In the UK, shaver sockets that serve to power shavers and toobrushes are allowed in bathrooms but must adhere to specific regulations. They are designed with safety features like isolation transformers to prevent shocks and must be installed remotely from the bath or shower.
It's called maths in American English. Languages are subject to constant change. Always have been. Even within the UK, or England, or London, there's constant change. "Correct" means the consensus within an area at a certain point in time and it's not a constant. English as we know it today is a mishmash of other languages, more so than most other languages in Europe.
the shaver sockets in bathrooms have an isolation transformer so you are much less likely to get a shock if you come into contact with a live wire. They are also limited to provide a low current, enough for a shaver or toothbrush but not much more.
The electrical regulations DO allow switches and sockets in a bathroom. However, there are regulations dictating how far away from the "wet zones" (zone 1) they are to be. This is 2.5 metres (it used to be 3 metres...) from the edge of a bath or shower, and since our bathrooms tend to be small, the sockets often cannot be placed far enough away! Most installers just play safe and install nothing but shaver sockets....
@peterfhere9461- and many British bathrooms just aren't 2.5m (let alone 3m) across - mine isn't - so it's strictly isolation protected shaver sockets only.
And let's be honest it is a London Underground thing... one of many important things about the Culture of the Tube. The trains are full of people that really don't want to be there, hurtling across the city desperately wishing their journey was over and they were safely where they need to be. Talk about grumpy, sullen faces all conspiring never to make eye contact in the dirty, smelly pen they willingly allow themselves to be crushed into. I paint it dark because rush hour is where most of the journeys happen... the truth is at quieter times a visitor can actually really enjoy the wonder that the regulars take for granted.
The standing on the R on escalators is a London Underground thing ONLY - which confuses non-Londoners like myself horrendously because we Brits in general are so deeply conditioned to keep left - on the road, on pavements and footpaths, in corridors and on stairs and in doorways !and on escalators anywhere else! - and to get out of the way of anyone else, whether oncoming or overtaking, by swerving L or stopping on the L to allow them through. That London Underground convention is actually horribly un-British. 😬😬😬 It annoys the arse off me whenever (thankfully rarely) I have the misfortune to be in London and to have to use the Tube.
In the UK the Postmen and Women are told to push the letters right through the letterbox slot - so that some reprobate doesn't help themselves to your mail. The problem is, that very many Postmen get their fingers bitten every day by dogs that wait just inside the door. The Royal Mail wants people to install a small mail cage inside the door to stop this from happening. I guess if you are a dog that is alone for most of the day, biting the Postman is a form of entertainment.
Queueing etc. - It's not being "obedient", it's being orderly. It's choosing civilisation over anarchic chaos. To me, queueing is a literal, bona fide example of civilising a group of uncultured individualists. I get the feeling that the USA probably views such illustrations of social co-operation as dangerously close to "socialism".
Also, when there was rationing during the last war, queuing for food was a necessary and orderly behaviour. Didn't Americans queue then during the depression, for jobs, food, wages, etc? It isn't a uniquely British thing. It is just that it has remained in our social DNA possibly longer than other countries, maybe? I guess it depends on why and what you are queuing for. Seeing some of the 'sales' scrambles sometimes, does provide an insight into the opposite of socially acceptable behaviour!
Which is more secure. A mail slot that deposits letters directly into the house or an insecure mailbox at the side of the street that is accessible by anyone and can be used by a criminal as an indicator as to a house being empty while someone is on holiday/vacation or away on business.
Plenty of dryers here! I’ve had a dryer for over 50 years! Although I’m not a fan of the combined washer/dryer - it can only be used as one function at a time. They’re more efficient separated if you have the space.
also, we don't think someone is trying to break in, because we have lifelong experience of what mail being pushed through a letterbox sounds like. And it will be at roughly the same time every day.
From the UK here. It's amusing that you find it weird that we often refer to the United States simply as 'America', but yet you all talk about your nationality simply as American. No one ever says that they're 'United States of American'. We Brits are at least consistent 😉
Indeed, we call people from the USA ‘American’ and the USA ‘America’ because that’s how they refer to themselves. We know America is actually a continent.
Hi. I'm in the UK and regularly do a big monthly shop, and the cashiers *always* ask me if I need any help packing, (which I generally do). Usually, they'll start the packing for me while I carry on emptying the trolley.
When we do use the 24hr clock verbally, no one says 17 oclock, we say 17 hundred, or 16 fifteen (a quarter past four), mostly people instantly transpose 13-24 hundred into 1-12 oclock pm, or "this afternoon"
It stops any confusion if someone says can we meet at 7? You then wonder if it’s 7am or 7pm whereas if it’s 1900 there’s no mix up. Ok America how difficult is it to subtract 12 from 19? 😁
For some years I was persistently shocking myself when I went into the garage, because I thought it was a static shock, took me several years to realise that some of the live wire was sitting on the face plate fixing screw and I was using the fixing screw to locate my finger on the switch in the dark
That’s a common misconception for 110 vs 230volts - it’s isn’t the volts that kill you - it’s the amps. US plug sockets are 15amp or 20 for greater power hungry devices. U.K normal socket is 13amps.
There’s braille on everything even when you get to a crossing there’s a secret braille button on the bottom of the crosswalk post that vibrates when you’re safe to cross
@ it is useful as the only sighted person in my family sometimes roads can be loud at the best of times and that’s not factoring other sounds if you feel under the button box there’s another cup shaped button beneath the cross box that turns as the light turns green most uk people don’t even know this though
On the "politeness" thing, I think the key difference is that "Americans" basically see their freedoms as the most important thing in life. And this includes the freedom to be a pain in the ass...
In Australia we stand to the left on escalators. I got caught out in London by not standing on the right. I got the death penalty stares from so many people until someone explained it to me.
I work I a shop. I will bag stuff if a customer is unable to, but I would not offer to bag for someone who seemed capable because they would be insulted.
We Brits use the 24 hour clock because there are 24 hours in a day and we can count past 12. If the correct way of saying the short form of "Mathematics" is "Math" then I look forward to the USA studying "Economic" "Physic" and "Civic". Most of us here drive "Standard" cars because we like actually being fully in control of them. We call the USA "'Murica". Then roll our eyeballs upwards. Especially now since 5th November 2024. Britain invented the modern postal system in 1840. It was the first in the world which is why we don't need to put our country's name on our stamps. We did not "scrap" mailboxes, we never had them in the first place. Our invention, our rules. (Thank you grabtharshammer 🙂)
We didn't "Scrap" the mailbox idea. We never had it in the first place. Why would we want to have to walk to the street to get our mail, where anyone can get hold of it and tamper with it?
We use local pet names all over the UK, chicken further north, duck in the middle, mate lower down, pet in the NE... and a hundred more. In Bristol My Lover or My Babber is quite acceptable.
I’m a cockney living in England and I can vouch when I was growing up in Bethnal Green when I visited Tesco with my family there was a lovely lady waiting patiently at the end of the checkout counter with plastic bags already opened to help pack our shopping and it was quite common back then in the late 70s, early 80s but sadly is a thing of the past. Also, like Canada shares a lot of things with the United States, mainly due to its proximity to the US, Canada also shares a lot of things with Britain, such as a Parliamentary democracy, a monarch, shared values and heritage which is still strong today despite the vast distance between Canada and Britain and many more besides. That being said, I wish all Americans were more like you Joel because not just Canada but Britain as well are more alike then we think.
Agree. The reason why most UK drivers prefer to drive manual cars is exactly as you say Jps, because you have more control of the vehicle and also better performance.
As far as i am aware there is a reason for having letter boxes on the doors and not mail box outside in uk i remember seeing something about this on you tube .
Why in the USA do they put the month before the day? Surely it makes sense to go small to large... day/month/year. In the US Valentines Day is February 14th and Christmas day is December 25th. However when it comes to Independence Day it all changes... Americans usually talk about the 4th of July, not July 4th.... !!!
Americans got that from the British but the British switched to an extent during the 20th century. Either is acceptable in the UK except where only numbers are used when the American system is flat out crazy.
Talking about us saying America is a fair point but then you should add most Americans also haven’t a clue about the difference between England, Great Britain, The United Kingdom
It’s very funny Jps saying about us calling them Americans when the title to this video is “American Reacts to” I don’t know where we would get it from 🤔🤦
I had a Saturday job, decades ago in a supermarket. I spent hours packing customers bags. The only time i see it now is when a local charity offers the service for donations
Haha. You can get sockets in the bathroom, just like a 2 pronged one that runs on some different thing. I've always known them as "shavers sockets" and they are normally installed inside a cabinet such as above a sink. Most/many bathroom related electrical goods like electric toothbrushes are charged by them...
There *are* power outlets (electric sockets) in bathrooms in the UK. These are 2-pin and only suitable for electric razors and toothbrushes. These are normally called "shaver sockets". I have two in mine. There is surely no other appliance you would need to use in a bathroom: you can dry your hair in your bedroom or elsewhere.
There are power outlets in the bathroom, sometimes, but they are two-pin, double insulated (i.e, they have a built in isolating transformer to minimise the risk of electric shock), and have a very low-rating fuse - so only suited to things like electric shavers and toothbrushes, not hairdryers.
With the post/mail, some people here do have the little metal boxes on the wall that you open with a key. But the end of driveway ones weird me out because as far as I’m aware they don’t lock so anyone could just open them and steal your letters?
I feel that it became more common in the UK with the introduction of VCRs in the 1980s. It avoided mistakes since most people would realise that setting the box to record something at 7, 8 or 9 was probably wrong. Digital alarm clocks might be another factor for the same reason. So probably the result of digital time keeping in general. But yeah in general use we use the 12 hour clock and rely on context to decide whether we mean AM or PM.
I don't add a kiss if it is business orientated. Or in the house they are doing a job for you. Just "Kind regards". Friends one or two kisses depending how well you know them, and if they are close. Family, more kisses.
In French, to say "see you at 17h30" is as acceptable as saying 5.30 (pm). Wow, I remember this video, it must be about 6 years old now, and Alanna's Canadian accent has certainly mellowed since.
We do have outlets in the bathroom, they are protected for safety reasons. You can use it for electric toothbrush/electric Razor. Just old houses were not built with them
The 24 hour clock is for clarity and precision. So in an office enviroment where you finish at five ir six you have context of the boss says "Meeting at foir". But if you're telling somebody the departure time of their train, plane etc then clarity is required and we verbally use the 24 hour clock.
It's UK law that retail workers have to be given a chair to sit on. This dates back to Victorian times when counter staff had to work incredibly long hours while standing. This was considered cruel, so the law was introduced.
American, oh, I'm sorry, United States of American, employment laws are truly atrocious. I don't know how they get away with it. Well, I do; the mighty dollar. God and money is all that really matters in the USofA.
Thats incorrect. Usually its just the supermarkets. I worked 10 years in a shop and only time anyone had a chair was if they had reasonable accommodations (for example, one of the ladies was waiting on a knee replacement so got given a chair). Everybody else stood at the till for 8-10 hour shifts.
@jmillar71110 Which, I assure you, was illegal. The shop has a legal duty to provide chairs for its counter staff. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seats_for_Shop_Assistants_Act_1899
Nonsense! I have been driving both manual, and automatic cars for over fifty years, and I've never been complacent no matter which type I'm driving, I've also driven vans, and large trucks, complacency is down to a stupid driver, not the vehicle.
Being of a certain age............The 24 hour clock seemed to become the default with the popularity of digital watches and clocks, the use of computers sped it up.
regarding the outlets in the bathroom, I grew up in an era where we had asbestos in our walls ceilings. growing up with something, and it not being there because its dangerous are 2 different things lol. we have 240 volts. I'm not going anywhere near an outlet with wet hands. I have been electricuted over here. it bloody hurts.
Thing is with 24hr clock there’s no mistake regarding am or pm. There are power outlets in most bathrooms - for shavers, and usually over the sink. And yes, they’re safety outlets. Most people have tumble dryers. Automatics are BORING. if you pass your test in a manual you pass also for automatic. If you pass in automatic and you want to drive a manual you have to by law, take the relevant test. She’s correct about the noises two foxes make. JP how would the USA like to be known as Canada? Thought so😊 xxx
manual gears are more fuel efficient if done right. thats all there is to it. and we have manners only because getting blood out of Axminster carpet is terribly difficult and ferociously expensive. manners keeps costs down lol
I now understand what you mean about US Walmart; I have been loving those videos on socials over the past year or so that are 'POV my first day working at Walmart', and then there is a rection montage of some of the absolutely insane things that have been caught on camara in Walmart - truly crazy stuff!
I have to say that the 24 hour clock seems to make so many Americans hysterical about not understanding it. It's SIMPLE it just takes time to get used to it. I often say 14 hundred as many times as I may say 2 O'Clock . In fact 17 hundred or simply 17 hours.
Bathrooms have sockets for shavers and most electric toothbrush chargers come with a plug for these(the are 2 prong plugs) so you can in fact have your toothbrush in the bathroom
It is interesting about the 12 hour / 24 hour time thing, that spoken and written use is different when being precise, the hours from Midnight starts with 12 AM until midday/noon 12 pm, spoken its simply
You absolutely do hear 24 hour time announced & spoken fully and correctly at railway stations, also the telephone speaking clock and bbc World Service radio, JPS had a discounted railway pass, how did he miss these.
In the Uk we say in 24 Hour, if its 6 pm its 18 Hundred Hours, but most people who us 24 hour clock in there work are professionals, Office worker's , Emergency services, Armed forces, Bus/Train . Also we dont have light switches in the bathrooms its a pull cord, safety reasons again. ASDA isn't owned anymore by Walmart
Driers? Most houses to my knowledge have a drier in the UK. We have one but still hang washing on the outside line to get that fresher more environmentally friendly result when the weather permits
We sometimes times have charity baggers at the supermarket, i would pay them to not bag my shop, i don't need the bread at the bottom of the bag with heavy tins on top of it, or bleach in the same bag as food.
No power outlets in a bathroom is not stricty true. America has 110v uk has 240. So it is a hazard. Saying that you can have a isolating transformer for a shaver etc. It's zoned according to regs like 7671.
We do have electric outlets in bathrooms for low powered devices like shavers and tootbrushes but having a hairdryer in a bathroom is so obviously insane that most of the world bans outlets for them.
Where 24hour time IS militarily time is when its spoken as "0400 (O four hundred) hours" or "1600 (sixteen hundred) hours" rather than 4am or 4pm, its for clarity and removes ambiguity from verbalising.
The UK did not "scrap" the idea of mail boxes. We invented the Post, our rules, we win
After all the Royal Mail was created by Henry VIII.
Bit of a weird response, too much UK Elitism on videos like these.
@BadEnglishSpeakingGermanuk here, that’s really interesting. I’ll read up on that. Thx
@traderjo9552 Sadly realizing the obvious. Let's get on together.....no place for differences to be defensive but to enjoy
@traderjo9552....Don't watch 'em then! Simples innit?
In the UK, shaver sockets that serve to power shavers and toobrushes are allowed in bathrooms but must adhere to specific regulations. They are designed with safety features like isolation transformers to prevent shocks and must be installed remotely from the bath or shower.
After seven years I hope Naps has found a home with a bathroom shaver outlet for her toothbrush.
@john_smith1471 Yes, but the sockets are very different to 'normal' sockets, so may not notice them if no-one points them out.
@stephenlee5929 The two pin plug for the toothbrush matches exactly the two pin shaver outlet, so could not be mistaken.
Mathematics is a plural word, therefore the short version should be maths not math. Math would be the short version of mathematic.
No it isn't, it's a Greek ending. We don't say mathematics are, we say mathematics is as you demonstrated, showing it is singular.
We're just to intelligent for Americans
@JasonWilliamson-b4w Not that intelligent though. You used the wrong form of 'too' in this comment.
Maths is the word there is no such word as math in the English language.
Quite right; it's mathematicS
Americans insist that math is plural. Maybe one day that argument will be settled. We’re English it’s our language. IT’S MATHS. WE WIN LOL
Correct.
@ColinWilkinson-gs7tryes and it's harbour with a U in it and colour with a U too.
It's called maths in American English. Languages are subject to constant change. Always have been. Even within the UK, or England, or London, there's constant change. "Correct" means the consensus within an area at a certain point in time and it's not a constant. English as we know it today is a mishmash of other languages, more so than most other languages in Europe.
We do have electrical outlets in the bathrooms but only for shavers and toothbrushes
the shaver sockets in bathrooms have an isolation transformer so you are much less likely to get a shock if you come into contact with a live wire. They are also limited to provide a low current, enough for a shaver or toothbrush but not much more.
@zebo-the-fat exactly x
The electrical regulations DO allow switches and sockets in a bathroom. However, there are regulations dictating how far away from the "wet zones" (zone 1) they are to be. This is 2.5 metres (it used to be 3 metres...) from the edge of a bath or shower, and since our bathrooms tend to be small, the sockets often cannot be placed far enough away! Most installers just play safe and install nothing but shaver sockets....
@peterfhere9461- and many British bathrooms just aren't 2.5m (let alone 3m) across - mine isn't - so it's strictly isolation protected shaver sockets only.
Standing on the left on an escalator on the Tube is punishable by tutting. LOL
And let's be honest it is a London Underground thing... one of many important things about the Culture of the Tube. The trains are full of people that really don't want to be there, hurtling across the city desperately wishing their journey was over and they were safely where they need to be. Talk about grumpy, sullen faces all conspiring never to make eye contact in the dirty, smelly pen they willingly allow themselves to be crushed into. I paint it dark because rush hour is where most of the journeys happen... the truth is at quieter times a visitor can actually really enjoy the wonder that the regulars take for granted.
Which is a fate worse than death!
The standing on the R on escalators is a London Underground thing ONLY - which confuses non-Londoners like myself horrendously because we Brits in general are so deeply conditioned to keep left - on the road, on pavements and footpaths, in corridors and on stairs and in doorways !and on escalators anywhere else! - and to get out of the way of anyone else, whether oncoming or overtaking, by swerving L or stopping on the L to allow them through. That London Underground convention is actually horribly un-British. 😬😬😬 It annoys the arse off me whenever (thankfully rarely) I have the misfortune to be in London and to have to use the Tube.
She didn't mention the Tea Siren at 16.00 Daily!
Lqtm. Nice one :)
In the US, I'd imagine if the Mail delivery was through the letterbox on the front door, the Mailman would be cut down in a burst of gunfire.
No they wouldn't.
Stop talking stupidity.
@charliecosta3971
Humour bypass ?!! 🤔
😂😂😂 whilst shouting "FREEDOM"
In the UK the Postmen and Women are told to push the letters right through the letterbox slot - so that some reprobate doesn't help themselves to your mail.
The problem is, that very many Postmen get their fingers bitten every day by dogs that wait just inside the door.
The Royal Mail wants people to install a small mail cage inside the door to stop this from happening.
I guess if you are a dog that is alone for most of the day, biting the Postman is a form of entertainment.
Because he is a stranger approaching the front door .Therefore, a trespasser.
17:26 It's "couldn't care less". David Mitchell explains it in his Soapbox episode "Dear America" ruclips.net/video/om7O0MFkmpw/video.html
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agree with her about the power outlets in the bathroom... ever since I moved back to the UK I need to keep my toaster in the kitchen
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Why would you want a toaster in the bathroom??🤔🤔🇬🇧
@alanshepherd4304 Depends if you have seen BattleStar Galactica.
@junior602002No, i haven't....not really my cup of tea!!😂🇬🇧
@alanshepherd4304 can't make one of those either in our bathrooms
Queueing etc. - It's not being "obedient", it's being orderly. It's choosing civilisation over anarchic chaos. To me, queueing is a literal, bona fide example of civilising a group of uncultured individualists. I get the feeling that the USA probably views such illustrations of social co-operation as dangerously close to "socialism".
Also, when there was rationing during the last war, queuing for food was a necessary and orderly behaviour.
Didn't Americans queue then during the depression, for jobs, food, wages, etc?
It isn't a uniquely British thing. It is just that it has remained in our social DNA possibly longer than other countries, maybe?
I guess it depends on why and what you are queuing for. Seeing some of the 'sales' scrambles sometimes, does provide an insight into the opposite of socially acceptable behaviour!
Love America from United kingdom not just England
Queueing is also about good manners and fairness, which after visiting several different states in the US, Americans are lacking .
I hate that queuing is in decline. Bus stops now are just a free for all when the bus pulls up.
@Peter-gv6vf. Was like that in the 1960s, when I worked in the City of Westminster. Nothing new under the sun…
Which is more secure. A mail slot that deposits letters directly into the house or an insecure mailbox at the side of the street that is accessible by anyone and can be used by a criminal as an indicator as to a house being empty while someone is on holiday/vacation or away on business.
The British mail been delivered through the letter box is better than the us mail box delivery
Yes
Plenty of dryers here! I’ve had a dryer for over 50 years! Although I’m not a fan of the combined washer/dryer - it can only be used as one function at a time. They’re more efficient separated if you have the space.
There's a major difference; in the US mail is collected as well as delivered.
@AndrewBush-d2j letter boxes are much better
also, we don't think someone is trying to break in, because we have lifelong experience of what mail being pushed through a letterbox sounds like. And it will be at roughly the same time every day.
The escalator manners for me who is Irish is the same and if anyone doesn’t do it grinds my gears so much
@dib000it’s an unwritten rule even though in many places it still also says it on the escalator to stand on the right
Traditionally, automatic cars were usually driven by the old or disabled.
Tbh they're probably a bit technical for the American brain to master😂
Utility room for the washing machine & dryer. Mind you, not a lot of people have that luxury, so in the kitchen it is.
I live in a Georgian house so I have my washer and drier in the boot room.
From the UK here. It's amusing that you find it weird that we often refer to the United States simply as 'America', but yet you all talk about your nationality simply as American. No one ever says that they're 'United States of American'. We Brits are at least consistent 😉
Indeed, we call people from the USA ‘American’ and the USA ‘America’ because that’s how they refer to themselves. We know America is actually a continent.
Alana is Canadian. And if you ask an America where they are from, they are probably going to name their state
UKadian?
@rebecca-lu6 USlessians?
@margaretnicol3423 That’s really not a thing.
Hi. I'm in the UK and regularly do a big monthly shop, and the cashiers *always* ask me if I need any help packing, (which I generally do). Usually, they'll start the packing for me while I carry on emptying the trolley.
When we do use the 24hr clock verbally, no one says 17 oclock, we say 17 hundred, or 16 fifteen (a quarter past four), mostly people instantly transpose 13-24 hundred into 1-12 oclock pm, or "this afternoon"
It stops any confusion if someone says can we meet at 7? You then wonder if it’s 7am or 7pm whereas if it’s 1900 there’s no mix up. Ok America how difficult is it to subtract 12 from 19? 😁
I do say 14 o’clock, but that’s just some thing I do with my husband 😂
Realistically nobody says 17 hundred hours outside of the military.
I don’t say 17 hundred or 17 o clock… but I would be much more likely to say 17 o’clock than 17 hundred.
@mrmessy7334 Then my kids, grandsons, my work colleagues, and I must all be nobodies. 😅
UK is 240 volts, the U.S. is 110 volts so a shock in the UK that would be lethal whereas in the US it would a little tickle!!😂🇬🇧
@thefiestaguy8831I suppose there is always an exception to every rue!🙄
@thefiestaguy8831Just because we’d likely survive doesn’t mean it’s something we want to experience.
For some years I was persistently shocking myself when I went into the garage, because I thought it was a static shock, took me several years to realise that some of the live wire was sitting on the face plate fixing screw and I was using the fixing screw to locate my finger on the switch in the dark
Actually 🤓 American homes do receive 240v. They have 2 separate 120v lines that are 180 degrees out of phase
That’s a common misconception for 110 vs 230volts - it’s isn’t the volts that kill you - it’s the amps. US plug sockets are 15amp or 20 for greater power hungry devices. U.K normal socket is 13amps.
There’s braille on everything even when you get to a crossing there’s a secret braille button on the bottom of the crosswalk post that vibrates when you’re safe to cross
The crossings make an audio noise while you cross, a braille button isn’t any use when your crossing and the lights change.
@ it is useful as the only sighted person in my family sometimes roads can be loud at the best of times and that’s not factoring other sounds if you feel under the button box there’s another cup shaped button beneath the cross box that turns as the light turns green most uk people don’t even know this though
On the "politeness" thing, I think the key difference is that "Americans" basically see their freedoms as the most important thing in life. And this includes the freedom to be a pain in the ass...
The word is Arse.. NOT Ass!! Just saying!!😂😂🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@alanshepherd4304. Quite so. That poor equine creature gets blamed for everything.
Forces would say " meet at 1700 hours"
I think you mean "meet at 1700 Zulu*
@weirdscix
Nope... "1700 hours" sounds just right!
Most bathrooms have a shaver socket, which you can also use for charging an electric toothbrush.
In Australia we stand to the left on escalators. I got caught out in London by not standing on the right. I got the death penalty stares from so many people until someone explained it to me.
I work I a shop. I will bag stuff if a customer is unable to, but I would not offer to bag for someone who seemed capable because they would be insulted.
I'm not sure that they would do it my way. Biscuits on the top, for the way home.
I love how Joel says "Toob" 😂😂
Tut, tut, Joel, did I just hear you say at 17:26 "people could care less?" 😗😗
We Brits use the 24 hour clock because there are 24 hours in a day and we can count past 12.
If the correct way of saying the short form of "Mathematics" is "Math" then I look forward to the USA studying "Economic" "Physic" and "Civic".
Most of us here drive "Standard" cars because we like actually being fully in control of them.
We call the USA "'Murica". Then roll our eyeballs upwards. Especially now since 5th November 2024.
Britain invented the modern postal system in 1840. It was the first in the world which is why we don't need to put our country's name on our stamps.
We did not "scrap" mailboxes, we never had them in the first place. Our invention, our rules. (Thank you grabtharshammer 🙂)
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Thing is you don't have to count when you're used to the system
I charge my toothbrush in my bedroom next to bathroom.And lots of people have dryers.
Funny seeing Alanna from years ago. She still does 'let's go!' which I do along with her. 🤣
Wow that was some bottled up escalator rage…😂
As others have said our voltage is twice that of America, power outlets in the bathroom could be very serious, we do have shaver sockets.
We didn't "Scrap" the mailbox idea. We never had it in the first place. Why would we want to have to walk to the street to get our mail, where anyone can get hold of it and tamper with it?
If I am making an appointment I would say 1.15pm and to make sure the person I am talking to gets it right I would say "That is 1315, OK"
People do say 'meet at 1800' meaning 6pm, not everyone of course but it certainly is a thing.
In the North of England we tend to call everyone love or as it’s said luv even strangers. It’s an innocent term of affection!
We use local pet names all over the UK, chicken further north, duck in the middle, mate lower down, pet in the NE... and a hundred more. In Bristol My Lover or My Babber is quite acceptable.
Have you ever seen the video of the raven saying "You alright luv" on RUclips 😅.
We say ‘my love’ ‘my dear’ and ‘my lovely’ in the South.
Also ‘mate’ for men and ‘sweetheart’ for women.
Cashiers will often ask if I need help with my shopping. Doesn’t matter if I buy their bags or if I brought my own.
I’m a cockney living in England and I can vouch when I was growing up in Bethnal Green when I visited Tesco with my family there was a lovely lady waiting patiently at the end of the checkout counter with plastic bags already opened to help pack our shopping and it was quite common back then in the late 70s, early 80s but sadly is a thing of the past. Also, like Canada shares a lot of things with the United States, mainly due to its proximity to the US, Canada also shares a lot of things with Britain, such as a Parliamentary democracy, a monarch, shared values and heritage which is still strong today despite the vast distance between Canada and Britain and many more besides. That being said, I wish all Americans were more like you Joel because not just Canada but Britain as well are more alike then we think.
Most of us who now drive automatics also drove manuals for decades, previously.......!
Agree. The reason why most UK drivers prefer to drive manual cars is exactly as you say Jps, because you have more control of the vehicle and also better performance.
And better economy, too.
1:25 This is an OLD video of hers. I follow her channel too and she's been here 10yrs now...she's even lost some of her Canadian accent now too....
As far as i am aware there is a reason for having letter boxes on the doors and not mail box outside in uk i remember seeing something about this on you tube .
The frist stamp in Britain was the penny black.
Every days a school day is a saying I use all the time 🙂
Also we also have boxes at end of your drive if you have big houses.
My son has a metal mail box outside. There's quite a few in my road.
I have never not had a tumble dryer and normally had a laundry.
Why in the USA do they put the month before the day? Surely it makes sense to go small to large... day/month/year.
In the US Valentines Day is February 14th and Christmas day is December 25th. However when it comes to Independence Day it all changes... Americans usually talk about the 4th of July, not July 4th.... !!!
Americans got that from the British but the British switched to an extent during the 20th century. Either is acceptable in the UK except where only numbers are used when the American system is flat out crazy.
Talking about us saying America is a fair point but then you should add most Americans also haven’t a clue about the difference between England, Great Britain, The United Kingdom
It’s very funny Jps saying about us calling them Americans when the title to this video is “American Reacts to” I don’t know where we would get it from 🤔🤦
Plus we say America and Americans because that’s what people from the USA say! 😂
This kid is thicker than mince!
If its not Scottish, its craaaap.
I've heard tons of Americans go to London and call it Europe as if its the city name.
It's not just the 24 hour clock Americans don't understand.
I remember one clip where one thought half 4, meant 2 o'clock 😂
The " I said we were gonna win" at the end tho...call me entertained!!!
military generally say 'seventeen hundred hours' not '17 o'clock'
I had a Saturday job, decades ago in a supermarket. I spent hours packing customers bags. The only time i see it now is when a local charity offers the service for donations
The 24 hour clock is more for the written word than the spoken word,
for example 00;10 and 22;00 allows for no confusion..
no i learned how to drive a manual and now i only drive an automatic .....because after 40 years of changing gear im sik of it
Haha. You can get sockets in the bathroom, just like a 2 pronged one that runs on some different thing. I've always known them as "shavers sockets" and they are normally installed inside a cabinet such as above a sink. Most/many bathroom related electrical goods like electric toothbrushes are charged by them...
There *are* power outlets (electric sockets) in bathrooms in the UK. These are 2-pin and only suitable for electric razors and toothbrushes. These are normally called "shaver sockets". I have two in mine. There is surely no other appliance you would need to use in a bathroom: you can dry your hair in your bedroom or elsewhere.
I’m from England I work on a till we stand for hours no seats…and I pack for customers too.
There are power outlets in the bathroom, sometimes, but they are two-pin, double insulated (i.e, they have a built in isolating transformer to minimise the risk of electric shock), and have a very low-rating fuse - so only suited to things like electric shavers and toothbrushes, not hairdryers.
I have an outlet in a bathroom cupboard that charges an electric shaver or a toothbrush. It only allows a two prong charging cable. Im in UK.
With the post/mail, some people here do have the little metal boxes on the wall that you open with a key. But the end of driveway ones weird me out because as far as I’m aware they don’t lock so anyone could just open them and steal your letters?
Feels like someone breaking in, when the letters are pushed through the letterbox 😂😂😂
The 24 clock was introduced to civilian life for clarity & precision, to eliminate any ambiguity of A.M & P.M
And we invented time🤪yes Greenwich mean time GMT where the line starts there and all other countries are based on this
@pamlake4724 yep
I feel that it became more common in the UK with the introduction of VCRs in the 1980s. It avoided mistakes since most people would realise that setting the box to record something at 7, 8 or 9 was probably wrong. Digital alarm clocks might be another factor for the same reason. So probably the result of digital time keeping in general.
But yeah in general use we use the 12 hour clock and rely on context to decide whether we mean AM or PM.
One X at the end of a message means "warm regards". It means they like you. Multiple X's are reserved for close family and lovers.
I don't add a kiss if it is business orientated. Or in the house they are doing a job for you. Just "Kind regards".
Friends one or two kisses depending how well you know them, and if they are close. Family, more kisses.
I would never put a x for anybody but close informal messages.
In French, to say "see you at 17h30" is as acceptable as saying 5.30 (pm).
Wow, I remember this video, it must be about 6 years old now, and Alanna's Canadian accent has certainly mellowed since.
We do have outlets in the bathroom, they are protected for safety reasons. You can use it for electric toothbrush/electric Razor. Just old houses were not built with them
The 24 hour clock is for clarity and precision. So in an office enviroment where you finish at five ir six you have context of the boss says "Meeting at foir".
But if you're telling somebody the departure time of their train, plane etc then clarity is required and we verbally use the 24 hour clock.
It's UK law that retail workers have to be given a chair to sit on. This dates back to Victorian times when counter staff had to work incredibly long hours while standing. This was considered cruel, so the law was introduced.
American, oh, I'm sorry, United States of American, employment laws are truly atrocious. I don't know how they get away with it. Well, I do; the mighty dollar. God and money is all that really matters in the USofA.
Thats incorrect. Usually its just the supermarkets. I worked 10 years in a shop and only time anyone had a chair was if they had reasonable accommodations (for example, one of the ladies was waiting on a knee replacement so got given a chair). Everybody else stood at the till for 8-10 hour shifts.
Why can't you use an ordinary toothbrush?
@jmillar71110 Which, I assure you, was illegal. The shop has a legal duty to provide chairs for its counter staff.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seats_for_Shop_Assistants_Act_1899
That only applied to females back then but nowadays if one is able to carry-out the job just as easily whilst sitting then so be it.
driving automatic leads to complacence which can lead to an accident! using a gear shift concentrates your driving keeps you focused!
Nonsense! I have been driving both manual, and automatic cars for over fifty years, and I've never been complacent no matter which type I'm driving, I've also driven vans, and large trucks, complacency is down to a stupid driver, not the vehicle.
I fully agree.. it was a rather silly comment that person made....
@PaulHarris-o3q. Who said complacency was down to the vehicle?
Being of a certain age............The 24 hour clock seemed to become the default with the popularity of digital watches and clocks, the use of computers sped it up.
regarding the outlets in the bathroom, I grew up in an era where we had asbestos in our walls ceilings. growing up with something, and it not being there because its dangerous are 2 different things lol. we have 240 volts. I'm not going anywhere near an outlet with wet hands. I have been electricuted over here. it bloody hurts.
Thing is with 24hr clock there’s no mistake regarding am or pm. There are power outlets in most bathrooms - for shavers, and usually over the sink. And yes, they’re safety outlets. Most people have tumble dryers. Automatics are BORING. if you pass your test in a manual you pass also for automatic. If you pass in automatic and you want to drive a manual you have to by law, take the relevant test. She’s correct about the noises two foxes make. JP how would the USA like to be known as Canada? Thought so😊 xxx
manual gears are more fuel efficient if done right. thats all there is to it. and we have manners only because getting blood out of Axminster carpet is terribly difficult and ferociously expensive. manners keeps costs down lol
It must be an old video, they stopped making the Standard Vanguard in 1963!
I now understand what you mean about US Walmart; I have been loving those videos on socials over the past year or so that are 'POV my first day working at Walmart', and then there is a rection montage of some of the absolutely insane things that have been caught on camara in Walmart - truly crazy stuff!
I have to say that the 24 hour clock seems to make so many Americans hysterical about not understanding it. It's SIMPLE it just takes time to get used to it. I often say 14 hundred as many times as I may say 2 O'Clock . In fact 17 hundred or simply 17 hours.
Bathrooms have sockets for shavers and most electric toothbrush chargers come with a plug for these(the are 2 prong plugs) so you can in fact have your toothbrush in the bathroom
It is interesting about the 12 hour / 24 hour time thing, that spoken and written use is different when being precise, the hours from Midnight starts with 12 AM until midday/noon 12 pm, spoken its simply
Uk here, learned manual, drive manual (Standard). Automatic is better when in long queues, but I feel lazy when driving automatic.
You absolutely do hear 24 hour time announced & spoken fully and correctly at railway stations, also the telephone speaking clock and bbc World Service radio, JPS had a discounted railway pass, how did he miss these.
In the UK if you pass your driving test in an automatic you can't drive a manual car.
Our local McDonald's removed the ketchup/barbeque sauce dispenser during Covid.
It was never reinstated afterwards.
All the sauces are now prepacked.
To save space, I usually sleep in the tumble drier. 😂
In the Uk we say in 24 Hour, if its 6 pm its 18 Hundred Hours, but most people who us 24 hour clock in there work are professionals, Office worker's , Emergency services, Armed forces, Bus/Train . Also we dont have light switches in the bathrooms its a pull cord, safety reasons again. ASDA isn't owned anymore by Walmart
Bank of England promissory notes include Braille. There must be others.
4:20 only if you don't have shaver sockets in your bathroom.
Driers? Most houses to my knowledge have a drier in the UK. We have one but still hang washing on the outside line to get that fresher more environmentally friendly result when the weather permits
18:10 or a fate worse than death: tutting.
Worth watching just for the "rant" at 15:50 - so enjoyable!
We sometimes times have charity baggers at the supermarket, i would pay them to not bag my shop, i don't need the bread at the bottom of the bag with heavy tins on top of it, or bleach in the same bag as food.
No power outlets in a bathroom is not stricty true. America has 110v uk has 240. So it is a hazard. Saying that you can have a isolating transformer for a shaver etc. It's zoned according to regs like 7671.
Most of us here in England have tumble dryers!!!
I passed my driving test in a manual and have driven automatic ever since. (though maybe it's partly because my dad used to have to drive automatic)
So tough in England! I live in the UK so unaffected.
17:26 - "Could NOT care less" 😉😜
We do have electric outlets in bathrooms for low powered devices like shavers and tootbrushes but having a hairdryer in a bathroom is so obviously insane that most of the world bans outlets for them.
It's 1700 hours o'clock pm! 🤣
Maths in Australia too
Where 24hour time IS militarily time is when its spoken as "0400 (O four hundred) hours" or "1600 (sixteen hundred) hours" rather than 4am or 4pm, its for clarity and removes ambiguity from verbalising.