America and Canada are inseparable brothers. Both are welcome in each other's countries. We use the words Autumn and Fall interchangeably... all my life. There's absolutely no influence.
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I’m pretty sure he’s wrong on his address system. I’ve never been in a town or city where the house number refers to distance. Only where it refers to block. Cities number streets / avenues from a central point. Generally streets run east west, roads run north south. Including a quadrant on the street address is pretty standard too. So a house might be 5678 10th St NW. You immediately know the address is in the north west, 10 blocks west of Centre Street, and 56 blocks north of Central Avenue. In practice this means a stranger can find their way around a strange city, and someone who lives there will have a rough internal map. Somebody seeing that address can likely relate to a nearby address - maybe they use a hospital or have a friend which they know is on 7th street, around the 62nd block. They can immediately get a picture of where it is. Even when streets have names, these numbering conventions are the same.
Yeah, Laurence has repeated his misunderstanding of the address numbering system in several videos🤦🏻♀ It is actually pretty funny that he has lived here for 15 years and still hasn't figured out how American addresses work LOL (probably because he doesn't drive). You'd think his wife or someone else he knows would have explained it to him by now. But I like him anyway, even though he still gets some things quite wrong.
Actually in some place that is true and he's just expanded it to cover all areas. But your right, in some places the street starts at 1000 and each block jumps one.
House numbering has nothing to with miles,it starts from a center point and the first block is 100,the is the 200 block and so on and from the center point it goes north or south or east or west
The thing is that America has a positive identity, concrete things that define what is America/America. Canadians have a negative identity; it consists of "we're not America/Americans" -- pretty lame.
No, lame is a country founded on slavery, lame is being late to both world wars, lame is voting in a moron like Trump as your president, lame is putting the children of so called illegal aliens in cages. Lame is having so many guns and having little or no regulation to access them. Lame is taking the 2nd Amendment and twisting it's words to promote gun culture and the NRA. Lame is having a health care system based on profit and not on treatment and access for all citizens. Lame is an educational system that is sadly lacking in any knowledge of the world, science, math and logic at the grade and high school levels. Lame is beliving the myth that the United States is the greatest country in the world. We are not negative. We are sane. Who in their right mind would want to be an American?
There's arguably more of a "connection" between US and Mexico given the history between the two, the influence of Mexican food on American food (i.e. Tex-Mex), and many Americans are Mexican descendants, say, when compared to Canada. There's also a myth that wasn't listed. The "special relation" myth between US and the UK. Politically - military and policy, sure, in the sense that both are allies, but between its people? I'll have to say no. Most Americans see the UK just another country like Canada.
Americans all walk around in fanny packs!? What in the actual hell!? 🤯 no Americans are walking around with fanny packs anywhere… 🤦♂️ where the hell do people get this stuff from? Yes, lots of questions from me. And they say Americans are stupid.. then you see things like this saying Americans all walk around with fanny packs on when I’ve never seen that before. Of course, every once in a great great great while someone could be wearing one, but groups of people walking around together with them all on..? no 🤣🤦♂️
I have a problem when he says that everyone doesn’t live in a big house. Well,I believe many of our apts and houses are bigger than theirs. So, To an extent more of us live in larger dwellings than most Brits. lol
Check out the famous song Autumn in New York. The two words are interchangeable though maybe not in all sections of the country. I grew up with Autumn Leaves. Another great song!
When I was a kid in the 70s, our teachers always said autumn, not fall. So it’s not a new thing. I think it’s always been interchangeable. BTW, I do have a Fanny pack, but I’ve never worn it as a Fanny pack. I have slung it over my shoulder cross body style a couple of times, but that’s it. I don’t know why I still have it. I guess because in theory it seems like a good idea, but in practice it’s not so great. 😆
I think Americans can be loud, but we aren't packed in like sardines for the most part, we have to be louder to be heard across a wider space. When we are close together we can be quiet as well. As far as Autum, we use Autum and Fall interchangeably, and have for my life time which means before computers and internet...lol.
The 1770s is when we declared independence from Britain and our constitution was ratified, but European colonies had been here definitely since the 1520s and arguably as early as the 11th century if you subscribe to the new understanding that the Scandinavians colonized the Canadian Atlantic coast; but even to begin there and ignore our indigenous cultures is xenophobic. British people don’t start counting their history from the time people first began calling themselves “British,” they count their tribal and indigenous history… it’s comparing apples to oranges to ignore all our history from before people began calling themselves “Americans.” People have lived here for as long as 25,000 years.
The season is Autumn, we have always called it Autumn, but Fall is like a slang word or "short" word for autumn. Fall is not a new word, I am an oldie and have always called it fall, and autumn. I'm not sure why so many British think that we don't have something you do, for example another person on you tube thought we don't have spray deodorant, only roll on, well we have spray, stick and roll on, spray went mostly out in the 80's or 90's because it kills the ozone.
Americans ARE loud. As an American, my husband and I notice this more when we are in another country because the contrast is so evident. He and I are pretty quiet but we tend to be the exception for sure. We’ve noticed that it’s pretty easy to pick out Americans just from the volume.
Autumn/fall are equally interchangeable. Always have been in both Canada and the US.
Most Americans see Canadians as family members. They're cousins.
America and Canada are inseparable brothers. Both are welcome in each other's countries. We use the words Autumn and Fall interchangeably... all my life. There's absolutely no influence.
There was a saying, something to the effect of:
Americans think 100 years is a long time and Brits think 100 miles is a long way.
We don’t have culture?!?! Everyone around the world imitates our culture😂😂😂
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I live in a small house I'll let other people answer more questions.
BTW I always give everyone a thumbs up 👍
I’m pretty sure he’s wrong on his address system. I’ve never been in a town or city where the house number refers to distance. Only where it refers to block. Cities number streets / avenues from a central point.
Generally streets run east west, roads run north south. Including a quadrant on the street address is pretty standard too. So a house might be 5678 10th St NW. You immediately know the address is in the north west, 10 blocks west of Centre Street, and 56 blocks north of Central Avenue. In practice this means a stranger can find their way around a strange city, and someone who lives there will have a rough internal map. Somebody seeing that address can likely relate to a nearby address - maybe they use a hospital or have a friend which they know is on 7th street, around the 62nd block. They can immediately get a picture of where it is. Even when streets have names, these numbering conventions are the same.
Yeah, Laurence has repeated his misunderstanding of the address numbering system in several videos🤦🏻♀ It is actually pretty funny that he has lived here for 15 years and still hasn't figured out how American addresses work LOL (probably because he doesn't drive). You'd think his wife or someone else he knows would have explained it to him by now. But I like him anyway, even though he still gets some things quite wrong.
Actually in some place that is true and he's just expanded it to cover all areas. But your right, in some places the street starts at 1000 and each block jumps one.
We say Autumn & have for all my life. We also say Fall. It's definitely interchangeable.
House numbering has nothing to with miles,it starts from a center point and the first block is 100,the is the 200 block and so on and from the center point it goes north or south or east or west
The thing is that America has a positive identity, concrete things that define what is America/America. Canadians have a negative identity; it consists of "we're not America/Americans" -- pretty lame.
No, lame is a country founded on slavery, lame is being late to both world wars, lame is voting in a moron like Trump as your president, lame is putting the children of so called illegal aliens in cages. Lame is having so many guns and having little or no regulation to access them. Lame is taking the 2nd Amendment and twisting it's words to promote gun culture and the NRA. Lame is having a health care system based on profit and not on treatment and access for all citizens. Lame is an educational system that is sadly lacking in any knowledge of the world, science, math and logic at the grade and high school levels. Lame is beliving the myth that the United States is the greatest country in the world. We are not negative. We are sane. Who in their right mind would want to be an American?
LB likes his 7s.
One of his better videos: 7 Things America Does Really Well
The Hatfields vs the McCoys. Look up that shining little corner of American history.
Mert, love the channel man! Your college football reactions were the ones that got me hooked, always welcome to come visit the States!
Google: Boston January 15, 1919. Wild story.
There's arguably more of a "connection" between US and Mexico given the history between the two, the influence of Mexican food on American food (i.e. Tex-Mex), and many Americans are Mexican descendants, say, when compared to Canada.
There's also a myth that wasn't listed. The "special relation" myth between US and the UK. Politically - military and policy, sure, in the sense that both are allies, but between its people? I'll have to say no. Most Americans see the UK just another country like Canada.
The cost of living and the cost of buying a house is way better than anywhere else. Unless youre extremely irresponsible if you have a job youre good
Americans all walk around in fanny packs!? What in the actual hell!? 🤯 no Americans are walking around with fanny packs anywhere… 🤦♂️ where the hell do people get this stuff from? Yes, lots of questions from me. And they say Americans are stupid.. then you see things like this saying Americans all walk around with fanny packs on when I’ve never seen that before. Of course, every once in a great great great while someone could be wearing one, but groups of people walking around together with them all on..? no 🤣🤦♂️
Yes we say Autumn and Fall, it's common for both to be used.
Specifically the Upper Peninsula of Michigan has Finnish pasties 😉
By the way, if anyone is walking around with fanny packs on in groups, it’s probably Japanese tourists.. or just Asian tourists
The avg. American house is twice the size of the avg. British house.
I have a problem when he says that everyone doesn’t live in a big house. Well,I believe many of our apts and houses are bigger than theirs. So, To an extent more of us live in larger dwellings than most Brits. lol
Guy has a Scottish accent.
Check out the famous song Autumn in New York. The two words are interchangeable though maybe not in all sections of the country. I grew up with Autumn Leaves. Another great song!
When I was a kid in the 70s, our teachers always said autumn, not fall. So it’s not a new thing. I think it’s always been interchangeable.
BTW, I do have a Fanny pack, but I’ve never worn it as a Fanny pack. I have slung it over my shoulder cross body style a couple of times, but that’s it. I don’t know why I still have it. I guess because in theory it seems like a good idea, but in practice it’s not so great. 😆
I think Americans can be loud, but we aren't packed in like sardines for the most part, we have to be louder to be heard across a wider space. When we are close together we can be quiet as
well. As far as Autum, we use Autum and Fall interchangeably, and have for my life time which means before computers and internet...lol.
The 1770s is when we declared independence from Britain and our constitution was ratified, but European colonies had been here definitely since the 1520s and arguably as early as the 11th century if you subscribe to the new understanding that the Scandinavians colonized the Canadian Atlantic coast; but even to begin there and ignore our indigenous cultures is xenophobic. British people don’t start counting their history from the time people first began calling themselves “British,” they count their tribal and indigenous history… it’s comparing apples to oranges to ignore all our history from before people began calling themselves “Americans.” People have lived here for as long as 25,000 years.
The season is Autumn, we have always called it Autumn, but Fall is like a slang word or "short" word for autumn. Fall is not a new word, I am an oldie and have always called it fall, and autumn. I'm not sure why so many British think that we don't have something you do, for example another person on you tube thought we don't have spray deodorant, only roll on, well we have spray, stick and roll on, spray went mostly out in the 80's or 90's because it kills the ozone.
Americans ARE loud. As an American, my husband and I notice this more when we are in another country because the contrast is so evident. He and I are pretty quiet but we tend to be the exception for sure. We’ve noticed that it’s pretty easy to pick out Americans just from the volume.
Canadians don't say "Aboot."
Some do
Only people playing it up. I have never heard it IRL@@fireheart6267
Never in 58 years have I heard a fellow Canadian say "aboot". Mind you, I have heard some pronounce it as "aboat". Eg: "It's aboat time we did that."
Yes. That's the message. Thank you.
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