American Reacts to 7 American Habits that are RUDE in the UK!
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Number one.
Don't tell English people how to pronounce or spell English words 😉
Because they don't know themselves how to pronounce or spell those words ?
@@flitsertheo Because there are different pronunciations and spellings of English.
Same applies in Ireland, we have our own language, we DO NOT pronounce our own names - personal or of towns etc - as USAmericans pronounce them and just because you x time grandparent allegedly pronounced them wrongly back in the 1700s/1800s doesn't mean we are going to change their pronunciation just for you {and yes I've come more than a couple from the US who insist we are pronouncing IRISH NAMES INCORRECTLY because they're ''Irish'' and ''they know this''
@@flitsertheo oh dear. no. because English people know how to speak English. americans dont.
@@musicandbooklover-p2o Spot on ! When American distinct in-laws who's great grandfather emigrated way back in the day arrived at Ellis Island the spelling of their name was changed from Keogh to Kehoe, because US officials could not pronounce Keogh. To this day they say "Key Ho" even though they we told them the family pronunciation. But you know they "think" there right.
It's not rude per se, but some American eating habits seem strange to Brits. Cutting up your food before eating it and then just using the fork, what the hell is that about!? And the way even adult Americans use their eating utensils also looks weird at times, holding them like they're still in nursery school.
No one cuts their food up and then eats the pieces. You cut your meat, transfer the fork to you dominant hand, eat that piece, cut another. It's the proper way to eat.
@@brettbuck7362 No, it's childish, adults just cut a piece off and transfer it straight to your mouth, why on earth would you switch hands, dominant hand just doesn't matter.
@@RushfanUK I know you are sensitive about doing it incorrectly and using obsolete table manners, but you can still learn how to conduct yourself properly, there are plenty of youtube videos to help you learn.
@@brettbuck7362what a load of faff! It's so annoying seeing the constant hand swapping of fork and knife- fork in the left, knife in the right and leave them there!! 🇬🇧🏴
@@brettbuck7362you don't do it properly! Nowhere else does it wrong like Americans
You’re not supposed to move seats in a plane in case of a crash, so they can identify people. Yes they do allow you to and I don’t know if they record it, but that’s the reason you shouldn’t without asking.
In a small plane it can effect the weight balace on a plane always ask the attendant first!
I don't think she has realised herself, but the 'polite' "You take it" is British for "I am having this" by offering it to the other person first, you are being polite but you know that the polite and correct response (9 times out of 10) from the other person is "No, you take it". Just by the act of offering it first, you have already taken ownership, because you can't offer something you don't already own. So in British English "You take it" really means "I'm having this". lol
Fork and knive 20 past 5 when you finish eating. Thats what we learn at home as a child. 🇫🇮
12 midday i was taught,and 9.15 when paused but still eating.
Oh dear, first two comments here describe exactly my wife's view vs my view. A decade long argument still not solved. I guess it's different on different countries.
Knife
wrong. its 11 in the middle of the plate.
You seem to have quite British sensibilities. You'd fit in just fine over here 🇬🇧😊
Lived in the US for 31years and the lack of using the word 'please' used to infuriate me. I would mumble the word. Some heard , some didn't. Also trying to cut food with the edge of their fork while holding it like a dagger 🤨🫨
It's nothing to do with bragging. American houses are much more public spaces. British houses are intensely private. We have pubs so we don't have to meet people in our homes. For a Brit, being shown the whole house is like someone inviting to to go through their underwear drawer. It's awkward and overly intimate.
You seem such a nice person, thank you for your reaction.
1:46 in. Never ever in europe have I been shown a house tour... it would feel weird
If I go out for dinner with my wife, family or friends, the table is ours for, at least 2 hours, and nobody is going to hurry us. And we don't go to fast food restaurants. Only places that have linnen table cloth and napkins. We savour the social experience and don't eat to "top up the fuel tank". Table etiquette exists and is used in civilized countries. It's a kind of silent communication. Meaning SILENT. In The Netherlands we've converted churches into libraries, museums, civic centers, etc. We don't discuss money, politics or religion. It never leads to something positive and is a waste of time.
In the UK, we love talking politics and religion. Talking about politics is how we judge the intelligence of the people we are speaking to.
Yep, Don't ask about religion. We had a census in the UK with all sorts of questions. Mostly everyone put Great Spaghetti monster in the Sky for religion. That's the British way of saying "None of your business".
As a German, I can confirm that many of the examples given also apply to Germany. The Americans are primarily accused of being loud. What I can also confirm: two Brits automatically form a line^^
I too do not feel comfertable with people walking around my house gauging at everything and making up their assumptions. It is my space , not yours
Some of these are more popular habits in one part of America versus another its generalized.
The utensils thing isn't about being tidy for the waiter, it is a sign you have finished the meal or starter so the waiter knows your plate is ready to be collected. Putting the utensils on the plate in another fashion means you are taking a pause. It's an etiquette thing you can look up.
Not only do you not talk about religion, you also never discuss income. This is a thing I have heard people discuss between friends and acquaintances between Americans, but you just do not do it in the UK or Europe unless the other person has brought it up first.
And a very small one I fell foul of, do NOT refer to people's gardens as a "back yard"! A yard in the UK is a really poor person's very small paved area in the back. That larger area behind the house with grass and plants? Better remember to call it a garden!
I think you’re are honorary Brit ma boy😂
I married and moved to Italy, when my Mum came to visit she immediately said, "Don't shout, I'm not deaf!"
It seems like you're already an honorary Brit.
Come to the pub with us in North England. Usually take my daughters and geandson (14). Very friendly and family orientltated. Sit as long as you want.
Before other Brits start on me.. 14 year old gets his round. His mum gives him money.
Minors used to be prohibited from entering pubs. It used to be so strict that even the pub owners children could not enter. When did that change ?
@@flitsertheo 40 years ago minors could and did enter pubs, only drank [theoretically] allowed to drink soft drinks but often if they were locals the publican would let them drink beer provided SOMEONE ELSE purchased it for them. Or they did where I lived which was rural, they did in cities as well as my cousins were drinking in a local pub when they were 16, that would have been in the early 70s
Fast food places are not regarded as restaurants,they are places to get very low quality food on the go. McDonald’s or a pizza place would not be a location for a dinner out (Italian restaurants not being just pizza places). A restaurant is somewhere you sit and eat in company,from the humble Nando or Harvester chains via family run independents and pubs to Michelin starred extravagant establishments. 9 times out of 10 I’d opt for a good gastro pub.
if i have to stand, it's not a restaurant
The true test of a queuing culture is the pub. There is never a line of people waiting to order at the bar (counter area), but a group of people spread around the bar. When you join that throng you get to be able to tell who is ahead of you without apparent effort, and defer to them. No one wants to suffer the British 'tut' (silent or otherwise)!
I was on holiday last July and at a campsite (Haven) and there was 4 bar staff operating 4 tills in the entertainment bar. There was absolutely a queue and nobody was crowding around.
@@CrazyInWeston That's not the norm in an actual pub, is it?
I usually say, your first after me.
Religion isn’t much of a factor in a lot of people’s lives in the UK, I don’t personally know anyone who is, nor ever has been, so it’s not just privacy that makes it a non topic.
Despite the fact that the King is where he is by grace of God - in case you forget, it's on every one of our coins. Church of England bishops sit in the House of Lords as there is no separation of church and state. The national anthem, in its first line, asks God to "save our King". I could go on.
@@stevetaylor8698 illigitimate.
honourless.
there is no "king".
"royal blood" is a lie.
And always ask the flight attendant about changing a plane seat even if the plane is empty! It can be about being identified in a plane crash, but in a small plane it can even be about weight balance!
09:24... wowo, wow, wow ! Never stack your things (plates etc in a restaurant here)... let them handle it so they don't get stuff everywhere and can carry things better without worrying having sauce etc under the plate or whatever
It is England 🏴, Northern Ireland, Scotland 🏴 and Wales 🏴.
She mentioned the directness of americans, but imagine that some americans feels offended by our German directness, because being honest and getting on point is more efficient to get things done by time. 🤣
By the way talking about religion, our wages/jobs and political agenda is personal aka private for us too. 😉
Don't deny the "bragging culture" of a lot of americans, it is common knowledge and goes to the competitive nature of their workplaces and general upbringing.
Also, most Americans traveling know nothing about other countries and don't care because of course there is only the US that counts.
I feel she is somewhat exaggerating most of these, except the noisiness one - it's not a bit annoying, it's extremely annoying. Not just Americans doing it, though.
The Dutch also have no concept of queueing. Try getting a bus in a bus station. It's just people milling around then when the bus arrives run like a herd towards the door and block it. Same at train stations.
Don't give a house tour in Ireland either, definitely very weird [and I know quite a few USAmericans living here, NONE have every given me a house tour]
Most of these apply in Ireland as well but would also apply if visiting New Zealand [where I grew up]. I would add one more, DON'T go up to people, especially strange women,. on public transport [bus or train] and tell them they don't have to dress that way, that their husband/father/boyfriend can't force them to dress in a specific way and why don't they remove the offending items and dress in a similar style to the person accosting them. This has happened to me several times, not so much since COVID but often before then, and it is INCREDIBLY ANNOYING. I dress the way I WANT TO [my husband isn't a fan of my dress style so they are sooooo incorrect on that aspect alone] and because I live in a FREE COUNTRY [Ireland] I can dress in public the way I WANT TO, and I really don't care what you think [I'm well aware they think they are ''freeing'' an Islamic woman with their ridiculous suggestions but they couldn't be more inaccurate if they tried]. Plenty CHRISTIANS wear head coverings - more Christian women than Islamic women in fact - and Europe is full of Christian women who cover their hair as a matter of course. We DON'T need to be freed by some tourist.
One thing is crystal clear Charlie, you were born to live in Europe/Australia/New Zealand. You do all the things we do as a matter of course.
"Being nice is not a requirement" such a great statement, like you, Charlie, and many others, it's a simple thing to do/be. Great video!
What I dont like about the video (hers) is that she stereotypes ALL Americans behaving in the exact same way (I am NOT an American, I am Dutch). I can be rude in my own country coming home stressed from work and behaving itchy while being in a store. Its still considered rude and not in line with all the etiquettes.
I’m British. Before you said ‘person of the world’ towards the end, it was clear to me that you have a very European outlook on life. Have you spent any time in Europe? If you can, you must, you will love every second.
Liked and subscribed
here's a funny story about politeness that happened to me once.
i was at a barbecue, when a person wanted to go back inside, i moved backward so he'd have clear space, then felt something behind me.
when i turned around and apologised, i saw that it was the van's mirror, i apologised to a vehicle.
The USA is the outlier from accepted normality in so many ways.
American exceptionalism at its finest, I suppose - when huge chunks of the world, even historic enemies, are nodding, smiling and agreeing with each other about basic daily courtesies, the USA is the outlier. I suppose there always has to be one ...
In NL when in a restaurant , during eating the meal... waiters allways come up to ask if everyting is ok..AT THAT MOMENT YOU HAVE YOUR MOUTH FULL OF FOOD AND YOU CAN ONLY NOD... Do they that on purpose?? I feel bad after such a meating, sometimes I tell the waiter that and they always apologize for it and somehow I got some free liqueurs out of it so me happy camper with a free drink 👍🤭
Murphy's Law in UK, you've got a gob full of food and the server asks whether your meal is OK.
A human of the world 🌎
Move your family here, it's a perfect fit! I can tell!!!
Try it, don't have any existential fears, it'll be alright.
❤
I had a friend pop zits behind his ear, then grab ice with his hand, put the cubes in a glass, fill it with water, and ask me if I was thirsty. His room had like 8 glasses filled with beverages with cigarette butts floating in them. I slept on his floor with one of his blankets. I had to be drunk as hell to do that. His father hated me and thought I was some guy other than what my friend called me. He only knew my name and reputation, not my face. I'd sneak through a window to get into his room late at night after a long night of drinking. I knocked a practice drum pad off it's stand once and it landed on his hi-hat pedal. Oops. For years I'd eat dinner at the table with his father and his father thought I was someone other than who I was. His mother knew who I was, but didn't tell the father. Finally, he had enough nerve to tell his father who I was. All I heard was, "Get him out of my house." I got to stay. The irony was, when I worked at his fathers shop with my friend I was a better worker than his own Son was.
French here. Giving a "house tour" to our hosts or friends is pretty common in France Definitely a UK thing, and UK alone is not Europe.
North Americans will say "Peace and love" while giving the Agincourt Salute. This is like a Brit saying "Peace and love" while flipping the bird.
hi Charlie👍, I think it would be time for you to discover our regions, you should react "top 25 places to visit in France" from the Ryan Shirley channel
Incorrectly pronouncing Lieutenant when addressing a British Army Officer. I would never show such disrespect to a North American Lootenant.
I am American and living in the uk - maybe its a area thing; but I don't agree with 80% of what she is saying. It is more reverse of what she is saying. The religion thing she is spot on though.
Religious thing historically (you are right) in our past the wrong one could get you arrested and or killed! I think one of the major processes that underpin the differences - - - USA :- me, mine, I where it appears to be all about the individuals 'rights'. UK/Europe still has the individuality but much more for the common interest a more social approach - - - basically if we all do well you do well!
To be fair, those examples apply to most - if not all - European countries too, not just the UK.
Dear North Americans, you most assuredly do have a foreign accent. You even have your own dictionary that lists all the words you use and how you spell them.
She gets everything wrong and if I get a new house or have people visit for the first time I always show them around and we do invite people over for drinks and meals. I can’t stand her as she gets everything wrong and must be a weird guy she’s married too. 😂. I live in Northern Ireland and we always entertain and I would go out for a meal but only on a special occasion. I live in a large home in it’s on grounds. She needs to get out of London.
Wouldn't you pay a higher tip if the server didn't annoy you though?
I once vary politely but abruptly interrupted two Americans in a restaurant with this " Excuse me But have you considered speaking a little bit louder? There's people outside who can't hear you properly " then walked quietly back to my family,
In the UK you will order your starter and main course and after you’ve had them you will be asked if you want dessert/ cheese/ coffee/ liqueur. Far more civilised!
I hope you make some friends who are Catholics. There’s one Catholic Church and forty thousand non-Catholic Christian denominations.
We don't show people round our houses because it's boring to anyone but you.
Pushing to the front is not an American thing lots of cultures are like this.
The UK has been my home since 1979.
I wonder if restaurant culture is different in Washington DC where the same minimum wage of about sixteen dollars applies to all workers.
Hence the name local Public House aka Pub.
I was in Cardiff yesterday in a bar and suddenly this booming voice shouts out "can I get some service here" from the bar and it's like the entire place just stopped and simultaneously thought "bloody noisy Americans!"
Yes',can I get'...and not' can I have'
12:08 “you’re not trying to be rude” lol you’re not trying to be polite either Mrs.
You are more european than american.
FYI bare with me here , you're not American any more , you're worldly , im not Scottish any more im worldly , i know about world stuff , you think not like the average American , you grow outside of borders in your interest , not many Americans do this ( percentage wise ) , i dont blame them either i would be the same in a massive country made up of 50 states that are really countries in their own right
What a stupid comment .what does you passports nationality say ?
I don’t consider you as typical American.. as stereotypes go.. In my small village there is still a noticeable difference in attitude between whether you are a Zeeër a Binder or a Kakker.. The Seefearers where a little more worldly than the potato and flowerbulb farmers. And, having more than 20km of Beach has attracted money for centuries.
I’ve heard you say you’d love to settle here, you’d fit in easily. Btw, so much more freedom for children. I hope your dreams ‘ll come true
As a Brit, I can understand someone wanting to show off their house if they're proud of it. I wouldn't consider it rude if it was offered. If you move to a new home, it's quite common to show your friends around. I was shocked when I found out how low the wage is for wait staff in the US. The knife and fork thing is something you're generally taught at home and school. I think with the advent of the internet being so commonplace, being loud isn't limited to Americans, cultures are changing everywhere. I've worked with plenty of Americans and haven't found them any ruder than other cultures. I couldn't even tell you what religions if any that my family follow.
Subbed and liked, because you're a polite fella, just like me.
love your video's, you would fit in well with us in the u.k.
Hello, love your skull picture.!
08:47 in. Humm weird, in Luxembourg, Belgium and France, I put my eating ustensils the exact same way (I think it comes from France tho... didn't know they did that in the UK) to signify that I am done eating (maybe you whant a desert or some hard alcohool after like a "digestif", but done with the eating).
I like when going to a restaurant, being left alone with my family and friends and just "wave" to the waiter/waitress when I need something rather that being bothered all the time. I signify that we are ready to leave when I ask for the check.
I'm raised by Scandinavian farmers. We place also the utensils together, but at "a kvarter past 3".
It means your done eating - but you can easily be sitting at the table for a couple of hours more 😊
These things aren’t just UK or Europe. These things apply in Australia too. Really just not the US.
Not just rude in the UK , also Europe
UK is in Europe..Your sentence should have ended as "but most of Europe.
How did this nonsense appear on my RUclips.? She’s talking inane rubbish. He’s commenting on the back of it, second hand, adding no value. 😂
thanks for the comment