Kiss is what you share with your grandmother at a family wedding. Snog is what you share with your girlfriend at 3am outside a nightclub. They are not synonyms!
I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE FOR THIS The missus got me a box of stale choccy biccies and a bog roll for Crimbo. Is she having a bubble? Later that day, we went down the pub and saw a bloke chatting up a bird at the bar. She was just trying to eat her nosh, when some plank next to them shook the bottle of tommy k too hard. It exploded and everyone was splattered with the stuff! "Bloody Norah!" I yelled. We were done with the pub, and covered in red sauce, so I decided to pop next-door for a cheeky Nando's.
@borderreiver1555 oh get it now, yeah "I wish the bairn would stop bubbling", when you put into context it's obvious, I'm from county Durham so I know what you mean now, btw a good few years ago I worked with two lads from felling, brilliant lads but when they'd had a pint or ten f**K me I couldn't understand a word they said AND I only live 30 miles away, god knows what the barmaids in Hull thought they were saying, enjoy the rest of your evening 👌
"Hitting on" is from the idea of responding to bait. One angler might say to another, "what are they biting?" and the second might respond, "They're hitting on worms and spoons" or whatever lure is working. The concept of hitting on a person is to take the bait (even if the "bait" is merely the fact that the lady is naturally attractive).
I have never in my life heard 'You havin' a bubble?' in my times living in Wales, South West, North West, Midlands and Yorkshire. I wonder what other South East gems I have been deprived of 🤔
@@tanyahicks4368 I've lived in the South of England for 36 years and never heard "'Avin' a bubble" - but then, I haven't watched "Eastenders" since 1985.
Okay the way you say innit is killing me 😂😂😂 But these are so southern that ive never even heard of "you havin a bubble" in my life. Maybe you're just meant to be up north?
Jamie Smith I know what you mean.sadly folks can be cruel even more so when they know what upsets /annoys you! Unfortunately you are right! peace and love 💖
"The misses gave me a cheeky nosh round the back of Nandos. She went at me like a fresh packet of choccy biccys." I'm guessing that kind of sentence will invoke pure Canadian rage (rightly so). It could have been worse but I couldn't bring myself to write more.
Same, and the "you avin a bubble?" isn't used here. And "Lurgy" where i am is used by children to be the equivalent to what Americans might call "cooties"
It has a secondary meaning down south, London anyway as a Londoner retired to Sussex I've not heard it used down here,not the secondary one anyway.(rude)
Norah (as it was spelt in the 17th century), was a maid who worked for Duke Wodingtonshire. She killed one of his other servants with a stick of celery. After walking in on the bloody scene, of Norah clubbing a corpse with a vegetable, the Duke coined the phrase. Health and safety in the work place in the 17th century wasn’t all it is now, but I believe that celery related murders have since been on the decline.
@@bloodspatteredguitar I agree. A kiss is... just a kiss. One, single kiss. Whereas, cuddling up on the sofa and getting really stuck-into a prolonged, drawn-out kissing session... that's snogging. There really isn't another, more suitable word for it I'm afraid.
Still beautiful and so full of life.... your videos, no matter the sunject, cheer me up no end Alanna, thank you for reminding me that life can be fun, even when in pain and even being long term single
Alanna is confessing she is not young anymore,young people confuse her, bless her,she's joined the adult world who are permanently confused by young people and now she's one of us!🤗😘❤️🇧🇻
Next time we see Alanna, she'll be sat in her rocking chair with her white hair in a bun with a big hairpin through it, wearing a cardie and shawl, knitting away... Looking all granny.
'Apples and pears, cor blimey, guvnor!' - these terms really put you in the south east/east London. I actually don't say any of these (except in an ironic way sometimes) not even choccy biccy. And I have two sons of 5 and 2!
It would be great Alanna if you did an 'after the watershed' version of this as many of us love all the crude slang that the Aussies and ourselves use. Aussies are tremendously creative with coarse slang. I'll get the ball rolling if you like: Instead of the deeply unsettling 'Missus', what about 'Ceiling Inspector'?
😂 Irrational annoyance at inert words? This is the most British video on RUclips! 😂 You should probably post your Canadianess to Canada House. You’ve become one of us.🇬🇧🇬🇧
I do wish people from North America would stop saying 'hate' when they mean dislike. Hate is such a powerful and emotive word which shouldn't be used so casually.
My stepdad is in his 60's and uses words like: 'a Dolly' - referring to a girlfriend etc.. like bird. 'a Ruby' or 'Ruby Murray' - A curry 'Bless his/her cotton socks' He sometimes say 'something' like this - "Sah-ink" 'Choccy', 'Biccy', 'Choccy Biccy', 'Av we got any choccy biccys?' 'He says 'Across' like this - "Acrost" 'One in the eye' - a pie 'A cuppa charlie' - a cup of tea 'The ol' woman' or 'My ol' woman' - wife 'She who must be obeyed' - wife 'Sap' - someone who's a bit of a wimp 'Lully' - Describing someone or something that is cute and lovely And there are probs many more I can't think of right now.
“Words have a taste ... “. What a great concept. Yes!! I have never heard that idea expressed but it’s perfect to explain why one slang word is ok but another isn’t
Never heard anyone say "Havin' a bubble" (it's highly region-specific Cockney rhyming slang: bubble bath = laugh) or "Tommy K" either to be honest. Nothing wrong with "chat up" in my books - fun and flirty slang unlike the terribly aggressive "hitting on" that you seemed to compare it to.
It's really interesting to look at these terms from your point of view. It's also worth noting that we often say terms such as "cheeky Nando's" and "bants" ironically to start with, but we end up saying them so often that they become part of our vocabulary. I wonder what you think of the word "grockle"? It's a derogatory term used in the West Country for tourists. I think it's a very useful word!
There was a cafe in Looe (in Cornwall), that sold crusty Looe rolls, and filled crusty Looe rolls... Wouldn’t work in the Midlands where they’re called batches, not rolls.
“You havin a bubble?” Is shortened Cockney Rhyming Slang and the bubble refers to Bubble bath=laugh. Same with “havin a butchers”, butcher’s hook=look etc.
"You're having a giraffe" meaning "You're having a laugh" is what you'd say instead of " you must be joking" is actually one of my favourite sayings I Dunno why that come to mind watching this video 🤣🤣
"Tommy K" for tomato ketchup seems to be a relatively modern thing. I've never actually heard anybody using it in real life, I only know if it from various YT/social media posts.
'You havin' a bubble?' Never heard that phrase in my 58 years of life in Britain. Maybe I've led a sheltered existence. So....will there be a follow-up with Canadian slang Alanna dislikes?
@@Chumber3403 Reading through the comments, it comes from 'bubble bath'. Sounds a bit contrived...but then so does 'You're havin' a giraffe', which I HAVE heard.
Somebody far more talented than I, should create a mashup of Alanna using all of these terms, to a nice rhythm. Such a shame she didn’t say ‘Rumpy Pumpy’ though 😂
A cautionary note: Slang can have vastly differing meanings depending on where you are in the UK. Call someone 'mush' in Hampshire he's a friend - in Lancashire it's insulting!
Being American I was once called a "septic". As in rhyming slang "septic tank" for Yank. Obviously that can go. But generally I love the fact that the Brits have so many slang words for so many things. It makes the North American vocabulary seem so boring.
I thought “septic” or “seppo” was more Australian slang. As a Brit I would be more inclined to think of you as a Sherman. Now I’m perfectly happy if you now think I’m a “merchant” (banker).
'Red Sauce' is to distinguish it from 'Brown Sauce' which are the only two types of sauce that anyone ever ate until we became all continental and sophisticated
@@mlaithe3526 Yeh - but - to me, calling ketchup 'red sauce' is like using baby-talk. When I was a kid, back in the '50s, even I used to call it 'tomato sauce' - saying 'red sauce' would've been beneath my dignity, even at that age! And I suppose 'Tommy K' is just a very very silly way of trying to abbreviate 'tomato ketchup' - trying to sound 'hip' but failing miserably!
Keep on going you are a real legend yourself ! . A great selection of words many must be native to Kent as living in Bedfordshire .I didn't recognize some of them ...of course .we don't have an accent or slang here ........ You really made me laugh . More like this please .
I'm so glad you included "bants", in the past decade that word has become my most hated word. "Bird" also was a slang word that immediately came to my mind on clicking on this video.
Love the channel by the way so don't think of these as me being annoyed 🙂. But you must be mad if you think the word hitting on someone is better than chatting someone up hitting on someone sounds so aggressive.
@@AdventuresAndNaps I reckon chatting up is pretty descriptive and positive, if you break it down. Most folks like to chat, combine that with raising up a person's feelings of attractiveness and that's a winning combination. Probably helps if the person initiating the chat is witty and attractive, eh? Great channel by the way
Peter Kay does an amusing routine demonstrating people's non-vocal slang; like looking at your watch when people ask when you're going on your holidays.
Havin a bubble is cockney rhyming slang for "having a laugh" meaning " are you taking the piss?" (Bubble bath = laugh) The manner in which it's said can be a prelude to violence, it's not necessary "silly". Also, a nosh is a blow job
The Dreaded Lurgi was a fictitious disease created in an episode of The Goon Show (November 1954) and was taken into common usage, so not strictly slang.
You may not like the word nosh, but it has quite a pedigree: "To snack, to eat between meals," 1957, from Yiddish nashn "nibble," from Middle High German naschen, from Old High German hnascon, nascon "to nibble," from Proto-Germanic *(g)naskon. Related: Noshed; noshing. Earlier as a noun (1917) meaning "a restaurant," short for nosh-house.
Thanks for the info! As a German living in England it's again and again fascinating to see how close we are not only languagewise but on a lot of levels! 💚☮️
I always thought it was "bikkie" and I almost spewed out my mouthful of Cider on seeing "Choccy biccy". Don't honestly think I've ever laughed more at one of your videos - so thanks for making me feel much better as a consequence of watching today. Hilarious, but no-one is going to stop using any of them :-) The bubble one I've never heard of. xx Are you OK with "Cannuck" btw?
More accurate to say that HP Foods called their brown sauce HP Sauce. There are plenty of other varities of brown sauce that are just called brown sauce.
@@peterwilkins7013 I always assumed hp was the original and therefore when other brands started making the same we just called it brown sauce across the board?
@@kJ922-h3j Just done a bit of research. Apparently the idea of brown sauce goes back to around 1850 and was homemade. In 1896 Mr Garson who owned a factory in Nottingham started producing it commercially and sold it in bottles with his name on the side. A couple of years later he had to sell the company to pay debts. It's a bit unclear though when the HP name started or why it was decided to name it after the Houses of Parliament.
Its called red sauce aka tomato sauce because my Dad (born in the early 1920s) said Ketchup was an American thing and not in the English vocabulary. Red sauce or Tomato sauce is a perfectly legitimate description. Originally I think only the American Heinz brand called their tomato sauce Ketchup. Ketchup is thicker than the British traditional red sauce, which has probably now been relegated to the cheaper supermarket own brand budget options. Or the runny red stuff you get at the Westlers Infamous Hotdog stall at the local traveling funfair
I know you did a rhyming slang video. Locally we say someone is a bit "dolly" which is a shortened version of "dolly dimple" rhyming with simple. Usually applied to a dimwit.
Hi Alanna, thanks for the interesting video. Chockie and bickie are both used here in Australia. We also have Chrissy for Christmas and Brissie for Brisbane. Never heard "havin' a bubble" before, but I would assume it has something to do with bubble baths!! LOL. With married people here, some people refer to their partner as "the other half". We call ketchup, tomato sauce here. Calling a woman a bird was popular here many years ago when I was at school, but it is never used these days. The word "fit" was used by some of my school friends in place of "wow". If really surprised it sometimes became "feeeet". Incidentally, you are definitely not an old lady. We are all as young as we feel. Here is one UK phrase that I have heard at times, when answering a question as another question. Q: Where were you? A: I was down the street, wasn't I? Love that one!!! Anyway, take care and all the very best. Robert.
I think she'd shit the bed if she started trying to digest how the vocab changes the further north you go. Even I can't make sense of some things I've seen and heard.
I'm southern and I despise most of those words as well. More specifically, it feels like most of them are essex lad culture type words, which deserves all the ridicule it can get.
I once worked with a man who caught the attention of a young woman in an office because he used "Dude, Like Totally" in a sentence without being ironic.
I don't use any of these and I've never heard the bubble one so I think it's a southern thing. I've never felt cooler. As a northerner I did giggle when you said Nosh, my mind lives in the gutter I guess. This video was great. Nice to see you back! Much love
"Lurgi" or more specifically "dreaded lurgi" is a cultural reference to the Goon Show. For younger readers this was a seminal British radio comedy from the 1950s.
Most hated slang - probably the misuse of "literally" as in "I literally died of embarassment when my husband ate their entire pack of choccy biccies!"
@@whyteej fair point, & thanks for taking the time to reply. I still don’t have to like it though, but accept I was the ignorant one in holding that view.
Every time i watch your videos, (and I've watched them all), when you ask people to subscribe I always have to check that I have. I just can't help it haha
British person here. Some of my most HATED British slang words are hubby/hubster (husband). Cockwomble (a form of insult, usually used by people who think they're being extremely witty and clever, but are definitely not),
Alana! I just found this! Am a Brit who has lived in USA for 20+ years! You are absolutely hilarious! When I go back I don’t understand so much! Totally with you on this! 😂
When I was living in Oxford, a common saying was, you're avin a laugh aint ya, or you avin a laugh mate. Your phrase, you havin a bubble, is the same but originated with the cockney version , you havin a bubble bath, bath=laugh, shortened to bubble. I think it adds to the language in a good way, whether its understood or not. Takecare.
Never heard the “bubble” thing, but aside from that, thank you for reminding me of some excellent slang! Didn’t know “Tommy K” either, but it’s daft enough that I want to adopt it. Thank you for helping to preserve our beautiful slang!
I tell you what, I got the lurgy real bad the other chrimbo and bloody nora I went through a ton of bog roll. Me only saving grace was the old ball and chain who was very good and made great cuppa's with bacon rolls and Tommy k, she was very helpful with bringing us Choccy biccys as well. After the new year the misses asked me to take her out for some nosh seeing as I'd saved up some dosh and when I asked where she wanted to go she said maccys and I asked don't you want a cheeky nandos. The retort was spectacular especially when me bird whom is fit as fook had called me a ledge for a champion idea. While having a cheeky nandos I chatted up the misses, gave her a good snog, took her home and had some great rumpy pumpy. Only joking, this was all just bants so please be mad but it was good innit bruv ;) love the channel and thanks for everything and good luck to you and you're family.
Interesting to hear slang words grouped together, but telling people not to use their own cultural references and slang words is insufferably arrogant.
I LOVE THE UK!!!!!! Thought I should shout that in the comments just in case…
That's it I have spoken to the authorities and you are gonna be removed. disgraceful
You chose to be here, we were born here, you probably love it more than we do.
"The missus" has nothing on "'er indoors" *cringe* ruclips.net/video/b2vNzEEd59w/видео.html
"Fit" is a bit gross, as it's clear objectification.
"if you've got a problem with our language then you can just turn round and..." J/k big fan of your work
we will stop using Snog if you stop using "make out"
Let's all agree to just say "kiss" instead
Get off
Kiss is what you share with your grandmother at a family wedding. Snog is what you share with your girlfriend at 3am outside a nightclub. They are not synonyms!
Okay, so is "swap spit" okay?
Also a brand of frozen yoghurt in the uk.
You've wiped out some peoples whole vocabulary.
Do we put roadblocks around Essex and not let them leave the county until they speak proper Canadian?
@@ThisWontEndWell certainly sounds like they are all Essex words and phrases
@@ThisWontEndWell Yea, you would hear most of these words if you watch TOWIE. I gave up on that years ago.
Innit.
@@dave_h_8742 I was thinking the same thing, I think someone has been watching Towie on the sly.
I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE FOR THIS
The missus got me a box of stale choccy biccies and a bog roll for Crimbo. Is she having a bubble?
Later that day, we went down the pub and saw a bloke chatting up a bird at the bar. She was just trying to eat her nosh, when some plank next to them shook the bottle of tommy k too hard. It exploded and everyone was splattered with the stuff! "Bloody Norah!" I yelled. We were done with the pub, and covered in red sauce, so I decided to pop next-door for a cheeky Nando's.
Very Good!!!
Good effort
Ledge
Now is this in a cockney accent? Or northern perhaps?
Top !!!! Everything you have posted is perfectly normal in the UK.....I think Alanna needs to understand its all said in a jokey manner......
I’m convinced nobody in the history of the world has combined “it’s a beautiful day” with “init bruv” until now 😂
Sounds like a line from Marry Poppins
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They do in my area...
@MāTT omg. That killed me. 😂😂😂
A polite chav
I'm from northern England and have never ever heard of "having a bubble"
I still dont know what it means… having a drink maybe?
@@spyhunter66 "bubble bath" (baff) - laugh, in Mockney rhyming slang. Took me a long time to realise it wasn't a rhyme for 'bubble and squeak'.
I'm in Wales and never heard it either
Having a 'bubble in Newcastle means crying
@borderreiver1555 oh get it now, yeah "I wish the bairn would stop bubbling", when you put into context it's obvious, I'm from county Durham so I know what you mean now, btw a good few years ago I worked with two lads from felling, brilliant lads but when they'd had a pint or ten f**K me I couldn't understand a word they said AND I only live 30 miles away, god knows what the barmaids in Hull thought they were saying, enjoy the rest of your evening 👌
I think you are hilarious
But " Chat up"?Is better than" Hitting on someone "
I like to chat to women not hit them.
"Hitting on" is from the idea of responding to bait. One angler might say to another, "what are they biting?" and the second might respond, "They're hitting on worms and spoons" or whatever lure is working. The concept of hitting on a person is to take the bait (even if the "bait" is merely the fact that the lady is naturally attractive).
Chat up is more descriptive of the action taking place.
'Hitting on' is predatory, 'chat up' is mutual.
I'm sorry Alana, but, as a proper true British Gentleman I'm going to use these words for the rest of my life.
"Ball and chain"? Oh, you mean my "trouble and strife".
'er in doors.
Idk about you, but I felt a swell of national pride when hearing these slang words
I will confess I've never heard of "Tommy K" as a slang term for ketchup.
It sounds more like a men's fashion brand quite frankly.
I think I went to school with Tommy K. I think his brother's ont telly.
It sounds like a chav fashion brand!
Bit late on this one but, it will probably not surprise you,, this is used frequently used here in Liverpool (I use it too!).
Tommy Hilfiger?
@@AlisonBryen chav?
What should you do if a bird sh*ts on your windscreen? Refuse to take her out again.
It is not "Lurgy" - it is "The Dreaded Lurgi". People of my age will remember this fictitious disease from the radio series The Goon Show.
Yuckabooo, yuckaboo!
I should have said "I - Eeeeeeeeh Yakka-Boo"
Don't forget The Telegoons.
@@jerribee1 I remember them well - at around the same period that BBC was testing stereo broadcasting , one channel on TV one on radio.
I think 'dreaded lurgy' started with the Spanish flu post WWI and these days represents cold & flu symptoms.
You can cure it by buying an E flat trombone.
I have never in my life heard 'You havin' a bubble?' in my times living in Wales, South West, North West, Midlands and Yorkshire. I wonder what other South East gems I have been deprived of 🤔
It is cockney rhyming slang. The whole phrase is 'you 'avin a bubble bath' meaning are you having a laugh. Mick Carter often says it in Eastenders
@@tanyahicks4368 You havin' a giraffe? :)
@@tanyahicks4368 I've lived in the South of England for 36 years and never heard "'Avin' a bubble" - but then, I haven't watched "Eastenders" since 1985.
Everyday I wake up I thank the lord I'm a Midlander and not a Cockney!
I'm from Newcastle and my grandad will say 'are you having a giraffe?' instead.
Okay the way you say innit is killing me 😂😂😂 But these are so southern that ive never even heard of "you havin a bubble" in my life. Maybe you're just meant to be up north?
I met the man once who invented window sills what a ledge 😂😂😂
he's here all week folks
@@dismafuggerhere2753 Am shocked and saddened that he did that.
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Thanks Tim...; )
Nice........ man who invented the fireplace? ... fkin grate
This is just a 23 ways to annoy Alanna video for anyone on here that crosses paths with you!
@NE Guy innit!
Jamie Smith I know what you mean.sadly folks can be cruel even more so when they know what upsets /annoys you! Unfortunately you are right! peace and love 💖
Innit bruv!
"The misses gave me a cheeky nosh round the back of Nandos. She went at me like a fresh packet of choccy biccys." I'm guessing that kind of sentence will invoke pure Canadian rage (rightly so). It could have been worse but I couldn't bring myself to write more.
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Crimbo nosh! Lol.
I'm surprised - 'er indoors - didn't make it to the list, but these appear to be mainly southern or ubiquitous slang
This is your worst video ever.
Nosh means food up north.
Yep...being Northern...I almost fell off my chair when the word 'Nosh' came up..........it doesn't mean food here!
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Same, and the "you avin a bubble?" isn't used here.
And "Lurgy" where i am is used by children to be the equivalent to what Americans might call "cooties"
It's still taken orally though
It has a secondary meaning down south, London anyway as a Londoner retired to Sussex I've not heard it used down here,not the secondary one anyway.(rude)
Depends on whether it's used as a noun or a verb!!
Norah (as it was spelt in the 17th century), was a maid who worked for Duke Wodingtonshire. She killed one of his other servants with a stick of celery. After walking in on the bloody scene, of Norah clubbing a corpse with a vegetable, the Duke coined the phrase. Health and safety in the work place in the 17th century wasn’t all it is now, but I believe that celery related murders have since been on the decline.
Snog isn’t just a kiss - it’s full-on going for it kissing, not a peck on the cheek.
Exactly- the word sounds a bit messy because the thing it names is a bit messy!
@@bloodspatteredguitar I agree. A kiss is... just a kiss. One, single kiss. Whereas, cuddling up on the sofa and getting really stuck-into a prolonged, drawn-out kissing session... that's snogging. There really isn't another, more suitable word for it I'm afraid.
I live in the North and when I was young we used to call it cop off with 🤣
The context of its uses, justifies its use
Ah you mean a bit of tonsil hockey! Lol I know for a fact Alanna would hate that! Lol
At least "chat up" sounds friendly. The US term "hitting on" someone sounds a bit violent! : (
Also you can "chat up" someone in a platonic sense e.g. in business. I don't think you can "hit on" someone platonically.
I'm ashamed to say that now.... 11 years in Canada and that's what happens!
To me, "chat up" sounds greasy, like someone on Love Island would say it 😂
@@AdventuresAndNaps The people on Love Island speak??? I thought it would just be a series of incoherent grunts!
@@AdventuresAndNaps Whats Love Island?
Cor, someone's a fussy bugger today.
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Loved this one. Give it another 5 years and you’ll be yelling “bog roll” from the rooftops!
Still beautiful and so full of life.... your videos, no matter the sunject, cheer me up no end Alanna, thank you for reminding me that life can be fun, even when in pain and even being long term single
Alanna is confessing she is not young anymore,young people confuse her, bless her,she's joined the adult world who are permanently confused by young people and now she's one of us!🤗😘❤️🇧🇻
Not old, just more intelligent.
Next time we see Alanna, she'll be sat in her rocking chair with her white hair in a bun with a big hairpin through it, wearing a cardie and shawl, knitting away... Looking all granny.
"Simples" needs to be eradicated. See also "Well jel" and "Amazeballs"
You're right!! 😂
Amazeballs is gone now. I use it ironically and everyone gets it.
On pain of death.
Agree 100% (not 150% 🤬)
Totes!
Words have a taste and snog tastes like Lambrini and Marlboro lights.
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It's been a long time since I'd even consider snogging anyone who smoked.
We always said "get off with..." instead of "snog" round here. Now I'm an adult I think snog is at least nicer than that 😂
@@caseyh8386 but snogging is kissing and getting of with is effectively picking up or perhaps now hooking up.
'Apples and pears, cor blimey, guvnor!' - these terms really put you in the south east/east London.
I actually don't say any of these (except in an ironic way sometimes) not even choccy biccy. And I have two sons of 5 and 2!
Also, my most disliked British slang is 'soz' for sorry - it's unbelievably insincere. As a Canadian, I'm sure you take apologising seriously too.
"Having a bubble" is Cockney rhyming slang for having a laugh, the full (never spoken) phrase would be "Bubble bath"
A kiwi mate of mine has got me saying “shit tickets” (said in your best New Zealand accent) instead of toilet paper
Oh my god that's hilarious 😂
Omg that's funny 😆
In New Zealand speak that would be 'Shet Teckits'?
LOL
Excellent slang!
It would be great Alanna if you did an 'after the watershed' version of this as many of us love all the crude slang that the Aussies and ourselves use. Aussies are tremendously creative with coarse slang. I'll get the ball rolling if you like: Instead of the deeply unsettling 'Missus', what about 'Ceiling Inspector'?
The old bag?
What ever you do, don’t watch ‘The Inbetweeners’ it’ll be your worst nightmare!
She'd like it. It's very funny
Clunge
Bus wankers ..... 😂
Or phone shop! You get me fam?
Have a little nosh on this Doris
😂 Irrational annoyance at inert words? This is the most British video on RUclips! 😂 You should probably post your Canadianess to Canada House. You’ve become one of us.🇬🇧🇬🇧
Yeah! You could start with "badonkadonk" !!!
I do wish people from North America would stop saying 'hate' when they mean dislike. Hate is such a powerful and emotive word which shouldn't be used so casually.
........ but is typical 'american' exaggeration and hype.
My Uncle just set a new record for getting 27 Pigeons to land on him.
What a ledge.
- Stewart Francis
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Legend!!!!!!
Bloody Nora, what a Ledge, give him a choccy Biccy
My stepdad is in his 60's and uses words like:
'a Dolly' - referring to a girlfriend etc.. like bird.
'a Ruby' or 'Ruby Murray' - A curry
'Bless his/her cotton socks'
He sometimes say 'something' like this - "Sah-ink"
'Choccy', 'Biccy', 'Choccy Biccy', 'Av we got any choccy biccys?'
'He says 'Across' like this - "Acrost"
'One in the eye' - a pie
'A cuppa charlie' - a cup of tea
'The ol' woman' or 'My ol' woman' - wife
'She who must be obeyed' - wife
'Sap' - someone who's a bit of a wimp
'Lully' - Describing someone or something that is cute and lovely
And there are probs many more I can't think of right now.
That's local and working class as well as age. Its part of accent and pride in your roots.
I think the "correct" term was a Dolly Bird :)
@@nickbrough8335 Yes you're right, I think he just shortens it to Dolly.
“Words have a taste ... “. What a great concept. Yes!! I have never heard that idea expressed but it’s perfect to explain why one slang word is ok but another isn’t
Never heard anyone say "Havin' a bubble" (it's highly region-specific Cockney rhyming slang: bubble bath = laugh) or "Tommy K" either to be honest. Nothing wrong with "chat up" in my books - fun and flirty slang unlike the terribly aggressive "hitting on" that you seemed to compare it to.
They don't even say 'havin' a bubble' in London.
It's really interesting to look at these terms from your point of view. It's also worth noting that we often say terms such as "cheeky Nando's" and "bants" ironically to start with, but we end up saying them so often that they become part of our vocabulary. I wonder what you think of the word "grockle"? It's a derogatory term used in the West Country for tourists. I think it's a very useful word!
Loo Rolls is a brilliant US singer ('You'll Never Find' is my favourite of his)
My favourite is "Puppy Loves" (reference the adverts)
There was a cafe in Looe (in Cornwall), that sold crusty Looe rolls, and filled crusty Looe rolls...
Wouldn’t work in the Midlands where they’re called batches, not rolls.
Lou Rawls!! That’s awesome! 😂😂😂
Yes, Lou actually knew the joke, and found it absolutely hilarious! (Edwin Starr told him about it!)
You’ll never find is a belter!
'Chat up' is nice and friendly; how can you prefer the violent-sounding 'hitting on'?
Maybe do a video on US/Canadian slang words you hate next and maybe even add British equivalents that you prefer?
That's a great idea!
Yeah that one might come across less patronising! 😄 its all bants though
They're not creative enough!
“You havin a bubble?” Is shortened Cockney Rhyming Slang and the bubble refers to Bubble bath=laugh. Same with “havin a butchers”, butcher’s hook=look etc.
I can't hear 'choccy' without hearing 'chalky' - I was horrified when I first heard someone talk about what I thought was "chalky milk"!
You can't blame us for "Nosh" that's Yiddish slang. US actor Tom Wilson (Biff from Back to the Future) uses it in his Question song.
"You're having a giraffe" meaning "You're having a laugh" is what you'd say instead of " you must be joking" is actually one of my favourite sayings I Dunno why that come to mind watching this video 🤣🤣
"Tommy K" for tomato ketchup seems to be a relatively modern thing. I've never actually heard anybody using it in real life, I only know if it from various YT/social media posts.
Have heard tomatoes referred to as 'tommy toes'.
You got the English accent when you said 'You 'avin a bubble?'....perfect!
This was a bants video, you're an absolute ledge Alanna
Thanks for watching!!
'You havin' a bubble?' Never heard that phrase in my 58 years of life in Britain. Maybe I've led a sheltered existence.
So....will there be a follow-up with Canadian slang Alanna dislikes?
Same here - never heard of it. Maybe regional, but I’m not that far from Kent, so if it’s regional it’s a very small regional!
@@Chumber3403 Reading through the comments, it comes from 'bubble bath'. Sounds a bit contrived...but then so does 'You're havin' a giraffe', which I HAVE heard.
It's cockney rhyming slang, "bubble bath" - "laugh". I'd agree you've lived a sheltered life to have not heard that in 58 years
Howwwww lol I use to hear 'you having a bubble bath giraffe laugh' 😂
Some people say “havin a bubbly” like... a drink or something. Maybe she meant that? Idk
Do people REALLY say tommy k??? Horsewhipping is too good for them, frankly.
No, it's about right.
Never used Tommy K, but since he was a child my son calls it dip-dip, he's 28 now and still says it without embarrassment..you gotta love him!
If only you’d done a better job of raising him 🙄
😂👍🏻😂
Somebody far more talented than I, should create a mashup of Alanna using all of these terms, to a nice rhythm.
Such a shame she didn’t say ‘Rumpy Pumpy’ though 😂
Maybe if we all crowd fund Politics Joe; they might do it 😉
Yeah Alanna - why you no say rumpy pumpy!?
A cautionary note: Slang can have vastly differing meanings depending on where you are in the UK. Call someone 'mush' in Hampshire he's a friend - in Lancashire it's insulting!
Punch in the mush
Trevor Francis track suits from a mush in Shepherd's Bush.
Being American I was once called a "septic". As in rhyming slang "septic tank" for Yank. Obviously that can go. But generally I love the fact that the Brits have so many slang words for so many things. It makes the North American vocabulary seem so boring.
I thought “septic” or “seppo” was more Australian slang. As a Brit I would be more inclined to think of you as a Sherman.
Now I’m perfectly happy if you now think I’m a “merchant” (banker).
'Septic' is definitely British. Never heard of 'Sherman' before - but I like it and think I'll use it from now on.
@@Canalcoholic It's originally Cockney rhyming slang that's caught on in the rest of the UK and with some Aussies.
@@Canalcoholic lol I thought Sherman was rhyming slang for something completely different...
I must admit I use septic a lot when talking about Americans
'Red Sauce' is to distinguish it from 'Brown Sauce' which are the only two types of sauce that anyone ever ate until we became all continental and sophisticated
We had mustard, pickle, and picalilli too...
In cafés you had ketchup in a red bottle and brown sauce in a brown bottle thats why its often called red sauce
Nope there was Hot Sauce too aka Worcestershire - nothing else was spicy! Chilies had yet to reach mainstream UK
@@mlaithe3526 Yeh - but - to me, calling ketchup 'red sauce' is like using baby-talk. When I was a kid, back in the '50s, even I used to call it 'tomato sauce' - saying 'red sauce' would've been beneath my dignity, even at that age! And I suppose 'Tommy K' is just a very very silly way of trying to abbreviate 'tomato ketchup' - trying to sound 'hip' but failing miserably!
@@SteveParkes-Sparko dignity of language maybe but I've heard a few in my time asking a server if they had any more red.
Keep on going you are a real legend yourself !
. A great selection of words many must be native to Kent as living in Bedfordshire .I didn't recognize some of them ...of course .we don't have an accent or slang here ........ You really made me laugh
. More like this please .
I'm so glad you included "bants", in the past decade that word has become my most hated word. "Bird" also was a slang word that immediately came to my mind on clicking on this video.
Love the channel by the way so don't think of these as me being annoyed 🙂. But you must be mad if you think the word hitting on someone is better than chatting someone up hitting on someone sounds so aggressive.
Maybe because I'm more used to "hitting on"? "Chatting up" sounds really greasy!
@@AdventuresAndNaps I reckon chatting up is pretty descriptive and positive, if you break it down. Most folks like to chat, combine that with raising up a person's feelings of attractiveness and that's a winning combination. Probably helps if the person initiating the chat is witty and attractive, eh? Great channel by the way
The worst thing is doing that finger quote thing, Billy Connolly does a good sketch about it, it involves the breaking of the doers fingers
Peter Kay does an amusing routine demonstrating people's non-vocal slang; like looking at your watch when people ask when you're going on your holidays.
I hate bro, more so when they are not brothers.
Perhaps you only hate it because it's something only guys can say and you have a problem with guys having something for themselves.
I feel like its an American import, not proper to anyone's real neighbourhood here.
U ok bro
you get me bruv
nw bruh
Havin a bubble is cockney rhyming slang for "having a laugh" meaning " are you taking the piss?" (Bubble bath = laugh) The manner in which it's said can be a prelude to violence, it's not necessary "silly". Also, a nosh is a blow job
The Dreaded Lurgi was a fictitious disease created in an episode of The Goon Show (November 1954) and was taken into common usage, so not strictly slang.
The ball and chain was a fit bird when I first chatted her up.
Gotta say, never heard of Tommy K. Blimey that actually rhymes!
You may not like the word nosh, but it has quite a pedigree:
"To snack, to eat between meals," 1957, from Yiddish nashn "nibble," from Middle High German naschen, from Old High German hnascon, nascon "to nibble," from Proto-Germanic *(g)naskon. Related: Noshed; noshing. Earlier as a noun (1917) meaning "a restaurant," short for nosh-house.
I was going to say it's one of the very few examples of Yiddish usages in English compared with how many there are in American.
Thanks for the info!
As a German living in England it's again and again fascinating to see how close we are not only languagewise but on a lot of levels! 💚☮️
I always thought it was "bikkie" and I almost spewed out my mouthful of Cider on seeing "Choccy biccy". Don't honestly think I've ever laughed more at one of your videos - so thanks for making me feel much better as a consequence of watching today. Hilarious, but no-one is going to stop using any of them :-) The bubble one I've never heard of. xx Are you OK with "Cannuck" btw?
I feel like you would have hated Loadsa Money, the Harry Enfield character, who was so popular he had his own music single.
Imagine being her neighbour and having to hear her talk to herself while doing a horrible impression of ur accent.
What are you her neighbor with your ear to the adjoining wall?
The misses are unmarried women; the missus is ‘er indoors.
It’s only sometimes called red sauce because we decided to call hp sauce brown sauce lol it comes directly from that
More accurate to say that HP Foods called their brown sauce HP Sauce. There are plenty of other varities of brown sauce that are just called brown sauce.
@@peterwilkins7013 I always assumed hp was the original and therefore when other brands started making the same we just called it brown sauce across the board?
@@kJ922-h3j Just done a bit of research. Apparently the idea of brown sauce goes back to around 1850 and was homemade. In 1896 Mr Garson who owned a factory in Nottingham started producing it commercially and sold it in bottles with his name on the side. A couple of years later he had to sell the company to pay debts. It's a bit unclear though when the HP name started or why it was decided to name it after the Houses of Parliament.
Its called red sauce aka tomato sauce because my Dad (born in the early 1920s) said Ketchup was an American thing and not in the English vocabulary. Red sauce or Tomato sauce is a perfectly legitimate description. Originally I think only the American Heinz brand called their tomato sauce Ketchup. Ketchup is thicker than the British traditional red sauce, which has probably now been relegated to the cheaper supermarket own brand budget options. Or the runny red stuff you get at the Westlers Infamous Hotdog stall at the local traveling funfair
I know you did a rhyming slang video. Locally we say someone is a bit "dolly" which is a shortened version of "dolly dimple" rhyming with simple. Usually applied to a dimwit.
Hi Alanna, thanks for the interesting video. Chockie and bickie are both used here in Australia. We also have Chrissy for Christmas and Brissie for Brisbane. Never heard "havin' a bubble" before, but I would assume it has something to do with bubble baths!! LOL. With married people here, some people refer to their partner as "the other half". We call ketchup, tomato sauce here. Calling a woman a bird was popular here many years ago when I was at school, but it is never used these days. The word "fit" was used by some of my school friends in place of "wow". If really surprised it sometimes became "feeeet". Incidentally, you are definitely not an old lady. We are all as young as we feel. Here is one UK phrase that I have heard at times, when answering a question as another question. Q: Where were you? A: I was down the street, wasn't I? Love that one!!! Anyway, take care and all the very best. Robert.
You literally just made a video on why northerners finds Southerners annoying..😂😂
Yes i have commented on them being mostly southern
I think she'd shit the bed if she started trying to digest how the vocab changes the further north you go. Even I can't make sense of some things I've seen and heard.
I'm southern and I despise most of those words as well. More specifically, it feels like most of them are essex lad culture type words, which deserves all the ridicule it can get.
Yes.... most of those are annoying southern sayings! 🙄🙄
Yeah because northern slang sounds good 🙄🙄
99% of the slang words you have said are London/Kent words.With a couple from the North.I never hear or have said any of these in Hampshire!
That's great!
Maybe if you live in Medway
@@AdventuresAndNaps from Scotland, never hear 99% of these.
It's like when grown men and women in North America still say "Dude"...
"Bro" is much worse
@@chanchito4401 Yes, Good Point!
@PatchesRips Your country came up with "finna" though and that's horrible
I once worked with a man who caught the attention of a young woman in an office because he used "Dude, Like Totally" in a sentence without being ironic.
Hysterical video ! 😂 . I know it wouldn't be very British, but what about doing a video about the British slang words/expressions you love?
I don't use any of these and I've never heard the bubble one so I think it's a southern thing. I've never felt cooler. As a northerner I did giggle when you said Nosh, my mind lives in the gutter I guess.
This video was great. Nice to see you back! Much love
"Lurgi" or more specifically "dreaded lurgi" is a cultural reference to the Goon Show. For younger readers this was a seminal British radio comedy from the 1950s.
Glad I'm not the only person who remembers it, preferred "The Navy Lark" though.
What time is it, Eccles?
I once caught the lergy from a choccy biccy at Crimbo and had to blow my nose in the bog roll all day.
What a ledge!
Most hated slang - probably the misuse of "literally" as in "I literally died of embarassment when my husband ate their entire pack of choccy biccies!"
"He is literally on fire". "Well dial 999 then".
@Jason Milner - It is annoying. It's not slang though.
Take it up with Charlotte Brontë, Jane Austen, Mark Twain & Charles Dickens. Literally has always been used figuratively.
Especially at chrimbo and don't talk to me about the bog roll, thought he was having a bubble.
@@whyteej fair point, & thanks for taking the time to reply. I still don’t have to like it though, but accept I was the ignorant one in holding that view.
People who call their partners “Babe” that’s one I can’t stand!
Ugh, you're totally right!
Cringe inducing and common as muck, at the same time.
These people also go on ‘Their Hollybobs’
Instead of going on Holiday’ 🙄
Utterly concur ... sadly my missus sometimes calls me this ... but she is a Yank, so what can you expect? :D
@@dallassukerkin6878
I know! You can only do so much.
Well done for taking a colonial anyway 👍🏻
Good luck 👊🏻
@@DontPanicDear :grins: I do have my revenge tho', when I wish her "Happy Treason Day!" when the 4th comes around :chuckles:.
Every time i watch your videos, (and I've watched them all), when you ask people to subscribe I always have to check that I have. I just can't help it haha
Agree on all of them by the way expect for innit and red sauce. They are 100% perfectly fine. I'm from Liverpool.
😂 Thank you!
All I can say is you are a "Cheeky bugger" but not in a bad way.
I love how it takes Alanna longer to say “bog” than to say toilet.
bants is pants then...
Also, how is "chat up" more objectionable than "hit on". They latter sounds like a physical assault.
British person here. Some of my most HATED British slang words are hubby/hubster (husband). Cockwomble (a form of insult, usually used by people who think they're being extremely witty and clever, but are definitely not),
Cockwomble has got to be the shittest slang word ever
@@kenbrandon4554 If I hear someone using it I always feel embarrassed for them. Even worse is a term I recently heard - wankbadger
Alana! I just found this! Am a Brit who has lived in USA for 20+ years! You are absolutely hilarious! When I go back I don’t understand so much! Totally with you on this! 😂
I never get fed up with British slang it's all part of being British...stay...cool...
Don't worry - we British still have a sense of humour
Unless your ‘woke’ or leftie
After seeing Mr. Bean I seriously doubt that.
@@WhereWhatHuh American are you..? 🙄🇬🇧
@@Ionabrodie69 I am. As American as Apple pie with ice cream. And if it's any consolation Bennie Hill was hilarious.
People saying nothink, instead of nothing, I find annoying.
Even worse, nuffink.
I'm glad you did the shorts videos. I like your channel.
Ahh thank you so much!! ☺️
When I was living in Oxford, a common saying was, you're avin a laugh aint ya, or you avin a laugh mate. Your phrase, you havin a bubble, is the same but originated with the cockney version , you havin a bubble bath, bath=laugh, shortened to bubble. I think it adds to the language in a good way, whether its understood or not. Takecare.
I have never heard 'you havin' a bubble'. I'm English - perhaps it is a Kent thing?
You haven't??
Me neither!
It was around in London more in the 80s/90s.
avin a bubble -- rhyming slang for Bubble Bath = Laugh.
'Are you having a laugh' (or are you joking?)
A bubble is a Greek.
@@barrygower6733 Originally.
Having a bubble is nothing to do with greeks though!
I have never heard anyone say Tommy K...
The one that I truly despise is “youse”, as a plural of “you”.
Australian.
We say tomato sauce not ketchup .
You's or youse is a a dialect thing, I think in the north east or Scotland.
Not offensive
@@jillhobson6128
I heard youse in the Midlands. It was especially prevalent in the more insalubrious parts of town.
@@jillhobson6128 i always thought youse was Liverpool
@@petew5289 I know it is used in several parts of the country and I certainly don't despise it like the previous commentator does.
I’m English but I’ve never heard “Tommy k” in my life 🤔
Me too!
She's making half of them up.
Should be Tommy sauce.
I've obviously made them all up
@@AdventuresAndNaps I’m not saying that, they certainly all exist. I’ve just never heard that particular one; personally 🙂
Never heard the “bubble” thing, but aside from that, thank you for reminding me of some excellent slang! Didn’t know “Tommy K” either, but it’s daft enough that I want to adopt it. Thank you for helping to preserve our beautiful slang!
I tell you what, I got the lurgy real bad the other chrimbo and bloody nora I went through a ton of bog roll. Me only saving grace was the old ball and chain who was very good and made great cuppa's with bacon rolls and Tommy k, she was very helpful with bringing us Choccy biccys as well. After the new year the misses asked me to take her out for some nosh seeing as I'd saved up some dosh and when I asked where she wanted to go she said maccys and I asked don't you want a cheeky nandos. The retort was spectacular especially when me bird whom is fit as fook had called me a ledge for a champion idea. While having a cheeky nandos I chatted up the misses, gave her a good snog, took her home and had some great rumpy pumpy.
Only joking, this was all just bants so please be mad but it was good innit bruv ;) love the channel and thanks for everything and good luck to you and you're family.
Interesting to hear slang words grouped together, but telling people not to use their own cultural references and slang words is insufferably arrogant.
She is just pulling the mickey. Don’t get all ahgie bahgie.