What My Friend Thought About the UK
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- Опубликовано: 20 июн 2024
- My friend from back home came to visit me in England! Ahhhh!!
As an expat living in the UK, seeing friends and family doesn't happen all that often.. so I was SUPER grateful that my best friend from Canada came to stay with me for a week in England. I asked her: what did you think of the UK? What was your reaction? What was the best, the worst? Here's what she told me.
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Hey! I'm Alanna - a thirty-something documenting my life as a Canadian living in England.
I share the ups and downs of an expat living abroad and what it's really like living in the UK. It's not always easy, but there's been so many wonderful experiences, too. I post a RUclips video every Tuesday plus an additional video every Saturday on my Patreon account. I also livestream every Wednesday and Sunday at 5:30pm GMT/BST on Twitch.
Alanna x
One of my favourite phrases that defines the difference between the British and Americans is: "To someone from Britain, 200 miles is a long way. To someone from America, 200 years is a long time." :)
I've heard that phrase with 100 before.
I grew up in London in the 60s. All my family (grandparents, cousins) lived in Lancashire. 200 miles seemed like an epic journey. In 1976 I went to Canada and the US for the first time, and was overwhelmed by the distances. And the lack of older buildings. So yes. Absolutely right.
First time I've heard that. Really helpful. The idea of driving for 10 hours 😮. Nope, break that up with motel stay and a walk around town.
@@danallen3947 I've only heard it with 100. I guess it's a regional thing like how Tag can be Tig, or It etc.
if you dont like asking where the toilet is you can always ask where the Ladies Room is.
'Flat, warm, beer' - don't mind me, I'll just grab the popcorn and watch the comments. :D
We do know what you mean by 'washroom' and 'restroom'.....we're just pulling your leg! When I was in retail, I twice had Americans ask for 'the water closet'.....I asked if they were Victorian Time Travellers, which totally baffled them! Love the vid, as ever.
🤣 "The water closet? We normally just pee in the streets or go behind the stables, but keep an eye out for Jack the Ripper!"
I've got a couple of American friends, when they came to England for a holiday they kept asking where the public bathrooms are, I know they meant public toilets but to me, a public bathroom has to have a bath in it, the only public bath I know of is in the City of Bath, so I told them that was the only one in the whole country... they thought Britain was a stone age country because of that. For 2 weeks I played that game with them, I didn't tell them until the day they went home that we have public toilets everywhere 😂
😂😂😂😂😂
@@madMARTYNmarsh1981the old Victorian era Public Swimming Pools were known as "Public Baths" or "Swimming Baths". They had showers and bathtubs which could be used by the public. Many that still exist at least have the rooms in which the bath tubs were.
@@madMARTYNmarsh1981 your American friends did not realize that most small houses have a toilet and a bath in the same room???
Good to hear you just “popping to the shop”. One of us, one of us, one of us! 🇬🇧 🇨🇦
Our traditional pints are not warm, they are kept in a cellar, 11-13°C . This conditions the cask ales and minimises wastage of all beers from fobbing (excess foaming while pouring a draught beer) or a flat dispense. It also allows the flavours to be experienced where as very cold beer reduces the natural flavour.
I think she might be talking about bottled beer that might not have been kept in a fridge. Its a despicable trick that southern pubs do.
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@@theotherside8258 southern pubs don't do this. what i've noticed is that some restaurants do it and the owners/ managers have no idea what beer is and how to look after it.
I've literally never encountered this.
well while some 'ozzies' want a beer served in a glass with a coating of ice, the general pub serves a glass with cold condensation and not too cold to drink! :)
Three thoughts from a retired publican: A- Ale is not served at "room temperature" unless that room is at 12C, the quaintest Olde Worlde pub probably has a few £000 of high-tec temperature control kit in the cellar; B- Toilets - it is normal just to ask for "The Ladies'";C- Bar staff - we prefer to have a mxture of young and old[er] as the staff are not there just to serve, they are expected to chat with the customers as well (Conversationalist of last resort for those who have nobody else to chat with) and older people have more to chat about than kids straight out of school.
I hope you will think about this next time you are in the pub - glad to have you this side of the Pond!
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Very well said. As a woman on her own, I've always found it reassuring to have a mixture of ages behind the bar. 2hours waiting for a train, surrounded by noisy youngsters shouting, can be very intimidating.
I think a lot of proper pubs are owned and run by publicans who by their nature have the experience and money (don't hit me! I don't think all publicans are rich!) conveyed by age. Bar staff in trendy chain pubs tend to be younger and hired to appeal to the clientele and it's just a part-time or second job for them, rather than their business and livelihood. That's just my experience though.
In 1984 I drunk a pint of Sierra Nevada Light Ale in Steps Bar in Los Angeles. It was served at 55 degrees fahrenheit- not 60, not 50. The story that no Americans understand real beer is not true.
I can't help it, "Bishps Finger" always makes me snigger - it's known by older locals as "nuns delight".
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The Priest's Privates, is a great wee tipple.
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Have you ever heard of Cunning Stunt? No jokes, that's an actually beer.
In their religious discussions they are mass debaters
The UK is so small compared to Ontario yet we have twice as many people living in the UK than the whole of Canada. 😱
There's 40 million people in Canada now, so more like 3/5 the population of the UK. It's possibly more surprising that Australia has about 26 million people, or 2/5 the population of the UK. Both countries have huge swathes of land that if not unliveable are very much inhospitable. You can however live relatively comfortably anywhere in the UK - it may not be large in comparison, but it is all useable land.
@@avaggdu1 I take your point but then, why the, do we have a "housing crisis"?
And why is the so-called solution to build new housing stock on Flood Plains and areas of natural beauty?
The UK is already "full" yet no-one seems to care that they are destroying the environment to cater for yet more population which ultimately will cause much more harm.
@@patagualianmostly7437 I think the "housing crisis" is more the "affordable housing crisis". There's plenty of brown sites to build on, but I suspect it's cheaper to build on green sites. I wouldn't know, I'm not a builder. We are not "full", that's just xenophobic rhetoric.
None of this is relevant to what I was saying though, which was more to do with how much land in Canada and Australia is inhospitable/uninhabitable (frozen tundra, desert, etc) whereas very lttle of the land in the UK could not physically be built on (all other things aside).
@avaggdu1 the government might say that the population is 68-ish million but the supermarkets say that they're providing food for closer to 80,000,000.
@@madMARTYNmarsh1981 And supermarkets throw away the equivalent of 190 million meals a year. There's 9.5 million tonnes of food wastage every year. It doesn't seem like a good metric for estimating population.
If you feel uncomfortable about asking where the toilets are an alternative is asking for "the ladies" or "the loos" - both acceptable and understood
That's exactly what I thought as I watched the video.
However....given the situation these days and the fragile egos of some, it might be a bit risky asking for "The Ladies" or the "Gents"...... (It's just getting madder)
@@patagualianmostly7437yeah can y not ask for the gents any more or the ladies 😢
Try asking where the porcelain throne is next time
Or "Bogs" or "Crapper".
In the North East the term " Nettie" applies, bog of course, WC, Karzie
In Saskatchewan I drove for 6 hours from one bit of flat soya fields to another area of flat soya fields, passing through flat soya fields.
I once had a car like that
A note on traditional pubs in the uk. Many pub's in small places like villages are family owned or cater to families, the server's are often the owners and or their family, and those they hire tend to be picked on experience, hence older. Town and city pubs/drinking establishment's tend to be staffed by younger staff ( Not a hard & fast rule but generally speaking).
Pubs, servers, and/or
I would say the reason a lot of the people serving in the pubs were older is because most traditional pubs the landlord actually lives at the pub. Pub is short for public house.
Agreed. If you are visiting a pub during the day, the person serving you will almost certainly be the landlord or landlady who owns the pub. Not many teenagers have the resources to actually own a pub, and the kind who work behind a bar will probably be at college or at their daytime job. Later on in the evening you might find more, younger. bar staff working in the pub (often the landlord's kids), because they have got home from college or their jobs and are either helping out their parents, or earning some extra cash working at their local.
“Toilet” is actually as polite a word as “washroom”. It comes from the French “toilette”, meaning a cloth, which was adopted to mean a dressing room (with washing facilities). “Lavatory” also comes from the French for washing. We shared “WC” (water closet) back with the French. Anyway, you can always try using one of those other words, if you prefer. 😊
Try 'bog'!
Cludgie!🚽
'dunnie' in OZ.:)
I live in Wales in a small village, if you go into my local pub the Wi Fi log in is printed out above the bar. So you don't even have to ask, so not a problem and most places are like that.
For a non Native of Britian and a non driver to get about I would reccomend checking out the National Express Coaches. Quite cheap and I have often travelled from Essex to the North of England (Newcastle or the Lake District) for approx £40 return.
I thought they were still paying people to go to Essex or the North of England.!
@@ianmayes8072😂
In the UK, a "washroom" would consist of just a row of sinks. Usually adjacent to workshops and other places that workers would get filthy and need to wash.
The comment about fridges and walking to the shops really resonated with me.
I've been watching lots of videos about urban planning and the "Not Just Bikes" channel which specifically focusses on the differences between walkable european cities compared to North American cities designed for cars.
And i have to say its one of the things I'm truly grateful for in the UK that i didn't even know was a benefit. Being able to have a corner shop or small supermarket within walking distances and not having to drive everywhere.
A lot of zoning laws in north america actually prohibit having commercial and residential properties in the same area so you end up with places where everyone thinks its normal to have to drive to the shops in your giant SUV, pick up 1 or 2 weeks worth of shopping, and then have to store it all in your fridge for a long time.
This also means that people are more likely to choose ultra processed foods with a long shelf life and added preservatives, because its simply not convenient to have to go to the shops constantly for fresh food.
Not Just Bikes..........what a great channel !
My sister went on holiday to US, and was surprised there wasn't a small corner shop or supermarket within walking distance .
She had to drive miles to find a shop.
We're used to walking to the shops everyday if necessary for bread, milk, fruit or fresh food.
Real beer is not flat, it has a light amount of CO2 from natural fermentation in the barrel. And it's not warm or room temperature, it's cellar temperature, which should be about 56 to 58 °F.
Also, if you don't want to ask for the toilets, ask for the Ladies (or for males, the Gents).
You are correct.... most beer or ale drinkers would not appreciate a flat beer served at room temperature. The traditional cellar is the place to get the desired temperature.
Lagers are colder....because there is no taste or character to be lost anyway! (Ditto for North American "beers"....ie...Lagers in disguise.
The good news is: The North Americans are discovering the magic Micro Breweries ......who are delivering character beers and ales instead of that bland nonsense that has been fobbed off on them for decades..... masquerading as "beer".
What on earth is wrong with asking 'where are the ladies' or 'where's the gents please'. If you find asking these questions difficult I would stay at home, order home delivered groceries and fast food. And get a job where you can work at home.....
My South American wife and her fellow Chilean were in our town centre High Street and desperately needed to use the "Ladies Room"....but every one they went to was closed.
They eventually found the Public Conveniences" .....so disaster was averted.
It was only when they recounted their trials and tribulations to me that it became apparent what the problem had been.
I gently explained that "To Let"..... is not the same as.... "Toilet". (My wife later became fluent in English!)
Hi Alanna, good video. I'm glad your friend had a lovely time. Just a reminder ('cos I'm sure you've heard it before) the beer is served "warm" (at cellar temperature, about 12C) so that you can taste the flavour. Cold beer or lager doesn't taste half as much because it's cold - although it may be just what's wanted if you are overheating.
If the word "toilet" is what you find so icky, then try using "loo" instead.
I would usually ask for the loo rather than the toilet. Or where's the ladies / gents.
Or the Shitter
@@HedgeWitch-st3yy As an American, I recall some years ago (over 20 years ago) there was a news story about a UK university that changed the restroom signs from ladies and gentlemen to women and men. I then went to the Millennium Wheel and the new restrooms there were labeled female and male. In America they have been women and men for a very long time, but I did see an American airport scene on TV from the 1950's or 60's and they had signs saying ladies and gentlemen, on the doors in the airport.
@@BrandonLeeBrown Well observed Sir..(Short for "Sire".).yes indeed, it has been a bit of a journey in evolving to what we see today.
Alas....for how much longer, with all these "binary" issues going on....?.... Some folk would be insulted if I mentioned ladies or gentlemen.
(Did you hear about the teacher who was disciplined for saying "Good afternoon girls"...... In a private, fee paying Girls Only school? The world is mad.)
I am an American expat and that is one of the toughest parts of being away.. Friends and family! Thank goodness for all the tech we have to communicate, yet a good face to face catch up is unbeatable! xx
Yes, when I was 15 my friend left with her parents to go to Australia, all we could do is write to each other, I don't suppose it replaces a hug, but at least you can communicate face to face in real time
I spent 4 years in Canada and I noticed they would describe travelling in times. As in, “oh, Toronto is 5 hours away” or “Quebec City is 3 hours” etc.
As for beers, they were always cold. Even in winter when it’s -15C outside, beers were cold. I was in Montreal.
I didn’t have a car initially because the Metro and bus service was quite good.
Hi Alanna. Beer 'up north' (I'm a Yorkshireman), tend not to be flat. Many are hand-pulled with the tap set so the beer has a creamy texture and a creamy head. Wonderful.
Also, rather than asking for the toilet, try asking for the ladies, or the WC, or the loo. These may be less uncomfortable for you.
Cheers.
Totally agree
I share your thoughts on black pudding, but fried bread absolutely makes a fried breakfast! 😋
Black pudding is great!!!!
@@fionagregory9147: You THINK black pudding is great. Try not to turn a subjective statement into an objective one.
"Shockingly, this is not the smallest fridge i've had".
That is anything but shocking. that looked like a large fridge if you ask me.
As you mentioned, shops are usually much easier to go to here.
We generally have smaller houses as well, houses build before fridges existed.
They just aren't designed to accommodate such large appliances.
My house is at least 150 years old, I have a very small fridge in the kitchen and a big fridge freezer out in the garage and another chest freezer in an outbuilding just for the dogs food.
I like your idea of fridge size being related to miles travelled, and agree. We recently upgraded from a small under worktop fridge to a full height one with double doors and genuinely have trouble filling it with anything that isn’t dairy or white wine, it is a bit of a revelation that salad leaves and bread lasts a few days longer, but apart from that most stuff is eaten fresh just after it is bought. And of course eggs and tomatoes are ruined in the fridge.
I got to spend 1 day with my Canadian niece when she stopped over between flights and gave her a short road tour of Sussex, enjoyed watching her face seeing the difference between Sussex and northern Saskatchewan, particularly when I took her to see some Knights Templar carvings in my local church and she commented that she had “never been in a thousand year old building before”, priceless.
Re the convenience of shops being close by in the UK, I confess I'd be pretty terrified of living in a rural area of Canada to go anywhere on foot, after watching numerous videos from the Scary Bear Attacks channel. OK, wherever one lives, when your number's up it's up, but I can think of less brutal ways of being offed, perhaps by a falling chimney or a very dubious curry.
Regards from Burry Port, 15 miles west of Swansea.
Hi Alanna, if you find 'toilet' difficult to ask for, try 'ladies', or 'gents' for Mr Naps.
Or just ask for "the facilities" or "the loos"........
It's a pity North Americans freak out about the supposed directness of the "t" word because it really is a euphemism rather than a reference to unmentionable bodily functions. It comes from the French word for a linen cloth on which you would have arranged creams, face powder, etc. to be used at a dressing table, or else the cloth worn over the shoulders to protect your clothes while you were putting powder on one of those big wigs they wore in the 1600s-1700s.
@@peterfhere9461 The lavatory is a polite way. Or go with the WC, the dunny, the bogs, the porcelain potties, the crapper, the head, the John, the khazi and many others.
I now what to know which country/language has the most alternative names for toilet. 😁
I find lav a rude way.
Shiter
Nice to hear your friend had a good time!
Re your comments about distances, the thing that best sums up the difference between North America (i.e. the USA and Canada) and the UK is that in N America 100 years is a really long time and in the UK 100 miles is a really long way…
Where I live, the majority of buses provide free wi-fi too. Most even have USB sockets on the rear of the seat in front of you, enabling you to charge your phones as you ride, Recently, on a long bus journey, a guy sat next to me and immediatley plugged his USB cable into the socket. Twenty minutes later, when he alighted from the bus, he realised that the other end of his cable hadn't been plugged into his phone! (I think that's asking a little bit too much of the idea of 'wireless charging'!)
As a very general rule of thumb IPA type ales are summer beers and Bishops Finger is a winter ale. The only problem with IPA's is there are a lot (probably 1/3) that are not up to snuff. Luckily where I live Blue Monkey make their own and they have some very citrus hopps. That makes them taste even better.
If you’re upset by asking for the toilet try the ‘dark ages’ north where men often ask for the ‘bog’!
I’m from the north and other than in our own home we never refer to it as “the bog”. Obviously your education on the north is came from tv.
It's always best to start the day with a full English inside you! 😜
That’s what I keep telling the wife - fruitlessly 🙄😆
Golden Beers on tap are sometimes cold, Cider, lager shandy is nice in Summer, not everyone drinks flat warm ale in the Summer.
A good example showing the relatively small size of England is that the capital and largest city of London is in the south of the country. The most northerly major city in England is Newcastle upon Tyne. It is possible to catch a train and travel from one to the other and back again over a 13 hour span and fit almost a full working day in between even if you don't work on the train (using the free wi-fi lol).
The other drink that's Kentish, is 'English Sparkling Wine' which is as good as Champagne. There are quite a few vinyards in that area.
In the past the best place for Champagne was the very north of France, but with global warming the best climate for Champagne grapes has shifted north into Kent, Sussex and so on. Also the soil in Kent is the same as the soil in the Champagne region. So French Champagne houses have been setting up in Kent and Sussex, but they're not allowed to call it "Champagne" even though in blind tasting it's as good as the real stuff.
Head over to your local vineyard and ask if they'd like a video done of their operation and you might get a few bottles for free.
Likewise for cider. Kent used to have lots of apple orchards, most are gone now, but there are still a few around, you'll see them out the window as you go to Canterbury by train. So there are also quite a lot of cider brewers, who also might appreciate a video being made about them in return for a crate of cider. E.g. Doddinton, Oare, and Brogdale.
I grew up in Ashford, Kent and on the weekends, sometimes after school, me and my mates would cycle to Pluckley and about 2/3rds of that journey was through apple orchards. They're mostly gone now, replaced with houses.
I don’t know if ‘Patron Saints’ will ever return but you have my vote! You are doing wonders for Kent & British Tourism PLUS helping us locals realise all the goodness around us. It’s so valuable and I for one am very grateful. From a fellow Kent resident.
Oh and I love that you had a good time with your friend and that they had a blast too 🎉
Excellent as always.
I think asking for the Ladies or Gents is more common, or possibly the loo ...
That 'Grandparent' serving you in the Pub, probably owns the place.
you said " popping out " , i do believe that entitles you to a british passport :) haha. keep up the great posts canadianado :)
I wish! 😂 thanks for watching!
@@AdventuresAndNaps You can have my wife's passport if you like? There's the small matter of disposing of her first though. Do you think you could convincingly impersonate a 60 year-old Jamaican woman? Whether you perform your 'wifely duties' is entirely your choice (I wouldn't recommend it, but wouldn't resist). Let me know ASAP, there's plenty of Ukrainians queuing up, but their beards are itchy and I'm not keen on being an army husband.
As a Londoner I spent a week in New York last October and was contactless all the way, never saw a dollar, felt like home ❤
I’m literally 2 mins from shops so our fridge is small not botherd😂
"Where's the loo"? There you go Alana, same question, no embarrassment.
In the UK I get edgy if I have to travel 2+ hours away. I know, we're strange!
Glad your friend had a positive experience of the UK and had a good time and you popping to the shops now that is British 👊👍
Thanks so much!
You should know our fridge space is because of the size of our homes by now, and not just distance to shops.
For "Toilets" try "Bogs, Crapper, or 15:02 maybe even Throne Rooms".
I have not been on your channel for 3 years or so and you are just as charming as I remember. Glad your friend had a good time here and I hope your extended stay is also going well.
It's always such a joy to see friends I haven’t seen for a long time. I'm making that a priority this summer!
Amen! 🙌
Black pudding up north is great and also Ulster Fry.
Lol you make me laugh over the word toilet ..we re so used to that word we don’t see the big deal 😂
I was for a long time a conductor on train. More than once a North American asked for directions to the bathroom.”We don’t have baths in this country”. That never went down well, but it was the looks on their faces.
I did that once or twice when I was a security guard at a theme park. Americans and Canadians always asked where the bathroom was and I would say in a blunt way, very blunt way "sorry we do not have bathrooms on site, we do have bogs or loos and sometimes we call them toilets, but no bath tubs on site, sorry, you may have to go back to your hotel room to find that", then I would just walk away.
Why are the Americans shy about saying toilet? As that is what they are.
I'm 100% sure we do have baths in this country. I was in one just a couple of hours ago.
@@Alcogod Not at a theme park. We have toilets.
@@raystewart3648Alton Towers used to have baths, high speed baths :D
@@user-zp4ge3yp2o lol, thats 100% true.
Shame how the Park is now, not much of a danger zone as it use to be.
Glad you had a great time with your friend- and that the UK did not let you down!
The only things I've used cash for in recent month have been small local charity donations - we are so nearly cashless now!
I’m glad your friend took time to visit my homeland 🏴
Alana I have been a subscriber from early days. I have to say I notice how much your confidence in presenting has improved. Awesome.
Great video Alanna, it's always interesting to hear what other people make of us and I'm glad your friend had a great visit. If she ever decides she would like to come and start up a restaurant in the UK I'm sure it would go down a storm. Maybe she could even team with Mr.Naps and open a Chef & Butlers. ☺
😂 Can you imagine! Cheers for watching pal ☺️
Hi Alanna. You are right most of Europe including the UK is now cashless and I've travelled to Denmark. Italy, Spain. Greece and Portugal but did discover Germany is behind the times (just back from Berlin) with many small cafes, restaurants, bars and shops only accepting cash!
We have to keep cash , because if we don’t then it’s End Game
Have they stopped charging you for every time you use your card? It used to be so expensive because of that, so you'd get cash out to avoid all the charges. I've not had the chance to go abroad to Europe since COVID so out of touch a bit.
@@lottie2525 I've been using a debit card since the 80s and never been charged for using my own cash, what country are you in?
@@DomingoDeSantaClara Loads of different countries all over the world. Maybe I just have a shitty bank :)
The only times I have paid cash this year in the UK are for taxis, the window cleaner, an electrician, and once on the bus (it was a single coin).
A nice way for you to ask where the "washroom" is is to ask for the "ladies" or "gents".
If "toilet" offends you, "where's the loo?" is a universally understood alternative.
I feel a lot of cash transactions stopped during lockdown and also they upped the contactless limit considerably then too. Then things just stayed that way.
It was an entirely deliberate move by the authorities to get us even more used to using cards. They want to stop cash...then they have complete control over your money...and thus you.
So your friend visited you in the UK and you took them on a pub crawl... checks out.
I live in a small village in Dorset, and I get great Wi-Fi with twice the speed of the US and Canada at less than half the price you pay across the pond. And also cheaper cell phone charges too!
I dont understand why having wi-fi in a pub is so important. You're there to talk to people not stare at your phone!
Great video! I think the thing that really through me off about the U.K. In the summertime was the fact that the sky doesn’t get completely dark at night. Thank god for sleep masks!
I get ready for bed while it's still light out in the summer 😅 although I'm grateful for that during the pitch-dark winters!
If you come in the winter, don't be surprised if it gets dark in the early evening!
Thank god for being able to close your eyes.
Next time, come to the northern part of the Nordic countries in late june/early july. You can prepare by watching the movie "Insomnia" (the original, not the remake).
@@AdventuresAndNaps and in the Scottish Highlands they get about an extra hour of daylight than you do in Kent!
Hey Alanna, a bit late, but I’m so glad you’re friend had a great time here. If you read this - hey Alanna,s friend
My husband is from Stornaway and nothing like REAL Stornaway black pudding! I think by law they have to write on the menu that it is Stornaway black pudding versus those pucks lol!
It’s always great catching up with friends ☺️ I’m happy that she enjoyed her time here. Thanks for sharing her thoughts and views, this was an interesting watch. Cheers Alanna 🙌
Ahh thank you so much!! ☺️ I really appreciate that
Instead of toilet ask for the ladies and the men ask for gents,
@@paulhenman9907: Always better than "Can you tell me where the Bogs are?". Or other twee expressions: the smallest room, the Loo or the lavvy...
@@paulhenman9907Not so sure what you will get in them nowadays though.
Hi Alanna, if you find 'toilet' a tadge rude then there are plenty of terms that are much more gentile you could try. Things like 'Bog', 'Kharsi', 'Crapper' or 'Shithouse' work just as well. 😁 As for Beers, there are Ales and Lagers. Sounds like Canadia is a Lager society whereas UK is an Ale kinda place.
Ooh! Get you, Mr. Lah-di-dah! Crapping out of a window not good enough for you?!
when i was in texas the only "Beer" that hit that Bitter urge was Coors dark. it wasnt quite the same but it was close enough to help
@@Greenwood4727basically urine in a bottle / tin 🙄
I've only just discovered you on RUclips and I love your enthusiasm for our country. If only more Brits felt the same way...
"Toilet" is itself a euphemism - it's just old French for "little towel". Funny how euphemisms always end up becoming as off-putting as the word it was meant to replace! Glad your friend had a good time. Sounds like she made good use of the time.
Great video as always Alanna. I'm glad your bestie had a good time, it won't be long before you're back to Canada for a visit, she can then play host and show you the local sights 😉 Did she think that your accent had changed at all, maybe noticed a slight English twang to it?
She said my voice has changed! Less of an accent change, but definitely my inflection is more British
Yeah the bar staff in Cornwall are usually uni students , You'd love it here so much ! Falmouth / Penryn is where you want to go my town of Penryn is 800 years old if not more, We also have plenty of beaches to choose from too. :)
Pubs... public house. Think of it like a shared living / sitting room to chat, catch up with friends, or enjoy light entertainment with food.
I was all prepared to emigrate to Arthur in southern Ontario and fully understand how hard it is to travel between different settlements and towns. Public transport between Listowell/Arthur and Toronto is non existent. Summers are very hot and winters are very, very cold. Love your videos
@@Sorbzski99Glad to hear you have returned to UK.
Recently found out some small local shops only take cash, which came as a shock to me as everywhere seemed to be changing to contactless during the height of the pandemic.
Cash is King
if the machinery goes down, the electronic stuff how can you buy stuff,
Beer differences are warm Beer and no gas. The lighter alcohol drink is either Beer Shandy which is Warm Ale with Lemonade. The other drink is Lager which is cold and gassy. Most American Beers are actually Lager's!
So happy your best friend enjoyed herself and you managed to get together. Wow! WiFi on the trains, that made me laugh, just wait until you discover it on some buses too (newer buses rather than the older ones). Love your videos
What you said about cash was really interesting! If you visit Austria, where I live, do bring cash. Why? Well, for example, lots of bars and restaurants still only take cash. I'm English, and I was away for over 4 years thanks to the pandemic - when I returned for vacations in England (I've been back to Norfolk twice now) I was amazed at how pointless cash had become. In fact, one hotel restaurant in Cromer would not even accept cash at all!
We only ever have cash now when we get it out of birthday cards...and never spend it until we put it back in someone else's card. I've got to say, I'm all for a cashless society. There will come a day when we all bore our grandkids with tales of how money in our day was grubby slips of paper and chunks of metal we had to carry around everywhere with us :)
Couple of things 😊 toilets ask for the "ladies" does sound a lot better 😊
WiFi, you do know you can "hotspot" your friend from your phone when your out and about., don't you 😮
Hi Alanna,A thoroughly entertaining and enjoyable chit ,chat video,thank you for sharing.I hope that your visa application is going smoothly and that you will soon be in the know.Cheers,Roly🇬🇧.
the contactless thing really took off when the lockdown was in place and they upped the limit from £40 to £100 for contactless due to not wanting to pass possibly contaminated currency.
I’m surprised that nobody has told you to simply ask a member of staff ‘Where’s the Ladies, please?’ It keeps it polite and restrained with no reference to any kind of flowing liquid!! 😊
What a clever suggestion!
you can also ask for the WC
Why do they get so worried saying the toilet?😂😂
That's good
My favourite thing, that I have seen in a few independent free houses (ie NOT Wetherspoons) is that they'll have a board with about a dozen beers and ciders and you pick 3. They give you 3 glasses each containing ⅓ of a pint. It's great because you can taste several beers without getting 3 sheets to the wind. Also it's a good conversation starter.
I loved this video. I could just picture your friend looking and saying, "What the...." at our tiny country.
Glad your friend liked it and you were proud. You are so right about Pubs.
Glad to hear you had a great time with your friend and that she enjoyed her time here in the UK.
Alanna, if you feel uncomfortable asking where the toilets are, you could always ask where the ladies are. People will know what you mean.
,, when I was once politely asked this, I stupidly responded as a joke 🎉they're all standing in the toilet 🤯🤯🤯
She was livid with me 😬🙄😵😠🤬
or ask where the loo is :)
My town's local bus company offer free WiFi and USB charging. I think this is becoming common amongst most towns
That's awesome! When I first moved here my bus to work didn't have wifi - nice to hear things are changing!
But do they actually run a frequent, reliable bus service? 😆
These “freebies” are of no use if you can’t use them. 😉
@@nigelanscombe8658 The service appears to be frequent but I couldn't really tell as the roadworks in my town is absolutely horrendous causing delays. A journey that is normally 15 minutes could take over an hour!
@@awall1701 your situation sounds very familiar. 😁
Good old KCC and their roadworks. All you need is a river crossing to really foul it up. 😉
Great your friend had a wonderful time, we must be doing something right! Wishing you both many happy catch ups in future! Thanks Alanna! 🙏🙏
Thanks so much!
@@AdventuresAndNaps 😊😊
Ale is a beer made without hops. So usually less bitter.
I never really thought about it but you're right. All the pubs I go to in my town have older bartender. Mostly because they're family owned and the people serving have had the place for years.
Also the cash thing. These days if you're paying cash somewhere there's almost a suspicion that the transaction is off the books. Not entirely inaccurate, by the way. 😂
You can say that again! I wanted to withdraw £10,000 in cash for some home renovations (won't bore you with the reasons why cash was just more convenient) and had to have an interview with my bank where I got the third degree for my reasons for wanting so much cash. I understand it's to prevent money laundering, tax avoidance, etc. but I've never felt like such a crook for wanting access to my own money. If the workmen decided not to declare their earnings (or blow it on drugs, hookers and nuclear bombs!), it's not my business or my problem.
I'm glad your friend had a good time visiting the UK! It's on my bucket list as soon as I win the lottery. 😂 The rail geeks might come after you for saying train station instead of railway station 🤫 I personally just shop once a week as the store I normally shop at is 14km away which is about a 15 minute drive on two highways. That's a 3 hour walk or 95 minutes by transit and you can't carry that much stuff with you.
Cheers Andrew!! 3 hour walk rip 🙏
@@AdventuresAndNaps actually correction ... its not normal for most English pubs to serve you room tempture beer , so they are doing it wrong , English beer or most beer from pubs in the UK is cold
@@michaelhawkins7389 With all the beer I've drunk in Britain when I lived there, it was always at cellar temp, with the lager a little colder. When I went back in 2012, the lager was really cold with the taps dripping with condensation. The beer was the same except one pint in a country pub in Wales, where they had a cask of 'real ale' sitting on the bar at ROOM TEMP! It was a warm day and the pub had no a/c. It was 'ORRIBLE! First, and last room temp beer!
@@brentwoodbay they are suppose to keep beer cold :( in the UK
Everyone in the UK calls it a train station! Railway station is quite formal.
You have the sweetest videos. Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.
I was waiting for your friend to make an appearance on your channel: Your sparkling personality and topics, makes this pleasure to view your thread, thank you.
Toilet comes from the French, toilette. It means to make your self presentable. We could use latrine I suppose. It comes from Latin.
My uncle called it the bog 'ouse. But for most of his life it was at the bottom of the garden.
I use 'bog house' but not outside of my family circle. It's a great expression!
I live in a village in Lincolnshire and we have 2 fridge freezers and a small chest freezer. Expensive to run 😮
Good speech.
Thank a lot.
Have a good Night 👍
You're delightful, I'm really enjoying hearing your perspectives on the UK. I have family in Toronto and they come over every couple of years. They think absolutely nothing of driving from Wales to Scotland to visit other family. Bloody legends, fair play to you all. 🏴
I've watched hundreds of your videos from time to time, and I don't know what it is, perhaps your cheery and honest attitude, but I keep on coming back. They are great, honest, down to earth accounts of life events. Not some big, over dramatised production. Maybe that's it. Just really raw ! Love it, don't change it ! Besides, you always make me laugh. This time about not knowing that there was Wi-Fi on the trains ! 😂
Another great video Alanna! I am really glad your friend enjoyed her stay over here too.
Thank you so much!
She even got another tattoo!