British Stereotypes - Are They Accurate?

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  • @jasminesmith2474
    @jasminesmith2474 4 года назад +614

    saw an advert on a bus stop today that said "you don't have to be born here, but if you tut at anything moving slower than you you're a londoner" and i felt that

    • @conormurphy4328
      @conormurphy4328 4 года назад +8

      “Is this like a personal attack or something?”

    • @cook1020
      @cook1020 4 года назад +7

      @@conormurphy4328 I think it was.. and I've never been more offended by anything so accurate in my life.

    • @denholmreynholm7993
      @denholmreynholm7993 4 года назад +8

      @@conormurphy4328 those adverts are really good cos there is a different anecdote for every city

    • @Lily33McC
      @Lily33McC 6 месяцев назад

      I’m not a Londoner but l hate being slowed down by snail-like humans anywhere 😂

  • @isabellamarsden7447
    @isabellamarsden7447 4 года назад +3168

    When he said “when you get a good fish & chips from a pub” I nearly had a fit. The only good fish and chips is not served in a pub my friend it is served on the promenade of a beach in a paper tray drowning in salt & vinegar. Thankyou

    • @ellyb3700
      @ellyb3700 4 года назад +81

      I scrolled to the comments as soon as he said that. Completely agree with you.

    • @bingbong-zr8qv
      @bingbong-zr8qv 4 года назад +91

      There are pubs that do *really* good fish & chips though

    • @squidge4728
      @squidge4728 4 года назад +22

      Vinegar is gross

    • @TheRainyAsian
      @TheRainyAsian 4 года назад +10

      Nah, the best fish and chips I've had have been in a pub in London and a pub in Westhumble.

    • @LK-on6rw
      @LK-on6rw 4 года назад +2

      I agree (not a HUGE fan of fish&chips so I’ll only order/taste someone else’s if I’m somewhere coastal) but I’m Irish

  • @crynon612
    @crynon612 4 года назад +1504

    "British schools are just like Hogwarts". Ah yes, it's almost like the British wizarding school is based off of British schools.

    • @emilyjfreer2895
      @emilyjfreer2895 4 года назад +104

      Crynon posh/rich British schools are like hog warts maybe not the average British school

    • @Definitely-Not-Suspicious
      @Definitely-Not-Suspicious 4 года назад +128

      Well the only Hogwarts like thing my school had was houses. No defense against the dark arts lessons. Was thoroughly disappointed.

    • @emma_-to7vh
      @emma_-to7vh 4 года назад +16

      You should come to a public school lmao

    • @sethbennett617
      @sethbennett617 4 года назад +51

      @@emilyjfreer2895 hogwarts is literally based off the basic english education system. if you change out all the magical lessons for realistic ones and change OWL to gcse (its basically the same thing) and NEWT to A-level. its the exact same system

    • @edwardgrierson1460
      @edwardgrierson1460 4 года назад +25

      @@sethbennett617 Yeah but the system Hogwarts is based on is a system that only 7% of the population attends. And in reality, it's an extremely elite system that produces some truly awful people (Cameron, Johnson, Rees-Mogg, Farage etc.). One of the big English boarding schools literally had an entrance exam where you had to justify shooting the poor.

  • @Hannah-ht7uv
    @Hannah-ht7uv 4 года назад +894

    It not anyone who’s under 18 can get braces, you kinda need to “qualify”, so if your teeth are wonky but not wonky enough you don’t get them on the nhs

    • @emjenkins464
      @emjenkins464 4 года назад +27

      Mine weren't quite wonky enough so I paid because gaps are deemed cosmetic - even though that was why I wanted them. But my sister with fine looking teeth got them for free because her overbite was half a millimetre bigger.

    • @hidehidehide7339
      @hidehidehide7339 4 года назад +5

      Emma Jenkins i’m debating whether to pay or not because they said that my lower jaw is quite crowded but because my upper jaw is perfect that it would be considered cosmetic. :/

    • @MariaA-lj3vh
      @MariaA-lj3vh 4 года назад +2

      Yumi Ireland are you not able to just get braces on your lower jaw

    • @827ella
      @827ella 4 года назад +3

      Yumi Ireland really, my bottom teeth are fine but I still got braces

    • @nabii7118
      @nabii7118 4 года назад +1

      mine were fucking sideways lmaoo so i got them free

  • @jeddos
    @jeddos 4 года назад +925

    By appointment by her majesty the queen is awarded to goods/services that the household of the Queen has used. I think Twinings is also one

    • @shamirpatel3569
      @shamirpatel3569 4 года назад +57

      Twinings, JLR (Jaguar and Land Rover), Johnnie Walker and John Lewis/ Waitrose and Partners are examples that are well known that come to mind but there are some other ones that aren't so well known.

    • @jos4248
      @jos4248 4 года назад +12

      @@shamirpatel3569 Charbonnel et Walker chocolate is the first one that came to mind

    • @justme-rz2qo
      @justme-rz2qo 4 года назад +17

      So dose Weetabix and Waitrose

    • @ssjfaria
      @ssjfaria 4 года назад +14

      I'm pretty sure McVitie's is also one

    • @jeddos
      @jeddos 4 года назад +7

      @@justme-rz2qo I'm a uni student I can't afford waitrose 😭

  • @flappetyflippers
    @flappetyflippers 4 года назад +986

    OWLs are the equivalent of GCSEs. NEWTs are the wizarding A Levels.

    • @flappetyflippers
      @flappetyflippers 4 года назад +38

      @@mecredi1 O Levels where replaced by the GCSEs. By all intents and purposes they are the same thing.

    • @flappetyflippers
      @flappetyflippers 4 года назад +12

      @@mecredi1 i dont see your point it doesn't matter which name its still the equivalent

    • @flappetyflippers
      @flappetyflippers 4 года назад +16

      @@mecredi1 they may be based on but their current equivalent is GCSEs. Things change. The OWLs are equivalent to the GCSEs because they are both tests sat at the same ages. There is no argument that OWLs were based on O levels but GCSEs mirror OWLs in exactly the same way as O Levels did. However O Levels do not exist anymore. So their replacement, GCSEs are the equivalent.

    • @JoS863
      @JoS863 4 года назад +9

      Crystal Rivers just stop, please, I’m getting second hand embarrassment from reading this

    • @flappetyflippers
      @flappetyflippers 4 года назад +2

      @@JoS863 :D

  • @alexiares942
    @alexiares942 4 года назад +1006

    Nah OWLS are GCSEs, NEWTS are A-Levels

    • @wrenrix
      @wrenrix 4 года назад +10

      Elizabeth Davis Agreed

    • @beth1223
      @beth1223 4 года назад +15

      I was searching for this comment haha

    • @rain1931
      @rain1931 4 года назад +1

      OWLS are CATS

    • @alexiares942
      @alexiares942 4 года назад +11

      @@rain1931 Aren't CATS for like Yr7s?

    • @dontbemad6460
      @dontbemad6460 4 года назад +9

      @@alexiares942 SAT'S, year 6

  • @alexandrageorgina
    @alexandrageorgina 4 года назад +813

    as a countryside person i can confirm there’s more weed than tweed

    • @nabii7118
      @nabii7118 4 года назад +11

      true that

    • @tillyfoxes8778
      @tillyfoxes8778 4 года назад +3

      Wot?

    • @cade9339
      @cade9339 4 года назад +24

      She speaks the truth, i‘ve Only seen tweed a handful of times but whereas weed... let’s say the police, don‘t interrupt many parties

    • @laurenblachford1501
      @laurenblachford1501 4 года назад +4

      alex my new favourite saying

    • @josephgood2704
      @josephgood2704 4 года назад +10

      More weed than tweed? As an American is that how I think that sounds?
      Lots of Marijuana, little tweed??

  • @HistoryLass2203
    @HistoryLass2203 4 года назад +354

    The Teeth thing comes from when American troops came to the UK in World War Two (1945) and they had better teeth than British troops. That changed when we got the NHS (1948)

    • @Jannyl13
      @Jannyl13 4 года назад +31

      Very interesting! In Bath, a city guide told us that for a while black teeth were a sign of wealth because it meant that you were able to afford sugar. And that this was originally the reason for Britih bad teeth. However, I don't know if his explanation was actually true. I haven't fact-checked it :)

    • @georgecatton
      @georgecatton 4 года назад +10

      @@Jannyl13 I believe that's true, at least that's what's taught over here.
      Same as with pale skin, until recently (due to US movies changing out views) having tanned skin was seen as a bad thing as it meant you had to work outdoors, unless you had been a serving in one of the colonies then it was a symbol of your travels.

    • @leea8706
      @leea8706 3 года назад +11

      Also why the stereotype of British food being bad exists. Britain was under extreme rationing while the GIs were here, and so when the brits invited them for tea they’d have to come up with loads of crazy food combos just so there was enough food for everyone. These dishes probably weren’t all that great but they still invited the American troops to tea and then got judged hard for it. 😅

    • @doomedwit1010
      @doomedwit1010 3 года назад +10

      I thought it came from Hollywood. You cannot be on American TV or movies without perfect teeth. Not healthy. Perfect. British TV seems far less picky. I have seen many Brotish TV shows with noticeably less perfect teeth.
      So my understanding of the stereotype was that Americans were more obsessed with orthodontia, braces and retainers.
      Orthodontia being different from dentistry in MN though. So orthodontia is for the well off middle class. So I would believe it is more common in Britain. But not on British TV?

  • @Communistdaughter
    @Communistdaughter 4 года назад +525

    I’ll whole heartily admit that we talk a lot about the weather, quite often when there is nothing to talk about

    • @evan
      @evan  4 года назад +71

      it's bloody brilliant out today! 21 degrees!

    • @Communistdaughter
      @Communistdaughter 4 года назад +15

      @@evan my! It’s not tipping it down any more!

    • @Catmum1998
      @Catmum1998 4 года назад +6

      It’s true, I’ve talked to my parents about the weather 😂

    • @Serenity_yt
      @Serenity_yt 4 года назад +10

      I still think we Germans bring it to a whole different level you can't have a conversation and not talk about the weather or at the very least have the window debate (half open, open or closed)

    • @anaischampignon4455
      @anaischampignon4455 4 года назад +6

      As a Québecois (French-Canadian from the Province of Québec), talking about the weather is our entire identity
      *so much snow*

  • @niamhdocherty3138
    @niamhdocherty3138 4 года назад +463

    I think we get free denistry under the NHS, but Orthodontic work (braces etc) are only funded by the NHS if there is a medical need for them, not just cosmetic?

    • @evan
      @evan  4 года назад +45

      This makes sense, got a source for me to read? :)

    • @lexm17
      @lexm17 4 года назад +12

      Niamh Docherty yeh but most ppl (unless u can’t afford it) go private for dentistry and it’s free until you’re 19

    • @niamhdocherty3138
      @niamhdocherty3138 4 года назад +19

      @@lexm17 Yeah i agree but in reality most families can't afford 2-6 grand for private treatment, i think this is why the sterotype exists.

    • @H_Malik_RL
      @H_Malik_RL 4 года назад +10

      Niamh Docherty me and my brother both got free braces and we had no medical need for them. It can vary at different dentists I guess

    • @hollyhales2831
      @hollyhales2831 4 года назад +29

      Orthodontic work for children has to meet NHS criteria which is done by an xray and moulds but decided by the orthodontist

  • @VanatruFreyr
    @VanatruFreyr 4 года назад +256

    The assumption that everything “British” is from England, Americans are infamous for this eg “I’m going to England to visit the London Eye and Edinburgh Castle”

    • @king_fresh27
      @king_fresh27 4 года назад

      Um because the nationality British is exclusively in the UK, which is located in England...?

    • @Iam-3man
      @Iam-3man 4 года назад +36

      @@king_fresh27 🤦🏿‍♂️

    • @billystokes3917
      @billystokes3917 4 года назад +50

      @@king_fresh27 You're joking right? You'd better be joking. England, Wales and Scotland (and Northern Ireland) are part of the UK. It's called the United Kingdom for a reason.

    • @stevemichael8458
      @stevemichael8458 4 года назад +16

      True. But also many (most?) British people talk about Holland when they mean The Netherlands (of which Holland is only a part). We're all guilty :)

    • @nathanaelsadgrove
      @nathanaelsadgrove 3 года назад +16

      @@king_fresh27 England is located in the UK. British = English + Scottish + Welsh + Northern Irish

  • @babyboy2792
    @babyboy2792 4 года назад +390

    You can't call crumpets English muffins, rather different items. Crumpets are made from a batter and muffins from a dough hence more bread like.
    Also, when talking about the accent you seem to forget about Scotland. "They all have a similar flare to them" Come on, you can't tell me a Londoner sounds like an Aberdonian

    • @violetskies14
      @violetskies14 4 года назад +1

      Although crumpets are still yeasted.

    • @oywiththepoodlesalready1790
      @oywiththepoodlesalready1790 4 года назад +17

      i mean if you listen to a boston accent and than a texan accent they both sound completely different but they also both sound American so yh it makes sense

    • @michaelmchardy9991
      @michaelmchardy9991 4 года назад

      Both are made from a batter but the muffin dough is thicker.

    • @SobrietyandSolace
      @SobrietyandSolace 4 года назад +5

      Crumpets are fucking disgusting. They are a weird, spongy texture and a slightly sour taste. Not like sponge cake, but actual sea sponges. English muffins are actually more of a bread texture and vastly superior to crumpets.

    • @wilmaknickersfit
      @wilmaknickersfit 4 года назад +10

      Crumpets have holes and English muffins don't. Simple.

  • @abbxewilsxn6882
    @abbxewilsxn6882 4 года назад +377

    Remember, and this is the important part. Don't make them drink the tea.

    • @BestBoyPatrick
      @BestBoyPatrick 4 года назад +33

      Abbxe Wilsxn please be a reference to the tea consent sex Ed video

    • @Ryan-mm1oj
      @Ryan-mm1oj 4 года назад +21

      Abbxe Wilsxn That was beautifully subtle

    • @jaimewilliams5609
      @jaimewilliams5609 4 года назад +8

      Fjfjfjddhdh throwback

    • @jaimewilliams5609
      @jaimewilliams5609 4 года назад +20

      This just points out how fuckin ridiculous our sex education is

    • @Charlie-yq8hu
      @Charlie-yq8hu 4 года назад +47

      Unconscious people don't want tea

  • @leea8706
    @leea8706 4 года назад +350

    Her majesty’s seal? Is on loads of food products, if the queen orders that food I believe they can use that seal. It’s on brown sauce too and probably half the stuff in your cupboard.

    • @Jannyl13
      @Jannyl13 4 года назад +22

      I think it's on Twinings Tea, right?

    • @leea8706
      @leea8706 4 года назад

      Jan13 most likely, yeah.

    • @samuelschofield7324
      @samuelschofield7324 3 года назад +11

      its also on all heinz and kellogs products

    • @jak7826
      @jak7826 3 года назад +9

      Its on fairy washing up liquid as well

    • @Betty_Virago
      @Betty_Virago 3 года назад +9

      Every royal has their own seal and if you supply a product to that royal family member regularly you can apply for their royal seal to use on your product.

  • @chaotic28
    @chaotic28 4 года назад +530

    “Uk school is a magical place” yeah I saw someone get stabbed at school that was most certainly a magical experience

    • @Loiner_Leftie
      @Loiner_Leftie 4 года назад +55

      I got stabbed. It was only a pen in the hand though. We ended up dating a couple years later too.

    • @josephwalker8905
      @josephwalker8905 4 года назад +16

      Jack Coxon that’s toxic 😳

    • @komradekevinthekommuneistd7362
      @komradekevinthekommuneistd7362 4 года назад +22

      I saw 2 parents throw hands over Disney cards

    • @sneakerhead6625
      @sneakerhead6625 4 года назад +5

      but at the same time we got meghan markle down here at robert clack

    • @theosb9632
      @theosb9632 4 года назад +9

      lito went to school in peckham, saw a few people get stabbed over girls n money etc

  • @chlo.dia765
    @chlo.dia765 4 года назад +288

    The two ‘British Accents’ are both from London. No one in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or the north of England talks like that.

    • @josephcardwell24
      @josephcardwell24 4 года назад +27

      Chloe Dennis As a midlander, it is worse for me, nobody understands that I am not northern or southern!

    • @roses2122
      @roses2122 4 года назад +3

      joseph cardwell no body in East Anglia
      Sound like British

    • @SmartSchool22075
      @SmartSchool22075 4 года назад +11

      Not many people in London sound like the “british accent” either to be honest

    • @jackbennett9040
      @jackbennett9040 4 года назад

      SO TRUE

    • @WalesTheTrueBritons
      @WalesTheTrueBritons 4 года назад +4

      Which is sadly ironic because the Welsh are the native Britons (British)

  • @bobbijeanshields1520
    @bobbijeanshields1520 4 года назад +472

    The "british" accent thing is because when Americans say "british" mean pretty much exclusively England and not the other countries in union

    • @aksb2482
      @aksb2482 4 года назад +45

      It's because they don't know what geography is

    • @charlottewallis7225
      @charlottewallis7225 4 года назад +37

      more specifically, the south.

    • @emmyh1468
      @emmyh1468 4 года назад +17

      Yea am fae glasgow and a dont think a have a british accent at all

    • @aksb2482
      @aksb2482 4 года назад +5

      @@emmyh1468 I'm a Manc and I always use Glasgow as an example to foreigners to say that is no British accent 😂(well except RP) saying each constituent country has their own would make way more sense

    • @emmyh1468
      @emmyh1468 4 года назад +7

      @@aksb2482 yea I would say but in england theres so many different ones like yours would be way different to someone from like liverpool or Leeds or essex but it's all the same country

  • @waziotter
    @waziotter 4 года назад +73

    “Does the Queen really like this squash?”. Basically, yes. That’s how it works. If your product has been supplied to the royals for years, they’ll give you permission to use that badge.

    • @user-xd4sk4pk7h
      @user-xd4sk4pk7h 4 года назад

      Someone said 5 years in the comments

    • @JoeBleasdaleReal
      @JoeBleasdaleReal 4 года назад +2

      It sponsors Wimbledon so of course the Royals have had it in the Box

  • @cait812
    @cait812 4 года назад +233

    In fairness the passive aggressive tutting is much more London. Think the thing here with dentistry is more so because we focus on health over cosmetics - ours are healthier but don't look as good whilst americans are bleach white. And it's only up to 18 if you're in education.
    Frankly it's rude to make someone tea without asking if they like it.

    • @SobrietyandSolace
      @SobrietyandSolace 4 года назад +5

      Only malocclusion causes excessive wear leading to predictable, preventable chipping and cracking of teeth, constant ulcers from sharp edges of teeth, narrowing of the upper palate leading to chronic sinus issues, swallowing problems, both of those issue leading to breathing problems, TMJ pain etc that they dismiss as 'just being cosmetic' I could go on but you have to REALLY fight to get free NHS care now even if you are homeless, unemployed, disabled or all of those things. NHS dentists are also not always available. I also had dentists pretend to not to notice a problem until I turned 18 and then magically that pain I complained about meant I needed a root canal and had to cough up a couple hundred. I had no income and was from a family way below the poverty line, only my parent had exemption certificates, but I did not.

    • @MostlyPennyCat
      @MostlyPennyCat 4 года назад

      Also, it's a historic thing.
      So, like, 19th century and early 20th.
      I doubt anybody that food teeth and weren't rich then.

    • @ivy6662
      @ivy6662 4 года назад +3

      I live in the south west and the passive aggressive thing is very much a thing so maybe its just the south?

    • @cait812
      @cait812 4 года назад

      @@ivy6662 I wanted to say the south but I knew some areas weren't like that and didn't want to generalise!

    • @JoanDarc1984
      @JoanDarc1984 4 года назад +2

      Everyone knows that tea is a metaphor for consent

  • @willbwhipping3072
    @willbwhipping3072 4 года назад +131

    8:25 even if they don’t want your tea you shouldn’t be annoyed at them and remember unconscious people don’t want tea (please someone understand this joke)

    • @kimleahb6635
      @kimleahb6635 4 года назад +16

      Do not pour the the tea down their throat.

    • @MrSpruce
      @MrSpruce 3 года назад +5

      Then you can make me a cup of tea, because I always want a cup of tea.

    • @bigboredthing
      @bigboredthing 3 года назад +11

      Now, this is important
      Don't make them drink the tea.

    • @povter1089
      @povter1089 3 года назад +1

      this is my discord custom status

    • @js66613
      @js66613 3 года назад +4

      Is this referring to the comparing tea to sex video...?

  • @rayhasheikh9712
    @rayhasheikh9712 4 года назад +439

    If you want braces on the NHS you actually have to be approved, my teeth "weren't bad enough" for free braces :/

    • @sophiewatson9020
      @sophiewatson9020 4 года назад +7

      Don't worry about it. Braces ruined my teeth, 🙄

    • @brittpaget1010
      @brittpaget1010 4 года назад +1

      True I had mine off last year

    • @jaylarae9425
      @jaylarae9425 4 года назад +10

      It’s similar to my dental insurance in America. Our teeth have to be FUCKED up to get free braces. My dentist said” you’re not going to get approved by your insurance, nothing is wrong with your teeth. “

    • @lukaseldenrust2637
      @lukaseldenrust2637 4 года назад +7

      Having insurance but it not being applicable for braces sounds ridiculous to me as a Dutchie since anyone can get braces and it’ll be covered by your insurance the amount that gets covered is different based on the plan but they’ll still cover it

    • @marahollow1214
      @marahollow1214 4 года назад +2

      Don't worry. I had to spend 5 years in mine; it was horrible.

  • @bigjamal5229
    @bigjamal5229 4 года назад +145

    "British schools are like Hogwarts" The only dark arts I've seen in my school was weed and whisky in the toilets, while people had to step over a urineal that had kicked off the wall just to get in.

    • @osere6432
      @osere6432 4 года назад +5

      Whisky? What kinda place you at? We had vodka and kush on our yr7 PGL trip

    • @bigjamal5229
      @bigjamal5229 4 года назад +4

      @@osere6432 15 year olds who think they're civilised. Some of them used to bring rum to parties 😂. It's a change from Smirnoff Ice I guess

    • @laravio
      @laravio 4 года назад

      The school took the doors to the bathroom off, they didn’t want anyone in there smoking weed because now you could smell it throughout the corridors if you do. It didn’t work, the students really didn’t care about people knowing of them getting caught.

    • @hellothereh3539
      @hellothereh3539 3 года назад

      The only bathroom incident thing I knew about at my school was one time in year 7 when I was peeing and some girls were playing catch with a tennis ball in the bathroom (not in the cubicles, outside) and then the ball rolled into my cubicle and then I just heard “can we have the ball back please?” So I just threw the ball back over the top.

  • @JLuke2oo7
    @JLuke2oo7 4 года назад +266

    The thing with "British" accents is, there are 3 countries that make up Britain. That's why people get annoyed about it. If it's an English accent, say English accent, same for Scotland and Wales. A lot of people get annoyed, I think especially the Scottish and Welsh, because most of the world thinks a British accent is an English accent and our awesome neighbours don't like being mistaken as English! That's why!

    • @stormchylde3999
      @stormchylde3999 4 года назад +8

      I'm not trying to speak for all Americans, but I know when I think/speak of a British accent, I am only thinking of England, and I think most Americans are thinking the same thing. I knew that people from other UK countries don't like to be called British, and don't think their accents sound the same; but even if I did, the fact that they come from an entirely different country would prevent me from referring to their accents as 'British.' Idk, maybe that's just me.

    • @emilycatherinesmith5408
      @emilycatherinesmith5408 4 года назад +31

      4 countries* Northern Ireland is a country

    • @emilycatherinesmith5408
      @emilycatherinesmith5408 4 года назад +29

      @@stormchylde3999 i don't mind being called British but being called English and, where I'm from, Wales being called part of 'england' does grind my gears

    • @diarmuid1213
      @diarmuid1213 4 года назад +28

      Emily Catherine Smith no it’s not in Britain. Britain is england Scotland and Wales. The uk is britain + Northern Ireland

    • @emilycatherinesmith5408
      @emilycatherinesmith5408 4 года назад +11

      @@diarmuid1213 Northern Irish is part of the United Kingdom but not of Great Britain... Depends what you define as British really. Technically if you just say Britain, Scotland isn't included either, just England and Wales. The British Isles includes all of Ireland, too. Most of it is just a geographical location, but politically and legally, Northern Ireland is part of the UK.

  • @ivyhewett4996
    @ivyhewett4996 4 года назад +416

    you only get free braces if it’s a “medical concern” not for aesthetic reasons! • xxxx

    • @katieweston6570
      @katieweston6570 4 года назад +19

      I think I got mine just before the cut off. Mine were on the NHS and purely for aesthetic reasons. A few months later, my friend with wonkier teeth had to pay because the rules changed.

    • @dtsotm
      @dtsotm 4 года назад +14

      i got braces on the nhs purely for aesthetic reasons, in fact nobody i know who had braces got them for medical reasons

    • @ayeshachorley5689
      @ayeshachorley5689 4 года назад

      Unless u use a private dentist I guess

    • @hannahgibb5547
      @hannahgibb5547 4 года назад +7

      When I got braces, it was only free if your teeth were 6mm+ out of place and would therefore cause problems when brushing. It just so happened that my two front teeth were exactly that distance in front of my other teeth.

    • @Sheechiibii
      @Sheechiibii 4 года назад +1

      @@dtsotm They decide whether your teeth are wonky enough to give free braces. Some kids can get it free others can't.

  • @AmySaysWords
    @AmySaysWords 4 года назад +339

    Evan: UK schools are a magical place
    Me: uhhhh *flashbacks to the death threats I received at school*

    • @ch4eunwoo
      @ch4eunwoo 4 года назад +31

      *flashbacks to the annoying year 7s acting roadman*

    • @rainbowofdeathoof8820
      @rainbowofdeathoof8820 4 года назад +3

      Just thinks about going back to school in September

    • @justcomments
      @justcomments 4 года назад

      Ahh yes, the magical day someone’s cousin came on site with knife and caused a 200-kid riot on the playing field. It was like a scene out of Shakespeare~~

    • @wolvesofthevoid1439
      @wolvesofthevoid1439 3 года назад

      Shhh no one was supposed to find out

    • @kaycollarfeild
      @kaycollarfeild 3 года назад +1

      Was 11 and being pushed down the stairs by 18 year olds - magical

  • @Aristte
    @Aristte 4 года назад +126

    "I'm sure all cornish people go to the beach when they're not... farming?"
    me, a cornish person: **is triggered**

    • @JoeBleasdaleReal
      @JoeBleasdaleReal 4 года назад +18

      *Munches pasty menacingly*

    • @robertwilloughby8050
      @robertwilloughby8050 4 года назад +8

      Without you, we can't have all the lovely cups and plates, and fine white paper, so thank you for that - and no, i'm not taking the piss (at least, not very much!).

    • @natasham4184
      @natasham4184 4 года назад +13

      **gets in combine harvester and drives away from the stereotyping**

    • @Dan-vn4he
      @Dan-vn4he 4 года назад +4

      @@robertwilloughby8050 actually china clay outputs from cornwall are minuscule now, and paper isnt made from it anymore... but it used to be! *cries in cornwall's economy is failing and has been for decades and i hate living here*

    • @robertwilloughby8050
      @robertwilloughby8050 4 года назад +2

      @@Dan-vn4he Sad. Unless tin prices go through the roof, you're buggered - anything else? Is their any other mineral that can be extracted?

  • @ellislloydjones7373
    @ellislloydjones7373 4 года назад +468

    I’m sorry but a Scouse accent sounds nothing like a stereotypical British accent 😭😭

    • @michelamizzi9786
      @michelamizzi9786 4 года назад +20

      Yh but I'm gonna be able to tell that you're from the United Kingdom. Might not be able to pinpoint exactly where but I'm gonna know you're not fucking French either 😂

    • @ellislloydjones7373
      @ellislloydjones7373 4 года назад +22

      @@michelamizzi9786 😂😂 Scouse accent is the best accent

    • @elizabethk2072
      @elizabethk2072 4 года назад +47

      Michela Mizzi actually you’d be surprised, at uni I had two friends from Liverpool with veryyyyyy strong accents and an American exchange student thought that English was their second language 😂😂😂😂

    • @ellislloydjones7373
      @ellislloydjones7373 4 года назад +5

      @@elizabethk2072 I’ve been on a few trips withe British ACF and the cadets from all the other counties had a guess at where we were from. Some suggested Glasgow, some said Wales, most said Ireland, one even said the new detachment that opened in a British base in Germany. No-one said Liverpool, or anywhere in Northern England for that matter! Just really goes to show that Liverpool rly is East Dublin 🇮🇪

    • @lukeb9501
      @lukeb9501 4 года назад +3

      And geordie

  • @h077y
    @h077y 4 года назад +128

    Not gonna lie, even as an english person, in my head, my accent (I'm from near London) is the standard, normal accent haha. However I can't see how anyone could say cockney, scouse, Manc, brummie, geordie, highland Scottish, northern irish and like Dublin are remotely similar. Therefore saying "british accent" just makes no sense

    • @DJAustay
      @DJAustay 4 года назад +7

      Dublin isn’t in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland isn’t in Britain

    • @h077y
      @h077y 4 года назад +3

      @@DJAustay ok fairs, but as I was writing I was gonna write "Irish accent" and realised then that even they vary

    • @h077y
      @h077y 4 года назад +4

      @@DJAustay but don't northern Irish people have British nationality...

    • @mathewkerr8399
      @mathewkerr8399 4 года назад +11

      @@h077y Anyone born in Northern Ireland possesses dual nationality. So I'm considered both Irish and British. Most people consider themselves one or the other though depending on whether they're protestant or catholic though. It's a bit of a mess tbh.

    • @h077y
      @h077y 4 года назад +1

      @@mathewkerr8399 oh that's really interesting. I thought if you were "Irish" that meant you must be from the south. So are the two not properly separated then, in the way that you'd expect 2 separate countries to be?

  • @giannarose631
    @giannarose631 4 года назад +58

    "it all tastes roughly the same" every British person died a little inside

    • @cassieoz1702
      @cassieoz1702 Год назад

      Try going to the US 'south' where there's only one spice mix used in everything. Boring sameness of all the food

  • @TheDucky399
    @TheDucky399 4 года назад +69

    12:45 talking about how you’ve read Harry Potter many times....but you don’t know what a Knickerbocker Glory is? It’s Dudley’s favourite desert!!

  • @kirstinroberts4288
    @kirstinroberts4288 4 года назад +398

    I’m appalled I just googled ‘English muffin’ and they are definitely NOT CRUMPETS

    • @logostic123
      @logostic123 4 года назад +6

      kirstin roberts you probably got the flat Thomas bread product amirite? 😂

    • @tiffannytwo
      @tiffannytwo 4 года назад +9

      No English muffins are something we eat in Britain they probably just have the same name.
      You know like the breakfast muffins that are like American pancakes crossed with toast you eat for breakfast?
      They’re common in Britain so that’s probably what came up if you got the same images i got when I googled it

    • @StephenButlerOne
      @StephenButlerOne 4 года назад

      @@tiffannytwo r/whoosh

    • @emmamartin5866
      @emmamartin5866 4 года назад +1

      it's almost like they have a different name ...

    • @plantboii1892
      @plantboii1892 4 года назад +15

      English muffins are basically a bread roll cooked on a griddle, so definitely not a crumpet

  • @tibbyboyd9836
    @tibbyboyd9836 4 года назад +73

    I'm sorry OWLS are taken in 5th year that makes them GCSEs, NEWTs are the A-level equivalent.

  • @adambennett805
    @adambennett805 4 года назад +202

    Yeah pretty sure the HM stamp is her approval

    • @evan
      @evan  4 года назад +41

      WHOAH THAT'S SICK

    • @nicoleonard2420
      @nicoleonard2420 4 года назад +21

      @@evan i think you can also find it on weetabix boxes or the weetabix minis at least but for cereals.

    • @Communistdaughter
      @Communistdaughter 4 года назад +22

      It’s on HP brown sauce

    • @babyboy2792
      @babyboy2792 4 года назад +39

      Not always her approval personally but it is given to companies who have been supplying the royal residences for at least 5 years, so someone there must enjoy it

    • @briankim3306
      @briankim3306 4 года назад +39

      @@evan They're called Royal Warrants. Twinings, Cadbury, Heinz, and a bunch of others have them as well. And yeah it's pretty much "We supply the royal family"

  • @ellenwright5901
    @ellenwright5901 4 года назад +115

    OWLs are GCSEs *shudder*
    NEWTs are A-levels. Actually, I think that’s a pretty great way of explaining English exams to other countries. Huh.

  • @rhysjones9771
    @rhysjones9771 3 года назад +25

    “never decline tea if it’s offered to you, it’s impolite and that’s how wars start” - the doctor

  • @matthewmccallion3311
    @matthewmccallion3311 4 года назад +74

    The crazy teeth stereotype apparently came about from when the Beatles first appeared on US television. On average, Brits actually have better teeth than Americans, but before the Beatles, the only people who appeared on US TV were made to go to the dentist first, so they all had insanely pristine, perfect white teeth. The Beatles were the first to appear with "natural" teeth that didn't have extensive, expensive dental work done, so even though their teeth were normal and healthy, they looked terrible compared to everyone else, so a stereotype arose in the States that all Brits had bad teeth

    • @BobHUK
      @BobHUK 4 года назад +2

      Not quite true. When I was a history student at university I remember reading of an American soldier to came to England during the First World War in 1917. He wrote home to his mother that he didn't like England much, and that the 'hurrs all have bad teeth'. He meant the prostitutes or whores, but his spelling wasn't the best, and he spellt the word as he heard it 'hurrs'

    • @cassieoz1702
      @cassieoz1702 Год назад +1

      It's a distinction between pretty teeth and 'lack of decay' so just saying 'better teeth' doesn't mean anything. Americans who are affluent enough, spend money on cosmetic dental work. NHS dental care for under-18s is based on hygiene and actual care and NOT on braces just to make your teeth look nice. If your bite/occlusion works (is functional) then whether all your teeth are straight is irrelevant.

  • @sanitysquota937
    @sanitysquota937 4 года назад +75

    You should not have said, "Don't make me say 'bla'."
    They are all gonna vote for 'bla' as an intro now.
    We have a collective maturity level which rivals most preschools.

  • @hayden7755
    @hayden7755 4 года назад +19

    Him talking about how it’s rude to turn down a cup of tea makes me think of the video showed in British schools where tea is a metaphor for consent to explain the concept to kids

  • @fitzy9703
    @fitzy9703 4 года назад +81

    The stamp is a royal warrant. You can look up the list of all the companies that have the warrants. It's really bizarre!

  • @niamhduffy2012
    @niamhduffy2012 4 года назад +75

    When Evan said "talk about the weather to much" every British person opened their mouth to complain but immediately closed it again. 😂😂😂
    To Brits life is amazing if the sun is shinning and that doesn't happen very often. 😂

  • @itsemmybruh2113
    @itsemmybruh2113 4 года назад +55

    When he tried to do the impression of a Brit in a queue he sounded Aussie!

  • @skyel
    @skyel 4 года назад +66

    Knickerbockerglories are amazing - I used to have them as a kid and I remember them being like ice cream and Ribena or something

    • @sophiehorbury1145
      @sophiehorbury1145 4 года назад +1

      Iv never liked them but I went to a school were they serve them for lunch with cild banana custard and that put me off them for life

    • @sitnspin1819
      @sitnspin1819 4 года назад +6

      One of the most delicious ones I ever had was a knickerbocker glory 99, complete with two Flakes and a chocolate sauce made from melted Flakes that included Flake bits. So, so good.

    • @laylalevett5063
      @laylalevett5063 4 года назад +2

      THE ICE CREAM WITH BUBBLEGUM AT THE BOTTOM

    • @skyel
      @skyel 4 года назад +2

      Layla Levett oh yeh weren’t they called screwballs or something?

    • @laylalevett5063
      @laylalevett5063 4 года назад +1

      @@skyel oh Yeah, what were knickerbockerglories then??

  • @AMVactivists
    @AMVactivists 4 года назад +51

    That stamp means the queen uses that brand. Basically the royal family are the original influencers

  • @josnajose9287
    @josnajose9287 4 года назад +44

    "they all taste the same"
    me: nope
    *me aggressively tutting*

  • @utterlee
    @utterlee 4 года назад +200

    The Harry Potter O.W.L.s are more probably based on the old “O-level” exams that preceded GCSEs.

    • @SuperSpatman
      @SuperSpatman 4 года назад +1

      Ordinary Wizarding Levels. Not ashamed.

    • @fivish
      @fivish 4 года назад +6

      The GCSE is the GCE (O level) and CSE combined into a higher and lower paper.

  • @m0zz4re11a1
    @m0zz4re11a1 4 года назад +190

    am i the only one that actually has crumpets often they’re like a regular snack for me lmao

    • @blanco7726
      @blanco7726 4 года назад +1

      I literally dont know what a crumpet is I’ve never seen them, I assume its like a biscuit

    • @sophiehorbury1145
      @sophiehorbury1145 4 года назад +8

      @@blanco7726 Google it, its like a bready buttery thing with holes in the top they taste really good you should try them

    • @sshep86
      @sshep86 4 года назад +9

      @@blanco7726 If we ever meet. I will slap you for that comment.... How very dare you
      They are more akin to your pancakes than a biscuit (British biscuit or American biscuit, which are very different, but still nothing (at all) like a Crumpet.) Try one. Melt some Marge or some butter on one, sit back and enjoy the satisfaction of knowing that no matter how bad your day will be or was. Crumpet time will be exceptional.

    • @blanco7726
      @blanco7726 4 года назад

      Steve Sheppard I’m British as well lol, thought crumpets was just some random stereotype thing didn’t know people actually ate that except like maybe really posh people. Just googled pics of it, doesnt looks too good mate looks bland as fuck

    • @sophiehorbury1145
      @sophiehorbury1145 4 года назад +3

      @@blanco7726 its really good actually if you tried them youd fall in love you have to toast them like you would with bread and butter them they are heaven😳😛

  • @laurenblachford1501
    @laurenblachford1501 4 года назад +12

    i know why we are all naturals at queuing. it’s because at schools (secondary or otherwise) we are always taught to walk down corridors on the left side so people going the opposite way can also walk down the corridor, same thing with stairs it’s just logical. also with queuing it’s the easiest way to not talk to others cause you’re all facing the same direction.

  • @conormurphy4328
    @conormurphy4328 4 года назад +153

    I’m impressed that he remembered Ed Sheeran is a member of the royal family.

    • @tillyfoxes8778
      @tillyfoxes8778 4 года назад +3

      Since when?

    • @asi-princess
      @asi-princess 4 года назад +2

      Really?

    • @robertwilloughby8050
      @robertwilloughby8050 4 года назад +6

      It's extremly distant, but he's like 55,000th in line to the throne. True.

    • @robertwilloughby8050
      @robertwilloughby8050 4 года назад +1

      @FascinationFantasy_ LOL then I'd emigrate.... nothing against him, just that the system then would be COMPELETLY broken!

    • @asi-princess
      @asi-princess 4 года назад +1

      Robert Willoughby that’s actually kinda crazies fact I’ve heared recently. It would be interesting to see what it would be like if he were king tho 😂

  • @JoelBrooke
    @JoelBrooke 4 года назад +56

    "A knickerbocker glory is a layered ice cream sundae that is served in a large tall conical glass, and to be eaten with a distinctive long spoon, particularly in the British Isles. The knickerbocker glory, first described in the 1920s, may contain ice cream, cream, fruit, and meringue."

    • @Hydraclone
      @Hydraclone 4 года назад +4

      I did not know that those had a specific name. I've just always called them "tall sundaes".

    • @rogoth01themasterwizard11
      @rogoth01themasterwizard11 4 года назад +3

      @@Hydraclone 'knickerbocker glory' and 'eton mess' are essentially the same thing just served differently

    • @ivy6662
      @ivy6662 4 года назад +6

      @@rogoth01themasterwizard11 okay you are WRONG. Eton mess is specifically berries meringue and whipped cream, vanilla ice cream and/or clotted cream. You would NEVER put chocolate ice cream in Eton mess, but most knickerbocker glorys would.

    • @LissyFantage01
      @LissyFantage01 4 года назад +1

      TheDeadlyPianist there’s a lot of sundae served in the same glass, not just knickerbocker glories

    • @rogoth01themasterwizard11
      @rogoth01themasterwizard11 4 года назад +1

      @@ivy6662 i have never ever heard or seen a knickerbocker glory use chocolate ice cream before, it's always vanilla, if you have had it with chocolate before then i would question where you got it from because it's not a true knickerbocker glory then.

  • @dappleddreams
    @dappleddreams 4 года назад +78

    “I ain’t seen no pheasants in the countryside”
    Then you’ve definitely been at the wrong time of year 😂 they release 10,000 every season near me as game for shooting and you can’t escape them all wherever you go!

    • @amara5227
      @amara5227 4 года назад +4

      Lauren Burnham THEY ARE SO ANNOYING

    • @dappleddreams
      @dappleddreams 4 года назад +3

      Amara TELL ME ABOUT IT

    • @pesticideistheonlyoption4304
      @pesticideistheonlyoption4304 4 года назад +3

      YEAHHHH they’re really annoying lol

    • @elliec6885
      @elliec6885 4 года назад +6

      Ikr, and with the pheasants comes all the posh shooting men in tweed - that stereotype definitely rang true for me.

    • @Vixterlk
      @Vixterlk 4 года назад +5

      Also the little bastards like to run in front of cars for some unfathomable reason.

  • @wetasspaddington
    @wetasspaddington 4 года назад +16

    'One of them is bald and old. One of them is bald but not as old.' Literally Prince William in one sentence.

  • @katiemarie3997
    @katiemarie3997 4 года назад +126

    The valleys are in south Wales, just saying

    • @puffinprints4707
      @puffinprints4707 4 года назад +3

      There is a place called Valley in North Wales tho

    • @marigriffiths458
      @marigriffiths458 4 года назад

      Yess and we be speaking mostly english. theres some that do but as a whole we are english speakers

    • @subsNovids-zo6nk
      @subsNovids-zo6nk 4 года назад

      Mari Griffiths speak for ur self mate most people in north wales speak Welsh

    • @marigriffiths458
      @marigriffiths458 4 года назад +2

      @@subsNovids-zo6nk Sorry I didn't specify- I'm from South Wales n I meant few people here speak welsh but everyone in north does:)

    • @subsNovids-zo6nk
      @subsNovids-zo6nk 4 года назад

      Mari Griffiths oh sorry 😂😂

  • @henryhudson5465
    @henryhudson5465 4 года назад +27

    I swear at the 2012 olympics, there were so many people queuing for mcdonalds, that there was no space left in the s that was setup by banisters (like the ones in airports) but we just kept queuing without it. Back and forth in an orderly fashion as if the banisters were still there.

    • @sjs9698
      @sjs9698 3 года назад +1

      oh, that's good form!

  • @Tcrumpen
    @Tcrumpen 4 года назад +44

    Stereotype: We can't handle the sun
    Also: You can immediately tell the British person that's on holiday as they will be the only ones wearing shorts

    • @ebishop6922
      @ebishop6922 4 года назад +3

      I sat in the sun yesterday for a little bit and now have a slight burn. So maybe

    • @speleokeir
      @speleokeir 4 года назад +4

      It's true. I can't handle the sun. I burn worse than a red-headed vampire. 15 mins on a hot day and I can feel myself burning. The nearest I've ever come to having a tan is getting rid of the blue tone to my skin!

    • @anonymes2884
      @anonymes2884 4 года назад +2

      Yeah, the first one's true for me too. As the Big Yin himself put it, I can get sunburnt watching fireworks :).

  • @francesivy6194
    @francesivy6194 4 года назад +195

    Re the kickerbocker glory: EVAN YOUVE JUST RUINED MY FAVOURITE DESSERT

    • @SwiftTelly20
      @SwiftTelly20 4 года назад +5

      I can't believe his mind went there! He's clearly never seen it [on a menu] or heard of it. There are many variations of the dessert. It's just fruit and ice cream to me maybe with sauces and a few other additions.

    • @conormurphy4328
      @conormurphy4328 4 года назад +5

      A knickerbocker glory will fill your mouth with sweetness

    • @speleokeir
      @speleokeir 4 года назад +4

      It's lucky nobody mentioned Spotted Dick with custard!

  • @lnchysquinchy
    @lnchysquinchy 4 года назад +30

    Evan: “well I guess if the majority of people in Scotland live in Edinburgh and in Glasgow or that general area”
    Edinburgh and Glasgow area: *doesn’t exist*

    • @thimbur3543
      @thimbur3543 4 года назад +9

      Isn't it usually referred to as "the central belt"? The area with the highest population density in Scotland - including Greater Glasgow, Ayrshire, Falkirk, Edinburgh, Lothian and Fife.

  • @trapbuilder2283
    @trapbuilder2283 4 года назад +90

    You got it the wrong way around, we actually HATE integrated advertising, which you may remember from that video you did about advertising differences in the UK and US

    • @lukexavier9770
      @lukexavier9770 4 года назад

      trapbuilder2 I disagree personally

    • @kiradotee
      @kiradotee 4 года назад +3

      It might have been sarcasm on his end.

    • @EinkOLED
      @EinkOLED 4 года назад

      Thats why I can't stand Linus

  • @katieelisabeth6575
    @katieelisabeth6575 4 года назад +118

    the typical 'Welsh valleys' are actually down South don't do us dirty like this!!!

    • @cez_is_typing
      @cez_is_typing 4 года назад +2

      Katie Elisabeth also the north wales speak more welsh isn’t necessarily true, I would say the majority of wales in general is bilingual/ English first language, sadly the language is dying so it’s kinda difficult to find welsh first languagers and if you do, they’re usually pretty old and/or have a traditional welsh family

    • @sodawimp814
      @sodawimp814 4 года назад +2

      @@cez_is_typing nah most of Wales is monolingual only speaking English. Lived in the south all my life and most will speak English. Obviously I do know a lot of people here who do speak it and I personally think the younger generation speaks it more often as I know plenty of young people who can speak it but parents who can't.
      I think the whole only North Wales really speaks it thing comes from the fact that percentage wise most people there speak it in there everyday lives. My grandparents come from a pretty rural area of North Wales and the speak it along with a lot of people in that community. Anyway I wouldn't be surprised if more Welsh speakers are concentrated in the south due to the the much larger size of population here. But percentage wise the north probably does better.

    • @fattwat1
      @fattwat1 4 года назад +4

      @@cez_is_typing your talking bollocks there are a lot of Welsh speakers and no it's not a dying language where you got that information from is wrong there are a lot of young Welsh speakers

    • @cez_is_typing
      @cez_is_typing 4 года назад +1

      fattwat1 woah calm down, I was just speaking from my own experience

    • @fattwat1
      @fattwat1 4 года назад

      @@cez_is_typing I am from South Wales born and bred and still living here so I think I know a little about the Welsh language

  • @mueslicamel
    @mueslicamel 4 года назад +8

    In most American films they believe that we call our mum and dad, father and mother 🤣
    Every time it cracks me up 🤣😅😂
    I say it sometimes but definitely not all the time 😅😂🤣

  • @harperwalsh9041
    @harperwalsh9041 4 года назад +59

    In Ireland we have a lot of British products such as Robinsons fruit juice and Weetabix which have that Queen verification thing

    • @LK-on6rw
      @LK-on6rw 4 года назад

      Yeah all these videos are always just referring to Britain when nobody knows that most of the brands sold here are British as well as a lot of the culture (how the people act not the history) 😂😭

    • @icemav5740
      @icemav5740 4 года назад

      Man I fucking love weetabix

  • @sumdeus7799
    @sumdeus7799 4 года назад +87

    I live in the countryside and you do see pheasants but they are normally on the side of the road... dead

    • @ElisabethOrchard
      @ElisabethOrchard 4 года назад +19

      Dear lord, I first read "peasants" instead of "pheasants". XD

    • @Shenesy1
      @Shenesy1 4 года назад +8

      I usually see them as they explode out of the hedge a meter ahead of me. Scares the shit out of me every time!

    • @meridaross1951
      @meridaross1951 4 года назад

      accurate

    • @conormurphy4328
      @conormurphy4328 4 года назад +1

      I went to a boarding school down in Lewis and there were tons of pheasants that you could see out the windows during the night

    • @sharonmartin2356
      @sharonmartin2356 4 года назад +2

      They are the most stupid of birds.. makes them easy to shot. I work in the countryside and can hear the shot most Tuesdays .

  • @daintylamb_
    @daintylamb_ 4 года назад +5

    7:43
    My Pa once got the whole train singing Flower of Scotland once. It was near Christmas time, and everyone on the train was very very merry (if you know what I mean), and a lady tried to start up a sing-a-long. No one was doing it, so my Pa said "If ye want them to sing, you'll have tae do Flower of Scotland," and so they all sang.
    My Pa tells this story to this day, a prideful look on his face.
    9:33
    My gran lived in Caithness, and we used to visit her every summer, as it takes us almost a whole day to get up there. There's a farm near her house, so there's lots of sheep roaming around. Of course, my gran lived in the countryside, and I've never seen free-rein sheep anywhere else.

  • @saipranav7059
    @saipranav7059 4 года назад +123

    The stamp basically HM approves it, but apparently the Queen owns Robinsons

    • @evan
      @evan  4 года назад +46

      she WHAT

    • @blufferfish0896
      @blufferfish0896 4 года назад +41

      Evan Edinger
      Can confirm that Robinson’s has a “royal warrant” meaning the company can advertise that they supply the royal family with their products. Basically Robinson’s is allowed to brag that the queen likes their products but I can’t find anywhere saying the queen actually OWNS Robinson’s, cannot confirm nor deny

    • @orana03
      @orana03 4 года назад +8

      The Queen doesn't own Robinsons. They were acquired by Britvic in 1995

    • @keitholding8541
      @keitholding8541 4 года назад +22

      @@evan The Queen does not own Robinsons. However, Ribena (one of Robinson's best-known products) is a blackcurrant drink which is made from blackcurrants some of which are grown on the Queen's estate at Sandringham. Put another way, part of the Sandringham estate is farmland, and some of it is used to grow blackcurrants, some of which end up in Robinson's Ribena.

    • @cian87
      @cian87 4 года назад +3

      @@keitholding8541 Ribena has nothing to do with Robinsons, it was owned by Glaxo (the pharma company and now BeamSuntory; Robinsons is a Britvic brand.

  • @brody1216
    @brody1216 4 года назад +133

    I have a Welsh friend who would much rather be dubbed as having a "British accent" because otherwise (in the states) she gets called "English." Which if you know anything about anything, is a big no no 😂

    • @evilcommunistpicklerick3175
      @evilcommunistpicklerick3175 4 года назад +5

      Welsh accents are technically more British

    • @bethspall4458
      @bethspall4458 4 года назад +2

      Personally being Welsh and English I don’t find it offensive 😂 I love my Welsh side probably more

    • @rhiangoodson8700
      @rhiangoodson8700 4 года назад +8

      I’m welsh and I’d agree, I don’t even have much of a welsh accent but I never want to be told I have an “English” accent

    • @anonymes2884
      @anonymes2884 4 года назад +4

      Yep, Scottish and i'd agree too (I bet almost anyone from the smaller constituent countries would). That said, in Scotland an increasing contingent aren't happy with "British" either (but i'm pretty sure they'd still prefer that to "English" :-).

    • @terminalfrost3645
      @terminalfrost3645 4 года назад

      @@anonymes2884 nobody calls scottish people english.

  • @KiranWade18
    @KiranWade18 4 года назад +17

    The passive aggressive ‘you’re welcome’ 😂

    • @Milamberinx
      @Milamberinx 4 года назад +2

      The passive aggressive *you're when you use the wrong homophone.

    • @KiranWade18
      @KiranWade18 4 года назад

      Edited

  • @Bailes98
    @Bailes98 4 года назад +66

    The majority of Welsh speakers come from Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Gwynedd (basically the west and north with a bigger majority as you head north). None of these places are "the valleys" which are in the south comprising of places like Merthyr, Rhondda, Caerphilly etc. These areas don't actually account for a huge amount of the population, so associating all Welsh people with the valleys is for the most part, statistically wrong.

    • @kissmyaxe8577
      @kissmyaxe8577 4 года назад +1

      Callum Bailey in Pembrokeshire (south) quite a few schools are strictly welsh speaking and my family all speak welsh so I wouldn’t say no one in the south of wales speaks welsh but I know more people I know in the north wales don’t speak welsh than in the south

    • @Bailes98
      @Bailes98 4 года назад +2

      @@kissmyaxe8577 I'm well aware that people speak Welsh in all areas of Wales. I'm from Swansea and know quite a few people fluent in Welsh. I was just making the point that the highest amount of first language speakers come from them 3 areas. Would personally love all Welsh people to be able to speak Welsh, I'm planning on learning once I've finished all my uni work.

    • @kissmyaxe8577
      @kissmyaxe8577 4 года назад +1

      Callum Bailey me too it’s sad that less and less people are speaking it :( . I wasn’t commenting to prove you wrong I was just saying my experience. I live in England but I’m welsh so it’s difficult to learn it because I don’t really see it other than a few phrases around my house and when I go down to visit :/ but I also plan on learning it soon :)

    • @Bailes98
      @Bailes98 4 года назад +3

      @@kissmyaxe8577 recent surveys actually show somewhat of a resurgence in the number of Welsh speakers which is a positive. I guess it is much harder to learn in England but from what I've seen theres plenty of resources online and S4C always has english subtitles available on all its shows. Good luck on your journey to speaking Welsh!

    • @conormurphy4328
      @conormurphy4328 4 года назад +1

      caerphilly have delicious cheese oh god I need some cheese now

  • @meowkat2050
    @meowkat2050 4 года назад +73

    Correction on the braces thing, if your teeth are REALLY bad, then yes you can get free braces through the NHS (woo!). BUT if you have wonky but not awful teeth it cost £2000 (?). So, though most people do end up having braces in secondary school, it is not free for everyone.

    • @NahvomaLena
      @NahvomaLena 4 года назад +10

      Really? I only had 1 tooth a little out of place and I got braces on the NHS

    • @christopherappleby7693
      @christopherappleby7693 4 года назад +5

      Not true in my area, braces are available for even small defects

    • @phhrogg8065
      @phhrogg8065 4 года назад +1

      My dentist said the requirement was 2 teeth out of place for them to be on the NHS.

    • @queenwaffle61
      @queenwaffle61 4 года назад +6

      Meow Kat with the braces thing:
      Under 18 free dental check ups and stuff
      However if you get braces or orthodontics and you teeth aren’t that bad to have to pay as it is deemed cosmetic
      To get free block braces you have to have a 7mm over bite (I had 10mm) and that is about as far as my knowledge goes

    • @BBubblegum-ou5wq
      @BBubblegum-ou5wq 4 года назад

      Not true, at least in my area (north-east), dental work is free for everyone up until you’re 18.

  • @mikelitorous5570
    @mikelitorous5570 4 года назад +64

    The bad teeth stereotype is true with the older generation but most people have good teeth

    • @king_fresh27
      @king_fresh27 4 года назад +2

      Honestly I’ll accept the hill billy gun owning stereotype if we can give you guys the “hAhA bAd TeEtH” generalization.

    • @Lotan_
      @Lotan_ 2 года назад +1

      @@king_fresh27 Except you won't, because only one of those is true and it's not the latter.

  • @isabella5720
    @isabella5720 4 года назад +62

    When Harry Potter was written O- levels were GCSEs so that’s why they’re called OWLS

    • @MonkeyButtMovies1
      @MonkeyButtMovies1 4 года назад +7

      GCSEs started in the 80s

    • @onetwo8932
      @onetwo8932 4 года назад +5

      J K Rowling is Scottish, they had O levels.

    • @speleokeir
      @speleokeir 4 года назад +3

      @@MonkeyButtMovies1 Yes, GCSE's replaced 'O' levels in England and Wales in 1987.

    • @anonymes2884
      @anonymes2884 4 года назад

      @@speleokeir * pushes glasses up :) * 1988 in fact (they started teaching to the GCSE _syllabus_ beforehand but the actual exams in 1987 were still O-levels).

    • @speleokeir
      @speleokeir 4 года назад +1

      @@anonymes2884 Yes I should have clarified that the last O' level exams were taken in 1987. GCSEs were the 1987/88 academic year.
      N.B I did my O' levels in1986 so was the second to last year. I knew kids who took the first GCSEs and felt really sorry for them as they were rushed through by the Tories who expected to lose the General Election.
      There wasn't a proper syllabus prepared for the teachers and they were dumbed down so the results would look good (Friends in that year showed me the stuff they were doing in their 5th year and it was things I'd covered in my 3rd). They all really struggled with A' levels because they were dumbed down so much that A' levels were a massive step up for them and they'd never covered stuff that they were expected to know already.
      Similarly a lot of those students also found doing a degree a massive step up. I remember helping one or two and being shocked at the gaps in their knowledge. Talking to friends who are teachers I believe the standard of GCSEs has improved a fair bit from those early days.

  • @emmalong
    @emmalong 4 года назад +48

    Not gonna lie Idk who said that in Wales there aren't sheep everywhere, I live just outside Pontypridd and there is literally a field full of sheep next to my house.

    • @emilycatherinesmith5408
      @emilycatherinesmith5408 4 года назад +7

      Sheep are literally everywhere that isn't a city or a suburb

    • @selsig_dwp
      @selsig_dwp 4 года назад +4

      I live in a suburb of a city in Wales, and from my bedroom window I can see a field with sheep on it lmao

    • @ElaHazell
      @ElaHazell 4 года назад +3

      I live on a sheep farm and there are another three and in close quarters to me 😂

    • @carrieh1550
      @carrieh1550 4 года назад +1

      I was thinking that, I pass at least 5 fields of sheep on my walk to work, when I lived in England I saw no sheep, just cows, Wales has a lot of sheep 😂

    • @sugondese5497
      @sugondese5497 4 года назад +1

      @@carrieh1550 I'm fairly sure that Wales is just hard to farm cows on, as they are nowhere near as good on the rocky, hilly terrain of Wales as sheep are. This is why there are so many sheep, because cows and other livestock aren't suited to the land as well.

  • @ChrisChronos
    @ChrisChronos 4 года назад +5

    The BEST queues I've seen are in Spain. People walk in, ask nice and loudly who is last in the queue, and then go sit down with the knowledge of who they are following in the queue order lol. Perfect, I hate standing up for long periods of time just for the sake of queuing

  • @MyMartingames
    @MyMartingames 4 года назад +27

    Cadbury’s also has the queen stamp on

  • @simonehawkins5520
    @simonehawkins5520 4 года назад +19

    CHALLENGE, Evan: I DARE you to study an accent like Scouse or Liverpool and then approximate it in your ‘Welcome to ____’ (insert city name here) - but every week has to be a different one 😉 (only the intro line not the entire video!) - and, people can volunteer suggestions of accents, maybe with some links to samples on a website or a link to a video exhibiting said-accent, for the next week’s intro. It’s okay if it goes terribly wrong, it will give us a good laugh anyway, but I’m sure it would be interesting to all your UK viewers to try to learn how to use their accent in your intro.
    Just a suggestion! Cheers, and have a great day! Thanks for all the giggles and laughs in your videos; I especially find humour in the fact that you can laugh at yourself! I do it too 😂

  • @finnwoodward27
    @finnwoodward27 4 года назад +2

    What is a knickerblocker glory? WHAT IS A KNICKERBLOCKER GLORY xD the best ice cream that you can get from the ice cream van thats what xD

  • @tee-jay97
    @tee-jay97 4 года назад +43

    I’d love to see an american in the north east, trying to understand the accents and tasting a parmo for the first time 😂

    • @thomasr5302
      @thomasr5302 4 года назад +3

      Terri Wilson As someone who lives in the north east i had no idea what a parmo was until i googled it. we divvnt have them up in newcastle !

    • @tee-jay97
      @tee-jay97 4 года назад +2

      thomasaurus rex omg yeah i forgot they weren’t a geordie thing either! tried to get one and they basically gave me a pizza with a chicken base 😭😂

    • @Kate-zv9wj
      @Kate-zv9wj 4 года назад +1

      @@tee-jay97 aww repping teesside

    • @Captain_Yorkie1
      @Captain_Yorkie1 4 года назад +1

      Just put a yankie in West Yorkshire. Now that would be fun to see.

    • @louisa1514
      @louisa1514 4 года назад +2

      @@tee-jay97
      Omg are you also a smoggie?

  • @gemzxox7683
    @gemzxox7683 4 года назад +24

    My entire family have got the "ol' English farmer" accent and I sound like I need to go and live with the Queen 😂 I've got no clue what happened there but I sound like I've been abducted 😂🤷🏻‍♀️
    I haven't btw. 👀

  • @definitely.natasha
    @definitely.natasha 4 года назад +8

    I'm dying at the way even tried to pronounce caernarfon 😂😂😂

  • @zoeb3871
    @zoeb3871 4 года назад +29

    Not everyone from Essex is a chav, but 90% are lmao 😂

    • @emmamaclean737
      @emmamaclean737 4 года назад +1

      You little beep I'm not 😂

    • @zoeb3871
      @zoeb3871 4 года назад +1

      @@emmamaclean737 same lmao 😂

  • @crafteyminotour6775
    @crafteyminotour6775 4 года назад +58

    stereotype: that the uk is just 3 areas, england scotland and wales

    • @nickel3143
      @nickel3143 4 года назад +13

      craftey minotour Northern Ireland has entered the chat

    • @evilcommunistpicklerick3175
      @evilcommunistpicklerick3175 4 года назад +5

      That’s a misconception by retards although if I were northern Irish i wouldn’t want to be associated with the UK

    • @conormurphy4328
      @conormurphy4328 4 года назад +9

      It’s actually 4 areas Scotland, Wales, London, and the rest of England

    • @silviasanchez648
      @silviasanchez648 4 года назад +5

      A lot of people are like UK==London.
      As if the country was a big empty meadow with only London as inhabited spot.

    • @rhiannonlois6880
      @rhiannonlois6880 4 года назад

      Some people still think wales is a part of England.

  • @MrMarioevangelou
    @MrMarioevangelou 4 года назад +16

    "UK schools are magical"
    About 4 kids in my school ended up topping themselves 😔

  • @trazx6700
    @trazx6700 4 года назад +16

    It’s a royal stamp of approval
    It’s on Yorkshire tea

  • @kerrygordon9426
    @kerrygordon9426 4 года назад +15

    When he was saying you could definitely tell someone is British based on their accent no matter where in the U.K. they’re from... have you heard a Belfast accent?🤣

    • @okaypigthatlldo
      @okaypigthatlldo 4 года назад +4

      Ha ha that's what I was thinking. I'm in Larne not too far from Belfast and both accents are nothing like the "British" accent

    • @bigboredthing
      @bigboredthing 3 года назад +1

      He's clearly never met a Scouser.

    • @sjs9698
      @sjs9698 3 года назад +1

      sure, but though i might not be able to understand a word of it (depending), i'm pretty sure i'd recognise it as not being an aussie or americas accent ^^

  • @jessicadrury156
    @jessicadrury156 4 года назад +3

    I think the stereotype about the weather is true but it makes sense because the weather can actually change quite a lot. I'm in Scotland and there has been rain, bright sunshine and snow all in one day, sometimes within a couple hours of each other

  • @Madedanielle
    @Madedanielle 4 года назад +32

    Am I crazy or does Evan look like he could be Keith's brother from the try guys?

    • @liannebuehler3043
      @liannebuehler3043 4 года назад +1

      Yesss, especially because they’re both so tall!

    • @aarushimalik5244
      @aarushimalik5244 4 года назад +1

      @@liannebuehler3043 the glasses help too

  • @j.dunbar6655
    @j.dunbar6655 4 года назад +70

    Even when your taking about the different ‘British’ accents, you seem to still just be talking about England. Maybe mainland Britain. But a Northern Irish accent sounds nothing like a posh English one lol

    • @jmurray1110
      @jmurray1110 4 года назад

      yeah and you'll probably get kneecaped if you say it

    • @emmaburns7566
      @emmaburns7566 4 года назад +14

      J. Dunbar This one grinds my gears. There is no such thing as a ‘British’ accent and when people talk about a British accent they’re talking about the English accent. If people mean Scottish or Irish accents they say so. Britain is not a country but an island comprising three different countries.

    • @JansViews
      @JansViews 4 года назад +2

      He didn't mention colloquialisms either such as the way a person from say Sunder land talks compared to someone from Essex. The difference is huge!

    • @simonehawkins5520
      @simonehawkins5520 4 года назад +1

      Perhaps Americans like to call it British, because it’s British English? I mean, I’m American (and I know there are so many different accents within the UK), but I’ve never heard of Scottish English or Irish English when talking about the language?
      If we want an option of British vs. American English for typing or search results from Google there’s no option for Irish or Scottish... so I guess we’ve attached the adjective British to account for all the non-American and non-Australian/South African/New Zealander English that is spoken...
      In my day (that is, elementary and middle school age) we learned about the UK as GB. But I don’t think they taught the distinction of what GB refers to very well.
      Anyway, just a bit of insight from across the pond on why we would say a ‘British’ accent.
      I personally would love to learn to speak in various accents! Not just the posh English :)

    • @simonehawkins5520
      @simonehawkins5520 4 года назад

      J. Dunbar also, keep in mind Evan is an American ex-pat, so he is speaking from an American point of view of what we think of when hearing people from the UK. To us, it’s a British accent, to distinguish from American English. (Note my previous comment on British vs. American English.) I guess that’s what our media - film, telly, etc. - has done to us. 🤷🏻‍♀️
      Though I grew up watching Monty Python & Keeping Up Appearances, as well as older British films so....I’m a bit biased, and definitely come from a different standpoint haha. Even my Mum infused our vocabulary with British-isms because she worked there for some time when she was younger. I didn’t learn that this wasn’t American English until I was in my teens though! 😂

  • @megansharma-bradley8813
    @megansharma-bradley8813 4 года назад +5

    16:08 thanks for answering my question 😍 "I'd rather visit Walsall" lmao

  • @SkywardGeek
    @SkywardGeek 4 года назад +15

    the OWLs are the GCSEs/O-Levels, the NEWTs are the A-levels

  • @denholmreynholm7993
    @denholmreynholm7993 4 года назад +4

    I love it when tourists come to see the royal family expecting everyone to love it and then realise it's all for them

  • @laylalevett5063
    @laylalevett5063 4 года назад +7

    I live on the border of wales, (still in England though) and my mate goes to school in Wales, and one of the compulsory languages they teach is welsh, so I guess that's where the stereotype comes from, Knickerbokerglories are incredible, and also my Grandad is Scottish and all he drank at his wedding was irn bru

  • @bex262
    @bex262 4 года назад +4

    In terms of the food, we also have adopted many other cultures into our food eg. Burgers, Chinese takeaway, curry and even tea which was originally Indian and Chinese

  • @moustachepanda
    @moustachepanda 4 года назад +9

    "Hello and welcome back to Knickerbocker Glory"

  • @mollyluvsrocknroll
    @mollyluvsrocknroll 4 года назад +5

    By appointment to the Queen is indeed a thing! She gives companies she likes to buy from a "Royal Warrant".

  • @PsychedelicKitten
    @PsychedelicKitten 4 года назад +28

    Yeah there’s no sheep in Cardiff but there are giant seagulls that will threaten you in a dark alley and steal your wallet 😹😹 seriously though those seagulls are pretty intimidating. Also my best friend is Scottish from Glasgow... And Irn Bru is her favorite drink 😅😹

    • @missmessi
      @missmessi 4 года назад +1

      agree. you should see our streets. they rip all the bins and shit on all the cars, so much worse during the virus

    • @emjenkins464
      @emjenkins464 4 года назад

      My one Scottish friend always buys irn bru when ever she sees it

    • @evan
      @evan  4 года назад +2

      the seagulls ARE scary

    • @missmessi
      @missmessi 4 года назад

      @@evan yep

  • @AlexThinksAbout
    @AlexThinksAbout 4 года назад +14

    The Welsh One - North and West Wales has the most welsh speakers. There are some in the South. Also 'The Valley's' are in South Wales not the North :)

  • @callnight1441
    @callnight1441 4 года назад +6

    we dont like to queue, we're just the only ones who take it seriously

  • @charcoal7250
    @charcoal7250 4 года назад +11

    My intro: Hello and welcome back to your quarantine entertainment

    • @lucie4185
      @lucie4185 4 года назад

      I feel the isolation may be causing evan to break out into more Puns and maniacal giggles. I will be monitoring future videos carefully to confirm this hypothesis.

  • @emmadye115
    @emmadye115 4 года назад +15

    The stamp from the queen is on Rice Krispies as well 😂

  • @robinturnbull1731
    @robinturnbull1731 4 года назад +1

    0:44 Many products made and sold in the UK have that Royal Warrant on, it just means it’s approved and recognised by HRH the Queen and Duke of Edingbourough. A company would have had to sold products for at least five years, and have an ongoing trading arrangement. I’ve seen this on loads of products ranging from food & drink to Samsung tech, Christmas crackers, Cartier bracelets and clothing. I’m not sure if i’m just an observant child, or if people do realise what there consuming.

  • @Vexxero
    @Vexxero 4 года назад +14

    "I'd rather visit Walsall"
    I'd rather live ANYWHERE else...

    • @lucy922
      @lucy922 4 года назад

      Agreed!!! I work in Brum and go to college in Walsall and I never feel safe round college