I know it's just a minor detail mentioned in passing, but Australia doesn't have any alligators; it has crocodiles! Not that that would make y'all feel any better... but hey! no alligators! haha

@Fuggen

5 жыл бұрын

yes we do have alligators as well, fresh water alligators not considered as dangerous as a salt water croc

@Fuggen

5 жыл бұрын

yeah sorry misses got on , told her this is wrong

@lauratheexplorer9918

5 жыл бұрын

Cheyenne Marie I thought the same thing!!

@salsamite

5 жыл бұрын

@@Fuggen No, we have freshwater crocodiles and saltwater crocodiles. We have zero alligators.

@leftovercrass5210

5 жыл бұрын

Alligators are not native to Australia, they found an American alligator here once but it was probably flushed down someones toilet

“We live in the safest country” Goes to most safest counties in the world and uk is not on there....

@YangSing1

4 жыл бұрын

Lord Farquaad It’s still safe. I’ve never felt fear living here more than in any other western country. You realise how many countries there are? 33rd isn’t bad

@nasaplays5225

4 жыл бұрын

australia is the safest

@MohammedAli-hl4mr

4 жыл бұрын

​@Lord Farquaad​surely you must know that there are more than ten first world countries

@princessjazdelossantos

3 жыл бұрын

@alex hayes massive child grooming in England and knife crime is out of control in London

@eloisebrandi3991

3 жыл бұрын

Angelina Nguyen it s so funny what they are saying I have never seen a wild snake only in a zoo or a crocodile or anything

1. We call both the shoes and the underwear thongs do it’s based on context. 2. Because it’s easier to move to the UK or US than stay in Aus I would think. 3. We don’t encounter most of the deadly animals that often but it is kind of scary. 4. Eh. I personally haven’t encountered that many sexist people but I think it’s different in different areas. 5. No, it’s quite rare to even see a koala outside of a zoo if you like in a city or more populated area. 6. We abbreviate stuff because we’re lazy😂 7. It’s more funny, at least to me. 8. I don’t mind that. 9. I think they actually do go a different way around but I’m not sure. 10. IT’S SO ANNOYING, YES. I JUST WANT A WHITE CHRISTMAS.

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

We love ya!! Thanks for that!

@elizabethiman7442

6 жыл бұрын

9. I once watched a video of water in a sink ... think they have one in Equator, so you can see the water changing as you cross the equatorial line... is so cool :D! 10. Not only Australia, I live in South America and we get hot Christmas... is not as annoying once you remember you can party at the beach every New Year's Eve ;) ;) ;)

@0netminder0

6 жыл бұрын

If you ever have a white Christmas, I think a lot of Australians would freeze to death... I doubt that many of you have powerful furnaces in your houses, or insulated walls and triple-pane windows like we have here in Canada. And the winter coats and boots! Also, I shudder to think of the weather that would have to exist in the rest of the world that could cause Australia to have snow at Christmas!

@r.fairlie7186

6 жыл бұрын

That's true! I've lived comfortably through winter in London, Brussels and Moscow. It was minus 30C in Moscow. (Frozen food was imported via heated trucks to keep it at the optimum temp.) Apart from living with sensible heating, I had to buy boots with a thick, insulated sole because my leather-soled boots were useless. I returned to Sydney in winter and I felt far colder inside my rented flat than I ever did in Europe! You may have heard that some people have "Christmas in July" gatherings. The snowfields in the Snowy Mountains area have more ski-able snow than Switzerland and the resorts do very well then.

@Emikero

5 жыл бұрын

1. Generally context. But I have also encountered (and used) the term 'G-banger". 2. It's probably because Australia has a pretty small population in comparison to the US and the UK and they get better eposure and more deals because they're in the bigger cities. 3. Really depends on where you are. Venomous spiders are more common all over than a saltie or a king brown, but if you run into a saltie or a king brown, well... Then it's scary. Least you stand a chance against the funnelweb. 4. Yeah, depends on area. I think you get them all over the world, it just depends on who you're exposed to. 5. Only wild populations have Chlamydia, because the ones in zoos and sanctuaries would be treated at the first sign of it. People don't have frequent interaction with wild koalas, but it happens, generally when the animal is in distress (we gave water to a koala with heat stroke at my uni-housing, but were warned to not handle it, as they can be quite aggressive.) 6. We're definately lazy. XD 7. You do the best imitations I've heard so far, but it also depends on the part of Australia. Because South Aussies sound more British than anyone else, and Queenslanders sound like the typical bogan accent most people try and imitate... 8. I never really thought about it, to be honest. 9. I don't really look. And I think someone addressed it in another comment. 10. Christmas in July is a thing, but only to those who insist on those traditional, ugly woollen jumper photos. The rest of us fire up the barbie, or park the car in the sun for a couple hours, and pass around the stubbies.

I hate when brits complain about 25 degrees fahrenheit being hot when we are boiling alive in mid 42 degrees

@danielcox3152

3 жыл бұрын

You mean centigrade

@emilyharris286

3 жыл бұрын

Daniel Cox it is degrees in Australia

@eloisebrandi3991

3 жыл бұрын

Omg yesss it is soo annoying

@luisrosario3781

3 жыл бұрын

Fahrenheit? Or do you mean Celsius. 25 degrees Fahrenheit is incredibly cold.

@LucaPlays-0

3 жыл бұрын

Yup aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi

im Aussie and no matter where I go in my house, theres a spider staring at me xD

@thattigerguy

3 жыл бұрын

Spiders just make the funniest moments for me. In primary school we had a hudsman who became the class pet and when he died a year later one of (most likely) his kid we laugh more.

@Renzy-LuLu

3 ай бұрын

Haha. FUMIGATION 😂

Australia has crocodiles not alligators. Unfortunately crocodiles are much more aggressive than alligators. However the majority of Australians live in cities on the coast and hardly ever see dangerous animals - except perhaps for spiders. Australia may be a big country but it has a relatively small population - about the same as Los Angeles. So performers need to go somewhere like USA or Britain for maximum exposure. The Coriolis Effect is the phenomenon that determines the different direction of rotation of storms and whirlpools in the Southern and Northern hemispheres. The relatively small size of a bathtub, toilet or sink is not big enough for the Coriolis Effect to have any bearing. So the water in toilets, bathtubs and sinks goes in the direction most affected by the shape of the vessel. Perhaps a large whirlpool in the ocean may go in a different direction from Northern to Southern Hemispheres as most definitely do storms. In my opinion Australians couldn’t care less about Christmas not being cold and snowy. In fact it is wonderful to be able to have a good old barbie outdoors on a warm Christmas Day. Thanks for the posting - I thoroughly enjoyed it!

@Emikero

5 жыл бұрын

Unless you reside in SA, and then it's not a 'warm' day, you can cook your bangas and steak on the shed roof it's so hot:P

@hismajestyericcartmanthese5755

5 жыл бұрын

Population of Australia is 25 million. Los Angeles has a population of 5 million

@danielleporter1829

4 жыл бұрын

@@hismajestyericcartmanthese5755 Los Angeles city has a pop of 4 million, LA county has over 10 million people. California is twice the population of Australia

Answering these as an Australian: 1. Because flip flops are essentially thongs for your feet made out of rubber, and we call 'thongs' g-strings or g-bangers depending on how Aussie you want to get. 2. Successful Australian's leave because Australia is so damn far away from everything, it's just easier to be close to where everything is going on, because Australia has essentially nothing compared to places like the USA and the UK 3. Can't answer this one for you, but it's very fucking annoying isn't it. And yes, mosquitoes are everywhere it's shit. 4. A lot of older men in Australia still have old fashioned ways of thinking that is carried on, I personally have become accustomed to the sexist comments, the comments aren't a very big deal for Australian's I think, because it is kind of just our shitty sense of humour. Not that I agree with any sexist, racist, or homophobic actions or remarks, but I rarely deal with them, and will pull people up on it. 5. Normal Australian's probably come in contact with a Koala at least once every year maybe 6. Why wouldn't you want to abbreviate things? hahahah 7. I love when people do Australian accents hahah it is amazing 8. I feel bad for Kiwi's that are associated with Australia, New Zealand deserves more recognition 9. I think that they do flush opposite hahah 10. Warm Christmas's are amazing!! You get to spend your day out in the sun having a barbecue with your family, drinking away, then on Boxing day you can go spend the day at the beach. (Although a white Christmas always looks bloody amazing and I'm sure it would be lovely, and growing up seeing the English and American Christmas movies was quite confusing for me as a child and every year I would question why it wasn't snowing) I know other people have answered these but I wanted to anyway ahaha, love your channel!!

I remember flip flops being called "thongs" both in the US and the UK in the '70s. A thin strip of leather was also called a "thong". Then in the '90s, I first came across "thong" meaning a type of skimpy underwear.

@lbCharmed1

6 жыл бұрын

CNVideos - I remember growing up in the 70's in California flip flops were called thongs. And that changed with rise in popularity of the underwear.

@bellbirdtech9193

6 жыл бұрын

In New Zealand flip flops/thongs are called jandals.

@0netminder0

6 жыл бұрын

Canada too, in the '60s and '70s. I first heard "flip-flops" in the '80s. I knew what a G-string was in the '80s but never heard it called a thong until the late '90s.

@dancerwithin8350

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly. I remember that too.

@mattkersey387

6 жыл бұрын

Yep. It’s generational. In the 60’s and 70’s when I was young and living in Michigan and Georgia there was no such thing as thong underwear. Flips flops were called thongs in both places and then the name thong was stolen away by flip flops in the 80’s.

I love having hot Christmases! I couldn't imagine a cold Christmas where I'm stuck inside all day, compared to being outside in the warm sunshine and swimming in the pool :)

@grahamfrear9270

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I would put on a working holiday in Australia I remember the lovely sunny Christmas yes but here in the UK as nothing nicer then making snowman and igloos and walking out in the snow at night and seeing the morning all the stars it's beautiful and walking in the snow when it's falling.I do love Australia and the Australians I had a wonderful time on my working holiday

Hi! I’m from Australia and I’ve just discovered your channel, I’m loving it so far! When I went overseas to Canada and New York last year, whenever I mentioned I was from Australia, people would bring up the dangerous animals topic! It’s funny, because it’s sort of true. They DO exist, but not where people generally live and work. Except for the Northern Territory (like Darwin sort of area), and really rural areas around major cities, you will almost certainly not see anything. The most common spider you’d see would be a “redback”, but they’re small and not aggressive (and they just hide in dark places where you usually don’t go). I’ve only ever seen one snake before, and it wasn’t a very dangerous one! When you’re swimming, you’ve just got to be careful, but it’s pretty rare to find anything. The interesting thing about the accents is that most people I’ve met, including myself, don’t have strong accents at all. It’s almost always smack in between a British or American accent. I have a very mild accent, with a sort of British twang to it, but I used to live in Adelaide, and visit there a lot, so that might be where I get it from? I rarely use those funny abbreviations 😆 If I do, I’d be joking around, pretending to be (what we call) a “bogan”. The “stereotypical accent”, where people use those weird words, is pretty rare in my experience. It’s usually spoken by people from Queensland or the Northern Territory; in my personal experience, I’ve never actually heard someone say “Fair dinkum” or “True blue” haha. You should visit if you love Australia so much! Don’t worry about the wildlife!

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Hey!! Thank you for that! So interesting to read!! We will definitely visit at some stage!

@ZeeAyy

5 жыл бұрын

Jaidyn Belbin Yeah. Quite funny. I’ve stayed in Aussie for 3 months. In Melbourne to be exact. I’ve never seen any deadly animal or insects. But what I like most about Aussie (Melbourne) was their Customer Service. They all got my respect. Never ending friendly!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 ❤️ from Malaysia.

@salsamite

5 жыл бұрын

Same here - I've even been mistaken for British by a Brit before! ha! I'm from Queensland, so it's not all of us. My parents are from NSW though, so maybe that's why I'm a bit more well-spoken. I think some people think I sound posh, though I don't at all. AT ALL. And I use most abbreviations ironically as well.

@moniqueelliott795

5 жыл бұрын

Yea I am Aussie and I agree with u 100%

@bradford_shaun_murray

5 жыл бұрын

Boring....

hot Christmas is amazing, you get to go to the beach or have a pool and barb, its so good

I was on an exchange in Australia for half a year and I had to get used to their abbreviations/slang. It was so hard to understand at the beginning, but after a while I learned to love it! Australia is so cool! Really enjoy watching your videos! Well done!

I went to Australia when I was in 5th grade and held a koala... I’m glad I hadn’t heard about that chlamydia stuff until years after because that would’ve really ruined the experience 😂😂 The trip was awful because my dad lost me and my brothers for a few hours so we were just wandering the streets alone.. I hope to go back and have a better time at some point 🙂

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

haha! Oooo so jealous! They look so cute!

you guys are awesome, keep doing what you do)

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

10:34 - You missed an opportunity to say "down under" :P

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

DAMN!

@benjidoggo5405

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

I'm a nurse, who happens to be male and in 2018 I still have patients asking me for the nurse. Crazy. I'm in the US. We may have crazy guns but the UK has crazy knife killers. 60 so far this year. But I love the UK.

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Really? Crazy!!!!!!!! GRRRR! You must get so annoyed!

@theparrotrescuer3042

6 жыл бұрын

Shelby Morgan that's so true. I dislike stereotypes.

Joel and his Adidas haha! Love it!

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

❤️

Love you joel and lia!im a new subsriber!you guys make me happy!

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Aww love you too! Thanks for subscribing!

I’m from the US and we used to call flip flops thongs when I was a young girl. They stole that name for the underwear because they treat your bum like the shoes treated your toes! Then everyone here started calling the shoes flip flops for the sound they make when you walk! Lol

@alicee2952

6 жыл бұрын

I still call them thongs. I get weird looks sometimes. lol

@roadie3124

5 жыл бұрын

I've heard the underwear thongs being called "bum floss", but it's probably a bit rude 😉

Something as small as a sink/bath can have the water spiral either way. There's not really a speed difference between the south side of the basin and the north side of the basin. But for something as big as a storm front, the side closer to the equator rotates faster than the side farther from the equator, which "spins" the storm. In the Northern Hemisphere, the South side moves faster, spinning the storm counterclockwise. In the Southern Hemisphere, the North side moves faster, spinning the storm clockwise.

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Ahh thanks for this! No one else has commented with this!

@limitedexperience492

6 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. The basin thing is more a pop-culture joke / urban legend. But if you look at the way Northern Hemisphere hurricanes/typhoons look and the way Southern Hemisphere cyclones look, they obviously spin in reverse directions.

@edwardmiessner6502

5 жыл бұрын

Limited Experience I'm from the US and I've seen water drain from a sink in either direction, but from a toilet it has always drained counter-clockwise (anticlockwise in UK English).

I grew up with the Christmas stereotype of snow and snowman, everyday school activity involved snow based themes. And every year as a kid I’d get hyped for Christmas saying that it will snow to my mother, and then be disappointed because it’s in the middle of summer Keep in mind I was 5-8 during these times of getting hyped

When she said “deadly alligators” it triggered half the comment section.

Been always impressing me your vids about international stuff (comparison, accent, etc). I love the topic so much. Loved it!

American here! On the last question: I had a friend from Brisbane did an entire trip from November through February in North America, and he was gobsmacked at all the frozen water that didn't come out of a fridge, as well as actual snow. He was obsessed because there are very few places in Australia that get cold enough for snow or ice even in their winter (between May and August). I had to actually stop him from going onto a frozen-over lake because the ice wasn't thick enough to support his weight -- a concept he didn't quite understand until he actually saw it in practice.

I love Questions for Australians, thank you, Joel and Lia!!! 🇬🇧🇦🇺😍

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Barbie!

Im half brittish half Australian I'm confused weather to ask or to answer 😂😂 keep up the good work.

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

hahaha! Both!

@yasashii89

5 жыл бұрын

*whether

@ZombiesGaming100

4 жыл бұрын

Wait... so what‘a ur accent then?

Joel and Lia - great job, keep doing your lovely videos.

Answers coming from a Melbournian Aussie POV 1. They have always been called thongs for us, whereas we call "thongs" here G-strings 2. Australia has a tiny population (despite the size), so people who become successful in Aus move overseas to major english-speaking global hubs (New York, LA, London etc) to pursue greater sucess. Just like someone from the countryside in the UK would move to London for a better chance to skyrocket their career 3. I have no idea why we have extreme animals/insects but I'm glad I live in Melb as I've never come across anything deadly before / also there's no extreme weather, earthquakes, hurricanes in Meln in the south but we do get superrr hot summers (up to 38 degrees) and super cold winters (close to 0 degrees) and Melbourne is famous for its 4 seasons in one day where it can be 26 degrees and sunny one minute and hailing the next 4. Some areas in Australia aren't as open-minded and new-age thinking as more developed cities like Melb and Syd. There will always be those people and there is a "man's man" culture here especially for the older crowd. 5. Why do we abbreviate everything? Because we are LAZY lol 6. We don't but the accents were spot on 7. I've never thought about that and a lot of Australians don't care too much about that kind of thing. We have what's called Tall Poppy Syndrome (I don't) 8. Yes 9. We love a good BBQ on christmas day but it would be amazing to experience a white christmas!

@bernadettelanders7306

2 жыл бұрын

Kim Melbourne here , we had one mini earth quake, well a tremor a few months ago, remember . Nothing even fell of the shelves, but boy the noise woke me and I thought what on earth is that. Like all your other comments, agree , never been bitten or attacked by all the wild things they think are going to kill us lol. I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else because I was born here and it’s home ❤️

Love the video 😂💕 You guys so do a video where you attempt different American accents 💕

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Aw thank you! Yes it's on our list! haha

Okay, so, I appreciate that Joel admitted that the Australian accent is similar to his own. I say this because (for context, I'm American). I used to work at an office retail store some years ago. Once there were these two guys who walked in, and I asked if they were British or Australian because of their accents. And they said, "British," but, they said it like it should have been obvious. I said, it's just because the British accent and the Australian accent sound really similar, but then it seemed like they got so offended that I thought that. So, yeah, it's nice that Joel acknowledges that the two accents do sound similar.

@plymouthtoleedsonaxchst9537

5 жыл бұрын

Australians don,t sound anything like the British.I got asked all the time when I was in the states touring and I,m British.

@SnoopyM4

5 жыл бұрын

But to an Australian or a Brit, the accents, while similar, are very distinct. I generally expect Americans to think I am British. It's similar to mistaking a Canadian for an American. While you can tell the difference, people who aren't as familiar with the dialect wouldn't. That said, Joel's accent was definitely Kiwi and not Australian lol. Which, again, you probably didn't even notice ;)

@Shifty319

5 жыл бұрын

@@ruasablubboi5320 the gold rush happened after British colonisation. Australia was founded as a penal colony

@rainbows_trees_clouds_dais1766

3 ай бұрын

​@@plymouthtoleedsonaxchst9537some Australians with a more neutral accent can sound English. Im Australian and I sometimes have Australians (with broader accents) ask where I'm from... (in England). I even had an English couple visiting Australia ask if I'm from Surrey (??). They couldn't believe I was Australian. I definitely don't speak with a posh, over the top plum in my mouth accent (which sound 100% posh English accent)... But it's definitely quite neutral. I have quite a few friends who speak in a more neutral Australian accent. I was State School educated, but all of my Mum's side were from the Outback (sheep + cattle properties), so they were sent to boarding school at a young age + all took speech classes as part of private education... So I think that rubbed off on me. I was always corrected when I spoke aa a kid, and mum and Aunt would break into poetry randomly for fun (their old speech exams?)... And my sister and I would join in. So, I think most Australians raised by Mothers who went to Anglican private schools in the 60's and prior, all speak a similar way? My grandmother sounded very English (barely had any resemblance of an Australian accent to be honest)... Quite similar to a lot of people from similar background at the time. That accent is pretty much non existant now. I occasionally hear it on TV or radio if someone REALLY old (late 90's) is on.... or archived interviews shown from a long time ago. A lot of people spoke that way... particularly from the bush.

I'm from Florida, born and raised, so I can tell you exactly what it's like to never have a snowy Christmas XD I first experienced snowfall when I was 20 or 21, since I went to uni in New York, and I was amazed at what snow was actually like. It was magical.

Loved it!

“We live in the safest country in the world!” HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

@Renzy-LuLu

3 ай бұрын

Yeah I was thinking.... I've had Australian family go live over there for many years and she tells me how aggressive people are and you can't mouth off at people and tell them what you think without violence, especially the women...m on buses! I'm like WHAT? Hhahaha

Was distracted by the cat the whole bit.

Love the video Joel, and Lia! Your Aussie accents are amazing!

Loved it! 😍

These questions kind of pissed me off...

I am SO jealous of your cold Christmas! There is so much winter related Christmas music (White Christmas, Frosty the Snowman etc.) and here we are in Australia roasting in the sun. Yeah... it's weird.

@adrio97

6 жыл бұрын

I should add that some (crazy people) in Australia love the heat 😝

@durfeetaylor1112

6 жыл бұрын

I’m from Texas and I get jealous of snowy Christmases too!

@ashandraboise8927

6 жыл бұрын

Six White Boomers by Slim Dusty 😉

@ericl8743

6 жыл бұрын

Come to where I live, it snows from November until April. Occasionally longer

@superdrew8564

6 жыл бұрын

Ive never really heard uk called cold lol

I own a transportation company in Salt lake City and we love our Australian clients because they are hands down the most generous tippers of anyone other than Americans...

I acc love you guys!!! 🍤 came from insta storyyy :))) xx

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

yay! Thanks Maia!

Never been this fast haha. Morning down here in NZ.

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

haha! Amazing! Good morning!

Thong underwear got their name from the thong foot wear. They were called that in the USA in the 80s.... Saying that my mom wears thongs has a whole new meaning than it did when I was a kid!

That cold Christmas question got me good😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I am from south east Louisiana and we rarely have a cold Christmas. A lot of times we are wearing shorts.

First! BTW I love y'all! XOXOXO a Londoner

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Wahoooo! ❤️

I live in New Zealand and have visited Australia many a time. In New Zealand and Australia toilets flush straight down instead of swirling round.😀

@Renzy-LuLu

3 ай бұрын

Lmao true! 😂😂😂😂

Very clever video guys! And a bit tricky to produce I'll bet. Fun observations and really hilarious! And you tagged #prosecco again! I love it! Great job! Thanks! Love and cheers! 👍💗😘🇬🇧

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tek! It's finally up! Phew! ❤️

Another great video❤️💜

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

Hi Joel and Lia, I’ve grown up in Australia 😃 yes we do call them g strings and I don’t know why we call flip flop thongs, we just always have and always will 😂 I think famous people leave because they have more chances and opportunities in other countries (like with hollywood etc) Deadly animals don’t really come around that often, we get the occasional red back in our backyard every once in a while. Unless you live in a bushy area, you’re unlikely to get snakes and lizards although once we found a bobtail lizard in our backyard. Tbh we are probably sexist because of our prime ministers, they are such misogynists 🙄🙄 although I haven’t encountered much sexism personally. We don’t encounter koalas that often unless you go to the bush and up a gum tree. Abbreviations cos we’re laid back and chill, people’s names get shortened a lot especially e.g someone with a surname fitzgerald probably will get called fitzy Tbh Joel your accent sounds a bit kiwi HAHAHAAHAHA Not really bothered about Australia as a stepping stone, that means we’re a little bit bigger and have better opportunities than nz 😉 I’ve never noticed which way the toilet flushes or if it’s different to yours. For me, Christmas has always been in summer and yes it’s annoying that everyone’s like OMG WINTER SNOW SWEATERS FIREPLACE TURKEY WARM FOOD and we’re here sweating our butts out. I guess we don’t have such a big Christmas vibe partially due to the weather compared to you guys in the UK 😃 I would want to experience a really cold Christmas at some point just to feel the vibe. Here’s my answers to all your questions, sorry if it’s a little long 😁

@superdrew8564

6 жыл бұрын

Chloe Ip but g-strings are actually different than thongs (underwear) Was i the only one under the impression that joel and lia we're together?

Hi I love your channel I am British and I think your videos are epic

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Ah thank you so much! Love having Brits watch our videos too!

I just subscribed i love you guys

Kill a spider, oh what a challenge that is😂😂😂😂😂

In the USA the term "thongs", along with "zorries, was once used for flip-flops". But I haven't heard those terms used for years........

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Ahhh interesting! Wonder why it changed!

@ritabroils6339

6 жыл бұрын

Some people here may occasional use thongs, but I always think about underwear. SMH

@lbCharmed1

6 жыл бұрын

George Cunningham never heard the term "zorries". I remember the term "thongs" from the 70's and 80's being very popular for what's now called "flip flops". That all must've changed when "thongs" became a more popular term for the particular style bathing suit and then the very popular underwear.

@ravenryuu

6 жыл бұрын

lbCharmed1 I'm from Guam (US territory in the pacific) and we use "zorries". It's from the Japanese term "zori" for the same type of footwear. Guam was occupied by the Japanese during WWII.

@lbCharmed1

6 жыл бұрын

ravenryuu thanks! Learned something new!

I know my name does not sound Australian, but I do consider myself one because I was born in Australia. Though my answers are from the perspective of a student and from an asian household so I won't know everything. 1)Yes we call flip-flops thongs and "thongs" g-strings. I dunno why. That's hows things are. It sounds right to me at least. Though we do call them flip-flops to friends from overseas so that there won't be any misunderstanings 2)Have no idea why they leave Australia. I guess they can be more successful overseas. 3)No don't see dangerous animals or insects on a daily basis. When I do see one like a redback spider or a cassowary, I just leave them alone. They won't harm you if you leave them alone. 4)Those issues do exist. But we generally laugh it off as aussie humour. We have anti-discrimination laws for sex, age, race and disability. Yes separate laws for each of these and a uniform anti-discrimination act. We wouldn't go so far so far as to ask why a woman is not a house wife or a mum like we know that's not a good thing to say to someone. Are we sexist? Probably but it's mainly on an individual level and even so they're just generalisations or jokes. We do believe everyone has equal rights and opportunities. 5)That's the first I heard about koalas and chlamydia. Most aussies or at least me don't see koalas in our everyday lives. We see them in zoos at least. But it's sad to hear that koalas suffer from chlamydia 6)It saves us time and effort really. I guess we are lazy with words? In my opinion, those slang sound a lot more interesting. 7)We'll just laugh it off because it's funny to hear our accents exaggerated or hear a foreigner do an aussie accent. Personally I do get annoyed when someone is trying to mock us (have bad intent) with the accent and go full bogan. 8)Well good on for the kiwi. Frankly couldn't care less about what they do 9)Our toilets don't flush in a swirl. It just go down. 10)We really don't care about having a white winter wonderland Christmas. Exchanging gifts and spending time with family and mates are all we need for Christmas.

we go to the beach every xmas day. very nice.

They actually just bout out a surfing Santa at Kmart this year complete with sunnies and board shorts.

"Why is our country so safe?" as I am reading an article about how London is more dangerous than New York and they are legislating knife sales...

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Yep which is more than can be said for gun sales 👍🏼 (plus you can run from a knife...)

@nathanp8789

6 жыл бұрын

London is ONE city within a country.

@2010jacobd

6 жыл бұрын

If you had a gun you wouldn’t have to run from the knife 👍🏾

@tacosmexicanstyle7846

6 жыл бұрын

If you have a gun chances are someone else does too and woopty do we've not reached square two!

@jesseMadoo

6 жыл бұрын

Knife crime isn't so easy in Australia... "That's not a knife. *This* is a knife. "

Not sure if any one has answered these but..... for an Aussie thongs =flip flops, once our performers have achieved some success I guess they want to try achieving success in a larger market. We have some of the deadliest creatures because we are oldest countries in the world. It’s not bad at all living here, I’ve never had much problem with snakes or other creatures. Some people are racist, sexist just because they can be and I hate to say it but I’ve had sexist, racist comments from non Aussies, some guys just love to treat women like crap and hate the fact that someone might be good at something, there can also be a sense of entitlement they feel because they are male- I look forward to when this changes because I’m sure they’d hate it if their family members were subjected to it. Not sure about the koalas but we generally don’t interact with them on a day to day basis. And to be completely honest I don’t care about others trying our accent, I just hate when we get called racist when we try their accent. Oh and Christmas just is, so you accept it and enjoy it, I love a warm Christmas but know we have had cooler weather some years. Oh I forgot, every country has its own terms for certain things I guess it’s just easier to shorten words. All right I’m done. Enjoy your day 😊

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for all this! Loved reading it!

@cindy1602able

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Nail on the head. Love, another Aussie.

The scariest things in Australia are the god damn magpies

@anthonyantinarella3360

4 жыл бұрын

Tree bears?

I can see the black cat 😂 awesome video guys! 🦐🦐🦐

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

hahaha! Thanks!

I live in the US. Growing up in the 70s flip flops were called thongs.

@donnaokoniewski3761

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, it wasn't until the underwear became popular that the name changed to differentiate between the two.

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Ahhh it's only fairly recently changed then!

@helpfultips1533

6 жыл бұрын

Being British: Joel & Lia no we did not

@johnlabus7359

6 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid in California, we too called them thongs. We moved to the East Coast in the US and were immediately hit with the flip flop name.

@hazcatsophia

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, in the 90s, it became flip flops. I’ve even heard “Zories”.

Australian here 🇦🇺

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Wahey!! Welcome!

Y’all could seriously talk about anything and I’d still watch 😂

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

haha Thanks Kimberly!

"that just makes me think I've got my knickers in a twist 'round me toes" is now my favorite quote of all time 😂

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

hahahaa!

@TheOneAndOnlyFroBoy

6 жыл бұрын

Being British: Joel & Lia btw I love seeing how often you guys reply! Love you guys!

cor blimey. discussing ozzies aka aussies is interesting 🇦🇺 👍👍😄

Please do South Africa next❤❤❤

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

yes it's on the list

I love the Australian Christmas. Nice bbq at the beach with the fam 😎

OMG yes i wish it was cold here!!! ive only been to the snow once and it was awesome but also expensive just for 2 days, its basically hot here all the time apart from winter and it doesnt get too cold.. but yeah its super annoying that its hot all the time..

On on episode of Friends, Joey said to his girlfriend 'I thought you said you were wearing a thong. Where's the thong?' And she said 'I meant thongs' and showed him the flip-flop. So I guess the difference is whether to use plural form?

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh yeah interesting difference!

@ahoyhoy8981

6 жыл бұрын

I believe that was our Elle MacPherson (and you should be pronouncing it as "mac-fur-sen", not "mac-fear-sen")

@DJLiu-rj4zx

6 жыл бұрын

The episode I was referring to is S9E23 where Aisha Tyler played Ross's girlfriend. The episode Elle MacPherson was on is S6E7 where she said 'I guess my thongs are too delicate for the dryer.' So I guess the difference is not the plural form or maybe it really means different with American/British English and Australian English like Joel and Lia said. And you should've known by now that I am indeed a Friends maniac.

@LittleDarkHeart666

6 жыл бұрын

Haha, yes, I immediately thought of that episode, too, when they were all in Barbados (I believe?), for Ross' speech. (And yes, it was Aisha Tyler that said it.)

@LittleDarkHeart666

6 жыл бұрын

Leo Liu I'm a Friend's maniac, too! LOL I watch reruns of it almost every day - love it! 😄

1. Thongs is an abbreviation of thong sandals....which is what they are. Naming things based on the sounds they make is generally reserved for preschoolers. The underwear is most commonly called a Gee or GeeString occationally 'a thong'. Which is ironically an Americanism and testimony to the progression of American prudishness in avoiding the term groin cloth or groin string as worn by native Americans. 2. Money! It's a logical move based on scale of economy. 3. The animal that causes the most death and injury in Australia is the horse. If you don't ride you'll probably be fine. Although If you don't like bugs, just avoid the tropics in general. 4. Sexism exists but no worse than what you would see in the UK. That said we are further down the path of multiculturalism than the UK, expect greater variation in cultural identities and attitudes and less 'melting pot' than Canada. 5. Only tourists hug Koalas 6. Abbreviating words is common but more so among Bogans (similar to Chavs) 7. We do the same. 8. Australia and New Zealand have special visa agreements. About 15% of New Zealand's citizens actually live in Australia. While our countries are cultural siblings and there is a healthy degree of comradery, if there's any animosity it's probably that Australia steals away many a NZ success story. And we won't talk about Pavlova. 9.Yes 10. White wine in the sun beats a white Christmas in the freezing cold every time. (edit) You get that it does snow in Australia, yeah?

I don't really think about a cold Christmas, we do sometimes have Christmas in July when it usually averages like 15 degrees Celsius.

In Australia we do have a tradition of having Christmas in July and I can recall one Christmas day it hailed.

@Renzy-LuLu

3 ай бұрын

What? Who has Christmas in Australia anytime other than Dec 25th? 😂

Do they sell Christmas snow globes in Australia?

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

good question!

@ProfessorChaosKitty

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Snow globes, little snowy Christmas villages, card with snowy scenes on them, fake snow - you name it!

@shaungordon9737

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, in fact most of the Christmas decorations are the same and depict winter and/or snow (even though it's not winter here). It's weird

@HeathWP

5 жыл бұрын

Yes even though its summer in December. Australia has a reputation for being warm but receives more snow annually than Switzerland.

@salsamite

5 жыл бұрын

Yes! I buy a new Christmas one every year! haha

Joel and Lia, i thought you two were in a relationship with one another. What are you 2, to one another?

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Just best friends!

@jeniceroberts7008

6 жыл бұрын

That's cool. Just thought I'd ask

@hopewimer4476

6 жыл бұрын

Oh can I piggy back off that? Is Joel gay or not? I am leaning yes but I'm not positive!

@LittleDarkHeart666

6 жыл бұрын

Hope Wimer I know! I've been wondering that myself!

@hopewimer4476

6 жыл бұрын

Shelby Morgan I've only watched a few of their videos so I wasn't sure if it's something he already said or not

I used to go to the beach on Christmas Day ugh how I miss it ❤️ because now I spend my Christmas at home or someone's house and play with my prezzies with the ac on 😂

The big Christmas meal here is at lunch time. We have egg nishning, so we can do the turkey, ham, etc big meal. Don't forget the bread sauce. If you're having Christmas on the beach, then you'll be having lots of prawns, lamb chops, sausages, steaks. Anything that you can cook on your barbecue. We're a bit too old to fight for beach space. Our last Christmas feast had oysters, turkey, bread sauce, lots of veg, Christmas pud with brandy butter. You need AC to do a Christmas dinner.

Panties? I thought the Brits called it "knickers" or has that term gone out of fashion?

@hayleychable1085

6 жыл бұрын

Al F. We do, I've never heard them being called panties except by Americans.

@webwarren

6 жыл бұрын

And in the US, "knickers" are like trousers except that they end just below the knee, usually with a button band.

@Renzy-LuLu

3 ай бұрын

In Australia, women's underwear is called knickers, pants, panties, underpants, and the G-STRINGS are just called that!

Hey guys, lovely video. Thumbs up surely. I'm not Australian but yes Brazilian and I quite understand what is about having to cope with the wild spiders and mosquitos on our daily routine, as well as having my entire childhood trying to understand our Christmas decoration all based on snow and winter time even though we've never actually experieced this before (except for South Brazil where you might see loads of snow through the winter) in our Christmas time. But here in Brazil we all tend to spend holydays at the beach or with our families, getting pissed of course.

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Aw thank you! Good to know!

Joel, you crack me up. When you were doing an Aussie accent, you slipped into doing valley girl for a moment.

I couldn’t think of anything worse then having a snowy Christmas. Christmas in Australia is one of the best days of the year😁 a real Aussie Christmas is all about the weather and the traditions

See you guys do the same thing to Australians that Americans do to you guys with your accent!! ;)

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

hahaha YES that's true! We're such hypocrites haha

There are many slang Australian word.like Arvo: afternoon/Bottle-O: bottle shop, liquor store/Fair Dinkum: true, real, genuine. I love it.👣

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah sooo many! We did a video on Aussie Slang! You'll have to check it out!

@daralaujam

6 жыл бұрын

Being British: Joel & Lia yeah I innit. Cheers.

@peterlyall5126

6 жыл бұрын

Don't use Bottle o in tasmania we've got 9/11 liquor stores i kid you not.

I have had a cold christmas but it wasnt snowing it was abit foggy and moist but yeah it was nice, every christmas morning is the most beautiful morning of the year in Australia no cap

Oh my God! I'm getting a real culture d education from your channel. The both of you are so cute and funny! We need more people in the world like you.... keep up the great work. Love from New Jersey, USA

Love the video. I'll try to answer some of your questions but these are my opinions and what we do where i live. like everywhere things differ throughout Australia. 'Flip flops' have always been thongs here, but we call g-string thongs too. Our celebrities leave to seek international success once they have achieved success here. everywhere is so far away from us so it is probably easier to move than travel. we don't have alligators, we have crocodiles and they are mostly in the far north so not something most Australians encounter. I think the deadly animals thing is more of a stereotype. there are deadly animals here but we don't encounter them every day. some of us do tend to play up the stereotype too cos we think its funny. I think there is still sexism & racism anywhere not just Australia. Just because the person you know experiences it doesn't mean we are all like that. I am a woman working in a male dominated profession for the last 8 years and have only once experienced sexism. Yes Koala's are know to have chlamydia, but it is also illegal in most states to hold a koala. so no i have not caught it from them, and don't know anyone who has. doesn't mean its not possible. don't know why we abbreviate everything, we just learn it as we grow up but why the hell not. but I've never heard lappy for laptop or hundy for 100%, we tend to add an 'O' to the end of our abbreviations, but we say obvs for obvious so not always. Like in England, our accent is different in different regions so there is not one Aussie accent. i don't hate it when others imitate it but i hate how they get it so wrong in the movies all the time. I'm not annoyed at having a hot Christmas because its what we know. its like me asking you are you annoyed that you have a cold Christmas. it is what it is. what annoys me is the assumption that everyone is the same. i see this coming more from the USA than UK that what happens there is what happens everywhere. in saying that I would like to experience a white Christmas at least once. Australia does not have a tipping culture. that was the biggest culture shock for me when I traveled to the US.

@chellagirl3664

6 жыл бұрын

Good answers. I like reading answers to this type of videos. Tipping in the US stems from the poor pay that most servers get in this country. They are expected to work for tips to compensate for the poor hourly wage.

@melvinbeck5047

6 жыл бұрын

How did you actually have time to write that missive?

@leteciawatson2080

6 жыл бұрын

Spot on

@lindachestnut2328

6 жыл бұрын

I’m from the US and I like that you say that everyone is not the same people think differently and some thing that might bother me might not bother you and vise versa We also have experienced warm Christmases Which is not the norm

I really like Australia but I sometimes I do wander these things. Also Chris Hemsworth I think that he visits Australia quite a bit or lives there I have no idea actually. And drawing with jazza is a famous artist on KZread and he still lives in Australia. I really don't like spiders and I don't even like the wolf spiders and they live around the east-Midlands. I am happy to be in England. I don't care about weather. 5 inch snow? Eh my dad's Land rover defender will be fine. (my actual reaction to deep snow) I love the rain as well and storms I haven't seen loads but I find them exiting. I love koalas they are cute. I can not do any accent other than RP for the life of me. I get called posh at school and get asked whether I live in a mansion. Yes I live next to a farm but I don't live in a mansion. I will stop writing so it isn't too long. Enjoy the rest of your day and have a nice week. :3

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

hahaha love it! You're so funny Tabitha, we love ya! ❤️

@tabithawhite7241

6 жыл бұрын

Being British: Joel & Lia Thank you! And you to. Have a nice day

When she said dangerous alligators I laughed because we don't we got dangerous crocs

I’m American...and old. Thongs began being imported from Japan about 1956. Sometimes they were called “ Zoris” but that never took off. The underpants came years later.

“Deadly alligators” Steve Irwin just rolled around in his grave

With the imitations! It is so hard for me not to slip into them when I speak with people who are from the UK or Australia and I ALWAYS think: am I offending them? but I'm really not trying to insult them at all I just love it so much and I seriously cannot help but slip into it and then I don't want to tell them because I'm thinking they must hate when they get told that someone loves their accents.. 😂

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

hahaha! I guess it's human nature!

Bahahaha absolutely nailed it 😂 after checking water goes down clockwise lol and yes.... worst that our christmas’ are 40 +. Keep up the piss 👏🏾 🇦🇺

‘Just kill all the venomous spiders’ 😂😂 we would if we could, it’s not that easy

Hyundai the car company is pronounced HUN-DAY. Like sunday

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh right!

@markoldgeezer167

6 жыл бұрын

Hyundai "Hun-day" (American), hundred percent (hun-dee), Handy "han-dee" (German cellphone)

@ahoyhoy8981

6 жыл бұрын

according to the internet/bbc, you're incorrect. (www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-25813198) "The original Korean pronunciation is closest to HYUN-day (-hy as in Hugh, -u as in bun, -ay as in day, stressed syllables shown in upper case)." "hee-yahn-day", which incidentally is how the aussies pronounce it. the jingle over here from way back used to be "All day, Everyday, Hyundai."

@superdrew8564

6 жыл бұрын

Pronounced differently in Canada...Hi-Un-day

@sorettaray8829

6 жыл бұрын

We pronounce it "h-yun-die" in NZ (and that's how it's pronounced in ads too). I believe that's close to the Korean pronunciation.

It’s weird how the rural American south and Australia have so many of the negative stereotypes in common.

Ok but those accents were so good😂

Now this was one awesome video, I give it 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 of 5. Expertly done!!!

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Aw thanks Phillip!!

In the next Video New Zealand please. PS: What is the difference between Australia and New Zealand?

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Working our way though, so yep will be very soon!

@monty8029

5 жыл бұрын

New Zealand has Polynesian stuff as a fair amount of new Zealanders are of Maori descent like how Australia was once aboriginals. They both have a different but similar land from what I've seen.

you guys made my country Australia look so bad with some of those questions, Australia is a beautiful country and I am proud of were i live!!!besides would U like it if I listed a whole lot of things to make your country look bad!!!

@CurtisMontague

4 жыл бұрын

jojo and taz , #triggered!

here in Brazil we dont have a cold christmas, just hot, because our summer starts in 21 of december and christmas is in 25, so is the hottest as it could be, and here i never ever saw snow, not even heard about snow in Brazil. Quite sad isnt it?

like your new setup