The South African girl seems so sweet! I hope she becomes a regular on the channel

@ruthbeurlen6717

Жыл бұрын

I'm South African 🇿🇦

@Genevieve_212

Жыл бұрын

Same!

@im_a_little_bear

Жыл бұрын

,I_South Afi can too

@luisados-santos6851

Жыл бұрын

She already is

@KuDo_Bean

Жыл бұрын

SAME

I remember moving from SA to Austria and writing my first English test and wrote robot instead of traffic light (not knowing that the word traffic light even existed) and causing huge confusion for my teacher.

@xo3535

Жыл бұрын

😹😹💔😹🤦🏾‍♀️

Proud of you Rea 🇿🇦 representing us 🤗

@realebogapetlele6713

Жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

@Lampchuanungang

Жыл бұрын

@@realebogapetlele6713 ya is very funny and laughing🎁🍻🍷🍒👍

@kyleglennistor5109

Жыл бұрын

But how can she lie about sarmies bra

@kyleglennistor5109

Жыл бұрын

This meddie knows Niks about South Africa

@realebogapetlele6713

Жыл бұрын

@@kyleglennistor5109 you should go on the show since you are better than all of us

Mia 🇭🇲and Rea 🇿🇦 have credit but i like the fact that channel views were being "normal" until Lauren 🇬🇧 came back and changed even more with Christina's return. 🇺🇸

@antoniocasias5545

Жыл бұрын

What do you mean channel views were being normal?

@Noah_ol11

Жыл бұрын

@@antoniocasias5545 that means that some people weren't watching the channel as before and then when Lauren returned people got happy in see her back and after a while Christina too

@lemonz1769

Жыл бұрын

I really like the Spain/Brazil videos

@KenziBell451

Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh I’m from South Africa and my name is Rea 😊😅

First channel with a Black South African 👏🏾👏🏾

@Cd1988B

Жыл бұрын

She doesn’t know her own slang though.

@itumelengmasemola717

Жыл бұрын

@@Cd1988B how can someone not know their own slang the slang that she doesn't know is not hers lol

@kurtsudheim825

Жыл бұрын

@@itumelengmasemola717 what are you on about? The person is saying she didn't know half the slang words from her own country, it's not like she owns the words, but they're from her country, & she doesn't know them, so she was effectively a little useless here. The whole point is explain the colloquial terms, so if she doesn't know them, why's she there

@ismailkoya66

Жыл бұрын

what's up with her accent though? A lot of people nowadays are switching up their accents. You don't hear the hard and rough general South African accent

@shaziiekay1688

Жыл бұрын

@@kurtsudheim825 no one know evry little thing about their country plus south africa is a diverse place that sometimes has a different slangs depending on where you live. She did a good job explaining these slangs though even if it's not what she, herself, uses

the best group so far, they are really into the purpose of the videos and seem to have fun with each other

Learned a lot of words and phrases this time! Hope you guys learned something new too! -Christina 🇺🇸

@henri_ol

Жыл бұрын

I loved the video , i've learned many words as well , nice , Christina 😁🇺🇸

@ChristinaDonnelly

Жыл бұрын

@@henri_ol glad you learned some too!

@AT-rr2xw

Жыл бұрын

I am from Massachusetts too, but I have never heard of bang a uey.

@redsorgum

Жыл бұрын

@@AT-rr2xw In California we would say hang a u-ee or a lewy

@ChristinaDonnelly

Жыл бұрын

@@AT-rr2xw Oh really? I think it's most commonly used in Boston, so maybe not used as much in other towns. My parents grew up in Boston so I would always hear them say it haha

My ex was South African so knew those ones especially the robot always amused me.

Eejit is also used in America, probably from the Scots settled areas like certain parts of Appalachia

I'm from the US and my grandfather would say "eejit" often. I picked it up but kids at school and other people thought it was weird. My grandfather would also say "aye" instead of okay...and I picked that up also. I still get odd looks from time to time here in the US when I say certain things. If eejit originates from Scotland, it makes a lot of sense to me now. Apparently our family ancestry has a lot of ties to Scotland. I wonder how certain terms and slight accent idiosyncrasies remain in a family for so long without changing. I did grow up with my grandparents on a ranch in the middle of nowhere...so perhaps that social isolation over generations preserved those terms within our family.

We say sharp sharp in Nigeria too, but it means quickly or hurry up depending on the context.

@adjetyann2095

Жыл бұрын

I'm from Côte d'Ivoire, a French-speaking country, we have also the word "Chap-Chap" which exists in our slang, the , and it also means the same things that you said earlier. Nouchi is an ivorian slang based essentially on French, but influenced also by Spanish, English and some local languages from Côte d'Ivoire.

Thanks again guys. Love it.

When the other people tried to guess shap shap my gosh no the pronunciation and guesses were so off 😂 Love these vids!

Love from Togo west Africa

The only reason I knew the meaning “eejit” one, was from watching Agents of Shield, and hearing Fitz talk😂

I'm in love with the south african accent omg

Eejit is also Irish, as my Northern Irish relatives use it too.

I’m a Rea 🇿🇦 stan I love her

@realebogapetlele6713

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! 💐💐 been seeing your comments!

So this is what I've read regarding the appelation of 'Robot' regarding traffic lights. Before traffic lights were there in South Africa, the police used to control traffic with their hands in busy intersections as they still do at times. When the traffic controllers (the police) were replaced it sort of created an impression that a human job was replaced with a machine and hence the name robot. The original term was “robotic traffic controller“. When the traffic controllers (the police) were replaced it sort of created an impression that a human job was replaced with a machine and hence the name robot. A number of countries call traffic lights a 'robot'. Robot can also be a term for a vending machine. The word itself derives from the Czech word “robota,” or forced labor, as done by serfs. Its Slavic linguistic root, “rab,” means “slave.”

@Nghilifa

Жыл бұрын

interesting!

@ashmaz4811

Жыл бұрын

you are complicating it , its common across nearly all of southern africa... Robots is because they are robots🤣

@siphokazimtshali8872

Жыл бұрын

that's interesting. I'm South African and I didn't know where it comes from lol

Interesting how we always learn new things if these videos. I suck at slang most of the time, so I'm taking notes haha

I do love the banter between Lauren and Christina 🤩

@jannafreudenberg1878

11 ай бұрын

Same

Football means a different sport in the US, the UK and Australia. Weird that 3 different yet popular sports are known by the same name.

@NicholasJH96

Жыл бұрын

You left the Irish out with Gaelic football & yes they uk football is also football, unlike uk football & American & Australia football all have same origin. Gaelic football was around before the others with another name.

@maryjennings4913

Жыл бұрын

You also forgot Canadian Football, and rugby, which I've heard of being called a type of football.

@mhlave2440

Жыл бұрын

Probably because all those sports are derivatives of Football ⚽️ (Soccer).

@RossM3838

Жыл бұрын

@@mhlave2440 and rugby

@anndeecosita3586

Жыл бұрын

@@mhlave2440 I think what we in the USA call football is more like rugby.

Head like a half sucked mango! 😂 My Mum always says, “head like a racing tadpole” hahaha! Language is funny! 😂

I like rea cause she seems sweet and I'm also in south africa 🇿🇦 ❤

Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

PFF... ok just because i used that too much, i remember that we have something similar to the mango one and it is like a hairstyle but thats why i love my country mexico so much

Dodgy has been used in the US since the 1960's

Shooot the shit, it's a bizaaaarrreeee phrase funny phrase chris 🤭🤭🤭🤭🍻

I know the dictionaries say it's British or chiefly British, but dodgy isn't uncommon in American English either. I've heard it my whole life.

@anndeecosita3586

Жыл бұрын

I’m American too and I think perhaps I am misunderstanding this as a context thing. I don’t see anything “new” about the word dodgy but I can see how maybe i’ve been using the same word in a different way. One way I use dodgy/dodge/dodger is to mean evasive. My background is in journalism and we frequently say someone is dodging questions. So if I’m asking someone straight forward questions and they are giving me clever responses that aren’t really answers I would say “he’s being dodgy.”However I might use dodgy to mean potentially dangerous. I have seen some foreign English publications use dodgy to mean low moral character like dodgy car salesman.

@kurtsudheim825

Жыл бұрын

I think that's why they were all confused, it's just an English word, used throughout the world. Since your bit supposed to answer if it's from your country, I think they all held back

@rue3816

Жыл бұрын

We use the word dodgy here in South Africa a lot as well

@utha2665

4 ай бұрын

In Australia we have been using dodgy for at least as long as I have been alive, I remember a segment on an Australian comedy show ion the 70s called Dodgy Brothers and they were a car yard selling really dodgy cars. Any Aussies know what show I am referring to?

I remember "hang a louie" and "toss a ritchie" from polar express

Pretty sure soccer comes from the full name for footy, Association Football > Assoc > Soccer. In the same way that Rugby is really Rugby Football and sometimes called Rugger.

In Nigeria 🇳🇬 , Sharp sharp means like quickly or fast 😂🇳🇬

@samueliwelumo

Жыл бұрын

So i can be please make the food sharp sharp

Here in America we had a long running tv show called Supernatural. In it, one particularly gruff character has this catchphrase "idgit" that pretty much meant stupid or idiot. He also used it almost like a curse word.

@ThePupperCallie

Жыл бұрын

Wait, who was the one who said that?

@fatimacoats5306

Жыл бұрын

@@ThePupperCallie Bobby Singer

@ThePupperCallie

Жыл бұрын

@@fatimacoats5306 oh thx. Ngl, I forgot the context on this so I was like Bobby singer what? Since I knew he who he was I was just confused on why someone commented this lol. Also when did I write this comment… I can’t remember doing it even after reading it

This word, "Eejit", i've heard first time with the video with Vanille from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 , even though she is from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 , Lauren did well and knew the meaning 🇬🇧

@AT-rr2xw

Жыл бұрын

I guessed that it was idiot, but I didn't know where it was from.

@LB_die_Kaapie

Жыл бұрын

I thought it was like Irish or Cornish but I'm from 🇿🇦 so just guessing.

@NeilBlanco

Жыл бұрын

It's also Irish. I have a keyring from Dublin with that word on it...

@stinkygremlin267

Жыл бұрын

@@AT-rr2xw it's from Ireland and Scotland

@anndeecosita3586

Жыл бұрын

I remember that video

Christina and Lauren I like you so much so awesome and pretty woman for me🇺🇲🇬🇧💖

I wish they could bring more Africans to this channel

Great video! Eejit was my favorite. Good job Lauren.

As an Australian that doesn’t see much Aussie content it’s amazing to see this but I say chuck a uiy

Love u from arab world 💜 💚 💜 💚 💜 Lauren and christen

I'm german but grew up in south Africa. I always heard 'sharp-sharp' but I only saw it written down after many years, I always thought they were saying 'shupshup'.

cristina and lauren i love you friend🙂🤭

In German we also say "shoot" (Schieß los) to mean "pose your question" or "tell me".

Bus a lef, bus a rite 🇯🇲 Take a left, take a right🇯🇲

sharp sharp in Nigeria means fast

Christina did a dance that we in the USA call the robot. My friend does the robot when we are at the club and I’m like 🤦🏾‍♀️ 😂

I remember a British MP called David Cameroon, Dodgy Dave..

In Australia we also call rugby footy too.

In south africa dodgy also means scaly.

Fun Fact: In America we look at tea as fish food for sea creatures in The Boston Harbor

They greeted like Teletubies 🤣🤣🤣

This was interesting.

The slang Sharp-Sharp in Nigeria means to do something "quickly"...

Sarmie is sandwich, Rea was incorrect about that but right about it’s cultural use

In Ghana we say Sharp too But just one sharp ..but means the same thing ...Mostly used amongst friends

We do actually call sandwiches sarmies here in South Africa

I associate "eejit" with Ireland -- but of course it makes sense it would be Scottish, too.

@davelister2961

Жыл бұрын

After the Vikings wiped out the native Scottish, the Picts, the Irish settled Scotland. Scotland, land of the Scots. The Scots were an Irish tribe.

@rossg9361

Жыл бұрын

@@davelister2961 rubbish.

Christina's socks are in other level...

@christianhansen3292

Жыл бұрын

she acts like a "blonde"- lol yeah i like the jeans.

LMFAOO we use something similar to eejit in jamaica

SLAYY ROBOT

In Florida, we would normally not say swimsuit. That's a fancy term for what we call a bathing suit.

@anndeecosita3586

Жыл бұрын

I hear Americans saying both bathing suit and swimsuit. But I lived for many years in the South. Christina is a Yankee so maybe that’s why she doesn’t hear it much.

@G-B-F123

Жыл бұрын

Idk but bathing suit seems like the fancy version to me. Sounds fancier than swimsuit

@anndeecosita3586

Жыл бұрын

@@G-B-F123 Bathing suit is a more old fashioned term but it is common in the South. Because it’s newer, some people think swimsuit sounds fancier.

I got the hang a luey from the polar express

Oh "bang a uey" In Australia it's like that, tho it's "chuck a uey"

When they said sharp aharp it was kind of weird but i know is as shap shap

Fun fact: in south africa the robot when there is not one but you would think there is the is a picture of a robot with a cross in it

Footy is the discount rugby :)

I thought footy was an Australian word meaning the ball used to play rugby 🏉

The "Head like a half sucked Mango" reminded me of a friend's old favourite: "head on 'em like a bulldog chewing a wasp."

I’m Canadian and I’ve NEVER heard of hang a Larry or hang a Louie

Dogdy is definitely sketchy.. sus is more shady

Bruh I’ve never heard someone say hang a Larry in canada

Dodgy is used in South Africa

I hope you can do a video with Arabic

Rea was right with the word “Dodgy” bc we also use it in the US. 🤷🏼‍♂️

@anndeecosita3586

Жыл бұрын

Yes we Americans do use the word dodgy. I think because we’re more apt to say sus/suspicious or sketchy that maybe people think it’s not part of our vocabulary.

@fuckdefed

Жыл бұрын

@@anndeecosita3586 ‘sus’ has only recently become a popular expression in America but it’s been quite widely used at least since the ‘sus laws’ that Thatcher passed in the 80s which made it easier for police to stop and search people (famously disproportionately black) on suspicion of crimes. I suspect that ‘dodgy’ is another rare example of slang crossing from Britain to America rather than vice versa.

@anndeecosita3586

Жыл бұрын

@@fuckdefed Sus is recent but really I think sus is merely be a shorter version of suspicious or suspect which isn’t new. And the USA slang of calling something or someone “suspect” has been around a long time in my circles. I don’t mean suspect like the kind the police arrest but suspect as in not perceived as trustworthy. Like I might say “That chicken salad is suspect because it was left on the counter all night.” or “He lies a lot so everything says is suspect.” Also I sometimes use dodgy as an adjective in the family of dodge/dodger to mean evasive. So I think we use dodgy but maybe not entirely in the same context as Brits.

Half-sucked mango needs world wide usage.

I knew footy. I’ve heard/said “hang a Louie” (not Larry) and “hang a u-ey.”

I would love have to friend from U.K

im from australia (nsw) and NEVER ONCE heard the slang "half sucked mango" where is that from lmao

@tristanjohnson4477

Жыл бұрын

Not sure where it's from but I've heard it before.

@addisonhoppe3923

Жыл бұрын

Also from Australia (Tas) never heard it before

@yananscunt

Жыл бұрын

I always hear it

I thought Eejit must know a lot of people after the sitcom ‘Father Ted’. This was the first place I heard it a long time ago.

Okie dokie.

I'm American, and I've heard "dodgy" being used here my whole life. But I've generally heard it in the context of like, "He's being dodgy." and not so much in a sentence like "a dodgy situation" that Lauren said for the UK.

@anndeecosita3586

Жыл бұрын

I’m also American and curious as to in what context do you use “he’s being dodgy”. I have a journalism background and it’s common for us to say someone is dodging questions. So if I say “he’s being dodgy” most likely I’m saying he’s being cleverly evasive and not responding to straightforward questions in a meaningful way. I wonder if this is slang because there is a famous novel by British author Charles Dickens called Oliver Twist and the Artful Dodger is a main character. At times I mean dodgy as giving me a vibe of being potentially dangerous. I mostly I say sketchy but sometimes I say dodgy. I think maybe Brits use dodgy to mean corrupt or low moral character as well. Not sure.,

@ponyxaviors4491

Жыл бұрын

@@anndeecosita3586 I would interpret "he's being dodgy" in the same context you used, as in "dodging questions." I've also heard it used as a synonym for suspicious. "He's being dodgy/he's behaving suspiciously." Which I feel like is maybe a similar idea to the dodging questions thing, because if someone is dodging questions it would likely make me feel suspicious of their motives for avoiding a direct answer. But now you've got me curious as to where "dodgy" did originate, lol.

@Lily-jf1pq

Жыл бұрын

Dodgy could be anything you'd want to avoid like that situation/person/whatever seems a little sus, might want to avoid it. I could even use it to describe food that might've gone off like oh that smells a little dodgy, better not eat it

I'm bad at English but I'm trying to learn

I’m Irish and we say eejit too lol

I think of "shoot the sh!t" as something you do with acquaintances or semi-buddies, or randos at a bar. With friends you talk, with randos you "shoot the sh!t". It's not a forever classification. I have many good friends I met in a bar and started out just swapping anecdotes with.

In south africa a sarmie is a sandwich depending on the person who uses it

@itumelengmasemola717

Жыл бұрын

It's crazy I've never heard that word before in my life 🤣

@mangashu911gt

Жыл бұрын

Definitely isn't a sausage lol

@MRAPEXPREDATOR1

3 ай бұрын

Sarnie not sarmie.

I thought it was slops for the shoes

my brother says flip a ricky when we means to turn right and we are american

4:50 lmao

MORE OF THIS SERIES 🇺🇲🇿🇦🇦🇺

“Shoot the shit” just means to casually talk to people you know. I wouldn’t say it means “talk it out.” To me, “talk it out” means settle and argument.

I like descriptive slag, there's a lot of that in Yorkshire. One of my favourite is she looks like she's had her face set on fire and someone put it out with a shovel. There's also stuff like put wood in't 'ole

@Lily-jf1pq

Жыл бұрын

Bit further south we have slept/dragged through a hedge

i have never in my life heard about the half sucked mango in my life and i’ve lived in australia my whole life 😭

@utha2665

4 ай бұрын

I certainly have, I've also heard they have a head for radio, or uglier than a hat full of bums too. But using a mango, it's probably from a more tropical region like Queensland.

Eejit is Irish and I'm Irish so I would know

Why was tsek! not there?

I really like "sharp-sharp". :D

@LB_die_Kaapie

Жыл бұрын

Pronounced shup-shup ;)

@flawyerlawyertv7454

Жыл бұрын

@@LB_die_Kaapie Cool! :D

@adjetyann2095

Жыл бұрын

In Côte d'Ivoire, we have also this word in our slang, the Nouchi (Chap-Chap)

In scotland a sandwich is a piece

Dang why they separate Christina and Lauren in the seating arrangements though? Lol

Footy. Would've said no show sock.

I saw that Mia was wrong take guessing at "Sarmie". Why did she get 1 point??

That table and the bell is awkwardly placed

Here in America, I never heard it pronounced "eejit" but "idjit" instead...close enough I knew instantly what it meant.

@kurtsudheim825

Жыл бұрын

Ya, I would've got it of they'd said it, but spelt like that no