A to Z of The Queens English!

[cooleo505]

I love this Queen Twish!!!

[twish1999]

@cooleo505

Thanks Tony!

:-)

[thewhoppinator]

In the rural saskatchewan, I was simply amazed to find others who use many, many more "English" words. Bloody, for example, or gear lever, as well as trousers.

And the reason (I would say) that we canadians speak a more "english" way, is that we never had a war amed at killing the brits.

My opinion, mind you.

[xpo50]

Im glad that in Canada we still speak proper English, not American English.

there is no reason to take the u out of favourite

[twish1999]

LOL!

[tiff5355]

hi twish thanks for the reply, some of your a-z must have the good old boys from over the pond laughing, very very good video

[twish1999]

Thanks so much

I was inspired by an American who didn't know what a tannoy was :-)

[disbuylshite]

@twish1999 What's a tannoy? XD

[twish1999]

@disbuylshite

A tannoy is a set of speakers, for outside use

[tiff5355]

brilliant video

[twish1999]

:-)

[TillyFlop]

Brilliant idea!!!

[johnnymoondog]

C is for cool video !

[amjPeace]

I'm proud of myself because I actually knew some of those words! But there are so many differences among English speaking countries, I feel I have alot to learn. Thanks for the lesson, Twish!

[twish1999]

Thanks for watching :-)

sorry i'm so late in replying

x hugs x

[xpo50]

I didnt realize how many similarities to English English that canadian English has

I say Yobbo, and rubbish, and nutter

i dont say loo, but i say toilet wierd

[twish1999]

Isn't it strange how Canadian English is more similar to the English English then American English!

LOL!

[Lyzbian]

this is so cool! we call vests wifebeaters and loo is toilet and its just neat! i will have to make one of these to show you what we call some things that may be odd to you! :)

[twish1999]

Oh yes, make me one!

:-)

[murfra]

great video Twish!

[twish1999]

thank you!

:-)

x hugs x

[rcmoonpie1967]

cool =) I knew many of those from Benny hill, monty python and are u being served? we do love our Brits here in the US ;-)

gotta question...why are the lines in the road zig-zag? not that i ever plan on driving over there...I'm too chicken!

[twish1999]

The zig-zag lines tell motorists NOT to park on them! it's just to make it safer for people crossing the road :-)

x hugs x

[rcmoonpie1967]

ahhh, ok =)

here we paint curbs red for *no parking*. or signs are up for limited times to park.

thanks for telling me what they were ;-)

[twish1999]

Because our Country is so small ( in comparison to yours ) we have very strict rules for driving here as we have way too many cars on the road

[twister7boy]

what b looks like cookies. some kind of goofness goning on over there. peace. gregg

[TamHickey67]

And there was me thinking "T" was for Tam!

[TheWaterScorpion]

Thanks for that! That will be useful the next time I watch a YT video with one of the ones I didn't know mentioned.

[erra404]

Columbus, Ohio has a High Street. Most towns here have Main Streets.

[sebbes]

Politics aside, I'm so glad the US and the UK have this brother/sister bond. It's cool that we can speak the same language and at the same time it can be totally different.

[SignatureSweetShoppe]

What a great English lesson!

[thecrackwalker]

I knew all but I M S T and Y... did you miss X dear?? lol

[twish1999]

yes i left X out as there were no words beginning with that letter i could think of!

[GlimpseAfterGlimpse]

this was most educational. some of the english in the states we use.

[FroGhandi]

lololol. Prooud to be British!

[popparoc46]

High Street is beautiful.

This was fun, Twish. By the way, what is 'rocket' that Jamie Oliver is always talking about?

- roc

[twish1999]

The High Street is in Chester, an old Roman city, the walls of the city that the Roman built are still there and you can walk on them all the way around the City, as you can see all the buildings are very 'oldey worldy'.

Rocket is a type of lettuce that is nice in a salad :-)

x hugs x

[popparoc46]

Ah.  Thanks, Twish.

[Sikosm]

Rocket: word used in U.K., Australia, and New Zealand. Same as "arugula"

salad herb: an herb with pungently flavored leaves that are eaten in salads. Native to: Mediterranean.

Latin name: Eruca vesicaria

:-)

[popparoc46]

Oooooh, Stasi, you did some research! Thanks!

[Sikosm]

hehe that's ok, i just looked it up on the encarta dictionary on my laptop. iv never heard of the word arugula before

[UTD111]

Erm......don't you mean "the Queen's english"?? The apostrophe is very important......

[pennylaneuk]

Was that Chester high street? I love Chester. Loved the whole video. Its about time our american cousins were put right about a few things Twish.

Penny x

[twish1999]

Yes that is Chester High Street, well spotted!

I adore Chester :-)

x hugs x

[lapislazuline]

you forgot trousers and pants and bog-roll

i wouldn,t trust you packing a suit case ;^)

[twish1999]

I remembered Knickers and a jumper, at least i covered your modesty! :-)

[blueclouds4me]

OH MY GOODNESS, the Queen certainly has some lovely KNICKERS;-)

Hugs,

Marylou

xxoo

[twish1999]

They are not MINE! They are here solely because TAMMY ( lolathinkssheknows ) didn't know what Knickers were!! She tried to tell me they are called underpants but we all know that MEN wear underpants and women wear knickers :-)

x hugs x

[blueclouds4me]

Of course your royal tartness, I mean highness. Those knickers are not yours;)

* me rolling eyes here*

They say we are closest in personalities to those we choose to befriend, and you and Tammy, well I'm just sayin'

;-)

[twish1999]

Now listen here MaryLOO i may be similar to Tammy but remember it is me who has the good taste ;-)

[blueclouds4me]

LMFAO...sorry for the bad language Queen Twish but your response was TOOOOO funny;-)

Oh my gosh, Pleeeaaassssssseee do NOT let Tam see it!!!!

Major hugs for a great comment for a lady with good taste!!

xxoo

MaryLOO;-)

[twish1999]

Hey i am not scared of her! *rolls sleeves up ready to fight The Royal Smart Ass

[Sikosm]

...oh, and i've heard a few people say "loo" but not very common. i think it sounds funny lol. i just say toilet.

we don't say "snogging" either. i knew what it meant, but the word makes something nice sound like something unpleasant lol. mixture of "snot" and "hugging"

oh. and we use the word "vest" but for something different. for us a vest is worn formally with a suit. what you call a vest we call a singlet.

[twish1999]

Snot and Hugging! Eeeeww!

What you call a vest we call a waistcoat

:-)

[all4tubekids]

Great video! Love how you associate the letters with the pictures!

[Sikosm]

Haha were u inspired to make this video bcos Tammy had no idea what a tannoy was? lol

I know the meaning of, or use myself, about 95% of those words. but with "cooker" is that what u call the stove-top, or the oven?

Can't really comprehend not having the word "fortnight" in my vocabulary! how awkward does it sound to have to say "two weeks" instead? lol.

I don't say "elevenses" but my mum says it sometimes tho... that word is SOOO english. hehe

[twish1999]

YES! this video is totally because of Tammy, she didn't know what a tannoy was and she didn't know what knickers were! For crying out loud!!!

A 'cooker' is the whole thing, the oven and the stove top, we just call it all a cooker!

:-)

x hugs x

[Sikosm]

haha id never heard of a tannoy either, but i thought it would be obvious to everyone what knickers were!!

ah ok lol we just call it an oven.

[Sikosm]

i wrote a really really really long comment an hour ago and it's not here :-(

now i have to write it all over again!

[blubutterfly07]

great stuff Twish!

((hugs))

[RoyalHairdresser]

Zebra Crossing huh! LOL!

Good video Trish!

Brandie

[bigeeezy]

G is for great:)

[twish1999]

thanks!

:-)

[stjohnstjohn]

K and L (blush)

[ajdpadbury]

LOL! Good idea for a video and good choices of photos, Twish!:)

[Jinxie228]

Our biscuit is totally different from yours. lol We love biscuits and gravy here for breakfast or dinner. lol

Very interesting !!!

[SirKevinMartin]

I love it! I learned something new :D

[LeSaMilano]

well done Trish! I think this will clear up things for a lot of people!

[Nneka1963]

Hi my Dear Friend Twish! Very nice video, Well Done! I can't wait to get back home in less then 2 weeks to refresh my English! *lol*

Lot's of hugs & kisses, Your Nnek ;o) xxx

[mysteryglo]

When I visited London some years ago, I had lost my sweater and they kept asking me if iI meant a Jumper and I kept saying, no, a sweater.. hahaha Thanks for the English Lesson! LOL

[twish1999]

LOL!

[JeepGirl2]

I very much enjoyed this Twish!

A few I knew and a few I didn't. And a few I even use myself! LOL :0)

More British terminology please!!! Hugs to you.

[twish1999]

I have a very British video coming soon :-)

x hugs x

[clockworkmeltdown]

ha ha...very interesting vid!!!

rock on-space

[anmoose]

LOL!! It's amazing to see how many of these either didn't make it across the Atlantic, or got re-interpreted on the way.

And btw, if you don't have REAL biscuits over there, how the heck can you have biscuits-n-gravy for breakfast?

[twish1999]

But we have PROPER breakfast foods for breakfast here like bacon butties and Marmite on toast!

You don't have gravy for breakfast Moosie, that's just wrong! LOL!

:-)

x hugs x

[blubutterfly07]

GHASP!

you can too have gravy for breakfast Twish...

American biscuits and peppered white gravy YUM! i like mine with baccon. its good, really :P

[twish1999]

WHITE gravy! no no no that's just wierd! Gravy should be brown!

And you can't be having gravy with bacon!

*shakes head and rolls eyes

[anmoose]

Proper schmoper! You get yourself over here and Dolores and I will show you what a REAL breakfast is all about. Sausage gravy over buttermilk biscuits is part of it.

Marmite on toast indeed..... LOL

[twish1999]

Well it sounds a bit dodgy, but i'd give it a go

I am brave

[anmoose]

That's more like it. We'll get your diet straightened out yet. :-)

[popparoc46]

Moosie, the diet will straighten out if you give her a spot of brandy.

[anmoose]

With Twish it might take more like a SLUG of brandy. :-)

[twish1999]

or half a pint

[anmoose]

ROFL!! Now we're zeroing in on the real Twish1999 diet. Do I hear a pint?

[popparoc46]

But not that gruel stuff - what is it called.... ? um... oh! Grits. (yuck, Twish -and they put a gob of butter on the grits and THEN a white gravy. I agree with you - gravy is for dinner) - roc

[twish1999]

I presume grits is oatmeal porridge, well you can't be putting butter on that because that's just nasty and you can't be serious when you tell me they put white gravy on it because that just sounds wierd. What on earth is WHITE gravy, Gravy is made from beef and is brown and savoury surely

[popparoc46]

Oh, Twish, that white gravy is some sludge made from a basic roux made with bacon grease and mixed with hot milk. It is very white. And it goes in the grits or on top of biscuits with butter floating on the top. I kid you not! I was served this in Alabama. I managed the biscuit (actually enjoyed it) but not the grits. This was breakfast. You should have seen the spread! Everything was on my plate! Pancakes, eggs, toast, biscuit, bacon, sausage, gravy and a bowl of grits. Yikes.

[twish1999]

Cor blimey!

you'd be needing half a dozen Michaels there to keep the weight off!

[jessiethegeek]

splee i know what cor blimey means lol.and im american*looks smug*loli love your vid.

im trying to learn a british accent and this helped

[twish1999]

:-)

x hugs x

[anmoose]

Grits are nasty. But I've never seen anyone put gravy on them. I don't think it'd help. But sausage gravy is a white-ish sort of gravy, made with sausage, and it's yummy, and most certainly for breakfast. Served over AMERICAN biscuits. LOL

[twish1999]

Sausage gravy is WHITE did you say!

since when were sausages white?

sausages should be covered in a nice thick brown BEEFY gravy

[anmoose]

Jeez! You furriners. You start with a basic white roux, as you do with ANY gravy. You add sausage, and cooking juices, just like any other gravy, and it happens to NOT turn completely brown, as does a beef gravy. Who on Earth would mix beef gravy with PORK sausage? Does your chicken gravy and turkey gravy also have to be brown?

I need some brandy...

[popparoc46]

PLUS. Moosie, the English toast their bread and slide it into a little stand-up rack to cool and THEN they put butter or Marmite on the cold toast. I like hot toast with melted butter. - roc

[twish1999]

we like our toast cold, it's true, i think because we like our butter thick, this may go some way to explaining the high cholestoral us Brits have :-(

[anmoose]

That's ridikilus! Why even bother to toast it if you're going to let it go cold. Butter is supposed to melt INTO the toast, not just lay all slimy on top of it. Those Brits are weird...

[twish1999]

LOL!

but you have to have the butter good and thivk and how can you do that if it's all warm and runny, it would just drip off

You lot are cuckoo

[anmoose]

That's the whole point. It doesn't run off. Our bread here isn't like a slab of rock, it has pores, and the butter melts and soaks INTO it, where it belongs.

[popparoc46]

Just like into the nooks and crannies of a hot toasted English muffin. Yum - warm melted butter on the thick slab of toast. Hot toast.

[anmoose]

Exactly, Roc. Isn't that what those nooks and crannies are for?

[popparoc46]

You bet.

[genmama1955]

I knew all but one!

[twish1999]

But you lived in England!!!!

:-)

x hugs x

( which one didn't you know? )

[genmama1955]

The speakers on the pole. Never heard them referred to in England! Yes, I have an unfair advantage over so many people. You forgot biro, plimsols, pudding, custard, green, etc. There are so many, I cant think of any more right now! xoxoxo

[twish1999]

No parcel yet lee Ann?

:-(

[Sikosm]

haha yet another person who didn't know what a tannoy was!! lol

[scottfaithfull]

great video and love the pics. :)

[twish1999]

:-)

x hugs x

[bowlingballout]

Considering this is the source of great rhymes such as Mother Goose, it stands to reason there would be many treasures yet unmined by those of us in the new world. :-)

[MGABBYB]

Thanks for the lesson.

I have 3 pairs of wellies, but never knew what to call them...

[twish1999]

so what if someone said 'it's raining' would you say 'ok i will wear those things on my feet that i don't know what they are called!' lol

[ladypn]

Great vid, Twish!

[twish1999]

Thanks my dear, you helped a lot! :-)

x hugs x

[GreatGig1]

I really enjoyed watching that! I thought it was going to be "W" for "wooster"...lol *hugs*

[twish1999]

LOL! I really am going to make your recipe one day Caylyn :-)

x hugs x

[sandiwolf1]

interesting.... And to think I thought my BROTHER was a dummy.

[SplitPZ]

Some I knew...Some I didn't. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!

Have a lovely day...

PZ :)

[Dlorezzz]

Trish you just know that I watched twice and absorbed every word.. I love this so much. Please do another one..

I just love when you do videos about anything British

[twish1999]

I am planning a very British video soon :-)

x hugs x

[capergirl1976]

Cute vid...we use alot of those terms here where I live. :)

[spiderdj82]

I've always wondered . . . if

biscuit (English) = Cookies (American)

What does:

biscuit (American) = ? (English)

[genmama1955]

I've never seen an American biscuit in England! Only thing I can think of that's remotely similar is a scone.

[twish1999]

I sometimes make a cobbler that goes on top of a lamb stew, would that be similar to the American biscuit? I make it from flour and lard

x hugs x

[genmama1955]

Yes, but our biscuit requires either buttermilk or plain milk. Buttermilk biscuits are the best! Our cobbler is a sort of deep dish pie,made with fresh berries or peaches. You only put the crust on top. It's what you Brits call "pudding." (American desert). What you are making for your stew is pie crust. xoxoxo

[EdenTrek]

yep...u got it.... :P

[twish1999]

There is nothing like your American biscuit really, the closest i can think of would be either be a scone (but they are sweet) or a cobbler (made from flour and lard)

:-)

x hugs x

[popparoc46]

What about our English muffin that must be toasted (or, at least I toast mine. I'd never eat one raw)? Do you have English muffins in England, Twish? What do you call a muffin -muffin? Is that just a muffin? Why did they call an English muffin a muffin? It doesn't look anything like a muffin. Round bready type stuff to toast... - roc

[twish1999]

Oh yes i would toast an English muffin, yes we do have them here Roc, we would call a muffin - muffin a muffin, as opposed to an English muffin.I do not know why they called the English muffin an English muffin and i am too lazy to look it up. English muffins are rather like bread in texture, where as muffins are more like cake

[AutymnRosa]

Lovin it Twish! If I were at home I'd make a vid response, but am at dad in laws. Maybe later..Perhaps you know these already, but in case..here ya go:

[AutymnRosa]

11. pussy, kitty, feline 12. wackadoodle, lol 13. doubledecker 14. baby carriage, stroller 15. pain in the butt 16. trash, garbage 17. cuddle, snuggle, grind (lol) 18. loudspeaker, megaphone 19. subway 20. wife beater 21. gollashes, rubbers, duck shoes, rain boots, gum shoes, etc. 22. punch 23. crosswalk

[EdenTrek]

Me still, wouldnt post my 1-10... 1. fall 2. cookie 3. pacifier, nuk 4. brunch? 5. bi-week, half-month 6. stick shift, manual transmission 7. a street to smoke maijuanna 8. hardware salesman (right?) 9. sweater, cardigan 10. panties, bloomers, sugar drawers 11. lavatory, wc, John, restroom, etc.

[twish1999]

Nuk?

sugar drawers!

bi week?

a street to smoke maijuanna!!

LOL!

You Foreigners do make me chuckle! ;-)

x hugs x

[twish1999]

LOL!

21. rubbers? we call condoms rubbers!

[edenbainbridge]

fantastic

:)

xoexo

[Sharon1944]

Jolly Good! Fun and informative! Great music, too!

[shannoncopley]

awesome

[Perroquet51]

That was great fun, Twish, and I learned several words/terms I had never heard before.

[gilligan07734]

did you perposely use slang words so nobody would know what you were saying?

[myblueart]

I want to start using those words!

I remember when I was in Swaziland, people used a lot of the same, sometimes i didn't know what they where talking about! LOL!

[thizizliz]

Cool. If I study the list can I come visit your country? And will it count as speaking a foreign language? :D

[twish1999]

Yes of course you can visit! But it's you lot that speak funny! :-)

x hugs x

[lolaknows]

Oooooooohhhhhh, now I get it! hahahaha

[twish1999]

KNICKERS!

[lolaknows]

Hey, you need to go see what Zipster had to say on D & M's video!!

BTW - go to bed!

[twish1999]

night night! toodlepip!

[UchihaRubyStar]

lol toodlepip that sounds cute!! ^_^ i was just wondering..is that what it looks like in liverpool?? ^_________^

[twish1999]

Some of the photos i used are of Liverpool and surrounding areas yes, i have another video called Boats, Bananas and Beatles that shows you liverpools waterfront

:-)

x hugs x

[scottytoohottie123]

i liked the yObbo,love and respect scotty and libby:0)

[AeganMontgomery]

I say, Twish ol' girl, this was bloody marvelous. How quaint of you! Watch for mine, coming soon to a youtube video soon.