Unbelievable, its ok for everyone to own guns but saying a mild swear word is bad.

Americans - 🤚🏻 Profanity 👉🏻 Guns in schools

So Americans don't like swearing or profanity as they call it. Where's your so called freedom in this regard? Yes, you're right - it doesn't exist in the states. Us Brits swear without impunity on television, in every day conversations and under our breath when stuff goes wrong. Grow a pair USA and use speech to gain proper freedom!

If you think these are bad, you should hear what we call cigarettes

It's weird how freedom of speech doesn't literally mean freedom of speech when it comes to profanity

We really fucking love swearing.

There's no such thing as bad language, only bad use of language.

People swear more now in the UK than they ever did when I was a child. Many people still find it offensive and, technically one can still be arrested for saying some profanities in public. Not everyone swears here nor does everyone approve of it. I never heard my mother swear, not even once.

I was a Briton in America in 8th grade. I used the word "rubber" when asking for an eraser and had no idea why anyone would find that amusing. I never stopped using the word because... well because I was only in the States 18 months and never learned to speak the local dialect, y'all.

Americans say ' she fell on her fanny ' meaning she fell on her backside . In England ' fanny ' refers to a different part of a ladies anatomy.

I find the avoidance of cuss words in the USA amusing given the whole freedom of speech thing

2:59 A USAian complaining that a Brit has too much Freedom? Oh, the irony!

Most US imported tv is stuffed with four letter words so what's the issue here?

9:20 We say ‘rubber’ to refer to an eraser in India too. Only until much later did I stumble on the American meaning.

American Commentators have been known to say Wimbleton at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships!

Im Scottish so a large percentage of my speech is swearing

There’s a great scene in an episode of Frasier where Daphne, the English housekeeper, makes breakfast. Frasier is surprised when his father comes to the breakfast table with a woman he has spent the night with. Frasier’s embarrassment is heightened when he enquires, “Banger Dad?”, while offering him a sausage. The late Clive James (actually Australian, though he lived most of his life in the UK), wrote in his Unreliable Memoirs about the confusion he caused when he approached a hotel concierge with the question, “Where can I buy a packet of fags?”.

So in the colonies you can't say "tit" in front of a child but you can feed them sugared bread all year round. I get it.

Such different attitudes, although most people in UK know to moderate their language at work, or when with children or those likely to be offended. I do find it ridiculous that Americans can't refer to a female dog as a bitch.

I know you are a fan of Stephen Fry so you might like his response to an American tweet who said she liked him but didn't like the swearing. He replied with "That's a c**ting shame as I f**king love to swear" (without the censoring).

Thing is words can't kill you, but bullets can.

I love the fact we use cussing as a language,rather than take offence! It can be so useful…

That guy's deadpan delivery is spot on. Now I wanna watch more of his stuff just to see (hear) him talking like that. Incidentally we, in Australia use the word "rubber" to refer to an eraser as well. It caused all sorts of giggling in high school when we learned that was the word for a condom in the U.S.

I once heard an American casually swearing and every time he swore he really emphasised the word and it always made me giggle.

I’m English I’ve never heard my mum swear and I never swear in front of her. I heard my granny say shit once 😂. It’s disrespectful in my family to swear in front of elders. When they aren’t there I swear alot 😢. I need to try and stop swearing as much but you do get a dopamine hit from swearing apparently but I think you’d have to only use it when absolutely necessary for full dopamine release 😅. I would rather saw off my own head with a rusty knife than say Y’all don’t worry Joel ❤😂

To be honest, Lost In The Pond's videos are not always "really high quality" because he is out of touch mostly, hasn't been in the UK for about 15 years.

As retiree from the UK with time on my hands, I watch far more KZfaq than I should and the thing that amazes me the amount of times the Americans use the words "Bro", "Dude" and "Bitch" and the amount of profanities used towards the Police.

We swear so much in the UK and in Australia. We use the c word as if it's nothing. I don't get why people get offended by "rude" words.

This Brit never does T flapping. I would never say Y’all either.

Americans have words & phrases that are shocking or unknown here in the UK. Badass in Britain sounds like a negative word, but seems positive in the US. The F---k word is not used in polite conversation, & the C---t word is totally a no go. You would not use such words in front of your Grandma. Rubber is used in Britain for a condom, but in the term rubber Johnny, which is what I heard them called when I was a child in the 1960's. Swear words & profanities were only used in work situations in those days, & mostly only by men. It was extremely rude to swear in front of a woman, or anyone you respected. It used to be said 'if you can't speak without swearing, then say nothing'. In recent times profanities have become much more a part of regular language. The first time I heard anyone sewar in public was when I first rode a bus in London in 1969. I was shocked, but soon found out it was common there, while at home in Yorkshire it wasn't.

We don't say y'all unless in mockery 🇬🇧

As I expected, I knew and use both the Brit and Yank expressions being an English Canuck - really fun. For example, a rubber and poppycock but never y'all. You can keep that one Joel. Agreed, his American accent is really good, and really adds to his monologue. Swearing and profanity are two different things. Swearing usually involves abusing religious words, while profanity is abusing words describing bodily functions. Criminal charges of "cause disturbance by swearing" and "cause disturbance by using profanity" are examples. Have a great week!!

You don't do profanity and you lived with Ben!! What restraint you have! lol

Don't worry about a trip to London. Come to Prague! Our wildly spread colloquial phrase "oh, really" sounds like "fuck yoooo?", spelled "fakt, jo?". Needless to say, talking to my Czechoslovakian friends in the US I am often asked to keep my voice down.... Fakt jo????

Almost impossible these days to say anything without offending someone, would be my comment as an old man shaking his walking stick at modernity. I have never understood the taboos around what is termed profanity and see such taboos as being defined by the middle class to keep the proletariat in order. I did appreciate the 'politically correct' movement of the 80's , however because I think it is good for all of us to consider the vocabulary we use and its impacts. I have banned only two words from my vocabulary and that is the 'N' word and the word 'cripple'. I did consider not using 'moron' but then discovered the American right and realised that that would be hopeless. Sorry, rambling in my dotage. Great video as usual, Joel. Don't know how you keep up such a high standard.

We don’t ask to stroke the dog much anymore they just stroke your dog I know this cause it always happens to me, once a guy walked up to me fussed my dog stood back up and walk in like hello I am here the dog isn’t walking it self. 🤣

What else would “stroke the dog” mean?

My parents swear a lot haha. If I or my siblings ever tried when we were kids to copy, we'd get a right bollocking 😆 My dad still goes all shocked when I swear, and we're Brits 😂😆 Kids these days don't give a toss though.

Yes , Jps Cooks - bangers and mash is well over due. We had baked beans on toast

He couldn’t mention the number one word, as the video would be removed. It’s what we call a cigarette or meatballs.

When people become parents do they all forget that children use profanity extensively? Children swore all the time among themselves when I was at school.

Joel really said: “SOMEONE TAKE AWAY THIS MAN’S PHONE!”

As a Brit I have never used profanity around my family, I wouldn't dream of it. And no I am not posh, I am very working class.

Petting in UK refers to making out. Thats why we refer to stroking pets, it would be odd to pet them...

The superstitious fear of words is hilarious - there is no such thing as bad language.

Banger - also refers to an amazingly epic song/track/mix/piece of music. Eg 'that was an absolute banger!!'

A lot of American action movies contain one profanity that I've not heard in Britain, and it's particularly distasteful, it rhymes with trucker and is proceeded with mother. NASTY.

had abolutely no idea about the 'stroking' thing - so wild that that's a dirty word in america!

‘Stroking’ has honestly been ruined as a word unless it’s in reference to painting or something.

There's a fabulous German comedian called Henning Wehn who does a routine about the British swearing. He states that nobody swears in Germany, because everything works. Simply brilliant. Joel, you must check out anything by Henning Wehn

Obvs Joel has never watched the USA produced tv programmes Succession or Homeland….. the usage of profane expletives in those two “dramas” is incredible! Not just the “effing and jeffing” but that Anglo Saxon word beginning with the letter c! Sometimes when watching, it was hard to determine the dialogue of the plotlines in between all the rude words!

American are like toddlers when it goes to cussing.

Petting is sexual in the UK, so never ask to pet a British dog.

Jarvis Cocker's looking good for his age 👍🏻

LMFAO. Wow you really do offend very easily. I work for the British Military and work alongside many american service men and have found them to be similar, almost going out of there way not to swear.

In Canada, Poppycock is a very popular snack that comes in a sealed can. Chimo

Lost in the Pond was the first KZfaq channel I subscribed to.

I do remember, in the 1970's, while holidaying in Spain, my dad (English) had to step in to stop another tourist (German) from hitting an American man for using the phrase "mind your fanny" to alert a young girl to the slippery floor. So funny when I think of it now.

I think in Britain we just see swearing as just more words, its still a bit of a shock if you hear kids swearing but in general its just more ways to express yourself. I mean im in Glasgow right now and c*nt can be said affectionately here but also with absolute hatred.

I choose not to swear unless im really angry.. In uk it depends on your background. Enjoyed the video. 😊

Sick of the excuse "There are kids around". So what? What exactly shall that imply, right? BS

In Bristol we actually say 'smoothing the dog' rather than stroking.

Hi Joel , I enjoyed watching this video (pierre)

Nobody swears quite like us Brits, maybe the Aussies and the Irish. Americans reacting to our swearing/road rage videos crack me up. Fanny has got to be on his next list! 😂

The c word in particular is a big one as a 19 year old British girl i love this word

Don't swear there are kids around.... by the time I was two I was saying "Fuck".

Has anyone ever left a comment saying you look exactly like Cole Palmer ?? (Chelsea player)

Many of these words are Australian too

Brits love absorbing new words that’s what makes English global 😊

Joel, on the whole Paridae or Tit family of birds thing, when living in the US I learned that the various species of tit found in the US are called titmice, despite them being birds. Why is this? Some are also called chickadees in the US, which I find so cute. 🤔

Joel, if you ever come to live in Britain or Europe (and especially as you have such a fondness for our beers and ciders), you're going to have to embrace profanity... only, if you don't, you'll be sidelined because everybody will think you're weird (mind you, you're American - so they might anyway), but I mean, they might think you consider yourself more highly than you ought - or above them at any rate, which could result in fisticuffs if you find yourself in the wrong place... So far you've mainly been looking at our town and city centres and not the boring suburbs, and let's just say if you ever feel tempted to do any of that, then do expect a good deal of intolerance of anything that the locals consider to be any different to what they think of as the norm... In fact, you might want to take a look at some of the videos produced by the You-Tube channel, "Turdtowns," which highlights some of the communities that people really live in within the UK - quite often within parts of the country that are otherwise considered to be quite posh... It'd be good to see you react to some of them, in fact. Unlike the "The ten worst places, etc. in the UK" series which are just awful, not least because the pictures they show are often in totally different places from the ones their computer-generated voices are talking about, Turdtowns is a lot more methodical and objective, using the same criteria for each place it highlights, including community resources, crime rates and average house prices.🙂

Laurence is brilliant. He should have a TV programmed.

My British mind ends up in the gutter when I hear the phrase pet the dog as you see signs in spars that say no petting allowed

We love our curse words 😅. Im always effin and jeffin its part and parcel of our everyday language.

I’m reminded of how swear words have been slipping into television show, and of course heavily into mainstream movie films, and no one says anything against that, but to hear British tv, some of those use some pretty harsh swear words. (Check Mrs. Brown’s Boys) But really, if you walk in the streets of both countries, I would dare say swearing would be about the same. I think overall, Americans have changed a lot of British words, to either water them down, or just make them unique to the US. To me hearing any Brit speak sounds so proper, and seemingly more knowledgeable, no matter their social status. But when you listen to parts of the US, with our vastly different accents, we can sound quite different. I’m not a big user of swear words, but I don’t get offended if one slips out of the mouth of someone speaking to me. It does get a bit much if they are swearing every other word, because nothing is really being said…just all cussing. I don’t think you would have been flagged for saying any of the words mentioned on here. But I think we have gotten away from freedom of speech when we have to censor words any more. We can’t seem to say certain words, so we bleep them. It won’t be long until we will have nothing but bleeps in our language, and nothing to say. Oh well, that’s progress! Or at least a tidbit of it anyways.😊❤❤

in a Firefly episode they used 'quim'.. I'm not sure they knew what it meant.

That guy is a Pom but I think he lives in the US. I love your work Joel. Buggered if I know how you keep coming up with material like you do but please keep doing it. Best regards from Australia. When I am frustrated I would be stuffed if I couldn't swear. In fact I would be f***** for words.

In Bristol you smooth the animal. EG I am smoothing the cat.

Yes, America did change it. You got your language from Britain, the motherland, then you tweeked it to your own.

His comedy is great

Love your avoidance of saying the 'shit' of bullshit etc - it seems so 'cute' compared to an English lad! Also love your reactions each time when the words came up on screen :)

The word tit is old English for small, ( nothing to do with breast), the US use it for this meaning where the word teat should be used. What do they teach in schools over there?

Love the word poppycock 😂 not heard it in a while

Hey JPS have you checked out "Christopher Hitchens on Hannity & Colmes about Rev. Falwell's death." I'm sure you would learn something from this exchange.

Aw ive not heard poppycock in ages 😂

Mmm when your reacting to videos with your two friends one of them likes to cus quite freely

React to "Cricket explained for baseball fans"

No need to wrap kids in cotton wool. If I'm angry or mad and I use swear words, I'll just explain it to them.. I was mad because.. I used word x because I was really angry, but it's a word that shouldn't be used in a normal conversation etc. It's the same with pretending that everything's fine all the time. I've seen so many families do that. Why? It's okay to feel sad or to cry, same as it's ok to swear if something really shitty happens. Better say a healthy "f*ck" instead of being grumpy all day. Honestly, I don't get it. What's so horrible about a swear word. You can still be a nice and responsible person.

I'm a granny I love a good customer word

Lawrence should have to pay a fine for egregious overuse of the letter "R" in speaking.

Wait a miniute..... Hold the phone! Nobody uses bad language in front of their Granma!! But , seriously, who is really offended by profanities in TV shows, movies, Celebrity Chat shows? For Pete's sake, if you are so petrified to say something in case it offends your Granma, then don't tell her. Good grief! Americans are often interviewed on our Brit chatshows, like Graham Norton, Johnathon Ross and Alan Carr..... and they always get all skittish about it being okay to say simple swear words like F*** , Sh>>, Pi**, and much stronger language. When they ask if it is allowed to say these, and are told, with great mirth, that Yes!!! We don't mind!!! We really do have permission to use adult language after the Watershed, they are confused, and usually get the giggles! Oh Lord! 🙄

I find in different situations i may use a swear word or two im not going to lie ,but i never have or never will swear in front of my parents i dont feel the need when im around them....also one of the most used American cussing words as you say which grinds my gears when I hear it Motherf...ker.

I don't know any other people that have real rude swearing words as the Americans have. I don't think I have to mention them to you. A simple example; WTF, what does that really mean ?

Swearing also seems to be age related. Older people do not swear in public as much as younger.

swearing , just depends on your upbringing. You came across with the wrong people in the UK, not everyone swears. A bit like the Us of A

I’ve heard the words ***hole” f**k used in many American films.They are profane words.

I blame Shakespeare,Dickens,..and a little bit of Dahl weirdness for some of our British words and phrases. But we only use Dahl if we're off our heads,you snozzwhangers! 😝

My brother went to usa for 10 years and came back t flapping. He used to siund posh but now he sounds like a hick

We Brits love to Swear 😂😂😂😂

Ohh congrats for being just inches away from a cool 100 000. I have followed you since 9700 subs and now you have added two zeros to that … thats for shating your views, reactions and your travels with us all.