American Reacts to US vs UK Family Differences
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In this video I react to US vs UK family differences. American and British families are very different, but share a lot of similarities as well. What do you think are the main differences between US and UK families?
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It's so funny that you know the square footage of your houses in the US. I'm guessing most of us in the UK don't have a clue. We just go by the number of rooms and how big those are.
And what's included in the square footage? Do you include passages and corridors, stairs, 'walk-in closets', garages, outside porches, detached barns, or just the major rooms?
@@saxon-mt5byI think the sq ft is the entire property including land? Or maybe just here in Australia they do that. If it's only the house listed then it's the whole floor space so yeah even closets etc would count. I also have no idea how people know the sq metres/ft unless they just bought it maybe 😅 we usually say 3 bed, 2 bath etc unless you're talking about land if it's an acreage
@@saxon-mt5byoh I just looked it up and apparently in America it's any indoor liveable space. So garages, patios etc no but stairs yes. Even though I've known maybe people who lived in a garage but I'm guessing in colder countries that's less feasible 😂
If it’s a big family get-together, beyond what can be comfortably accommodated at home, we would probably all meet up at the pub with a tab running behind the bar, or else book a function room in a hotel or maybe rent the local community centre for the evening. This can apply for birthdays, weddings or wakes.
One excellent evening celebration I went to was catered for by means of an enormous curry takeaway delivered to the village cricket pavilion. Plenty of room, large tables available and distant enough from local residents to be able to make some noise. 😊
My rooms are described as "you know that room we were in the other day? My bedroom's about 1.5 times that", or "my kitchen is about a third the size of yours". That's my limit on estimating room sizes 😂
We dont take college sports seriously. College and University is for learning. Sports and societies are for relaxation and a break from study. In my experiance, British parents are invested in their kids doing well in school but it is expected that they will try. Making it some big event and having graduation ceremonies while still in school seems very odd. You get your exam results and if they were good (as expected) you get a modest well done. Maybe if you really exceeded expectations there might be a more emotional reaction but its commonly a "well done son" and if you are lucky your Dad slips you a £5.00.....
My mum would say just do your best that's all you can do , I say the same to mine. Not healthy to pile on so much pressure at a young age .
I would say to my kids use your strength. Improve your weakness. Wether it be intellectual or practical or both. Always ask questions. Take opportunity's. Never think you can't do the task in hand. Never give up.
I kinda like that; sounds wholesome. I'm an American from a town. We had those ideals too but sometimes ideals don't work. Sadly 🙏
I think rewarding children for something they all do, like completing elementary school or high school, tends to devalue the whole concept of reward. In UK you have to put in a lot of work to be a graduate as you will have done a bachelors, masters or doctorate degree.
Reward is an assigned value. I don't think rewarding kids for doing good at school is a bad idea at all, it encourages them to actually do good because there are physical benefits at the end of it - whereas without the reward, all you get are grades that... don't see a whole lot of use except from applying for higher/further education.
Thoroughly agree! If all the youngsters who cannot name USA states or any country outside the USA, even Mexico and Canada, are true examples of American education the Graduation Ceremony has truly been devalued, indeed.
@@HeatherMyfanwyTylerGreey Here's the kicker: They're not.
It annoys me that we now have proms at school. The UK is being Americanized more and more. In my day we just had a school disco and a crap dj 😂
We didn't even have a disco. When we left school at 16 we walked out of the door and that was it. I can't stand seeing little children of nursery age 'graduating' with their mortar boards and capes before going to primary school. Cute to some but IMO so un necessary and another money spinning opportunity for retailers.
crap dj playing 'i got do do do push the apple shake the tree' lol
@@anthonykearney608push pineapple 😅. I remember that .
@@claregale9011 grind coffee. To the left to the right 🤣🤣 a classic. Do you remember the superman one ? Comb your hair, hitch a ride, superman..... ha ha
Don't diss DJ Chris.
In the UK, you graduate FROM university - with a DEGREE! Everything prior to that is just moving on through!
Pass the parcel is a classic British party game in which a parcel is passed from one person to another.
In preparation for the game, a prize is wrapped in a large number of layers of wrapping paper.
During the game, music is played as the parcel is passed around. Whoever is holding the parcel when the music is stopped removes one layer of wrapping and claims any prize found under that layer. The music is then restarted and the game continues until every layer is removed and the main prize claimed.
yeah it was like a Christmas game
The game was so rigged, never did get the main prize. :|
@@tomhazzard538yeah whoever's birthday it was usually got the main prize the rest of us end up with a little pack of Parma violets or flying saucers 😂😂
@@stetrainer578 I can't stand Parma violets 🤢🤢🤮🤮
We added either sweets or a forfeits in the layers. Things like 'sit on a balloon until it bursts' or 'pretend to be a monkey' that kind of thing.
The main reason that most uk families are not multi generational is the smaller size of our houses. We simply don’t have the rooms available to accommodate other family members.
Some houses have a large enough plot to build a ‘granny annex’ but they are in the minority.
If you have an average family of two parents and two kids of different sexes, requiring separate bedrooms, then that is all the average three bedroomed uk house can accommodate.
Some of my neighbours have realised in their old age that they can’t stand their little grandchildren for long enough to live together 😂
My gran was my best friend. She was ace. Very kind, cheeky. She would cook, bake. Visiting markets all over West Yorkshire England. Always cheered me up. My grandma Beanland.
Hi Steve, I wish you had recorded your trying to eat the British way - I could do with a good laugh🤣
Pass the parcel is a party game. As it sounds like something has been wrapped up in multiple layers of (usually) newspaper. I've heard some people will put sweets, or other little presents in each layer, but the children are sat in a circle and the parcel is passed round as music is played. When that's stopped at a random moment, the child holding the parcel gets to remove as much of the covering as possible until the music starts once more.
to add to this there is usually some sort of etiquette involved... each child is usually given an opportunity to take a turn unwrapping esp if there are sweets or something in each layer. Sometimes it's not perceived as good manners to have the 'main' present in the middle go to the party holder, it should end up going to a guest. However in that instance whatever is the 'main' present shouldn't be of superior quality than actual birthday gifts that'll be given to the child whose party it is.
No Steve, I love your videos. But pleeeeeeeese no more Lawrence from across the pond . The man hasn’t lived in the U.K. for decades. You probably know more about the U.K. than this silly man 👨.
Wish I could be as kind to the "across the pond" man but have to say sorry, where I come from up north (near Newcastle on Tyne he'd be called a right plonker, or if you're a Brummie then he'd be a right twonk. May be a nice guy but he's definitely lost in the pond !!
@@aidencox790i am a Brummie by birth and can confirm you are correct
And he’s soooooo boring.
@@aidencox790 I’m from Wales and twonk is very polite but it does start with a T .😁
Totally agree 100 per cent
Maybe its because of the UK benefits system, help for families with housing, free medical treatment , our state schools being good ( going to private/ paid for school pretty rare ) and weekly financial help etc from the government, we don't need to rely on family in times of crisis.
Alot of these just depend on the family. Im Scottish and we use any excuse to get together, especially during the summer if its good weather😂! I just use "Gran" and "Grandad" for my grandparents but my son calls his grandparents "Nannie" and "Di" (Di is most definitely regional though as only used in Fife where I'm from). Usually call my parents either "Maw/Mither" and "Paw/Fither" xx
I just posted an almost identical comment, even before reading yours; lol.
We tend to live a lot closer to each other and see each other often so there's no need for massive get togethers. Just Christmas and funerals.
In UK families tend to live in the same area, so they see each other more often. Americans live in different states from their families, so hence maybe more get togethers. Education is more important than sports in UK, sports tend to be recreational. We also don’t tend to have big party’s, but maybe have dinner together or a take-away night with family.
They have big get together at homes as in restraunts you are limited on time, we in the UK tend to meet in pubs or restraunts, but are not hurried out, when we finished our meals.
We have seven grownup children and sixteen grandchildren who all live within a 15 miles radius…..
Sports and activities are for fun and enjoyment, some are competitive. The aim is for kids to enjoy and meet up with friends not so much for excellence. You always get one family that takes it to seriously.
We keep the knife in our right hand when eating in case a Frenchman turns up to try and take our dinner.
Interesting words for Grandparents! just want to confuse you a bit more, Welsh is also spoken in Britain, Mam-Gu (Gu is pronounced Gee) for nanny and Tad-cu ( cu is pronounced kee) for grandad can be heard in South Wales while in North Wales, nanny is Nain and the word for grandad is Taid.
I am glad someone put this, thank you.
I obviously misheard when I was little because I always called my grandfather Backy. It was assumed by others that he was a smoker, but that wasn’t it. And then I saw the Welsh subtitles on a TV drama just a few years ago and saw Tadcu. That was when the penny dropped that I’d been saying it wrong for ever! My grandfather died many years ago and I’m in my 70s now but I guess you’re never too old to learn something new! 😂🏴
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A short explanation on eating with fork and knife. The knife in your right hand does most of the work. The fork is only there to bring the food to your mouth. To do that with your left hand is not so difficult. Just keep practicing and you find it far more logical.
So how does the family gathering thing work in the US? My experience with Americans is that they very easily move away, often to states on the other side of the country. In the UK, you'll get families that live in the same town for generations - even hundreds of years! When I worked in MA, I met kids who now live in WA, CA etc!
Hi Steve , My wife and myself are blessed that our 3 year old 4 in a couple of months time grandson only lives 2 miles away we have him for 2 half days every week while his Mum is at work and we also have him over night maybe once a month while his Mum and Dad have a date night we are known to him as Nanny & Granddad
Aussie here same as UK. Our kids are encouraged to go to university but its not the be all end all. If its not their thing they can go to a trade school to get trade or hospitality qualifications or whatever else they choose. School sports isnt a thing. Its played between teams at the school or sometimes with other schools and parents or families watch and taxi them to and from games. Same at university but families usually dont go. So local sports fields dont cater for crowds. Its just sport No big deal. And we only graduate from university. Theres no ceremony leaving primary/elementary school or high school. You just finish. Usually a formal dance and dinner at the end of high school.
Oh dear, lost in the pond🤦♂️
Hey so pass the parcel is where you wrap a gift in several pieces of wrapping paper. You then sit in a circle and pass it to the next person whilst music plays. When the music stops, you unwrap one layer and so on so forth. The person to unwrap the last layer wins the gift. It causes lots of tantrums and children shouting, " it was my go!" 😂 He's generally right about family gatherings but we do tend to have more gatherings in the summer in the form of bbqs, as soon as the sun comes out there are lots of people "coming out of hibernation," running to the shops to buy disposable bbqs and all the trimmings. More often than not, we get rained off though 🤷♀️ No idea where the term mom comes from, but I call my mother mom. Much love 💜 xxx
My grandparents were always just around the corner, like literally 10-20 minute drive, so we always saw at weekends and so on. Especially my maternal grandmother. This was before myself, mother and siblings moved further north. Eventually my maternal grandmother followed us lol. I never knew my maternal grandfather sadly, he passed a few days before I was born. As of now I only have my paternal grandfather who lives south in London, while I live up north in Newcastle. May not see eachother often now, but always have a good ol' chinwag on the phone.
I've noticed following a lot of American channels, that when you're talking about your partner, a lot of you say he or she here in the UK we say their names, it's considered rude to say he or she if talking about friends and family.
When I was young I had 2 sets of grandparents, they were Nan and Grandad.
Nan said she didn't want to be called nanny because she wasn't a nurse or a female goat. My Great grandmother we called Gran
This lost in the pond guy.... He's not very accurate, I think that's the nice way to say it lol
It always amazes me that Americans know the square foot size of their homes. I haven't a clue what mine is, an if I asked any of my mates I can guarantee that don't either
I hate to say it, but if you had learned from an early age to use cutlery in the British manner, you would probably find your coordination with your left hand had generally improved and spilled over into other tasks than eating. Maybe not writing. I can just about manage to write with my left hand if my right was incapacitated but frankly even I cannot read the result....
My father's father died before I was born. We called his mother gran. We called my mother's father taid and her mother nain. They were welsh.
My gran lived a quarter of a mile away so frequently baby sat.
The only graduations I had were for degrees.
I played a sport for my school - chess. We had no spectators ever, even when we played a team with a famous player (Nigel Short). But no other school sports would have spectators either. Only the teams would care.
It was pretty much the same at university level, though some graduates might pay attention to the main rugby and cricket matches, and then there was the BIG exception - the Boat Race. That is the annual match between Oxford and Cambridge. That is covered on national TV every year. It gets more coverage than the top international rowing competitions, People line the banks and bridges of the Thames to watch it, including people with no connection to the universities. (I went to Cambridge.)
On the eating with a fork in left hand.. dont flip it to scoop, pick up things by stabbing something like meat or veg and then use your knife to press softer items against the prongs but with the stabbed piece helping to stop it falling off..
Pass the parcel is like musical chairs but with a present wrapped multiple times. Music stops, open, repeat till someone gets the present.
Large family gatherings in the U.K. depends on the the family. Some do, some don’t.
I couldn't think of anything worse than a large family gathering tbh...maybe having a tooth pulled...
Yeah, Unlike this guy in the vid, all our large family gatherings were in rented venues, some family members would be given lodgings for the night or stay in hotels. I don't think his family is all that LARGE tbh :')
yep, ive got a pretty small family. there was only ever 1 big family party for my gran and grandpas golden wedding anniversary. other than that you'd occasionally have 1 or 2 family members over at a time
I've lived for the whole of my 73+ years of life in the Black Country area of the English West Midlands. Here, and in the surrounding areas, the usual informal word used for Mother is (as in the USA) 'Mom' and in Northern parts of the country, and I think Wales, 'Mam' is used. Because it's used in the South of England, Mum is the default word - all birthday cards etc., have Mum on them, and kids in this area, will often write Mum but say it as 'Mom'.
I don't know, but I suspect that the different pronunciations arose from the great vowel shift.
Same :) I always type mum online now even though I say and write mom, because I got sick of having to explain to other British people that I'm not American and in some parts of England we use 'mom'. Where do they think the Americans got it from lol.
I've often wondered if 'mum' comes from mother being pronounced as 'mutha' and 'mom' because of the spelling of mother.
Nan/Nanny are fairly common. I'm not sure of the etymology but I've never known Mom to be used in the UK it's always been Mum. Some northern/Irish might use Mam/Mammy instead. Graduation and Sports in schools are no big deal really, you might get a school leavers party when moving from school to school up the education system but that's just for the kids and not attended by immediate family let alone any extended family. Even a University graduation is only expected that the parents attend, they might chose to celebrate further after but that's up to the family and how big of an occasion they wish to make it.
When I was a kid, we had a Barbeque (akin to an American style) and/or Sunday Roast pretty much every weekend, yet it was just us (my mom, dad and me) and sometimes family' friends (who lived in the same neighbourhood, basically across the road)... I never have had and have never even seen 15+ people in one house celebrating someone's birthday. Usually, you have a quick "Congrats minute", let's call it this way, whenever other people (in school, at work, etc) see you :)
I wonder if the number of graduations is that a childs age in the US in said as a grade year instead of their actual age, so its a group birthday party!
Lawrence always cites his experience as ones whole nations have, and his UK experiences are just localised memories from over a decade ago!
Pass the parcel was a game involving a heavily wrapped up present.
The idea was that music was played as each child passed the parcel from one to the next. When the music stopped, the child holding the parcel got to remove one layer of wrapping, and this continued until the last wrapper was removed by the lucky child who got to keep the present.
Sometimes there would be a sweetie or a small value coin between each layer or a small toy for instance spider, toy soldier, so no-one got nothing.
Christmas and kid's parties sounds right to me. Normally people will just visit individual households, not a big multi-household get together.
Get togethers are not a thing as such , we do live closer to each other and see family on a regular basis so no need for huge family gatherings . May be at wefdings and funerals you will see the whole family . My brother is 1 hour away , sister 15mins drive away , stepdad 15mins drive away . I see them at least once a week . 😊
It's good there are differences between we Brits and you American's even though we have many more similarity's than say us brits and the Japanese but I want those differences to stay, there is nothing worse in my opinion than trying to become more Americanised (NO OFFENCE) and losing your own unique culture and mannerisms as a result, the differences are good for talking points and comparisons, and of course the differences are important from our cultural identity's.
Families in the UK differ depending on upbringing and wealth, and to some degree background and local culture.
I was brought up in what I now know to be a middle class, but fairly privileged family with parents of differing political views, but shared ethical views.
My education was a mix of private (paid for) and state
If I'd come from a poorer family I'd probably have grown up in a small council flat , in a London block, possibly with fewer or more siblings.. (and they are SMALL). And wouldn't have the views or University education I've achieved today.
"Mum" just fits into our pattern of speech better I think... "Mom" is a bit of an effort to pronounce in my accent at least. In the north they generally say "Mam" instead (not ma'am), it's just dialectal. With grandparents- I did know a kid who referred to his grandmother as "Gran-shee", and to be honest she deserved to have a name that rhymed with banshee.
Apart from generally having smaller houses, I guess one of the reasons we don't have large family get-togethers is because we live on a much smaller land mass, so it doesn't necessarily need to be a special occasion to see people as more family live within an easily driveable day trip distance (I know this isn't true for everyone, just more likely in the UK than USA).
A very interesting video!
Here is the info regarding the word Mum/Mom
In terms of recorded usage of related words in English, mama is from 1707, mum is from 1823, mummy in this sense from 1839, mommy 1844, momma 1852, and mom 1867!
Unless your from Wales or Newcastle you would say mam
Extra curricular activities cost a fortune here in the UK. Being in the Northern Hemisphere we only have a few months of light nights. Indoor sports are more popular if you can afford it! Our kids get homework from school every night, from every subject. They're not given time for extra curricular activities. We can get fined as parents if our kids don't do school work or the kids get penalised. Its ridiculous!
Mum is a shortened version of Mummy
14:00 It goes as far as sports day once year at school!
There are amateur sports clubs that kids can choose to join for example football on a Saturday morning, karate and judo classes.
I have noticed proms are creeping in to the British culture, at the end of junior school and at the end of high school!
Bread and games are an old Roman method to keep the people from revolting.
The origins of the word can be traced back to the Old English word "mōdor," which means "mother." Over time, the usage and meaning of "mum" has evolved, but it remains a term of endearment and respect for one's mother.
I dont know if its me, but I get the impression richer families in America have more children. Celebrity rich families certainly seem to have many. In the UK it seems like the richer you get, the fewer children you have.
Multiple graduation parties for children devalues actual graduates ( people who have achieved a degree by studying at university). I get the impression this is similar to the way your troops get medals for just about everything, medals in uk forces are very special, to be awarded a medal shows you have gone above and beyond what is expected of you.
I played Rugby for my school in middle/high school and we were one of the better teams in the county (more equivalent to state than US county) at the time, but nobody came to watch us play and we weren’t bothered by that in the slightest. We don’t even have stands…
At primary school (elementary school) it was more likely to have parents at games (but that’s it), I played field hockey then
School sports stand in for professional sports in the US. Consider here many towns will have at least one professional team, whereas the NFL has 32 for the whole US, that’s not even one per *state* - so it seems like if you want to support a team that has close ties to your local community you have to support high school and college teams - and because they feed directly into professional sports in the way they don’t in the U.K. that makes more sense than it would here.
Here if a kid is good at soccer they will have trials or be scouted by a professional team, they will then play in the Under-11s team for that club for example - all of their sports development and games is done completely outside of school. But they will still likely play for the school team
Re family get togethers... well, it depends on the family, really! The last BIG family gathering we had was when my grandma passed away - family is spread all over the countries, though, and getting together is an exercise in logistics! Mum and Dad is normal for parents for me (from the South of England) - I don't know anyone who calls their father "my old man!". Mum dates back to the late 16th century, as far as I know, and is likely derived from Mam. :) (And Dad dates back to the mid C16th!)
This guy, not Steve, is properly channeling Alan Partridge 😂
growing up in the UK we had to learn how to eat this way, it is something that was taught now as an adult its just second nature.... as they say practice makes perfect....pass the parcel is a game where all the children sit in a circle & a wrapped parcel with many layers of wrappers is passed around, each layer of wrapping has a little bag of sweets in it, we play music as the parcel is passed around & when the music stops the person who has the parcel gets to take the first wrapper off & gets their sweets, then the music is back on & the parcel continues to be passed around till the msic is stopped again & so on, parents work the music so every child gets a chance at taking the wrapper off & getting some sweets..
We in Wales say Mam for Mum/Mom.
In Wales we say Mamgu for Grandmother.
All depends on where you live.
Nan and tiad in N Wales
Me when I see that it’s another Lawrence video - 😣🤣
The mum/mom thing, I’m Scottish, from Glasgow and we say ma and da. Some people may say mum but I’ve always said ma.
Most people in England would say dad. Never heard anyone call their father My Old Man.
The way I been taught when eating is ur dominant is the one u cut with and the other hand is for picking up so I’m right handed so knife in my right hand and fork in my left but in saying that if I’m needing to use my fork as a spoon for most of the meal then i will have the fork in my right hand to have more control over it so give it another go this way as u might find it works better
- We always have small houses. It is not about where you live. Even at a farm house, it is still small. I am only saying small because I am comparing them to what you think of as good size. We don't have anything like the houses you have there. I wouldn't know how to feel if my house was that big. I actually think I would be scared and less comfortable if I just have spaces to walk and waste in a house. We don't think of the house size.
- We do host parties and house gathering but we do that often either outside so I would often meet my nan, cousin, friend over an afternoon tea or we will be doing an activity together. We do a lot of that every week. So, when it comes to gatherings, we have work parties, family private parties and then those parties that include friends too: birthday, promotion, gender reveal, ..etc. Most of these are not at the house though. We do a lot of "party" as in go for a nice dinner. We also have Sunday roast and usually that will be a reason for a family gathering especially if your Nan is cooking.
- We don't push kids to be anything. We just let them follow their interest. We try to provide activities and then if a child wishes to do something, we focus on that. I was often told when I was young that I will have a lot of time to do things at older age. I was encouraged to play more often. I was studious too so I was excelling my grades but I was asked many times to stop and just make sure I do everything else as in play, go out with family ot friends, ... and basically "have a life". I think that is the main difference. Children there are told study/work is more important than anything else and they grow to be so work-focused.
Steve, your left hand is useless because you don’t use it. Even a left hander can use their right hand for many things. Personally, I have played piano, typed on a manual typewriter and in recent years, on an iPad, so my left hand is used all the time, including cutlery.
My mum's grandkids referred to her as Nanny little legs, as she was only 5' tall.
In scotlaand we always have big parties for New Years Eve (and new years day to a certin extent) we call this Hogmanay.
Did your wife and daughter laugh at your efforts to eat “European style”?
Pass the parcel is at a party we used to play pass the party, and it would be either a toy of something wrapped up up it numerouse papeer wrappings., and some music would be being played, and once it siopped the oeron holding the parcel had to tear off one sheet of that paper, until there was only one wrapping left and whoever was hoilding the parcel at that time,. was deemed to have won the contents. It was fun
Pass the Parcel is a game where a gift is wrapped up in many many layers of wrapping paper. Between some layers of wrapping, there might be smaller gifts / candy. All kids sit in a circle, and music plays, and they pass this gift around the circle. When the music stops, the kid who has the parcel opens ONE layer of wrapping, and can keep whatever small gift falls out of the wrapping (if any). The "winner" is the kid that gets to unwrap the last layer, and therefore wins the "big prize".
We had two grandmothers living with us but they babysat once a year and then my parents came home to a row. Not between the children but between the two ‘nanas’.
Just to reference the fork, I like most was taught to use the fork, prongs down, in the left hand like most British kids were but don't do that now. Now, and for many many years since, I eat the same as yourself, I'll cut the food with the fork in the left hand then set the knife down and switch the fork to my right then only use the fork with prongs up mostly. Our table manners style is way more awkward and inconvenient.
The Mom/Mum is probably just the pronunciation. A lot of places outside southern England say Mam. It is very hard to get a birthday card spelt this way.
Hmm I'm outside of southern england (yorkshire here) and say Mum.
A multigenerational house would be my worst nightmare. I'm nearly 80 years old and the last thing I need is to be surrounded by angsty teens or to be thought of as free babysitting.
Sport is based on the club not the local high school in ireland and the UK.For example my small village in ireland will go en masse to support the gaelic football club in the county final whereas though the high school does have a gaelic football team its only considered a feeder for the local club and only immediate family students and teachers will go to those games.Basically fathers will bring their children to the local club in gaelic football ,hurling soccer and rugby ,i think its the same in britain except that it would not be hurling and gaelic football.
Yeah it’s much the same
Whilst we do have graduation parties at the end of secondary (high) school there is no cap & gown ceremony. You don't get a cap & gown until graduation from university.
American kids never play Pass the Parcel at birthday parties?
Pass the Parcel is where the parents who’s kids birthday it is buys a a cheap toy or something like a colouring book and coloured felt tips pens or pencil crayons, wrap them up in several layers of paper, normally around 8 to 10 layers of paper.
The kids at the party all sit in a circle and the birthday kid starts off with the parcel, then one of the parents plays a song that the kids know and then the parcel gets passed around, then the parent stops the music randomly and the kid who has the parcel in there hands can take one layer of paper off, and then you start the music again and carry on until one kid wins the prize in the parcel.
My mum used to put a small piece of candy under each layer.
We've mentioned this before. When it comes to "College Sports" generally they are not that highly regarded? Unless it's the big "Varsity" matches, like "Ivy Leaf" in the US I suppose. Oxford v Cambridge is massive, look at how many line the Thames (Pronounced Temms) and watch on national television, to watch the annual "Boat Race" (Coxed Eights), and in the past at Twickenham (the National Rugby stadium) could have large crowds and most were televised matches.
We go to all our own children's sporting events (mine play football, rugby and cricket) but it's rare to see wider family unless it's a final or major tournament. You certainly wouldn't expect say aunts/cousins to come unless they were staying with you for the weekend.
Mum has the same vowel sound in it as mother. I don't really understand why mom seems more logical! It does turn up in some areas eg in the Midlands.
He speaks with a northern accent which i don't like.
Virtually nobody in the U.K. is interested in 'College Sports '.
I think the word mum originally came from mammary (ladies boobies) and over time with accents it came down to mum, mom or still mam up north.
We also say nan or grandmother.
I love learning about the differences you're showing, it's things we don't even think about on a day to day basis.
I think mum was a shortened word from mummy aka mother
Mom, Mum, Mam and Ma are all commonly used across UK, but all very regional.
We say mom where I live in the West Midlands and I've now started typing mum online because of how many British people have no idea that mom is originally British and still used here too. So many would accuse me of being American or trying to be like an American lol. So weird. I got sick of teaching them about their own country so just started using mum even though it feels so unnatural. Where do they think the US got mom from!
@@faithpearlgenied-a5517 Yes I do exactly the same, coming from Wolverhampton, now living in Dudley.
Hi Steve, There are various thoughts about how 'mum' came about. One thought is that it is a variation of the 'momme' which was used in the 13 and 14th centuries. Another thought is that it is from 'mama'. The words got changes because of the various accents and dialects. In fact in parts of the UK 'mom' is actually used. It will be the same in America with the different languages and dialects of the first immigrants, the word 'Mum' or 'Mummy' changed to 'Mom' or 'Mommy' Incidentally when addressing members of the Royal family you initially call them by their title, if a King or Queen, Your Majesty or if a lesser Royal, your Royal Highness, thereafter you address them as 'Sir' or 'Ma am' (the'a' is short as in jam). I believe in America you call your parents 'Sir' or 'Ma am' in certain cicumstances, like when you are in trouble, also when being polite. By the way I'm a Granddad and my wife is Grandma. In the UK some people call their Grandmother 'Granny'.
You're absolutely right, especially in the south US we call our elders sir and ma am as a sign of respect. It's less likely in other parts of the US it seems. I forgot about the word 'Granny' I called my Dad's mom 'Granny' some times.
One of the biggest difference is how sport is run in US v the world. When I was growing up I played a number of sports but you are members of a team. We played at the weekend mainly with training at weekday evenings and the team was part of local league. This is better than school sports. School sports is only really there to make sure exercise is had at school and to try different sports, I did football, rugby, cricket, rounders (like softball), athletics, hockey and basketball.
Being Welsh I'd say Mam or Mammy. I believe the difference comes from different languages use of the letters A and U. U is big in Anglo-Saxon but not in Welsh or some other languages I.e it's sound is different. US having many immigrants from many countries is why English has diversified from the UK.
I called my mother mam she was from north of England and I think most people call there mother mam there and we spent most days at my nanna and grandads house I remember it being so much fun my mam was usually there to 😊
That's really interesting. :) Thanks for the comment
HI STEVE
DEBRA HERE FROM SOUTH WALES UK
I am left handed and I grew up in a right handed house so I was kind of forced to use my right hand a lot as you learn as babies by copying what your parents are doing, so I can do things right handed such as use a tin opener, use a corkscrew, open jars, drink from a cup, eat right handed, basically I am a frustrated right hander, whereas I know some right handers who eat left handed with the knife in their left and the fork in the right hand. Being left handed in a right handed world I am forced by society to do things right handed.
So Steve how do you think you would cope if you went to an alternative reality where everyone was left handed and you were forced to do things that way, because that is the world I live in everyday.
We measure our house sizes by the amount of bedrooms they contain, so on the sakes details it may state something such as:
Semi-detached, three bedroom, three reception room property in a desirable location......"
I am so introverted and shy that I dread family get togethers as I hate trying to make small talk with people. So am I so glad they are few and far between with my family.
Here in the UK we only have a graduation ceremony when you complete your formal education completeky by finishing University, because then you have finally stopped learning and now you can start earning, and finding your place in society properly by contributing financially to it.
With family titles here in Wales my parents are Mam and Dad
From mammy and daddy.
Paternal grandparents were Gramma and Grampa
Maternal grandparent Gran as my maternal Grandfather died when my mam was a small child.
MUM comes from the wild MUMMY
On that subject where does MOM derive from?, I do not understand that spelling at all.
Same, so many every day things are designed for right handed people and they don't even notice but I always do because they're always a bit more awkward for use with a left hand. I just have to adapt to use my right for a lot of things.
Usage of the left hand will get better if you use it more regularly. Takes time for the muscle memory and hand eye coordination to build, initially you have to consciously think about what you're doing then slowly it gets better and requires no/little thought and actions becomes smoother. I am not ambidextrous but can do some tasks with either hand, usually after a few minutes trying. My father similarly used to even be able to play darts with either hand.
I’m left handed and so is my sister. My late mother was literally ambidextrous and could write with both hands at once. She was at one point an accountant and could go down a column of figures with a pen in each hand.
Years ago when I was a child it was quite common to have get togethers and parties and sleep on the floor or all children in one bed but it’s not something that is done now. Children’s parties are often held in a hall or at some activity now . We lived with my grandparents when I was small until they were given their own accommodation. I’m a grandparent now and live close enough to be helpful. I am called nanna by the younger ones and Nan by the older ones
Fraternity? Sorority? Phi Beta Kappa? What's THAT all about? Football scholarships? Baseball scholarships? Athletic scholarships? What about BRAINS?
Mum comes from Mummy. Very young children in the UK tend to go with that. Later it tends to get shortened to Mum and Dad. Generally around puberty I feel.
Can not hear "mummy" now without hearing a creepy child in a ww2 gas mask...
My granddaughters call me mamma (Nottinghamshire uk) it differs from county to county 🫶🏻
MUMMY. THE LONGER VERSION OF MUM.❤
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When it comes to Mom vs Mum, it's something that I find very annoying as a Brit.
I'm from pretty much the only part of the UK that still uses the word "Mom" for mother, however it's impossible to get cards that say "To Mom". There have even been situations where teachers have marked kids down for saying "mom" not "mum", despite it being a correct, and acceptable spelling.
From what I understand, "Mom" is actually the older term, and for some reason in most of the UK, it morphed into "Mum" over time. (There are other parts of the UK that use other words, such as Mam or Ma) but it's yet another thing that makes the language interesting, and often, frustrating.
What is the difference between OMA and OMI?
“Omi” ('granny') is colloquial word, not specific to a dialect. It is a diminutive of “Oma”, which again is said to be a child-typical contraction of “Großmama” (German for Grandma”).
My youngest nieces both used those words for their older relatives as their father was German.
For "Mum" vs "Mom" - the o in "Mother" sounds like an "uh" in British English- I don't know how it differs in US English, but the contraction is from the pronounced "M-uh-ther" to "Mummy" and "Mum" - and the spelling followed the pronunciation. I don't really hear a hard "o" when US folks say Mother, so I'm not sure how that contracted to a hard-o-Mom.
You can choose your friends....but not your family !
We don't know the square footage of our houses in the UK because it's not mentioned on the house details at all.
PASS THE PARCEL is a game where children sit in a circle and a multi layered wrapped gift is PASSED between them with music playing in the background. When the music stops, the child who has the parcel takes one layer of wrapping off. The music starts again and this continues until someone unwraps the last piece of wrapping a gets the gift inside.
There are NO college sports in the UK . The nearest thing would be the annual OXFORD v CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE which is shown on TV.
Multi generational households are more common in UK ASIAN houses. (Indian, Pakistani, Chinese)
MUM is short for MUMMY.
" My old man " is what some men call their penis !!
Regarding family terms- the welsh side of my family use "Bampa" for grandpa. Mine was Bampa or Bamps, my kids call my dad Bampa Kerry, and my other half (who's from Cardiff) has said that when we eventually become grandparents he's hoping to be a Bampa too.
As for mum/mom, there's a Today I Found Out video on it but from what I remember the general consensus is that most words for mother come from the first consistent sound a baby makes, and this too can differ regionally. It's mum in the south but you tend to find the northerners use "mom" and the welsh "mam", I dont know about Scotland and Ireland. There's also ma and mama (the latter of which my daughter calls me, though she pronounces it 'mumma' and has spelled it like that in the past)
I'm welsh and I've heard grampy and bampy too in wales
Most of my grandchildren call me grandma but one with has lived with the day he was born calls me momar. Mum is short for mummy which is just a softer version of mother
brits usually have big family gatherings during christmas, funerals, weddings, protests or strikes.
hope this helped :-)
It's like everything else. When you are brought up eating the wrong way, to suddenly start eating the correct way it is difficult. Everything takes time. Everything else is Brain Washing. Think about it...Family gatherings. If you all live in the same Town or City that's fine. If you don't that's you paying out Money to do so and someone is making money from the Family Gatherings. You see, everything in America is Money oriented but you can't see that.
Wish you'd filmed yourself trying to eat with a knife and fork 😆 well done for trying 😁🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧
I would say if you really want to get to grips with the uk and families.. watch the comedian MICKY FLANNIGAN lol his real and basically says what it's like.. families culture it's so funny but true
I feel like the UK used to be how the US is now. When I speak with my Nana about her younger years she'd talk about how popular sports were and how families would watch their kids at school. She would talk about how her Mum used to bake every day and every week there would be parties at their house and they'd sing around the piano. There was also a lot more multi-generational households. So, it seems to me as if its the UK thats changed the last 50 or so years, not the US and I find it funny when Brits talk about the 'Americanisation' of the UK forgetting that the UK was just like America until 50/60 years ago.
My Nan and I moved to America in 1969 and there was a party which i ruined because I asked where the black people were …everyone stopped and stared at me as I said where we had lived in a black community in England and found it odd we were in a place that didn’t have any ….turns out my relatives were KKK
As a nine year old I didn’t like it .
My uncle was a pastor who was always threatening to shoot my auntie chasing her into the garden with a gun but thought I was a heathen because I said Dam
Little did he know but I swore like a sailor like a lot of kids in England….
1970 moved back to our community 💯❤️🇬🇧
Popped back about ten times to America ( not to see relatives)