Think and Speak Like a British Person! 🇬🇧 What we SAY vs what we MEAN!

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  • What British people SAY isn't always what they MEAN! Learn how to think and speak like a British person! 📝 Get your FREE lesson PDF here 👉🏼ewl.info/think-speak-pdf
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  • @EnglishwithLucy
    @EnglishwithLucy  5 месяцев назад +53

    📝 Get your FREE lesson PDF here👉🏼ewl.info/think-speak-pdf
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    • @Sunshinepower6
      @Sunshinepower6 5 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks 🧡

    • @essammarie5974
      @essammarie5974 5 месяцев назад

      Actually, I am required to improve my skills in English listening when I listen to someone from British. I don't understand what does he says

    • @mmhamid2300
      @mmhamid2300 5 месяцев назад

      Thanks alot ❤

    • @abdi-123
      @abdi-123 5 месяцев назад +1

      ❤❤❤❤beauty teacher

    • @AbraoManuel-ht9ui
      @AbraoManuel-ht9ui 5 месяцев назад

      I'm keen on you teacher. I hope your lessons Will master my English skiils.

  • @ms-ht1cj
    @ms-ht1cj 5 месяцев назад +183

    Aren't Japanese similar in this matter? Avoiding confrontation, I mean.
    We, Polish, love to complain. Meeting a friend and saying "Yeah, everything ok, I feel great" is something we never say. 😂 Sometimes a conversation between two people consist in "boasting" about who has it worse. 😂 So, when you ask Polish person "How's going?", the answer you get will be: "Not great/eh/same old". It means we're okay and happy. 🤣

    • @sweetsunnyvibes
      @sweetsunnyvibes 5 месяцев назад

      Polish people have a reason to be upset. They've been abused for years, screwed around from all sides. The first victim of WW2, the scapegoat of WW1

    • @vanconferenceinterpreting
      @vanconferenceinterpreting 5 месяцев назад +6

      Vietnamese culture shares the same indirectness

    • @JaskaJ
      @JaskaJ 5 месяцев назад +14

      Love your explanation of "Not great/eh/same old".🤣🤣🤣 Although I am Polish by blood and bone, in this case I am definitely American, which means always happy, never complaining. Best from Gdańsk, Poland.

    • @benzell4
      @benzell4 5 месяцев назад +1

      Human connections!

    • @D.C.1
      @D.C.1 5 месяцев назад +1

      Sooo true! LOL!

  • @KayleeANNAytbe
    @KayleeANNAytbe 5 месяцев назад +125

    If you want to avoid confrontation don't compliment things you don't like to avoid being fake and rude 😊

    • @adriannakiss3920
      @adriannakiss3920 5 месяцев назад +7

      I actually came here to say the exact same thing, lol

    • @magdabak5797
      @magdabak5797 5 месяцев назад +8

      Yes, but Some People desperately want to Say something, anything. That is why they will Say any bullshit Just to keep the small talk going.

    • @DubaiShortsChannel
      @DubaiShortsChannel 5 месяцев назад +2

      Nah, that'll be too easy and honest.. Hypocrisy hooray!

    • @sujitmohanty1
      @sujitmohanty1 5 месяцев назад +1

      That's y u r not British! It's an art dear!

    • @VukaGhost
      @VukaGhost 5 месяцев назад

      @@sujitmohanty1 sounds like compliment

  • @paolafrancescarepetto637
    @paolafrancescarepetto637 5 месяцев назад +47

    Some time ago, I wrote a letter on behalf of a friend of mine who had a disagreement with a British airline about a ticket refund. After reading it, my friend found it bland and asked me if I couldn't have been a little more forceful. I had used expressions such as "I'm feeling a bit disappointed", "I don't think your assessment is really fair" "Your answer was not exactly what I would have expected". I answered him I had been very forceful indeed and I was right: the airline answered at once and refunded the full price.

    • @TheFrewah
      @TheFrewah 5 месяцев назад +4

      You did right. You can always be more forceful but it’s difficult to do it the other way round

    • @robbedontuesday
      @robbedontuesday 4 месяца назад +2

      Maybe they just wanted to avoid a scandal, not do the right thing because of your PC...

  • @tristandunn4628
    @tristandunn4628 5 месяцев назад +18

    I think a lot of our culture comes from sayings/phrases we're taught as kids. For example, "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all," is probably behind our fear of saying something unpleasant to the point that we'll then actively lie about it.

    • @user-no2mz9hl4f
      @user-no2mz9hl4f 5 месяцев назад +2

      You might be right on that one! I was taught that phrase, too.

  • @b6983832
    @b6983832 5 месяцев назад +2

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  • @m.rubland6737
    @m.rubland6737 3 месяца назад +3

    As a German, I have to say that it's more complicated than I thought. I didn't realise that the cultural differences were so big. Here in Germany, it's considered polite to actually say whether you intend to come or not. How else is the host supposed to be prepared?

  • @schnschm1popokatepetl653
    @schnschm1popokatepetl653 5 месяцев назад +11

    I really loved the phrase: I felt like death warmed up.
    I loughed my head off. It will work in german too, and I definitely will integrate it to my portfolio of pictorial phrases. 😂

  • @techslfink9722
    @techslfink9722 5 месяцев назад +4

    As a regular visitor to the UK it all sounds very familiar, but it’s always good to be reminded of this kind of phrases (and tutting)! Thanks!

  • @teltevskoynick1521
    @teltevskoynick1521 5 месяцев назад +1

    the describtion of some phrases is just gorgeous! Thank you so much for such a humorous manner of giving very important information!

  • @akwrite
    @akwrite 5 месяцев назад +14

    The irony, it's highly regarded in expression and firmly embedded in the British culture.

    • @user-dz6sj4qj1w
      @user-dz6sj4qj1w 5 месяцев назад

      Hi bro ,lm just wanna know if there is any word in English that contain a sequence of consonant in the final position more than 4 as in _ccccc????do u know,😢

  • @janeentumbao8690
    @janeentumbao8690 5 месяцев назад +5

    "I'll let you get on..." I usually say something like that if I feel like I've taken up too much of someone's time.
    Or, I'd say "I know you have a thousand things to get back to".
    The different sunburnt expressions... I would jokingly say "You look well done!". 😂😂😂😂
    I'm in the Chicago area and originally from Cleveland Ohio. Our version of English is kinda different. 😊

  • @lavayuki
    @lavayuki 5 месяцев назад +11

    I live in the UK, but am Irish and also lived in Japan so Im fluent in Japanese as well, and this indirectness seems similar to Japan actually. I don't think Irish as indirect as British though, I noticed the more indirectness after moving to the UK for sure. This was in stark contrast to when I went on holidays to Germany, where people were the opposite. I think the US is also much more direct as well.

    • @raettchen1988
      @raettchen1988 4 месяца назад +2

      Yeah, German here. If you tell us to write a date in the calendar, we probably will grab our calendar and search for a good day 😂 good luck to come out of that one 😂😂
      I also had a strange moment, when I accidentally get on a private lawn and the owner came around to get me off. (I was like 12 and didn't speak English very well) I told him that I was sorry and his last words were "your welcome". Thar got me confused 😂

  • @saivyas4276
    @saivyas4276 5 месяцев назад +13

    You have been really helpful for me to learn English from basic to advanced... I'm from India and from heart i just wanna thank you.... thanks alot Lucy ma'am

  • @AbraoManuel-ht9ui
    @AbraoManuel-ht9ui 5 месяцев назад

    I admire how greatful is your teaching

  • @DarkDarth1984
    @DarkDarth1984 5 месяцев назад +1

    That video was really great! Funny, but full of warm insight about our British friends!

  • @sameetramrakhiani9774
    @sameetramrakhiani9774 5 месяцев назад +1

    It goes without saying that you wonderfully designed lesson.😊 Thank you for sharing real English conversation with us.!
    God bless you!😊

  • @noblestsavage1742
    @noblestsavage1742 5 месяцев назад +5

    im an english native but also on the autistic spectrum. this is brilliant, you could do a whole series of these for the autistic community.

  • @06cdh
    @06cdh 5 месяцев назад

    I lived 17 years in London, and it is so nice to listen to all this which brings back many good memories. Working in the City, I had some pretty good experiences. I loved it and miss it.

  • @kurdishblink7984
    @kurdishblink7984 5 месяцев назад +12

    Thank you Lucy ❤ please make video to intermediate English learners level because this level is so difficult for us.!!🙂

  • @olafgogmo5426
    @olafgogmo5426 5 месяцев назад +5

    When a German says "Can't complain" he/she means: "I feel great". And when something is considered "not bad" it's "exellent". That' s why coversation with a Brit can be difficult.

    • @valeries.5445
      @valeries.5445 5 месяцев назад

      You nailed it. What I first thought, too, such an awkward moment for a German just hearing about an alternative interpretation of „not bad“ or „can’t complain“. I laugh about how the French use irony, too. Without doubt in French is about 80% for sure for example 😄

    • @BB-un2ts
      @BB-un2ts 5 месяцев назад

      French do that quite often to…

  • @tigradigra
    @tigradigra 5 месяцев назад +2

    That was ridiculously awesome! Thanks a lot! Now I'm forearmed!👍👏👏👏

  • @user-qs5cz6mx5h
    @user-qs5cz6mx5h 5 месяцев назад

    I love this video and the way you present the conversation so much.

  • @lineanders5330
    @lineanders5330 2 месяца назад

    According to what I learned today, I am absolutely 100% British 😂 hope to visit your beautiful country soon! Greetings from Germany

  • @nickcoyshardiman2693
    @nickcoyshardiman2693 5 месяцев назад +21

    I love your content and humour Lucy. I am a Brit (Welshman) lol. Your videos always brighten my day and sometimes I do learn something. Great work.

    • @Mooheda
      @Mooheda 4 месяца назад

      I'm from the UK, Good Video 'That'll do"

  • @ritamaulana751
    @ritamaulana751 5 месяцев назад

    Lucy, watching this video made me remember the time when I was in London. Pleasant time.

  • @borushiki1464
    @borushiki1464 5 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks for your videos ma'am. I'm really getting better and better everyday coz of you.

  • @davidaristideakoaamenda2022
    @davidaristideakoaamenda2022 5 месяцев назад

    Really informative, thanks so much Lucy. I owe you one.

  • @sibelk3098
    @sibelk3098 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you 🎉 Lots of love from Türkiye 🇹🇷

  • @arnoldpodcast3614
    @arnoldpodcast3614 5 месяцев назад

    Excellent video. I had lived in Coventry for one year with my two british friends. This content brings me back to that memories! Haha.

  • @oisantos
    @oisantos 5 месяцев назад

    Thanks my lovely teacher for this lesson 🙂🙏🏻
    Wish u the best always

  • @abhishekzen5993
    @abhishekzen5993 5 месяцев назад

    Thanks for sharing this video. I learnt so many things from you

  • @hectorevolorio3339
    @hectorevolorio3339 4 месяца назад

    Thank you for the lesson, Lucy 😊😊😊.

  • @eustaquiozambrano2974
    @eustaquiozambrano2974 5 месяцев назад

    Good job Lucy.
    Thank you so much.
    Have a good weekend. ☺👍

  • @vadim_podoliack
    @vadim_podoliack 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you for the valuable insight!

  • @gabriellagirardi4741
    @gabriellagirardi4741 5 месяцев назад +1

    Fantastic video. Thank you ❤️

  • @j.asiaa77h77
    @j.asiaa77h77 5 месяцев назад

    That was really good. Thank you Lucy :)

  • @ldp6481
    @ldp6481 5 месяцев назад

    Thank u Lucy. No word to say hw much I feel yr lesson is interesting. ❤

  • @zekibilen1775
    @zekibilen1775 5 месяцев назад

    Happy New year's Lucy 🎉

  • @maryhernandez3804
    @maryhernandez3804 5 месяцев назад

    I really enjoyed this lesson 😂 Thank you Lucy ❣

  • @lillymie520
    @lillymie520 5 месяцев назад +1

    Your great Lucy! A true inspiration!! Your the best 🙂

  • @dark_diyar
    @dark_diyar 5 месяцев назад

    Love you and your personality, dear Lucy. 💖

  • @Myriako
    @Myriako 4 месяца назад

    Thank you for this video! 😀🌷

  • @doffyangel3596
    @doffyangel3596 4 месяца назад

    You're absolutely amazing !!

  • @wu_lian
    @wu_lian 5 месяцев назад +1

    its so useful thank you

  • @pauldevehers394
    @pauldevehers394 5 месяцев назад

    FANTASTIC, LOVELY.
    THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH LUCY.

  • @tanyaloshak4600
    @tanyaloshak4600 5 месяцев назад +1

    That was so fun and interesting, I wish the video was longer 🙂

  • @wizymrojasb45
    @wizymrojasb45 5 месяцев назад

    Always so great! Tkank you.!

  • @fantasticaircond
    @fantasticaircond 2 месяца назад

    This is effortlessly hilarious 😂😂😂 great work Lucy!

  • @Houssem0880
    @Houssem0880 5 месяцев назад +1

    Greeting from Tunisia 👋 and nice lesson as usual

  • @D.C.1
    @D.C.1 5 месяцев назад +1

    What an excellent video! I laughed so hard! 😁👍

  • @ErmakBrovar
    @ErmakBrovar 5 месяцев назад

    Probably the best of your videos ever. Thank you.

  • @saberkhaleq433
    @saberkhaleq433 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much for this amazing video ,keep going and break a leg

  • @altosanon
    @altosanon 5 месяцев назад +1

    My friend's German husband always says to me "is that interesting or British interesting"!

  • @dylanthekoreanteacher
    @dylanthekoreanteacher 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much :)! Learned a lot :)

  • @antoniomartinazzo5847
    @antoniomartinazzo5847 5 месяцев назад +1

    I loved this video, Lucy, snd I mean it. It is very tricky for an italian haha. I find it hilarious when a british person sugar-coates sentences with a negative, like "i am not overly keen on this". Another favourite of mine is "don't let me keep you" :)

  • @fabianmaeda1523
    @fabianmaeda1523 5 месяцев назад +1

    Hello thank you por your Help. Lucy

  • @Marwa_892
    @Marwa_892 5 месяцев назад +1

    Love you Lucy from Egypt 🇪🇬♥️

  • @GsmXteamFiXiT
    @GsmXteamFiXiT 5 месяцев назад

    Lucy ,Lovely and cherished English teacher 😊

  • @Tamami-88
    @Tamami-88 5 месяцев назад +1

    I wish your channel existed 20 years ago before I went to college in UK..!!!

  • @elizabethbekelechitima228
    @elizabethbekelechitima228 4 месяца назад +1

    Lucy I got everything right thanks ❤

  • @vanessacantos836
    @vanessacantos836 5 месяцев назад

    Very interesting video. Thank you :) !!!

  • @rmgreenesq
    @rmgreenesq 4 месяца назад

    Oh Lucy, bless your heart!

  • @paulc.sesquen9992
    @paulc.sesquen9992 5 месяцев назад

    I love ur videos, they have helped me a lot.

  • @user-fr5vo9yi2c
    @user-fr5vo9yi2c 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much I am great full for such a effort 😊😊😊❤❤❤ thanks a lot

  • @anho5722
    @anho5722 4 месяца назад

    Thank you, Lucy ❤

  • @ikarly2898
    @ikarly2898 4 месяца назад

    2:25 confirms you did push through with your wedding. Happy for you both!

  • @mh017509
    @mh017509 5 месяцев назад

    So true! Always have to decipher my British colleagues . A hard task for an Ozzie.

  • @davesmith6436
    @davesmith6436 5 месяцев назад +4

    Hmm... A pretty contradictional video! How could I understand y'all British people correctly?!! Haha!😉
    Thank you much, gorgeous Lucy for the awesome English lesson!👍👍👍

  • @Sohana_RB
    @Sohana_RB 5 месяцев назад

    this was fun! and is relatable to my culture as well😂

  • @nancyg8664
    @nancyg8664 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you for nice lesson

  • @Rachelbrookylnn
    @Rachelbrookylnn 5 месяцев назад

    Wonderful lesson

  • @nhungcute8888
    @nhungcute8888 5 месяцев назад +1

    Wonderful lesson ❤❤❤❤

  • @ingilizce_sayfasi
    @ingilizce_sayfasi 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks teacher ❤

  • @benzell4
    @benzell4 5 месяцев назад

    Thanks Lucy!

  • @ebrihamakonteh5018
    @ebrihamakonteh5018 5 месяцев назад

    Great effort Lucy

  • @Selfloveyoga1111
    @Selfloveyoga1111 5 месяцев назад +8

    As a person who values honesty and authenticity and have lived in the UK for almost 20 years still struggle with this bit of British culture.Someone tell me please is it possible to build a trully genuine relationship with the British guy or true friends or perhaps I should take my interests elsewhere? 😅

    • @edegajoanna8241
      @edegajoanna8241 5 месяцев назад +2

      My thoughts exactly.How to find friends??

    • @lewissparkes
      @lewissparkes 5 месяцев назад +3

      Pretty easy if you find the right people, I’m English, I have loads of french, Italian and South African friends. You need to put yourself out there and find people with similar interests. It’s not particularly easy for British people sometimes

    • @Selfloveyoga1111
      @Selfloveyoga1111 5 месяцев назад

      @lewissparkes thank you for your kind words! Yes, it's a matter to find the right people I guess and not let negative experiences affect you.

    • @user-ei9ns9hq6b
      @user-ei9ns9hq6b 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@lewissparkes you call them your "friends" but what you really mean is they're your enemies XD

    • @annamari7863
      @annamari7863 5 месяцев назад

      It s impossible. They hate everyone including themselves!

  • @sergepottier2382
    @sergepottier2382 4 месяца назад

    I must say, this video is really usefull!

  • @rocklobstah1876
    @rocklobstah1876 5 месяцев назад +1

    Also making vague social plans is a national sport in England

  • @charlestims1851
    @charlestims1851 5 месяцев назад

    Well done indeed! And, very funny on the top of it. Thanks :-).

  • @richardweems4517
    @richardweems4517 5 месяцев назад +5

    Thank you oodles for your translations of British into American English. I have warned my son that texting is not the place for sarcasm nor anything which might be taken literally. English is an atonal language whereas sarcasm such as 'I love that shirt meaning you hate it requires tone, emphasis, and an alteration of cadence. Therefore I recommend to all who listen to and 'ADORE' your videos please abstain from using subtext or anything other than what is not open to interpretation. I truly do love your videos but wished to point out to all that in order to be sarcastic (or perhaps passive-aggressive9?0) that I had to capitalize adore in order to imply abhpr.

  • @Daily-English-Vocab-byLexiloom
    @Daily-English-Vocab-byLexiloom 4 месяца назад

    Well done I liked it very much

  • @kawsarkamalakter1932
    @kawsarkamalakter1932 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for your video

  • @AbderrazakHouari
    @AbderrazakHouari 5 месяцев назад

    Hello lovely teacher Lucy ❤let me say that you’re my best teacher forever

  • @ANDYLAM
    @ANDYLAM 5 месяцев назад

    I love it, I really love the tut, especially when I said "excuse me" to a lady who was blocking the toilet corridor yesterday at London Coliseum.
    I was just taking my daughter to the man's toilet.
    Lovely country

  • @merakli2022
    @merakli2022 5 месяцев назад +10

    I am not an English speaker. I prefer to speak directly, which makes communication much easier and error-free.

  • @lucyscuderi8474
    @lucyscuderi8474 2 месяца назад

    This video is very interesting. I have to say that in the Italian language too we use a lot of these expressions meaning just the opposite as for English.Or, at least, well educated people do it. Thanks for sharing.

  • @bernardmansire8642
    @bernardmansire8642 5 месяцев назад

    THANKS GOOD TEACHER

  • @akbargabbar505
    @akbargabbar505 5 месяцев назад

    Great leason👍💯
    ❤❤❤❤Gorgeous teacher💑 💕

  • @roohital1074
    @roohital1074 5 месяцев назад

    Thanks lucy. 😊

  • @peternouwen
    @peternouwen 4 месяца назад

    There is a lót of intonation involved with this indirect communication. You usually can héar it when the words fit the meaning.

  • @helengroza
    @helengroza 28 дней назад

    Well, it's mind-blowing sometimes and definitely confusing most of the time.
    This is exactly how we complicate our lives ourselves and then complain about it being so complicated 🤦🏼‍♀️😅

  • @ushaaheibam2207
    @ushaaheibam2207 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you!! ❤

  • @sebastianlindenbeck268
    @sebastianlindenbeck268 5 месяцев назад

    When my dad died my mum and I we got friends who popped up unannounced which was really nice.

  • @geab.2182
    @geab.2182 3 месяца назад

    this was so cool and so funny 🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @usemuseu8334
    @usemuseu8334 5 месяцев назад

    Lucy, you're great!

  • @munozinni
    @munozinni 5 месяцев назад

    Hola 👋 Lucy!!! Great video 😊

  • @Bitu..girl28
    @Bitu..girl28 4 месяца назад

    Oh lucy...tnx a lot...i get everything what i want

  • @rafiksalhi1917
    @rafiksalhi1917 5 месяцев назад

    😊Thanks Lucy😊

  • @jancejpek9993
    @jancejpek9993 5 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent! 🥰