We were playing golf in Texas...An American chap in front of us hit a very good shot - his friends said things like "Way to go Brad" "Wooo yeah" "high five Brad" etc. One of us Brits played a good shot and the immediate reaction from his friends was "You jammy tw*t". I think that's a key difference.
Love the vids Amanda, the thing I hate most in the UK is holding a door open for someone only for them to walk past you like you didn’t exist without saying “thank you”. So arrogance or people with zero manners always get a response from me 😝👊🏽
Claiming Cheddar cheese 🧀 as being American not realising Cheddar is a small town in Somerset. Also the American version of football where the players dressing up like a health and safety meeting, like the video you did recently about rugby
yeh mate same here local store had wensleydale cheese product not from hawes said has to.have their seal of the creamery in hawes guy was like all we have is this cheese not from hawes not good and cheddar has to come from somerset lady here says mate from.readiing also has to come from.cheddar gorge for flavor like hawes if not seal from creamery not as good we brought back rounds as much as customs would allow us
US spelling/grammar used to be one of my top peeves. However, after moving to Finland over ten years ago, I have found myself frequently doing various English proofreading services and I have mellowed. English is taught as a second language in Finnish schools from an early age and both US and UK spelling is accepted as long as it's consistent (i.e. pick one and stick to it). As such, as long as the same piece of text uses only US throughout, it's fine (or only UK). Additionally, research revealed that some US spellings are actually the original, e.g. 'farther' as opposed to 'further'. British English was influenced a lot by French in the 18th century, and these changes often didn't make it across the Atlantic. However, some spellings like 'theatre' were changed to 'theater' by US newspapers in the first half of the 20th century.
@@vinnyganzano1930 But honestly the true spelling is Whiskey. Whiskey is an Irish invention, NOT Scottish. The very first Whiskey mash and how to make it are from Ireland, exactly like the Scotts, that is why they copied the idea on crossing the Irish sea.
As I was saying to the Queen the other day, when she popped round to my little castle, there is a tendency amongst some of our overseas cousins to believe that the UK is a rather small place where everyone knows everyone else and we all live in old and grand stately homes. Her Majesty agreed with me and mentioned how when watching the *football* at our local pub how she hates how some people don't buy their rounds, they are almost as bad as those queue-jumpers that need stringing up.
I once tried to chat up an American girl, telling her I lived next door to Prince Charles. Highgrove is near Tetbury, which is nearly 10 miles away from where I lived at the time. Thought I was on safe ground because to your average American, 10 miles is 'next door'. Unfortunately I got overconfident, said we could give him a knock, and if he was still up, put some records on. Even she wasn't that naive, and I was doing so well.
@@FloatingAnarchy61 I feel sorry for Prince Charles. His only purpose in life is waiting for his mother to die. At his age most people would have retired but his career has yet to start.
@@mikecollins8936 I know. That's been his role since he was born, as you say, waiting for his mum to die. Some have suggested he'll step aside for William, but Charlie wants it so bad. One of his official titles shoud be His Royal Spare Prick At A Wedding, still at least he's got his plants to talk to. If her mum's anything to go by Charlie's got a while yet. Apparently the corgies were quite relieved when the Queen Mum died. It mean't they stopped getting the blame for pissing on the sofa😄
Well done Amanda,...my tuppence worth is that a lot of people outside the British Isles mistake gentleness for weakness...the two are not the same..we get up to speed eventually on most things, and even invent things...I have to say as an Irishman I have been blessed with the the number of people I have met who don,t hate..I include the FAB 4 in this...E
Soccer (Association Football) is an annoying term because the game is, and always has been, called Football, where the ball is played using, primarily the feet and never the hand, and also pre-dates the game Americans call Football. Ironically, the latter game is played primarily using the hands. Hope that helps.
As a Northerner (Lancashire) being able to freak Londoners out by just saying "hello" on the tube, bus or in a bar! ... not annoying, just great fun ! 😂😆
Too right. In the S East you walk up to the bus stop check out the time table and say hello or even just acknowledge the person already there and they think you want money, sex or heaven forbid, both. Or you are just plain weird. If you do the same in Leeds people assume you are snooty and antisocial. Or just `off`.
The word "soccer" is actually an English coinage, as is 'rugger' for rugby. It stems from the late 19th century public school system and relates to the phrase Association Football being shortened. There are numerous terms in English that are falsely regarded as Americanisms, 'Fall' for 'Autumn' being one of the most egregious.
Within my lifetime the term soccer was still commonly used in the UK. In any case, it’s a bit silly to get annoyed about Americans using it, since it was clearly adopted to differentiate from their own code which they are quite within their rights to refer to as football.
Throughout the the late sixties and seventies I would take a soccer ball to the park for a game of soccer (or footie). Always assumed the Americans called it football, to differentiate it from their girlie version of rugger with all that padding and protection aka American football.
Fall for Autumn IS an Americanism. As is faucet for tap. It doesn't matter, in my opinion at least, whether they originated here in Britain or not. The fact they are used in American English so much, and so little in British English that people assume they must have originated in America sort of makes its own point.
@@jamesrawlings5781 Fall first appeared in the English language in the 1500s before the English settlement of the Americas. It comes from Old English Feallan.
@@joshuarizalforeman816 Well it was the 1600s, I think, but yes, I know. Has been a common word in Am English for centuries, and fell out of common use here also centuries ago - hence my statement that it IS, in fact, an Americanism. As are faucet and zee, for the same reason.
On praise: a good chap does not need to be told that he’s a good chap, just as a true lady would blush crimson were she complimented to her face. It’s just not the done thing.
"It’s just not the done thing" It is - in CIVILISED communities. And ALL women like to be complimented - apart from butch little feminists (who, luckily, are rarely in danger of being complimented on their haircut or choice of dungarees) !
@@pogglefishii6807 "Would someone please show this “gentleman” the door." Being a gentleman, I'd be more than happy to open it for YOU (whatever your chosen gender) - and close it again once you've departed! If you have a POINT to make - then kindly MAKE it. Merely saying what _appears_ to be - in effect - "Sucks yaboo to you!" is neither entertaining nor informative. Surely you can do better ? Your move...........................
If they did a list for what annoys Londoners, you could guarantee that people standing on the left on the Tube escalators would be on there. Personally, I'd say when your train station has been closed, and you're just trying to get home from work. I used to commute into London Bridge. We had closures for security threats, part of the roof collapsing in bad weather, people stealing the power cables etc. There was then the option of either trying to make your way to another station that was actually open, which usually involved everyone crowding onto the already crowded Tube or alternatively spending an hour or two on the bus.
The ironic thing is that "Keep Calm and Carry On" was never used in wartime. The poster was designed, but in 1940 it was judged too patronising and it was shoved away and never used until someone found it decades later. Personally the thing that annoys me most is going to Wales, Scotland, the Lakes or the Peak District and getting stuck behind Dutch caravanners on narrow roads. Coming from a flat country they flock to our mountains, and are very welcome, but do they have to bring those caravans?
I've always assumed that Britain's bad food reputation was based on the, understandably, less than wonderful food choices during the second word war rationing. Not fair and not true. There are days here in the U.S. where the main choice for lunch seems to be which badly cooked fast food burger you want, and I long for stopping at a pub for whatever they have, because there's always several good choices.
Isn't it hilarious that, time and again, on Gordon Ramseys programs, the American restaurants idea of 'freshly cooked' means 'freshly' microwaved from frozen? Or is that just 'American English'?
Re praise: most of us find overt praise insincere. Praise given rarely, meaningfully and not over the top, is appreciated: a handshake from Paul Hollywood on Great British Bake Off is amazing praise indeed.
Terry Pratchett has a brilliant description in his book "Going Postal". A group of engineers create the first printing press to simultaneously print and perforate paper for stamps. I won't attempt to re-create his description here, as I'd never do it justice, but it is a really good explanation of the way Brits react to success
One thing that angers a lot of people in my home city is Americans hearing the name and saying oh so its named after Honest Abe. However those particular Americans do not realise that most of the Lincoln counties and Cities in the US are not named after Abe Lincoln but instead are the legacy of the Pilgrims with their last prayer vigils on UK soil being in Lincolnshire. It is also why there are more than a few Grimsbys in the US and Canada.
Amanda, I have always been a sports nut and am English. I lived in Canada for many years near the American border. I have now lived in Australia long term but still follow American sports. I am an avid fan of the Buffalo Bills. However, the thing that always gets me about American sports is that when a team wins the domestic competition in the USA, they call themselves "World Champions". In Baseball, they don't play the Cubans, Japanese or any other nation that has a strong baseball culture. In Gridiron, they don't even play the Canadians who also have a league? Granted, there is the Toronto Blue Jays in baseball and Toronto Raptors in basketball, but I believe you will get my drift. In the UK, in cricket, football, rugby league, rugby union, etc., they have to beat many other nations to become "World Champions".
THere's a great quote from (i think it was) John Cleese on an American chat show saying something along the lines of "the difference between the British and Americans is that when we have a world championship in sport we invite other countries."
Number one when some protester blocks your route home. Then in true British fashion they get dragged of the roof of a train or road. Never block a brit trying to go home. Maby on the way to work but never on the way home.
See now I don't really agree with you about this. I will admit that it's rarely a problem for me these days, but if people are protesting about something, then the vast majority of time those protesters have my support (the exception is usually right wing protests). Protesters are usually representing my point of view and I'm grateful to them for being the ones who actually give up their time to try to raise the profile of issues. When I was younger (25 years ago?) I would be one of the protesters. We are so restricted these days in ways we can protest, so all power to the people! 👍
@@lewis72Too right I'm a lefty! 😁 But it's my money too and I am quite happy paying out for the benefit of everyone in our society and in my country!😎🏴🇬🇧
Soccer was an everyday term in my childhood. I played soccer(football), I played rugger (rugby football)...... no problem! OK, I'm long in the tooth now but I'm surprised there is sensitivity about it.
Trying to think which Irish comic (maybe Tommy Tiernan) tackled the "small place" issue. American asks him, say "Do you know Paddy Murphy from Dublin" , he replies, "do you know there are around 5 million people in Ireland, spread over 33,000 square miles, and there are more than 50,000 Murphys spread out over that area!!" The American guy apologises and wanders off.. the comic continues.. "the worst thing is I DO know him!"
i still have my grand parents' food ration books going right from 1939 and a lot of stuff still rationed in 1955 :o so i bet the food here was pretty bland right throught the 50s and maybe longer as was still expensive after that for a long time from what they told me. I had a pint with Her majesty a few weeks back and she never got a round so im ghosting her! Great vids :)
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@@susanhughs1031 To the person who complained about getting things wrong - before you start criticising others, be sure you're not in error yourself. Unless you are German and start any noun with a capital letter, when you write in English, only the first letter in a sentence gets a capital letter, unless it's the name of something. Where the hell did the fashion of capitalising every other word come from? And your first "their" is also wrong. You surely didn't mean "belonging to them" but "they are" abbreviated to "they're"
@@susanhughs1031 I reckon 'Rule Britannia!' should be added to the list... not necessarily the song (couldn't give a toss about the song), but the term is cringe as f*** and very 'high-society'... not to mention, typical Brit's (ironically, especially the predominantly-not-high-society English) are not particularly fond of typically stereotypical behaviours, charactistics, views and whatnot denoting 'patriotism' 🤢
Hi Girl! Yup, many of your viewers have voiced it already, but just to reinforce it - 'Manners'! Or, rather the lack of them is usually enough to tip the most well-balanced Brit over the edge into maniacal rage and improves the vocabulary of all those in close proximity! Just ask the French! Love your channel!
Forgetting to use the word "Street" when asking for directions is a good one. I heard an American ask a bus driver "does this bus go to Oxford?" which it didn't, the bus driver was confused, the traveller was confused, I was amused. I stepped in and helped. The bus DID go to Oxford... Street.
Pity that person didn't come to my area and ask for directions to Pickhurst - as there's a Pickhurst Lane, Pickhurst Park, Pickhurst Rise, Pickhurst Mead and Pickhurst Gardens. Fortunately there's no actual place with that name as far as I know
Soccer was also used in South Africa. In the 1960s Bobby Charlton came out to South Africa with his soccer school, that school still teaches soccer in Britain to this day - Bobby Charltons Soccer School - Really started changing late 1980s!
Here's the thing about the "is that near London?" question: Brits and North Americans have vastly different definitions of "near". London to Edinburgh is the same distance as Los Angeles to San Francisco. That's a distance that most Americans don't think twice about driving in a day. Anything within an hour or so (say 100 miles) is definitely nearby.
100 miles in an hour on freeways limited to 65 mph or 55mph! Ye gads what type of trickery is this? Being one of the unfortunates trapped in the great slum 1 hour gets you 6-10 miles max.
I'm always reminded of that old adage "Americans think 200 years is a long time and Brits think 200 miles is a long way" :-) To be fair any 200-mile drive in the UK is pretty hellish because you've either got good roads but dense population or vice versa. It's not like you can just stick the cruise control on for 4 hours!
@@The1trueDave frankly I think you can change that number to 100. I saw something this week that said the median year a home was built was (I'm going to get this year wrong, but the spirit is in tact) something like 1980. That is half of all houses in the US were built after then.
Soccer is just an English abreviation of Association football- to distinguish it from Rugby league or Rugby Union. Admittedly there are some Brits so obsesses with association football that they recognise no other code, but the term won't annoy many. The US spellcheckers we get given do annoy. Recognise is English, recognize is not.
Lovin the videos. Now got my fella watching them with me. He does make fun of me and u as we both laugh the same and loves how we both snort when laughing he thinks it hilarious 😂😂 ❤️❤️
Soccer is a name that started in the English universities. Students had a habit of changing or shortening names of sports etc. Rugby Football became Rugger and Association Football became Assoccer originally and then shortened further to Soccer.
We do smalltalk, but it can only be about the weather. Nothing else. Section 5 of the Public Order Act makes it an arrestable offence if an American engages in inappropriate smalltalk which causes harassment, alarm or distress to a British person.
Cold Larger pretending to be Beer. Driving a fast car slowly. Calling Pavements Sidewalks. Playing Football with hands then calling it Soccer. Playing what looks like Rugby in Cotton Wool suits. A strange reliance on British Imperial measurements even after Independence. Living next door to Russia( Alaska) yet not teaching Russian. We wont even mention the Continent of India!
The 'Keep Calm and Carry On' business: in my experience, it's the youngsters who are annoyed with it. The older ones quite like it, but only because it irritates the youngsters. BTW, it was never used during the war, a clever sod found it and made a small fortune.
6:07 soccer is actually a British word. The thing that annoys us is what the Americans call football. I mean it being called football. Football is called that because it is a ball that is controlled by the foot. The clue is in the name.
I’m pretty laid back but the thing I’d add to the list is ‘not indicating when necessary’. Maybe can you do a road laws UK vs USA reaction video. Loving your videos 🙌
We moved to Canada when I was little but most relatives are still over there and I've found it's not hard to annoy British people. Sometimes it's just by putting the knife on the wrong side of the setting. As a Canadian (eh), I understand (eh) people thinking (eh) they know (eh) the way you speak (eh). WE DON'T SAY THAT! As for the Keep Calm posters...maybe they should stop flogging them to tourists then LOL. As for the 'is that near London?' I have advice for people who get tired of being asked that. When someone asks where in Canada I'm from - I say "You know where Toronto is? Yeah, I'm nowhere near that. You know where Vancouver is? Yeah, nowhere near that either."
I think the reason "soccer" annoys us is because what Americans call "football" isn't actually football because they pick the ball up and run with it, the clues in the name - FOOT-BALL
@@LADYRAEUK Soccer comes from a Bastardisation of 'Association Football'! Rugby is actually Rugby Football.......But there is only 1 Football and that is played predominantly..........with the Foot. Love the Vids :-)
As in 'suggr'. Football - the clue's in the name. Foot - ball. Hands are only used by the goalie, and for a throw-in, otherwise it's all in the skill of the feet.
Quite Ash. If we came up with a crap word for Baseball, the Yanks would be annoyed. Because we're British we respect the word Baseball when most of us would happily call it Rounders!
On the last one, I was suprised to meet so many Americans who flew thousands of miles a year, but didn't own a passport, never having left the land of the free.
The first time I saw a keep calm and carry on poster was 2001. It was a reproduction of an original government poster from WW2. Not quite as good as the one I had with battleships on that stated The British Navy Guards The Freedom Of Us All. :-)
It was never issued in WW2 because it was for when the country had been occupied. It was believed that they had all been destroyed but a small was discovered in Alnwick in the late 90s.
I was born in London, grew up in London and visited nearly of the great museums, landmarks, parks, open spaces, etc., etc. But, at the top end of the road where I grew up, there is now what is considered to be the oldest surviving house in modern London. OK, when it was built in about 1435, long before the Americas had been discovered by Christopher Columbus (1492), Walthamstow was just an outlying village some miles to the northeast of the City of London. As "London" expanded, Walthamstow became just a suburb of Greater London. It is this sort of history that makes all Brits so anchored to our ancestral homeland. You respect that love we have of our country, unfortunately though some don't immigrants don't, and it makes our blood boil! All the best, and keep making great videos.
Never heard a Brit say “Keep Calm And Carry On” is annoying. That one bewildered me. Doesn’t bother me when people think of Britain, London pops up first. Definitely compliments I struggle with. Especially if someone is over hyped with well dones. I curl up into a ball & almost put down the thing I achieved or did well. Soccer is our own fault for official changing the name in the 70s. But I’ve never heard a Brit ever call it that. I’d like to add skipping cues is a big no no. I almost get road rage 😡 Also middle/upper class informing the working class how they should act and think. Big NO!
I live in a small town in Essex just outside London, but anytime I go abroad anywhere and you start chatting with any of the locals. etc. and they ask where I am from in the UK, I just say London as it's so much easier. Same kind of thing really; people know it and it saves a lot of faffing about, confusion. explaining, etc.
I do this too (Basildon). I also use the American dialect to get around the problem of hem listening to HOW I say something, rather than WHAT I'm saying. I remember on one occasion I was talking to an American for about 5 minutes before he noticed I was doing it.
When I was in Cyprus years ago a lot of people who I spoke to referred to England as Londres (London) As in " My brother lives in Londres" "Does he?" "Yes, Birmingham"
Brits being annoyed by the word soccer is dumb, it’s originally a British word for Football or more accurately Association Football, assoc, soccer. The story goes that at a Oxford (I think) college one student saw another carrying some sports footwear and asked if he was going to play “Rugger” (Rugby) to which the other student replied “no I’m off to play Soccer”.
There's not a lot of logic to your reply. Even if the word soccer was originally used, for decades before the US got seriously interested, worldwide the game was called football. Just because American football was already dominant in the US, it is completely off to rename football as soccer. It smacks of arrogance. Another choice incorporating the word football should have been made - off the top of my head something like Association Football or even International Football. The truth is though these days serious football supporters in the US call the game football! 😜
I was born in the east end of London, so I'm a full-on cockney. Even I don't have the accent. The best place to hear it is in a TV programme called, suprisingly, 'Eastenders'. Warm beer - where on earth did this irritating myth start? OK, real ale from a pump isn't numbingly cold, but it's not warm, nor is it flat. One of my New York colleagues tasted it while he was over here and he was surprised that it was cold and had a natural fizz. What he wasn't prepared for was the first pint disappeared very fast, and the second soon after, followed by the fact that his legs had stopped working. For the record the ale was Fuller's ESB - about 5.5% ABV I think.
that's just the ignorant Brits....I'm French, been living in the uk for 25 years, and yes I get the odd same old tired cliche from time to time, but overall people are pretty decent
@@dibdab101 I'm sure your aware living in the UK that it's just an ongoing joke that's been going for 100s of years. In reality the Brits quite like the French. (We don't like your fisherman anymore though) I'm sure the French have alot of long running things about us rosbifs as well ;-)
@@Chris-Customz yes I do know, and I do take it as such (25 years make you thick.skinned and I do enjoy the banter) Some people however are a bit more xenopobic behinid what is presented as banter, but I guess there are morons in this word, they being brits , french or otherwise.... as for fishermen...well, i'm not even gonna go there.
I've never heard of the keep calm slogan annoying anyone but the soccer word annoys me lol the clues in the name.. Great video again Amanda ill check the new channel out
I don't think there's really a problem with trying to do accents, I think it's just that people always go for the posh accent, but even so I don't have a problem with it! Most of this list I disagree with, except for the modesty part, modesty is one of the many things I'm exceptionally good at, there's not many people as modest as me!
Hate receiving high praise for doing a job. A "nice one" or "Cheers, fella" is more than enough. Going over the top and giving it the big claps is just awkward.
Many years ago a friend and I were on a skiing holiday in Innsbruck. Every day we had to catch a bus up to the slopes and one morning we had a lazy start and decided to catch the later one. We got on the bus and, being stereotypically English, said "Good morning" to a coach full of Americans who then, stereotypically, spent the next half an hour sharing their favourite phrases from The Sweeney in Cockney accents that made Dick Van Dyke sound like he was born under Bow Bells.
The Keep Calm and Carry On poster was not actually issued during WWII, it was discovered in a Ministry of Information archive when it was published after a 50 year classified restriction was lifted. More common were the ones referring to loose talk such as Loose Lips Sinks Ships and Be Like Dad and Keep Mum.
@@DTAGAFFA Totally agree - what they call football in the USA, we call Rugby (minus the protective gear) and what we call football, they call soccer. Also what they call baseball, we call rounders. I think one of the only ball games that originates in the USA is basket ball. Apparently it took them some time to realise it would be a good idea to cut a hole in the basket so the ball can fall through. Prior to that, when someone scored a basket, they had to get a ladder to get the ball back.
For some of us who live in the Scottish Highlands, not being near London (in all aspects of that term) is one of the things we most enjoy in life. When I had to travel abroad on business, my itinerary always started Edinburgh, Schiphol....
People who stop walking suddenly in the street or decide the middle of the pavement is the best place to have a natter with a friend/neighbour they meet. No Get out of the bloody way.
A few years ago i was waiting for the works bus to arrive and all the foreigners tried to get on at the same time a mass crush in the doors most entertaining luckily no one got hurt , at time like these the importance queue can not be understated :)
Hi Amanda! Happy Friday to you! As a sports fan and mostly 'football' fan I'll give my take on the soccer analogy and why us Brits hate it being called soccer. So first things first. Football as it correctly is called, or association football as some call it, was officially invented in 1872 when England played it's first international with Scotland and in 1888 when the first professional leagues were formed, but also played in England in some form or other (before becoming a refined game between 11 players) as far back as the 12th century in the early 1100s (there were unverified reports of earlier forms of the game even before then) before being taken up by public schools after the split with rugby football (rugger or rugby) in the early 1800s leading up to professional formation as mentioned. American football wasn't even formed professionally until the 1920s. After these two sports spread across the Atlantic, Americans invented their own variant of the game that they simply called "football" in the early 1900s. "Association football" became "soccer" in America, and what was called "gridiron" in Britain became simply "football" in America. From the 1980s onwards, British people stopped saying "soccer" because of its American connotations. But the deeper roots for it actually lie in the fact that as far as we're concerned football is the game that we played and invented and we refuse to call it soccer because of the Americans since it was football here in some form before the US had even become a country. That's why it grates with so many Brits lol. So that's my take on it! Have a good weekend Amanda! :)
Keep in mind that this is mostly how English people would react. Scottish people say it like it is, sometimes with a twinkle in the eye. We also intervene and help people and speak to strangers at the bus stop.
over heard a woman on bus (as did everyone) make a purchase gave her name address contact details and credit card number, as she was talking before purchase i realised what she was going to do wrote down her info when she hung up i turned to her showed the info and said "if you see a payment for £5000 to purchase a live elephant from ebay, you will know it is me" rest of bus laughed
Being an old soldier the thing that really annoys me is calling the Union Flag the “Union Jack”, it is only named Union Jack when it is on a warship at sea. It is also annoying when people put the Union Flag upside down.
We are still the only nation to have used a nuclear submarine in anger. HMS Conquerer put 2 torpedoes into the general Belgrano then softly and silently vanished away. In true naval tradition nobody celebrated loss of life because the sea is always the greater enemy. She returned to Faslane flying the Jolly Roger.
Historically it was the Union Flag on land, but now it has been formally recognised as the Union Jack where ever it is flown. Churchill even called the flag the Union Jack during WWII.
Historically it was called the “Union”. But when it was flown on a warship on the Jackstaff, it was named the “Union Jack.” at that time, it was renamed the “Union Flag” to signify that it was flown on land. You will never find anyone in the military calling it the wrong name. No law has been passed officially making the union jack the national flag. The admiralty described the “Union Flag” should only be called “A Jack” or ”Union Jack” when flown from the Jackstaff.
@@LADYRAEUK I inherited my birth right of hating the French from my Father. I imagine it's more that we love to hate each other! Plus with recent events it's not going away. Maybe it's just tradition.
@@LADYRAEUK the main real reason I’ve heard is because when most people go to France, they go to Paris and most French people will tell you how rude Parisians can be. It’s kinda like judging England by a stop-over in London. That and 1066 of course. Mostly 1066.
Hi I am English but I use the word soccer. At my school, soccer was a game played by the boys at lunchtime, during sports we played Rugby (Union) which our games teachers let us know, was correctly called "Rugby Football" and was played with a (Rugby) football. We tended to use the terms "Rugger" and "Soccer" to differentiate. After all the game we know as football os properly called "Association Football" I have also been watching American football since superbowl 5 in 1971 so am aware there are other games called football. When I use the term soccer I usually get told we are not american :-) Love your channel.
The TV licence fee is a big UK annoyance now - in recent years, BBC channels have had their funding cut and are now significantly worse than streaming services. I watch very little on BBC channels now and yet am forced to pay an annual fee to watch (or much more likely, not watch) increasingly poor content.
When my nephew was about 3 years old, I kind of guessed that my brother had read one of those self help books (probably American) on how to raise your child. So whenever the lad did even the slightest thing right or well, my Brother made it sound as if my nephew had won an olympic gold medal and been awarded a Nobel prize on the same day. Now my view is that you will get more out of a child with simple variations of the word "Good". So then, "good", "yes-good" "very good" etc. So let's hear it for honest, understated but deserved praise; the British way.
Two things: 1) My two biggest pet peeves are when you open a door for someone to let them through and they just walk on through without saying thank you. I always shout "YOUR WELCOME". The other is when you have right of way in the car but you let someone into a road or out of one and they don't wave or acknowledge you....ARGH!!!! 2) As mentioned in this video, I was working in Savannah GA and every time I opened my mouth an American would say "Oh my god, I love your accent, are you Australian?" ARGH!!!!! One guy even asked if I knew who the Beatles were when I told him I'm from near Liverpool. I sarcastically replied "No mate, never heard of them". 😂 Keep up the good work Amanda.
If you check the Highway Code you will find that there is no such thing as Right of Way - just that some roads at junctions are required to Give Way. However, I agree that it is bloody rude when you let someone in to save them waiting and they fail to acknowledge you.
A bit pedantic Mark, but I'll give you that. So Amanda, I hate it when you GIVE WAY to someone who technically is advised by the Highway Code to give way to you and they don't bloody acknowledge you for doing so. Is that better Mark? 🙄
@@carldarbyshire4 😁 sorry! Pedantic as charged 🙃. But you never know, someone reading this post who thinks they have R.O.W. might learn something and drive with more consideration for other road users.
@Mark Thirkell I think we're getting off the beaten track here about more consideration etc. My whole point was about being considerate to other road users (but them not acknowledging it). For example, if I'm driving along and there's a row of parked cars on my side of the road as I approach, but another car is coming along on the opposite side as we reach the line of cars, I'd be stupid to just pull out and force that person to slam on the brakes (that is what inconsideration is) but if the other person slows to let me come through, well I'm going to acknowledge them with a wave and it would be rude if I didn't. The consideration and acknowledgement goes both ways and I think you're thinking people are stupid if they didn't know what i meant by RIGHT OF WAY. Oh, the way, yes people may be educated now, but in a negative way. Next time I may just pull out and force someone to slam on then when they say they have right of way, I'll just quote the Highway code.
Small talk, and people who talk drivel.... they make me do my best Kif impression from Futurama..... but, you know, internally because I'm British :-) Also, I live in Cornwall.... genuinely had a Texan friend go "Oh we're coming to the UK and staying in London, you should come out for a drink!"......... 4hr train ride one-way for a sesh..... I'm mental but not THAT mental
@@LADYRAEUK Ha! that first 2 hours is barely getting out of Cornwall and Devon..... only then does it hit any kind of higher speed network.... so 4hrs feels like a hell of a lot longer I can assure you
Though I currently live in London (well Croydon ) I'm actually born and raised in Yorkshire. Some Americans might have heard of Yorkshire? In fact you just mentioned Yorkshire Puddings.
The British seemed to have forgotten that they invented the word ''soccer''. Then recently they decided to drop it, but they didn't tell the rest of the world. Which is why the US, Canada, Australia & New Zealand still call it soccer, unless you work in TV.
Indeed , food is quite international these days what with chinese sweet n sour chicken and egg fried rice. Or you can go for a ruby murry and have chicken vindaloo and a pint of Cobra lager . Donar kebab and chips after a few pints late at night goes down well . Be carefull with the chilli sauce
I’m originally from BOSTON🏴 saying Boston ( in the USA 🇺🇸) without the last bit Isn’t right as it’s Boston Massachusetts I thank you. 👍🏻. Great videos Amanda 💪🏻
Not saying please and thank you gets to me. I was at a family meal in Tuscon and all I heard was things like “gimme that” and “pass the salt” without a hint of either please or thank you but it’s simply not seen as bad manners there and everyone’s different
The soccer / football thing is a hangover from class distinctions. The working class called soccer football. but the middle and upper class called ruby football and soccer soccer.
You need to watch Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004) some of the accents, and its a whos who of comics... And Mike Myers' Austin Powers is the definitive British Gentleman Spy... got to love the accents.
Thanks Amanda. I think you are getting a nice little English twang to your accent, it's nice. I live about 50 miles from London & have been there about 10 times in my life (I'm 49). I avoid the place because I don't like paying to take the car there. You may find that the further North you go, the more friendly people are. The one thing that really annoys me is the Driving standards, they awful. All the best........
Two things: i) David Tomlinson (Mr Banks in the movie) tells a story about working on Mary Poppins. Dick Van Dyke was heavily into his alcoholic period at the time and was knocking back two bottles of vodka a day. Van Dyke wasn't in the best state for work the day before filming and Tomlinson went out to find him and discovered him blind drunk under the bridge at Charing Cross in London. Van Dyke hadn't done any work at trying to learn the Cockney accent so Tomlinson tried to get him sober and teach him the Cockney accent at the same time. Hence, Dick Van Dyke's accent - Tomlinson had no idea how Cockneys talked, either. When interviewed, Van Dyke has always pretty much agreed with that story, so I don't think it was an urban legend. ii) You need to put up a direct link to the ASMR channel because I can't find it! Apart from that last point, great vid 😃.
"Keep Calm & Carry On" was shelved & not used during the "WAR",so when it was found in mid-2000s & stuck on every available product it was very much annoying,& still is!!!!
I wouldn't say it annoys me, but I've had Americans say 'yol there over the pond' also had Americans think the whole of the UK nations as England, when there are 4 countries within the UK. Also think we all speak the Queens English here, but like America we all have regional English accents, and even speak the Welsh language in Wales.
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We were playing golf in Texas...An American chap in front of us hit a very good shot - his friends said things like "Way to go Brad" "Wooo yeah" "high five Brad" etc. One of us Brits played a good shot and the immediate reaction from his friends was "You jammy tw*t". I think that's a key difference.
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Letting someone out at a junction while driving and they don't give you a nice little wave to say thanks. Great video 👍
Very true!
I usually scream a very sarcastic "YOU'RE WELCOME!" at them as they pass.
That's so funny 😌 we do the wave too but probably not on our top ten list .
Not getting a “thank you wave” for the “thank you wave” is almost as bad 😂
How dare they!!!
Quickest way to make me blow a fuse 😂
Love the vids Amanda, the thing I hate most in the UK is holding a door open for someone only for them to walk past you like you didn’t exist without saying “thank you”. So arrogance or people with zero manners always get a response from me 😝👊🏽
I completely agree so I always end up saying you’re welcome really sarcastically 🤣🤣
Oh yes, it's awful. Such an entitled attitude.
@@LADYRAEUK It’s not just me then? Haha. I watch all your videos Amanda. The Jimmy Carr vid had me in stitches with your reaction 🤣🤣
The problem with holding the door open is when 100 people go through and no one takes over
the same can be for if you're in a car and stop at a crossing for someone and they don't put their hand up to say thank you
Claiming Cheddar cheese 🧀 as being American not realising Cheddar is a small town in Somerset. Also the American version of football where the players dressing up like a health and safety meeting, like the video you did recently about rugby
Thanks very much 😊
yeh mate same here local store had wensleydale cheese product not from hawes said has to.have their seal of the creamery in hawes guy was like all we have is this cheese not from hawes not good and cheddar has to come from somerset lady here says mate from.readiing also has to come from.cheddar gorge for flavor like hawes if not seal from creamery not as good we brought back rounds as much as customs would allow us
I like American Football but it's still inferior to footy and rugby.
US spelling/grammar used to be one of my top peeves. However, after moving to Finland over ten years ago, I have found myself frequently doing various English proofreading services and I have mellowed. English is taught as a second language in Finnish schools from an early age and both US and UK spelling is accepted as long as it's consistent (i.e. pick one and stick to it). As such, as long as the same piece of text uses only US throughout, it's fine (or only UK). Additionally, research revealed that some US spellings are actually the original, e.g. 'farther' as opposed to 'further'. British English was influenced a lot by French in the 18th century, and these changes often didn't make it across the Atlantic. However, some spellings like 'theatre' were changed to 'theater' by US newspapers in the first half of the 20th century.
Ty also American English distinguishes fairly consistently if the root is French or of Greek orgin in spelling .People so easily triggered by words
@@Westpark16 That's true, spell whisky with an 'e' especially if you're referring to Scotch and I'll go ballistic.
@@vinnyganzano1930 But honestly the true spelling is Whiskey. Whiskey is an Irish invention, NOT Scottish. The very first Whiskey mash and how to make it are from Ireland, exactly like the Scotts, that is why they copied the idea on crossing the Irish sea.
I hate it when yanks say math instead of maths. Calling a handbag a purse.
As I was saying to the Queen the other day, when she popped round to my little castle, there is a tendency amongst some of our overseas cousins to believe that the UK is a rather small place where everyone knows everyone else and we all live in old and grand stately homes. Her Majesty agreed with me and mentioned how when watching the *football* at our local pub how she hates how some people don't buy their rounds, they are almost as bad as those queue-jumpers that need stringing up.
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I once tried to chat up an American girl, telling her I lived next door to Prince Charles. Highgrove is near Tetbury, which is nearly 10 miles away from where I lived at the time. Thought I was on safe ground because to your average American, 10 miles is 'next door'. Unfortunately I got overconfident, said we could give him a knock, and if he was still up, put some records on. Even she wasn't that naive, and I was doing so well.
@@FloatingAnarchy61 I feel sorry for Prince Charles. His only purpose in life is waiting for his mother to die. At his age most people would have retired but his career has yet to start.
@@mikecollins8936 I know. That's been his role since he was born, as you say, waiting for his mum to die. Some have suggested he'll step aside for William, but Charlie wants it so bad. One of his official titles shoud be His Royal Spare Prick At A Wedding, still at least he's got his plants to talk to. If her mum's anything to go by Charlie's got a while yet. Apparently the corgies were quite relieved when the Queen Mum died. It mean't they stopped getting the blame for pissing on the sofa😄
@@LADYRAEUK Note: Her Majesty chances upon escaping for little trips when her people aren't looking!
Well done Amanda,...my tuppence worth is that a lot of people outside the British Isles mistake gentleness for weakness...the two are not the same..we get up to speed eventually on most things, and even invent things...I have to say as an Irishman I have been blessed with the the number of people I have met who don,t hate..I include the FAB 4 in this...E
Soccer (Association Football) is an annoying term because the game is, and always has been, called Football, where the ball is played using, primarily the feet and never the hand, and also pre-dates the game Americans call Football. Ironically, the latter game is played primarily using the hands. Hope that helps.
Possibly so; but it IS a British term.
As a Northerner (Lancashire) being able to freak Londoners out by just saying "hello" on the tube, bus or in a bar! ... not annoying, just great fun ! 😂😆
The horror, the horror!
I do that too as a Scot they are like what language are you speaking 😅😅
@@kizy55 😂 excellent 😂
Too right. In the S East you walk up to the bus stop check out the time table and say hello or even just acknowledge the person already there and they think you want money, sex or heaven forbid, both. Or you are just plain weird.
If you do the same in Leeds people assume you are snooty and antisocial. Or just `off`.
Whenever I've been asked, if I live near London, I just nod my head in agreement and say "Why aye man"
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I say ye lad
The word "soccer" is actually an English coinage, as is 'rugger' for rugby. It stems from the late 19th century public school system and relates to the phrase Association Football being shortened. There are numerous terms in English that are falsely regarded as Americanisms, 'Fall' for 'Autumn' being one of the most egregious.
Within my lifetime the term soccer was still commonly used in the UK. In any case, it’s a bit silly to get annoyed about Americans using it, since it was clearly adopted to differentiate from their own code which they are quite within their rights to refer to as football.
Throughout the the late sixties and seventies I would take a soccer ball to the park for a game of soccer (or footie). Always assumed the Americans called it football, to differentiate it from their girlie version of rugger with all that padding and protection aka American football.
Fall for Autumn IS an Americanism. As is faucet for tap. It doesn't matter, in my opinion at least, whether they originated here in Britain or not. The fact they are used in American English so much, and so little in British English that people assume they must have originated in America sort of makes its own point.
@@jamesrawlings5781 Fall first appeared in the English language in the 1500s before the English settlement of the Americas. It comes from Old English Feallan.
@@joshuarizalforeman816 Well it was the 1600s, I think, but yes, I know.
Has been a common word in Am English for centuries, and fell out of common use here also centuries ago - hence my statement that it IS, in fact, an Americanism. As are faucet and zee, for the same reason.
On praise: a good chap does not need to be told that he’s a good chap, just as a true lady would blush crimson were she complimented to her face. It’s just not the done thing.
Spot on, old chap
I would praise the insightfulness of this comment, but I fear it might offend. Just know that I'm thinking of you fondly, there's a good chap.
"It’s just not the done thing"
It is - in CIVILISED communities. And ALL women like to be complimented - apart from butch little feminists (who, luckily, are rarely in danger of being complimented on their haircut or choice of dungarees) !
@@marvinc9994 Oh dear. Would someone please show this “gentleman” the door.
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"Would someone please show this “gentleman” the door."
Being a gentleman, I'd be more than happy to open it for YOU (whatever your chosen gender) - and close it again once you've departed! If you have a POINT to make - then kindly MAKE it. Merely saying what _appears_ to be - in effect - "Sucks yaboo to you!" is neither entertaining nor informative. Surely you can do better ?
Your move...........................
If they did a list for what annoys Londoners, you could guarantee that people standing on the left on the Tube escalators would be on there.
Personally, I'd say when your train station has been closed, and you're just trying to get home from work. I used to commute into London Bridge. We had closures for security threats, part of the roof collapsing in bad weather, people stealing the power cables etc. There was then the option of either trying to make your way to another station that was actually open, which usually involved everyone crowding onto the already crowded Tube or alternatively spending an hour or two on the bus.
The ironic thing is that "Keep Calm and Carry On" was never used in wartime. The poster was designed, but in 1940 it was judged too patronising and it was shoved away and never used until someone found it decades later. Personally the thing that annoys me most is going to Wales, Scotland, the Lakes or the Peak District and getting stuck behind Dutch caravanners on narrow roads. Coming from a flat country they flock to our mountains, and are very welcome, but do they have to bring those caravans?
I've always assumed that Britain's bad food reputation was based on the, understandably, less than wonderful food choices during the second word war rationing. Not fair and not true. There are days here in the U.S. where the main choice for lunch seems to be which badly cooked fast food burger you want, and I long for stopping at a pub for whatever they have, because there's always several good choices.
Just like the American love for Mac & Cheese comes from the 1930's depression. A box of Kraft mac 'n cheese could feed a family of 4 for a dollar.
I mean there are a lot of great chefs that come from Britain like Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver etc so I don't know where that came from tbh
Isn't it hilarious that, time and again, on Gordon Ramseys programs, the American restaurants idea of 'freshly cooked' means 'freshly' microwaved from frozen? Or is that just 'American English'?
Re praise: most of us find overt praise insincere. Praise given rarely, meaningfully and not over the top, is appreciated: a handshake from Paul Hollywood on Great British Bake Off is amazing praise indeed.
It's the same as the Yorkshire "that'll do'
Hallelujah
Terry Pratchett has a brilliant description in his book "Going Postal". A group of engineers create the first printing press to simultaneously print and perforate paper for stamps. I won't attempt to re-create his description here, as I'd never do it justice, but it is a really good explanation of the way Brits react to success
One thing that angers a lot of people in my home city is Americans hearing the name and saying oh so its named after Honest Abe. However those particular Americans do not realise that most of the Lincoln counties and Cities in the US are not named after Abe Lincoln but instead are the legacy of the Pilgrims with their last prayer vigils on UK soil being in Lincolnshire. It is also why there are more than a few Grimsbys in the US and Canada.
In the 70s in the UK it was quite common to say soccer. There was a Midlands based football show called Star Soccer.
Amanda, I have always been a sports nut and am English. I lived in Canada for many years near the American border. I have now lived in Australia long term but still follow American sports. I am an avid fan of the Buffalo Bills. However, the thing that always gets me about American sports is that when a team wins the domestic competition in the USA, they call themselves "World Champions". In Baseball, they don't play the Cubans, Japanese or any other nation that has a strong baseball culture. In Gridiron, they don't even play the Canadians who also have a league? Granted, there is the Toronto Blue Jays in baseball and Toronto Raptors in basketball, but I believe you will get my drift. In the UK, in cricket, football, rugby league, rugby union, etc., they have to beat many other nations to become "World Champions".
The World was a newspaper that used to sponsor US sporting events, hence 'The World Series' for example.
THere's a great quote from (i think it was) John Cleese on an American chat show saying something along the lines of "the difference between the British and Americans is that when we have a world championship in sport we invite other countries."
@@afpwebworks Thanks MIke. I had not heard that before but so apt. Thank you!
Number one when some protester blocks your route home. Then in true British fashion they get dragged of the roof of a train or road. Never block a brit trying to go home. Maby on the way to work but never on the way home.
Never get between a Brit and a hot brew at home.
See now I don't really agree with you about this. I will admit that it's rarely a problem for me these days, but if people are protesting about something, then the vast majority of time those protesters have my support (the exception is usually right wing protests). Protesters are usually representing my point of view and I'm grateful to them for being the ones who actually give up their time to try to raise the profile of issues. When I was younger (25 years ago?) I would be one of the protesters. We are so restricted these days in ways we can protest, so all power to the people! 👍
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So you're a Lefty then; love spending other people's money.
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@@lewis72Too right I'm a lefty! 😁 But it's my money too and I am quite happy paying out for the benefit of everyone in our society and in my country!😎🏴🇬🇧
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Of course you're 14. That's why you're a Lefty.
You'll grow out of it.
Soccer was an everyday term in my childhood. I played soccer(football), I played rugger (rugby football)...... no problem! OK, I'm long in the tooth now but I'm surprised there is sensitivity about it.
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Trying to think which Irish comic (maybe Tommy Tiernan) tackled the "small place" issue. American asks him, say "Do you know Paddy Murphy from Dublin" , he replies, "do you know there are around 5 million people in Ireland, spread over 33,000 square miles, and there are more than 50,000 Murphys spread out over that area!!" The American guy apologises and wanders off.. the comic continues.. "the worst thing is I DO know him!"
i still have my grand parents' food ration books going right from 1939 and a lot of stuff still rationed in 1955 :o so i bet the food here was pretty bland right throught the 50s and maybe longer as was still expensive after that for a long time from what they told me. I had a pint with Her majesty a few weeks back and she never got a round so im ghosting her! Great vids :)
lol 😂 thank you
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@@susanhughs1031 To the person who complained about getting things wrong - before you start criticising others, be sure you're not in error yourself. Unless you are German and start any noun with a capital letter, when you write in English, only the first letter in a sentence gets a capital letter, unless it's the name of something. Where the hell did the fashion of capitalising every other word come from? And your first "their" is also wrong. You surely didn't mean "belonging to them" but "they are" abbreviated to "they're"
@@susanhughs1031 I reckon 'Rule Britannia!' should be added to the list... not necessarily the song (couldn't give a toss about the song), but the term is cringe as f*** and very 'high-society'... not to mention, typical Brit's (ironically, especially the predominantly-not-high-society English) are not particularly fond of typically stereotypical behaviours, charactistics, views and whatnot denoting 'patriotism' 🤢
Everybody was skinny during the war!
Hi Girl! Yup, many of your viewers have voiced it already, but just to reinforce it - 'Manners'! Or, rather the lack of them is usually enough to tip the most well-balanced Brit over the edge into maniacal rage and improves the vocabulary of all those in close proximity! Just ask the French! Love your channel!
Thank you 😊
Sacre bleu...
@@eamonnclabby7067 'Hi Girl'? Is that an appropriate greeting for someone you've never met or spoken to?
Forgetting to use the word "Street" when asking for directions is a good one.
I heard an American ask a bus driver "does this bus go to Oxford?" which it didn't, the bus driver was confused, the traveller was confused, I was amused. I stepped in and helped. The bus DID go to Oxford... Street.
Ok that one amused me too.
lol that would definitely be confusing
"It's got India on the tyres but I ain't going their either."
Old joke.
Pity that person didn't come to my area and ask for directions to Pickhurst - as there's a Pickhurst Lane, Pickhurst Park, Pickhurst Rise, Pickhurst Mead and Pickhurst Gardens. Fortunately there's no actual place with that name as far as I know
Soccer was also used in South Africa. In the 1960s Bobby Charlton came out to South Africa with his soccer school, that school still teaches soccer in Britain to this day - Bobby Charltons Soccer School - Really started changing late 1980s!
Here's the thing about the "is that near London?" question: Brits and North Americans have vastly different definitions of "near". London to Edinburgh is the same distance as Los Angeles to San Francisco. That's a distance that most Americans don't think twice about driving in a day. Anything within an hour or so (say 100 miles) is definitely nearby.
that's a great point :)
100 miles in an hour on freeways limited to 65 mph or 55mph! Ye gads what type of trickery is this?
Being one of the unfortunates trapped in the great slum 1 hour gets you 6-10 miles max.
I'm always reminded of that old adage "Americans think 200 years is a long time and Brits think 200 miles is a long way" :-)
To be fair any 200-mile drive in the UK is pretty hellish because you've either got good roads but dense population or vice versa. It's not like you can just stick the cruise control on for 4 hours!
@@The1trueDave frankly I think you can change that number to 100. I saw something this week that said the median year a home was built was (I'm going to get this year wrong, but the spirit is in tact) something like 1980. That is half of all houses in the US were built after then.
@@robgraham9234 I was fudging/rounding. And I some places speed limits are higher than that. And nobody does the limit.
Soccer is just an English abreviation of Association football- to distinguish it from Rugby league or Rugby Union. Admittedly there are some Brits so obsesses with association football that they recognise no other code, but the term won't annoy many.
The US spellcheckers we get given do annoy. Recognise is English, recognize is not.
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Lovin the videos. Now got my fella watching them with me. He does make fun of me and u as we both laugh the same and loves how we both snort when laughing he thinks it hilarious 😂😂 ❤️❤️
hahaah I love that! 😂😂
Soccer is a name that started in the English universities. Students had a habit of changing or shortening names of sports etc. Rugby Football became Rugger and Association Football became Assoccer originally and then shortened further to Soccer.
We do smalltalk, but it can only be about the weather. Nothing else. Section 5 of the Public Order Act makes it an arrestable offence if an American engages in inappropriate smalltalk which causes harassment, alarm or distress to a British person.
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Cold Larger pretending to be Beer. Driving a fast car slowly. Calling Pavements Sidewalks. Playing Football with hands then calling it Soccer. Playing what looks like Rugby in Cotton Wool suits. A strange reliance on British Imperial measurements even after Independence. Living next door to Russia( Alaska) yet not teaching Russian. We wont even mention the Continent of India!
The 'Keep Calm and Carry On' business: in my experience, it's the youngsters who are annoyed with it. The older ones quite like it, but only because it irritates the youngsters. BTW, it was never used during the war, a clever sod found it and made a small fortune.
I read somewhere that the posters were printed just in case there was a large influx of German tourists in the middle of the last century.
6:07 soccer is actually a British word.
The thing that annoys us is what the Americans call football. I mean it being called football. Football is called that because it is a ball that is controlled by the foot. The clue is in the name.
I’m pretty laid back but the thing I’d add to the list is ‘not indicating when necessary’. Maybe can you do a road laws UK vs USA reaction video. Loving your videos 🙌
Great idea!
We moved to Canada when I was little but most relatives are still over there and I've found it's not hard to annoy British people. Sometimes it's just by putting the knife on the wrong side of the setting. As a Canadian (eh), I understand (eh) people thinking (eh) they know (eh) the way you speak (eh). WE DON'T SAY THAT! As for the Keep Calm posters...maybe they should stop flogging them to tourists then LOL. As for the 'is that near London?' I have advice for people who get tired of being asked that. When someone asks where in Canada I'm from - I say "You know where Toronto is? Yeah, I'm nowhere near that. You know where Vancouver is? Yeah, nowhere near that either."
I think the reason "soccer" annoys us is because what Americans call "football" isn't actually football because they pick the ball up and run with it, the clues in the name - FOOT-BALL
Haha that’s fair enough 🤣😊
@@LADYRAEUK Soccer comes from a Bastardisation of 'Association Football'! Rugby is actually Rugby Football.......But there is only 1 Football and that is played predominantly..........with the Foot. Love the Vids :-)
foot as in length not as anatomy :D
@Dave Yes, it's called rugby! 😁
@@LADYRAEUK To mildly annoy American friends, I call their game Hand-Egg.
All Americans should be asked to say Aluminum correctly at customs and if they fail should be sent directly home 😂🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣🙏❤️
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@@LADYRAEUK And/or Monty Python 😂🤣😂🤣 (only banter we love you guys and gals really) 🙏
1, Because it is football
2, The way Americans pronounce "soccer"
Lol fair enough
As in 'suggr'. Football - the clue's in the name. Foot - ball. Hands are only used by the goalie, and for a throw-in, otherwise it's all in the skill of the feet.
Quite Ash. If we came up with a crap word for Baseball, the Yanks would be annoyed. Because we're British we respect the word Baseball when most of us would happily call it Rounders!
On the last one, I was suprised to meet so many Americans who flew thousands of miles a year, but didn't own a passport, never having left the land of the free.
The first time I saw a keep calm and carry on poster was 2001. It was a reproduction of an original government poster from WW2. Not quite as good as the one I had with battleships on that stated The British Navy Guards The Freedom Of Us All. :-)
It was never issued in WW2 because it was for when the country had been occupied. It was believed that they had all been destroyed but a small was discovered in Alnwick in the late 90s.
I was born in London, grew up in London and visited nearly of the great museums, landmarks, parks, open spaces, etc., etc. But, at the top end of the road where I grew up, there is now what is considered to be the oldest surviving house in modern London. OK, when it was built in about 1435, long before the Americas had been discovered by Christopher Columbus (1492), Walthamstow was just an outlying village some miles to the northeast of the City of London. As "London" expanded, Walthamstow became just a suburb of Greater London. It is this sort of history that makes all Brits so anchored to our ancestral homeland. You respect that love we have of our country, unfortunately though some don't immigrants don't, and it makes our blood boil! All the best, and keep making great videos.
I was born in Basildon Essex, and grew up in Stanford-Le-Hope Essex.
Never heard a Brit say “Keep Calm And Carry On” is annoying. That one bewildered me.
Doesn’t bother me when people think of Britain, London pops up first.
Definitely compliments I struggle with. Especially if someone is over hyped with well dones. I curl up into a ball & almost put down the thing I achieved or did well.
Soccer is our own fault for official changing the name in the 70s. But I’ve never heard a Brit ever call it that.
I’d like to add skipping cues is a big no no. I almost get road rage 😡
Also middle/upper class informing the working class how they should act and think. Big NO!
The term ‘Soccer’ was frequently used, back in the day. It was NO big deal.
@@MrPercy112 eh?!
No it wasn’t.
I went to football from the mid 60’s onwards and never heard anyone call it soccer.
It’s ALWAYS been football.
@@TheCornishCockney No, originally it was called Soccer Football to differentiate it from Rugby Football.
Keep Calm and Carry on was done to death a long time ago, and did get annoying. Don't know about top 10, mind.
@@Thurgosh_OG Yeah Soccer became the official term for the middle classes. It didn't catch on lol
I live in a small town in Essex just outside London, but anytime I go abroad anywhere and you start chatting with any of the locals. etc. and they ask where I am from in the UK, I just say London as it's so much easier. Same kind of thing really; people know it and it saves a lot of faffing about, confusion. explaining, etc.
I do this too (Basildon). I also use the American dialect to get around the problem of hem listening to HOW I say something, rather than WHAT I'm saying.
I remember on one occasion I was talking to an American for about 5 minutes before he noticed I was doing it.
Regarding 'rounds' in pubs, I'd rather not get involved in that anyway - either receiving or buying. Bah, humbug!
Totally agree with you. Let everyone drink at their own pace.
Bet you go down well at Christmas.
i love your channel its so funny your vids are great and i look forward to more of them in the future and i love the you laugh its brilliant ,:)
thank you so much, I really appreciate it :)
Some Americans can be very loud and overly proud and patriotic when visiting the UK. Especially the ones who wear golfing trousers hehe
And a lot of British can be the same also.
Wow couldn't think of a better voice for ASMR. Subbed. All the best!
Thank you 😊
If someone orders an expensive drink when it’s your round, then do the same when it’s their round.
Fair enough 😊👍🏻👍🏻
@@LADYRAEUK. As the saying goes. There is more than one way of skinning a cat. 😆
Triple dose of a single malt.
That normally sorts things out.
@@LADYRAEUK I don't find many people in pubs with friends feel the need to buy rounds. We're not all rich. We buy our own.
When I was in Cyprus years ago a lot of people who I spoke to referred to England as Londres (London)
As in "
My brother lives in Londres"
"Does he?"
"Yes, Birmingham"
Brits being annoyed by the word soccer is dumb, it’s originally a British word for Football or more accurately Association Football, assoc, soccer. The story goes that at a Oxford (I think) college one student saw another carrying some sports footwear and asked if he was going to play “Rugger” (Rugby) to which the other student replied “no I’m off to play Soccer”.
There's not a lot of logic to your reply. Even if the word soccer was originally used, for decades before the US got seriously interested, worldwide the game was called football. Just because American football was already dominant in the US, it is completely off to rename football as soccer. It smacks of arrogance. Another choice incorporating the word football should have been made - off the top of my head something like Association Football or even International Football. The truth is though these days serious football supporters in the US call the game football! 😜
True, but it is, and has more commonly been known as Football. And that is an accurate name. The American game should be renamed Hand-Egg.
I was born in the east end of London, so I'm a full-on cockney. Even I don't have the accent. The best place to hear it is in a TV programme called, suprisingly, 'Eastenders'.
Warm beer - where on earth did this irritating myth start? OK, real ale from a pump isn't numbingly cold, but it's not warm, nor is it flat. One of my New York colleagues tasted it while he was over here and he was surprised that it was cold and had a natural fizz. What he wasn't prepared for was the first pint disappeared very fast, and the second soon after, followed by the fact that his legs had stopped working. For the record the ale was Fuller's ESB - about 5.5% ABV I think.
As a Brit the French top this list
that's just the ignorant Brits....I'm French, been living in the uk for 25 years, and yes I get the odd same old tired cliche from time to time, but overall people are pretty decent
@@dibdab101 I'm sure your aware living in the UK that it's just an ongoing joke that's been going for 100s of years. In reality the Brits quite like the French. (We don't like your fisherman anymore though)
I'm sure the French have alot of long running things about us rosbifs as well ;-)
@@Chris-Customz yes I do know, and I do take it as such (25 years make you thick.skinned and I do enjoy the banter) Some people however are a bit more xenopobic behinid what is presented as banter, but I guess there are morons in this word, they being brits , french or otherwise.... as for fishermen...well, i'm not even gonna go there.
Erm...excuse me! I always get the round in when it's my turn!
How dare you insult my name 👿👊
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Dave onw up you forgot my pint mate lol
@@andrewbond4353 you said you were getting your own!!
Hahaha sorry Dave! 🤣🤣
@@LADYRAEUK I feel attacked and its all your fault! 😭😭
Dave I still want my pint mate lmao
This seems to be more of a 10 things that annoy Londoners, as I'm pretty sure most of us who live outside of London, don't get 'annoyed' by these.
I've never heard of the keep calm slogan annoying anyone but the soccer word annoys me lol the clues in the name.. Great video again Amanda ill check the new channel out
thanks so much, I appreciate it :)
I don't think there's really a problem with trying to do accents, I think it's just that people always go for the posh accent, but even so I don't have a problem with it!
Most of this list I disagree with, except for the modesty part, modesty is one of the many things I'm exceptionally good at, there's not many people as modest as me!
I love asmr. Helps me sleep every night and YES you have that voice. Just subscribed. 👍. Xxxx.
Hate receiving high praise for doing a job. A "nice one" or "Cheers, fella" is more than enough. Going over the top and giving it the big claps is just awkward.
Many years ago a friend and I were on a skiing holiday in Innsbruck. Every day we had to catch a bus up to the slopes and one morning we had a lazy start and decided to catch the later one. We got on the bus and, being stereotypically English, said "Good morning" to a coach full of Americans who then, stereotypically, spent the next half an hour sharing their favourite phrases from The Sweeney in Cockney accents that made Dick Van Dyke sound like he was born under Bow Bells.
That sounds about right, we (Americans) love an accent lol
When you hear Americans going “ oh my gaaaaawd” 😂
Hi I'm American, and I have never said "Oh my God." But then, I'm Christian.
@@marygrant882 I've heard it loads of times on the Tube in London 😂
The Keep Calm and Carry On poster was not actually issued during WWII, it was discovered in a Ministry of Information archive when it was published after a 50 year classified restriction was lifted. More common were the ones referring to loose talk such as Loose Lips Sinks Ships and Be Like Dad and Keep Mum.
It was discovered in Barter Books, Alnwick, Northumberland,
The 'soccer' thing is a bit strange as it is of British origin - a contraction of 'association football' and goes back around 200 years.
@@DTAGAFFA Totally agree - what they call football in the USA, we call Rugby (minus the protective gear) and what we call football, they call soccer. Also what they call baseball, we call rounders. I think one of the only ball games that originates in the USA is basket ball. Apparently it took them some time to realise it would be a good idea to cut a hole in the basket so the ball can fall through. Prior to that, when someone scored a basket, they had to get a ladder to get the ball back.
For some of us who live in the Scottish Highlands, not being near London (in all aspects of that term) is one of the things we most enjoy in life. When I had to travel abroad on business, my itinerary always started Edinburgh, Schiphol....
Woke culture annoys me most… Not as a Brit, but as a reasonable human being.
100%
Woke culture? What is woke culture?
Definitely people who jump in front of you when ordering drinks at a bar 🤬😂
Agreed, that’s so annoying!
People who stop walking suddenly in the street or decide the middle of the pavement is the best place to have a natter with a friend/neighbour they meet. No
Get out of the bloody way.
that's a great one!
Humans appear to be genetically programmed to stop in doorways and at the bottom (or top) of an escalator.
@@silasfatchett7380 There must be legal protection in order to body check them out of the way.
Or in the supermarket, don't stand in the way in the middle of the aisle, especially with a trolley, go to one side.
A few years ago i was waiting for the works bus to arrive and all the foreigners tried to get on at the same time a mass crush in the doors most entertaining luckily no one got hurt , at time like these the importance queue can not be understated :)
😂glad they were all okay
The one thing that annoyes me is the way Americans say Herbs no offence Amanda
Haha that’s okay, none taken 🤣😊
@@LADYRAEUK yeah what with it losing the H !
Hi Amanda! Happy Friday to you!
As a sports fan and mostly 'football' fan I'll give my take on the soccer analogy and why us Brits hate it being called soccer. So first things first. Football as it correctly is called, or association football as some call it, was officially invented in 1872 when England played it's first international with Scotland and in 1888 when the first professional leagues were formed, but also played in England in some form or other (before becoming a refined game between 11 players) as far back as the 12th century in the early 1100s (there were unverified reports of earlier forms of the game even before then) before being taken up by public schools after the split with rugby football (rugger or rugby) in the early 1800s leading up to professional formation as mentioned.
American football wasn't even formed professionally until the 1920s. After these two sports spread across the Atlantic, Americans invented their own variant of the game that they simply called "football" in the early 1900s.
"Association football" became "soccer" in America, and what was called "gridiron" in Britain became simply "football" in America. From the 1980s onwards, British people stopped saying "soccer" because of its American connotations. But the deeper roots for it actually lie in the fact that as far as we're concerned football is the game that we played and invented and we refuse to call it soccer because of the Americans since it was football here in some form before the US had even become a country. That's why it grates with so many Brits lol.
So that's my take on it! Have a good weekend Amanda! :)
Keep in mind that this is mostly how English people would react. Scottish people say it like it is, sometimes with a twinkle in the eye. We also intervene and help people and speak to strangers at the bus stop.
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People talking loud on their mobiles on the bus. It’s so annoying ❤️
over heard a woman on bus (as did everyone) make a purchase gave her name address contact details and credit card number, as she was talking before purchase i realised what she was going to do wrote down her info when she hung up i turned to her showed the info and said "if you see a payment for £5000 to purchase a live elephant from ebay, you will know it is me" rest of bus laughed
@@philiprice7875 that was brilliant!!! Bet she won’t be doing that again!!! X
Great, you sneaked a couple of little snorts out....Love it.
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Amanda time 🥰
Hope you enjoy it! 😊
Being an old soldier the thing that really annoys me is calling the Union Flag the “Union Jack”, it is only named Union Jack when it is on a warship at sea. It is also annoying when people put the Union Flag upside down.
We are still the only nation to have used a nuclear submarine in anger. HMS Conquerer put 2 torpedoes into the general Belgrano then softly and silently vanished away. In true naval tradition nobody celebrated loss of life because the sea is always the greater enemy. She returned to Faslane flying the Jolly Roger.
Historically it was the Union Flag on land, but now it has been formally recognised as the Union Jack where ever it is flown. Churchill even called the flag the Union Jack during WWII.
Historically it was called the “Union”. But when it was flown on a warship on the Jackstaff, it was named the “Union Jack.” at that time, it was renamed the “Union Flag” to signify that it was flown on land. You will never find anyone in the military calling it the wrong name.
No law has been passed officially making the union jack the national flag. The admiralty described the “Union Flag” should only be called “A Jack” or ”Union Jack” when flown from the Jackstaff.
To be honest I thought 1 to 10 was just going to be 'The French'
I’ve heard that before, why is that?
@@LADYRAEUK I inherited my birth right of hating the French from my Father. I imagine it's more that we love to hate each other! Plus with recent events it's not going away.
Maybe it's just tradition.
@@LADYRAEUK the main real reason I’ve heard is because when most people go to France, they go to Paris and most French people will tell you how rude Parisians can be. It’s kinda like judging England by a stop-over in London.
That and 1066 of course. Mostly 1066.
Hi
I am English but I use the word soccer. At my school, soccer was a game played by the boys at lunchtime, during sports we played Rugby (Union) which our games teachers let us know, was correctly called "Rugby Football" and was played with a (Rugby) football. We tended to use the terms "Rugger" and "Soccer" to differentiate. After all the game we know as football os properly called "Association Football" I have also been watching American football since superbowl 5 in 1971 so am aware there are other games called football. When I use the term soccer I usually get told we are not american :-) Love your channel.
The TV licence fee is a big UK annoyance now - in recent years, BBC channels have had their funding cut and are now significantly worse than streaming services. I watch very little on BBC channels now and yet am forced to pay an annual fee to watch (or much more likely, not watch) increasingly poor content.
I just tell the bloke i'm not interested when he knocks
Just don't pay it. I stopped paying years ago and watch whatever I want.
When my nephew was about 3 years old, I kind of guessed that my brother had read one of those self help books (probably American) on how to raise your child. So whenever the lad did even the slightest thing right or well, my Brother made it sound as if my nephew had won an olympic gold medal and been awarded a Nobel prize on the same day. Now my view is that you will get more out of a child with simple variations of the word "Good".
So then, "good", "yes-good" "very good" etc. So let's hear it for honest, understated but deserved praise; the British way.
I think Watch Mojo is fast making it on to my top ten list.
Odd that, I was going to watch the vid but as soon as I saw it was WatchMojo I decided to avoid. Different strokes eh?
@@Richard_Jones I meant my top ten list of things that annoy Brits.
@@Womberto Now I'm with you buddy (apologies for calling you buddy - that's annoying too)
@@Richard_Jones No probs bud.
Two things:
1) My two biggest pet peeves are when you open a door for someone to let them through and they just walk on through without saying thank you. I always shout "YOUR WELCOME". The other is when you have right of way in the car but you let someone into a road or out of one and they don't wave or acknowledge you....ARGH!!!!
2) As mentioned in this video, I was working in Savannah GA and every time I opened my mouth an American would say "Oh my god, I love your accent, are you Australian?" ARGH!!!!! One guy even asked if I knew who the Beatles were when I told him I'm from near Liverpool. I sarcastically replied "No mate, never heard of them". 😂
Keep up the good work Amanda.
I do the same with door holding 🤣🤣
If you check the Highway Code you will find that there is no such thing as Right of Way - just that some roads at junctions are required to Give Way. However, I agree that it is bloody rude when you let someone in to save them waiting and they fail to acknowledge you.
A bit pedantic Mark, but I'll give you that.
So Amanda, I hate it when you GIVE WAY to someone who technically is advised by the Highway Code to give way to you and they don't bloody acknowledge you for doing so. Is that better Mark? 🙄
@@carldarbyshire4 😁 sorry! Pedantic as charged 🙃. But you never know, someone reading this post who thinks they have R.O.W. might learn something and drive with more consideration for other road users.
@Mark Thirkell I think we're getting off the beaten track here about more consideration etc. My whole point was about being considerate to other road users (but them not acknowledging it). For example, if I'm driving along and there's a row of parked cars on my side of the road as I approach, but another car is coming along on the opposite side as we reach the line of cars, I'd be stupid to just pull out and force that person to slam on the brakes (that is what inconsideration is) but if the other person slows to let me come through, well I'm going to acknowledge them with a wave and it would be rude if I didn't. The consideration and acknowledgement goes both ways and I think you're thinking people are stupid if they didn't know what i meant by RIGHT OF WAY.
Oh, the way, yes people may be educated now, but in a negative way. Next time I may just pull out and force someone to slam on then when they say they have right of way, I'll just quote the Highway code.
Never heard anyone get annoyed about Keep calm and carry on t shirts.
Love from Perth western Australia. You rock.
Thank you 😊
Small talk, and people who talk drivel.... they make me do my best Kif impression from Futurama..... but, you know, internally because I'm British :-)
Also, I live in Cornwall.... genuinely had a Texan friend go "Oh we're coming to the UK and staying in London, you should come out for a drink!"......... 4hr train ride one-way for a sesh..... I'm mental but not THAT mental
Hahah 🤣🤣
4 hours isn’t so bad is it?
@@LADYRAEUK Ha! that first 2 hours is barely getting out of Cornwall and Devon..... only then does it hit any kind of higher speed network.... so 4hrs feels like a hell of a lot longer I can assure you
Englishness is understatedness. I am not British I am English.
Soccer is short for association football and was widely used in Britain until recent times.
Surprised the weather wasn’t mentioned. Foreigners think it always raining here.
Though I currently live in London (well Croydon ) I'm actually born and raised in Yorkshire. Some Americans might have heard of Yorkshire? In fact you just mentioned Yorkshire Puddings.
The British seemed to have forgotten that they invented the word ''soccer''. Then recently they decided to drop it, but they didn't tell the rest of the world. Which is why the US, Canada, Australia & New Zealand still call it soccer, unless you work in TV.
Indeed , food is quite international these days what with chinese sweet n sour chicken and egg fried rice. Or you can go for a ruby murry and have chicken vindaloo and a pint of Cobra lager . Donar kebab and chips after a few pints late at night goes down well . Be carefull with the chilli sauce
I’m originally from BOSTON🏴 saying Boston ( in the USA 🇺🇸) without the last bit Isn’t right as it’s Boston Massachusetts I thank you. 👍🏻. Great videos Amanda 💪🏻
Not saying please and thank you gets to me. I was at a family meal in Tuscon and all I heard was things like “gimme that” and “pass the salt” without a hint of either please or thank you but it’s simply not seen as bad manners there and everyone’s different
Exactly, culturally we are different in many ways. That's what makes it fun :)
The soccer / football thing is a hangover from class distinctions. The working class called soccer football. but the middle and upper class called ruby football and soccer soccer.
I love watching/hearing from you - makes my day :-)
I’m glad! Hope you’re well 😊
You need to watch Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004) some of the accents, and its a whos who of comics...
And Mike Myers' Austin Powers is the definitive British Gentleman Spy... got to love the accents.
Thanks Amanda. I think you are getting a nice little English twang to your accent, it's nice. I live about 50 miles from London & have been there about 10 times in my life (I'm 49). I avoid the place because I don't like paying to take the car there. You may find that the further North you go, the more friendly people are. The one thing that really annoys me is the Driving standards, they awful. All the best........
I won’t drive in London, no way lol
Two things:
i) David Tomlinson (Mr Banks in the movie) tells a story about working on Mary Poppins. Dick Van Dyke was heavily into his alcoholic period at the time and was knocking back two bottles of vodka a day. Van Dyke wasn't in the best state for work the day before filming and Tomlinson went out to find him and discovered him blind drunk under the bridge at Charing Cross in London. Van Dyke hadn't done any work at trying to learn the Cockney accent so Tomlinson tried to get him sober and teach him the Cockney accent at the same time. Hence, Dick Van Dyke's accent - Tomlinson had no idea how Cockneys talked, either. When interviewed, Van Dyke has always pretty much agreed with that story, so I don't think it was an urban legend.
ii) You need to put up a direct link to the ASMR channel because I can't find it!
Apart from that last point, great vid 😃.
"Keep Calm & Carry On" was shelved & not used during the "WAR",so when it was found in mid-2000s & stuck on every available product it was very much annoying,& still is!!!!
I wouldn't say it annoys me, but I've had Americans say 'yol there over the pond' also had Americans think the whole of the UK nations as England, when there are 4 countries within the UK. Also think we all speak the Queens English here, but like America we all have regional English accents, and even speak the Welsh language in Wales.
Agree with this.
I'm from the UK. When I was a child the word soccer was frequently used for football.
No it isn't.