I always laugh when an American refers to their butt as "fanny" that's a totally different thing over here 🤣

The parking lot thing being weird to us Brits is because of the "lot" bit. In British English, the word "lot" - as a noun - is exclusively used to describe an item for sale in an auction. We simply don't use the word to describe a piece of land, unless it is being auctioned.

As a brit who has lived in the US for over 30 years, I can safely say you will never completely leave behind the words and expressions you grew up saying.

I can only say my own opinion here. Who cares what words anyone use, as long as the person your talking to understands what you mean, we are all educated and know what people mean. So as a Brit I personally have no issue with the “Americanisms”. Continue to be yourself girl and use whatever words are comfortable to you. Love the channel and much respect.

I find Dessert is now more common in the UK than pudding, especially on pub or restaurant menus. It's mainly middle aged or older people that say pudding or "pud". All the rest are spot on.

Many year ago a friend moved to Canada and learnt to drive. He was told to drive on the pavement. He has not tried that since returning to England.

I worked with a guy from England and I would try to switch to the English versions of words when talking to him. It almost felt like being bi-lingual

In England, a yard is a hard-paved area where you might park your car or store things which won't fit indoors. Most of what we would call a garden would have a lawn and flower beds.

If I lived in the US, I’d be fine saying fries/chips/gas etc. I could never say ‘Drive stick’ or’Math’ though. I didn’t even like typing them 🤣

Instead of pudding, we say “afters”. For example: “Mum, have you gone to a lot of trouble for afters?” Mum: “here’s an orange”. 😉😝

1st point - though the word toilet is the most used, an alternative when at a club/pub/restaurant is ladies or gents. And yes, do not say bathroom or restroom. 25 years ago while at MacDonalds in Wales with an ex girlfriend who was American, she needed to use the toilet so she went to the front counter to ask where they were (no signs we could see). She returned and said 'They don't have bathrooms here!' I told her to say toilet. She went back to the counter and tried again and then came back and said 'Nope, we have to leave and find somewhere.' She'd asked for the restroom the second time. Grrrr. She refused to say toilet as she considered it SO gross. I had to ask. Good times, she was such a joy, and I miss her every day even now. The one that got away.

This reminded me of a book I read. The "hero" of the book asked a Singaporean policeman if he spoke English. He replied yes and I understand American.🤣🤣🤣

I was born and lived in the UK almost my entire life, But after a few years living in The USA, I came back and while driving with a friend I said "oohh We're low on Gas, I think there's a gas station in the next town"... She looked at me as if I'd just murdered the royal family 😂.

“Can I borrow your rubber” would be hard to say for our North American cousins.

Alanna, As a Yorkshireman, I can reliably inform you that Yorkshire Puddings can be eaten as ANY course of a meal & can be either savoury or sweet. The can also be used for "Non-British" meals, as every so soften I do enjoy a nice curry in a large Yorkie!!!

I've had British friends for decades and I find myself using the US or UK equivalent, depending on who I talk to. I've noticed, "fries" are used for the thinner chips in many places in the UK.

I remember when i first moved to the USA and in a posh restaurant asking where is the toilet. The look of almost shock on the waitress's face was so amusing in fact in my mind at least I think the whole restaurant was shocked to silence. I quickly learnt to use the term bathroom. i think if i had said WC it might have been too much.

It seems that the ‘s’ that goes on the end of “maths” was misplaced at one point in time, possibly in the shipping process and put on the end of “Lego” by mistake! It must of dropped off when they were shipping the words over to America, some careless American Hermes worker at the other end must of thought it would be funny to slap it on the end of Lego!!! Americans: Math, Legos British: Maths, Lego.

My Grandma would make a roast dinner with Yorkshire pudding to eat with (or before) the meat course, she would also make extra Yorkshire puddings that she would then serve with Jam and custard as a dessert course

we also use the water closet or wc. some old houses had concreated communal areas they called yards, but most of the teniments went after the war. we used to have yorkshire pudding for tea on sunday afternoon after the sandwiches with jam, yes for pudding!

The worst one is when using "England" in a simplified way, when referring to the whole UK, rather than just specifically "England".

Another specific product we tend to use is “Biro” for a ball point pen, this is because the ball point pen was invented by Hungarian Lazlo Biro

Thanks Alanna, always interesting to hear what we'd take for granted, always isn't the same elsewhere!

Great video as always Alanna, please keep them coming. 🙂

Lego and Sheep are both plural.

For us Brits a 'yard' is an industrial space where, for example cars are repaired, or you might have a builder's yard, where you might find fenceposts, long pieces of timber, etc. A yard is always either concrete or tarmac. So the image you portray by saying a 'back yard' is of an ugly area of concrete or tarmac - no grass, no flowers, no trees - just something industrial.

I love your personality. The subject material is secondary to your presence and delivery.

Love the vlog knocked it out the park very entertaining

I thought I knew my Americanisms but I never knew that “pavement” was the road surface. Mind blown. 😅 There’s something about dropping the “s” off of maths that grates on me, it just sounds too abrupt. I don’t know why people would have an issue with North American’s using Americanisms though, I mean, it’s in the name. 😂 Thanks for the vid Alanna

This made me laugh, It always makes me smile when I hear people try to make the effort but slip into old habits but I appreciate the effort esp as is Brits don’t make this much effort when we go abroad…we just talk louder 😂 don’t ever loose your your Americanisms 😊

Alanna, I love listening to you; your accent and vocabulary. You carry on just as you are. If you changed we might not want to tune in.

"Restroom" makes me think there should be a recliner in there or something.

Love the channel; I suppose for pavement, that relates to paving slabs and ‘pavers’. In the Peak District we have limestone pavements on the top of some of the hills where the exposed limestone is naturally eroded into small block shapes - so pavement. There you go - take care 👍🏻

I've got 5 years on top of you my dear and we aren't going to speak just like those around us, at least not for a good while longer. "Don't loose your North American accent".It's what makes you charming. I'm told this often by my fellow English neighbors, friends, and strangers. They always say the same thing, "it's so cool you are American and you sound like it still after all these years, that's great!!" Keep being exactly who you are. We sound unique and if anyone disagrees? Too dang bad 😉

I really like the way you speak Alanna, American/Canadian words included. They're your words and I like to hear them. If i was to move down south, I would not lose my Yorkshire vowel sounds and you shouldn't lose your words. Thanks again for a delightful video.

Ermiged! The conversation about back... LOL! I cant even. I slayed me.

🇨🇦 I have a friend from South Africa that has been here in western Canada for about 20 years. She uses British terms. I notice them especially regarding cars…bonnet and boot instead of our hood and trunk. Can drive me crazy sometimes, but it is a part of her and who she is.

Listening to 8:10 to 8:39 I think my brain has just melted. My respect for the patience of your partner grows ever more.... 😂

Although we say motorway the organisation that maintains them is called Highways England and the department of the local councils that maintain the local roads is the highways department.

I have to say this is one of the funniest video's I seen in a while. At one point I almost fell off my chair I was laughing so much. You would have had some fun at our old house as we had a 'Bathroom' (No loo in there) a 'Toilet', a 'Shower Room' with a loo and a 'Cloakroom' with no bath or loo!

Another great entertaining video. That whole chip/crisp discussion both confused me & made me hungry at the same time, aswell as making me laugh. I suppose it comes down to what you grow up with, your brain develops & gets used to set words, be easier if more people accepted that. Its like in some areas people grow up with words from local dialects that others wouldn't understand but I suppose thats a topic for another day

The reason we say pavement is because it was traditionally made of paving slabs. The road surface is nowadays tarmac previously it was surfaced with cobbled stones. The American term sidewalk is to ensure Americans knew where to walk :)

Modern roads like railways were invented in Britain. A Scottish man named McAdam invented Tarmac to coat the old lanes to make the Modern road and they decided to make the sides of the road safe for pedestrians by putting in a raised curb edging and a safe walkway which they called a pavement.. As for toilet the proper word is Lavatory or you could say WC which stands for water closest

A pavement is, or used to be, made of paving slabs, hence the word. A highway is the main road in a town, hence High Street. A backyard is a small enclosed area, usually with a wall around it, and paved. They used to be common in small terraced houses.

Great little video Alanna and some very handy trans Atlantic translations. Just to confuse you a bit more about puddings have you ever tried Yorkshire pudding and ice cream topped with either jam, chocolate or treacle. It's amazing. 🍮🍦☺

I love your videos, particularly as you are now using mild sarcasm in your commentary now that you've become more anglicised! In the same ilk, as US/Canuk people think "toilet" is too descriptive a word for where one goes to the toilet, I suggest Table Room instead of dining room (as "dining" may suggest over indulgence), rest room in place of bedroom (can't mention "bed" as it may have sexual undertones), parlour instead of lounge or sitting room (as the two may suggest idleness), and certainly activity room instead of den (as den may be suggestive of a room for wasting time)! 🤣🙄

Nice one! Garden does sound nicer, but yeah I will always think of it as a yard...

Another great video Alanna 😀😀👍👍 When you said "We're having so-n-so/so and so for pudding that relates to you're having 'someone' for pudding. Where as We're having such and such/such-n-such for pudding, that would relate to something or an actual thing. So-n-so = Person, Such-n-such = thing/item/food. But that's what I've grown up with up here in North East Manchester 😀😀

It was a good segue, but you'd never refer to a cheese board as 'pudding' just cos it's after your main meal. By the way, as well as pud there's also 'afters' re dessert. Afters, is a good 'un.

Rather than asking where the "toilets" are, I'd personally ask where are "the Gent's" (gentleman's toilet) is, and you can do the same with "the Lady's". And I agree with the others who have said that skinny fast food style Fries and proper thick Chips are two totally different things.

Garden - anything with a lawn and/or plants. Front garden - in front of the house. Back garden - at the rear of the house. Yard - a space that is concreted or tarmac'd over.

The use of the word pudding for dessert is relatively recent. When I was growing up in the UK the dessert course was called the sweet. Also, while Hoover is a term used based on that being the name of a pioneer in the field, in the US and Canada Fridge is used for the refrigerator based on the name of a brand name pioneer company in that field: Fridigaire

I was taught to call it a lavatory, or loo ('toilet' is a bit 'common'), but 'bog' is my preferred word. I was told that it's what roman legionaries in UK called it; that might be bogus! My first language was Dutch, and a loo is 'WC', which is the old British abbreviation for 'Water Closet'. A closet being a place where you close yourself away for privacy, not a place where you keep your clothes. Pavements are paved - with paving slabs or bricks. The footway (the legal term for the pedestrian way adjacent to a road) was traditionally paved, but these days they are often surfaced in tarmac. What's the difference between tarmac and asphalt? You can safely say to your Builder's Merchant "I'd like my tarmac". In UK a Highway is any road maintained by local or national government. Merkins shorten Maths, but not Stats. Chip derives from the same source as the Latin cippus - a post, stake, or beam. British potato chips are beam-shaped, which is what you'd expect. For some reason, Merkins decided to use the word 'chip' to mean a thin slice.

Us Brits use so many different words and phrases for the same things that it doesn't really matter what terms you use. Unless it's absolutely necessary, for example in a legal document or court case, just use what comes naturally. You're fine just the way you are and you'll gradually assimilate more over time anyway.

Alanna I think you would really enjoy Bill Brysons book notes from a small Isle, After living here for 20 years Bill is about to return back to live in the states so he takes a trip around the UK to explore all our weird pass times and strange customs. Its such a funny book, he also explains all the culture shocks he got when first here and he did a follow up called notes from a big country where he talks about the reverse culture shock of returning back to the states which is also brilliant.

It takes time to change everything you've been taught. Not that you should do just for us, but it shows commitment to try. Oh and I remember the days when you struggled saying "crisps". Now it flows like a true brit lol. Great vid.

Interesting! I have opinions on some of these words 😂 Bathroom - I usually hear bathroom in the US but washroom in Canada (specifically Ontario). I'm surprised you don't call it washroom! Highway - In California, we call it a freeway even when it's not free, but in the rest of the US/Canada, people seem to call it a highway even when it's not high speed Chips - None of those words sound like real words anymore after hearing you say them so many times in a row lol Vacuum - Funnily enough I've never used a Hoover branded vacuum in my life

Pavements are made with paving stones or slabs. We pave an area like patios so it makes sense to us. And yes, maths. And someone should have told Adam he was living in the Yard of Eden. I never hoover, I vacuum with my vacuum cleaner. Never owned a hoover. We queue in a queue, you queue(get) in a line.

Great video! You can also have a dog called Pudding 😂🐶

That was funny! I’m having a bad day, so I appreciate your video!

"Dessert" is well understood everywhere. What is a problem, though, is the way Americans call the main course the "entree", which is objectively insane.

Don't worry Alanna, we all understand these Americanisms. If anyone gets genuinely angry about them, they should perhaps get a sense of proportion, with everything else going on in the world. If you can understand our rhyming slang, then we should understand you ! BTW our euphemism for toilet, loo, is probably from the French word for water.

My youngest daughter, when she was a toddler, used to call it a "Par Cark"! In our family it's still called a par cark to this day! 🙂

Hey Alana, If you like architecture have a look at the hoover building - it was the Hoover companies head office and is a fine example of Art Deco architecture ( its now a Tesco’s!!) It’s in Ealing West London

I'm a Londoner and never fully got behind pudding. Don't know whether that word is posh or northern but we always used to say "what's for afters" in our house. Oh, and it's "where's the loo". Other than that, full marks "10 out of 10 bemused Canadian ex-pats".

Be brave, Alanna! Stand up for your people! Don't listen to Brits complaining! Express indignation when they criticize your "American" words; ask them how they dare dismiss Canada's importance by calling the words "American"! Declare that at the very least they ought call the words "North American"!

My brain got fried when you discussed chips, crisps and fries. ....and God Bless You (you sneezed).

When I think of a garden, I think of vegetables that are planted in the dirt. I don't really thank about flowers, except for the ones blooming on the plants.

Rest room in England often refers to a room in a factory where the workers take their break. True story: I was working on construction of a UK owned chemical plant in Alabama. The engineers were English, workforce good old southern boys. The site was large so radios were used for communication. Brits were very RAF "roger", "over' etc, Alabamans were C B radio "whats your 20", "10-4" etc. So over the radio English engineer asks where Chuck is. Answer " He's in the restroom". Response "Well, can he come out here & fix this do-hickey". Answer " He's in the RESTROOM". " Yea OK, can he come out here & fix this...". Laconic voice comes over radio "He's in the John". English "Oh..."

Hi, Alanna, another entertaining video. It must almost be like learning a foreign language moving here. Great fun. Hope it does well.

Dear Alanna there’s plenty of time to change your words you just say what’s comfortable to you ok and have a nice day love ❤️ Great video thank you so much 😊.

Another great Video and very funny. I am told that Americans use the words Wash room and bathroom instead of toilet is because of Americans being prudish. The longer you stay here, logically your accent will become more British, but you will still say Canadian words for certain objects/items. In another 6 years we can test it out, so lets set our diary for 22/04/28😀🕰

As a British person in Canada I know how you feel, it’s not so easy to remember every time to use different words than you’ve been using your whole life. I’m good with my line-ups, sidewalks and baseboards. I tend to go for washroom as you wash your hands after going to the toilet, still always feels a bit weird saying it though. I recently learned that wall plaster is called mudding! Not sure I’ll ever get used to that. And bangs instead of fringe just sounds wrong.

Your random use of the word period in conversation can have issues in polite company, well, with a certain generation, as it generally refers to a woman's menstrual cycle.

Alanna - you left plaster/Band Aid out in your trade name compare! 😳 most Americans/Canadians would get flummoxed and perplexed if they were to hear a British person cry out “oh blast, I’ve cut myself, I’d better put a plaster on it…” they imagine either mixing some cement together or trolling down to the local A&E to get a cast on a paper cut! 🤣 the only reference to the term Band Aid for most peeps of a certain age, would be singing along to “do they know it’s Christmas?” And thinking of Mr Geldof!

Hi, QUEUE comes from the french 'queue' which was based on the Latin 'caunda' meaning tail......... Love the videos - keeps me smiling 🙂

None of the different words really bother me, not even a bathroom without a bath. Two mainly North Americanisms which really make me cringe are Write me and I could care less 🤬

To be honest, with so many US Film/Television shown in the UK most of us know what the Americans/Canadians are talking about. Some people just like to complain for complaining's sake.

Another word sometimes used for the pavement (sidewalk) is "corsie", which is short for causeway. A causeway is "raised way over wet land or water", or its used to refer to ancient Roman roads.

Hi Alanna, we call that room a restroom here in Australia, as far as I know. Pavement in the UK is the footpath here. Cookies are biscuits here, though we do have some biscuits also called cookies. We use both car park and parking lot here. Motorways are freeways and highways here in Australia, though they become motorways again in New Zealand. we also say Maths here as well. Chips here are both crisps and fries. Fries here are hot chips. We use garbage and rubbish here strangely enough. We have back yards and front yards here and they contain gardens. We also use vacuum for both the machine and the action, like Canada. We usually say tissue rather than Kleenex, as Kleenex make both tissues and paper towels. I think we use queue rather than line. Pudding is mostly a dessert here. Anyway, take care and all the best. Rob.

I'm English, but I think the American abbreviation for mathematics ("math") is logically more correct. The non-American word "maths" is formed on the incorrect assumption that "mathematics" is a plural word; for example the logical abbreviation of "kilograms" is "kilos" - but "mathematics" is derived from the Greek "mathēmatikós" meaning “related to learning” - not plural and so the abbreviation should be "math". (But I still say "maths"!)

If anyone tells you stop using an "American" word, tell them to bog off! Your language makes our language richer. Current English (What is known as modern English - that is anything from the 16th Century onwards) is an amalgam of so many languages. Based around the proto-Germanic base (where Saxon comes from), it adds, Latin, Greek, Gaul, Asian languages, and so many more. That has made it the biggest language in the world, and it is still growing. There is lots of room for more! So, what are your words? Bathroom - that has been used as a euphemism for lavatory in the UK since the 18th C. So, your use is fine. Pavement - The reason you call a roadway "pavement" is because you got it from us in the first place. That is how we used the word going back to the 14th Century. So though it might be a little confusing these days, that is our fault and not yours. You are using it correctly. c 1330 Drawen is a while on London pauiment, & siþen was he hanged as thef for treson Sidewalk - oh! That's ours too, going back to the 17th Century where we would talk of the side-walk and even middle-walk. It is now mostly North America, but it started here. Cookie - this one is a little odd. It has some Scottish connection going back to 1730, but it possibly derives from Koekje, which is Dutch. And the Dutch had a lot of influence in the formation of the US. But all our supermarkets sell "cookies" so what's the problem? Parking Lot - That is definitely yours! (At last, one that you can claim!). But for Britons of a certain age who loved Canadian Joni Mitchell (very popular here), then "Paved paradise, put up a parking lot," is a well-known lyric. Keep using it. Highway - You confused me on that one. Yes, we use Motorway for, erm, motorways, but we use highway all over the place. And in the US (not sure about Canada), highway is used in the same generic way. Now, if you used Parkway or Freeway or Interstate, yes, I could see your point. Math and Maths - According to the OED, we Britons use Maths in speech, but math when written down formally. But people have forgotten that now. So mostly it is the US. However, the expression "You do the math" (which is US in origin), is common here too now. Both are completely acceptable in all variations of English according to the main literary sources. There is a word for the certain type of person who would even be vaguely irritated by this... Add your own! Chips... yeah, that one is confusing. But it shouldn't be. Very thin slices of potato, fried and served traditionally with game, are called Game Chips, and that goes back a long way! I was trying to work out why we call them potato crisps. This seems to only go back to around 1929. So it might be that your word for them has a little bit more history, and came from here. Personally, we eat frites... Garbage - That one is fine in the UK. I use it a lot. It is possibly from Old French originally. The Trash is less used here. Backyard/Garden - that is more mixed. But I think people know what you mean. An old term here is "backyarder" which is someone who keeps chickens in their backyard. That is UK, so there is possibly more to and fro on that one than you realise. Hoover - that one drives Dyson mad! Basically, the Hoover company gets free advertising. But I don't own a Hoover, so I tend to say, "I vacuum the carpet with the Henry." Hoover, the company, is, or course, American - from Ohio. Go figure! And Kleenex, I suppose, is the reverse to the Hoover problem! Get in line? Yeah, that is US, but it is over here now too. Pudding - it is both used for the course and for an item here. So, steamed pudding, peas pudding, steak and kidney pudding. I suspect there is a bit of a class thing here where some will use "dessert" - which is French. However, careful of your use - back in the 18th century, pudding was slang for penis! So, going by my breakdown, you don't sound foreign at all!!!! More seriously, no one has the right to take another person's language away from them - not individually, nor a whole people. We are all the richer for learning to understand each other.

Hi Alanna, it's me. Sorry I haven't been liking and commenting on you vids for a bit. I have been going through some choppy personal stuff but now you have my full attention again x Byeeee

Biscuit is used for sweet, crisp baked product that snaps when broken. Cookies are sweet but softer, they don't snap apart. Crackers are crisp and unsweetened.

As a UKer. I understand all you said quite well. Only ‘line’ cracked me up. We use ‘line’ differently. So it is funny when you use in that way

Hi Alanna, Thanks for trying. On Hoover, many things are named for who first brought them to market: Sellotape, clingfilm, biro, tippex, and often they are no longer the main brand. In the case of Hoover, they also did/do many household tools (washing machine, Fridges), and I think he main/best selling vacuum cleaner is currently Henry. Note we have Kleenex, as a brand and it is the general term for tissues also. Note in your bit about Queues vs Lines, you talked about getting in the line-up, I'm guessing that was a slip, in UK English a line-up is held by police to identify a suspect, I thought that was used in US too

Yorkshire pudding was originally actually a desert….. In the north it still is quite often but the fashion is changing. They’re lovely spread with jam ….

I look forward to your videos.

Ask for the "ladies" or the "gents" if trying to find the loo, lav, bog, head, dunny etc when in a restaurant. The Hoover thing is similar to how we tend to use "Google" as a verb rather than saying "please look that up on the internet using a search engine of your choice"...Google it.

You shouldn't worry about using Americanisms in your everyday life Alanna, we British are using them more & more. Having been to Canada (beautiful!) & America (fascinating) I do tend to translate the Britishisms into their own terms. I would ask an American for the location of the bathroom & a Canadian for the washroom. Ah, the perennial "hoover" terminology question. Personally, I would "vac" my floors having got the vac(uum) out of its storage space. I'd then put the dust into the bin once I'd finished. Have a great weekend Alanna (& partner). All the best, BY-EEE!

When you said "cleenex," as a British person, I was so confused. 😂 When you said that it was a handkerchief, I was like, "ohhhhhhh." 😂😂

It is so strange how your experience is very similar to mine. I react about the same but also I find that when I go back to Canada I have to do the reverse and convert all the UK slang/words into Canadian. There has been more than a few times when I was back in Canada where people had no idea what I was saying because of 🇬🇧 words I was using. Both English but very different. Great Video 😁

I generally use vacuum or vac - I draw the line at queue! We use desert / pudding / sweet interchangeably. Yorkshire pudding traditionally was eaten before the roast as a separate dish.

Greetings from Canada! If you ever do another of these Allana, I'd add Band-Aid vs Plaster. I kept wondering why my cousins suggested mixing cement if I scraped my knee.

As a first generation Canadian, my Mum and Dad came from England. I have learnt to speak both types of english. The funny thing is my Mum lived and worked (outside of the home)in Canada for over 30 years and still couldn't speak Canadian english. I have a sister who was born in Coventry and came to Canada at age 9, so most of her education is Canadian and she still uses British english. It is really funny because her husband is Mohawk, born on Six Nation in Caledonia, but part of his schooling was in California and he was in the US army during the Vietnam War, so he speaks more US english than Canadian english. I used to work for Bell Canada and one of my work mates was Australian. Four countries that are suppose to speak the same language but really we all speak a different english. Sorry this is so long. I am enjoying your videos. Keep your Canadian ways it makes you extra special. 😉😉 🇨🇦

Nice one Alanna thanks 😆

The "Back Yard" is (in the North) a paved area at the back of a 2 up/2 down old terraced house

My issue is 'rest room'. It conjures up images of pampering like a health spa, not a p*ss covered lavatory.

Here in England we do use the word Garbage, it's where we park the carb when we get home from a drive!!🚗🤣🤣

Loving it, chips crisps frys at 8:38 😀 The editing is great and always like a zoom in or scrawled note on the screen correcting or warning of a sneeze incoming. P.S. I would know what you meant cookie, highway etc. Except pavement that would confuse me a bit.