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  • Thanks TRWolf for these great vids. I am from Romania, I learnd english in school, and I guess I learnd the british english. But I also watched like a milion movies (or films as you brits say) on the TV, and all of them from the U.S., with the original sound. Not to mention the tons of australian documentaries about crocodiles and sharks (you know, from Discovery Channel and Animal Planet), so my english is a mish-mash (I hope I sad that right) of all the types of english accents out there.

  • Congratulations on your videos! I'm a teacher and it really helps my students to have a perspective on the differences between the two accents/vocabulary. It's really good! keep up the good job and have fun with it. :)

  • 1:30 we call it tsk (tisk)

  • I lived in Sri Lanka (which was a British colony) so we used mostly British English there,and now I'm in Australia, but I'm not so lost about both versions of English (like bangs/fringe) cos people use both sometimes :D

    I watch too much tv i think

  • 3:15 NBC subliminal message. o.O

  • @SimHarrison ...eh?

  • hey was that picture of the long queue of people outside Aston's taken in Singapore?

  • In the US if we have a malfunctioning battery in the car we would say "the battery is dead"..In the UK you'd say "the battery is flat"

  • @CheckM8King2 We say both.

  • In the US we start off with elementary school where we have kindergarten which starts generally at age 5/6, and 1st grade through 5th grade. Then we have middle school (also called junior high) where it's usually 6th grade through 8th grade (sometimes 9th). After that there's high school which is 9th through 12th grade and students usually are 18 when they graduate. After that the student can decide whether or not to persue a higher education (and pay outragous sums of money if they do!).

  • I'll trade you Gordon Brown for one Barack Obama...

  • @Jazaju yeah we have preschool/nursery

  • You also missed out something els in school's. Americans have kinder garden? ... Kindergarten i think and we (british) have preschool or nursery :)

  • @Jazaju - American's have preschool. It is optional, and(almost always)parents must pay for it. Age 1-4 attend preschool in the U.S. Afterwards we have kindergarten, which is derived from a German term/custom.

  • (American) The word bumpershoot was used in a Disney movie call "The Aristocats". Which I believe was set in England.

  • @skooter1483 The Aristocats was set in Paris! :)

  • @MisterCrolla Thank you. Been awhile since I have watched it.

  • @skooter1483 - It was used by my Great Grandmother, and she was born in the U.K.

    Also, it was used by a character in a popular American situational comedy: Daphne Moon, in "Frasier".

    p.s. Yes, AristoCats was set in England.

  • Yay PC gamer =D

  • Primary = Preschool, Kindergarten, Elementary

    I'm not sure where the splits between Secondary and High/Grammar and College are in terms of US Grades. The general ages of kids in those would help figure that out.

    Here in the US, school goes from Kindergarten (Age 6) to 12th Grade (Age 18). Then you have to go and pay to go to a college or university.

  • How dare you speak against the prophet Bill Hicks.

  • @porkinwitz I would never! Goatboy would get me! I just meant that its not used in the way he believed.

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  • this is helping my homework :D

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  • I really like your videos. A lot of the stuff I already knew but I still think it's neat. Oh and I'm southern so I use words a lot of other Americans don't use. But for "tot tot" we say "tisk tisk".

  • @wingedsweetheart - It's actually "tut, tut" vs "tsk, tsk"...not "tot, tot" vs "tisk, tisk". :P

  • Bumbershoot is a music festival held in the summer in Seattle, Washington.

  • @Da1UHideFrom - ::LOL:: I was going to mention that, as well.

  • I had no friggin idea DVDs had regions...am I the only one?

  • @verylastafrican DVD's have regions 1,2,3,4,5 and 6. Blu-Ray's have regions A,B and C

  • @verylastafrican - Most people, especially those that live in the U.S., aren't aware of region coding. Mostly, I believe that is, because most of them never purchase DVDs/VHS' from other countries. The fact that American's developed the concept, and thus are "Region Code 1", probably accounts for much of that.

  • The regions between the American and British media is also referred to as

    NTSC (-U) = North America

    PAL  = Europe (England Included)

  • @melonade97 - My understanding was that NTSC & PAL referred to each country's rating system...i.e. G, PG, PG-13, etc.

  • @DestroyaDoll Quoted from Wikipedia. I know Wikipedia isn't a trusted source but it does get the point across easily. "NTSC is the analog color TV format historically associated with the United States, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, Taiwan, and other countries. PAL is the analog color TV format historically associated with most of Europe, most of Africa, China, India, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, North Korea, and other countries."

  • Now, this may sound silly, but in Britain there's the seaside and the beach, is it the same in America?

  • @YesIamEccentric I don't think Americans say "seaside" especially as they don't have a sea, they have an ocean :P

  • @YesIamEccentric everyone I know calls it the beach

  • @YesIamEccentric We use both.You will hear sea or ocean.Seaside,oceanside,the beach are all used here.It depends on where you are and the people you are talking to as well.

  • @YesIamEccentric - We only say beach, because we don't have a sea.

  • Can u please explain snogging in America we don't use that term. I understand that its kissing but I understand the different levels of snogging.

  • @EshkPriscilla There's no levels. "Snogging" is French Kissing.

  • @TRWolf What about U.K. vs AU?

  • @LLOYD19851012 I don't know enough about Oz I'm afraid!

  • @EshkPriscilla I think that what UK people call "snogging" you would call "making out" in US.

    English is not my native language though xD

  • @kralyk311 - My understanding is that "snogging" is more like "French kissing". If you don't know what "French kissing" is...well, it is open mouthed kissing with use of your tongue. :x

  • @EshkPriscilla its like make out

  • i think ice pop is more a "northern thing" isnit it? most people i know use ice lolly

  • What about Krunk, Sick, fly tight, PHAT, etc.. mean in england aside from ace and mint

  • @Ericules555 ace and mint? Wow hello 1996. People do use sick and tight and phat, but mainly youths and more ethnic groups. We have tons of slang.

  • @TRWolf yeah here we also use Krunk means sick and phat put together mostly African Americans use it, if a white guy uses it they look at you funny and give you a look like come on cracker use your own dang words stop whiting our words up

  • bumbershoot is old school

  • Some Americans call a shopping trolly a buggy that may be a southern thing

  • "He just looks like a sad face drawn on a scrotum." lol.

  • Chalk? Bumbershoot? The things people come up with....

  • you should really do one for northern slang, so if anyone goes up to north they will understand them

  • :D watch my video about American and English accents. I'm American.

  • The pen holder made from a slave ship made no sense, because barack obama has no connection to slavery at all. Barack obama's father came to the US long after slavery was abolished. So why was he given a gift relating to slavery when he has no connection to slavery? Because he's black? The British think all black people in America have a connection to slavery, which is just wrong.

  • @lostalex77 What? No we don't! I think it was just a nice gift, I don't think it was referring the slavery aspect. How about the DVDs? Should I say something like The Americans all think people in Britain haven't seen movies and so need some? No, so dont be silly about it.

  • Here are the DVD regions to avoid confusion.

    1- US/Canada/Bahamas/Bermuda

    2- All of Europe + Middle East + S. Africa + Japan

    3- Indonesia + Taiwan

    4- Mexico, Central America, S. America, Australia + New Zealand

    5- Africa, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe

    6- China + Hong Kong

    Free- Works with all DVD players

  • do you still use "loo" for "toilets?"

  • @lillagah i do. I'm english.

  • Plaster casts here in Scotland are known as stookies.

  • it's that truth that you in England call the teachers professors like in harry Potter? I hear too in the film "The history Boys" that one of the professors called the quotations "Gobeat" or "gobit"

  • @osvaldo9191 No, that's something that used to happen back in the 70s and beforehand. I dont know why.

  • @osvaldo9191 I also remember "gobbits" from The History Boys but have never heard the word used in reality.

  • @osvaldo9191 No we don't!

  • @osvaldo9191 No I think you were smoking some Hogwarts weed!

  • hey thank you! im from malaysia, and i used to go to an international school for like 12 years. so when i went back home to malaysia, people keep saying that i have a certain accent, which apparently they thought was british, i personaly thought it sounded more like american. well i guess now your videos do clear things up for me.. :D

    i guess it must be because of my best friend who apparently is from birmingham. thanx again TRWolf :)

  • tut tut is tsk tsk in America.

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  • I think you´re cool, cause you´re like a teacher for free, and I think you enjoy doing it. I have watched more videos but you solve questions. And sth i like is that you DON´T care which sounds or is better, that´s cool.

    thanks a lot. I´m Mexican, and the same happens among spanish countries, like México V Spain or Latin-American countries, you know. Thank you very much.

  • @psychopavel

    You do know spanish means white?

    Real spaniards are white.

    You should say Spanish SPEAKERS next time.

  • As a kid I used to say 'bloody' A LOT. I mean, like when I was 5-6 years old hahaha! I'm sure I was the shame of my parents, but yeah I would say 'bloody hell' and use 'bloody' for emphasis when I was annoyed. I suspect I learnt that from my dear old mum. Bless her cotton socks. :P

  • FYI you can go up to 10:59 on Youtube videos.

  • anouther english slang for icepops / popsical is also lollipop or ice lolly,

    a lollypop is also suckers (lollipop is english, sucker is american)

    anouther thing ive not noticed you mention is a shopping basket like a shopping trolly, americans tend to call them shopping tote or something similar and shopping baskets are not widely used as they are in the uk, - From Amber (Im from wales / cardiff i could help out with a welsh slang vid if you wanted)

  • All this information is great. I am a native speaker who wants to speak in British accent, because I believe it sound more intellectually. Can you give some advice to people like me who wants to speak in British accent.

  • @maxberkay when offered a cigarette,Just don't say "No,Thank you,I don't smoke" if you don't smoke.instead,Just say "No,Thank you,I don't indulge" if you want to sound or speak British.

  • You leave me curious, sir. Could you give an age range on education levels? The French system didn't seem nearly as complex as you have it in the UK. :)

  • @sohnano Nursery: 4/5 Infants: 5-10 Secondary School - 11-16 6th Form/College - 17/18 and beyond.

  • @TRWolf  Thanks a million! :)

  • @TRWolf start secondary when your 10 ? don't know where the f*** in england you live mate lol

  • Ice lolly. :|

  • @BudScheisse I'm afraid I've never heard that one before...

  • @TRWolf You are awesome, it's really nice to see another person's take on these differences! (FYI I am from the uk, I live in surrey)

  • In England they call girls who dnt shave there arm pitts French

  • TRwolf stfu u meat dumpling

  • @budScheisse lol, use that more often, "you British Meat Dumpling!!"

  • A fagit in England is a ball If meat in gravy lmao

  • @budScheisse Trying to be funny? But yes, a faggot is a meat dumpling.

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  • A chav is what in America we call a guetto person. In Miami we call girls who like to wear tight clothing and big gold earrings (generally hoops or with their names on them) chongas. They're all chavs.... Wanna be losers!

  • @blueheart26 really? Here in Los Angeles we call ghetto people different things. Like a chav, which i think the closest equivilent would be white trash or wigger.. but the mexican gangsters we call cholos/cholas. Still, like the UK, and maybe to a larger extent, our slang and terms vary GREATLY from region to region, and even city to city.

  • Bumbershoot? I've never heard that either :)

  • 3:25 Oh that might explain the Irish rock band the Tossers than. That makes sense

  • I was told that people in the UK calls what we call "band-aids" in the US something different.

  • @mellbells Yes, we call them plasters.

  • I call a cast a "pot". Maybe it's a Teesside thing cos I would never dream of calling it a cast

  • do they have yorkshire puddings in the USA

  • @miller84157 No, apart from in British pubs and restaurants etc.

  • @miller84157 what the fuck are grits the only grits in england is the rock salt to melt snow on the roads and savoury scones are also called dumplings in UK

  • @miller84157 - Grits are a porridge-like hot breakfast cereal, they're generally eaten by people who have roots in the Southern U.S. especially African-Americans. It was originally a Native American food and is made from corn meal. You eat it just like you would oatmeal.

  • Sad Face Drawn On A Scrotum...(which is actually BADLY drawn face)...used by... Frankie Boyle on Mock The Week  :)

  • @zanderman004 Well mine's different then aint it? ;)

  • I would love to follow you on twitter..

  • I absolutely love your videos!! thank you..

  • @pasoldiersgirl You're too kind :)

  • @TRWolf i simply believe in being honest and your videos are fantastic!!

  • Don't know if anyone mentioned it but tot tot would be tisk tisk (tsk tsk) here.

  • wow thanks these videos helped me alot! i'm american and im in spain for an exchange year and i have english classes in my school here and theres so many british words in my textbooks that i didnt get. thanks for helping me figure it out :)

  • also in icepop in the uk is about a foot long and dosent have a stick. The type with a stick (popsickle) we call an ice lolly although we call brands like feast which are just frozen chocolate and icecream an ice lolly too. also your posh as fk and most people speak anything like you and a lot of american words are used weather or not its correct.

  • @LifeForm0 I'm not posh. What makes you say that?

  • what planet do you come from ? chavs aren't "wiggers" you get black chavs asian chavs an.d white chavs chavs to understand chavs you have to undertand hiphop music nd its progression in the uk usa hiphop-uk hiphop-hardcore-other forms of dance music chavs are also related to to football hooligans (see the film greeen stret a type of gang whose sole purpose is fighting over who has the better fotball/soccer teams) to a yank id say chavs are a mixture of white trash hiphop lifestyle ppl

  • @LifeForm0 I couldn't think of what the US version would be, but nowadays since making this vid I'd say they were a cross between white trash and Jersey Shore. You agree?

  • in UK they call a ''cast'' chalk???

    In US we have ''casts'' when you break a bone. and ''chalk'' what teachers use to draw on a ''chalk board'' or what little kids draw on there drive way with. what do you call chalk?

  • @jjd705 Nonono, we DON'T that's my point, someone told me that in the UK they were told we did, but we don't. A cast is when you break a bone, and chalk is chalk, lol

  • @TRWolf  sorry it's confusing.

  • @jjd705 who calls a cast chalk, WHO SAYS THAT, i'm english and i've never said that

  • In England:

    Pre School 2-3, Nursery 3-4, Primary 4-11 (Juniors 4-7, Infants 7-11), Secondary School 11-16, Sixth Form/College 16-18, University 18 +.

    SATs at 14, GCSEs at 16, A levels at 18.

    Reception and Years 1-6 at Primary School, Year 7-11 at Secondary School, Year 12/13 at Sixth form/College

  • what does "chop chop kid" mean ??

  • @elinakharel "chop chop!" means hurry up.

  • ice pops? its a lolly dammit

  • @drakoder Calm down, we use both. Wikipedia agrees with ice pop ;)

  • uk=garbage

    us=iphone

    wich one will u chose to have?

  • BUMBERSHOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROFL

  • In Ireland for the school system it goes Pre-school you go there when your about 3-4 then Primary school you go there From 5-12 Then on to secondary school you usually go there from 12/13-17/18 the you go to college or university

  • @3sixteendays That's the system we had in England until they decided to go all yank.

  • @thatsme1945 Ah i feel sorry for ye :P

  • Here´s a question for you Mr.TRWolf, do women in the UK refer to their friends as "mates" or is it more of a guy thing?

  • @Playster3 It's a girl thing too. We all do it. Mates can also refer to all friends, ie males and females.

  • @TRWolf But you still use the word "friend" as well,right?

  • @Playster3 Course we do :)

  • @TRWolf Ok thanks or should I say "cheers" for your time...mate :)

  • Here´s a question Mr.TRWolf, do women in the UK refer do their friends as "mates" or is it more of a guy thing?

  • Toilet is called "loo" in the UK if I remember correctly.

  • @Playster3 Yeah, that's sometimes used, ie "I'm just going to the loo", it's just another slang word for it.

  • In South Carolina a shopping cart is called a buggy.

  • I live in America moves from England and never said ice pop all ways said ice lolly

  • @dhoni01001 wtf is an ice pop? or an ice lolly??

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  • An American just transfered to my school, i was in charge of looking after them as i was the only person who knew what they were saying half the time.

    Thanks! Its Really Appreciated! :D

  • STEPHEN COLBERT FTW!

  • Is the world "Lou" still used?

  • I also know that when you 'flip someone off' is when you give them the finger :) x

  • 2:33 Frankie Boyle joke! ;D Boo-yah! lol Love that guy so much ;) xx

  • ? T-O I am in north England (west Yorkshire) I have nether hired anyone call a ice lolly an ice pop.

  • @peaka567 Really? I hear both here. Ice pop tends to refer to those long refresher types you get in the freezer though.

  • @peaka567 I'm in England and have never heard of ice pop. LOL

  • I am an American and I love the UK. I have once before and really want to go back. I think it is fun to find out what we call stuff and what y'all call stuff. American Football is not like rugby but no worries. When I visited the UK I was really surprised by all the American culture in the UK, like TV, Movies, Music and people knew who our politicians were. I was really surprised by that because none of my friends know much about British Culture like I do or about UK politicians like I do.

  • What's this about in america they have Region 1 dvds & in britain we have Region 2?

    I'm confused about that and what it means?...xx

  • @Niiamh208 There are about 4 different DVD regions worldwide, and about 2 or 3 for blu-ray disks. Basically it is how the DVDs are played. They try and stop people, say from the UK, buying DVD's from USA when they come out over there, because the US gets them before most of the other countries. We have region 2, the US have region 1, so we cant play their disks, unless we buy a multi-region player. The disks play at different speeds

  • When I lived in Birkenhead in '79 I was accused of being posh because I called cutlery silverware, but in the states that is what we call all cutlery even if it is made of tin. I was often asked if I wanted a bath when I asked for the bathroom and again was accused of putting on airs !!!! Thanks for the video it is enjoyable.

  • I'm from Wales, (in the Uk) and what we call nappys americans call dipers ;) sorry a random one. :DD

  • @Smile2k10xx I think the whole of the UK calls them Nappies lol

  • In scotland we call "Ice Pops" "Ice lollys" or at least we do where i live in scotland.

  • @emz5003 Ice lollys here too (Im from Cheshire, living in North Wales). I think its just the Yorkshire people who say different stuff lol

  • 2:24 he's not our prime minister now :)

  • @Turtlesilikethem I'll just warm up the time machine...

  • @Turtlesilikethem nope, there's an ever bigger cunt, oh sorry *cunts* in power who have already destroyed everyone's comfortable stable way of life and turned it to shit with everyone desperate for money!

  • steeling Jeremy clarksons quotes are we? lol

  • @86MrMarcus i mean frankie boyle woops

  • @86MrMarcus Quoting someone isn't stealing. Also, its one of the rare quotes of his I found funny. I can't particularly stand the guy.

  • @TRWolf ok borrowing! better? :)

  • @86MrMarcus Well no. I'm just quoting him. It's not borrowing or stealing to quote someone.

  • i live in england and what you call an ice-pop i call an ice-lolly

  • @Turtlesilikethem We use both really.

  • I am curious about kiwi v British. Ie serviette (nz)=napkin, heaps(nz)= lots, togs(nz)=swimming trunks, grits(nz) =undies, mint(nz)=tidy, wee(nz)= small, sweet as(nz) =great

  • @Thechristiancullen Serviette is paper, napkin is cloth. Heaps and Lots are both used in the UK. Togs in the UK tends to mean general clothes. Undies are used in the UK, but never "grits", I believe that's a food in the USA!. Mint and tidy are both used in the UK but they're very regional and not that modern phrases. Wee originates in Scotland. Sweet and great are both used :)

  • @TRWolf Sweet as bro. I have enjoyed your vid's.

  • tisk tisk . . .

  • so whats the difference between college and university? in america they are the same thing. thanks. ive enjoyed your vids.