Hugh Laurie vs Ellen DeGeneres - English vs American slang

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13 жыл бұрын

"Hey, shawty, I know your ba-donka-donk has you chuffed to bits, but after hearing you chin wag about it for the past hour, I really wish you'd stop flossing".
You didn't quite get much of the sentence above, right? Well, it's because it blends some American and British slangs.

The fantastically talented Hugh Laurie paid a house call to Ellen, at her "The Ellen DeGeneres Show". They played an exciting game of American slang versus English slang -- it was hilarious. Have fun and learn the slangs. Then, try to "translate" the sentence into more "conservative" English words.

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@PUAlum Жыл бұрын

I never heard of "flossing" in the sense Ellen used it.

@Delmirae 6 ай бұрын

"That's A FANTASTIC word." I immediately had Dr. House in my mind.

@sr22gts 4 жыл бұрын

"That's A FANTASTIC word." - Hugh Laurie

@kozmicluis2552 10 жыл бұрын

"Bob's your uncle" is the slang phrase that made me smile the most while learning English Slang.

@pauljackson2473 Жыл бұрын

Ellen’s American slang isn’t really widely used stuff, but Hugh is using legitimate British slang terms that probably most people in the UK know.

@TheBasher-_- Жыл бұрын

I think Ellen's were all pretty much standard Slang terms in those times. Most Americans would know flossing badonak donk and shawty or shorty. For God's sake they all have songs with the names in them lolol.

@pauljackson2473 Жыл бұрын

@@TheBasher-_- But they weren’t commonly used expressions. Hugh’s were.

@dibsdibs3495 Жыл бұрын

@@TheBasher-_- yeah it’s pretty rare for me to hear shawty outside of rap/hip hop music nowadays

@vigilante8374 Жыл бұрын

@@TheBasher-_- "Most Americans" wouldn't know 'flossing' in that sense. That's super obscure. Most wouldn't have known shawty either, only most people of a certain age group.

@erickjason9092 Жыл бұрын

I'm American, and I never heard of "flossing" Is that Ghetto speak? Badankadonk?! Shawty?! Yes. It is.

@MekkaSG Жыл бұрын

Ghetto speak ? What the fuck is that supposed to mean ?

@davidbrock2871 Жыл бұрын

I think she was making them up. Never heard of any of her so-called American slang, whereas his are in common English usage.

@aki7slush 24 күн бұрын

Badonkadonk and shawty are definitely used here. Badonkadonk is less used but everyone I know knows what it is. Shawty is very popular though? The only one that wasn't is flossing, which is used for other meanings but not used by her definition

@chrxssytina Жыл бұрын

We watched that at university in our 2nd English lecture about differences between BE and AE - was so much fun haha

@siuuuuuuuum5366 10 ай бұрын

I’m in my secon église lesson and we have to watch it 💀😂😂

@hawkeye4ever 12 жыл бұрын

Fantastic. I only knew all the British bits. :-D

@Ajehy 2 жыл бұрын

I’m American and I got all the Britishisms but only 2 Americanisms.

@williams1camron 2 жыл бұрын

I like this show

@aibababye Жыл бұрын

Oh, I never get tired of watching this)

@monicamoresanchez3 10 жыл бұрын

you'd stop flossing it is, right? haha cool!

@MrGoneTroppo 4 жыл бұрын

Tied is another Americanism Hugh! You're drawing

@jervistetchyousician8351 7 жыл бұрын

Who came from American vs British idioms from interactive English?

@Miaew 10 жыл бұрын

I didn't know any word ... You'll said me" the explain can be because I'm french" ... And I may say "yes" ...

@m.kartner1143 4 жыл бұрын

What does Hugh Laurie say (0:40) just after Ellen says "that was to show you how wrong you were"? Thanks

@electrickni2454 4 жыл бұрын

“Right, that’s kind of rubbing it in, that’s sort of aggressive, isn’t it, yah, yah”

@elisadellarossa1106 7 ай бұрын

hi everyone, I'm doing a research on this video and I was wondering what does it mean (seconds 1:52-1:58) " so we're tied" " tied...nothing". English is not my first language... so thank you in advance!

@adventureswithaurora 5 ай бұрын

Ah, yes! Hello, fellow language learner. 😁 To be tied means for both people to have the same amount of points on something (especially in a game or sport), with neither one winning or losing. In this case, Hugh Laurie and Ellen DeGeneres both failed, so they tied. I hope that makes sense, and best of luck to you on your English-learning journey! 😊

@elisadellarossa1106 5 ай бұрын

@@adventureswithaurora thank you very much!!

@adventureswithaurora 5 ай бұрын

@@elisadellarossa1106 You're welcome!

@MusicJamSchauspiel 11 жыл бұрын

shorty

@YodatheHobbit 4 ай бұрын

Shin wag would've confused me too.

@VULTUSPRIME Жыл бұрын

Hugh does not look comfortable with her, you can tell by the way he looks around.

@DrE7sass 11 жыл бұрын

I thought it was " shorty get down to the lord ... Sticky bi*** you don't play around got game by the pound AwOO ! "

@midnightchannel7759 Жыл бұрын

"Flossing" means showing off...? Not in the dimension I inhabit: never heard of this

@midnightchannel7759 Жыл бұрын

Same for ba donkadonk. Non existant.

@kiki13128 12 жыл бұрын

2.00 lol

@DrWhom 8 жыл бұрын

Why on Earth would he mispronounce chin?

@momowednesday7735 8 жыл бұрын

03:22 song name please ?

@comanchio1976 5 жыл бұрын

Deipatrous A slight lisping speech impediment

@andrewmurray1084 3 жыл бұрын

It was a teasing, playful attempt to throw-off & confuse Ellen, as a response to her 'Klaxon' comments from a moment before! 😄

@fontosnem8468 2 жыл бұрын

@@momowednesday7735 Flow Rida Low

@NewWesternFront Жыл бұрын

@@momowednesday7735 never gonna give you up

@coffeecup7791 9 жыл бұрын

this vid was shown to us by teacher and now BA-DONKA-DONK is well known by 7th graders only. Though teacher discourages us from using it.. WE LAUGHED AT THE VID. #BaDonkaDonk

@momowednesday7735 8 жыл бұрын

03:22 song name please?

@senllaseacero132 8 жыл бұрын

"Low" by Flo Rida

@antoninaobradovic34 7 ай бұрын

okay but who tf pronounces shawty the way ellen did

@afanofosc Жыл бұрын

It's "shorty" not "shawty"

@lszujo73 Жыл бұрын

people...I'm trying to learn proper English here...so please!😀

@stuartj1079 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like sharty, which is someone who does a shit and fart at the same time?

@Th3AngryPooch 9 жыл бұрын

i didn't know House was Brittish

@Phagocytosis 7 жыл бұрын

He does that accent quite well :)

@jervistetchyousician8351 7 жыл бұрын

Well, that's just weird because he's British and he's making the American accent very well.

@prezentoappr1171 2 жыл бұрын

Check friend airplane scene where hes talking with Rachel iirc

@adventureswithaurora 5 ай бұрын

He was also the classic Bertie Wooster in the show “Jeeves and Wooster.” Stephen Fry was in that as well.

@kurtbilinski1723 Жыл бұрын

Ellen travels in different circles than most Americans, and isn't a good representative for what AE is...

@erickjason9092 Жыл бұрын

Ellen used to be funny before she went over the top LGBLT masculine

@ashnapullan3913 10 жыл бұрын

Us British r the best

@TheDaveCave80 11 жыл бұрын

We dont fucking say chin wag.

@Dezzasheep Жыл бұрын

Yes we do

@Clodhopping Жыл бұрын

Not as much these days but it's still used.

@SR-zp4je 9 ай бұрын

I do

@slapmyfunkybass Ай бұрын

I do, live in London

@tonyclifton265 Жыл бұрын

he twice mispronounced "ch" as "sh" [in chuffed and chinwag]. his pronunciation is chit.

@Richard_is_cool 6 жыл бұрын

How can he mispronounce half of these words (like saying shinwag instead of chinwag)? I thought he was an actor. Maybe he had some dental procedure or something, but this is atrocious. And also she pronounces shawty like shawdy. It's just strange that they can't English, in this video. The whole thing's off.

@ashnapullan3913 10 жыл бұрын

Us British r the best