the UK is not the birth place of the English language. It was started by Germanic tribes. The Angles moved up there, but they weren't originally FROM there.
@CrazedsHideout No, it wasn't. English is derived from Old French that was instituted after the Norman invasion. Apart from some vocabulary, and the Germanic syntax, the English language is in no way related to the earlier languages spoken in the British Isles, nor is it directly derived from the languages of the Germanic tribes.
@LlortnA Not exactly. It's from North-western germanic tribes. The first influence outside of the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes was the Scandinavians due to an invasion. Then it was the Norman invasion that influenced it after that. Most of modern day english comes from those as well as latin and greek.
So still, the "birthplace" of English is still the denmark/germany area.
Regardless, it still wasn't England in both my argument or yours.
@CrazedsHideout You're confusing the language origins with the evolution of the language itself. The language brought to the British Isles by the Germanic tribes was not English, nor was that of the Normans. English didn't become a distinct language until after the Norman conquest, when the Germanic syntax of the Anglo-Saxons merged with the tone and pronunciation of Old French. This lead to major reformations in vocabulary, grammar, speech, etc, TBC . . .
@CrazedsHideout Continued: until English finally transitioned into Middle English and established itself as distinct due to the work of people like Geoffrey Chaucer. So, yes, it was England in my argument, because the language itself didn't become its own language until it was on the British Isles. Just because a language can be traced back to earlier language in other areas does not mean that the language itself is from that area. English is no more Germanic than it is Romantic.
@LlortnA If you want to get into technicalities of what "English is", then you're going to have to define linguistic English from prescriptive grammar English. Standard English WAS developed in English in the 17th-19th century. But if you're going by linguistic (or descriptive grammar) English and most common nouns that don't trace back to Greek or Latin, then you're probably speaking pre-England English.
@CrazedsHideout Pre-England English? Again, you're speaking as though the language existed before the British Isles, and, again, I'll tell you; you're confusing language origin with the evolution of the language itself. By your logic, there is no such thing as a European language because all European languages are derived from the Semitic languages of the Middle East and the Indo languages of Central Asia. You have to realise that language groups are a modern construct used TBC..
@CrazedsHideout separate languages into easily identifiable groups. That's why groups are separated by syntax alone: because syntax is the easiest method of identification. This, however, does NOT mean that two languages that fall into the same category are necessarily derived from one another. English is a West-Germanic language in the sense that our syntax is from an earlier language in Schleswig-Holstein, almost everything else about our language, however, is not West-Germanic
@LlortnA For instance, around 60% of our vocabulary is Latin, a.k.a. Romantic. About 15-30% is from old French and the remaning is divided between the earlier Celtic languages of the British Isles that existed before the 6th century AD (when the Germanic tribes invaded), Greek, and various early Germanic languages. Our pronunciation is also predominantly Romantic, not Germanic. In other words, the English language is a product of the history of the British Isles, an amalgamation.
@LlortnA So by what you're saying, any evolution a language takes on makes it another language.
Which means that America has at least 2 different major languages within itself; both of which are different from Standard English. All languages evolve, but there's a reason we don't call our language French, or German, or Latin, or Greek. It's because it's Angle-ish (now pronounced English). That's the language it evolved from and it didn't start in Brittannia, or what is now known as England.
@CrazedsHideout If you think the United States has two distinct languages then your definition of a distinction within language is moronic. Don't confuse dialect with language. But, as I said, by your definition there is no such thing as a European language because they all evolved from earlier languages in different regions. Is that what you're truly saying? If I assume that what you're saying is correct, then English didn't start in England, German didn't start in Germany...
@CrazedsHideout Latin didn't start in Italy, Classical Greek didn't start in Greece, etc etc etc. According to you any language which can trace itself back to any earlier languages cannot be considered to have began in the country which birthed it. I can't even fathom what method of distinction you're using to make these judgements. Of course every language has taken elements of earlier languages, but, as I said, English end result of this occuring on the British Isles TBC
@CrazedsHideout Latin didn't start in Italy, Classical Greek didn't start in Greece, etc etc etc. According to you any language which can trace itself back to any earlier languages cannot be considered to have began in the country which birthed it. I can't even fathom what method of distinction you're using to make these judgements. Of course every language has taken elements of earlier languages, but, as I said, English end result of this occuring on the British Isles TBC
@LlortnA English is the product of England's history, German is the product of German history, Italian is the product of Italian history. This is the method that's used to discern languages. Yes, they all are derived from earlier languages, but it's the specific blending that occured in each region which gave way to their distinct and unique nature. Think of it like baking a cake: different countries used different amounts of various ingredients and produces varying results.
@CrazedsHideout A history that starts with the languages of the Celtic tribes, then the introduction of Latin after the Roman conquest, then the introduction of Germanic languages by the Anglo-Saxons, then finally the introduction of Old French and Vulgar Latin by the Normans. TBC.
@CrazedsHideout To say that English existed in any way, shape or form in another land before the British Isles completely ignores the entire history of the language's evolution. English is a product of many different types of languages from many regions merging together to form a distinct and unique language of its own. And this merger, this amalgamation, was the sole product of Britain and did not occur anywhere else.
@LlortnA If we're ignoring the history of a language, then we're required to ignore ALL of the history of a language. If you don't think American has 2 different languages, think of what's taught in schools in comparison to ebonics or what's linguistically acceptable in the deep south. And please, stop saying "The British Isle" because you're including Scotland who had no part in this. When does "modern English" start for you? Because it's changed DRASTICALLY in the past century.
@CrazedsHideout I say the British Isles because the group of languages that existed in throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, were Celtic. So, sorry to inform you, but Scotland actually has a huge part in the formation of the English language, due to the history of the Picts, among other Celtic tribes, and their struggles with the Romans during Britain's occupation. It's pointless to even have this conversation if I'm required to explain this sort of stuff to you. TBC.
@LlortnA Furthermore, those Celtic languages have more prevalence in English than any foreign language, for your information. And no, ebonics is not a separate language, it's a fucking dialect. Learn the difference. Also, I don't see why you're continually referring to modern English: if we're discussing the distinction of one language from another then a more appropriate question would be 'when did Old English begin?', or even Middle English. TBC.
@LlortnA My answer to that would be that English as a distinct language didn't appear until roughly a hundred years after the Norman invasion, the transition into Middle English being most definitive moment. I say this because it was then that we adopted the Latin alphabet. The language of the Anglo-Saxons had changed from their original form during the 500 or so years after their conquest, as it had mixed with the Celtic languages, but the Normans brought the biggest change.
@LlortnA Ebonics uses a different vocabulary, which is the only thing that REALLY sets apart Angle English from Modern English. If we're talking about structures then it's very different from Celtic, French, Latin, ect. The set-up and most common words of the English language are, in fact, from the Angles.
And this argument is stupid, since apparently dialects and vocabulary are both the same and different to you. So i'm not going to reply anymore. I'm too old to have youtube arguments. -_-
@CrazedsHideout Colloquialisms do NOT consititute different vocabulary. If I use the word 'sanger' to refer to a sausage that doesn't mean I'm using a different vocabulary: I'm using a colloquial term to refer to a word which STILL exists. The same is true for ebonics. They may use different terminology, but the language is still the same, they still know the proper word for something, they would still understand another person speaking in English just as I would understand them
'The set-up and most common words of the English language are, in fact, from the Angles.'
No, it's not. That is in no way correct. You are literally lying through your teeth now, or perhaps you're just horribly uninformed.
Frankly, I'm glad this conversation is over, because not only are you consistently revealing how little you know about language, but you are now being flat-out disingenuous in order to make up for your lack of argument. Good day.
Im American and I think these guys are hilarious. The blue baseball cap and the red and white jacket with the fanny pack however was kind of a cheap shot lol. Still funny
@duskmare0000 Saw all the comments and that saying it wasn't you, but we know the brits have the best comedy...sooo many british shows are HUGE here! It crowd, Inbetweeners, Graham Norton show, Johnethen Ross, just to name a few. plus UK comedians are the best! actually seeing Stephen K Amos and Ross Noble in a few months! yeww
@buildingadream1 I saw a sick show of Steve K Amos in London 2010, was just a small warm up gig before the Edinburgh Comedy Festival. He was bloody hilarious! Really cool bloke too, he ended up giving my girlfriend and I a lift to his next gig where he walked us in for free then after that we had a few beers after the show, best night of the trip by far
I'm American and I am fluent in French. But hey Americans can be very snotty toward foreigners, plus it's funny! I can't believe some of my peers cannot comprehend even Londoners
I'm American and I can speak French and Chinese (as well as English). But still, this is ROUSINGLY funny!!! I love their imitation of the American accent, it's hilarious! ........ It makes me want to try this if I get the opportunity to go to England, lol.
When I lived in China an American friend joked to my girlfriend that she spoke perfect Australian - with an American accent! We all had a good laugh at that.
I have few issues understanding people from England or Australia.... it's usually slang terms I don't get.... do have issues with mispronunciation though.... since I'm from the northern part of the US (MN) and we say things closest to the dictionary pronunciation....
I'm an American living in Australia and I found this video quite funny. But with the top comment implying someone was dumb is rather offensive. I live in Australia and I work in a retail shop there. And every time I say "Have a nice day." or anything, they have trouble understanding what I say (even when I try to order a bottle of water, so funny) but I don't go around saying this person was dumb. I respect Aussies a lot. What's wrong with respecting a Yank by not calling one a "Dumb bitch"?
@ruffur3 'The higher the population, the lower the percentage of obese people, unless more people are becoming obese.'
Well no shit. The higher the population, the bigger the scale. It means more obese and non-obese people in this case. However, it does not change the actual obesity rate, just the totals. Unless you can prove otherwise?
It's funny because everyone commenting with whole paragraphs have no idea that the two guys are australian and making fun of americans. All in good humour, not racist.
That is so strange....I have absolutely no problem at all understanding americans.....it's funny how the guy in the video thought Americans invented English...he needs to his bloody facts straight! I however can understand Americans perfectly well and have met some pretty cool people from there.
I, as an American, have been to England around 10 times and had almost no problem. Of course, I'm older and have know about the differences in English the way it's spoken in the UK and the US...and the differences in nameing certain objects, ie. spanner rather than wrench, lift instead of elevator, etc. I get a little upset at American programs that do subtitles for foriegn speakers speaking English. I listen to the BBC at night and am so glad they don't do anything like that.
My friend Ridhi vacationed in America and she told some woman that she "CAN'T find the restrooms." And the woman kept going "Beg your pardon?" Then finally Ridhi knew what she had to say: "I KAIN'T find the restrooms!"
Andrew has a basically perfect American accent. Andrew Hansen, I hope you're reading this, you fuckin nailed it and hit it out of the ballpark. Is there any accent this man can't impersonate correctly?
Fuck why is everyone being so nasty to each other here? Americans, stop trying to make yourselves out to be better, and Australians/Canadians/English etc etc stop insulting Americans. You'll just make them angrier because they can't handle jokes against their country so everyone should just shut up and embrace the humor of the Chasers :) Let's all be united, flaws and all, and learn to have a laugh together instead of starting internet nationality wars.
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Britain is the mother, Australia is the independant son whos off taming animals in an exotic country, canada is the slightly camp, nice guy and New Zealand is Malcom in the Middle... While America......
I'm from Australia and I've been to the U.S many many times, but this one time in 2007, I went to Hawaii and I was asking a convienece store clerk (White American women) for some soap powder, and no joke, the exact same thing happened in this video, she just could not understand me, so she got me to write it down and she was like "OOHH SSOOOAAWWPP PPOOWWWWWWDDDEEEAARRR!". Dumb bitch.
I'm Australian and when I went to the States in 2009 a few people had trouble understanding me. I really couldn't beleive it. The Canadians had no such trouble
While in America, i got asked what Language i was speaking sooo many times! I got transferred to the International department while trying to sign up for college only to be asked where i learnt such good English! (This is AFTER i told her that i was Australian!!).
No one had any clue what i was trying to say! I had to speak very slowly and make sure i used no slang!
Living in America was the funniest year of my life!
@spencexxx An American woman at the international Department of UW in Seattle asked me (After telling her i was Australian) where i learnt my english! Quite a few young people (teens & 20's) asked me what my native language is, in all honestly!
@NayLouise24 List all the things you know about the US. All the famous people, inventors, businessmen. Now all the TV and movies and music. Now I'll go. Croc. Dundee, Murdock, Kylie. Done... No wonder we don't know what you're talking about! You use ridiculous slang and have a wicked drawl. It's really no wonder people ask where you learned your English. It is the American way to say "Who taught you to speak like that?"
@1ohtaf1 yes most are, im not blaming or having a go im just stating to TKDLION that im simply not jealous of America because i'm from a country with a strong resilient economy unlike that of the US.
@TheyCallHimRalston Ah ok, i dont mean to start an argument, but Australia's economy is not strong and resilient at the moment, and the government is in debt, hence gillard trying to pass as much tax as she can to bring the budget back into surplus. Although nowhere NEAR the amount of debt the US is in.
@1ohtaf1 Yes i know we have debt but i still feel our economy is strong, and is definitely one of the stongest around at the moment and has been for some months now. Yes it was better just 2 weeks ago, but our dollar is still good and our market is largely back in the green. But i agree that gillard trying to pass all this tax can give the impression that we are in trouble but realisticlly our debt can be easily managed.
@TheyCallHimRalston China's and india's economy is better then ours, even look at the US, their economy is shit and they are paying $3.45 a gallon which is about 91 cents a litre while we are paying 1.30 to 1.40. Australia is taxed too much which means everything here is over priced.
@TheyCallHimRalston The only way our government sees making money is tax more and more, the economy cant surport itself if its going the way they want it too....
hahahaha. oh my lanta. these gentlemen are on a different planet altogether. when he said that he was one of the creeper brothers i almost wet myself with laughter. i hate the jews.
@BugsBunnyVEVO If by "respect" you mean, Invading every middle eastern country they can.... then yes, america has a lot of "respect" for other countries.
Okay guys calm down. It doesn't really matter what country is "better". All that really matters is that we work to improve wherever it is that we live, so we can make it better for the people. The whole point of the Chasers is to make fun of things so we can have a good laugh and at the same time realize what we can improve on. I really don't see the point of bickering over something so trivial compared to all the problems EACH of us have.
@solodsnakerules did you fail math in primary school? Lol percentage is affected by the sample number. Stop talking like a boss and eat a cheeseburger
I dont understand why everyone is bickering over who lives in the best or most successful country when in fact they likely havent founded it, and they havent done anything to make it better or worse.
If you think of Britain has a mother, then Canada, Australia and New Zealand are her favourite children. We just don't know where we went wrong with America he was such a good little boy.
@CornishCreamtea07 I can only speak on the difference between America and Canada, to a limited extent since my knowledge of Canadian history is sketchy. Quite simply Canada was originally a French Colony that was taken over by Britain in the 7 Years War. The french maintained strong control over the colonies and the British continued this. The American colonies on the other hand were practically independent from the start, they were also English from the start.
I look at the top comments expecting someone just directly quoting what one of the guys said, but instead I get political comments that have nothing to do with the sketch :(
@ruffur3 The only reason we have more obese people than you is because we have a larger population. Percentage, however, is generally unaffected by population. Totals are. I don't know why you'd bring that up when it only helps my point and not yours.
Having a smaller population has no effect on your obesity rate.
@AnThOnYrox8 That's funny, since I'm undeniably right in that comment. It's just like in basketball: if someone shoots 100 shots and makes 50, his shooting percentage will be the same as someone who shoots 2 and makes 1. This is a fact.
@Wasmand100 If YOU'RE going to insult the American people's intelligence, at the very least use proper English and grammar. A half? Really? Bad shit? A double negative... Alright. Obviously you are correct... Maybe I'll take you up on those lessons so I can quit speaking like a moron and start speaking like the "educated" person that you are.
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pr3typ0ny 4 days ago
australians are cool :D
moonlightcrawler 5 days ago 8
I UNDERSTAND YOU
feverpitchxx 1 week ago
i used to work in tourism,american are fucking lame! on the upside,they give good tips!
MrJoeybigz 1 week ago
Dear Chasers,
the UK is not the birth place of the English language. It was started by Germanic tribes. The Angles moved up there, but they weren't originally FROM there.
CrazedsHideout 1 week ago
@CrazedsHideout No, it wasn't. English is derived from Old French that was instituted after the Norman invasion. Apart from some vocabulary, and the Germanic syntax, the English language is in no way related to the earlier languages spoken in the British Isles, nor is it directly derived from the languages of the Germanic tribes.
LlortnA 1 week ago
@LlortnA Not exactly. It's from North-western germanic tribes. The first influence outside of the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes was the Scandinavians due to an invasion. Then it was the Norman invasion that influenced it after that. Most of modern day english comes from those as well as latin and greek.
So still, the "birthplace" of English is still the denmark/germany area.
Regardless, it still wasn't England in both my argument or yours.
CrazedsHideout 1 week ago
@CrazedsHideout You're confusing the language origins with the evolution of the language itself. The language brought to the British Isles by the Germanic tribes was not English, nor was that of the Normans. English didn't become a distinct language until after the Norman conquest, when the Germanic syntax of the Anglo-Saxons merged with the tone and pronunciation of Old French. This lead to major reformations in vocabulary, grammar, speech, etc, TBC . . .
LlortnA 1 week ago
@CrazedsHideout Continued: until English finally transitioned into Middle English and established itself as distinct due to the work of people like Geoffrey Chaucer. So, yes, it was England in my argument, because the language itself didn't become its own language until it was on the British Isles. Just because a language can be traced back to earlier language in other areas does not mean that the language itself is from that area. English is no more Germanic than it is Romantic.
LlortnA 1 week ago
@LlortnA If you want to get into technicalities of what "English is", then you're going to have to define linguistic English from prescriptive grammar English. Standard English WAS developed in English in the 17th-19th century. But if you're going by linguistic (or descriptive grammar) English and most common nouns that don't trace back to Greek or Latin, then you're probably speaking pre-England English.
CrazedsHideout 1 week ago
@CrazedsHideout Pre-England English? Again, you're speaking as though the language existed before the British Isles, and, again, I'll tell you; you're confusing language origin with the evolution of the language itself. By your logic, there is no such thing as a European language because all European languages are derived from the Semitic languages of the Middle East and the Indo languages of Central Asia. You have to realise that language groups are a modern construct used TBC..
LlortnA 1 week ago
@CrazedsHideout separate languages into easily identifiable groups. That's why groups are separated by syntax alone: because syntax is the easiest method of identification. This, however, does NOT mean that two languages that fall into the same category are necessarily derived from one another. English is a West-Germanic language in the sense that our syntax is from an earlier language in Schleswig-Holstein, almost everything else about our language, however, is not West-Germanic
LlortnA 1 week ago
@LlortnA For instance, around 60% of our vocabulary is Latin, a.k.a. Romantic. About 15-30% is from old French and the remaning is divided between the earlier Celtic languages of the British Isles that existed before the 6th century AD (when the Germanic tribes invaded), Greek, and various early Germanic languages. Our pronunciation is also predominantly Romantic, not Germanic. In other words, the English language is a product of the history of the British Isles, an amalgamation.
LlortnA 1 week ago
@LlortnA So by what you're saying, any evolution a language takes on makes it another language.
Which means that America has at least 2 different major languages within itself; both of which are different from Standard English. All languages evolve, but there's a reason we don't call our language French, or German, or Latin, or Greek. It's because it's Angle-ish (now pronounced English). That's the language it evolved from and it didn't start in Brittannia, or what is now known as England.
CrazedsHideout 1 week ago
@CrazedsHideout If you think the United States has two distinct languages then your definition of a distinction within language is moronic. Don't confuse dialect with language. But, as I said, by your definition there is no such thing as a European language because they all evolved from earlier languages in different regions. Is that what you're truly saying? If I assume that what you're saying is correct, then English didn't start in England, German didn't start in Germany...
LlortnA 1 week ago
@CrazedsHideout Latin didn't start in Italy, Classical Greek didn't start in Greece, etc etc etc. According to you any language which can trace itself back to any earlier languages cannot be considered to have began in the country which birthed it. I can't even fathom what method of distinction you're using to make these judgements. Of course every language has taken elements of earlier languages, but, as I said, English end result of this occuring on the British Isles TBC
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@CrazedsHideout Latin didn't start in Italy, Classical Greek didn't start in Greece, etc etc etc. According to you any language which can trace itself back to any earlier languages cannot be considered to have began in the country which birthed it. I can't even fathom what method of distinction you're using to make these judgements. Of course every language has taken elements of earlier languages, but, as I said, English end result of this occuring on the British Isles TBC
LlortnA 1 week ago
@LlortnA English is the product of England's history, German is the product of German history, Italian is the product of Italian history. This is the method that's used to discern languages. Yes, they all are derived from earlier languages, but it's the specific blending that occured in each region which gave way to their distinct and unique nature. Think of it like baking a cake: different countries used different amounts of various ingredients and produces varying results.
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@CrazedsHideout A history that starts with the languages of the Celtic tribes, then the introduction of Latin after the Roman conquest, then the introduction of Germanic languages by the Anglo-Saxons, then finally the introduction of Old French and Vulgar Latin by the Normans. TBC.
LlortnA 1 week ago
@CrazedsHideout To say that English existed in any way, shape or form in another land before the British Isles completely ignores the entire history of the language's evolution. English is a product of many different types of languages from many regions merging together to form a distinct and unique language of its own. And this merger, this amalgamation, was the sole product of Britain and did not occur anywhere else.
LlortnA 1 week ago
@LlortnA If we're ignoring the history of a language, then we're required to ignore ALL of the history of a language. If you don't think American has 2 different languages, think of what's taught in schools in comparison to ebonics or what's linguistically acceptable in the deep south. And please, stop saying "The British Isle" because you're including Scotland who had no part in this. When does "modern English" start for you? Because it's changed DRASTICALLY in the past century.
CrazedsHideout 1 week ago
@CrazedsHideout I say the British Isles because the group of languages that existed in throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, were Celtic. So, sorry to inform you, but Scotland actually has a huge part in the formation of the English language, due to the history of the Picts, among other Celtic tribes, and their struggles with the Romans during Britain's occupation. It's pointless to even have this conversation if I'm required to explain this sort of stuff to you. TBC.
LlortnA 1 week ago
@LlortnA Furthermore, those Celtic languages have more prevalence in English than any foreign language, for your information. And no, ebonics is not a separate language, it's a fucking dialect. Learn the difference. Also, I don't see why you're continually referring to modern English: if we're discussing the distinction of one language from another then a more appropriate question would be 'when did Old English begin?', or even Middle English. TBC.
LlortnA 1 week ago
@LlortnA My answer to that would be that English as a distinct language didn't appear until roughly a hundred years after the Norman invasion, the transition into Middle English being most definitive moment. I say this because it was then that we adopted the Latin alphabet. The language of the Anglo-Saxons had changed from their original form during the 500 or so years after their conquest, as it had mixed with the Celtic languages, but the Normans brought the biggest change.
LlortnA 1 week ago
@LlortnA Ebonics uses a different vocabulary, which is the only thing that REALLY sets apart Angle English from Modern English. If we're talking about structures then it's very different from Celtic, French, Latin, ect. The set-up and most common words of the English language are, in fact, from the Angles.
And this argument is stupid, since apparently dialects and vocabulary are both the same and different to you. So i'm not going to reply anymore. I'm too old to have youtube arguments. -_-
CrazedsHideout 1 week ago
@CrazedsHideout Colloquialisms do NOT consititute different vocabulary. If I use the word 'sanger' to refer to a sausage that doesn't mean I'm using a different vocabulary: I'm using a colloquial term to refer to a word which STILL exists. The same is true for ebonics. They may use different terminology, but the language is still the same, they still know the proper word for something, they would still understand another person speaking in English just as I would understand them
LlortnA 1 week ago
@LlortnA
'The set-up and most common words of the English language are, in fact, from the Angles.'
No, it's not. That is in no way correct. You are literally lying through your teeth now, or perhaps you're just horribly uninformed.
Frankly, I'm glad this conversation is over, because not only are you consistently revealing how little you know about language, but you are now being flat-out disingenuous in order to make up for your lack of argument. Good day.
LlortnA 1 week ago
I'm Australian, could someone translate this entire video for me please? I only understood the introduction.
DeathByTarantula 1 week ago 11
@DeathByTarantula I'm australian and I'm piss drunk'n dun understand nuffin'
neothugx 1 day ago
Did he shag your wife too?
deka360 1 week ago
Classic
joebonsaipoland 1 week ago
Im American and I think these guys are hilarious. The blue baseball cap and the red and white jacket with the fanny pack however was kind of a cheap shot lol. Still funny
CharlieTango56 2 weeks ago
Just reading the comments here--and seriously--You people are SO FUCKING STUPID.
benebrius 3 weeks ago
I had a aussie buddy move here, he needed to piss so he asked me where my sink was haha. Guess that's the shitter.
canadian7233 3 weeks ago
@cdoftx i think u need to watch the la galaxy and sydney fc game.
buildingadream1 4 weeks ago
@duskmare0000 Saw all the comments and that saying it wasn't you, but we know the brits have the best comedy...sooo many british shows are HUGE here! It crowd, Inbetweeners, Graham Norton show, Johnethen Ross, just to name a few. plus UK comedians are the best! actually seeing Stephen K Amos and Ross Noble in a few months! yeww
buildingadream1 1 month ago 2
@buildingadream1 I saw a sick show of Steve K Amos in London 2010, was just a small warm up gig before the Edinburgh Comedy Festival. He was bloody hilarious! Really cool bloke too, he ended up giving my girlfriend and I a lift to his next gig where he walked us in for free then after that we had a few beers after the show, best night of the trip by far
fearFSM 2 weeks ago
Did not find this particularly funny till the last line "We're just saying how helpful you've been, thank-you!".
Made the whole video worth watching. ROFL.
kandtell 1 month ago
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AMERICA FTW SUCK MY COCK
ivanx7 1 month ago
I'm American and I am fluent in French. But hey Americans can be very snotty toward foreigners, plus it's funny! I can't believe some of my peers cannot comprehend even Londoners
GeoNerd94 1 month ago
The fanny pack completes the look.
RedSandStudios 1 month ago
This wasn't funny, it was mind numbing.
kelman221 1 month ago
Sorry Brits/Americans, we Aussies have the best comedy in the world.
duskmare0000 1 month ago 2
@duskmare0000 Marcus, you're British not Australian.
archama99 1 month ago
@archama99 Yeah, my friend was playing on youtube and decided to wright a load of random comments. =L
duskmare0000 1 month ago
@duskmare0000 Mate have you ever heard of Monty Python? I'm Australian and i know the Brits have the best comedy.
OliByGolly1 1 month ago
@OliByGolly1 Monty Python is brilliant =D my friend was just wrighting a load of comments pretending he was Australian and that he was me.
duskmare0000 1 month ago
@duskmare0000 Well where are you from really then ?
OliByGolly1 1 month ago
dumb bitch
ocbountyhunter 1 month ago
I'm American and I can speak French and Chinese (as well as English). But still, this is ROUSINGLY funny!!! I love their imitation of the American accent, it's hilarious! ........ It makes me want to try this if I get the opportunity to go to England, lol.
aabceacba 2 months ago
Haha
MrNDUDE16 2 months ago
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It's because they let too many niggers into the U.S. Their brainless intellect slowed down society's progress, and made us all as lazy as them.
ReubenMcHawk 2 months ago
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Australians dont have shit on the US
Mills117 2 months ago
When I lived in China an American friend joked to my girlfriend that she spoke perfect Australian - with an American accent! We all had a good laugh at that.
baird55aus 2 months ago
Love it :D
rosalielove11 2 months ago
I have few issues understanding people from England or Australia.... it's usually slang terms I don't get.... do have issues with mispronunciation though.... since I'm from the northern part of the US (MN) and we say things closest to the dictionary pronunciation....
VillainOfMidnight 2 months ago
lol i love visiting america i awlays get "hey where you from.. ENGLERRRRRLAAAANDDDD???" "wow that's soo cool"
wank0r 2 months ago
Americans are stupid, it's true, get over it.
GnosticHumanist 2 months ago
@GnosticHumanist
Really? You must be pretty stupid to say something like that.
VillainOfMidnight 2 months ago
@VillainOfMidnight
You know it's true honey, go look up he stats. America has the lowest public educational standards in the whole developed world.
CUBA has better public education.
GnosticHumanist 2 months ago
@GnosticHumanist
And yet you feel as though that gives you justification to stereotype all Americans.
VillainOfMidnight 2 months ago
@VillainOfMidnight
It's statistical fact, get over it dumbarse.
GnosticHumanist 2 months ago
@GnosticHumanist
They say ignorance is bliss, but boy are you proving them wrong. You don't seem very "blissful" for being an idiot.
VillainOfMidnight 2 months ago
@VillainOfMidnight
Do you want a chubby finger up your arse? Because that's the path you're treading down.
GnosticHumanist 2 months ago
@GnosticHumanist
Your parents must be so proud to have produced such an uneducated waste of life....
VillainOfMidnight 2 months ago
@VillainOfMidnight
I'll bite your face cunt/1111
GnosticHumanist 2 months ago
@VillainOfMidnight
You said on your profile that you're interested in trying new products.
I've got a 'new product' for you; my gooch! Now suck on it woman!!!!!
GnosticHumanist 2 months ago
@GnosticHumanist
Yep. You are definitely an idiot.
VillainOfMidnight 2 months ago
@VillainOfMidnight
One chubby finger (the chubBIEST) coming your way. I will be waiting under your bed.
GnosticHumanist 2 months ago
I'm an American living in Australia and I found this video quite funny. But with the top comment implying someone was dumb is rather offensive. I live in Australia and I work in a retail shop there. And every time I say "Have a nice day." or anything, they have trouble understanding what I say (even when I try to order a bottle of water, so funny) but I don't go around saying this person was dumb. I respect Aussies a lot. What's wrong with respecting a Yank by not calling one a "Dumb bitch"?
Sidereal94 2 months ago
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@ruffur3 'The higher the population, the lower the percentage of obese people, unless more people are becoming obese.'
Well no shit. The higher the population, the bigger the scale. It means more obese and non-obese people in this case. However, it does not change the actual obesity rate, just the totals. Unless you can prove otherwise?
SolidSnakeRules 2 months ago
It's funny because everyone commenting with whole paragraphs have no idea that the two guys are australian and making fun of americans. All in good humour, not racist.
PPPrule 2 months ago
Bahahaahahhahahaha
KawaiixKiller 2 months ago
That is so strange....I have absolutely no problem at all understanding americans.....it's funny how the guy in the video thought Americans invented English...he needs to his bloody facts straight! I however can understand Americans perfectly well and have met some pretty cool people from there.
leafygreeno 2 months ago
@leafygreeno
The video is a joke, mate ;)
NilasThomsen 2 months ago
I, as an American, have been to England around 10 times and had almost no problem. Of course, I'm older and have know about the differences in English the way it's spoken in the UK and the US...and the differences in nameing certain objects, ie. spanner rather than wrench, lift instead of elevator, etc. I get a little upset at American programs that do subtitles for foriegn speakers speaking English. I listen to the BBC at night and am so glad they don't do anything like that.
Ballsarama 2 months ago
Classic!
Assassin7853 2 months ago
kevin1811 voice...
lolcatwhatyadoing 3 months ago
My friend Ridhi vacationed in America and she told some woman that she "CAN'T find the restrooms." And the woman kept going "Beg your pardon?" Then finally Ridhi knew what she had to say: "I KAIN'T find the restrooms!"
RinaLam93 3 months ago
Andrew has a basically perfect American accent. Andrew Hansen, I hope you're reading this, you fuckin nailed it and hit it out of the ballpark. Is there any accent this man can't impersonate correctly?
NameNotAlreadyTaken2 3 months ago
Fuck why is everyone being so nasty to each other here? Americans, stop trying to make yourselves out to be better, and Australians/Canadians/English etc etc stop insulting Americans. You'll just make them angrier because they can't handle jokes against their country so everyone should just shut up and embrace the humor of the Chasers :) Let's all be united, flaws and all, and learn to have a laugh together instead of starting internet nationality wars.
13Bee1 3 months ago
Oh no!! Forgot about Latinos:(
America is like a panda: who likes burritos...
( I LOVE BURRITOS)
123vrak 3 months ago
America is a panda: black, white, and Asian:)
123vrak 3 months ago
@SpecialWeatherAlert would work if Britain had actually enslaved America.
ShipersUK 3 months ago
Take that America! Frum Ireland :P
SuperEbay123 3 months ago
@cdoftx Australia is one of the best cricket teams, I didn't even know the Americans had a cricket team.
InvalidPinecone 3 months ago 37
@InvalidPinecone Is their cricket team as embarrassing as their rugby team? XD
CRuleProductions 1 week ago
Last I checked, America owned Australia in soccer. Beet yall in cricket too.
cdoftx 3 months ago
@cdoftx Beet? As in beetroot? I LOVE BEETROOT!
ruinawish 3 months ago
@ruinawish Mmmm, beetroot
cdoftx 3 months ago
@cdoftx FIFA world ranking Australia ranked 19, USA ranked 31
magangel123 3 months ago
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should of said "do you speak american?'
kajenius 3 months ago
I love being a Canadian. :) Nobody hates us.
treehugger99999 4 months ago
@treehugger99999 "I love being a Canadian. :) Nobody hates us."
And that's how the Chasers sneaked into the APEC summit, by pretending to be Canadians!
WG55 4 months ago 15
@treehugger99999 i hate u
lmaorut 3 months ago
@lmaorut Fuck off, troll :P
Akhremenko 3 months ago
@Akhremenko NO, seriously
lmaorut 3 months ago
@lmaorut <3
treehugger99999 3 months ago
The amount of xenophobia in these comments is fucking astounding.
Jonmad17 4 months ago
@SpecialWeatherAlert what was the car and wife?
MrSoliPat 4 months ago
which season is this
XxRaNdOmJoInTxX 4 months ago
any hetalia fans loling at the comments here
lemonola 4 months ago
@lemonola Totally. I want an AMV made out of this...
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fruitnvege 4 months ago
Britain is the mother, Australia is the independant son whos off taming animals in an exotic country, canada is the slightly camp, nice guy and New Zealand is Malcom in the Middle... While America......
JAYRULESV1 4 months ago 18
this is the funnyest shit i have ever seen in my life
HC32KING 4 months ago
if there is a god, these guys were specifically made to be comedians!
halflifeproductionz 4 months ago
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ezcondition 4 months ago
This sounds like something I'd do just to piss people off.
Cerek120 4 months ago
I'm from Australia and I've been to the U.S many many times, but this one time in 2007, I went to Hawaii and I was asking a convienece store clerk (White American women) for some soap powder, and no joke, the exact same thing happened in this video, she just could not understand me, so she got me to write it down and she was like "OOHH SSOOOAAWWPP PPOOWWWWWWDDDEEEAARRR!". Dumb bitch.
Andy9742 4 months ago 60
@Andy9742 Same thing in a restaurant. 'Can I get a glass of water (war-ter) please?'
'What? Oh... wader (wah-der)'.
>.<
keithbontrager 3 months ago
@Andy9742 I'm American, what the hell is soap powder? Seriously. We have liquid soap and bar soap. Do you mean powder laundry detergent?
poppyasher 2 months ago
@poppyasher im aussie and I don't understand that i know powdered laundry detergent but not friggen soap powder -.-
lolsalad52 2 months ago
@Andy9742 I hug you... that's hilarious from the bystander's view... XD
TorrenGallagher 2 months ago
@Andy9742 The hell is soap powder?
MikeJScinto 2 months ago
I'm Australian and when I went to the States in 2009 a few people had trouble understanding me. I really couldn't beleive it. The Canadians had no such trouble
AgentTasmania 5 months ago 4
This is hilarious!
While in America, i got asked what Language i was speaking sooo many times! I got transferred to the International department while trying to sign up for college only to be asked where i learnt such good English! (This is AFTER i told her that i was Australian!!).
No one had any clue what i was trying to say! I had to speak very slowly and make sure i used no slang!
Living in America was the funniest year of my life!
NayLouise24 5 months ago 26
@NayLouise24 Sorry pal, can't understand your fucking frog language. Speak english.
Cerek120 4 months ago
@NayLouise24 Huh....who had the problem in that situation??
spencexxx 2 months ago
@spencexxx An American woman at the international Department of UW in Seattle asked me (After telling her i was Australian) where i learnt my english! Quite a few young people (teens & 20's) asked me what my native language is, in all honestly!
NayLouise24 2 months ago
@NayLouise24 List all the things you know about the US. All the famous people, inventors, businessmen. Now all the TV and movies and music. Now I'll go. Croc. Dundee, Murdock, Kylie. Done... No wonder we don't know what you're talking about! You use ridiculous slang and have a wicked drawl. It's really no wonder people ask where you learned your English. It is the American way to say "Who taught you to speak like that?"
spencexxx 2 months ago
@spencexxx Your ignorance is astounding
armasiel 1 month ago
@spencexxx ever used Wi-Fi? Thank an Aussie for that one
armasiel 1 month ago
@NayLouise24 By the way, I have met a LOT of Aussies and they haven't all wowed me with their unbounded knowledge either.
spencexxx 2 months ago
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NayLouise24 5 months ago
@SpecialWeatherAlert And then proceeded to enslave everyone else anyway.
phocjame 5 months ago 5
Beware of china beware of china they have spread heir influence throughout south Asia and east Asia beware beware be a very wary bear
Shazgi 5 months ago
@SpecialWeatherAlert That could be true but britain never enslaved america
attyatty123 5 months ago 2
why the fk is everyone talking about economics on a chaser's video lol.
dongtian00 5 months ago
Seriously guys, American Tourists, that's like shooting fish, ina light bulb. with a rail gun...too damn easy guys. Where's the fun?
stathamajf 5 months ago
Everybody hates America because they are jealous.
TKDLION 5 months ago
@TKDLION oh yes so jealous of ur failing economy.
TheyCallHimRalston 5 months ago 2
@TheyCallHimRalston Almost all the western economy is a fail right now, can blame Bush and Obama for that. China is da nombur 1!
1ohtaf1 5 months ago
@1ohtaf1 yes most are, im not blaming or having a go im just stating to TKDLION that im simply not jealous of America because i'm from a country with a strong resilient economy unlike that of the US.
TheyCallHimRalston 5 months ago
@TheyCallHimRalston Ah ok, i dont mean to start an argument, but Australia's economy is not strong and resilient at the moment, and the government is in debt, hence gillard trying to pass as much tax as she can to bring the budget back into surplus. Although nowhere NEAR the amount of debt the US is in.
1ohtaf1 5 months ago
@1ohtaf1 Yes i know we have debt but i still feel our economy is strong, and is definitely one of the stongest around at the moment and has been for some months now. Yes it was better just 2 weeks ago, but our dollar is still good and our market is largely back in the green. But i agree that gillard trying to pass all this tax can give the impression that we are in trouble but realisticlly our debt can be easily managed.
TheyCallHimRalston 5 months ago
@TheyCallHimRalston China's and india's economy is better then ours, even look at the US, their economy is shit and they are paying $3.45 a gallon which is about 91 cents a litre while we are paying 1.30 to 1.40. Australia is taxed too much which means everything here is over priced.
1ohtaf1 5 months ago
@TheyCallHimRalston The only way our government sees making money is tax more and more, the economy cant surport itself if its going the way they want it too....
1ohtaf1 5 months ago
@1ohtaf1 That's true, but it's projected to be back in surplus by 2012/13, IIRC.
jimztar 5 months ago
@SpecialWeatherAlert Then enslaved black people?
SuperSamBarlow 5 months ago
hahahaha. oh my lanta. these gentlemen are on a different planet altogether. when he said that he was one of the creeper brothers i almost wet myself with laughter. i hate the jews.
anniemags1 5 months ago
@BugsBunnyVEVO If by "respect" you mean, Invading every middle eastern country they can.... then yes, america has a lot of "respect" for other countries.
scoobaseth 5 months ago 4
they are a real pain in the ass
we were just saying how helpful you have been
ahhh thats classic :D
Unguidedone 5 months ago 2
LOLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
xoxYourMommyxox 5 months ago
omg, this one actually has decent quality!
klar778 5 months ago
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@SpecialWeatherAlert then built their own country on slavery.
shangerboy 5 months ago 5
lol, come find me and i would punch this guy in the face for being so frustrating!
LunaMoon84 6 months ago
haha gd stuff
Jack360180720 6 months ago
Talk slowly, Carrie. He doesn't speak English!
mdmasudrana1 6 months ago 2
Chas has a darn good american accent!
cloudkill94 6 months ago
ENGLISH MOTHERFUCKER DO YOU SPEAK IT?
Unguidedone 6 months ago 7
@Unguidedone good stuff good stuff haha
danielnj201 6 months ago
Americans make me sick!
senoirjackson25 6 months ago
Okay guys calm down. It doesn't really matter what country is "better". All that really matters is that we work to improve wherever it is that we live, so we can make it better for the people. The whole point of the Chasers is to make fun of things so we can have a good laugh and at the same time realize what we can improve on. I really don't see the point of bickering over something so trivial compared to all the problems EACH of us have.
DreamsMelody 6 months ago
@solodsnakerules did you fail math in primary school? Lol percentage is affected by the sample number. Stop talking like a boss and eat a cheeseburger
rostoran 6 months ago
wtf stop being so freakin serious, people.
cgurl1012 7 months ago
I dont understand why everyone is bickering over who lives in the best or most successful country when in fact they likely havent founded it, and they havent done anything to make it better or worse.
freakman707 7 months ago 7
If you think of Britain has a mother, then Canada, Australia and New Zealand are her favourite children. We just don't know where we went wrong with America he was such a good little boy.
CornishCreamtea07 7 months ago 191
@CornishCreamtea07 No mention of South Africa. I am disappointed.
DemonofChaos264 5 months ago
@DemonofChaos264
Sorry but I don't know that much about South Africa
CornishCreamtea07 5 months ago
@CornishCreamtea07 If you think of Britain as a mother, you also need to think of Germany and France as her estranged, abusive, paedophile parents.
phocjame 5 months ago
@phocjame
Yeah I hate the French, but you can't stay mad at the Germans they have such good beer.
CornishCreamtea07 5 months ago
@CornishCreamtea07 I can only speak on the difference between America and Canada, to a limited extent since my knowledge of Canadian history is sketchy. Quite simply Canada was originally a French Colony that was taken over by Britain in the 7 Years War. The french maintained strong control over the colonies and the British continued this. The American colonies on the other hand were practically independent from the start, they were also English from the start.
SM0SS 5 months ago
@CornishCreamtea07 Dude, we broke away from you guys for a reason.
Hipetyhop12 4 months ago
@Hipetyhop12
Taxes?
CornishCreamtea07 4 months ago
I look at the top comments expecting someone just directly quoting what one of the guys said, but instead I get political comments that have nothing to do with the sketch :(
Kazenokakera 7 months ago 2
Why are there so many political comments? It's a dam joke!
timstang2147 7 months ago 3
@ruffur3 The only reason we have more obese people than you is because we have a larger population. Percentage, however, is generally unaffected by population. Totals are. I don't know why you'd bring that up when it only helps my point and not yours.
Having a smaller population has no effect on your obesity rate.
SolidSnakeRules 7 months ago
@SolidSnakeRules Thanks for this comment. You have now clarified for me that america is the dumbest nation on earth.
AnThOnYrox8 6 months ago
@AnThOnYrox8 That's funny, since I'm undeniably right in that comment. It's just like in basketball: if someone shoots 100 shots and makes 50, his shooting percentage will be the same as someone who shoots 2 and makes 1. This is a fact.
SolidSnakeRules 6 months ago
Best Quality of Chasers video Ive seen on Youtube :)
True dat its from 2009...
goldifying 7 months ago
@TheGoinFamily LMAO! sorry but this is an Australian show, they just filmed in England
trje246 8 months ago
I'm American, I thought this was hilarious!
BryanThistle 8 months ago 4
@Wasmand100 If YOU'RE going to insult the American people's intelligence, at the very least use proper English and grammar. A half? Really? Bad shit? A double negative... Alright. Obviously you are correct... Maybe I'll take you up on those lessons so I can quit speaking like a moron and start speaking like the "educated" person that you are.