I guess the whole "no mailbox" thing is because it's safer to have your post delivered into your house as opposed to an isolated box outside where some chav would inevitably smash it open and nick your takeout leaflets.
Years ago I saw a BBC news report about a mail workers strike in the USA. Mail wasn't being collected and the reporter was standing beside a stuffed mailbox with more mail piled up against its base. As a man added his letter to the pile the reporter asked if he wasn't afraid it might get stolen. The guy looked horriified. "That's the mail!" he said. No-one's going to mess with the MAIL! It seemed the Americans had an unexpected veneration for the mail. Being a Brit who was born in Canada I do realise Canada is not the US but maybe the attitude is the same?
Good way not to have mail stolen too... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (some big country houses have them so the postman doesn't have to walk half a mile each time to deliver but they're usually a locked drop box)
Went in one fast food place not far from us, think it was KFC. They had 2 dispensers, one with ketchup, and another with a brown sauce which tasted like bbq sauce. Not sure if they are available in other stores
So why the need to correct her? She didn't mention brown sauce...? She said McDonald's have ketchup pumps, but also have bbq sauce pumps too...which they DO! If you thought that the bbq sauce was brown sauce you either need your nose unblocked or taste buds looked at! McDonald's doesn't do brown sauce!
'Punishable by death' Or the English version, which is tutting loud enough so the person next to you can hear, but not loud enough so the offender can hear.
If she does jump a queue, there will be two (class confined) responses to such a dire act. The middle-class response will be eyes burning deep holes into the back of her cranium and the working-class response will be a loud verbal abaaat haa she betta get back in her faaackin' place 'fore I put her theeerrreee!
As an Englishman born and bred, I can assure everyone that standing on the left of an escalator is not punishable by death. It's much worse than that; the actual punishment is to hear someone behind you tutting in annoyance before saying EXCUSE ME and barging past you if you don't get out of their way.
I think that the escalator thing is very southern UK, or at least only common in big cities. Living in the Midlands and visiting the North more often than the South I only noticed this when visiting London. I'm pretty sure you can stand wherever you want on the escalator in Birmingham (for example). Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but we're quite laid back in the middle of England. We have to be considering we're either called "northerners" or "southerners" by the rest of the country.
I have to agree, i am from manchester, and i have only noticed this in london, it is certainly a regional thing, if someone tried to barge passed most people in manchester it would end up in a fight (not me because i am soft as shit but i certainly would tut at them :p )
You can have power in a bathroom - an isolated shaver socket. Perfect for charging electric toothbrushes and cordless electric razors. But you cannot have a conventional 13A socket.
Can't you have an extension cord, running from the other room? Maybe tacked temporarily to the wall to keep it off the potentially wet floor. And a quick acting, bathroom rated circuit breaker/surge protector or whatever it's called, to shut it off instantly in case of a water caused short circuit? We have those in the US. Typically, they're built-in to hairdryers and small electric heaters, or anything that is to be used in the bathroom. With strict warnings, of course, to not use them while actually in the tub. And the same technology is available as a standalone thing that you can plug anything into, including an extension cord. I've never used one of those, but I've seen them. EDIT: What I was trying to think of is called a G.F.C.I "Ground Fault Circuit Interruptor", here. We have them built-in to everything intended for use in the bathroom (not while you're wet of course). And they're also available as a standalone item.
I understand the logic, but it makes just as much sense to abbreviate by grabbing the first few letters, rather than grabbing the first few letters, skipping a bunch of letters, and appending the last letter.
@@MrGotmymojoworkin I don't think of mathematics as a plural, I guess. Just like physics. Either way, when we say that word, we're always going to sound wrong to each other. No amount of us arguing about it is going to convince the other and it's a stupid thing to argue about anyway.
As a Brit I found this very cute. You Canadians have a reputation for being unbelievably polite, so when you issued disclaimers at the start I was like "Uh oh" and steeled myself for a 'UK Roasting', only to find you being quizzical and simply making references. Like I say, very cute. :D
And as for you Chas, it is also a sign of the times that millennials and SJWs enjoying picking at any bone they can find in the hope of finding some meat...even when there isn't any. Like I said to Andy, my comment was a compliment with a bit of tongue-in-cheek humour. Her disclaimers were her own, and I was jokingly referencing that, nothing more. Deal with it or move on, fella, simple.
Off the deep end Chas? Oh contrare, sir. If you thought that was jumping off the deep end then you sincerely have a lot to learn about the art of communication. I simply stated facts. SJWs and millennials do indeed enjoy picking at potentials to generate offence in order for them to be over-virtuous about it. I was indeed being humorous in my response regarding my initial compliment and, like I've previously said, her disclaimers are her own to make. My reply was a tongue in cheek reference to that, nothing more. My advice to you is to consider your responses and perhaps you will sound less redundant in future.
noooooooo......stop saying rubbish, bin and boot!!! They will collect you like the Borg if you don't stop now. Before you know it...you might take on a Scottish accent in which case all other native english speakers won't be able to understand a word you're saying
@@subswithNovids-mb5mm Every house I've ever been in in the UK - and I've been in a lot, having lived here all my life - has had a two pin socket for charging electric toothbrushes, shavers etc. What type of England are YOU in?
lol with the bagging thing when i went to america i was bagging my stuff and the cashier was like 'oh u dont have to do that' and i was like 'tf? these items arent gonna bag themselves??'
I actually didn't understand what was her issue with that? As it's my purchased products I bag them and I actually think it's great that poor cashier doesn't have to stand up all the time and comfortably is sitting in a chair. They always smile and are polite because their feet and backs don't hurt at the end of their shift.
@@sigma82 the only problem she seemed to have with it is that this isn't a practice in Canada. Here in the US and in Canada, cashiers are not allowed to sit and they do all the work. So for us, finding out that most European countries are entirely the opposite is a bit jarring. The Germany company Aldi does have a few stores around where I'm at and I went on recommendation but was not told what to expect and came completely unprepared. They run the company here the same as they do elsewhere so seeing the cashier sitting down and even drinking at the register was just confusing. I shop there religiously now because this is the kind of work environment I want to support. Also here, cashier and general retail jobs are seen as some of the lowest form of service and customers like to treat workers according to that opinion, and we have little choice over suffering the abuse. I've literally had someone get super nasty with me for asking her to hand me an item she didn't want so I could put it back (she was trying to shove it in with the candy at the register), and called me lazy and accused me of not wanting to do my job. We follow 'the customer is always right' rule here, not the 'just act like decent human being' rule.
@@TwistyKitty that's exactly why I would never move to North America. Nice for holidays, but the work ethic seems ridiculously abusive. It's like they're paranoid that letting workers sit down will turn them into barricade-burning communists.
Oh sweetheart, how wonderfully innocent you are. What you failed to mention though is that we British actually do everything the way it should be done, and it is the rest of the world that is wrong, never mind.
boz5410: I think you should clarify that you are being ironic, before someone accuses you of arrogance...*sighs theatrically*. (Thank you for this comment - genuinely made me LOL.)
Irony is part of the English lanuage. Those outside don't really speak 'proper' English and it's complexities are often lost on them. Sign of the times. Alas, I do so appreciate a little understated humor. x
Yes, we can convert 24 hour time to 12 hour time in our heads. Easily. We don't like to electrocute people, so we don't mix 240v AC with water. We have learned to put things in bags. Not hard. Must be tough for you to have to do all that hard stuff. And we can change gear! Amazing.
yes! that's a brilliant moment isn't it. and the deadpan delvery ..excellent. { where i live , in the north, it's CATS do the midnight prowl/howl performance .)
In USA there is a kind of inherent "snob appeal" in saying: "I drive a stick(shift)" because what is actually being said is: " I'm a superior driver and I drive an expensive sports/performance car". But then everybody in the room laughs at you....
Gary L - Now that’s a new one on me, I would’ve never of thought that. To be honest, I don’t even know how you could get to that response by someone driving a manual and calling it ‘being a snob’. I guess if sports cars are mainly manual and everything else is automatic... Strange, but interesting non the less.
I guess its an"American Thing". In USA, unless one is a professional truck(lorry) driver, most people drive cars with automatic transmissions. Stick shift cars in USA tend to be sports/performance vehicles which are expensive here, more so than one's average "family car". 3 years ago my cousin, who does drive stick, had to go to a Honda dealership 90 miles away from her home before she could find the car she wanted-with a manual transmission. Humor, but No offense was intended. In real (vs. RUclips) life I am sure that most people who drive cars with manual transmission are perfectly nice people! FYI I have never heard anyone in my country use the term"Standard Transmission". (maybe its a Canadian thing?)P.S. My cousin is NOT a snob!
Its great that we have a choice now. But in the not too distant future when we have "driver less" or "autonomous" vehicles all the fun of driving will be lost and every road trip will be like riding in a taxi cab-without a cab driver! That's Progress!!???
And (a Yank here, I drove a standard shift in South Africa for a month) shifting with your left hand, even if you know standard shift gear boxes...is ...weird. How did Brits get on driving standard shift cars in the U.S./Canada, shifting with your right hand?
@@redhedkev1 My "stupid septic" 2nd cousin from NJ told me i wouldnt be able to drive her left hand drive manual gear box (stick shift) vw golf when she lived in florida in the late 90's.I got straight in the car and proved her wrong within like 30 seconds.What she failed to realise or know is that i had driven cars all over mainland europe and could just about drive every vehicle known to man on two or four wheels.
I'm British, and some years ago a Canadian guy told me that when he moved to England he expected everyone to be like Hyacinth Bucket (It's Bouquet!) from the sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, only to discover that we were all more like Onslow.
CoachingFinanceOnline I've lived in Canada all my life and if I meet someone from Detroit or Cleveland I can't hear any difference from how I speak. Some areas in the US, and Canada have their own local dialect but for the most part we all sound the same.
As a Brit, this is very funny! I've never even thought of the 24 hour clock versus 12 hour statement. You sound a little frustrated with our quirks though. I hope we're not driving you too mad! I think it's great that in a world obsessed with globalisation, each country and even some regions have a uniqueness. That said, it must be super odd spending years in another country by which time such differences must stand out even more.
I love the differences! Sometimes it's hard at first (and even now, 2+years later) but I'd rather all our countries be unique and different in some way than all the same. Thanks for watching!
I'm a British resident of the U.K and am always interested to know what other nationalities think of our country, so I really enjoyed this video. I also like hearing about what is different in other countries. My brother has visited Canada and said it was a beautiful country with very friendly people and would be a great place to live.
Itzz Joe, That's what I thought, however, she is actually white English and with self-identification issues likely developed after long standing neglect of care from health and welfare service.
@@michaelc3977 We're officially classed as British citizens, but unofficially lots of people also identify more specifically with the member state they're from.
The thing that is quintessentially English is the ability to laugh at ones self, even in difficult situations... If someone proposes to be English and is offended, they are not English...
I know what you mean! My mom is from Essex and we love to greet each other with the middle finger salute. It's funny and we don't take offense because it's our sense of humor. :P
@@Sibernethy You are obviously American by the way you spell mum, offence and humour. The middle finger salute is actually an American trait, the English way is to stick two fingers up with the palm of the hand facing towards you. I was born in London and lived in Essex for about four years; whereabouts in Essex does your mother originate from.
Eddie Thomas You're not thinking about this logically, you wouldn't title a book about mathematics "a brief history of math" you would use "a brief history of mathematics" or "brief history of maths" it's a misunderstanding of the nature of the collective (plural) I realise it's an accepted "Americanism" a little like the utterly jarring "me either" as opposed to the correct "me neither" but it doesn't work within the English language
No body bothered to point out that England and Britain are two different things you can be British and born in Britain and never go to England your whole life...
No zaf Ireland and the UK are not equal and Scotland is not in Britain. Great Britain is the official collective name for the landmass encompassing England, Scotland and Wales and their associated islands. Take note - Great Britain does NOT include Northern Ireland and therefore should "never be used interchangeably with ‘United Kingdom’". The Irish are not British which is reflected in the UK's full name - the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In 1801, the Act of Union with Ireland created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. When the 26 counties of Ireland became a Free State in 1922 the name was changed again to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Technically, if you lose the ‘Great,’ Britain only refers to England and Wales.
@@eh1vx did you even read my comment? you just confirmed me. UK means the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, what does UK mean on its own then? by that logic it also excludes Britain. and no one differentiates Great Britain and Britain, I don't believe anyone mentions Britain and only means England and Wales.
No offence. i read your comment pal and im not really that bothered if you just made a typo or didnt get it but to clarify for people who might read this and get miss conceptions ill clarify your comment as it should of read like so; (Yup. Great Britian = England, Scotland & Wales. Britain = England & Wales. England = England.)
Not only are there no power outlets in bathrooms in the UK, there are no light switches on the wall. To turn the lights on, you pull a cord that's connected to a switch on the ceiling. That way you can never touch a switch directly with wet hands
I think we tend to drive manuals becuse most of the UK is covered in tight, winding and hilly roads, and so being able to decide when your car changes gear yourself makes driving here easier. I'm by no means saying one is better than the other but I personally like being able to drop down 2 gears coming into a tight corner. Remember our cars tend to have piddly little engines because fuel costs so much in the UK so we need to made the most of what little power we have.
You can now drop down a gear or two in an automatic by nudging your gear lever over to the left or right. At Porlock Hill in Somerset do you still have to stop first and select 1st gear before going up and down. We have a nasty steep hill in Cape Breton we have to do that.
Also, despite innovations and advertisement claims, I do not believe an automatic can yet match a manual for driving in the snow or in icy conditions. Automatics usually just bog down with the traction control or deliver too much power.
@@jonnymorrisuk1 Front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive will suffice as with 2 lower settings D for drive 1 lowest 2 low than drive. Some people simply panic and lose focus leading to issues driving in the conditions you describe.
Alanna, you so made me chuckle. I'm an American (nod to Brits) or from the States (nod to Canada). Never been to Canada or UK. But your vlog was charming and made me chuckle the way you explained things. Thanks.
In the Uk every hotel room and most houses have a light above a bathroom mirror that has a electrical point built in for your shaver or electric toothbrush. The mains voltage in the UK (220v) is twice that od Canada, That means wet hands in a bathroom and a standard socket= instant death.
Bullshit. Most other countrys of Europe also have 220V, though it's usual to have a plug for razor, dryer, etc in the bathroom. I'm 50 years old and never heard about some "instant death" for this reason. Technically it is possible, but it doesn't happen, unless you take your plugged hairdryer together with you into the tub ;)
It’s actually quite difficult to die as a result of electric shock in a domestic environment because the time it takes to blow a fuse is quicker than than the time it takes for mains leccy to cause disruption to the cardio vascular system ( in an otherwise healthy person). I could quote the numbers and terminology but I can’t be bothered to get my nebosh manual out. I think it’s 0.02 seconds difference but can’t remember tbh
@@ToonsterToonster Nope, it's pretty hard to blow a fuse through trying to fry a human! A commonly used value for electrical resistance of extremities of the body is 1500 ohms, that means that there's only 0.14A going through the body from a voltage of 220V. A mains ring circuit is normally fused at 32A, even the lowest normally fitted plug fuse is 3A. More commonly now though is that there's an RCCB in the distribution board. Please do post info from your nebosh manual if you have other information. I suspect that by "blow a fuse", you actually meant for the RCCB to trip but an RCCB?
@@ToonsterToonster you're right, it is quite hard, unless you are part of a low impedance path to earth, like being in a bathroom surrounded by earthed metal. Fun fact, those shaver sockets are still 220V but they go through a safety isolation transformer that means the supply is disconnected from earth, so safe to use surrounded by earthed metal.
I used to live in the Uk and I know just what you mean by the blood curdling screams of foxes mating! I initially thought it was someone being attacked.
Right. Let's clear up the texting thing in the UK. 1. x means polite 2. xx means friendly 3. xxx means flirty/you're my friend 4. xxxx or more means I love you, for close friends/family/spouse. and finally, 5. A full stop (period) means I'm pissed off with you, and may actually be the most passive-aggressive thing you can possibly do. Hope that clears things up a little, Love, A Brit x
I can tell the difference between Australian and New Zealand accents but I could never ever ever tell the difference between Canadian and American accents unless the American accents are southern or New York accents
I've always thought it sounds like someone being murdered. I think it's one of the reasons they always use the fox's cry on Midsomer Murders in night scenes as an indicator that someone's about to be done in.
Same thing in continental Europe, 24 hour system in notation, 12 hour system in conversation. In the latter case the context will make clear if "8 o'clock" is 8:00 or 20:00 (8 AM or 8 PM). And to those only familiar with the 12 hour system: just add 12 hours to the PM times, so e.g. 4:15 PM becomes 16:15 (not "sixteen hundred fifteen", that's only for the army ).
On the 24hr thing... we are also stuck between imperial and metric... kitchen weights in kgs etc, we travel in miles, road work signs in yards yet we measure in metres... its all messed up ;)
The imperial measurements are much more useful. I know the metric thing works well because everything is in units of 10 and 100 but ounces, pounds, stones, inches, feet, yards, miles, pints, gallons and Fahrenheit are all just the right size units.
Considering that there are only three countries in the world (Myanmar, Liberia, USA) with the imperial system as their "official measurements", I'd say that the majority of the world finds the metric system more useful. It's a lot more logical with 1 kg = 1000 g, 1 km = 1000 m and so on; just learn the prefixes and you understand both length and weight units. Then there's the Celsius vs Fahrenheit debate (Celsius all the way) and the 24-hour clock vs 12-hour clock fight (where 24-hour clock makes a lot more sense seeing as there are 24 hours per day), but let's not get ahead of ourselves. English isn't my first language, and so I apologise in advance for grammatical errors. Also, I'm European and I use the metric system, Celsius temperature and 24-hour clock.
Imagine your home alone and the foxes start loving each other so your indoors thinking someone is dying outside......and then.....the postman comes and you think someone is breaking in
Update: I couldn't think of the word "manual" when filming so went with "standard" instead as I assumed it was close enough. This was a grave mistake! My apologies! Also my bathroom doesn't have a shaver socket but thank you to everyone who mentioned it :)
Even if you had a shaver socket in your bathroom you would still need a UK adapter to use it(?) but I guess you have accumulated a bunch of adapters if you brought any electrical appliances from Canada. Do you say "stick shift " in Canada? Have you ever visited a home in Britain which had a bathtub but no shower? Poor Americans and Canadians with our "FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS"! Love your videos!
I did wonder what you meant by that!! Manual is just personal preference I think. The charging tooth brush in kitchen thing, every place I have lived in UK has a 2 pin wall socket in the cupboard or wall but no way we would have a 3 pin UK plug in there unless you want to have hair like Russell Brand! Would you consider doing a video on why you moved from Canada? (if there already is one I need to look for it), I am considering moving and wondered why you came to the UK. Basically a swap!
It is normal European etiquette, shops included. Like driving in the right lane unless overtaking. I was surprised in the UK the escalator standing side is the right side, I expected it to be the left like on the road. It is just plain rude to block any escalator.
Not really lesser known, but going into a bank (particularly Lloyds), only to be told immediately by a staff member, "don't you realise you can do this on the Internet?" - aka, "please leave us alone to get paid for doing absolutely nothing."
Yes this really gets on my tits. Also if there’s a queue at the ATM I go in to get a tenner from one of the women who are standing around - get this - talking about where they’re going to go when they’ve finished work. If I say I’d like to take out a tenner all I get is “ There’s a machine outside Love” etc. When all the banks disappear from the high street only then will they realise how stupid they have been.
@@markmachin6616 Yeah exactly, ha! And of course, "don't you realise there's a 'self service deposit machine' over there, where you can pay in cash and cheques, to save queuing up for a long time here to see one of my colleagues?" On one occasion, I reluctantly went to use one, and (after having to still queue for a few minutes), by the time it was my turn, the machine had stopped working (another one wasn't working anyway), so I obviously had to rejoin the long queue for the 'old fashioned method' - very comical and highly annoying, to say the least.
I feel the same way about businesses that use an automated phone system when I need to talk to a real person about a problem that is not one of the robot’s choices! Grrrr!
They do have to bag your shopping for you. But they don't have to offer nor automatically start doing it. It's just polite for the cashier to ask you as some are very particular with their bagging
I had an identical fox experience to yourself haha it sounded horrific and I thought the same as you, that a woman had been stabbed or something! I leapt up put on my dressing gown, opened my door and was greeted by a female red fox. We made love and are still together now.
We say “maths” because it is an abbreviation for mathematics, which is a plural. Not math, which would be an abbreviation of mathematic. However the argument could be made that mathematics is a mass noun that just ends with the letter s meaning math is an acceptable abbreviation. In the U.K. we adopt the plural version.
Well, 'math' is an acceptable abbreviation only in writing but then we must end with a full point, i.e. 'math.' Otherwise I think not. If it were then we should also accept 'stat', but we do not and neither do the Americans. Therefore we have 'maths and stats' and retain consistency; one-nil to the UK ;)
As a kid in a Los Angeles suburb, we had a mail-slot in our door. You don't have to stop mail when you go on vacation, it just piles up on the floor inside. BUT you have to remove the hose from the faucet on April Fools Day and Halloween or some prankster may stick the hose through the mail slot, turn on the faucet and flood your living room. That's probably WHY they aren't popular.
Or could it be. That it is more convenient for the mail person to deliver the mail without going up the drive (or stairs) to every main door? In the end it’s a cost thing. I guess that mailboxes by the road (or in the stair case of an apartment building) will be a requirement on all new houses in the UK, like they are in most of Europe. ... Oh-no! Wait I forgot Brexit…. British mail slots must remain! True Brits will not be dictated by Brussels where to have their mail delivered!
Just the contents? :) And they are no fun either. I love going up to a door and putting the 'sorry you weren't in card' through the door, just for a little dog to eat the shit out of it :)
In the US mailbox tampering is a federal offence that people do serious jail-time for, and US prisons are not the holiday camps UK prisons are. postalinspectors.uspis.gov/radDocs/tipvandl.htm
Ivan Davies - I have that 2-pin socket thing for my toothbrush charger and/or electric shaver and it's well under a metre from the sink and under 2 metres from the shower! Maybe you just mean the 3-pin power socket??? Regards
yes, I think he meant proper socket. Shaver plug can be much closer. Also, shaver socket is sometimes built in light above the mirror. Which is directly above sink :)
I think 3 meters (9.5 feet U.S.) is quite a large linear distance for most bathrooms, including those in the U.S. The room itself might possibly be longer than that but it would still be very difficult to get that far away from the bathtub/shower and the sink, especially both at the same time.
Hi, sorry I don't know your first name, but just for accuracy, you can have a power outlet fitted in a bethroom for say a shaver or electric toothbrush charger. It *does* have to be double insulated for safety with all that water around, won't power a space heater and is fitted with a different type of plug (used on shavers etc). Also you'll find that the light switch is on a pull-cord so that you don't ever get near both water and electricity at the same time. We have very high standards indeed of electrical safety here, including a fuse built into the standard equipment plug.
A GFI is called an RCD (Residual Current Device) in the UK. A shaver socket doesn't usually have one of these, but contains an isolating transformer to separate the supply from anything that's earthed - such as you, if you touch a tap (faucet?) or pretty much anything else with wet hands.
pasoundman There's no excuse for not allowing a *full power* outlet in a bathroom. Pretty much standard fare in Canada. Has been for almost 40 yrs. This is 2018, not 1918. Some have stated that Britain has strict laws. I'd say that they qualify as voluntary idiocy. www.thisoldhouse.com/ideas/how-gfci-receptacles-keep-you-safe
But if you have a isolation transformer between the supply and the output the appliance can't earth through you, which is safer than relying on a RCD which have been know to fail occasionally. The sockets are different as are the plugs on the appliances because the earth is not necessary to trip an RCD but they still are generally 220 - 240vac. You can still get killed by electricity even 40 years later why take the risk? Most people in the UK would dry their hair in front of the mirror in their bedroom, why would you want to use a hairdryer in a room full of steam? And I work all over the UK and I can assure you the voltage varies everywhere.
Jimmy Kraktov I have never been in a bathroom in someone’s house without a plug. The house or area she is staying in is an anomaly. Besides, England is considerably safer with electrics than America, although I don’t know for Canada
I've been thinking about the 24 hour clock thing. It certainly wasn't prevalent here when I was a kid in the 60s. I've concluded that it happened when we all bought VCRs in the 1980s and you had to set the bl**dy timers! But you're right - I still call 7.00 p.m. "7 o'clock - never 19.00 hours because I am not, so far as I am aware, about to launch a military operation.
Haha funny, certainly not in the UK, but in French and other languages, it's extremely commonplace. But in France it would be 19 hours (19 heures), not 19 hundred hours... Always feels weird hearing 19 hundred hours in English...
I always use the 24 hour clock, but then I am ex-army and we use it all the time at work. It's the same thing with the phonetic alphabet. I know that and can immediately use it. It makes me either cring or laugh when peopke stop using their own version. I.e P for pizza, I for Italy, E for Elephant.
We heard this fox (foxxy?) noise in the dustbin alley behind our house and it turned out to be a male and female human! So gross, depending on your POV.
Go to the country villages of North Yorkshire......Its a different world to the South East of England. Most UK politicians don't even know where it is . See Lealholm, Danby, Hutton Le Hole, Whitby. ( for example)
Automatic cars work well on motorways but in Cornish roads automatic cars are forever changing gear whereas manual you can select the correct gear for going round corners or up hills this save fuel.
A letterbox means that a) your post does not get crammed in a small box b) the recipient doesn't have to go out in all weathers or their pyjamas to get their post c) the post can't be stolen and d) the postman has "delivered" the mail, rather than leaving it where someone else could take it, this way if it goes missing, the first person suspected would be the postman. If he only had to put it in a box on the street, and your mail gets stolen, you have the entire neighborhood as suspects! Don't forget, post isn't just boring crap, it's essential medical appointments, bank details, personal information as well as boring crap. The rattling of a letterbox very very rarely means you are being broke into! You forgot to mention the hugely lower crime rate! Whilst I'm not saying houses are never broken in to, it's extremely rare. (based on population) England likes to work with a "prevention is better than cure" mentality. I have spoken to Americans before about owning a gun, (and whilst I've mentioned that gun-debate subject, I'll gloss over it quickly!) Anyway, most of the Americans were saying they should own a gun in case "somebody broke into their home" whereas my points were: trim down bushes and shrubs that hide your front door from view of the street, consider a "noisy" gravel path instead of paving slabs, have sensor lights fitted that immediately light up when someone approaches, place quite a few ornaments and knick knacks on your windowsills as a deterrent because they make climbing in through a window a potentially noisy affair, if you need to leave your home for a while have a neighbour, friend or relative come in twice daily to move any post that is piling up and may show through the glass in your door, and get them to open/close curtains, plug a few lamps into timer switches so they come on at nighttime and go off during the day, have a spyhole fitted in your door or even a speech and/or video entry-phone, fit a CCTV camera, install an alarm, make sure big costly electricals or valuables are not displayed in full public view, join a neighbourhood watch group, use an etching pen or UV pen to mark the bottom of your most valuable items with your details, so that any item seized by police can be returned to you, have up to date home contents insurance, don't erect ultra strong fences and if you do add a strip of trellis at the top which would break easily and loudly if someone attempted to climb over, don't leave wheelie bins or water butts close enough to the house where they can be used to climb to an upper floor window, keep all outbuildings and sheds securely locked so that your tools are not stolen but also not used to break into your home, lock all doors securely and fit extra bolts and security chains, make sure your letterbox is not located close to any inner locks or bolts, have locks fitted on all windows preferably ones with a key and keep the keys in the locks, plant prickly bushes close to your perimeter as a deterrent for entry or quick exit, get to know your neighbours, you don't have to be best friends but be chatty enough to be able to tell them you may be going away for a few days or to call police if they see someone hanging around...or just to keep a general eye out. How's that for a whole host of alternatives to shooting someone breaking in? I'd be mortified if I shot an intruder and either killed them or maimed them for life, only to find out it was a 16 year old who had fled from a life of abuse and broke in because they were hungry! How can you live with that for the rest of your life? So yeah, the whole letterbox thing that has you so confused, is a preventative measure, as there's no point closing the stable door AFTER the horse has bolted! Prevention is better than cure! The majority of crimes committed are opportunistic, if you reduce the opportunities for crime to be attempted in the first place, you help lessen the amount of crimes committed. Making a safer society for everyone. We like to plan ahead for all eventualities, we do not like to lay ourselves wide open to attack and then moan forever after about being victimised! Common sense is a vital part of British mentality! Being friendly but respecting personal boundaries. Being approachable but not being taken for a mug. Keeping ourselves to ourselves and not sticking our noses into other people's business. Being peaceful and loving, (except when someone attacks one of our own... Then you can expect your head being kicked in!) Laughing and generally having fun and able to laugh at ourselves. Not taking other people's opinions personally or being offended easily. Accepting that swear words are a part of everyday language and not being snobby about it! Making our own decisions regarding religion, or not, rather than brainwashing our children. Being able to share with someone less fortunate even if we don't have much ourselves. Quick thinking and resourceful. Rational and stoic. Welcoming to all people and all races particularly those who work hard or are genuinely fleeing war torn areas. (Benefit scroungers or religious extremists, not so much, but even so, our loathing of them is a loathing of their character, NOT their religion or race... So don't play the race card or victim act because we haven't got time for bullshit!!!) Not every single inhabitant of England (or the UK) fits these descriptions of course, there are numpties in all countries! But generally this does sum up the average Brit! Historically we are descendants of some fierce mixes of people and tribes. More recently, we have been raised by parents or grandparents who went through world war 2! They learned how to feed a family of 6 with one potato and a teaspoon of butter, they willingly gave away their pots and pans to be melted down into ammunition, they learned how to club together and rally round, they learned how to entertain themselves during blackouts or huddled together in shelters, they learned that deep within each and every one of them was a will to survive, a will to stand for what's right, and that giving in is never an option! Even Hitler himself had nothing but respect for our strength and stoicism! These traits are passed down through the generations and are very much alive and kicking in our blood! Prevention is better than cure! Letterboxes are better than mail boxes! Alarms and sensor lights and bolts are better than living with the guilt of taking someone's life! Until the internet, until speaking with so many people from all over the world, I never truly appreciated how lucky I am to be born and raised in England. To have parents who lived through the war, who although were young vividly remember the blitz, the rationing that went on for years after, the rallying together to rebuild and support each other, to entering the army for national service. I always assumed America to be a similar place to live as England, and although there are many similarities, there are also many many differences. I think our conversation, swear words used as greetings to friends, and our sarcastic humour is most similar to Australians. Same too our approach to life and family values. That really surprised me! Our polar opposite, literally, yet the most similar personality traits as us. I don't have to watch my words when talking to an Australian. Whereas when speaking to Americans, i find i have to choose how best to phrase something, that they are extremely easily offended, they often misinterpret your meaning, and it's not long before god joins the conversation! Anyway, I'm waffling away here! Pondering life, and society, people, coincidences, surprises, history, I don't even know if anyone is listening, but I don't care. I felt the need to explain letterboxes one minute...the next... here I am! Just be sure that everything I have said is how I personally feel, not said with any intention to offend anyone, and if you DO feel offended, own that shit! Cos I ain't taking the blame for your sorry paranoid victim mentality arse! Just saying 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Ooohhh mustn't forget the kisses! Love from Tami xxxxx 😘😘😘
You can actually get power outlets for bathrooms in the UK, but they're special two-pin ones. They're not so common now because people tend not to use electric razors that are mains powered. You're most likely to find them in hotels.
You get really good at scanning and packing as fast as humanly possible as well as packing everything neatly and separated (cooked vs uncooked). People would still complain anyway :)
Adventures and Naps true, I've never had the cashier pack for me, I'm sure they'd do a good job but sometimes in my Tescos they have kids offering to pack for you, raising money for some activities or charity, and as you can imagine they just chuck it in!
If the customer bags while the cashier scans the queue moves quicker, it also saves staff and presumably enables lower prices. Most big stores will pack the bag if you ask and tescos will even carry it to your car if you need help.
If we (the British) take a driving test in an automatic then we are qualified to drive only automatics, whereas if we qualify in a manual then we are licensed to drive both manual and automatic. That's why manuals are the popular choice to learn to drive, though I agree automatics are easier. Loving your channel, loving you Alanna xxx 😘
I have always loved the concept of "Boxing Day" for those that dont know, on Christmas day the rulers of England get a new skin to cover their lizard form. then they put the old skin in a box and they leave it out for their Scottish servants to make Haggis from.
as an electrician we dont have electricity in the bathroom because we have 240 volts america has 110 volts ,240 volts can kill so safer where water is to have no electrics.:)
The other split is that older people in the UK use Fahrenheit in the summer to make it sound hotter! i.e. 28 Celcius is 82....that sounds hotter. However in the winter zero Celsius sounds colder than 32 In the UK we are SO used to rain we don't carry umbrellas. We use several names for our country and the sub-countries. The UK, The United Kingdom, England, Britain, The British Isles. We are English, We are British. We don't get the option in software to select Britain, or England only the United Kingdom. We still get Milk delivered to our door. If we went on holiday to another country we would refer to the locals as foreigners! We eat a different type of Bacon to everyone else....Everyone else's are just strips of fried fat with a thin red line down the middle. We refer to cutlets of meat as chops. Our biscuits are known as cookies everywhere else Our Scones (without fruit) are known as Biscuits in the USA...maybe even Canada Our Gas meters are indoors...not out in the street like in the USA and Canada We DO have power outlets in some domestic bathrooms, but ONLY two prong outlets that are 110V not 230Volts like in the UK (before ANYONE says its 240 Volts. Check the facts....we changed a few years ago and nobody noticed)
Bill Jarvis. After I was married 32 years ago to Miss Tea and Scones Southern Belle, I found out Scones and American Biscuits are different. Scones seem heavier, richer and made with heavy cream and more prep. Biscuits (Southern American) are made with straight light milk, water or buttermilk. They do taste different. Of course English biscuits are sweet or digestive cookies here-- or shortbread. Tea in the US is rarely done proper in a restaurant with a strong cuppa as they often use hot tap water. Tea in eastern Canada is done well according to her. It is strong and prepared with fresh kettle water. Her scones taste the same as scones in Southern England to me. As to the British biscuit tin, I favor shortbreads.
I don’t think my family has ever had a bowl in the sink to wash dishes. Even before we bought a dishwasher. I’ve never understood why people have the bowl
Alexb666 same. In fact in the house I’m renting a room in at the moment I actively take the landlords bowl out the sink to wash up because it pisses me off.
I've always done it the other way round and stood on the left in the same way I'd drive a car on the left and allow people to overtake on the right! Probably a good job I don't go to London very often!
There is nothing like physically changing gear in a car, especially upwards. And nobody packs my stuff in a supermarket apart from me. Those ready meals have to be packed flat and not sideways. The only way I can tell a Canadian from an American is because they say "oot" for "out".
A couple of things that stood out to me (as a Kiwi),the beaches are littered with garden sheds so people can go to the beach and sit in a garden shed. British people apparently don't like to be in their houses during sunny days so they build a tiny house in the back yard and sit in that instead. The Romans invaded Britain nearly 2000 years ago and built nice wide straight roads,after they left the Brits replaced them with narrow winding roads that inexplicably change direction so often that you end up in a completely different direction than where you were heading,just to make sure you get completely lost,they put tall hedgerows down each side to ensure you can't use landmarks to help!
I'm British and I've just learned that we can be kinda wierd sometimes :). Oh - and standing on the left on an escalator doesn't mean a death sentance, though you may get seriously 'tutted' at.
They tried in 2016 to force people not to walk up an escalator at a tube station in london. .... kings cross ? As mathematically it would result in more people using it and less ques at rush hour. It was an complete failure.
Most modern small automatic cars in Britain are rubbish and are only available on more expensive models with larger less fuel efficient engines. Americans and Canadians generally drive larger cars with lower fuel costs. Driving in Sheffield with its many hills, was a total pain in a manual car recently, compared against in an automatic it was a doddle. Constant hill starts in traffic in a standard manual car is more trouble than its worth.
Lots of these things are common in other developed countries. Bagging your own groceries, 24 hour clocks. Calling the US America is also true in many countries. Many Brits also say "the States". Door slits for mail? All over the place. No outlet in bathrooms or toilets is also true in many places. You need to see many countries. Even Canada is more varied than you suggest! Travel! Good luck, from Israel. Have lived in Leeds Yorkshire, Edinburgh Scotland, Honolulu Hawaii, Reykjavik Iceland, Oregon, NY. Visited much of Canada and America. Mexico. Etc. And many are far better travelled than I.
We drive manual cars, because it's seen as lazy to drive an automatic. Plus it costs more to buy, insure and repair an automatic vehicle. And if you learn to drive in an automatic car, then you get your licence, you can only drive automatic cars. If you learn to drive in a manual car and you get your licence, you have the option to drive either manual or automatic. Everyone learns to drive in a manual car in the UK.
Yes, and don't you hate it when they say "yes please" so that the operator then has to waste time bagging it all for them. And have you not noticed how obsessed Brits are with those stupid "next customer" bars? I arrive at a check out with my 3 items. I place them on the conveyor with a foot gap to the shopping in front but almost immediately the person in front has to place the bar there.
silk destroyed The reason for the bar is mostly so you can do other things, such as pack your own shopping, which you will be doing whilst it's being scanned, and the cashier can still very easily tell what is and what isn't yours, rather than have to work out based on how far someone else feels is acceptable enough to make it look separate, but many people might have a different idea of acceptable to you, and what's more, often the conveyor is jumpy or just continues when it shouldn't sometimes, and they might mess up the positioning. Or even as simple as they finish with the first person's shopping, and pull the second's up, and if there's a third person behind who also hasn't used a bar, they might not realise that's not first person's shopping and start to scan for them, that would cause so much more problems. Like that's just an awkward situation to have happen to you like 20 times a day, and I'm sure it would, usually when I am in the supermarket it isn't necessarily filled with the most considerate or aware people ever.
Blimey, some people have such complacated lives. I never have more than half a dozen items and if the previous shoppers items come to an end and it looks, if even for a second, that the operator is going to scan one of mine, (never happened yet, the operators aren't stupid,) I would actually use my voice and say, "that's mine thanks". Major check out shopping incident averted. I was amazed that while reading a copy of Dave Gorman's book "Too Much Information" that he actually devotes a chapter to this very subject, in his own, humerous way. I was pleased to discover that it doesn't just bug me!
Guess what? Not everything is about you, just like my comment wasn't about either of us, but plenty of people don't want that unnecessary social interaction and that doesn't make them complacent in any way. Edit: Sorry, I misread complacated as complacent, but the correct spelling is complicated by the way.
Eh, where did I say it's all about me? I just wish that people wouldn't so easily become a buch of brainwashed sheep. When I travel around Poland I find that people can manage their "conveyor traffic" without instinctivly reaching for the "next customer" bar. Don't worry though, I'm sure that the super markets are on to it and will have them all trained up soon enough. Spelling isn't my strong point and it's easy to clip the wrong key and not notice.
As a leaflet Distributor I can tell u that at least 25% of houses have boxes on the outside walls of houses mainly due to people having dogs that chew up post etc
UK Bathrooms (i.e. rooms with a bath in) can have a shaver socket, which uses an isolating transformer and cannot provide sufficient current to kill. The same sockets can be used for toothbrush chargers, which is why chargers come with the same two-pin plug as shavers.
We don't have plug sockets/light switches in the bathroom because of safety issues. Not sure if you realised but water + electricity don't mix :D You can get "shaver" sockets which are 115/230v :)
@@yakkyjoe1 yes, we have outside sockets, they are specially built waterproof ones with sprung flip lids, the sockets in kitchens are present and numerous, but a defined distance from a water source or sink.
Countries with advanced technology make it possible to have electric sockets in bathrooms, right over sinks. Quite safe. But it's advanced. Like our faucets. Do you still have holes in the floor?
@@williamcahill2487 read above, there are sockets in bathrooms, it just a nanny state thing, same with mixer taps, most homes have them, a nanny state thing because there is a slight possibility of cross contamination from stored water to pressured water in a mixer, lots of old homes with loft storage tanks, too much money to fund getting rid, so we end up with this fudge so we can drink water from a tap even when we have stored water sitting in tanks for some time that can be contaminated in storage and appear at the tap. not a plumber but its something like that anyway. Hot water safe, cold pressurised water from mains, safe, cold water from storage tank may have got contaminated over time, so hot tap safe to drink if you ever needed it, cold water from seperate cold tap under mains pressure - safe to drink, how the mixer tap comes into it id dont know fully, but its a long time since i`ve seem a home without a mixer tap.
I like the fact mail comes through the door in the UK.... Who wants to get up, GO OUTSIDE in the pissing rain/snow to collect your mail, when it could be delivered to your door and you just pick it up from the comfort of your home in your underpants?
One reason I use self checkout. That I way I can pack my items as I know they should be bagged. Cold & frozen items together, boxed items together, canned items together, bread a,one, chips alone and cleaning chemicals together and so on.
Delightful sense of humour 😊 This is ace sit down comedy. You could tell us about the incredible variety of expressions throughout the UK e.g mash/brew/stew tea
I'm a native Brit that is living in America and has moved back and forth several times. Few people will know dread like not knowing if you have the right voltage set for an expensive piece of hardware. I've had so many items pop and go up in a cloud of smoke and sparks because I had them set to the wrong voltage when I plugged them into the wall through an adapter or transformer.
I guess the whole "no mailbox" thing is because it's safer to have your post delivered into your house as opposed to an isolated box outside where some chav would inevitably smash it open and nick your takeout leaflets.
On the other hand, it makes it frightfully convenient to wee into someone's front hall...
Get a dog that likes sausages. Problem solved.
Years ago I saw a BBC news report about a mail workers strike in the USA. Mail wasn't being collected and the reporter was standing beside a stuffed mailbox with more mail piled up against its base. As a man added his letter to the pile the reporter asked if he wasn't afraid it might get stolen. The guy looked horriified. "That's the mail!" he said. No-one's going to mess with the MAIL! It seemed the Americans had an unexpected veneration for the mail. Being a Brit who was born in Canada I do realise Canada is not the US but maybe the attitude is the same?
I suppose that's one good thing about not knowing who has a shotgun and who doesn't. :-D
Oh god I’m a Londoner and after watching this video this comment made me die laughing 😂
If we had external mailboxes in the UK, the mail would get stolen on a regular basis.
EgoChip so true aha
the mail boxes would get stolen
EgoChip I live in Liverpool and can definitely confirm this 😂😂😂
EgoChip Only in the multicultural areas
just say *only in the non-white areas, so we can disregard your opinion and move on - cheers mate
mailboxes- we didn't scrap them- we didn't have them in the first place
Good way not to have mail stolen too... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(some big country houses have them so the postman doesn't have to walk half a mile each time to deliver but they're usually a locked drop box)
Hmm. What are those big red lumps in the street, then?
@@CloneDaddy that's the equivalent of the big blue lumps in America.
@@FRAAANKYSUUUPER Yup.
@@FRAAANKYSUUUPER Republicans?
Brown sauce (eg HP Sauce or others) is *not* the same as BBQ Sauce.
Went in one fast food place not far from us, think it was KFC. They had 2 dispensers, one with ketchup, and another with a brown sauce which tasted like bbq sauce. Not sure if they are available in other stores
Yeah, but she's not talking about brown sauce.
No, it's more like an American steak sauce.
So why the need to correct her? She didn't mention brown sauce...? She said McDonald's have ketchup pumps, but also have bbq sauce pumps too...which they DO! If you thought that the bbq sauce was brown sauce you either need your nose unblocked or taste buds looked at! McDonald's doesn't do brown sauce!
I think it more closely resembles A-1 sauce
'Punishable by death' Or the English version, which is tutting loud enough so the person next to you can hear, but not loud enough so the offender can hear.
preciousinfinity 😂
Wonder if she has found how dangerous it is to queue jump at a post office yet
If she does jump a queue, there will be two (class confined) responses to such a dire act. The middle-class response will be eyes burning deep holes into the back of her cranium and the working-class response will be a loud verbal abaaat haa she betta get back in her faaackin' place 'fore I put her theeerrreee!
Wonder if she's learned Indian yet to know what the hell they are saying.
Lmao "tutting" this is the Most English comment section on RUclips I spat out my PG tips from laughing
As an Englishman born and bred, I can assure everyone that standing on the left of an escalator is not punishable by death. It's much worse than that; the actual punishment is to hear someone behind you tutting in annoyance before saying EXCUSE ME and barging past you if you don't get out of their way.
*claps*
I think that the escalator thing is very southern UK, or at least only common in big cities. Living in the Midlands and visiting the North more often than the South I only noticed this when visiting London. I'm pretty sure you can stand wherever you want on the escalator in Birmingham (for example).
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but we're quite laid back in the middle of England. We have to be considering we're either called "northerners" or "southerners" by the rest of the country.
I have to agree, i am from manchester, and i have only noticed this in london, it is certainly a regional thing, if someone tried to barge passed most people in manchester it would end up in a fight (not me because i am soft as shit but i certainly would tut at them :p )
@@Piezochem yeah, i live in more northern england and that only happens in london, really.
I work at Piccadilly circus, and i can verify this as true.
You can have power in a bathroom - an isolated shaver socket. Perfect for charging electric toothbrushes and cordless electric razors. But you cannot have a conventional 13A socket.
You can but not within 3m horizontally from zone 2.
I'm not sure if shaver sockets are radial i think might be wrong tho
But you can stand in an enclosed cubical shower with 10 kilowatts running through it.
Can't you have an extension cord, running from the other room? Maybe tacked temporarily to the wall to keep it off the potentially wet floor. And a quick acting, bathroom rated circuit breaker/surge protector or whatever it's called, to shut it off instantly in case of a water caused short circuit? We have those in the US. Typically, they're built-in to hairdryers and small electric heaters, or anything that is to be used in the bathroom. With strict warnings, of course, to not use them while actually in the tub.
And the same technology is available as a standalone thing that you can plug anything into, including an extension cord. I've never used one of those, but I've seen them.
EDIT: What I was trying to think of is called a G.F.C.I "Ground Fault Circuit Interruptor", here. We have them built-in to everything intended for use in the bathroom (not while you're wet of course). And they're also available as a standalone item.
Don’t forget that in the UK we have power at 240 volts, whereas in North America it is only 110 v which is much safer.
Maths not Math - because it is an abbreviation of Mathematics not Mathematic :)
Exactly
I understand the logic, but it makes just as much sense to abbreviate by grabbing the first few letters, rather than grabbing the first few letters, skipping a bunch of letters, and appending the last letter.
@@jeremyjensen7144 So - using your method - the abbreviated plural of photograghs would be photo ?
@@MrGotmymojoworkin I don't think of mathematics as a plural, I guess. Just like physics. Either way, when we say that word, we're always going to sound wrong to each other. No amount of us arguing about it is going to convince the other and it's a stupid thing to argue about anyway.
Exactly
As a Brit I found this very cute. You Canadians have a reputation for being unbelievably polite, so when you issued disclaimers at the start I was like "Uh oh" and steeled myself for a 'UK Roasting', only to find you being quizzical and simply making references. Like I say, very cute. :D
Stephen Griffiths or a grown up mate.
Isn't it a sign of the times that this cute little lass should have to disclaim the fact that she has opinions?
And as for you Chas, it is also a sign of the times that millennials and SJWs enjoying picking at any bone they can find in the hope of finding some meat...even when there isn't any. Like I said to Andy, my comment was a compliment with a bit of tongue-in-cheek humour. Her disclaimers were her own, and I was jokingly referencing that, nothing more. Deal with it or move on, fella, simple.
you've jumped off the deep end buddy. think before you post.
Off the deep end Chas? Oh contrare, sir. If you thought that was jumping off the deep end then you sincerely have a lot to learn about the art of communication. I simply stated facts. SJWs and millennials do indeed enjoy picking at potentials to generate offence in order for them to be over-virtuous about it. I was indeed being humorous in my response regarding my initial compliment and, like I've previously said, her disclaimers are her own to make. My reply was a tongue in cheek reference to that, nothing more. My advice to you is to consider your responses and perhaps you will sound less redundant in future.
At 4:23 you said 'Rubbish' not 'Trash"....You are now one of us, Welcome :)
Edd25164605 ii
One of us, one of us.
noooooooo......stop saying rubbish, bin and boot!!! They will collect you like the Borg if you don't stop now.
Before you know it...you might take on a Scottish accent in which case all other native english speakers won't be able to understand a word you're saying
She said "rubbish" once and then "garbage" once. It's a draw: she's on the way to becoming a zomb... er... she's on the way to becoming British :)
But still said ‘Strong suit’ so not quite.
No one in the UK says ‘standard’. It’s either manual or automatic.
Standard shift is Manual shift.
@Maximus Attackus as are driverless cars
@Maximus Attackus British don't say 'period' either. :)
You mean the translation for manual gears in America is standard shift
@@alexplantagenet5587 does that mean if your a manual labourer in the USA your job title is.standard shift worker
UK does have power outlets in bathrooms but when they do they are 2 pin sockets AKA shaver socket.
Michael Lams Science Teacher what type of England are you in ?
I’ve never seen 2 pin sockets
@@subswithNovids-mb5mm Have a look in homebase or wiks for them. They are common in hotels, less common in homes.
Michael Lams Science Teacher that explains
@@subswithNovids-mb5mm Every house I've ever been in in the UK - and I've been in a lot, having lived here all my life - has had a two pin socket for charging electric toothbrushes, shavers etc. What type of England are YOU in?
lol with the bagging thing when i went to america i was bagging my stuff and the cashier was like 'oh u dont have to do that' and i was like 'tf? these items arent gonna bag themselves??'
I actually didn't understand what was her issue with that? As it's my purchased products I bag them and I actually think it's great that poor cashier doesn't have to stand up all the time and comfortably is sitting in a chair. They always smile and are polite because their feet and backs don't hurt at the end of their shift.
@@sigma82 the only problem she seemed to have with it is that this isn't a practice in Canada. Here in the US and in Canada, cashiers are not allowed to sit and they do all the work. So for us, finding out that most European countries are entirely the opposite is a bit jarring. The Germany company Aldi does have a few stores around where I'm at and I went on recommendation but was not told what to expect and came completely unprepared. They run the company here the same as they do elsewhere so seeing the cashier sitting down and even drinking at the register was just confusing. I shop there religiously now because this is the kind of work environment I want to support.
Also here, cashier and general retail jobs are seen as some of the lowest form of service and customers like to treat workers according to that opinion, and we have little choice over suffering the abuse. I've literally had someone get super nasty with me for asking her to hand me an item she didn't want so I could put it back (she was trying to shove it in with the candy at the register), and called me lazy and accused me of not wanting to do my job. We follow 'the customer is always right' rule here, not the 'just act like decent human being' rule.
Nobody could bag shopping to my wife's approval, not even me. Best leave it to her.
@@TwistyKitty that's exactly why I would never move to North America. Nice for holidays, but the work ethic seems ridiculously abusive. It's like they're paranoid that letting workers sit down will turn them into barricade-burning communists.
Don't they have x cons out on parole to do that
Oh sweetheart, how wonderfully innocent you are. What you failed to mention though is that we British actually do everything the way it should be done, and it is the rest of the world that is wrong, never mind.
boz5410: I think you should clarify that you are being ironic, before someone accuses you of arrogance...*sighs theatrically*. (Thank you for this comment - genuinely made me LOL.)
Mim Moon, you've just made me LOL as well :D
Irony is part of the English lanuage. Those outside don't really speak 'proper' English and it's complexities are often lost on them. Sign of the times. Alas, I do so appreciate a little understated humor. x
Of course we are always right because we're British!!!
@@corkscrewcurly British humour (first of all has a U in the spelling) can mostly be sarcastically patronising
Yes, we can convert 24 hour time to 12 hour time in our heads. Easily. We don't like to electrocute people, so we don't mix 240v AC with water. We have learned to put things in bags. Not hard. Must be tough for you to have to do all that hard stuff. And we can change gear! Amazing.
We have our mail posted through the door so there is something for the dog to chew up when it gets bored.
Lol
I don’t have a dog
Or your cat... If it is a siamese, or your 2 year old...... Nothing like trying to glue a cheque back together.
"when two foxes love one another very much"
That made me laugh.
yes! that's a brilliant moment isn't it. and the deadpan delvery ..excellent. { where i live , in the north, it's CATS do the midnight prowl/howl performance .)
You’re considered to be a failure as a driver if you can’t drive a car with manual gear change. Automatics are kind of associated with old ladies.
In USA there is a kind of inherent "snob appeal" in saying: "I drive a stick(shift)" because what is actually being said is: " I'm a superior driver and I drive an expensive sports/performance car". But then everybody in the room laughs at you....
Gary L - Now that’s a new one on me, I would’ve never of thought that. To be honest, I don’t even know how you could get to that response by someone driving a manual and calling it ‘being a snob’. I guess if sports cars are mainly manual and everything else is automatic... Strange, but interesting non the less.
I guess its an"American Thing". In USA, unless one is a professional truck(lorry) driver, most people drive cars with automatic transmissions. Stick shift cars in USA tend to be sports/performance vehicles which are expensive here, more so than one's average "family car". 3 years ago my cousin, who does drive stick, had to go to a Honda dealership 90 miles away from her home before she could find the car she wanted-with a manual transmission. Humor, but No offense was intended. In real (vs. RUclips) life I am sure that most people who drive cars with manual transmission are perfectly nice people! FYI I have never heard anyone in my country use the term"Standard Transmission". (maybe its a Canadian thing?)P.S. My cousin is NOT a snob!
Automatics are looked upon as go-karts
Its great that we have a choice now. But in the not too distant future when we have "driver less" or "autonomous" vehicles all the fun of driving will be lost and every road trip will be like riding in a taxi cab-without a cab driver! That's Progress!!???
Those blood curldeling screams - a Canadian trying to drive a manual😂
SammySambo76 LOL!!
And (a Yank here, I drove a standard shift in South Africa for a month) shifting with your left hand, even if you know standard shift gear boxes...is ...weird. How did Brits get on driving standard shift cars in the U.S./Canada, shifting with your right hand?
@@redhedkev1 My "stupid septic" 2nd cousin from NJ told me i wouldnt be able to drive her left hand drive manual gear box (stick shift) vw golf when she lived in florida in the late 90's.I got straight in the car and proved her wrong within like 30 seconds.What she failed to realise or know is that i had driven cars all over mainland europe and could just about drive every vehicle known to man on two or four wheels.
It’s fine, we have to do it a lot on mainland Europe. It’s weird for the first few miles but then it’s fine.
I once rent a car in Australia, for the first few days I often turned the wiper on when I tried to make a turn 😂
I'm British, and some years ago a Canadian guy told me that when he moved to England he expected everyone to be like Hyacinth Bucket (It's Bouquet!) from the sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, only to discover that we were all more like Onslow.
In the UK, we confuse the Candian accent with the US accent. Sorry.
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I've lived in Canada all my life and if I meet someone from Detroit or Cleveland I can't hear any difference from how I speak. Some areas in the US, and Canada have their own local dialect but for the most part we all sound the same.
There's a difference?
Even the Canadian French sound like Americans speaking French
@@Sawrattan What a load of crap
There are like 5 or more distinct US accents so I am sure at least one (northern Midwest or Pacific Northwest) sounds the same as a lot of Canadiens
The time thing is weird-
"What time does the train leave?" (Looks at timetable)
16.40
"Twenty to five" haha, we are funny like that.
I confuse people by saying "five and twenty to six" instead of "twenty five to six" (that sounds so wrong).
@@eddiehawkins7049 Five and Twenty...we aren't French or 17th century Brits or say things like "four-score".
at least we mean half after and not half before.... Germanic language indeed...
Oh dear....the foxes sharing love had me in tears 😂
It’s a letter box not a mailbox... bloody colonials 😂😝
Grumpy Old Vaper I’m sure they thought the same when we arrived
I thought Brits post their letters & receive mail in either their post or letter box (if they don't have a letter/mail flap)?
The mail is the bag for transporting post between sorting offices.
So Brits only mail letters? Americans post packages & magazines, too, so if it's all called mail, why not a mail box?
Yes it is a bloody letterbox.
As a Brit, this is very funny! I've never even thought of the 24 hour clock versus 12 hour statement.
You sound a little frustrated with our quirks though. I hope we're not driving you too mad! I think it's great that in a world obsessed with globalisation, each country and even some regions have a uniqueness. That said, it must be super odd spending years in another country by which time such differences must stand out even more.
I love the differences! Sometimes it's hard at first (and even now, 2+years later) but I'd rather all our countries be unique and different in some way than all the same. Thanks for watching!
We invented time, we can do what we like with it ;-)
Artexic but if you want to got to a meeting at 4 am well knock your socks off as no one else will be there
Mark Greenway exactly my first thought.
Military time! Strange phrase
I'm a British resident of the U.K and am always interested to know what other nationalities think of our country, so I really enjoyed this video. I also like hearing about what is different in other countries. My brother has visited Canada and said it was a beautiful country with very friendly people and would be a great place to live.
Natalie Palmer A "British resident of the UK"? So which nationality are you?
@@michaelc3977 Pakistani
Itzz Joe, That's what I thought, however, she is actually white English and with self-identification issues likely developed after long standing neglect of care from health and welfare service.
@@michaelc3977 We're officially classed as British citizens, but unofficially lots of people also identify more specifically with the member state they're from.
I loved Canada - it seems more European than the US (to a Brit). I could definitely live there, too.
The thing that is quintessentially English is the ability to laugh at ones self, even in difficult situations...
If someone proposes to be English and is offended, they are not English...
I know what you mean! My mom is from Essex and we love to greet each other with the middle finger salute. It's funny and we don't take offense because it's our sense of humor. :P
Okay, your speaking like a british stereotype
@@charlievlogs3694 Does that mean that he speaks in stereo?
i must be English because i had a horrible tragic thing happened to me and i banged my head against a wall x
@@Sibernethy You are obviously American by the way you spell mum, offence and humour. The middle finger salute is actually an American trait, the English way is to stick two fingers up with the palm of the hand facing towards you. I was born in London and lived in Essex for about four years; whereabouts in Essex does your mother originate from.
Your understanding of the UK is brilliant. I love watching your Vids.
Because the word mathematics is plural, the correct short version is maths.
Exactly...
They're actually both right
" They're actually both right"
You wouldn't say "you do the mathematic"
hughjarrse you're right - you'd say, "let's do the math"!
Eddie Thomas You're not thinking about this logically, you wouldn't title a book about mathematics "a brief history of math" you would use "a brief history of mathematics" or "brief history of maths" it's a misunderstanding of the nature of the collective (plural)
I realise it's an accepted "Americanism" a little like the utterly jarring "me either" as opposed to the correct "me neither" but it doesn't work within the English language
No body bothered to point out that England and Britain are two different things you can be British and born in Britain and never go to England your whole life...
True true
Yup. UK = England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland. Britain = England, Scotland & Wales. England = England.
No zaf Ireland and the UK are not equal and Scotland is not in Britain.
Great Britain is the official collective name for the landmass encompassing England, Scotland and Wales and their associated islands.
Take note - Great Britain does NOT include Northern Ireland and therefore should "never be used interchangeably with ‘United Kingdom’".
The Irish are not British which is reflected in the UK's full name - the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
In 1801, the Act of Union with Ireland created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. When the 26 counties of Ireland became a Free State in 1922 the name was changed again to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Technically, if you lose the ‘Great,’ Britain only refers to England and Wales.
@@eh1vx did you even read my comment? you just confirmed me. UK means the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, what does UK mean on its own then? by that logic it also excludes Britain. and no one differentiates Great Britain and Britain, I don't believe anyone mentions Britain and only means England and Wales.
No offence. i read your comment pal and im not really that bothered if you just made a typo or didnt get it but to clarify for people who might read this and get miss conceptions ill clarify your comment as it should of read like so;
(Yup. Great Britian = England, Scotland & Wales. Britain = England & Wales. England = England.)
Not only are there no power outlets in bathrooms in the UK, there are no light switches on the wall. To turn the lights on, you pull a cord that's connected to a switch on the ceiling. That way you can never touch a switch directly with wet hands
"When two foxes love each other very much…." LOL!
xxx
I love this. As a Brit I'd never even thought about some of these things.
I think we tend to drive manuals becuse most of the UK is covered in tight, winding and hilly roads, and so being able to decide when your car changes gear yourself makes driving here easier. I'm by no means saying one is better than the other but I personally like being able to drop down 2 gears coming into a tight corner. Remember our cars tend to have piddly little engines because fuel costs so much in the UK so we need to made the most of what little power we have.
You can now drop down a gear or two in an automatic by nudging your gear lever over to the left or right. At Porlock Hill in Somerset do you still have to stop first and select 1st gear before going up and down. We have a nasty steep hill in Cape Breton we have to do that.
Also, despite innovations and advertisement claims, I do not believe an automatic can yet match a manual for driving in the snow or in icy conditions. Automatics usually just bog down with the traction control or deliver too much power.
Winding and hilly? Canada is not Holland. Haven't you heard of the rocky mountains?
@@jonnymorrisuk1 Front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive will suffice as with 2 lower settings D for drive 1 lowest 2 low than drive. Some people simply panic and lose focus leading to issues driving in the conditions you describe.
Alanna, you so made me chuckle. I'm an American (nod to Brits) or from the States (nod to Canada). Never been to Canada or UK. But your vlog was charming and made me chuckle the way you explained things. Thanks.
In the Uk every hotel room and most houses have a light above a bathroom mirror that has a electrical point built in for your shaver or electric toothbrush.
The mains voltage in the UK (220v) is twice that od Canada, That means wet hands in a bathroom and a standard socket= instant death.
Bullshit. Most other countrys of Europe also have 220V, though it's usual to have a plug for razor, dryer, etc in the bathroom. I'm 50 years old and never heard about some "instant death" for this reason. Technically it is possible, but it doesn't happen, unless you take your plugged hairdryer together with you into the tub ;)
It’s actually quite difficult to die as a result of electric shock in a domestic environment because the time it takes to blow a fuse is quicker than than the time it takes for mains leccy to cause disruption to the cardio vascular system ( in an otherwise healthy person). I could quote the numbers and terminology but I can’t be bothered to get my nebosh manual out. I think it’s 0.02 seconds difference but can’t remember tbh
@@Frentakis You might want to check the statistics for electrocution at home in the UK.
@@ToonsterToonster Nope, it's pretty hard to blow a fuse through trying to fry a human! A commonly used value for electrical resistance of extremities of the body is 1500 ohms, that means that there's only 0.14A going through the body from a voltage of 220V. A mains ring circuit is normally fused at 32A, even the lowest normally fitted plug fuse is 3A. More commonly now though is that there's an RCCB in the distribution board.
Please do post info from your nebosh manual if you have other information. I suspect that by "blow a fuse", you actually meant for the RCCB to trip but an RCCB?
@@ToonsterToonster you're right, it is quite hard, unless you are part of a low impedance path to earth, like being in a bathroom surrounded by earthed metal.
Fun fact, those shaver sockets are still 220V but they go through a safety isolation transformer that means the supply is disconnected from earth, so safe to use surrounded by earthed metal.
I think a boss will say the meeting is at 4 o'clock rather than 16:00 because most people are in bed at 4 am and it is quicker.
I used to live in the Uk and I know just what you mean by the blood curdling screams of foxes mating! I initially thought it was someone being attacked.
BVargas78 Hilarious!
I lived in a house that backed onto a woodland in Hertfordshire and I used to hear them all the time!
Nice NC logo 👍
It’s also house cats at night
As someone with a house bordering the woods literally all I hear is a fox gangbang at night
The scream of the peacock is the one to fear. Some say it is a precursor to death.
The sound of foxes mating is so true it does sound like someone's being murdered 🤣🤣
6:32 we didn’t scrap the mail box idea as we didn’t invent it 😂 we have always had “a hole in our doors with a little flap”
Should come to yorkshire. We call everyone Love. So Thanks Love, See ya later Love. etc...
Steven Grice no worries mate, I'll see if I can arrange it in 2023
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I'm a Northerner too and even in shops the women say "yes, love, and what I can I get you'
Babe, Dude, Bro and Hun are things that are said in Yorkshire too😂
Sarah Cooke
Babe, dude and brother are only used in Britain because they're emulating Americans it's not in commom usage though
Peter McIver Yes it is, especially near me
Right. Let's clear up the texting thing in the UK.
1. x means polite
2. xx means friendly
3. xxx means flirty/you're my friend
4. xxxx or more means I love you, for close friends/family/spouse.
and finally, 5. A full stop (period) means I'm pissed off with you, and may actually be the most passive-aggressive thing you can possibly do.
Hope that clears things up a little,
Love, A Brit x
I can tell the difference between Australian and New Zealand accents but I could never ever ever tell the difference between Canadian and American accents unless the American accents are southern or New York accents
Lol you are so right about the foxes, I’m English and it still freaks me out.
Doesnt freak me out, just annoys me when it wakes me up at 3 in the morning lol. Supersoakers are good..... pour cold water on their fun 😂
I've always thought it sounds like someone being murdered. I think it's one of the reasons they always use the fox's cry on Midsomer Murders in night scenes as an indicator that someone's about to be done in.
AAAGGGHH!! AAAAAAAAAAGHH!
Don't worry, it's just the foxes mating.
Wait until she hears hedgehogs.
I'm English, never heard it in my life (I live in the south east)
Lol, this comment 😂😂
You obviously haven't actually heard any foxes mating.
They sound like X Factor auditions (or is that insulting foxes?)
A NON-ENGLISH PERSON KNOWS THE RULES OF THE ESCALATOR!!!!
Knowing and doing is the difference
we've been discovered!
She must be some kind of spy! Does Canada have a CIA?
Like maybe the Canadian Intelligence Agency?
Dieflabbergast - It's called "Canadian Security Intelligence Service" or CSIS. (Pronounced See-sis.)
I'm English and had never noticed the weird 12/24 time usage 😲 but you are so right.
Same thing in continental Europe, 24 hour system in notation, 12 hour system in conversation. In the latter case the context will make clear if "8 o'clock" is 8:00 or 20:00 (8 AM or 8 PM).
And to those only familiar with the 12 hour system: just add 12 hours to the PM times, so e.g. 4:15 PM becomes 16:15 (not "sixteen hundred fifteen", that's only for the army ).
I'm British and I really enjoyed this video. No one here speaks 24 hour clock unless they are planning a military operation. You are a lovely girl x
martin mc I always use the 24 hour clock when in text, but I’d never say something like sixteen hundred hours out loud
On the 24hr thing... we are also stuck between imperial and metric... kitchen weights in kgs etc, we travel in miles, road work signs in yards yet we measure in metres... its all messed up ;)
I order a photo in inches 8x6 or 10x8 etc, yet when I was a photographer we bought the printing paper in cm?
Actually that yards and meters thing is pretty easy to work out - a yard ìs pretty much equivalent to a meter, just a bit out.
Oh, ok, an inch is like cm, just a bit out....?
The imperial measurements are much more useful. I know the metric thing works well because everything is in units of 10 and 100 but ounces, pounds, stones, inches, feet, yards, miles, pints, gallons and Fahrenheit are all just the right size units.
Considering that there are only three countries in the world (Myanmar, Liberia, USA) with the imperial system as their "official measurements", I'd say that the majority of the world finds the metric system more useful. It's a lot more logical with 1 kg = 1000 g, 1 km = 1000 m and so on; just learn the prefixes and you understand both length and weight units.
Then there's the Celsius vs Fahrenheit debate (Celsius all the way) and the 24-hour clock vs 12-hour clock fight (where 24-hour clock makes a lot more sense seeing as there are 24 hours per day), but let's not get ahead of ourselves.
English isn't my first language, and so I apologise in advance for grammatical errors. Also, I'm European and I use the metric system, Celsius temperature and 24-hour clock.
While the foxes often get the blame for ripping open rubbish bags I find the real culprit is often the local cats.
And they don’t say “like” twice in every sentence, like Canadians seem to do, eh.
Can't say I even noticed, probably too busy doing worthwhile things, like living and letting the rest do what to they need to do in their lives!!
Unless they are geordie
Americans are the worst with the word "like." So annoying. Especially if I hear myself using it. 😟
Britain 4 Brits coming from a Geordie I have to agree 😂😂
You mean, "like Canadians seem to do, ayy?"
Imagine your home alone and the foxes start loving each other so your indoors thinking someone is dying outside......and then.....the postman comes and you think someone is breaking in
Update:
I couldn't think of the word "manual" when filming so went with "standard" instead as I assumed it was close enough. This was a grave mistake! My apologies!
Also my bathroom doesn't have a shaver socket but thank you to everyone who mentioned it :)
Even if you had a shaver socket in your bathroom you would still need a UK adapter to use it(?) but I guess you have accumulated a bunch of adapters if you brought any electrical appliances from Canada. Do you say "stick shift " in Canada? Have you ever visited a home in Britain which had a bathtub but no shower? Poor Americans and Canadians with our "FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS"! Love your videos!
I knew what you meant.... i actually call it standard now!
I did wonder what you meant by that!! Manual is just personal preference I think. The charging tooth brush in kitchen thing, every place I have lived in UK has a 2 pin wall socket in the cupboard or wall but no way we would have a 3 pin UK plug in there unless you want to have hair like Russell Brand!
Would you consider doing a video on why you moved from Canada? (if there already is one I need to look for it), I am considering moving and wondered why you came to the UK. Basically a swap!
My shaver socket comment was a joke am sure you know that, keep up the good work the sub's will go up and up 😀👍
I've heard it called standard, actually. It's also sometimes called stick shift here in the US. You're so cute to be concerned about it.
Standing on one side is a london underground thing. Rest of the UK don't have a system and wont get pissed off.
Warren Cash exactly. All you have to do is go to a shopping centre in London and observe this.
Hey, as a Londoner in Yorkshire I couldn't believe how often people refused to go on escalators. They just don't trust em!
It is normal European etiquette, shops included. Like driving in the right lane unless overtaking. I was surprised in the UK the escalator standing side is the right side, I expected it to be the left like on the road.
It is just plain rude to block any escalator.
Newcastle has a metro.
Other places in Britain have them but they're just not as busy
Not really lesser known, but going into a bank (particularly Lloyds), only to be told immediately by a staff member, "don't you realise you can do this on the Internet?" - aka, "please leave us alone to get paid for doing absolutely nothing."
Yes this really gets on my tits. Also if there’s a queue at the ATM I go in to get a tenner from one of the women who are standing around - get this - talking about where they’re going to go when they’ve finished work. If I say I’d like to take out a tenner all I get is “ There’s a machine outside Love” etc. When all the banks disappear from the high street only then will they realise how stupid they have been.
@@markmachin6616 Yeah exactly, ha! And of course, "don't you realise there's a 'self service deposit machine' over there, where you can pay in cash and cheques, to save queuing up for a long time here to see one of my colleagues?" On one occasion, I reluctantly went to use one, and (after having to still queue for a few minutes), by the time it was my turn, the machine had stopped working (another one wasn't working anyway), so I obviously had to rejoin the long queue for the 'old fashioned method' - very comical and highly annoying, to say the least.
I feel the same way about businesses that use an automated phone system when I need to talk to a real person about a problem that is not one of the robot’s choices! Grrrr!
They do have to bag your shopping for you. But they don't have to offer nor automatically start doing it. It's just polite for the cashier to ask you as some are very particular with their bagging
I had an identical fox experience to yourself haha it sounded horrific and I thought the same as you, that a woman had been stabbed or something! I leapt up put on my dressing gown, opened my door and was greeted by a female red fox. We made love and are still together now.
LOL what?!
😂😂😂
@@AB-ii5uy British Humour. He's just being perverse.
We say “maths” because it is an abbreviation for mathematics, which is a plural. Not math, which would be an abbreviation of mathematic. However the argument could be made that mathematics is a mass noun that just ends with the letter s meaning math is an acceptable abbreviation. In the U.K. we adopt the plural version.
"Math" sounds like you have a speech impediment!
Well, 'math' is an acceptable abbreviation only in writing but then we must end with a full point, i.e. 'math.' Otherwise I think not. If it were then we should also accept 'stat', but we do not and neither do the Americans. Therefore we have 'maths and stats' and retain consistency; one-nil to the UK ;)
There are many sports. That's why they're called sports.
Finally someone who understands thank u sm x
@@Mugofbrown "maths' sounds pretentious.
It's weird how perfectly normal stuff seems weird.
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As a kid in a Los Angeles suburb, we had a mail-slot in our door. You don't have to stop mail when you go on vacation, it just piles up on the floor inside. BUT you have to remove the hose from the faucet on April Fools Day and Halloween or some prankster may stick the hose through the mail slot, turn on the faucet and flood your living room. That's probably WHY they aren't popular.
Or could it be. That it is more convenient for the mail person to deliver the mail without going up the drive (or stairs) to every main door?
In the end it’s a cost thing. I guess that mailboxes by the road (or in the stair case of an apartment building) will be a requirement on all new houses in the UK, like they are in most of Europe.
... Oh-no! Wait I forgot Brexit…. British mail slots must remain! True Brits will not be dictated by Brussels where to have their mail delivered!
we can't be trusted with mail boxes as the contents would regularly disappear
Just the contents? :) And they are no fun either. I love going up to a door and putting the 'sorry you weren't in card' through the door, just for a little dog to eat the shit out of it :)
In the US mailbox tampering is a federal offence that people do serious jail-time for, and US prisons are not the holiday camps UK prisons are.
postalinspectors.uspis.gov/radDocs/tipvandl.htm
Lol. As an American, I'd be more worried about someone shoving something unwanted in the door slot than mail being stolen.
there are incidents of lit fireworks being shoved through letter boxes but on rare occasions :)
Noodles4Anime the door slot, is much more useful than a mailbox.
You can have power in a bathroom but building regs state that the socket must be 3 meters from a sink or shower, most UK bathrooms are not that big!
My bathroom is definitely not that big!
Ivan Davies - I have that 2-pin socket thing for my toothbrush charger and/or electric shaver and it's well under a metre from the sink and under 2 metres from the shower! Maybe you just mean the 3-pin power socket??? Regards
Oh really, didn't know that. Do we have small bathrooms in England, then?
yes, I think he meant proper socket. Shaver plug can be much closer. Also, shaver socket is sometimes built in light above the mirror. Which is directly above sink :)
I think 3 meters (9.5 feet U.S.) is quite a large linear distance for most bathrooms, including those in the U.S. The room itself might possibly be longer than that but it would still be very difficult to get that far away from the bathtub/shower and the sink, especially both at the same time.
We don't have co-workers, we have colleagues. And, of course, to us, Americans speak American, not English.
She’s Canadian not American.
@@fitz2519 It's alright - I did know that.
Fitz America is a continent not a country
@@gt06-stunts54 North America is a continent, comprising (United States of) America, Canada and Mexico.
Or 'American English (basic)'
Braille on packaging? I can't see that somehow.
@@andrea22213
Cheer up, it might never happen!
Basil Brush (a fox) would say "Boom Boom".
Co-op own brands have had Braille on packaging for years.
Yeah they do have it on. As do buses, the flagstones at traffic lights where pedestrians cross. Theres a lot really
It's like all UK currency notes are different sizes so blind people know what they are giving to a shopkeeper....
Hi, sorry I don't know your first name, but just for accuracy, you can have a power outlet fitted in a bethroom for say a shaver or electric toothbrush charger. It *does* have to be double insulated for safety with all that water around, won't power a space heater and is fitted with a different type of plug (used on shavers etc). Also you'll find that the light switch is on a pull-cord so that you don't ever get near both water and electricity at the same time. We have very high standards indeed of electrical safety here, including a fuse built into the standard equipment plug.
It's called a GFI (ground fault interrupter) in Canada and the US.
A GFI is called an RCD (Residual Current Device) in the UK. A shaver socket doesn't usually have one of these, but contains an isolating transformer to separate the supply from anything that's earthed - such as you, if you touch a tap (faucet?) or pretty much anything else with wet hands.
pasoundman
There's no excuse for not allowing a *full power* outlet in a bathroom. Pretty much standard fare in Canada. Has been for almost 40 yrs. This is 2018, not 1918. Some have stated that Britain has strict laws. I'd say that they qualify as voluntary idiocy.
www.thisoldhouse.com/ideas/how-gfci-receptacles-keep-you-safe
But if you have a isolation transformer between the supply and the output the appliance can't earth through you, which is safer than relying on a RCD which have been know to fail occasionally. The sockets are different as are the plugs on the appliances because the earth is not necessary to trip an RCD but they still are generally 220 - 240vac. You can still get killed by electricity even 40 years later why take the risk? Most people in the UK would dry their hair in front of the mirror in their bedroom, why would you want to use a hairdryer in a room full of steam? And I work all over the UK and I can assure you the voltage varies everywhere.
Jimmy Kraktov I have never been in a bathroom in someone’s house without a plug. The house or area she is staying in is an anomaly. Besides, England is considerably safer with electrics than America, although I don’t know for Canada
I've been thinking about the 24 hour clock thing. It certainly wasn't prevalent here when I was a kid in the 60s. I've concluded that it happened when we all bought VCRs in the 1980s and you had to set the bl**dy timers! But you're right - I still call 7.00 p.m. "7 o'clock - never 19.00 hours because I am not, so far as I am aware, about to launch a military operation.
Haha funny, certainly not in the UK, but in French and other languages, it's extremely commonplace. But in France it would be 19 hours (19 heures), not 19 hundred hours... Always feels weird hearing 19 hundred hours in English...
We don't usually say the 24 hour clock times, but we do write it sometimes, especially businesses.
It’s from the war I think
I always use the 24 hour clock, but then I am ex-army and we use it all the time at work. It's the same thing with the phonetic alphabet. I know that and can immediately use it. It makes me either cring or laugh when peopke stop using their own version. I.e P for pizza, I for Italy, E for Elephant.
OlagGan and don't forget Q for cute!
I’m English, South East. Your comment about Foxes mating made me laugh. The scream still freaks me out, and I’ve heard it lots of times.
We heard this fox (foxxy?) noise in the dustbin alley behind our house and it turned out to be a male and female human! So gross, depending on your POV.
Go to the country villages of North Yorkshire......Its a different world to the South East of England. Most UK politicians don't even know where it is . See Lealholm, Danby, Hutton Le Hole, Whitby. ( for example)
You think Whitby is a country village? It's a seaside town!
@@hellcatdwe I know, I used to live 7 miles away from Whitby picky boy.
Country village/seaside town, Yorkshire/Lancashire, who cares?
@@hellcatdwe Exactly, not really relevant.
Tenete Fidem your right it’s nothing like a country village
Automatic cars work well on motorways but in Cornish roads automatic cars are forever changing gear whereas manual you can select the correct gear for going round corners or up hills this save fuel.
Your bf was lying about the foxes loving each other. He just made that up to protect you from the horror
American Werewolf! haha
Genius
indeed, it was actually a pair of cats... with an audience (4 more toms waiting their turn).
Yeh the fox screams are literally screams of pain as the male is physically unable to "remove" his engorged shaft
A letterbox means that a) your post does not get crammed in a small box b) the recipient doesn't have to go out in all weathers or their pyjamas to get their post c) the post can't be stolen and d) the postman has "delivered" the mail, rather than leaving it where someone else could take it, this way if it goes missing, the first person suspected would be the postman. If he only had to put it in a box on the street, and your mail gets stolen, you have the entire neighborhood as suspects! Don't forget, post isn't just boring crap, it's essential medical appointments, bank details, personal information as well as boring crap. The rattling of a letterbox very very rarely means you are being broke into! You forgot to mention the hugely lower crime rate! Whilst I'm not saying houses are never broken in to, it's extremely rare. (based on population) England likes to work with a "prevention is better than cure" mentality. I have spoken to Americans before about owning a gun, (and whilst I've mentioned that gun-debate subject, I'll gloss over it quickly!) Anyway, most of the Americans were saying they should own a gun in case "somebody broke into their home" whereas my points were: trim down bushes and shrubs that hide your front door from view of the street, consider a "noisy" gravel path instead of paving slabs, have sensor lights fitted that immediately light up when someone approaches, place quite a few ornaments and knick knacks on your windowsills as a deterrent because they make climbing in through a window a potentially noisy affair, if you need to leave your home for a while have a neighbour, friend or relative come in twice daily to move any post that is piling up and may show through the glass in your door, and get them to open/close curtains, plug a few lamps into timer switches so they come on at nighttime and go off during the day, have a spyhole fitted in your door or even a speech and/or video entry-phone, fit a CCTV camera, install an alarm, make sure big costly electricals or valuables are not displayed in full public view, join a neighbourhood watch group, use an etching pen or UV pen to mark the bottom of your most valuable items with your details, so that any item seized by police can be returned to you, have up to date home contents insurance, don't erect ultra strong fences and if you do add a strip of trellis at the top which would break easily and loudly if someone attempted to climb over, don't leave wheelie bins or water butts close enough to the house where they can be used to climb to an upper floor window, keep all outbuildings and sheds securely locked so that your tools are not stolen but also not used to break into your home, lock all doors securely and fit extra bolts and security chains, make sure your letterbox is not located close to any inner locks or bolts, have locks fitted on all windows preferably ones with a key and keep the keys in the locks, plant prickly bushes close to your perimeter as a deterrent for entry or quick exit, get to know your neighbours, you don't have to be best friends but be chatty enough to be able to tell them you may be going away for a few days or to call police if they see someone hanging around...or just to keep a general eye out. How's that for a whole host of alternatives to shooting someone breaking in?
I'd be mortified if I shot an intruder and either killed them or maimed them for life, only to find out it was a 16 year old who had fled from a life of abuse and broke in because they were hungry! How can you live with that for the rest of your life? So yeah, the whole letterbox thing that has you so confused, is a preventative measure, as there's no point closing the stable door AFTER the horse has bolted! Prevention is better than cure! The majority of crimes committed are opportunistic, if you reduce the opportunities for crime to be attempted in the first place, you help lessen the amount of crimes committed. Making a safer society for everyone. We like to plan ahead for all eventualities, we do not like to lay ourselves wide open to attack and then moan forever after about being victimised! Common sense is a vital part of British mentality! Being friendly but respecting personal boundaries. Being approachable but not being taken for a mug. Keeping ourselves to ourselves and not sticking our noses into other people's business. Being peaceful and loving, (except when someone attacks one of our own... Then you can expect your head being kicked in!) Laughing and generally having fun and able to laugh at ourselves. Not taking other people's opinions personally or being offended easily. Accepting that swear words are a part of everyday language and not being snobby about it! Making our own decisions regarding religion, or not, rather than brainwashing our children. Being able to share with someone less fortunate even if we don't have much ourselves. Quick thinking and resourceful. Rational and stoic. Welcoming to all people and all races particularly those who work hard or are genuinely fleeing war torn areas. (Benefit scroungers or religious extremists, not so much, but even so, our loathing of them is a loathing of their character, NOT their religion or race... So don't play the race card or victim act because we haven't got time for bullshit!!!) Not every single inhabitant of England (or the UK) fits these descriptions of course, there are numpties in all countries! But generally this does sum up the average Brit! Historically we are descendants of some fierce mixes of people and tribes. More recently, we have been raised by parents or grandparents who went through world war 2! They learned how to feed a family of 6 with one potato and a teaspoon of butter, they willingly gave away their pots and pans to be melted down into ammunition, they learned how to club together and rally round, they learned how to entertain themselves during blackouts or huddled together in shelters, they learned that deep within each and every one of them was a will to survive, a will to stand for what's right, and that giving in is never an option! Even Hitler himself had nothing but respect for our strength and stoicism! These traits are passed down through the generations and are very much alive and kicking in our blood! Prevention is better than cure! Letterboxes are better than mail boxes! Alarms and sensor lights and bolts are better than living with the guilt of taking someone's life! Until the internet, until speaking with so many people from all over the world, I never truly appreciated how lucky I am to be born and raised in England. To have parents who lived through the war, who although were young vividly remember the blitz, the rationing that went on for years after, the rallying together to rebuild and support each other, to entering the army for national service. I always assumed America to be a similar place to live as England, and although there are many similarities, there are also many many differences. I think our conversation, swear words used as greetings to friends, and our sarcastic humour is most similar to Australians. Same too our approach to life and family values. That really surprised me! Our polar opposite, literally, yet the most similar personality traits as us. I don't have to watch my words when talking to an Australian. Whereas when speaking to Americans, i find i have to choose how best to phrase something, that they are extremely easily offended, they often misinterpret your meaning, and it's not long before god joins the conversation! Anyway, I'm waffling away here! Pondering life, and society, people, coincidences, surprises, history, I don't even know if anyone is listening, but I don't care. I felt the need to explain letterboxes one minute...the next... here I am! Just be sure that everything I have said is how I personally feel, not said with any intention to offend anyone, and if you DO feel offended, own that shit! Cos I ain't taking the blame for your sorry paranoid victim mentality arse! Just saying 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ooohhh mustn't forget the kisses!
Love from Tami xxxxx 😘😘😘
You can actually get power outlets for bathrooms in the UK, but they're special two-pin ones. They're not so common now because people tend not to use electric razors that are mains powered. You're most likely to find them in hotels.
FINALLY! A video on the UK that is actually accurate!
I'd rather bag my own shopping, I don't trust other people, they put fragile stuff like eggs on the bottom so they get smashed...
I like to keep cooked food away from uncooked meat and cleaning products as well.
I prefer to bag my own stuff, it's a lot quicker than waiting for a cashier to o it.
imagine waiting for them to pack, when there are 10 people in front of you in that queue :)
You get really good at scanning and packing as fast as humanly possible as well as packing everything neatly and separated (cooked vs uncooked). People would still complain anyway :)
Adventures and Naps true, I've never had the cashier pack for me, I'm sure they'd do a good job but sometimes in my Tescos they have kids offering to pack for you, raising money for some activities or charity, and as you can imagine they just chuck it in!
I grew up in the North Shore of Massachusetts, USA. Everyone had mail slots in their doors of my town. I now live in the Missouri, and no one does.
If the customer bags while the cashier scans the queue moves quicker, it also saves staff and presumably enables lower prices. Most big stores will pack the bag if you ask and tescos will even carry it to your car if you need help.
If we (the British) take a driving test in an automatic then we are qualified to drive only automatics, whereas if we qualify in a manual then we are licensed to drive both manual and automatic. That's why manuals are the popular choice to learn to drive, though I agree automatics are easier.
Loving your channel, loving you Alanna xxx 😘
I have always loved the concept of "Boxing Day" for those that dont know, on Christmas day the rulers of England get a new skin to cover their lizard form. then they put the old skin in a box and they leave it out for their Scottish servants to make Haggis from.
Mike Emmons never use a preposition to end a sentence with😂🇺🇸
Oh shit, HE KNOWS!
Boxing Day is named after the Christmas Boxes that people gave their staff, which included money and edible items as an addition to their usual wages.
Wtf did I just read ?
+arburo1 you used to receive presents on Christmas and open them on Boxing Day
as an electrician we dont have electricity in the bathroom because we have 240 volts america has 110 volts ,240 volts can kill so safer where water is to have no electrics.:)
The other split is that older people in the UK use Fahrenheit in the summer to make it sound hotter! i.e. 28 Celcius is 82....that sounds hotter. However in the winter zero Celsius sounds colder than 32
In the UK we are SO used to rain we don't carry umbrellas. We use several names for our country and the sub-countries. The UK, The United Kingdom, England, Britain, The British Isles. We are English, We are British. We don't get the option in software to select Britain, or England only the United Kingdom.
We still get Milk delivered to our door.
If we went on holiday to another country we would refer to the locals as foreigners!
We eat a different type of Bacon to everyone else....Everyone else's are just strips of fried fat with a thin red line down the middle.
We refer to cutlets of meat as chops.
Our biscuits are known as cookies everywhere else
Our Scones (without fruit) are known as Biscuits in the USA...maybe even Canada
Our Gas meters are indoors...not out in the street like in the USA and Canada
We DO have power outlets in some domestic bathrooms, but ONLY two prong outlets that are 110V not 230Volts like in the UK (before ANYONE says its 240 Volts. Check the facts....we changed a few years ago and nobody noticed)
Bill Jarvis. After I was married 32 years ago to Miss Tea and Scones Southern Belle, I found out Scones and American Biscuits are different. Scones seem heavier, richer and made with heavy cream and more prep. Biscuits (Southern American) are made with straight light milk, water or buttermilk. They do taste different. Of course English biscuits are sweet or digestive cookies here-- or shortbread. Tea in the US is rarely done proper in a restaurant with a strong cuppa as they often use hot tap water. Tea in eastern Canada is done well according to her. It is strong and prepared with fresh kettle water.
Her scones taste the same as scones in Southern England to me. As to the British biscuit tin, I favor shortbreads.
we in the uk put a bowl in the sink to wash dishes instead of the actual sink
we who have travelled know that the rest of the world does that as well depending on what they like.
I don’t think my family has ever had a bowl in the sink to wash dishes. Even before we bought a dishwasher. I’ve never understood why people have the bowl
Alexb666 same. In fact in the house I’m renting a room in at the moment I actively take the landlords bowl out the sink to wash up because it pisses me off.
The washing-up bowl has a legacy 😂
dont know what ye talking about
the standing on the right and moving on the left of an escalator is just a London thing
its just polite
I've always done it the other way round and stood on the left in the same way I'd drive a car on the left and allow people to overtake on the right! Probably a good job I don't go to London very often!
No it's not, it's done in Liverpool
Done in Bristol to, though I don't live there 😂
@@mrscookiepie You drive/move on the left so the people on the right are moving out of the way.
There is nothing like physically changing gear in a car, especially upwards. And nobody packs my stuff in a supermarket apart from me. Those ready meals have to be packed flat and not sideways. The only way I can tell a Canadian from an American is because they say "oot" for "out".
That's aboot right, lol
A couple of things that stood out to me (as a Kiwi),the beaches are littered with garden sheds so people can go to the beach and sit in a garden shed. British people apparently don't like to be in their houses during sunny days so they build a tiny house in the back yard and sit in that instead. The Romans invaded Britain nearly 2000 years ago and built nice wide straight roads,after they left the Brits replaced them with narrow winding roads that inexplicably change direction so often that you end up in a completely different direction than where you were heading,just to make sure you get completely lost,they put tall hedgerows down each side to ensure you can't use landmarks to help!
I'm British and I've just learned that we can be kinda wierd sometimes :). Oh - and standing on the left on an escalator doesn't mean a death sentance, though you may get seriously 'tutted' at.
On the tube you can actually get told off by a local or the tube staff.
Tut
They tried in 2016 to force people not to walk up an escalator at a tube station in london. .... kings cross ? As mathematically it would result in more people using it and less ques at rush hour. It was an complete failure.
@MrBizteck I used the tube for a year and i tried walking the stairs at Goodge street once, never again. Escalators FTW!1
Which is worse than death! That soul destroying combination of failure and shame you feel when you know you fully deserved that tut.........
If you're only able to drive an automatic, you basically can't drive....
Most modern small automatic cars in Britain are rubbish and are only available on more expensive models with larger less fuel efficient engines. Americans and Canadians generally drive larger cars with lower fuel costs. Driving in Sheffield with its many hills, was a total pain in a manual car recently, compared against in an automatic it was a doddle. Constant hill starts in traffic in a standard manual car is more trouble than its worth.
The locomotion of the car would disagree....
In the UK you can only have a "full" driver's licence if you passed your test in a manual car, otherwise you're not licensed to drive a manual car
You can drive fine, you just can't do gears.
Terfysg Caernunos OK
Lots of these things are common in other developed countries. Bagging your own groceries, 24 hour clocks. Calling the US America is also true in many countries. Many Brits also say "the States". Door slits for mail? All over the place. No outlet in bathrooms or toilets is also true in many places.
You need to see many countries. Even Canada is more varied than you suggest! Travel! Good luck, from Israel. Have lived in Leeds Yorkshire, Edinburgh Scotland, Honolulu Hawaii, Reykjavik Iceland, Oregon, NY. Visited much of Canada and America. Mexico. Etc. And many are far better travelled than I.
We drive manual cars, because it's seen as lazy to drive an automatic. Plus it costs more to buy, insure and repair an automatic vehicle.
And if you learn to drive in an automatic car, then you get your licence, you can only drive automatic cars. If you learn to drive in a manual car and you get your licence, you have the option to drive either manual or automatic. Everyone learns to drive in a manual car in the UK.
At the Supermarket they will ask you if you want help with bagging. Most people will say no, and so it themselves, but the option is there.
Yes, and don't you hate it when they say "yes please" so that the operator then has to waste time bagging it all for them. And have you not noticed how obsessed Brits are with those stupid "next customer" bars? I arrive at a check out with my 3 items. I place them on the conveyor with a foot gap to the shopping in front but almost immediately the person in front has to place the bar there.
silk destroyed The reason for the bar is mostly so you can do other things, such as pack your own shopping, which you will be doing whilst it's being scanned, and the cashier can still very easily tell what is and what isn't yours, rather than have to work out based on how far someone else feels is acceptable enough to make it look separate, but many people might have a different idea of acceptable to you, and what's more, often the conveyor is jumpy or just continues when it shouldn't sometimes, and they might mess up the positioning. Or even as simple as they finish with the first person's shopping, and pull the second's up, and if there's a third person behind who also hasn't used a bar, they might not realise that's not first person's shopping and start to scan for them, that would cause so much more problems.
Like that's just an awkward situation to have happen to you like 20 times a day, and I'm sure it would, usually when I am in the supermarket it isn't necessarily filled with the most considerate or aware people ever.
Blimey, some people have such complacated lives. I never have more than half a dozen items and if the previous shoppers items come to an end and it looks, if even for a second, that the operator is going to scan one of mine, (never happened yet, the operators aren't stupid,) I would actually use my voice and say, "that's mine thanks". Major check out shopping incident averted. I was amazed that while reading a copy of Dave Gorman's book "Too Much Information" that he actually devotes a chapter to this very subject, in his own, humerous way. I was pleased to discover that it doesn't just bug me!
Guess what? Not everything is about you, just like my comment wasn't about either of us, but plenty of people don't want that unnecessary social interaction and that doesn't make them complacent in any way. Edit: Sorry, I misread complacated as complacent, but the correct spelling is complicated by the way.
Eh, where did I say it's all about me? I just wish that people wouldn't so easily become a buch of brainwashed sheep. When I travel around Poland I find that people can manage their "conveyor traffic" without instinctivly reaching for the "next customer" bar. Don't worry though, I'm sure that the super markets are on to it and will have them all trained up soon enough. Spelling isn't my strong point and it's easy to clip the wrong key and not notice.
Instant coffee is considered acceptable.
Bread is sometimes stored in the microwave.
On Nov 5th we burn effigies.
The Spirit Safe
And by acceptable we mean
1) Preferable to death by dehydration.
2) Preferable to incorrectly brewed tea.
But there is so much of it!
The Spirit Safe ...why would you store bread in the microwave?
+Jimbob Jimbob because I can't be bothered buying a bread bin.
The Spirit Safe in the microwave 😂
As a leaflet Distributor I can tell u that at least 25% of houses have boxes on the outside walls of houses mainly due to people having dogs that chew up post etc
UK Bathrooms (i.e. rooms with a bath in) can have a shaver socket, which uses an isolating transformer and cannot provide sufficient current to kill. The same sockets can be used for toothbrush chargers, which is why chargers come with the same two-pin plug as shavers.
We don't have plug sockets/light switches in the bathroom because of safety issues. Not sure if you realised but water + electricity don't mix :D
You can get "shaver" sockets which are 115/230v :)
The sockets usually are up where it's hard to get them wet, and there are also socket covers for when you're not using it.
So you don't have electrical outlets in your kitchen then or outside(rain).
@@yakkyjoe1 yes, we have outside sockets, they are specially built waterproof ones with sprung flip lids, the sockets in kitchens are present and numerous, but a defined distance from a water source or sink.
Countries with advanced technology make it possible to have electric sockets in bathrooms, right over sinks. Quite safe. But it's advanced. Like our faucets. Do you still have holes in the floor?
@@williamcahill2487 read above, there are sockets in bathrooms, it just a nanny state thing, same with mixer taps, most homes have them, a nanny state thing
because there is a slight possibility of cross contamination from stored water to pressured water in a mixer, lots of old homes with loft storage tanks, too much money to fund getting rid, so we end up with this fudge so we can drink water from a tap even when we have stored water sitting in tanks for some time that can be contaminated in storage and appear at the tap. not a plumber but its something like that anyway. Hot water safe, cold pressurised water from mains, safe, cold water from storage tank may have got contaminated over time, so hot tap safe to drink if you ever needed it, cold water from seperate cold tap under mains pressure - safe to drink, how the mixer tap comes into it id dont know fully, but its a long time since i`ve seem a home without a mixer tap.
I'm English and it's so funny hearing from a foreigners viewpoint the things we do here. good video thanks.
I like the fact mail comes through the door in the UK.... Who wants to get up, GO OUTSIDE in the pissing rain/snow to collect your mail, when it could be delivered to your door and you just pick it up from the comfort of your home in your underpants?
As someone who is from the States (USA) I find it a bit bothersome that people call the US America. We're all Americans.
It made me happy when she said rubbish :)
Cashiers here be like "your s*&t , you sort it" lol
We also are fussy and dislike squashed bread so pack it ourselves.
One reason I use self checkout. That I way I can pack my items as I know they should be bagged. Cold & frozen items together, boxed items together, canned items together, bread a,one, chips alone and cleaning chemicals together and so on.
Delightful sense of humour 😊 This is ace sit down comedy.
You could tell us about the incredible variety of expressions throughout the UK e.g mash/brew/stew tea
It wasn't really that funny tbh
I'm a native Brit that is living in America and has moved back and forth several times. Few people will know dread like not knowing if you have the right voltage set for an expensive piece of hardware. I've had so many items pop and go up in a cloud of smoke and sparks because I had them set to the wrong voltage when I plugged them into the wall through an adapter or transformer.