Villagers React ONE language, THREE accents - UK vs. USA vs. AUS English ! Tribal People React

[@chuckhunter77]

Ohio, USA here. To us, a small area of trees is woods. A vast area of trees is a forest.

[@kldawson53]

Same in the Mid-Atlantic

[@scottwachter6128]

I live in mid-America and I've never heard of an ABC store. We call it a liquor store.

[@Adohleas]

We say liquor store in where I'm at in the west side of the U.S. too. Also in my state we don't say tractor trailer, but rather semi, semi-truck, or trucks.

[@ronaldfelix1000]

Yeah no, it's a liquor store.

[@Sentry751]

Same. I have never heard it called anything other than liquor store.

[@joanna400]

Some places in US call forests woods and grocery store and supermarket are interchangeable, though a store with more than just food is mostly supermarket or just a store. In my area, we call alcohol store a liquor store. Interesting video and I learned from it too.

[@Trendyflute]

Indeed, they made a few too many generalizations for such a big place, the ABC store thing would be well known in certain states but is martian in a lot of others for example, I just assumed she was going to say "this is a liquor store". I would also understand the Bottle Shop title as an American, though it would be less common for sure. Overall though it was really good!

[@eric3529]

​@@Trendyflute I agree. I'm familiar with ABC from traveling to other states, but most people I know in my area wouldn't be familiar. ABC is our trash collection company around here. Also in my state specifically a lot of people say "packie", short for package store, to refer to liquor stores. Despite a majority of people calling it a "packie" in my area, it was never a thing in my family, we always just said liquor store. You really can't generalize words, phrases, pronunciations in the US. It's a huge country and a big melting pot. All of my six great-grandparents were first generation immigrants to the US, and ALL of them were from different countries. Wales, Ireland, England, Scotland, France and Portugal. That's not uncommon in the US. Three of those six great-grandparents were alive when I was a child and I knew them. I also was very close to my grandparents who have passed, and still am very close to my grandparents still alive. So there's a lot of influence there.

[@SSHitMan]

Years ago I was in Ohio on a fishing trip and we needed tequila. We went to the grocery store to get some (In Illinois bigger grocery stores usually have a good alcohol section) and found what we wanted... but it was only 40 proof! This was very confusing as this should be 80 proof. We were shocked to find we had to go to a state government-run liquor store for the real stuff, everything at the grocery store was watered down to 40 proof! The government store was like going into a post office, you waited in line, got to the counter, and placed your order for booze. And yeah it was expensive they taxed the living hell out of it. That was 30 years ago, I have no idea if it's still like that never had to buy booze in Ohio again.

[@LJBSullivan]

Different accents in each country as well.

[@michaelm.1947]

I use both woods and forests, but in different ways. Similar, but not the same. Supermarket/store/grocery store. And I've never heard of an ABC store. That gal talking about it hadn't either, so a bit dubious to use it as something the entire country uses. I'm from the PNW and it's a liquor store to me. I've been through most of the States, but somehow never ran across ABC stores. As for flip flops, when I was young (70's), we used thongs as well. The underwear name came well after that (80s? 90s?), I think.

[@Michelle-uh7qi]

This lady from the UK uses the mainstream accent that represents the UK in media etc but there are around 40 different English accents in the UK from different regions that are very distinct from each other that the media rarely represents x

[@coot1925]

Yep. That's a 1 hour video on it's own. 😂✌️❤️🇬🇧

[@NailHeavenAshford]

It’s called Recieved Pronunciation. It’s how I speak as I am in the south east of England , in Kent near London.

[@Connor-ONeill]

40? Don't forget the rest.

[@LJBSullivan]

From US never heard of ABC store. It's liquor store. In US we also have freeways. You only drive in one direction, the other side going the other direction is separated by a very thick cement barrier or wide green space so no one accidently ends up going the wrong direction.

[@mah6183]

As George Carlin would remind us, we park in a driveway and drive on a parkway!😂😂

[@elemar5]

From the UK, I've never heard of Off License. I have heard of Off Licence though.

[@mah6183]

@@elemar5 o u... 🤣🤣🤣

[@elemar5]

@@mah6183 Eh? or A?

[@golmatol6537]

This video is about different "terminology", not different "accents". Still ... very interesting video to show these folks.

[@smoldragon339]

I'm american, and I have never ever heard anyone call a liquor store an "ABC store". But it might be a regional thing.

[@sarahmacmillan2665]

I never heard of it eiether. We call it Liquor store.

[@williamjordan5554]

ABC store is used in the south.

[@smoldragon339]

@@williamjordan5554 I kinda wish the video had explained that America has a LOT of dialects, and that she was only speaking about one of them.

[@kldawson53]

We use it here in the Mid-Atlantic... in Virginia because you can only buy liquor from the ABC (alcohol beverage commission). In DC, they're just liquor stores because they're privately owned.

[@moorek1967]

In America, depending on where, we also call it a Diesel, Tanker Trick or 18 wheeler. A forest is a huge woods. Generally, if there are a group of trees like that, we call it woods. Forest is reserved for very large areas. Like a National Park would have a forest but a farm would have woods. Vanessa is correct in everything. Oh, and generally most of us older people would say potato chips to distinguish between corn chips, which are Doritos. Lays are potato chips. Supermarket is a big grocery store. A supermarket here tends to have other kinds of stuff in it, so a supermarket would have a grocery store in it. We say thongs here as well. It does depend on which generation you are talking to. Thongs or flip flops. Liquor store. We call them trousers for maybe more expensive brands. Freeway, Highway, Interstate, Road. Sidewalk. The road and parking lots as well as some playgrounds are all made of pavement. It really depends on the generation of what we call things. For instance, I am from the Midwest, actually on the west side of Ohio, and my mother and grandparents called everything different names. A couch is a sofa, but also my grandfather called it a Davenport. They didn't say "I have to go to the bathroom", they would say "I need to use the toilet". Restroom is for a public place or someone else's home. We have a lot of early influences from other languages for a very long time, so over time all the slang and rules of propriety formed so that we can say different words for the same thing and we still understand it across all the generations.

[@Youruso]

In my area of the US ( Tennessee ) we call them liquor stores. Never heard of ABC anywhere. Usually they are each individually named. Ones near me for example are one stop wine and spirits, and parkway discount wine and liquor.

[@lisalarouge6309]

My thoughts exactly.

[@melindalehan2060]

grew up in Ky and Va. the smaller ones liquor stores but as I got older the bigger chains heard called ABC, I've only been in once maybe in my life though.

[@Ossey1976]

This was a fun video to play along... as a german, I learned the british english version, but also knew most of the american ones... the australian ones mostly surprised me, except one... Gumboots are called Gummistiefel, which is a literal translation of gumboots!

[@arthur_p_dent]

yup, and when you talk about the good old times you can say "Damals, als Gummistiefel noch aus Holz waren" - "back in the days when gum boots were made of wood"

[@elemar5]

UK calls them wellies after the inventor, the Duke of Wellington.

[@ShawnRavenfire]

There are a lot of words that can be broken down by different regions within the U.S. I grew up calling a sandwich on a spit roll a "hoagie," but people from other areas might call it a "sub" or a "grinder." I also remember when I was a kid, reading in a book Southerners talking about some creatures called "pollywogs," and it wasn't until much later that I realized they were talking about "tadpoles."

[@rosesperfumelace]

Yeah, we call it a sub, short for submarine sandwich.

[@amandagutierrez1921]

Depending on the state you live in, the laws apply to how liquor can be sold. Where I grew up (NJ, USA) you can buy beer and liquor at what we refer to as the liquor store but in PA, USA, we call it Wine and Spirits and can only purchase wine and liquor there bc it’s state run but beer and malt liquor are sold at beer distributors. What I found to be really interesting in my town (Carlisle, PA, USA) is a “brew thru”, it’s a big barn that you drive through and buy your beer without getting out of your car. You tell them what you want, pay, they get it and put it in your trunk or backseat and you’re on your merry way. I absolutely love these videos and people, always educational and entertaining!

[@backgroundmusik]

I enjoy Ruby and Babu together. Having two people work well for the educational videos because they are less likely to talk over one another. I would love it if you gave her the ability to pause the source video so they don't miss things while commenting. Maybe just something to experiment with. Also, please can we get a Ruby & Raeen educational video? I think they'd do well together.

[@TheChrimboEffect]

Can we get a series were the guys teach us things from their culture .

[@IzzyOnTheMove]

Yes! That would be amazing

[@mcpeguru4060]

Yesssss

[@Happy_days01]

Yes I want to hear from their village life and even their languages maybe they have a dialect would be interesting.

[@bigschmill294]

I would love to watch that. I appreciate they're willing to learn about US and world knowledge, but Id love to see them share their own cultures with us, too.

[@sentinelmortgagecorp4291]

I’ve never heard the term ABC Store in the US. We call it a liquor store.

[@lmaoashley]

Where I’m from (south Florida) I’ve seen it called an ABC liquor store, and just a liquor store.

[@wfemp_4730]

I've heard both.

[@jadeh2699]

ABC Store is in the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA. Also, thong is the older term used for shower shoes or flip flops. Thongs were introduced to the US from Japan, where they are called zori.

[@ImpressiveCharacterArc]

Liquor store in New York state

[@givememyaccountbackno1125]

Never heard ABC store in the west coast 🤔

[@yourneighborhoodxenos]

My dad is American and almost 70, and he calls flip-flops "thongs" 💀 it always cracked us kids up, and I think it was a more common term in America back in the day.

[@rick5908]

Yes I'm 65 and grew up with thongs but my children (30's and 40s) call them flip flops. Don't get me started on deck shoes and tennis shoes

[@bobbiejojackson9448]

It's funny that you say that because I'm American too and I remember my grandparents using the word thongs for flip-flops a few times when I was a kid. I did a little Google sleuthing and found out that thong underwear wasn't invented until 1974!! So, I suppose it wouldn't be such a weird thing for them to call flip-flops something different, like sandals or flips or even thongs. It seems that a thong "style" of garment was something that existed before the 70s, but it was more commonly called a g-string and was worn more exclusively by ladies who worked in, um... the kinds of clubs that gentlemen frequented. 😉☺️ So, I guess that some of us besides Babu and Ruby got a bit of a language lesson today! 😊

[@rick5908]

@@bobbiejojackson9448 yes sir! I've never tucked a buck into a thong 😂

[@LJBSullivan]

Yes, in 60's and early 70's it was thongs not flip flops. Yes, also g string before thong.

[@michaelm.1947]

I grew up calling them thongs as well (mid-late 70s). As Linda stated, "thongs" as they're now known were "G-strings" to us.

[@joykind4258]

What I think is funny is hearing someone describe a person place or thing as homely to refer to comfort. We in the USA use "homey", since homely means ugly.

[@Ottawajames]

In Canada we have rubber boots, beer stores and liquor stores. You can get beer at the liquor store but you can't get liquor at the beer store.

[@Hunka777]

are you from ottawa like your name? do u say washroom? since u didn't mention it maybe you use one of the words they used? i'm from vancouver

[@ronaldfelix1000]

Interesting we can get a beer at a liquor store, yet I don't think we have beer stores... I can go to the grocery store and pick up both liquor and beer, depending on the state.

[@jonathonfrazier6622]

In America it's a called the woods as often as a forest.

[@samfulford5811]

In California and not always agreeing with the American woman. Region makes a big difference here too. Also, great song!

[@Shutterbun4]

Flip Flops were most definitely called "thongs" in the U.S. up until the early 80s or so when the meaning changed for the better!

[@wendycarothers]

FYI: United States has at least 14 regional dialects.

[@missmoke007thebestmusicvideos]

I just love these people~ especially Babu 😊

[@toomanyaccounts]

In the UK there are multiple accents that can identify the area where that person grew up in. Same with the US and Australia. a video Demonstration of American Dialects Accents 1958 does a better job showing the differences in regional accents then the majority of videos on the subject today

[@MattMorgasmo]

Thanks for the "link". Should be interesting to watch.

[@staydown4bo]

@@MattMorgasmo lol, i said the same thing

[@toomanyaccounts]

@@MattMorgasmo often posting a link gets the comment auto deleted by youtube

[@xymonau2468]

The Australian accents are not distinctive, and only some people say certain words in a way that can identify where they are from. But it's all only very slight. Regional words are more accurate.

[@toomanyaccounts]

@@xymonau2468 pretty sure everyone can tell an Australian from a Bogan by the accent

[@MsCheesemonster13]

In the UK, the meaning of the word “Forest” has changed over time. The medieval “forest” was a large area of land used for hunting by the royal family. It could be wooded, but typically could include other habitat like heathland, open grassland or wasteland.

[@mah6183]

My guess is that woods is Germanic rooted/old English origin and forest came with the Norman French. That would be why the forest would be reserved for royalty.

[@TheCosmicGenius]

In my part of the US, Kansas City - right in the middle of the country, we refer to shops that only sell alcoholic beverages as, 'liquor stores'.

[@lbthingsstuffmore9513]

In the United States, it may depend on where you live. Market, supermarket, and grocery stores. One of many words that are shared. Great video 👍🖖

[@NailHeavenAshford]

In my part of England (South East) we call them flats or apartments. Apartments is a very used word here, especially in London, which I am a short drive away from. I’m not sure why she said we didn’t use the word. A duvet is a word which is used in the U.K. now, but I remember when they were first available and they were called ‘continental quilts’. Just a point. When the video is running and the guys talk, there is just a lot of noise. They can’t learn anything, we can’t hear (we sometimes learn from these videos too) and it just becomes a wall of sound. Maybe when they want to talk you could consider pausing the video, give them space to talk and then restart it? A lot of reaction channels do that.

[@janetmoreno8909]

In the United States there are a lot of different names for roads, Highway is a major public road connecting different cities, a Freeway is a highway with fewer lanes than a highway and no tolls, Freeways are sometimes called Expressways. A Interstate Highway is a major road that connects different States, and a Parkway is a major public road, usually along a scenic route that has traffic lights along it's route.

[@mah6183]

The name for Shops that sell alcohol in the US go by a wide variety of names. I never heard of an ABC store. In Pennsylvania they used to be called State Stores. Now they’re Wine and Spirit Stores. I remember them ad packies when I lived in Boston (for package store) and elsewhere, liquor stores.

[@rosshall6475]

I have never heard an American call a store that sells only alcohol an ABC store. It's a liquor store. And it's only ever called a liquor store.

[@BillionSix]

I've heard ABC store a lot. Maybe it's a regional thing.

[@vashsunglasses]

It's a regional thing in areas with more strict alcohol laws.

[@wfemp_4730]

Frankly, that's a ridiculous assumption to make, and it is also false.

[@jadeh2699]

In the Commonwealth of Virginia a liquor store is called ABC Store. In NC it's called ABC store. In SC it is called Red Dot Store. Not familiar with the names of the stores in the 13 other state-controlled liquor stores.

[@SherriLyle80s]

It's an east coast thing. I lived near DC and used to call it that. But I live in Florida now so I just call it like the locals do.

[@jamesohara4295]

its not a Lorry, (ridged body) Truck (ridged body) or Tractor Trailer, in British English its an "Artic", an abreviation for "Articulated Lorry".

[@wraithby]

I grew up in Boston, USA....always referred to as woods...a liquor store is referred to as a package store or a packie. That's an older usage, now standardized as liquor store. One of the big differences around Boston, in my era, was to call soft drinks "tonic". Everywhere else in the USA they call it soda or pop. Sadly, use of tonic has died out and it's now soda.

[@brt5273]

When I was very young in Texas, we called all carbonated soft drinks "soda water" and if we were really twangin "sodie water" . Oddly, just a few years later everyone was using "coke" as a general term even if it wasn't CocaCola. In my teens i worked at a burger joint and often people would order a "coke", i would begin to pour a CocaCola and only THEN they might specify "Dr. Pepper" or even "7-Up". So it got to the point, the manager said we were wasting so if they ordered a "coke" we had to ask what kind....then of course the people who actually wanted a CocaCola looked at us like we were crazy!😂😂😂

[@ngaourapahoe]

duvet is a FRENCH word (feather filling)

[@wfemp_4730]

Interesting. The title is about different accents, and for the first example the difference is in terminology.

[@jaredf6205]

Yeah, I don't know why people always mix up accents and just different common terms

[@kathya9522]

Lovely, Ruby, are you ok? You are smiling as usual, but your beautiful smile is not reaching your eyes. I wish you well.

[@rosesperfumelace]

Ok we, in northeast US, call it a liquor store, or in Massachusetts a packie store. And what most call coke a soda. In Massachusetts we call it tonic.

[@jackhogston6119]

Most states in the USA do not have ABC stores, even in states where the sale of alcohol is state-controlled. I've lived in several states and stores that primarily sell alcohol are called liquor stores.

[@TheChrimboEffect]

I love how Grandpa is retaining the english he is learning i can see him naming some of the items before the english counterparts lol. I love hi so much .

[@TheChrimboEffect]

@@PaulEcosse i know i just refer to him as grandpa or grand father . I have watched almost all of the videos and have for years .

[@slantos2668]

Some of these are different in Canada too! We call a store that sells alcohol "Liquor Store".

[@patcarlson500]

Grandpa always talks through the videos. He seems to have no consideration for others who are trying to hear them

[@kushgoblin51020]

I don't think you really grasp the concept of a reaction video. :/

[@teenystudioflicks1635]

USA here. When I was a child, flip flops were called thongs. Look how they fit between the toes. The resemblance to a new kind of women's underwear that absconded with the name 'thong' caused them to have the name change. Just as calling cigarettes back then 'fags' was discontinued when the name began to be used elsewhere. The English language is very fluid and changes often when relocated to new areas and which country does the teaching.

[@focu2567]

Men wear thongs too

[@josephdonais4778]

There is English spoken in the USA that sounds like a foreign language to most other Americans. We say, "Deep South" but that is a misnomer. Growing up in 70s America, we called "Flip-flops" thongs in New England, (Massachusetts). I have not heard thongs used in the reference again until now. People didn't run around with a string crawling up their butts at the time, (the "new" reference).

[@e50s65]

If you think about it, it makes sense that they use some english names for modern things in their country as there was no original word for things like petrol stations before english-speaking people invented them

[@FUBAR1986]

The American girl obviously has only lived in one area, her whole life. There are multiple names for quite a lot of the things in this video one that I didn’t see people talk about was pants are also called trousers in America .highways/interstate, and also freeways…. There were a few more, but these are the ones that I didn’t see anyone else to talk about.

[@paulmckenzie3181]

Yeah, in England, they say pants also, but trousers seems to be a bit more prevalent.

[@kldawson53]

Yup. We say things differently than she in my region. We have duvet covers. We use "the woods". Etc, etc

[@490Believer]

The tractor trailer is also called: big-rig, semi, truck, long-hauler. Remember that the US is made up of 50 small nations, so from state to state we can have different terms but most of Americans can easily switch between them without much effort. As a child in the ‘70’s my parents, one from the west coast and the other from the east, both used thongs for flip flops. Oregon is as ABC state. The American lady should have clarified that liquor stores here are only regulated by the state, not owned by the state.

[@gacchan]

This was such a fun video! I would love more like this.

[@konliner9286]

Make them listen to different languages from different countries and ask them which language do they like the most.

[@paulmckenzie3181]

The British woman should have mentioned that name "wellies" for those boots come from the name "Wellingtons". Didn't know British shortened that name to "wellies" -- it sounds like slang British to me.

[@gojiberry7201]

American here, I call the truck a truck or semi, I think tractor-trailer is the official definition 🤔🤔

[@rosesperfumelace]

Tractor trailer is used because you can remove the trailer from the tractor.

[@konliner9286]

I would to see them watching more videos about languages.

[@aliciasavage6801]

Not all states call them "abc stores " i never heard of that until this video, in Colorado we call them liquor stores

[@pacoro84]

why did he find it strange....isnt it the same in india?they dont all speak the same

[@toomanyaccounts]

every time I hear Indian accent it is all the same.

[@monke2251]

The different accents are due to being from regions with different language and not different accent same language thing

[@JUMALATION1]

I finally got an answer to something I always wondered about: It seems these videos are all translated to Hindi throughout. Probably the exact English words are the exceptions. Ruby + Babu is a nice combination of commenters.

[@suomenpresidentti]

Flip flops are sometimes called urine skates here in Finland.

[@Feral_Bog_Witch]

If it wisnae for your wellies where would you be? You'd be in the hospital or infirmary For you may catch a dose of the flu or even pleurisy If you didnae have your feet in your wellies 🎶 - Billy Connolly, Glaswegian comedian

[@xymonau2468]

The Australian woman was wrong several times. We call them "togs" in Qld. And we might say "forest" in a cultivated swathe of trees, but it is always the bush, not the forest, in normal conversation. The English woman was annoying me insisting that the way she said things was correct. Re the bathroom, we call the area where we shower or bathe the bathroom. Sometimes it contains a toilet, but often the toilet is in its own room. In that case, it's just called the toilet, not the bathroom.

[@SineN0mine3]

"Freeway" is opposed to "Tollway" but I can understand why that would be confusing to people from England!

[@tpw84101]

Of course, Britain use to rule India, so there will be much British influence and words still in use today.

[@suomenpresidentti]

Pepper is a small dry round spice. Not that big vegetable thing.

[@beingsneaky]

Americans used to call them thongs. Canadians called them thongs to but now we use flip flops.. because now thongs means underwear. the underwear name came from the slipper name.

[@joantrotter3005]

They need to react to some videos about accents and word usage in U.S. and Canada. Not sure where the American lady was from, but I've lived in Pacific NW, Midwest, and two parts of Texas, and had different answers. Also, 19 of the 23 years that I was a barber were close to military bases so I'm used to everyone! Those rain boots are galoshes or farm boots. A tractor trailer is a very specific type of truck. Semi or 18 wheeler is more common. I also never heard thongs called flip flops until I got to Texas. I think my Hawaiian brother-in-law might call them beach slippers? Whatever it was was new to me, we thought he meant aquasocks 😆.

[@bus6292]

As an American, Australian men are much easier to tell apart from English men than Aussie women are from English women. I don't know why the accent drift between them is more subdued.

[@texasslingleadsomtingwong8751]

In Texas, we say woods . Forest is odd Duvet is not unheard of . Mud boots , slicker , mudders , rain gear I've heard thongs for flip flops before quite a few times . Should be called dyno guts station . Liquor store , sister . Just go to the hood where all the Liquor stores are located Trousers , pants , slacks

[@joykind4258]

Peppers 🌶 is too vague. I use Ancho, Jalapeño, Juajillo, Chili, Habanero, Poblano, Anaheim, Serrano, Ghost, Banana, Sweet Mini, Sweet Peppadew Piquante, Sweety Drops, Thai, Fresno, Shishito, crushed Pepper Flakes, Carolina Reaper and of course Bell Pepper, to name a few. Then there are the peppers that you grind, peppercorns like black pepper (that we call pepper), white pepper, schezhuan, green peppercorns...and so many more. I eat all of these frequently. Just making Chili or tamales, I use several different kinds. If I asked someone to bring me some different peppers, and they showed up with red, green, yellow and orange bell peppers, I'd be pretty hot, and not from the heat of the peppers! Lol

[@FredPilcher]

Australian here. Toilet. You go to a bathroom if you want a bath. And flat. Apartment is advertising-speak.

[@SineN0mine3]

I commented something similar about flats vs apartments but then I thought I might be the only one who thinks this. I don't think there's anything close to a consensus on what you call a home that's part of a larger set of homes, it varies from person to person.

[@street_cheeks]

woods is a common southern US term too

[@4ty7ven]

Never heard of abc store in América. Been here all my life and we call it a liquor store.

[@GuardianGrarl]

So basically... *Dayum England, you were Influencer before Influencers !!*

[@beingsneaky]

Supermarket Store, Grocery store.. i use all three

[@brooktu4249]

Poor old Babu would learn so much more if he just stopped talking through every video 😂🤣🙃

[@joykind4258]

Americans wear boots, all kinds of boots, knee-high boots, cowboy boots, rain boots and lots more, so defining their use is less confusing.

[@deblina]

I really loved this video and they seemed to really enjoy it too.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

I have literally never heard the term "ABC store". That's some weird local term. It's a liquor store in America.

[@cheryllcarter3072]

In the US west coast we say LIQUOR Store.for alcohol Never heard of ABC

[@generaladvance5812]

Bangs is an americanism I like actually. It's snappy.

[@SA-hf3fu]

I don’t care what they react to. The fact that they are so open to something new is just amazing! I would protect them from the outside world as much as possible. They are pure love and trust. Thank you. These people are special. 🥰🥰🥰

[@Nashiki20]

Tim McGraw - Humble and kind. Good message and a lot of culture. Would be great for a reaction video. I'd love to see what they think of it. His message is worldwide and universal. Easily understood by anyone.

[@SargNickFury]

Pretty much most of the Southern US would have called the forest the "woods" also, forest is way too formal. Is Vanessa from the city? Cause they call it the woods in North Carolina also. You might walk through the woods, where as a forest is a larger geographic area. So one could say, " we're going to hike through the woods in the Nantahala Forest." You'd never tell your parents we were playing in the "forest" that would be weird. You play in the "woods". Depending on the people we might also call the bathroom the "Head", more particular with military families, and the "head" better be clean. Snobby people in the US only say duvet, by saying duvet you might immediately get looks as being that snobby person, most people know what a duvet is though. You have to call them "Bell peppers" in the US, because in the US we use a lot more variety of peppers. We never just generally speak of peppers that's not much more accurate then saying fruit or vegetable. What kind of pepper? Black? Jalapeno? Habanero? Thai? Banana? Poblano? Relleno? Chipotle? Chili? We take peppers serious...this isn't a game. Rain boots are also often called Galoshes in US, sometimes mudboots. Also hardly anyone uses them anymore unless their job requires it. Flip Flops and Thongs are used interchangeably in much of the US as well, but a thong is also underwear. Gas Station is also commonly called a "Service Station". Only ABC states would use "ABC store" so this is only true in about 15 of 50 states or so in the US. The grand majority of America would call it a "Liquor store", or a "package store", only places like the Carolinas would call it an ABC. Highway and freeway/interstate, are very different highway usually are two lanes or maybe 4, but usually larger roads are called interstates... there's some legal differences I think as far as which it is, but if it has more then 4 lanes it's probably an interstate. Freeway has meaning because we used to have many toll roads....freeway vs toll.

[@valkyrie1066]

If you speak to many different people in the USA, you will eventually hear all three terms. Even from the USA, I've heard "Loo" and "Petrol" and most of the unusual terms. I work in a large amusement park, in a city that many people visit from all over the world (San Diego, California) I guide many people to "The loo" "The head." or bathroom/restaurant, some people will ask for the toilet. I know if someone with a British accent asks me for chips, I will guide them to a french fry stand. I speak a little German and Spanish and use them frequently. It became kind of a game; to identify WHAT language the person was speaking and try and use the best terms for their familiarity. One Russian visitor with American friends came to me, the friends, trying to be helpful, said he was from MOS-cow. I said, from Moscva. It is the way THEY pronounce the word, and I usually use town names pronounced in the manner the country of origin specifies. I'm willing to bet if you travel to the far north, south,, east, and west in YOUR country, you will find slightly different accents, and names for common things. Yes, picked up a few words of Russian as well, I learn them where I can. Spacivo! (Thank you!)

[@phoebesmith9089]

Flip-flops used to be called thongs in the United States, too, until the 90s when the skimpy ladies undergarment took over that name! And I have never heard of an ABC state store… ?? I’m an American,… And If you want to go to buy liquor you go to the liquor store. That’s what it’s called.

[@FukuokuaZoomer]

I would definitely call it a Liquor Store instead of an ABC Store

[@focu2567]

Homely people filling up their tanks with farts to drive to the beach and swim in their thungs 🤔

[@patrickgrant6389]

We dont say forrest in Australia we say bush

[@2l84t]

Forest...Woods...Backwoods...Sticks...Boonies..Bush......

[@xymonau2468]

I wish Babu would shut up so the woman can hear what is being said. He always has to air his knowledge over the top of what is playing, and everyone misses so much. She is much brighter than him, to begin with, and doesn't need his help.

[@AndreA-dl5po]

I highly recommend a video series where several dialect experts break down various North American accents. Saying "American" accent is as imprecise as saying "Asian Food." There is simply massive variation from region to region and even within certain states. I will single one out just for fun. Pittsburgh has to be heard to believed.

[@alisong826]

I live in Texas and didn’t know they’re call ABC stores, as we call them liquor stores. 15:35

[@TheRealTorG]

I'm a common man. I see babu, I click.

[@weahhh63]

The words we use in the US also vary by location. Some of what she said is different from what is generally used where I live.

[@fylhodgesexperience446]

in army we called French Frys, Freedom Frys instead.

[@kldawson53]

Wrong about duvet. Very common in the US. But comforters are probably more common.

[@Passioakka]

If I understand everything right Aussie English have its origin in the cockney accent from London. Cockney itself uses a lot of slang terms and was, in those days, spoken by what was called the "lower class"/"working class" - poor people struggling to get food on the table. For those who took the wrong pathway in life to survive, stealing and was shipped to the Australian penal colony. It has also many word from the Irish immigrants and of course the words and names from the indigenous population. American English I guess is influenced by the English accent the immigrants on Mayflower was speaking witch in no meaning is spoken in UK today. Then we have all the influence from immigrants coming from all over the world quite early in time. Not having English as my native language I find it difficult to speak and write in English, having learned the British way in school and to that being influenced by American movies and music. I never know if I write the correct word (please let us leave the discussion of grammar for later) when I speak with an English or American person! 🤭😄 And last; British English...oh my...a West Germanic language like many in Europe. Influence from both German, French, Scandinavian and I think also Dutch (or was it the other way round?)...it is not easy! Celtic languages and all the accents... Interesting but confusing, wish I had a better ear for learning languages!

[@jo.hn1245]

Happy to see they are gaining knowledge 👍

[@moorek1967]

Vocabluaries.....vocabularies, that is the first difference and she hadn't even started.

[@elemar5]

I'm from the UK and where I live it's a footpath.

[@tisse90]

Well obvioulsy the britts need to use the word woods since there are barley have any forests on that set of islands anymore :D

[@melindalehan2060]

the American from west coast some of the words we spoke on east coast were more like Britain, we had a lot of British, Irish, and Scottish immigration there so words stuck around more like the word woods used more than forest . they have different words in different regions of our country too ,like in other countries but they are popularly understood for the most part.

[@jonathonfrazier6622]

Can we get a reaction to the Proto Indo Europeans and the many languages and cultures they gave rise to?

[@ChristaFree]

I went to England and couldn't understand half of what they were saying lol. I was trying to get a coke and was having difficulty doing so. They apparently had a hard time understanding me as well. I finally got one.

[@paulmckenzie3181]

What part of England? If it's northern England, they're hard to understand for even some English persons who live in the southern area of the country. Closer to London, other than maybe cockney, the English is quite easy to understand.

[@beingsneaky]

becuase i am candian i know Duvet and comforter...