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@waynen6996 3 жыл бұрын
Right on 👍 wandering ravens
@bantaorange1282 3 жыл бұрын
I think you need to do another fan video and make them say a sentence of their choice with words they use most e.g wassup or yo (you get me?)
@MrChris1533 3 жыл бұрын
hehehe Happy ending :)
@DIDCOTTWIST 3 жыл бұрын
Love how Grace says arsed typical British way of saying it 🤣🤣
@DIDCOTTWIST 3 жыл бұрын
You must like Pop up Shops
@andyconway7323 3 жыл бұрын
Man waiting to buy a drink in a busy pub after work: This queue is proper pissing me off - it’s really taking the piss. I’m going for a piss and then pissing off home before it starts pissing it down. No getting pissed for me tonight.
@spongebobgrumpypants6862 3 жыл бұрын
lmao
@computerager 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, it's piss easy to find multiple uses for it!
@eddiehawkins7049 3 жыл бұрын
At least he has some money left because he didn't piss it all up the wall.
@daviemcf 3 жыл бұрын
Haha! love it.
@aditierneu9651 3 жыл бұрын
that was a piss poor attempt at humour...just taking the piss very good and so true
@RightTurnClyde 3 жыл бұрын
There's no such thing as 'an unhealthy amount of tea', unless it's no tea.
@SamuelBlack84 3 жыл бұрын
I'm English and I hate tea
@SamuelBlack84 3 жыл бұрын
@@medler2110 When I was a kid, I felt so different to everything and everyone around me that I genuinely believed I had been brought to this planet by aliens and left here. I used to wander the streets looking up at the sky, longing for them to come back and take me to my real home
@GeeCeeWU 3 жыл бұрын
@@SamuelBlack84 Don't worry Samuel, the truth is out there.
@highfunctioningsociopath4761 3 жыл бұрын
@@SamuelBlack84 Only one of those things can be true.
@claymor8241 3 жыл бұрын
@@SamuelBlack84 Me too.
@metabutterfly7900 3 жыл бұрын
As a British person I found this absolutely endearing and hilarious! 😂 thank you so much for bringing a smile to my face this afternoon. 💕😊
@kiradotee 3 жыл бұрын
Better crack on mate 😂
@christophermee5214 3 жыл бұрын
As an English man this was shit.
@jaykay1053 3 жыл бұрын
@@christophermee5214 ...or is it possibly shite?
@christophermee5214 3 жыл бұрын
@@jaykay1053 whether your English or not. I get it. Where you from
@Larry 3 жыл бұрын
Did you never hear "piece of piss" to say something is easy? but it's a British thing to replace most phrases with the word piss.
@HunterShows 3 жыл бұрын
Bugger all, I could do with a spot of piss.
@WanderingRavens 3 жыл бұрын
We haven't heard that one yet!! Love it though xD
@jean-lucpicard5510 3 жыл бұрын
@@HunterShows Oh christ, videos like this always bring out the weirdos who enjoy drinking their own urine!
@Trev794 3 жыл бұрын
Haven't got a pot to piss in. Hello you. I am sat here thinking of piss basses illiterations and its all your fault.
@c.s.4428 3 жыл бұрын
"Piece of piss" means 'easy as sh*t"
@nodakjak 3 жыл бұрын
My English mate used to get on me about saying "store" instead of "shop". He said you're going shopping, not storing....
@afpwebworks 3 жыл бұрын
In the USA "Shop" often means "workshop" or mechanic's workplace or where people make furniture. e.g. "That store sells clocks handmade in Bill's shop."
@john_smith1471 3 жыл бұрын
@@afpwebworks We also speak about shopping centres, shopping precinct, shopping mall, local shops, and an old expression ‘we are a nation of shopkeepers,’ but we also say department store, and sometimes you might see a Village Store.
@stebrown7939 3 жыл бұрын
@@afpwebworks In England we also use 'workshop' and 'shop floor' for the workplace
@afpwebworks 3 жыл бұрын
@@brendanlinnane5610 Here in Australia, I've never heard the word "shop" used to refer to a workshop. I am an enthusiasic woodworker and while my American friends would understand if i said "I'm going out to my shop" it would definitely confuse my Aussie friends. I cant remember any Aussie ever referring to their car being "in the shop" either.
@4500Richie 3 жыл бұрын
I love using the word ‘store’ here in the UK to annoy my fellow brits
@davidthomas3826 3 жыл бұрын
"Taking the piss" is also used when we believe someone is being excessive, going beyond the boundaries of what is acceptable, or is treating other people as gullible fools. It's a phrase to say when someone is taking liberties, you might say. For example: "I said he could help himself to some of the milk in my fridge. But he took the piss by taking nearly all of my milk."
@new_mercury5367 3 жыл бұрын
Or absolutely taking the piss when you're really annoyed!
@dutchdykefinger 3 жыл бұрын
i like it in past tense a whole lot too i love how versatile piss in english is, also being used for beer/drinking/being drunk. "i'm on the piss again" hahaha :') one of my favorite sayings is "he couldn't run/organize a piss-up in a brewery" for someone incompetent.
@DavidLee-yu7yz 3 жыл бұрын
This is my definition
@mofo5206 3 жыл бұрын
Yes,the classic piss-take.
@mofo5206 3 жыл бұрын
@@dutchdykefinger also used to express viscosity, I.e. "that oil is as thin as piss !!"
@graemecollin 3 жыл бұрын
I have to admit that, in my 56 years, I have never come across the phrase "Mardy Bum" ... and I'm English!
@snaggle90 3 жыл бұрын
No, heard of mardy arse though! Mardy bum is probably more... south eastern =)
@TheStandardOperator 3 жыл бұрын
Northern Saying 👍
@mikeg8335 3 жыл бұрын
I'm totally British and have only ever heard "mardy arse"!
@Johnboysmudge 3 жыл бұрын
Everyone knows Mardy Bum!
@johnrainford9708 3 жыл бұрын
Its a northern thing. Me mum would often tell me to "stop being so Mard" . What she meant was "don't be so soft". 😉👍
@SevenDaysToNoon 3 жыл бұрын
Not sure you’re completely understanding “taking the piss”. You tend to say it in the form of a question when you are accusing someone of overstepping the mark, while they have been either “ribbing” you, or asking something of you. “Are you taking the piss?”
@k2411871 3 жыл бұрын
"wanker" is one of the best britishism to adopt. Its far more satisfactory than "jerk"
@ed-id4ek 3 жыл бұрын
"bus turds"
@legend9335 3 жыл бұрын
Well done, that lowers the tone. Just when they were thinking how cultured we are.
@Microdave75 3 жыл бұрын
My mate calls me a wanker a lot 😂😂
@johncartwright8154 3 жыл бұрын
Emphasised by hand gesture of course @Khaled Hussain! :)
@dutchdykefinger 3 жыл бұрын
yeah wanker and tosser "tossing off" hahaha
@ihateunicorns867 3 жыл бұрын
I remember the US court case of teenage British nanny, Louise Woodward, who was convicted and later cleared of killing a baby she was looking after. I remember her in the court (which was on TV as it was American) saying "So I took him upstairs and popped him down on the bed", to which the prosecution said "You POPPED him?!? What do you mean you 'popped' a baby? That sounds like a particularly violent thing to do to a child!" This was 20 years ago and it really stuck with me.
@giddygrub7176 3 жыл бұрын
This popped into my head when they said it too. (Sorry). It was a big issue in that trial.
@paulwild3676 3 жыл бұрын
Foggiest is one Americans love.
@Maerahn 3 жыл бұрын
I remember that too! The only American phrase I could think of that uses 'pop' is when street gangs in US tv cop shows talk about 'poppin' a cap in your ass,' which means to shoot someone. I thought "Is THAT what he thinks she meant? Get yourself an Urban English dictionary, Mr Prosecution Man!"
@ihateunicorns867 3 жыл бұрын
@Wankshaftsbury It's even a more gentle form of 'put'. If I slammed a cup onto the table, I could say "I put the cup on the table", but I didn't "pop it on the table".
@robertnewell5057 3 жыл бұрын
Louise Woodward was NOT cleared of killing the baby! Her conviction was appealed down from murder to involuntary manslaughter, for which she received a sentence of time served. This was almost certainly still an incorrect decision. The paediatrician whose evidence contributed materially to Woodward's conviction has since stated that he would not have given the same evidence today, since we now know much more about paediatric brain function, which knowledge casts significant doubt on the 'shaken baby syndrome' evidence. Bad luck for Louise Woodward. I recall this trial as a travesty of justice, with much being made of the fact that Woodward did not show much emotion in court, when it was obvious she was more or less in shock throughout.
@flippop101 3 жыл бұрын
I am an Englishman living in Germany for the last 30 years. Very grateful for the reminders and updates on using the language I love most.
@Dave-si2im 3 жыл бұрын
I'm English, with a fairly mild accent and went to USA on holiday. I couldn't believe how many ppl didn't understand me. It was so bad I thought ppl were taking the piss lol.
@kiradotee 3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha
@stuartd9741 3 жыл бұрын
Try using queens english at the drive through at the fast food places in the US. interesting
@stephensmith1118 3 жыл бұрын
same here i need a translator, im from Nottinghamshire, and my accent just totally confuses many Americans, i now live in Canada and i still have to speak a little slower, i still say Ay up mi duck occasionally that really worries them....
@stephensmith1118 3 жыл бұрын
funnily enough same thing happen when i went to Essex,
@ddpeak1 3 жыл бұрын
Yanks don’t speak English that’s why. They speak American.
@douglasspencer745 3 жыл бұрын
Bollocks is a great word, can be used in so many ways🤔
@splat68 3 жыл бұрын
Top, utter, complete, total, dogs, the, etc....yes, a very versatile word.
@neilwallace9130 3 жыл бұрын
My absolute favourite is I'm freezing or I'm sweating my bollocks off 😂😂
@HarryFlashmanVC 3 жыл бұрын
Bollocks
@30110CKs 3 жыл бұрын
Unsurprisingly, I agree.
@amethyst1826 3 жыл бұрын
Like fuck.
@HighHoeKermit 3 жыл бұрын
Taking the piss can have a less jovial use also. If some company keeps you on hold or a tradesman is late to your house, they can be said to be "taking the piss", by keeping you waiting. It is mostly down to tone, delivery and context, but they could be mistaken if you only think it can be said in a good way.
@thishandleisiunavailable 3 жыл бұрын
Or if something is really expensive you could say the price is taking the piss. Or if something or someone is unreasonable then that's taking the piss.
@thishandleisiunavailable 3 жыл бұрын
'Taking the mick' Or 'taking the Micky' is similar to taking the piss but more so means making fun of (possibly in a mean way like bullying embarrassing or 'picking on' someone)
@craigkitching4883 3 жыл бұрын
"taking the piss" could be meant for "taking the piss"!.
@mardanhar82 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely, I just posted a comment about this but you explained it so much better
@ethelmini 3 жыл бұрын
I think there are some tricky subtleties here. Taking the piss can express a serious affront. That's taking the piss - offense has been caused That's a piss take - was not serious.
@DireW0lf0 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Guys. Tea pot is different to a kettle! Kettle boils the water. Teapot is used to brew the tea (especially loose tea, but also tea bags).
@CZ350tuner 3 жыл бұрын
"BOG" in "Bog Standard" is an old British auto trade anacronym of "Basic Option Given" / "Basic Option Granted" for a car without any accessories, fancy trim, fancy paint scheme, radio and lowest capacity engine, etc. (the cheapest version of that model of car). Also referred to as the "Bog Stock" model.
@nickjacobs1770 3 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised you haven't started saying Bollocks alot. It's a great catch all for so many situations.
@hareecionelson5875 3 жыл бұрын
Bollocks are the best part of the dog, and knees are the best part of the bees
@judywhittlesey4010 3 жыл бұрын
USA- BUMMER.
@nickjacobs1770 3 жыл бұрын
@@judywhittlesey4010 I don't think Bummer works in the same way. For instance, if your car was broken would you say, "My car's Bummered?" Where as I would say, "My car's Bollocksed" If you or someone made a mistake, would you say, " I've dropped a Bummer?" Where as I would say, " I or they've dropped a Bollock" I also heard someone used The Dogs or The Dogs Bollocks for either a good or bad situation. No one would say The Dogs' Bummer would they. You wouldn't say to someone who was talking rubbish " You're talking Bummer?" But could say "Your talking Bollocks" to make your point.
@AndrewDKinsey 3 жыл бұрын
there was a funny radio show years ago where the presenter rang up Chicago O'Hare Airport to say they had lost these. The guy on the other end didn't have a clue what the UK radio presenter was talking about.
@FelixIsMyName 3 жыл бұрын
@@judywhittlesey4010 Bollocks can be used as a good or bad meaning.
@elimtain7387 3 жыл бұрын
Taking the piss can also be used as a negative. If someone isn't pulling their weight or knowingly taking advantage of a person or situation they'll be "taking the piss".
@drey8 3 жыл бұрын
Indeed, for example a massive delivery lorry getting stuck down a narrow residential street and attempting to extract itself whilst repeatedly blaring out "this vehicle is reversing!" when you're working at home and it's a hot day so you have to keep the window open is absolutely taking the piss. Oh it's ok he's gone.
@FatherStack Жыл бұрын
My dad told me that the term "bog standard" originated from boxes of Meccano. The came in two versions: Box Deluxe which featured more girders and bots etc. and Box Standard, which was just your ordinary, cheaper version. "Box Standard", as the years went on, became "bog Standard".
@davidholland4675 3 жыл бұрын
Great video. For the record a teapot and a kettle are two different things. You boil the water in a kettle to add to the teapot with the teabags or loose tea leaves.
@davejardine9759 3 жыл бұрын
British: "Are you taking the piss?" American translation: "Are you shittin' me?"
@anthonyg4671 3 жыл бұрын
i thought "Are you shittin' me?" meant making up a story/lying to.
@davejardine9759 3 жыл бұрын
@@anthonyg4671 I think you'd get a different response from an American by using "Are you shittin' me" and "Are you lying to me." Not quite the same meaning in my book. "Are you taking the piss" meaning is roughly "Do you think I'm stupid enough to believe you?" Alternatives that I can think of are: "Are you kiddin' me?" "Are you having a joke?" "Are you winding me up?" "Are you having a giraffe? (giraffe = laugh. Rhyming slang) "Are you havin' me on?" (Scots' alternative) "Taking the piss" is to make fun of someone. (Usually in a nice way.)
@gazmundo1987 3 жыл бұрын
Hmm that's not right. Taking the piss is like insulting someone. It's not always banter. I take the piss out of people because they suck.
@remove574 3 жыл бұрын
@@gazmundo1987 I think it depends on the tone it’s said in
@gazmundo1987 3 жыл бұрын
@@remove574 yeah that's my point, it's not exclusive as Dave's "translation" implies
@djrizla420 3 жыл бұрын
A Brit here. I heard an interesting story regarding the origins of the phrase “bog standard”, which also relates to another British phrase you’ve probably heard of, but I’ll come to that in a minute. First, I must preface this by saying that this story is disputed by some people, but it’s such a good explanation, I want to believe it. Some believe the phrase came from the brand of model construction kit called Meccano. When it was originally sold, it came in two different sets, a basic one and an advanced one with a bunch of extra parts. These were labelled “Box: Standard” and “Box: Deluxe”. As you can tell, “Box: Standard” evolved into “bog standard”, meaning something that’s just standard, with no extra frills, just like the set it originated from. But the “Box: Deluxe” version, which was seen as considered the superior of the two, also spawned its own phrase (although it’s evolution is slightly different), which also describes something that’s top quality. Here’s a hint, it’s actually a spoonerism, which is when you’ve swapped the first letters of each word. So “Box Deluxe” becomes “Dox Beluxe”, say it a bit faster and what does it sound like? That’s right, it’s the “dog’s bollocks” As I side, this has been disputed, but that is such a cool story, that describes two common phrases, I just want it to be true.
@pauldavis3791 2 ай бұрын
I want to believe that too. But it sounds a bit contrived. It would be the dogs bollocks if it were true though!
@mongoose621 3 жыл бұрын
"Is he taking the piss out of me?" is a common British-ism. My Romanian friend was having a spot of bother with someone on the phone and when he hung up he began to explain that someone was "Taking a piss in him". Took a while to explain 😂😂😂
@franciscorrigan1150 3 жыл бұрын
Bog Standard for something ordinary is accompanied by the phrase "Dog's Bollocks" for something special or best quality. They are both phrases that first seemed to surface in my youth in the 1960s. Allegedly, it comes from the different versions of the construction toy Meccano. There was the ordinary version, or Box Standard and the superior and more expensive Box Deluxe. These expressions morphed into "Bog Standard" and the Spoonerism, "Dog's Bollocks". Both expressions have been in common parlance for most of my life, even though few people are aware of where they originated
@Fatmanrolling38 3 жыл бұрын
You should also do a video of the UK phrases that you hate. That would be interesting to see.
@WanderingRavens 3 жыл бұрын
Good idea!!
@mathiasosiriswoodhal 3 жыл бұрын
Not sure if you done it yet but maybe you can try out the uk citizenship test see if you pass idd like to see that good luck with the videos guy
@kougerat5388 3 жыл бұрын
@@WanderingRavens I was hoping you was going to say Nah can't be arsed mate ha ha
@jizzmonkey9679 3 жыл бұрын
Work,Tax, Boris,. A few I hate.
@gemma3954 3 жыл бұрын
@@WanderingRavens. Will do; would be a British way of saying it.
@dannydorko7075 3 жыл бұрын
'what a faff' (what a complicated/laborious thing) is another good expression
@elizabethk2072 3 жыл бұрын
That reminds me of ‘Faffing on’ or ‘Fannying about’ too 😁
@mollycat5361 3 жыл бұрын
Yep. Definitely a faff on
@lordswindon104 3 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid I thought of that as a northern expression as in "faffing about" - dithering, time wasting, but it seems to have got more common and taken on the meaning of any arduous actiity, not just a futile one
@utubeape 3 жыл бұрын
@@lordswindon104 it is specifically Northern, you hear Ricky Gervais taking the piss out of his northern mate Karl Pilkington for saying it
@lordswindon104 3 жыл бұрын
@@utubeape Has definitely caught on outside of the north though, the received pronunction tones of big Edd China of Discovery's car fixing show Wheeler Dealers was oft heard to describe some job as a faff
@geoffcurtis3276 3 жыл бұрын
As a Brit, I enjoyed your video very much. I've never used or heard 'mardy bum', I think mardy is a Birmingham (pronounced Birming'm) or West Midlands dialect word. If anyone's interested in the English language, you may enjoy the podcast 'A Way With Words' by a San Diego based lexicographer and classicist, great fun, I learn something every episode (and I'm 64!). Also BBC Radio 4's 'Word of Mouth' is fab.
@adamkaige 3 жыл бұрын
A teapot and a kettle are very different things. A kettle is for boiling the water. A tea pot is where you put the hot water after it’s boiled, with 2-3 teabags in the bottom. 😁 When you order a ‘pot of tea’ in a restaurant or cafe, it’s given to you in a teapot.
@stevetheduck1425 3 жыл бұрын
'One bag each and one for the pot'.
@urbanastro4701 3 жыл бұрын
My girlfriend is Polish, "can't be arsed" is her favourite British saying
@WanderingRavens 3 жыл бұрын
Mine too!! 😂😂
@harriedavies3940 3 жыл бұрын
@@WanderingRavens mine too. I say it at least twice a day
@shakzjade3242 3 жыл бұрын
Its cant be asked
@MooseUK 3 жыл бұрын
@@shakzjade3242 No it isn't, it's arsed all the way.
@peterwebb7133 3 жыл бұрын
It’s just an ignorant alternative to “can’t be bothered”.
@MikeRox83 3 жыл бұрын
"Waiting for the microwave to finish heating your tea". That is some god tier trolling! XD
@KevStevens-Music-Drums-Art 3 жыл бұрын
Cracking video! You have to visit the north east of England, Sunderland, Newcastle and the old Durham mining villages and listen to some Geordie Pitmatic phrases such as "Divvent dunch us" meaning "do not drive into our car", "Howay, man!" meaning "come on, friend" and thousands of others. I love it! It's the coolest, most musical language in the UK (in my opinion). So is Yorkshire.
@stephensmith1118 3 жыл бұрын
its the legacy of the Vikings,
@teamjono69 3 жыл бұрын
Eric, the fact that you use "right" in this way basically means you are now English, but with an American accent. You are going to have to move here permanently.
@juliaw151 3 жыл бұрын
Yessss
@Thunkedmypants 3 жыл бұрын
One does not simply get up to leave without either saying "right" or "well".
@leftwingdragon6235 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah in the UK a kettle and a tea pot are 2 different things
@WanderingRavens 3 жыл бұрын
Good to know!
@davidj8801 3 жыл бұрын
@@WanderingRavens have you got a kettle in your place in the states? Are they easy to buy?
@thishandleisiunavailable 3 жыл бұрын
Kettles boil water tea pots hold tea to keep it warm and so that you can pour tea from them (instead of making it in a cup). U don't boil water in a tea pot (unless you're being old fashioned and use a stove or fire or something)
@replevideo6096 3 жыл бұрын
@King Of The Pipe You can make proper tea in a teapot by putting in 3 teabags to make 2 cups. Much better than gnats pee.
@hareecionelson5875 3 жыл бұрын
@King Of The Pipe Not pointless if you think you will need another mug of tea in a few minutes and don't want to have to get up from your comfy chair. Obviously not as hot from the tea pot, but useful for a top up
@0KiteEatingTree0 3 жыл бұрын
I’m a born Brit, never used Mardyy Bum , but coming from London there’s no reason I would, it’s a northern phrase
@captaincreosote 3 жыл бұрын
I'm a northerner and have never heard this phrase.
@Katehowe3010 3 жыл бұрын
Derived from Mard arse!
@norfolkvapers867 3 жыл бұрын
I'm from Norfolk and I've never heard that before, must be used in a certain part of the UK
@Katehowe3010 3 жыл бұрын
@@norfolkvapers867 I live in Stoke, which is the West Midlands, and iv'e definitely heard it used in Birmingham and the Black Country(Wolverhampton)!
@steamboatwillie8517 3 жыл бұрын
@@Katehowe3010 when I was at school 1957 (!), when lining up for games, we also had a ' sick, lame, lazy and Mardy arsed' line, for anyone with a note. The teacher then went through the various notes, read them, and any he considered unrealistic would bellow' Mardy arsed' and the poor soul would be inserted back in the main line! ( Lanc's)
@simonlongley6387 3 жыл бұрын
"Bog Standard" is a corruption of a phrase used to describe Meccano (toy) construction sets when they were first introduced. There were two versions available - the Box: Standard and Box: Deluxe. As very few kids were bought the deluxe version, most got the ordinary, standard set, and the term Box: Standard became corrupted to Bog Standard, meaning ordinary...
@andrewcomerford9411 3 жыл бұрын
Wee (small) is actually Scottish. A kettle is used to boil water, which is then poured into the teapot, where the tea is added.
@thisisnev 3 жыл бұрын
Down in Cornwall they take 'proper' and run with it. "Proper job" covers "OK", "nice", "Great!" and "Well done!"
@graceygrumble 3 жыл бұрын
Proper Job is my favourite ale. £1.49 a bottle in Aldi. Hoppy deliciousness with a punch! On draft, it's silky smooth, less fizzy and marvellous! Brewed with a smattering of American hops, I hear tell. The perfect amalgam of American and Engl... Cornish genius.
@rachelpenny5165 3 жыл бұрын
Also in Devon.
@ziderzime9261 3 жыл бұрын
Same in Bristol
@tcroft2165 3 жыл бұрын
You're only allowed to say that if you're from the West country though :-)
@flyingfox7854 3 жыл бұрын
Same up north ....... in fact same everywhere
@GeeCeeWU 3 жыл бұрын
I was born in London and now live in the south west of England. I had never heard of the phrase Mardy Bum before, probably because it is a phrase that originated in the north of England, describing a grumpy moody person. If you mentioned it to a Southerner, it's likely that they wouldn't understand what you were on about; I had to google it myself. Jumping the queue is a well know phrase here which used to be referred to as pushing in. When someone is trying to lecture or give you advice on a subject that you are already very familiar with, we sometimes say, "go teach your grandmother how to suck eggs". When someone is very drunk, we refer to them as either pissed, rat arsed, shit faced or three sheets to the wind, to name but a few. I thought you might like to know that, but if you already do, you know what to say to me. I subscribed because you seem like a very charming couple with no edge to you and you have embraced our culture.
@y2kbug58 Жыл бұрын
I agree. I enjoyed the video but 'mardy bum' is not in common usage - it's a northern term, popularised by the Arctic Monkeys in their song of the same name (they are from Sheffield). Being from Hull I'm familiar with the word 'mardy' used on it's own but I've never heard it used outside Yorkshire.
@garyrothwell7185 Жыл бұрын
It's definitely a Northern saying
@garyrothwell7185 Жыл бұрын
Making tea in the microwave 😂, hope you realised that's we have Kettles
@bengolious 3 жыл бұрын
In case no one else has pointed it out, a kettle is an electric appliance for boiling water whereas a teapot, as the name implies, is a vessel for brewing tea. A kettle may be just as well be used to brew coffee in a cafetiere.
@popcornsparkles 3 жыл бұрын
I do ‘pop’ to the shop but sometimes, just for a change, I ‘nip’
@lordswindon104 3 жыл бұрын
I've always down the shop, despite it invariably being situated at ground level
@bikivlogz8336 3 жыл бұрын
I don’t know why, but specifically when you said that you now pronounced zebra “zedbra” I immediately thought we’ve won and felt a sense of pride 😂
@helenwood8482 3 жыл бұрын
I know, it makes you feel we have been a good influence.
@WanderingRavens 3 жыл бұрын
You've been a proper, right good influence 😂😂
@anthonyrowland1170 3 жыл бұрын
There's no d in the British pronounciation of zebra. It just not zeebra as Americans say
@bikivlogz8336 3 жыл бұрын
@@anthonyrowland1170 I mean I am British and every other british person who’s commented or liked has agreed with me, so I’m not sure if you’re right there buddy.
@MrJoeshipley 3 жыл бұрын
@@bikivlogz8336 he is, if anything it's zeh-bra
@spongebobgrumpypants6862 3 жыл бұрын
"I can't be arsed" is certainly a common expression up here in the North West (Preston area).
@ianhepplewhite8334 3 жыл бұрын
I’m English and 67 years old, but ‘Mardy Bum’ is new to me. I have heard very occasionally heard a reference to someone as being ‘a bit mardy’ perhaps, as in being a bit grumpy or awkward, but that’s about it. 😁
@spongebobgrumpypants6862 3 жыл бұрын
"Mardy arse" in Preston (Lancs)...................
@eddiehawkins7049 3 жыл бұрын
63 and English, and although I have heard the expression, I think it is a more Northern (North West maybe?) thing. How about Mizzog?
@ianhepplewhite8334 3 жыл бұрын
@@eddiehawkins7049 I know ‘Fizzog’ for a face.
@ianhepplewhite8334 3 жыл бұрын
@Joeseph Smith Yes, that sounds a reasonable assumption. I wonder if that goes all the way back to WIlliam the Conqueror and old Gaul version of French.
@spdsot 3 жыл бұрын
Mard arse in Stoke, or face ache
@tjchesney4997 3 жыл бұрын
One word was overlooked and that was "alright". An American friend of mine had broken up with her husband and when we started a conversation, i'd say, "Hey, you alright?". It's just another way of saying hello. She thought that i'd put her on suicide watch...
@clarew7702 3 жыл бұрын
I didn't know the phrase Mardy Bum until the Arctic Monkeys song. I think it's a more common saying up north.
@AlisonBryen 3 жыл бұрын
Yep mardy is a midlands/north thing.
@paulnoble2562 3 жыл бұрын
Bog standard never herd of it but BOX STANDARD I do no
@RandomPerson-kd84 3 жыл бұрын
@@AlisonBryen yeah Midlands
@marlenekendrew 3 жыл бұрын
I never heard mardy bum, it’s mardy arse lol
@AlisonBryen 3 жыл бұрын
@@paulnoble2562 I've heard that bog standard is likely a corruption of the phrase "box standard".
@maureenackerley8024 3 жыл бұрын
I can't be arsed, is one of my favourite sayings and I'm an Aussie! 🇦🇺
@shaunkelly9860 3 жыл бұрын
'Bog standard' and 'Dog's bollocks' originate with the two types of Meccano that used to be sold - the cheaper version was labelled 'Box Standard' and the more expensive was 'Box Deluxe'. They were corrupted to 'Bog Standard' (cheap) and 'Dog's bollocks' (the best).
@Brodo-Fraggins 3 жыл бұрын
I don’t know if you guys have used or heard of “Mardy Arse”. I find it more in use than “Mardy Bum” :)
@WanderingRavens 3 жыл бұрын
We haven't heard that one!! Thank you!
@sheenamaclean8324 3 жыл бұрын
This is a very regional phrase, mostly used in the north of England. Dont use this in the south of England or in Scotland.
@gib666 3 жыл бұрын
From Nottinghamshire here and we would say mardy arse, I have not heard mardy bum much if ever. Standard way of using it would be to say someone is "a mardy arse git".
@jj9nf 3 жыл бұрын
Mardy bum is what a kid might say if an adult is around, otherwise it's Mard arse. Also, mard arses normally skrike their eyes out! (Cry heavily)
@scottythedawg 3 жыл бұрын
yeah its mardy arse... but as arse is a swear word mothers and children may substitute bum. Never heard it myself but I can see how it might have happened.
@graemeparrington2841 3 жыл бұрын
Taking the piss can mean teasing as well as taking liberties.
@kJ922-h3j 3 жыл бұрын
Probably used more for teasing than taking liberties too
@WanderingRavens 3 жыл бұрын
Ohh! Good to know!
@thishandleisiunavailable 3 жыл бұрын
Teasing yeah
@teddie552 3 жыл бұрын
Was going to say this too. Like if my internet was down all day I'd say 'this is just taking the piss now'
@suferick778 3 жыл бұрын
Can also imply some level of sarcasm
@moptopbaku6022 3 жыл бұрын
Good video. I like your refreshing and unbiased view of us Brits and some of our nuances. I like the suggestion by one of the reviewers about you doing a video on things you don't like. Keep up the good work.
@seamstressdragon8707 3 жыл бұрын
'Fannying about' is a great British phrase, describing someone dithering or taking too long to do something, 'Stop fannying about!" lol
@exessex3522 3 жыл бұрын
I use 'faffing about' or 'faffing around'.
@Lily_The_Pink972 3 жыл бұрын
A bit is also a short period of time, as in 'See you in a bit'
@harriedavies3940 3 жыл бұрын
yeah I use it this way more than any other I think
@AbiScott 3 жыл бұрын
I don't even say see you. I say see ya in a bit.
@AbiScott 3 жыл бұрын
Or, I'll see ya a bit later.
@harriedavies3940 3 жыл бұрын
@@AbiScott I also say "see you in a bit"
@AbiScott 3 жыл бұрын
@@harriedavies3940 i meant the distinction between you and ya
@davidjones332 3 жыл бұрын
One of your best knockabout humour turns! A very common use of the term "gone off" is in the sense of "I've gone off him/her", meaning "I no longer like them".
@WanderingRavens 3 жыл бұрын
So glad you enjoyed it!!
@scottythedawg 3 жыл бұрын
not to be confused with going off on one.
@HowardARoark 3 жыл бұрын
A good British word (or maybe its more Scottish I don't know) is "bunker". This is a place where you put things down, typically money eg to pay the take-away delivery guy or the window (aka windee in Scotland) cleaner. Or an important document or letter. The "bunker" does not have a specific meaning - in the old days there was a coal bunker, but it could also be a "sideboard", or an electric meter (aka "elecky" meter) cupboard in the hall, or a shelf. It is a center of daily life, a place where important things are put and you will typically call out to someone in your house that you've put something "on the bunker".
@lukewalker5807 3 жыл бұрын
Crack on is also used a lot to give permission. "Ooh, can I pinch a biscuit?" - "Yeah, crack on"
@tsrgoinc 3 жыл бұрын
You pop the kettle on as well!
@WanderingRavens 3 жыл бұрын
Oh! Right! Forgot that usage :D
@brandon3872 3 жыл бұрын
@@WanderingRavens In America do people use the phrase "pop the question"? In the UK it means to propose marriage.
@harriedavies3940 3 жыл бұрын
@@brandon3872 hmmm that's a good question! I've never heard it since being in the US. but because I don't do romance it hadn't really crossed my mind!
@shaneord7527 3 жыл бұрын
In our family if anyone says put the kettle on, our go to response is, 'it won't fit' I can't not say it now.
@spanishpeaches2930 3 жыл бұрын
Making a brew ?
@chrispeace2048 3 жыл бұрын
As a Brit I say all of these things daily pretty much haha, btw hey guys, find you both very entertaining, like the content :)
@WanderingRavens 3 жыл бұрын
Hey! Thank you, Chris! :D
@chrispeace2048 3 жыл бұрын
Not a problem guys keep up the good work :)
@katharinebozier 3 жыл бұрын
100% sameee
@TheLegendMaster 3 жыл бұрын
A funny alternative to 'taking the piss' is 'taking the Michael' which in itself is a sort of jokey way of saying 'taking the Mickey/Mick'.
@RichardStrong86 3 жыл бұрын
"Right." followed by a gentle two handed slap of the legs before "I best be off" and getting up to leave is a time honoured tradition.
@jameshumphreys9715 3 жыл бұрын
You boil a kettle then pour it in tea pot
@exessex3522 3 жыл бұрын
The water...
@MouseNightshirt 3 жыл бұрын
I love that you love these! Spread the word of these wonderful phrases!
@WanderingRavens 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Andrew!!! :D
@casinodelonge 3 жыл бұрын
The shop can also relate to the act of procuring comestibles at a shop. For example "This friday, we can go down to Lidl to do the Big Shop" i.e. spend 80 quid on a skipful of produce.
@cat_glove 3 жыл бұрын
Mardy is a Yorkshire word. Very specific to a small area of it. Not sure most British people are aware of it. Wee, as in small, is almost uniquely Scottish though some Northern Irish use it.
@steamboatwillie8517 3 жыл бұрын
No, I'm from the other side of the Pennines, and thought everybody used it, until I read this. Ditto wee.
@orangepeelx 3 жыл бұрын
You should really say “Carnt be arsed!” Instead of Can’t, for the full English 😎👍🏻
@ryanoconnor5256 3 жыл бұрын
Ooooh full English.... now I'm hungry
@GeeCeeWU 3 жыл бұрын
No you shouldn't, unless you are from Somerset, Devon or Cornwall.
@GeeCeeWU 3 жыл бұрын
@@ryanoconnor5256 Two eggs, sunny side up please.
@neilreading990 3 жыл бұрын
Wee is a Scottish word and it literally translates as small
@xenu-dark-tony 3 жыл бұрын
Uncannily appropriate for my tackle when piddling.
@agnostic47 3 жыл бұрын
And only used by Scots to describe something small. Everyone else uses it as a pee.
@ianstobie 3 жыл бұрын
As in Wee Jimmie Krankie perhaps
@postscript67 3 жыл бұрын
'Wee' in the sense of urinate is short for 'wee-wee' and probably is not connected to 'wee' meaning small. Having said that, to 'piddle', meaning urinate, gives rise to 'piddling' meaning small or insignificant. 'Pee' of course is actually 'P', a euphemism for 'piss'. That must be number one!
@irateofwatford 3 жыл бұрын
"Right" is not a word. "Right" is a vocabulary in its own right, depending on the intonation.
@markdavidson428 3 жыл бұрын
I feel the need to correct your stock footage at the start there. 'Bog standard' has nothing to with toilets. In the 50s Mechano only sold two products in the UK; the 'Box Standard' and the 'Box Deluxe'. From this we derive 'Bog Standard' (ordinary and mundane' and and 'Dog's Bollocks' (excellent). I love that fact.
@exessex3522 3 жыл бұрын
Really?
@markdavidson428 3 жыл бұрын
@@exessex3522 Saw it on QI. If you can't trust Stephen Fry...
@kJ922-h3j 3 жыл бұрын
What are they ‘banging on about’ takes it to another level too lol
@WanderingRavens 3 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@caitlinlemon7480 3 жыл бұрын
This takes me back to being snapped at by my mum 🤣
@AlisonBryen 3 жыл бұрын
In my area (Midlands) we use the word "pop" for fizzy drinks too.
@nemosays6337 3 жыл бұрын
My mum calls water 'Corporation Pop'.
@AlisonBryen 3 жыл бұрын
@@nemosays6337 Yep my grandad used to call water "council pop" too. 😂
@Davey-Boyd 3 жыл бұрын
@@nemosays6337 We call it miners pop, we are from an old mining town though. Heard council pop a lot too.
@WanderingRavens 3 жыл бұрын
Oh! Good to know!
@alansmith7466 3 жыл бұрын
Pop for fizzy drinks, used in Liverpool also
@itsallrobbish 3 жыл бұрын
Love this, what a great couple, very endearing. Normally I can’t be be arsed with these sort of videos, but this one is good. Anyway, I’d better crack on, well...... after I put on the kettle and have a cup of tea first. Keep up the great work.
@ShakemeisterS64 3 жыл бұрын
Crack on is maritime English. As you must know we English are awesome sailors. Crack on derives from the sound sails make when they fill with wind. They make a cracking sound. Lots of English words and phrases originate from the Navy. There's a good 30 mins show in itself if you want to do the research :-)
@simonjohncasey 3 жыл бұрын
Bog standard in American is probably “vanilla”
@frankupton5821 3 жыл бұрын
Or 'garden variety'?
@brendanlinnane5610 3 жыл бұрын
@@frankupton5821 I think "bog standard" is more dismissive and of lower quality than "common or garden variety".
@lordswindon104 3 жыл бұрын
"Bog standard" has a negative connotation though. As in the best you can afford, not the best quality but it'll have to do. Shoddy even
@utubeape 3 жыл бұрын
what about 'Cookie Cutter' ?
@daz1676 3 жыл бұрын
It’s box standard.
@alisonaustin5485 3 жыл бұрын
"Taking the Piss" can have negative connotations too. It depends how you say it. For example saying "Are you taking the piss?" can be rhetorical for "You are taking liberties!"
@WanderingRavens 3 жыл бұрын
Oh!! Haven't heard that one! Thanks!
@StephenButlerOne 3 жыл бұрын
@@WanderingRavens if you don't know someone, 'you taking the piss' is usally followed by a fight.
@jeannettekingstone4603 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Guys Teapots and Kettles are two different things, a kettle is the one you boil water in, a teapot is what you make Tea in. Traditionally you would place Tea Leaves in the teapot, add hot water which has been boiled & left a few minutes to the tea leaves, then leave it for another few minutes depending on how strong you require it, then pour it into a cup and add milk. Not many people use teapots now since the invention of teabags. Then there are the Tea Cosies which go over the teapot after you have poured the hot water on the tea leaves, to keep the tea pot hot. Oh and not to forget the tea strainer, this fits on the cup you are going to drink your tea from, you pour the tea from the tea pot into the tea strainer so that it captures the tea leaves and they don't end up in your cuppa and eventually in your mouth (though some very small pieces will get through, hence the reason a small bit of tea is left undrunk in the teacup and is acceptable, everyone knows the reason it's not been touched)
@overkillphil514 3 жыл бұрын
The explanation of "The Dogs Bollocks" is actually from Meccano! Back in the 1920s there were two boxes of Meccano available. The cheapest was the "Box Standard" and the second was "Box Delux". Over the years these mutated into "Bog Standard" meaning "no-frills, basic package" and "Box Delux" became "The Dogs Bollocks" meaning "It's the best you can get".
@Johnboysmudge 3 жыл бұрын
What a load of cobblers! 😂
@agilchrist73 3 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised you didn't come across 'must dash' or 'must fly' meaning that you need to get going somewhere.
@WanderingRavens 3 жыл бұрын
We haven't heard either of those before!!
@sheenamaclean8324 3 жыл бұрын
Who says must dash or must fly? Nobody I know.
@hareecionelson5875 3 жыл бұрын
@@sheenamaclean8324 Gandalf
@sheenamaclean8324 3 жыл бұрын
@@hareecionelson5875 oh dear, that's clutching at straws!!
@corrigenda70 3 жыл бұрын
@@sheenamaclean8324 It's probably more common as you go North or West from London.
@neilsontc 3 жыл бұрын
Should have ended saying "Right, we'd better crack on..." 😂
@dutchdykefinger 3 жыл бұрын
"let's get stuck in"
@adamev 3 жыл бұрын
Great vid. Thanks for posting. I jumped out of my chair and loudly exclaimed "yes" when you said that "zee" doesn't sound right, as it's clearly "zed". Kinda messes up the alphabet song which I sing a lot with my little boy, but I can live with that.
@caitlinlemon7480 3 жыл бұрын
I couldn't figure out why you saying 'put the kettle on' felt wrong, and I realised it's cos I think I'd always say 'pop the kettle on' 🤣
@arthurterrington8477 3 жыл бұрын
To sound like a true native, you'd have to say "caan't [long a] be arsed"
@Jrh993 3 жыл бұрын
As a Brit, I have never heard of “mardy bum”
@CloningIsTooGoodForSheep 3 жыл бұрын
My experience is that it is more commonly used in Yorkshire than other parts of the UK but people use it in the Midlands as well.
@welshgit 3 жыл бұрын
same here....
@benjaminjonathanjamessisko7095 3 жыл бұрын
@@CloningIsTooGoodForSheep Yes - definitely a Yorkshire thing. :)
@jenny2245 3 жыл бұрын
Mardy bum, & can't be arsed are both very Northern phrases. Yorkshire, possibly Lancashire area.
@dennisrichards2540 3 жыл бұрын
You'll probably be more familiar with "mard arse" thats what we say up north.
@yjbmwsc 3 жыл бұрын
When I was studying in England I thought the phrase was “I can’t be asked” 🤣🤣🤣
@gsyguy1 3 жыл бұрын
it is, its just been misused ... closet o can come up with is "Half assed " meaning half done/worked ,cowboyed job ahh thats been half assed of a job
@Joe_Gold 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah it is can't be asked. There are a few things here they haven't quite grasped.
@davidgould9431 3 жыл бұрын
I'm a 60 year old Briton and it was always "can't be arsed". I think "can't be asked" is a relatively recent arrival: I've heard it from non-British speakers from various places around the world, not just the USA. Possibly the increase of American culture has meant that the word "ass" is replacing "arse" and the pronunciation of "arsed" now seems closer to "asked" (to a southerner, at least - northerners flatten their a vowels and "asked" would still have the flat a as in "ass"). Just my two penn'orth. Language changes, so I'm sure you are right in your bubble but don't assume it's the same everywhere. Cambridge Dictionary definition: dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/arsed Interesting discussion of "can't be asked/arsed" over here: notoneoffbritishisms.com/2016/02/29/cant-be-arsed/ including thoughts about southerners pronouncing "asked" with a long 'a' and often no 'k', so it sounds like "arsed", which I hadn't realised before I read it but it really is how people round here say it.
@gsyguy1 3 жыл бұрын
@@davidgould9431 it has allways been cant be asked,its more likely the way its been said over the years that asked became arsed ,misheard and past on much in the same same "My ears are alight" i'll let you guess that song :)
@nigelcrowther8030 3 жыл бұрын
It is "I can't be arsed". "I can't be asked" makes no sense at all!
@sunsun107 3 жыл бұрын
I feel as a British 30 something, I should also inform you that 'crack on' has also evolved to mean someone romantically likes someone "I'd love to crack on with him/her" or has been casually romantically involved; Love island has helped elevate this concept into popular British slang - context is everything 😉
@anvilbrunner.2013 3 жыл бұрын
Taking the piss has two meanings. You've covered fooling around, it's other meaning is if someone is being greedy. It's related to Piss poor in as much as it refers to a time when poor people could sell their wee wee to the tanner. If someone has taken the piss. They've totally robbed you.
@harriedavies3940 3 жыл бұрын
agreed.
@Sol3UK 3 жыл бұрын
It's also now often used when people take liberties and don't care about the consequences.
@rbarnett3200 3 жыл бұрын
Are you mugging me off?
@anvilbrunner.2013 3 жыл бұрын
@@rbarnett3200 Yep; They're equivalent turn's of phrase.
@anvilbrunner.2013 3 жыл бұрын
@@Sol3UK It is that, aye.
@graemeparrington2841 3 жыл бұрын
Not sure about Mardy Bum. Mardy is a midlands word, don't believe it's gone national.
@MetalRocksMe. 3 жыл бұрын
I’ve only ever heard it in the northern parts.
@truefeux3218 3 жыл бұрын
@@MetalRocksMe. nah we say mard-arse in the north
@MetalRocksMe. 3 жыл бұрын
@@truefeux3218 that’s what I was talking about.
@truefeux3218 3 жыл бұрын
@@MetalRocksMe. yh arse instead of bum is what i mean
@fuckdefed 3 жыл бұрын
@@MetalRocksMe. You’ll hear it all the time in Birmingham but very rarely South of there.
@alanprior7650 3 жыл бұрын
As a (former) Brit living in Maine now...I get loads of people here saying "I love your accent" and I have been teaching some the meanings of some of the things I say,lol.
@MudlarksAlmanac 3 жыл бұрын
aha- I have just the song for you to listen to - 'Right, Said Fred' by Bernard Cribbins, from the 1960s. They say 'Right' a lot, and also drink lots of tea. There are several versions to choose from, including some that use Lego figures to illustrate the lyrics.
@jpbdude4223 3 жыл бұрын
Sod off, LOVE that phrase
@lukesanders8912 3 жыл бұрын
That’s more of a posh British phrase, most places you’d hear piss off or fuck off
@g00seisnotavaila29 3 жыл бұрын
@@lukesanders8912 My RE teacher used to swear like a trooper and it was his favourite phrase
@slapmyfunkybass 3 жыл бұрын
Good to hear Grace has gone back to saying Wandering Ravens in the correct tone :)
@velvetindigonight 3 жыл бұрын
Bless! I think of you guys as so 'proper' so this vid and listening to you use our 'slang' seems so very naughty! Thank you I needed a laugh. Enjoy
@greamespens1460 3 жыл бұрын
I believe that "Bog standard" is derived from when Meccano would sell their product as "Box Standard" and "Box Deluxe". Over time these two names came into normal usage as "Bog standard" and "Dogs bollox".
@Abigail-wz6be 3 жыл бұрын
I say “what you on about” a lot...I just realised how much
@almorrison2040 3 жыл бұрын
Still so much to learn..... isn't it odd how you can take a $hit, but the opposite, giving a $hit , has a completely different meaning, increased when you couldn't give 2 $hits about something. Got to love our language.
@andrewpanter1819 3 жыл бұрын
On a similar theme if you say something IS bollocks it is bad, whereas to say something is THE bollocks means it is good.
@ThisIsStupid12312312 2 жыл бұрын
I use "I couldn't give 2 $hits" all the time, only just realised how mad that is.
@andrewwelbeck7145 3 жыл бұрын
Bog standard and Dogs bollocks originate from Meccano. A long time ago there was only 2 sizes of Meccano kits you could buy Box Standard and Box Deluxe, over time those sizes changed into the phrases we now know and love. You're welcome.
@stevetheduck1425 3 жыл бұрын
The swapping of part of the word is a 'Spoonerism', believed to named for the Reverend Spooner, also known as the 'Speverend Rooner'. The Two Ronnies also did a sketch on that as well.
@danielmoran9902 3 жыл бұрын
Hi. I wondered if you hung about around older people in London? You might have heard the following: 'Crikey!', or 'what a carry on'. My particular favourite is when you encounter something 'a little bit wonky', is to say 'Cor, stone me! What a caper!'. Love from the UK. X
@ImMamba 3 жыл бұрын
HIII GUYS WE'RE THE WONDERING RAVENS!!!!!!! Every time haha love u guys
@WanderingRavens 3 жыл бұрын
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@wessexexplorer 3 жыл бұрын
‘Going on about’ has a cousin of: ‘they’ve got a cobb on - acting like an angry male swan!
@velvetindigonight 3 жыл бұрын
I'm English and I know the saying but never knew exactly what the cobb was? I thought it might have been a building term or a type of horse! Thank you for the lesson! I love the history of our old sayings........... Enjoy
@jayveebloggs9057 3 жыл бұрын
monk on
@cyanbloo7208 3 жыл бұрын
it's been suggested that "bog standard" and the phrase the "dog's bollocks" stem from the two original meccano sets children's construction toy ( similar and sometimes included with erector sets in the US) released in the early 20th century. These were the meccano box (standard) and the mechano box (luxury) These it is said were mangled and colloquialised from box standard to bog standard and box luxury to dog's bollox. True or not a fun story.
@TheBassallyear100 3 жыл бұрын
if "you taking the piss" is followed by "mate" or "bruv", you best be ready to either deescalate or leg it.
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