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Dog breeding and dog shows were made in the UK 🇬🇧
Get any dog, i suggest a rescue dog. The dog you get will love you no matter the breed so get one that needs you more than you need him/her.
Food wasn't always bad in the UK, if you could afford it, you could always eat very well.
However, there has been a revolution in food quality in the past 20 years, where everyone is apparently paying attention to having good food. I'm all for it.
So it's relatively new to see it in supermarkets and any restaurant you go to.
Just had a very random thought
I wonder what cartoons from when we all grew up how much different they could have been
History:: We were restoring a 17th century house in a small village in West sussex for an American couple. Replacing rotten timber from the walls, doors, windows and roof, with new timber but in keeping with the traditional style and method. A little frustrated with the slow pace of the work, the husband said to Charlie, 'In the states we use aluminum, it's much faster. Why don't you do that?'. Charlie looked him square in the eye and replied, 'Mate, this house is older than your country'. They never questioned us again.
We British have turned sarcasm into an art form.
graham bell I would have!
No kidding
its actually a martial art now... the Queen said
We NOT Turned it into a Artform. It's Life.
Sarcasm and passive aggressiveness goes further than any actual comments! Like that silent stare when someone doesn’t hold the door open, or when someone does something you hate and you smile and say “Thank you”, or in other words “Fuck you”
All British people are in tune with the universal sarcastic tone 😂
True
No
Not all, having lived abroad in several different countries and learned their languages, the one thing that annoys me with my fellow countrymen is that they are so cocksure about how funny the British are. Reality is the funniest people I have met are not British.
Aldo Zilli never said we were funny, just sarcastic :)
We are genetically hardwired for sarcasm we are born with it . As anyone with kids will tell you 🤣
The phrase, ‘if you can’t laugh at yourself, then who can you laugh at’ comes to mind, the better we know you the more ‘cruel’ we are with our banter, it’s all love👍🏻
we dont really hate Morris dancers we just love to say we do. We are secretly amused by them :)
katherine higham
That’s what we’re here for.
A well known wit once said this: "You should try and experience everything in life at least once apart from incest and morris dancing."
They are a bit shit though aren't they?
we're more embarrassed than hateful (well, the English are anyway)
I think we sort of suspect that they're up to something
As William Rushton said “Where would we be without a sense of humour?” ‘Germany, I say...’ 🤣
Ah, but as Henning Wehn said: "We Germans like a laugh. The difference is we laugh once the work is done. Not instead of..."
I once heard a German comedian say "Some say we Germans have no sense of humour, this is not true, we have ways of making you laugh".
grahvis 🤣😂
I'm British and I've been to Germany many times, fantastic country and they have a cracking sense of humour.
@@grahvis And they all hurt !
I was visiting Hamburg on a business trip with a couple of New York lawyers who said how well laid out the city was and how neat it was. Told them that the town planner of Hamburg was Sir Arthur Harris. It took them half a day to understand.
Ouch! A witty burn!
Don't mention the war to Germans.
@@WanderingRavens True story. A British Airways pilot was disciplined after flying to Berlin. He was told to land on runway 13 and asked the control tower to confirm. A petulant air traffic controller answered by saying " why do you need this, have you never flown to Berlin before?", to which the pilot replied " yes, but that was in 1944 and we didn't land on that occasion"! Some people just don't have a sense of humour!
You should visit Coventry ( cathedral) remains , don't mention the war to us either.
Bomber Harris.
I had a long distance relationship with a girl in Michigan and texting over MSN chat was a source of many a misunderstanding due to this difference in humour.
Also, the history thing. I'm from Wales (proper old, like) and when visiting Michigan, my girlfriend's dad introduced me to "the oldest building in Lansing". It really was younger than my house.
He once asked me "Do they have sand in Wales, Andy?"
"Just round the edges, Dave."
Does that count as wit? I don't think he got it ☺
I'm glad we're not the only ones that suffer from miscommunication with British written humour! And yes - that's wit! xD
Yes, it counts. I might use it myself...😉
Definitely! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I absolutely love England. Everywhere there is history, greenery, hedges, gardens, teeny roads and wonderful old pubs. I remember walking down a side street in Burford, in the Cotswolds, past wonderful old stone cottages and thinking that hey, these sweet places have been here longer than America! And families take such wonderful care of them, live in them every day. What do we Americans know? We tear down old houses and buildings to make way for something 'updated'. Then we troop over to England, or anywhere in Europe, to gawk at the beautiful old places and take photos. It makes me sad.
I just recently discovered your channel and really enjoy it. Best luck. I hope it keeps building.
Welcome to our little corner of the internet, Jan! We'll put some tea on :D
Hope U enjoy REAL Comedy. When U over here.
We tear them down too unfortunately
Good old Yorkshire joke:
Tourist visiting Yorkshire goes to take a drink out of a stream. Farmer nearby shouts "dunt drink that lad it's full o' 'oss piss". Tourist replies "I'm sorry I'm from America and I don't understand your accent". Farmer replies "I said if you use both hands you won't spill any"
That reminds me of this ruclips.net/video/t1jfAK_S2-c/видео.html
There is a better one in France, but I can't find it.
😂😂 by 2050 America maybe would have worked out what you meant
Thank you for the laugh!!! That one's brilliant xD
Yer can allers tel a Yorkshireman, but yer cannae tel im much.
Reminds me of the Yorkshireman who went to London but couldn't find a decent Yorkshire pudding. So he went home and battered himself to death.
Genuinely nice people, love from your UK followers
We appreciate you! x
If you're thinking of getting a Springer spaniel, be aware that they are as barmy as a box of frogs and have enough energy to power a small village.
Thank you for the warning :D
They drive even the most patient crazy. Best to get a working cocker.
@@dang5554 I'd love a working cocker - but, alas those days are behind me.
@@winnywin the only dog more ummmmmm vigorous? would be an irish setter! oh my god! my father used to train working Labradors and retrievers, he also assisted with the terriers .... but any dog described as a "setter" ...... you have to understand .... its job is to be loud and crazy! it is supposed to scare other animals into flee or flight!
Pahaha power a small village. Just peed a little
Prince Harry was speaking to Prince Charles on the phone. He said "Dad, can I tell you all about California?" Charles said "Son, I'm all ears"
Damn this cuts deep now that Prince Charles is dead. 😢
@@brendenjohnston7946 What?, When?, Philip?
Americans : You Briddish?
Brits : Nah I’m Bri ish.
Chocolabtastic Smith
The British glottal stop is very difficult to spell.
But it’s not English.
John Starkie I can’t see where I said it was... Sorry, what’s your point?
The town where I was born had a cricket club playing matches against other teams 40 years before the birth of the USA.
They were going to France to introduce the French to cricket but met the British Ambassador at Dover who was on his way back as the French revolution had started.
Hence the French missed the opportunity to become truly civilised.
I think you should check your dates out there!
@@neilcaress9036 .
The earliest match on record was in 1736.
I appear to have inadvently given the impression, the French trip was that year.
Another piece of pointless information is that a Chertsey player in 1771, turned up at a match with a bat the same width as the wicket.
Needless to say a quick change in the rules of cricket standardised the bat width.
@@grahvis The oldest English club or ground I'm aware of is Mitcham ((London borough of Merton) which claims to have originated in 1692 (I think without checking). Obviously that means there were already other clubs in existence but presumably they haven't survived. The bat you referred to probably lasted a bit longer than Denis Lillee's aluminium bat (1975 I think) for different reasons.
I love the way you two are so open-minded. It seems that you encounter a different culture with such an enquiring and non-judgemental attitude.
Unlike a lot of the people on this thread. Yes.
I'm sorry you get trolled you're such a lovely couple.
Alan, I love your humour , hahaha!
mike dakin Jog on troll.
Leave it mate no chance of a threesome 😉🤣
@@RobStarsinger Hilarious, I bet you can't wait to tell your classmates when you go back to school next month.
@@alanh1169 wow hope my order of Savlon arrives 😀after that burn 😘🤣🤣
You are a delightful couple and it's so pleasing to see such a positive view of the UK. Hope you have time to visit more 🙂
I love how much you guys love the U.K. it makes me so happy!!!! 🥺🥺🥺
We do love it!! And can't wait to go back once this situation comes to an end :)
Wandering Ravens You should come to yorkshire!!! (or back if you’ve been before) I’m from a place called Bradford, and there’s some BEAUTIFUL places you can visit in Leeds and the Yorkshire Dales :)
@@gracehouston1057 Thank you for the recommendations! We'll write those down! :D
Dear God, don't go to Bradford unless you're after a decent curry.
If you want to understand British humour, think about this: if I had a pet zebra, I would name him "Spot".
@@lukusmardukus4002 To you, probably not.
Lukus Mardukus imma guess you’re either American or just stupid
**insert the Patrick “whAtS tHE diFfeREncE?” meme**
@@ajoura_ Not American, then 😅
What's black and white and eats like a horse, a zebra.
@@barryfowles-zl5ib A carrot. Sorry, wrong joke.
So many things to love! I can't wait to go back to the UK ♥️🇬🇧
Me too!!
Come to Oxford.
An example of British humour. Many years ago before my wife and I got married, we were shopping for summer clothes and it was a very hot summer. I was across the other side of the shop from my wife. She happened to have a very short skirt on. This dodgy looking bloke went up to my future wife and whispered to her "Can you show me your c#@t". She pointed across to where I was standing and said "He's over there ".
😂😂Thank you for the laugh! And I hope that chav had his knees done in!
That's the funniest thing I've heard in ages.
Ha ha ha good one, don't think I have heard it before, but would not tell my friends all but one would be affended by the laungage. Good luck xxxx
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 hilarious!
Another...
"My new girlfriend died last week. I hadn't met her parents until the funeral and, boy, are they a pair of miserable f*ckers !"
The problem with sarcasm, it's all about intonation and non verbal language and that gets entirely lost in short text.
Exactly! I think a lot of people forget about that complication when they write comments or texts
I Exist I don’t know if that would be widely understood. The winky 😉 is pretty sure to be understood. If you wrote something like t h i s I would take it as speaking slowly because you thought I was stupid. I had never encountered /s as a sign of sarcasm before and a full stop (period in US speak) is just a normal part of the written english language, so no special meaning there. (and no I’m not being sarcastic in case you were wondering)
@@WanderingRavens I think sarcasm is best used verbally rather than being written where it can be misunderstood as trolling. I find it's best with a group of friends who know you and your sense of humour.
I sometimes read it ‘out loud’ in my head so I can ‘hear’ how it’s being said and the tone of voice. (Sounds a bit weird, I hope that make sense!)
I agree. Written sarcasm doesn't work. Unless you're not reading it.
There is a style of British humour, in which it takes a moment or two to realise that something is funny and how it is funny. The delay “waiting for the penny to drop” can increase the intensity of the laughter.
Sometimes we take our history for granted for example I’ve been at a few different schools but it’s cool I can say that one was over 1100 years old and Shakespeare went to the other.
I loved this! It’s so interesting to hear your perspectives. I’m from the U.K. myself and the dark/dry sense of humour is definitely something that felt like ‘home’ when I returned from travelling around Europe.
I’ve only been to the states twice, but my favourite/most noticeable things from those trips were:
1) The friendliness! We have a reputation for being a bit ‘stand-offish’ sometimes in England (especially London) but so many people are curious and lovely and willing to strike up a conversation out of nowhere.
2) The portion sizes 😍
3) The HUGE roads
4) The incredible legacy for film, art and space travel - some AMAZING museums
5) Seeing ‘iconic’ sights in cities like New York that you’re so used to seeing on TV, you forget they’re actually real. A similar reaction to you guys seeing old fairytale castles!
Yeah. I spent ages staring at hydrants in NY, steaming on the sidewalks. The atmosphere of numerous films evoked.
We're so glad you enjoyed our video! And that you've also enjoyed your trips to the States. Makes us feel proud :)
Wandering Ravens It’s perspective. I’m in my sixties and from London. When I go back it upsets me to see old churches, theatres and pubs now surrounded by glass monstrosities. Like seeing a tumerous growth on the face of an old friend.
Americans love Love London because they can come across old churches, pubs and theatres when walking around the city. ‘Wow, imagine putting that there’ 😀!
Magenta Otter Travels . The thing that struck me when I first went the States was that a lot of these people wouldn’t fit down English streets in a car or not.
Magenta Otter Travels Haha I don’t blame you! I visited a friend in Cornwall a couple of years ago and the memory of hurtling around those tiny winding roads still gives me heart palpitations 😂
I love the Morris Dancing, it’s a really lovely reminder of my childhood. They used to dance in city centre in Norwich where I grew up.
I've just spent two hours watching and thoroughly enjoying your videos! Thank you for going to the trouble of making them. I am so sorry you get trolled! You're both utterly charming people and I'm glad you can keep your chin up. John
Hi! A little Brit here. Love the video guys! I guess everything we have here, we grow up with and is the norm for us so it's fantastic to see our friends over the pond love our little country. I always try my best to get out to different spots around the UK to visit our castles and remind myself of our often quite bloody history. It really is magical and you're always welcome here!
As an Enlishman, I do enjoy a good session of public mastication with a good amount of cunning linguistics for the sheer pleasure.
@Craig 75 Better still, the pleasure in knowing how the alteration of just one letter can alter a nictater to a masturbator...
Sometimes I can tell when people are being sarcastic in messages but not always. I prefer just being sarcastic in person than over message as I would be slightly worried someone read it wrong. We are very sarcastic in life though plus a lot of us have a dark sense of humour so we can probably come across as mean in the UK but we don’t mean it 🙂
One of my favourite things is the automatic acceptance of people from all over the world.
We don't have problems with racism, except for a few extremists and Welshmen
And gingers, coming over here and taking our jobs, lazy buggers.
And yet, to hear lefties talk we Brits are the most racist people in the world. I'm a centralist and often get told by lefties that I'm a right winger for basically just trying to criticise their opinion... and yet lefties have the cheek to call right wingers as fascists, lol... ;-)
@@MagentaOtterTravels to be fair, we use both - centrist and centralist. And actually you never really hear anyone as being in the middle ground of things, everyone just seems to be automatically bunched into the left or right pile when talking about things.
And recent history has shown than many leftists in this country's Labour party are anti-Semitic.
Socialism is all about controlling other people. So they get upset if you criticise or disagree, because they can't control that.
One aspect of humour in the UK is that if you can make a joke at the expense of someone present who is more powerful than you and they don't notice but your peers do then this particularly valued.
When you come back to should visit York, gorgeous buildings and have to visit the shambles and York minster. Try the cakes at Betty's teashop, a bit on the expensive side but worth it.
Thank you for the recommendations!
Such a good call, Stacey. Definitely worth a visit.
Whilst your in York try a day trip to Whitby which is a quaint fishing village on the coast. The fish and chips there are the best in U.K.
@@WanderingRavens you should visit Newcastle upon tyne England where I'm from we are some of the most friendly people in England we are called geordie after we supported king George
If you want to see British comedy at it’s best, please watch a Tv series called “Only Fools and Horses”
No no. Watch Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister.
Especially the early episode. Where they try to drive the 4xMin Mile. With Uncle in the Back.
Difference between UK and US humour: there was a brilliant TV series called The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, starring Leonard Rossiter. The Americans bought the story, called it Reggie, and sold it back to us. I watched five episodes, not a single laugh in any of them, and gave up.
Or Red Dward and the American pilot. Shee, how can they mess up so badly??
The brilliant Roger Lloyd Pack as "Trigger" the market road sweeper: "I've had this same boom for all the 17 years I've worked at this market. Its had 7 new heads and 5 new handles."
As a Brit can I just say thank you. I really needed this. I've been feeling really down about what's happening in our country at the moment and this gave me a much needed boost. I'm so glad you enjoyed your time here and I have to say you're more perceptive than most. (Understatement is also a sign of a great compliment here! 😂) A lot of stereotypical images Americans have of us are not really true. I guess it's the same the other way round too.
Re the humour, a lot of foreigners don't plug into it as well as you have so that's so nice to hear. I have to admit I've always felt that American comedy programmes, even ones I loved, seem to be based on a string of hilarious one liners obviously crafted by writers. In British comedies it's more often the whole situation or the context that is funny.
Finally, the nasty comments on YT are hard for me to judge too. I can tell when a friend is being sarcastic but it really doesn't come over in print so emojis are really useful. If it comes over as nasty to you then it's probably the fault of the person writing who isn't as clever with wit as they think they are.
Anyway, thanks again.
It’s good to see that you two are starting to get the hang of things.
the thing is with the whole sarcasm and wit thing, is its very much about how the people youre using it on will accept it.
for example.
me and my friends are all ex military personnel and as a result we all have a very dark sense of humour. a quick example, one of my close friends had cardiac surgery, a triple heart bypass and as the two of us were approaching his hospital bed before he saw us he heard us say to each other
"oh for gods sake, he didnt even have the common decency to die. now we have to put all his stuff back in his flat"
now the french nurse who was working on the ward was in utter shock that we spoke to a friend like that and was trying to apologise on our behalf to him, whereas meanwhile our friend was in tears of laughter in his hospital bed.
its very much a situational thing. you tailor the level of darkness to the situation.
another example.
was helping out in my grandfathers care home and there was a sweet lady there who needed help getting out of her chair, but she wouldnt let anyone help her.
so i asked "ok dear, im gonna help you up so just put your hand on my arm and we can go together"
well she wouldnt give me her hand to help her up adamant she was going to do things herself, and when i asked she said to me "oh im just scared you might drop me"
i gave her a moment before making a soft huh, and taking my notebook out, flicking through the pages followed by "oh sorry hun, im not allowed to drop you, its not on the schdule for today. if you wanted dropping then you needed to book it atleast 2 weeks in advance"
cue the lady chuckling to herself, feeling a lot better about the situation as i helped her up.
so its all about tailoring your level of humour to the situation rather than just plastering it on thick at every opportunity
Thank you for sharing those stories with us! You got us both laughing :D And you're spot on about adapting the level and kind of humour to the situation and company.
That reminds me of a conversation between two senior commanders (I don't know their respective ranks) in the first Gulf war. The American was stating that he thought the pi$$ taking was highly unprofessional, the Scottish (I think) Commander said it was what kept the British army going. Inmy experience working with veterans there is certainly at least some truth in that.
Morris dancing was I believe connected to fertility. I once saw a drunk watching them screaming at them "Which one is Morris" It was funny, I guess you had to be there!
This is definitely the most accurate interpretation of Britain/Brits done by Americans. It’s really nice to actually witness Americans understanding and appreciating our dry humour and natural wit. It’s also really refreshing to see them actually make an effort to understand our culture and respect it as appose to many Americans who perhaps are often quite ignorant in regards to a lot of these topics. I really like this couple! Subscribed :)
If you are fortunate enough to get good weather, then Britain is magical.
Good weather? In the UK? Last recorded episode of that was 3rd of June 1631 I think. 🤣 Love from the UK xx
Nah it’s not the same, you need to be drenched after coming back from the cavalry on a sunday night for that proper British feeling 🇬🇧
Love the rain
@@MrPaultopp Not if you have to work out in it on nights.
As a Brit, I find American humor, too in your face (too daft to laugh at). Whereas British humour is subtle, ironic and sometimes needs a bit of thought to understand the joke.
A good primer of British humour, would be “Fawlty Towers” or “Steptoe and Son.” Old but funny.
I'd add "Blackadder" to that list.
Kavala76 I agree!
My Family on BBC 1 @ mo, is Brilliant.
Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister are also fantastic.
Fools and horses, maybe?
The UK is a good place to visit once the crisis is over. Stay safe everyone.
We can't way to go back! Stay safe, Isaac!
What crisis!
When U chaps bk over here. Save ur Dosh. And stay in Sutton or Croydon, when U visit London. It say U Cash. And Only 20xMins by Train. In to the Smoke.
I've just sat down and watched waaaay too many of your videos, and thoroughly enjoyed doing so. Interesting to see the UK through fresh eyes. British humour is definitely a huge thing, very enmeshed into our lives - very colourful and often extraordinarily childish (as well as witty and intelligent too). Glad you enjoy Britain - it definitely has its charms:)
When you can have a laugh at someone else's expense and everyone in your group is doing the same, you know you have good friends.
Funny story that underscores the self-deprecating nature of British humor: I was in England during the 2012 Olympics, and at the end of the first week, a driver was taking me back to the airport. I commented that while the U.K. hadn’t done very well during the first week, I understood that they had some very competitive athletes coming up during the second week in sports like sailing, dressage, and rowing. He said, “Yes sir, we Brits tend to do better at the sports where we’re sitting down”.
Thank you for the story and laugh! I think this is an excellent example of British self-deprecation :)
Thats true. Cycling, sailing, rowing, horsey sports
@@sage6336 Don't call the equine ladies "horsey". After such an comment they are cut down to two inches high.
@@geraldmcmullon2465 Yeh, but have you seen Princess Ann? I saw a picture of her winning a medal at the Olympics back in the 70's for dressage and thought the horse was riding her at first.
@@geraldmcmullon2465 I never mentioned the word "ladies" in any of my posts
We had spices from India over 100 years before the United States even existed.
Bland food is a myth.
Well it Existed it just hadn't been found yet.
@@cmpillred277 Nope.
The land where the country was formed existed.
The country did not exist.
That is a good point.
@@cmpillred277 Thanks for understanding
Yes when I thought about it of course it's people that make a country what it is.
British sarcasm comes across better when spoken because you can judge whether they are joking or not by the tone of voice which is hard to portray in writing
I think our food is a lot of comfort food, lots of pies, pasty's, homemade stuff but your right that doesn't make it bland :)
I know that when we visited my wife's friends in the USA the lady if the house seemed to think that nearly everything I said was very precise and thought out before I said it. At first she found it very hard to tell if I was making a joke or not, but I think that by the end of our stay she had worked oug the dry English humour enough to be able go tell most of the time. I think her husband still found it hard to tell though.
When you talk about pants that does bring back one event that was for me most embarrassing, we walked into some kind of giant pharmacy about the size of Wales and it was a windy day when our friend's wife declared at what to me seemed to be the top of her voice, "I wish I'd worn my pants today!" Which given she only had on a reasonably short skirt made me blush no end wondering what may happen if the wind caught it!😂
We Brits are privileged. When you turn 100, you get a letter from the queen. When you turn 16, you get a text from Prince Andrew.
I can’t stop laughing XD
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😂😂
The best kind of humour for me is when people arent entirely sure if I am serious or not. The crazier the better.
I casually dropped into convo with a new co worker about growing vegetables that I was growing herbs in my cupboard but its costing me a fortune in electric.
He nodded and just went with it while everyone else was waiting for him to catch on. Never did and it was great lol
Kudos to the lady at the beginning knowing that in the UK putting up two fingers in a V with the knuckles facing forwards is a rude hand gesture.
Americans and history: in the 1990’s I visited Warwick Castle and during the visit joined a small queue to be able to go down a narrow alley to reach great dungeons. Stop behind a middle-aged American couple when the guy turned to his lady and said “you’d have thought the contractors who build this route would have made it wide enough for two-way visitor traffic!”. I tapped him on the shoulder and reminded him it was a REAL Castle, I patted the wall and said the walls were built in the 1300’s, it was not built for tourists, the only people going to the dungeon were not happy as they would not be leaving again anytime soon. He just shrugged his shoulders like it didn’t mean anything.
A while ago I was at Corfe Castle in Dorset. It's basically the stone outline of a castle now because it's so old but anyway, I was with my cousins and some Americans came over to us and say "Hi, we heared you speaking with a British accent, do you know how old this castle is?" So I looked it up for them on google and when I told them that it was over 1,000 years old and it had been a Saxon stronghold in the 11th century and a Norman fortress in the 12th their jaws just dropped. They couldn't wrap their minds around the fact that the castle had been around for 10 centuries. They didn't even know stone lasted that long. But anyway, after they stopped getting dizzy over the thought of standing on ground that William the Conqueror had stood on we took them round the village. We went in the little shops and they thought all the homemade things and the little shop windows and the pastel colours they were painted were adorable. We then, and this blew their minds, went to a traditional sweet shop. They thought it was incredible that the sweets didn't come in plastic packets with the company's label on them but insted you payed by weight and got them out of little jars behind the counter. They were all very nice and they thanked us for taking them on a tour and they felt like they had been in a real fairy tale all day. It was very lovely. We finished off the day with them in a nice pub garden and they felt like they had had the full British treatment. It was a brilliant day.
What a good story! Thank you for sharing :) I'm sure those Americans will be talking about you for the rest of their days. Thank you for taking care of them :) x
Haggis rocks, good man for trying it.
I love it! Grace would likely love it too, but she can't eat it as it's not gluten free and she has severe allergies :(
@@WanderingRavens such a shame, still at least you got to tuck in to one.
You can actually get gluten-free haggis. As a general rule, you’re more likely to find it around Burns Night, so next time you’re over in late January ... :)
@@anthony3557 Good to know!
In the late 1970s/early 1980s, British stand-up humour began to change. It became more anecdotal and political - with lots of social comment. This new style of comedy was often referred to as "Alternative Comedy". The reason why it was looked on as "alternative" is because previous generations of comedians did indeed tell "gag" type jokes - often at the expense of ethnic groups such as the Irish or black people. Mothers in law, for some reason, also provided an unending source of "humour". That type of comedy had come out of the old "Music Hall" (American refer to it as burlesque) tradition and had survived into the 80s as part of Working Men's Club culture. It's pretty much extinct now and "alternative" comedy is now the mainstream.
If you want to see examples of this older style stand-up, watch clips from TV shows such as "The Good Old Day", "The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club" and "The Comedians".
Why do Americans feel their history only begins in 1776? Even if they aren't interested in the tens of thousands of years of human history in North America before then, surely you might think that they would take some interest in the history of European involvement in North America, which didn't begin in 1776 but over 300 years before that.
My reasoning why is that MOST United States citizens of today have a family history that only involves the United States, not even as far back as 1776 but more likely to be somewhere from about 1870 to 1950. So, if you are looking at your own family history, it is most likely European or Asian with the American bit being fairly recent.
One sarcasm about small dogs being carried or in a carrier that is said as you walk past is
" oh the poor dog has broken his legs "
Working fora US company for many years I discovered the main difference between US and British humour is the man with the flag. In 1900 if you had a car you had to have a man with a flag walking in front of the car to let people know a car was coming. It's the same with US humour, you have to have a man with a flag in front of a joke. They signal to you clearly a joke is starting and serious talk is over, they tell the joke and then signal to you the joke is over and serious conversation has begun again. It's really clear and no-one can mistake one for each other. The British intermingle humour and straight talk with each other, anything a British person says can be 20% humour 80% serious or 35% serious and 65% humour with no indication other than a lifetime of growing up in this culture to inform you what percentage of any statement is humour and what is serious. And since this humour is mostly satire, irony, sarcasm, wit and social observation delivered with a straight face it's a nightmare for Americans try and comprehend.
Also British are completely aware of how difficult this makes things for Americans and are perfectly capable of doing it the American way, but far from toning it down as we could easily do, part of the cruelty of British humour is we find it very funny to instead pump it up to 10 when with Americans, while feigning complete obliviousness to Americans who are getting everything we say to them wrong, all the time the whole group inwardly laughing at them with serious faces no-one letting on. The misunderstanding of British humour by Americans really isn't that often a misunderstanding, it's often deliberate. But don't worry it's not just Americans we do this to, it's pretty much the whole world, just Americans are one of the more susceptible cultures.
It also works the other way round and Americans can cause problems for British.
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Damn, we really need to step up our irony and sarcasm game. Can you recommend any good British comedies for us to practice with? ;D
@@WanderingRavens try watching Mock the Week on youtube,
ruclips.net/video/Ota4KXGdkm4/видео.html
or do a youtube search for Frankie Boyle
@@WanderingRavens There is a difference between irony and sarcasm.
Irony is generally very witty and funny.
Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit and the highest form of ignorance. (Not sure where this quote came from but it's very true)
In this instance, ignorance means rudeness, not lack of knowledge.
@@Fiddling_while_Rome_burns if they're going to watch Frankie Boyle I hope they like dark humour! 😮
@@Fiddling_while_Rome_burns Very funny!! Thank you! It's similar to a show we have in the States called "Whose Line Is It?"
Morris dancing always reminds me of The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. Reaper Man and the Ninja morris men of new ankh who can do strange and terrible things with a simple hanker chief and a bell 😂😂
Except in this case, they're doing wonderful things with handkerchiefs and bells! 😂😂
@@WanderingRavens Actually if you like British humour that's not a bad reference. Pratchett's books are well worth a chortle or two
1st Terry Pratchett book I read was MORT, about a clumsy boy being apprenticed to DEATH. funny funny funny!!! Only years later I found out MORT is French for Death. Have read the whole series, except THE SHEPARDS CROWN, because when I have read it, there will be no more, in fact it's sitting on my bookshelf teasing me. Read me read me, go on, do it.....
As regards the difference between U.S and U.K humour, American comedian Rich Hall gets British humour brilliantly!! He’s hilarious!!
Love watching you guys and your take on our British culture but also on the flip side to learn about American culture which is fascinating...good job and keep them coming.
It's always raining here. If we aren't laughing we're drowning.
Laughter is a great self-defense mechanism!
But Ralph, it hasn't rained for a few weeks, it's waiting until they let us out again.
I love the UK ...wait I'm in the UK yay ..and a Morris dancer and a beer drinker ..cheers old chap.
We love the UK too! And thank you for making the world a happier place through your Morris dancing :) Keep it up!
What a great video, I have to say I've never seen such a perfect analysis of the peoples of the United Kingdom and from Americans too. How delightful.
One huge thing about us brits....we will moan about everything. We even moan about moaning. We don't hate Morris dancers we just love to moan....we also laugh at everything. We are known worldwide about our humour. And our ability to poke fun at literally everything. After all laughter is the best medicine 😃
I'm English and love your videos. Keep 'em coming (and no, I'm not being sarcastic).
Thank you so much for the support and encouragement, Joe :D
you guys seem like the nicest people and I really enjoy your content! If you ever come up North (Liverpool), I would LOVE to give you ideas of where to visit :)
We're planning to visit the north later this year!
@@WanderingRavens oooh great, please visit the Wirral, we have some really lovely places and history too!
Can I come, can you fit me in?
There was an Englishman, Welshman and a Pakistani all sat in the waiting room of their local maternity unit awaiting the arrival of their new born. A little while later, a midwife entered and informed them all that they had become proud fathers but unfortunately due to a mix-up they couldn't tell who's baby was who's, and they would have to sort out the mistake themselves (unlikely I know, but stay with it). Naturally the Englishman was first to 'claim his right', and disappeared from the waiting room. A little while later, he reappeared with what was clearly the Pakistani baby. At this, as expected, the Pakistani was apoplectic with rage and threatened all sorts of injunctions. "Well I'm sorry" said the Englishman "but one of those babies in there is Welsh, and I'm not prepared to take the risk."
Hi you two, thanks for making these super videos. Strangely I found myself watching about 8 of your videos in one sitting. I love the fact that you strive to show 'real' life rather than the glossy tourist spots. Keep up the good work. Kind regards, Camillo
Check out maypole dancing, we were always taught it in primary school as kids
We'll look it up!
Oh yes the ole maypole dancing. I forgot about those heady school days
History and wit.
American (history) - "My house is 50 years old"
Brit (response, wit)- "I have underpants older than that"
I have resentment towards an ex wife older than that
😂
After giving up playing rugby Morris Dancing was the only pastime that included as much beer drinking.
Definitely agree with the part about history. I really enjoy history in any case, and the fact that Europeans, in general, take such care of their history, is really impressive. The UK is no exception. The cathedrals, castles, palaces, shops -- even the countryside itself -- all of it is a living love letter to your ancestors. You care, and that is an eloquent testimony to your patriotism. I once saw a child's birthday party at Warwick Castle. I can't imagine Americans ever having a birthday celebration at a historic site.
Morris Dancing - I am a supporter of Lord Vetinari when it comes to Morris Dancing and dancers.
I also agree with him on mime
@@traceyskingley9906 His views on conmen are pretty good too but they at least get options.
To me as a Brit I can usually tell if there is a sarcastic comment being left a brit. Again it's all about language we use, we don't need emoji's
Most of the comments shown looked hateful rather than sarcastic to me.
I’m obsessed with the USA and Americans. I love visiting your country. Sending love from the UK. 💕🇬🇧🥰
If you want to get a British dog which is friendly, relatively calm but also energetic at time’s I think beagles the best choice. Do be warned though as they don’t always listen to you especially once they have found a scent. Also although they where originally bred as hunting dogs I’ve found they are good around birds (particularly chickens) but don’t get on with cats very well
American family visited Hampton Court Palace. The father noticed a gardener cutting the immaculate lawns .
He shout to him "hey Buddy how'd you get the grass so good?"
the gardener replied" nothing special we fed spring and autumn, cut regularly in the summer and give them a little watering , but only during dry periods"
The American shout back as he walked away "is that all? "
The garden said to himself quietly , "yes that's all and after 550 years you get a lawn like this"
Thank you for the laugh!!
Fish and chips are great over in the UK!
As an escaped Londoner I can tell you that the best fish and chips are made in Yorkshire, especially Whitby. Don't expect American 'sides' such as coleslaw.
I spent 3 months in New York in the early 90s. I came back severely humour disabled. Not only did I feel alien but social interactions with fellow students were painfully difficult… that was only 3 months!!
Never stop being awestruck; it's wonderful to enjoy new experiences.
Yes we can tell when it's a sarcastic "joke/unserious" comment. It's so amusing when americans don't get the irony. 😜
I was very surprised when I found out that in America you don't have puddings (not the sweet ones) they are the best
Yup! We've never seen a savory pudding in the USA
There are savory puddings in the States. Each section of the States has a distinctively different cuisine. The Appalachian Mountains were populated almost exclusively from northern England, Scotland, & Ireland. It's very isolated living. It stayed strictly English, Scottish, Irish until around 1960s. There are many times "wandering Ravens" said "I've never seen it in the America" & I thought "They haven't spent much time in the Appalachian Mountains.
I grew up with yorkshire pudding and corn pudding. Don't know if you have corn pudding, since corn is kind of a New World veggie. But it is so prevalent here, the early settlers & the natives eat it in abundance. If you add sausage, corn pudding is the entire meal.
Also, don't know how macaroni & cheese isn't a savory pudding. We don't call it that, but isn't it? Definitely American.
Since I's rambling on...The sense of humor in the area is also Brit---dry, self-deprecating. I don't live there anymore. People don't get me.
Fancy shaking your hanky around at a time like this. In Britain we are so open to food from all over the world. Kind video.
Another cracking video.It would be great to look at my own country from new eyes it sounds really good
“Try everything at least once, except incest and Morris Dancing.” Sir Thomas Beecham/Sir Arnold Bax/Sir Winston Churchill (no-one can seem to verify who said it).
I like the Sir Thomas Beecham quote when chastising a lady cellist: “Madam, you have between your legs an instrument that could give pleasure to millions and all you can do is scratch it.”
I like the Sir Thomas Beecham quote when chastising a lady cellist: “Madam, you have between your legs an instrument that could give pleasure to millions and all you can do is scratch it.”
I like the Sir Thomas Beecham quote when chastising a lady cellist: “Madam, you have between your legs an instrument that could give pleasure to millions and all you can do is scratch it.”
My favourite Sir Thomas Beecham quote is when he was asked his opinion of Elgar's First Symphony - "It is the musical equivalent of St Pancras Station"!. Later, he placated Elgar by telling him he always travelled back home to Manchester from St Pancras rather than Euston or Marylebone!
Things I like about the US
- The invention of cinema/film, the thing that is most important to me other than the people in my life
- American music, still love a lot of British music but in particular classic American music from the 50's to 70's is hugely influential and influenced pretty much all of my favourite British bands
- Junk food, I know people call it that just because it's unhealthy but it also tastes great.
- US space programme AKA Nasa
- American sci-fi, big fan of sci-fi and on balance American sci-fi is my favourite
- Accents, not all of them, the 'airhead' Californian accent is pretty annoying but a lot of people agree on that, same with the heavily accented 'Noo Yawk' accent, but I think there are a lot of pleasant sounding accents in the US, such as Creole, and although I find the place Texas a tad scary I do think they have a nice accent (BTW it doesn't bother me when Americans comment on the 'British' accent, I don't know why people are offended by that)
- The tendency to be straight with people and tell them how you actually feel. The whole hiding our true feelings is something we Brits share with the Japanese and it is seldom a helpful attitude to have.
- Boundless optimism, sometimes it gets annoying but I guess it is better than being negative all the time like we are here.
Hi Sam :) We're so glad you like the US! And it was nice to hear a British person compliment American accents (I don't think we've heard a Brit do that before, so thanks :D) We appreciate you! xx
Wandering Ravens, for me it’s not the accent but the volume that can be a little much at times but I don’t hate the American accents. I love the NY bronx accent, I could listen to people like Miss Coco Peru all day long! 😂
Sam Hall. Just to say, photographic film was invented in France and improved to the modern system in England. Movie cameras were invented in France and England but the French were the first to make movie films.
@@maxmullen6337 Edison contributed, plus cinema wouldn't be where it is today without Hollywood. It transformed film from a novelty into a huge multi-national business. I know people get defensive about inventions but look at most inventions throughout history and you'll find different people from different nations contributed to their success. Take computers for example, Turing is often credited but he himself was working from a Polish design, and the US contributed to the development of computers in a big way as well. I know the Lumiere bro's (among others) were big contributors to the development of film but that doesn't mean the US weren't big contributers as well.
Sam Hall. It’s just that you said “invented”. Moving film wasn’t invented in America. I’m not minimising the effect of American films. In my time they dominated. And they still do. But don’t forget most of the great film entrepreneurs were foreign immigrants.
And with respect, you are confused about a lot of things. The Polish invented the “Bombe” but that wasn’t really a computer. Most countries seem to claim they invented the first programmable computer. It’s all very complicated.
For example. The first Fast Food was probably fish and chips. It came as a result of the railways (British invention) when fish could be transported all over the country before simple refrigeration. The method of cooking used couldn’t really be done at home. It was cheap, tasty and nutritious.
Even SciFy was an English invention. You know. The War of the Worlds!!
Plus musicals (Gilbert and Sullivan) not opera but entertainment.
The first country to transmit high quality television on a regular basis was - you guessed it - Britain.
Loving your videos guys, have been binge watching them in quarantine! You guys seem lovely, if you ever go back the the UK i recommend you come give Manchester and the north west a try! Its a cool city and has the peaks to the SE and lakes to the north :) thanks for making these videos!
I'm also another american who is very intrigued and interested in the uk.
dam the oven clock! 😂
😂😂😂
It’s starting to tick me off now. 😂 and as for the dog I’d guess same as mine English springer spaniel, if you are going for that look for a working blood line and not a show line.
@@comm1508 We should really deactivate that thing. It never keeps the right time anyway haha
About the spaniels, we've hear that working lines need a lot more exercise than show lines. Is that true? Why do you prefer working? :D
Wandering Ravens No not at all they do tend to show more intelligence but I have had 5-6 of them. Two twenty minute walks a day quiet happy chasing a tennis ball which your not supposed to do if they’re trained as a gun dog but I let mine play with a tennis ball up the field. I used to shoot with them in the past the lad I’ve got now is 12 so he’s retired but will still chase a ball. Don’t shed much either and it’s best to have them clipped I get him done twice a year just been done for summer.
So nice seeing the lovely Americans enjoying the U.K every time you come over you must get a great reception!
I love British humour as well : ) And by the way, I did not know about the American structure of a joke. You taught me something 👍🙌. Thanks!
I'm guessing you'll get a Staffordshire Bull Terrier! Amazing dogs 😍😍
I'm a brit and I love Morris dancers
Good!! We love them too! :D
Me too, they invariably perform near good pubs and if you are quick you can be safely in the pub before they start.
The particular words used is usually the best way to tell if someone of being serious or sarcastic, or at least my experience is that.
Grace gave an example of being confused over texts that "want you dead." That's a bad text, no humour or sarcasm in that in my opinion. I'm British and in my experience there's so many Brits who are so insular they're actually horribly Narcissistic
A work friend of mine liked the Morris Dancing season - he'd follow the dancers as they went around the village pubs, dance at each, and have free drinks - he'd buy his own as he wasn't dancer. A good excuse for a pub crawl
When the church in my village was built no way be knew America or Africa or Australia existed. It was built in 975ad and there is evidence that it was a Stone Age Seattlement. It’s in the doomsday book and my road is the second eldest still left from 1565 all the others before got destroyed and re-built
Bilbo Baggins there only about 50 cm deep
They may have heard of Africa
I can improve on that :-)
Chertesy, the town where I was born, had an abbey founded in 666, which became one of the largest in the country. Unfortunately it was dissolved by Henry 8th and the stone used for other purposes. Henry 6th was buried there for a while and it is mentioned in Shakespeare's Richard 3rd.
grahvis wow that’s rlly cool. Hadlow, the place I mentioned isn’t mentioned in anything we’ll know as it is a small village in Kent which no one knows about but it is next it East Peckham were the first speeding ticket was issued in England witch makes sense as it’s a bloody nightmare to drive through and everyone speed
I find Morris dancers eerie and even a bit sinister, so I keep my distance from them.
Oh no! 😂 Do they occasionally turn their sticks on bystanders??
Wandering Ravens only once a year when they dance the dark Morris at midnight.
@@WanderingRavens I was walking past a group of them banging the sticks and one of them turned their head all the way around like an owl and smirked at me. Haven't trusted them since.
@@WanderingRavens There you go guys, our British wit, seems to be rubbing off on you. ("Do they occasionally turn their sticks on bystanders?"). 😄 Haha!... love it. Keep up the good work guys, and stay safe out there.
It's the hobby horse you need to look out for, sh*ts everywhere.
If you like Morris dancers, you would love Warrington walking day, when the town gets dressed up for the day and then goes to the fun fair in the afternoon / pubs, this takes place the first Friday in July,
West Highland Terriers are a popular breed here in the UK, sometimes known as a 'Westie', they are wonderful dogs but tend to be stubborn when being trained and will definately let you know when you tell them to do something that they don't want to do. They also love watching television and will bark at any animal they see on the screen. They tend to be very loyal dogs though to their owners.