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  • @Angrybear187
    @Angrybear187 11 months ago +114

    “Tesco please sponsor me”….I love the never-ending obsession with meal deals 😂

    • @StewedFishProductions
      @StewedFishProductions 11 months ago +5

      Especially if you go to Aldi and buy some bread rolls, fillings/spreads/red pepper hummus, Scotch eggs, crisps, soft drink (or combo) etc. and it can work out 'less expensive' than the "Tesco Meal Deal" !!! Seriousl, people have been 'brainwashed' into thinking it's such a great price, yet with a little pre-planning you can often get MORE items for less money. Having sandwiches, crisps and drinks all together is 'convenience' - YES - but I don't mind walking around the aisles gathering things! 🤔 😂 👍

    • @annother3350
      @annother3350 11 months ago +5

      @StewedFishProductions It depends, I would not get all the separate items and prepare it myself on the train for example, or while on the motorway, or really anywhere except my house or maybe a picnic

    • @deniseroney
      @deniseroney 11 months ago +1

      @StewedFishProductions hahaha and I don't mind making it at home and taking it in as it is cheaper, you actually get some filling in your bread, you have more choice, its not all on white bread, the drink bottle holds more, lol !!

    • @David-yz3uo
      @David-yz3uo 11 months ago +2

      Other meal deals are available.

    • @David-yz3uo
      @David-yz3uo 11 months ago +5

      What's that over there? Oh that's Morris dancing. Yes I've been a bit worried about Morris lately

  • @YorkshireAdventurer76
    @YorkshireAdventurer76 11 months ago +43

    My favourite use of "Darling" has got to be in Blackadder Goes Forth with the character called Captain Darling and Stephen Fry's character General Melchett 😂

  • @kenhobbs8565
    @kenhobbs8565 11 months ago +52

    Careful how/when you use the word "slapper". 😂

  • @davewalker6760
    @davewalker6760 11 months ago +36

    Makes more sense to buy cakes once a year on your birthday than have to try to organise everyone chipping in to buy cakes every day or two!

  • @JeremyParker072
    @JeremyParker072 11 months ago +37

    "i'll have to introduce the slapper!" had me laughing out loud.

  • @direnova6284
    @direnova6284 11 months ago +60

    I had a friend who was a Morris dancer and of course we all laughed at him ( at work) but as he explained to me they get their beer for free at the pubs they dance at and he had been in three movies, travelled all over the world and it kept him fit and you can't really argue with any of that as not being actually quite cool.

    • @kathrynhobbs8874
      @kathrynhobbs8874 11 months ago +5

      See, now, no one would laugh at a Scotsman doing Scottish dancing………..I dare you to try! Gggg

    • @davidstaves6669
      @davidstaves6669 11 months ago +2

      We have regularly entertained a morris team from London (Ontario). Great bunch of people.

    • @Bogus_Dude
      @Bogus_Dude 10 months ago

      and tbf outside north America most countries have similar types of traditional dances so its not really unique to us. And even then, its not that different to country music line dancing

  • @thomassharmer7127
    @thomassharmer7127 11 months ago +19

    The use of terms of endearment to strangers comes from a sense that everyone is a kind of extended family.

  • @jasonsmart3482
    @jasonsmart3482 11 months ago +95

    Never going to hate on Morris dancing. It part of our heritage and is kind of cool in a weird way.. :

    • @missmerrily4830
      @missmerrily4830 11 months ago +4

      So well said and I totally agree! Some sources say that it's not been a part of our heritage for as long as was first thought, but I believe it's been around in some form for most of our history. And what isn't to love about getting up before dawn on May morning and going to watch a demonstration. It's fun, it's different, it has its own cast of characters, and, if you dance it yourself, there's usually a visit to a nice pub at the end of it!

    • @DanSmith-ko2cv
      @DanSmith-ko2cv 11 months ago +3

      While they link arms and wear cowboy boots to line dance right😉

    • @noniousxltruffles7454
      @noniousxltruffles7454 11 months ago +5

      It's a classic example of British silly eccentricity 😂😂

    • @oopsdidItypethatoutloud
      @oopsdidItypethatoutloud 11 months ago +5

      Just to warn you... the ones with swords aren't called Morris dancers. They get offended... and are armed 😮
      ❤ from Northeast England ❤

    • @PortilloMoment
      @PortilloMoment 11 months ago +2

      Morris dancers are considerate enough to wear bells to let you know where they are if you can't see them, enabling people to efficiently avoid them. Good feature.

  • @kristymac3236
    @kristymac3236 11 months ago +49

    The waving reminded me of when I used to visit my mum. We’d keep waving and she would wait until I got to the bottom of her road then I’d have to stop the car to have a last wave before she would go in her house .

    • @dianeleitch
      @dianeleitch 11 months ago +11

      Did the same with my mother and now do it with my daughter. It is a very British thing to do.

    • @Dunk1970
      @Dunk1970 11 months ago +8

      @dianeleitch I was about to post that I think waving until you are out of sight is something that will die out with my parent's (in their 80s) generation. My kids never do that with us, but still, my brothers and I always do it when leaving my parents' house.

    • @deniseroney
      @deniseroney 11 months ago

      SPOT ON -

  • @debsw4518
    @debsw4518 11 months ago +71

    You’ve got to wave until you can no longer see each other 😂😂

  • @julienneatkinson6975
    @julienneatkinson6975 11 months ago +27

    Lord sandwich invented the sandwich when he was playing cards and needed something to eat, but hadn’t time to leave the gambling table. Hence the sandwich.

  • @dreddykrugernew
    @dreddykrugernew 11 months ago +42

    The Earl of Sandwich enters the chat

    • @tantangpenn5496
      @tantangpenn5496 11 months ago

      Mapperton Live.

    • @smelkus
      @smelkus 2 months ago

      If the earl of sandwich invented the sandwich does that mean the earl of custard invented custard

  • @patricialongley5536
    @patricialongley5536 11 months ago +15

    With Pet Names, it depends on the tone of voice whether it’s condescending or affectionate.

  • @geminil2415
    @geminil2415 11 months ago +60

    30 degrees in Britain would be fainting weather.

    • @stevencarlton3286
      @stevencarlton3286 11 months ago +5

      yup that's taps aff weather , wether you should doesn't matter

    • @planningto
      @planningto 11 months ago

      Yeah. The mainstream media encourages us all to panic and stay indoors with the curtains shut.

    • @cornishmaid9138
      @cornishmaid9138 11 months ago

      That’ll be Celsius?

  • @runawaywolf2570
    @runawaywolf2570 11 months ago +48

    My partner is German and when we were over in the UK to see my family (i think we were at a random lorry stop Greggs) and he was called "darling" by an old woman behind the counter, he immediately fell in love.
    They don't really do that in Germany, aside from places like Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) where things are a lot more chill.

    • @deniseroney
      @deniseroney 11 months ago +3

      Awww that actually brings a tear to my eye, really!

    • @rustynail1194
      @rustynail1194 11 months ago +5

      I gotta stop saying it but I can't help it. It's very common in the Westcountry

  • @pamelawatson2366
    @pamelawatson2366 11 months ago +18

    These videos are so funny. We just accept these things as 'normal' until we see ourselves through other's eyes. 😂

  • @Helenlouisee
    @Helenlouisee 11 months ago +21

    Crisp (chips) sandwich is the besssst

  • @richardk.4503
    @richardk.4503 11 months ago +73

    The first time the lovely elderly lady at the Tesco check out where i did my usual shopping said to me "oh hello duckie, havent seen you in a few days. Have you been ok?" I just melted and she won me over. I am from the Netherlands originally and we dont really do pet names either.
    We do the same thing with birthdays. If it's your birthday, you bring some treats to work.

  • @jabbra1837
    @jabbra1837 11 months ago +15

    The slap of the knee is often accompanied by a slight leaning forward, as if to gesture "I'm about to stand up"

    • @kevmccormick1878
      @kevmccormick1878 2 months ago

      As checking bags, and patting pockets that may hold phones, keys or wallets signals that you're finally going out the door, to end the final polite pleasantries, and expressions of proportionate gratitude. It's respectful to be polite and use customs or habits that smooth social interactions, and if they allow you to be abrupt in a way that causes no offense or misunderstanding, everyone's happy, especially where the abruptness is split into stages.

  • @clareshaughnessy2745
    @clareshaughnessy2745 11 months ago +21

    Here’s a weird American thing from when I lived there. When you’re on the phone and you have to tell someone a long number or spelling a name, in Britain you say approx three numbers and pause and the person on the phone says ‘right’ or ‘yep’ to let you know they’re keeping up. In America they said NOTHING!! So you might say ‘3456..’ and pause and there’s silence! And you think ‘did they get that?’ ‘Should I go on?’ It’s VERY disconcerting!!

  • @susansmiles2242
    @susansmiles2242 11 months ago +44

    Just because things are different doesn’t mean they are weird.
    As we invented the sandwich we are allowed to put whatever we want on them.

    • @trixysvinylmusicfordjs8799
      @trixysvinylmusicfordjs8799 11 months ago +4

      you mean "In them" !!

    • @DAVIDSHEILS-fs1og
      @DAVIDSHEILS-fs1og 11 months ago +2

      @susansmiles2242 ...and who is'we'?

    • @georgezb
      @georgezb 11 months ago +9

      ​@DAVIDSHEILS-fs1og the British. The British invented the sandwich. Literally "the earl of sandwich"

    • @schroedingers_kotze
      @schroedingers_kotze 9 months ago +2

      With this reasoning, you can also put cat food on your sandwich - but everyone else will still think it's weird.

    • @Leadfootlisa
      @Leadfootlisa 8 months ago +1

      I honestly thought I invented the Wigan Kebab. Maybe someone in Wigan invented it independently of me. Maybe they got the idea from me. I don't care , as long as they exist.

  • @bobbyshaftowenttosea5410
    @bobbyshaftowenttosea5410 11 months ago +43

    “Thankyou, my lover”
    Said by the lady serving me in M+S. Bristol branch, of course.

    • @deniseroney
      @deniseroney 11 months ago +3

      Now that would take me aback, if there is such a word!

    • @kathrynhobbs8874
      @kathrynhobbs8874 11 months ago +5

      @deniseroneyoh yes there is! And it’s nothing to do with any other kind of lover 😉

    • @fayesouthall6604
      @fayesouthall6604 11 months ago +7

      Here you go my lover, alright duck, to complete strangers.

    • @clareshaughnessy2745
      @clareshaughnessy2745 11 months ago +5

      Yeah, even as I think of someone saying it I’m hearing it in a West Country accent. I’m from Merseyside so ‘luv’ is my go to.

    • @clareshaughnessy2745
      @clareshaughnessy2745 11 months ago +4

      @deniseroneyYES but ONLY in the West Country

  • @Mr4dspecs
    @Mr4dspecs 11 months ago +49

    For ending a phone call, I always say “Well, I won’t take up any more of your time” or “Look, I’d better let you go now…” as if it’s me that’s at fault for dragging on the conversation. This is understood by everyone as the signal that I need to terminate the call, and can you please let me.

    • @matt01506
      @matt01506 11 months ago +7

      First loves
      "No, you hang up first" !

    • @deniseroney
      @deniseroney 11 months ago +3

      Oh perfect, and one day someone might just say, no its OK I have got time to chat a bit longer, lol !!

    • @deniseroney
      @deniseroney 11 months ago +4

      @matt01506 Absolutely, have done that several times, even ringing them back to say, just one last Goodbye, lol

    • @tibouzankor1997
      @tibouzankor1997 11 months ago +5

      Ha! You haven’t spoken to my sister-in-law. I’ve said similar to her and still ended up ending the call an hour later only because someone else, like a baby crying, forced her to finally go😂

    • @vallee3140
      @vallee3140 11 months ago +9

      I get my husband to ring the doorbell

  • @DavidPaulMorgan
    @DavidPaulMorgan 11 months ago +10

    The 'banter' and 'the knee slap' - and yes, I take cakes & snacks for my birthday too.

  • @childofthestones2820
    @childofthestones2820 11 months ago +10

    Two things I miss about working from home: 1) the banter 2) baking a cake to take in on my birthday. Neither works over Zoom.

  • @PaulDee-k4p
    @PaulDee-k4p 11 months ago +17

    I am British and I have solved the cake buying problem. I always book holiday on my birthday .

  • @keeleywickham
    @keeleywickham 11 months ago +13

    We actually say ‘we need to do our goodbyes’ like it’s an event. At a big family gathering everyone there has to say goodbye to everyone else who’s there and woe-betide (yeah we say that) anyone who misses someone else out. Teenagers are dragged out of bedrooms, babies are pulled out of cots, pets are assembled. Then we all stand on the doorstep and wave our visitors off into the distance, and then go back inside feeling bereft and lonely. I’d love to know where it came from culturally. I lived in Africa for a while and their big thing was hellos, and they don’t do goodbyes at all. It was very troubling for this poor Brit 😂😂

  • @victordevonshire807
    @victordevonshire807 11 months ago +13

    "All right girl." It all comes from love. ❤

  • @josefschiltz2192
    @josefschiltz2192 11 months ago +29

    Now, Jules. I am suspecting that you've never seen The Two Ronnies and their Morris dancing routine.

    • @chapsnaps1
      @chapsnaps1 11 months ago +8

      He has to see the Two Ronnie's Aldershot Brass Ensemble and the Plumstead Ladies Male Voice Choir.
      Classics!

    • @patriciahiggins9188
      @patriciahiggins9188 11 months ago +3

      Oh yes, wasn't it marvellous 💜

  • @KeithSanders-t7k
    @KeithSanders-t7k 11 months ago +21

    Sun's out shirts off - usually builders on a building site are the first to do it.

  • @PompeyDave-w6m
    @PompeyDave-w6m 11 months ago +14

    She's got us pretty well sussed, we do like a long goodbye, I think it's usual to be polite to someone you don't know or aren't sure of, it doesn't really mean you hate them.

  • @gniwtram
    @gniwtram 11 months ago +26

    Joel. You said recently you are going to be reacting to Gavin & Stacey. It is s perfect example of how Brits interact. Plus it added a phrase to everyday conversation. Instead of using. "What up" "how's it going" people would use "what's occurring" That often gets a snigger, as everybody knows where they heard that first.

  • @davidknell8831
    @davidknell8831 11 months ago +41

    Being called odd by an American! I massive oxymoron 😂

  • @Otacatapetl
    @Otacatapetl 11 months ago +27

    Weird? I'm not taking that from an American.

    • @jabbra1837
      @jabbra1837 2 months ago

      She's Canadian...

    • @Otacatapetl
      @Otacatapetl 2 months ago

      ​@jabbra1837 Look at Canada on a map. I think you'll find it in North America.

    • @jabbra1837
      @jabbra1837 2 months ago

      ​​​@Otacatapetl You might want to look up the difference between a continent and a country...

    • @Otacatapetl
      @Otacatapetl 2 months ago

      ​@jabbra1837 Well, _you're_ the one who saw "American" and instantly thought "someone from the US". Put your _own_ house in order before telling _me_ what to do.

    • @jabbra1837
      @jabbra1837 2 months ago

      ​@Otacatapetl My house? From the guy who thinks Canadians call themselves American? Nah, that's a you problem 😂

  • @greg5639
    @greg5639 11 months ago +12

    Where i live in N /E Derbyshire, most people say duck. It's actually a bastardation of Duke from i believe the 1800s.

  • @robt2778
    @robt2778 11 months ago +52

    Nice to see Americans and Canadians cooperating 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇲

    • @joshcrawford4076
      @joshcrawford4076 11 months ago +7

      It's good to see the colonies getting along 🥲

    • @HeeBeeGeeBee392
      @HeeBeeGeeBee392 11 months ago

      Resurrecting the US's War Plan Red from between WW1 and WW2, and possibly resulting in as big a debacle as the war of 1812-1814, when the British torched Washington. The US would also lose the strategic defence North Warning System in the Canadian north, opening up the US to a nuclear first strike by Russia. Is this Vova's reason for activating agent Krasnov?

    • @jabbra1837
      @jabbra1837 11 months ago +2

      It's sad really, us "the little guys" get on with each other just fine. It's only when things get political that people start drawing lines in the sand.

    • @joshcrawford4076
      @joshcrawford4076 11 months ago

      @jabbra1837 we should be all as one like one big family ☺️

    • @mmcbey1401
      @mmcbey1401 11 months ago +1

      @jabbra1837 And so it has always been.

  • @TheGwydion777
    @TheGwydion777 11 months ago +10

    I'm Dutch, but for some strange reason I also treat people like that. Very formal and polite to people I can't stand and sometimes totally rude to my mates. My mother called it monkey love, literally translated. There's a strong, but diluted bloodline that runs back across the Channel, but that goes back centuries. Sill blood is thicker than water. My British mates call me the unclogged Dutchman and every time I meet a Brit I have to convince them I'm as Dutch as they come. 🤣

  • @ARJDReacts
    @ARJDReacts 10 months ago +10

    When most Brit's speak to male's, stranger or not, it's lad, mate or bro, then women it's sweetheart, hun, darlin, love. It's just such a nice way to be friendly. When I speak to male's, it's mate and when I speak to females, it's love or darlin myself. A lot of great things come out of Britain

  • @jacquilarter9290
    @jacquilarter9290 11 months ago +5

    That good bye and waving is so common here, when my grown up children and/or their children visit me I’m saying good bye and I’m waving and blowing kisses while they are doing the same out of the car window until out of sight … if it’s winter or it’s dark and I haven’t gone outside with them I’m at the window and we’re doing the same. This can happen several times a week 😅

  • @delskioffskinov
    @delskioffskinov 11 months ago +13

    JPS! Alana was my first north american youtuber that I subscribed to and you were my second! just wanted you to know that I love both of yours content!

  • @natmanprime4295
    @natmanprime4295 11 months ago +7

    Now you can't tell me "darlin" isn't an American thing, I've heard the song "Footloose"!!

  • @paulmc6940
    @paulmc6940 11 months ago +5

    We slap our knees coz it’s more polite than clicking your fingers and shouting attention! 🤣

  • @mdx7460
    @mdx7460 11 months ago +5

    That buying your own cake thing starts in school. Never worked in an office so didn’t realise it spills over. But kids always bring in a treat for the whole class on their birthdays. I buy a few packets of cupcakes to feed 30 kids on my kids birthdays. But some people must spend a fortune. My daughter came home the other week with a party bag full of fidget type toys. Imagine getting all that for 30 kids.

  • @jacquelinegittens8972
    @jacquelinegittens8972 11 months ago +59

    Ask any Native American whether the US has national, historical, or traditional dancing that is hundreds of years old.

  • @lindseyingoldby532
    @lindseyingoldby532 11 months ago +6

    This’s was lovely to watch and have my day start with a smile 😀

  • @petersp63
    @petersp63 11 months ago +8

    Was going to do weird Americans vlog but evidently a 16hour video is too long! lol

  • @Sirius-9rb
    @Sirius-9rb 11 months ago +15

    Other pet names: chook (chick) or petal. Both of these tend to be used around the Birmingham / West Midlands areas.

  • @colourific
    @colourific 11 months ago +5

    Colin was produced by a supermarket called Marks & Spencer (M&S) for kids birthdays then Lidl decided to copy it and M&S took them to court but now quite a few supermarkets have their own version of it. The reason we like Colin is that the chocolate is lovely.

  • @catgladwell5684
    @catgladwell5684 11 months ago +15

    Saying goodbye at a station is the best. The British way is to run alongside the departing train so you can wave and blow kisses for the maximum possible time. think J K Rowling has the characters in Harry Potter doing it.🤣

  • @ABiggles
    @ABiggles 11 months ago +225

    What is up with social media commentators describing things as weird? They are not weird. They are just DIFFERENT from what these commentators are used to.

    • @RushfanUK
      @RushfanUK 11 months ago +36

      Who knew, a foreign country with its own customs and culture distinctly different from Canada and the USA, one of the problems particularly with Americans travelling abroad is their inability to realise they are actually in a foreign country, Joel is an acceptation to this as he did a lot of research and immerses himself in the experience when travelling.

    • @ABiggles
      @ABiggles 11 months ago +10

      @RushfanUK My comment also refers to people describing American customs as weird.

    • @Kingly-pp2zg
      @Kingly-pp2zg 11 months ago +23

      I don’t mind the word weird here. I’m British, proudly so, and the video is funny. Every country has things that seem weird to foreigners, I wouldn’t get so hung up on the word,

    • @mark_8719
      @mark_8719 11 months ago +12

      Drama queen 😂

    • @Jules-GamerGrandma
      @Jules-GamerGrandma 11 months ago

      We thing Americans are weird 😂

  • @tracycairns1684
    @tracycairns1684 11 months ago +4

    Brilliant. I say "bye" at least 6 times at the end of a call! Some good points made that I was unaware of as a Brit until she pointed them out, I'm going to pay more attention to people slapping their knees from now on.

  • @barbaratg5230
    @barbaratg5230 11 months ago +38

    All these names, pet, duckie, darling, sweetheart etc. should be accepted for what they are meant to convey. They are terms of indearment, friendliness, acceptance and respect. It's so British we don't even think about it. Long may it last.

    • @oopsdidItypethatoutloud
      @oopsdidItypethatoutloud 11 months ago +8

      Do you know PET is short for Petal
      ❤ from Northeast England ❤

    • @chrissampson6861
      @chrissampson6861 10 months ago

      Some others
      Cock / Chick midlands
      My Lover / My Handsome Cornwall
      Maid / Bay - Devon

    • @catgladwell5684
      @catgladwell5684 10 months ago +2

      @ I love hinny, also from the lovely NE

  • @bernadettekutch5240
    @bernadettekutch5240 11 months ago +5

    I can totally relate to all of these! I especially like the last one though, the long goodbyes 🤣. I was born in England, and moved to PA in the USA in 1970 with my parents and four younger brothers. My parents are now gone, but my brothers and I still have our long and drawn out goodbyes whenever we meet up or are on the phone. Even my niece and nephews are carrying on the tradition!😂 My husband refers to these exchanges as the Lisney goodbyes (Lisney being my maiden name).
    My mum used to call everyone Love. My friends loved this ❤

  • @ShaunNicholson-x8m
    @ShaunNicholson-x8m 11 months ago +5

    In the north east it’s hinny the local pronunciation of honey term applied to women sometimes used together with the word canny. Great video lad 🇬🇧👍🏻🇺🇸

  • @allysonaustin
    @allysonaustin 11 months ago +21

    I'm British - never had a Tesco meal deal.... UNTIL.... last week. I thought about you all afternoon! Tesco - sponsor this man!

    • @theshiftybloke4672
      @theshiftybloke4672 11 months ago

      What have you been doing with your life to never have a meal deal?!

    • @scottneil1187
      @scottneil1187 11 months ago

      Some of us don't have a Tesco anywhere near us.

    • @theshiftybloke4672
      @theshiftybloke4672 11 months ago

      @scottneil1187 damn and they are quite far spread across the UK.. glad to have you on board! I get a ploughman's sandwich and a sausage roll side with crisps because I end up using the sausage roll as my next day lunch

    • @allysonaustin
      @allysonaustin 11 months ago

      @Colin-ml7fq oooh! Good shout!!!

    • @allysonaustin
      @allysonaustin 11 months ago

      @theshiftybloke4672 I know!!!! I honestly couldn't believe it... ! Amazing value...

  • @gillberridge9854
    @gillberridge9854 11 months ago +10

    please note nottingham people will say 'hey up me duck-' when greeting friends

    • @waynemay7327
      @waynemay7327 11 months ago

      I'm from Nottingham and it's not said much now. Also we don't say duck do we? It's more du...the ck bit fades away.

    • @gillberridge9854
      @gillberridge9854 11 months ago

      @waynemay7327 u r not nottingham as we do say it also u pompous sod we say Tara me duck instead of goodbye

    • @gillberridge9854
      @gillberridge9854 11 months ago

      @waynemay7327 u probably from the posh side

    • @gillberridge9854
      @gillberridge9854 11 months ago

      @waynemay7327 no, i and people i know say duck - maybe your from the posh bit of nottm?

    • @gillberridge9854
      @gillberridge9854 10 months ago

      no working class area and we say hey up me duck or hey up duck - you dont just meet and first thing say is duck u being a bit daft

  • @davidbolton8798
    @davidbolton8798 11 months ago +10

    Americans and Canadians forget how old Britain is and how far back our history stretches

  • @MissSJ4429
    @MissSJ4429 11 months ago +9

    Some of those things are relatively new. The caterpillar cake, the prolonged goodbyes, the bringing treats to school or work on your birthday weren’t a thing when I was at school or working with other people. Even when my kids were at school. My kids are aged between 33 and 45.

    • @scottneil1187
      @scottneil1187 11 months ago +1

      Yeah, the caterpillar cake seems to be a very new meme thing.

    • @karenpaxton
      @karenpaxton 10 months ago

      Long goodbyes have always been a thing in my world, but Colin is 'fairly' recent.

  • @r-oe4wr
    @r-oe4wr 11 months ago +7

    There's nothing weird about these. They're part of our everyday language.

  • @DaveyL1954
    @DaveyL1954 11 months ago +17

    Here in Yorkshire men will also call other men "luv". It was quite shocking at first, but now after 50 years its quite ok. "Me duck" is another affectation used here in Yorkshire, but the greeting well used here is "Nah then, thee!" Only in Yorkshire though. That and "Ehyupp!"

    • @nidh1109
      @nidh1109 11 months ago +3

      I think eyupp managed to sneak across to Lancashire, as I recall growing up.

    • @phwbooth
      @phwbooth 11 months ago +2

      That surprised me when I was first on a Sheffield bus in the early sixties, when the conductor said 'ta luv' to every passenger that gave him their fair.

    • @deniseroney
      @deniseroney 11 months ago

      @phwbooth FARE !

    • @deniseroney
      @deniseroney 11 months ago +3

      @Marc1a2 Yes, thinking about it Derbyshire was the first place I heard it, though the guy lived in Derby not sure he was born there.

    • @jasonsmart3482
      @jasonsmart3482 11 months ago +2

      my gran - SE Kent would refer to people as duckie, its so sweet when I think of it now.

  • @darkpitcher5242
    @darkpitcher5242 11 months ago +2

    My dad used to talk about a newsagent he called Love, Ducks and Sir because the lady behind the counter used to cycle through the three pet names when she was serving people

  • @planningto
    @planningto 11 months ago +2

    Wow! I was literally in Portsmouth a couple of hours ago and I watched the Isle of Wight ferry coming in and out while I ate lunch. Can't believe you then mentioned that!

  • @lesleythompson810
    @lesleythompson810 11 months ago +12

    Sandwiches were invented here, by the Earl of Sandwich, we are masters of it, we have had many years of practice

    • @robt2778
      @robt2778 11 months ago

      No he didn't, he may have popularised them among the upper classes, but even this is uncertain.

    • @Benson...1
      @Benson...1 11 months ago

      I heard or read somewhere the Chinese had something similar a long time before the British made it a thing

    • @diarmuidkuhle8181
      @diarmuidkuhle8181 11 months ago

      ​@Benson...1yes, like a forerunner of the burger. It's pulled pork or beef with cabbage and spices in a bun. Dates all the way back to the Tang dynasty and is called a rou jia mo. Still a popular street food today.

    • @lesleythompson810
      @lesleythompson810 11 months ago

      @robt2778 John Montagu the 4th Earl of Sandwich is credited with the making of sandwiches. According to my history teacher and google

  • @CurioByBSpokeDesigns
    @CurioByBSpokeDesigns 11 months ago +38

    She forgot to mention that many British men wear shorts whatever the weather. Four foot of snow and you will still see a bloke wearing shorts.

    • @patrickeffiom97
      @patrickeffiom97 11 months ago +4

      Don't get me started on the shorts😞🇬🇧

    • @cornishmaid9138
      @cornishmaid9138 11 months ago +5

      Particularly postmen.

    • @frankanderson5012
      @frankanderson5012 10 months ago +1

      What’s hilarious is that, in the middle of winter when they do that, they will have a heavy coat on, gloves and woolly hat on as well! Apparently, it’s only the top half that feels the cold.

    • @simonfunwithtrains1572
      @simonfunwithtrains1572 10 months ago +2

      This is year round attire from most men living in Shap. If you don't know where that is look it up, but I can assure you it's not warm.

    • @CurioByBSpokeDesigns
      @CurioByBSpokeDesigns 10 months ago +1

      @simonfunwithtrains1572 Oh I know where Shap is! and i know what the weather's like!

  • @leehallam9365
    @leehallam9365 11 months ago +8

    The birthday thing is only a work thing. It isn't really universal, and it's not really expected. It at least avoids the trauma of the person whose birthday is ignored or forgotten by their colleagues.

    • @wolfman22
      @wolfman22 11 months ago

      And it was an American thing first

    • @BOXOFDEMONS666
      @BOXOFDEMONS666 11 months ago +1

      I think bringing buns and cake yourself prob started with people bringing the extra stuff that didnt get eaten at home on there birthday

  • @Chameleonen
    @Chameleonen 11 months ago +2

    The banter and to bring your own cake is exactly the same in Denmark but we don't get any gifts unless it's a round/Milestone birthday.

  • @Tommywal-ker
    @Tommywal-ker 11 months ago +3

    I made myself a Cornish pasty sandwich once. I had some bread that need to be eaten so i put a pasty in and munched my way though it. i wasn't going to waste the food.

  • @masonbell8840
    @masonbell8840 16 days ago

    The knees slap….wow I do that so automatically I barely notice.

  • @bernadettelanders7306
    @bernadettelanders7306 11 months ago +5

    How about the word - different - instead of weird

  • @grahamboffey457
    @grahamboffey457 11 months ago +8

    Duck is East Midlands.

  • @ginak921
    @ginak921 11 months ago +7

    Chip butties, fish finger sandwiches and mashed potato sandwich all with HP sauce yum yum.

    • @English-Lass
      @English-Lass 11 months ago +1

      Had mashed potato sarnie Wednesday (also nice to fry the mash a little and yes, HP is a must.) And had a crisp butty about an hour ago!
      Must get round to the chip or fish finger butty soon, miss them haha.

  • @deanfields5242
    @deanfields5242 11 months ago +4

    Hey Joel how are you i absolutely love your content your videos really cheer me up ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @SparkySenor
    @SparkySenor 11 months ago +8

    As a Brit, I was a bit frightened to watch this, but it was lighthearted fun and amazingly accurate.

    • @SweetLotusDreams
      @SweetLotusDreams 10 months ago +1

      Alanna loves it in the UK. 😂

    • @jordanplumb5941
      @jordanplumb5941 10 months ago +1

      I once called my mate just to give him abit of verbal then hung up. The accuracy is real

  • @johnadey3696
    @johnadey3696 11 months ago +5

    I live in the Midlands where women regularly call men "bab". On the "Golden roof" in Innsbruck, it shows this exact dance labeled "Moorish Tanzen" so presumably it came from Spain.

  • @timothybird4264
    @timothybird4264 11 months ago +38

    Fish finger sandwich 😍

    • @ginak921
      @ginak921 11 months ago +7

      With HP sauce on too.

    • @duncanliath
      @duncanliath 11 months ago +1

      @ginak921 I prefer soya sauce on my fish finger sandwich 😁

    • @helenbailey8419
      @helenbailey8419 11 months ago +8

      Or tomato ketchup..divine

    • @timothybird4264
      @timothybird4264 11 months ago +1

      @helenbailey8419 think I’d go with ketchup, I’ve even tried tartar sauce

    • @English-Lass
      @English-Lass 11 months ago +1

      @helenbailey8419 Oh lord... not had that for years. Must re-have lol

  • @duncanliath
    @duncanliath 11 months ago +5

    My last job before I retired was working for a small engineering firm in the west midlands, england. Custom was on someone's birthday for the birthday person to buy 150 samosa from local Asain 'sweet centre' to be placed in the canteen at lunchtime for co-workers to help themselves. Always a great start to the day when word spread that it was someone's birthday and would be samosa at lunchtime 😁

  • @yvonneclarkson5500
    @yvonneclarkson5500 11 months ago +5

    Thank you, sweetie! Lovely video. As a Brit I loved this. We may not be perfect but we certainly have a great sense of humour. Instead of weird call us ECCENTRIC. 😂

  • @davehadley3567
    @davehadley3567 11 months ago +14

    We aren’t weird, we are normal. It’s everyone else who is weird, after all we were here long before almost all of them were where ever they came from lol.

  • @NauiByeolEge
    @NauiByeolEge 11 months ago +5

    In both Australia, and in the UK, it was always the person who supplied the treats for the office. My last office in London had 90 staff; it was an expensive day for which I saved every month. I also did Australia Day with treats from Australia but I did share this with the fellow Australian so not so expensive.
    My mother (Australian with an English mother) called everyone "love". It was embarrassing at times when she came to school.
    If you think the English have long goodbyes; try the Irish - it's eternal. I struggle to get out of my uncle's house in under an hour.

    • @fayesouthall6604
      @fayesouthall6604 11 months ago +1

      I worked in an office and the cakes were always bought or made by the person whose birthday it is.

  • @marko2873
    @marko2873 11 months ago +3

    I think the buying stuff on your birthday thing is a little like - I am celebrating my birthday so this is me inviting you to share in that without expecting anything from you. I think this is more of a workplace thing separate from what you'd expect from family or close friends.

  • @pirangeloferretti3588
    @pirangeloferretti3588 11 months ago +24

    Morris Dance is not 'weird', it's actually awesome.

    • @davebox588
      @davebox588 11 months ago +3

      I agree. Lots of years ago I stood in for a (something) horn dance. Couldn't find the name on Google, but I think it took half an hour or so to learn the steps then did it with the rest of the dancers. Hard to describe how 'powerful' these very old dances are. I've never danced with a group since, but I'll always remember that day.

  • @kayrenbuckley9828
    @kayrenbuckley9828 10 months ago +1

    We have terrible road rage also😅

  • @damienkakoschke3099
    @damienkakoschke3099 11 months ago +2

    The best chip-butty is a roll, you put hole in the role, bit by bit pull out the middle of the roll & stuff it with chips (rather than just 2 pieces of bread).

  • @cheryljoynson7053
    @cheryljoynson7053 11 months ago +2

    I also use sweet pea and sugar plum. I don't think about it. It's just whatever comes out of my mouth at the time 😊

  • @antheabrouwer3258
    @antheabrouwer3258 11 months ago +2

    Chip Butties are common in Australia..

  • @1510km
    @1510km 7 months ago

    We are so used to below 10 degrees, as soon as it hits 20 - which feels almost instantly - we struggle & it feels like 30.

  • @slytheringingerwitch
    @slytheringingerwitch 11 months ago +2

    Alana is great at seeing how we really are. Love her to bits. Would like to say that we had Aldi's new Santa caterpillar cake for this past Christmas. Loved it.

  • @zdem8259
    @zdem8259 11 months ago +2

    We do knee slap in my Central European country, too... Like part of body language when you really want to stand up and finish the thing. We also do birthday treats at work, often one bakes them themselves, men even ask their wifes or girlfriends to bake them. Some kind of showing off best household recepies and baking skills...

  • @clareshaughnessy2745
    @clareshaughnessy2745 11 months ago +5

    Here’s a British thing that I didn’t realise was a British thing until I married an American and that is temperature based sun glasses use!!
    My American husband put his sunglasses on whenever it was sunny, even in winter. For us British people, in the main, sunglasses are TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT. If it’s cold and sunny, hardly any sunglasses, HOT and suddenly EVERYONE is wearing them!!

  • @Clairesresincreations
    @Clairesresincreations 11 months ago +1

    Where did you get these from never slapped Kees in my life

  • @clareshaughnessy2745
    @clareshaughnessy2745 11 months ago +2

    Lol, lol, lol, again she’s spot on. We’re only horribly to people we really like!!!

  • @Jinty92
    @Jinty92 11 months ago +1

    I work in a school and we always take treats in to the office on our birthday. It's sweet or savoury or both. It starts off as kids at school when we would take cakes and sweets in for our class or a big birthday cake to share out.I
    Tesco Meal Deals. It's every UK Supermarket who do their own meal deals so there's even more variety.

  • @rektchord
    @rektchord 11 months ago +7

    Along with the slapper, announcing the word "Right!" or "Right then" can be used to signal the end of anything. It bridges that slightly awkward moment and propels things forwards. 😂

    • @karenpaxton
      @karenpaxton 10 months ago

      Yeah, if I've been taking a tea break at home and it's time to get on with more chores etc, I say "right! Time to..." And get up and get on with it 😂

  • @dcallan812
    @dcallan812 11 months ago +3

    Yorkshire pudding for afters with jam on. 😘👌 Hen is a Scottish pet name for girls-lady's.

  • @kpopfanxx-xx1154
    @kpopfanxx-xx1154 11 months ago +1

    drinking tea with pinky finger out

  • @viviennerose6858
    @viviennerose6858 11 months ago +1

    Regarding the birthday cake/treats situation at work : can you imagine the reverse situation if everyone in the workplace bought You cake?!!!

  • @Meg654
    @Meg654 11 months ago +2

    Definitely ‘terms of endearment’ not intended to be condescending x

  • @planningto
    @planningto 11 months ago +1

    Great! One of my favourite RUclips vloggers making a video watching a video of another of my favourite RUclips vloggers.

  • @Sat-gg3vv
    @Sat-gg3vv 11 months ago +2

    I’m just loving this lassie she is just spot on! The knee slapping thing is supposed to look like you really want to stay but “knee slap - dash it we have to go” for some reason. Works well. The sun out top off - try the highlands - shorts and T-shirts (if we’re lucky) once we pass freezing! The other thing is highlanders call sandwiches pieces. Goodness knows why but we have a piece and jam etc, our school break we always had a ‘play piece’ which was literally a piece and jam to go with our milk.

    • @patricia8546
      @patricia8546 10 months ago

      I was raised in Glasgow and we all called a sandwich a piece

  • @fayesouthall6604
    @fayesouthall6604 11 months ago +1

    Chip butty is great. It’s the hot cold combo. Fish finger sarnies or rolls.