Americans Guess British Slang
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- “I don’t know what this means, but I feel chuffed right now."
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When Americans try to do British accents it makes me cringe
Teke B. Ikr
ugh samee
Believe me, we cringe when we do it too
they always sound australian
doot and when they try to do the aussie accent they sound british
GONNA HAVE A CHEEKY NANDOS WITH THE MANDEM
LIKE IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
lol i say this all the time
Dhhddh Ehvve Billy mate
Dhhddh Ehvve cheeky Nando's w the mandem innit
hhahahah
Dhhddh Ehvve TRUSS
I’m from England but not London
Americans”wait that’s illegal”
Ikr, I am from near Leyland
I’m British and there accents are making my ears bleed
Same
sameeeee
Same
Freya JJ ik lol
Their*
"I got pissed at him for having pissed whilst he was pissed"
"I got angry at him because he peed while being drunk"
Kiko Tanto Ah, the English language
Where is my British squad
Ayeee
Madalyn Kelly im here you want a cuppa ☕
no honestly im British
Madalyn Kelly hey
Madalyn Kelly hi
Madalyn Kelly Heree boi
Omg I actually hate it when people think all British people are proper posh
Exactly 5 yo now Adays be acting like roadmen
Cool creative Cousins were literally the complete opposite like I’m a right skank😂
Literally every single British accent video is someone from London which triggers me xD
Cool creative Cousins please don’t say proper posh
Cool creative Cousins Yea like some of us are the exact opposite I’m always screaming at my sister like
“OI PARASITE GET BACK ERE NOW”
;w;
As a Brit : *gets ready for really bad, cringy, "posh" accents*
Amy Moffatt yes I HATE people trying to do "British" accents
as an Irish girl *gets ready for "top of the mornin to ya!" in leprechaun voice*
Amy Moffatt OR UR MUM WAKING U UP WITH TEA EVERY FREAKING DAY
Dear Americans,
Believe it or not, barely any of us are posh twats!
Sincerely, the British
I'm pretty sure if they heard my northern accent they'd never feel the same way about British accents
When your British and you don't understand why they don't know what these mean because these are just daily words
Marshmallowcupcake10 same I think I hear pissed and tosser about 10 times a day
Same
Marshmallowcupcake10 ikr
Yep.
Ikr
I’m English. I knew all of these slang terms. I’m surprised at the comments, especially those who didn’t know what a ‘chin wag’ was.
Chin wags just not that popular
Jtcgaming ultimate :3 nah it’s just more of an old one that like your mum would use
I remember my teacher said to my class and we were so confused 😂😅
EXACTLY
Highlander ikr! My teacher tells me and lots of others off for chin wagging!
👏WHY👏DO👏ALL👏AMERICANS👏THINK👏US👏BRITS👏ARE👏ALL👏FROM👏LONDON👏
exactly
They are other places In England they don’t realise that
And even a lot of people from London don't sound like that. East London is full of non posh people
And they think that us Scots are not British!!!!
Nobody thinks that here lol 😂
As a British person I don't think "I'm so chuffed about tomorrow" would really make sense- I would say the only definition was "pleased", not happy or excited. Do people agree or am I wrong, I've just never heard it in that context?
Nil I would have said it meant pleased. like "I'm really chuffed with how my drawing came out"
yeah exactly same, I wouldn't say I was chuffed if I was excited for something though
I would say pleased, happy or proud would be the best way of describing it.
Nil nah I agree with you
I'm chuffed I passed my driving test...would have been a better definition. For me it means delighted
American English isn't a language.
There's English,
Then there are mistakes
Lymm True dat
Lymm 👏🏻👏🏻😂
Actually +Lymm, American English is to Mandarin Chinese as British English is to Traditional Chinese spoken in Taiwan. ^^ (To put it simply, American English is a simplified version of British English, which is considered more traditional.)
Lymm "American English" is just simplified English.
Don't think American english can be more traditional over British english as British english is older that American english. Truth of the matter is that American english hasn't evolved as much as British english. Yes you can argue that American english is simplified english, but its not really simplified when you call things like petrol, gas. peterol is a liquid idk if its one too many syllables for the American brain to handle but the American language has defenity stunted the room for language growth in America. Probably why Britain has a higher IQ than the US
U clicked on this video expecting stuff like
*BRUV* *FAM* *UR CLAPPED* *U WOT M8*
but nah....
Ninja HasLigma it’s the chavs slang
kimmry omg yes 😂
truuee
Exactly 😂
innit
As a Brit, I have never used the phrase ‘chin wag’ in my entire life
My granny used it. We are Scottish.
It's kind of outdated now, it's a really old saying.
Me neither, it’s usually teachers 😂😂
hi im isabel I can relate
My teacher: oi you two stop having a chin wag will ya and do ya werk
I thought they would say things like "mandem, peng, mad ting" etc.
Mtcheww ｔｒｕｕ
Mtcheww Same I was hoping that they would have battie or something
they are using what is established not what is hot right now lol. its like if someone did american slang and they used words like "cool" and "dude" instead of "lit" and "shade"
Why? They're only used by a tiny minority of Brits.
Mtcheww peng? Mad ting? Are you saying the British talk like that? (Just sayin)
I actually honestly didn't know some of these were Brit slang. I thought skint, nicked and leg it were pretty universal it was a surprise to find out Americans don't use them.
haha nope
Skint and nicked aren't necessarily well-used, but no one would be confused if you said either. Though I'm from the Midwest and this video is all Californians, so maybe that makes a difference? And as for leg it - who in the hell wouldn't understand that one? ITS COMMON SENSE.
Also fortnight. They have NO IDEA.
When had you ever heard Americans use them?
never heard any one but brits use the tearm nick and never heard of skint. but i've also never been to the midwest lol
I'm British and never in my entire life have I ever heard anyone use the phrase "chin wag"
Alie
it's like really old outdated slang
Barney C truss
Same, but I heard one person use it the other day and was like ‘oh.. so people actually use that?’
@@hpsauce8152 same happened to me. Literally the day after I heard about 3 different people say it
brits be TRIGGERED
Max Carran u British
Not really
No, we’re not, dont get too excited though.
Fr stay pressed
How’s ur health
I haven't said "leg it" since year 8
hi When you doing knock down ginger with your mates
+hi Same mate, when I last used it me and the lads had egged someones windows on mischief night. I was a little bastard when I was a young'un.
hi I say leg it quite a lot lol
I say it sometimes but I used to say it when we would play knock a door run and we would knock on and everyone would shout "Leg it"
i've never said leg it
Any British people here?
No
Farah Jebari yes
Yes
Farah Jebari me
Farah Jebari yep
A tosser doesn’t just mean an unpleasant person lmao...
double dare its dosser not tosser lol
Thalia Zissman dosser means ya mess about not a weird person
Thalia Zissman No it’s not.
It basically means your a twat and the person thinks you're annoying 😂
Ur a tosser
British person: "I'm from Manchester"
American: "Where abouts in London is that?"
Ffs.
msnjmswrdl_ init
msnjmswrdl_ manny on the map
Please stop. Yours sincerely, Britian.
Rhys Jones trueeeeee
Britain*
i love your profile pic so much i literally just peed myself
Rhys Jones what, why.
thank you
i came here expecting "fam" or "my g" or "0161", but naaaaa. They just had to use stereotypical english slang
Shahir Ali I'm English and I have never heard 0161, what is that???
Ebony Harris, 0161 refers to Manchester in grime. It is hashtagged by artists like Bugzy Malone and maybe Chip too.
Shahir Ali LmAo I was expecting that aswell. I thought they were gonna say "Wag1", "0121 DO 1", "Do 1", "Mandem" and "Innit".
where is "bruv"? or "famalam" that would've proper confused them loool
If they said "shank" they would probably start naming meats lol
Just to let you k ow the English don't like people impersonating our accent I know this as I am english not British people from England have a different accent to people from Wales or Scotland or irland
Some of these I have never heard before and I have lived in England for most of my life.
The only ones I have ever heard used are:
-Knackered
-Leg it
-Nicked
-Pissed
I've heard all of them but some of them are damn near obsolete. Ok what they all mean but I've never in my life heard anyone use chin wag.
I’ve used all of em’ except chin wag
yh ony moist youths speak like that in Scotland...
I'm a northerner so have heard all (and used most) of these and more. Tbh northern slang is so much weirder than most other British slang
p l u v i u m I'm a northerner and that's so true!!
Gonna have a chin wag with the mandem at Nando's
might have to come thur and say wag1 G
Ali G Yep, me everyday 😂
kaylan burnett stop being cheeky, you've got a tenner for sure, innit?
Sounds like quality banter, you met my m8 steve? hes an absolute ledge
be careful of them tossers
You’d usually say leg it when you need to run for your fukin life
or do ten toes
Jin's Hoe yes u use leg it when you did somthing really bad at school XD if u got that stare from the teach SHIR WAS GOIN DOOOOOWWWWWNN
ARMY!!!!!!
Also agree
Doesn't leg it also mean wing it?
Jin's Hoe ikr.
i’m english and had absolutely no clue that we were so... british... after this video. like we’re so posh and we’re oblivious to it
Tia Macieszonek have you ever been to Kent? Or Sussex?
We're not posh, plus there are many different English accents.
You’re definitely not British
Real British People: "oi peng lassy'
American's pretending to be British: 'Ello Governor'
@VIEWS GRANT no im 100% British
@@CallieYanChanEdits man said 'lassy' gtfo here looool we ain't irish still
@@DJSaM2K10 lots of people say Lassy where i live in England
@VIEWS GRANT Newcastle
Lassie is Scottish ya bambot
I wish they asked them the meaning of British Roadman slang, that would of been more interesting 😊
michelle ukandu yedsd
innit fam
michelle ukandu what's roadman slang? chav talk?
Sushi Roll yeah, basically
Sushi Roll chav makes it seem so bad and uncivilised. It's slang
Damn theres still a stereotype that british like tea and crumpets?
BMT TAKE THE PENGTING OUT FOR A CHEEKY NANDOS YA GET ME MANDEM
Maya Stilinksi I love tea and crumpets
Maya Stilinksi Yes, there is certainly a stereotype that Brits drink tea and eat cookies/biscuits daily. That said, tea is actually pretty popular in America - especially thanks to Starbucks and their "chai tea", which literally means "tea tea" because "chai" means "tea" in South Asian countries... That drives me crazy lol. Anyways, the popularity of tea in England (or at least how popular Americans think it is) is the popularity of coffee in America. Not really sure what my point is, but just wanted to affirm your statement that there is a stereotype that Brits drink lots of tea, and even share a bit about what it's like across the pond.
I wont lie... i'm British and I do drink tea and eat biscuits on a daily basis lol
Maya Stilinksi Init kmt
Maya Stilinksi 😂😂😂
Who saw the miss high five 😂 01:48
Lmao
They forgot one thing.
Waffling
Example : Buzz feed Waffle on too much
Waffling is how I got through English GCSE 😂
THE EXAMPLE IS TOO FUNNY STILLLLL. But you’re not wrong my g, they are waffling a lot. Talking bare trash
Make Americans watch Jeremy Kyle and maybe they wouldn't think we were so posh XD
marcus mooney yessssss
marcus mooney lol
Oml yes
Omg so true😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂
Why do Americans think British people are so posh, lmfao we're not at all 😂😂
FangirlWifi ikr. Im from kent (a county in england) and we are NOT posh. Its only the counties near London that are posh like Kent becaude we have the queens accent
Eli Charlton Do you mean cities
FangirlWifi Ikr 😂😂😂
Em course he did
Em Not sarcasm coming from a brit with many American friends😂
Nah, I use some of these but I thought “slang” meant street slang, not “chin wag”😂 I know what it means but no one uses it
When you're British and only know about 4. Reeeee
Why do they think all people from uk (England) have posh accents we don't 😒
diy mania IKR
diy mania is that's so true I got slightly offended that they thought that.
The same reason anytime someone does an American accent it's Californian or Texan.
Why do people from England forget about the 3 other countries in the UK?
diy mania stereotypically people think that all of the uk is England, all of England is London and all of London speak like the queen from 1800.
where's the road man slang at
Danial Amin I hope they do a video about road man slang
Danial Amin truss
*+Danial Amin* what do you know about being on road Danial?
Danial Amin truss
*👏🏻PLEASE👏🏻F*CKING👏🏻STOP👏🏻* yours sincerely Jijiplayzz Xoxo. From Newcastle,England.
TF i come from Yorkshire (the best county in England) and I have only heard of knackered
who's a Brit watching this
Amina Javaid im Irish i still know a lot of theas words
Is that close inuf ye ..... oh and i like doctor who so im sorta a brit couse im related to my nan who is from Britain
Amina Javaid
Yea, I had no idea what skint meant
Me
Amina Javaid meeee
WHO ISN'T, HONEY?!
When people think of Britain they think of England, like there's other countries in Great Britain . Smh
My exact thoughts every single time
we know that..
SwaySwayy1 Great Britain and the British Isles are 2 different things.
SwaySwayy1 British isles...
Sarah Woodland Punch yeah but Britain and UK can be used interchangeably, so technically Northern Ireland is in Britain even though it's in Ireland not Great Britain.
brit : i live in england , but not in london.
american : ??????????? wtf how
😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭
Brit: I live in Britain but not in England
American: wait so the sea
I live in london and im litterally the same as them bc sometimes i forget there are other cities
Me : I live in UK but not in England, Ireland or Scotland
Americans : WTFFFFFF HOW????
Imagine going your whole life without shouting ‘leg it’ in the rain
Does anyone else use pissed for like mad as well like “I’m feeling pissed off”
Thumbs up if your British and have never said 'chin wag' in your life?!
Ellie Wilson no but my teacher does so I guess the younger generation don't say it
Ellie Wilson Only sarcastically
Or "you're" as it seems
omg you're saying that an entire country doesn't speak exactly the same. what!!!
Ellie Wilson I've heard folks say it. I don't really use it myself though
I am British
So I'm i
I am Canadian
TheSaucyShow same thing lol
TheSaucyShow Me too
Anaya Prinja samed
There is two type of pissed: 1 annoyed and 2 drunk
This made me want to change the fabric of my existence.
Go and watch British rap songs and then rethink if this is REALLY HOW BRITISH SLANG SOUNDS LIKE.
Its grime IDC if in late but just get it right plz
AceArcherYT you mean drill.
it kinda is tho
ThatGamerKid YT truss me
on a real
Lol they call this slang, go watch Mans not hot
Anastasia Aleksic 😂
Ahaha true tho
Anastasia Aleksic ya dunno
Anastasia Aleksic trusssss😀😂😂😂
😂
In all my years of being a brit av never heard the term chin wag😂
#LEG IT
imagine thinking the UK is just London lmao smh fam it's literaaaaally so embarrassing YE NAW KEN WIT SCOTTISH IS YA FANNIES
Poppy Naomi Smith fud
Poppy Naomi Smith Woop Woop #scotlandrules
but im from london and idk anyone who talks like that lmao londons full of roadmen
Ava Miaa truss me I live in the endz and they'd bare roadmans BTW they american what if we said all of you sound like Canada
They probably are aware that Scotland does exist, but for some reason Americans seem to only associate 'Britain' with 'southern England'.
We do not say chin wag😂😂
Ellen Forddd I never knew chin wags existed! 😂
my aunt does but shes also 50 so maybe its age restricted
My old teacher did
Ikr
Ellen Forddd oi mate what you on bout govnor chin wag wan want some crumpets and tea god save the queen cheerio
It blew my mind that these people didn’t know what these meant and then I remembered that they’re American haha
"Where do you live?"
Wales, butt.
"As in Wales, England..."
No ffs... well yeah kind of..... bUt We GoT cHeEsE oN tOaSt
I'm English and cheese and toast is something we ahev ALL THE TIME. I grew up on cheese and toast, and I love it.
I am British and most of the words in here we hardly ever use like "chin wag". To Americans, we are not "posh", we are like you guys without the accent and more beer.
Actually besides chin wag they're all actually very common in different parts of Britain.
Yesssssss
Philippa Addo true😂
And Americans are batty creases
Philippa Addo I'm from up north an we say chin wag. To have a gab or natter
I'm English and I genuinely didn't realise these words were specific to Britain I thought they were just common slang that everybody knew lol
Alice Roberts same
I think most of these are still fairly common across the Commonwealth.
Alice Roberts same
1:47 OMFG THEY MISSED THE HIGH FIVE 😂😂😂
Tapped yutes dunko bout the uk ting
If Americans came to the uk they would be surprised how we actually sound
ikr
Ikr when I went to America it was constant like 'OMG I LUV YOUR ACCCCENT ' I'm like dude chill
Piko 786 you know
Piko 786 My aunts from America when she came over I was like whoa and I go over they're like whoa It's vice versa.
I'm British but I hate tea... I'm a disgrace to the country
We have so many slang words for drunk it's unreal
Shitfaced
When I lived in England, I was repeatedly told to just add -ed to any one syllable noun and it would mean drunk. Anything goes.
purple monster Lol in Ireland if you just ad "ed" to the end of any noun, adjective, verb, it can mean drunk.
Inquisitive Lady aye that's all ye hear goin down the street up where A live xD
if u take almost any noun and add "ed" at the end, it sounds like it could mean dr
TOSSER
"I'm thinking of a salad.."
Brits where you at!?
Make Americans watch Jeremy kyle, then they wouldn't think we're so posh.
Edit - to any Americans here, please go and look up Jeremy kyle
Daydreamer X u just copied someones comment
Daydreamer X yes!!!
Omg yesssss
Legend
nutella for life No I didn't, I didn't see the other person's comment when I put this, it must have been nearer the bottom.
I was so offended when watching this.
why
Stardoll & Nightcore101 same the stereotypical British accent they tried 🤦🏼♀️😂
Yeah
Stardoll & Nightcore101 yes I got so offended and only my grandparents use chin wag and it means talk
Same
Britain: England, Scotland, Wales.
Stereotypical British Accent: *OI MATE WANNA COME ‘ROUND MINE FOR A CUPPA.*
/ Good evening sir and ma’am, it is with great pleasure that I announce we are having tea and biscuits!
Scotland and Wales: *Have we been forgotten?*
I clicked expecting peng, g, fam, my hittah but nah
WTAF I DIDNT KNOW THIS WAS JUST BRITISH **MIND BLOWN**
Saskia Barilló same
Saskia Barilló IKR
Saskia Barilló yessss that's what I thought
Same, especially pissed and leg it, I thought they used those in America as well.
pissed doesn't mean drunk in scotland, we mostly use it as "I'm so pissed off right now" as in annoyed with someone/thing
why do people in different countries think British people go around talking in posh accents wearing top hats and call people I'm red telephone boxes. I have lived in Britain for the past 7 years and I'm pretty normal.
my name is yuli Harry Potter.
It's the same reason people use a Southern accent when they try impersonate Americans. Its the most distinctive and iconic accent.
my name is yuli , I also want to beg for likes pls shower with them 🖒 😯
my name is yuli yeah like some people do that but not everybody
my name is yuli it's funny when you explain to an American that a Scottish accent is technically a British accent
NGL a couple of them got my Home Counties accent spot on
I always used to say leg it when I got in trouble or my friends at the end of the school day 😂😂😂
Why do all freaking Americans think us British people have an accent if you think all British people are posh like the queen you should come down to Stoke On Trent
Iwan Harvey oh you guys don t like generalizations? then stop generalizing Americans then.
I wan Harvey, yes mate!
Iwan Harvey come to Birmingham
💀😂 killed me
Iwan Harvey init they’ve clearly never been to newcastle
I’m always skint
Milly Dawson ha me
I'm with ya g
Mood
Milly Mellow me.
Innit
Anyone remember your childhood when u and ur mates would ask ya mam for some money and all you ever got was
"I havent got ne money im skint."
I love the americans that think they are smart and they're like nah nah nah its like this: ye im bri ish mate
Who's a Brit here if u r or not can we be friends anyways 🤗
Janae Olivia I am British
wagwan come to my gaff the mandem r round my block bruv
Janae Olivia I'm British
Janae Olivia I’m not but Hiiiii!!!!! From Pennsylvania, USA
Kieran Cooke hi hi
No one in Britain says chin wag
Molly correction! I did when I was 6!😅 and tbh I still do lol
Molly not true. My mum said this to me just today
Chin wag? Must be a southern thing, i've only ever heard it on't telly. Am common as muck though, could be why.
Molly we say it a lot up north in Lancashire
Emma Featon Lancashire ❤🏠
I'm British and I don't know most of these slang words. They're used more by the lower class.
I didn't even realise they don't use these words in America!:-)
Eleanor Catterall Idiot :-)
Omg same
Wagwan piffting what's your bbm pin
bare man wanted to sweet that, at least that narn's under wraps now G
Internet Child 1647 3452
Internet Child 999
Internet Child I love this
😂😂😂😂bbm died when everyone got iphone 4 and 4s😂😂😂😂
This isn’t “slang” this is dialect words.
Real English slang is
Wag wan fam. Are we gonna link up with the gyal dem and mandem in London fam.
I love how on the table there’s tea cuz it’s British😂
1. We DoN’t TaLk LiKe ThAt
2.I use so much British slang...
I thought everyone knew what it meant. Guess not.
Bangtan Sonyeondan nope ur not alone, i knew what it meant too and hey british army😊
Ikr I knew all of them apart from the chin wag
Bangtan Sonyeondan trueee
A lot of these words aren't "slang" to us ie knackered, they're just English words. Words like "Skint" are slang though
Omg same, I just assume they know them 😂
as a British person this video pissed me off, the right answers where right but could at least say the other uses for the word. eg nicked can be used as "I nicked something" or it can be "you're nicked son" which is referring to being arrested. also what happened to new British slang from the grime scene ie peng, peak, innit, fam, crow...
Your shotter doesn't? 😂
Ah not around here 😂
Basingstoke/ whichever area
You?
neon fire Tbh British slang differs in different areas in Britain too. For example, here we use the term, "mardy," which apparently isnt used in Britain a lot
All Americans think that we sound so posh we really aren’t 😂
The thing about British people is we are posh bit we have some of the most slang and some of the best phrases
You know British people don't sound that posh and most of thoughs sayings are once we don't use any more
fizzy ! I dunno I am from the south so I have more of a accent like that but not like the one that is "brittish"
I’m only 11 and I use most of those lmao am I doing life incorrectly 😂
other than chin wag and tosser I use them all lmao
fizzy ! I use most of them, tbh!
Edit: I don’t use chin wag though. XD
fizzy ! Exactly most English people are actually really Chavy sounding
We don’t have those accents and that is no longer the ‘slang’ we use
Eden Wright yeah ik
don’t know where you’re talking about but up in scotland we still use all of this
I agree, these are all still very common...
Down in Kent we still use them all
I had a chin wag but my purse was nicked
The voice saying the words though 😂😂
How every one thinks brits are posh but really a lot of england is proper dodgy
THEY SHOULD DO: "AMERICANS LISTEN TO BRITISH RAP/GRIME"
Fatal Parsley Yeah!!!!
Fatal Parsley SKEPTAA
Nicked also means caught or convicted. "He was nicked for burglary."
or he's been put in nick for burglary
Oliver Dickson or nicks my uncle
Eh.... not really....
Oliver Dickson its also used as another name for jail e.g 'he just got out of the nick'
That's what I thought 😂
Any British people here getting triggered WE DO NOT SOUND LIKE THAT
I’m British and I’ve never heard of a chin wag lol
They should do British guess American slang too
Probably wouldn't work the same. British people often know a lot of American slang
Kristinne Fragata everyone knows american slang there's just so much of american tv on.
wouldn't work they only don't know about British slang because Americans are basally just convicts that escaped to America for a new life
Heather Easton no.
Heather Easton no, I'm talking about the majority of people that moved after the land was "settled"