12 British and American English word differences
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Learn about British and American word differences!
We had to pause for the pandemic, but now we can meet up with Super Agent Awesome again so here are another dozen words!
In this video we look at differences like rain boots/wellies and dumpster/skip and say what we'd call them in British and American English.
Some of the other words we explore in this video include rain coat and mac, frosting and icing, shaker and pot, drywall and plasterboard, anchor and rawlplug, dessert and pudding, pop candy and sherbet.
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'Super sympa' is French not English :)) Isn't it?
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Kids grow up so fast :(
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He' certainly growing up fast :-)
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and he is quite funny as well, I can see it is highly flammable lol
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For pudding I have Yorkshire Puddings wi Sunday roast when I was growing up in Huddersfield
Very British, indeed, John :-)
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DisneyTriviaBuff, yes we had to wait until everyone was fully vaccinated before we could bring him back into the studio. He grew a lot on the 14 months between episodes. :-)
Oh the super agent Awesome is here! I wondered if you discontinued this series but it seems that you didn't !!!! Glad this series is back and I would like to see more ! :)
Hi Aryan. Yes, we couldn't bring him to the studio during the pandemic, but we are all now fully vaccinated. So, yes, we'll certainly do more videos with Super Agent Awesome.
Super agent is super cute:-)
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Ok but i was shook for sure that i got a notification about super agent awesome neing back in a video
Hes so much diffrent now
I missed these types of videos
Ty this really helped!
Hi Bulan. Yes, we couldn't bring him into the studio until we were all fully vaccinated. And he grew a lot in that time frame.
omg he grew up so much!!! Glad to see you both✨
Did you know that "Container" is the German word for dumpster/skip?
Thanks for the information Wolfram. Very interesting. Thanks for watching our video.
So fun! 'Wellies' is a very British word 😁
It certainly is, Jenny. Thanks for watching.
omg he grew up a lot
He has indeed, racconwarrior. Thanks for watching.
I think American English is easier to understand than British English, and is also more intuitive.
EN, hat's an interesting observation. This is Jay writing back to you. I'm not entirely sure Vicki would agree though :-)
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Thank you a lot. We have same diferences between Spanish from Spain and from Latinamerica. XD. Example: Congratulations
we use to say felicitaciones, or congratulaciones and in Spain is en-hora-buena (in good hour). 😀
How intersting, crist67mustang. Thanks for passing that long and thank you for watching our video.
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@@SimpleEnglishVideos l really really love this channel as I learned English in England. I’m always on your side Vicky but we also love Jay😉.Thank you for taiping my Japanese name ,that’s amazing!
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I think the frosting icing difference is more just an inversion in use between Britain and America. Having lived many years in both countries, I find that Americans will usually refer to frosting on a cake but you could just as easily refer to it as icing without anyone giving it a thought. In the UK it’s the other way round. The same situation as ill and sick, Brits and Americans use both, but Americans more often choose sick and Brits do it the other way round.
Really good information Alex. Thanks so much for contributing to the conversation. And thanks for watching.
Been to the UK some time ago, and I'm struggled which expression I should use with other non-English speakers.
Is that boy your Grandson Vickie?
Yes, Marco. He is our grandson.
Brit here! I would use pudding for a dessert I would have at home after a family dinner for example. "Mum! What's for pudding!?". I would be more likely to use dessert in a more formal location or situation such as a restaurant!
Good point, David. Thanks for adding that to the conversation.
Loved to see a grown SuperAgent! Portuguese imported the English ‘pudding’ and it became ‘pudim’. Milk pudding, OMG!
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You both are great! Hope you keep on posting these kind of videos. Hugs from Spain!!!
Miguel, you'll see a few more of these in the next few weeks and months. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for the lesson
And special thanks for the super agent
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Very funny video. Thanks
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He's really awesome
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Hi, Jay and Vicky! :-))) Thanks a lot for the previous replies!
I've found some interesting word pairs, that probably should sound the same or very simillar. The left words are pronounced with US accent and the right ones with the UK accent.
US - UK
hot - heart
god - guard
pot - part
bot - Bart
cop - carp
The dicktionaries give the same transcriptions. Do you find any differences in pronunciation for these pairs?
Also thanks a lot for your videos and your work!:))))))
Hi Robert. This is Jay writing back to you. I think you have a good understanding of some of the key pronunciation differences between British and American English. But here are a couple of other videos that might interest you on the same subject: Can vs Can't - ruclips.net/video/rpygq0h4Ql0/видео.html and Ah vs Uh - ruclips.net/video/kkSBXBSOyoc/видео.html
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Fun fact: Wellington is located in New Zealand and it is the capital city of New Zealand.
Indeed it is, Eurieh. Thanks for pointing that out, and thanks for watching our video.
@@SimpleEnglishVideos You are Welcome @Simple English Videos. But can you do some more interesting British vs American English vocabularies that i am now interested. Cheers Thanks.
They come up all the time Eurieh. Bu you might want to check out our website, simpleenglishvideos.com where you can search for "British American" or "tricky". That should give you lots to luck at :-)
It is a great video. The information was really useful. I learnt many words. Thank u so much!
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Brian ID, we're so pleased you found this video useful. Best wishes from Philadelphia :-)
2 lovely people :D
That's so kind of you to say, Delia. Thanks for watching.
Thanks, Vicki, for this wonderful video :) Thank you Super Agent Awesome for teaching us some new words from the American culture :) That was awesome
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I’m American and I’ve said “icing” before.
Yup, my birthday cakes always had icing too. - Jay
Really lovely and so informative... thanks to you guys 👍
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4:24 i call it popping candy, but sometimes pop rocks lol
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this is super useful format, thanks
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Best video ever.
So glad you liked it.
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British English is always known for its beauty and culture. The Grammar plays an important role in the sentence. I m an Indian n we all follow British English but at the same time American English is much more simplified and these days most of the people use American accent too. Thank You so much Mam . Love from India ❤️❤️
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this Sagnik and thank you for watching our video.
"Salt cellar" is an alternative to "pot".
That's correct, Árpád Farkas. Salt Cellar is another British term for what Americans call Salt Shaker, and Brits more commonly call a Salt Pot. However, there is a difference. Salt Cellars generally have only one hole at the top, where a Salt Shaker will have multiple holes at the top. Thanks for the contribution and thanks for watching.
Love this slot!
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Dessert, Sweet, Afters, Pudding.
Thanks for the additions, Terry!
or just "the last course".
@@markbr5898 : But we'd normally talk about "courses" in a restaurant. Not at home.
@@terrydawson1153 Agreed. Unless entertaining and trying to do plan things out.
Thanks soooooooo much!
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Oh wow! He's all grown up!!
He's certainly heading in that direction, Grenardy The Gamer. Thanks for watching.
@@SimpleEnglishVideos You're Welcome, just Grenardy is fine.
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the best release !!!
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i like this one
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Nice
Thanks
Amazing! Thank u!
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