After 3 hours somehow KZread hasn't even processed the video in HD yet ADFSDGHFESGDAEFSGDF

@somhairlemacleoid6873

3 жыл бұрын

Was wondering why this looked sooo blurry

@MeAMoose

3 жыл бұрын

You might wanna try reuploading.

@jjaffff51889

3 жыл бұрын

360p 🤢

@leilaazimi3606

3 жыл бұрын

@@somhairlemacleoid6873 SAME lmao

@taranicole8218

3 жыл бұрын

i was wondering why it was in 360p, glad it’s not my internet for once😅

This video is just me discovering what phrases aren't used in America. 😅

@SamyTheBookWorm

3 жыл бұрын

Some stuff just doesn’t sound right in the American accent in casual conversation. I’m American and live in England and there are some terms I don’t use because they sound weird af

@catbeara

3 жыл бұрын

@@SamyTheBookWorm fair 😅

@JOCoStudio1

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, I think that applies to different dialects as well. Calling someone love without a northern accent would be a tad weird.

@ZainabProductions

3 жыл бұрын

@@JOCoStudio1 cockney accents ?? they say love

@FujiwaraBunta

3 жыл бұрын

@@SamyTheBookWorm same

This video is 16minutes of Evan realising he's more British than he thought

@JD-eo7dr

3 жыл бұрын

He his very British I guess that what happens when your living here 10year you pick stuff up

@regan026

3 жыл бұрын

this video gave him an identity crisis 😅

@jaiedits4397

3 жыл бұрын

fr

@nh1172

3 жыл бұрын

100%

@goopguy548

3 жыл бұрын

Aside from him saying "jobs a done-un" when it's actually "jobs a good-un"

i’m welsh and i’ve accidentally converted one of my american friends into saying mam instead of mom. i think that’s my greatest achievement in life

@Louisyed

3 жыл бұрын

I might have to make this a goal in life

@NicholasJH96

3 жыл бұрын

Next stop try to get them to stop saying periods at the end of every sentence, they don’t need to say full stop.

@coaljulian8622

3 жыл бұрын

I am jealous. We need to convert all Americans they need fixing lol

@melododie

3 жыл бұрын

I've started saying mother now so that is fun

@Varksterable

3 жыл бұрын

Nice work! Next goals to aim for; 1) It should also never be "my mam". It's "me mam", or even "memam". 2) To remove the Australian question inflection from an Aussie, and actual have them intonate at least one sentence as a statement for a change???

'whats all this then'- immediately made me hear Greg davies taking James Acaster aside during taskmaster 😂

@mayamelie20

3 жыл бұрын

I was just watching that 😂

@psychomanatee3459

2 жыл бұрын

I'm an american that's been watching taskmaster through quarantine, so most of these phrases, I just associate with the show 😂

The correct response to "Bob’s your uncle!" which you don't hear very often anymore is "And Fanny’s your aunt!". Much the same way "In a while, crocodile." would be the response to "See you later, alligator."

@anya7944

3 жыл бұрын

Another good way to say bob’s your uncle is Roberts your fathers brother, doesnt role off the tongue as much but still excellent

@DairyFreeAutism

3 жыл бұрын

@@anya7944 Robert is your mothers brother is what I’ve heard. And it rolls off the tongue so much better than what you said

@JennaGetsCreative

3 жыл бұрын

I've never heard the Fanny response! Learn something new every day. If you ever look into Newfoundland phrases everyone is quick to tell you about "What'a'ya at?" (Kinda of a "how's it going?" greeting) but what you don't realize until you live here is that there's only one correct answer, and it's "This is it, b'y!" (To which the first person will probably say "Yes, b'y!")

@dannyw9364

3 жыл бұрын

Or “see you later alligator” can be followed by “in a while paedophile” 🤣

@otakuofmine

2 жыл бұрын

probably because what fanny means as well....

Evan - "That's not British, is it? I've always used that phrase, I'm sure." Us - "We are the Brits. You will be assimilated. Your verbal and cultural distinctiveness will be added to our own."

@nh1172

3 жыл бұрын

Chilling...

@kaycollarfeild

3 жыл бұрын

Resistance, is futile

@callumjones2417

3 жыл бұрын

"you will join the swarm"

@petervaughan6854

3 жыл бұрын

This is my favourite comment, and it's so true

@jannekejaeschke8500

3 жыл бұрын

is it “us” as in “we” or US as in “USA”

Genuinely surprised that “fancy” didn’t come up. Whether it be to fancy a person or fancy a cup of tea

@rominef

3 жыл бұрын

yes! I wondered about that too, it's such a British thing.

@Leenapanther

3 жыл бұрын

fancy and creepy are used a lot by people under the age of 30 here in Switzerland.

Im in triple Science Yr 11 and my physics teacher this year was new to the school an din one of our first lessons with him he wrote something in on ten board that didn't make sense so we correct him. He laughed or whatever and said "sorry I'm a nonce". Well you can say we were all surprised jusy looking around at each other until he said "what?" So innocently. He is Norwegian and he thought it meant stupid person so we explained to him that that's not what it means here and he quickly clarified that he was not in fact a nonce 😂😂

@hazed1009

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@musashah7428mas

3 жыл бұрын

I’m dead 😂

@elj1454

2 жыл бұрын

I mean unless he was…

@leobeboop4944

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my god lmao

@ethelmini

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's prison slang & had a wider meaning. Basically a social outcast, so also a grass...

"Job's a *done-in* ." ....excuse me? _Job's a good 'un_ is the phrase you're looking for.

@AlwaysLaura1

3 жыл бұрын

I was genuinely confused about that for a minute, trying to work out why it sounded wrong!

@caitlin329

3 жыл бұрын

You can say 'done 'un' too

As an Aussie. Did not realise how many terms we share between the Brits.

@sepehr992

3 жыл бұрын

Same with nz

@MrXNITROx

3 жыл бұрын

aussies and kiwis are just southern brits

@EinkOLED

3 жыл бұрын

Your ancestor's ex convicts brought it over.

@robertbrookes2000

3 жыл бұрын

But then you say thongs and we say flip flops. Thongs are something else. 😆

@AbduA-iq1nx

3 жыл бұрын

Australia is real?????

I love when brits refer to themselves as “us”. Idk if this is geordie specific thing but god it’s SATISFYING. Also I’m addicted to these videos and I’m so thankful I’m here 🙌🙌

@DylanB05

3 жыл бұрын

ive lived in england ma whole life and have never heard someone say that lmao

@mothmanlol6263

3 жыл бұрын

@@DylanB05 I've noticed it as a northern thing but I don't know anyone in London who does it and idk if it's a thing in other non-London non-Northern places

@DylanB05

3 жыл бұрын

@@mothmanlol6263 I don’t live in London lol, I live bang in the middle of the east side of England. But thinking about it, yeah, I do say “us” lol. So definitely not just a northern thing. I don’t know if it’s a subconscious thing, but like if I’m eating out with someone and their food looks good, I’ll be like “giz us some of that”. I think it’s a thing so embedded into my vocabulary at this point, I didn’t even know I said it until I really put some thought into it lol

@jimmysavile69

3 жыл бұрын

Give us a beer lad

@phoebebradbury99

3 жыл бұрын

We do it in Leeds ' give us a lift' and 'get us a pack of crisps'

A British friend of mine once said ''don't risk it for the biscuit'' and for a whole day I couldn't believe that that was an actual phrase and mocked her... Now I use it myself ;p

@somegeezer

3 жыл бұрын

You should definitely risk it for a biscuit.

@PolarBear4

3 жыл бұрын

I've only ever heard Americans say it so I thought it was theirs. Must just not be used in my area.

@Paige-po6cl

3 жыл бұрын

@@somegeezer have you ever risked it for a chocolate biscuit tho

@somegeezer

3 жыл бұрын

@@Paige-po6cl For a choccy biccy, I'd sell us own mum.

@Colyde25

3 жыл бұрын

@@somegeezer I was about to comment that too lmao

My personal favourite British expression is "bits and bobs", it's just really fun to say (not sure if it's solely British though)

@smoothie9931

3 жыл бұрын

Yee man, gotta go in to the hardware shop and grab some bits and bobs. When you get home from that, have a bath, and don't forget to wash your bits and bobs

@missjenkenz

3 жыл бұрын

Bits bobs tatt and whatnots are available for purchase at all shops in Britain. Tell me I'm wrong

@jamesmason3348

3 жыл бұрын

Odds and sods, as my dad says.

@tonypovoas5348

3 жыл бұрын

It is in my opinion

@laurenaspreyart

3 жыл бұрын

There’s also a British children’s show from the early 2000s called bits and bobs.

The idea of a newly British-American Evan earnestly calling people nonces is both mortifying and heartwarming. Really curious as to how that turned out. Amazing just watching Evan realise how British he's become, still fun that he's somewhat mystified by the north

@jennydavis5261

3 жыл бұрын

As a brit I never knew the meaning of nonce and just thought it was used like twat or wanker.

@connorwood95

3 жыл бұрын

As a Brit, I've totally made the exact same mistake before only to realise seconds later what I've just said. Easily done. And definitely better one way around than the other

@masoncampbell971

3 жыл бұрын

Brit too, I've accidentally mixed up the words ponce and nonce before. But who knows maybe the person I was talking about was both, just like Prince Andrew is.

@DjDolHaus86

11 ай бұрын

@@jennydavis5261 Nonce is one of those words that came back into common usage a few years ago and I heard it being used in the way you describe. I heard one of my friends sons describe one of his teachers as a nonce and I had to explain what it meant and why it's not an insult that should be thrown around casually

@baconwizard

9 ай бұрын

@@DjDolHaus86 only for him to double down

I'm an American living in the UK. It's more cursing than a term, but the first time I heard my husband say "For fuck's sake" I giggled. One, he rarely curses, two, I'd never heard it before. 9 years later and it still amuses me when he says it. Other favorites. Doin' my head in. Bob's your uncle (still makes no sense to me) Dodgy Gobsmacked Throwing a wobbly (cracked me up!) Horses for courses Numpty

Scottish person here. I’ve some how managed to get my American friend to pick up Scottish sayings and words. She now says ‘a ken’, ‘hen’ and told her brother to go awa’ an bile yir heid. She also says maw or mum now. Apparently I’ve corrupted her, I’m so proud.

@tonypovoas5348

3 жыл бұрын

Same because my friend is English and she start of the day English and them we turn her Scottish through the day then we do the thing all over

@hazed1009

3 жыл бұрын

As Kevin bridges pointed out, you now have to teach her to say "do it or I'll kick you in the c¥nt!" As scottish ladies are apparently very gender progressive! 😁😁

@xenon8117

10 ай бұрын

Beautiful work, there’s turning someone british then there’s making them scottish.

I cant imagine the horror of finally realising that nonce does in fact not just mean stupid after probably calling people it, like what was the moment? Did someone have to tell you? I think I’d die

@arania.exumai

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking 😂

@dandydeadpool

3 жыл бұрын

I called people nonces(thinking it meant idiot)til I was about 20...

@KateHistoryMysteries

3 жыл бұрын

It has connotations of liking or having relationships with children.

@OscatJ

3 жыл бұрын

It has also been used as a homophobic slur with the same connotations for a long time, so be careful with that one.

@sarasate89

3 жыл бұрын

Nonce means "not of normal criminal intelligence" and is frequently used to refer to paedophiles

"I've used those two interchangably. Don't do that" I instantly imagined you saying "oh mate, unbelievable, I've been a proper nonce lately, worse than normal. Ugh" and not realising the sheer horror of what you're saying

@Sarah-oy2lr

3 жыл бұрын

It’s weird though because I’m sure there’s some places where nonce does mean idiot - my friend from Bradford used to use nonce like that all the time

@thingimabob0

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sarah-oy2lr Naa in Bradford it still definitely means kiddy fiddler

@Tustin2121

3 жыл бұрын

Abi Carver - I know what you mean, but legit when I read “kiddie fiddler”, I just imagined some dude playing a brightly colored molded plastic toy violin.

@helenl3193

3 жыл бұрын

As a kid/teen I had the same problem but with Ponce instead of Numpty

@thingimabob0

3 жыл бұрын

@@helenl3193 to me I’ve only heard the word ponce used like “poncing about” to mean like dithering/messing about lol

“Up the duff” absolutely fantastic way of saying someone’s pregnant 😂

As a British person in a British university with an American flatmate, I have had to translate A LOT to make sure both of us are understood. For example when I was going to the shops I said 'I'm just going to pop there and come back' and he just awkwardly stared at me and went 'like the music?'

@Tustin2121

3 жыл бұрын

I guess he’s never heard the phrase “pop someone in the mouth” in the US before? (Meaning “to punch someone in the face”). Because that’s what would have come to my mind with “pop” being used as a verb (If I didn’t already know the British meaning.)

@caitlingillette5648

2 жыл бұрын

Contextually the average person should have just understood what that meant

‘well’ instead of ‘very’ is a G R E A T British term Example: “you look well cute today!”

@kadeatw5272

3 жыл бұрын

I use ‘ well’ if I’m talking about an emotion or something Like well happy But if it’s an object I use bare Like bare animals Don’t ask why

@matthewchampion8214

3 жыл бұрын

@@kadeatw5272 "Well" doesn't work for objects anyway though.

@jaymercer4692

3 жыл бұрын

You probably shouldn’t use great with the word British because my brain just can’t help but think your talking about the island even though that would make no sense.

@AlM22

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I use this a lot haha I'm well 'appy

@kadeatw5272

3 жыл бұрын

@Yah Maha yeah it does I just don’t use it like that 😂

Evan: Spends ages improving his editing skills and colour grading KZread: only streams the video in 360p KZread 1 - 0 Evan

@evan

3 жыл бұрын

It hurt so much

@ibbybibby

3 жыл бұрын

@@evan okay

I like "faff" because it's such a useful word. I have no idea of an alternate way to say it, like if I go to another country how will I say "stop faffing around" or "she's such a faffer/she faffs too much" something of the sort, to mean the same thing? E.g. "messing around" isn't quite the same.

@AlwaysLaura1

3 жыл бұрын

I always think of 'faff' as wasting time, or procrastinating, basically not being productive.

@elliecollins7843

3 жыл бұрын

Stop dilly-dallying!

"Steady on!" or just "Steady!" can also be used sarcastically when someone is actually underwhelmed by something, but you are asking them to calm down as an acknowledgement of their lack of excitement.

Every non Brit I’ve ever met thinks our accents and phrases are so cute.... until we use the C word as a term of endearment Lol 😂😂 xxx

@ROT695

3 жыл бұрын

Oh I do love using that word when talking to an American 😂

@alfyryan6949

3 жыл бұрын

the first time I heard that word being shouted it raised the hairs in the back of my neck, but I didn't even know what it meant at the time. it just sounds horrific.

@Cyberspark939

3 жыл бұрын

Where do you live, I've never heard it used as endearment in the UK, only in Australia

@kaycollarfeild

3 жыл бұрын

C word is still really offensive to most people in the uk..

@alfierollin9673

3 жыл бұрын

@@kaycollarfeild not up north

Alternative title: Evan Realises How British His Vocabulary Has Become

@katiem656

3 жыл бұрын

Momento mori

@Rain-np7tk

3 жыл бұрын

Memento mori friend

As a Brit, I can confirm "I'll give you a tinkle later" is genuinely a commonly used term over here, and even I, a brit, thinks it sounds weird lol

@Weasel0539

3 жыл бұрын

I've never heard it said. Think it's quite an old fashioned phrase

@francesatty7022

3 жыл бұрын

you what ive never heard that

@melissataylor3598

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve heard this used, but I hear ‘I’ll give you a bell’ or ‘I’ll give you a buzz’ more

@TooGood4Gamesv1

3 жыл бұрын

@@melissataylor3598 that's definitely more 'modern' time than to say you'll give them a 'tinkle'

@jaytealstone1687

3 жыл бұрын

Literally never heard anyone say that

I'm British and it might only be me who only says ‘yeah’ to make it a sort of rhetorical question, usually supportively. So wouldn't usually say ‘You'll do the dishes, yeah?’ but I'd say something like ‘look after yourself, yeah?’. Might just be me though lol

@brunokeyworth

3 жыл бұрын

I would use it in both contexts.

@mir_tam3759

3 жыл бұрын

yes same i was just thinking this

@oliviahayes5371

2 жыл бұрын

Hey it’s a friend from across the sea 🇮🇪 do yous ask each other “ how are you in yourself “ The older people use it all the time and I always ask my family WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN 😝 😂🥰🥰

@hi-ve1cw

2 жыл бұрын

It's more london roadman slang to say yeah at the end of sentences. They say it constantly

my mum once told me a story about how one of her friends introduced his new girlfriend to her by saying "this is Becky she's the dogs bollocks"

@humanoid_freak

3 жыл бұрын

I've personally never heard anyone use that phrase, but it's probably just because no one would say that around me, when I was a child or something idk. But also, heyyyy same last name! I barely find anyone else with the last name O'Malley, unless it's family 😅

@dotheyfloat9961

3 жыл бұрын

Dogs bollocks is used a lot around me in South London... maybe it's regional.

@mir_tam3759

3 жыл бұрын

@@dotheyfloat9961 yeah i've never really heard this saying but im from up north

@wolfzmusic9706

3 жыл бұрын

i’ve never heard that of that phrase. i’m from the south east

@kayjay9516

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it means someone really special. But it can be used negatively as in”she thinks she’s the dogs’ bollocks 🙄”

I’m a Brit and my favourite term is minging for some reason lol

@Noel11897

3 жыл бұрын

And minger lol

@bettyboosh8384

3 жыл бұрын

You like the term minging? Erghh, don't be a minger!

@keltait

2 жыл бұрын

i say minging a lot over here in the usa and people have no idea what i mean. I like confusing people lol

As a British person and a teenager I must say I use all most of these in both ironic and unironic fashion simultaneously

I love the way piss off, pissed off, pissed (as a fart), taking the piss & piss poor all mean completely different things.

@xzaviayifu3581

3 жыл бұрын

don't forget full of piss and vinegar

When you upvote so many of Evan’s Reddit videos that the KZread algorithm thinks you want a robotic voice to read you Reddit posts too and they stuff your recommended with them.

@happyguy2k

3 жыл бұрын

, 😂 😂

My favorite British-ism has always been 'sorted'. Whenever I hear it, I just imagine everyone in Britain stopping whatever they are doing .. and start sorting socks (about the only use for this term in the USA).

As a Geordie my favourite word is "canny". It can mean so many different things. "S/he's a canny (nice/friendly) lass/lad", "that was a canny (big) portion", "he's being a bit canny (stingy) with his money", "that was a canny (good) idea", etc.

@singleplantparent

3 жыл бұрын

Omg yeah we use that all the time in Scotland also

@keltait

2 жыл бұрын

i spent soooo long trying to explain the multiple meanings of "canny" to me collegues in chicago lol

I am actually impressed that you made a proper advert for Hello Fresh. It was good.

@evan

3 жыл бұрын

Ah thank you! I spent so long trying to get all the shots to be super nice :)

@KernowWarrior

3 жыл бұрын

@@evan Loved the transition into the link, seamless

@petervaughan6854

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, nicely done there. I've used hello fresh for 2 years now. It's great.

can't believe no one mentioned how 'absolutely' or 'absolute' instantly makes a phrase more British eg 'thats absolute rubbish' or 'I was absolutely hammered'

@somegeezer

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

@jedhw4440

3 жыл бұрын

Wait is that a British thing??

@Yom1848

3 жыл бұрын

I concur.

@callumparker3293

3 жыл бұрын

As a Brit you can make any word as insulting as possible by saying 'you absolute' in front of it. Eg. You absolute spoon. It honestly feels like a superpower

idk theres something about being called 'love' 'sweet' or 'pet' by an old lady warms me up inside, I think it reminds me of my grandma

@lania2246

3 жыл бұрын

'Love' kills me from anyone, I started to use it in my writing so that I can transfer it to my speech. (also when I imagine it being said it comes from pirates.)

@Brookdale731

3 жыл бұрын

We also use Duck as a term of endearment

Bloody is a weird one, it's a very minor swear when it's regarded as one. It's the sort of word you would be scolded for but no one would be that offended if you said it and even then you'd have to be quite young (under 11ish) for anyone to really be bothered by you using it at all.

"Steady on" is like "woah hold your horses", "calm down" or (my personal favourite) "chill your beans". You would use it when someone is getting carried away with an idea, or maybe sometimes if somebody is getting swept up in a movement and is about to fall over. So like, scenario number one: Friend one: "We could go to the shop and buy chocolate AND biscuits AND ice cream AND sweets" Friend two: "Steady on! Let's just get one so we don't throw up. Off we go!" *Friend two leaps up excitedly and hits their head on the ceiling because it is a small house and they are tall* Friend one: "oops. Steady on!" (Meaning "careful") As a person from the UK (the north) completely blows my mind that someone who speaks English as a first language doesn't use that phrase. 😂 Dialects are so cool!!!!

@deadlymelody27

3 жыл бұрын

As a southerner i had to think about what it meant before he put it in the video. Definitely a northern phrase more, probably yorkshire if its in wallace and gromit.

@marinaneil5814

3 жыл бұрын

Heard it said a lot down in the west country too, often said as "steadyyyy...", used in the ways described above but also for if ppl are getting a bit heated (either fighting or PDA, or to highlight an innuendo)

@OoohItSparkles

3 жыл бұрын

@@marinaneil5814 Haha! Yes!! We would have those too!

@allykat100

3 жыл бұрын

@@deadlymelody27 as a southerner, I think our version is "hang about"

@deadlymelody27

3 жыл бұрын

@@allykat100 that sounds about right! Better if it has no H on the front though 😅

Never been to Britain, but I use "Oi!" to get my husband's attention in a crowded place. Also, it's great to use as a pedestrian or cyclist to alert traffic when you're crossing the road and they aren't looking in your direction. I think because it's such an uncommon sound in 'Merica, it's quite effective as an attention getter.

@Trebor74

3 жыл бұрын

If you say "oi,oi", someone must reply "saveloy", it's the rules.

@adamsbja

3 жыл бұрын

"Oi! There's a queue!" works a lot better than "Hey! There's a line!"

@happyguy2k

3 жыл бұрын

@@adamsbja haha yes that's true

@georgecaplin9075

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t know if this is interesting, but people usually just think “oi!” Is rude. It’s actually a perfectly acceptable familiar imperative conjugation of a defunct verb, ouir, meaning to hear. It’s the informal version of oyez. Really just means listen.

As a Brit, I say “shit a brick” 🤣 used when I’ve realised I’ve done something wrong or forgot something.

@georgeespley9177

3 жыл бұрын

Or when infront of parents ‘shoot a boot!’ Lol

@capmodesty

3 жыл бұрын

I have also heard "shit a brink, build a house" which only implies a bad surprise that will get worse

@TotemoGaijin

3 жыл бұрын

Careful with that one if you ever head to America, lol. People are just think you're bragging about the size of a bowel movement, lol. On the other hand, if you're really excited about something, you'll occasionally hear "shitting kittens." haha

@keltait

2 жыл бұрын

we also say "ahh man, shit the bed"

I work in a call centre in Northern ireland and I love when the nice customers use terms of endearment. I've been called love, pet, dote, hen, chick and duckie. It's better than getting screamed at

I’ve deadass heard “sticky wicket” and “I’ll give you a tinkle” used unironically but usually only by older generations

@jaymercer4692

3 жыл бұрын

I’m English and I’ve never heard of sticky wicket

@somegeezer

3 жыл бұрын

Tinkle is definitely an older people thing, and even then, rare as. Nobody has ever said sticky wicket.

@Trebor74

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaymercer4692 it's a cricketing term meaning the situation is a bit stuffed.

@Thatgirl96.

3 жыл бұрын

I've only ever heard of pubs being called the sticky wicket 😂😂😂

As a nothern person, we definitely say 'U Wat?' quite often. The only other times I here it is when americans try to say it with the posh english accent lmao

@dotheyfloat9961

3 жыл бұрын

We say that all the time down south too

@lunaangeleclipse9745

3 жыл бұрын

People say it a lot in London in my personal experience.

Are you saying "jobs a done'un"? I've only ever heard "jobs a good'un" 🖤

@sian3521

3 жыл бұрын

Came here to say the same thing!

@raeve1785

3 жыл бұрын

Same!

@thenetnat

3 жыл бұрын

It’s definitely job’s a good’un. I mean that it’s meant to be and Evan isn’t saying.

As a Canadian with a British family this video was an existential crisis of "Wait a minute I say that! Is it a Canadian thing or have I just picked it up from my Dad?"

@Asbestoslover666

3 жыл бұрын

same! i'm very confused right now. also i feel like canadians in general use more british terms than americans

@nr5076

3 жыл бұрын

My partner with British parents grew up in quebec he's got a great mix of vocabulary

@jdude99lolz

3 жыл бұрын

A lot of these are just used in canada

sometimes i forget i say words and i’m like “no one really says that”....then i remember all the times i most definitely have.

@ishoottheyscore8970

3 жыл бұрын

You what?

@Nerd_777

3 жыл бұрын

@@ishoottheyscore8970 they forget the use certain words/phrases and end up thinking that's not a thing people say right?

@Nerd_777

3 жыл бұрын

@@ishoottheyscore8970 then they remember that they do indeed use words

@ishoottheyscore8970

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nerd_777 I was using a phrase I've definitely used, but Evan thought was never used outside of bad cockney impressions, so it amused me to put it as a response to someone saying about the same thing. Oh well, that joke failed!

@Nerd_777

3 жыл бұрын

@@ishoottheyscore8970 sorry I’m autistic some jokes and sarcasm fly over my head

I love, "On your bike." (Translation: Get lost or Get going.)

@Hydraclone

3 жыл бұрын

I like "off you trot". Not sure how common it is, but I used it a lot in my early 20s.

Sharon: So why did you dump Kevin then? He's so handsome and has a heart of gold! Tracy: Yeah he does. Sharon: And he's so brave, nerves of steel! Tracy: True. Sharon: And so commanding. He has an iron will! Tracy: Well yeah he does... Sharon So why dump him? Tracy: Knob of butter.

I like how he is more casual about subscriptions and likes. Most youtubers are really professional or over enthusiastic about it. He actually sounds like a person

You could make a British vs American drinking culture video! I would love to see that.

The one phone expression my grandma always uses is “I’ll give you a jingle,” and I love it.

One of my faves is using 'well' to mean 'very'. Also 'moving house' - it sounds like they're loading the actual house up and moving it to a different area. And frankly I prefer 'pavement' and 'zebra crossing' over 'sidewalk' and 'crosswalk'. Not because they make more sense, they just sound better.

@louisa1514

3 жыл бұрын

Wait what do you say instead of moving house? I thought it was universal!

@jayc9345

3 жыл бұрын

@@louisa1514 in the states it's just called moving.

I quite like the fact that going out and going out out means two different things

hello everyone, welcome back to a man who refuses to use a trolley

@julesdingle

3 жыл бұрын

does he accept the use of getting trolleyed ?

@catbeara

3 жыл бұрын

@@julesdingle I hope so 😅

@lucie4185

3 жыл бұрын

@@julesdingle only after getting a "quiet pint".

Dude is basically British now, kinda in the same way tea is

@stevecarter8810

3 жыл бұрын

He's British like cornflakes and baked beans are

@theanarchistocelot1620

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevecarter8810 More like, that we took home from a foreign country, decided we liked him, and kept him

Anyone have that moment when someone says "Bob's your uncle" and you giggle to yourself because you actually have an uncle Robert?

Before the pandemic I worked behind a bar, I once had an American order a round of drinks and then call me a nonce, I just looked a little shocked and looked around at the other bar staff. He was like "what did I say? do you not have nonce here?" and I had to explain what it means, he was very apologetic.

This is just 16 minutes of evan having an identity crisis.

Instead of "Bloody hell" I will use "Bloomin heck" in public which is such a strange thing now looking back

@missjenkenz

3 жыл бұрын

Strictly religious and violent grandmother's made me associate blasphemy with physical pain. Have no problems swearing but in my mid thirties I still censor my blasphemy despite both grannies being passed on

@TheBruhlman

3 жыл бұрын

Yorkshire? Lancashire?

@zkw100

3 жыл бұрын

Nowt wrong with bloomin’ heck

@nevreiha

3 жыл бұрын

I have also used Bloodyeck, fookinell and if I put it on really thick Ee by gum. My nan raised my mum and aunt not to swear so my mum doesn't swear much but my aunt is foul mouthed lol, when I were younger my nan would tell people not to say Bloody sometimes, my nan might said Damn it but my aunt would say Fook saakes

@mariakhan7986

3 жыл бұрын

@@zkw100 Sheffield? Just picking up on the nowt lol.

I’m from West Yorkshire and in South Yorkshire they call you “duck”. My mum sells hair are products to salons and goes to South Yorkshire and some of them call her “duck” in the same way you would say “love”. Also my mum is from Cambridge and says “chick” and I know a mum from school used to call me “cocka” or “cock” as a term of endearment.

I’m also an American who moved to England and whenever I say “innit” everyone freaks out 😂 they love it

dodie’s new album really did make me cry, it’s _amazing_

I call people 'Muppet' all the time. And my dad, who is a big fan of the Muppets, always replies: "Which one?" 😂🤦

@lucie4185

3 жыл бұрын

I am shocked that Americans don't use muppet, they did invent them!

@xzonia1

3 жыл бұрын

@@lucie4185 Well, you use the term Muppet to insult someone, right? But Americans love the Muppets. We wouldn't use it as an insult. We'd probably mean they're cute or talented, if we called someone a Muppet. :)

@callumparker3293

3 жыл бұрын

It's like the opposite for me. I never use it really but my dad always calls me a muppet or a plank if I've done something stupid

just being able to call someone a sausage as an insult is why i love the UK

Evan " is that really not an American thing ? " Also Evan: smart enough to understand he's speaking English!

God Evan, with peace and love, every time I click on your videos I think i've accidentally put my speed to 1.5x

@evan

3 жыл бұрын

🥸

12:10 do you mean “job’s a gooden?” Never heard “job’s a donenn”

@azuraskye88

3 жыл бұрын

My thoughts too. Never heard jobs a done en!

@SSmith-zz1sf

3 жыл бұрын

Yep just looking for this as I couldn’t work out if he was doing it ironically or genuinely thought it was that instead of good’un 😂😂

The funny thing is, I don't mind so much when a stranger calls me luv. But if my bf calls me luv Id be so pissed off.

When a recipe called for a knob of butter I just see it as a small amount of butter but it’s not a determined amount. It’s often just to put in a pan or spread on something I often find or in a recipe where things can easily be added depending on consistency. So a knob of butter just means you need some butter but it depends on how much your making to how much you need.

I'm so early, only the 360p has been processed haha

lmao me and my sister had a joint realisation recently at how many things we say and hear in our house are northern expressions (we've lived in the south all our lives but our dad is from lancashire), we went through exactly the same stages of confusion as you at discovering certain expressions were unique to the north lol

My favourite is sloshed. Like, being pissed is one thing, but sloshed? You get a proper hangover after that. British expressions for drunk are delightful 😆

@bigboredthing

2 жыл бұрын

See also: trollied, weaselled, battered, hammered, slaughtered, bollocksed, wallied etc. There are SO many.

My mother is British and I live in Texas. As a child who went to kindergarten, we had to bring supplies to school, they were then gathered and distributed. Well, I lost my eraser. You can imagine the conversation that ensued when my mother called an eraser a “rubber”

Geeza/Geezer/Giza is just so funny to me (meaning person, but it can be used for objects: “take a look at this geeza” could mean anything)

No person born after 1980 says "give you a tinkle," when talking about phoning someone later but I have heard it said by an older generation.

@zkw100

3 жыл бұрын

Even my parents in their 70s don’t use that term. Maybe it’s a regional as well as age thing?

I think it's funny that you dislike "bin", because my favorite British phrase is "bin it". I still say "trash", and "trash can", and other related American terms, but I adore the simplicity of "bin it" compared to "throw it away".

I genuinely think calling someone a wrongen is my most used term ever, also "what are you on about" is one I use every time I communicate with another human being

I'm surprised that no-one mentioned "cheers" - it's used world wide for drinks, but I don't know if it's used as a thank you anywhere else. Anyway, fun video, it may be interesting to have someone like Tom Scott fact check these as I know he has done some stuff about etymology before. Cheers!

@ishoottheyscore8970

3 жыл бұрын

Also, now I think of it, I'm disappointed that the word "scrote" is falling out of use. It used to show up in some London based TV shows, but I don't think I've ever heard it used. Toe-rag too may be obsolete now... Dammit, we need to bring both of those back along with Nincompoop!

@alllies5271

3 жыл бұрын

@@ishoottheyscore8970 I still use scrote, but I don't think I would even know about it if not for one of my teachers calling all the kids scrotes

I started ironically saying “howay man” now I can’t stop

@bettyboosh8384

3 жыл бұрын

Same

I used to watch Doctor Who and "Oi!" has stayed with me. I'm not even a native English speaker but I think the meaning is understood internationally 😂

I actually say " 'scuse me, mate" when trying to get someone's attention. I'm am American, I have never lived anywhere but America, my family is all Americans, and for the longest time I had no idea where I picked it up. Turns out, my dad's grandpa was from Australia, and apparently he picked it up from him, and stopped using it for some reason when I was like 5 or 6.

Fun story about using words interchangeably. When I was a kid, my siblings and I didn't understand the difference between 'twit' and 'twat' so sometimes we would call each other the the latter rather than the former. Weirdly enough, never got told off by our parents for it. Didn't realise what 'twat' meant till I was 22 🤭

@Hydraclone

3 жыл бұрын

Well, between close friends you can probably use it interchangeably. Probably far more common in the North of England though.

@TheAstip

3 жыл бұрын

I remember my mum talling me not to use 'twat' and I was confused since I'd read The Twits and got them confused

@ThermoMan

Жыл бұрын

I did the same until I got told off.

Apparently 'laughing all the way to the bank' originated in a daily courier article in 1946 in Iowa, so yeah, that one isn't British although we do use it a fair bit.

@lania2246

3 жыл бұрын

Living in America, I have never once heard that used ever.

@xzonia1

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I've heard that one a lot in Texas. Common American expression.

@starofdabloc

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve heard it all the time and I’m in the mid west it’s in books and tv shows as well

I love saying Turah as goodbye. Despite all of us being Irish, myself and my roommates always use it to say goodbye.

@marinaneil5814

3 жыл бұрын

Haven't heard that in so long, but it's a good'n!

@Tustin2121

3 жыл бұрын

“Hello Procrastinators!” and “Turah!” marks a significant period of my life when I got into British gaming channels.

@CailinNaEireann

3 жыл бұрын

@@marinaneil5814 I don't even notice myself saying it anymore

@thenetnat

3 жыл бұрын

I write this as ‘ta ra’, for anyone interested. Contrast with ‘ta ta’. Same meaning.

@TotemoGaijin

3 жыл бұрын

Is that the same as used in that lullaby song?

Fun fact: nonce is actually an acronym In the victorian era, it was written on skate tiles above their cell doors and stood for 'not on normal courtyard excercise', so yes, they would literally have a sign saying 'nonce' on their door

This whole video reminds me of that one scene in Danger Mouse, where he is trying to work out how he would say good grief, then Penfold walks in. P : Chief! DM : Good grief Penfold. Good grief, I do say good grief! hahahaha, the amount of giggles I got from this vid could last me the whole week.

As a British teen. I just realised how little o know of the way people in Britain speak outside of my county and London. I feel like it's a thing where most people know London slang (the stuff on tv) and then you know the slang from your county and where you grew up. Like, from the south east and I've never heard some of the slang from up north that is mentioned in this video

@Hydraclone

3 жыл бұрын

If you've not heard the slang, I doubt you'd even be able to understand the accent then. The more North you go, the more Scottish it gets. Even after 10 years, I could still sometimes not understand my Mother's ex-husband.

Bob's your Uncle,Fanny's your Aunt

The thing I love about 'car park' is the amount of times people say it too fast and actually say: 'par cark'. 😂

Car park as Aussie all the time but I have never thought of them as having fun.

I was out walking my dog a few weeks ago,we came across a woman with her dog and my one was getting very frisky towards it. She started to pull her dog away and said "she's on the blob" I've heard it used but I was a bit shocked that this woman just came out with it.

@Hydraclone

3 жыл бұрын

I like it, as it's a very polite and friendly way to say it.

@DomingoDeSantaClara

3 жыл бұрын

@@Hydraclone I'm a Kiwi and its not one I'd heard till I came here,I assumed it was used by friends joking around which is why she surprised me. Up on blocks is another one that cracked me up.

One of my absolute favorite British terms is blimey

@Sasha-up9er

3 жыл бұрын

I only like the full "cor blimey". Fun fact it comes from "god blind me"

@donach9

3 жыл бұрын

Blimey O'Reilly is a good one too

Interesting fact (or at least I find it interesting), the origin of "Dogs Bollocks" is from Meccano; when it was first invented there were 2 set options, "Box Standard" or "Box Deluxe" - over time, box standard ended up being referred to as "bog standard" and that's where that came from, and the workers at Meccano found it funny to 'spoonerise' Box Deluxe because of how it sounded, and this resulted in "dogs bollocks" being a slang term for something significantly better than average :)

May I introduce you all to the Chilean slang word "Wea"... It can mean "thing/object", an exceptionally bad or good situation, it can express surprise or amusement.... And it can replace almost every single noun in a sentence... It's not a particularly nice word, but most Chileans use it when speaking in an informal conversation... There's a YT channel called Gringo Mode On that has made some videos about this amazing word, it's great (BTW I'm brazilian and I live in Chile, it took me a LONG time to figure out what "wea" meant 😂😂😂)

@Asbestoslover666

3 жыл бұрын

i was canadian living in chile! it felt like using the word "dude" like hey dude, duuuuude, oh dude yeah, etc etc. like you could plug it in anywhere that you could plug 'dude' in. definitely a neat word

@juliawarren847

3 жыл бұрын

​@@Asbestoslover666OOOH nice! The word "weon" is definitely one of the best words they have 😂

I’ve watched the Sharpe series starring Sean Bean, and love whenever he says “bastard” or “bloody hell”.

@ishoottheyscore8970

3 жыл бұрын

There is a supercut video somewhere (i think on twitter) of every time he says "bastard" in Sharpe. It was hilarious!

@wildshadowstar

3 жыл бұрын

@@ishoottheyscore8970 I’ve watched that on KZread.

Fair enough isn't used here that often but I love that phrase

@georgeespley9177

3 жыл бұрын

I say fair enough like every sentence

I love “Bob’s your uncle” just so I can reply “how did you know?”

@emdarki

3 жыл бұрын

and fanny's your aunt!