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@jamieforrester2857

4 жыл бұрын

Flogging and torture as not stopped in our house ' just ask my Mrs??

@chrisparkinson5160

4 жыл бұрын

Here we go again, another US couple with a 'things I love about the uk'.... That's what I thought but if I'm honest it was brilliant! I enjoy your style and way you communicate, it is very easy to listen to. I'd say it was the best 'things I love about the uk' I've seen. Liked and subscribed

@WanderingRavens

4 жыл бұрын

@@chrisparkinson5160 Welcome to our little corner of the internet, Chris! We appreciate the kind words and are so glad that our video didn't let you down :)

@aperson9782

4 жыл бұрын

Center parcs is amazing.U have to stay for the weekend or week it is a massive forest with lodges and shopping center its amazing and a subtropical pool and everything troipcal and waterslides everything imaginable Search it

@brianwhittington5086

4 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingRavens Casleton in North Derbyshire, just a few miles from Sheffield is great if you like Countryside walks and exploring natural and man made features. You can climb MamTor and see the remains of an iron age fort, and you can visit Peveril Castle. There are caverns and caves you can get guided tours of. You can buy items or jewellery made out of Blue John, a semi precious blue/purple gemstone that is only found in a couple of places around the world. Think Grace may like a piece of Blue John as a souvenir Eric , nudge, nudge wink.

I can't imagine having anyone round to my house without immediately offering them a cup of tea.

@David_Khu

3 жыл бұрын

As I can't imagine being round to any English household without immediately being offered a cup of tea 😁😁 or coffee ☕

@oskahuxley6322

3 жыл бұрын

You can also see why we do it. It would be so awfully awkward otherwise. It's also a grandmother's favourite way of making you stay much longer than intended.

@johnwhittle.22

3 жыл бұрын

Even my 4 year olds ask visitors if they want a cuppa ☺️

@Xeroph-5

3 жыл бұрын

WELL BLOODY SAID!

@Jones607

28 күн бұрын

Hear!-Hear! 🫖

These days stocks and flogging have largely retreated to the bedroom.

@WanderingRavens

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@microdunce2358

4 жыл бұрын

Dan G TMI mate 😂

@homeone4054

4 жыл бұрын

And Norfolk

@mrmessy7334

4 жыл бұрын

And Twitter

@nickbishop7838

4 жыл бұрын

Can confirm we like a bit of BDSM in Norfolk

When I see a stereotypical English person i’m as surprised as any American and I’m English

Thought of an obvious thing I love about the UK that I forgot. The national health service.

@oldrootsfreshshoots

4 жыл бұрын

Seconded

@simonebye8789

4 жыл бұрын

@@oldrootsfreshshoots Third.

@jazzx251

4 жыл бұрын

Fourth ... windows open at 8pm today ... [CLAP! CLAP! CLAP!]

@ginbradbury3278

4 жыл бұрын

Y.E.S

@BrDe135

3 жыл бұрын

Our country [America] should take notes

The lake district, Snowdonia, the north of England as well as the Highlands in scotland are beautiful places to explore.

@jazzx251

4 жыл бұрын

Most of Scotland, even the lowlands, is incredibly beautiful ... no wonder loads of English invaders recently broke quarantine to journey up to Scotland (much to Nicola's disgust! [First Minister of Scotland])

@Mrfort

4 жыл бұрын

agree, also IRELAND is a beutiful country, now the troubles have died down.

@kathyjones5929

4 жыл бұрын

The Peak District National Park, which covers areas of Derbyshire and Yorkshire is beautiful too.

@jazzx251

4 жыл бұрын

@@kathyjones5929 Everywhere in the UK, that isn't London, is just like in Witcher 3

@andyt2k

4 жыл бұрын

@@jazzx251 kzread.info/dash/bejne/lq16o9eufdDHZbA.html&ab_channel=AlyonaGorbatko

If you love the language you should check out a sitcom from the late 70's/early 80's called Yes Minister. Very wordy but also incredibly witty. It will also give you some insight into British politics and government.

@grahvis

4 жыл бұрын

Sir Humphrey, "Yes. Unfortunately although the answer was indeed clear, simple and straightforward there is some difficulty in justifiably assigning to it the fourth of the epithets you applied to the statement. Inasmuch as the precise correlation between the information you communicated and the facts insofar as they can be determined and demonstrated is such as to cause epistemological problems of sufficient magnitude as to lay upon the logical and semantic resources of the English language a heavier burden than they can reasonably be expected to bear." In other words, you told a lie.

@WanderingRavens

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the suggestion! We will give it a watch :D

@ArmandKarlsen

4 жыл бұрын

: Don't tell me about the press. I know exactly who reads the papers. The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country, the Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country, the Times is read by the people who actually do run the country, the Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country, the Financial Times is read by people who own the country, the Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country, and the Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is. : Prime Minister, what about the people who read The Sun? : Sun readers don't care who runs the country, as long as she's got big tits.

@TimeyWimeyLimey

4 жыл бұрын

Another great comedy I'd recommend for anyone wanting to learn the London accent and slang is 'Only Fools 'n' Horses'. It's one of our most popular comedies ever.

@lawrencegillies

4 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingRavens kzread.info/dash/bejne/gIxol8qcYMTApJM.html

Its always nice to hear a couple of intelligent and articulate Septics...

Lol, country roads in the UK are like flying down the Death Star trench in Star Wars.

@helenchelmicka3028

3 жыл бұрын

😂

I feel like it's less about RP and more about just being understood when it comes to employability

I absolutely love living here in England. I love travelling too, and would consider living for a year or two in either France, Spain or Italy mainly because I think their culture and hospitality is on a par or even better than ours and I adore their food! But I would always come back here to the U.K. I love verbal sparring with friends, I love being with my mates and taking the piss out of each other. We can seem mean towards each other at times, but when a dear friend dies (as has happened too many times) the depth of our grief is hard to describe. Our bark is very much worse than our bite! British people are the kindest in the world IMHO.

@WanderingRavens

4 жыл бұрын

We do love the Brits! :D

I find it amusing that Americans don’t use the word bloody. I was using bloody at the age of 6 😂😂

@Theinternalrewrite

4 жыл бұрын

I always remember the late Honor Blackman on the TV show "The Upper Hand" (the British version "Who's the Boss"). Her character frequently exclaimed "bloody hell".

@gabnorm2127

4 жыл бұрын

Whenever my sibling used bloody hell as kids we always got called Ron Weasley by our parents but we never got told iff

@Jemma1487

3 жыл бұрын

My so does, he isn’t aloud to use it in school though 😂 his 6 years old he can’t do something wrong without saying ‘bloody hell’

@fenlandwildlifeclips

3 жыл бұрын

I think they might be referring to the word “hell” which is blasphemy in that context. To say “bloody hell” is technically blasphemy. They’re more religious I think.

@Bholmes17

3 жыл бұрын

Bloody is the nice way of saying fucking

What a beautiful way to describe swearing: “The salt of language”. I’m going to originate that.

the way Grace says We're the Wandering Ravens, is so full of joy that i get cheered up whenever I hear it. Nice vids guys, greetings from UK.

@WanderingRavens

4 жыл бұрын

Aww, that's so sweet! Thank you for joining our channel :) x

@jasonhendry8136

4 жыл бұрын

They really are such a pleasant couple aren't they? They've become my guilty pleasure lol

@WanderingRavens

4 жыл бұрын

@@jasonhendry8136 Awww, thank you, Jason! :D

@jasonhendry8136

4 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingRavens keep up the good work guys and I will look forward to seeing you both in your next video.

@omegadeep1

4 жыл бұрын

Sadly now the 'Caged Ravens'.

In case anyone is wondering, the footage at the beginning of this video is of the Newent Onion Fair in Gloucestershire at the beginning of September and it is great fun! P.S. why do Morris dancers were bells on their legs? So they can annoy blind people as well!

@fatgeorge2069

4 жыл бұрын

Morris dancing is a rhythmic step dance and so the bells help to enhance the beat of the music/dance, I guess it's similar to tap dancing shoes for that style of dance

@stonent

3 жыл бұрын

Everything (as an American) I've learned about Morris Dancing is forms of derision from Rowan Atkinson (Most likely via Black Adder), or Red Dwarf. Outside of that, no idea what it is.

Hi Eric and Grace. I'm British. Just wanted to thank you for your great videos. I'm so pleased you love us so much! Please come back soon. I'm in Lincolnshire try it next time the countryside is beautiful!

The scone thing is a massive debate in south-west England. People from Cornwall swear by jam then cream and those from Devon stand by cream then jam. Let's not forget that the pronunciation of scone is also widely debated, rhyming either with gone or cone. Obviously, the correct answers are that it rhymes with gone and you put the cream on first.

Once when I was in R.E (Religious education) my teacher decided to read the cockney rhyming slang version of Noah's Arch, that was a wild ride lol.

@WanderingRavens

4 жыл бұрын

That is hilarious! Your teacher sounds like a cool person 😂 I want to read the cockney rhyming slang version of Noah's Ark now.

@georgecaplin9075

3 жыл бұрын

Any idea where we can find it? Google came up empty.

@julesburton4649

3 жыл бұрын

Arch ?

@Jemma1487

3 жыл бұрын

Aww love it never heard of that schools changed from when I was there.

I really love Glasgow and Edinburgh.its definetly worth spending time there.The culture and language is very different to England.

@chriscartwright6292

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve been there too, very nice places. However, speaking as an English person, the only thing that was noticeably different was the accent

@sage6336

3 жыл бұрын

no its the same language

@booshank2327

3 жыл бұрын

Edinburgh is the most gorgeous and unique city in the UK and it's not even close.

I think as a Brit I have taken so much for granted until I went to California. I realised how wonderfully green Britain is in comparison, and that's why I don't mind the weather. I love that I can walk pretty much anywhere across fields, through forests etc without fear of being shot for trespassing. I love home cooked food, most people I know are great cooks which is why we don't eat out in England as often as Americans do. Incidentally this explains why many restaurants in England aren't open as long as they are in the states it just isn't profitable for them. I love English TV drama (not soaps) I think British productions are far more realistic than the glitzy American shows where everyone looks like a fashion model. Everyone is wealthy. cars explode on impact, and It's always sunny except in movies, where it always christmas. Finally English real ale. Beer in England is wonderful and has got so much better in the last say thirty years. With so many small breweries around the quality is world class, and the variety staggering. This is not "warm beer" btw good real ale is cool from the cellar but because it's not chilled you can really savour the flavour, much like a good red wine.

Food/cuisine e.g. the availability of bbq restaurants, culture like Shakespeare, 24 hour drinking limited to certain areas, cinema like 007, castles 4000 in England alone, antiques like old money and coins. And the Royal family like its genealogy/ family tree.

You two are so lovely. I'm so glad you like Britain. I absolutely love the U.S. It was always my wish to live there when I was young and I'd still like to. I've been there a few times and was blessed to work alongside many US soldiers. Putting a few Cultural differences aside, there is not much difference between our countries...especially our values! Anyway.. I'm addicted to your channel. You're both lovely!

@WanderingRavens

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! We love the UK :)

@stephenflynn7600

4 жыл бұрын

Studioeasels.com - where did you work with US soldiers?

@doglifehub

4 жыл бұрын

@@stephenflynn7600 Bosnia, Germany, Poland. I even had an American Sqn leader at one point when my regiment and his regiment did a sort of work exchange thing lol

"Colours seem so much more vivid when with U"

Motown Soul legend,Edwin Starr,was so impressed with the warmth and knowledge of British soul fans and the total absence of any racism what so ever and loved the English countryside so much and the people,he bought a rural manor house and became a Duke,settled there in the black country (midlands) and died there. He and the other Motown stars on that tour were blown away with the reception they received that a special bond was created between those Motown legends and the British fans and came back many many times. It certainly IS a special relationship we have with you guys and long may it continue.

Try Dorset in England ,corfe castle,little villages ,great beaches,sandbanks in poole is one of the best in England ,but it has many ,many more .

@caseyh8386

4 жыл бұрын

I love Dorset, had some of my happiest childhood holidays there ♥

@goodiesify

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve lived in Dorset all my life. Love the countryside and small villages. Jurassic coast, Durdle door, Portland, Shaftesbury gold hill

@richdriver9332

3 жыл бұрын

Just down from Corfe Castle is Swanage and Studland - a beautiful area and well recommemded, Swanage even has a set of traffic lights. Woohoo P.S. I've lived there for years and it is amazing.

I love that you guys came to the Midlands - the best part of the UK! If you love the English countryside, be sure to explore the Cotswolds (bourton-on-the-water, chipping campden, etc.) And for interesting language, definitely go to a football match😂 when we're allowed to leave home again, that is!

@stephenflynn7600

4 жыл бұрын

Dan Simpson - my father lived in Birmingham and I still have first cousins from there. I also have family in Tamworth!

@stephenflynn7600

4 жыл бұрын

Dan Simpson - Bourton on the water - is that the town that has a scale model of the town, and another smaller scale of that?

@villafan3000

4 жыл бұрын

@@stephenflynn7600 - yes, we call it a model village and they're pretty common at English holiday destinations!

Something I love about where I live in the UK is if I look out of my window to one side I see the city and to the other side I see the countryside. I have the best of both worlds.

Cider and beer festivals, farmers markets, village fêtes, the Bath & West show, Maypole dancing, Wassailing, and fruit picking... I love living in rural Somerset. But I do love all of the UK, this country has so much beauty, both natural and man made. We are very lucky.

I think you guys are honourary Brits!!!! Love from the UK xxx

Being a 'Brit' I wear my britishness like an old shoe and I take my countryside for granted.

@BrDe135

3 жыл бұрын

It’s always easy to look at other countries as more appealing than our own, (the saying goes “the grass is always greener on the other side”) when appreciation should have its place too because each and every country could use growing in its own ways. There’s just more work to be done in in some more than others!

@marktyler3381

3 жыл бұрын

I've been to a few places, but after a month in Hawaii or couldn't wait to get home. We live in one of the the most beautiful countries in the world.

I would highly recommend the City of Bath if you haven’t already been. Rather unique in that the whole city is made from a very beautiful Georgian Bath stone. A Very historic and beautiful city complete with Roman baths and natural springs, gorgeous Georgian markets, and outdoor park areas! Would love to show you around; and I Love the videos! Keep it up guys!

@WanderingRavens

4 жыл бұрын

We spent 5 days in Bath last year! One of our absolute favorite cities :D

The next time that you're in London, the food markets to try are Borough Market (by London Bridge) and Camden Market. Borough is just food, while Camden has a variety of places to eat or shop.

A square meal originates with the old sailing ships, when at sea to eat a meal and to stop the plate sliding around, they nailed 4 stripes of wood into a square and sat the plate in it. Hence square meal.

Tea Time in the north of England also means 'dinner' or evening meal. So if someone in Manchester invites you to their house for 'tea', they are asking to come for dinner. If they are inviting you to drink tea, they will ask if you fancy a 'brew' or a 'cuppa'.

@nevillemason6791

3 жыл бұрын

Here's where things get very confusing to those not British. Southerners call the evening meal 'supper'. To a northerner that's a snack just before bed time. 'Dinner time' was the mid-day meal at school served by 'dinner ladies' (at least it was in the north). 'Tea' was in fact the evening meal as in: "What do want for your tea?"

@discomikeyboy2012

3 жыл бұрын

While it's true that school meals were served in the dinner hall by dinner ladies, most southerners will call it lunch. For working and lower middle classes "tea" is an early evening meal and supper is a late evening meal (perhaps just a snack or maybe a fish supper late takeaway). Dinner tends to refer to the main evening meal mid-evening, and is generally taken as an alternative to tea and supper.

Well done guys. I also like the fact that the content is intelligent and thoughtful. Come back soon you are very welcome

You get more jam if you spread it on the scone first. Then dollop the cream on top. I can't help but think that you get less jam and cream per half scone if you put the cream on first. It's like being short-changed, makes me positively livid at the thought.

Great video and always interesting to see things from another perspective. Shared language with so many differences that make it rich and always good to explore. I enjoyed the way you got excited about the depth of language and the joy that not everything is binary and there are many different ways to express ourselves

You two are just delightful. You're the most kindest house guests. The complete opposite of my father in law.

Just found your channel and loving it, thank you. I recommend Salisbury in Wiltshire. It has the Cathedral, Old Sarum and is close to Amesbury which has Stonehenge. Bath is really beautiful - with the Roman baths and gorgeous Georgian architecture. Winchester in Hampshire is also a delight. You’d be very welcome X

You guys speak very well , very british english. I think you guys are lovely and I feel very proud that you love Britain so much

Know this is late but the best festival I've ever been is the green man festival. At the start they put on a show and if the green man wins everyone celebrates. They celebrate by going to a field with activities and stalls and it goes on for hours. They have games and food. They also have bands and people singing in the streets. Just a great atmosphere!!!!

I don’t know if you’ve been to Lincolnshire- it’s a county in the East Midlands of England and it is very famous for its countryside, markets and history!

I highly recommend going to St Ives, Cornwall their beaches and little shops are incredible not to mention the people! Such a friendly and beautiful place; my family and I go every year, but go either before or just after the summer holidays to avoid all of the crowds so you can experience the culture as is 💛

North Essex and Suffolk are both characterised by these tiny little colourful villages and tea shops. I can recommend Thaxted, Finchingfield and Dedham. If you enjoy the art of John Constable, you can find all the beautiful old houses, ponds and fields that were the subjects of his paintings. Plus there are larger towns, such as Colchester (the oldest recorded town in the UK - there’s an amazing castle), Maldon (for tiptree jam and the surrounding coastal villages for some oysters and fish and chips) and Saffron Walden with beautiful markets.It truly is a delight that many people don’t get to see!

I proudly call North Yorkshire my home, From its gorgeous rolling hills and winding roads through the dales to some picturesque towns with some of the oldest shops in the world, North Yorkshire is one of the most beautiful places I know.

They make a big deal about swearing in the US, but they accept the screaming "ow my gawd" all over the place. Screaming in general is soooo American.

@angelagitterman4477

4 жыл бұрын

I find your take on our language interesting, there is only one English language, and because of Empire we have many dialects, North American , Indian, West Indian, Australian, etc. What you call American English, is ENGLISH with your local dialects. I find most of the differences are time related I.e. not changed since colonial days, but changed with time in UK, in other words quaint to our ears.

@nelsonkaiowa4347

4 жыл бұрын

@@angelagitterman4477 Surely that is not meant as a response to me?

@stephenflynn7600

4 жыл бұрын

Nelson Kaiowá - whenever a Brit says that’s soooo American, it is so disparaging! I am sooooo sick of this American bashing of the US! It reminds me of Antisemitic Nazi’s!

@nelsonkaiowa4347

4 жыл бұрын

@@stephenflynn7600 That´s just sensitivity. I also say that is soooo gay (and I am gay) or that is soooo ghetto, or that is sooo Brittish, or that is soooo Dutch. It just means one recognizes something immidiately as being typical, it doesn´t mean "that is so bad". If you see windmills and wooden shoes, wouldn´t you say "that is sooooo Dutch"? Does it automatically mean you have an opinion about it and that it is a bad one? No. You just recognize it as being stereotypical for that country. Also, for the record, I am not Brittish but Brazilian (you know, carnaval with half naked people dancing in the streets, soooooo Brazilian) and why would you take more offense from Brits? Or did you say that just because it is about Brits and Americans?

@stephenflynn7600

4 жыл бұрын

You are right, that there are exceptions, but usually it is not meant as a compliment! I asked Eric and Grace to ask, “Why do American’s bash Brits”! Eric wrote back, “I don’t really hear any negatives about the Brits aside from the crooked teeth and bland food! I think the US has a crush on the U.K.”! I went on to ask if he could ask the Brits if they can say what they like about the US. He hasn’t gotten back to me.

Subscribed and looking forward to welcoming you to the 10k club!! Good luck and we can all celebrate with a cup of tea when you get here !!

@WanderingRavens

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your support and encouragement! We would love a good cup of tea to celebrate with you :D

@PuntoHowto

4 жыл бұрын

Wandering Ravens you’ll need to visit Norfolk when you’re next over 👍

Try the medieval wool towns of East Anglia - Lavenham, Long Melford and Bury St Edmunds. They are only 70 miles from London and 30 miles east of Cambridge. John T Appleby was an American GI based at Lavenham during WW2. He wrote a best seller of his cycle tours around these towns and villagers called "Suffolk Summer" which is still in print. Sadly he never returned to Suffolk but the royalties paid for a Rose Garden in the medieval Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds to remember his time there and the US airmen who flew from Suffolk airfields but never returned.

The reason you have jam and then cream on a scone is because it's easy to spread jam on a scone, but it's not easy to spread jam on cream

I would recommend the South West. From the moors of Darthmouth and Exmoor to Perrenporth beach to the little fishing villages, to the cities of Exeter and Plymouth. Something for everyone.

@WanderingRavens

4 жыл бұрын

Those sound lovely! Thank you for the suggestions :D

@thegingerwitch322

4 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingRavens And slightly less South West - Here in Dorset and the edge of Hampshire we have the New Forest, Studland, Amazing beaches, lots of history, and lots of beauty

@TheCornishCockney

4 жыл бұрын

@@thegingerwitch322 Agreed,but.......Cornwall is better.

@thegingerwitch322

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheCornishCockney Nope

@larryfroot

4 жыл бұрын

The West Wales coastline is reminiscent of Cornwall but is far less crowded. It is stunningly beautiful and the visible history goes back to the neolithic.

U guys are a pleasure to listen to, love your overview and appreciation of our rich language

@WanderingRavens

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! We're so glad you appreciate our videos :)

Something that people do here is make a holiday or road trip of seeing all, or some, of the British cathedrals, maybe staying nearby then driving on to the next. And it doesn't have to be driving. It's a way of moving around and seeing all different parts of the UK - and the cathedrals are stunning.

The 'ledge' you refer to on the side of the road, we call the verge. Ancient roads that are sunken (due to erosion of mud by the carts, droving of animals etc in the past) are known as holloways and green lanes are unmetalled roads, used so infrequently that they are green, hence the name. I've never had cream tea (yes, I'm born and bred English! ), but if I did I'd have jam on the bottom and cream on the top. It makes sense to me because you can spread the jam then dollop the cream, whereas it seems less normal to spread cream and dollop jam, but each to their own!

You must visit Chester if you get a chance, it is full of history and one of my favourite places to visit in the UK 😊

@kathleenharris-officialmus261

3 жыл бұрын

I am from Chester and I would agree. It's beautiful.

@Xeroph-5

3 жыл бұрын

I regularly visit the zoo there, it is always charming seeing the elephants on the way in and out!

@fionagregory9376

2 жыл бұрын

@@kathleenharris-officialmus261 especially my old house in Chester which is Edwardian built in 1906.

@fionagregory9147

Жыл бұрын

I lived in Chester from age 3 to 18. Went to The Queen's school, Chester which was a grammar school.

I think it was Ben Elton's (a potty mouthed comedian) mum who said "it's ok to swear as an exclamation mark, but not as a comma".

@BaddaBigBoom

4 жыл бұрын

That's brilliant :-)

@ivorbiggun710

4 жыл бұрын

Ben Elton went to the same 6th form college as me which begs the question 'where did he get his cockney geezer accent from?'.

@jazzx251

4 жыл бұрын

@@ivorbiggun710 He's an entertainer ... I can tell he means every word he says, but he hides behind the mask of a "cockney geezer" as part of his act. Because the idea of a cockney geezer who actually cares about world issues, is a good thing.

@franl155

3 жыл бұрын

@@ivorbiggun710 - that's not Cockney, it's Mockney - mock cockney, cos cockney was the "in" thing, a real geezer, one of the lads. but I was cockney decades before it became fashionable.

@franl155

3 жыл бұрын

I went off Billy Connolly when he used swearing as even more than commas; once in a while for shock effect is fine, but every other word is just boring.

Also, one thing I love about your channel is your enthusiasm for etymology - it’s great to listen to and I often learn a lot about the origin of words and phrases from your videos - I especially like it when you research this before making the videos and educate us :)

Norwich has loads of history and architecture with enough to keep you busy for days. It's also got a castle and probably more churches than you can count. And a cathedral that's quite beautiful.

I once swore ( bloody ) in front of an American couple who had children with them and they asked me to not swear in front of their children to which I replied “ i did not realise there was a queue “ 🧐

@dilsnikdilznik

4 жыл бұрын

What does that mean?

@mmigesh4735

4 жыл бұрын

Think of the butler who broke wind. “How dare you do that in front of her Ladyship! cried his Lordship. “I’m dreadfully sorry” said the butler. “I didn’t realise it was her turn ...”

I highly recommend Winchester in Hampshire (the south) if you are interested in history. It has an amazing cathedral and is the old capital city. The south west is also beautiful and the coast is amazing.

@TheCornishCockney

4 жыл бұрын

I live a 2minute walk from Treyarnon bay on the north coast of Cornwall (the Atlantic) and i can tell you,its absolute heaven,couldn't imagine living anywhere else,and I'm a Londoner !

@TheVaughan5

4 жыл бұрын

Winchester cathedral is huge and amazing, parts of it date from the Norman period. (12th c.) The area surrounding the cathedral is very beautiful and there's a great pub serving good food.

Being British I take really joy of how large the amount of swear words we have are. In fact damn isn't even really a swear word here. Swearing has really become a staple with younger generations as well and plays a large part of our humour. Maybe some see it as impolite and I wouldn't want to cause any offence with my language BUT a majority of people swear freely in life and in humour. I think I'd feel very wary of my language if I was to go to America now because half the time I dont know that I'm swearing. Anyways I have a weird addiction to Americans reacting to British things so your recent uploads have been great to watch. Also it's great to see that you're not just observing but also taking in what we in the UK and other countries do. Keep up the great work and good luck with the lockdown.

Shropshire is a lovely place to visit, we have canals, a river, hills, medival towns and villages and then places like Ironbridge and the Victorian Heritage Museum at Blists Hill where you can walk around buildings and shops that were dismantled and rebuilt on site to recreate a Victorian market town.

I live in the countryside and when I use to go to school on a back road my mum would drive at like 60 then a tractor would be coming at 50 she would slam on the breaks and fly in to a bush then back out after the tractors gone

@WanderingRavens

4 жыл бұрын

Those back roads are terrifying!

Jam first always. I't a lot easier to spread the jam on the scone, then add a dollop of cream rather than dollop the cream and try to spread jam on it and end up with a claggy mess!

@samuelkelly7177

4 жыл бұрын

Mr Messy cream first and then jam. Stops the scone becoming soggy because of the jam. Same reason why butter goes under the jam when you make jam on toast

@mrmessy7334

4 жыл бұрын

@@samuelkelly7177 Because butter doesn't make toast go soft? I have never found jam to make anything soggy, it's far too sticky for that.

On a bucket list 1.Rivington park at top barn and walk up 2A giant car boot sale 3. Nottingham 4. Wigan 5. Wales prefer south wales 6. A english play in theatre 7. Sitting in a pub having a pub lunch

Just starting watching your videos , I’m glad you experienced the British culture 😊

whats with the hedgehogs anyway.......they need to learn to share the hedge

I love living on a narrow boat in the county of Gloucestershire. Your welcome to visit when your over next as long as your not packers fans

There are regional variations as to how a cream tea should preferably be eaten. The Devonian, or Devonshire, method is to split the scone in two, cover each half with clotted cream, and then add strawberry jam on top. The Devon method is also commonly used in neighbouring counties and other Commonwealth countries. With the Cornish method, the warm 'bread split' or a 'scone' is first split in two, then spread with strawberry jam, and finally topped with a spoonful of clotted cream. This method is also used elsewhere, notably in London.

Visit The Fenlands in Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. This is the country's 'Bread Basket' it's mainly rural and grows the majority of the countries food. But its full of beautiful villages

I love british markets and festivals! And I go to them lots.

@WanderingRavens

4 жыл бұрын

They're so much fun! We love the food, music, and drink.

@xtraspecial4677

4 жыл бұрын

Wandering Ravens England is so much fun because it’s new for you . I’m English and love my country but I found America is a great country to . But I do get very homesick when I go Abroad for longer than 2 weeks .

You may find the Bristolian / West Country accent of interest 🙃 And the place of the first US consulate in the UK

@stonent

3 жыл бұрын

There was an episode of "Chef!" that I saw on public TV here in the US, where the main character goes to the countryside to get some illegal cheese and has an encounter with a policeman who says something like "You may not be able to tell, but I was raised a count'ry boy" or something like that but with the full accent (it being the joke)

@helenchelmicka3028

3 жыл бұрын

Ark at eee my loverrrr! 😆

Very nice, cheered me up in these trying times.Thank you. Pip Pip and keep your chin up!.

@wanderingravens I would say that doing Jam first makes more sense due to the consistency of it, its a lot stickier than clotted cream. So you can use the roughness of the scone to spread your jam then the clotted creams goes on top and spreads over nicely 😬

All right me duck it means are you alright my friend I’m from Nottingham 🇬🇧

@trinafitzalan-howard5809

4 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@ollylewin

4 жыл бұрын

Not just Nottingham. It's the same in Derby and Leicestershire too.

@michaelward1711

3 жыл бұрын

@@ollylewin the people from Stoke say me duck apparently ,don't know how true that is

Come to Norfolk. If you like farms, you'll love Norfolk.

The guy with the bell is the town crier who used to wander the streets ringing his bell and making public announcements similar to a news reader or presenter today

No need to apologise for the term British English. Anyone who works with the language knows exactly what it means and why it's an important way to distinguish between Am Eng, Aus Eng, etc. Getting upset about it is the preserve of knobs and snobs. Try visiting the Jurassic Coast here in Dorset and following through to the English Riviera in Devon. That's a rather genteel version of the English seaside that appears in tons of films and TV. Completely different to Blackpool, Brighton, Southend, etc., which are also enlightening experiences. I would say a trip to the seaside would do you the world of good. A spot of sea air and a dip in the old briny along with all the seaside stuff that goes with it. You could even cross the Solent to the Isle of Wight.

I love love the british countryside! Its a place where you can go after a stressful day to calm down.

@WanderingRavens

4 жыл бұрын

So much peace and clarity out there.

You guys really need to visit Scotland, whole different experience.

@cijmo

3 жыл бұрын

I came on here to say just that!

You have to visit st fagans in South Wales, it’s a natural history museum with buildings from all different eras. You would love it, there are building from all around the country that have been dismantled and rebuilt at st fagans, you can also go inside and have a look around, also the have stalls and old shops you can visit and buy stuff, from old sweet shops a bakery and you also have the modern gift shops that sell local brewed beer and local honey. And new to st fagans is a tree top walk and information centres dotted around.

I'd like to recommend the Trough of Bowland and the Forest of Bowland. Not much in the way of trees, but the River Ribble, historic pubs like the Hark to Bounty at Slaidburn and great walking and scenery.

There's another debate: is scone pronounced Scoh-n or skon. It's a scoh-n before you eat it, then it's skon. Simples!

@jamieforrester2857

4 жыл бұрын

It's a fast cake!!!

@cigmorfil4101

4 жыл бұрын

@@jamieforrester2857 Not as fast as an eclair.

@RavenclawStudent123

4 жыл бұрын

I always called it scone like gone

@smoothie9931

4 жыл бұрын

It's scone, like s-cone

@annalieff-saxby568

4 жыл бұрын

Unless it's a stone, in which case it's a Scoon.

My favourite channel by far 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

@WanderingRavens

4 жыл бұрын

Aww, thank you, Nicola!! xx

Scone! Halved, buttered, jam, cream, eat a bite, sip tea, repeat!

As a family we go through a dishwasher full of tea. The dishwasher is full up of mugs

Love the content but I found the background music intruded on trying to listen to what you were saying.

You’ve got to come to Birmingham and I would recommend coming to Cadbury world, especially if you love chocolate (I’m lucky enough to work there)

@jazzx251

4 жыл бұрын

Hmmm (suspicious). Have you had any German kids fall into the chocolate pool, and then get stuck up a pipe? I know that the Tories loosened restrictions - but even they would see this as a breach of Health and Safety laws.

@ivorbiggun710

4 жыл бұрын

Come to Birmingham and have a kipper tie.

@stephenflynn7600

4 жыл бұрын

Baby Yoda can you ride in a Cadbury egg?

@adamski4445

4 жыл бұрын

Stephen Flynn you cannot however you can go on the cadabra ride which is a ride in a car around a magical land. There is also a 4D cinema (included in the ticket) which includes a rollercoaster simulation

@stephenflynn7600

4 жыл бұрын

Baby Yoda my father would visit Birmingham often. He was a chocoholic. He would bring home a mammoth brick of Cadbury chocolate 🍫 and God forbid if you ate any, he’d take your hand off! 🤣😂

The reason the back roads have tall banks on each side is due to their age . Most have been in use for 800 or a 1000 years . Before they where tarmacked, just being earth in the winter they would became very muddy . So would be gradually worn away . Most bends in these roads ,are of the same radius . Due to using oxen to plough the fields . Which needed a lot of room at each end to turn, before ploughing the next furrow . Later of course horses would be used . There was an advantage to using horses . They would plough much more in a day . But needed special feeding , which the oxen did not.

Scones with cream & jam isn’t a countrywide thing. We live in Lytham St Anne’s near Blackpool in Lancashire, we just put butter on our scones. When people go to friends houses, they don’t say “would you like some tea?” We say “do you want a brew?”

The peak district Derbyshire

I live in the midlands and everybody is really really friendly!

@WanderingRavens

4 жыл бұрын

We had such a good time there :) Which city/town are you in?

@mrm5183

4 жыл бұрын

If it’s the West Midlands they speak like retards. Still friendly though 😀

@901Wolf

4 жыл бұрын

Sep Tember I am from the West Midlands and children from year 1 to year 6 don’t really have a West Midlands accent but when you get into high school in changes completely. 😀

@bangingbolters4054

4 жыл бұрын

@@mrm5183 Excuse me!!!!

@bangingbolters4054

4 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingRavens Watford

I'm a UK native and the thing with jam and cream on the scones is a very serious topic over here! People get very heated about whether to put the jam on first, or the cream on first. Devon style is jam on top and Cornish style is cream on top. Thanks for sharing, always a fan of your vids ^_^

Putting cream on first is so much easier, it comes off the spoon easy, jam on top also easy.

I know what you mean about the country roads! My grandad used to always drive at 30 mph no matter where, but as soon as you let him loose on a country road, he turned into a racing driver!

@wilmaknickersfit

4 жыл бұрын

I noticed how many 4 wheel drives you see on the back roads and the drivers sit higher than in a normal car, so they see the coming road better.

@Georgexb

4 жыл бұрын

Wilma Knickersfit That’s certainly true, although its probably a consequence of the back roads mainly being in the countryside, where four wheel drives are more suitable

@wilmaknickersfit

4 жыл бұрын

@@Georgexb I would definitely drive a 4WD if I drove those kinds of roads all the time. 😎

With myself, I grew up in a quite rural area and so my accent was quite thick. When I went to my secondary school in the centre of the city due to being in a private institution I noticed that my accent started to change. So much so when my friend from primary school became a barber at the shop I go to he said he couldn't believe how much my voice changed that we sounded so different.

@WanderingRavens

4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Accents can change so quickly!

@jacobhandley7505

4 жыл бұрын

@@MagentaOtterTravels I guess that's what partially happened to me I wanted to fit in but then it just became something I'm used to?

@jacobhandley7505

4 жыл бұрын

@@MagentaOtterTravels They're alright like English people practically grow up with them in the media so I think they're alright but nothing to write home about?

@jacobhandley7505

4 жыл бұрын

@@MagentaOtterTravels Ahaha, class. Tbh I don't know why we sound like we've got authority to other countries to us it's just run of the mill. I guess with adverts in America though they want to grab attention so the best thing to do is get an accent that stands out. It's quite like how the Trivago ads have an Australian woman.

I'm from South West England and the cream/jam debate on scones is very real!!

What Americans dont realise about the tea break that it is a break. Americans only drink to go, prefer iced. Its all a rush. In england you fill the kettle wait 5 mins for it to boil Pour the water on the tea wait 5 mins for it to brew Pour the tea into a cup/mug add milk and sugar wait for it to cool Drink it slowly preferable with a biscuit/ cookie Then if you made enough , have another cup By which time your rested , relaxed ready to carry on not drinking whilst walking or rushing in the car down the street

Rhyming slang: J Arthur Rank.

@raychambers3646

4 жыл бұрын

Also Jodrell Bank.

@davidpanton3192

4 жыл бұрын

They won't understand that one as they don't say 'wank' in America. I know, how do they manage?

@johnwhittle.22

3 жыл бұрын

I know his cousin tommy tank

@DXgbell

3 жыл бұрын

@@raychambers3646 and ham shank

Also i don't know anyone who would refer to themselves as British, if you ask someone there nationality here they will say English Irish Scottish or Welsh almost never British

@ricmac954

4 жыл бұрын

I suspect a Yorkshireman will always tell you he's a Yorkshireman! 😂

@Metr0Wolf

4 жыл бұрын

Andrew Sutcliffe I always say I’m English

@fionaj8668

4 жыл бұрын

I call myself British!

@andrewsutcliffe4889

4 жыл бұрын

@@fionaj8668 there is always one

@fionaj8668

4 жыл бұрын

@@andrewsutcliffe4889 I only do it because I thought that what my nationality was. Didn't think Scottish, English etc was strictly a nationality. I am from the west coast of Scotland and there are people who would call themselves passionately British for the same reason most of Northern Ireland do. This is not the reason I do though. Scottish, British, European I am all three and have no issue calling myself any of these. As my passport is British I am sure that is what my "official" nationality is.

In the midlands Warwickshire is such a nice place to live.