British v American Slang 2

[TheAvaLady]

Another use of "bunch" or "bunches". In the UK you put your hair in bunches, in the US it would be called "pig tails" or "pony tails"

[MegaSeanBo]

put on your jumper -- snoggin ?? fancy a shag ?? pop it over there - trousers -- straight away -- sorted out -- bloddy hell - !!!

[boweki]

what about the world schedule? now I'm from Australia (and I know 90% of people in my country don't) and i pronounce the world the same way British people do with the sh sound (well that's how it sound to me) not the sk way as one would like school. sheduel / skedule if that makes any scene?

[geek920]

is it sad that i took notes?



[dudesanddudettes3]

wow this dude is freakin awesome...sigh.... british dudes.... sigh. ps this guy shud do a video on what british ppl think of american chicks

[BritttanyNicolle93]

This was great!!

[SixtiesKidWannabe]

Is it just me that thinks it has gone from "British v American Slang" to "Lets teach Americans British Slang" :D

[zkrules]

Damn brits are so dumb..tramps...root..fanny...w­tf

[nariko47]

Your Spanish is good ^_^

[VitalSi9n]

lmao! tramps hahaha!! and nothing you say could be boring,because everyone sounds

smart /interesting with a british accent...

[Harrypotterandpreggo]

Pls make a video about the British school system!!! I'm Singaporean, and our system is similar to yours. We have primary school, which we have to take the PSLE before going to secondary school which we have to take what the british call GCSE or O'level in singapore. After that, if you get good enough, you can go to JC, or junior college if your is good enough, or you'll have to go to polytechnic, or Poly. Then university. But if you're really bad, you'll be in the normal technical stream in sec

[harleyvestal]

Love the video! I am an American hope to visit or actually move to England someday!

[fretdeliciousTV]

british english is gay as hell !!!

[rhymingisfun]

@fretdeliciousTV British english is english english. Moron :)

[96KayDee]

:) you must really like languages, to know so much about American English and British. I love how you speak Spanish in here as well. ^-^.

[ricebunneee]

I'm English and I say hobo and I've never heard the word johnny for a condom

[MissSpannerZ]

For a bunch of people in a group we say a loads people in a group. ( well its what I say )

[MrbadKID21]

America>England end of story.

[LaraJamieWinchester]

well then what do you say for a bunch of people a group.

[AboveControl]

@LaraJamieWinchester A group of people or crowd of people.

[primeinc1]

I think your mum should take your camera before you hurt your self lol

[TeardropsHappyface12]

:]

[Shadowcontheoriginal]

Junior High starts off 7th grade and Middle School starts off 8th grade

[Viczilla118]

@Shadowcontheoriginal ok but you have 5 years of nursery 6 of primary school and 5 of secoundary/high school

[KezzieQ]

"Bash them over the head with a branch..." Dude, you owe me for a new laptop! I just spat Coke all over it! LMAO!

[countryxoxmusic]

sorry but does "period" mean fag a.k.a a gay person?

i missed that and i have little kids in the room lol i cant turn up the volume.

so would it be bad if i were in England and said "I'm on my period" (menstrual cycle)

[KezzieQ]

@countryxoxmusic No lol. Period Means A Ladies Monthly =P

[countryxoxmusic]

@KezzieQ thats what it means here in america too! thanks for answering back:)

[baller84milw]

"Giving Someone Stick" in America doesn't mean bashing them over the head with something. It usually means you want to have sex with them (dick=stick)......yea. You'll probably hear this more in the hood than anywhere else.

[2ne1791]

i like ur hoodie

[lovetoflip32]

and don't you guys say arse? instead of butt

[Mojoflojo101]

@lovetoflip32 we say arse instead of ass, we say bum instead of butt

[lovetoflip32]

what about a canteen? doesn't that mean a kitchen or something?

[Mojoflojo101]

@lovetoflip32 Its what you call a cafeteria

[LifeOfTheParty323]

You forgot Fag. You guys smoke fags in the UK. We call them cigarettes.

In American a fag is a homosexual insult. So if i called you a fag, you would think I'm calling you, what i call, a cigarette and it wouldn't make sense.

By the way, you're cute LOL. Oy oy!

[4RealandTruth]

Are your crazy? stop false representing the english slang, a bunch is also used here meaning "a bunch of people" everyone i know would use that in a sentence when reffering to a group of people, get out more. theres others you got wrong.

[j0phus]

FYI: Route has regional distinctions in America. We have 'root 66' and 'rout 30'. Both are roads but are pronounced differently. It doesn't matter at all. I just thought I'd toss it in there. Thanks for the tip about periods. I didn't know that, but will be conscious of it form now on over there.

[ryan473]

hobo here is someone who is homeless and rides the rails while a bum is just simply a homeless person anywhere.

[Mojoflojo101]

@ryan473 oh cool, i thought they were the same thing.

[andrewjonathanstride]

"A yob is a young chav". . .

[Rikusi]

The pronunciation differences are mostly in the vowels. Why didn't you tell what bollocks means?! I know what it means, it's awesome I use it more frequently to not offend anyone over on this side...but most Americans don't know ahahaha. This is wot I get for being raised on British Comedy. My parents are weird...

[iamfckingred]

Hey this guy online which i think was from britain called my mom a comercial,ive been trying to figure out what the fuck that means.

[WolfAngel9813]

So I've been using "root" correctly?! Sweet, now I don't have to worry if it's root or route. That drives me and some of my friends insane since some of us have been taught with a few slight british english things here and there like "colour" and...you get the point

[thedoctorlovescats]

Wow. British and amarican english really are two different languages.

[mereana8]

Times have moved on, it just shows how americanised society has become.

Take out, bunch, whine are all very normal now

[lovagecos]

i love how when someone english does one of these videos it gets mainly likes, and if you look at an american version the bar is red

[darkconversationist]

ENGLAND IS THE MOTHER OF ENGLISH.

[xXMrSkimpyXx]

@darkconversationist ya dont say?

[Shadowcontheoriginal]

@darkconversationist and America is the father. YAY!

[dangolf1890]

@darkconversationist you think dummy? ;)

[darkconversationist]

@dangolf1890 lol!!!!

[GalwayChick]

i love when brtish people say Bruv or brap hehe

[krzychonh]

Nice job

continue!

[TheMusicProductions1]

explain the school system :} please :) 

[GalwayChick]

@TheMusicProductions1 well i think they start high school at 11

[TheMusicProductions1]

@GalwayChick :O No way. -_- Lucky .

[thegreekboyssister]

I live in Mississippi and at my school they call the 1-6th grade elementary and 7-12th grade secondary, so we do use that term also although you didnt really pronounce the a in that word and we do. But I would still say that I am in high school and we even divide that into junior high( 7- 9th grade) and senior high(10-12th grade) but that's how the private schools divide it, the public school do it a little different. I never relized before how difficult this all was.

[annie10103]

We call sneakers trainers over in England as well.

And for reference any Americans who want to know what a chav is, a chav is basically the equivalent to white trash.

[llamasandthat]

Secondary is Middle school.. High is like College ^_^

[WeDaStarzGirlRappers]

I love you.... Lol ur accent is soooo awesome:)

[LLOYD19851012]

At school a Tramp was someone that didn't wear name brands like Nike

[smilekatysmile]

Scottish people go to high school.

[MazzieLOVEjedward]

@Alexander1485

We say mum, in America its mom, mate is a way of saying friend. Not female lover.

[MazzieLOVEjedward]

I say hobo as well and I have never heard johnny before (I'm English)

[annie10103]

@MazzieLOVEjedward

I've never heard johnny before either.

[Fiabazaka54]

That was a really good video I'm from London England and I'm trying to start a vlog please watch my videos and subscribe thanks so much!!!:)

[zzyzx0788]

Here's a freebie about sports many people don't know:

Around the world, its called football (as we call it soccer). Soccer=association football, as*soc*iation footbal=soccer. And our version of football (American football) I believe is highly derived from an earlier build of football/soccer (as is rugby) if memory serves me correct.

[mkarmam]

The difference is a Brit would know what an American means, but an American would have no idea what a Brit is talking about.

[eve92032]

Baby pacifiers are also called binkies around here in NJ.

[datsgrlz4u]

@eve92032 Awww i love the word binky for a dummy/ pacifier, sounds cuter - more baby language like

[thezego12]

what the fuck is chaff??

[XItsxANGELbaby]

@thezego12 "chavs" are aggressive and arrogant teenagers and young adults, of underclass background, who repeatedly engage in anti-social behaviour and chat shit and look cheap that is a CHAV if you come to england in birmingham or yorkshire you might see some

[MySpaceSucks3]

All of America says you are beautiful! Especially southern California :) we love all your videos

[musicgoddess246]

I'm from Newcastle in England and we also say for high school - comprehensive school. We call it comp for short. Not sure if it's just us in the north that do that though? Good vid!

[jmarkha5]

Love your videos!

[WillGotti]

Tramp has two meanings in America. We use it for both a homeless person or a promiscuous woman. It just depends on the context. We interchange garbage and rubbish. As for Johnny a slang word for the male genitalia is Johnson. The word meets in the middle. As for period, you wouldn't want to say fag here. You want a cigarette and most people will think of a gay person. Some of us will know the difference like me but yea. We interchange mobile and cell phone. Bunch to us means group or a lot.

[wahinesurfergirl]

@WillGotti I've been to America loads of times, but I've never, in my life, heard anyone actually use the term 'rubbish', in the States. It is more of a British term that they use, a lot more than Americans do. I know that you guys use either 'trash' or 'garbage', but never 'rubbish'.

[WillGotti]

@wahinesurfergirl Well I've lived here in America my entire life, born and raised, 33 years and I can tell you that there are people who do use it. Not as common as trash or garbage but I have heard it a number of times. Most times when someone in America says rubbish they are using it to mean whatever you're saying is bullshit/nonsense. Although people do use the other 2 to mean nonsense too or a waste. ie. Trash talking instead of saying shit talking or 'that player is garbage', etc.

[NelsonClick]

@wahinesurfergirl

Rubbish just sounds so poetic and formal and grand: "that's a pile of rubbish". If someone said that to me I would only think they were trying to sound British. The only time wee see and hear that word is in British films and books.

[wahinesurfergirl]

@NelsonClick Well, generally, Brits do say 'rubbish' a lot for bullsh*t. I've heard them say it numerous times, while on my 2nd visit to London. But, for those who aren't British to begin with, and when they do say 'rubbish' a lot, then yes, you are right - they do try sound to be "British" in their own way. Lol! As for books, barely do I see 'rubbish' in it. More like the latter that I mentioned earlier on. :)

[lemoniceluxe]

Actually in America, a lot of people pronounce "route" root, though we aren't supposed to xD

[nicarox105]

lol i love the spongebob in the background

[nicarox105]

awwee nappys

[CareToLaxBrah]

LOL in America if you asked for rubber in class everyone would look at you really funny...one of our words for a condom

[alexander1485]

you forgot Mum and Mate. Mum is i guess short term for mummy and not mother... and mate is a female lover I guess and not a friend.

[wanaka020]

Bienvenido al número dos!! (Y)

[datsgrlz4u]

Trousers - Pants. That one had me confused for ages!!!

Tights - Panithose (not sure of spelling)

[zzyzx0788]

@datsgrlz4u Tights and pantyhose generally mean the same thing in America too, but generally its a gender thing. Men don't where pantyhose, only women.

[datsgrlz4u]

@zzyzx0788 cool - thanks i did not know that word usage was the same - and i am aware that generally only women wear tights - that's the same in england unless of course its a stag night!!! :)

[SydneyHalfDead]

hmmm is this guy gay? or is it his slang to make him sound this way?

[brando14n]

hey dude ur a frickin doch bag man the u.s.a rules [that said in a realy sqweky american acsent] lol jk im English

[ojideagu]

We DO sometimes say something is trash or garbage. However we don't use them really to refer to a rubbish bin. But we do use those words to mean stuff that is crap.

[AFCBOURNEMOUTH1994]

i thought americans say bum for a homeless man

[333BiteMe]

@AFCBOURNEMOUTH1994 Well...we say Hobo for a homeless man, and basically over here a 'bum' is just a lazy person.

[pk33617]

"EraZer" amazeballs!

[beyondfaking]

I recently went to London and asked to get my bangs cut. The hairdresser looked at me with a very confused look and since I am not a native speaker, I thought I had it wrong somehow. So I just pointed to my forehead and the woman said "Oh, you mean FRINGE." Turns out I wasn't wrong, it's just that "bangs" is the American word, I guess. So, there you go US: bangs UK: fringe.

[fizzbangwhizzpop]

I'm english and I say 'bunch' for things other than bananas and flowers :)

[MissBatmanandRobin]

i'm english and i've never heard of a johnny as a condom :L

[ojideagu]

@MissBatmanandRobin Johnny as a condom is mostly London and Essex slang.

[kitkatiify]

So babies suck on dummies ? lol

[Higherfingle]

In England a condom is or use to be a French letter. Some thing to do with GI's in ww2

[jackassoflowell]

hahahaah when he was talking about tramp hes like thats what you americans call homos, hobos lol... any one else caught that??

[vtimmy13]

Went to London from America for 4 days then went on a cruise out of southampton independence of the seas I was so confused by all the British words lol do you want bangers for breakfast?!! WTF bangers are sausage. So me and my British "mates" got into language arguments all the time

[FreakinDandy]

i know a kid named johnny. ;DDD i go to school with him. thank youuu.

[cutiegirly500]

also in america they say kindergarten and in britain we say nursery

[YTPEXPERT]

@cutiegirly500 that's german for something like child garden

[RacheeseV]

we pronounce route the same as root too.

[imaviciousbunny]

I say mobile phone sometimes too (not always cell phone) but pronounce it differently...like moe-bill. haha:)

[monamour818]

And totally no offense by my last comment, btw. (:

[monamour818]

The dummy one is funny..... XD

[txnotoriousxt]

in america...yob is mexican slang for job xD

[lilspatch]

im british but you sound proper proper english like your accent is proper proper english, in england today we hardly ever hear an accent like yours

[ghostlourde]

god damn theres more differences in american english as opposed to britain than i thought...wow if i ever go there im guessing people are go

ing to be offended.

[Kileylynnebabyy]

im kind of really amused by how he said hobos XD

[bleedingredroses17]

Hehehe! This makes me giggle XD

[thatdrummercameron]

People in America also say "route" pronounced like "root".

[GAYPRIDE1985]

see here we say "period" alot....you might say "I don't care, I am right PERIOD." To let people know that is the END of the conversation. Thanks for posting! Really interesting

[soccermylife17]

You're a really cool kid. =]

[streetsidenomad]

hugh bo? hyo bo? hobo?

[joelyrolypoly]

Now I really really want to go to Britain and confuse everyone with my American slang:)

[LuvRupertEvans]

@joelyrolypoly And I'd love to come to America and do the same with our english slang, or maybe cockney? ;D

[MEHcefalu]

@joelyrolypoly I did just recently go to england. haha i did confuse a lot of people. :D

[MEHcefalu]

@MEHcefalu *went to england* hahah fail

[itsevidentlyme]

@MEHcefalu pretty sure you just had the fail lol. read the sentence again?

[seventeenpearls]

@joelyrolypoly We understand your slang... you don't understand ours.

[joelyrolypoly]

@seventeenpearls I do now:)

[ojideagu]

@joelyrolypoly Most British people know a lot of American slang because of American films and TV. I don't think there is much American slang that would confuse British people. I'm English.

[brando14n]

@joelyrolypoly lol most english people watch a lot of american shit lolz

[alexander1485]

@joelyrolypoly especially ghetto "nigga" slang? 

[joelyrolypoly]

@alexander1485 No... I am white. I'm not cool enough.

[TheBluebayoo]

i love ur vlogs, i think ur so charming and i love the accent of course....one of the funniest differences ive noticed in north american and british english was the word sponge-ing or however its spelt. id never heard that ever before, we'd say mooching or bumming off someone, at least in canada.

[dommassislovingir]

Haha, I see Spongebob <3

[lilypilly2290]

I noticed that you said women/girls and your word for / was stroke. In America we say slash. haha

[Suparing01]

sorry man but u got one wrong, in scotland(britain) we say High school too.

[JukeBoxMoonlightSin]

ahaha i have a friend that looks just like you!!

...but hes american :3

[alfaramz3]

i pronounce vase like a british person haha

[ang2cool88]

I just love listening to his accent! It's so cute!! Lol

[diantc333]

In the US people pronounce route both ways, I actually think I use it both ways....weird

[iamspecial14]

I'm the states (atleast in my area) root and route are pronounced the same way. I've never actually called a journey or road a route before, I've always pronounced "root" and so has everyone else in my area. Also, we pronounce vase with more of a "z" instead of an "s". You're correct about the "a" though. But, it is pronounced "vayze."

[Gunn420leafs]

i always heard apples and pears in britian means stairs over here in north america is this true anyone know ?

[lawrencepwns]

@Gunn420leafs no thats not true

[Suparing01]

@Gunn420leafs that isnt true

[Gunn420leafs]

@Suparing01 i found out it is true i no british people Lol

[Suparing01]

@Gunn420leafs Nah man, not true unless ur talking about england lol but in scotland we dont say it

[Gunn420leafs]

@Suparing01 Lol i am talkin bout british and haha im scotish my grandpa was born and raised i got a bit of the accent haha

[Suparing01]

@Gunn420leafs lol cool but nah man seriously where i say we dont say it

[Gunn420leafs]

@Suparing01 LOl k

[SuccessfulRisk2000]

I'm American And I Found This Really Interesting You Should Make A part 3 Even tho i Know you Said this Was Only A Two Part Video

[meka1204]

you seem so nice lol i wish i knew you. you'd be a cool a British friend lolz.

[sm0keshell]

@zadriela That's because they don't live on the same continent, for example we Dutch are very similair to the British in language and culture because we're neighbors and both Europeans

[Loveandlies98]

I think I love you :D

[rbd510]

Arent condoms French lettres?

[DysfunctionalPanda18]

Awww. I want to hear more! XD

[JustJordan94]

@TheRandomstuff12345 We might look at you funny for a minute, but then we would love you and your accent :)

[TheRandomstuff12345]

i am english and i say high school

[funnygurlsrok]

a domestic in america is having a fight between to married ppl root means like a root of a plant or a way to go as does route

[mh6761]

i say both american slang and british (im british). its fun to mix it up!

[567colleen]

IM AMERICAN AND ROOT IS FOR A FLOWER ROOT BUT ROOT AND ROUTE R USED THE SAME AS A JOURNEY IT KINDA JUST DEPENDS ON THE PERSON WHO SAYS IT ITS THE SAME

[whitelion97]

lol in america, a dummy is a stupid person, or a "test dummy" would be a sort of manican, used to test safety.

[evanmcfly58]

What about a "bunch" of sticks? Would that do?

[broshad]

I like this guy. Not just informative, but amusing too.

[GeneralTallStone]

take-out means you you take the food out with you

[jamesgd7]

@GeneralTallStone yeh thats what he meant also alot of the time in UK for take-out or taake-away we just say were havin a chinese

[xMJFan96x]

omg..throughout that whole video and the first one i was cracking up:L its so true the differences in things:L and btw..there was one you should've mentioned that i was just dying for you to say:L we (in britain) say pavement..where as in america you call it a sidewalk:L strange i know but i thought i'd just say cos it was on my mind haha..great video!!xx

[xLadiiKx]

omg i love u urrrr soo funnyyy :D

[KarinaD03]

I want to go to England and talk all American and say y'all to see what they do!

[TheRandomstuff12345]

@KarinaD03 we wont do anythin we would just look at u strange in a good way though but chavz would try 2 kill u

if u dont know what a chav is GOOGLE IMAGES

: D

[trublue787]

i have a british wife and he is telling the truth 

[SrB5248]

I'm American and I say root/route the same lol