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I was taught 'Richard of York gave Battle in Vain' too

I only wear a bathrobe in the afternoon when I am expecting Vogons.

The rainbow song is literally just a song. I do know people that think it is the actual colours, though. I learned "Richard of York gained battle in vain"

Drinking out of the sink sounds funny 😂 I’d say drinking water out of the tap. Out of the sink sounds like you fill the sink and then lap the water like a cat.

My understanding: A Bath Robe is specifically designed (being of towelling/absorbent material) for wearing between bathing and dressing - Whereas a dressing gown or housecoat is generally made from less absorbent materials and designed to be worn between bed/undress and dressing to keep warm and for ladies to wear at the dressing table (applying their new face ;-)

Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain this is how I was taught to remember the colours of the rainbow

I have no problem with baseball hats. I have one myself. The thing that winds me up is people who wear them indoors. Wearing a baseball cap, even in a McDonalds marks you out as a foreigner. I'd even go so far as to say, it's still considered polite to take your hat off, any hat, when you're indoors.

I'm Scottish. ROYGBIV stands for "Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain". I used heard the "I can sing a rainbow" too as a kid and some of my workmates today go by that and need corrected.

I was taught in the UK for the planet's, My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets.

Tummy is a term that starts in childhood and we carry on using it as it's a simpler and more friendly word for the whole abdomen. We also use the word belly in the same way.

If your husband puts on his dressing gown at 3 o clock in the afternoon, then you should give him his slippers and call an ambulance.

In my house we tend not to drink out of the sink, we pour the water into a glass from the tap.

I have both a bath robe (for drying off after a shower) and a dressing gown for keeping warm over bed clothes whilst relaxing.

as regards"tummy" vs "stomach", I think there might be a cultural thing in the UK where stomach is the medical organ ( I had a stomach ulcer) and tummy is a layman term for the wider medical term abdomen.

Some years ago a television programme was made called The Secret Life of Cats, which explored the very complicated lives they have outside the home. Cats are natural hunters, very territorial and naturally inquisitive, so it seems cruel to keep them confined. Yes, a few get run over, but most know to avoid busy roads and prefer to explore gardens and hedgerows. In the UK there aren't really any predators for them to fear.

I heard that Blackcurrants are not grown in the US because of a disease that the bush can carry. A few years ago I was at a small town in Pennsylvania and they had a Rhubarb festival and Rhubarb Queen. I liked the way you remembered the planets, it was almost unforgettable.

I remember the corporate disaster when Coca Cola tried to launch their new bottled water called DESANI. Basically turned out to be bottled tap water at a premium price.

I've never needed a mnemonic to remember the 4 main points of the compass.

I think the sing a rainbow song is actually American. The rhyme to remember the colours is as others have mentioned, “Richard of York gave battle in vain.”

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"Richard of York, gained battle in vain" was how we were taught the rainbow colours. The song "I can sing a rainbow" was just a fun song sung in infant school as far as I can remember.

For the rainbow colours 'richard of York gave battle in vain' is the most accurate, but we also knew the song. For Planets we learnt ' my very easy method just sums up naming planets'. Dressing gown just goes on if you're cold, doesn't matter what clothes are underneath. In my family 'tummy' tends to be for children and stomach means the actual organ, if you've a pain that is that area but not the stomach, you might say abdominal or literally just what it is - stomach cramps ir period pain.

Englishman here: a bathrobe is made of towelling, but any other similar garment is a dressing gown. So you could have a satin dressing gown, but a towelling bathrobe. Also, “stomach” is only one part of your abdomen, whereas “tummy” refers to the whole area. Personally, I would say that I had “abdominal pains” not “tummy pains”.

We were taught the saying “Richard of York, gained battle in vain” to remember the colours of the rainbow.

Although not myself British, I did attend prep in England from 8 to 13 (a cathedral choir school), just as one of my sons later did. Both of us learned roy -guh - biv. Another of our mnemonics was and is Every Good Boy Deserves Fruit, for the lines on the G Cleff, with Face for the spaces. Talking of music, while you have notes, half notes, quarter notes, etc, we learned breves, semi-breves, minims, crotchets, quavers, semi-quavers, demi-semi-quavers, etc. 🎹🎶🎼

I always think of a bathrobe being made of towelling and a dressing gown is made of other material; preferably silk. They have a different purpose. a bathrobe is all you wear before and after showering/bathing. A dressing gown is for when you are partly dressed.

Two indirect references to Sir Isaac Newton here. He came up with the idea of there being 7 colours in the rainbow and invented the cat flap which lets our cats roam outside when they want.

I really enjoy your vlogs. I’m a chem teacher in the US (NJ), and I’ve always used ROYGBIV, but I really like the Richard III one! I’ll use it and offer an extra credit point or two for the 1st student who can tell me the history reference. Also - have shredded wheat in my cupboard right now, agree with the Orlando water opinion, and I like rhubarb pie!!

Always watch the whole video. Well done as ever.

Some Canadian things: we wear robes, but we call them "housecoats." Worn over PJ's for example, while eating our Shredded Wheat, which we do have. Cats here do go outside, but our winters can be cold! So, many stay in. And, almost every house has a rhubarb patch somewhere. The stuff almost grows like a weed, and people here do eat it.

And I got to the end of the video, your videos have started appearing in my KZfaq feed and I like it :)

To be honest I have always felt it was weird when doctors say 'tummy' to me as an adult - its not a word I use as an adult, and a lot of people use stomach instead as adults.

"Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain" for rainbow colours and "Naughty Elephants Squirt Water" for directions

I love how unique these differences are! I love these types of videos and am so glad I discovered your channel! It’s so refreshing to not hear the same differences everyone talks about. Plus, all of these are quite fascinating as an American.

'Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain' for the rainbow. We were taught I can sing a rainbow but it was just tune

"Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain" for the rainbow

Baseball hats are quite common in U.K. particularly with the younger generation. Not as good as sun burn protection though as a beanie or any wide brimmed hat.

Like most people in UK I know - the classic mnemonic is ""Richard of York gave battle in vain" - being an historical reference the War of the Roses (the war between two royal houses for control of the English crown) and refers to the defeat and death of Richard, Duke of York at the Battle of Wakefield in 1460.

Our cat has been laying waste to the local mouse and bird population. As a favour to us she brings ,their often still living ,bodies into the house. My wife is a nervous wreck. Terrified of mice , she makes me conduct mouse patrol before she leaves the barricaded bedroom. We never had a mouse problem until we got that cat. Thanks Pumpkin!.

Most of the UK blackcurrant crop goes to make the squash Ribena.

Dressing gowns are worn over night clothes to keep you warm. They can be a thinner material, thick, and maybe fluffy. Bathrobes normally have a 'towel' material and would be worn after a bath/shower or in a spa. They both look very similar.

I made it all the way to the end of the video!!! thank you!

“Every good boy deserves flogging” EGBDF - lines on a stave in the treble clef, and FACE for the spaces between them.

On the stomach vs tummy thing. The Stomach is a specific organ that isn’t where most think. So they use Tummy as a general term. For example they will ask “Where is your Tummy pain.” Then you point to your lower abdomen which is likely meaning an intestinal issue not a stomach one. So it’s a specific term vs a general term.

Brit here: NESW = Naughty Elephants Squirt Water Or Never Eat Shredded Wheat I learned Roy. G. Biv and Richard of York gave battle in vain. I did learn the song but it was just part of a children’s group called the “Sunbeams” (like girl guides for younger kids) it was what we would sing at the beginning/end of the night. Planets = My very efficient memory just stores upto nine planets

Uk bathrobe is a towelling robe used to put on after the bath or shower to dry and a dressing gown is more soft and fluffy and used to keep warm hope this helps in some way from Sarah in Belfast Northern Ireland x

After watching your videos I realized that my home country (Slovakia) is basically a mix of US/UK customs with some weird ones added to it 😅

Richard of York gains battles in vein

Always love your observations. They’re things most wouldn’t notice. And I really appreciate how nuanced your obs are (eg: mnemonics, abbreviations etc). I see some others have already answered - but I personally never was taught anything about how to remember rainbow colours. So that’s interesting. As for the song - I think that’s all it is! Just a song for kids. I have to say though - I can’t believe someone made fun of your husband because he was wearing a baseball cap. They are so common here (whoever it was - needs to get out more!). They really became popular during the 90s. I wear them all the time as well. Thanks again. Great vlog.

I can sing a rainbow is an American song. It was written by the composer Arthur Hamilton in 1955 and sung by Peggy Lee it was used as a nursery song in the UK

Some of my old pet cats were almost feral. They'd go out at night and you wouldn't see them for days then they'd just turn up again (my mum reckoned they were spreading the love by visiting all the neighbours in turn).

Others may have mentioned this already but, yes, as you say, a bath robe is something that you would wear after coming out of the shower and is usually some sort of towelling material. A dressing gown on the other hand I think nowadays would only be worn in two situations. Firstly by young children before they go to bed. You might get your children to change into pyjamas/nightie before going to bed and they may well put on a dressing gown to keep warm (likewise, getting up in the morning before they actually get dressed). The other situation is adult women (I've never come across a guy like your husband - except in fiction). Either, it's a similar thing about being in PJs or a nightie and wanting to keep warm about the house or it's something a lot more sheer, in conjunction with lingerie, for a very different purpose. By the way, with "tummy" - yes it is also a "toddler" medical word in the UK as well but, to be quite frank, that is why it is used when speaking to patients to ensure that there is no misunderstanding as not everyone has the highest levels of learning. Then with mnemonics, as others have already said, yes, we learnt Richard of York. With the planets, we were never taught this at school but I learnt it later for a course I was doing, the one you mentioned about pizzas:- My very eager mother just served us nine pizzas Then one that may be a bit obscure, but at school I was always spelling the word "necessary" wrong. My English teacher gave me a mnemonic to remember that still works to this day:- "Never Eat Cake, Eat Salmon Sandwiches And Remain Young"

One of the oddest things I have noticed in the US is the lack of Pavements in Urban areas (Sidewalks for non UK resident US people)

Very interesting !

In my school we were taught, 'Never Enter Smith's Wood' - since the school\area was called Smith's Wood

Cats in the U.K are free to roam, and it will be weather dependant on it's choice. consistent.

I am from the South West of England, and in primary school we learnt the "I can sing a rainbow song" I think just to learn colours but when we learnt about colours and light in science in Secondary School we learnt the ROY G BIV saying ^_^

I have not referred to my stomach as my tummy since i was a kid, and I've certainly never heard it from my Doctor.

These days I don't even own a dressing gown, but when I did it was normally worn either over a towel after a shower, or over pyjamas for warmth in the morning or evening. I would never think of it as something to wear over day clothes.

A bath robe would normally be put on after a bath/shower while you were still slightly wet and generally naked beneath and is a kind of towelling material. A dressing gown is worn often over pajamas or other night wear to keep warm and would be made out of silk or other materials (but not towelling).

Generally, I've ever worn a dressing gown or bath robe for any length of time in 2 situations: 1) When there has been quite a gap between me getting out of bed and showering. 2) If I have a bath or shower in the evening and I change into my bed clothes but don't go to bed for some time after.

When Coca Cola introduced Dasani in the UK the public health laboratories determined that it was of poorer quality than the standard required for water that is provided through domestic taps. That finished off Dasani sales in the UK, permanently.

I always thought Tummy meant the general area, whereas stomach means.... well the stomach specifically.

I heard you say 'My cat was allowed..." hmmm... interesting concept. Certainly my experience is cats are in charge, they even chose humans rather than being domesticated. Its usually the cat allowing people :)

A dressing gown is an article of clothing and a bathrobe is a towel with armholes. One is for when you first get out of bed, the other is after baths / showers.

A northern word for dressing gown is housecoat and yeah you could wear it over like boxers and T-shirt although you might be considered a bit slovenly

For the planets I was taught "Many Volcanoes Erupt Mulberry Jam Sandwiches Under Normal Pressure"

I think 'tummy' is a dumbed down word especially for medical terms and I'd rarely use it with male friends. Women use 'tummy' as a female version of belly which is common also but doesn't have the child like connotations. Good choice of differences - you should consider trying(or introducing to your American viewers) a flat cap that is still common and I persist wearing mine. Its so much better than a hood in rain and a good one won't leak in rain either.

Thanks for all your great videos, I'm born and raised in the UK a long time ago and I was taught ROYGBIV for colours of the rainbow :)

It isn't that British cats like to go outside, its that they like to come inside out of the cold. LOL

I was taught My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets

I’m a US expat here in Surrey. We brought our indoor cat with us. I recently was in a conversation about this and they were perplexed about how the cat would get adequate exercise. Mine is old now and doesn’t need much exercise, but house size in the US makes it possible for most indoor cats to run around as much as they like.

Richard of York Gave Battle In Vain here too, although I had an art teacher who said "Richard of York got bathed in vinegar". Planets was "many volcanoes emit mouldy jam sandwiches under normal pressure"

I'm Welsh and our Physics teacher taught us the 'Roy. G. Biv' method to learn the colours of the rainbow. We did learn the 'I Can Sing a Rainbow' song, but just as a song for itself. My children learn that song too but they learn it in Welsh. It's called 'Dyma lliwiau'r enfys'.

They were probably laughing at your husband going to the beach, in the UK, in May ... 👌

I wasn't taught how to remember the rainbow colours, that just wasn't considered important enough to learn

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour are the notes on the treble clef in music notation EGBDF (also the title of a Moody Blues album). The bass clef notes are FACE

"We drink straight out of the sink". I pictured you filling the sink and the 2 of you lapping up the water 🤣🤣

The rainbow song is just a song to my knowledge, usually sung in infant school assemblies. I don't think it was actually meant to teach the colours of the rainbow, I can't remember ever actually being taught to remember the colours, it's one of those things that just doesn't seem important enough to be taught. The Bathrobe/Dressing Gown thing is because I think the UK has a longer history of Robes being a different kind of dress for an occasion. Whilst they're both the same thing, I think we associate Robes more with the opening of parliament style dress. It's also one of those things that are pretty interchangeable, I've referred to a Dressing Gown as a Robe myself. The cat things are also because we lack the predators that are a danger to cats. Cars are the biggest threat to them here. Also, I am very pleased I subscribed to this channel. I found it a few weeks ago and watched a few videos, but I've definitely watched far more lately. You lack the arrogance other channels seem to have, in 'USA BETTER. NO BRITAIN BETTER'. I like that you see both countries for what they are, two places to live with different ways of living. Neither is better or worse.

I can't remember ever being taught the colours of the rainbow, the planets or anything using mnemonic techniques. We just had to memorise them. But then again, I'm old af.

My winter dressing gown is red and gold quilted, warm and comfy, my summer dressing gown is a silk wrap. My bath robe is white towelling.

There are millions of cats in Britain. They roam free but they often stay indoors when they feel like it.

Interesting set of issues to talk about, different from many others I've seen. This is my take as someone born and raised in the UK. Yes for NSEW, and rainbow song - never heard of your version. I've always been aware that there is a discrepancy between the song and actual rainbow colours. And never heard of the planet one at all - I certainly wasn't taught anything about planets (that I recall?) in school. Tap water down south is very hard - it is drinkable and tastes fine most of the time, but I need to descale my kettle and my refillable water bottle weekly or the limescale build up is horrific. Rhubard is DISGUSTING and blackcurrant is my favourite squash flavour (heavily diluted as I'm not a fan of anything really sweet) even though I don't drink much of it any longer. _Bathrobes_ are made from towelling (so are wearable towel) used after a bath/shower to dry off and _dressing gowns_ are something else usually made from other fabrics that are worn around the house - only over clothes if your home is really cold, but most often over nightclothes before going to bed or after getting up before getting washed/dressed. Also, there are warm 'snuggly' ones and 'pretty' ones which are for decorative purposes. And I've known many people over the years that regularly wear baseball caps so that experience seems a bit odd to me. As a 20+ year cat parent, mine are very much outdoor animals (except at night) unless I've not had direct access to the outside such as when I lived in an upstairs flat. I have had a few over the years that are not that fond of going out, but otherwise, I have always treated my cats as the domesticated wild animals that they are and don't keep them inside if they want to go out. Yes it has it's risks - and I have recently lost one of my girls very traumatically through a deliberate act of animal abuse by some totally evil individual - but I can't restrict their natural instincts as a matter of course. My one furby I have now is much more of a homebody, so the fear that I currently have of letting her out (for even just the two or three minutes at a time she tends to go for only a few times a week) is not an issue as she is not clawing to get outside like my other one used to every day. Although she does sit in the window a lot more now because I think she is wondering why her sister isn't coming home. Tummy is just a less medical word rather than a childish one - belly is often used for kids, but most people use stomach (which as an aside is an ugly sounding word) in everyday speech in my experience.

The inventor of the pencil sharpener got his inspiration when watching his cat exit through the cat flap.

Just a quick comment about Tummies. Yes, it is a very childish word, but I don't think it refers to the stomach specifically, rather the whole abdominal area.

I never use the phrase 'robe' or 'bath robe'. I think of a robe as the sort of thing a bishop or king wears at a formal ceremony! I wear a dressing gown all day at home during the colder months. It means I don't have to turn the heating up and I can quickly take it off if someone knocks on the door.

Your husband wasn't paying attention in science classes, but he remembers his nursery rhymes!🤣 I was taught Richard of York... and teach that to my students

I remember the points of a compass on a map by remembering that E(ast) and W(est) , make up the word "WE" when read from left to right.

I never use the word Tummy, I never even used when talking to my kids, It was always stomach or belly.

A bath robe is specifically made of towelling. A dressing gown is soft and fluffy or silky and comfy and keeps you warm over pj's

I don't recall pink ever being in the rainbow song. But the rainbow sing is certainly how I learned. Having googled it, all the references mention pink. Strange how your mind blocks it out when you know it's wrong. I don't remember being taught a way of remembering planets. To this day I struggle to remember which way round Jupiter and Saturn are. Dressing gowns. Children wear them over their pajamas when it's cold. I've only heard doctors say tummy to children.

Here in East Africa, at least amongst the old expat families (my family is 6th generation here, 134 yrs), a dressing gown can sometimes be referred to as either a house coat or (in my generation) a smoking jacket. A "bath robe" is made of towelling fabric (terry). When I was at prep in England, we boys wore a dressing gown over our pyjamas, after bathtime, during our rec periods before lights-out.

Yes, we learned "I can sing a rainbow" at school in Norway too. But we didn't learn it until we started learning English at age 9. I have never used a baseball cap though, but I did get myself a proper sixpence (the hat) when I settled in the UK ;)

Oh my gosh, Edinburgh has the best tap water ever!!! Super crisp, love it.

In answer to your Robe question, two pieces of clothing are conflated here, back in the day there were 'Dressing Gowns' which were specific pieces of clothing designed to be worn over normal clothing on cold days, terry towelling robes were for use when bathing especially on cold days. Currently, dressing gowns are no longer a thing with terry towelling robes performing both functions.

Watched till the end but everyone already commented what I was going to say so I hope you a lovely week 😊

I did “Richard of York gave battle in vain.” For the rainbow and “My very easy method just speeds up naming planets.” For the planets.

I’m British and I was taught Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain for the colours of the rainbow and My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming (Planets) for the planets.