"Trunk" is one that actually has a logical explanation. On early autos, there was often an actual trunk that could be removed to be used as luggage, mounted on, or, near the rear of the car.
We lived on an old farm when I was a kid and there was a no longer used outhouse. Inside was a collection of magazines from the 1920s to 1930s. Some of the ads were for cars, and they did indeed have what I would steamer trunks strapped to the back of the car.
Indicator = turn signal = blinker. We call them all three. In the US we dont call candy lollies, because a specific type of candy is a lollipop. We don't call them all chocolate bars, and instead use candy bar, because they don't all contain chocolate. With so many varieties it is easier to just say candy, or even sweets would work well.
The reason why we called the boot of a vehicle a trunk was, because in the early days they used to have what was known as a steamer trunk which is was used while people were traveling overseas, and it was attached to the back of the vehicle via straps and so that’s where the term in America for the boot being called a trunk comes from
Burger is short for Hamburger. Originally from Germany, city of Hamburg. To us Americans, a burger is anything that uses "hamburger" or ground beef as the meat. To us, you can have a burger without the buns, but you cannot have a burger, without ground beef. Everything else is a Sandwich. Hope this helps. Also, Turn signals/indicators/Blinkers English: Trolley American English: Cart or Shopping Cart Southern American English: Buggy
Speak for yourself. Calling ground beef "hamburger" is such a (weird and wrong to me) regional thing that really doesn't exit around where I live. I'm in California and ground beef is called ground beef. Hamburger is the name of a specific type of sandwich that consists of ground beef formed into a round patty which is cooked and served between the top and bottom halves of a bun. Nothing other than that is a hamburger. I have to admit it drives me nuts when people (Midwesterners usually) refer to ground beef as "hamburger." Heck, here we often further specify ground beef into "ground chuck" or "ground sirloin" to differentiate the cut of beef (and its quality and fat to meat ratio) used to make the particular ground beef. Calling ground beef (or any other ground meat like turkey, veal or lamb) "hamburger" just seems wrong and is ridiculously generic and confusing to me. I blame the misnaming of ground beef as hamburger in some parts of America squarely on that famous brand that sells chemical preservatives and cheap pasta in a box as a meal kit known as "Hamburger Helper." It should really just be called "Ground Beef Helper" since no hamburgers are used in its preparation.
I disagree. McDonalds and In-N-Out, both originating in California, have hamburgers on their menus, not Ground Beef burgers. You are getting caught up in the fine nuances of cuisine.
@@skyhawk_4526 you say speak for yourself, but as a Californian, I haven't met anyone else who would agree with your "beef". "Hamburger meat" = "ground beef" just as commonly on the west coast as most other parts of the country. The fact that it's not labeled that in grocery stores doesn't pigeonhole it.
A "Berger" contains hamburger or "mince" meat no matter what bread or bun it is served on. A "Sandwich" contains just about anything. Some sandwiches don't even have meat. Love all you guys.
I agree, burger implies beef. You will see pork burgers or veggie burgers, etc, on menus too. I wouldn't consider those sandwiches, since they're still patty shaped
In the words of Dwight Shrute "False!" lol but actually "Burger" implicitly does imply that it comes on a bun. It implies some type of ground meat patty, generally beef but not exclusively, that is served on a bun.
@@francescashanae5305I would still call them sandwiches, but burgers are sandwiches. Chicken can be patty shaped, is it a burger? Or, is it just a chicken sandwich?
@@MrRobd23 they don't call them beef burgers tho.... so why do the rest have to specify what it's made of? And you're right, Dwight eats horse burgers 🤣 ruclips.net/video/uewOhK-MSjc/видео.htmlsi=32_aSDprVFP0Juqp Edit, I guess they do say beef burger in the stores cause there are endless varieties now
@@ElonsRetardedThirdCousin Yes! And the trunk (storage box) could have been made from a tree trunk! And if you visited a zoo, you could have been riding on the trunk of an elephant (apparently this is a thing now?)! So you can put your trunk that was on a trunk in the trunks that were in the trunk, that was made from a trunk, in the trunk! No, I'm NOT having a stroke, thank you very much. 😂
Your family has a really nice way of communicating the differences between our nations. The fact that you have such passion for our country is amazing. Our country is going through a lot and listening to you talk about our country lets us know there is still light that shines from our nation.
If you live in a southern state, "Buggy" is a very common word for a shopping cart/ trolley. "Buggy" can also be used as a word for baby carriage but we usually say "stroller" for that.
Funny story. King County has a street car/Trolley line and about 10 years ago they added a line to South Lake Union. So if you come to the good ol pacific Northwes you can take a ride on the South Lake Union Trolly and get some merch that proclaims that you did in fact ride the South Lake Union Trolly But they use the acronym.
@@Raggmopp-xl7yf The term has been co-opted by people using it as generic slang for many things with wheels. But the true definition is still based on the small wheel riding overhead wires for streetcars.
@@Blueknight1960 I have been to LA, MS, AL, GA, and TX and heard people call it a buggy. The overwhelming majority of Southerners I have been around call it a buggy.
"Burger" is short for hamburger. Hamburger was the name given to chopped steak (beef) prepared in the Hamburg style. It has grown to include other ground meats as they are also prepared in the Hamburg style. Traditionally, however, "Burger" refers to sandwiches containing beef hamburger patties.
@@MGmirkindoesn't have to be on a hamburger bun. The original hamburger sandwich was actually on white bread. Patty melts are also hamburgers and they are typically on rye bread. I didn't want to get too far into the weeds and confuse things even more. Like pointing out the fact that there are chicken sandwiches (fillet) and chicken burgers (ground chicken) both come on a hamburger bun but are not the same thing.
They are called hamburgers because they came from Hamburg germany. Germans migrated to the United States mostly in the 1850s they brought the hamburger with them, then Americans took that hamburger and they put cheese on it and lettuce and tomato and onion and pickle and put it on a bun and created the modern day hamburger on a bun. Burger is short for hamburger so only a hamburger can be a burger.
I'm so glad you're going to visit some different states on your next trip. It seems like every time an English speaking foreigner (to the U.S.) visits here, they only ever go to the Big 4 (New York, Florida, Texas, and California). There is A LOT MORE to see in the U.S. than just those 4 states. Thanks for the video and here's wishing you safe travels!
Chicken sandwiches with buns in particular in the USA are definitely not referred to as "chicken burger" because chicken burger uses GROUND or MINCED chicken patties which we do have ground or minced chicken burgers the same in ground or minced cow meat patties for burgers. A chicken breast sandwhich like you get at Chick Fil A for example is a Chicken Sandwich because it uses the whole boneless chicken breast. That is the difference!
@@HemlockRidge True I agree. But the point I am making is the difference between what people in the US call a burger vs sandwich.. Burgers have ground or minced meat.. Sandwiches as in chicken sandwich is the whole boneless chicken breast.
I realize this is a different place from New Zealand, but my Australian coworkers were eager to participate in our American Halloween festivities. They were avidly conversing about all the lollies they would get. I piped up and said they could buy *any* type candy, not just lollipops. They explained and we had a good laugh. I’m just happy they did not say get stuffed.🤣🤣🤣
I used to work for a gas station/truck stop. I once had somebody paying for gasoline tell me their car was "the one with the bonnet up". It threw me for the three seconds it took for me to look out the window and spot the car with the "hood" up.
Lollipop can be shortened to lollies which is hard candy on a stick. Candy is a general name with many sun categories, like gummies, mints, chocolate bars etc.
I learned that in the south, they call lollipops a sucker. Sounds odd for me to say sucker for a lollipop because to me it means something different. 😂
Lollies in the states are usually hard candy on a stick ‘lolly Pop’. Swimsuits are often called Bathing suits. Not all candy bars are chocolate. Some terms are regional
#9 Windshield vs Windscreen. The front glass of a car is a windshield just like a shield protects someone. A screen allows air to pass but keeps bugs out like on windows of a house. Or a screen can sift flour or dirt. Screens allow something to pass through.
@@scarlettjoehandsome6130 sure, but it's not a lightshield, it's a windshield. I don't care what you call it, I'm not suggesting one is even more correct than the other; what I'm saying is that the point of the comment was it shields you from wind (it does not filter or screen wind). Trying to make the original comment about something it's not is irrelevant.
wow, i googled " togs". If the google info is cortect then " tog" is short for " togeman", refering to clothes. A common American word for male swimwear is "swim shorts", or just " shorts" for short. Which is my point exactly. If " togeman" is full length normal clothes then " togs" would be " shorts" . See same same. Over here swim shorts are also commonly called "trunks". If anyone ever says " bring tour trunks" it means you are welcome to swim. So, now " trunk" is "boot" and "trunks" is " togs". If you are in the deep South and you here the word " droors" or " draws" and the reference does't seem to involve furniture , sketch artistry, or a financial transaction, the person is most likely refering to underwear (eg, boxers, briefs) or sometimes simply "pants"/ trousers. Yall probably can figure "britches". It is shortened from " under-breeches", the old underpants with the toggle/button flaps that supposedly made the process of defecating easier. And , I would not be surprised if Americans have coined the most words for that process than any other country. I don't want ti get into that, but Boo-Boo is not just Yogi the Bear's friend, doo-doo is not usually a request to " do" anything, and going " number two" isn't typicalky refering to your position in line/ queue. If you want more, I am available. YW. The word "togs" is an informal term used in New Zealand to refer to swimming shorts or bathing suits. It's short for the word "togeman", which was 16th century criminal slang for "coat". In the 18th century, "togs" started being used more generally as slang for clothes. The word may have originated from the word "toga", a Roman garment. "Toga" comes from "tegere" meaning to cover.
In the US, the burger refers not to the bun but to the meat, the burger *patty*. So a burger patty on its own is a "burger", and anywhere it's found is called a burger whether it's on bread, on a bun, in a hoagie roll, it's always still a burger.
Hunters and butchers in the U.S. call the ground meat of any animal "hamburger". When a hunter butchers a deer, for example, the ground meat will be wrapped in either paper or plastic and labeled "hamburger", then put into the freezer for storage. It is not called "ground deer"; it is called "hamburger". Even if the hamburger is cooked and put between two slices of sandwich bread it is still hamburger. Simply put, ground meat is hamburger.
Actually, it does refer to the bun too. Go pick up a pack of buns at the store and see what they are called. Doesn't mean you have to put a hamburger in them though.
Found this on the internet. "Togs" is short for the word "togeman", which was 16th century criminal slang for "coat". In the 18th century, "togs" started being used more generally as slang for clothes. In the UK, the word still just means "clothes", but in Australia and New Zealand, it came to be used in a swimming context."
This makes sense since wasn't Australia originally a penal colony for UK criminals? Also NZ was populated by a lot of people coming from Australia, so the lingo would've followed.
Sandwich\burger rules are easy once you know them. A sandwich is two pieces of bread (the type of bread does not matter) with something between them, usually meat. A burger is specifically a ground beef patty between two slices of bread, usually buns but not necessarily. A burger is a sandwich, just called burger from hamburger, which you will also see them called.
What's funny to me is that I've spent my entire life in the southern US, and I've always used "bathing suit" for swimsuit/togs and "turn signal" for blinker/indicator. And I've caught flak for it from other Americans. Southern American English sometimes feels like a different language!
Well, I’m from Montana, lived I. Ohio, Oregon, Washington,, and now Tennessee, and I say bathing suit, too. So do my friends who are from other states.
When I visited Australia and New Zealand the word that jumped out to me, and I heard often, was 'windscreen'. Here in the US we call it a 'windshield'.
I call blinkers/indicators "turn signals". At one time, not all cars (or motorcycles) had turn signals and motorists had to know the proper hand signals for signaling a turn. Hence, blinkers/indicators are turn signals.
By far the BEST RUclips family period . I love you guys and how beautiful y'all are inside and out....I honestly think your family is simply PERFECT. Best family to ever come over to the US. Keep being amazing and giving us all Great footage. I'm writing from Griffin,Ga 40-45min south of Atlanta
You distinguish the difference between sandwich and burger by the bread; we distinguish by the type of “meat” inside. If the “meat” is ground (minced) it’s generally a burger. Ground (minced) beef, turkey, chicken, veggies pressed into a patty form are generally called burgers. You can put a burger between two slices of bread and it would still be a burger; a burger bun is called that because it houses a burger. If you put cheese and tomato in a burger bun it’s a sandwich.
In Michigan, and probably most other places, mincemeat would refer to the ingredients of mincemeat pie. It doesn't contain meat at all but is a concoction of various fruits, typically dried and especially raisins , and various spices like cinnamon.
You rented a Durango. That rear opening I would call the rear gate. Trunk/boot is on a sedan or coupe. Hatch on a hatchback, gates on SUVs. Another difference would be hood vs bonnet.
Most SUV's don't have gates anymore though, they have a hatch. Older ones like Blazers and station wagons had a tailgate that opened down and window that opened up. Now most just have a hatch.
I'd call it a hatch. Whether on an SUV or a hatchback, it's essentially exactly the same thing. I only call it a gate (as in tailgate) if it's on the rear end of a pickup truck. If it's a sedan or coupe, the space where you put the luggage or cargo that's behind the rear seat is the trunk, whereas the thing that opens and closes to access the trunk is technically called the trunk lid.
cookie / biscuit , napkin nappie / diaper, flashlight / torch. I spent a couple of years in New Zealand. Some funny language incidents. Saying "I'm stuffed" is a good one.
-Burger=Hamburger -Our blinkers are officially called turn signals - In the Southeast we call your trolleys, buggies! - lollies are lollipops to us - Chocolate bars are candy bars - Togs = swimsuits, bathing suits, trunks and bikinis (we expect our togs to get discolored) - "Zed's dead, baby" Pulp Fiction quote. It's the name of a guy here. What was the last one??? Glad you enjoyed your trip. Come to the southeast USA next time. It's a whole other country, and we're nicer. 😊
A burger is ANY ground meat (or meat substitute) formed into a patty. Not just ground beef, but ground turkey, pork, chicken, salmon, bison, lamb, etc. plus mushrooms, veggies & “beyond.”
@jeffg.6110 yes, but if I decide to get ground shrimp formed into a pattie, cooked, and served on a bun, I'm not calling it a burger. I'm calling it a shrimp burger or shrimp sandwich. If I'm ordering a burger, I expect beef. If I want my burger made of ground turkey, I'm ordering a turkey burger. Bison? Bison burger. See my point? They're all burgers, but they need qualifiers.
@@melanies734 Well, of course, but the issue wasn’t burger vs turkey burger or shrimp burger, it was burger vs sandwich. It’s not like they think a (beef) “burger” and a chicken “burger” (sandwich) are the same thing either. The issue is to them the bun dictates it’s a burger - regardless of what kind of meat it is. To Americans, the fact it’s ground meat (or meat substitute) in patty form dictates it’s a burger - regardless of what kind of meat. See my point?
To us, the cockpit of a car is _full_ of indicators: speed, engine rpms, gasoline level, engine temperature, lights, high-beams, oil needs changed, tire pressure is low, general trouble indicator, and nowadays, compass direction and internal and external temperatures, as well as heat and air conditioning activity. There are also left and right indicators on the dashboard showing whether you've activated a turn signal, with both indicators lighting up if you activated the hazard control.
@@shallowgal462 Gauges, digital or mechanical, actually gauge something and show a specific level of speed or fuel, etc. While indicators just light up or flash to say look at me, I’m on or I’m broken, or I’m turning!
@@kristophergoordman7225 Gauges are indicators, as are meters. Life is filled with indicators both natural and man made. A defining characteristic of humans as intelligent beings is the use of symbols (symbolic language) to convey information. The leaves changing color are indicators of fall and a reminder that winter is impending.
If you make it to Florida in your RV come to Crystal River. You can swim with manatees. They are peaceful creatures who graze on sea grass. They are called the cows of the sea and some people think they are what early sailors referred to when they spoke of mermaids.
Also the Los Angeles Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn were called the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers because you had to dodge trolleys on the way to the ballpark. They eventually dropped trolleys and just became the Dodgers.
You really need to come to Michigan known as the mitten state due to its shape (gee do you call them mittens?) Go up north towards the Mackinaw bridge 5 miles long across 2 of the Great Lakes. Go to Mackinaw island where no cars allowed walk or horses bikes and lots of wonderful fudge. Then go further into the upper peninsula of Michigan for some beauty. Stop by and see the Soo Locks can be interesting. Think you would rather enjoy the beauty.
I’d say if there is ground (minced) beef it may be called ‘burger’, even if it’s between slices of bread. For instance, patty melts might be on a menu under burgers. As far as I know no other ingredient between slices of bread are ever called ‘burgers’ nor between a bun. I believe because ground beef is commonly referred to as ‘hamburger’ is the reason a a sandwich with ground beef is simply called a ‘burger’.
A bit of trivia. The reason that the USA uses trunk is that early vehicles used actual "trunks" or containers that were strapped to the back of the vehicle that passengers put their belongings. Vehicles then eventually morphed into having "trunks."
A good way to understand the word sandwich is this... Sandwich is like the word automobile (the main category). Then you have car, truck, van, SUV as the secondary category. With Sandwich (the main category) . Then you have Hamburgers & Cheeseburgers (Burgers), Chicken Filet, Fish Fillet, Subs, Tuna Salad, Ham etc... are the secondary Categories.
Burgers vs sandwiches. In the US burgers are determined by the type/style of meat, not the bun. If it is ground meat or a plant based version that is supposed to imitate a ground beef burger Patty, then it’s a burger. Anything else between two slices of bread or in a bun is a sandwich. If it’s not a veggie burger, ground beef burger, or ground meat turned into a burger patty, it’s a sandwich.
That vegan burger is not a burger at all, it's just ground plants with other additives to make it look like hamburger, but it's not a burger. It's more like a booger, you know the crusty thing you pick out your nose?
Ground meat has fats and sometimes other fillers added and is mostly put through a meat grinder, whereas minced meat is just the meat finely cut or minced without any added ingredients and can be ground up or finely cut with a knife.
Burger is the meat patty. Nothing to do with the bread. In fact, that’s why the buns are referred to as burger buns. But you could also use the buns for a sandwich and call it a sandwich bun. Cheers from an Arkansan living in Texas
It's really simple. If it is a Beef Patty it is a Burger regardless of the bread or bun. If the meat is anything else it is a sandwich regardless of the bread or bun, EXCEPT it is heavily debated among us Americans if a Hamburger counts as a sandwich! You will NEVER Get a straight answer on that one!
As an American 🇺🇸 I could have never guessed what togs meant. Here in the Great Midwest, signal light is more common than blinker. The word "trolley" is a form of public transportation using overhead electrical wire. In most cities they have all but disappeared by 1960 and replaced by busses. Although St Louis, Missouri has built a new trolley line in the Delmar loop.
Togs was literally the only example they gave that I had never heard of. Otherwise, I knew both. I'm an American, but my parents were British immigrants. Never in my life have I heard the word "Togs."
To most Americans, mince meat is not meat, it is a pie we have during the holidays, mince meat is made of apples, apple cider, candied cherries, brown sugar, apricots, dried cherries, cranberries, currants, figs, orange zest, orange juice, golden raisins, raisins, schmaltz, allspice, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, salt, and rum . . .at least in PA and OH, also, a burger on toast or bread with grilled onions and cheese is called a patty melt. . .
Original mincemeat pies, or minced pies, did contain meat and many recipes still do even though the ones without meat are the more popular ones nowadays.
A burger is minced beef. Everything else is a "sandwidge" including hotdogs. I think an RV trip through small town America will be amazing for your beautiful family !
'Togs' is actually derived from a 16th-century word for coat, 'togeman', according to the BBC. It got shortened to 'togs' overtime, and usually referred to any type of clothes. It wasn't until the early 20th century that it came into use to refer to swimming attire.
Love the painting behind you on the wall. Beautiful desert seen with a Yucca Brevifolia Tree or as I call them Yucca Tree but most call them Joshua tree. I have many in my yard. They mainly grow in the Mojave Desert.
1. Trunk refers to the actual suitcase built onto the back of cars back in the day. There was no boot, only a literal trunk. 2. A burger is the beef patty. It has nothing to do with the buns/bread. A burger or hamburger is a beef steak patty from Hamburg, Germany. It was a thing before it was put between bread. 3. Mince vs ground beef is just a difference in saying. Both are the same. One most likely originated before the other, but who really cares? 4. Same here as number 3. Just a different use of words. I don’t think there is any history behind this difference except the time at which the English language was split by an ocean. 5. A trolley to the USA is a public person carrying machine. Tracked, like a train and used within cities, such as San Francisco. 6. A lolli or lolly is short for lollipop. A sucker candy, typically round, wound into a spiral, flat, and usually multicolored. 7. Swim suit just makes more sense than tongs. Tongs doesn’t make any sense to anyone outside of New Zealand/Australia. 8. Zed doesn’t really make sense because it’s the only letter you spell out. It doesn’t make any logical sense, from either end. Zed was usually said because it was more identifiable over radio than “zee” that could be mistaken for “Cee””. That was a British norm during WW2. That’s the only thing that I can see making a historical difference. Most of American English is an offshoot of old British English mixed with French spelling and other words from other languages of the early 1700s and beyond. Many of our words that describe the same thing come from an older English language that is no longer spoken in Britain or its former colonies (that split off way after the United States did). Some predate English words. Our use of trunk predates the use of the word boot for example, as the United States was the first country to mass produce the automobile and create the industrial standard terminology.
Is THAT why? I have always wondered WHY ground beef is called HAMburger. Of course, I've also wonder why we call fish and chicken, fish and chicken. But we call cow and pig, beef and pork.....and then the HAM issue.
@@Raggmopp-xl7yf Yea, actually it really is. Are you trying to say it’s not with your chicken/fish statement? Or the capitalization of HAM meaning it was originally made of pig? I don’t really get the point of this reply. You didn’t do a great job at making your point clear. If you are attempting to be flippant, you failed poorly.
@@MlTCH TRYing to say? I thought I said it pretty well. I mean, I got a lot of info from your post. You tryin' to pick a fight outta thin air? Have fun! I won't be participating.
A funny comment. When I was a kid, all sodas were seen as 'Coke'. I ordered a coke as a 7 year old at the bowling alley one day, so the waitress gave me a Coke. She was quite confused when I said, "I wanted the clear kind." I had wanted a Sprite.
That's more of a **regional** thing ["...in a galaxy far, far away..."] than a temporal thing ["...a long time ago..."], I think... Some call all carbonated beverages: "soda," "pop," "a Coke [exemplar-Brand-as-category-name; kind of like all facial tissues are 'a Kleenex']," etc.
A burger place near me was staffed with Spanish Americans Though bilingual, when someone asked what fountain drinks they had, it stumped the whole restaurant.
@@geoffreysmommy When my dad visited my in college (home was western New York State while college was eastern NY), he liked to visit restaurants and order a "pop", just to get the reaction. I would then have to explain that he meant a "soda".
Fun Fact: Not all Americans say trunk! I am from North Carolina specifically I'm a Down Easterner or from the tide water coastal area of NC. We say boot of the car. I have all my life. When I married my husband who is from the middle of North Carolina he made fun of me when I said called it boot! So you will be right at home if you visit the eastern costal area of my beautiful state!
5:17 some regions call a shopping cart a "buggy" others say "basket" I've lived in all these regions, they may have a different one for the north & east 😂❤
Yeah they voted against women voting... And they love their women not leaving the kitchen. Lol backwards USA plus they still vote for Trump.. That sums up small town USA
I am so excited that y’all are planning on multiple trips to the United States because as you’ve learned the U.S. is a massive country. Because of the massive size of the United States there are multiple regional differences even in our language. For example the word boot you learned that in the area you visited they said trunk, but in other regions and areas of the U.S we would say boot. Similarly the word shopping cart where I live in the south (Alabama) we call a buggy but y’all know as a trolley. In the south we also call what you know as an indicator a turn signal not a blinker or indicator. So lots to learn. Lots of difference. I love your willingness to learn and experience and teach through your content the differences. Thank you again for this video and all your content! Much love to you and your family!!❤️ ❤❤❤
I am from the UA, and I was in NZ a few months ago (Absolutely LOVED IT!). Anyway when I was driving, every time I tried to use the "Indicator" I kept on using the dang windshield wipers lol. A bit of stranger change in driving for me but it was still fun.
A burger is any kind of ground meat formed into a patty... turkey burger, shrimp burger, chicken burger... the bread is usually a bun, but if the meat is ground, its a burger Most of America uses the word shopping cart (cart) but in some areas they call it a buggy
@@purrfectnails No, people might refer those other meats as burgers, but in reality, ground chicken is a chicken sandwich. Ground turkey, well is just nasty. No such thing as a shrimp burger, you have a seafood sandwich.
So ground turkey formed into a patty and grilled and then put on a bun is a turkey sandwich. And, sliced turkey on a bun is a turkey sandwich. Hmm, I would think just call one a turkey burger to avoid the confusion. 😂
A burger is a ground patty that is grilled without breading. It doesn't matter what type of meat. If you take ground chicken meat and grill it up like a hamburger, it's a chicken burger. If you take that same ground chicken patty and bread it and deep fry it, it's a chicken sandwich. As for using a ground beef patty, you can make a chicken fried hamburger steak sandwich out of a hamburger patty and it's NOT a burger. You can also make a Salisbury Steak sandwich... NOT a burger.
@@seethe42 Congratulations, you're apparently a burger expert. Do you feel really smart and proud that you're an "expert" on burgers?? It's not all that important but you're certainly worked up about it huh?
Thoroughly enjoyed this video, as I do with every one of your videos. Unfortunately, I doubt Alabama will be on this upcoming tour of America so I'll continue to watch and support in the hopes that maybe you'll find time to visit us in your next tour of our fantastic country. I have no doubt that you'll be ready for more once you complete this upcoming tour! Can't wait to see you guys experience all the amazing stuff this country has to offer!
Anything with a ground beef hamburger patty is a hamburger. No matter the bread. Everything else is a sandwich, no matter the topping 😃 If it’s made with ground turkey or ground chicken… People will typically say it’s a turkey burger or a chicken burger. That might be the only exception in how you describe it. Lots of love from Northern California!! It’s amazing up here completely different than Southern California. Big cities like LA and New York are a drop in the ocean… Our country is so much more than those places. So happy you get to drive through some of the small towns.❤️
I strongly encourage you to experience a small town candy shoppe if you come across one. The reason is because they often have locally made candy other places won't have and because a lot of them make their own toffee or fudge in house and fresh and its isually really, really good.
You are absolutely going to love small town America! If you ask me, small town America is the heart of America! I love your videos and I absolutely adore your family. Wholesome and wonderful! I can't wait to see your reaction to the real America! If you think people were friendly so far, I think you're in for a wonderful eye opening surprise. I can't wait till the new videos start rolling out.
If you want to see small town America, you need to drive the 101 from LA to San Francisco and back down visiting the Sierras… See Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Carmel, Santa Cruz, San Francisco… then see Napa, Tahoe and Yosemite. You’d have a blast. I know you saw Los Angeles, but California has so much more to offer… Also driving Route 66 across the south of the country to DC is a cool drive. You see something like 8 states, including Vegas, the Grand Canyon, Nashville and Washington DC with all its museums. You could stay a couple nights in each of the places I mentioned, and have an amazing small town American vacation. Anyways, love the videos. Glad you’re coming back to America.
I was aware of many of the alternate names for the same thing (OK, togs was a new one). Shopping carts are sometimes called wagons, and blinkers are more generically called turn signals. I think most Americans consider burgers to be hamburgers (ground beef), and other fast food items are sandwiches, even if they are served on a hamburger bun. But don't forget that due to its size, different regions of the USA have different words for the same thing too. If you go into a sandwich shop for a long sandwich, it can be anything from a hero, sub, hoagie, po boy, or any one of a bunch of other names. Yes, in some areas, certain sandwich names refer to a specific type of sandwich, and I doubt that many Americans travelling around the country would know all the variations. In a supermarket, non-alcoholic carbonated beverages in some areas are "soda", in others, "pop" - and I think there are a few other words used as well. A liquor store in New England is called a "packie" - just a couple examples. And don't get into the various regional accents.
A burger is a ground beef patty (or more than one) between two slices of bread, which might be buns. Or no buns. It's a burger if it's a portion of ground beef that is cooked in a manner that *could* be put between two buns. Everything else is a sandwich. Though, I also consider a burger a *type* of sandwich.
I watch a ton of videos on RUclips from people all over the world... I watch you guys, I watch Lawrence Brown in Chicago talk about his challenges coming to America from England, I watch a bunch of people do things in England from Mud-larking to magnet fishing and a billion things in between, I watch a whole lot of folk in France working on old Chateaus and things... I watch people in Scotland seeking treasures in tips(dumps)... to farmsteading... and I even watch someone who raises sheep in Canada... I still have no idea why but I love it... I watch dozens of people reacting to music and movies... Over the years I've picked up on a lot of weird things like Torch = Flashlight... when I hear Torch I instantly would picture a wooden stick with cloth wrapped around the top set ablaze... not a flashlight... now I actually consider the source to think about what they are talking about... I am now used to hearing things like Wellies, the Boot of a car... the Bonnet of a car... and things like that. I have NEVER heard a swimsuit referred to as a tog though... that's just weird... but ok... I'll try to add that to my growing list of alternate names for things. But I'm old enough that I still get hung up on people calling their underwear thongs (which I'd NEVER wear!)... as "thongs" were what we called "flip-flops" when I was a kid... they were thongs... you wore those on your feet not between your cheeks... that's just weird. How times change.
" frog togs" are rain gear. Traditionally , didnt rain gear have toggles, ie, dowels on a string ( "toggle" is camping jargon for that very thing" ) pushed through loops to secure one side of the article to the other. I wonder if there is correlation.
Hey Guys, Big Fan here. I was lucky enough to spend a month on the North Island during a joint military exercise between the U.S. & New Zealand Armies. They gave us 4 days off and of course we spent that time in Aukland. Fantastic People who showered us w/ their Hospitality. Just an unforgettable time. I was watching WAY too much RUclips the other day, as usual, and it hit me when I saw it. One of the most Unique to American things that an entire Family can enjoy and be "WoW'ed" at is an indoor Monster Truck event. It's usually not too long, it gets the senses fired up and it's usually relatively inexpensive to see one of these events. I took a girlfriend to see one in Pocatello, Idaho for a first date and we had a Blast ! If this is already on the list and has already been suggested, my apologies. Enjoy that RV experience, I'm from Oregon and I think ur all gonna enjoy that one. If you happen to be near the West Coast in July, find some Rainier Cherries, nothing like them anywhere else and they are Delicious. Named for Washington State's Mt. Rainier, if ur within a few hundred miles, you'll find it. 😊 Thanks for the YT content, it's Fun & Refreshing to see. 👍
Wow thats so awesome! Glad NZ showed you a good time while you were here. So keen to get to a monster truck event if we can. We will def look out for those cherries!! Thanks for the tip!
Great videos! I Enjoy your passion for America. Neat to find out differences in languages. Different areas in the US have different accents & different words.
I’ve always called the blinker a “turn signal”. I’m from Pennsylvania.
Same in the DMV
I'm also from Pa, but I live in Maryland now and call it a turn signal down here too - the blinkers are the hazzard lights.
parents of new drivers might tell them to check the turn signal fluid when getting gas, as a common sense test.
Yep turn signal in Ky "blinker" sounds Northern or Canadian almost lol
Turn signal in Ohio.
"Trunk" is one that actually has a logical explanation. On early autos, there was often an actual trunk that could be removed to be used as luggage, mounted on, or, near the rear of the car.
And the term stuck after they stopped doing that because people were used to saying it.
Same with “Glove Box” it was a place to store your driving gloves.
@@sawtootheyes523 Unless you didn't have any.
We lived on an old farm when I was a kid and there was a no longer used outhouse. Inside was a collection of magazines from the 1920s to 1930s. Some of the ads were for cars, and they did indeed have what I would steamer trunks strapped to the back of the car.
@@evilproducer01 Cool.
Indicator = turn signal = blinker.
We call them all three.
In the US we dont call candy lollies, because a specific type of candy is a lollipop.
We don't call them all chocolate bars, and instead use candy bar, because they don't all contain chocolate.
With so many varieties it is easier to just say candy, or even sweets would work well.
if its all chocolate i call it a chocolate bar. if there anything else in it it's a candy bar
The reason why we called the boot of a vehicle a trunk was, because in the early days they used to have what was known as a steamer trunk which is was used while people were traveling overseas, and it was attached to the back of the vehicle via straps and so that’s where the term in America for the boot being called a trunk comes from
Goes farther than that, back to stagecoaches.
it’s honestly as simple as the used to put a boot locker on the back of the stage coach and we called that a trunk
Burger is short for Hamburger. Originally from Germany, city of Hamburg. To us Americans, a burger is anything that uses "hamburger" or ground beef as the meat. To us, you can have a burger without the buns, but you cannot have a burger, without ground beef. Everything else is a Sandwich. Hope this helps.
Also, Turn signals/indicators/Blinkers
English: Trolley
American English: Cart or Shopping Cart
Southern American English: Buggy
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Speak for yourself. Calling ground beef "hamburger" is such a (weird and wrong to me) regional thing that really doesn't exit around where I live. I'm in California and ground beef is called ground beef. Hamburger is the name of a specific type of sandwich that consists of ground beef formed into a round patty which is cooked and served between the top and bottom halves of a bun. Nothing other than that is a hamburger. I have to admit it drives me nuts when people (Midwesterners usually) refer to ground beef as "hamburger." Heck, here we often further specify ground beef into "ground chuck" or "ground sirloin" to differentiate the cut of beef (and its quality and fat to meat ratio) used to make the particular ground beef. Calling ground beef (or any other ground meat like turkey, veal or lamb) "hamburger" just seems wrong and is ridiculously generic and confusing to me. I blame the misnaming of ground beef as hamburger in some parts of America squarely on that famous brand that sells chemical preservatives and cheap pasta in a box as a meal kit known as "Hamburger Helper." It should really just be called "Ground Beef Helper" since no hamburgers are used in its preparation.
I disagree. McDonalds and In-N-Out, both originating in California, have hamburgers on their menus, not Ground Beef burgers. You are getting caught up in the fine nuances of cuisine.
@@skyhawk_4526 you say speak for yourself, but as a Californian, I haven't met anyone else who would agree with your "beef". "Hamburger meat" = "ground beef" just as commonly on the west coast as most other parts of the country. The fact that it's not labeled that in grocery stores doesn't pigeonhole it.
Spot on. These were all things I was thinking while watching too. Note: I’m originally from Ohio but live in Florida now.
A "Berger" contains hamburger or "mince" meat no matter what bread or bun it is served on.
A "Sandwich" contains just about anything. Some sandwiches don't even have meat.
Love all you guys.
I agree, burger implies beef. You will see pork burgers or veggie burgers, etc, on menus too. I wouldn't consider those sandwiches, since they're still patty shaped
In the words of Dwight Shrute "False!" lol but actually "Burger" implicitly does imply that it comes on a bun. It implies some type of ground meat patty, generally beef but not exclusively, that is served on a bun.
@@francescashanae5305I would still call them sandwiches, but burgers are sandwiches.
Chicken can be patty shaped, is it a burger? Or, is it just a chicken sandwich?
@@MrRobd23 they don't call them beef burgers tho.... so why do the rest have to specify what it's made of?
And you're right, Dwight eats horse burgers 🤣
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Edit, I guess they do say beef burger in the stores cause there are endless varieties now
@@francescashanae5305 well to be fair theyd most likely just call the hamburgers and people would correctly assume that meant beef and not ham lol
To add a little more confusion, we also call swimming shorts (for boys) "trunks". So you can put your trunks in the trunk!
Technically, a large storage box with a hinged lid can also be called a trunk. So you can put your trunks in the trunk in the trunk!
@@swedishshortsnout5610 And once at the beach/pool, you put your "trunk" in the trunks that were in the trunk in the trunk!
@@ElonsRetardedThirdCousin Yes! And the trunk (storage box) could have been made from a tree trunk! And if you visited a zoo, you could have been riding on the trunk of an elephant (apparently this is a thing now?)!
So you can put your trunk that was on a trunk in the trunks that were in the trunk, that was made from a trunk, in the trunk!
No, I'm NOT having a stroke, thank you very much. 😂
@@swedishshortsnout5610 yeah, we need to truncate this
You can also puts boots in a boot.
Your family has a really nice way of communicating the differences between our nations. The fact that you have such passion for our country is amazing. Our country is going through a lot and listening to you talk about our country lets us know there is still light that shines from our nation.
If you live in a southern state, "Buggy" is a very common word for a shopping cart/ trolley. "Buggy" can also be used as a word for baby carriage but we usually say "stroller" for that.
Over here a real trolley is a single train car for passengers. A fake trolley is a bus decorated to look like a trolley.
A trolley for us in the U.S is another name for a street car
Funny story. King County has a street car/Trolley line and about 10 years ago they added a line to South Lake Union. So if you come to the good ol pacific Northwes you can take a ride on the South Lake Union Trolly and get some merch that proclaims that you did in fact ride the South Lake Union Trolly But they use the acronym.
The “trolley” refers to the little wheel that rides along the overhead wire. The only true trolleys are streetcars that have the overhead wire.
This is what I was coming to say as well! But have also heard it being called a Trolley as well.
Trolleys are also just about anything that can be pushed with wheels on it. Different designs are used in restaurants, hotels, hospitals, etc.
@@Raggmopp-xl7yf The term has been co-opted by people using it as generic slang for many things with wheels. But the true definition is still based on the small wheel riding overhead wires for streetcars.
In the south they call a shopping cart a buggy. Just to confuse you more. lol. Love watching you guys!
I'm 63 and born and raised in the south, I have never heard it called a buggy. It's always been shopping cart or just cart.
In South Carolina and North Carolina, it was always called a buggy. At least in the areas I grew up in.
North Georgians say buggy as well. I never heard it called a shopping cart until I was probably 30 years old. I'm 48 now.
South Louisiana called shopping cart buggy as well. At least that’s how learn from parents. Lol
@@Blueknight1960 I have been to LA, MS, AL, GA, and TX and heard people call it a buggy. The overwhelming majority of Southerners I have been around call it a buggy.
"Burger" is short for hamburger. Hamburger was the name given to chopped steak (beef) prepared in the Hamburg style. It has grown to include other ground meats as they are also prepared in the Hamburg style. Traditionally, however, "Burger" refers to sandwiches containing beef hamburger patties.
Or some equivalent ground/minced patty-style sandwiches on a burger bun, like: "turkey burger," "veggie burger," etc.
@@MGmirkindoesn't have to be on a hamburger bun. The original hamburger sandwich was actually on white bread. Patty melts are also hamburgers and they are typically on rye bread. I didn't want to get too far into the weeds and confuse things even more. Like pointing out the fact that there are chicken sandwiches (fillet) and chicken burgers (ground chicken) both come on a hamburger bun but are not the same thing.
@@MGmirkin yeah turkey burger was the one that I was thinking of that I’ve heard besides beef.
@@erniejones5008 'Beef wanna bes'
They are called hamburgers because they came from Hamburg germany. Germans migrated to the United States mostly in the 1850s they brought the hamburger with them, then Americans took that hamburger and they put cheese on it and lettuce and tomato and onion and pickle and put it on a bun and created the modern day hamburger on a bun. Burger is short for hamburger so only a hamburger can be a burger.
So in America out west they are called swimsuits, but on the East Coast they are more commonly referred to as bathing suits
I'm so glad you're going to visit some different states on your next trip. It seems like every time an English speaking foreigner (to the U.S.) visits here, they only ever go to the Big 4 (New York, Florida, Texas, and California). There is A LOT MORE to see in the U.S. than just those 4 states. Thanks for the video and here's wishing you safe travels!
Chicken sandwiches with buns in particular in the USA are definitely not referred to as "chicken burger" because chicken burger uses GROUND or MINCED chicken patties which we do have ground or minced chicken burgers the same in ground or minced cow meat patties for burgers. A chicken breast sandwhich like you get at Chick Fil A for example is a Chicken Sandwich because it uses the whole boneless chicken breast. That is the difference!
Thanks for saving me some typing. I couldn't have said it better myself.
@@bfulks2001 Thank you!
I HATE ground chicken. It even smells bad. Turkey isn't as bad.
@@HemlockRidge True I agree. But the point I am making is the difference between what people in the US call a burger vs sandwich.. Burgers have ground or minced meat.. Sandwiches as in chicken sandwich is the whole boneless chicken breast.
@@Ameslan1 See my post below.
I realize this is a different place from New Zealand, but my Australian coworkers were eager to participate in our American Halloween festivities. They were avidly conversing about all the lollies they would get.
I piped up and said they could buy *any* type candy, not just lollipops. They explained and we had a good laugh. I’m just happy they did not say get stuffed.🤣🤣🤣
I used to work for a gas station/truck stop. I once had somebody paying for gasoline tell me their car was "the one with the bonnet up".
It threw me for the three seconds it took for me to look out the window and spot the car with the "hood" up.
Really old cars like the model T and A literally had a steamer trunk tied to the rear of the vehicle. I guess the word just stuck.
Lollipop can be shortened to lollies which is hard candy on a stick. Candy is a general name with many sun categories, like gummies, mints, chocolate bars etc.
I learned that in the south, they call lollipops a sucker. Sounds odd for me to say sucker for a lollipop because to me it means something different. 😂
Lollies in the states are usually hard candy on a stick ‘lolly Pop’.
Swimsuits are often called Bathing suits.
Not all candy bars are chocolate.
Some terms are regional
#9 Windshield vs Windscreen. The front glass of a car is a windshield just like a shield protects someone. A screen allows air to pass but keeps bugs out like on windows of a house. Or a screen can sift flour or dirt. Screens allow something to pass through.
Television and computer screens also allow something to pass through. Information... in the form of light. In this sense so does a windscreen.
And the windscreen on your car allows light to pass through.
@@scarlettjoehandsome6130 sure, but the point was what it does for "wind", not light
@@mralddragoon They are each permeable to some things and not others and therefore they are filters also.
@@scarlettjoehandsome6130 sure, but it's not a lightshield, it's a windshield. I don't care what you call it, I'm not suggesting one is even more correct than the other; what I'm saying is that the point of the comment was it shields you from wind (it does not filter or screen wind). Trying to make the original comment about something it's not is irrelevant.
blinker is more commonly called a turn signal too
I've hear it called both, but turn signal is probably more common, around here anyway...
I figure "turn signal" is more official, but "blinker" is everyday use.
I feel like blinker is more common for hazards
Never heard hazards called a blinker... flashers maybe@@shmosel_
I live in Pennsylvania and turn signal is common and the hazard lights are called blinkers
A trunk is also a name for like a storage chest. So that is where it comes from for cars.
wow, i googled " togs". If the google info is cortect then " tog" is short for " togeman", refering to clothes. A common American word for male swimwear is "swim shorts", or just " shorts" for short. Which is my point exactly. If " togeman" is full length normal clothes then " togs" would be " shorts" . See same same. Over here swim shorts are also commonly called "trunks". If anyone ever says " bring tour trunks" it means you are welcome to swim. So, now " trunk" is "boot" and "trunks" is " togs". If you are in the deep South and you here the word " droors" or " draws" and the reference does't seem to involve furniture , sketch artistry, or a financial transaction, the person is most likely refering to underwear (eg, boxers, briefs) or sometimes simply "pants"/ trousers. Yall probably can figure "britches". It is shortened from " under-breeches", the old underpants with the toggle/button flaps that supposedly made the process of defecating easier.
And , I would not be surprised if Americans have coined the most words for that process than any other country. I don't want ti get into that, but Boo-Boo is not just Yogi the Bear's friend, doo-doo is not usually a request to " do" anything, and going " number two" isn't typicalky refering to your position in line/ queue. If you want more, I am available. YW.
The word "togs" is an informal term used in New Zealand to refer to swimming shorts or bathing suits. It's short for the word "togeman", which was 16th century criminal slang for "coat". In the 18th century, "togs" started being used more generally as slang for clothes. The word may have originated from the word "toga", a Roman garment. "Toga" comes from "tegere" meaning to cover.
In the US, the burger refers not to the bun but to the meat, the burger *patty*. So a burger patty on its own is a "burger", and anywhere it's found is called a burger whether it's on bread, on a bun, in a hoagie roll, it's always still a burger.
Yep, if I fix a poor folks hamburger on sandwich bread it's still a "burger". 👍
It was actually always this way, but when the word was carried over to the UK in the past, it was misinterpreted.
Hunters and butchers in the U.S. call the ground meat of any animal "hamburger". When a hunter butchers a deer, for example, the ground meat will be wrapped in either paper or plastic and labeled "hamburger", then put into the freezer for storage. It is not called "ground deer"; it is called "hamburger". Even if the hamburger is cooked and put between two slices of sandwich bread it is still hamburger. Simply put, ground meat is hamburger.
That would be confusing...I'd label it ground Venison.
Actually, it does refer to the bun too. Go pick up a pack of buns at the store and see what they are called. Doesn't mean you have to put a hamburger in them though.
All burgers are sandwiches . But not all sandwiches are burgers.
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And hot dogs are NOT sandwiches.
Burgers are not limited to ground beef, they can be made of ground turkey and ground chicken
Beat me to it.
@@757optim You mean "beet you to it."
Found this on the internet. "Togs" is short for the word "togeman", which was 16th century criminal slang for "coat". In the 18th century, "togs" started being used more generally as slang for clothes. In the UK, the word still just means "clothes", but in Australia and New Zealand, it came to be used in a swimming context."
This makes sense since wasn't Australia originally a penal colony for UK criminals? Also NZ was populated by a lot of people coming from Australia, so the lingo would've followed.
Sandwich\burger rules are easy once you know them. A sandwich is two pieces of bread (the type of bread does not matter) with something between them, usually meat. A burger is specifically a ground beef patty between two slices of bread, usually buns but not necessarily. A burger is a sandwich, just called burger from hamburger, which you will also see them called.
I e never heard anyone call a hamburger a sandwich and I’m American. I’ve lived in NY, CA, and NM, never called a sandwich.
I just recently found your channel and I absolutely love watching your family!! You guys do everything together.
A blinker is also called a signal or turn signal by lots of people.
What's funny to me is that I've spent my entire life in the southern US, and I've always used "bathing suit" for swimsuit/togs and "turn signal" for blinker/indicator. And I've caught flak for it from other Americans. Southern American English sometimes feels like a different language!
I always call it a bathing suit too. 😂
Well, I’m from Montana, lived I. Ohio, Oregon, Washington,, and now Tennessee, and I say bathing suit, too. So do my friends who are from other states.
I'm 58 and always called them swim suits. 😂😂
I'm in AZ I'm 30 and I've never heard someone call it a blinker
I grew up on the edge of Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania and back in the 1960s and 1970s everybody use to call it a bathing suit.
In the SouthEast US shopping carts/trolleys are called buggies.
Just found you guys. So glad. You're such a cool fam. Whoever does your editing is awesome, as is your whole family, each and every one. Thanks guys🎉
Wow, what a lovely comment - thankyou, and welcome to The Fam! Sam does all our editing so thanks for that great feedback! 😀
Once again I have thoroughly enjoyed your video. I can’t wait to see what you all think of small town America. Safe travels. 🩵
When I visited Australia and New Zealand the word that jumped out to me, and I heard often, was 'windscreen'. Here in the US we call it a 'windshield'.
I call blinkers/indicators "turn signals". At one time, not all cars (or motorcycles) had turn signals and motorists had to know the proper hand signals for signaling a turn. Hence, blinkers/indicators are turn signals.
Even owners manuals for NZ'ers call them "turn signals". Of course...Who reads owners manuals.
By far the BEST RUclips family period . I love you guys and how beautiful y'all are inside and out....I honestly think your family is simply PERFECT. Best family to ever come over to the US. Keep being amazing and giving us all Great footage. I'm writing from Griffin,Ga 40-45min south of Atlanta
Wow, thank you so much!! We cant wait to share our adventures with you!
You distinguish the difference between sandwich and burger by the bread; we distinguish by the type of “meat” inside. If the “meat” is ground (minced) it’s generally a burger. Ground (minced) beef, turkey, chicken, veggies pressed into a patty form are generally called burgers. You can put a burger between two slices of bread and it would still be a burger; a burger bun is called that because it houses a burger. If you put cheese and tomato in a burger bun it’s a sandwich.
I’m so glad you had good time here in the US.
In Michigan, and probably most other places, mincemeat would refer to the ingredients of mincemeat pie. It doesn't contain meat at all but is a concoction of various fruits, typically dried and especially raisins , and various spices like cinnamon.
That's called fruit mince in NZ.
Yes, if we offered you a piece of our mincemeat pie you may not want it!
I think the original old school recipe for mincemeat pie did have meat.
@@anndeecosita3586 True, but my google search indicated that faded away during the Victorian period, at least in the US.
Be Careful when you come to Tennessee. If someone has a blinker on, they bought the car that way! Lord knows they didn't turn it on!
True for the entire South. 🤣
You rented a Durango. That rear opening I would call the rear gate. Trunk/boot is on a sedan or coupe. Hatch on a hatchback, gates on SUVs. Another difference would be hood vs bonnet.
I'd probably jut say trunk or trunk-lid for all of them just to be brief about it.
Most SUV's don't have gates anymore though, they have a hatch. Older ones like Blazers and station wagons had a tailgate that opened down and window that opened up. Now most just have a hatch.
I'd call it a hatch. Whether on an SUV or a hatchback, it's essentially exactly the same thing. I only call it a gate (as in tailgate) if it's on the rear end of a pickup truck. If it's a sedan or coupe, the space where you put the luggage or cargo that's behind the rear seat is the trunk, whereas the thing that opens and closes to access the trunk is technically called the trunk lid.
No one uses gates anymore
I enjoy watching your podcast
This was awesome!! I love learning about other cultures. Language differences can be so funny 😂!
cookie / biscuit , napkin nappie / diaper, flashlight / torch. I spent a couple of years in New Zealand. Some funny language incidents. Saying "I'm stuffed" is a good one.
OMG I’m picturing the reactions if you ever said "I’m stuffed," in front of new friends or acquaintances.
Just to add a few more (flashlight / torch / moonbeam) (restroom / bathroom / head / toilet/ shitter)
and tomato sauce instead of ketchup
@@wanderingheidi but what do they call tomato sauce? :D
@@RickyHardin hahaha! No clue.
As a baby boomer, I always called them turn signals; not aware of the term blinkers.
I'm a Boomer from Cali and always call it a blinker
I'm on the east coast and everybody calls on blinkers but some people say turn signals
@@hippielady123 And I'm sure according to calli, it cause cancer.
@@jeffhampton2767 So am I and and it's always been turn signal. Then, wait for it, when you push the little red triangle, it's the emergency flashers.
Funny/sad thing is, regardless of what we call them in the states, a lot of people think they're optional. . .
-Burger=Hamburger
-Our blinkers are officially called turn signals
- In the Southeast we call your trolleys, buggies!
- lollies are lollipops to us
- Chocolate bars are candy bars
- Togs = swimsuits, bathing suits, trunks and bikinis (we expect our togs to get discolored)
- "Zed's dead, baby" Pulp Fiction quote. It's the name of a guy here.
What was the last one??? Glad you enjoyed your trip. Come to the southeast USA next time. It's a whole other country, and we're nicer. 😊
agreed
Bless your heart 🤣🤣🤣🤣
A burger is ANY ground meat (or meat substitute) formed into a patty. Not just ground beef, but ground turkey, pork, chicken, salmon, bison, lamb, etc. plus mushrooms, veggies & “beyond.”
@jeffg.6110 yes, but if I decide to get ground shrimp formed into a pattie, cooked, and served on a bun, I'm not calling it a burger. I'm calling it a shrimp burger or shrimp sandwich. If I'm ordering a burger, I expect beef. If I want my burger made of ground turkey, I'm ordering a turkey burger. Bison? Bison burger. See my point? They're all burgers, but they need qualifiers.
@@melanies734 Well, of course, but the issue wasn’t burger vs turkey burger or shrimp burger, it was burger vs sandwich. It’s not like they think a (beef) “burger” and a chicken “burger” (sandwich) are the same thing either. The issue is to them the bun dictates it’s a burger - regardless of what kind of meat it is. To Americans, the fact it’s ground meat (or meat substitute) in patty form dictates it’s a burger - regardless of what kind of meat. See my point?
I love that pic in the background. I love Joshua Trees
To us, the cockpit of a car is _full_ of indicators: speed, engine rpms, gasoline level, engine temperature, lights, high-beams, oil needs changed, tire pressure is low, general trouble indicator, and nowadays, compass direction and internal and external temperatures, as well as heat and air conditioning activity. There are also left and right indicators on the dashboard showing whether you've activated a turn signal, with both indicators lighting up if you activated the hazard control.
The external turn signals on a car are communication devices to indicate (signal) to other drivers of ones intentions, thus they are indicators.
Speed and rpm’s are on gauges. Lights that indicate something are indicators!
@@kristophergoordman7225 Even digital gauges where the numbers light up?
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Gauges, digital or mechanical, actually gauge something and show a specific level of speed or fuel, etc. While indicators just light up or flash to say look at me, I’m on or I’m broken, or I’m turning!
@@kristophergoordman7225 Gauges are indicators, as are meters. Life is filled with indicators both natural and man made. A defining characteristic of humans as intelligent beings is the use of symbols (symbolic language) to convey information. The leaves changing color are indicators of fall and a reminder that winter is impending.
If you make it to Florida in your RV come to Crystal River.
You can swim with manatees.
They are peaceful creatures who graze on sea grass.
They are called the cows of the sea and some people think they are what early sailors referred to when they spoke of mermaids.
Trolleys in the U.S. are tram cars, there aren’t many today, but they were big the early part of the 1900’s
Also the Los Angeles Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn were called the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers because you had to dodge trolleys on the way to the ballpark. They eventually dropped trolleys and just became the Dodgers.
You really need to come to Michigan known as the mitten state due to its shape (gee do you call them mittens?) Go up north towards the Mackinaw bridge 5 miles long across 2 of the Great Lakes. Go to Mackinaw island where no cars allowed walk or horses bikes and lots of wonderful fudge. Then go further into the upper peninsula of Michigan for some beauty. Stop by and see the Soo Locks can be interesting. Think you would rather enjoy the beauty.
I’d say if there is ground (minced) beef it may be called ‘burger’, even if it’s between slices of bread. For instance, patty melts might be on a menu under burgers. As far as I know no other ingredient between slices of bread are ever called ‘burgers’ nor between a bun. I believe because ground beef is commonly referred to as ‘hamburger’ is the reason a a sandwich with ground beef is simply called a ‘burger’.
A bit of trivia. The reason that the USA uses trunk is that early vehicles used actual "trunks" or containers that were strapped to the back of the vehicle that passengers put their belongings. Vehicles then eventually morphed into having "trunks."
A good way to understand the word sandwich is this... Sandwich is like the word automobile (the main category). Then you have car, truck, van, SUV as the secondary category. With Sandwich (the main category) . Then you have Hamburgers & Cheeseburgers (Burgers), Chicken Filet, Fish Fillet, Subs, Tuna Salad, Ham etc... are the secondary Categories.
Burgers vs sandwiches. In the US burgers are determined by the type/style of meat, not the bun. If it is ground meat or a plant based version that is supposed to imitate a ground beef burger Patty, then it’s a burger. Anything else between two slices of bread or in a bun is a sandwich. If it’s not a veggie burger, ground beef burger, or ground meat turned into a burger patty, it’s a sandwich.
That vegan burger is not a burger at all, it's just ground plants with other additives to make it look like hamburger, but it's not a burger. It's more like a booger, you know the crusty thing you pick out your nose?
This American absolutely loves your channel and your family. I look forward to them.
Ground meat has fats and sometimes other fillers added and is mostly put through a meat grinder, whereas minced meat is just the meat finely cut or minced without any added ingredients and can be ground up or finely cut with a knife.
Burger is the meat patty. Nothing to do with the bread. In fact, that’s why the buns are referred to as burger buns. But you could also use the buns for a sandwich and call it a sandwich bun. Cheers from an Arkansan living in Texas
It's really simple. If it is a Beef Patty it is a Burger regardless of the bread or bun. If the meat is anything else it is a sandwich regardless of the bread or bun, EXCEPT it is heavily debated among us Americans if a Hamburger counts as a sandwich! You will NEVER Get a straight answer on that one!
As an American 🇺🇸 I could have never guessed what togs meant. Here in the Great Midwest, signal light is more common than blinker. The word "trolley" is a form of public transportation using overhead electrical wire. In most cities they have all but disappeared by 1960 and replaced by busses. Although St Louis, Missouri has built a new trolley line in the Delmar loop.
Togs was literally the only example they gave that I had never heard of. Otherwise, I knew both. I'm an American, but my parents were British immigrants. Never in my life have I heard the word "Togs."
Trolleys can also be cable cars like in San Francisco
To most Americans, mince meat is not meat, it is a pie we have during the holidays, mince meat is made of apples, apple cider, candied cherries, brown sugar, apricots, dried cherries, cranberries, currants, figs, orange zest, orange juice, golden raisins, raisins, schmaltz, allspice, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, salt, and rum . . .at least in PA and OH, also, a burger on toast or bread with grilled onions and cheese is called a patty melt. . .
Original mincemeat pies, or minced pies, did contain meat and many recipes still do even though the ones without meat are the more popular ones nowadays.
A burger is minced beef. Everything else is a "sandwidge" including hotdogs. I think an RV trip through small town America will be amazing for your beautiful family !
Hey you guys should check out videos on the mall of america! It's in minnesota and the largest mall in America.
'Togs' is actually derived from a 16th-century word for coat, 'togeman', according to the BBC. It got shortened to 'togs' overtime, and usually referred to any type of clothes. It wasn't until the early 20th century that it came into use to refer to swimming attire.
We also call shopping carts buggies
Rarely. Never have heard that.
@@mflewis1 It depends where in the US you live. In some states, shopping cart is never used and buggy is used instead
@@BlessingsfromBridget Or just not say shopping and just say carts.
Lets go new video. Love to see it. Enjoy your RV trip throughout America
"Trunk" came about in the early early cars that had a trunk mounted on the back.
Love the painting behind you on the wall. Beautiful desert seen with a Yucca Brevifolia Tree or as I call them Yucca Tree but most call them Joshua tree. I have many in my yard. They mainly grow in the Mojave Desert.
1. Trunk refers to the actual suitcase built onto the back of cars back in the day. There was no boot, only a literal trunk.
2. A burger is the beef patty. It has nothing to do with the buns/bread. A burger or hamburger is a beef steak patty from Hamburg, Germany. It was a thing before it was put between bread.
3. Mince vs ground beef is just a difference in saying. Both are the same. One most likely originated before the other, but who really cares?
4. Same here as number 3. Just a different use of words. I don’t think there is any history behind this difference except the time at which the English language was split by an ocean.
5. A trolley to the USA is a public person carrying machine. Tracked, like a train and used within cities, such as San Francisco.
6. A lolli or lolly is short for lollipop. A sucker candy, typically round, wound into a spiral, flat, and usually multicolored.
7. Swim suit just makes more sense than tongs. Tongs doesn’t make any sense to anyone outside of New Zealand/Australia.
8. Zed doesn’t really make sense because it’s the only letter you spell out. It doesn’t make any logical sense, from either end. Zed was usually said because it was more identifiable over radio than “zee” that could be mistaken for “Cee””. That was a British norm during WW2. That’s the only thing that I can see making a historical difference.
Most of American English is an offshoot of old British English mixed with French spelling and other words from other languages of the early 1700s and beyond. Many of our words that describe the same thing come from an older English language that is no longer spoken in Britain or its former colonies (that split off way after the United States did). Some predate English words. Our use of trunk predates the use of the word boot for example, as the United States was the first country to mass produce the automobile and create the industrial standard terminology.
Is THAT why? I have always wondered WHY ground beef is called HAMburger. Of course, I've also wonder why we call fish and chicken, fish and chicken. But we call cow and pig, beef and pork.....and then the HAM issue.
@@Raggmopp-xl7yf Yea, actually it really is. Are you trying to say it’s not with your chicken/fish statement? Or the capitalization of HAM meaning it was originally made of pig? I don’t really get the point of this reply. You didn’t do a great job at making your point clear. If you are attempting to be flippant, you failed poorly.
@@MlTCH He's not writing poorly, you're reading poorly. It's a fairly light hearted reply. Eat a snickers.
The trunk comes from early automobiles that literally had a trunk attached to the back of the car and was detachable so it could be carried inside.
@@MlTCH TRYing to say? I thought I said it pretty well. I mean, I got a lot of info from your post. You tryin' to pick a fight outta thin air? Have fun! I won't be participating.
A funny comment. When I was a kid, all sodas were seen as 'Coke'. I ordered a coke as a 7 year old at the bowling alley one day, so the waitress gave me a Coke. She was quite confused when I said, "I wanted the clear kind." I had wanted a Sprite.
Actually it depends on which state you're in. Each one has their own terms for sodas
That's more of a **regional** thing ["...in a galaxy far, far away..."] than a temporal thing ["...a long time ago..."], I think...
Some call all carbonated beverages: "soda," "pop," "a Coke [exemplar-Brand-as-category-name; kind of like all facial tissues are 'a Kleenex']," etc.
A burger place near me was staffed with Spanish Americans Though bilingual, when someone asked what fountain drinks they had, it stumped the whole restaurant.
There are still areas in the U.S. that call them pop.
@@geoffreysmommy When my dad visited my in college (home was western New York State while college was eastern NY), he liked to visit restaurants and order a "pop", just to get the reaction. I would then have to explain that he meant a "soda".
Fun Fact: Not all Americans say trunk! I am from North Carolina specifically I'm a Down Easterner or from the tide water coastal area of NC. We say boot of the car. I have all my life. When I married my husband who is from the middle of North Carolina he made fun of me when I said called it boot! So you will be right at home if you visit the eastern costal area of my beautiful state!
My dad was from. Harnett County and called it boot. I live in Davidson County and always hear trunk.
5:17 some regions call a shopping cart a "buggy" others say "basket" I've lived in all these regions, they may have a different one for the north & east 😂❤
Where I'm from the basket is what we carry to put things in as we're shopping. Yes, a basket is part of the cart, too.
@@ariellewilson730 👍🤣😂🤣
Thank you for the explanation of the NZeders. I had no idea what you were saying until now.
Small town America is not liberal. It is conservative. The best people on earth are small town Americans.
Yeah they voted against women voting... And they love their women not leaving the kitchen. Lol backwards USA plus they still vote for Trump.. That sums up small town USA
The fact that you would insert this self-aggrandizing statement here belies your claim.
@@morbiouslenoir trump country
We call an indicator a turn signal also, you guys are great!
I call it whatever I'm thinking of at the time, but most times I call it turn signal.
I am so excited that y’all are planning on multiple trips to the United States because as you’ve learned the U.S. is a massive country. Because of the massive size of the United States there are multiple regional differences even in our language. For example the word boot you learned that in the area you visited they said trunk, but in other regions and areas of the U.S we would say boot. Similarly the word shopping cart where I live in the south (Alabama) we call a buggy but y’all know as a trolley. In the south we also call what you know as an indicator a turn signal not a blinker or indicator. So lots to learn. Lots of difference. I love your willingness to learn and experience and teach through your content the differences. Thank you again for this video and all your content! Much love to you and your family!!❤️ ❤❤❤
I am from the UA, and I was in NZ a few months ago (Absolutely LOVED IT!). Anyway when I was driving, every time I tried to use the "Indicator" I kept on using the dang windshield wipers lol. A bit of stranger change in driving for me but it was still fun.
Burger has ground beef
A burger is any kind of ground meat formed into a patty... turkey burger, shrimp burger, chicken burger... the bread is usually a bun, but if the meat is ground, its a burger
Most of America uses the word shopping cart (cart) but in some areas they call it a buggy
Burger is short for hamburger so only a beef hamburger can be a burger.
@jeffhampton2767 thats a half truth... the beef hamburger is the original, but there are other types or burgers now
@@purrfectnails No, people might refer those other meats as burgers, but in reality, ground chicken is a chicken sandwich. Ground turkey, well is just nasty. No such thing as a shrimp burger, you have a seafood sandwich.
@@Blueknight1960 if you say so 🙄
@@purrfectnails I did say so.
A burger is short for a hamburger. A burger is always a ground beef patty...hamburger, anything else is a sandwich.
So ground turkey formed into a patty and grilled and then put on a bun is a turkey sandwich. And, sliced turkey on a bun is a turkey sandwich.
Hmm, I would think just call one a turkey burger to avoid the confusion. 😂
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A burger is a ground patty that is grilled without breading. It doesn't matter what type of meat. If you take ground chicken meat and grill it up like a hamburger, it's a chicken burger. If you take that same ground chicken patty and bread it and deep fry it, it's a chicken sandwich. As for using a ground beef patty, you can make a chicken fried hamburger steak sandwich out of a hamburger patty and it's NOT a burger. You can also make a Salisbury Steak sandwich... NOT a burger.
@@seethe42 Congratulations, you're apparently a burger expert. Do you feel really smart and proud that you're an "expert" on burgers?? It's not all that important but you're certainly worked up about it huh?
I love this channel and your family! I watch your videos to learn about New Zealand as much as I enjoy watching you learn about America! Thank you!
So glad!
Thoroughly enjoyed this video, as I do with every one of your videos. Unfortunately, I doubt Alabama will be on this upcoming tour of America so I'll continue to watch and support in the hopes that maybe you'll find time to visit us in your next tour of our fantastic country. I have no doubt that you'll be ready for more once you complete this upcoming tour! Can't wait to see you guys experience all the amazing stuff this country has to offer!
Anything with a ground beef hamburger patty is a hamburger. No matter the bread. Everything else is a sandwich, no matter the topping 😃
If it’s made with ground turkey or ground chicken… People will typically say it’s a turkey burger or a chicken burger. That might be the only exception in how you describe it. Lots of love from Northern California!! It’s amazing up here completely different than Southern California. Big cities like LA and New York are a drop in the ocean… Our country is so much more than those places. So happy you get to drive through some of the small towns.❤️
I strongly encourage you to experience a small town candy shoppe if you come across one. The reason is because they often have locally made candy other places won't have and because a lot of them make their own toffee or fudge in house and fresh and its isually really, really good.
You are absolutely going to love small town America! If you ask me, small town America is the heart of America! I love your videos and I absolutely adore your family. Wholesome and wonderful! I can't wait to see your reaction to the real America! If you think people were friendly so far, I think you're in for a wonderful eye opening surprise. I can't wait till the new videos start rolling out.
Very interesting because we do have something called lollipops. That's a type of candy on a stick or on a loop.
Oh man! Come to Lancaster, PA! You’ll get some unique experience! lol.
If you want to see small town America, you need to drive the 101 from LA to San Francisco and back down visiting the Sierras… See Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Carmel, Santa Cruz, San Francisco… then see Napa, Tahoe and Yosemite. You’d have a blast. I know you saw Los Angeles, but California has so much more to offer… Also driving Route 66 across the south of the country to DC is a cool drive. You see something like 8 states, including Vegas, the Grand Canyon, Nashville and Washington DC with all its museums. You could stay a couple nights in each of the places I mentioned, and have an amazing small town American vacation. Anyways, love the videos. Glad you’re coming back to America.
And there's no experience quite like driving through Gilroy, am I right?
We call a shopping cart a buggy in our southern area. A trolly would be something we ride in, very much like a bus but on rails.
Grew up in Brooklyn, NY and we always called the "blinker" either the TURN SIGNALS or the DIRECTIONALS.
I was aware of many of the alternate names for the same thing (OK, togs was a new one). Shopping carts are sometimes called wagons, and blinkers are more generically called turn signals. I think most Americans consider burgers to be hamburgers (ground beef), and other fast food items are sandwiches, even if they are served on a hamburger bun.
But don't forget that due to its size, different regions of the USA have different words for the same thing too. If you go into a sandwich shop for a long sandwich, it can be anything from a hero, sub, hoagie, po boy, or any one of a bunch of other names. Yes, in some areas, certain sandwich names refer to a specific type of sandwich, and I doubt that many Americans travelling around the country would know all the variations.
In a supermarket, non-alcoholic carbonated beverages in some areas are "soda", in others, "pop" - and I think there are a few other words used as well. A liquor store in New England is called a "packie" - just a couple examples. And don't get into the various regional accents.
A burger is a ground beef patty (or more than one) between two slices of bread, which might be buns. Or no buns. It's a burger if it's a portion of ground beef that is cooked in a manner that *could* be put between two buns.
Everything else is a sandwich. Though, I also consider a burger a *type* of sandwich.
our similarities and lifestyles are huge...our differences small!. America loves New Zealanders...and especially your family. We have adopted you!
I watch a ton of videos on RUclips from people all over the world... I watch you guys, I watch Lawrence Brown in Chicago talk about his challenges coming to America from England, I watch a bunch of people do things in England from Mud-larking to magnet fishing and a billion things in between, I watch a whole lot of folk in France working on old Chateaus and things... I watch people in Scotland seeking treasures in tips(dumps)... to farmsteading... and I even watch someone who raises sheep in Canada... I still have no idea why but I love it... I watch dozens of people reacting to music and movies... Over the years I've picked up on a lot of weird things like Torch = Flashlight... when I hear Torch I instantly would picture a wooden stick with cloth wrapped around the top set ablaze... not a flashlight... now I actually consider the source to think about what they are talking about... I am now used to hearing things like Wellies, the Boot of a car... the Bonnet of a car... and things like that. I have NEVER heard a swimsuit referred to as a tog though... that's just weird... but ok... I'll try to add that to my growing list of alternate names for things. But I'm old enough that I still get hung up on people calling their underwear thongs (which I'd NEVER wear!)... as "thongs" were what we called "flip-flops" when I was a kid... they were thongs... you wore those on your feet not between your cheeks... that's just weird. How times change.
I grew up in NY and used “blinker”. And a “trolley” is an urban train.
Same thing in Pennsylvania
" frog togs" are rain gear. Traditionally , didnt rain gear have toggles, ie, dowels on a string ( "toggle" is camping jargon for that very thing" ) pushed through loops to secure one side of the article to the other. I wonder if there is correlation.
Hey Guys, Big Fan here. I was lucky enough to spend a month on the North Island during a joint military exercise between the U.S. & New Zealand Armies. They gave us 4 days off and of course we spent that time in Aukland. Fantastic People who showered us w/ their Hospitality. Just an unforgettable time.
I was watching WAY too much RUclips the other day, as usual, and it hit me when I saw it. One of the most Unique to American things that an entire Family can enjoy and be "WoW'ed" at is an indoor Monster Truck event. It's usually not too long, it gets the senses fired up and it's usually relatively inexpensive to see one of these events. I took a girlfriend to see one in Pocatello, Idaho for a first date and we had a Blast ! If this is already on the list and has already been suggested, my apologies.
Enjoy that RV experience, I'm from Oregon and I think ur all gonna enjoy that one. If you happen to be near the West Coast in July, find some Rainier Cherries, nothing like them anywhere else and they are Delicious. Named for Washington State's Mt. Rainier, if ur within a few hundred miles, you'll find it. 😊 Thanks for the YT content, it's Fun & Refreshing to see. 👍
Wow thats so awesome! Glad NZ showed you a good time while you were here. So keen to get to a monster truck event if we can. We will def look out for those cherries!! Thanks for the tip!
Great videos! I Enjoy your passion for America. Neat to find out differences in languages. Different areas in the US have different accents & different words.