16 Things I Only Started Saying After Living in the UK 🇬🇧
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Right on 👍 wandering ravens
I think you need to do another fan video and make them say a sentence of their choice with words they use most e.g wassup or yo (you get me?)
hehehe Happy ending :)
Love how Grace says arsed typical British way of saying it 🤣🤣
You must like Pop up Shops
Man waiting to buy a drink in a busy pub after work:
This queue is proper pissing me off - it’s really taking the piss. I’m going for a piss and then pissing off home before it starts pissing it down. No getting pissed for me tonight.
lmao
Yes, it's piss easy to find multiple uses for it!
At least he has some money left because he didn't piss it all up the wall.
Haha! love it.
that was a piss poor attempt at humour...just taking the piss very good and so true
There's no such thing as 'an unhealthy amount of tea', unless it's no tea.
I'm English and I hate tea
@@medler2110 When I was a kid, I felt so different to everything and everyone around me that I genuinely believed I had been brought to this planet by aliens and left here. I used to wander the streets looking up at the sky, longing for them to come back and take me to my real home
@@SamuelBlack84 Don't worry Samuel, the truth is out there.
@@SamuelBlack84 Only one of those things can be true.
@@SamuelBlack84 Me too.
Did you never hear "piece of piss" to say something is easy? but it's a British thing to replace most phrases with the word piss.
Bugger all, I could do with a spot of piss.
We haven't heard that one yet!! Love it though xD
@@HunterShows Oh christ, videos like this always bring out the weirdos who enjoy drinking their own urine!
Haven't got a pot to piss in.
Hello you.
I am sat here thinking of piss basses illiterations and its all your fault.
"Piece of piss" means 'easy as sh*t"
As a British person I found this absolutely endearing and hilarious! 😂 thank you so much for bringing a smile to my face this afternoon. 💕😊
Better crack on mate 😂
As an English man this was shit.
@@christophermee5214 ...or is it possibly shite?
@@jaykay1053 whether your English or not. I get it. Where you from
"wanker" is one of the best britishism to adopt. Its far more satisfactory than "jerk"
"bus turds"
Well done, that lowers the tone. Just when they were thinking how cultured we are.
My mate calls me a wanker a lot 😂😂
Emphasised by hand gesture of course @Khaled Hussain! :)
yeah wanker and tosser
"tossing off" hahaha
"Taking the piss" is also used when we believe someone is being excessive, going beyond the boundaries of what is acceptable, or is treating other people as gullible fools. It's a phrase to say when someone is taking liberties, you might say.
For example: "I said he could help himself to some of the milk in my fridge. But he took the piss by taking nearly all of my milk."
Or absolutely taking the piss when you're really annoyed!
i like it in past tense a whole lot too
i love how versatile piss in english is, also being used for beer/drinking/being drunk.
"i'm on the piss again" hahaha :')
one of my favorite sayings is "he couldn't run/organize a piss-up in a brewery" for someone incompetent.
This is my definition
Yes,the classic piss-take.
@@dutchdykefinger also used to express viscosity, I.e. "that oil is as thin as piss !!"
Not sure you’re completely understanding “taking the piss”. You tend to say it in the form of a question when you are accusing someone of overstepping the mark, while they have been either “ribbing” you, or asking something of you. “Are you taking the piss?”
I have to admit that, in my 56 years, I have never come across the phrase "Mardy Bum" ... and I'm English!
No, heard of mardy arse though! Mardy bum is probably more... south eastern =)
Northern Saying 👍
I'm totally British and have only ever heard "mardy arse"!
Everyone knows Mardy Bum!
Its a northern thing. Me mum would often tell me to "stop being so Mard" . What she meant was "don't be so soft". 😉👍
Bollocks is a great word, can be used in so many ways🤔
Top, utter, complete, total, dogs, the, etc....yes, a very versatile word.
My absolute favourite is I'm freezing or I'm sweating my bollocks off 😂😂
Bollocks
Unsurprisingly, I agree.
Like fuck.
My English mate used to get on me about saying "store" instead of "shop". He said you're going shopping, not storing....
In the USA "Shop" often means "workshop" or mechanic's workplace or where people make furniture. e.g. "That store sells clocks handmade in Bill's shop."
@@afpwebworks We also speak about shopping centres, shopping precinct, shopping mall, local shops, and an old expression ‘we are a nation of shopkeepers,’ but we also say department store, and sometimes you might see a Village Store.
@@afpwebworks In England we also use 'workshop' and 'shop floor' for the workplace
@@brendanlinnane5610 Here in Australia, I've never heard the word "shop" used to refer to a workshop. I am an enthusiasic woodworker and while my American friends would understand if i said "I'm going out to my shop" it would definitely confuse my Aussie friends. I cant remember any Aussie ever referring to their car being "in the shop" either.
I love using the word ‘store’ here in the UK to annoy my fellow brits
I am an Englishman living in Germany for the last 30 years. Very grateful for the reminders and updates on using the language I love most.
I'm English, with a fairly mild accent and went to USA on holiday. I couldn't believe how many ppl didn't understand me. It was so bad I thought ppl were taking the piss lol.
Hahaha
Try using queens english at the drive through at the fast food places in the US.
interesting
same here i need a translator, im from Nottinghamshire, and my accent just totally confuses many Americans, i now live in Canada and i still have to speak a little slower, i still say Ay up mi duck occasionally that really worries them....
funnily enough same thing happen when i went to Essex,
Yanks don’t speak English that’s why. They speak American.
I remember the US court case of teenage British nanny, Louise Woodward, who was convicted and later cleared of killing a baby she was looking after. I remember her in the court (which was on TV as it was American) saying "So I took him upstairs and popped him down on the bed", to which the prosecution said "You POPPED him?!? What do you mean you 'popped' a baby? That sounds like a particularly violent thing to do to a child!" This was 20 years ago and it really stuck with me.
This popped into my head when they said it too. (Sorry). It was a big issue in that trial.
Foggiest is one Americans love.
I remember that too! The only American phrase I could think of that uses 'pop' is when street gangs in US tv cop shows talk about 'poppin' a cap in your ass,' which means to shoot someone. I thought "Is THAT what he thinks she meant? Get yourself an Urban English dictionary, Mr Prosecution Man!"
@Wankshaftsbury It's even a more gentle form of 'put'. If I slammed a cup onto the table, I could say "I put the cup on the table", but I didn't "pop it on the table".
Louise Woodward was NOT cleared of killing the baby! Her conviction was appealed down from murder to involuntary manslaughter, for which she received a sentence of time served. This was almost certainly still an incorrect decision. The paediatrician whose evidence contributed materially to Woodward's conviction has since stated that he would not have given the same evidence today, since we now know much more about paediatric brain function, which knowledge casts significant doubt on the 'shaken baby syndrome' evidence. Bad luck for Louise Woodward. I recall this trial as a travesty of justice, with much being made of the fact that Woodward did not show much emotion in court, when it was obvious she was more or less in shock throughout.
Taking the piss can have a less jovial use also. If some company keeps you on hold or a tradesman is late to your house, they can be said to be "taking the piss", by keeping you waiting. It is mostly down to tone, delivery and context, but they could be mistaken if you only think it can be said in a good way.
Or if something is really expensive you could say the price is taking the piss. Or if something or someone is unreasonable then that's taking the piss.
'Taking the mick' Or 'taking the Micky' is similar to taking the piss but more so means making fun of (possibly in a mean way like bullying embarrassing or 'picking on' someone)
"taking the piss" could be meant for "taking the piss"!.
Absolutely, I just posted a comment about this but you explained it so much better
I think there are some tricky subtleties here. Taking the piss can express a serious affront.
That's taking the piss - offense has been caused
That's a piss take - was not serious.
Hi Guys. Tea pot is different to a kettle!
Kettle boils the water. Teapot is used to brew the tea (especially loose tea, but also tea bags).
"Is he taking the piss out of me?" is a common British-ism. My Romanian friend was having a spot of bother with someone on the phone and when he hung up he began to explain that someone was "Taking a piss in him". Took a while to explain 😂😂😂
A Brit here. I heard an interesting story regarding the origins of the phrase “bog standard”, which also relates to another British phrase you’ve probably heard of, but I’ll come to that in a minute. First, I must preface this by saying that this story is disputed by some people, but it’s such a good explanation, I want to believe it.
Some believe the phrase came from the brand of model construction kit called Meccano. When it was originally sold, it came in two different sets, a basic one and an advanced one with a bunch of extra parts. These were labelled “Box: Standard” and “Box: Deluxe”. As you can tell, “Box: Standard” evolved into “bog standard”, meaning something that’s just standard, with no extra frills, just like the set it originated from.
But the “Box: Deluxe” version, which was seen as considered the superior of the two, also spawned its own phrase (although it’s evolution is slightly different), which also describes something that’s top quality. Here’s a hint, it’s actually a spoonerism, which is when you’ve swapped the first letters of each word. So “Box Deluxe” becomes “Dox Beluxe”, say it a bit faster and what does it sound like? That’s right, it’s the “dog’s bollocks”
As I side, this has been disputed, but that is such a cool story, that describes two common phrases, I just want it to be true.
I want to believe that too. But it sounds a bit contrived. It would be the dogs bollocks if it were true though!
You should also do a video of the UK phrases that you hate. That would be interesting to see.
Good idea!!
Not sure if you done it yet but maybe you can try out the uk citizenship test see if you pass idd like to see that good luck with the videos guy
@@WanderingRavens I was hoping you was going to say Nah can't be arsed mate ha ha
Work,Tax, Boris,.
A few I hate.
@@WanderingRavens. Will do; would be a British way of saying it.
I was born in London and now live in the south west of England. I had never heard of the phrase Mardy Bum before, probably because it is a phrase that originated in the north of England, describing a grumpy moody person. If you mentioned it to a Southerner, it's likely that they wouldn't understand what you were on about; I had to google it myself. Jumping the queue is a well know phrase here which used to be referred to as pushing in. When someone is trying to lecture or give you advice on a subject that you are already very familiar with, we sometimes say, "go teach your grandmother how to suck eggs". When someone is very drunk, we refer to them as either pissed, rat arsed, shit faced or three sheets to the wind, to name but a few. I thought you might like to know that, but if you already do, you know what to say to me. I subscribed because you seem like a very charming couple with no edge to you and you have embraced our culture.
I agree. I enjoyed the video but 'mardy bum' is not in common usage - it's a northern term, popularised by the Arctic Monkeys in their song of the same name (they are from Sheffield). Being from Hull I'm familiar with the word 'mardy' used on it's own but I've never heard it used outside Yorkshire.
It's definitely a Northern saying
Making tea in the microwave 😂, hope you realised that's we have Kettles
I’m a born Brit, never used Mardyy Bum , but coming from London there’s no reason I would, it’s a northern phrase
I'm a northerner and have never heard this phrase.
Derived from Mard arse!
I'm from Norfolk and I've never heard that before, must be used in a certain part of the UK
@@norfolkvapers867 I live in Stoke, which is the West Midlands, and iv'e definitely heard it used in Birmingham and the Black Country(Wolverhampton)!
@@Katehowe3010 when I was at school 1957 (!), when lining up for games, we also had a ' sick, lame, lazy and Mardy arsed' line, for anyone with a note. The teacher then went through the various notes, read them, and any he considered unrealistic would bellow' Mardy arsed' and the poor soul would be inserted back in the main line! ( Lanc's)
Taking the piss can also be used as a negative. If someone isn't pulling their weight or knowingly taking advantage of a person or situation they'll be "taking the piss".
Indeed, for example a massive delivery lorry getting stuck down a narrow residential street and attempting to extract itself whilst repeatedly blaring out "this vehicle is reversing!" when you're working at home and it's a hot day so you have to keep the window open is absolutely taking the piss. Oh it's ok he's gone.
I'm surprised you haven't started saying Bollocks alot. It's a great catch all for so many situations.
Bollocks are the best part of the dog, and knees are the best part of the bees
USA- BUMMER.
@@judywhittlesey4010 I don't think Bummer works in the same way. For instance, if your car was broken would you say, "My car's Bummered?" Where as I would say, "My car's Bollocksed" If you or someone made a mistake, would you say, " I've dropped a Bummer?" Where as I would say, " I or they've dropped a Bollock" I also heard someone used The Dogs or The Dogs Bollocks for either a good or bad situation. No one would say The Dogs' Bummer would they. You wouldn't say to someone who was talking rubbish " You're talking Bummer?" But could say "Your talking Bollocks" to make your point.
there was a funny radio show years ago where the presenter rang up Chicago O'Hare Airport to say they had lost these. The guy on the other end didn't have a clue what the UK radio presenter was talking about.
@@judywhittlesey4010 Bollocks can be used as a good or bad meaning.
In case no one else has pointed it out, a kettle is an electric appliance for boiling water whereas a teapot, as the name implies, is a vessel for brewing tea. A kettle may be just as well be used to brew coffee in a cafetiere.
I feel as a British 30 something, I should also inform you that 'crack on' has also evolved to mean someone romantically likes someone "I'd love to crack on with him/her" or has been casually romantically involved; Love island has helped elevate this concept into popular British slang - context is everything 😉
Eric, the fact that you use "right" in this way basically means you are now English, but with an American accent. You are going to have to move here permanently.
Yessss
One does not simply get up to leave without either saying "right" or "well".
Yeah in the UK a kettle and a tea pot are 2 different things
Good to know!
@@WanderingRavens have you got a kettle in your place in the states? Are they easy to buy?
Kettles boil water tea pots hold tea to keep it warm and so that you can pour tea from them (instead of making it in a cup). U don't boil water in a tea pot (unless you're being old fashioned and use a stove or fire or something)
@King Of The Pipe You can make proper tea in a teapot by putting in 3 teabags to make 2 cups. Much better than gnats pee.
@King Of The Pipe Not pointless if you think you will need another mug of tea in a few minutes and don't want to have to get up from your comfy chair. Obviously not as hot from the tea pot, but useful for a top up
My dad told me that the term "bog standard" originated from boxes of Meccano. The came in two versions: Box Deluxe which featured more girders and bots etc. and Box Standard, which was just your ordinary, cheaper version. "Box Standard", as the years went on, became "bog Standard".
Bog Standard for something ordinary is accompanied by the phrase "Dog's Bollocks" for something special or best quality. They are both phrases that first seemed to surface in my youth in the 1960s. Allegedly, it comes from the different versions of the construction toy Meccano. There was the ordinary version, or Box Standard and the superior and more expensive Box Deluxe. These expressions morphed into "Bog Standard" and the Spoonerism, "Dog's Bollocks". Both expressions have been in common parlance for most of my life, even though few people are aware of where they originated
British: "Are you taking the piss?" American translation: "Are you shittin' me?"
i thought "Are you shittin' me?" meant making up a story/lying to.
@@anthonyg4671 I think you'd get a different response from an American by using "Are you shittin' me" and "Are you lying to me." Not quite the same meaning in my book.
"Are you taking the piss" meaning is roughly "Do you think I'm stupid enough to believe you?"
Alternatives that I can think of are:
"Are you kiddin' me?"
"Are you having a joke?"
"Are you winding me up?"
"Are you having a giraffe? (giraffe = laugh. Rhyming slang)
"Are you havin' me on?" (Scots' alternative)
"Taking the piss" is to make fun of someone. (Usually in a nice way.)
Hmm that's not right. Taking the piss is like insulting someone. It's not always banter. I take the piss out of people because they suck.
@@gazmundo1987 I think it depends on the tone it’s said in
@@remove574 yeah that's my point, it's not exclusive as Dave's "translation" implies
'what a faff' (what a complicated/laborious thing) is another good expression
That reminds me of ‘Faffing on’ or ‘Fannying about’ too 😁
Yep. Definitely a faff on
When I was a kid I thought of that as a northern expression as in "faffing about" - dithering, time wasting, but it seems to have got more common and taken on the meaning of any arduous actiity, not just a futile one
@@lordswindon104 it is specifically Northern, you hear Ricky Gervais taking the piss out of his northern mate Karl Pilkington for saying it
@@utubeape Has definitely caught on outside of the north though, the received pronunction tones of big Edd China of Discovery's car fixing show Wheeler Dealers was oft heard to describe some job as a faff
I’m English and 67 years old, but ‘Mardy Bum’ is new to me. I have heard very occasionally heard a reference to someone as being ‘a bit mardy’ perhaps, as in being a bit grumpy or awkward, but that’s about it. 😁
"Mardy arse" in Preston (Lancs)...................
63 and English, and although I have heard the expression, I think it is a more Northern (North West maybe?) thing. How about Mizzog?
@@eddiehawkins7049 I know ‘Fizzog’ for a face.
@Joeseph Smith Yes, that sounds a reasonable assumption. I wonder if that goes all the way back to WIlliam the Conqueror and old Gaul version of French.
Mard arse in Stoke, or face ache
Great video. For the record a teapot and a kettle are two different things. You boil the water in a kettle to add to the teapot with the teabags or loose tea leaves.
One word was overlooked and that was "alright". An American friend of mine had broken up with her husband and when we started a conversation, i'd say, "Hey, you alright?". It's just another way of saying hello. She thought that i'd put her on suicide watch...
Wee (small) is actually Scottish. A kettle is used to boil water, which is then poured into the teapot, where the tea is added.
As a Brit, I enjoyed your video very much. I've never used or heard 'mardy bum', I think mardy is a Birmingham (pronounced Birming'm) or West Midlands dialect word. If anyone's interested in the English language, you may enjoy the podcast 'A Way With Words' by a San Diego based lexicographer and classicist, great fun, I learn something every episode (and I'm 64!). Also BBC Radio 4's 'Word of Mouth' is fab.
A teapot and a kettle are very different things. A kettle is for boiling the water. A tea pot is where you put the hot water after it’s boiled, with 2-3 teabags in the bottom. 😁 When you order a ‘pot of tea’ in a restaurant or cafe, it’s given to you in a teapot.
'One bag each and one for the pot'.
My girlfriend is Polish, "can't be arsed" is her favourite British saying
Mine too!! 😂😂
@@WanderingRavens mine too. I say it at least twice a day
Its cant be asked
@@shakzjade3242 No it isn't, it's arsed all the way.
It’s just an ignorant alternative to “can’t be bothered”.
I don’t know why, but specifically when you said that you now pronounced zebra “zedbra” I immediately thought we’ve won and felt a sense of pride 😂
I know, it makes you feel we have been a good influence.
You've been a proper, right good influence 😂😂
There's no d in the British pronounciation of zebra. It just not zeebra as Americans say
@@anthonyrowland1170 I mean I am British and every other british person who’s commented or liked has agreed with me, so I’m not sure if you’re right there buddy.
@@bikivlogz8336 he is, if anything it's zeh-bra
I can't be arsed, is one of my favourite sayings and I'm an Aussie! 🇦🇺
"BOG" in "Bog Standard" is an old British auto trade anacronym of "Basic Option Given" / "Basic Option Granted" for a car without any accessories, fancy trim, fancy paint scheme, radio and lowest capacity engine, etc. (the cheapest version of that model of car).
Also referred to as the "Bog Stock" model.
Taking the piss can mean teasing as well as taking liberties.
Probably used more for teasing than taking liberties too
Ohh! Good to know!
Teasing yeah
Was going to say this too. Like if my internet was down all day I'd say 'this is just taking the piss now'
Can also imply some level of sarcasm
I do ‘pop’ to the shop but sometimes, just for a change, I ‘nip’
I've always down the shop, despite it invariably being situated at ground level
Good video. I like your refreshing and unbiased view of us Brits and some of our nuances. I like the suggestion by one of the reviewers about you doing a video on things you don't like. Keep up the good work.
Love this, what a great couple, very endearing. Normally I can’t be be arsed with these sort of videos, but this one is good. Anyway, I’d better crack on, well...... after I put on the kettle and have a cup of tea first. Keep up the great work.
Down in Cornwall they take 'proper' and run with it. "Proper job" covers "OK", "nice", "Great!" and "Well done!"
Proper Job is my favourite ale. £1.49 a bottle in Aldi.
Hoppy deliciousness with a punch! On draft, it's silky smooth, less fizzy and marvellous!
Brewed with a smattering of American hops, I hear tell.
The perfect amalgam of American and Engl... Cornish genius.
Also in Devon.
Same in Bristol
You're only allowed to say that if you're from the West country though :-)
Same up north ....... in fact same everywhere
"Taking the Piss" can have negative connotations too. It depends how you say it. For example saying "Are you taking the piss?" can be rhetorical for "You are taking liberties!"
Oh!! Haven't heard that one! Thanks!
@@WanderingRavens if you don't know someone, 'you taking the piss' is usally followed by a fight.
"Right." followed by a gentle two handed slap of the legs before "I best be off" and getting up to leave is a time honoured tradition.
"I can't be arsed" is certainly a common expression up here in the North West (Preston area).
I didn't know the phrase Mardy Bum until the Arctic Monkeys song. I think it's a more common saying up north.
Yep mardy is a midlands/north thing.
Bog standard never herd of it but BOX STANDARD I do no
@@AlisonBryen yeah Midlands
I never heard mardy bum, it’s mardy arse lol
@@paulnoble2562 I've heard that bog standard is likely a corruption of the phrase "box standard".
A bit is also a short period of time, as in 'See you in a bit'
yeah I use it this way more than any other I think
I don't even say see you. I say see ya in a bit.
Or, I'll see ya a bit later.
@@AbiScott I also say "see you in a bit"
@@harriedavies3940 i meant the distinction between you and ya
"Right" is not a word. "Right" is a vocabulary in its own right, depending on the intonation.
"Waiting for the microwave to finish heating your tea". That is some god tier trolling! XD
As a Brit I say all of these things daily pretty much haha, btw hey guys, find you both very entertaining, like the content :)
Hey! Thank you, Chris! :D
Not a problem guys keep up the good work :)
100% sameee
As a Brit, I have never heard of “mardy bum”
My experience is that it is more commonly used in Yorkshire than other parts of the UK but people use it in the Midlands as well.
same here....
@@CloningIsTooGoodForSheep Yes - definitely a Yorkshire thing. :)
Mardy bum, & can't be arsed are both very Northern phrases. Yorkshire, possibly Lancashire area.
You'll probably be more familiar with "mard arse" thats what we say up north.
I’ve always noticed how endearing Americans have found British phrases, and how confused and entertained in equal measure they are by our odd expressions. I like it when American visitors and tourist hear a new British phrase then ‘ try it out ‘ and then are amused by their own attempts 😂. I’ve always found Americans to be a most pleasant, polite and complimentary people about other peoples countries when they visit, in contrast to the incorrect media depiction of Americans being brash and rude: that’s just not my experience. Keep poking fun of our eccentric ways with your gentle humour: we love it. ❤️
What a gem of a post, had me chuckling from start to finish, awesome. Crack on with more please 😁😁😁😁
Taking the piss has two meanings. You've covered fooling around, it's other meaning is if someone is being greedy. It's related to Piss poor in as much as it refers to a time when poor people could sell their wee wee to the tanner. If someone has taken the piss. They've totally robbed you.
agreed.
It's also now often used when people take liberties and don't care about the consequences.
Are you mugging me off?
@@rbarnett3200 Yep; They're equivalent turn's of phrase.
@@Sol3UK It is that, aye.
I don’t know if you guys have used or heard of “Mardy Arse”. I find it more in use than “Mardy Bum” :)
We haven't heard that one!! Thank you!
This is a very regional phrase, mostly used in the north of England. Dont use this in the south of England or in Scotland.
From Nottinghamshire here and we would say mardy arse, I have not heard mardy bum much if ever. Standard way of using it would be to say someone is "a mardy arse git".
Mardy bum is what a kid might say if an adult is around, otherwise it's Mard arse. Also, mard arses normally skrike their eyes out! (Cry heavily)
yeah its mardy arse... but as arse is a swear word mothers and children may substitute bum. Never heard it myself but I can see how it might have happened.
Crack on is also used a lot to give permission. "Ooh, can I pinch a biscuit?" - "Yeah, crack on"
As a (former) Brit living in Maine now...I get loads of people here saying "I love your accent" and I have been teaching some the meanings of some of the things I say,lol.
Wee is a Scottish word and it literally translates as small
Uncannily appropriate for my tackle when piddling.
And only used by Scots to describe something small. Everyone else uses it as a pee.
As in Wee Jimmie Krankie perhaps
'Wee' in the sense of urinate is short for 'wee-wee' and probably is not connected to 'wee' meaning small. Having said that, to 'piddle', meaning urinate, gives rise to 'piddling' meaning small or insignificant. 'Pee' of course is actually 'P', a euphemism for 'piss'. That must be number one!
You boil a kettle then pour it in tea pot
The water...
Still so much to learn..... isn't it odd how you can take a $hit, but the opposite, giving a $hit , has a completely different meaning, increased when you couldn't give 2 $hits about something. Got to love our language.
On a similar theme if you say something IS bollocks it is bad, whereas to say something is THE bollocks means it is good.
I use "I couldn't give 2 $hits" all the time, only just realised how mad that is.
Hi Guys Teapots and Kettles are two different things, a kettle is the one you boil water in, a teapot is what you make Tea in. Traditionally you would place Tea Leaves in the teapot, add hot water which has been boiled & left a few minutes to the tea leaves, then leave it for another few minutes depending on how strong you require it, then pour it into a cup and add milk. Not many people use teapots now since the invention of teabags. Then there are the Tea Cosies which go over the teapot after you have poured the hot water on the tea leaves, to keep the tea pot hot. Oh and not to forget the tea strainer, this fits on the cup you are going to drink your tea from, you pour the tea from the tea pot into the tea strainer so that it captures the tea leaves and they don't end up in your cuppa and eventually in your mouth (though some very small pieces will get through, hence the reason a small bit of tea is left undrunk in the teacup and is acceptable, everyone knows the reason it's not been touched)
"Mardy" isn't really a Britishism, its a Midlands/Northism. You can still find people in the South who are clueless about it. Unless they are Arctic Monkey fans.
I'm in Scotland and I've never heard it before.
I know there are polar bears and arctic foxes living in that region, but I didn't realise there was a breed of monkey that lived there also.
im frae cumbria and never heard this saying till i heard arctic monkeys song
@@GeeCeeWU Arctic Monkeys are a music band
@@leescott1775 But what is it?
One of your best knockabout humour turns! A very common use of the term "gone off" is in the sense of "I've gone off him/her", meaning "I no longer like them".
So glad you enjoyed it!!
not to be confused with going off on one.
We do love our sayings here and it’s mad how it varies so much between different places
Mardy is a Yorkshire word. Very specific to a small area of it. Not sure most British people are aware of it. Wee, as in small, is almost uniquely Scottish though some Northern Irish use it.
No, I'm from the other side of the Pennines, and thought everybody used it, until I read this. Ditto wee.
I love that you love these! Spread the word of these wonderful phrases!
Thank you, Andrew!!! :D
You pop the kettle on as well!
Oh! Right! Forgot that usage :D
@@WanderingRavens In America do people use the phrase "pop the question"? In the UK it means to propose marriage.
@@brandon3872 hmmm that's a good question! I've never heard it since being in the US. but because I don't do romance it hadn't really crossed my mind!
In our family if anyone says put the kettle on, our go to response is, 'it won't fit' I can't not say it now.
Making a brew ?
Ive never known 'poking fun' to be a negative its like 'winding someone up' Its great hearing you guys say them the way you do. Great job enjoyed it, nice one.
‘Taking the piss’ has several meanings
You taking the piss - said aggressively (are you taking advantage of me)
I was only taking the piss - said non threateningly (I’m dead serious about what I just said but I said it in a playful ‘jokey’ way so you can’t take offence)
I’m taking a piss - I’m doing a wee.
You should really say “Carnt be arsed!” Instead of Can’t, for the full English 😎👍🏻
Ooooh full English.... now I'm hungry
No you shouldn't, unless you are from Somerset, Devon or Cornwall.
@@ryanoconnor5256 Two eggs, sunny side up please.
I'm surprised you didn't come across 'must dash' or 'must fly' meaning that you need to get going somewhere.
We haven't heard either of those before!!
Who says must dash or must fly? Nobody I know.
@@sheenamaclean8324 Gandalf
@@hareecionelson5875 oh dear, that's clutching at straws!!
@@sheenamaclean8324 It's probably more common as you go North or West from London.
The kettle is boiled to pour boiling water into the teapot which contains the tea leaves. Tea is then served from the teapot to the cup.
if "you taking the piss" is followed by "mate" or "bruv", you best be ready to either deescalate or leg it.
What are they ‘banging on about’ takes it to another level too lol
😂😂
This takes me back to being snapped at by my mum 🤣
Bog standard in American is probably “vanilla”
Or 'garden variety'?
@@frankupton5821 I think "bog standard" is more dismissive and of lower quality than "common or garden variety".
"Bog standard" has a negative connotation though. As in the best you can afford, not the best quality but it'll have to do. Shoddy even
what about 'Cookie Cutter' ?
It’s box standard.
Cracking video! You have to visit the north east of England, Sunderland, Newcastle and the old Durham mining villages and listen to some Geordie Pitmatic phrases such as "Divvent dunch us" meaning "do not drive into our car", "Howay, man!" meaning "come on, friend" and thousands of others. I love it! It's the coolest, most musical language in the UK (in my opinion). So is Yorkshire.
its the legacy of the Vikings,
I feel the need to correct your stock footage at the start there. 'Bog standard' has nothing to with toilets.
In the 50s Mechano only sold two products in the UK; the 'Box Standard' and the 'Box Deluxe'. From this we derive 'Bog Standard' (ordinary and mundane' and and 'Dog's Bollocks' (excellent).
I love that fact.
Really?
@@exessex3522 Saw it on QI. If you can't trust Stephen Fry...
To sound like a true native, you'd have to say "caan't [long a] be arsed"
Good to hear Grace has gone back to saying Wandering Ravens in the correct tone :)
'Fannying about' is a great British phrase, describing someone dithering or taking too long to do something, 'Stop fannying about!" lol
I use 'faffing about' or 'faffing around'.
Thank you for an entertaining video. It is always interesting to hear what strikes those from overseas about a culture - language of course being one of the most fundamental parts of a culture. I think you need to learn the use of the word "cheeky" - in terms of say "let's get a cheeky takeaway" or "have a cheeky pint on the way home". It's a difficult term to explain, but you will know that you have mastered British vernacular when you find yourself using cheeky in front of and having to explain it to your American friends.
I honestly don’t know how anyone in the USA would understand me 🤣 Barnsley England 🏴
Me three!
I'm from Sheffield and I can't chuffin understand ya 🤣🤣
Not sure about Mardy Bum. Mardy is a midlands word, don't believe it's gone national.
I’ve only ever heard it in the northern parts.
@@MetalRocksMe. nah we say mard-arse in the north
@@truefeux3218 that’s what I was talking about.
@@MetalRocksMe. yh arse instead of bum is what i mean
@@MetalRocksMe. You’ll hear it all the time in Birmingham but very rarely South of there.
"Bog Standard" is a corruption of a phrase used to describe Meccano (toy) construction sets when they were first introduced. There were two versions available - the Box: Standard and Box: Deluxe. As very few kids were bought the deluxe version, most got the ordinary, standard set, and the term Box: Standard became corrupted to Bog Standard, meaning ordinary...
Bless! I think of you guys as so 'proper' so this vid and listening to you use our 'slang' seems so very naughty!
Thank you I needed a laugh. Enjoy
HIII GUYS WE'RE THE WONDERING RAVENS!!!!!!! Every time haha love u guys
😂😂😂
I say “what you on about” a lot...I just realised how much
Enjoyed the video,it made me smile keep it up 👍
Have you ever used the term “fill your boots,”? You’d use it if someone said something like “can I borrow your book?” And if you agreed to it you’d say; “yeah, fill yer boots.” I’m English and don’t know why it works, but it does.
In my area (Midlands) we use the word "pop" for fizzy drinks too.
My mum calls water 'Corporation Pop'.
@@nemosays6337 Yep my grandad used to call water "council pop" too. 😂
@@nemosays6337 We call it miners pop, we are from an old mining town though. Heard council pop a lot too.
Oh! Good to know!
Pop for fizzy drinks, used in Liverpool also
'Wee' when used to describe something as small, is more Scottish. The Scots use this A LOT.
(Yes, I know that Scotland is also British.)
The Scottish use of wee.is beyond irritating. I keep count of the number of times it is said. I know what you are thinking, but I find it really grates.
I couldn't figure out why you saying 'put the kettle on' felt wrong, and I realised it's cos I think I'd always say 'pop the kettle on' 🤣
Great vid. Thanks for posting. I jumped out of my chair and loudly exclaimed "yes" when you said that "zee" doesn't sound right, as it's clearly "zed". Kinda messes up the alphabet song which I sing a lot with my little boy, but I can live with that.
the term "bog standard" has nothing to do with toilets, oddly enough..
Actually, it might! But no one knows for sure www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bog1.htm#:~:text=Bog%2Dstandard%20is%20a%20well,a%20dismissive%20or%20derogatory%20way.&text=It's%20a%20shortened%20form%20of,an%20even%20older%20term%2C%20boggard.
@@WanderingRavens my understanding of the term comes from an episode of the tv show "Qi", where it was explained as a variation on the phrase "box standard"..
@@Unclejoe420 Oh right, QI. The TV game show equivalent of Wikipedia, where facts go to be twisted.
Unless it’s a bog standard bog!
Had to laugh when you did the "wise" segment. You said you were doing an "advert", rather than a "commercial".
as a dutchman, living just across the small pond on the east, i grew up with quite some british television,
but also plenty of american TV shows, and used to voice chat in online games with british guys, so i know quite a lot of idioms in both
it's kind of weird for me to realize how it's weirder for americans than for me to hear the british sayings , despite the fact i'm not even a native english speaker ;)
a lot of americans have a hard time decyphering scottish english accent too, but i kind of grew up hearing several british accents so comes quite easy to me, again kinda weird :')
besides, here at home, as non-native speakers, we butcher the english language regarding pronunciation, but that means you, get to hear a ton of variants on the same word, which can help down the road for a certain accent.
here's another application for "proper", which can be used for something good or done right, but also like a slang synonym for "severe(ly)" in not-so-good situations (also note how it's always proper, never properly in the slang version)
"i got proper pissed (drunk) last night"
and
"my car is proper fucked" (this combination of proper and fucked is a staple in australia, but is a thing in british too)
"that bloke got proper rinsed"
(rinsed is slang for using something up, or something being overused and tired,
in this case it means the bloke got "knocked out clean" )
about "taking the piss", it's mainly used to mean fooling or bullshitting someone, pulling someone's leg if you will.
but you can also use it to express being unpleasantly surprised by an action of someone, or even something.
when you order food and you're still waiting for the guy after 2 hours:
"these guys are taking the piss"
when a shitty situation happens, then another shitty thing happens, and you're just tired of it all:
"this is taking the piss"
when someone fucks you over and tries to sell you a bullshit story, and you're not buying it:
"are you taking the piss?"
i like the other variant "are you having a laugh/giggle mate?" a lot too, when someone pulls a fast one on you, or does some frowned upon action.
i am also quite fond of "shit the bed" to express unpleasant surprise