Very British things I now find weird
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- I've been living in Germany for so long now, that I couldn't return to my homeland -- so many things would seem alien to me, even though when I was young they just seemed... normal. Here is a list of five of those things.
Chapters:
00:00 Thirty years later...
00:31 Keep left!
01:03 Time, gentlemen, please!
01:44 Salty snacks
02:38 Don't worry, luv
03:26 I'm terribly sorry, but...
Music:
"Style Funk" and "Hot Swing"
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I had a great laugh at the end when you said "Sorry Germany, I'm here to stay!"
I think the 'sorry love' rather endearing. But I do get annoyed about people saying 'sorry' when they have no reason. Like when they leave a lift first and another is trying to get in, or opening a door when someone else is about to open it.
ich auch 😂
Sorry Andrew, but we don't want to give you back! 😂
The "love" thing also confused me once in London. In a supermarket, a very small, old lady suddenly tapped me in the side and asked in a very strong accent "I am sorry to ask, but might you grab a jar of peaches for me, love?" - she was too small and couldn't reach it. 😂 And she thanked me with "Thanks, dear, very kind!" ... aww so sweet! 😊
Happ3ned to me once in the US
me too. I got that so many times from ladies I hardly knew or didn't know at all, it lost its charm rapidly. at first I thought I resembled her son or she favourably compared me to one of her kids but none of it was true. it was just another form of addressing someone much younger and not bothering with any names, titles or whatever and giving the impression of being nice while also a bit condescending
@@embreis2257where I live it's common for people my age to say it to ladies. "Cheers love" etc. I said it to a subway employee and she got all offended, she had an accent from somewhere down south so not local. Another employee explained to her it's just a common thing here.
@@embreis2257 It’s not meant in a condescending way at all. It’s just an informal way of addressing someone.
This happens a lot in Australia too. I think it’s a very normal thing for English speakers, *especially* older ladies.
So true! Me at an English hotel: "I'm terribly sorry to bother you, but there seems to be something wrong with the toilet. Could you by any chance get someone to have a look at it?" In Germany: "Das Klo ist verstopft. Bitte lassen Sie das reparieren.."
Saying "Bitte" is polite enough. ;-)
lol...als echter Norddeutscher, das bitte ist zu viel...ich würde es mit daldali ersetzen!
AUSROTEN!!
@@Arltratlo Als Norddeutscher zwei Sätze? "Klo verstopft" muß reichen
@@Llortnerof alles südlich vom Nord-Ostsee Kanal ist fast schon Bayern!
sagt der Flensburger....
Andrew, please trust me, when I express my firm believe, that it was never our intention to estrange you from your birthplace. We just couldn't help it. 😂
On the other hand, we appreciate to have you here and we're also very glad, that you're here to stay. I'm speaking for everybody - we had a meeting recently. 😀
Yeah, I remember the meeting. Thanks for hosting.
Btw, you still need to tell me the flavor of those crisps you served.
@@lonestarr1490 "Dead Parrot" and "Lovely Spam"¹
Thanks for participating. 😄
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¹only genuine with the Viking choir.
@@1zaj34 Next time serve some "Spotted Dick", luv.
@@lonestarr1490It was Paprika obviously.
@@oerthling Sourcream, of course.
Apologising for having a complaint is something I completely relate to. I do it all the time. And the British way of queuing is simply right. It's culturally superior, I have no time for people who don't get it.
@@magadag Only because in German "excuse me" and "I'm sorry" use the same words.
What is so special about British queues? Is there one queue for multiple identical points of desire? Do the Brits make them especially space efficient, like a game of Nokia Snake? Or something else?
@@vaclav_fejt Queuing up in a single line while trying to be fair and not cheating others for their position is something British people naturally do, but other nations not so much. For example at bus stops Germans tend to form a cluster, and elbow each other for a better chance.
Similarly at supermarkets with more than one checkout lane, British people form a single queue, and the first person will use the next checkout teller that becomes available. When a teller opens or closes, the queue remains unchanged. Germans never do that, the concept is alien to them. Instead they form as many queues as there are tellers, one for each. So it's a matter of luck if the queue you're in is a fast or slow one. And if a teller opens or closes, the queues will rearrange without regard who has been waiting for how long. So the position and time you invested is potentially lost. Instead someone else who might just have arrived could be served first.
The same is true not just in Germany, but in many less civilised countries.
@@xaverlustig3581 Interesting. Yes, I agree this way of queuing is best. I think it has good grounds in Czechia as well. Bus queues are common, but they form instantly, at the moment when the bus arrives. No elbowing or anything. I don't think people fuss over who gets to sit first, because that's the only difference a place in the queue makes. This only applies to single-entry busses, though. Multiple-entry vehicles form multiple clusters on the sides of the doors with a room in the centre for people to get off.
Multiple checkout queues are tricky - supermarkets aren't built for a single queue and post offices and similar have a virtual queue with numbered slips. The only place where I see multi-checkout queues is Prague Main Station, because it's built for that. Other places are either too small, or aren't built for a single queue.
I've seen a subpar queue for a water slide in an aquapark recently. The line did not hug the wall so it wasted some space. Oh well...
@@vaclav_fejt queueing in a line is something we are good at but at a bar we stand wherever but note the people who where there when you got there and point the server to the correct person. similar at a barber.
Du darfst gerne hierbleiben, dein Blick auf Deutschland is immer eine erfrischend andere Perspektive. Kein Grund für ein "sorry".😁
Zeigt doch, das er das "i feel terribly sorry" noch nicht ganz abgelegt hat.🙄
Entschuldigung, aber ist es in Deutschland nicht mehr üblich, "Entschuldigung" zu sagen? Ich rede derzeitlich leider nur selten mit Leuten aus Deutschland, bin aber nur wenige km nördlich von Flensburg geboren. Als kleiner Junge habe ich manche Tage mehr Deutsch gesprochen als Dänisch. Moin, moin!
Have to agree with the pub bit, one of the very few things I miss about Britain. Unlike German bars, pubs bring all kinds of people together whereas German bars tend to be very segregated. Also, everyone speaks to everyone in a British pub.
I've been in Germany since 1990 and do drive. Although I've never had any problems either driving in mainland Europe or swapping between Britain and Europe, I'd say driving on the left still feels more natural.
Oh, by the way, in and around Leeds it's not unusual to be addressed as love by older women and men.
Keep up the good work, Andrew.
As a native German I totally agree on the bars and Kneipen being segregated. I never really went into a German Kneipe because I would feel totally out of place. British pubs on the other hand always seem to be much more inviting. But just like Andrew I really can't put my finger on it why I feel that way...
In the Rhineland people do use the term "Liebchen" or "Liebelein" in a similar fashion as "luv" in England
Must be pretty local, I grew up around Paderborn and I've never heard that^^
@martinaltmann4031 I'm originally from Cologne and I`ve heard this many times from people who speak Kölsch. We're you from?
@@a_kris okay, born on another continent and hemisphere, but a large part of my family is from the Niederrhein, which is also where i spent my youth. So I'm very familiar with the whole Rhineland. The most famous person, I can think of, uses this terminology is the 80 Euro Waldi from the ZDF antics show "Bares für Rares". Actually that shows host, Horst Lichter, who is from near Cologne, occasionally uses such phrases too.
The "love" addressing is so sweet! 😊 And by the way: once a bus driver in Scotland said "sweetheart" to me 😊
We are happy, that you will stay here, we need you and your awesome content 😊👍
I need more of that West Country accent.
Yes, please.
Excellent! As someone who travels to England often and enjoys it, I particularly like these direct comparisons! Keep it up! I can confirm some of these observations. When I was first called "love" by older ladies (who I did not know at all), I was very confused...
4:21 'sorry Germany, but...' [we are stuck with you]...my brain was adding. it's alright, you're a keeper.
Indeed, he is!
The "love" thing is something I truly love about Britain. It's such a nice, warm, fuzzy feeling to be called "love" by complete strangers.
Actually ... you are living in Barbaria, which might formally be a part of Germany but...
Actually ... you are living in (Unter)franken, which might formally be a part of Bavaria but...
Actually ... you are living near Arschaffenburg, which might formally be a part of Unterfranken but...
It's Arsch-Affen-Burg, what do you expect?
NIce to know that Bavaria is actually Barbaria. 😄
@@rittersportfan I hope he doesnt change it.
@@Darilon12 Oh, don't worry, I changed it already. Originally I just typoed it Barvaria... but then decided in for a pence, in for a pound.
Ahaha, love the diss at Aschaffenburg. When I visited it and saw, that the local name is "Eschebersch" I immediately knew that this can't be my beloved Franconia xD
I can completely agree on all counts. Lived in the Allgäu for 30 years. I miss the pubs as well, but very little else. English or Irish pubs are not the same in Germany.
Congrats, this is certainly the most brilliant passive-aggressive way of expressing what you miss in Germany 🙂
One of my biggest problems is knowing which side of a car to get in. Driving in England and Germany is not a problem, nor that the gear stick and hand brake have changed sides, but I frequently, in both countries, go wrong door to get in the car.
Also crossing the road, I have learnt always to look both ways, and at both sides of the road when crossing. It is safer.
You are right about looking both ways to check it safe to cross a road, but... here Germany it is ingrained to first look left, then right and left again before stepping of the curb. In Britain you ought to do it the other way around and that is hard to remember when you grew up doing it one way and now having to do it the other way around.
In Britain, children get taught the Green Cross Code. It includes : Think, stop, look and listen, wait, look again, cross.
Think = Think about were it is safe to cross
Stop = stop at the kerb (Bordstein)
Look and listen = look all around, listen for cars coming.
Wait = wait until cars have passed
Look again
Cross.
I learnt the green cross code as a child too Alice, but you get used to looking at a particular side of the road, as well as in Britain often the crossing tells you on the pavement edge to look a particular way. @@alicemilne1444
Point six: separate taps for hot and cold water at a sink
Karl Kraus, der berühmte Schriftsteller und Publizist der Jahrhundertwende sagte einmal, glaube ich, über das Wiener Kaffeehaus, es sei ein Ort "wo man hingehe, um nicht daheim und doch zuhause zu sein".
You´re the Best ... This is sooooo good ... Cheers
As a longtime viewer of this channel, I found this quite interesting! Although I am an American, I can kind of relate to a few of the things you find weird. For example, although I do like eating chips (or "crisps", as you call them) sometimes, I have yet to see them so fancifully flavored as British crisps! Also, to the extent we know left-hand driving for anything, it's for it being quintessentially British.
Thanks for the video!
And we will keep you here, Andrew. Even If you wanted to, you couldnt leave us
just come across your Channel - thumbs up! 👍👍 looking forward to seeing more.
i'd say the apologising before complaining is still common but probably not as much as before. everything else still happens
In Canada at roadside eateries, there is usually an older watiress who addresses everyone as "hun." People here do say "sorry" a lot and I once saw a waitress apologise to a chair. Just out of habit, I guess. I don't have a problem coping with cars on the left side of the road in Britain, it's the high speed that drivers do on narrow streets in London. That's what is scary.
i have been to the UK twice... and 1 time to London...
i prefer Paris over London, better traffic, bigger streets, barley a Brit there...
i went to the UK/Scotland both times with my motorbike, no big deal...
never drove in London, but a lot of times in Paris...
same reason, better to drive and the streets are wider...
and again not so many cars from the UK in Paris...
i forgot to mention, been to Canada, too!
@@Arltratlo I'm in Britain every year. I've got friends there and it's nice to sup a few pints in a pub. I've never driven a car there, I'm strictly a train guy. I'm in Toronto and the traffic is maddening!
@@lawrencelewis2592 since Brexshit took effect, i dont go to or buy from the UK...
its for me personal now terra incognita....
i dont care what they want...
i hope they will row to the pacific, leaving us alone!
Sorry, but "sorry" is just the second most Canadian word ever ... after "eh".
@@KaiHenningsen No, Sorry is the most common word,
As in:
Sorry to keep you wating
Sorry, your claim ws denied
Sorry, there is a surcharge for that
Sorry, your package didnt' come in.
Sorry, your parts didn't arrive. ,
Sorry, there is insufficient funds in your account.
Sorry, your flight was cancelled.
You get the idea.
I have actually been in a cosy country pub in Germany. But that was in Nordfriesen, and as any German will tell you, the Frisians are weird. They also know how to make a decent cup of tea...
Frisian is the closest related language to English (that isn't derived from it), maybe Frisian culture retains a bit of the culture they shared with Angles, Saxons and Jutes that went to Britain.
You find them everywhere in Germany, some regions more (e.g. Bavaria), some less. Also many of the German Kneipen are more shabby. But indeed, no comparison to the cool pub culture in the UK or Ireland.
Groningen has also a big cosy, old-style British pub in the city center. I wonder if this is a Frisian thing.
''and as any German will tell you, the Frisians are weird.'' They aren't. Bavarians are much more weird.
@@InfiniteDeckhandFrisians and the other Northeners do all to avoid any violation of any other's business. 😊
I love that video - full of truth!
Now you know how I feel, Lays exports all the interesting flavors.
I love hearing things like this
Schönes Video, junger Mann!
Crisp flavors in Germany really do boil down to "salt, paprika, something spicy" for 80% of all crisp brands. And then there's the one crisp brand that your local supermarket has in store which brings out the weird and interesting flavors like Chakalaka (South African .. spices?), or Oriental (Indian curry?), or the much needed Salt and Vinegar (which should just be called Hullabaloo, as a nod to our lovely British friends)
I still remember the short lived currywurst flavor haha
I live in the north and I work in a pub. It’s very homely, all the regular customers are friends, and virtually everyone calls me “love”! 😄
I had to chuckle. So many things I can relate to. 😄Crisps, I loved the cheese and onion flavour and every night on my way home from work I munched a packet of them. At the time I thought that if ever I left England, I would sorely miss them. Well, 40 years later I am still here and haven't eaten crisps anymore for years.
The thing that shocked me most was when I asked an elderly couple for directions and the man called me "darling", with his wife standing next to him. Eventually, in time I got used to it and am finding it rather endearing. My favourite is "sweetheart".
It took me quite a while to get used to cars driving on the left. Thankfully I never drove. For me it was a matter of stopping by the side of the road and making a conscious effort to decide whether I should look left or right. Eventually, it became second nature to me and now I have to make a conscious effort before crossing the road when I am on the continent. Still, I am walking to the wrong side if I want to get in on the passenger side of my brother's car.
Oh, and English pubs are something out of this world. Cosy, welcoming and relaxed. And I love pub lunches. For me there is nothing more enjoyable after a long walk in the countryside than a meal in the warm, welcoming atmosphere of a pub. Unfortunately, they are closing everywhere.
Thank you for taking me down memory lane, Andrew. I love your channel and wish you happiness and success, now and always. ❤
I like how the English emphasize with the word 'indeed'...... "Being called 'love' is charming indeed."
The main reason for Pubs and such like is to be at home but one does not have to bother about preparing meals, pouring drinks, or even having to go to buy for such stuff. A bit like the comforting side one had as teen when living with mom, but without the constant quarrels, and - most importantly - being allowed to drink beer whenever I want.
It would be cool if you made a video, in wich you compare your experiences with public transport in Germany and Great Britain.
This could include questions like "What things do you miss about the public transport in Britain?" and "What are cool things that you now experience in Germany?"
As a German who visited Great Britain three times and only by rail this would be very interesting.
When visiting the UK I found it interesting that there are many different long-distance train operators in Great Britain while in Germany except for Flixtrain nearly all long-distance trains are run by DB Fernverkehr.
Another difference are the ticket barriers in the bigger stations in Great Britain.
Hello my lover! I work in coach transport, and some of our drivers come from a depot in Bristol, it definitely took some getting used to getting called that.
The Turkey and Brussels Sprouts flavour that Walkers brought out for Christmas for Two years running. They were.... Wonderful! And I wish they would do them for this Christmas too!
Yes, please stay!
Sorry? For what? I think we need more people like you.
You are welcome for all time in Germany!
Thumbs up for the comment about the prime minister imposters ;)
Aireet moi luvver! Best wishes from the West Country.
A German friend asked me why do British people keep saying they are afraid of something, when they clearly aren’t. As in, I’m afraid the tv in my room isn’t working.
Ich fürchte dass dies auch in Deutschland vorkommt.
@@BirgitNietsch how did I never notice that? :D
@@BirgitNietsch nein! Wirklich? Das habe ich noch nie gehört. Vielleicht, weil ich normalerweise Englisch sprach 😉
The word 'afraid' has two meanings, i.e. Afraid, as in I fear something or Afraid, as in I regret something. You just have to understand in which context it's being used.
@@MrRQBQ interesting perspective and not unusual in English for a word to have multiple meanings. Thank you.
We had "hot dog flavoured" chips for a short time here in Norway (it was in relation to 17th of May one year, where, among many other things, it's common to eat hot dogs from street vendors... because, you know, everyone's out all day and watching the parades and stuff, and hot dogs and other simple foods like that from street vendors kinda became its own associated tradition at some point). What surprised me is how good it was at tasting like hot dogs. It really did have a "hot dog with ketchup" flavour to it.
Ich freue mich, dass du gezwungen bist, hierzubleiben😀
Im also Brit living in Germany been here 2 years now and my god are you spot on with the crisps, they are bloody terrible over here. AND WHY DONT THE GERMANS KNOW HOW TO QUEUE PROPERLY
I can totally relate to the last point. I thought I basically understood British queues, but then I tried to add myself and two children at the end of a super long one for a museum in York. Turned out it wasn't the end. The people on the other side of the road who were patiently waiting for something mysterious and seemed to have some kind of organizer at the head of their queue suddenly made sense! We decided to do something else, less British instead.
I had the opposite effect with driving. I am German, but I lived a number of years in Ireland, and visited England regularly. I much prefer Linksverkehr. In roundabouts you turn clockwise. It feels more natural and intuitive. In general neither side is better or worse per se, but roundabaouts are what make me prefer Linksverkehr.
Like Liam, you are fully germanized. You probably also say "Kann man essen" when you really enjoy a meal!
The "love" thing would be hilariously weird in German, because the most apt German equivalent would probably be "mein Liebchen", which at this point just sounds like you're a witch trying to lure someone into a house made from material that is not approved by the Bauaufsichtsbehörde
oh the fearsome "horde" :D
Der letzte Satz wirkte fast wie eine Drohung. Mir hat es höchstens ein Lächeln ins Gesicht gezaubert.
I'm British and have been living in the UK again for 5 years, after nearly 3 decades mostly living abroad, including in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands, which has definitely influenced my way of thinking and lifestyle.
3 things which I find weird and well a bit disgusting about my fellow countrymen are:
1. carpet in bathrooms or even separate toilets
2. not rinsing plates etc after washing up, just taking them straight out of water with washing up liquid and food debris, and putting them on the drying rack
3. most houses/flats I see never or only very rarely have windows open, ''luften'' is not a thing here
All of the above 3 are just common sense and facets of healthy living.
Another thing a bit alien to me for some very odd reason is the word ''hob'' for cooker / stovetop, maybe it's because we never used that word at home when I was a kid? It just sounds odd to me and I have to force myself to use it when referring to it to a countryman, as if it is a foreign word.
That "love thing" happened to me in Germany as well, in a particular bakery. It was strange and weird, but I was to polite to say anything against it.
The weirdest recent crisp flavour IMHO has to be Christmas pudding flavour, closely followed [for a completely different reason] roast potato.
I loved the Worchester Sauce flavoured chips....I mean crisps.
Sadly Lays / Walkers don't seem to offer them here any longer. Darn!
Another point about crisps is the lack of individual-sized 30g bags outside of vending machines at train stations (and these are invariably Paprika flavour). Certainly in my part of Berlin, it’s either 125g or 200g bags and no multipacks either
But that *is* an individual-sized, single serving!
Calling strangers "luv" happens in Ireland too, and quite indiscriminately. It's anyone, anywhere, to anyone else. I don't find it weird but endearing.
Calling folks "luv" seems better than mister, but don't forget it could just as easliy be "me duck".
It happens in Newfoundland, too.
I noticed that on a train from London to Glasgow. One of the women from the wait staff addressed everyone like that. "Would ye like some tea, luv?" with a very Irish sounding accent.
i got called by an US waitress honey and sweetie....
after she ask me the 3rd time if i want a coffee refill, in under 5 mins...
i ask her to sit down and i explained to her how my Germanic soul reacting to her actions and words...
she still offered my coffee refills the other times i came by, but wich much more time in between
and replaced her honey calling with an genuine smile...
communication is everything.....
the biggest mistake done by a restaurant worker in my life...
to ask me how the food been, after i was forced to eat in a German restaurant in the USA...
i think the poor guy will be to scared to visit Germany ever!
From Eastern Europe to uk for 12 years now.
It came to me very respectful at first. But also educated me this type of adressing language because the moral behind it is …. Respect everyone regardless …. And they’ll respect you.
Just love those little old people from the care homes.
I’ve learned a lot from them along the line.
What's 'love' in England is 'honey' here in the US midwest. As a German, and a northerner at that, it threw me for quite a loop the first time someone said it to me...
After leaving Britain over 60 years ago as a ten year old, I've noticed that in many ways British culture has changed massively. As far as crisps go, the only flavor I remember was plain unsalted. However, the bags would have a blue wax paper ball inside you would untwist to reveal salt inside that you could sprinkle at your own desire. That's probably why I find US chips way too salty.
3:26 I always start with an "Entschuldigen Sie bitte". Don't know about others though.
Though I am German, driving on the left seems to me the natural way. The reason is, most people are right handed. In the old days, when horse and carriage had been the main use for moving and transportation, the roads were narrow and covered with horse manure. In case of oncoming traffic the driver had to come down to guide his horse by the bridle. For he did not want to walk trough the manure, he had to step to the left roadside and use his right hand to guide the horse.
Damned... and I had the idea we deported them because of their speech impediment? 😊
I was in Ireland for 5 days and 5 days is not enough to get used to cars driving on the left.
The crisps flavor thing is the same as in Britain in southern Germany. We have lots and lots of bizarre flavors here in just about any supermarket.
No different Flavors of Crisps in the UK, But plenty of FLAVOURS In GB.
The second one definitely seemed more like something you still find weird about Germany. XD
On my last trip to Britain I just had to try prawn crisps. They didn't taste like prawns, they just tasted like ketchup.
Not prawn, but prawn _cocktail._ That's prawns in a sauce made of tomatoes and mayonnaise; or, if you're in a hurry, ketchup and mayonnaise.
absolutely need a video on how German and English queueing is different 👀
I'd like to say many of these points do apply to Japanese, including driving on the left, excessive apologizing and Izakaya
"Su(m)imasen, Gomen-nasai, Warui'n'desu-kedo, ~~~ Onegai-shimasu, Hontou Moushiwake-nai! 🙏🙏" (I'm from JP)
directly translated to English: "Excuse me, Sorry, I'm sorry for ask you ~~~, please, So really apologise to you! 🙏🙏"
on the topic of crisps (or chips) i see, you missed the kebab flavoured ones eh? we germans do have some more...'exotic' crisps too but theyre usualy seasonal and not available all the time
I accidentally jumped a bus queue once because a friend of mine was at the head of said queue, and we just got talking.
03:27 I've noticed this as well! I'm German and my bf is Scottish. It's exactly as you said it is, he always starts with a big apology before making the complaint/request.
My favoutite crisps flavour is Paprika, but salted is ok too. But when i'm able to get my hands on Oriental (Funnyfrisch) or Chackalacka (Chio Chips) i get excited😂❤
Being of German origin and having lived in the UK for almost 20 years I meanwhile prefer driving on the left side. When changing gears my dominant hand remains on the steering wheel which gives me a somewhat safer feeling should I run into a challenging situation.
The weird creatures that are now Bundeskanzler and Außenminister are as exciting as their British counterparts🤣
In Leeds and parts of West Yorkshire, older men sometimes use this when addressing much younger men.
well, you're welcome to stay :D
Pub Culture is awesome and I never could understand why we have let it die in Germany - as we had it before.
And most of the "British Ways" I would really prefer to the German ones - more polite and more healthy for everyones social and mental health.
Sure, the German "bluntness" is sometimes pretty freeing, but also starting out with the "Sorry, I can't get it to work" is much better as it sets a much nicer Tone in terms of social interaction.
Ok, my personal experience was not so much with the English People rather than the Welsh, but I think most of it will still fit even though most People told me the English are more "formal".
If I would be able to, I totally would move there if it was for the People and the Land - and about the Politics, well... there would be sureley enough People joking about it to make it worthwile.
We (Austrians) were on a road trip through England some years ago. At some point two lanes merged into one. Not wasting a thought, we did the only reasonable thing an Austrian would do, passed all the cars that were queueing on the left and wanted to do the “Reißverschluss.” I was glad we had a rental car with a British license plate, otherwise WW III would have started. This way they were only slightly infuriated.
i had my first experience driving on the left side of the road on the day i for the first time drove a jeep-type car on my first time driving in south africa. my passengers did not have a relaxing time
Now I'm scared to leave Germany ever again... What's a British queue and have I ever skipped one?
not 100% sure but im my understanding when there are multiple couters or checkouts:
- in most parts of the world you pick one and queue there - that's roomefficient but your waiting time is quite dependent on luck.
- in Brittain there will be one queue for all counters and the first one in the queue goes to the next counter, that gets vacant - that's time-efficient and solidaric.
Jumping a brittish queue is easy but realy rude, when done on purpose.
@@tuxwurst5329Actually, when really queuing, I prefer the second one - as you say, it's faster. That is the way it works at the local Apotheke, for example, or at the Reisezentrum im Hauptbahnhof. But for buses or trains, I prefer the version where I try to be close to the door but not blocking it (and not inconveniencing other waiting people), then first let anyone off who wants to, and then enter. It's a sort of on-the-fly pseudo-queue.
As an American, except for the sometimes startling directness of Germans, Germany feels a lot less foreign to me than Britain. Germans don't drive on the wrong side of the road, their beer is cold, and their food is generally edible. And when I am spoken to in German a language I have learned late in life, I generally understand what is being said, which is a lot more than I can say for my experience in the UK.
Sorry, but may I correct you both Germany & the US both drive on the wrong side of the road, It is actually safer to drive in the right-hand side of the road as the UK And many other countries do.
And the beer you mention, The Dark Beers ,Bitter -Mild Pale Ales are not meant to be drunk cold, Obviously as you are from the country that gave the world Budweiser -Coors-Miller you wouldn't be knowledgeable in different types of beer. And food I assume you visited the touristy places probably in London city Centre only,
It doesn't take much to find good British & Many foreign foods in a small distance frim the west end of London or other parts of the UK & Northern Ireland in 2023.
Roudabouts in the uk are never an issue, they're designed properly, as opposed to the roadblocks they have here
Of course the British "love" thing is not merely older ladies, and moreover varies by region. There's a pattern that generally men address women as "love" but men as "mate" and women address everybody as "love". 'Love'/'mate' is the London variant. In the north east it's 'pet'/'lad', west midlands 'duck' (or 'me duck')/'lad', Scotland 'hen'/'pal', northern Ireland 'hen'/'man', and as Andrew pointed out the pair for the south west of England is 'my lover'/'my friend'. There are probably local variants that I've missed.
OK, I was wondering about that salt-or-paprika potato chip thing here in Switzerland, guess that's part of shared Germanic culture 😁
Though actually, shopping at EDEKA in Germany I was surprised to see a variety of Kettle Chips, which I'm quite familiar with from California.
Einer von uns, einer von uns.
Regarding crisps ...
British flavours have slowly but surely arrived here in Germany for quite some time.
Certainly not all variations but the most common ones.
I am hooked to salt and vinegar since I tried Walker's version for the first time in the late 1970's.
Some British manufacturers continue to sell their products in Germany (even after Brexsh.. )
Even some German manufacturers adopted British flavour combinations already.
But I still prefer the "original" ones. Since Walker's doesn't serve the German market I happily resorted to Tyrell's or Kettle Chips😊
I've seen salt and vinegar and cheese and onion, which, as I say, are the basics. Worcestershire sauce, BBQ beef and pickled onion? Not here.
@@rewboss True, but I'm happy to have at least the basics availlable.
Since salt and vinegar is my favourite I'm fine with the offerings here.😉
American here. What's weirder than all of this? Beans on toast for breakfast. I will never, ever understand that.
Try marmite....🙊
I love beans on toast but not for breakfast. Best eaten as in early evening snack.
As a Brit, people driving on the right catches me out every time!
About the crisps: We have a lot of interesting flavours, too, and as they rotate them out, we've also lost a few. So that bit about paprika is exaggerated to the point of being false. I consider myself an aficionado of sorts and some of the best might be Chipsfrisch (in all its flavours, especially good old Oriental, sorry Edward Said) and Netto's cheap kettle crisps. No, not buying the expensive ones. We generally have a great variation of snacks, so I don't know what rewboss is talking about. I for one so not even like Paprika and rarely buy salted, though they may still be the most common kinds.
One more thing: If Lay's are anything to go on, our crisps are better. No matter the interesting ideas for flavours they present, I'm not buying that stuff anymore.
Etwas mehr an Chips Sorten haben wir doch schon: Currywurst, Falafel, Western, Chakalaka, Thai etc.
I would be really happy being called "love" by an older British lady 😊
Okay but Worcestershire sauce flavoured crisps have to slap
"and thats why i cant move back to britain"
Entirely reasonable if you ask me!
There have to be other concepts, like food, what is considered good, what is not, where your pallet must have changed, I assume?
0:50 the trick is make it a habit to always look both ways
the topic about the crisps over here I do not find to be particularly accurate. Here in Germany we do have metric fucktons of different flavours too. But nothing too wild, that's true.
We have flavours like sour cream, flafel, currywurst, pulled pork, african spices and so on in every major super market. Sometimes the occasional weird one, yes, but variety is not as bland as you made it sound. If you are deep in the german countryside though the amount of different types diminishes quickly.
Anyway, love your videos - they are always a treat! :)
I think it depends on the store and it's size. Large Edekas or Kaufland might have a little bit of variety but on smaller stores you indefinite you find only salted ones and paprikas one. But that has started to change in recent years.
Salt and Lineker!
Awright my lover? Proper job!