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  • @absofsteel9323
    @absofsteel93232 жыл бұрын

    He forgot that the ”bird” is the middle finger in the US!😂😂

  • @kimyona9746

    @kimyona9746

    2 жыл бұрын

    That would be birdie.

  • @lone6718

    @lone6718

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kimyona9746 nope, it’s called flipping the bird.

  • @kimyona9746

    @kimyona9746

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lone6718 most people i know call it birdie. Might be a regional thing

  • @lone6718

    @lone6718

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kimyona9746 might be, I’m from the Northwest.

  • @canaisyoung3601

    @canaisyoung3601

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, back in like the 1920s and 30s and in some regions.

  • @SpinX522
    @SpinX5222 жыл бұрын

    Mike Myers is actually a Canadian actor.

  • @lilmaxAlarcxn

    @lilmaxAlarcxn

    2 жыл бұрын

    F.U! He's ours now.

  • @chadfalardeau5396

    @chadfalardeau5396

    2 жыл бұрын

    His parents are from England so we can share him

  • @gamingclips8133

    @gamingclips8133

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@chadfalardeau5396 we’re all pretty much related anyway lmao

  • @transfertransfer986

    @transfertransfer986

    2 жыл бұрын

    isnt canadian part of north america 😅

  • @tuantakur48

    @tuantakur48

    2 жыл бұрын

    How about Michael Myers ?

  • @henryqu19
    @henryqu192 жыл бұрын

    I love Lauren's laugh and her interation with him and Christina as well

  • @CrisOnTheInternet

    @CrisOnTheInternet

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lauren is great, she really is a people person.

  • @henryqu19

    @henryqu19

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Pingu0 Loot at a mirror and then you'll see a boomer

  • @henryqu19

    @henryqu19

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Pingu0And i don't remember ask you anything

  • @henryqu19

    @henryqu19

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Pingu0 OK BOOMER 😂 , do you like this word so much...

  • @banggegep4408
    @banggegep44082 жыл бұрын

    Dude, Cameron’s laugh is so crunchy ! His sense of humor is so spot on. Lauren is always a treat to see and hear, her interaction with Cameron is flowing so smooth. Kinda miss Christina and Grace btw

  • @jamesrehan9969

    @jamesrehan9969

    2 жыл бұрын

    crunchy?

  • @Khomuna

    @Khomuna

    2 жыл бұрын

    He laughs exactly like the "deez nuts" guy.

  • @zaynes5094

    @zaynes5094

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Khomuna Lol

  • @bobmoor8519

    @bobmoor8519

    2 жыл бұрын

    Don't you mean cringey ?

  • @NostalgiCrazy

    @NostalgiCrazy

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bobmoor8519 No, crunchy like loud and bold lol.

  • @Laurenade
    @Laurenade2 жыл бұрын

    Please enjoy my scouse accent 😂😂 and yes we did forget Fanny again 😅

  • @hansantonio110

    @hansantonio110

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ello Lauren... have a nice day 💜🤗

  • @stevehangzo7159

    @stevehangzo7159

    2 жыл бұрын

    "I'm goin on the rob. I've gotta get a prezzie. It's me nan's Birthday. She's thirty" ~Jimmy Carr's take on Scouse accents

  • @andyscouseus

    @andyscouseus

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hi from a fellow Scouser in America!

  • @HermanVonPetri

    @HermanVonPetri

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@stevehangzo7159 With apologies to the people sitting in the front row.

  • @aardvark5730

    @aardvark5730

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@stevehangzo7159 I want some chicken and a can of coke

  • @voodoosleeper
    @voodoosleeper2 жыл бұрын

    I loved "Fool, stop!" omg 😂

  • @lemonz1769

    @lemonz1769

    2 жыл бұрын

    Where is he from? Fool and full aren’t pronounced the same in standard American English.

  • @tracycombs1484

    @tracycombs1484

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm guessing he is southern lol. We tend to drag our words out.

  • @Farhankhan_the1
    @Farhankhan_the12 жыл бұрын

    Cameron’s laughing and his sense of humour is on spot. He is indeed very funny person.✨

  • @CrisOnTheInternet

    @CrisOnTheInternet

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, the laughing does sound natural

  • @mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072

    @mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072

    2 жыл бұрын

    He so cringey

  • @danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307

    @danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307

    Жыл бұрын

    I think cameron is more likely to be full of spunk than her!

  • @eljaminlatour6633
    @eljaminlatour66332 жыл бұрын

    Imagine someone in the US named "Randy" comes to the UK and mentions his name, and some people will be like "I'm sorry, what?"

  • @melissaattaway7426

    @melissaattaway7426

    2 жыл бұрын

    Funny enough, im born and raised here in Alabama USA. But I use the term "Randy" in its UK format. Just like they mentioned, its because of Austin Powers. But I use it all the time. I feel like I'd have a hard time calling a guy with that name by that name. It'd be awkward for me cause of how long I've said it the UK way. I'm Melissa's husband by the way. Not Melissa herself.

  • @memsom

    @memsom

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@melissaattaway7426 no one in the UK really uses the word Randy anymore, except ironically. It sounds like the 1970’s or my grandmother’s generation speaking.

  • @melissaattaway7426

    @melissaattaway7426

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@memsom gotcha. I understand. I should mention that I do use it ironically. Sarcastically may be more accurate. But I do use it all the time as a goofy way to flirt with my wife. I’m not walking around using it seriously… wife slaps my butt= “oh darlin, feelin all kinds of randy huh” that kind of thing. I’ll stop now before we cross into TMI territory.

  • @Kyrelel

    @Kyrelel

    2 жыл бұрын

    I remember, a few years back, reading a Tech journal, and the winner of a particular competition, written in rather large text, was a chap by the name of Randy Bender.

  • @foong171183

    @foong171183

    2 жыл бұрын

    Poor Randy Orton

  • @JohnSmith-ys4nl
    @JohnSmith-ys4nl2 жыл бұрын

    "Thick" is also used in the U.S. to mean "dumb" but it seems to have fallen out of fashion.

  • @Regular_Decorated_Emergency

    @Regular_Decorated_Emergency

    Жыл бұрын

    Not in the South.

  • @teddysmith8725

    @teddysmith8725

    Жыл бұрын

    Thick-skulled is probably more common to say. But I've heard thick used that way in the US.

  • @FetchTheCow

    @FetchTheCow

    Жыл бұрын

    Also, thick headed means dumb in the US.

  • @Nogli
    @Nogli2 жыл бұрын

    I remember giggling many years ago at an episode of Pokemon. Jessie and James were in disguise, and Jessie said to Ash "hey kid, you've got spunk!". At that age, I had just started to grasp what that word meant in my native UK.

  • @davidhines68

    @davidhines68

    Жыл бұрын

    I never associated that meaning of spunk with the UK. For as long as I can remember in the US, spunk has meant semen. Well, other things too, but I never use the word except as a joke.

  • @Lavolanges

    @Lavolanges

    Жыл бұрын

    @@davidhines68 I'm in Canada and here the word means courage. It does in the US too, as I recall from an episode of "Mary Tyler Moore" after Mary stands up to Mr. Grant and she says, "You know what? You've got spunk!" Mary, smiling and pleased, "Well..." Mr. Grant, "I hate spunk!!"

  • @davidhines68

    @davidhines68

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Lavolanges That Mary Tyler Moore reference brings back memories! Yeah, that was a great bit from a great show. I agree that it has other meanings.

  • @cameronword
    @cameronword2 жыл бұрын

    I had a good laugh with all of these words! I hope you all enjoy them as well! (And yep! I incorrectly assumed that Mike Myers is from the United States, when he is in fact from Canada. Sorry about that!)

  • @cameronword

    @cameronword

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@loveweus Thank you so much! 💚

  • @kanwarpal724

    @kanwarpal724

    2 жыл бұрын

    I live to hear your laughs. Best thing about the video

  • @magister343

    @magister343

    2 жыл бұрын

    Technically you never said he was from the United States, just that he is an American actor. American can refer to anyone from any part of North, Central, or South America, so Canadians are still American.

  • @memsom

    @memsom

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@magister343 yeah, but the assumption bias on that statement is “USA” and that is what he meant by his own admission.

  • @jackpatterson7110

    @jackpatterson7110

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the correction, we appreciate that 🇨🇦❤

  • @matthewhines9787
    @matthewhines97872 жыл бұрын

    Meanwhile, Mike Meyers is Canadian.

  • @gerry54

    @gerry54

    2 жыл бұрын

    Immediately scrolled to find this comment! Haha!

  • @VivaCohen

    @VivaCohen

    2 жыл бұрын

    I legit thought he was British

  • @paranoidrodent

    @paranoidrodent

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@VivaCohen Mike Myers is very much a Canadian and has a pretty bog standard southern Ontarian accent (which he sometimes exaggerates to have it sound like a rural Ontarian accent because that's what Americans think stereotype Canadians as sounding like) with some Brit flourishes. His parents were British immigrants to Canada (a lot of Brits moved to Canada, Australia and NZ during the mid-20th century). He grew up hearing British accents around the house and uses those memories to mimic and exaggerate British accents.

  • @antoniocasias5545

    @antoniocasias5545

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@paranoidrodent I think you mean Hiccup lmao

  • @fireaj_
    @fireaj_2 жыл бұрын

    I gotta say, as an American as well I had the exact same reaction to Lauren saying “oh he’s thick”😂😂😂😂 I’m DEAD-

  • @cheeveka3
    @cheeveka32 жыл бұрын

    “Blowing a raspberry” is such a funny saying 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @minimanukuk

    @minimanukuk

    Жыл бұрын

    Raspberry tart - fart.

  • @anndeecosita3586
    @anndeecosita35862 жыл бұрын

    Bird in the US also means the middle finger. I sometimes hear women called birds but we mostly say chicks. I love the word chick and I use it all the time. We also use period to mean a time frame. Like in high school we have homeroom then go to first period, second period and so on. I have heard thick to mean stupid. Mostly older people though. I love the US representative. He’s sweet.

  • @lemonz1769

    @lemonz1769

    2 жыл бұрын

    We also use thick in the same way to mean stupid.

  • @what.are.you.doing.stepbro

    @what.are.you.doing.stepbro

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lemonz1769 its mostly used to describe sexy somewhat fat women. “With thick thighs”

  • @Lavolanges

    @Lavolanges

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lemonz1769 - Yes, often used as "thick as two planks!"

  • @warrenpuckett4203

    @warrenpuckett4203

    Жыл бұрын

    A tough old bird comes from a old rooster or a roasting hen. Something that those who have not had much contact with chickens and chicken coops would understand.

  • @mozzjones6943

    @mozzjones6943

    Жыл бұрын

    Flipping the bird! Yes indeed I have become familiar with that term thanks to Eminem lol. But here's an interesting fact to why we in UK commonly refer to woman as 'Birds': It comes from an old middle England word ‘burde’ which basically was a common term for maidens / young ladies up to middle aged, Then older ladies were called 'seldom' (the info goes deeper but that's the gest). I think Americans flipped on this, They say 'chicks' or 'Broads' :)

  • @deanmcmanis9398
    @deanmcmanis93982 жыл бұрын

    Cameron is well informed, and well spoken. Great way to represent the U.S. And Lauren is always a treat to see and hear. I had known about the British slang terms from movies and TV, but it was still fun to watch both of their explanations and reactions.

  • @mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072

    @mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072

    2 жыл бұрын

    No no he’s not. First of all he cant connect the dots that sheath does not mean store that’s what you put The Sword in, so it’s an innuendo of a condom. Also Mike Myers is not American he is Canadian. And he always insults his own country just to seem woke. So no he’s not the great way to represent the US. It’s not even that hard to find someone!

  • @tyshadonyxs2008

    @tyshadonyxs2008

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072 wow, you guys are here too. Woke-bashing, lol go touch some grass

  • @mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072

    @mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tyshadonyxs2008 ?

  • @antoniocasias5545

    @antoniocasias5545

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tyshadonyxs2008 ha welp same to u loser cam is being overly woke it’s cringey as heII

  • @sharonwilliams8552

    @sharonwilliams8552

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072 lmfaooo canadians are american.

  • @shigemorif1066
    @shigemorif10662 жыл бұрын

    Lol, so funny. I feel like the American version of trump as fart is "toot."

  • @memsom

    @memsom

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well no, we have that too. Toot, parp, guff, pop, traff…. Probably more.

  • @Nikioko

    @Nikioko

    2 жыл бұрын

    America used to have the trumps in their hands. Today, it's the other way around.

  • @NOONE-cd4gu
    @NOONE-cd4gu Жыл бұрын

    This two are hilarious together. What a great friendship they must have

  • @charlespeterwatson9051
    @charlespeterwatson90512 жыл бұрын

    4:13 In America, "bird" can also refer to the middle finger, as in "flipping the bird".

  • @Noneya2023
    @Noneya20232 жыл бұрын

    I’m surprised another widely known US version of “Bird” was missed! Flipping the Bird. It means giving the middle finger to someone.

  • @walkerlocker6126
    @walkerlocker61262 жыл бұрын

    Growing up in southern USA in the 90s, we used to use 'thick' and 'dense' interchangeably. More common you'd hear "He's just thick-headed" as a niceish-rudish way to say someone is slow, or dumb, or stubbornly dumb (dumbly stubborn?). But we'd also say dense, which isn't associated with stubborn at all, but is the equivalent to 'thick'. Sometimes used also for someone "blind to a matter", like maybe they aren't exactly dumb but just super unaware of a situation. I love linguistic differences!

  • @Bobbydazzlla

    @Bobbydazzlla

    Жыл бұрын

    It comes from "thick as a brick"

  • @natredayork
    @natredayork2 жыл бұрын

    This episode was the funniest one I swear! Cameron's laugh is getting louder and Lauren's reaction as nice as usually. Love this combination for sure 💙💙

  • @frost_8266
    @frost_82662 жыл бұрын

    Thank you a lot for that content! You're helping many people to study English

  • @cgfiresoul5473
    @cgfiresoul54732 жыл бұрын

    UK : sorry I trumped US : I tooted My mind : sorry I flatulated😂

  • @thewatcher8733

    @thewatcher8733

    2 жыл бұрын

    I misread that as fluted

  • @FUBAR956
    @FUBAR9562 жыл бұрын

    I love when Lauren is on these videos. She’s easy on the eyes, has a soothing voice, and her personality is so refreshing.

  • @kurtsnyder4752

    @kurtsnyder4752

    Жыл бұрын

    She's GORGEOUS! Or are you using a stereotypical British understatement?

  • @cheman579

    @cheman579

    3 ай бұрын

    @@kurtsnyder4752 As a Brit, I'd just say she's EXTREMELY British looking. There's certain British women with that type of look that just can't be from anywhere else

  • @elaineforan4751
    @elaineforan47512 жыл бұрын

    I so wanted her to mention 'as thick as two short planks'. That expression is so common to mean really stupid.

  • @FionaEm

    @FionaEm

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same in Australia 🙂 We also say "thick as a brick".

  • @elaineforan4751

    @elaineforan4751

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@FionaEm yup! Here too!

  • @cxffaye

    @cxffaye

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@FionaEm same heee

  • @cheman579

    @cheman579

    3 ай бұрын

    in yorkshire we just say "thick as owt"

  • @bitmelody2616

    @bitmelody2616

    Ай бұрын

    Which is often shortened to just "plank" as an insult for someone incompetent and stupid

  • @calebsiekwandy9694
    @calebsiekwandy96942 жыл бұрын

    I really adore Cameron's laugh, that's my cup of tea🤣

  • @JeraldEvans
    @JeraldEvans2 жыл бұрын

    I’m surprised Fanny didn’t show up

  • @connorward2400
    @connorward24002 жыл бұрын

    I love Lauren going full Scouse she should do it more often.

  • @MegaMiaow

    @MegaMiaow

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ive never heard a scouse sound as un-scouse as her

  • @memsom

    @memsom

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MegaMiaow I thought she sounded more generally Mancunian. I was surprised when she claimed to be scouse

  • @rogueuniversities6866

    @rogueuniversities6866

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@memsom You have never been to Manchester nor heard a real Mancunian accent in your life. And don't respond with "I'm from Stockport", which is Cheshire

  • @rogueuniversities6866

    @rogueuniversities6866

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MegaMiaow It's not a great accent but it is clearly stereotypical Scouse. Saying words such as bird like beeeerd, for example.

  • @Oxley016

    @Oxley016

    2 жыл бұрын

    She is basically speaking in RP

  • @d.robertdigman1293
    @d.robertdigman12932 жыл бұрын

    My understanding of 'thick' as the British derogation is that it refers to the idea that a person's skull must be so thick it leaves little space for what must be a very tiny brain.

  • @Bobbydazzlla

    @Bobbydazzlla

    Жыл бұрын

    Ever heard of thick as a brick (old rhyming slang)?

  • @duane_313

    @duane_313

    Жыл бұрын

    Or so thick nothing can get through to them

  • @d.robertdigman1293

    @d.robertdigman1293

    Жыл бұрын

    @@duane_313 I love that one! I also think the two explanations can be combined! Sorry, I think I'm a bit thick today!

  • @sb6678
    @sb6678 Жыл бұрын

    I remember the first time an American said to me ‘hey, I’m Randy’ I just laughed in his face 😂

  • @t.a.k.palfrey3882
    @t.a.k.palfrey38822 жыл бұрын

    When I was contracted to work in the US for six years, back in the 90s, being a widower, my two children, then 9 and 10, accompanied me. Imagine the anguish my Year 6 son felt at the response of the teen girl working at her father's store our first weekend there, when he asked her for, "A pack of little rubbers. You know, the tiny ones I can use for the end of my pencil". It was two years before he would ever cross that store's threshold again. 🤦‍♂️😅🇺🇲🇰🇪

  • @O2life

    @O2life

    Жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣 A friend of mine was born in the UK and came to the US around age 8. He was with his mom, shopping for school supplies, but they couldn't find everything. Then suddenly his little voice calls out clear as a bell, "LOOK MUMMY! They 'AVE got RUBBAS!" His mother was so embarrassed.

  • @josedosanjos2200
    @josedosanjos22002 жыл бұрын

    That's so nice channel ! Thanks for sharing this.

  • @anndeecosita3586
    @anndeecosita35862 жыл бұрын

    I like Lauren as a rep from the UK. She’s sweet and kind.

  • @wscottwatson
    @wscottwatson2 жыл бұрын

    Another meaning for the noun "bird" is a particular had signal you may give.

  • @memsom

    @memsom

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not in the UK.

  • @simonagree4070
    @simonagree4070 Жыл бұрын

    The Monkees did a song (after a tour of Britain, I guess), titled "Randy Scouse Git". Had to be re-titled for the overseas pressing of the album, I heard.

  • @jahanas22
    @jahanas222 жыл бұрын

    I’ve used thick just as often as dense. I thought is was common in the US.

  • @mrbear1302

    @mrbear1302

    2 жыл бұрын

    It is actually. At least where I live.

  • @bradparnell614

    @bradparnell614

    2 жыл бұрын

    It absolutely is common. I can't imagine anyone, at least over 30, not knowing what you would mean if you used it that way.

  • @philipr.6090

    @philipr.6090

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bradparnell614 Yep. Common as dirt in the U.S.

  • @xxarianahiltonxx5116
    @xxarianahiltonxx51162 жыл бұрын

    I'm surprised he didn't use "flip them the bird" meaning to show the middle finger.

  • @CrisOnTheInternet

    @CrisOnTheInternet

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's funny, I'm not a native speak

  • @VivaCohen

    @VivaCohen

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's the first thing I thought of too

  • @fordhouse8b

    @fordhouse8b

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, especially in a video about rude words.

  • @kitsukii_9526
    @kitsukii_95262 жыл бұрын

    Okay so in canada period can mean all three of the things that were mentioned 😭 1. The dot at the end of a sentence “.” 2. The time of the month for women 3. A period of time, mostly used in schools or the workplace

  • @HariSeldon913

    @HariSeldon913

    Жыл бұрын

    I could see some artsy film maker doing a movie about a girl's first menstruation and telling people, "It's a period piece."

  • @gwjchris
    @gwjchris2 жыл бұрын

    You missed fanny. In the US it is a nicer way to refer to one's backside. As in get up off your fanny and get busy. I shocked a class of mostly British 4th graders back in the early '70s when I was student teaching in the international school in Hamburg. I learned later that it was a crude term for the part of the "female anatomy close in front of" the American fanny. ☺

  • @ianmontgomery7534

    @ianmontgomery7534

    2 жыл бұрын

    i used to explain it to Americans as - in the Commonwealth countries half the population sit on their fanny but all Americans sit on theirs.

  • @orangew3988

    @orangew3988

    Жыл бұрын

    You'll be please to hear about my teacher from Jamaica, who in an English secondary school called a kid a knob, something she had picked up from the kids, thinking it was referring to a doorknob and meant just like a silly person. Rather than being an alternative way to call someone a dick.

  • @etiennedevignolles7538

    @etiennedevignolles7538

    Жыл бұрын

    And in ZZTop's "Legs", ... she's got hair down to her fanny ...

  • @davehoward22

    @davehoward22

    Жыл бұрын

    There used to be an American female rock band called fanny who didn't understand what they were in for when they 1st toured britain ..

  • @lastghostcookie
    @lastghostcookie2 жыл бұрын

    Hi! Love these videos 💖

  • @cameronword

    @cameronword

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you 💚 💚 💚

  • @jayphilipwilliamsaviation
    @jayphilipwilliamsaviation2 жыл бұрын

    We definitely do NOT call anything made out of rubber "a rubber."

  • @HariSeldon913

    @HariSeldon913

    Жыл бұрын

    Not as a noun, but we do as an adjective.

  • @nekotranslates

    @nekotranslates

    Жыл бұрын

    rubber comes from trees. rubber is made in tires, latex and what not. rubber is also used to rub out pencil marks, and some special ones can rub out pen marks.

  • @docsaaid2939
    @docsaaid29392 жыл бұрын

    Cameron's laugh is viral. It's contagious. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 nailed this video with the laughs ...top!

  • @atheistlinguist542
    @atheistlinguist542 Жыл бұрын

    0:43 - 0:57 This bit is especially amusing if you know the Latin word for "sheath," which is literally "vāgīna."

  • @LoneRevD
    @LoneRevD Жыл бұрын

    A lady friend of mine years ago was in Australia (and the word is used for the same thing in the UK I believe) and was sight seeing. She was asking for a Fanny Pack (one of those belt around your waist purses) after they were finished laughing they told her what it meant (um, lets say the front lower anatomy of a woman) as Fanny in the US means bottom. She turned a shade of red when they clued her in.

  • @pikachuchujelly7628

    @pikachuchujelly7628

    Жыл бұрын

    Well, the fanny pack does go over your fanny, so it's an appropriate term.

  • @EddieReischl
    @EddieReischl2 жыл бұрын

    An advantage of growing up with a British stepmother was being familiar with different slang like this. "Bird" especially comes to mind, as I got to explain to friends what the songs "And Your Bird Can Sing" and "Blackbird" from the Beatles were really about, although it's funny, in the case of those songs an actual bird works equally well, probably due in no small part to John and Paul being flipping geniuses in the wordplay department.

  • @khanscombe619
    @khanscombe6195 ай бұрын

    @ 0:27. Johnnies is what I remember as a lad. @ 1:03. I remember hearing “on the blob” or the “painters inn”.

  • @Mountain-Man-3000
    @Mountain-Man-3000 Жыл бұрын

    Mike Myers is a CANADIAN treasure sir!

  • @MagsonDare
    @MagsonDare2 жыл бұрын

    But no mention of fanny? ;) I'm old enough to recall hearing women referred to as "birds" from time to time, and I think that's how "chick" came to become the slang for young women, as they were "young birds." The only time I can think of hearing it used like this in the past few years is referring to an elderly womand who got hurt, but then recovered quickly and someone would remark "she's a tough old bird, isn't she?"

  • @mramisuzuki6962

    @mramisuzuki6962

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yea calling women “birds” was very much a thing in the US and Canada, but it was replaced by Dame and Chick, then Babe and Spanglished to Chica, then the slough of black slang names that have randomly made it to the mainstream. You’re left with pretty much Babe, Chick/Chica, Shorty, and Dime as your go to non-derogatory nicknames.

  • @jmaz0444

    @jmaz0444

    Жыл бұрын

    Bird is still very commonly used in the Uk especially the north of England also chick and hen, bird is kind of derogatory in my opinion since it’s what men say to women also it can be slang for girlfriend “how’s your bird” that sentence right there makes me want to off myself. Chick and hen on the other hand are not derogatory since it’s what women usually say to each other or to children gives me sweet older woman vibes

  • @echt114
    @echt1142 жыл бұрын

    Why did they avoid "fanny"? It perfectly fits the topic.

  • @HariSeldon913

    @HariSeldon913

    Жыл бұрын

    and 'root'.

  • @glstka5710
    @glstka5710 Жыл бұрын

    0:28 There was a misheard lyric of Manfred Man Earth Band, Blinded By The Light, "revved up like a deuce" gets misheard as "rapped up like a douche" but the next line also can be misheard as "another rubber in the night" instead of "another runner in the night".

  • @Raquel96
    @Raquel962 жыл бұрын

    There were some surprising ones here! This was a great combo

  • @O2life
    @O2life Жыл бұрын

    I love how Cameron is informed and comfortable discussing menstruation! Funny that the word "condom" made him giggle, too!

  • @barrymay8269

    @barrymay8269

    Жыл бұрын

    Not condom but the word sheath made him giggle.

  • @JMaxfield09
    @JMaxfield092 жыл бұрын

    When Lou Grant tells Mary Richards "You got spunk.... I HATE spunk!", he's referring to spirit, courage & determination as seen in [female] employees. It doesn't necessarily imply sexual potency, let alone one gender's bodily fluid (which lends itself to a certain context known as a "money shot").

  • @bobmoor8519

    @bobmoor8519

    2 жыл бұрын

    but that's american english

  • @HariSeldon913

    @HariSeldon913

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bobmoor8519 No, American English is a Beatles cover band. 😺

  • @adventuresbydaisy6623
    @adventuresbydaisy6623 Жыл бұрын

    I love stuff like this 😂 especially describing The Inbetweeners as ‘the TV show with the boys with the car door’ 🤣🤣🤣

  • @2WarriorJay8
    @2WarriorJay82 жыл бұрын

    lmaooo y'all were troopers in this one

  • @adityanto1985
    @adityanto19852 жыл бұрын

    Cameron laugh sounds same as my dad laughing

  • @mariamghonem6148
    @mariamghonem61482 жыл бұрын

    Hope to see them both in more screen. They make the video enjoyable. And Cameron makes me laugh😂

  • @davidkasquare
    @davidkasquare2 жыл бұрын

    Cameron is the best add so far, so relaxed and fun.

  • @nerigarcia7116
    @nerigarcia7116 Жыл бұрын

    1:01 I just learned last year that full stop was a period and it gave new meaning to the song Ranking Full Stop by English Beat.

  • @videomailYT
    @videomailYT2 жыл бұрын

    The former President of the United States Donald Fart 🤣🤣🤣

  • @wfly81
    @wfly81 Жыл бұрын

    Mike Myers is a Canadian actor who was raised in the UK. He later got his American citizenship when he started SNL but I wouldn't just flat describe him as an American.

  • @needles1987

    @needles1987

    Жыл бұрын

    His parents are English.

  • @wfly81

    @wfly81

    Жыл бұрын

    @@needles1987 Yeah, the UK

  • @billk9856
    @billk9856 Жыл бұрын

    I'm Australian and when I moved to London for a few years in the 1990's I was at an after work do and commented to my boss he thought someone was a spunk and the whole table fell on the floor in repulsion. Lesson learned.

  • @scottandrewhutchins
    @scottandrewhutchins2 жыл бұрын

    A much older co-worker was telling me about a Dick Tracy villain called Joe Period. The idea was that he was an orphan with no last name, but he said that younger people always laugh because they think it's about menstruation.

  • @ookayokay
    @ookayokay2 жыл бұрын

    There was a period when randy was in UK, he accidently trumped in front of a bird, people thought he was thick but he was actually just spunky.

  • @cxffaye

    @cxffaye

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lmao

  • @Serenity_Dee
    @Serenity_Dee2 жыл бұрын

    even worse: 99% of the time, when you call someone "spunky" or "full of spunk", it's a girl no older than 12

  • @chrisrj9871
    @chrisrj9871 Жыл бұрын

    3:50 - and then there's also the slang term in the States for that very popular hand gesture we use a lot... dated as it may be (the slang term, not the... yeah).

  • @roccobierman4985
    @roccobierman4985 Жыл бұрын

    In the US we also say "full stop" to emphasize the end of a phrase sometimes.

  • @LCHEA4music
    @LCHEA4music2 жыл бұрын

    In certain urban areas in the US calling someone a “bird” is slang for calling someone an idiot or stupid

  • @bobmoor8519

    @bobmoor8519

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bird Brain = stupid

  • @Robynhoodlum
    @Robynhoodlum2 жыл бұрын

    I love that we had a POTUS named “fart”!

  • @utha2665

    @utha2665

    2 жыл бұрын

    About as useless as one in a bottle. 😂 Sorry...

  • @gabix7488
    @gabix74882 жыл бұрын

    The way the American dude is laughing, got me crying here 😂😂😂

  • @logicninja5840
    @logicninja58402 жыл бұрын

    8:13 His and everyone's reaction when she said that... She didn't know what she said too 😂🤣

  • @PianoBeaShar
    @PianoBeaShar2 жыл бұрын

    It's funny because in the old days of ICQ my handle was SpunkyB, and one of my very first friends was from the UK and he used to laugh at my name! I told him it just meant I was upbeat and energetic! 😭😂

  • @utha2665

    @utha2665

    2 жыл бұрын

    I always used to laugh at the TV sitcom from the 80s, Spunky Brewster. Edit: That should read Punky Brewster, thanks PainoBea Music for pointing out my brainfart, 😂😂😂

  • @PianoBeaShar

    @PianoBeaShar

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@utha2665 Wasn't that Punky Brewster? lol

  • @utha2665

    @utha2665

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@PianoBeaShar LMAO, yes it was. Oops. How embarrassing.

  • @PianoBeaShar

    @PianoBeaShar

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@utha2665 no worries! You can delete your comment if you want lol 😉

  • @utha2665

    @utha2665

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@PianoBeaShar All good, I'm not ashamed of being corrected when I'm wrong.

  • @EoinTremont
    @EoinTremont Жыл бұрын

    So I remember watching Harry Potter and the scene where Crabbe and Goyle were being lured by the little cakes and then getting knocked out, Ron says “how thick could you get??”. I seriously thought he meant “how fat could you get??” since thick in the US isn’t really used to mean dumb. Now I understand lol

  • @nekotranslates

    @nekotranslates

    Жыл бұрын

    There's multiple meanings. Thick = dumb / stupid / idiot. But thick can also mean a 6 inch plank of wood, or a chubby/fat person. Well, it doesn't have to be wood... could be a metal beam or something else too.

  • @JimL94
    @JimL94 Жыл бұрын

    Please do more videos with Cameron, he's so funny! LOL

  • @taargustaargus3139
    @taargustaargus31392 жыл бұрын

    Mike Meyers is Canadian, and both of his parents are from the UK, but moved to Canada.

  • @jaydeepro1
    @jaydeepro12 жыл бұрын

    I'm from the US, and where I come from in the US thick is also used as an insult. It can mean both stupid and stubborn

  • @bobmoor8519

    @bobmoor8519

    2 жыл бұрын

    pretty sure it comes from UK english since it's more common term there

  • @jimmyhuesandthehouserocker1069
    @jimmyhuesandthehouserocker10692 жыл бұрын

    I've learned about 40 or so UK words from books, movies and TV. I think I can fake a jolly good convincing British accent. I've always enjoyed speaking in a British accent for fun, and my friends like to hear me. I had a friend Paul from Wales, and I picked up a lot from him

  • @rogueuniversities6866

    @rogueuniversities6866

    2 жыл бұрын

    If you actually used the word 'jolly', everyone would know you're bullshi**ing

  • @MundodasGuitarras
    @MundodasGuitarras Жыл бұрын

    Haha don't give me that lauren, don't pretend you disgust the thing 😂

  • @donoakes85
    @donoakes85 Жыл бұрын

    As an Aussie, I knew what each word meant for the US and Brits. Thanks US tv and thanks strong British influences in our modern development

  • @werdnarotcorp8991
    @werdnarotcorp89912 жыл бұрын

    The English use of thick is best exemplified in "as thick as a brick" (see Jethro Tull) and "as as thick as two short planks", the latter being my favourite for someone who is as dumb as you can imagine. By the way the young woman hides here Scouse very well but I think that's a mistake.

  • @JustMe-dc6ks

    @JustMe-dc6ks

    2 жыл бұрын

    “thick as a post“ is another of these slightly outdated ways of saying “so stupid”.

  • @Jo3W3st
    @Jo3W3st2 жыл бұрын

    Mike Myers is Canadian not American

  • @cameronword

    @cameronword

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep, that was my bad! I looked it up later and found out. 😭

  • @wesleybush8646

    @wesleybush8646

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cameronword And his parents were from Liverpool, UK.

  • @sabreena8139
    @sabreena81392 жыл бұрын

    a "bird" has been used to refer to a plane too

  • @dsf114
    @dsf114 Жыл бұрын

    My first thought for thick is not very quick to catch on. Dense. Upstate NY here.

  • @maddiecooper8428
    @maddiecooper84282 жыл бұрын

    We do say "full stop" as a phrase of emphasis in the US too, but we don't call the punctuation a "full stop". "Period" is used more often for emphasis of conclusion, but I have heard statements like, "That is wrong, full stop." in America.

  • @lukewalker3

    @lukewalker3

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm from the UK are used to argue with the teacher all the time I would say no this is a period. I sill say it now 😄

  • @WeibenWang
    @WeibenWang2 жыл бұрын

    OMG, you keep making me aware of how old I am. And I'm not that old. As an American, randy for horny and thick for dumb are a regular part of my vocabulary. Actually, spunk too for that other stuff too.

  • @philipr.6090

    @philipr.6090

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep. I knew them as well. (Nearing 60) Also a regular part of my vocabulary. Some days I think half the people under the age of 40 in this country (U.S.) have never picked up a book in their lives.

  • @bobmoor8519

    @bobmoor8519

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@philipr.6090 pretty much illiterate is the problem. Randy meaning Frisky is common in the States & Canada

  • @deanosaur808

    @deanosaur808

    Жыл бұрын

    I beg your pardon 🤣🤣🤣

  • @teresaames972
    @teresaames972 Жыл бұрын

    In the USA the word thick means dumb or slow thinking. We used to say it all the time in high school.

  • @fernandomanfredi2576
    @fernandomanfredi25762 жыл бұрын

    I love these two but I miss Christina😭

  • @mar754

    @mar754

    2 жыл бұрын

    Maybe she will come back 😁

  • @fernandomanfredi2576

    @fernandomanfredi2576

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mar754 I hope so

  • @sodaaddict1_

    @sodaaddict1_

    2 жыл бұрын

    where is Christina,i miss her a lot(btw,that guy is real cool)

  • @faisalbhabha5371
    @faisalbhabha53712 жыл бұрын

    Mike Myers is a Canadian actor

  • @deanmcmanis9398

    @deanmcmanis9398

    2 жыл бұрын

    And his parents immigrated from Liverpool, England.

  • @paranoidrodent

    @paranoidrodent

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@deanmcmanis9398 They did. Myers' own natural speaking voice has a southern Ontarian accent but he is very good at mimicking British accents thanks to his background.

  • @jeffyp2483
    @jeffyp2483 Жыл бұрын

    id love to see you alk discuss words used in Red Dwarf.

  • @the36lessons11
    @the36lessons112 жыл бұрын

    What's funny is that 'scum' and 'scumbag' are now mild derogatory terms, but back in the day meant what 'spunk' to the British and 'rubber' to Americans mean now, respectively.

  • @Moetastic
    @Moetastic2 жыл бұрын

    Mike Meyers is a Canadian actor actually, born and raised. Though he does have citizeship currently in the US, UK and Canada.

  • @taargustaargus3139

    @taargustaargus3139

    2 жыл бұрын

    His parents were brits that immigrated to Canada, too.

  • @LordGertz
    @LordGertz2 жыл бұрын

    One of my sister's friends, when she was 15, was being hosted in the UK be family friends (her parents were on a 1 year contract in Saudi Arabia at the time). About a month in there is they have a big family meal, lots of extended family, an Aunt to the family asked her if she had gotten enough to eat or if she'd like seconds. Her reply of "Thanks, I'm stuffed" said while patting her stomach, resulted in gasps and lots of dropped cutlery. That's when she learned that Stuffed meant something very different in the UK and the US, and that while both countries might speak English they don't speak the same language.

  • @Moonchild-ti2nh

    @Moonchild-ti2nh

    2 жыл бұрын

    Huh weird because I'm from the UK and I use stuffed in that context all the time

  • @cxffaye

    @cxffaye

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Moonchild-ti2nh same here

  • @bobmoor8519

    @bobmoor8519

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@Moonchild-ti2nh get stuffed in some parts of UK slang means: F Yourself

  • @bobmoor8519

    @bobmoor8519

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cxffaye get stuffed in some parts of UK slang means: F Yourself

  • @fionnaaragazza7777

    @fionnaaragazza7777

    2 жыл бұрын

    What is the different meaning then ?

  • @dottore3870
    @dottore3870 Жыл бұрын

    Just started the video with the term "rubber" and how the British girl mentioned that a condom is described as a "sheath". Interestingly enough the word vagina, which is of course the name for the female genital, is a Latin word that precisely means "sheath".

  • @tracycombs1484
    @tracycombs1484 Жыл бұрын

    I've heard thick headed here in the USA 🇺🇸 which means stubborn or maybe set in ur ways.

  • @ashie1175
    @ashie11752 жыл бұрын

    In the US we say "get it through your thick skull" so maybe we kinda use it in a similar way.

  • @gonzalezm244
    @gonzalezm2442 жыл бұрын

    Ironically, “vagina” is derived from the Latin word for “sheath”

  • @gonzalezm244

    @gonzalezm244

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Nogli That makes sense lol

  • @pondboy3682

    @pondboy3682

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Nogli interesting! I wonder how long it will take for "woman" to be offensive. I was thinking the other day about various occupations: Fireman Postman Bowman Womb-man...I mean, it explains the spelling, but that sounds like a major trigger for a feminist!

  • @fordhouse8b

    @fordhouse8b

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@pondboy3682 There is already a subset of people pushing to spell it womyn.

  • @pondboy3682

    @pondboy3682

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@fordhouse8b because the obvious fix for the questionable title sperman would be changing the spelling to spermyn...well, that adds up, doesn't it? 🙄

  • @felipedelgadoromero2952

    @felipedelgadoromero2952

    2 жыл бұрын

    In Spanish 🇪🇸 the word "vagina" (vagina) is similar to "vaina" (sheath). It's a subtle difference that I didn't get living there

  • @potatotime3433
    @potatotime3433 Жыл бұрын

    i love learning some british english from this video... i'm british...

  • @marekohampton8477
    @marekohampton8477 Жыл бұрын

    I cracked up laughing when I heard an Australian describe a "feisty" woman:- "She's fulla spunk"

  • @kamalkumar7978
    @kamalkumar79782 жыл бұрын

    7:18 this made me laugh 😂 Only Indians will understand this.

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