I like that he described most of these with just different British Slang words

@SeeDeeSea

4 жыл бұрын

Whenever I hear the word vadge, I always think of Madonna.

@Armuotas

4 жыл бұрын

"He's a geezer, he's a bloke, he's a good lad." Alright then...

@s.williams3214

4 жыл бұрын

haha that’s the only way to describe them and do them justice

@al201103

4 жыл бұрын

@@Armuotas You know! He's a diamond, he's minty. Salt of the earth. Kushty! You know! Geezer....

@CJ0101

4 жыл бұрын

@@Armuotas Yes, it's so hard to understand.

he's a geezer, he's a bloke, he's a good lad...

@editsome6552

4 жыл бұрын

hes a chap

@carlhannen1769

4 жыл бұрын

Smokes and gambles

@ciaran6309

4 жыл бұрын

A good auld sod he is

@liamsykes3319

3 жыл бұрын

He's sound

@trevmone1

3 жыл бұрын

We Americans have geezer. It’s usually a very old decrepit person.

As a british bloke myself, this man is a national treasure

@user-sv5mb7nj9f

4 жыл бұрын

Init, i know when/how to use slang but I wouldn’t fuckin be able to explain it as well as him

@Darkxculo

4 жыл бұрын

One could say he's an absolute geezer

@tonygluk1

4 жыл бұрын

You're a right geezer.

@victoriawilson3536

3 жыл бұрын

init x

@BIuelock

3 жыл бұрын

Noel Westwood you sound so mad about people fighting for equality.....

If you can laugh at yourself the way Gervais laughs at his own jokes, you've got life by the tail

@tommedcouk

4 жыл бұрын

👆🏻👌🏻

@gogo8965

4 жыл бұрын

@@tommedcouk 👉 👌 there, corrected you

@tommedcouk

4 жыл бұрын

GYANDEEP SINGH (B15EE014) prick 🙄

@macabre_delights

2 жыл бұрын

Or should that be todger? 😄

@elhopper3735

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly though

I love how Ricky explained the meaning of the slang word "geezer" using the slang words "bloke" and "lad"

@serinadelmar6012

3 жыл бұрын

ikr 😂

@tracik1277

3 жыл бұрын

He forgot to say diamond geezer, the dodgy geezer.

@sophiemell9752

3 жыл бұрын

I never realised bloke and lad were slang words, I’m too British 😂

@badwolf9090

2 жыл бұрын

@@sophiemell9752 I didn't know that the word 'bloke' is basically not used in American until more recently. That's when I realised I'm probably too British too.

@amuseddewdrop

2 жыл бұрын

@@sophiemell9752 I read your comment with my American accent, saw the last part about you being British, then had to read your comment again with a British accent 😂

I've never seen one of these british slang videos where someone explains the words so well as this one

@P0lkoli

4 жыл бұрын

Well Ricky's "educated"

@stephanrobert5593

4 жыл бұрын

Nah, Simon Pegg and Henry Cavill's slang video was well explained too

@SMITHYSKONTIKI

4 жыл бұрын

You should visit Lancashire lol

@barbaradyson6951

4 жыл бұрын

@Marshall Carwood what never heard of that for tea.

@barbaradyson6951

4 жыл бұрын

@Marshall Carwood well proof how can you prove something when you grew up with it. My father used it he was RN.

We say “cheers” a lot in the UK basically in place of thanks.

@vaibhavphuloria4059

4 жыл бұрын

ahh man when I went to UK for my uni and everybody and everywhere people were saying cheers everytime, like at the end of the convo, as a thanks and in my head cheers means when you clink your beer glass 😂

@bosniakslayer6614

4 жыл бұрын

Big up

@Murdokk00

4 жыл бұрын

it's used as a thank you and, maybe ive understood it wrong all these years, but a sort of goodbye as well? "I'll see you later" "Cheers, mate."

@delphi-moochymaker62

4 жыл бұрын

As well as "Tah"

@Murdokk00

4 жыл бұрын

@@jaymercer4692 cheers

Don’t forget anything is slang in Britain as long as you accompany the noun with ‘absolute’. He’s an absolute.... with literally any object.

@CarBoreBoy

4 жыл бұрын

Castle. Tree. Lump. Gap. Yurt. Flap. You're right! Bloody good observation mate!

@ethanyeethan7617

3 жыл бұрын

donut is the best on

@emilyn420

3 жыл бұрын

He's an absolute unit

@travisyoung4168

3 жыл бұрын

my personal favourite is ‘s/he’s an absolute plonker’

@travisyoung4168

3 жыл бұрын

Ethan Yeethan my dad says that one a lot, sometimes throws in the occasional you absolute cabbage as well

British slang: a multitude of ways to complain

@bobgenghiskhan2499

4 жыл бұрын

A multitude of ways to tell you something 4:11

@natalieking9246

4 жыл бұрын

Australians call them "whinging poms"

@annother3350

4 жыл бұрын

British slang - a thousand words for man and ladyparts

@CMyBigHarryBLLS

4 жыл бұрын

@@annother3350 yea they actually make the slang longer than the original words his explanations were shorter than the slang lol

@lyannawinter405

4 жыл бұрын

German then, almost :D

Haha, using slang to explain slang.... Yep, he's British.. Legend

@CJ0101

4 жыл бұрын

Lad is such a slang word.

@janimize-3066

4 жыл бұрын

CJ init man

@lh7369

3 жыл бұрын

As a British woman, Todger is my favourite word. It’s my dogs nickname.

As a foreigner who lives in the UK, this is video is solid education

@sandihagger6478

3 жыл бұрын

Awww bless you ✌🏻😘

@Topophobia

3 жыл бұрын

@@sandihagger6478 This is another thing that one hears in Britain all the time "aw, bless you." It's basically a kind hearted but simultaneously patronising way to recognise another person's naivety. Typical usage would be, "bless her, she's harmless."

@Sophie.S..

3 жыл бұрын

@@Topophobia Not necessarily patronising. One can do something helpful for someone and they would reply "aw bless you" meaning that's really kind of you.

@sandihagger6478

3 жыл бұрын

@@Topophobia yeah ok if you say so .... I’ve been using the saying for years in a nice friendly way not patronising at all 🤷‍♀️... thanks for your detailed opinion as we are all entitled to one 🙌🏻 stay safe!!!

@sandihagger6478

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sophie.S.. Totally agree thank you 🙏 stay safe x

I love how he not only explains the word, but puts it in a sentence then gives us examples of how to use it and answeres it as if it was a question. 🤣

does america really not have the word 'grim' cause i thought that was just a word and not slang

@MrMr00119922

4 жыл бұрын

We do, but means more like dark or dreary.

@tonyfandango8182

4 жыл бұрын

I thought the same about shambolic, I’m sure that’s just a word? Like shambles

@oof-os8cy

4 жыл бұрын

@@tonyfandango8182 american here, for sure have used the word shambles before but never heard of shambolic before

@corwinorr

4 жыл бұрын

Grim is definitely used in America, in the same context Ricky describes. Maybe it's used more frequently in Britain?

@ChrisOliver4307

4 жыл бұрын

We definitely have grim. Life is grim right now.

"Smack in the face. What is a smack in the face Karl?" "When sum'un THUMPS you"

@ambergracejones

4 жыл бұрын

THUMP

@MrDrift3887

4 жыл бұрын

@@ambergracejones punches you!!!

@EAZYED420

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@maggieobrien5564

4 жыл бұрын

Done him up like a kipper

@omersermet9480

4 жыл бұрын

Karl's slang is just something else

Seeing Ricky Gervais having a laugh while sitting in front of all his trophies makes me happy.

@NortCFC

4 жыл бұрын

A national treasure

@sandihagger6478

3 жыл бұрын

Love him absolute genius ✌🏻❤️

"i'm not cheesed off about anything, although anything can cheese me off"

@evasirova3985

3 жыл бұрын

that is the most fitting description of me too :D

Karl: "She was ya bog standard old woman"

@nikfirehazard

4 жыл бұрын

Are we burning or burying?

@whatevernevermind5960

4 жыл бұрын

Not to be confused with elephant woman

@georgegore3120

4 жыл бұрын

I was really hoping this was gonna be in the comments haha!

@thewumbologist8889

4 жыл бұрын

Ricky: "are we burin or buryin"

@thariqafendi506

4 жыл бұрын

hahaha

I love how he is genuinely trying to teach the words instead of just saying what they mean.

at the end when he said "with me, ricky gervais" i also heard ..."steven merchant and the little round headed buffoon that is... karl pilkington"

@scubastev88

4 жыл бұрын

That brings back some fond memories.

@mrsginny

4 жыл бұрын

Best show ever

@hbelgica118

3 жыл бұрын

alrite

@maisj26

3 жыл бұрын

me too!

@darthmong7196

3 жыл бұрын

Ooooh chimpanzee that!

PLEASE do more of these! I’m an American who grew up in England for 8 years and feel more British than Yankie - absolutely LOVE the British use of language, especially slang.

@mikeburke3576

3 жыл бұрын

haha love that.

Ricky is a diamond geezer chin wagging about slang words in his gaff whilst having a bevvy.

@jevicci

4 жыл бұрын

Gaff is apartment?

@footyball66

4 жыл бұрын

@@jevicci Gaff is slang for house or apartment.

@Relentlesscal

4 жыл бұрын

jevicci gaff is the just place you live. “I’ll see you back at the gaff” for example.

@NicoleTunis

4 жыл бұрын

and having a bevvy

@editsome6552

4 жыл бұрын

hes a top chap waffling about slang in his yard having a brew!!

OK which American college intern here didn't know we say grim.

@janetta98

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@vincentjohnflorio

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's the odd one out for sure, at least in my book. It's weird seeing him search for examples for something that...means something already. Obviously the conceit here is how they'd differ but as far as I can tell both cultures use it the same way.

@GilgameshEthics

4 жыл бұрын

Seems the brits tend to use it more than us, and in a wider variety of situations. But the meaning itself hasn't strayed far. Just my .02 as a kid of 2 english teachers who spends too much time watching linguistics videos.

@TrebleWing

4 жыл бұрын

Well it's seems it's more about how the word has a UK only meaning we just don't utilize. Like we also have the word 'Pants' but it's not the same thing. US english speakers don't use 'Grim' for 'Grimey'

@kitinderwick4211

4 жыл бұрын

@@TrebleWing do u lot say peng or nah?

Americans don’t say shambolic? The irony...

@dougcarden9663

3 жыл бұрын

hehehe

@guitarmatricide4834

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a slang word I recognized, we just don’t use it as often as you might. And considering the unabated entropy of The British Empire and your post-Brexit state, I think both of us see the necessity in shambolic.

I love you RICKY big fan! Love your art , your talent , your humor , your laugh is magical ❤️

There’s something about Ricky’s genuineness that effervesces in my heart and bubbles up with grateful laughter. Fun and fascinating! Thank you! 😁

Gervais’ definitions are spot on, but it feels so weird hearing them defined. Us Brits say have some really weird slang!

@elly8353

4 жыл бұрын

Can't say I've ever heard that second definition of pants, though!

@CMyBigHarryBLLS

4 жыл бұрын

yea its weird to see the difference in american slang and slang brits use

@zebbedi

4 жыл бұрын

@@elly8353 I used to say pants at school in the 90's. We called everything pants.

@elly8353

4 жыл бұрын

@@zebbedi Ah, that explains it. I was born in '99, so it's a bit before my time.

@Isleofskye

4 жыл бұрын

Don't be daft as a brush ( you KNOW how daft the average brush is !) and I'm not flummoxed and I am not going to cause a brouhaha but some of these words are dowdy that only a nincompoop would say.Please do not misunderstand as I am not trying to flimflam anyone because this is not a load of baloney at all. Toodle-Pip....

I just adore this guy. Really smart AND really funny, if you really pay attention. Wonderful guy.

Love this. can we have a part 2

"She was your bog standard old woman" - Karl Pilkington

@madmarx9539

3 жыл бұрын

Dear Mr. Dilkington... 😁

@vshekar

3 жыл бұрын

Was looking for this comment

Ricky is a national treasure

@biancofilippo97

4 жыл бұрын

Global treasure

@BPJJohn

4 жыл бұрын

more like a pirate.

@MrNewyork1975

4 жыл бұрын

Ricky should be in charge he's a proper geezer😁

@blackbob3358

4 жыл бұрын

@George Job is it a "still relevant" crack, being in the public eye ?

@Isleofskye

4 жыл бұрын

He could plunder me anytime....

“Bog standard old woman” - KP

@willgilbert8623

3 жыл бұрын

"Are we burning or burying"

@reinforcedpenisstem

3 жыл бұрын

What can we say about Hilda?

5:52 ... I don’t use that word either, ´cos I’m educated too. I say “slash”.

What you should really be watching is "Learn English with Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington"

@ilya.b

4 жыл бұрын

That is absolute gold! If anyone reading this have not yet seen it, I highly recommend you stop everything and find this masterpiece and watch (I believe it's here on KZread).

@ilya.b

4 жыл бұрын

Here it is: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqtmxLapqautc6g.html

@Inquisitor_Vex

4 жыл бұрын

write2chrome Worth it. Thank you!

@tipperary1082

4 жыл бұрын

Just listen to the entire XFM series.

@BaldMancTwat

4 жыл бұрын

I watch it at least 3 times a year

‘Here lies Hilda, she was your bog standard old woman. Right, are we burnin’ or buryin’?’

@Joe.D.Sheppard

4 жыл бұрын

A classic.

@Randybalma

4 жыл бұрын

Was thinking this

@VauxhallViva1975

4 жыл бұрын

They didn't cover "Bollocks" and "The dogs bollocks" ;)

@Milamberinx

4 жыл бұрын

@@VauxhallViva1975 they're probably not aware of the link to bog standard. Maybe Ricky isn't either.

@tompogson9755

4 жыл бұрын

Sandwiches at the bar

I need another video like this...with Ricky...please🙏!

I demand that you release this uncut

I love how they censored "American" slurs, but not "British," as if KZread won't recognize other dialects, languages, other countries' slang, etc - or the people watching this. Makes sense.

@denimchicken6549

4 жыл бұрын

Americentric, Vanity Fair. (:

6:24 "...Stephan Merchant" "Hello" "And the bald headed chimp that is Karl Pilkington" " alright"

@swanclipper

4 жыл бұрын

bald. Bold is thicker and outlined. Bald is without or missing. (bald tyres, bald head) Bold writing Bold actions. get it? bald, not bold.

@richardburt3366

4 жыл бұрын

ok

@kf8346

4 жыл бұрын

the actual quote you were looking for is "round headed buffoon"

@det.shoemaker2782

4 жыл бұрын

i wouldn't say it's an "alright", i'd say it's more of an "oint"

@BaldMancTwat

4 жыл бұрын

She's your bog standard old woman

Off-licence is not slang. It's standard terminology. "Offy" is the slang for off-licence. "Going down to the offy, do you want anything?". Fairly sure it's also called "the outdoor" in some parts of the country.

@louisegiles1880

4 жыл бұрын

Always called it the offy think Ricky is a bit posher than us peasants 🤣😂

@only-jr

4 жыл бұрын

"Going down the offy, do you want owt?" *****

@MartinParnham

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve heard it called an “outdoor” which was a new one on me.

@chrishurst7541

4 жыл бұрын

Louise Giles vanity fair provide the terms for the celebrity giving the definition...not the other way around

@maureenackerley8024

3 жыл бұрын

We call them bottle shops here in Australia!

Wonderful. Please post more videos like this

I'm a Brit and I haven't heard some of these in years, takes me back to childhood.

@zebbedi

4 жыл бұрын

I second that. Haven't said pants since I was at school in the 90's.

@GabberHeadzNL

4 жыл бұрын

Ya Brit r ya? Please marry me so i can live there too,i'll be a gooden to you, and i will take you out for a Ruby every nite !

@JamieReynolds89

4 жыл бұрын

@@GabberHeadzNL what a muppet

@zebbedi

4 жыл бұрын

@@GabberHeadzNL Curry every night? I hope you can afford the daily toilet repair bill.

@mrunknown2341

4 жыл бұрын

It's cause our parents used to say it but anyone under 30 didn't really say it. Cool memories tho

Ricky is just a funny guy. One of the celebs I wouldn't mind meeting in real life.

@theintunity

4 жыл бұрын

Now I'm curious, which celeb *would* you mind meeting in real life?

Thanks for the educational moment mate. Have another go with some more slang please.

i love that he has to connect everything to beer in the beginning to keep going. I'll have a bevvy as i watch the video then

As a loyal XFM listener, I already knew them, even though I'm Swedish. For example: •The eulogy for the bog standard old woman •The 70 year old who went into an off licence but they thought he was a baby •The Russian whos dad cut off Hitler's todger. Amongst others...

@tipperary1082

4 жыл бұрын

Tinpot radio show fans are the best

@CodyFlock

4 жыл бұрын

Play a record

@MinimalistEnglish

4 жыл бұрын

I miss Saturdays! Best radio show ever.

@bfc2155

4 жыл бұрын

@@tipperary1082 tinpot?

@tipperary1082

4 жыл бұрын

@@bfc2155 Yes

Derek is one of the greatest shows and it's so underrated

I’m watching this even though I’m British, it’s just so amusing watching Ricky tell me things I already know.

Now I need the uncut version please.

Finally I witnessed a British individual questioning the meaning of cheers 🙏🏼

@ilya.b

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

@clinthosking6444

4 жыл бұрын

Short for be of good cheer?

@AtheistOrphan

4 жыл бұрын

Clint Hosking - Yes.

@iplayzthegames6968

2 жыл бұрын

I started saying cheers to the bus driver. Now it's just habit and everytime I say it I feel stupid because I have no idea what it really means

off-license isn't slang the slang would be "im going to the offie"

@saintjude8029

4 жыл бұрын

Good point.

@delriobookclub224

4 жыл бұрын

never heard that

@thewatcher720

4 жыл бұрын

Off-Licence - Off-premises licence: a establishment licenced to sell alcohol to be drunk off of the premises as opposed to a pub. A public house licenced to serve alcohol in tended to be drunk on the premises

@law5223

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah off-licence is just what it's actually called, I've always called it the offie 🤷🏻‍♂️

@TheStingyRay

4 жыл бұрын

Called it 'the outdoor' in my ends

"Geezer". Example sentence: "We come out, and there's this gammy little geezer in a wheelchair, right?"

@SparrowwithaMachinegun

4 жыл бұрын

"stood next to him is a brick shithouse built geezer swinging a bike chain"

@Sjors79

4 жыл бұрын

Great reference, that scene was BRILLIANT :-).

@s.j7423

4 жыл бұрын

what's this a reference to?

@emmalouise8675

4 жыл бұрын

Suchit Vontary after life, the show Ricky is in

@PowPowSkis

4 жыл бұрын

@@emmalouise8675 I saw both the first and the second season but cannot remember that scene. when was it?

1:53 he wanted to say “it’s grim up North”

@lukeytutube

4 жыл бұрын

"Like Middlesbrough"

@mohammedfaruki5368

3 жыл бұрын

Grimsby?

@Bruce-vq7ni

3 жыл бұрын

@@lukeytutube Like anywhere north of Bristol.

@cherryvon8754

3 жыл бұрын

Sheffield. Definitely Sheffield

@jonathant4201

3 жыл бұрын

Luke May I point you in the direction of the ‘Jeff Stelling Middlesborough rant’ 😆

Not only is he one of the funniest and wisest entertainers out there, but I just love listening to him talk. He skips over consonants in the middle of words which for some reason delights me. Just the best - innit?

@jessejive117

4 жыл бұрын

He’s not wise lol he’s just a super far left atheist and every 30-year-old and younger thanks that makes somebody “brilliant”. He supports freedom of speech and is against outrage culture which is good but that should be the norm not praised. As well as essentially all conservatives that support that.

@jeffreyherre4992

4 жыл бұрын

@@jessejive117 I'm 61. Seems wise to me.

@ridjxbdnjs_2995

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeffreyherre4992 beautiful response

@stupidhandles

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeffreyherre4992 that says more about you than it does Gervais

@Isleofskye

4 жыл бұрын

He is soooo over-rated! OK, he starred in and wrote the most successful British Sitcom of all-time and been the Executive Producer of the 10 series of THe USA one and written and starred in Extras, Oh ! and Derek and written Life's Too Short and, of course, he broke the World Record for selling out the quickest Nationwide Tour AND broke another World Record for most-watched Podcasts with SM. Oh! and he wrote and starred in a few films appearing in cameo roles in others. Has written some excellent Award-Winning Books. Hosted his own Chat Shows and Radio Shows and been a Presenter at The Golden Globes etc....OTHER THAN THAT... WHAT HAS HE DONE ????

I still remember the first time someone said cheers to me and I was sort of confused and delighted at the same time (confused because I didn't know the word in that context, delighted because it sounded fun and I now knew a new way of saying thanks). I had literally just stepped foot on English soil for the first time, right there at the airport someone overloaded with stuff dropped their skis and I picked them up for him. Never forget your first genuine 'cheers!' lol. 😅

@kitinderwick4211

4 жыл бұрын

Would get used to it lad we say it all the time

@singenstattatmen5096

4 жыл бұрын

@@kitinderwick4211 I did get used to it. This was about 7 or 8 years ago. ^^

@rightsarentwrong5635

4 жыл бұрын

If that happened now they’d probably say: ‘oi get 2m back and don’t touch my skis’

@KE-yq2eg

4 жыл бұрын

The first time I heard cheers was in Toronto. Everyone says it.

@willmcpherson2

4 жыл бұрын

Woah here in Australia it's as fundamental as "thanks". Cheers!

I love how he laughs with his listeners.

I love Ricky's background. The guitar. His awards.

He explains the meanings with so much detail and passion hahahah

I love when Ricky laughs about something he's just said 🤣❤️

Best one of these yet, Vanity Fair. We need more Ricky everywhere.

@tracik1277

3 жыл бұрын

You’re a poet and you didn’t know it

@peavynation

3 жыл бұрын

@@tracik1277 😅👍

Finally! Been waiting for this.

Enjoying a bevvy as I watch this.

@danielzajic6789

4 жыл бұрын

Was it nice Earl Gray?

@christianmcbrearty

4 жыл бұрын

@@danielzajic6789 oh you innocent being

@danielzajic6789

4 жыл бұрын

I was watching it with nice cold pilsner

@rifftipton7709

4 жыл бұрын

@@danielzajic6789 It was an impudent little chardonnay.

@kendall_knows_best2872

4 жыл бұрын

Your grim mate

"You don't have the word 'Grim' in America?" 🤣🤣

@juanitojaime4553

4 жыл бұрын

Of course we do.

@cameronfoale8270

4 жыл бұрын

If you'd asked me before today, I wouldn't have guessed shambolic was British slang. Seems like a regular word.

@Neilhuny

4 жыл бұрын

re 'grim' and 'shambolic', I think that was down to the interviewers lack of experience and knowledge. Maybe, in your vast country, different words are used in different places, so 'shambolic' etc gets dropped in favour of other words?

@jackosborne6707

4 жыл бұрын

We use geezer too.

@suesjoy

4 жыл бұрын

We do!!

He is an amazing human being and a free,brave great thinker.

Im in love with this guy!

The first three we say in Canada too

I live in Maine, USA, and we actually do use some of these terms! The others, I was able to guess quite accurately! Cheers!

More slang! Love it

It's nice to learn different things now when I watch some comedy movies and they say these terms I will understand more thank you very much it was very informative II always love to learn

This had me howling! Ricky Gervais is so funny!!

I saw that geezer's todger when is was having a waz. It was grim

@stupidhandles

4 жыл бұрын

Glancer, glancing is a beatable offense

@gillymac9363

4 жыл бұрын

@@stupidhandles You'd beat someone off for glancing? You slaaaaaag😂

@Isleofskye

4 жыл бұрын

Don't get Lemon and come the old acid, Darling..... I'm not flummoxed and I am not going to cause a brouhaha but some of these words are dowdy that only a nincompoop would say. Please do not misunderstand as I am not trying to flimflam anyone because this is not a load of baloney at all. Toodle-Pip....

@Milamberinx

4 жыл бұрын

@@Isleofskye Err.... good try...

@trudycolborne2371

4 жыл бұрын

He shouldn't have done it in the middle of a shambolic off-license then. As a Canadian, geezer is an old guy you don't particularly respect. So I could say: I saw an old geezer's junk when he took a leak. It was gross. I'm never going to that messed up liquor store again.

as a brit, i didn't know half these words were slang. Genuinely thought they was just normal words

@DigBick99050

2 жыл бұрын

Same

Off licence is spelled with a C. License is a verb. Licence is a noun, so in the sense of “off licence” (a shop selling alcohol), it’s a noun.

@sandorrabe5745

4 жыл бұрын

Also, as I learned this term in english class in the early eighties. I don't believe it was considered "slang" at all.

@solentbum

4 жыл бұрын

@@sandorrabe5745 The slang would be 'offie', as in 'I'm going to the offie'

@tracik1277

3 жыл бұрын

Spellcheck doesn’t help the confusion.

I love his realisation at the end that Cheers is also slang lol

“I don’t use that term because I’m educated”

Love this!❤️. Cheers!❤️

"I'm not complaining" Luv Ricky

I didn't realise that phrases I use pretty much every day could be so strange to another English speaking folk.

@kizersosay28

4 жыл бұрын

Sometime, when I watch British or Irish shows or movies, I have to have subtitles on. Especially with Guy Ritchie movies. Lol

@mattroberts4016

4 жыл бұрын

@@kizersosay28 guy Ritchie films generally come across quite fake to us brits, gets called Mockney instead of cockney. Still decent films but the dialogue is more of a caricature

@AtheistOrphan

4 жыл бұрын

Matt Roberts - ‘Gor blimey, luv a duck!’

@Isleofskye

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not flummoxed and I am not going to cause a brouhaha but some of these words are dowdy that only a nincompoop would say. Please do not misunderstand as I am not trying to flimflam anyone because this is not a load of baloney at all. Toodle-Pip....

@Isleofskye

4 жыл бұрын

Don't get Lemon and come the old acid, My Son......Liberties...

‘Old industrial town, grim’ Literally just described Grimsby like I live there it’s awful

@ILoveDawko

3 жыл бұрын

You live in Grimsby, and your name is Codd? Comedy gold that is

@tracik1277

3 жыл бұрын

No one has said ‘It’s grim up North’ or is that racist now?

@jamescodd3911

3 жыл бұрын

@@tracik1277 it is what it is my friend it is grim up north though

@madzangels

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamescodd3911 Travelled all over the UK and I can say Aberdeen is even more grim than Grimsby

@Bruce-vq7ni

3 жыл бұрын

@@tracik1277 No its not racist & it still is up there.

You are amazing Ricky :) always learning something new.

Spreading good cheer..cheery.

*"he's got his todger caught in his zip"* 😂😂😂😂😂

Love this guy, brings a smile to my face. His laugh is contagious.

He makes it so much fun to watch ;)

As an Aussie I knew all of these . We share quite a bit of slang . Love Ricky

KZread recommended a new video to me...miracles do happen.

“Grim” isn’t slang, it’s just a normal word. So is “shambolic”.

@Normski89

4 жыл бұрын

on the ven diagram of Slang and English Words I'd say they teeter towards Slang, mainly because Yanks don't use them

@Shiiiveeers

4 жыл бұрын

grim has a slang meaning in the UK, which is different to the general meaning

@ThemWeirds

4 жыл бұрын

True. Think about the word 'safe' in this regard. It's an actual word, yet in British slang it can mean that you like something/this person is decent/everything is cool etc... You're not wrong though

@stumbling

4 жыл бұрын

I guess if it is commonly used in one place but not another you could argue it is slang. Kind of a fuzzy subject that someone probably has a PhD in somewhere.

@foljs5858

4 жыл бұрын

Some slang words exist only in slang form (e.g. bling) but slang words can also be normal worlds otherwise (e.g. cuckoo is a bird, but it's also someone mad in slang). What makes them slang is not that they are special off-beat words but that they are also used in a slang / not official context.

I love this guy seriously the FUNNIEST man I know

Just became my favorite vid on the internet

Describes Geezer using other British slang 🤣 lad, bloke 🤣

@mrjw6701

4 жыл бұрын

Lol exactly, he described it using 2 slang words.

@arnoutsmit8951

4 жыл бұрын

tbh everyone knows what lad and bloke mean

@CJ0101

4 жыл бұрын

Lad isn't slang. Smh.

@sacred1827

4 жыл бұрын

Dude would probably be the best equivalent

@blackbob3358

4 жыл бұрын

geezer is Cockney; never heard it any where else.

GRIM we also have in Scandinavia. The fairytale "Den grimme ælling" (The Ugly Duckling) was written by the Danish writer H.C. Andersen in 1843.

@mikerope5785

4 жыл бұрын

That's interesting: a lot of words in English have Viking roots (the AEngles, the root name of the country England, were Danish invaders).

Ricky Gervais is a proper "Geezer"! Love him!

Gotta absolutely love Ricky

Learn English with Ricky Gervais pt 2

@gavinparker5456

4 жыл бұрын

I understood that reference!

@TheRiggz666

4 жыл бұрын

i'd like a back, sack and crack wax please

@gavinparker5456

4 жыл бұрын

Lul

@MasterXploder88

4 жыл бұрын

The hair on my crack hasn't grown back, nor has the hair on my back. But my SACK is very hairy.

@TheCSprogamingCREW

4 жыл бұрын

Educating Ricky

Calling someone a “geezer” in America is usually used with “old” to describe an older person. I’m surprised to learn that it can be seen as a compliment in Britain

@empireoflightz

4 жыл бұрын

Only if you're in the sort of circles where people like "a man's man" in a mid-20th century caricature-like sort of way. I wouldn't want to hang out with anyone who sees that as a compliment.

@brendanfisher

4 жыл бұрын

When used as a compliment, particularly in the greater London area, the word geezer is often prefixed with diamond. For example, "He's a diamond geezer". Which is a big compliment.

@robingarvin-mack

4 жыл бұрын

We say old geezer over here too, but rarely in a derogatory way. e.g.: 'Sorry,mate. I don't know where that is. Try asking that old geezer over there. He might know...'

@shitposter1000

4 жыл бұрын

it means the same here in England, usually you'd call them 'old geezer' instead. personally, I'm not fond of slang in general.

@robingarvin-mack

4 жыл бұрын

@@shitposter1000 Sorry, Mon Ami... I think you may have been replying to me thinking I was replying to your previous, when in fact I was replying to Daisy. 😀 I'm a retired _'old geezer'_ living in the Medway Towns, Kent. *_R_* 😀

Love this man so much

I did not know many of these. Thanks.

Ricky is seriously such a bloody national treasure

He says hello and I laugh 😅😂

Love this! Can't wait to use 'bog standard' on several people!

Oh i love him he’s brilliant