically no 'map studying'. And most people who travel may have really only done bits of Europe or the US. However we still know that Africa isnt a country, and where China is. I think its far more to do with the general medias lack of interest in whats going on in the world. You just absorb bits of knowledge without trying if you are around it day to day.

[@TerryWelsh-w4f]

I'm Canadian in Ontario and we were brought up with Zee. The US is not alone. Chip refers to an embedded in a credit card so you can just tap the card to pay for purchases, PIN is a way of verifying your card without a signature.

[@arlenedeery2590]

Nova Scotia taught Zed, started watching Sesame Street American TV Show they used Zee. Saskatchewan uses Zed."Canada"😅

[@trailerman2]

Tyler, fascinated me to hear you say 'Italy verse France'..... in Britain we say versus. Also Americans can't say the word 'mirror' it comes out as 'meer' LOL

[@keepthefaith35]

Chip & Pin relates to the security numbers as security on bank / credit cards.

[@sbrykeddie]

Toilet gaps make me think of saloon doors in cowboy movies

[@bee3541-y7s]

Chip and pin is used when paying with debit or credit cards or drawing money out of cash machines. Now we have contact less cards, where we just touch a machine with our card or phone app. The chip and pin imo was safer 😊

[@kathryndunn9142]

We drink out the bottle!! we dont need a cup 😂 if you did it would be a posh glass called a flute

[@flowervase.7274]

My understanding is that when the American lands were settled with Europeans herbs was actually pronounced ‘erbes’ here in the UK at that time(French : Les (h)erbes.

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

Chip snd PIN - Card Payments, in Europe the waiters don't take our card, we just hold the card over the terminal so the chip is read, and sometimes we enter the PIN

[@tezscanlan6418]

Sooo funny about the chip and pin. Lol Chip is an electrical chip attached to our bank cards, and the pin is a security code we use to authorise payments.

[@christinebarnes9102]

In the UK we have solo cups but they're not red, we mainly have white ones, but we also have different colours.

[@nicolafenner6260]

Chip and PIN is the system of either putting your bank card in a machine to pay and you type your pin number in and you've paid. Or you can do the wireless thing of waving your card in front of the machine and you've paid. Don't get why you don't have this everywhere. We've had it years

[@TitianTopsyTurvy]

We don't have white gravy in the UK. We have white sauce, which is made with a flour, butter and milk base.

[@sallyannwheeler6327]

Talk about hilariously random! Was just in garden when I heard an American over the wall. YES! I said heard!😂😂 Never have American visitors here in the villages in Gogledd Cymru/North Wales so was truly random. Was shocking an American even knew we are here! So maybe,just maybe there’s a fraction of hope for them yet. For bloody Pete’s sake, get your Geography books out and learn the world is not revolved around you!😂😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@chrissymoss514]

Just to point out that the UK has 92 counties and that England alone has 48. So, while you're making geography ignorance excuses as being due to having 50 states, I can only say "PLEASE DON'T" - You sound silly!! Chip & Pin is a very easy way to use your debit/bank card. Please, don't even think about bringing your chemical laden bacon over the pond - we won't accept or allow it.

[@martinrule2487]

Don Cheadle in Ocean's 11 takes the top prize for an American mangling a British accent.

[@weejackrussell]

In Scotland, as well as zed they say "jye" (like j with an eye after it) for jay (J).

[@Jamie_D]

I think of it as scone type things and cat vomit, can't be biscuits because it literally means twice baked, or baked twice, 1 of those ways around.

[@marydavis5234]

Biscuits in the US are a quick bread.

[@wessexdruid7598]

@@marydavis5234 As are scones, in the UK (which are not US scones). Just like 'English' muffins are nothing like crumpets.

[@ukaly1]

They think the US doesn't have 3 point plugs...WE DO!!

[@PsychedOut..]

I’ve never met an American who doesn’t think Europe is a country. One of my American friends was genuinely amazed that Europe (including the UK) wasn’t one huge land mass. She had literally been in the UK for 3 weeks when she discovered she was on an island.

[@clivehackett4889]

Why does America think it's the world's police? If there's a conflict anywhere they have to get involved is it to do with oil or trade?

[@wessexdruid7598]

Why do they think 9/11 happened? Clue - it's not because the rest of the world is 'jealous'.

[@brentwoodbay]

Why? It's really simple! So many American 'leaders' have huge investments and are paid by the US Defence Industry! Why else would they have such a gigantic military! They need to have an armed conflict every now and again to justify it!

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

Don't US to toilet stalls have locks with green or red to signify wether or not there occupied?

[@ATwinam]

Chip n PIN, Bank card with a electronic chip embedded into it with all your details on it, PIN Personal Identification Number is your own number that you pick for yourself and don't let anybody know it not even the bank, we rarely use cheques nowadays more with bank card in a reader to which one types in your PIN number to pay for goods, also with a chip n PIN card you can tap the card reader with the card to pay for goods up to a certain amount £20 up to £60.

[@jeffreyprice773]

Surly when you lock the toilet door, doesn't it say engaged. Zed zed top. Chip & pin= bank card.

[@dominique8233]

The doors don't have engaged sign on them or the little green/ red bits

[@jeanauguste-f7i]

What do you do at the ATM you put in a pin code to verify your are the owner of the card. How do you use ATM's without this.???

[@amathans]

British gravy is made with the juices from the meat and veg you are cooking xxxx

[@damonx6109]

I love how Tyler hears something and then feels the need to "interpret" it for the audience... Yeah, we know dude. We just heard it. He thinks that anyone outside the US needs an interpreter to speak...very...slowly...so we can all understand... Whether we are all English, Australian, Canadian, Welsh, Scottish.... We are all fluent in "dumb American." Tyler seems to be the one who struggles to understand basic concepts regarding the English Language. Or "American" as he calls it.

[@stevefrost64]

Get a PO box Tyler. People from over here in the UK and beyond will sent you snacks and chocolates and other things and we can then watch you eat and react to them on your videos.

[@katyroseable]

He doesn't read comments from viewers.

[@marydavis5234]

He does have a Post office address in one of his older videos.

[@Valerie-d8r9p]

No please, don’t encourage it.

[@arlenedeery2590]

​​@@katyroseableon his Canadian Channel someone checks them, as several times he has redone a video ex: music review, where he paused the video so many times or stop the song short.Complaints came in and he redid the video as requested

[@fionagregory9147]

I wish he would stop laughing.

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

His dancing eyebrows get me!!!

[@nolajoy7759]

Yes!! It is so fake and annoying.

[@carlbernard7615]

Well watch someone else then idiots

[@nafisahafeez5866]

Is it true in America you can fresh ingredients from farm shops pr stands

[@FRAAANKYSUUUPER]

Dont worry about the "Herbs" part, as a Londoner I will naturally omit the H at the start of mostly any word.