British vs American Words Part Two

[IntoTheFrenzy89]

I wish I had these videos when I was first reading and watching Harry Potter books and movies. There's so much british lingo I had no clue what they were talking about but I figured it out over the years lol

[corydora2012]

really interesting



[xsassyxbluex]

i thought that was pretty cool

[N1Kburchy]

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[onedirectionsm]

youre funny! im from wales and my friend is coming over from ireland, would you do a video on irish slang?:)

[bookfiend2009]

Tights=leotards I guess it depends where in America you are from

[monkeysrj]

We call it taxi, and there is a sandwich place in the us called subways. We call it bangs usually, but sometimes fringe. And its diaper! Okay!? Not nappy! Thats weird!

[monkeysrj]

I used to call tights pantyhose when i was little. But now i call them tights. Also, there is a sandwich shop in the us call subways. It just depends what your referring to. And yes it is called bangs! Some people in the us do say fringe though. Gah i hate it when you say nappy! When you go to the store is "nappy" printed on the box? That would be weird...

[twilightmaniac717]

Um, never called for a cab before. Only taxis. You don't know very much about the "American Language" do you?

[IntoTheFrenzy89]

@twilightmaniac717 well he's british so obviously not lol but he got almost everything right except for the taxi part. Plus I doubt we could do better lol

[chichi91ish]

call it both apartments and flats, they are two different things, its both diapers and nappies totally two different things..i say football n i say both term n semester a term is for high school and semester is for uni or college...tights and panty hose r two different things so i use both

[meganlynnn013]

loll umm did anybody from a america say "torches...?"

[HigorIgnaccio]

British it's the best english (L)

[Amber3216]

you're cute. LOL.<3

[IfIWasYourVampireMM]

Dude, going to see the Chemist sounds so much cooler!

[christartista]

When I came to the UK I had a real problem explaining to people what an eggplant is... British call it aubergine

[FoxInAShoe]

No offense, but doesn't a purse go in a handbag? They are not the same thing. Btw, English.

[19JLEO86]

@FoxInAShoe|I'm American - In America, a purse and a handbag are the same thing really.

@lukecooldude, Americans say tap, depending on the region of the country.

[ascarletmoon17]

Did you people know that if you said 'can I borrow your rubber' her in America that would mean your asking for a condom... 0.o

[rjb112010]

I say taxi, cab, or sometimes even taxi cab.

Someone else mentioned the tights/pantyhose thing.

I'll occasionally hear someone say "tap," especially since we have the word "tap water." We DON'T say faucet water. :)

We have vests. They're just armless jackets/coats.

Some people say handbag. I've even seen the term be gender neutral, but mostly we do say purse.

We have fringe. It's that stuff that hangs decoratively off of, like, rugs and stuff.

[IceMetalPunk]

We're saying we want to ride a sandwich shop...but guess where the shop got its name from? That's right, from the New York subway system! Boom, headshot XD .

[AshleyKaulitz007]

In the US we use both taxi and cab. I guess it just depends on who you are and where you are. Personally, I call them taxis. I even know people who call them taxi cabs...

[benebene765120]

lol in england it's called the tube you don't even know your languadge lol :P

[IceMetalPunk]

@benebene765120 I've heard both tube and underground, so I guess either way works.

[benebene765120]

@IceMetalPunk oh :P

[Erbsenmaedchen99]

@benebene765120 I'm not from England, but I ever thought you call the underground in London the tube, and somewhere else not.

[nellie2581]

Interesting. Please Mr. Postman by the Marvelettes. Movie the Postman always rings twice. In people say drug store. In America way say taxi or cab. Most of the words you said I already knew because I learned British English first, I used to watch BBC in Belgium before moving to America (USA). I will apply my knowledge when I visit the UK. I prefer petrol than gas, but I say gas because most Americans don't know what petrol means I think.

[nellie2581]

In Trinidad, people also says drug store.

[nellie2581]

The Postman always rings twice!

[nellie2581]

Please Mr. Postman by the Marvelettes an all-girl group in the 50-60s (USA).

[nellie2581]

I say taxi, I don't say cab

[nellie2581]

Exciting

[Lalla89lau]

NUMERO DUE :D

Very interesting!

[CNepusz]

a timetable, well i think its timestable are what we used in school to learn how to multiply numbers.

[xXMrSkimpyXx]

we call for taxis...we eat sweets...Im american

[littlecowconspiracy]

We use cabs and taxi and we say sweets, tights and handbags too in the same way =)

[lostalex77]

a "stroller" in britain is called a PRAM, not push chair.

[Memary8888]

I don't know 'bout everyone else but I rarely ever use the word 'cab’ when talking about a taxi, or at all for that matter, I only say taxi =]

[youngchris209]

yeahhhhh!! ur like shane dawson but in british

[redmamysara]

In America we have taxi's too xD we use both terms,

[nellie2581]

@redmamysara That's true, I say taxi more often than I say cab

[MzMelliRose]

love the videos.

[okpapereat]

in canada we have taxis, america meaning usa have cabs

[lostalex77]

@okpapereat you're an idiot, they are called taxi's in america too, and Canada copies EVERYTHING from america, stop trying to pretend like Canada is any different.

[nellie2581]

@okpapereat In America we use both the term cab and taxi

[MrMulticulturalist]

Hi, how are you! Hey, you're so wonderful :p 

[jocelyn1992]

Pushchair I think is more Southern

Pram is used up here in the North more :)

[KryztalKitsu]

@jocelyn1992 I'm from the North and I call them strollers. :)

(I actually had to look up those two words because I wasn't sure what they were! haha XD)

[senorSHAZAM]

I would say "call a cab" but then I'd say "look, theres a taxi." So really that one depends on the context. I've never been to the "drug store," but I have gone to the pharmacy (usually in Kroger, CVS, or Walgreens.. not its own separate store). We have pantyhose, AND tights, but they're different. My mom says purse and handbag interchangeably.

[worganyos]

i'm American and i never say "cab" i always say "taxi"

[TheZrhckr]

@worganyos u r an USA person :) America is bigger than USA

[worganyos]

@TheZrhckr you know exactly what i mean

[IntoTheFrenzy89]

@worganyos same same i'm american and have never said cab a bit 1920s for my taste lol

[amkirk94]

"I want to ride the subway"

"Here's your sandwich, go ahead and ride it!"

[jocelyn1992]

@amkirk94 Thats a different (very odd) video ;)

[SamLynn93]

Well actually we (American here) have tights AND pantyhose. Tights are thicker and made of a bit of cotton which little girls mainly wear, while pantyhose are more sheer and what women wear! :) It's not your fault, your just a guy

[jocelyn1992]

@SamLynn93 what you call tights in Englan are called thick tights or woolly tights (even though they wont be made of wool :P ) or maybe winter tights and your pantyhose we just called tights.

[sstrictmachine]

uhm no not all americans say yall. just the southerners do.

[miniskirtz]

english people say "you guys" and americans say "y'all"

[twistedmelno5]

I don't know about the cab/taxi thing. I've never actually met anyone in the US that says Cab rather than Taxi.

[VerlindeTV]

Most of these words I use :D

[EricTheKartoonKing]

awesomely interesting, both videos. hopefully someday I'll visit Britain to apply my knowledge haha 

[nellie2581]

@EricTheKartoonKing Me too.

[beanbaggyful]

I am English, living in the USA, married to an American. My husband thinks it's funny when the waitress comes to the table and says "everything ok?" and I say, "lovely thank you" :0)

[nostalgiamelancolia1]

The correct spelling is "Nappies" not "Nappys"

[star1grace1]

subway is a sandwhich place in america and its amazing

[LLOYD19851012]

@star1grace1 We have Subway shops in the U.K.

[nellie2581]

@star1grace1 Subway is also a long sandwich, not just a sandwich place, shortened to sub

[IceMetalPunk]

@nellie2581 I'm pretty sure a sub sandwich is short for "submarine sandwich", not "subway sandwich"...as in, it's long like a submarine...

[notallthatevil]

what american says pantyhose?

[Haysmyles]

@notallthatevil not sure i say tights. im a guy BTW

[RacheeseV]

Undershirts are shirts with sleeves and vests are sleeveless and they are both worn underneath the shirt.

[RacheeseV]

we call them tights too.

[RacheeseV]

no we don't say faucet we say tap.

[nellie2581]

@RacheeseV We say faucet and tap

[msluvinlivin]

I live in the US and I call them tights, and I also call it a taxi (maybe sometimes a cab)..

[ilovesparky13]

@msluvinlivin i hear people use the words 'cabs' and 'taxis' pretty equally.

[HereMason]

Hahaha xD

[TotalCrumbs]

love it when u said u they go to the drug store and we go to the chemist im a londoner lol.

[nostalgiamelancolia1]

In Britain,if you live in Oxford and need to go to London,they say "I'm going down to London" because Oxford is located sort of northwest of London.I use this form of speech here in the US. people who travel from the New York to Florida are coming down to Florida.

[nostalgiamelancolia1]

@r2leetoo it's just a different used in British to mean dessert,but everyone know what dessert means.

[nostalgiamelancolia1]

A response to a "Thank you" is you're welcome in America.in Britain is "My pleasure"

[dabigfosse]

@nostalgiamelancolia1 either is fine 

[AnimeWaterFall]

Nappys sound so CUTE!! Im so calling dippers that from now on!! :D

[8kinkos8]

We Americans use cab and taxi interchangeably. The same is true of candy and sweets, faucet and tap, and pantyhose and tights.

[xomissbieberxo]

I say tights! not pantyhose and i am DEFINETELY NOT britsh!! but i love the british ppl! :D still half of hose words i say like taxi and sweets, vests, handbags! Altho my grandma is frm there LOL tht mad noo sense i take everything back! :)

[snapealways]

We have purses and handbags, also we don't call them pushchairs, they are prams.

[snapealways]

We have a purse and a handbag, also we don't have pushchairs we have prams.

[Devintuel]

And damn myself for commenting while still watching. Forcing me to triple post. >.<...you are saying that Adult Link from Zelda OoT wore Pantyhose?!

[Devintuel]

Also, I'd rather go to a Chemist than a Drug Store. When I think drugs, i think bad drugs... And to be clear, I'm american =L

[Devintuel]

I've never heard of a Taxi being called a cab, unless referring to it's driver or the gameshow "Cash-Cab". A cab-driver drives a Taxi. It was always confusing to me, why didn't they drive cabs?

[nostalgiamelancolia1]

@Devintuel a taxi is also a cab and you also can mix the two words and say "Taxicab"

[RiciSakura]

ur awesome <3 <3 <3 and so hot^^ luv that american vs english

[littlesmew]

Actually coolLukewarm in the UK the subway is the name used for an under-ground walk way. The subway sandwich phenomenon is from the USA. Also why have you adopted your strange trans-Atlantic twang to deliver your video, it sounds odd, noone in the UK says 'you guys' apart from you.

[Tr0p1ca10as1s]

actually, we call them both taxis and cabs (either way's normal) and we call them both pantyhose and tights. Although tights are for girls about ages 12- and pantyhose are for ages 13+ (those are about the ages, not exact!!!)

[Liya2343]

Its funny because we have "Tight" and "Panyhose" Ones just thicker material than the other.

[Can2Cameron]

we have hot chicks and you have hot chicks with hotter accents

[1Sky1]

german and english terminology is archaic from the middle ages. torches, handbags, tights, taps, etc...haha. like german "filthy rich" is steinreich, or stone rich. i could be wrong but that's just how i interpret it, and there is nothing wrong with the archaism; i just think it's cool.

[theamazingmelon]

We call them taxis?

[CanadiaMiliatry15]

Canada uses a mix of both terms.

[TheIndigoHeart]

I say pram or buggy instead of push chair. I'm from scotland.

[danniandmarkie]

I call it a pharmacy not drug store lol.

[Theforgottenmist]

 chemist means a person who makes meth and crack in my part of america

[dakotajoe14]

i was glad to see you you speak in malay number dua haha

[TheonlyMusicgirl]

I use most of those words haha plus my whole family is Spanish

[WakeBoarderMatt]

We used to have an underground railroad in the US, lol

[r0ckinOUTloud]

@WakeBoarderMatt yeah but it wasn't underground, or really a railway. And it was used to escape america, lol

[IamCanadian72]

Pushchairs?? Lol, that's good.

[turtlelover1996]

In America, fringe is the frilly stuff on the side of paper when you tear it out of a notebook.

[Pikachufan2882]

LOL I am english and the only english word in this vid I use is fringe.

I'm an english fail!

[HojoOSanagi]

Two distinct thing that Canadians say is sometimes instead of calling it a subway, we'll call it the metro and also a drugstore/chemist is a pharmacy.

[jonnoj2222]

In south New Jersey, we call those long sandwiches Hoagies. In North New Jersey, they call them Grinders. In Parts of NYC, they're called subs. But in other parts of New York and some of Pennsylvania, they're called heros. It SUCKS ordering sandwiches around here...... :(

[kcjcgroup]

I call it a taxi cab... I guess I'm both English and American!!

[iElyricSi]

wow i never knew amercia called the chemist a drug store :O haha

[crissiepurple]

we say sweets for candy sometimes and taxis for cabs. some of our words are similar, but i love british/english accents. basically i like any accent that's not mine sometimes. (american-missouri accent)

[NnintendoGamer4911]

I don't know why Americans think us english people are posh? The only realy posh people are the royal family or rich turds. My mum sometimes says im posh... I don't think so. I have a friend on facebook from the U.S.A and I asked him "are Americans gun loving people" he said no... never trust movies...

[monkeydashley]

your video is highly educational. before viewing this, i had no idea that "fringe" was another word for bangs.

Though,we don't call tights 'pantyhose' in America. In America, tights are called 'Dr.Tobias.'

[mvr80]

Where's part 3?

[gabriellez613]

hhehehe this is da best blog evaahh

[JustJaida]

I say Taxi and I'm Amerian.

[treANDlisa1234]

hahaha i lovvveeee this ur sooo funny lol

[RivaWitch]

A lot of you words we also use here. Here a purse and a hand bag are two different things. Just like Tights and pantyhose. Cany sweets as well.

[StephaniePage123]

I say tights.(:

[Pyrofreak321]

im american and i say taxi and petrol, YOU LIAR

[ehelms12]

we have pantyhose and tights. they are basically the same but a little different.

[NewMilleniumFilm]

I'm American and I say taxi, but New Yorkers and other Americans living in big cities tend to say cab. And we have both pantyhose and tights. Pantyhose are thin and cheaper and tights are thicker, better quality.

I know a Brit who couldn't figure out the Vin Diesel movie called the Pacifier, lol. So, I guess you don't use that word.

[nostalgiamelancolia1]

@NewMilleniumFilm you can also mix the two words and say "Taxicab"

[leletate1]

haha! love ur vidz. soo funny : )

[leletate1]

: )

[sAreforfags]

VIDEO 3! VIDEO 3! I love seeing the differences lol.

[glitzzzandblis95]

we say taxi alot.... and we do use the word sweets..... we use tap when we say tapwater..... and we also say tights too..... ppl say handbags

[linwooddillard11]

ur soo funny omg ur like a british davedays!!!!! u earned a subscriber!

[linwooddillard11]

omfg ur uber cute with ya hair straight keep it like thaT!!!

[Jarianno]

dont u also call the toilet... the loo?

[cameliabellisima]

torches? really? lol

[kcalamita22]

Fringeee:)

[fllnsmth]

I watched a video of a guy with a northern english accent and he called erasers "rubbers". I don't know if you call them that as well, but I thought I'd throw that out there! :)

[czajkowskijec]

@fllnsmth yes nobody says eraser we call it a rubber, we also know that it can refer to a condom but we don't use the word rubber for a condom hardly ever...mostly i'd say we refer to condoms as johnny's.

[owballet]

I'm American and we, or I, say Taxis, sweets and candy, and tights, never pantyhose

[harriettewinslow]

We often use "taxi" as well.

[supercoopers4]

My mom is English but she doesnt have an accent and she was born in England and my Nana has lived in England her whole life but now she is in

America and sometimes i cant even understand her

[pahleetree]

americans call bangs fringe too. like "emo fringe"

[Misssmallwonderz]

coooooooooooooool

[Sweetpea3186]

Im british, n i say dessert and pudding. wtf faucet/tap??

[spazmcgee17]

we say tights too

[Sexyav22]

LMAO..riding a sandwich..

[Kelsie154]

i already commented on part one. ha we use both on: - flat/apartment - taxis (we don't use cabs) - candy/sweets - bangs/fringe - mailman/postman - pantyhose/tights (but tights is more commonly used) - undershirts/vests - purse/handbag - subway is also a sandwich place here. lol of course, i use more of 'your' words than my own countries. everyone where i'm from does. :P

[Tears0fAnAngel]

haha the american versions are so odd! (im living in london)

[BrydenAnnLove]

Really funny(:

Some of them we use in America though.

We say taxi more often than cab.

Scene kids call their bangs 'fringe'

I think you might have the wrong impression of a 'drug store' haha(:

Tights is more commonly used than 'pantyhose' unless you're like 80.

Subway is a sandwich place here too! (:

Handbag here is a purse without a strap. Like a clutch. =D

This is really entertaining though! You're good. Have you ever been to America?

[rachelliott15]

some of our words are the same... like I say tights and I live in america

[hotshorty]

icebox = fridge

[jingle3]

Great videos! I'm American and my wife is British, so I'm very familiar with those words. What about what we call dessert - you call it pudding. Or the parts of a car. We call it the hood, you call it the bonnet. What we call the trunk, you call the boot. Then there's the elevator, which you call the lift . I'm sure I'll think of more as soon as I post this. Thanks.

[lukecooldude]

@jingle3 thank you! part 3 coming up!, do subscribe!

[iNafeH]

@jingle3 nooo! your wife is english man! ENGLISH! not british

[clanakent]

Like most of those words are here in America we just have multiple ways of saying them. LMAO Torches? OMG If I were to say "Mom could you get me a torche from the store?" She'd look at my ass like I was stupid!

[XaviersAutumn]

I'm American, and I use almost every word from the British side. I don't know why? My whole family does too lol

[Homicidexx]

LOL you guys say pushchairs? aha

[livelaughlove0864]

a lot of the words are words we also use. for example we say taxi or cab. we don't say chemist, though. that makes me think of some science labratory. anyways, it is interesting to see the differences in languages. i'm going to visit england on a school trip next year, so hopefully people won't stare at me like i am a complete idiot when i say the wrong words. anyways, i enjoy ur videos so continue making them. peace :)

[BriGhTaNdSunNey]

i say tights not pantyhoes....

[baigandine]

Taxi and cab are both used in the US

[Homicidexx]

same in Canada

[L3DSON]

chemist sounds awsome

[baigandine]

When I think of a chemist I think of someone who will give Juliet a sleepiing potion.

[OMGitsLucy814]

I like nappys most :) hahaha

[latexlieutenant]

Haha i l like the random faces you make. But what does "subscribe" mean? And if you aren't getting paid for this, then how does more people benefit you? Just wondering, because people always say that....sorry for rambling.

[lukecooldude]

it's okay :] and thanks. well i like it when i get comments and people watch my videos, youtube isn't just for earning and partners. plus if i like someones videos, partners or not, i'd like to see their new ones when they are uploaded :]

[MACismyboyfriend]

great video!! you're funny ahha <3

[cutebull101]

what if i want to ride a sanwich? I mean they would be rather soft unless its stale...sorry im weird but some of them are weird like you call it a chemist lol

[juzz1994]

We call them Pharmacies too. :) Brits are amazing but i love the American dialect. =D