British Guy Answers Web’s Most Searched Questions about UK 🇬🇧
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Hello, everyone!
Today in this video, I’m joined by Australian Walter, British Sam and South African Chantélle,
and British Sam is going to be answering web’s most searched questions about the United Kingdom!
Hope you enjoy this video!
*Special thanks to Walter, Sam and Chantélle!
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I reckon most British people are friendly but in a reserved and polite way, whereas American people in over generalisation are friendly in a very expressive way. ☺️
Americans have tons more confidence that us x
To British people, because we're so reserved and polite, the expressive American friendliness comes across as very in-your-face to us. It's an example of one of the many cultural differences between the UK and the US. Having said that, British culture is also very watered-down due to the sheer amount of immigration from other nations to our relatively small landmass. We have a landmass half the size of Texas, with nearly 3 times its population.
To be honest, people with this "British shyness" feels more real to me, but American style of in-your-face friendliness makes me question whether I should trust this person.
I reckon "reserved and polite way" it would more likely to be applied to only South of England. North of England, ehh. Scottish friendliness is different, reserved and polite? NO! Then again depending on which kind of family they grew on. Wales is different in every different corner I guess. Eastern part has more English type behavior, others, different.
Northern Irish just tries hard to be British but actually Irish.
It depends though because about 70% of the British (specifically English) people I’ve met (I’ve Iived here for nearly 11 years) that have been my own age have been kinda rude. Maybe it’s because I grew up around my parents and so I still have foreign tendencies and habits but I’ve got on with very few British people around my age.
Im not saying that they’re all rude, just from my experience… I get on with the adults well though so🤷♀️
Speaking about relationship with France : "We stole a bunch of their stuff"
It goes both ways
They stole pretty much the whole of England at one point.
@@SarthorS Exactly
Yes, they stole a lot more of ours.
@@helenwood8482 what did they stole?
@@danemon8423 Things were “stolen” through war (land, kingdoms, territories, wealth), seeing as the two countries fought each other over many hundreds of years. Of course we have also “shared” a great deal too (art, fashion, scientific innovation, architecture, music, literature, language etc), and this principle also extends throughout the rest of Europe.
I think British actors are better because they usually have a background in theater. A lot of other actors in other countries don't.
Also this is similar but not the same but personally I think a British person could do a good American accent better than an American could do a British accents because most things we see on television and online are American so we almost immerse ourselves in the American dialect but there aren’t as many British actors for American people to immerse themselves around. Also on another note the different accent from different places in Britain thing reminds of that Sven in the crash prince of bel air where the butler can work out exactly where the girl comes from based on how she says hello
I'm in America, I know very few British actors.
I've heard that british teenage boys, in particular, consider it more acceptable to spend time doing theater, than American boys (as opposed to sports and other activities), so they get an earlier start.
@@wren9463 ....im sure yeah...haha. Emilia Clarke is a cutie that's for sure.
True, they go to drama school then go to the theatre where they further enhance their skills. They can then move in TV or movies or sometimes both and sometimes and go back into theatres to further enhance their skills. This is the opposite with Americans who are often discovered in Malls, etc
What if sam react to "British ppl be like" memes ?
I think it's good idea 🤣
omg yes pls!!!
We are European, part of the European continent, regardless of politics.
Yeah, but even when we were still part of the EU, a significant part of the population would be insulted to be called European. As an Island nation, we tend to consider ourselves separate from the continental mainland. I mean, technically, Cubans are Americans as are Brazilians.
British (yellow) press made sure to establish this distinction between Britain and continental Europe over many decades. With this constant propaganda it's no surprise that people picked it up at some point. Must be the only country in the world to flat out deny a geographical fact
@@sushi777300 No, there are plenty of countries who consider themselves to be separate from the rest of the countries in their area. Also, you think this is a recent thing done by the media, and not a thing that happened over the centuries of The British Empire. Also the fact that we are not actually connected to the mainland had nothing to do with the general attitude that Europe was foreign.
You're right what is or is not part of a continent has nothing to do with politics, its geography, taking the common definition of continent to be: 'A large landmass separated from other landmasses by the ocean' and then applying the definition you get 2 continents and the British isles are part of neither same for every other island as they are separated by the ocean but not large enough to be their own continent. Or you could use the alternate definition of tectonic plates but then the pacific is a continent.
Check a map. There is a sea between us and Europe. We have never been European.
who's love Australian accent?
The grammar, bruh
I’m Aussie so it sounds like nothing to me lol. I live hearing all other accents. English, Scottish Irish, South African, American I love them all 🥰
But Walter is hot
@@z_ed ikrrr
@@AmberMarrrie lmaoooo
😳
Definitely me *_*
When I hear British accent, my mind immediately remembers Emma Watson 😂😂 and ofc we generally love British accent no matter how different they might actually be ❤️😍
yes iconic "shut up malfoy" lol
On the whole actor thing British actors tend to go to acting schools like RADA and come up that way so have more training and an institution behind them that might be why
In my experience, British people are charming and polite.
Until they're drunk in a pub and want to fight.
Or support a different football team...
Kayenne54 that’s why they want to fight in the pub
British people--
they're charming and polite,
until they're drunk
and want to fight
Or when Americans
boil tea
in microwaves,
impatiently
Or in the US,
in the loo,
locking eyes,
while going poo
Why did this make me think of Jessie and James from the pokemon franchise?
Wait till u see the roadmen
Just before the "why are British accents hot" question... ive been thinking why is Sam's accent soooo hot!! And there we go...guess its not just me. Love from South Africa
I know! He was like ”no”, and I was like ”have you heard yourself?”
Imagine meeting these guys and be like “ hey Korean billy “😅
That is what we would say lol x
@@carrie-anneking3461 SHE DID THE X THING LIKE IN THE VIDEO! (lol, I'm jk)
Wait their names are not Korean Billy, Australian Walter, British Sam and South African Chantelle 😨🤔
@@sushi777300 *insert gasp*
Most Scottish people introduce themselves as Scottish instead of British because when you say you're British, many foreigners instantly assume you are English. Call a Scottish person English and you're about to get slapped.
I wonder if that's like calling a Kiwi Australian, or a Canadian American
That's racist stereotyping, I've never slapped anyone for calling me british, I kick their bums, 😆😁😅🤪
@@daneroberts1996 Calling a Canadian American, he'll just answer "Sorry, but I'm Canadian".
Calling a Québécois Canadian tho : "Well yes, but actually no."
Even me, I'm from England and I always say I'm English, I wouldn't introduce myself as British. I think it's just some ignorant foreigners who only see England as Britain and use the terms interchangeably, disregarding that there are other countries in Britain too.
I'm a Scot and travel a lot. Always happy to introduce myself as British and if someone calls me English it doesn't bother me a bit. Why are you so insecure?
I'm American and we do 'x' here. Although I haven't seen or used it in a while. And when it's to friends it's never just 'x', it's always 'xoxo' meaning kisses (x) and hugs (o). Maybe just 'x' if you're messaging your significant other.
Agreed. I think only my grandma uses "xo" these days.
Where's John :( ?!
"Get out of London"- Sam 2020
what a quote
I was drinking tea when watching this
I am British English and we do NOT say "do you want a cup of tea"
With milk?
Lmao same
@@lorraineshuck3478 yeah I'm British and I say 'you want some tea?'
me too!
Very interesting! Sam represents his country well. His answers are diplomatic and accurate- which is quite British in itself. x
Billy I love your contents. Love them so much!
I was expecting a typical Sunday roast as a favourite.
Also, the Beatles being the main influence of the great British musical era.
I agree 100% if people actually heard the the different/various accents and dialects of the UK, you wouldn’t think posh... lol
Hello from Gloucester and I’m South African-British lol 🇿🇦🇬🇧
Yaaay!! I was waiting for this one! :) :)
Watched around 5 videos of Korean Billy’s English with Sam in it and I can’t stop thinking how he ressembles Chris Evans.
Yay! I’ve been waiting for this one 😂
HERE I GOOO THE BRITISH ONE THAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS 💛✨
who's that in your pfp
@@diidilaila1192 it's seulgi from red velvet
Really loved the editing in this video!!!! Everytime Sam's head blew up 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
Not being in European Union makes no sense that UK people aren't European. Ukraine, Norway, Albania etc. are all European despite not being in the EU which is a political union
Sure, but there is common European citizenship', which is why European Union was printed next to the country's name on the passports of 28, now 27, countries.
We're not European because Europe is a continent and we are islands outside that continent.
@@helenwood8482 Can't tell if you're joking? In a purely geological sense, we are indisputably European. The British Isles are islands belonging to the continent of Europe; just 8000 years ago Great Britain was a peninsular. The sea is so shallow they've built a tunnel under it. Besides that, in every conceivable way is Britain European. History, culture, native races, languages, religion, monarchy, politics. We couldn't be more European if we tried.
@@helenwood8482 Every country on this planet is geographically located on a continent, so if the UK is not in Europe as you've clearly stated what continent are we a part of then in your learned opinion?
Helen Wood is an ignorant, little Englander. Let's just move along.
When there was a food market in my hometown in sweden every year the brittish sellers asked why we had som much rain.... i really felt that ”you’re sure you’re the one that should ask that question?”
Yay! British version 🥰
Panel shows are my favourite thing ever!
Seriously, people need to listen to Brummie, Cockney, West Country, Scouse accents, etc. Not everyone in the UK speaks posh 😅
I mean I live in “posh” England (Surrey) but he still has one of the poshest accent I have ever heard
I have been watching UK game/panel shows. There are many accents. I really like Sam's.
I love that British guy. He's kinda cute and humble 😄❣
Awesome Video x
Interesting info Sam. Thanks...
Cool video Billy :)
Interesting and informative.🙂
please make webs most searched questions part 2 video for America
and by the way this video is my 2nd loved video of this series..
The death of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper in the 1950s set American rock and roll back for some time. It wasn’t until the Beatles and the “British invasion” of the 1960s that rock saw a resurgence. And when MTV began the only bands producing music videos at the time were from England so in the 80s there was a second surge of British bands. I wouldn’t say it’s necessarily better but British music definitely helped shape the music we all hear today.
I got frozen out in countryside England. I blended in London a lot more. People can tell when you are not from their little village. I had to leave a pub because everyone stopped talking and just stared at me until I felt so awkward I had to leave.
Where is John?
Here I am.
I always eagerly wait for your videos.I learn a lot from them. Thank you. Love from INDIA.
Heheh I’ve been waiting for some more british versions and it’s here🤩
i love your username lol
We love your accent Sam! x
Well that was fun!😄
Great video guys! Super funny and interesting making me laugh several times :))
hands down toad in the hole is my favourite food ever I agree with Sam on that one, it’s amazing
Get Out Of London is one of my favorite Aztec Camera songs. (Roddy Frame is genius)
Regarding music - historically up until the 1700s classical music was only heard in royal courts or the palaces of wealthy sponsors. Handel, in England, was one of the first to give public concerts that brought music other than folk music to the masses. It seems to have spread from there - there are apparently a lot of symphony orchestras around the country, rock groups from other countries will often have an English orchestra accompany them on recordings, even coal mines had brass bands performing classical works back in the day. And a strong classical scene presumably spilled over into a strong pop and rock music scene too.
There are other countries that are not part of EU and they are Europeans. Bloc is not identity
Correct, Albania, Serbia, Moldova, Romania, Slovenia, Malta Bosnia- -Herzegovina, Ukraine and many more
Exactly
we're still in the continent of Europe so what else would we be classed as
Please make the part 2
5:42 of course. Really charming 😍!!
Sam is one of them x
10:56 Harry Styles does that too
I wanna see them react to Louis Tomlinson's English accent.
Music
Temperance - around the end of the 19th century lots of communities & companies established brass bands for "social improvement" and to keep workers out of the pub. Though you could make a similar argument for pubs providing a communal space & audience for amateur performers.
Skiffle - This will be the bigger influence on rock & pop. There was a post war baby boom that coincided with the economic recovery to make a lot of teenagers in the late 50's & early 60's that had some economic power. Skiffle was an accessible genre that used cheap and improvised instruments. It's how the Beatles got started. Add in pirate radio stations that you could listen to on new, cheap & portable, transistor radios a growing & more diverse student culture, coffee bars, cheap war surplus motorbikes and Italian made scooters.....
Where my boy American John at?
I mostly listen to British music 😂 the Vamps and HRVY are my faves for years
i taught the vamps is australian?
Britain is a very polite country, generally. The average British person will say thank you at least 4 times when just paying for their shopping at a supermarket. That's how polite the average British person is. Also, and sorry Sam, but if u rocked up to the area of england I live in, u would be considered very posh. Sorry mate
The girl seems super nice and sounds like she knows how to hold a good conversation. She sounds smart
British music
one big different to my country:
almost every pub in the UK offers live music at the weekend.
So bands can test and practice 😀
british people are honestly the friendliest! Go further north and the humour, generosity and friendliness only gets better
Sam doing UK justice! So handsome
Fany...
Love you guys 😘
Why are British men so charming and funny?
I love Russell Howard's bit where he reads 50 shades of grey with different.. i guess UK regional accents? and it's like yeah, all dialects are wonderful in their own ways but generally ppl who say British accent is hot, they only mean like BBC English, maybe other TV-accents, like TV Scottish, or TV Irish, you know, the ones spoken relatively clearly and white and middle-/upper-class-y and all. I really recommend the Russell Howard bit though :) just search his name and 50 shades here on yt.
I was eating fish and chips with tea when I watched this
A more interesting question would be, "Why do British people always play the villain?" xD
Russian's always play the villians
True, international they push the typical stereotypical accent but inside Britain, you tend to hear the local accents more
Hi Billy!
Indian spices 😍 please visit India Sam 😍😍 we have a lot of delicious food and lots of varieties as well 😊🤗
British actors are good because they go to drama school then go to the theatre where they further enhance their skills. They can then move in TV or movies or sometimes both and sometimes and go back into theatres to further enhance their skills. This is the opposite with Americans who are often discovered in Malls, etc
There is some great food in the uk. I’m from South Africa but lived there for 9 years. Now I live in New Zealand. I would say uk restaurant food is better than nz restaurant food, and there is more variety of ingredients in the supermarket, plus food is cheaper than here.
Aww He sounds so nervous
In sweden we have a slang called ”english/brittish boullion/stock/broth” and that is... water....
Sam is cool 😎 I like his accent.
I would’ve put stargazy pie up there with the worst food....also, I love British weather. I’m a rainy person 😂
I am from Enfield originally yeah, did you go the town schools
You forgot list Nigella Lawson too, who I believe is well known in the US.
I wouldn't say black pudding is popular. It tends to be something you eat only very occasionally.
I knew Sam was cool! 10 points for Spice Girls!
Make a video about Indian and New Zealand english
Black pudding and toad in the hole. I kinda wanna try both. 🤔 Can't be worse tasting than that famous Swedish canned food that's supposed to smell super bad, or that stinky tofu right?
chantelle, im also south african, and I really want to go to korea
The late John Peel suggested the strength of British music came from us having both BBC Radios One and Two, plus the dole queue. We also have an advantage in the English language. Regrettably Sam has made some errors. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are separate nations, not Kingdoms - hence “United Kingdom” - we share the same monarchy. England, Wales and Scotland are jointly referred to as Great Britain. Technically people from the UK are British nationals. Passports will describe them as British, not English, Scottish, etc. There are many dialects throughout the UK but collectively we speak British English with British standard spelling. This is in contrast to say, American, Australian, Canadian or Indian English. While there is a perception that it rains a lot in the UK, rainfall figures for London compare favourably with cities like New York and Sydney.
I always hated the “x” in texts from strangers because I always thought it was meant to inappropriate. Now I know lol
Greetings from Bangkok, Thailand 🇹🇭
In America in text the "x" represents a hug and an "o" represents a kiss
0they should do a south african one of these
Scott Adkins my favourite from UK
So confusing, but I will get it.
my boy is from Enfield and says it’s friendly.. *i guess it changed?*
I X you all lovely people 🥰😇
It might be a stereotype,but people I have heard speaking British English accent is definetly hot. The way they pronounces every word crystal crispy clear.
Actually The UK is short for The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with Great Britain being the union of the kingdoms of Scotland and England (Wales is officially a principality attached underneath the English throne since the Normans annexed it) and then the addition of Northern Ireland (originally Ireland in its entirety)
Where is John??
i was so surprised when he said enfield because he sounds so posh and i’m from enfield and it is not posh at all
sam: *talks about chavs*
me: *thinks about every chav at my school*
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Also technically includes Isle of Man, Jersey, Gibraltar, etc. we are islands which form one sole kingdom... Ergo United Kingdom - it's just easier to say UK
Another very fun show. I think that you should explain to outsiders what Toad in the Hole is, as well as black pudding. I think that black pudding is kind of like haggis, but I'm not sure. I agree that Londoners seem cold and distant like most other big city people, but I found that locals totally came alive and were very friendly once they are in a pub. It is a dramatic transformation. Also, as an American I had first ignorantly assumed that Britons would be a lot like us, as Canadians, and surprisingly Australians often are, being open and not class conscious. But from my first impression, some British people often come across as being European, even though it varies a lot by region and age. Similarly, many big city French people seemed distant, avoiding eye contact and not talking with strangers, but people in the country and college towns were open and very friendly. The Scottish people that I met as a visiting stranger were welcoming, and the friendliest big city people that I have seen were in Sydney.
im american at the end of texts i would put a happy emoji or a sad emoji
British tennis fans would call Andy Murray British when he won, but Scottish when he lost.
Your English accent is very moderate, indeed, not so over ("o-va") the top like other peoples'
I'm Swiss, and i do consider you guys European. We've never been a member of the EU, so to us this is not a criteria to be European at all.
I feel like sending xoxo is a British (as opposed to American) thing.
I mean, I've never seen someone just send an "x", but you see "xoxoxo" all the time here in the states as "hugs and kisses"
I want to be in one of these RUclips video ! I’ll be American Katelyn lol 😂!
2:33 3 words:
Gregg’s sausage roll