We are always finding out things about the United Kingdom, so let's see what is thought about our country! Let us know if anything on this list are things you think or have. Are there different myths you have or have had in the past? We would really be interested to know. We hope you enjoy this episode. It was a fun, light-hearted one in midst of our terrible weather! We hope you will tune in tomorrow for our Christmas episode! Click the Like button if you liked this and consider subscribing. Merry Christmas everyone!

@pipmaple

Жыл бұрын

I hope you ladies are safe and warm

@sampeeps3371

Жыл бұрын

Please look at cutlery etiquette differences. I'm so sorry but Americans use cutlery like children. Link to vid: kzread.info/dash/bejne/i6qItayefbSWmco.html Merry Christmas ladies. Hope you have a great holiday!

@brucewilliams4152

Жыл бұрын

When I used to stay with my sister at Oxford University, there were two things that were so funny about American tourists. 1) Rupert load trousers.( Pants). 2) Oxford students go to tutorials and so.E lectures on gowns,( academic gowns), and on sitting such a person. An American tourist would exclaim...look there a student....then try to get a photo. I could guarantee that virtually all very person between 18 and 25 was usually a student in the centre of Oxford.

@tonys1636

Жыл бұрын

--37 C makes our recent -9 C seem tropical and now it's +13 C more autumnal than winter. Hope you don't suffer any burst pipes that show themselves when the thaw comes. One thing any food that needs to be frozen just leave outside as will freeze far quicker than In the freezer.

@geoffpriestley7001

Жыл бұрын

Happy Christmas

You can hear an American tourist usually before you see them.

@michellemoores6327

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@AndrewGosling-bz1lw

3 ай бұрын

I know some Americans, I game with someone from the us and he's softly spoken. I'm not saying because my mother's from the us

I have travelled the world and always knew the whereabouts of the group of American tourists in whatever hotel I was in. I could always hear them before I saw them and continued to hear them throughout the stay.😁

Americans are loud. Especially American tourists. You can hear them a mile away on public transport across London . I heard one say about Buckingham Palace "It sure is pretty, but why did they build it on a flight path" 🙃 They do have fanny packs as well. They tend to have a flowery shirt, cap, fanny pack, trainers and white pulled up socks. And a US flag patch somewhere.

@andrewfitzgerald2327

Жыл бұрын

I was visiting the crown Jewels with a group of children when an American dad was asked why there was a spoon in the crown Jewels. He said l expect they have a big breakfast on the day. The coronation of our late Queen was playing for all to see on a loop.

@fortymillioncoins9066

Жыл бұрын

So true- and their loudness takes over the entire international aircraft. I would make it very clear to those in my immediate surrounds that I am Australian, because the Americans were so loud.

@TarunoNafs

Жыл бұрын

Your description is so comical and vivid! Love it!

@johnritter6864

11 ай бұрын

lol, I think they are just enthusiatic. I was in Edinburgh once and they really enjoyed trying to connect with Scottish culture. For us its nothing special but for some of them its a big thing.

Canada is part of the British Commonwealth so will be more British.

@liveinhope

Жыл бұрын

It is part of the Commonwealth.

Oh, &, yes, older US tourists still use bum bags. And socks & sandals.

@allpissedup229

3 ай бұрын

True although socks and sandals is a very German thing as well. They love their sandals the Germans.

You Americans can blame your tourists for many misconceptions about your country. I encountered many in London and they were loud, without fail. In the Cotswolds and other tourist areas their stupidity was incredible, hence our impression America has no history, because that is exactly what American tourists told us through their comments and remarks. Talk to some British Antique dealers and they can give you multiple stories of Americanisms from their business dealings with Americans, in particular their amazement at anything being over a few hundred years old.

@melaniekendall4903

Жыл бұрын

So you think people who live in the Cotswolds are very stupid. Are you perfect

@malcolmsleight9334

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. The first time that I took my now ex-wife to England - she is an American - we stayed in London for a few days, and she got very irritated with the husband of an American family that was also staying at the hotel we were at, because he was loud and obnoxious. She was very embarrassed and told me that she now understood why Americans are perceived as loud.

@jacquieclapperton9758

Жыл бұрын

I remember a tale from someone at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. He told me that he was on the roof terrace with a group of US tourists. One man pointed up at Edinburgh Castle 🏰 towering above them and said "say, is that Stirling Castle?" "No, sir. That is Edinburgh Castle." "So where is Stirling Castle?" "Stirling, sir." Other daft questions were why the Castle and Holyroodhouse were built so close to the shops....

@nikkisinclaire4185

Жыл бұрын

Saved me from making the same observations

@messystudios8505

Жыл бұрын

@@melaniekendall4903 He never said that...

Hi Ladies , I live opposite an American lady all I’m going to say is I now wear earplugs everyday 😂😂😂Happy Christmas 🎄

@johnp8131

Жыл бұрын

Me too and I agree!

@tridentuk6885

Жыл бұрын

she's a shagger!

I live near Edinburgh and in the summer we can spot the Americans in the town as they have bumbags lolol

Met some people from Texas found them very softly spoken.

There was a moment in the tv adaptation of the Stand where Molly Ringwald gets off a motorbike and says in a loud voice “my fanny is numb” or words to that effect and we were watching this at home and the whole room just went ominously quiet. A room full of British people all eyes wide staring at the screen in utter disbelief 😂😂😂😂 still one of my absolute favourite parts of that movie 😂😂

The fanny pack bum bag is a staple of Florida attire 🤣 I have seen a million of them in the theme parks xx

@TheNatashaDebbieShow

Жыл бұрын

🤮🤮

in the mid 90's I was at university in the UK (I was born in the UK) when I was on a computer voice call with a girl I knew in the USA, there were a few people sat around near me joining in with the chat. My American friend was in a wheelchair after breaking her back during a fall, she had just been to the doctor and she said "He didn't even ask, he just game me that shot right in my Fanny ". The girls sat listening suddenly slammed their knees together and a couple of them almost fainted. Then as one of the only guys there I had to explain to the different placement of "Fanny" in each language. In the UK a lot of people think that all Americans carry guns, I lived in the deep south for 6 months in 1999 and only saw 2 people carrying guns (beside the police) and one had his for safety in the swamp.

I'm from New Zealand, worked for an American Company. So we had Corporate merchandise we could get for staff. I went to Rhode Island on business in the 90's and said to this lovely "more mature" woman who sent the mails out about this merchandise....hey Sue do you know what Fanny means in NZ. She was a senior PA. Her and her junior staff were unable to know wether to be embarassed or laugh or in between. As a Kiwi, this was terribly amusing.

We have met a lot of American Tourists in Cornwall and London (when we visited London) and they were loud. I went to fill my car with petrol and an American walked in and paid for his ‘gas’ as he put it and told the check out person his entire life story and then left. Everyone in the petrol station were relieved as he was so loud. It might be that we, in the UK, are quiet but Americans do come across as loud and very confident. I never thought about American history as being short as my grandmother came over here in the early 20th century as a baby but she and her parents were Native Americans and she married my grandfather who was proper English and so she grew up as an English maid even though she was a Native American.

I love Americans. I married one. America is beautiful and I love going there, the people are super friendly especially away from tourist areas

Apologise for this N &D but I was once on a Evenig flight from London to NY. 2 American men carried on a very loud conversation leaning across my friend & I when challenged. Their reply was "where would you like us to have our conversation" as quick as a flash my friend pointed at the wings of the plane and said "about 32000 ft that way!!!" Everyone sitting nearby clapped. I think it cultural I have been in elevators (lifts) and we wince at having to listen to your conversations or hear about your personal business 😳

A big misconception is that the USA is a low tax society. When I looked into it, there appeared to be more tax breaks in the UK than the USA.

No word of a lie - American tourists still wear 'FANNY PACKS 'on holiday.. I've seen it in UK & Ireland, France, Italy, Germany.. My most recent trip to as Porto, in October: I saw a woman wearing a bumbag and she had an American accent. 100% TRUE.

My sister married an American in the 1950s and she didn't just loose her English accent, she also increased her volume of speech. Whenever she came over to England for a visit, she was twice as loud as anyone else. BTW The last time I visited her, she took me to Crater Lake. TRIVIA 80% of the Canadian population live south of the US/Canada border.

You can never judge an entire nation by sterotypes and limited experience. I have come across Americans a number of times in the UK and we got on fine. You will find Americans who match British sterotypes and vice versa.

@TheNatashaDebbieShow

11 ай бұрын

100% agree

Sadly American travelers have picked up an undeserved reputation for being loud mouthed and crass. This is because that about 2% of them are totally cringeworthy but the other 98% are truly normal and well behaved but that horrible 2% really stand out. I have traveled in many countries including the USA ( I truly love Americans as was treated superbly as they just loved my very broad Scottish accent. }and the 2% are despised but the 98% are tarred with the same brush. The 2%% would loudly complain about anything and they could be totally unreasonable. As an example I was staying in a family run bed and breakfast in a 600 year old rambling old Manor house with all sorts of stairways and quaint rooms, truly charming, but those 8 Americans complained loudly that they should get their breakfasts delivered to their rooms whenever they wanted and at any time day or night. They also complained that there was not a lift to get them to the 1st floor. The house was a normal everyday family house run by a wonderful family and it was exceptionally cheap and really clean and welcoming. The final straw for me was when the demanded that the three wonderfully and friendly Labradors be taken out of the house and be kept on a chain at all times. I am normally a very soft spoken polite man but in that case I showed them just what a loud voice can be. I roared at them in a very broad Scots accent and described both their bad manners and their parentages using very rude Scots and Anglo Saxon words and phrases. My voice would have been heard for 100 yards and they all went very quite and I finished a request for them to leave now and travel and to have sex. My exact words were ALL EIGHT OF YOU ILL-MANNERED BASTARDS SHOULD F++K OFF NOW. Which they did. P.S. The three Labradors were allowed back into the Dining room as well as onto my bed.

@malcolmsleight9334

Жыл бұрын

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@alrush34

Жыл бұрын

That is why when asked while traveling, I tend to fib a bit and say I'm Canadian. To be fair, as an Alaskan, roughly half of my countrymen from the Lower 48 seem to think we're some foreign land and tend to be the same sort of obnoxious tourists you described. Good for you chasing off those jackasses.

I must say all the Americans have met and spoke to are great people.

We had 98°f for Christmas here in Melbourne Australia

Wisconsin also has Cornish Pasties called Teddy Wegers sp.? Probably a corruption of Tiddy Oggie and the wedged shape of the pastries. Cornish miners moved to parts of Wisconsin to mine various ores.

Yes that assumption about Americans and panny facks is because many American tourists, especially 30s and above, abroad do wear those pouchy belty things. The numbers happily do appear to be in decline. The other thing that marks Americans out abroad that is not a myth, especially among the young, is how much they like like. Like it’s incredible how many times, like, they can stick like in a sentence. It’s like awesome😮

Brilliant video. Have a very Happy Christmas!

The fanny pack thing is true with many American tourists we get in our town. We get quite a few where I live as it is a tourist area and it may be an age thing more than anything else because we get many more middle aged/elderly American tourists than younger ones. I think it's possibly because we are on the 'tourist trail' of a lot of guided coach tours and younger people tend not to go on these - also, it's a historic small market town- not somewhere that younger people want to visit - they tend to go to London and other big cities.

@ruthletts9752

Жыл бұрын

Yes I agree. Living in Stratford upon Avon with massive hoards of tourists we see a large percentage of American tourists wearing these. Probably because it keeps them hands free for cameras etc

@jeffgraham6387

Жыл бұрын

...I have to say as a brit, whenever I'm on holiday in the sun my daytime wear tends to be shorts and a T shirt so I still use a bum bag to this day, where else am I going to put the things I need to carry on me?

I still have my bum bag and use it a lot. On holidays and weekend breakers in the caravan. It’s either a bum bag or pockets. I don’t do normal bags. So on holiday my camera plus other things are attached too the belt park and use the bag for other stuff. 😅😅😅😅❤❤🇬🇧❤️🇺🇸

It may not be all Americans but all Americans I’ve personally encountered are very loud. Love this presenter, ( lost in the pond , subscribed and notifications on 👍 )his delivery is informative and hilarious 🇬🇧🇺🇸

@thomasjamesmccormack1693

Жыл бұрын

awesome

Just checked out other famous Canadians...Keanu Reeves, Donald/Kiefer Sutherland, Michael J. Fox, Rachel MacAdams, Dan Aykroyd & Matthew Perry AKA Miss Chanandler Bong, from Friends.🤣

Have a happy Christmas and New year

I have never thought of Canada and USA as the same country but must admit I am not good at differentiating between Canadian accents and American accents.

I believed all of those things until I visited the US. And US tourists still tend to stand out as the loudest (I live in a tourist hotspot and you can always tell the yanks! - or at least the noisy yanks :-) But after visiting the US several times including a couple of big road-trips I discovered there's a lot of variety and especially in small-town USA things tend to be much more sedate. As to bumbags/fanny packs I'm a hiker and wear them a lot, either as a more comfortable option on a day hike(round back) or for extra storage when backpacking(round front). But I would NOT wear one in town! And I haven't seen any US tourists with them either, they mostly have designer name backpacks! But I still can't tell Canukes from Yankees by their accent.

My parents thought that all Americans are really ignorant - but I had an American girlfriend that lived with me for 6 months and spent a lot of time talking with them - and they completely changed their view on this. In fact they had a lot of biases against all other countries, but after I introduced them to people from other countries - they changed - and they started travelling outside of the UK and loved it. For years they were afraid to leave the UK. I'm pretty sure this happens in both directions... that there are Americans that find the idea of visiting the UK or Europe too scary and too different from what they know.

I’ve watched a number of the Pond guys videos, & have come to the conclusion that he has been in the US too long to know what we really think in the UK these days. His videos are entertaining, but need to be taken with a huuuge pinch of salt.

Another great vid! I actually really want bumbags to come back. I hate carrying a bag if I don't need to and they're the perfect size for just what you need. My partner judges me as well. Thanks ladies!

@kumasenlac5504

Жыл бұрын

A waist-mounted camera bag makes a less-laughable alternative to a bumbag.

As a child in the 60 s / 70 s it took me years to learn what bangs were 🤷‍♀️ only had the tv to learn American English from 🤷‍♀️

Loud! It depends where the American person is from in the US. Their education level and upbringing. I found people in rural Georgia to be very polite, not loud by any means. Places like NYC and Philly are thousands of miles away in distance but also their accent and manners are equally distant. Working class English, Scots and Irish are no shrinking violets, especially if they start drinking beer.

The funniest thing about this is mentioning is people thinking how young America is as a country when you actually fall about half way down the list. To name but two younger countries :-) Germany and Italy. 1871 and 1861 respectively. Not sure anyone would say those two don't have history.

So my best friend is American and lives in the states. And we are constantly reminding each other we’re driving on the wrong side 😆😆😆😝

I’m not sure why we think having so much history is such a special thing. A lot of it makes us look bad. But when Brits talk about the USA we generally mean the United States from the point of the Declaration of Independence. We aren’t taught about it much.

Oh yes you are, loud my Sister inlaw is American and boy is she loud mind you I'm not surprised coming from New York they are all loud there New Yorkers like to hear their own voices.

I've found Americans speak when we Brits would keep quiet. We went to the Cinema in Philadelphia and the audience were shouting at the screens. We found it very strange :-)

When I worked at Heathrow airport, I could hear Americans coming out of baggage reclaim BEFORE they got anywhere near the exit of the reclaim door. I travelled to Paddington station on the local train, and a American behind me said to there friend about why all the cars by the side of the train line had been impounded. I didn't tell them that it was a compound for new cars that were for hire companies.

Hi Guys from the UK. I guess I'm late to the party but having seen a couple of your recent reactions, I'm in! I think you are from Ohio. We fly in and out of CVG often when visiting relatives in KY. I'll catch up with some of your other reactions over time. Hope the weather has been kind to you.have a happy and successful New Year guys. Stay safe.

Hey girls, I work in an American company and worked for other American companies before.. And yes my American colleagues were louder in meetings than their European ones. I think that fact has something to do with professional behaviour and dynamics. I also think it is a group thing as individual people were not loud. In cases I thought they (the US citizens) were more advertising their opinion in a matter. Not meant to stigmatise but just my own observations.

Interestingly. I was visiting Ireland in the summer. I got chatting to 2 American ladies who were exploring an old church and it's grounds. One of them on comparing Ireland with the USA said "but we're such a young country with a short history.." I then responded "But what about you're native American history, that goes way back..". She was a bit stunned, and I wasn't sure if I 'put my foot in it' - as it seems that some Americans do not acknowledge (or respect) the indigenous people, culture, and history.

@LC-fx2lo

Жыл бұрын

As an American, I can assure you that most Americans these days VERY MUCH respect, acknowledge, feel a connection with, and feel deep regret and shame about what happened to the Native American's population, culture, and heritage. If you were touring (what I assume) was a Christian church in Ireland, common sense would lead me to believe the women most likely meant (in regards to the US being a young country with a short history) that there were no Christian churches in the US that were as old as the one you were standing in (in Ireland) because before settlers started immigrating to the colonies, there were no Christian churches in the US. I certainly don't think they meant to discount the history of the entire indigenous people of North America lol. They were most likely making a simple remark about architecture. I've heard MANY Brits and Europeans refer to the US as being a young country with a short history as well.

Michigan, specifically the Upper Penninsula, has their version of Cornish Pasties becacuse Cornish miners were world renouned, and went to Michigan to work on the huge copper deposits there. They took their staple food with them. I was very pleased, as a Devonian - ie from Devon, next to Cornwall, that I found them when I visited there as my dad lived and worked in Michigan for 15 years. A little taste of home. Of the stereotypes mentioned, I would say that American's really are very loud, when abroad. In America, it is not noticable, but when they pop up somewhere as tourists, you can certainly hear them above everyone else, as well as spot them by the football/baseball shirts and baseball caps! Similarly, you would be lucky to see houses in the UK go up to the hundreds, but regularly on TV, the houses are number 27,322, which is why it gives the impression that they have super long streets. Canadian and US accents sound the same to young ears, in just the same way that Australian and New Zealand accents seem the same. Greater exposure usually leads to enlightenment!

Americans are not loud ! As people we are not that different , same supermarkets, same entertainment, houses are larger and apartments but not all ❗️people who make these claims about the USA obviously have not been there ? It's a great country with nice people just like many other countries 👍🏻👍🏻

Hello ladies, thanks for all the great work and videos you have made. You have given more enjoyment, entertainment and comfort. than you may realise. I know you are having bad weather with below zero temperatures. Stay safe both of you. Merry Christmas and a happy new year from the UK.

@TheNatashaDebbieShow

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! Merry Christmas ❤️

There is a particular kind of American tourist that probably accounts for most of these thoughts. My late husband used to call them Gee Wilburs and after meeting a few of them I can categorically state that you lassies do not come into that category. So what defines a Gee Wilbur? Hmm well they appear to think the rest of the world is deaf, rather like their British counterpart who thinks that saying -one - word - at - a - time - very - slowly, will magically translate it into the language of whatever country they are in. They constantly tell you how much bigger everything is in the good old US of A. The main reason you will never fall into their camp however is you are doing research. No one is expecting you to know everything heck we live here and there is so much we don't know even down to how to pronounce place-names. You will make mistakes but most folk are forgiving if they see you are trying. My brother has an example from a bus tour he did on Shetland many years ago. There was a group of Americans on the tour the majority of them were fine, good company, asked reasonable questions and showed an interest in the answers. The Gee Wilbur even drove his fellow Americans crazy because everything they saw according to him was bigger and better back home. The Shetland driver guiding the tour let it go till they approached the airport. The man was spouting of about how the airport would be tiny and how big laguardia airport was. The driver announced that here they had a runaway that was large enough to run between the north sea and the Atlantic ocean. On the approach road/helicopter runway(yes its a runway not a helipad) he stopped the bus announcing if they looked out one side of the bus they would see the North Sea and if they looked out of the other side they would see the Atlantic ocean. The other Americans laughed with delight at his comeuppance.

I've been to America 22 times love America & the people

Ladies. Firstly, wishing thee both a merry Christmas and a great New year in 2023. I hope that the packages arrived with thee safely. I don't know if this saying is an American one or Canadian. But when we move our clocks forward and back. We always say ' Spring Forward, Fall Back', as a reminder to which way we move the hour arm. Have been to America twice in my lifetime. In 1982 l was a member of the military musicians whom opened EPCOT, on the 24th October that year at the official opening ceremony. In 1989, l was part of another military band, whom were presented in Washington state with the honour of 'Good will Ambassadors' & 'freedom of the state capital Olympia'. For our work in the area of public relations, or 'Hands across the sea', as the saying goes. Love your videos. Looking forward to many more in 2023. Merry Christmas ladies. Semper fi. Faugh-a-Ballagh.

@TheNatashaDebbieShow

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! No packages, seems because of the UK postal strike many items haven't arrived yet. Merry Christmas!

@robertmcqueen289

Жыл бұрын

@@TheNatashaDebbieShow. That's strange. Both have been tracked to your po box, as arrived safely. When you do get them. One hopes that the contents are to your liking. Merry Christmas.

When I lived in the wilds of the Devon moors would often hear any Americans before I saw them sometimes it took about 5 mins between first sounds and them walking past garden

Merry Xmas to both it you hope you have a great day and all the best for 2023 .

@TheNatashaDebbieShow

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

Having travelled and lived in many countries all over Europe and lived in Korea , but never visited the US...i think ive only encountered American tourists......so its different but the over riding comment is loud...oh so loud ....VERY LOUD....im in London every week and....well...nobody ever speaks on the tube except Americans...its hilarious...you can hear their private conversation at other end of carriage ...bless em...🤣🤣 Merry Christmas from me and my doggies....WOOF!

@alangauld6079

Жыл бұрын

I think that's important. It may not be that they have loud voices but they speak at full volume in places where everyone else kind of whispers, if they speak at all - libraries, museums, art galleries, cemeteries, posh restaurants and so on. And of course, it's only the loud minority we hear, but they are invariably Americans so the reputation sticks.

The Blarney Castle Hotel, Blarney, Irish Republic, 1996. Four retired Americans are sat at a table in the Dining Room with the other guests, having breakfast. They would like some more Maple Syrup for their pancakes. Ooer .... 🥺 "EXCUSE ME, CAN WE HAVE MORE MAPLE SYRUP OVER HERE?" "YES, WE NEED SOME MORE MAPLE SYRUP." "YUP, MAPLE SYRUP HERE PLEASE." They got their Maple Syrup. *sigh*. They continued talking to each other as if they were all a city block from each other. After they left the rest of us, Brits, Irish, French and Italians looked at each other without exchanging a word but our looks said it all: Thank God they're gone. Sorry Ladies, true story. 😉

Happy Christmas

I think a bum bag is more of a tourist thing. Its a safer way of carrying things than. a bag on your shoulder. that can be easily stolen.

Michigan's Upper Peninsula is a landmass jutting out of the northern tip of Wisconsin. The pasty's prevalence is linked to an early 1800s rush to mine copper deposits in the region. The resulting onslaught of laborers from Cornwall, England, brought over the pasty.

Trust me - I’ve just got back from the Caribbean and if the American tourists weren’t walking around with backpacks, they were wearing fanny sacks/bumbags 🤔😆

@TheNatashaDebbieShow

Жыл бұрын

So sad!!!

I’ve visited and travelled around the states several times on road trips visiting multiple cities from New York to San Diego and found Americans are loud in bars. Why are two people sat across from each other but seem to be shouting rather than talking :-/

I’ve always found US tourists very polite and not loud. Japanese and English are flipping loud. Also we did US history at school in a vague way BUT I can’t tell difference between Americans and Canadians!!!! They sound the same to me - apologies 😂

The red tele boxes were put up for sale, my neighbor up the street bought one. 😅 Whitby has the best fish & chips in the country. Also known for their Whitby Shrimp. Oh yes, butter chicken is lovely (its not a curry). BTW at 62 here we get a card to ride the the trams/ buses for free. Ok Natasha, that is a clear no.😅

My perception of America when I first visited in 1975 was that everybody carried a gun.Totally untrue.

Love you guys and all your content. Lawrence is also brilliant. One myth that is true however (sorry) is the loud thing. It is noticeable in public places and in groups such as restaurants. It doesn’t mean all Americans are loud all the time and that all Brits are always restrained. Like all stereotypes they are however correct some of the time.

I can see why the house numbering thing would be confusing because all of our streets number from 1, usually with odd numbers on one side of the street and even numbers on the other. If you are interested in why, number 1 is the house that it closest to the nearest post office. I have a theory about the loud American myth (apart from the fact that a lot of American shows on UK TV are cop shows where there is a lot of yelling - and shooting - that you don't get on British cop shows) is that the Americans that we see are tourists and somehow tourists are louder than normal people. If you go to Spain you will see just how loud brit tourists are.

Hello, I have been watching your channel for a couple of months now and I'm really enjoying the content you put out, I really like the genuine interest you show in discovering and learning about the UK. Also I really appreciated the videos you did covering the funeral of the Queen and the respect and compassion you showed. Great work keep it up ladies 👍

@TheNatashaDebbieShow

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I dont think all Americans live in giant houses. I just think Americans have the land space to spread out, so the bathroom and bedrooms will be all on the same level on the ground floor. I know some places do have 2 floors, but most english homes are 2 or 3 levels. you really associate one level with a bungalow.

I recall hearing the song ‘The Weight’ by the band. And the lyric ‘Take a load off fanny…. And you put the load right on me’ and thinking…. Huh? As an innocent young Brit Boy 😂 the Bee Gees also recorded ‘Fanny (Be tender with my love)’. And yeah, I’ve had a ‘bum bag’ but no more…

as a brit i grew up thinking americans are loud ate massive amounts of food very confident had a massive house and drove a gas guzzler and ate a diet of hotdogs cheeseburgers and fries

@TheNatashaDebbieShow

7 ай бұрын

Ha!!!

Me "please say Hugh Jackman" With the bumbag thing I don't understand why so many carry wallets in back pockets, I carry mine in front and someone went to still it I see their face and also way more comfortable

Happy Christmas Natasha and Debbie love from the UK 🇬🇧

Love the shows girls. Just a quick question, are you taught any native american history in any detail at school. Including the ugly bits. They are your countrys' forefathers. Merry Chrimbo and look forward to seeing yous in the New Year!

@TheNatashaDebbieShow

Жыл бұрын

Yes!! This is our point. We were taught quite extensively all aspects. It is the history of THIS country

@AnthonyValentine-vm1yc

Жыл бұрын

@@TheNatashaDebbieShow Brillliant. I'm made up. Thank you.

You have more land around your homes, like garden areas, We are more cramped together, mines a terraced house, alot have small yards.. Also we do know about the native Americans history.. I agree Americans are a bit loud haha

Just a quick message to you both. To wish you a Wonderful Christmas and a Happy and prosperous New Year. And may you soon get your wish to visit our Great Country, My warmest wishes, from Derek and my pooch Barnaby, in Dorset across the pond. Take care Stay safe.

@TheNatashaDebbieShow

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Thanks so much!! Merry Christmas ❤️

How does Fahrenheit work in Minus/Negative? 0c is 32f but -37c is -34.6f, why is it so close in the negative? It makes no sense!!! Celsius is so simple, 0=Freezing and 100=Boiling. If you don't have snow a -37c then there's something wrong with your temp conversion

@TheNatashaDebbieShow

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It was -35F when converting to Celsius on our weather app it said -37c. We certainly don't understand anything other than Fahrenheit

@MetalMonkey

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@@TheNatashaDebbieShow I know Fahrenheit is all you know but it doesn't make any sense in the negative degrees. 32F is 0c.......32 degrees difference but -35F is -37C.......2 degrees difference? I can't make any sense of how it works, big, number difference in the positive and small numbers difference in the negative. Can you see my problem? Fahrenheit makes no sense

@TheNatashaDebbieShow

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We fully see the problem and trust us, when we hit the Celsius button and that's what it said, it confused us as it is yse. Google said the same, no that's all we could go off of.

@MetalMonkey

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@@TheNatashaDebbieShow I'm not blaming you in the slightest, i just can't understand how Fahrenheit works in the negatives

@alangauld6079

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Because a degree F is about half the size of a degree C. So when you drop 10C you are dropping 20F and so on.

It's always the quiet ones...!

@natasha&Debbie. You're amazing and I love watching your videos. I love your interest in the UK, we forget how nice it is here because we are born here. I'm fascinated with the US, and cannot wait to visit. Please visit the UK soon. Stay warm though and hopefully the cold goes away so. X

One thing we don’t have is blocks and it took me a fair few years before I realised what they were 😂 we would just say something like 3 streets down for example when giving directions, and our streets all have ‘ names ‘ like Baker Street for example. And just a quick note, you two honestly are a breath of fresh air, so down to earth and genuine ❤ ❤❤❤ nadolig llawen a blwyddyn newydd dda iawn / Merry Christmas and a Happy new year From Eve and family in Cardiff

I visited family in your lovely country afew years ago. When asked by a friend of theirs if I wanted to live there, USA, and answered "America's a nice place to visit." The looking her face was priceless. There's No Place Like Home, as stated in Wizard of Oz.

The principal issue is that most Americans who stick in the memory who you'd personally meet here are extrovert tourists who adhere to such stereotypes. Loudly complaining about how small everything is here, rummaging for cash in a bum bag (you do still see them among some tourists) and raving about the age of stuff. Thankfully, certainly not all of them adhere to such a pattern but sadly the ones who tend to stick in the mind most do so - particularly as there are always plenty of them everywhere, loudly making their presence felt.

Love you guys because you respect the UK and its values as much as your own. And they mirror my respect for the USA and its values. So much to compare, respect and also poke fun at. I learned about Fall/Autumn today - awesome! Now, why does Chuck Berry correctly sing about "Route (Root) 66" and then somehow it has become "Route (Rout) 66" these days? Genuinely, please help! Oh! Wishing you love and best wishes for Christmas too :-)

American tourists in europe will yell does anyone speak american? 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Just to say - before I start watching - a few words about what this one Brit thinks about two particular Americans... 😌 Your videos just get better and better; the content is always interesting, your personalities come across as just lovely, your relationship seems to be something special. I love that you are true animal lovers....yes, and birds Natasha 🐦...

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@patthewoodboy

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@@TheNatashaDebbieShow agree , you are both wonderful

I just spent my Birthday in New York ( 60 !! ) I had a wonderful time, All the Americans I met were were pleasant and friendly ( and the only loud ones were some drunk Ladies in a bar ) The one problem I had was with Americans understanding my Strong East London Accent , My Greek Husband had no problem being understood ...but a fantasise time was had by all 12 of us .Merry Christmas Ladies

When it comes to canada and America being the same. Its like when an english person compairs England too something like Scotland saying its the same and the same country. Being Scottish i can understand that as Scotland wales and Ireland are completely different to england itself, so i can understand why that vexs people.

I do think in regard to American history is most Brits think of when Europeans first discovered America and don't include or relate to the native American history that of course goes back much further,and its because we can go to a pubs that were built in the 11th and 12th century even though our history starts way before then but that's just an example so everyone know about the native peoples but we tend to mean when Europeans discovered it as i said,if we were speaking to native Americans then we wouldn't say or think that way but we don't get to communicate with the native peoples only the ones who migrated there,I must say also is i have noticed the older American tourists do seem to wear matching jumpers and sometimes matching jackets but not the younger ones,when i was in Miami in the 90's i did see some families with the exact same haircuts which i found strange but they may have been the trailer park types lol❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I think if you came back to 1960 the UK and USA were very different. Not now. Cornish pasties could be wonderful for you. To be honest , now I know the USA it's almost home. Texas was a little different. Maryland home from home. In 1960 the USA kids lived in local RAF houses ( USAF ). I spent my early years making these kids less home sick. Italy is more different. Love Italy. Germany also.

Mineral Point, Wisconsin IS the Cornish Pastie Capital of the US. Cornish miners were brought there in the mid 19th century…well worth a visit. The streets have a very English west-country feel to them

Christmas Day will be the Kings first Christmas address to his people. You should react to that, you would a great job of that.

Thank-you for all the hard work you put in for us with all the extra videos and live on Facebook. We appreciate how much time you have put in just to entertain and keep us company. Hope you have a well-earned break soon and stay safe with this blizzard. It's been our news, and its frightening to hear.

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I am pleased you liked Lawrence and hope you might react to more from 'Lost in the Pond' in future; I love his idiosyncratic presentation style myself... 😏

People always get this wrong it's not Loud as in sound more in actions ie over the top A good example is why dont your schools have the UJ in America the Stars and Stripes are in all there schools my American cousins say Britain has nothing to prove they have done it years ago

Why do Brits talk like they need to blow their noses? 😂. We're who we're and don't need anyones approval.

American tourists are definitely still wearing fanny (snigger) packs. They were in London this summer anyway.

You guys need to react to Russel howard he is the funniest British comedian ever

Happy Christmas from Upper Bucklebury, West Berkshire Ladies, your videos always put a big smile on my face. May 2023 bring you both health and happiness, keep on exploring our wonderful country and its culture, it's always really interesting viewing yourselves through other peoples eyes. Saw your comments on the crap posted earlier, reminds me of my late mum, if you cant think of something nice to say just don't say anything, social media unfortunately has enabled every idiot's right to spout whatever vacuous rubbish they can think of, just better to quietly ban them than start a drama by replying which ultimately gives them what they want, attention. Keep on going, don't get disheartened there are a whole bunch of people that love what you do.

I live in London, yes for some reason American tourists wear bum bags, much better though than people wearing backpacks on the Tube, drives me bonkers lol