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- There are a few misconceptions about the UK - things that people believe to be true about the UK which aren't! They're myths! Let us know what some common misconceptions are about your country!
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Thanks guys!!❣ Wish you'd put that lit J&L sign in the background like you had in your old apartment. Anyways just a thought. 👍🏼❤🌹🐣🐤🐥🐀🐁🐭🦉
I knew that people could get rifles with a license, but I thought hand guns were illegal except for ones stored at shooting clubs. Is that true about hand guns?
Is this a new “set”? Who moved and where are you now? It looks beautiful. Great view from the big windows with lots of light!
@@therandomstranger3951 I think regular rifles & shotguns are locked in a locker at the shooting club. For hunting, shooting birds, clays, etc. Not sure about muzzle loaders though. And I think all handguns/pistols are banned. Unless member of police or military. Or have the firing pin removed like a antique. Believe Australia is similar. Not sure about Canada or New Zealand. Believe Europe & most other countries ban all private ownership of firearms except maybe non fireable antiques.
The Queen does technically have a lot of power and is the current ruler over England. However, she can't make new laws as that's for parliament to do but she does have the final say. Like you said, she just doesn't really use that power. A lot of the power was given to parliament (e.g. all rulers have to be protestant, only parliament can make laws etc.) under the rule of William and Mary as William wanted to be king of England and not just someone who married into the royal family. Mary, on the other hand, was royal by blood. The deal was made so that William could be king with Mary as queen and parliament ended up taking power.
I don't even know why I'm giving you a history lesson in a comment section but here you go anyway.
+Adam Wallace Yes, she is in control of the UK and I think she's in control of some other countries. Can't remember where though.
Person 123 well I appreciate the mini lesson. I Didn't know about the protestant part. It's always fascinating when it comes to royal bloodlines, titles and all the rules it's all very daunting.
+Boo Peep If you wan't to know more about the rules you can look up the Bill of Rights 1689. This also stopped the previous monarch. James II from ruling as he was a terrible king and fled. That's where the Protestant part came in.
Person 123 Thank You!! I love learning new stuff!!!!
As a constitutional monarchy, the Queen is Head of State, while the PM is Head of Government. In the US, the President is both.
We have something in common! A misconception about the UK is that you all know the Queen. While I was in the navy and stationed in Japan, the Japanese people thought I knew Tom Cruise. (1987 Top Gun was popular in Japan and I had just graduated high school in California)
Slightly appropos of nothing, when I was in Germany in a little village, a farmer's wife there thought Germany had invented Coca-Cola. She didn't seem to believe me that it originated in the US. (Gonna step on some toes, but -- it is basically swill, health-wise.)
It's a brain tonic!
Joel and Lia, with the Christmas/Holiday season coming up I would LOVE to see a comparison video of the top Christmas/Holiday movies in the UK vs US and if y’all could discuss which ones you’ve seen/your favorites! 😀💕
Vicky Villasenor I second this motion!
Agreed!
That's a good idea
Just don't forget Die Hard 🙂
Great Britain = England, Scotland & Wales. United Kingdom = Great Britain & N. Ireland.
Agreed. These two are sweet, but it’s a bit embarrassing that, given the title of their post, they don’t even know how the UK is made up!
Yes! Britain is England & Wales
(American over here lol)
Yeah and British Isles is that at the tiny islands around it apparently
Huh?
Daniel Pinkus The British Isles is the geographical term used for all the countries in that part of North Western Europe, essentially the UK, Ireland, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
The way we buy petrol in the UK is really silly. We measure petrol efficiency by miles to the gallon, but we buy it by the litre. 😭
Yes - very true. We complicate things & kind of use both ways.
Do you want to go to Cardiff? YES, because DOCTOR WHO!
I’d rather visit Cardiff than London, heh. Sorry, Londoners!!
Elaina Esty sadly the doctor who experience exhibition closed last year
Torchwood!
Torchwood.
Dr who was the first think I tough too when they said Cardiff
I really like how Joel explained how confusing all the names for 'England' is!! Very down to earth when he explained it so not to be judgemental if anyone has trouble with it! Today I learned where Wales is geographically located by checking on a map and was surprised. I have always thought it was physically separate, like an island. I may have had it mixed up with Ireland in my mind all my life!
in hindsight, I wish I'd been more adventurous when I visited in 1980. Although I was on a study tour so being adventurous wasn't a choice really, except for weekends. And I wanted to do touristy things in London on my free time!! Didn't visit Buckingham Palace though. And it was January, so cold, cold, cold. Shopping, museums,.....loved the art museums so much!!!!!!! Originals of art hanging on the walls. I nearly fainted! And structures were so old! Not in a bad way, it's just here in the United States old isn't very old! I enjoyed Yorkshire so much. That was the start of the tour and stayed there a week. Then to London by train. The pubs in York were so cozy. Our study tour took us to many places outside of London, but I never knew exactly where we were. Something-shire was as good as I got. I was actually a terrible tour person. Maybe overwhelmed by all of it is a better description. :) Beautiful country! All of it!
Unfortunately Joel made some mistakes and may have confused people even more. While we use Britain synonymously with the UK, Great Britain doesn't include Northern Ireland, but the UK does. Weirdly the union flag includes Northern Ireland but not Wales
Si E Well, I may need a PowerPoint presentation, some handouts, and a quiz that I can retake until I get things correct!! I noticed when I tried Googling for clarification, some of the explanations were like taking a crash course in British history, complete with dates!! I do think I've got it now, but won't bring up my newfound knowledge at a cocktail party! Not confident enough yet!!!
How did you get through grade school? Lol... I had to label all of the countries of Europe in fourth grade, as well as all of the provinces of Canada and states of the US.
Jessica Lutseck My comment was being honest and doesn't show ignorance. Maybe you were joking as the lol seems to imply, but it's really not funny. I truly appreciated Joel's patient and non judgemental explanation. Some things do get forgotten over the years, or were even mis-learned. Your 4th grade assignment sounds like it was a wonderful way to learn and retain geographical knowledge!
The cats out the bag, Joel is a violent rat killer 😅
ooops!
😆Oh good someone has to get rid of those rats! Those things are big and they are nasty , and they steal cheese!
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Actually... Those four countries you mentioned make up the UK. “Great Britain” is the island on which England, Scotland, and Wales sit. Northern Ireland is part of the UK, it is NOT part of Britain.
Yes it is Britain is a geographic location as part of the British isles therefor Northern Ireland is British, technically Southern Ireland is British as it is part of the British isles.
Being a Baby Boomer Legend I grew up with parents who lived through WW 2 and my mother was an English War Bride. I never heard the term ‘UK’ used as much as it is now. It was always ‘England’. We’d get letters from her parents or write them, and it was always ‘London, England’ for the address. Now it is London, UK. Somewhere through the years ‘UK’ became the thing to say, although you do hear ‘England’ also. Interesting how linguistics changes over time.
I absolutely love both your personalities!!!
Awww thanks Kristy!
are you guys following the US elections? I recommend a comparison of US and UK election practices.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Today's youth is tomorrow's future.
This is a good idea.
Why would you want to depress our friends like that? Isn't it bad enough that we have to suffer through endless, painful, grinding torture without inflicting it on others?
I’m so freakin glad it’s Election Day... because that means the annoying political ads/phone calls/spam texts will end today!
@@alanhembra2565 The number one rule is no raised voices. That's the culprit to unnecessary escalation. An ACTUAL collaboration for real learning without the guilting of each debater.
CLUE in Hampshire: Joel in the conservatory with the air rifle. 😂
When I think of visiting England, I don’t even think of the royal family. I just want to sit in a coffee or tea shop sipping my drink as I listen to you lovely people talk. 😊 The English accent is my favorite. Doesn’t matter from where, I love them all! 😉
I love your videos but you made a little error: Northern Ireland is not in Britain BUT it is in the UK (the full name is ‘the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’)
In my elementary school in America, we were taught the following poem to help us remember the countries that make up the UK: England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales; 4 little puppy dogs without any tales. It has stuck in my head all of these years but is quite a weird poem now that I think of it!
Always a pleasure seeing you two in my feed.
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Aw thats so kind!
NO, no, no! Great Britan is England, Scotland and Wales. And the United Kingdom adds Norther Ireland.
You two are genuinely now my favourite youtubers! I love you guys 😂
Aw thanks so much!
CharlysLife Really Cheerful and Entertaining
My dad spent some of the WWII years stationed on an airbase in England north of London. He was in the US Army Air Corp. He was from Dodge City, Kansas but he grew to love England, its people and its culture. He confided in me when I was a young man that he had an English sweetheart during the war, long before meeting our mother in the US after the war. He continued to love England. So much so that he raised his children on tea, not coffee, and gave us all English names with the more British spellings. He also bought a Triumph TR 3 automobile when I was young and gave his kids fast rides in it. God rest his soul. I miss him. Good person.
Theresa May running through wheat fields = Thatcher in the Rye
(Thanks, John Oliver!)
LMAO-that's a good one!😂
I live in Texas. I have a friend that carries an AR-15 in the backseat of his truck and a 9mm in his glove compartment. Things are so different. Living in the same place my entire life, and being so used to guns, I have never really thought about it.
Prime minister: Governs
King/Queen: Reigns
You guys really shine when you do this sort of video: about British stuff!!!
"Put a cap in your ass!!" Hilarious!!! Love you guys!! Much love!!❤❤
Joel would rather get an air-gun to shoot the rats than get a cat. That's the American in him. XD
Are you kidding? As an American, I know we get cats immediately for rat problem. Ammunition is too expensive. Carlos, you've obviously had no experience with firearms. Rats are tiny. They may pop up for half-a-second. Do you know the skill you'd need to lift and fire accurately? If a rat runs, it's so fast. One out of a thousand shooters could hit a running rat.
Plus, no American has time to hunt rats for hours a day. 100% would get cats or hire an exterminator (who would use traps).
@@laurie7689 I agree about rat size being a factor- We had a huge tom cat in the late 70's that was always getting birds, mice and small rats, but while he was excited by the big rats, he wouldn't go after them.
@@laurie7689 Terriers (specifically "Rat Terriers") are your man for the job.
But he was also keeping chickens. Wouldn't the cat mess with the chickens as well?
@@Mikeoldyo I know you're not addressing me, but I can answer this....cats do not chase chickens. The claws and beaks are pretty formidable, and cats just leave really large birds alone.
Today's my 100th Joel n Lia video and Joel comes across such a man today Rock on!
Actually britain is the large island that contains wales england and scotland. If you're including northern island then you're referring to the UK
@@jamesmcgirl9873 The big island is Great Britain. I reckon it's a bit like America: nowhere specific but an easy collective shorthand.
Wales isn't actually a country it's actually a principality
Love your videos xx
Good info about the mph. The Queen is there for Ceremonial duties raising money for charities and world wide public relations. They do a heck of a job too.
Barbara LeMere my Nan met the queen once she’s sooooo lucky I haven’t even seen her
I think what confuses Americans is that we think of a collection of countries as the EU. Because in the US it's the United STATES of America. Where all the states joined together as a nation. But they/we weren't separate totally independent countries. Whereas Scotland only joined the UK in 1707 with the Act of Union. And Wales sort of joined with England in the 1300's I believe. Not sure when England/Britain took over Ireland. Love English/British history & European history. Like the joke about 100 miles being a long distance in the UK, where in USA 100 years is a long time. Love that line!
I think it's a misconception that the royal family is a draw for American tourists. Sure, they might tour buildings associated with them, but you never hear Americans say they are traveling to Britain because of the royal family. Americans want to experience the culture in general.
Lorri Lewis we think that because you do to the most royal like and northern places in England
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Waiiit I just realised u might be British.... oops
Daniel, I'm not British. Here's the thing that is misunderstood. Any buildings associated with the royal family that allow tours, are like visiting a museum. Those building are part of history and that is where the interest lies.
The royal family could cease to exist and the building would still be there. So, no, Americans don't visit the U.K. because of the royal family. They visit to see the history and experience the culture. It's not like a tourist is going to run into a royal.
In your opinion, you mean. Because my experience has been different. In my experience, the people I know of who have or want to go is, the royal family. They keep the tradition and history alive. People love famous people. And many American ancestors come from England. The Royals are living breathing reps of that history.
I’m fairly new to your channel but I’m LOVING you guys. You’re absolutely hilarious.
When I was a little child, my uncle used to catch king snakes, have me hold them while he got a feed sack, then take them to the barn and let them loose to catch the rats. They (the snakes) never bothered the chickens.
wordscrafter-my grandaddy used to do the same thing, except with blacksnakes. He put them in the grain room at his dairy. Wonderful pest control and kept the copperheads away also.
Joel and Lia: You should do a show about Greece! I'm sure Lia can tell us about the best places to visit, best food, and about her Greek friends or any family! Thanks for reading
I love the royals they really add a most wonderful humanitarian affect to England
I’m an American and visited Cardiff this summer! I loved it and want to see more of Wales someday. My cousins’ dad is Welsh, though, & a friend of mine studied a summer at Cardiff University & recommended a visit. I make sure my students know about Wales, though!
hi Joel and Lia. Very nice. Love when you two share great things about the UK, and your journeys to the US. Thanx.
Thanks John!
My lovely mother who passed away recently made a special effort to take her two daughters to Wales as well as Scotland and London. We had a fun time in Cardiff Castle, Snowdonia National Park and a lovely bed and breakfast in Bettyscoed, Wales. The B & B was run by and elderly lady who talked about World War II and had pictures in the dining room of her husband as a 23 year old soldier way back when fifty years ago. We also enjoyed going to a male choir concert in Wales. The nice male choir singing part of Wales is the biggest hidden gem of Wales. Why can't you choir people drum up some publicity for yourselves? What Wales suffers from is massive lack of publicity in the U S. No one has ever launched a really effective enticing campaign to get American travel agents to mention Wales as a good alternative to London or a good thing to do after London. The only thing my mother did not like about Wales was the hotel or restaurant people speaking Welsh within her hearing range. She had an irrational fear that they were using Welsch to conspire against her.
Watching you guys while at work and having co-workers look at you like you're crazy because you're constantly breaking into laughing fit...Joel sent me over the edge with "put a cap in it" 😂😂😂😂 ❤️❤️❤️❤️
hahaha oops, sorry Mary! Convert them into J&L Legends!!
Mary Rhoten Me too. Don’t laugh much at work except when watching Joel and Lia. :).
Just hurts me when you guys suddenly utter the word of ending the videos... Feels like it just started...Love yous so much..
Surprised when Lia said she never been to Cardiff. And another video Joel said it was his first time in Scotland. Maybe there is a misconception that we have that everyone living in Great Britain has been to all of the sites- but really, one is so rarely a tourist in their own town. Get me wondering what Brits do for family vacations versus what Americans do for a video topic.
Angela Moore Brits go to Benidorm in Spain. Or other places in Spain mostly :)) this is a good one for Joel and Lia. Because a lot of Europeans do not like to sit next to a Brit on their holiday. But most European avoid the typical British holiday spots. Also they go to the south coast of England. But Scotland and England is different. I must say I loved north wales (been in the Snowdonia area) also love Scotland. And I only have been the east part of Scotland. And England, London is great, but als Bury St. Edmunds, Cambridge, Norfolk, Exceter, the Kent county... guys you have a great historical and beautiful country with Great Britain ( sorry UK haven’t been to N-Ireland so no UK for me) Love to discover the Scottish Isles one day... Shetlands and the Orkney, Skye and the Hebrides...
We go to most of the countries in Europe. E.g. France Greece Spain, Portugal Italy etc.. also the USA, Canada, Australia. We cover quite a big part of the world.
I laughed my ass off when I saw you call that ice cream @ the bait cooler but didn't want to ad to the comments & correct you because I thought it was so cute & innocent! @Lia
So Joel is considering his air soft gun an actual firearm?😂
I thought this was funny as well. My 7 year old use to run around the farm practicing with his Daisy
Air soft is nothing to do with an air rifle, and no one called it a firearm.
Hi Joel and Lia Thanks so much for your great humour. When I need a boost I listen to a few of your podcasts and end up laughing which gets the serotonin happening. This is not really about this exact program but a few ideas for future podcasts: 1. Best British Breakfasts in London. You can assess them and vote on which eatery is the best in your opinion. There is the Regency which is between Victoria and the Thames, quite famous. 2) a walk around the tiny lanes of the City of London and what is interesting in them. There used to be and it may still be there, an original London CHOP HOUSE, which had been there since Georgian days (or earlier). Can't remember it's name or exact location, but it was soooo good if you liked lamb chops etc. 3) Billingsgate Market has early morning restaurants open which would be a laugh. They open at 3 AM and close at 10 AM and I am told do great breakfasts. Thanks for brightening everyone's lives and making laughing so much easier! Lots of love, Pam
Joel on the gun thing, it's the same with me. My dad had an air rifle and we had chickens in the back garden so my dad used to shoot the rats
I'm American. I've driven through Wales but it was in the middle of the winter at night so it was dark af. I'd love to go back and visit Angelsey, Snodownia, Tenby, Pembrooksire, all over Wales really.
This was one of my favorite videos, especially the the tales of the guns, rats and chickens. Very entertaining.
Superb!!! I never knew that about the miles and the guns! Thank you for sharing!
You're welcome!
I believe at least I was taught that that we (Americans) work on the English/Imperial measurement system. Just like we buy milk in gallons not liters. It has slowly started changing and I was taught both the English and metric systems. Funny story though check out this story about English to metic conversions articles.latimes.com/1999/oct/01/news/mn-17288
Yes, include Wales!
I visited Carmarthen and absolutely fell in love. It's so beautiful! Llansteffan Castle and the surrounding area was a fun day trip, as well. Lovely little shops and things to see. I never hear of anyone going there, though!
It doesn't surprise me because Range Rover makes a super exclusive Holland and Holland package that includes 2 over/under double barrel shotguns. And it costs around half the price of a Cullinan
Oscar should make a special appearance! 😁
He would steal the show!
@@ThoseTwoBrits1 We want Oscar!!!
@@ThoseTwoBrits1 Yeah, I guess I didn't think that all the way through. 🙄
I love your new couch set up...all that natural light looks so ethereal 🤩😇
One of the first things I did on my first visit to London was to see the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. I was such the tourist!!!
It's confusing because you use the imperial mile for distance, but then the metric liter for gasoline.
Keep up the great videos!
Thanks Gaz!
Your welcome! I watch all your vids!
Yes, I would love to go to Wales! Are you kidding me?! "Hinterland" was such a good series, and I am infatuated with that craggy ruggedly beautiful country. This American would never forget Wales!
Dudes, Americans can see Buckingham Palace without the Queen. Let's be honest, all we're looking at is the building and the silent guards. Also, we know of Wales because of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Tom Jones.
Carlos Robins I see Buckingham Palace atleast twice every year because it’s a pretty place it was really interesting watching the guards tho - I’m English
@@danielpinkus4597 -- I'm American. I've taken the Washington D.C. tour -- including a view of the White House. But I've never seen the president. And, oh how I WISH Agent Orange were as expendable as your Queen! I'd vote to be rid of him in a New York Minute. (Sorry, the Joel and Lea pages are not appropriate for political discussions. That one slipped. )
Joel you’re not the only one obsessed with collies because before my dog now we had 2 collies, 3 small collie status, two pictures and two mugs ones my mums and ones mines for when we go on holiday in the caravan. 🐕
It’s ok hun x
oooo love them sooooo much
Please come to Wales!!!
Definitely going back to the UK and going to Wales!! Plus I love your accent 😊 We had a Welsh guide when we went to the UK and he was awsome.
I would love to go to Wales someday because that’s where my ancestors are from.
Roma Kregon thank you but the bad thing about the UK around this time is the weather
I must say when I visited England and Ireland we decided at the last minute to go to Wales. It was great. We drove all over southern England and some in Wales.
I believe Britain does use Celsius (or centigrade) rather than Fahrenheit for temperature, so I can see why one might assume you were metric on everything. And I, for one, would love to visit Wales someday. My great great grandparents were from there, so I never forget Wales. Some years ago my mother and her brother went to the town of Llanbrynmawr (I hope I spelled that right), and found the house that my great great grandmother grew up in.
I think a misconception is that anyone with an English accent must be more intelligent. In the United States, many of us grew up on public broadcasting, that is the only government run channel for television, and a lot of the content for adults was from England, and it tended to be high-end programming like Masterpiece Theater, Opera, Shakespeare, orchestras, Etc.
And that image is reinforced in most American movies. And we should know there are smart and thick people everywhere.
Still, in general a person with nearly any English accent is going to be assumed to be either smarter, regal, or both.
In the same way that southern American accents sound unintelligent to many, yet we've had many brilliant Southerners of course, many of whom have become President.
Agreed. But nobody does period dramas better than the B B C. Come on!
Uhhh Shakespeare it’s so boringgg I hate drama - we all learn Shakespeare in England
@@danielpinkus4597 It's a riot to read with a friend. But I hear you.
There are accents in English that are stereotyped as being thick and stupid, as with every country I suppose.
Originally, I am not from the States. I remember when I studied English, they made us learn British history, too. So I get annoyed when people say England and Great Britain is the same or the fact that people don’t know about Wales.
YES GO TO WALES
"...brave little blighters"...I was rolling on the floor! You two are a scream!
I don’t really consider air riffles as a proper gun. To me they are like kids toys (with supervision of course). I think there is a lot of misconception about Americans and guns as well. I own guns and have a license to carry a gun but I did have to pass a background check when purchasing and when I applied for a license as well as having to take a class to apply for a license.
A lot of Americans also don't know that the Queen must ask permission of the Mayor to enter London Town proper.
*I'm Canadian and I learned about Wales when I was a little girl lol*
Fully automatic guns are heavily licensed and regulated in the US.
Omg this is so funny and relatable 😂😂😂
hahaha thank you
@@ThoseTwoBrits1 Omg thanx for the like xx
In a gift shop in Wales I found a ceramic sheep that had imprinted on the side “Keep Wales tidy, throw your rubbish in England”. Ouch, I guess Wales is a separate country.
Do Brits analyze others by Language? Do different dialects and culture classify a person? We do this a lot in the U.S..
Oh yes. We do it a lot.
Yeah we do
Been to England, Scotland, and Wales...we usually forget N. Ireland when talking about Great Britain. What's confusing is that the UK (United Kingdom of Great Britain and N. Ireland) is its own sovereign country....but I always assume England is too (but its not). It is often compared to individual states versus the entirety of the US...local laws and laws that rule the entire nation. It's not a perfect analogy, but it helps . I learned when I was a kid to not call Irish people "Brits" and everything else will be forgiven. Haha!
I made a point to visit Cardiff for the Doctor Who Experience. Also
Toured Cardiff Castle. Loved it!
I have NO idea what people are triggered by in your videos. You two are absolutely lovely.
Ice in water? I heard that’s not a thing in Europe🤔
I've been to France and Ukraine, and ice wasn't a standard thing in either place. Also, in both countries I had to ask for flat water, otherwise I'd get carbonated water. I don't know how many times I said "bez gaza" in Ukraine (meaning "without gas"). Although the carbonated water in glass bottles was pretty good too.
It is when I have a drink it always comes with ice but sometimes comes in a different glass in case you don’t want it - live in England and it happens in other countries across Europe as well
Thank you for clearing that up!
I can understand his issue with rats. I have chickens as well, and the rats have build a freaking complex under the henhouse. And then a month back we got heavy rain, and the underground spring activated in the hill behind our house and we literally had water bubbling up through all the rat holes and right into the chickens and barn. It was horrendous!
There isn’t one accent in the whole of the uk, there r many different accents
Hannah Reed like thousands of them
Wales has a lot of castles.
It has more castles per square mile than anywhere else in the UK or Europe.
With the holidays coming up, it would be fun to see a video comparing how Brits celebrate vs. Americans. What are some traditions that we Americans might find weird and vice versa.
I wish we used the Metric System in America instead of the old outdated Imperial System:(
YES, dump the Imperial System! Twelve inches in a foot, versus the logical metric system?
Those are Freedom Units.
1 foot is another way of saying 30.48 cm. I think 1 foot easier to visualize and remember than 30.48 cm. Whereas, 1 meter is 3.28084 feet. I think 1 meter is easier to visualize and remember than 3.28084 feet.
We almost did go to the metric system in the 70s cause (omg giving my age away) when I was in Elementary they taught us the metric system bc supposedly the US was gonna convert to it Idk what happened, I guess they changed there mind.
Hey Judy, not to change the subject but did I see on the live stream your going to Paris?! If you are, Hope you have a great time!!!🗼
Lol Lia’s face when Joel was explaining the rat chase
I use Fahrenheit as well, not Celsius.
I am English, Scottish, Irish, Danish, Swedish, and a tiny bit Spanish, Swiss, and possibly Finnish. This is from immigrants who came here from 1632 to 1900. All very easily sun-burned people, and a mix impossible outside of America. So, I am purely American.
I went to Cardiff Castle on a 23 day tour of Britain years ago. It was gorgeous. Wish we had spent more than a day in Wales. However, I had the hardest time understanding the Welsh accent.
Years ago, in the Milwaukee River area in Wisconsin, we had these mutant rats we called river rsts. I think they spawned from the horrible pollution in the river before it was cleaned up. When I saw "The Princess Bride", the ROUS'S in that swamp reminded me of them. Do you have and rats that big there?
Oh my I grew up in West Allis and I remember the rats. My Dad worked at the railroad it was scary going to Davies yard.
Were they actual rats or were they nutria which do look like ROUS. They are an aquatic rat that was imported from South America for the fur trade & everywhere they were imported to they managed to escape & they thrive
In Louisiana & east Texas the alligators love them.
Higher end American cars, (possibly some mid-range models, as well), still have a setting to switch the information on the dashboard from miles to kilometers. The last time I was in Canada, the speed limit signs were still in km/h.
I’m an American and for the most part I’ve used grams/metric system except for mph, my weight, and when measuring certain stuff. All scientific scales I’ve used were in grams. When I was in HS I almost never used the imperial system.
"The chances are you wanna come because you'll want to see […] all of the, like, royally things, all of the palaces in the UK"
So true. Not like in Italy, where there's no king since the end of WW2, so we don't have any palaces or cathedrals or monuments to visit anymore…
A Semi-automatic gun fires every time you pull the trigger. Manual rifles need you to operate the bolt by hand before pulling the trigger.
I live in Canada, where we measure distance in KM and weight in KG. Since Canada is a British colony (words are spelled with the British spelling rather than American - colour vs color), I suppose Americans, more familiar with Canada than Britian, assume that Britian mirrors Canada. Fun fact: the metric system was first introduced to Europe by Nepolean at a time when England was a war with France. This may be part of the reason why even today the metric system is not used universally in England.
I'm American, living in Chicago. I haven't forgotten about Wales. Charles is the Prince of Wales. I do, however, need to be re-educated on the nations comprising the United Kingdom; and the difference between the British and the English.
For the benefit of those who confuse England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Great Britain, British Isles, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: I wish I could attach this image, but if you google it you can find a map "Terminology of the British Isles," which has outlines around the areas mentioned, just so you can see what is included within each term. Brilliant.
Yes I know Wales. I got to go to Cardiff on Nov. 2016. Loved it !
Your best video ever! It's so good to hear you two laugh raucously, makes me so happy. Please, keep laughing, keep tossing funny ideas back and forth, in your uniquely British way. You're wonderful!
I've had British people tell me the queen (capital Q or no?) does occasionally consult with the Prime Minister on important matters. She has no official rulemaking power, but she gets to weigh in with her opinion. Would you agree or disagree with that?
Canada went so far with metric that we use kilopascals instead of millibars for air pressure.