This is a late post...but I'm an American living in Europe and here are some things we find funny: 1.) UK: Have a shower USA: Take a shower 2.) UK: At the weekend USA: On the weekend 3.) UK: waist-coat USA: Vest 4.) UK: Flat/Flatmate USA: Apartment/Roommate 5.) (MY FAVORITE) UK: RUBBER means CONDOM in the USA (we say Eraser for the thing that erases things).
Roland, I forgot this little tidbit. In Georgia, I had two female British friends (sisters). We were talking about some differences in British and American English. Hilda said that when she first came to the states she went to this covenience store and asked for a "pack of fags." She said, "Of course, they thought I was asking for a pack of homosexuals. Joyce (her sister) corrected me!." Then Hilda looks a me and says, "You'd like a pack of fags, now wouldn't you, Tom?" "Oh yeah!" I said.
ok.. umm .. UK says lady friend,and ,USA says girlfriend.. but what do you say for boyfriend? and i would say noonie for a pacifier and for a stroller its a stroller in the USA.. so its the same..
Anyway, British English or English English is a much more colorful (or colourful) in my opinion. Hey, England is the origin of the language and has had a longer history than the US. "He really gets on my tits." OR "He really gets on my wick." (Of course, that can be interpreted in another VERY interesting way!)
@jborges311 LOL i do find it funny how we have an extra U in colour haha LOL but yeah we do have some weird ways of saying somethings.. When i went to Canada i think i scared some people there with things i said haha i forget that it means something different haha Thanks for the comments ^_^
Hi, Roland! Well, I used to be an ESL teacher and loved showing the diversity of the English language in English-speaking countries. So for my upper level English classes I would compare American and British English as an example. (I've been to England 3 times by the way. I LOVE England!) Example: "I'll knock you up around seven."/British (trans. I'll come by your place around seven) "I knocked up my girlfriend."/American (trans. I got my girlfriend pregnant).
its a shame here in Malta they used to start us drinking and going clubbing at 16 but since 2009 its 17 years old now but we can start smoking at 16 but to buy cigarettes from the supermarket you need to be 18 and we can enter a casino when were 21 but to play you have to be 25..
I love this video...In America baccy is tobacco here. But I actually know more English words than I do American...and I'm not from England..I love England..I'm kinda obsessed with it actually. Okay, lie..I AM obsessed with England. I've been wanting to go there since I was a child. I love you Ronald!!!! ^_^ <3
@ForeverYours1011 LOL my name is Roland :P:P:P:P ^_^ but thanks see its the other way round here i know loads of US stuff coz its all we were shown as kids growing up on TV
Most of the words in the US are quite similar to UK words. well as far as I have noticed. Its the one off words like here-bathroom-loo. and then slang type words. But stuff like fall/autumn is interchangeably used here.
@rubburducky yeah i was kinda just going by this site and others places lol so i am sure there are more of the words i used here that are said over there but was funny when i went to Canada and just getting confused with people when they asked me things lol
I also like how the pissed means drunk in UK English, but in the US if your pissed it means you are mad, lol that would make for some interesting miscommunications!
@americancarguy Well we say it for both haha like if we are omg i was pissed then you would be drunk but if you said i was pissed off then you're angry lol
It's actually amazing how some of UK Words are not too different from US words, we say stroller and supermarket too. One thing I know that's different you say Rubber and we say Eraser (Rubber in the US actually refers to a condom), or you guys say Plaster and we say Band-aid.
My teacher (who's french,actually) said "Today we're playing football for gym," and since almost everyone in class loves football, we were excited.Instead we played soccer >_> Funny,I say about half these words.I'm not American btw lol
So it may have been said already. as this is Months old... but I live in California on the west coast of the U.S. and the following from your list are commonly said both ways, really depends on the person =)
Oh great! Your youtube lesson has been very useful for me. If you consider I'm from italy and I everytime get confused among British English words and American ones, it'll be easy you to understand how difficult might be for us remember the right meaning of each word. Anyway, I like your simple and basic explanation :). But, confidently I have nor to admit that I prefer England more and more than the Us, because, the weather though, I like English guys :). Anyway well-looking guy, too...bye :)
I prefer UK english over US english even though i live in the US. Something weird is that nobody in my family speaks UK english but ever since i was younger i would talk UK english and kids in school used to pick on me for it. Now i kind of force myself to speak US english. In year 4 i had a teacher who would mark my spelling exams wrong because i would spell them the UK english way. Anyway, i thought id share that weird thing with you.
haha nice vid dude! i heard what we call a fanny pack is what u guys call a bum bag, and that fanny is slang for a girls private part in the uk lol also in america the drinking age used to be 18 but it was then raised to 21
Most of us Americans say stoller not baby carriage.
We say research and (I'm not sure how accurate this is) some English say "gen up"
If you said "trollie" here, people would think you meant a tram, like those Dutch electric train things. We don't have those here, but they're well know.
We use cupboard, cabinet, and closet. Typically closets are built into a house whereas cupboards are typically freestanding pieces of furniture. The storage space in the kitchen we usually call cupboards and/or cabinets.
Also we use the words jelly and jam. Jam usually has bits of fruit inside as opposed to jelly which doesn't.
My mom is from England and come over there every summer and when we're there we go to the pubs. I'm 13 and I'm able to order my dad's alcohol... (; Hehe. Love you Rolannnddd! <3
Hey just found you on youtube xD love your stuff you have so much energy and charisma, I love it, I will be subscribing defilnetly ;D ohh and I'm from Scotland and we call a petrol station a garage but thats about the only one I can think of lol ^__^
Hey just found you on youtube xD love your stuff you have so much energy and charisma, I love it, I will be subscribing defilnetly ;D ohh and I'm from Scotland and we call a petrol station a garage but thats about the only one I can think of lol ^__^
@TheWeeSteph Haha garage to me is just the building you have near your house to keep your car in, or some people put a little workshop in it or something :)
Hahahaha you are amazing :D And you talk like REALLY fast. Loved the vid - it made me realize how much my English has changed from what I've been taught at school, where they teach us the British English (and stuff like "trousers"), whereas now ever since I started watching all those US tv shows, I can relate to the US words much more. Dominika, Czech Republic.
Um, actually "drapes" and "curtains" are interchangeable here in the USA. A "stroller" is a more commonly used word than a "baby carriage". And yes, we do call them "shopping carts". :D This was super interesting! I'm really intrigued by how differently American English has evolved from UK English. :D Much love from Wyoming!
If someone in america is attractive, we say they're hot, attractive, beautiful, pretty, gorgeous, or cute. And I think in the UK they say 'fit' for something that looks good
americans call a tap a faucet.... and in america trainers are called sneekers and i think in south africa they call them tikkies.... traffic lights are called robots in south africa haha.... what is the meaning of batty??? i never understand what it is!!
hi roly! i love this video so much! i knew most of that stuff but u where the one whou taught me! lol :))
and yeah u can say the words that u say the same but the accent is changing it so much like the word vitamins and few other... can u say them next time? :)
I hate it whe people start saying "it's stupid to call it that" "it's stupid to spell it that way". So rude. What's your point?? And if anything, saying that something spelled in British English is stupid (or whatever) is actually a stupid thing to say, isn't it? I mean as far as I know American English came from UK English. These topics although interesting are always risky :/
My brother is british well I guess I am I was just born in the U.S. well anyways my little brother jack calls it the back garden and we call it the back yard
a lot of the UK English words you said are generally the same in the US like stroller, curtains, sometimes pavement, supermarket, autumn, and hoodie (which is different from a sweatshirt) oh and in American English, jam is different from jelly. aaand we use nappy to describe the pen-spring-tight coiled natural hair of people of African descent xD
@RolyUnGashaaHD Other interesting South African English words: "braai" (brrrr-aaai) for a BBQ "hoesit" (how-sit) for "how is it?" "lekker" (lack-err) for "it is nice" or "excellent" "takkies" (tack-is) for sneakers, trainers, running shoes "my china" or "my bru" (brew) for my friend or mate "bakkie" (buck-ie) for a pickup truck "moffie" (mm-hof-ie) for a faggot, gay, queer We have an entire gay slang in SA as well especially in Cape Town. Shout out from SA. Not looking forward to end of VEDM!
South Africa has 11, yes ELEVEN official languages! And like most English speaking countries we have our own unique words.. So diffs between SA Eng and UK Eng; a traffic light is called a "robot".. Then we have some very unique words like just now and a variant now, now which could mean that we'll do something a bit later or when we get an opportunity. Otherwise we also say yes, no (Afrikaans ja, nee) which is a total oxymoron and has various meaning but generally means sure or thats a fact.
i'm english, and i hate it when my american friends correct me for using english terms/pronunciations. i normally just remind them what country i come from. then i ask them what language we're speaking. normally shuts them up :)
We say stroller as well! It depends where you are in America what they call a trolly in the south we call it a buggy, up north they call it a shopping cart. A trolly is a train car type thing! This was super interesting! You guys call a comforter something different too don't you? Like a duvet or something? Like the heavy blanket that goes on top of the sheets. Haha
Sorry for my dutch comments but it is about the same phenomenon in Dutch. We in the Netherlands have to learn some of those differences between American and UK-English, though we have to learn UK-English.
@kimeke16 Be ons proate we, mistal nie heul plat, moar we kunne 't wel. Bij ons in de familie zeggenn ze dingen als: luste gullie nog un stukske gebak. Leuke zin is trouwens: da zin ie nie. (dat zei hij niet). Maar wij gebruiken hier wel meer woorden die ook in België gebruikt worden al geldt dat ook voor duitse woorden. Kwoon in Noordoost-Brabant dus maar als je Helmonds intikt op youtube. Dat klinkt wel eender.
In Canada, the freeway/motorway could be called any of the following: highway (most common), expressway, throughway, parkway, expressway, autoroute (Quebec), or the TransCanada (for the set of highways that go coast to coast across all provinces). And there are probably more names.
@kimeke16 Yes, but we have the same differences between Dutch and flemish-Dutch. Although where I come from Noord-Brabant the differences are less big. O, Ik vind Vlaams altijd keileuk, maar ik vind het nog steeds grappig dat jullie als je woordjes verkleint enkel een -ke erachter plakt. Bij ons doen we dat ook maar verandert de klank. Manneke-menneke, hoekske-huukske-bomke?-bumke.
Here in the Pacific Northwest US, jelly is fruit spread that has the seeds removed (so seedless raspberry/strawberry/blackberry ect) while jam is fruit spread with the seeds left in! I am not sure about elsewhere in the US though. I agree with what everyone has been saying about soda and pop, I grew up saying pop but my cousins from the Midwest say soda.
The term "faggot" is now being used more as a gay slur in English schools now...usually just the odd "oh, you faggot." ect...
AllThingsGay4 15 hours ago
This is a late post...but I'm an American living in Europe and here are some things we find funny: 1.) UK: Have a shower USA: Take a shower 2.) UK: At the weekend USA: On the weekend 3.) UK: waist-coat USA: Vest 4.) UK: Flat/Flatmate USA: Apartment/Roommate 5.) (MY FAVORITE) UK: RUBBER means CONDOM in the USA (we say Eraser for the thing that erases things).
sybilasiska 22 hours ago
Roland, I forgot this little tidbit. In Georgia, I had two female British friends (sisters). We were talking about some differences in British and American English. Hilda said that when she first came to the states she went to this covenience store and asked for a "pack of fags." She said, "Of course, they thought I was asking for a pack of homosexuals. Joyce (her sister) corrected me!." Then Hilda looks a me and says, "You'd like a pack of fags, now wouldn't you, Tom?" "Oh yeah!" I said.
jborges311 1 day ago
We say apartment you say flat.
MsLimeful 1 day ago
ok.. umm .. UK says lady friend,and ,USA says girlfriend.. but what do you say for boyfriend? and i would say noonie for a pacifier and for a stroller its a stroller in the USA.. so its the same..
tom14405 1 day ago
I use jelly for the spread with no fruit and jam a spread with fruit. It is interesting how languages develop.
tigerlillymoonflower 1 day ago
Holy fuck!!! U speak so fast.... but I still think this is a really good vid! :)
DannySuazteguii 2 days ago
shit another fag
quosmo1 2 days ago
@quosmo1 STFU WHO THE HELL ASKED FOR YOUR OPINION!!!!!
cookiezbit3r 1 day ago in playlist Favorite videos
@cookiezbit3r ... or yours for that matter
quosmo1 1 day ago
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cookiezbit3r 1 day ago
@quosmo1 now your reallyyy starting to piss me off!!!!!
cookiezbit3r 1 day ago
@cookiezbit3r congratulations, glad im doing it for you. i think.
quosmo1 1 day ago
Oh my god, do you ever breathe?
Maiensee 6 days ago
I could listen to you talk for an hour!
Enoriath 1 week ago 2
@Enoriath HAHA omg love it ^_^
RolyUnGashaaHD 1 day ago
ahahah yes, if you were a showman your shows would last more or less 15 min ahahahah XD (but they would be really funny :D )
ilallable 2 weeks ago
@ilallable LOL would be funny i am sure i would make people go mad after a while lol
RolyUnGashaaHD 1 day ago
gosh ... can't you just HOLD IT?? .. u talk fast .. !!!!
but anyways ,, i think ENGLISH ENGLISH is the winner .. lolz
thanx DUDE ^^
noshah26 2 weeks ago
@noshah26 Nope life is to short to slow down haha Blame the hyperness :P
RolyUnGashaaHD 1 day ago
Purple contacts?
Avonleay 2 weeks ago
@Avonleay Yep my fav colour hehe
RolyUnGashaaHD 1 day ago
Aluminum.
England- Al-you-min-ee-um
America- Al-oo-min-um
(I prefer the British way of saying it. :D
IdkWtfIAmAnymore 2 weeks ago
@IdkWtfIAmAnymore I'm from England and I pronounce it al-ah-min-yum...
JackBrockley 2 weeks ago
@JackBrockley My grandma said that she pronounced it how I said. It might depend on the part of England. I don't know.
IdkWtfIAmAnymore 2 weeks ago
@IdkWtfIAmAnymore OMG when ever i talk to someone from the US they always make me say this haha and Water Bottle haha
RolyUnGashaaHD 1 day ago
Anyway, British English or English English is a much more colorful (or colourful) in my opinion. Hey, England is the origin of the language and has had a longer history than the US. "He really gets on my tits." OR "He really gets on my wick." (Of course, that can be interpreted in another VERY interesting way!)
jborges311 2 weeks ago
@jborges311 LOL i do find it funny how we have an extra U in colour haha LOL but yeah we do have some weird ways of saying somethings.. When i went to Canada i think i scared some people there with things i said haha i forget that it means something different haha Thanks for the comments ^_^
RolyUnGashaaHD 1 day ago
Hi, Roland! Well, I used to be an ESL teacher and loved showing the diversity of the English language in English-speaking countries. So for my upper level English classes I would compare American and British English as an example. (I've been to England 3 times by the way. I LOVE England!) Example: "I'll knock you up around seven."/British (trans. I'll come by your place around seven) "I knocked up my girlfriend."/American (trans. I got my girlfriend pregnant).
jborges311 2 weeks ago
@jborges311 lol they even fuck at a certian time lol
tommy34543 3 days ago
I'm from Staffordshire, England! :)
ostocktono 2 weeks ago
@ostocktono Awesome ^_^
RolyUnGashaaHD 1 day ago
its a shame here in Malta they used to start us drinking and going clubbing at 16 but since 2009 its 17 years old now but we can start smoking at 16 but to buy cigarettes from the supermarket you need to be 18 and we can enter a casino when were 21 but to play you have to be 25..
I like your vids Roland.. xxxx KEEP IT UP..!! :)
rainofcoluors 2 weeks ago
@rainofcoluors OK even i think 16 and being able to go clubbing and drinking is far to young lol we can't smoke till 18 lol glad you like my vids ^_^
RolyUnGashaaHD 1 day ago
well you missed BREATHING !
pYthQn 2 weeks ago
@pYthQn Life is to short for breathing! :P
RolyUnGashaaHD 2 weeks ago 7
what is a canteen line? i here it often from people in the UK.
princeace2007 2 weeks ago
@princeace2007 Just a queue nothing special
RolyUnGashaaHD 2 weeks ago
Australians call hot chips or french fries, chips and cold chips, also chips. Now that's confusing
ScarlettShadows94 2 weeks ago
@ScarlettShadows94 LOL why can't it all be the same would be so much easier haha
RolyUnGashaaHD 2 weeks ago 3
American - Cotton Candy
British - Candy Floss
Australian - Fairy Floss
interesting
ScarlettShadows94 2 weeks ago
@ScarlettShadows94 Fairy Floss???? OMG I WANT TO CALL IT THAT HAHAHAHA
RolyUnGashaaHD 2 weeks ago
I love this video...In America baccy is tobacco here. But I actually know more English words than I do American...and I'm not from England..I love England..I'm kinda obsessed with it actually. Okay, lie..I AM obsessed with England. I've been wanting to go there since I was a child. I love you Ronald!!!! ^_^ <3
Love,
Kaylee
ForeverYours1011 2 weeks ago
@ForeverYours1011 LOL my name is Roland :P:P:P:P ^_^ but thanks see its the other way round here i know loads of US stuff coz its all we were shown as kids growing up on TV
RolyUnGashaaHD 2 weeks ago
@RolyUnGashaaHD D: So sorry, love. I need to pay attention more on the screen than the phone. X) Please forgive me.
ForeverYours1011 2 weeks ago
excellent video - really enjoyed it. You seem like a really nice person. :)
shikira 3 weeks ago
@shikira Thank You :3
RolyUnGashaaHD 2 weeks ago
I like how you talk so fast, you just got yourself a new subscriber xD
1PinkDiamonds1 3 weeks ago
@1PinkDiamonds1 YAY!! Thanks hehe :P
RolyUnGashaaHD 2 weeks ago
woow you talk really fast :D you made me laugh :))
ilallable 1 month ago
@ilallable LOL glad to hear it haha and yeah means i can make a 10min vid into a 5min one haha
RolyUnGashaaHD 2 weeks ago
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ilallable 1 month ago
what you call chips we call chips
what you call crisps we still call chips
lol
(New Zealand-full of laziness-I mean we hardly ever finish our similes e.g. sweet as...sweet as what? Sweet as nothing :D)
jesterjlk 1 month ago 2
@jesterjlk LOL oh really? haha ^_^
RolyUnGashaaHD 2 weeks ago
I love your energy <3
Dredayne 1 month ago
@Dredayne haha Thanks life to short to be slow lol
RolyUnGashaaHD 2 weeks ago
did anyone else notice but he is constantly bouncing a little all through the vid
mysterymakeable 1 month ago
@mysterymakeable Hyperness is fun :P
RolyUnGashaaHD 2 weeks ago
Most of the words in the US are quite similar to UK words. well as far as I have noticed. Its the one off words like here-bathroom-loo. and then slang type words. But stuff like fall/autumn is interchangeably used here.
rubburducky 1 month ago
@rubburducky yeah i was kinda just going by this site and others places lol so i am sure there are more of the words i used here that are said over there but was funny when i went to Canada and just getting confused with people when they asked me things lol
RolyUnGashaaHD 2 weeks ago
I also like how the pissed means drunk in UK English, but in the US if your pissed it means you are mad, lol that would make for some interesting miscommunications!
americancarguy 1 month ago
@americancarguy Well we say it for both haha like if we are omg i was pissed then you would be drunk but if you said i was pissed off then you're angry lol
RolyUnGashaaHD 2 weeks ago
Most of the UK English is very similar to Australian English, with the few exceptions.
EspionageAJ 1 month ago
@EspionageAJ Yeah i agree do you know many words that are different?
RolyUnGashaaHD 2 weeks ago
LOL faggots...
ILoveSharpies1234 1 month ago
@ILoveSharpies1234 Taste Yummy!
RolyUnGashaaHD 2 weeks ago
ah Roly; You're just the funiest "poof" Internationally ;) next to Dame Edna... ha
BBQNBLUES 1 month ago
@BBQNBLUES hahaha Thanks :3
RolyUnGashaaHD 2 weeks ago
ENGLAND:HOLIDAY / AMERICA: VACATION
carthon12 1 month ago
@carthon12 yeah i don't know how i forgot that one lol
RolyUnGashaaHD 2 weeks ago
HAHA ur eyes are kinda purple ... COOL !! <3<3 :)
zaar072 1 month ago
@zaar072 Hehe yeah i do love me some contacts hehe =)
RolyUnGashaaHD 1 month ago
It's actually amazing how some of UK Words are not too different from US words, we say stroller and supermarket too. One thing I know that's different you say Rubber and we say Eraser (Rubber in the US actually refers to a condom), or you guys say Plaster and we say Band-aid.
NobHillTheatreSFTV 1 month ago
@NobHillTheatreSFTV LOL how did i forget to say them haha i am sure i missed out loads more too haha
RolyUnGashaaHD 1 month ago
sick vid response! you talk sooo fast!
TheWaveOfDylan 1 month ago
@TheWaveOfDylan LOL yeah i can't help it haha Blame The Coffee hehe
RolyUnGashaaHD 1 month ago
you have a big gob;D! mouth - gob.
megansophieniyah 1 month ago
@megansophieniyah Oooo i forgot about that one haha
RolyUnGashaaHD 1 month ago
okay i'm not sure if anyone said it, you say getting pissed, we say getting sh!tfaced...
Nymphaeides 1 month ago
@Nymphaeides Oh we say that too we say both :) we also call it Getting Bladdered & Wrecked & Wankered Hahah idk y we have so many
RolyUnGashaaHD 1 month ago
....and I'm In Las Vegas but from Hawaii and your personality is beaming thru this youtube video! Cool :-)
kauai2vegas 1 month ago
@kauai2vegas hahaha aww thanks =)
RolyUnGashaaHD 1 month ago
autumn over fall any day!
nekosensi 1 month ago
@nekosensi Agreed =)
RolyUnGashaaHD 1 month ago
What you call Nappy, I call my hair at 8 in the morning...:)
SkarceKoherence 1 month ago
@SkarceKoherence haha oh really? is that just you or is it something everything there says?
RolyUnGashaaHD 1 month ago
My teacher (who's french,actually) said "Today we're playing football for gym," and since almost everyone in class loves football, we were excited.Instead we played soccer >_> Funny,I say about half these words.I'm not American btw lol
Fluteorwrite 2 months ago
all the english words are the exact same things we say in jamaica.. lol i cant believe you guys say batty bwoy .. you prolly spell it different tho..
kaniel16 2 months ago
So it may have been said already. as this is Months old... but I live in California on the west coast of the U.S. and the following from your list are commonly said both ways, really depends on the person =)
Drapes - Curtains
Grocery Store - Supermarket
Fall - Autumn
savangirl 2 months ago
I ADORE YOU lol :) YOU WOULD BE THE GOOD FRIEND ID LOVE TO HAVE LOL I ENJOYED JUST LOSTENING TO YOU AND LOVE YOU ACCENT :)
Brianaalejandre 3 months ago
i l.ove uk english i call it the queeens english i speak german as well i can read hebrew british people sound do smart
bornthisway913 3 months ago
Oh great! Your youtube lesson has been very useful for me. If you consider I'm from italy and I everytime get confused among British English words and American ones, it'll be easy you to understand how difficult might be for us remember the right meaning of each word. Anyway, I like your simple and basic explanation :). But, confidently I have nor to admit that I prefer England more and more than the Us, because, the weather though, I like English guys :). Anyway well-looking guy, too...bye :)
PaulosPrince 4 months ago
i am from egypt and i have been learning english for 10 years now
and i have never asked myself which english i am learning
thats confusing
yasserdent 6 months ago
I prefer UK english over US english even though i live in the US. Something weird is that nobody in my family speaks UK english but ever since i was younger i would talk UK english and kids in school used to pick on me for it. Now i kind of force myself to speak US english. In year 4 i had a teacher who would mark my spelling exams wrong because i would spell them the UK english way. Anyway, i thought id share that weird thing with you.
itried376 6 months ago 2
I love it, England uk
OMGEmoDavid 6 months ago
haha nice vid dude! i heard what we call a fanny pack is what u guys call a bum bag, and that fanny is slang for a girls private part in the uk lol also in america the drinking age used to be 18 but it was then raised to 21
Pandofus 7 months ago
Most of us Americans say stoller not baby carriage.
We say research and (I'm not sure how accurate this is) some English say "gen up"
If you said "trollie" here, people would think you meant a tram, like those Dutch electric train things. We don't have those here, but they're well know.
The0RGIN 7 months ago
@The0RGIN stroller =)
savangirl 2 months ago
wtf did u say at the end of rhe video...
SharpShooter1086 7 months ago
Canadian here, i love your videos
12gt13 7 months ago
you dont use your feet in football? do they crawl or somthing?
Eddtanks 7 months ago
@Eddtanks edd u fucking creep stop watchimg my shit nerd
02Ryu 7 months ago
is the marijuana good in UK?????
TheMunster123 7 months ago
haha! we call curtains "curtains" drapes dont even come to mind....shopping carts are buggies:p love ya piercings!!
gangstaladie 7 months ago
im from canada #########
02Ryu 7 months ago
i laughed so hard when u said bender lmfao
02Ryu 7 months ago
WOOOOOOOOOOO ENGLAND :D
coolmoon33 7 months ago
more people use american /canadian english so get wit it.
02Ryu 7 months ago
your cool and u talk fast :D
coolmoon33 7 months ago
Another one from Sweden here :)
BlueberryDolly 7 months ago
what you call candy floss we call edible panties lol
alonzolerone 7 months ago
Youre gay.
piepiepie11111 8 months ago
@piepiepie11111 OMG you should audition for that Sherlock Holmes role. you would totally get the part
alonzolerone 7 months ago 2
We use cupboard, cabinet, and closet. Typically closets are built into a house whereas cupboards are typically freestanding pieces of furniture. The storage space in the kitchen we usually call cupboards and/or cabinets.
Also we use the words jelly and jam. Jam usually has bits of fruit inside as opposed to jelly which doesn't.
mecampbell30 8 months ago
RUBBISH BIN! hahaha <3 love it!
SuddenFlutters 8 months ago
My mom is from England and come over there every summer and when we're there we go to the pubs. I'm 13 and I'm able to order my dad's alcohol... (; Hehe. Love you Rolannnddd! <3
TheLv2annoy 8 months ago
I love the bit in this video when you say *They like to start us young* XDD about the drinking Haha
ShyGuy19898 8 months ago
I'm Dutch and watching this video left me confused!:P Probably because the English I learned is somewhere between UK and US English...
Ps. Are you wearing blue lenses or something in this vid?xD
Tamriel450 9 months ago
You should try to speak in an American English accent ;) ima subscribe now
paulcognito 9 months ago
WHAT ENGLISH PEOPLE CALL HORSE RIDING THE AMERICANS CALL IT HORSE BACK RIDING !!! :)
tymawr101 9 months ago
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Hey just found you on youtube xD love your stuff you have so much energy and charisma, I love it, I will be subscribing defilnetly ;D ohh and I'm from Scotland and we call a petrol station a garage but thats about the only one I can think of lol ^__^
TheWeeSteph 9 months ago
Hey just found you on youtube xD love your stuff you have so much energy and charisma, I love it, I will be subscribing defilnetly ;D ohh and I'm from Scotland and we call a petrol station a garage but thats about the only one I can think of lol ^__^
TheWeeSteph 9 months ago
@TheWeeSteph Haha garage to me is just the building you have near your house to keep your car in, or some people put a little workshop in it or something :)
ShyGuy19898 8 months ago
i'm watching from saudi arabia
7anoni 9 months ago
haha i'm american but i use a lot of those British words just cuz a lot of my friens are british
7anoni 9 months ago
French toast to us is Eggy Bread to you.
ProtoOfSnagem 9 months ago
Good post Roland!
I could go on for a little while doing the same thing. I find the differences in some of the lesser known words and phrases rather interesting.
CenTexVideo 9 months ago
Nappy in American english, is a major mess of a black girls hair weave!! ;P @DustinTV on twitter
RelaxDreamLive 9 months ago
Hahahaha you are amazing :D And you talk like REALLY fast. Loved the vid - it made me realize how much my English has changed from what I've been taught at school, where they teach us the British English (and stuff like "trousers"), whereas now ever since I started watching all those US tv shows, I can relate to the US words much more. Dominika, Czech Republic.
Arakikida 9 months ago
Um, actually "drapes" and "curtains" are interchangeable here in the USA. A "stroller" is a more commonly used word than a "baby carriage". And yes, we do call them "shopping carts". :D This was super interesting! I'm really intrigued by how differently American English has evolved from UK English. :D Much love from Wyoming!
vesterpop 9 months ago
Pepper's are capsicum's to us in Aus
lifestealer22 9 months ago
btw, you are absolutely adorable. and the speed at which you talk, and how you speak, is so interesting to me. <3 much love from the USA
Samanthac24 9 months ago
If someone in america is attractive, we say they're hot, attractive, beautiful, pretty, gorgeous, or cute. And I think in the UK they say 'fit' for something that looks good
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Samanthac24 9 months ago
If someone is not smart here in America, we call it dumb, stupid, idiodic, I think you guys call stupid people daft.
Samanthac24 9 months ago
i worked with a woman from england who tought me many differences in words. like fanny, here its your bum, there its a womans private parts.
alchemest 9 months ago
Hahaha loved this video. <3
GrudgeQueen 9 months ago
americans call a tap a faucet.... and in america trainers are called sneekers and i think in south africa they call them tikkies.... traffic lights are called robots in south africa haha.... what is the meaning of batty??? i never understand what it is!!
gayguyil1 9 months ago
hi roly! i love this video so much! i knew most of that stuff but u where the one whou taught me! lol :))
and yeah u can say the words that u say the same but the accent is changing it so much like the word vitamins and few other... can u say them next time? :)
hofnoan 9 months ago
/kissing/making out = snogging ?
ladygaga0123456789 9 months ago
I hate it whe people start saying "it's stupid to call it that" "it's stupid to spell it that way". So rude. What's your point?? And if anything, saying that something spelled in British English is stupid (or whatever) is actually a stupid thing to say, isn't it? I mean as far as I know American English came from UK English. These topics although interesting are always risky :/
<3 to Roly :3
DelightfulDelirium 9 months ago
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My brother is british well I guess I am I was just born in the U.S. well anyways my little brother jack calls it the back garden and we call it the back yard
schooled4ever 9 months ago
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schooled4ever 9 months ago
some words that we say different in Australia are
candy floss - Fairy floss
fizzy drink - soft drink
pathment - foot path
aussierockstar 9 months ago
a lot of the UK English words you said are generally the same in the US like stroller, curtains, sometimes pavement, supermarket, autumn, and hoodie (which is different from a sweatshirt) oh and in American English, jam is different from jelly. aaand we use nappy to describe the pen-spring-tight coiled natural hair of people of African descent xD
MissCookieDollDoom 9 months ago
i've been told that an aubergine to you is an eggplant to us xD
kamenedemon666 9 months ago
I have been watching you for so long now that the voice inside my head is your voice
arkohlman2015 9 months ago
wat does chekky mean like wen uk english ppl say u chekky bastard wat does tht mean?
818zCrazyBaby 9 months ago
@818zCrazyBaby it's cheeky -
adjective impudent, rude, forward, fresh (informal), insulting, saucy, audacious, sassy (U.S. informal), pert, disrespectful, impertinent, insolent, lippy (U.S. & Canad. slang) They sat making cheeky comments about passers-by.
savangirl 2 months ago
why candy.... floss? you can't floss with it
purduechick612 9 months ago
Americans call there bums a fanny where as we call a fanny a vagina! LOL
david51835 9 months ago
@jhr459 haha It must be a southern thing! I thought we were the only ones to call all sodas "cokes"
mascottie 9 months ago
Y'all also have a 'gap' year in the UK and we don't have a word for it because we don't have such a thing.
Sorry - we=USA
jhr459 9 months ago
@RolyUnGashaaHD That wasnt ment to attack you... I love you to death! Just fizzy drink sounds that way. :/
CarrilCaterpie 9 months ago
dpsutcliffe 9 months ago
South Africa has 11, yes ELEVEN official languages! And like most English speaking countries we have our own unique words.. So diffs between SA Eng and UK Eng; a traffic light is called a "robot".. Then we have some very unique words like just now and a variant now, now which could mean that we'll do something a bit later or when we get an opportunity. Otherwise we also say yes, no (Afrikaans ja, nee) which is a total oxymoron and has various meaning but generally means sure or thats a fact.
dpsutcliffe 9 months ago
we don't say drapes ._.
MultiLexos 9 months ago
i'm english, and i hate it when my american friends correct me for using english terms/pronunciations. i normally just remind them what country i come from. then i ask them what language we're speaking. normally shuts them up :)
Nathizzz 9 months ago
@garysdesk or setee, Very interesting you call it a chesterfield... that's a very specific type of sofa
xoxo
PowerpopPrince 9 months ago
We say stroller as well! It depends where you are in America what they call a trolly in the south we call it a buggy, up north they call it a shopping cart. A trolly is a train car type thing! This was super interesting! You guys call a comforter something different too don't you? Like a duvet or something? Like the heavy blanket that goes on top of the sheets. Haha
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waterdrager93 9 months ago
Cookie – Biscuit- Koekje (cookie has a Dutch origin)
Underwear – Pants- Ondergoed
Cotton Candy - Candy Floss-Suikerspin(sugar spider)
Parking Lot - Car Park- Parkeerplaats(parking place)
French Fries – Chips- Friet/Patat (hate that word)
Chips – Chrips-chips
Pacifier – Dummy-Fopspeen (fool teat)
Trash Can - Rubbish Bin-Vuilnisbak
Soccer – Football-Voetbal
waterdrager93 9 months ago
Sorry for my dutch comments but it is about the same phenomenon in Dutch. We in the Netherlands have to learn some of those differences between American and UK-English, though we have to learn UK-English.
waterdrager93 9 months ago
@kimeke16 Be ons proate we, mistal nie heul plat, moar we kunne 't wel. Bij ons in de familie zeggenn ze dingen als: luste gullie nog un stukske gebak. Leuke zin is trouwens: da zin ie nie. (dat zei hij niet). Maar wij gebruiken hier wel meer woorden die ook in België gebruikt worden al geldt dat ook voor duitse woorden. Kwoon in Noordoost-Brabant dus maar als je Helmonds intikt op youtube. Dat klinkt wel eender.
waterdrager93 9 months ago
In Canada, the freeway/motorway could be called any of the following: highway (most common), expressway, throughway, parkway, expressway, autoroute (Quebec), or the TransCanada (for the set of highways that go coast to coast across all provinces). And there are probably more names.
TheRealCurbStomper 9 months ago
@kimeke16 Yes, but we have the same differences between Dutch and flemish-Dutch. Although where I come from Noord-Brabant the differences are less big. O, Ik vind Vlaams altijd keileuk, maar ik vind het nog steeds grappig dat jullie als je woordjes verkleint enkel een -ke erachter plakt. Bij ons doen we dat ook maar verandert de klank. Manneke-menneke, hoekske-huukske-bomke?-bumke.
waterdrager93 9 months ago
Hii XD...Don't forgett some Americans say Ba Donka Donk=A large Ass lol..
And I'm sure the English say Bloody hell that's a nice Arse lol XD
xKingdomHeartsx7 9 months ago
hahah I was told, it's called a football because the ball is only a foot long.
SHAchad17 9 months ago
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hahah Iwas told, it's called a football because the ball is only a foot long.
SHAchad17 9 months ago
Here in the Pacific Northwest US, jelly is fruit spread that has the seeds removed (so seedless raspberry/strawberry/blackberry ect) while jam is fruit spread with the seeds left in! I am not sure about elsewhere in the US though. I agree with what everyone has been saying about soda and pop, I grew up saying pop but my cousins from the Midwest say soda.
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