It's not even political because he changes sides so much, everyone just hates him. Sometimes he does come out with things noone says on tv which is good but he is just a bit if a wankstain
Yep. Arguably Britain's biggest wanker (amongst some stiff competition from people like Farrage). Also a self confessed criminal when he admitted to breaking the law as a tabloid editor during the phone hacking scandal and then suddenly back tracked when he realised he's admitted to a serious criminal offense.
Americans here! 😆 Great video! We resonated with so many of the things on this list!! My favourite one was the banter - took me so long to get the hang of British banter. Fortunately, I can finally tell when a Brit is just taking the mick, but haven't yet developed the skill of responding in kind 😂
@@simonmorris4226 Only the Brits would invent a game where you play for 5 days and still have a draw, as well as stopping for tea and sandwiches on a regular frequency.
Love the dark military humor...had a brit sgt driving in a personel carrier drinking tea and asking me in the middle of a fire fight where i wanted my body bag...
Been in an accident and your leg is hanging off - have a sweet cup of tea for the shock. You’ll feel so much better. I was in a busy pub once and a couple of American tourists were getting quite concerned about the group of lads next to them throwing insults at each other and laughing. The tourists thought with all those insults a bar fight was about to start. I had to re-assure them it was all in good fun and they were friends. Brits go quiet and talk calmly when we’re about to fight 😂😂
Yep, as a Brit - I can see why things would stand out as a bit weird. We’re a weird lot anyway. I thought all your takes on this we’re pretty spot on. You do actually learn more about your own country from those who live here from abroad.
Yes, but is it the UK of Great Britain (i.e. the combined crowns of England and Scotland) a n d Northern Ireland or the UK of GB & Northern Ireland (i.e. the cobined crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland, as far as is had not become the Republic of Ireland)? Or matemathical (UK of GB) + NI or UK of (GB+NI)?
American opinion :that fairy bread looks disgusting. I hope you don't consider that "Australian culture." You must have something better to show your culture.
I would say that our sense of humour is my favourite thing about being British. I still don’t understand how you manage to have a washing machine in the bathroom. It is against our safety regulations. Where do you plug it in?
I know someone who has a built in cupboard in their bathroom, they get away with having the washing machine in there because it is behind a door that can be closed.
Actual places in Australia include Titwobble Lane, Pisspot Creek, Windy Saddle, Mount Meharry, Prominent Nob, Lovely Bottom, Peculiar Knob and Muff Creek
The most common accent among young working class people in London today is MLE [Multicultural London English] which is heavily influenced by the black community, particularly those of Jamaican heritage. It is a 'closed mouth' accent, meaning that the lips hardly part in speech and it uses slang expressions such as 'bro', 'cuz', 'fam' [close friends] 'innit' [isn't it], 'ja-no-wad-da-mean' [do you know what I mean?] and so on. The word 'like' is used as a filler in most sentences. Interestingly, it has taken the glottal stop from Cockney, so a speaker of MLE will say bo-'-le [bottle] and bu-'-er [butter] just like East-Enders always did. As for Cockney, it is rarely heard in London now as most of the original white working-class Londoners who spoke it moved out of the capital to Kent and Essex during the last 40 years of the 20th century. This huge demographic shift is rarely talked about, but has changed London forever. If you want to hear Cockney spoken today, you would have to travel to Southend or Rochester.
This sounds like pulling your leg at first hearing but it's a historical fact that Britain's rise to power as a state and empire was directly due to tea-drinking. In a nutshell, in centuries past drinking contaminated water was the source of most deaths. Drinking tea required boiled water which killed the germs. Britain's population thus grew more quickly that that of non-tea-drinking nations on the continent which in turn lead to greater power. In particular, London became the largest city on earth in the 19th. century because of this. This sounds bizarre but I've watched emminent historians on T.V. documentaries explain it in great detail.
The washing machine in the kitchen is due to the fact that much of our housing stock is very old and built before mod cons like electricity, central heating and hot water (or even running water in some cases). These things were added later and water was installed in the kitchen. Then when washing machines became widely available this was the only place you could install them as that's was the only room with water. Additionally many of our homes are small and it's often the only place where there's room for a washing machine. e.g. I live in a two-up-two-down terrace house (two down stairs rooms and two upstairs rooms) built in 1910. The small kitchen and bathroom are tacked onto the back of the house and are the only rooms with a water supply. Therefore the washing machine is in the kitchen because there's nowhere else for it to go. I don't own a tumble drier or dishwasher because there's no room for them. This is a very common set up. However modern detached homes in Britain will usually have a utility room.
It has gradually replaced the old greeting of 'How do you do?' which, of course, the only correct response to was 'How do you do?'! We have kept the same format and the same question just shortened it to one word.
@@darronboden9975 i will elaborate on the size of said bathroom just for you, it was and still is big enough to accommodate a large Victorian bath, I put it in ,the boiler ,in its own enclosed cupboard , my heating engineer put that in .the tumble dryer and washing machine, in a cupboard with doors on ,and have room for 7 children and a adult at bath time, plus a toilet .does that put your mind at rest ?
Fairy bread. Also New Zealand! Tea: My Nana was from Newcastle and my mom swore she would “popover” (a 45 minute drive) and arrive right when my mom was pouring the water into the teapot. Never failed. Nana was a nurse in WWII, ended her service in Australia and moved to NZ. Picked up some language habits from her … so when one of my cats is misbehaving (several times a day) I end up calling him “Ya wee naughty bastard”. Love him to bits. Enjoying your channel. :-)
I used to love sugar sandwiches as a child! It seems like such a bizarre thing looking back on it. I can only assume this tradition came about during war time rationing.
Hiya. Did you hear about the ice cream seller found dead in the back of his van covered in hundreds and thousands? The police reckon he topped himself. Stay safe. All the best to you.
My Mum always talks about hundreds and thousands being the little fragments left over at the bottom of the big jars found in traditional sweet shops. This is around WW2 time and after. You could buy a little paper bag of them for a few pence.
I can imagine the workers in the control room of power stations counting down, with perspiring foreheads, for the massive surge in power, when the kettle goes on. Watching the needles fly into the red for three minutes, then a sigh of relief when they settle back. "That's it back to normal for fifteen minutes", an hour if it is BBC. Fairy Bread is one for the Grandkids when Coronavirus is under control. Microwaved kippers are the best to leave a food smell for days.
"You alright" means many things. It can mean what it says, but it usually means "hello" or "hey". Quite often it just means "Basic greeting of pleasantness without encouraging additional conversation". Pronunciation is usually different to the questioning, concerned "you alright?", and is really pronounced "yorright?" Standard acceptable responses are the mirrored "yorright", or maybe "not so bad thanks, you?" - if it is understood that only a small amount of syllables are sanctioned in the reply. You are still not actually asking how the person is here. Acceptable responses also include "yes mate, you?", or to particularly nip the conversation in the bud, get away from the "is it a question or not" by replying with the elonged "more-nin" (good morning). Even "how are you" is misleading as a question if it immediately follows an initial greeting (such as "good morning"). Probably the most straightforward "i am genuinely enquiring as to your health or status" greeting is "are you ok mate?" or similar. On the country thing. It comes from pride really. A Scottish person may be happy to be called British - as it's factually accurate, but they would absolutely not be happy to be called English. Likewise, Welsh, Irish and English. If in doubt, start with "British". If you get smells of moisture from your washing machine - there is something wrong with it! Wash your clothes and then immediately take your clothes somewhere else to dry. Piers Morgan is an absolute bellend. Whether you agree with the words currently coming out of his mouth, just remember all the things he's done in the past. He's scum.
I believe that only 5-7% of the land of Great Britain has been built on. Assuming I have my facts right. Almost every 25 miles seems to have a different accent. I believe there may have been a study that proved that to be the case. The UK is a sovereign state of countries. Which basically means its a country of countries. England - country Scotland - country Wales - country Northern Ireland - Province of the UK (can be argued it's a country) Republic of Ireland - country Britian - England and Wales Great Britain - England, Scotland and Wales United Kingdom - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland British Isles - England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and alot of small islands (far too many to name) Commonwealth - Countries that were once called colonies or dominions. Such as Canada, Australia etc.. Hope this was of help. Great video! Love seeing peoples views on the UK
I was once staying in Newcastle and travelling on the Metro. A group were speaking with very strong accents all got off at the same station. I mentioned this when chatting with a staff member at my hotel, and they correctly guessed which station it was. Metro stations are only about a mile apart.
RP is non-regional and spoken by less than 3%. I am not talking about the non-existent "contemporary RP" which is a diluted southeastern vernacular used by the young. RP can be heard in some of the older generations even in Scotland & Wales.
The thing that baffles me about perceived differences between English speaking countries is that there is nan difference between ya'll. Everything that every native claims is unique to their country applies to every other English speaking country. The most common misconception is they are the ones that are 'taking the mickey', or 'taking the piss'. We all do it. Some more than others. Here is an anecdote of why the Irish do it most. A friend and music critic in the US asked on social media, 'why do the Irish hate Bono?'. Do you know how hard it is to explain to an american that they don't, really.
Amazingly, only 5.9% of the UK is built on. Even England which is the most populated part is only 8.8%. As you described, it is a far cry from the perception.
FYI: if someone has a go at you here for mixing up UK, England etc tell them to get a grip haha. Although I agree with the british accent thing. there are so many and when I visit the states they expect me to speak the queens english and then I come out with a Manc accent hahaha. Arizona thought I was Australian. not even close hahaha :D
My favourite place names are in Scotland - Haugh of Urr, and Kilmahog. Haugh of Urr sounds like something from Monty Python and The Holy Grail. My favourite greeting is our northern English "Ow do". The correct response is "Ow do". Don't feel uncomfortable if someone calls you hen, cock, my luvver, or pet. It's like saying dear, but with regional idiosyncratic twists. I'm sure there's plenty more.
The flat I stayed in when I was in Germany. The washing machine was in the bathroom. I quite liked it. Here. When we started doing clothes washing in the kitchen, we didn't have modern dryers, there was no real additional humidity. It was twin tub spin dryers, after manual scrubbing boards.
The distance you travel in 1 hour Australia is not comparable to the distance you travel in 1 hour in the UK. On an average day it can take over 2 hours just to go 60 Miles. During rush hour it can take over an hour just to go 5 miles and that in good weather with no road works, accidents or vehicle breakdowns slowing you down.
Correct, tea consumption is perpetual for a Brit, the concept of "a" tea makes no sense to us. You can have a cuppa, but just "have tea" same as we breathe air.
The United Kingdom is a constitutional Monarchy comprising the island of Great Britain - the largest of the islands in the archipelago and Northern Ireland, which is located on the second largest island in the archipelago - the island of Ireland. In addition to that the United Kingdom is divided in to the Four Home Nations of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland or Ulster (as some people call it), three of the four have devolved legislatures and governments, three different jurisdictions with four different flags and four different capitals, but unified by one Monarch, one legislature and one Government under one flag with one capital. I don't see what is so confusing about that... *Tip*: Never use the term England to describe the whole of the United Kingdom that will cause grave offence and may end in an unplanned trip to A&E (ER)!
On the front of our Passports it says ‘United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’. It’s simple really, when Scotland joined up with England and Wales in the early 18th century it became known as Greater or Great Britain. Just like the outlying areas around London are called ‘Greater London’. Northern Ireland is not a part of Great Britain as it is on a separate island. So it became part of the United Kingdom, this is the inclusive name of the four nations. Ireland itself is a part of the British Isles but they don’t like to refer themselves as such. British is an inclusive name unlike English or Scottish etc. Aussies greet each other with G’day, whether they are having one or not. It’s the same here, in France they do something similar when they add ça va to the end of Bonjour.
That's not entirely entirely true, I've driven to Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Belgium Austria as well as all over Britain. I know thousands of other people have done the same.
It’s ‘Alright’ & the reply is ‘Yeah, you alright’......and “IF” (it’s not expected or compulsory) you reply it’s ‘Yep, not bad’ or just ‘Yep’....and that is the whole greeting......
Gareth Jones - True, very farmer’ish; which I am a country lad myself so the old farmers around here do say that; but it’s also a little more northern, more Yorkshire Dales....
As someone from a Chichester I was delighted to hear us mentioned, being a very small city... Titty Hill, however, is not here. It’s a 35/40 minute drive away.
There are many accents in London.South Londoners talk very different to North Londoners and other areas. I was born in South London in 1961 and my accent has never changed.Although with the ingress of people from all over the world local accents have been changing all the time. But i am proud to say my accent will never change until the day i die.And yes,my accent is like that of Del Boy on Only Fools and Horses and i am proud of it.
What you said about the “you alright?” Normally it goes like this “you alright” and then the other person will reply “you alright? “ so the question never gets answered 🤣 strange I know
One of my friends lives in Lickey End in the Lickey hills. It's not far from Bell End. Another friend lives close to Three Cocks in Wales which is close to Lord Hereford's Knob and Fan Y Big. Both can be seen from miles away! Half Man Half Biscuit even wrote a sone about Lord Hereford's Knob and Three Cocks: ruclips.net/video/xpGedbY9F04/видео.html
United Kingdom small country, Great Britain, large island (eighth largest in the world).Non Brits shocked at how small it is, Liechtensteiners?. Luxembourgers? Dutch?, Belgians?, Danes,? not everyone is Australian /American /Chinese etc.Nice film.
I'm certain we had fairy bread when I was a child but we didn't call it that. We also had sugar sandwiches. Another favourite was banana and sugar sarnies Still love banana sandwiches even now but without the sugar. My real favourite though was condensed milk sandwiches. Bliss !!! For savoury sarnies we had lard and dripping and sometimes fish paste. If we had someone come to tea we would have tinned pink salmon sandwiches. We felt VERY posh on those days. A lot of accents etc come from the many invasions over the centuries. We had the Romans, Saxons, Vikings, Normans etc to name but a few. After invasion many invaders married and stayed, adding new words and sounds to that area. Hence the difference in speech even within a short geographical area.
enjoyed this, but i am slightly concerned you may have radioactive eyeballs! nobody should have eyes THAT blue! ;p haha. keep up the great work mate! big love to all people! :)
If your washing machine is in the bathroom, where is it plugged in? A washing machine draws a lot of amps and it would be illegal to have a mains socket (13amps) actually in the bathroom.
Where I come from in the UK, the long thing sprinkles are Hundreds and Thousands and the ball things are "ball things" aka Rainbow Pearl Sprinkles. There may be a regional aspect as to the term used.
Lived in Australia most of my life and never known anyone who drives 3hrs to get to work. That is definitely NOT the norm. The UK is a country..... You live there and don't know this? Brits think Australia is pretty much just hot Britian and that the culture is exactly the same, until they get here and realise it's actually quite different.
In 1603 Queen Elizabeth I died, having had no children. James VI of Scotland was the closest relation to Elizabeth and was invited to come and rule England as well, as James I of England. Thus Scotland and England became united under a single king.
London isn't the UK. Of course tea is a perfect. How can you live without it? Still need to persuade Yvette and the Wandering Ravens to finally break from that nasty coffee beverage.
JJ Smallpiece I drink extra strong coffee (maybe 2 cups) in the morning to wake me up. The rest of the day I drink green tea (no milk or sugar). In the evening I drink cocoa. I am a Brit. 😊
Ah, Barton in the Beans. Often ridden through there on my motorbike back in the day. A tiny hamlet (not the cigar, that's probably bigger) blink and you miss it. My favourite place name has to be Willey (and I'm a lesbian), the sign for it on the A5 often goes walkabout. Especially around the time that rugby teams are touring... And, yes, you know a Brit likes you because they will insult you, mock you, and generally rip the piss. Don't know why we do it, but it is a good thing in our weird world. If we know you and won't speak with you about anything but the weather, that is not so good. If we give you a nickname, take the piss, and drink with you, you are golden
Kids in the UK (like 1940s onwards) would have a syrup sandwich or 100s and 1000 sandwiches. This was considered the top treat.....Australia sent care packages to UK kids in WW2 so i believe this is where it might have crossed the pond. Its why a few Australia products are well known over here like TamTams and Ski yogurts. Brits and Aussies have this good relationship of banter, like siblings, years later. Both countries support the other in need. Its going to be wonderful to see Australia products in the supermarket shelves again, with the trade deal having been signed.
During the earlier part of the 20th Century in the Black County area near Birmingham it was said it was possible to tell which street someone lived in because of their accent.
in british homes , washing machines are in the kitchen because british homes are so badly designed , especially new homes , storage and utility space are virtually non existent . americans complain about the lack of wardrobe / closet space . compared to new homes being built in europe , our new homes are up to 30% smaller , but the government does nothing about this , even suggesting we get used to living in even more cramped spaces .
Britain is already short 1.25 million homes, 10% of 30 year old are still living at their parents and the main reason for not moving out is cost of doing so. Planning permission for new homes is a night mare, and you recomend that they should be 30% bigger at the same time?
@@Flakey101 what has the planning process have to do with the quality of the new build ? people need quality homes for themselves and their families , which means building those homes with spacious rooms , good storage facilities , large windows , outside space , not the " shoe boxes " being churned out nowadays .
@@namesake-mx9nl Nothing about the quality but on the time it takes to actually build a new home. Your wish for larger homes though is living in fantasy land. If there was a demand for larger homes companies would build more of them, but the fact is people are already struggling to pay the cost of the shoe box homes. This is not going to change until over 1 million homes (plus a number of homes to cover the expansion in population during the time it takes to build these homes) are built
I am English, I don't like tea. My flat is small there is no room in my bathroom for a washing machine. It is in the kitchen, which is also my living room, and since lockdown, it's also my office.
in the UK we call that a sugar sandwich, used to have em as a kid, a real treat, white bread butter(never stinking margerine) topped with white sugar, fold it and eat it..
I have heard a story, I don't know of it's true or not, that an Australian, trying to pronounce Loughborough (which is pronounced 'luff-buruh') pronounced it 'loogaborooga'.
Part of the name problem is Geography v Politics. The British Isles include Ireland but Great Britain does not. The United Kingdom takes Britain and adds Northern Ireland to it. The UK is the country, at least officially according to the UN. England and Scotland were countries before the union. Wales was a Principality (hence the Prince of Wales) rather than a country - but don't tell the Welsh that.
Our accents stem from the fact that each region developed over 1500 years and people didn't travel out of their region. The new world is just so young.
Whilst happy is good, the problem is when you are no longer happy you fall further than if you are content. I like content its a peaceful psychological position.
I am not 100% on this but the accent thing is probably down to multiple factors 1) The UK and it's predecessors have been around in one form or another for what 2000 - 3000 or more years while U.S-Canada and New Zealand - Australia where all recently colonised by Europe and more specifically the UK within the last 400 or less years so I would assume that would have something to do with it. 2) Due to the aforementioned 2000 + years we have been invaded and settled countless times in different parts of the UK by varied peoples from the Romans, Saxons, jutes, ingles, Vikings, Normans etc so there is a different makeup regionally in that respect and one may assume is the people that left to settle the colonies where from similar areas of the UK this may be a reason for the lower difference in accents. 3) as was mentioned the UK in comparison is a very small country with a relatively large population for instance California is about 70'000 square miles bigger than the whole of the UK but has a population 28 million less, so I would think people here perhaps subconsciously or not want to differentiate themselves from there neighbours especially more recently I know in Liverpool where I am from it's always their a fake Scouser because there from over the water or from Warrington but they are mimicking the Scouse accent etc. 4) am sure there are many other reason but hey am not a linguist.
making tea is more a take 5 minutes away to destress and recompose, for me if someone says you alight, i say could better, could be worse.. switched around depending on my feelings
Liverpool to Manchester is a different accent? Accents can change every 5-10 miles or so let alone 40 miles as in Liverpool to Manchester,there are literally loads of different accents in between.
I remember my brother telling me about a report a few years back on British accents (I haven't lived in the UK for decades), which said the same thing. Accents in general are getting weaker, except the Liverpudlian accent, which is apparently more pronounced than ever. We're both from Liverpool, needless to say....
@Right Winger It's a country in the sense of being a sovereign state and member of the United Nations - or what most people in the world would call a country. It's no wonder foreigners - and some brits - get confused when we start calling England, Scotland and Wales countries also!
My other half makes a two hour drive to work and a two hour drive home again five days a week and has done so for years. We regularly make three and four hour and occasionally longer car journeys to see friends and family, I thing you are generalising too much!
My bathroom is barely big enough for bathroom necessities, never mind trying to fit appliances in! I need a cupboard in for the loo roll first. I looked t fairy bread and just though "ow, teeth"
Generally people didn't really own cars until the 60's.. Often they lived and worked and stayed in the areas they where born.. Going to London and other towns for most wasn't even an annual event.. Accents evolved separately in isolation because of lack of contact with the outside world.. This was an age when almost everyone was white and even those of an olive complexion stood out as foreign to the local community..
Another great vid! Living near one of the places you mentioned, as I do, it’s an even sillier name than you said. Rather than Barton ON The Beans, it’s actually Barton IN The Beans. In the lovely county of Leicestershire. 😁
The UK is a country. England is also a country just not sovereign. Country and state are synonyms in that regard. So the UK is a country of countries if you will :) Definitely not a continent :) It belongs to Europe. It's a group of islands in terms of geography.
The Uited Kingdom is a group of countries that does NOT include Ireland. But does include Northern Ireland. The land mass of the British Isles DOES include Ireland. Yep, confusing. 😄 It's just 'tea?' Without the 'a'. Or cuppa. Or fancy a brew? I used to live near Wyre Piddle, then Pratt's Bottom, and now Bogmoor. On Orkney there is a village named Twat.
i will have to get you a thesaurus so you can find a synonym for your favourite word deprecate -----effacing is one good example....and anyways,we say anyway....no "s".....
Find a copy of the book Don't tell I, tell 'ee, it explains Somerset slang and how to pronounce some of the place names😉 then get the How to teach yourself Welsh and watch Gavin and Stacey!
I just arrived in Somerset today. We are in Dunster which looks like an amazing town. Can’t wait to explore tomorrow! We go to Wales in a couple days 😉
@@MagentaOtterTravels don't miss Minehead just 10 minutes along the A39! The sand has been improved a lot in the last couple of years! If it's open and you are planning on heading West through Wales pop into Pembury Park near Llanelli, wide open beach and woodland walks! Have fun and stay safe
@UC3_fjz-2TNVc3-CSiMT8GLg if you get the chance to walk up over North Hill in Minehead there are remains of a second World War tank training area up there including loading ramps
@@MagentaOtterTravels absolutely, go on the National Trust website to check if it's open and if any slots are available! If you can get in the castle check out the view from the blue kitchen, butlers kitchen by the sink! Washing up with a view to savour😉😊
Morgan fabricated an article in the press about UK soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners, it was all a load a tosh; he could have got many killed with that, I'm amazed he was ever heard of again.
I think 99% of brits think Piers Morgan is a c word. At least I do
He's an arsehole, but he isn't afraid to say what he wants and I think that is why he is still around.
Most people mispronounce his name not realising the "g" is silent.
It's not even political because he changes sides so much, everyone just hates him. Sometimes he does come out with things noone says on tv which is good but he is just a bit if a wankstain
Yep. Arguably Britain's biggest wanker (amongst some stiff competition from people like Farrage).
Also a self confessed criminal when he admitted to breaking the law as a tabloid editor during the phone hacking scandal and then suddenly back tracked when he realised he's admitted to a serious criminal offense.
I don't we shere the same birthday
Americans here! 😆 Great video! We resonated with so many of the things on this list!! My favourite one was the banter - took me so long to get the hang of British banter. Fortunately, I can finally tell when a Brit is just taking the mick, but haven't yet developed the skill of responding in kind 😂
We don't take the mick out of our overseas cousins. What on earth gave you that idea?
@@jjsmallpiece9234 or use sarcasm.
You two are really wandering tonight ☺
Well most of your countrymen can’t understand cricket! You’ve got no chance!
@@simonmorris4226 Only the Brits would invent a game where you play for 5 days and still have a draw, as well as stopping for tea and sandwiches on a regular frequency.
Love the dark military humor...had a brit sgt driving in a personel carrier drinking tea and asking me in the middle of a fire fight where i wanted my body bag...
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Been in an accident and your leg is hanging off - have a sweet cup of tea for the shock. You’ll feel so much better.
I was in a busy pub once and a couple of American tourists were getting quite concerned about the group of lads next to them throwing insults at each other and laughing. The tourists thought with all those insults a bar fight was about to start. I had to re-assure them it was all in good fun and they were friends. Brits go quiet and talk calmly when we’re about to fight 😂😂
Yep, as a Brit - I can see why things would stand out as a bit weird. We’re a weird lot anyway. I thought all your takes on this we’re pretty spot on. You do actually learn more about your own country from those who live here from abroad.
It's the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Gary Plumley the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland & territories overseas
Yes, but is it the UK of Great Britain (i.e. the combined crowns of England and Scotland) a n d Northern Ireland or the UK of GB & Northern Ireland (i.e. the cobined crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland, as far as is had not become the Republic of Ireland)? Or matemathical (UK of GB) + NI or UK of (GB+NI)?
When I lived in the US everyone thought I was Australian because I had a Yorkshire accent.
I was states side many years ago and asked if I was Australian lol the bloody cheek.
ha lol
Many Americans don't seem to have an ear for accents, in my experience.
Yeah same as!
American opinion :that fairy bread looks disgusting. I hope you don't consider that "Australian culture." You must have something better to show your culture.
I would say that our sense of humour is my favourite thing about being British. I still don’t understand how you manage to have a washing machine in the bathroom. It is against our safety regulations. Where do you plug it in?
The can be in a bathroom provided the pulg is 3M from a bath sink or shower.
I know someone who has a built in cupboard in their bathroom, they get away with having the washing machine in there because it is behind a door that can be closed.
Bathrooms are far too small for a washing machine
Actual places in Australia include Titwobble Lane, Pisspot Creek, Windy Saddle, Mount Meharry, Prominent Nob, Lovely Bottom, Peculiar Knob and Muff Creek
Would love to have one of those for my address 😄
The most common accent among young working class people in London today is MLE [Multicultural London English] which is heavily influenced by the black community, particularly those of Jamaican heritage. It is a 'closed mouth' accent, meaning that the lips hardly part in speech and it uses slang expressions such as 'bro', 'cuz', 'fam' [close friends] 'innit' [isn't it], 'ja-no-wad-da-mean' [do you know what I mean?] and so on. The word 'like' is used as a filler in most sentences. Interestingly, it has taken the glottal stop from Cockney, so a speaker of MLE will say bo-'-le [bottle] and bu-'-er [butter] just like East-Enders always did. As for Cockney, it is rarely heard in London now as most of the original white working-class Londoners who spoke it moved out of the capital to Kent and Essex during the last 40 years of the 20th century. This huge demographic shift is rarely talked about, but has changed London forever. If you want to hear Cockney spoken today, you would have to travel to Southend or Rochester.
This sounds like pulling your leg at first hearing but it's a historical fact that Britain's rise to power as a state and empire was directly due to tea-drinking. In a nutshell, in centuries past drinking contaminated water was the source of most deaths. Drinking tea required boiled water which killed the germs. Britain's population thus grew more quickly that that of non-tea-drinking nations on the continent which in turn lead to greater power. In particular, London became the largest city on earth in the 19th. century because of this. This sounds bizarre but I've watched emminent historians on T.V. documentaries explain it in great detail.
That's really fascinating (I'm not being sarcastic)...thanks for sharing...
That is true. You can also make the same argument about alcoholic drinks. Being a nation of alcoholics has (had) its perks.
Huh that is actually really interesting and makes sense.
"That's nice" is the ultimate British insult
Not necessarily
The washing machine in the kitchen is due to the fact that much of our housing stock is very old and built before mod cons like electricity, central heating and hot water (or even running water in some cases). These things were added later and water was installed in the kitchen.
Then when washing machines became widely available this was the only place you could install them as that's was the only room with water. Additionally many of our homes are small and it's often the only place where there's room for a washing machine.
e.g. I live in a two-up-two-down terrace house (two down stairs rooms and two upstairs rooms) built in 1910. The small kitchen and bathroom are tacked onto the back of the house and are the only rooms with a water supply. Therefore the washing machine is in the kitchen because there's nowhere else for it to go. I don't own a tumble drier or dishwasher because there's no room for them. This is a very common set up.
However modern detached homes in Britain will usually have a utility room.
As far as I've ever known, the official response to "Alright?" Is simply "Alright!" 😂
northerners its "aye, you?"
Americans and (some) Aussies make a big fuss about what is obviously just a way of saying hello.Are they really THAT literal minded?.
It has gradually replaced the old greeting of 'How do you do?' which, of course, the only correct response to was 'How do you do?'! We have kept the same format and the same question just shortened it to one word.
Yeah we say "alright?" but we don't actually care of you're alright. We're just being polite. We should just say hello really 😂
Of course we know Australia has a culture thanks to the sterling efforts of Sir Les Patterson, Australian Cultural Attaché! G’Day Shiela!😘
Barry's characters are greatly missed.
@@peckelhaze6934 a great cultural export! His characters also sometimes had a gentle side that I found quite touching!
And Cricket and Don Bradman.
@@tennysonfordblackbird2087 and Irritating Shane Warne!
@@simonmorris4226 - Definitely.
Having a washing machine in the bathroom is just weird!
why? it makes more since if you have room for one there than in the kitchen
@John Milton we had a very big bathroom, the washing machine was in its own cupboard, I agree most bathrooms are quiet small and unsuitable in the UK.
I'm from the UK and I have never heard of having a washing machine in the bathroom
Why put a washing machine in the room you take a shit in?
@@darronboden9975 i will elaborate on the size of said bathroom just for you, it was and still is big enough to accommodate a large Victorian bath, I put it in ,the boiler ,in its own enclosed cupboard , my heating engineer put that in .the tumble dryer and washing machine, in a cupboard with doors on ,and have room for 7 children and a adult at bath time, plus a toilet .does that put your mind at rest ?
The washing machine thing is because we hang out washing and our clothes are not made to tumble dry - they generally shrink!
Fairy bread. Also New Zealand!
Tea: My Nana was from Newcastle and my mom swore she would “popover” (a 45 minute drive) and arrive right when my mom was pouring the water into the teapot. Never failed.
Nana was a nurse in WWII, ended her service in Australia and moved to NZ. Picked up some language habits from her … so when one of my cats is misbehaving (several times a day) I end up calling him “Ya wee naughty bastard”. Love him to bits. Enjoying your channel. :-)
Always use to have sugar butties when I was younger, again with white bread and butter. Not as pretty as faery bread but still amazing
Sugar Sandwiches haven't ha one of these for over 30 years, wonderful treat as a child.
Yes we had these when we were kids, usually when we had run out of jam , but the biggest treat was a fish finger sandwich with ketchup 😃
I used to love sugar sandwiches as a child! It seems like such a bizarre thing looking back on it. I can only assume this tradition came about during war time rationing.
Hiya. Did you hear about the ice cream seller found dead in the back of his van covered in hundreds and thousands? The police reckon he topped himself. Stay safe. All the best to you.
The strawberry sauce just confirmed it!
He sounds like a flake to me.
What a melt
Made me snicker
I wouldn't use Reddit as a source for anything Yvette! Armchair experts galore.
As a Brit with Aussie cousins, I love the banter and how lovely Aussies are. Very similar dry sense of humour.
No real shock as about 80% of them have roots here.
My Mum always talks about hundreds and thousands being the little fragments left over at the bottom of the big jars found in traditional sweet shops. This is around WW2 time and after. You could buy a little paper bag of them for a few pence.
"These Brits have got some funny named places! I was telling my folks over in Corraworrabollarolla Creek and they couldn't stop laughing!"
I can imagine the workers in the control room of power stations counting down, with perspiring foreheads, for the massive surge in power, when the kettle goes on. Watching the needles fly into the red for three minutes, then a sigh of relief when they settle back. "That's it back to normal for fifteen minutes", an hour if it is BBC. Fairy Bread is one for the Grandkids when Coronavirus is under control. Microwaved kippers are the best to leave a food smell for days.
The technical term for the power Surge is TV pickup.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_pickup
@@grahamsmith9541 Really!
I live in Manchester, we have at least four different accents in Greater Manchester alone.
Australia deffo has a culture.
Absolutely love the place. Our closest friends in the world 🇬🇧🇦🇺
we brits have tea, other countries have to make do with these things called 'hugs'
tea is our lifeblood
My dad was born in Yorkshire and he thinks people from Hull are foreigners lol.
That's how some people look at local accents in the UK.
"You alright" means many things. It can mean what it says, but it usually means "hello" or "hey". Quite often it just means "Basic greeting of pleasantness without encouraging additional conversation".
Pronunciation is usually different to the questioning, concerned "you alright?", and is really pronounced "yorright?"
Standard acceptable responses are the mirrored "yorright", or maybe "not so bad thanks, you?" - if it is understood that only a small amount of syllables are sanctioned in the reply. You are still not actually asking how the person is here. Acceptable responses also include "yes mate, you?", or to particularly nip the conversation in the bud, get away from the "is it a question or not" by replying with the elonged "more-nin" (good morning).
Even "how are you" is misleading as a question if it immediately follows an initial greeting (such as "good morning").
Probably the most straightforward "i am genuinely enquiring as to your health or status" greeting is "are you ok mate?" or similar.
On the country thing. It comes from pride really. A Scottish person may be happy to be called British - as it's factually accurate, but they would absolutely not be happy to be called English. Likewise, Welsh, Irish and English. If in doubt, start with "British".
If you get smells of moisture from your washing machine - there is something wrong with it! Wash your clothes and then immediately take your clothes somewhere else to dry.
Piers Morgan is an absolute bellend. Whether you agree with the words currently coming out of his mouth, just remember all the things he's done in the past. He's scum.
I install appliances and we never connect washers in bathroom due to regs
I believe that only 5-7% of the land of Great Britain has been built on. Assuming I have my facts right.
Almost every 25 miles seems to have a different accent. I believe there may have been a study that proved that to be the case.
The UK is a sovereign state of countries. Which basically means its a country of countries.
England - country
Scotland - country
Wales - country
Northern Ireland - Province of the UK (can be argued it's a country)
Republic of Ireland - country
Britian - England and Wales
Great Britain - England, Scotland and Wales
United Kingdom - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
British Isles - England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and alot of small islands (far too many to name)
Commonwealth - Countries that were once called colonies or dominions. Such as Canada, Australia etc..
Hope this was of help. Great video! Love seeing peoples views on the UK
Where I live (just south of Wakefield in Yorkshire) there are different accents 10 miles in every direction, very different in some cases.
I worked in the Black Country. You can nail,somebody down to a few streets after a bit!
@@simonmorris4226 Nailing people to streets is cruel and painful!
I was once staying in Newcastle and travelling on the Metro. A group were speaking with very strong accents all got off at the same station. I mentioned this when chatting with a staff member at my hotel, and they correctly guessed which station it was. Metro stations are only about a mile apart.
RP is non-regional and spoken by less than 3%. I am not talking about the non-existent "contemporary RP" which is a diluted southeastern vernacular used by the young. RP can be heard in some of the older generations even in Scotland & Wales.
The thing that baffles me about perceived differences between English speaking countries is that there is nan difference between ya'll. Everything that every native claims is unique to their country applies to every other English speaking country. The most common misconception is they are the ones that are 'taking the mickey', or 'taking the piss'. We all do it. Some more than others. Here is an anecdote of why the Irish do it most. A friend and music critic in the US asked on social media, 'why do the Irish hate Bono?'. Do you know how hard it is to explain to an american that they don't, really.
Amazingly, only 5.9% of the UK is built on. Even England which is the most populated part is only 8.8%. As you described, it is a far cry from the perception.
The normal 'English' in London is often called Estuary English.
FYI: if someone has a go at you here for mixing up UK, England etc tell them to get a grip haha. Although I agree with the british accent thing. there are so many and when I visit the states they expect me to speak the queens english and then I come out with a Manc accent hahaha. Arizona thought I was Australian. not even close hahaha :D
My favourite place names are in Scotland - Haugh of Urr, and Kilmahog. Haugh of Urr sounds like something from Monty Python and The Holy Grail. My favourite greeting is our northern English "Ow do". The correct response is "Ow do". Don't feel uncomfortable if someone calls you hen, cock, my luvver, or pet. It's like saying dear, but with regional idiosyncratic twists. I'm sure there's plenty more.
The flat I stayed in when I was in Germany. The washing machine was in the bathroom. I quite liked it. Here. When we started doing clothes washing in the kitchen, we didn't have modern dryers, there was no real additional humidity. It was twin tub spin dryers, after manual scrubbing boards.
The distance you travel in 1 hour Australia is not comparable to the distance you travel in 1 hour in the UK. On an average day it can take over 2 hours just to go 60 Miles. During rush hour it can take over an hour just to go 5 miles and that in good weather with no road works, accidents or vehicle breakdowns slowing you down.
..have a tea?..you mean would you like cuppa...
Correct, tea consumption is perpetual for a Brit, the concept of "a" tea makes no sense to us. You can have a cuppa, but just "have tea" same as we breathe air.
Brew? Brew.
The United Kingdom is a constitutional Monarchy comprising the island of Great Britain - the largest of the islands in the archipelago and Northern Ireland, which is located on the second largest island in the archipelago - the island of Ireland. In addition to that the United Kingdom is divided in to the Four Home Nations of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland or Ulster (as some people call it), three of the four have devolved legislatures and governments, three different jurisdictions with four different flags and four different capitals, but unified by one Monarch, one legislature and one Government under one flag with one capital. I don't see what is so confusing about that...
*Tip*: Never use the term England to describe the whole of the United Kingdom that will cause grave offence and may end in an unplanned trip to A&E (ER)!
On the front of our Passports it says ‘United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’. It’s simple really, when Scotland joined up with England and Wales in the early 18th century it became known as Greater or Great Britain. Just like the outlying areas around London are called ‘Greater London’. Northern Ireland is not a part of Great Britain as it is on a separate island. So it became part of the United Kingdom, this is the inclusive name of the four nations. Ireland itself is a part of the British Isles but they don’t like to refer themselves as such. British is an inclusive name unlike English or Scottish etc.
Aussies greet each other with G’day, whether they are having one or not. It’s the same here, in France they do something similar when they add ça va to the end of Bonjour.
Put the kettle on and have a nice cup of tea ☕☕😁
That's not entirely entirely true, I've driven to Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Belgium Austria as well as all over Britain. I know thousands of other people have done the same.
Liverpool is the best place in England in my experience for quick witted banter. Brummies banter is pretty good too due to the accent.
It’s ‘Alright’ & the reply is ‘Yeah, you alright’......and “IF” (it’s not expected or compulsory) you reply it’s ‘Yep, not bad’ or just ‘Yep’....and that is the whole greeting......
or up north just reet will do
Gareth Jones - True, very farmer’ish; which I am a country lad myself so the old farmers around here do say that; but it’s also a little more northern, more Yorkshire Dales....
I thought Fairy was the brand name of that margarine that they asked questions about in Parliament, only here in UK ,it was called Króna.
As someone from a Chichester I was delighted to hear us mentioned, being a very small city...
Titty Hill, however, is not here.
It’s a 35/40 minute drive away.
There are many accents in London.South Londoners talk very different to North Londoners and other areas.
I was born in South London in 1961 and my accent has never changed.Although with the ingress of people from all over the world local accents have been changing all the time.
But i am proud to say my accent will never change until the day i die.And yes,my accent is like that of Del Boy on Only Fools and Horses and i am proud of it.
This is about the UK; supposedly!
What you said about the “you alright?” Normally it goes like this “you alright” and then the other person will reply “you alright? “ so the question never gets answered 🤣 strange I know
Hi,
On fairy bread (Sprinkles sandwich) , the Dutch have Hagelslag, so many variants, great for breakfast, on toast.
There's a place near me called Sandy Balls. In the New Forest.
One of my friends lives in Lickey End in the Lickey hills. It's not far from Bell End.
Another friend lives close to Three Cocks in Wales which is close to Lord Hereford's Knob and Fan Y Big. Both can be seen from miles away!
Half Man Half Biscuit even wrote a sone about Lord Hereford's Knob and Three Cocks:
ruclips.net/video/xpGedbY9F04/видео.html
Muddy Bottom is in the Forest too
There's a place called Cocking, also not far from Chichester. It's just up the road from Didling, about a mile south of Lickfold.
I tend to get them at Great Yarmouth..........just saying.
United Kingdom small country, Great Britain, large island (eighth largest in the world).Non Brits shocked at how small it is, Liechtensteiners?. Luxembourgers? Dutch?, Belgians?, Danes,? not everyone is Australian /American /Chinese etc.Nice film.
either get a condenser tumble dryer or have an exhaust through the wall, I found it weird in the balkans where the laundry is in the bathroom
I'm certain we had fairy bread when I was a child but we didn't call it that. We also had sugar sandwiches. Another favourite was banana and sugar sarnies Still love banana sandwiches even now but without the sugar. My real favourite though was condensed milk sandwiches. Bliss !!! For savoury sarnies we had lard and dripping and sometimes fish paste. If we had someone come to tea we would have tinned pink salmon sandwiches. We felt VERY posh on those days.
A lot of accents etc come from the many invasions over the centuries. We had the Romans, Saxons, Vikings, Normans etc to name but a few. After invasion many invaders married and stayed, adding new words and sounds to that area. Hence the difference in speech even within a short geographical area.
Banana sandwiches....glorious.
enjoyed this, but i am slightly concerned you may have radioactive eyeballs! nobody should have eyes THAT blue! ;p haha. keep up the great work mate! big love to all people! :)
If your washing machine is in the bathroom, where is it plugged in? A washing machine draws a lot of amps and it would be illegal to have a mains socket (13amps) actually in the bathroom.
Where I come from in the UK, the long thing sprinkles are Hundreds and Thousands and the ball things are "ball things" aka Rainbow Pearl Sprinkles. There may be a regional aspect as to the term used.
Lived in Australia most of my life and never known anyone who drives 3hrs to get to work. That is definitely NOT the norm.
The UK is a country..... You live there and don't know this?
Brits think Australia is pretty much just hot Britian and that the culture is exactly the same, until they get here and realise it's actually quite different.
In 1603 Queen Elizabeth I died, having had no children. James VI of Scotland was the closest relation to Elizabeth and was invited to come and rule England as well, as James I of England. Thus Scotland and England became united under a single king.
London isn't the UK. Of course tea is a perfect. How can you live without it? Still need to persuade Yvette and the Wandering Ravens to finally break from that nasty coffee beverage.
I hate tea it tast horrible, unless it's filled with loads of milk and sugar. Coffee on the other hand is wonderful. I am English.
@@teresafinch7790 Weirdo
@@teresafinch7790 totally agree!
@@jjsmallpiece9234 thank you so much I love the complement.
JJ Smallpiece I drink extra strong coffee (maybe 2 cups) in the morning to wake me up. The rest of the day I drink green tea (no milk or sugar). In the evening I drink cocoa. I am a Brit. 😊
I agree with you that 3-4 hours isn’t a big drive but 3 hours to drive to work! That’s insane
With the price of fuel, you wouldn’t want to drive for 3 hours each way, you’d be skint.
True
Ah, Barton in the Beans. Often ridden through there on my motorbike back in the day. A tiny hamlet (not the cigar, that's probably bigger) blink and you miss it.
My favourite place name has to be Willey (and I'm a lesbian), the sign for it on the A5 often goes walkabout. Especially around the time that rugby teams are touring...
And, yes, you know a Brit likes you because they will insult you, mock you, and generally rip the piss. Don't know why we do it, but it is a good thing in our weird world.
If we know you and won't speak with you about anything but the weather, that is not so good.
If we give you a nickname, take the piss, and drink with you, you are golden
Haha! So true.
Kids in the UK (like 1940s onwards) would have a syrup sandwich or 100s and 1000 sandwiches. This was considered the top treat.....Australia sent care packages to UK kids in WW2 so i believe this is where it might have crossed the pond. Its why a few Australia products are well known over here like TamTams and Ski yogurts. Brits and Aussies have this good relationship of banter, like siblings, years later. Both countries support the other in need. Its going to be wonderful to see Australia products in the supermarket shelves again, with the trade deal having been signed.
There are two villages in England next to each other one is called Ham and the other is Sandwich. Look it up , cos i can't be bothered. lol
During the earlier part of the 20th Century in the Black County area near Birmingham it was said it was possible to tell which street someone lived in because of their accent.
Never mind the earlier part!
My uncle said that about Sheffield in the 30's and 40s
@@simonmorris4226 HAHAHAHAHAHA! Comment of the day! Cheers mate ;o)
@@anitam7547 you could when I worked in Darlaston up until,2000
@@simonmorris4226 There will have been a number of new accents added since then.
Try the difference Walsall and Tipton (7 miles) an interpreter is required between the towns.
in british homes , washing machines are in the kitchen because british homes are so badly designed , especially new homes , storage and utility space are virtually non existent . americans complain about the lack of wardrobe / closet space . compared to new homes being built in europe , our new homes are up to 30% smaller , but the government does nothing about this , even suggesting we get used to living in even more cramped spaces .
Britain is already short 1.25 million homes, 10% of 30 year old are still living at their parents and the main reason for not moving out is cost of doing so. Planning permission for new homes is a night mare, and you recomend that they should be 30% bigger at the same time?
@@Flakey101 what has the planning process have to do with the quality of the new build ? people need quality homes for themselves and their families , which means building those homes with spacious rooms , good storage facilities , large windows , outside space , not the " shoe boxes " being churned out nowadays .
@@namesake-mx9nl Nothing about the quality but on the time it takes to actually build a new home.
Your wish for larger homes though is living in fantasy land. If there was a demand for larger homes companies would build more of them, but the fact is people are already struggling to pay the cost of the shoe box homes. This is not going to change until over 1 million homes (plus a number of homes to cover the expansion in population during the time it takes to build these homes) are built
I so agree with you about clothes washers in the kitchen.
I am English, I don't like tea. My flat is small there is no room in my bathroom for a washing machine. It is in the kitchen, which is also my living room, and since lockdown, it's also my office.
Poor Teresa. 😳
@@m101ist I'll survive as long as there is coffee6
@@m101ist I'll survive as long as there is coffee.
in the UK we call that a sugar sandwich, used to have em as a kid, a real treat, white bread butter(never stinking margerine) topped with white sugar, fold it and eat it..
I have heard a story, I don't know of it's true or not, that an Australian, trying to pronounce Loughborough (which is pronounced 'luff-buruh') pronounced it 'loogaborooga'.
You can drive just 15/20 mins and have a different accent!
Part of the name problem is Geography v Politics. The British Isles include Ireland but Great Britain does not. The United Kingdom takes Britain and adds Northern Ireland to it. The UK is the country, at least officially according to the UN. England and Scotland were countries before the union. Wales was a Principality (hence the Prince of Wales) rather than a country - but don't tell the Welsh that.
and remember the cornish they will tell you they are separate
Our accents stem from the fact that each region developed over 1500 years and people didn't travel out of their region. The new world is just so young.
It's called rural pet, ars aa Durham pitmatic /Geordie gan on bonnie lass x
Whilst happy is good, the problem is when you are no longer happy you fall further than if you are content. I like content its a peaceful psychological position.
Yeah. You forget it's 3 hours in heavy traffic. Not 3 hours on open roads.
I am not 100% on this but the accent thing is probably down to multiple factors 1) The UK and it's predecessors have been around in one form or another for what 2000 - 3000 or more years while U.S-Canada and New Zealand - Australia where all recently colonised by Europe and more specifically the UK within the last 400 or less years so I would assume that would have something to do with it. 2) Due to the aforementioned 2000 + years we have been invaded and settled countless times in different parts of the UK by varied peoples from the Romans, Saxons, jutes, ingles, Vikings, Normans etc so there is a different makeup regionally in that respect and one may assume is the people that left to settle the colonies where from similar areas of the UK this may be a reason for the lower difference in accents. 3) as was mentioned the UK in comparison is a very small country with a relatively large population for instance California is about 70'000 square miles bigger than the whole of the UK but has a population 28 million less, so I would think people here perhaps subconsciously or not want to differentiate themselves from there neighbours especially more recently I know in Liverpool where I am from it's always their a fake Scouser because there from over the water or from Warrington but they are mimicking the Scouse accent etc. 4) am sure there are many other reason but hey am not a linguist.
making tea is more a take 5 minutes away to destress and recompose, for me if someone says you alight, i say could better, could be worse.. switched around depending on my feelings
Liverpool to Manchester is a different accent? Accents can change every 5-10 miles or so let alone 40 miles as in Liverpool to Manchester,there are literally loads of different accents in between.
You used to drive 2 1/2 hours to work (and back) each day ! Didn't you ever think "what a waste of my life ?"
The different accents fascinate me. They used to be much more pronounced a few generations back too.
I remember my brother telling me about a report a few years back on British accents (I haven't lived in the UK for decades), which said the same thing. Accents in general are getting weaker, except the Liverpudlian accent, which is apparently more pronounced than ever.
We're both from Liverpool, needless to say....
The UK is a country as are the separate four entities. You can also classify it as, er, a Kingdom!
@Right Winger It's a country in the sense of being a sovereign state and member of the United Nations - or what most people in the world would call a country. It's no wonder foreigners - and some brits - get confused when we start calling England, Scotland and Wales countries also!
My other half makes a two hour drive to work and a two hour drive home again five days a week and has done so for years. We regularly make three and four hour and occasionally longer car journeys to see friends and family, I thing you are generalising too much!
My bathroom is barely big enough for bathroom necessities, never mind trying to fit appliances in! I need a cupboard in for the loo roll first.
I looked t fairy bread and just though "ow, teeth"
Poor kat. 😳
Well she does explicitly state that she eats fairy bread on her birthday. So one day a year.
Have you ever eaten 100s and 1000s/sprinkles?
Generally people didn't really own cars until the 60's.. Often they lived and worked and stayed in the areas they where born.. Going to London and other towns for most wasn't even an annual event.. Accents evolved separately in isolation because of lack of contact with the outside world.. This was an age when almost everyone was white and even those of an olive complexion stood out as foreign to the local community..
Another great vid! Living near one of the places you mentioned, as I do, it’s an even sillier name than you said. Rather than Barton ON The Beans, it’s actually Barton IN The Beans. In the lovely county of Leicestershire. 😁
There is a ' Bess O the Barns' in Yorkshire.
The UK is a country. England is also a country just not sovereign. Country and state are synonyms in that regard. So the UK is a country of countries if you will :)
Definitely not a continent :) It belongs to Europe. It's a group of islands in terms of geography.
Alright you yeah?
Alright me yeah, alright you yeah?
Alright me yeah!
Haha very true!
Fairy bread?, I feel my teeth fall out. Just looking at it.
The Uited Kingdom is a group of countries that does NOT include Ireland. But does include Northern Ireland. The land mass of the British Isles DOES include Ireland. Yep, confusing. 😄 It's just 'tea?' Without the 'a'. Or cuppa. Or fancy a brew? I used to live near Wyre Piddle, then Pratt's Bottom, and now Bogmoor. On Orkney there is a village named Twat.
i will have to get you a thesaurus so you can find a synonym for your favourite word deprecate -----effacing is one good example....and anyways,we say anyway....no "s".....
Find a copy of the book Don't tell I, tell 'ee, it explains Somerset slang and how to pronounce some of the place names😉 then get the How to teach yourself Welsh and watch Gavin and Stacey!
I just arrived in Somerset today. We are in Dunster which looks like an amazing town. Can’t wait to explore tomorrow! We go to Wales in a couple days 😉
@@MagentaOtterTravels don't miss Minehead just 10 minutes along the A39! The sand has been improved a lot in the last couple of years! If it's open and you are planning on heading West through Wales pop into Pembury Park near Llanelli, wide open beach and woodland walks! Have fun and stay safe
@UC3_fjz-2TNVc3-CSiMT8GLg if you get the chance to walk up over North Hill in Minehead there are remains of a second World War tank training area up there including loading ramps
Elizabeth May Brown is Dunster Castle worth a visit?
@@MagentaOtterTravels absolutely, go on the National Trust website to check if it's open and if any slots are available! If you can get in the castle check out the view from the blue kitchen, butlers kitchen by the sink! Washing up with a view to savour😉😊
Morgan fabricated an article in the press about UK soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners, it was all a load a tosh; he could have got many killed with that, I'm amazed he was ever heard of again.