My Canadian mother in law once told my teen daughter because she was being all happy that she was full of spunk, i nearly choked on my tea laughing

French fries we call fries but the bigger ones are called chips 😂

My girlfriend is American and I can't tell you how hard it is to lot laugh when she talks about being bummed.

I'm a Brit. A few years ago, an old friend of mine called round with his new girlfriend, who was from America. As the conversation turned to the weather, she recounted a time that there was a severe winter in the States, and she was out shopping. She told us how she came out of a shop, with 2 bags full of stuff, and slipped on the ice...."I fell right on my fanny!" Well, my brother and father have more decorum than me, and respectfully held it together, with no more than a subtle smile....but I have NO filter, whatsoever! I completely...how do you guys say it....lost my shit! I just fell about the place, much to the bemusement of our American guest! My friend had to explain to her, that the word "fanny" means something TOTALLY different here in the UK! I mean, "falling on your fanny" in the UK suggests an unfathomable feat of flexibility and gymnastic prowess, the logistics of which, take some figuring out! Oh, how we giggled that day!

As a smoker i've always enjoyed saying things like 'i'm just popping outside to smoke a fag' or 'can i bum a fag' in front of Americans just to see their reaction. Very innocent phrases in the UK for going outside for a cigarette and asking if you can have/borrow a cigarette.

I couldn't believe how offended a security guard in a dallas conference centre was when I asked where the toilet was. He even told me I meant 'the bathroom'. I told him I didn't have time for a bath. Recently in the UK people have started talking about going to "the shitter". Not sure if it's disgusting or quaint...

Chips and French Fries are not the same product, in the UK. Chips is short for Chipped Potatoes, which is self-explanatory; whereas French Fries are processed and reformed into thin, chip-like shapes. Both are deep fried. Before McDonalds became widely established in the UK, we didn't really have French Fries here... We have lots of words for toilet: loo, lavvie, cludgie, WC (water closet), stall, shitter, gents / ladies, small / wee room, throne room, lavatory, latrine, john, powder room, ladies waiting room, comfort room, karzi, bog, crapper, etc. Arturo- you can have as many f*gs as you like - thanksfully, the days of massed negative judgement of such matters are now far behind us!

As a schoolboy we always referred to the toilet as the "bog" and this is still in use today. I have a feeling that "up the duff" may have derived from, "plum duff" a popular Victorian pudding, because some people also refer to be pregnant as, "being in the pudding club"" ..But mid 20th century English slang! It has been said that we are two nations divided by a common language and this is becoming increasingly true as "American" achieves its own identity.

The first time I went to the US my sister and I were walking around the sports equipment area in a large department store where we came across a piece of exercise equipment called a Fanny Firmer. Obviously, in the UK, this has an entirely different meaning. We were laughing uncontrollably for a good 10 minutes. That was over 30 years ago and I still find it hilarious.

A university friend of mine accidentally insulted her American boyfriend when she described the earrings he gave her as "dinky". Dinky in the UK means small and cute, she found out that it means cheap and nasty in the US.

One reason for distinguishing between bathroom and toilet in the UK could be that for many years they were in separate rooms. This was a practical thing in days when plumbing was limited. It meant that one person in the household could take a bath without blocking access for other people to to the toilet if there was only one toilet in the house.

To further add to the rubber/eraser confusion, in Australia a leading brand of adhesive tape (Scotch tape/ Sellotape) is called Durex. So, asking for two rolls of Durex means you are bad at keeping things whole in Australia, but that your very sexually active in either UK or US. 😂

What I find hilarious was when I moved to Wales from Ireland, we stayed a weekend in a lovely b&b with a bar and there was an agricultural show near by so loads of people were there but also Americans passing through. Local cuisine in Britain and Ireland are not identical so seeing "locally sourced F@Gg0ts" on a menu was definitely different. So I googled it, pork balls made from pork and akin to meatballs. No bother. The US tourists lost their shit. I mean went on a social justice rant to end all rants. Of course, that derogatory term only came into existence in the 1920s us and the meat had that name from the 1840s, so it's older. Apparently because the US is the centre of the world, the island that invented English should alter it's meaning to suit the Americans. It was an interesting 20 min before the bar owner told them to F off 😂 god I loved Wales!

It’s nice to see Joel lead the linguistic learning because British swearing is poetry.

Faggot is a old fashioned weights and measures term. Things like tobacco, peat, and metal were sold in different sizes of them. The meatballs are made with offal / organ meat served with peas pudding/ mashed yellow split peas and onion gravy.

Joel, come on! We don't call French Fries chips. We call chips, chips. Chips are not those weedy French Fried things.

I'm absolutely devastated that the term, "spend a penny" wasn't referenced here! That's how my Grandmother referred to a visit to the lavatory. They lived in Wales, I remember the first time I heard her say she was going to spend a penny, I thought she was going to Beaumaris, to the shops. I quickly and excitedly said, "Can I come, too, Baba?!" Much to her horror and my Father's utter delight as he laughed his socks off! I went a colour similar to a tomato!

Lavatory is the word used by the upper classes. They shun the word Loo. Loo is an Anglicisation in speech of French l'eau (water). The toilet was often referred to as the W.C ( Water Closet) Re the word rubber, which is used by many Brits to mean eraser. During a quiz on a cruise ship full of Americans, a genteel English woman raised her hand to the MC and in a very cultured loud voice stated she needed a rubber. 😳😱 The MC had extreme difficulty regaining order among the many hundreds of passengers, some of whom had become hysterical😂🤣. She was at a total loss to understand what was so funny but had great English charm when told. She apologised to her husband for embarrassing him🥴

She is definitely not Joel’s partner. Joel himself is a KZfaqr and he is gay. He is in a relationship with a well known rugby player in the UK.

I recall having an American over for some product training and in our tea break we used to go outside for a cigarette. As he smoked we asked him if he wanted to come out for a fag. Imagine our surprise when he looked at us in utter shock and announced shakily that he was happily married! He was equally uncomprehending about the sign above a door that read “Mind the step” he looked at the step in a puzzled manner and asked what was wrong with it!

Arturo saying “uncivilised peasant” took me out 😂 Also, hello to Arturo if you’re reading this comment.

We actually use "eraser" and "rubber" interchangeably😊. A lot of words that you see British use are more often than not used interchangeably with another British word that Americas use exclusively to describe the object or whatever.

I remember ordering chips in America at a theme park as a child and being proper confused that they gave me a bag of crisps 😂 had to go back to my parents like ‘what just happened, what do I do?’😅

Australian's and New Zealander's use the same slang terms as the British. Chips (crisps) and chips (French fries) just to confuse matters in OZ and "The land of the long white cloud" !!

I guess why the reason we ask for the Toilet rather than the bathroom is because for a while, you had a separate room for the Toilet and for the bath/shower. Both rooms tended to have sinks as well but now we just normally combine the two rooms if they are next to each other like mine was. We also have "half bathrooms downstairs if you are lucky, which are the same as the upstairs one with just a Toilet and sink however we dont really call the upstairs one "a half bath" just the toilet.

There is also "Where's the Crapper?'" which while it sounds rude and literal, is actually probably due to a chap called Thomas Crapper who was a plumber who patented many toilet-based improvements in the 1800s. I don't think the even ruder "Where's the shitter?" has an equivalent historical figure to attribute though!

We want the reaction to American words that are rude in Britain.

It really gets my goat when Uk people say they're going to the bathroom...there is no bath in that room for lordys sake!! 🙄 just say loo, toilet, bog, lav etc OR quite simply 'I'm going for a wee' 😂

The children's song "Skip to My Lou" always causes amusement here in the UK among children, who assume it is about heading for the "bathroom".

Joel and Lia used to do videos together comparing their love of British and American culture. They were my fav duo! They aren't a couple, just friends. ❤

Those two are not in that sort of relationship. Joel is living with his partner and Lia got married in July this year.

No they not dating each other, they are best friends, women called lia is getting married to her boyfriend Ash, Joel is gay and is dating a rugby player.

You could probably do a whole episode on Scottish slang/rude words 😂

We use karzi, bog and crapper as names for the toilet as well

French fries are thin, chips are chunky. We used to have a potato chipper at my mums, different sized slicers would create thin or chunky chips.

Some people say in the club meaning she is pregnant. The funniest thing that was said to me when I was 8 months pregnant was I still see you are carrying the furniture around 😂 good video Joel and nice to see your 2 friends love from uk 🇬🇧

I was in India at a restaurant and wasn’t sure if it was rude to ask for the toilet so asked for the bathroom and was taken to a room with only a sink so I could wash my hands 😅

Hi Joel, the man in your video is Joel wood he lives with a English rugby player called Keegan Hirst. They have a very good y-tube channel

I think with America is that everything is named more simply and straight forward where as in England it’s a lot of our words are influenced by other languages. So it’s just different . A good example is the fact you call them blinkers , because they blink. But we call them indicator’s because they indicate which direction your turning . 🤷🏾‍♂️

We also call the toilet "The Bog" I'm going to the bog, for a slash. 😂

Joel one of the funniest things you guys say is that you have an ass. That is a four legged animal. Personally I have an arse. The trouble is in Australia the language is becoming Americanised via movies and television programs.

We also say Bun in the Oven for pregnacy 😂😂😂😂

Joel and Lia (the two Brits in the video) aren’t in a relationship. Joel is gay and Lia is his friend.

Ha, no the two aren't in a relationship, the guy is openly gay (he has his own channel).

With regards to chips, it’s a shorter version of chipped potatoes, (thickly cut and irregular shaped, more wedge like sometimes, with no regard to length or symmetry) the straight fries of today weren’t introduced to the UK until much later. Pubs give you the option of fries or thick cut chips. With regards to Loo, my great grandmother once told me it stood for “Room 100”, also referred to as WC or water closet. Old houses used to have their toilets in its own room, separate to the sink and bath. My great grandmother’s was outside in a metal storage “room” which I always thought (as a child) was a mini aircraft hanger or an above ground Anderson shelter. Akin to the American Outhouse, only bigger and with all a manner of stuff stored there.

"Up the duff" is colloquial (cokney) "She's in the family way" is much more genteel and tends be used in the North of England...

The word "toilet" originally meant "a small toile" ("toile" being the French word for "cloth"), i.e. a face flannel that would be used in a washroom. It only later became a euphemism for the "other facilities" within the room.

Those two are not in a relationship. Joel, the guy, came out as gay.

I’m English and many years ago I lived in NY. I went into a supermarket and asked for a joint , I got quite a reaction from the assistant, then I explained I wanted a joint of beef

Fyi, Joel and Lia are not in a relationship. Joel's gay and in a relationship with Keegan Hirst a retired England Rugby player.

All these slang words have etiquette attached to them it depends on your surroundings. E.g Toilet for senior company, loo when out at restaurant, bog or shitter when with the lads😂 These rules apply for most slang.

It's quite common for someone in a UK pub to say... "I'm just going outside to smoke a fag..." or something similar. 😎

7:57 Joel is gay and lives with his partner. Lia is his friend. (And yes, other people have mentioned it)

Arturo is gold!! He has a superb, quick sense of humour and seems very intelligent!

toilet is also the crapper after Thomas Crapper, who was the first to have a bathroom showroom that allowed people to see the fixtures of an indoor bathroom. it is also referred to as the John. Sir John Harrington was the inventor of the forerunner of the first flushing toilet (known as the Ajax), so it's only fitting that his first name should have become synonymous with the toilet.

In Australia you could also hear, where's the thunderbox, or even where's the shitter as well.

Or bog for toilet lol

We also use the term lavvy for toilet/bathroom, from the word lavatory 😱😱

the thing about fries vs chips, is that everybody outside of the UK thinks we call all fries chips. But, we still call the crsipy fries fries, at least where I'm from we do, but we call the chip shop chips chips, because most of the time they aren't crispy and just soggy.

When you look deep into the origin of words and phrases, you find quite a lot of similarities between UK and American varieties, even though they sound different. "Up the duff" and "bun in the oven", for instance both relate to the bulge of pregnancy. The problems come from trying to explain why as several of the words needed have a different meaning or no meaning in the US of A. Almost all the misunderstandings stem from the fact than American English spilt from the mother tounge a long time ago and both varients have since gone their own way.

Faggot is an old word for a bundle of firewood used for starting fires. Fag was a shortened version, like how early cigars were made.

Me personally I prefer (British) English because in the great scheme of things, it's more like German, i.e. direct and descriptive. If you're looking for a place to take a dump or urinate, it's called a toilet, that's what you are looking for. Not a place with a bathtub, shower and mirrors. I really like those reactions of the three of you, as a European it teaches me a lot about American culture.

Hey guys. Greetings from Manchester, UK ! What a great three guys to watch. So pleasant and genuine, you guys have a great vibe and I will say that you guys are a credit to your parents - and your country. Watched a bunch of your content and just wanted to say that for you yourself Joel and for Arturo and Stefan, you guys collectively. ✌️

Asking where the toilet is, rather than where the bathroom is, might be because in many older houses the toilet was often in a separate room from the bath and sink. So if you had asked for the bathroom, you would have been asking for a completely different room from where the toilet was, and might have got some funny looks from the hosts who may have been thinking you had decided to go for a bath!

The word Rubbers was always used pre 80/90s in the UK ...it came from Rubber Johnnies. Who says up the Duff anymore??🤷‍♀️ I think in the uk most people say Loos or Cloakroom....but most signs say WC, Toilets, or Cloakroom.

Just to lighten you Rubber in the UK is called after the Rubber tree where the liquid is gathered to make it

There's a lot of words and phrases used here (UK) that are universal in the whole of the UK, but some are very specific right down to the county or even the town. Bread roll is a good example. Cob, bun, bap, roll etc.

we had cigarettes called jps ,john player special we used jps for short a packet of jps.

It’s Joel’s second nature to cause civil wars in the comments.

Restroom is an example of the American mild prudishness, like them saying 'tidbit' instead of 'titbit' or not allowing any nudity on TV despite all the graphic violence.

Bog is another informal term sometimes used for toilet, although it upsets some people when you ask ‘where’s the bog?’😂

Asking for the toilet etc makes sense in countries that commonly have a seperate toilet and bathroom. Also, where I live, the guest toilet is often in the laundry or is in a powder room (just a toilet and vanity).

You’re not supposed to say it? What does that mean, it’s an English word. It’s ours. We can say it, if some homosexual tries to acquire it, that’s their problem. Sod them.

How come these two keep featuring in your videos now?

When I visited my aunt & uncle in the US in the '80s I can remember being confused that Americans call braces "suspenders" [I thought my uncle was off to the Rocky Horror Show when he was asking where his suspenders were!] Suspenders here are what people use to hold up stockings! My aunt's neighbour loved the word "bloke" ["guy"] - she liked that word!!

Bog is the best slang term for toilet

There's an English expression which I don't think is used by anyone other than by the British but foreigners very often find highly amusing and that expression is 'DON'T GET YOUR KNICKERS IN A TWIST' which means basically telling someone that they are getting confused or getting their facts mixed up. We just take that expression for granted and don't really think about its origin. A Spanish engineering colleague who I used to work with (who spoke fluent English by the way) was highly amused when I used that expression on her!

The politest way to refer to the toilet would be lavatory.

You guys are so gentle. it's refreshing to see

I say loo if I’m round a friends house, but toilet if I were asking in a restaurant or bar. The signs literally say “toilet” in our public spaces so it’s not offensive at all.

In Australia we use all those British words and the meanings. When I visited the USA Arizona in 2019 I always asked 'where is the toilet"

Don't take all of this as widespread or accurate in the UK. Some of these may be used in their particular circle of friends, I never heard anyone say that anyone was "Preggy" "Loo" is not an upper class expression - it is derived from W.C. (Water Closet) cross referenced with a battle Waterloo. " Up the Duff " not used a lot but generally a not very polite way of saying "Expecting a Baby out of wedlock ( unmarried)" " She has a Bun in the oven" slang but could be any Pregnant woman, married or not.

In Newcastle upon Tyne in England we call the toilet “the bog”.

I would encourage Americans to adopt 'Bollocks' simply because its so versatile. 'Oh bollocks'...when it all goes wrong. 'Dogs bollocks' when you're impressed. 'Load of Bollocks' when someone else is talking crap.

You rub off the pencil with a rubber. Makes total sense. Torch is a flashlight. Windscreen is a windshield. Learned a lot from my dear British friends here in the US.

English words 😉 British isn't a language.

I visited the states and i was asked in a bar if i wanted to buy any shit 😳 lol. The sign on the escalator said " No Strollers" i didnt know what a stroller was, i just thought it was someone who walked slowly so i made sure i hurried up 😂 I also found it hilarious that on a menu i saw, you could get a gobble for 10 bucks. A gobble in uk is a BJ 😂

Love the reactions with your boys. A bit more dialogue and insight on the topic 👌 You need to check out some videos about Denmark man.

I think I was about 9 when my Uncle brought his American fiancé to our house. I was so excited to meet a real American! The first thing I said to her was, “Do you want to see my rubber collection?” I think I made quite the impression!

"I think these two are in a relationship" pmsl. Erm...no...Joel (in the video being watched) is a cigarette!

Again, my parents would groan at the term 'toilet'. We were always taught to say lavatory or loo ... for the sake of mild bathroom humour, we would often say 'bog'. I always found a rather humorous alternative was to ask 'would you show me the geography of your establishment'. There is a book of 1940s and 1950s on upper class etiquette by Nancy Mitford called 'U and non-U' (e.g. where serviette would be crude but 'napkin' appropriate). It is interesting to see how etiquette has changed with the complementary change in the class structure (thank goodness). I enjoyed the banter, fellas. :)

Loving your vids...found my new obsession 😂xx

We are English, not British!

A lot of people in England call the toilet the bog.they say "imjust going to the bog".

I have a friend in the USA who lives in Boston.We communicate often.She was telling me how her job was getting her down and she needed a change.I told her to keep her pecker up which in America means Pe#is in the UK it has a totally different meaning.Its encouraging someone to be positive who is having a difficult time. Im surprised that the English trio didn't catch on to that word.

I'm just commenting to help you get to 1000 comments....I enjoy watching you 3 guys.

Other british names for tiolet 1.Bog 2.loo 3.gents 4.ladies 5. lavatory 6. W/C 7. Privy

I love how their videos are so chill

I always take "Homely" as meaning pleasant and nice but in a non-flashy way. Interestingly there was a big hit record here in Britain in the '70s called "Homely Girl" by The Chi-Lites, the soul group from Chicago. The hook line was "Homely Girl, you're a beautiful woman". The song was only a moderate sized hit in The USA (where the lyrics would have been about an "ugly duckling" growing up to be a "beautiful swan") ... here in Britain the song was taken to be about someone who had always been very pleasant growing up to be absolutely stunning. The song was revived in The 1990s by UB40, the group from Birmingham, England, and became a big British hit all over again. The American lady in Joel & Lia's video has a YT channel called "Love & London" where she gives hints to visitors to the city about what to do and what not to do, where to go and where not to go and what to say and what not to say. The videos are very good and even I have learnt about a few things from them.

Hi guys, I enjoyed your video (from the island of Guernsey I the British Channel) Another British word for toilet - bog and bog house ‘I need to go to the bog”. An old one is the ‘water closet’