American Reacts to What ENGLISH People Think About America
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- Опубликовано: 28 янв 2023
- As an American I have a very good sense of what Americans think about England, and I am happy to say it is quite positive in general. However today I am very interested asn somewhat nervous to learn about what English people really think of Americans. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
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In my experience Americans often talk about how America is the greatest place/country in the world, despite having a lack of knowledge about the rest of the world
Watch the first episode of The Newroom. The main character destroys the America is the best country
@@fayesouthall6604 old news 😂 that was written by Americans, so you proved my point. Also, we have some of the world’s best schools, best healthcare, smartest people, best luxuries, etc (if you can afford them). It’s impossible to put us in a box no matter how much the world wishes we failed. When China rises to world domination you can focus on them, be my guest and have fun with that.
@@ImOk... - Your comment was also written by an American. Best healthcare? (lower life expectancy, greatest infant and maternal mortality, the major cause of bankruptcies in the nation at over 60%, greatest expenditure on health care yet so many uninsured). Best education. Sorry. Other countries also have world famous universities including some that Americans want to attend for the prestige. Cost of post secondary education is absurd while many nations in Europe provide it free. Canada has a higher % of post secondary grads than the US. Otherwise education is totally ethnocentric and dependent on whether you live in a well to do area. Best luxuries...like? As you said what applies to everything in the US....IF you can afford it.
there's also the saying they're from everywhere but america. usually because of some long distant irrelevant relative
@@susieq9801 I don’t know where you’re from but this is akin to what Americans see. Foreigners obsessing over US statistics or googling things, then coming back assuming expertise on American life. To a point, yes, we quite literally have some of the best doctors in the world living here. I’ve known people who have gone to the hospital and couldn’t afford the bill and weren’t obligated to pay. When I was a student and went to the ER in NYC I didn’t pay a thing. There are systems in place for that. Everyone I know has health insurance through work and if you don’t want that you have options to purchase different levels of a plan. No, nothing is free, in Europe healthcare coverage just comes out of taxes. Granted, I still prefer the European system.
Universities and other schools are subjective. We have expensive ones and cheaper ones. In-state residents pay less than out of staters. You can also attend a 2-year community college before transferring to a 4-year, which is cheaper. There are also grants available and different funding options. But even in the UK for example, they have super expensive schools too, not just universities. Yes, it would be fantastic if everyone could get a PhD for dirt cheap but that’s just not how our system functions. I don’t work in the education sector but if I could delve into the root issues I have a feeling government funding may be a major culprit.
US has lots of problems just like the rest of the world. We have very high peaks and very low pits. I think the point was we’re not all going around talking about how we’re THE best nation in the world. We may certainly be the richest country, but that doesn’t translate to the best. We’re well aware of what needs changing. If you think we’re all uber patriotic then you fell victim to stereotyping. A minority of people don’t represent 330 million of us.
I hate to say this but you can spot American tourists from 100 yards away in places like Dublin, London, Stratford on Avon and Edinburgh by the volume they speak at.
They are LOUD! Very, very LOUD!!
No other tourists are so LOUD!!!
I think what you are missing by the LOUD comments, it’s not talking overconfident, overly opinionated, we mean VOLUME, sitting in a UK restaurant, EVERYONE will hear the American table’s conversation.
Walking in a British store and an American will be be heard from aisles away. If there is an American in the vicinity you WILL hear them. It’s like inside voices in America are shoutier than our outside voices.
When you order food the whole building doesn’t need to know...
I literally witnessed an American guy lean in to “whisper” to I assume his wife, and the whole fecking exhibit hall heard him “whisper” “I’m bored, I need to pee & can we go eat now...” this was in a museum, where most people quietly discuss exhibits. It was annoying but then the entire room laughed, not so much at what he said, but he took like a whispery tone, but the volume was turn it up to 11 and rip the knob off... I’m just glad he wasn’t saying anything more personal.
I heard am American woman telling a pharmacist she had what pretty much amounted to a yeast infection, & could she get meds for that... I was not in the pharmacy department, I was about 5 aisles away buying plasters (bandaids) and I heard all about her itchy cooter & cheesy hole. She seemed shocked that the entire store turned & looked, but she would have been quieter if she’d announced it over the speaker system.
This! They are SO LOUD!!
Literally!!! 😂
😂😂 oh my word I’m crying with laughter 😂 .That’s exactly how they are when I’ve herd an American in London at the time . I now live in Coventry you don’t get any here well I haven’t met any and I’ve lived her 10 years. But yeah you pretty much summed that up about a LOUD! American . 😂😂
Reminds me of sitting in at the airport waiting for my flight when I was a kid. It was a very loud atmosphere with people from all over the world talking to each other, announcements being made over the speakers, and a general racket of noise of footsteps, luggage, etc. that basically prevented me from hearing anything coherently from more than a few feet away.
And yet through it all I could clearly make out every word of the casual conversation between three Americans sitting in a small restaurant about 100m away. They were insanely loud to my ears.
This is true. It's mindbogglingly annoying. TURN IT DOWN. I measured the proprietor or a bar/restaurant at 90dB just chatting with customers.
Yes it is bad to be overconfident. That means you are blind to your own weaknesses and failures so you never correct them.
totally agree, people who are over confident can lack moral standards and intern are less likely to change there views and opinions.
Bang on with what you say. I’ve seen them acting SO cringe-worthy in other countries, it’s not even funny. No wonder they attempt to pose as Canadians in foreign countries
Sorry over confidence in Americans is awful....and this crap about being free.....ridiculous...no inclusivity but their over the top bragging ....yuk!
People who are over confident are much less likely to admit even to themselves that they’re wrong.
Even against mountains of evidence that demonstrate they’re wrong. They’ll just deny the evidence.
The clue is in the word; if over-confidence was a good thing, it would just be called confidence. 'Over-' anything implies it is to excess.
Might the level of positivity towards Americans and America in this video not be related to the fact that the interviewer is an American? In other words, are politeness and reluctance to offend likely to be a factor?
I wonder if you might be correct. My experience speaking with other English people is hearing a lot less positive attitude towards America and Americans.
In London? How do know they are English?
@@iriscollins7583 Good point ! ;-)
So, as an English lad who's visited America a good amount and I'll tell you things are definitely different.
Its just rude and weird to talk to a stranger out the blue on the street. If you do it's usually "excuse me mate" xD.
Though it don't mean we don't talk to strangers, but usually there has to be a social occasion.
I know Americans tend to be...a lot more 'brave' with conversation. It can be seen as slightly obnoxious to some. But it always matters what the situation is.
London is 10x worse because its a busy city with everyone on the move. So even non Londoners think London can feel a bit anti social.
Also I think the Nationalism of Americans can be annoying to Brits. Because the UK is nowhere near as patriotic as America and it can be cringy if its ever noticed.
@@ThisAlexia Well from what i ear in this video, it's not all negative... 🙂
I have travelled to many countries and whenever I come across American tourists they are indeed so LOUD…they have no filter and just say what they want wherever they are, they seem to have no decorum or ability to rein in their loudness especially in places they should be respectful of others or the environment ( like in museums, churches and tourist areas)… they just think they are so important they can do/say whatever they want. Apart from my rant, I like your vids 😃
Not all American tourists are like that, only the uncouth ones, but they are unfortunately the ones who stand out. I have met many American tourists in different countries who were quiet, dignified, well-educated and interested in finding out about other cultures.
@@alicemilne1444 preached 😌
@@alicemilne1444 I have to agree with Mark, not all but most are so loud you can hear them before you see them.
The people were being interviewed by an American and often we in Britain are too polite to say something that will offend. That being said, most of the people sounded pretty genuine. They just would hold back on any negative views.
They didn't hold back when it came to Trump. They could have offended at least 45% of the country. 🇺🇲 😆
@@briansmith48 That's changing. I disliked him until I done some research and learned the reality.
@@vcrossCelticfc ^ oh dear...
I wouldn't hold back....but then I'm in Liverpool.
I lived there for 2 years and it's true,Americans are loud. I thought I had gone deaf when I met my family again In England 😊
American here, that's funny 😂
Maybe everyone one else is too quiet? Why are you all so quiet?
@@FNJ720 if you find all the world too quiet and only america loud enough..... thats a sign.....
I think there’s a lot wrong with American politics, but then there’s a lot wrong with UK politics too. I think the issues with guns and healthcare in America are scary though.
Add to that their abysmal employment rights.
@@Thurgosh_OG very true
When you visit the UK, it's not negativity, we tend to keep ourselves to ourselves, not necessarily willing to impart our life stories to strangers. At least the food here is healthier even if the portions are smaller and be prepared - there are few places that offer free refills.
It depends on where you are. I'm from NW England living in SE, and I find people down here are reserved.
I'd hardly call the food healthier. Still mostly high sugar/trans fat ultraprocessed crap. Also, the reserved part is mostly a southern thing, people are relatively chatty up here.
I have visited the US on several occasions and have always been very surprised how insular they are. The news vary rarely touches on international news perhaps giving it just a few minutes at the end of the programme. Plus there doesn’t seem to be any fact checking or understanding of situation’s they just jump in and assume what they are told is correct.
Very much this!
their news programs are allowed to have biased opinions and some so-called News programs can lie or make things up
Any country that can not see that there are issues with the Health Care system and the gun control issues just scares me.
The UK has many problems but I'm happy to be British.
I work in tourism at the moment and I meet tons of Americans each summer and they are very nice and polite. On the downside though, I do find Americans know very little about history, even their own history. I've talked to American and they said it's not something they learnt in school, but they are willing to learn when they travel here. I know a lot of people who've been to the states, we seem to travel a bit more than Americans.
Most of the history classes in America just gloss over world history. The majority of the lesson
revolves around U.S. history.
I haven't been in school in 30 years so I can't really say what it's like right now, but I've heard that the curriculum has been dumbed down to get more kids to graduate. 😢
@@briansmith48 It's all about woke, trans, and CRT, and it's not to get more people to graduate, it's to be able to control people better!
@@timothyreel716 Yes indeed. Tragic the public education system in America, has been about anything and everything but education, for the last 40 years or longer...
I listen to your reactions a lot and every time i have to lower my volume cus you talk loud. I like the way you have the American dream, your living or looking for that American dream. We British dont' have a British dream because we are awake.
Most English people get 4 or5 weeks annual leave.People in the US get 2 weeks
I think that Americans don't travel as much because they have very limited vacation days at work. You don't pop to the UK or Europe for a long weekend, so they have limited access to overseas travel xx
I'm not sure many Brits or Europeans pop to the USA for a long weekend. The difference is holiday time is certainly a factor though. USA workers rights are awful to nonexistent.
@J T that's exactly what I'm saying. No one travels that far for a long weekend, but if that is the only vacation time you are given it limits your travelling options. In Europe, we frequently take long weekend trips to other European countries.
your comment about Americans having an opinion on other countries that they might not know anything about reminds me of what an American friend of mine once said 2 me ,which was , An American feels the need 2 offer an opinion simply because the fear that saying they dont know will somehow make them appear dumb , so they just give an opinion on anything (but sadly this sometimes makes them sound dumb) and that is a quote from my American friend .
Lol🤣🤣 You’re so funny Tyler - ‘I’m a little scared’.
-‘thought they’d be analyzing the horrors of America’ 😅
(As with any country, they’d get even more honest answers if it wasn’t an American doing the interview)
Watching Americans try to pronounce worcestershire sauce is the cleanest best pleasure
could swear i saw you make this exact same comment on another video, very recently... like within the last day or so
or i have encountered a glitch in the matrix
@@SNMG7664 haha it was me. Well spotted. We watch the same stuff lol. I say cleanest best pleasure a lot, its a ref to tcap
A lot of us follow America politics to some extent because whoever becomes president impacts us as well.
The people hating trump has lasted before politics for reasons like him building an unpopular golf course in Scotland
There’s confident, and then there’s arrogant. American tourists have a bad reputation across much of Europe, for being kinda obnoxious. Mostly because of the American tourists who expect other countries to work the same way as the US. You see a huge difference between the Americans who are respectful of local cultures, compared to the ones who expect the local cultures to adapt to fit them. The latter group are the ones who tend to be loud and entitled. They’re the ones who then become the stereotype of the American tourist.
If you talk to people in service industries, they tend to have had negative experiences with American tourists. Some Americans travelling in Europe will pretend to be Canadian, in order to avoid getting pre-judged. The US tends to have a screwed up work/life balance, whereas Europe has much better workers rights. So we are more work to live, instead of live to work.
I've met Americans in India posing as Canadians so it's not just Europe! If Americans don't like what they see in other countries in comparison to the US, stay home!
The point about no one speaking to each other in the UK is not valid. That’s a southern/London thing. If you go to the north of England people absolutely will speak to you, and not just rural areas/small towns - the major northern cities (Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Leeds, Sheffield etc) people are friendly. The same goes for Scotland and Wales too.
True. To the rest of us Brits, London is the unusual place that doesn't follow UK norms. That's why you often hear that London isn't part of the UK anymore.
I'm a Londoner and true Londoners are not standoffish especially those of us from the East End.
I would answer but I'm a Londoner.
I'm from the North of England neer Wakefield and that area no one speaks to each other here either
Mainly we are just baffled as to why Americans don't realise how terrible everything is until they go abroad, then they go "Geez, we never realised"
Our news isn't great at covering world affairs. I follow BBC for non-US news.
@@sbtier BBC is terrible! Most Brits with an ounce of critical thinking have stopped watching mainstream channels years ago. I don't even have a TV licence for regular channel anymore.
@@jt5765 tv license??? What??
@@FNJ720 if you want to watch live TV channels in the UK such as BBC you need to pay £12 a month TV licence for the "privilege"
I cancelled mine years ago so only watch on demand.
@@FNJ720 unless it's been changed you can get away with not even paying for one
From my experience growing up, we had 4 major USAF bases near where I lived in Suffolk in the UK. The main things i took from that is that you guys are very open and incredibly literal when it comes to English words. I grew up in a town called Leiston near a town called Saxmundham and the way you guys would say it was very weird. Finally it seems to me that you guys are so excitable that you would give the opening of a cardboard box a round of applause.😉 'edited for terrible typing'
Translation please, I'm sure there's a deeper meaning to that?😁
Dave Gorman, telling his audience he'd had a baby: "No, don't clap. We are not American."
@@timothyreel716 "opening of a cardboard box" = insignificant event. We say of semi-famous girls who want media attention, "she'd turn up to the opening of a paper bag."
@@emma-janeadamson4099 Oh, ok I get it now 👍😉
I'm English and when I was 15 went to visit Atlanta on an exchange trip where I stayed with a family (I'm now 34). I couldn't even walk down the street without someone stopping me asking who I was and where I was from. Everyone was fascinated with me, my accent and England in general. I loved everyones curiosity. Although someone asked me if we had ice cream and I thought that was hillarious!
I love the US and have travelled their regularly for the last 30 years, the country is amazing and very diverse but the people are very insular and don't realise how controlled and manipulated they are by their government and media. Knowing about other countries government's is pretty normal in the UK it is important to understand how other countries work and the stability of those countries, especially when they ate as big and powerful as the US.
We are equally manipulated in the UK.
@@jamesfahy2935 nowhere near as easily james! for one, we don't follow and look up to our leaders like some kind of cult hero like they do in america... theyre like sheep over there. most brits think the majority of politicians, even the ones they vote for, are complete knobs... but they go by whose policies they like best. but they are very quick to change their mind and turn on them if they mess up... in america, they almost worship them, it's bizarre... and somehow think they can do no wrong (cough, trump, cough).
The religious extremism in the US is really off putting
Even in replies to RUclips comments I've had religious lectures from Americans. Also a couple of those oh so sweet and kind religious types have wished terrible things on me because we disagree or they didn't like my comment. That doesn't put me off Americans, just those inflicting their religion on me.
It is odd that, in a country which proudly trumpets separation of church and state, the christian religious lobbies have so much influence. Even the country's motto institutionalises religiosity: "In God we trust".
In England, we make no such boast: we have an established church headed by the monarch and a score of our senior clerics are ex officio members of the legislature together with appointed retirees from this and other faiths. Yet religion has far less dominance in the UK than in the USA.
I remember the author Arthur Miller mentioning that a couple of decades ago. How even the most menial task was "larded over" - a very descriptive phrase - with both patriotism and religion.
@@lunapuella2611 Is it any surprise when "The Founding Fathers" were religious fundamentalists. They were kicked out of one or two European countries before they went to the America's.
@Yandarval of course, but The Founding Fathers aren't the ones inflicting their religion on me. Those people need to move on. If I made a comment about their religion it would be both understandable and justified for them to defend it. But I would never do that. Their religion is not my business, nor is theirs mine.
When I was 20 I met a class of university students from US who where here in Sweden to study our medical system. I had to explain the different branches of American government to them and how it worked. We follow American politics closely. It affects us all, what you do over there.
If an American would interview like this, I would definitely hold back and mostly only say what I found positive about the US! 😊
The whole Pledge of alligiance thing u mentioned is something u won't see anywhere else in the world, its even considered exstreme or weird if u were tell that to someone outside the US, after all, it sounds alot like some kind of brainwashing to do that every day.
Keep in mind that London is a international Hub city, people coming and living there from all over(Amsterdam is the same) so alot more worldwise and engaged with it then those living outside the big cities.
As for politics, i'm from the Netherlands and inportant world news like whats happening in the US is part of the standard broadcast on tv especially stuff like elections and what the president is up to.
For me what i like and dislike about the US.
I like the diversity and there such a diverse culture not even counting outside groups.
I dislike mentality of solving everything with guns and that its almost normal for people to get shot over nothing there. The school massacres defintely have not helped in making outsiders think its a safe place to live over there.
U guys do indeed eat WAY to much, most people who went on vacation there that i know had to go on a diet when they came back couse they gained like 50 to 80 kilos just from being there for a few weeks.
Food in general is alot healthier here, no strange coloring or other things done to it, unlike american food wich is for the most part banned in the EU becouse there's to much hormones and cancer-cousing stuff in them.
there's alot of other stuff but now's not the time.
It's not about being over confident at all. Rather is about a few other things.
The USA is totally unwilling to accept any other culture (and opinions) that are older and perhaps BETTER than theirs and according to the American physe if it's not from the USA then it's not human and doesn't count. This is known throughout the rest of the world and even the metal group RAMMSTEIN made a song about it called AmeriKa.
The people's of the USA are THE largest funder of paramilitary organisations world wide, for example: the American people in the 60's until 2000CE knowingly funded IRA (I have seen the epidemic funding of the said IRA/NORAID with my own eyes also) T*rrorsts to bomb us British, whilst their governments for the most part looked the other way (we have not forgotten nor forgiven)
The USA is totally incapable of winning a war on its own against any first a world nation (loses against most third world ones too) without BEGGING for help from the British. We are sick and tired of being dragged into wars (then as thanks American soldiers ROUTINELY commit acts of friendly fire against the British or their allies, btw this is also a standard joke world wide about American Friendly fire) that the USA starts for the reason that they are xenophobic towards everything that is not American. There are cultures (including mine ) that are thousands of Years older than the USA and will be around for thousands of years after.
Even my dad an Ex Royal Marine/SBS Commando (rm24656,) made a commentthe amount of USA boats in the 1970's attempting to smuggle arms to the IRA, the same IRA that trained almost every paramilitary group world wide. Every single soldier whom served in Operation Banner will tell you exactly the same.
Therefore it's not too far a stretch to say that by proxy the world wide t*rrorst threat was caused by THE PEOPLES of the USA by their funding of the IRA.
My dad told me that his dad was in ww2 and the British soldiers would say. When the British fired the Germans ducks When the Germans fired the British and American ducks and when the yanks fire everyone ducks
100%correct my friend. Decent comment
This is very interesting. When McDonald's opened in uk ... my father didn't like us spending our money in there...he said it funds terrorism... we thought he was being silly. 😂
Yes I think they are being polite ? Because the interviewer is American probably 🤣maybe 🤷♀️
It's not just American politics, it's world politics, a little insight into what's on the horizon and where the potential trouble and threats are... I knew a war would start when Joe Biden was elected, it was inevitable. I just didn't know if it was going to be Russia or China...
Just like watching French, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish politics gives you a heads up on EU future events... Plus an eye to African national politics as they become more relevant and proactive politically... Not forgetting India and and through BRICS their rise to a very powerful position.
Maybe if Americans were a little more aware of geopolitics and international affairs things would be a little more stable and DIPLOMATIC!
An American friend of mine says the media in the US, barely covers any international news or politics. When they do it’s normally negative.
@@JarlGrimmToys The American psyche is a complex interwoven entanglement of neurosis starting back at the Cuban missile crisis, and inbred and indoctrinated into Americans as a jingoistic baseline. They now feed that ideology with positive feedback almost exclusively in world events. Look at how the entire country went into meltdown with ONE isolated terrorist event, they went to war with the middle east burning it from country to country, and that set in motion the events we're dealing with today. But they just don't understand the scars they created when they quite literally went insane...
Actually doing anything America doesn't like is now referenced as war - economic, trade, politics, religion, even if they're excluded from it they see their exclusion as an act of war... Every time you hear them they relate an act - even a passive act - to violence and aggression. It's where Woke was born and where the left-wing ideology has taken hold like nowhere else.
They've burnt the middle east, fed war in the Ukraine and played with the EU knowing it's desperate to sit at the big table. Then wonder why the world is turning away from them - eastward... But even now I bet most Americans fed with CNN, MSNBC, FOX with all their politically biased filtering and reimagining etc just don't have any idea how bad it is or what geopolitical and economic impact they are causing...
For all their claims of tolerance they're politically intolerant, socially intolerant, diplomatically immature and overtly aggressive. When you're at the head of the table on the top table you don't slap down those at your table, you are diplomatic and subtle, unfortunately the USA has one approach - a sledgehammer to crack a nut...
The loud thing. I've found the opposite. Most I've met are quiet and timid. Wouldn't be caught dead mocking a person. Guess it depends on the State
I've been to California on a Business Trip, that was fine. Some of the people over in the US thought things that I did were weird which spoke volumes more about Americans tho. The main one was everybody was surprised I was walking from the hotel to the office, it was about a 15 minutes walk at a slow pace but apparently this was a foreign concept... from a foreigner. You could almost actually see the hotel from the window of the office I was in, almost. I'd say you Americans are almost allergic to the concept but at the same time, when I went to the water front there were lots of people walking, as well as Balboa Park (yes I'm talking about San Diego).
I will give the people at the office the one about me walking in through the rain without an umbrella or anything, that is a strange thing English people like myself do sometimes do, rain just doesn't bother us as much.
One thing to keep in mind is that the answers would be dramatically different and more varied if these questions were asked in a different city. London is very Americanised when compared to other places in the UK, and it's very insulated because, like America, London cares only about London when regarding local areas. It might as well be its own country.
I have visited America - Montana, Florida, Nevada, California, Ohio and the Great Lakes. Like all people everywhere there is a huge mixture and I do not think that there is a typical American, but there are general characteristics that tend to surface and the one that I notice most, largely because I find it so annoying, is that Americans never seem to listen because they are too busy talking and then asking questions which they do not need to ask because they have already been told. The next one is the 'land of the free' and 'freedom', which is an oxymoron, if anything America is one of the least 'free' countries in the world. Then there is the robber Barons at the top and the starving peasants at the bottom, which no one seems prepared to acknowledge because you are all aimed at succeeding and success is - dollars - very medieval.
I went to the US a while back, we had a week in New York and then flew to Florida for two weeks, people was very nice in both places but very different as far as culture goes, seems like a completely different country. Overall it was an amazing experience.
I've heard it said that London and NYC have more in common with each other than with the rest of the country each city is in (ie NYC is more like London than it is like the rest of the US).
That one lady thought that Americans considered themselves
To be the center of the universe. 😀
Well we Americans think that New Yorkers think that they are the center of the universe. 😅
A Motorcycle journalist once said Americans are like their motorcycles. A Triumph will leave Harley Davidson standing at the traffic lights every time, but you won't hear him do it .
As an Englishman who lived in the deep south for over 2 years, I found most Americans to be very warm and giving. Though some overexuberance on occasions was present, I loved all my friends very much and remain in touch with them when I returned to th UK.
It would be interesting to hear the same questions asked in other parts of the UK, but assuming they've only asked the people who have been there, they might have difficulty with finding enough of them in poorer areas. I have never been to America (nor very much of Europe either, come to think of it), although I did live in England for 25 years - does that count?? It's also interesting that most of these people are quite young, as I suspect older generations might also give different answers...
I was certainly raised with judgements on the prototypes, and so it wasn't so much that I was told that Americans are loud , rather it was they're too loud. Likewise, you didn't eat a lot - you are too much; you weren't just fat - you were absolutely f&*king enormous and therefore, greedy...! I have to say, in respect of all the American people I've ever known including all the RUclips American Reactions crowd that I follow, you're all absolutely lovely, and a credit to your country - you're hard-working, you put up with an awful lot without getting a huge amount back (in terms of employment rights and healthcare, for example), you've all got lovely white teeth - in spite of dental treatment not being free...
Of course there are negatives, and I'm sure we have as many as you do, if not more! I actually worry about our language... for example, because so many multi-national corporations are based over there, we increasingly have to put up with what they call "UK English," only it isn't...! The spell-checker on the laptop I'm using for example, is happy enough with me adding a u to your color, as it knows about that; but always tries to autocorrect words ending in -isation to, -ization. I object to this, as we were not taught to use z in place of the s...! That said, it's not all America's fault by any means - and I am an increasingly old fuddy-duddy who grew up in a different age, so don't worry about it - you're still welcome to come and visit me, anytime!
WAIT A MINUTE, WHY DO THEY THINK AMERICANS ARE LOUD!? 😉
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When I went to America the accommodation was good the people were very friendly and polite except the way we were treated by the airport employees .Many were very aggressive and a rude.They were impatient bad tempered and constantly treated the people like they were criminals..
I spent quite a lot of time in Southern California and I loved it ,we were made very welcome ,the English accent seems to open many doors for us ,some Americans can be a little loud but I found that other quieter Americans were not too keen on them either 😂 I did find that your news on the things that go on in the rest of the world was non existent and can make some Americans feel that only USA exists
love how much sarcasm just went right over your head mate
Hi Tyler..I'm from England..I'd love to visit America but it does frighten me because ppl are allowed guns ..& if I was at someone's house & I knew they had a gun just makes me feel nervous the thought. Or ppl being allowed guns x
I travelled to 24 countries and the one that made me so uncomfortable was US, I felt like someone would just suddenly pull a trigger. I couldn't sleep properly though we were staying in nice hotel....scary...
I think you'd enjoy Harry Enfield as an American tourist in the UK - it's very funny.
The prominence of religion is a big thing that’s different. Officially the US is secular but it seems the majority are religious and that’s the normality. It seems politicians have to be religious or at least seem to be. In the UK we have an official religion (Anglican - Christianity) but in reality the majority of people are non religious. People don’t particularly want to hear about religion, if you are religious it’s not a problem but it’s something people do quietly they don’t push it. Politicians can be religious and it doesn’t have to be hidden but again it’s kept to being your personal belief.
@Tom Lynch - Same in Canada. We are very secular. Nobody knows or cares what religion their politicians, or for that matter, their neighbors are. Could you imagine an avowed Atheist EVER being elected as President or even as a mayor in the US? Ours don't end every speech with god bless wherever (what about the rest of the planet, screw them, LOL) or worse, god bless out troops. Overly militaristic and yet associated with religion. What???
As a Canadian, I feel like we are half American and half British. Our capital city Victoria is super British with double decker buses, but we also have a strong American influence - as an example, we are metric, but my height and weight is expressed in pounds and feet.
I agree with 100% of the comments, but want to add one more insight. I stayed in a bed and breakfast in Liverpool in a house that was 1100 years old, but also stayed in the most modern hotel I have ever been to in London.
They are like two different countries.
America is big and confident from the people and highways to the portions an ideas (they invent everything from culture to cars and computer chips) and suck in talent from the whole world, but the different states are very independent like each state is its own country.
My experience in LA,Seattle, Houston or New Orleans as an example is like being to four different countries with four different cultures.
Canada also lives in the continent if America, but we are kind of one place.
They are a bunch of independent states each with their own ideas that got together and united with one another in the continent of America.
Thus they called themselves the United States of America.
I find their traits are both positive and negative. Loud, brash, fat, gun lovers, unapologetic is confident, generous portions, independent spirit, innovative…
Culturally, we are more likely to follow rules and say sorry like Britain, but it can be fake. I find Americans are super generous and they will tell you what they really think rather than be passive aggressive like Canadians couching things in sarcasm.
My general feeling is that the UK is Canada’s parent and America is like our big brother.
In terms of knowing the rest of the world, though, more than half of them don’t have a passport and have never been to Canada or Mexico.
I have good best friends from India and Japan to England and Germany and am told that I personally act like an American (brash / confident) so really feel like I can see them from an unbiased point of view.
They love their highways. I hate driving on the wrong side of the road so I embrace the walking culture in places like the UK or even Brisbane or Vancouver or London where streets are being closed. We have picnic tables in the middle of Robson St. which used to be our main street and everyone uses our driverless Skytrain and they are tearing down our Georgia viaduct to put in a park and condos. As a test, they closed i (the main way into Vancouver ) for the Olympics for two weeks and for one week to film the movie Deadpool and people just took the Skytrain.
Germany is huge and the old East Berlin is so different than Munich, but you would never drive as you can take the bullet train. The same with Japan - I took the bullet train from Tokyo to check out the tsunami and everything was first class with internet, gourmet meals scotch served to your seat at two hundred miles per hour.
The east coast of the US is like that - I can get to any east coast city by train from grand central in New York.
But… my good friend from Vancouver works in Redmond near Microsoft and lives in Seattle and he says his American friends worship stop and go traffic with a five lanes each way cutting Seattle in half with a sea of strip malls and parking lots. They can’t see how ridiculous it is to worship the car.
It can take me eight hours to drive from LA to San Francisco or ninety minutes for me to drive from San Francisco to San Jose or from the airport to Santa Monica.
It is weird they refuse to embrace transit and walking.
It is changing though - Seattle is looking to build a high speed train to Vancouver.
Their whole culture became way more progressive after September 11th.
It is really noticeable.
It was really sweet how you were worried about what would be said. With anything like this, it's a generalisation, so you can't relate the negatives (or positives) to every person. You come across as someone who is very intelligent and wants to learn, as apposed to people who would just fight against someone else's view point if it differed to theirs.
I personally don't know a single Canadian that has not been to america. Obviously if you're an enfant then sure, but if you're over the age of 15 you've probably been to america. Canadian childhood hockey tournaments take us there, as well as school trips and many Canadians travel down because they want to escape to some of the warmer states, disney or hawaii, or for work. Obviously Canadians don't know every little thing about America, but we atleast think we are more informed since we visit so often. Just to give a sense of scale around 19 to 22 million Canadians travel down to america every year either for travel or for work purposes, like making deliveries or staying there to work, and that's been stable for the last decade or so, for reference about 50-57% of our population . American's to Canada usually range from 8 - 16 million each year, about 2 - 5% of their population. American's are often stereotyped as the least informed and least travled 1st world citizens, true or not
I'm Irish. One of the biggest things that fascinates me is the concept of walking up to a complete stranger, asking them out on a date, and the other person actually saying YES!!! How?!? 😂
I think if the interviewer wasn't American you would get the answer "stupid" way more often.
British people where I live in the south of England think that Americans love them themselves way too much
Good commentary, Tyler. I like how you spoke on the more controversial topics-not too boastful, not too self-depreciating/apologetic. You speak with ease on here, and it‘s refreshing.
Would I be correct in saying that most average Americans won't have left their state?
Yes! Ignorance is bliss!
Come and stay at my house, see for yourself what us British are like….first thing I’d like to teach you is that England is in Britain, they are not two different places 🤣 and you definitely won’t starve with a home made Sunday dinner 😋
I was born in the US but grew up in the UK since the age of 3. I have been back to New York several times (where I was born) at ages 7, 21 and 30. Needless to say the best time I had was when my parents bought me a plane ticket to fly to the US for my 21st birthday present, by myself! 😀 One things Americans can do very well is put on a party I found out!
I really enjoyed your videos and comments plus learning about the world around us
An American chap once said to me that we Brits would be speaking German if it wasn't for Americans! Cheeky sod!! The old folk say about the American troops that were here during the war 'Yanks, overpaid, over sexed and over here!' ... all in all I've worked freelance for American companies and I loved every job. There was a history elearning course I designed based around the British series Horrible Histories, and I added a video that was about things we're told in history that aren't true, like Queen Victoria saying I'm not amused, she never said it.. anyway in the video it sang a song saying 'teach you are a liar, your pants they are on fire' (based on a little chant kids sing liar liar your pants are on fire) anyway my American boss was up in arms about it! He said I couldn't add the video because in America to call someone a liar is like REALLY bad! In the UK like when someone tells you something that's a surprise we can say 'no way, you lie' we call people a liar but not in a nasty way.. so I was quite shocked at my American bosses reaction to a kids video! ruclips.net/video/SQAWSXPaOCc/видео.html&ab_channel=jamie932
Hi Tyler , I'm English I've been going through a few of your videos of late love em really like your facial expressions. Really looking forwards to seeing more
I have spoken to a lot of Americans here in London and they are a little bit loud but lovely kind people I like Americans as does the majority of English people
Tyler, you would not starve in England, even with smaller portions, as - sorry - the food is of better quality. Many additives, processes and ingredients allowed in USA are banned in Britain and the EU. Americans have reported feeling healthier on our food - whether in restaurants or bought in the supermarket and cooked themselves. They felt satisfied with less volume of food and have lost weight without being hungry. (It may also help that, in London at any rate, you do tend to do a lot of walking, which I think is rarer in the US.)
With regard to UK knowing about US politics, it is because we get the world news everyday so we do know what is happening in the US and in rest of the world. I think maybe, from what you have said, that world news is not so commonly watched in the US. In Europe and probably lot of the rest of the world, it is common for us to know what is going on elsewhere. In particular though, I think there are aspects about US we don't understand, which include the obsession with guns, health care, workers rights and Trump as president. I live in the UK, so currently we have not got any moral high ground with our embarrassing UK government, but still Trump and the maga cult following!!!!
English person here , I like Donald Trump. because he loves his country, he donated his entire salary to the war veterans, he built a wall to keep his country from being overun by illegal immigrants, he kept gas prices low, he is all for family and law and order, and now he is the victim of political persecution, but he's way ahead in the polls because people are waking up to it, maybe stop watching the BBC
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You are nervous you should be ? Maybe the Americans should be interviewed before they allowed to travel . One we DONT use dollars some Americans kick off when they realise we have the pound and TWO we are NOT a extension of one your states . And the THIRD thing the food myth we have some of the best food anywhere in world we know where the myth comes from but ww2 ended over 70 years when we had food rationing
I've watched a few of your vids now and I'm both absolutely furious and in hysterics at the same time. The best so far has been your video about 10 things America didn't invent. It's almost like the US was a British colony. Yes, we usually did it first. Yes, you use our language. Yes, we know more about Americans than you know about us, or even yourselves in some cases :P
I feel exactly the same way.😮
I've been twice, Florida and Vegas, and then two years later we went back to Florida and married there. It was the best holidays i've ever had.,such lovely people. We were adopted by our taxi driver, who took us out with his family for dinner away from the tourist area. He even took us to a biker bar. No lie i was nervous when i saw all the motor bikes outside hahaha.
I went on a family holiday to Florida, i wish i had met more locals because traveling as a family group and going to the theme parks e.t.c you tend to exist in a bubble and not meet many local people. I'd like to go again, but not the usual tourist places.
in France, too, we hear US peoples speaking too loud... imoa.
I spent four months in Tennessee and loved it. The people were so friendly and welcming. Everyone I know that's been to America all have positive opinions of their time there. For me it was like being in a film set all the time.
It puts a smile on my face when American sports fans chant USA USA USA, probably because us British wouldn't do that. lol
I think most Brits opinions of Americans are based on American tourists, whereas most Americans opinions of Brits are based on the media.
I would agree but for the fact that around 3.8 million UK nationals visit the USA every year. So, a lot of us have some experience from actually seeing the US first hand.
@@Thurgosh_OG Oh for sure, but that still leaves 10's of millions of people who have a travel-less opinion to share. Specifically the 'loud' thing, which I think is only really evident when you drop americans into an environment of quiet/private low key brits, compared to the other way round.
If you are over confident , you never learn as you are caught up with being right or embarrassed to say you don’t know , so could you please tell me as think you is a learning experience and can have a meaningful discussion on the topic and views of the other person ., all good 🤷♀️
USA UK = Best Friends. USA CAC = same dad, UK CAN = Same mon.
Sorry typos. Shit tablet
Nice to hear your opinions.
my other half worked in America for a while and he loved it over there, he found the people on the whole very friendly (although he said the cops were a bit scary) but he was surprised that a few young people he encountered had never heard of Britain and had little to no understanding about Europe or the rest of the world, even less understanding about world war 1 and world war 2. Even some that knew of Britain could not point to it on a map. He was horrified at racism he witnessed in the South and there was practically no understanding that Britain is a very diverse country and that the racism like it is in the US is not like that in most parts of the UK. In my opinion, the BLM organisation has created division in the UK, it has set race relations back by trying to put a USA lens on it. London is incredibly diverse, as are some other areas of the UK. Prince Harry said in one interview that he would like to introduce white Britons to black Britons - that was incredibly insulting to most of us as people already interact naturally at schools and work and there has never been segregation. In my year at school there were pupils from several different countries and ethnicities and it was wonderful, I don't need Harry giving me a patronising lecture.
I’ve been to USA 3 times. Last time I stayed with a friend in his house. Went to meet his several friends houses. And several dinner parties. One morning we went to a church and filled food bags for the poor.
Enjoyed thank you
Over confidence is just plain stupid without basic schooling (lack of knowledge or experience) that the average US citizen doesn’t have.
As age takes it's toll and the metabolism slows then eating large meals is a recipe for lots of weight gain. I've noticed in England since the arrival of American fast food such as Macdonald's that there's a number of people in their 30's upwards who are too large and in later life will be a drain on the NHS. When getting to be three score years plus 10 then either slim down or better get the Will organised!! Crack on with what you do and let me savour your excellent observations 👍
The walking thing is a real difference. When we stayed in Boston we walked everywhere. We got some very looks when we walked from Concord to Walden Pond, which is about two or three miles at most. As for travelling abroad, I've been all over Europe but never been more than a thousand miles from home so an American who has gone from New York to San Francisco is as widely travelled as me.
I think the positivity is probably from the fact he is american himself, asking the questions... any time a brit asks another brit, its a completely different story..
As for the politics thing, the US is pretty much broadcasted to us on the daily, from news stories, to films/tv shows, music... we know all of the ins and outs of the US, its not the same the other way around, which is why Americans don't know much... that said, when the BLM riots happened, a lot of people rioted here, despite the same issue not actually being here... the US politics and specifically the US narratives are bleeding into the UK. I can definitely tell the two women, the person of colour on the left, is very clearly in that bracket I just mentioned, very into American politics despite the fact it does not affect her.
I met lots of Americans while i was in mexico. They were all lovely and so friendly. 😊
I was asked "what faiths do you have in the UK" in America. My answer was the truth "I dont know anyone that goes to church". The womans face was amazing. She could not believe it. I am a proud athiest but I keep that to myself now when in America.
Ay up Tyler. I've noticed that you don't engage with your audience? Yet you read comments on other peoples videos, why is that mate? You always get lots of comments explaining stuff to you or anecdotes, but we never know if you read them or acknowledge them at all? it seems somewhat fruitless.🤔
What English people think of Americans, summed up in one sentence: "This guy (standing in front of Buckingham Palace), he's in London, I believe." It's the equivalent of us showing a guy in front of the Statue of Liberty, saying, "I think this chap's in New York." Love the content, but sometimes the lack of awareness makes me laugh😆
When America sneezes the rest of the world has a cold.
I love American politics it’s the best comedy around at the minute, 🤣
Trying to do the English accent was funny 😂😂
Any politician quoting scripture or referencing God or religion, ANY religion would not be in politics long in the UK.
In the UK the King is head of the church so by convention he can't comment on politics. It's been that way A LONG TIME. This is why politicians don't call on religion.
I’m sorry but I have only met Americans whilst travelling in the Caribbean.. in Curaçao was mooching around a shop in the port there was about 6 other Brits in there doing the same it was as quiet as a church with ‘ indoor voices’ then there was sudfkenly a kate teen girl and her mother walked in through the door and shouted I need help.. I thought she needed help because she was in trouble..then who’s working here I need you to show me your best goods… her mother was more entitled she was saying she needed them to brink her a drink quickly!! The shops in the ports give most people a small glass of wine or fruit juice so I’m basing my opinion off a small amount but it was all negative…. Sorry you seem like a nice young man though
Hi love your videos brilliant pal
The chocolate l bought in America l left there. Don't you have Cadburys? I do think Americans should have more interest in other countries, just to broaden their minds a bit. My son lives in the States and has been there years. He is like most Americans now and unfortunately doesn't know what is going on in the outside world. However, love you Tyler and hope you have learnt a lot about Britain.
Cadbury is pretty poor these days but still way above 99% of US chocolate. US news programmes only talk about US things, unless there is a chance of 'War' with them.
To my mind, there's a big difference between the American people, who even if I totally disagree with their politics, they're very welcoming.
But as a culture, it's got sooooo many things deeply wrong.
UK person here: I've been to New York, Baltimore, New England, Denver, Los Angeles, Hawaii and a few more places on the East Coast I've forgotten.
The multiculturalism in the UK is "lumpy" and that is particularly true outside the largest cities (London is not typical by any stretch): there is interaction at the edges - more between younger people less absorbed in their heritage culture but the idea of a melting pot has not happened yet: there are areas of towns and cities where there are concentrations of particular cultures and ethnicities and the previous inhabitants have moved away as population changes have occurred.
Usually, it is the USA which is held up as the best example of a melting pot with everyone aspiring to "the American dream", something for which we have no equivalent in the UK.
It would have been a total different outcome if this was filmed outside of London with the answers
I have some friends from America and they're great. Really friendly guys and one of them came to visit me back in October over here in England. I'm going to visit him in Baltimore later this year and very excited. For the most part I think the place is great, but I agree with a lot of what was said in the video. I don't like the gun issues, the politics, the obsessional religiousness and thinking they're the greatest country on Earth
You’ll love Baltimore! That’s where I live. So much to do but I’m trying to get out the USA!!!! It’s very toxic here.
Well I'm English American by blood.
Born & brought up in Cambridgeshire.
My late Father was from Willspoint in Texas, I have 5 American siblings (different Mother)
I've been to the USA so many times. I love America as I do the UK, its hard for me to be critical. I'd love to see no gun crimes in the States, but I totally get the right to bare arms, I respect US Citizens rights!
I wish the UK & USA were closer Allies than they are now! 🇬🇧🇺🇸
I think we English are quite reserved so find the openness of Americans quite refreshing.
I live in Ontario Canada but had a three week vacation in England. You gotta keep an umbrella in your back pocket lol never know when it will rain.