🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿BRITISH HUMOUR EXPLAINED

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Hey guys! We react to English with Lucy’s explanation of British Humour in this video!
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@LeedsInAHat 3 жыл бұрын

Lillian on innuendo in British humour: “Is it a huge part?”

@jazzzzdude 3 жыл бұрын

Ooooh Matron!

@ThePostmodernFamily 3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@kJ922-h3j 3 жыл бұрын

I’m not sure she explained all this that well. I would summarise it with a lot of dry sarcasm, wit, innuendo, metaphor and blunt insults and piss taking banter. Along with self deprecation. Quite often a faux angry rant style can be the way something is delivered too. Many every day conversations can have an accumulation of all these things meaning there isn’t always a lot of sincerity but we would argue a lot of the time it isn’t needed. If you are American, and much more literal in comparison, it’s not always easy to tell what is and isn’t lol just assume most isn’t

@IvanBeresford 3 жыл бұрын

@kJ922-h3j 3 жыл бұрын

@@IvanBeresford ?

@MegaBoilermaker 3 жыл бұрын

If you wish to make a comment Lillian then please pause the video before you interrupt it then have to ask Phillipe what has been said.

@MajorRoadAhead 3 жыл бұрын

British men who know each other well, could be friends or colleagues, are good at throwing insulting comments at each other. The best response to this banter is to try and give back as good as you got, and you will be appreciated for that.

@gingerbaker4390 3 жыл бұрын

If you want to see real British humour look at Old tapes of the Beatles press conferences when they first arrive in America.

@anthonyjones5385 3 жыл бұрын

My god this is the worst British explanation of humour I have ever had the misfortune to listen to

@stephenbrough8132 3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more - It was embarrassing to listen to.

@danoliver3053 3 жыл бұрын

As a Brit, I couldn't make it through this. I don't know who this woman is or how you guys came across her, but I don't like the thought of anyone viewing her patronising 'lessons' here as representative of British people. I mean spending literally minutes explaining what irony and sarcasm are (as if they are exclusive to British humour and that anyone outside of Britain is unlikely to understand the concepts without her simple definitions) is just painfully arrogant.

@sjbict 3 жыл бұрын

I believe she is an English Language teacher

@anenglishlife7210 3 жыл бұрын

@@sjbict and she’s all of 22 years old.

@sjbict 3 жыл бұрын

@@anenglishlife7210 what's her age got to do with it?

@MillsyLM 3 жыл бұрын

She's 27 actually

@rainbows5232 2 жыл бұрын

in some countries they don have sarcasm and wouldnt undertsand that at all, and just fnd it offensive

@KevinPugh-hq8rc Жыл бұрын

I think we can add a couple strands of British humour. The first is physical humour, or slap stick. This comes from the court jester and is represented by Charlie Chaplin, Norman Wisdom, Lee Evans, Mr Bean, Benny Hill and so on. Most of this type of humour is very visual and has little or almost no word play. The other strand we can add to British humour is surprise humour - that is, the person creates a particular imagine in your mind and then surprises you with a unexpected counter image. This can be found in the humour of the Goon shows which were written by Spike Milligan, Spike was the inspiration for Monty python. So, a classic surprise joke, concerns the hero Ned who had been ship wreaked and the 'first voice' tells us that Ned ... "he swam for 4 miles", and then "the last 2 miles were agony". And the "second voice" says ... "they were overland". While aligned to word play, surprise humour is often reversing the way we look at a particular subject.

@terry9325 3 жыл бұрын

You must watch “Are you being served “. For double meanings all set inside a department store it’s old but still fun to watch T

@andrewjones575 3 жыл бұрын

It was already old-fashioned when it was first broadcasted.

@grapeman63 3 жыл бұрын

All of David Croft's comedies are full of innuendo. Apart from "Are You Being Served?" others written by Croft are "Dad's Army", "It Ain't Half Hot, Mum", "'Allo, 'Allo", "Hi Di Hi!" and "You Rang, M'lord?"

@Isleofskye 3 жыл бұрын

Here is a very recent example of the difference in USA/British Cultures as experienced by me on YoutUbe. I made exactly the same comment to 2 Women recently on different threads ( One to a British Woman and the other to a Lady from "The BayArea" in San Francisco. They both mentioned their age in their comments about music and I said to both 61/63-year-old Ladies " Hey! No Youngsters on here, please!!" . The British Woman laughed back at the compliment saying "Thank You, Kind Sir" while The American Lady said "You're Rude, Dude. I did not come on here to be insulted!" :(..when all I was doing was praising and complimenting her youthful attitude to life! LOL

@carlhartwell7978 3 жыл бұрын

Lol Lillian, the fact that you question the Self Deprecation being humourous says quire a lot about why you don't 'get' so much British humour! All the greatest characters we have; Derek Trotter, Basil Fawlty, Mr Bean, David Brent, the Steptoe's, Tony Hancock, even Morcambe and Wise and the Two Ronnies. They all have a massive dose of self deprecation in them, not that the characters themselves are self deprecating, but that they hold a mirror up to us and allow us to laugh at ourselves through their often foolish behaviour.

@andrewjones575 3 жыл бұрын

Showing clips of - or at least recommending - sitcoms, sketch shows etc. which include different, common styles of UK comedy would have been helpful. A viewer who watched her video having previously known very little about UK comedy would still know very little about it.

@mickmitchell7167 3 жыл бұрын

An expert she ain't

@jazzzzdude 3 жыл бұрын

What would have been good sarcasm is if she'd checked that that thing in a church where readings are given is called a pulpit and then matter-of-factly continued to refer to it as a cockpit - that would be British humour. But she gave an explanation of British humour for those who don't want to have to think too hard. So marks out of 10 - I'll give her one.

@grapeman63 3 жыл бұрын

That's not sarcasm, that's an example of a malapropism.

@jazzzzdude 3 жыл бұрын

@@grapeman63 it is sarcasm if it's done in a sarcastic manner.

@grapeman63 3 жыл бұрын

@@jazzzzdude Sarcasm is "the use of irony to mock or convey contempt". Sarcasm always has a nasty edge to it. Simply using an incorrect word is not sarcasm. It is hard to see how this simple malaprop could be twisted to convey a sense of mockery that an audience would understand. Every way I've tried it comes out as a compliment. Please enlighten me with a worked example.

@jazzzzdude 3 жыл бұрын

@@grapeman63 not always but it can be, depending on how it's done. It doesn't have to fit your definition.

@grapeman63 3 жыл бұрын

@@jazzzzdude Not my definition. The definition is that of the Oxford English Dictionary. In order for the language to be generally understood it is necessary for there to be an arbiter, who decides the meanings of words. In the UK that arbiter is the OED. The OED revises and, if necessary, updates every definition in its dictionary with every new edition. They also publish an annual list of new words which, in their opinion, have become wide enough in their usage and whose definitions have become generally accepted. These new words are then incorporated into the new edition when due. In this way it's definitions remain current and up to date. If your definition of a word does not match that of the OED then your definition is incorrect. In the US Webster's performs the same function.

@joethomas5216 3 жыл бұрын

You guys should watch Ed Byrne's comedy skit on Alanis Morrisette's song "Ironic"

@NormanSpud 2 жыл бұрын

if this was a good explanation of British humour then I'm the pope. The best way to understand the different ways of British humour would be to actually be in a group of people just sitting around doing bugger all, every kind of humour is guaranteed to be witnessed.

@notmissingout9369 3 жыл бұрын

I think if you were in a Yorkshire pub and someone dropped a pint there would be a two minute silence in memory of something that cost four pounds what a waste

@carlhartwell7978 3 жыл бұрын

What else would the cheer be when someone drops a glass, it's playful teasing, it's banter...okay you could say it's a communal banter, but I don't know what else you'd call it.

@baldnutbaz 3 жыл бұрын

Hanging on in desperation is the English way

@squirepraggerstope3591 2 жыл бұрын

Surprisingly, perhaps one of the best examples of double-entendre in comedy dates all the way back to the classic British "Carry On" films. Never renowned for their subtlety, but on this occasion managing to scale the heights by combining the obvious innuendo with a superbly deadpan delivery and setting the whole in the context of a sham-historical group of choralists' rendition of an equally sham-historical song. It refers to Cardinal Wolsey's famous gift of a riverside mansion to Henry VIII and in doing so, runs through several verses that tell the story of what happened "On The Day Good King Harry Got His Hampton Court" When Good King Harry Got His Hampton Court - Bing video

@albertgibbs8421 3 жыл бұрын

if you wsant to understand british humour,go and watch all the carry on films with sid james and the gang

@jdlc903 3 жыл бұрын

Who are they; peep show would be better

@albertgibbs8421 3 жыл бұрын

@@jdlc903 never your too young if you dont know who sid and the gang are

@paulmuaddib3470 3 жыл бұрын

A personal favourite that's appropriate and childish, so brilliant...that's what she said 😁👍🇬🇧

@carlhartwell7978 3 жыл бұрын

Innuendo really is a huge art of British humour (don't know about anywhere else), whatever work place you are at, especially if it has a mixure of the sexes, there's always room for a little bit of innuendo! I think it's likely that there's nothing _unique_ about any nations humour, that simply is not found in all other nations. But that it's the _proportion_ of certain very universal types of humour that varies between nations.

@stealthracer Жыл бұрын

I've learnt that a pun is never complete until it's fully groan.

@russellpointer4731 3 жыл бұрын

As we all know, comedy was invented just after the invention of the calendar. Because, B.C stands for "BEFORE COMEDY!!!!" then an Italian lady called "Anno Domini" which in the Latin cam also mean Aspiring Dofans. A bit like todays X factor. if you will. I do need to write a book on history at some point.

@BenVaserlan 3 жыл бұрын

The holy grail of comedy writing is character comedy because a character can last over many episodes and years; a great line lasts mere seconds. Great characters make the production of dialogue easier if the source of humour is based on how the character's point of view eg George Costanza in Seinfeld. Enneagram 6. Larry David based George on himself.

@sas949 3 жыл бұрын

Man walks into a pub and says to the gorgeous barmaid, if I asked for a double entendres, would you give me one ? Boom boom. And no Lillian, Americans don’t have all those forms of wit, not the ones that I have met. But, I do like some American comedy shows.

@j0hnf_uk 3 жыл бұрын

'Offended?' Oh dear.... we're off to a good start(!) 🤣🤣🤣 I've used dry humour on many occasions and people I've been with have often either not understood it at all, or take what I say seriously. 'It is a huge part?' Ooo-errrr! See how innuendo works, even when you're not trying!

@grapeman63 3 жыл бұрын

Remember, that the other meaning of the word "wit" is "intelligent". This is why we speak of someone surviving on their wits. So, for instance, the late Stephen Hawking could be described as "very witty" even though he is hardly renowned for his comic timing. The video covered most of the bases of British humour. However, she did not deal with sarcasm's kinder sister, facete, nor did she deal with satire or parody. For the record, Americans, generally do not understand "irony". Alanis Morisette wrote a song called "Ironic" that lists a lot of things none of which are ironic. They prefer their humour served up to them on a plate, they don't want to have to think about it. Controversial, I know.

@ukmaxi 3 жыл бұрын

British sitcoms tend to rely on irony (traditionally) when directly compared with US sitcoms.

@tago69mago 2 жыл бұрын

I love how you disagreed with every instance of british comedy being just british while obviously not understanding it.

@arthurterrington8477 3 жыл бұрын

Viz or Sorry I Haven't A Clue are good summaries of the British sense of humour mindset. I'd say Allo Allo contains all aspects of the British sense of humour. Lucy's accent is very RP. One aspect she didn't cover, was dark humour (or "gallows humour"), the British tendency to make 'poor taste' jokes about tragedy or taboo subjects. Alinas Morrissette's song is ironic, in that the examples of irony she gives are not actually ironic!

@thomassharmer7127 3 жыл бұрын

Philosophical features of British humour: A love bathos (descent from the sublime to the ridiculous) A kind of convoluted pathos where we laugh at the failures of pathetic characters who also reflect our own fears of inadequacy, and at the same time we celebrate the small triumphs of the little man or woman in the face of life's trials. A love of mockery and satire, especially when used as a weapon against what is perceived to be oppressive authority. A love of hyperbole, exaggeration and reductio ad absurdum. Yet she is right that we find these things funniest when delivered dead pan, without signalling that it is meant to be humourous. American humour does tend to flag up the funnies much more overtly in my view. BTW I noticed her accent changed slightly when she talked to someone off camera. It was marginally less RP and a bit more standard suburban South East.

@langdale55 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think she covered all the bases and the reality is a complex combination of all of these...and then some. I think this covers comedy narratives but doesn’t include any reference to visual/physical, for example slap stick. Some of the great comedy moments are enhanced with great elements of slapstick. Den trying to play it cool and failing to show his class in the wine bar is tragic and great comedy, but it’s taken to another level in the way it’s executed with his comic style of falling through the bar.

@flybobbie1449 3 жыл бұрын

Moreton in the marsh fire training school, part burnt down.

@andrewjones575 3 жыл бұрын

Lucy's good at what she does, but she doesn't acknowledge that she's very middle class. She often mentions things which she describes as typical or usual for Brits, which are actually only typical of middle-class Brits. She doesn't seem to realise that there are millions of working-class & underclass Brits who don't have the opportunities & resources which she takes for granted.

@keneke5162 3 жыл бұрын

Pubs and work places are the most common place for humour! We all like a good laugh but sometimes it goes over some peoples head! We're very good at 'takig the p*ss' but not offensively. Another english expression is 'ISH' i had a devil of a job explaining this when working abroad, something we use a lot! Shame it's not used for appointments, nothing more annoying to make an appointment only to wait an extra 45 minutes (to me). Love your videos and Lillian's voice, I click my neck too, Philippe'

@phild1054 3 жыл бұрын

Please don't say "Guys" repeatedly, like the political & other channels.

@shanenolan8252 3 жыл бұрын

Yes I'm starting to lose my hair waiting for my friends to start

@kingkongfootlong9455 3 жыл бұрын

Gave her a chance ,1.2 in great example of doughnut.

@eadweard. 3 жыл бұрын

Pardon?

@lloydieization 3 жыл бұрын

Here's an example of quick wit : A disgruntled American (or insert country here ;-) tourist is annoyed at been held up at immigration , so to voice their frustration the tourist says to the Immigration officer that England is so full of sh*t, for which the Immigration officer immediately says "I see your just passing through".... ta da

@terraspent 3 жыл бұрын

your faces are consistently like two beaming rays of light, god bless your family

@HighHoeKermit 3 жыл бұрын

Editor..? Editor....?? EDITOR....!!!! Oh well, you're welcome Lingoda... maybe editor Leah was getting a back hander? :) Without trying to sound mean, Lucy is a little boring and so were her examples. Lee Mack is a good example of someone who has a quick wit, I think. Especially on "Would I lie To You"... though to be fair to that show, so is David Mitchell, but in a slightly more considered way.

@busgood1 3 жыл бұрын

Michael McIntyre's funniest skit is about "The Dentist" just Google it . Hilarious observational humour at its finest

@gary.h.turner 3 жыл бұрын

Ackle Ackencacker! 😁😂

@delskioffskinov 3 жыл бұрын

Christopher Walkin was a great pick there! could'nt agree with you more.

@pauljohnson2982 3 жыл бұрын

She seemed nice but I couldn't quite understand her definitions cos the accent was a bit strong 😉! (Btw- when talking of quick wit, personally don't think you can beat Lee Mack, esp WILTY). Blessings.

@shanenolan8252 3 жыл бұрын

My brother is very witty

@paulknox999 3 жыл бұрын

her topics were fine but she was pretty poor at giving examples

@jasonturner8509 3 жыл бұрын

I fell asleep at the beginning 😴😴😉😂

@johngriffiths9401 3 жыл бұрын

Lucy certainly knows British humour = Sarcasm

@paulguise698 3 жыл бұрын

Hiya Filipe and Lillian, don't forget to react to Harry Enfield, The Old Gits and The Slobs

@chrismaggs 2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, there isn't one example of irony in the entire song.

@dannyfisher5086 3 жыл бұрын

Steve fry sums it up well there is a scene in amimal house where John comes down the stairs and smashes the blokes guitar whilst rolling his eyes if it was British humor you would be the bloke playing the guitar

@bensteel3944 3 жыл бұрын

You should watch Al Murrey on Americans. Really funny.

@sequri 3 жыл бұрын

Lilian is looking more Oriental and sounding more British, istm. 😎✌️

@51elephantchang 3 жыл бұрын

Our comic heroes are almost all pompous little failures.

@andrewjones575 3 жыл бұрын

If Lucy were of average or below-average looks, she wouldn't have half her subscribers.

@esclad 3 жыл бұрын

No smiling though when being sarcastic ;) has to be deadpan... otherwise, the other person doesn't know if you're being serious or not - as what you are saying doesn't warrant a smile.

@stuartmenziesfarrant 3 жыл бұрын

Cockpit? What da!

@shanenolan8252 3 жыл бұрын

Think she means elementary school

@englishgentleman8544 3 жыл бұрын

I am a devotee of your channel and have only purposefully not watched two episodes; the two featuring English with Lucy. A ghastly self-opinionated creature! On the subject of English pronunciation it is not incorrect to say that there are two variants of English in use. These are what I would call Twentieth Century English and Twenty First Century English. As a gentleman of mature years I speak English (20th C) with the pronunciation and syllabic stresses that were handed down to me by my parents and grandparents. Younger people are speaking a very different style of English (21st C) which they have fashioned for themselves within the last twenty to thirty years. It is a style that I find alien and puerile. For example the words rhetoric and plethora will be pronounced incomprehensibly differently by the two 'clans'. 21st C speakers will be pronouncing middle of the word 't's and 'd's with great obedience whilst the 20th C traditionalists will not pronounce many of them. So Lillian the way in which you pronounce 'Britain' with a silent t is fine with me for that is how us traditionalists also pronounce it. I hope this helps you to understand the differences in English pronunciation that you will encounter.

@shanenolan8252 3 жыл бұрын

I love abrakebabra

@christinestromberg4057 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe it's me but trying to listen to the woman talking and you two talking at the same time is just too difficult.My brain can't cope.

@jazzzzdude 3 жыл бұрын

This is Stewart Lee demonstrating satire at a high level kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n8pihrGVm67Sc2w.html

@tonypate9174 3 жыл бұрын

Less is more ?....Not for Lucy ....wonder which "box" will be ticked for that comment.All a bit A/Head over or B/Wood trees to me, think pass on the 50/50 and phone a friend and get back to Karl Pilkington for funny without trying.

@JWNOSNHOJ 3 жыл бұрын

Slapstick/physical comedy conspicuous by it's absence.

@paulhatton9564 3 жыл бұрын

Aaaaah! I love you guys, but STOP imitating everything people say! It feels like every other word!! Keep up the good content.

@philipkay5313 3 жыл бұрын

Some quite poor examples of Britwit. Read Kenneth Willians's Acid Drops, Listen to Lily Savage, TV. Round the Horn & Beyond our Ken, Radio 4. and Frankie Howerd. Modern Brit stand-up Humour often too loud and obscene.

@Captally 3 жыл бұрын

Another person I couldn't watch past 2 minutes. Why is it absolutely necessary to understand British humour? Why would you feel excluded if you don't understand it? Excluded from what exactly? I probably wouldn't understand the Swahili sense of humour but don't feel excluded or any less for it. Trying to explain humour is similar to explaining left from right to an Alien over the radio.

@generaladvance5812 3 жыл бұрын

I mean, nobody HAS to understand the humour. But if you are planning on moving to the UK, it might help you fit in a bit more.

@andrewjones575 3 жыл бұрын

Lucy's channel is for teaching English as a second language & she also talks about UK culture etc.

@davidhoward5392 3 жыл бұрын

Posh peoples version, very wordy could have done with clips of these categories

@squiff1958 3 жыл бұрын

Why is it a crime to be middle class these days? I’m happy being ‘posh’’ as you call it. There’s no shame in it.

@davidhoward5392 3 жыл бұрын

@@squiff1958 good for you its not a crime or to be ashamed, its merely an observation, that's all I am happy to be Northern and from a working class background, your happy who you, that's fine... I just have a different interpretation of this its okay to differ...

@jamingaming9251 3 жыл бұрын

The problem with middle class people is that they have the Gaul to go around berating people for things that they themselves do more frequently than anybody else does. Middle class people glue themselves to trains complaining about people going abroad on holiday. Working class people rarely go on foreign holidays, its middle-class & upper class people going on multiple foreign holidays each year. You think everyone is just as privileged as you are and tell them that they have to give up their privilege.

@jamingaming9251 3 жыл бұрын

There are many working class people that earn more than middle class people, the difference between them is that middle class people are ignorant of the privilege they have over other people in the country. They are delusional and think its only poc's that are poor.

@davidhoward5392 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamingaming9251 this working class and council lad, now lives in Australia, will leave it there

@themanftheworld8439 3 жыл бұрын

British is 🇬🇧 NOT 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@youknownothing8226 3 жыл бұрын

Er..... not 100% she understands British Humour existed pre-2000, British comedy came out of the WW II music hall "take my wife...." stuff to the Goons, Monty Python which were far removed from the observational comedy of today and simple slapstick and gross exaggerated character comedy (Benny Hill-type) - it was in fact ground breaking and anarchic, watch Spike Milligan's Q series ahead of its time and breaking the "fourth wall" before that became a thing. As a British person I don't accept Lucy's explanation. "So, what are we going to do now!"

@gary.h.turner 3 жыл бұрын

Oliver Hardy used to "break the fourth wall" every time he looked at the camera when a brick fell on his head! ("Break the WALL" - BRICK - 😁 Geddit?)

@youknownothing8226 3 жыл бұрын

@@gary.h.turner Ha Yeah agree, just where in Britain was Mr Hardy from? That's another fine mess........

@alabama1413 3 жыл бұрын

A technical explanation to an emotive, emotional topic. Not so good in my opinion. Lacks any reference to the ethos.

@michaelhurley1497 3 жыл бұрын

I don't agree with her definition of irony. It refers to meaning the opposite of what you say and is often indicated by tone of voice. A classic example is in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar where Mark Antony refers to Caesar's assassins as "honourable men", but means the opposite.

@tjchesney4997 3 жыл бұрын

That was fun to watch! Nice stuff. Now i'm self-conscious as to whether or not a compliment is going to be construed as ironic or sarcastic...just take me at my word when i say: I liked it.

@eadweard. 3 жыл бұрын

This makes us seem like knobheads.

@kJ922-h3j 3 жыл бұрын

Cringe comedy, intentional realistic awkwardness as the joke itself is specific to British humour. Americans just get awkward watching that lol which makes them more awkward as people really. And that has to be very dry and deadpan, so non Brits don’t know to take it literally or not

@shelleylyme6402 3 жыл бұрын

Say that again 🤔

@kJ922-h3j 3 жыл бұрын

@@shelleylyme6402 I really don’t know how else to explain it lol

@andrewjones575 3 жыл бұрын

Americans do a bit of cringe comedy, including Curb Your Enthusiasm.

@kJ922-h3j 3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewjones575 nothing like the same level lol trust me, the U.K. office is one type of it