You won't hear these British words anywhere else

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Ever wondered what words and phrases are only spoken in the UK? Me, too! Check out 17 British words and phrases you'll only hear in the UK.
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@DomingoDeSantaClara 2 жыл бұрын

Only in the UK? As a Kiwi I can confirm about 80% of those words and phrases are used in NZ and Aus.

@Tockz 2 жыл бұрын

don't forget about the Saffas too :P

@DomingoDeSantaClara 2 жыл бұрын

@@Tockz I think its the same for most commonwealth countries,with Canada being the exception,probably due to the US influence,not visited SA so I couldn't include it. Hope you're well over there,SA making headlines for all the wrong reasons at the moment.

@krissee6961 2 жыл бұрын

100% in Australia, some more so than others.. least common is ay oop , but I've even heard that and even said it 😁

@sambarnes283 2 жыл бұрын

And why do you think that is?

@zoltrix7779 2 жыл бұрын

@@krissee6961 AyOop is definately a north England thing, Yorkshire especially.

@tonysutton6559 2 жыл бұрын

Bollocks was missing from the list and it is such a versatile word with several meanings.

@morespywareforyou2262 2 жыл бұрын

Gercha. Never heard such a load of bleedin' bollocks.

@tonysutton6559 2 жыл бұрын

@@morespywareforyou2262 I thought that it was the dog's bollocks.

@HamnaTabuu 2 жыл бұрын

Never Mind The Bollocks...

@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391 2 жыл бұрын

" couldn't tickle a moose's bollocks " - a Ukrainian work colleague learned a lot of English words - but still an unusual way of describing a small car.

@KissMyFatAxe 2 жыл бұрын

Bollocks is a very useful word.

@gravellegb 2 жыл бұрын

I like what British people say when they feel like swearing but don't want to use any bad words: "Gordon Bennett!"

@largee24 Жыл бұрын

Also, Flaming Ada!

@GlennJohnEntertainer 2 жыл бұрын

"Knackered" also means "broken" - as well as, "worn out" or "exhausted" as in, feeling tired. Such as, "The car won't start because the engine is knackered" Or, "You broke it. It's knackered now" Hope I've helped you, Alanna. Best wishes from Staffordshire, England.

@lesroberts3226 2 жыл бұрын

The original definition is, sexually exhausted. I got a wallop for saying it as a kid. Mind you even now I don’t know how you would reach that point 😂😂 a couple of minutes doesn’t use up that much energy 🤣

@malcbarrass7090 2 жыл бұрын

@@lesroberts3226 it was not allowed in our household but my Grandmother used it all the time.

@lazyoldmanathome7699 2 жыл бұрын

The origin is when a horse reached the end of its useful life it was knackered. This means to be taken to the knackers yard or collected by the knacker to be humanely killed and the various bits made use of.

@malcbarrass7090 2 жыл бұрын

@@lazyoldmanathome7699 Although on-line research in many cases indicates the origin of the phrase is obscure.

@bobm4378 2 ай бұрын

@@lesroberts3226 well you need to ask the girlfriend!:D But seriously ask her until you are BOTH happy..:)

@dunebasher1971 2 жыл бұрын

You missed out the primary meaning of "chuffed", which is to be pleased about something you've achieved yourself. Often prefixed with "dead"; to be "dead chuffed" about something means to be extremely pleased with it. "I'm not normally much good at baking cakes, but this one's turned out really well. I'm dead chuffed with that".

@hughtube5154 2 жыл бұрын

Or suffixed with "to bits". So: "chuffed to bits" aka over the moon aka happy as Larry.

@adamjohannesson3434 2 жыл бұрын

Cool

@alexharrison3275 2 жыл бұрын

I had a mate who always wanted to get run over by a steam train. When it finally happened, he was chuffed to bits

@paultrewin5871 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. It is normally some sort of personal achievement that gets one chuffed.

@richardwilliams7692 2 жыл бұрын

It is important not to confuse "chuffed" with "chuffing" or "chuff" which are both rather rude, but are used as synonyms for much ruder ones.

@jcasillas78 2 жыл бұрын

"Faffing" or "faffing about" is one of my favorites, often heard in Yorkshire.

@1980alsful 2 жыл бұрын

And Essex 👍🏻

@lancewalker5895 2 жыл бұрын

@@1980alsful everywhere

@1980alsful 2 жыл бұрын

@@lancewalker5895 is that near Leeds?

@brianwhittington5086 2 жыл бұрын

Here in South Yorkshire, you will also often hear "Gerron wi' it, Stop Fannying abart", or even a reverse of the two parts. Usually said when someone has exhausted you patience with their faffing.

@grumpyone5963 2 жыл бұрын

The apprentice is faffing about getting nothing done! (But trying to look busy)🤨

@MrOpaquelens 2 жыл бұрын

The longest British phrase I can think of to perplex Americans with: "Bugger this for a game of soldiers me old China, I can't be arsed with all this buggering around, fart arsing and faffing n' bollocks."

@fainitesbarley2245 2 жыл бұрын

How about “well I’ll go to the foot of our stairs!”

@karenax254 2 жыл бұрын

LOL!!!

@trevordance5181 2 жыл бұрын

In England the word "Proper" can be used as a substitute for the word "really" as in... he's proper late, (he's really late), he's a proper dodgy geezer (he's a really untrustworthy man), she's proper lovely (she's really lovely), this is a proper cup of tea (this is a really lovely cup of tea).

@barneylaurance1865 2 жыл бұрын

Yes - proper is an intensifier.

@Tommo_ 2 жыл бұрын

More common for the younger folk is adding "well" before a word eg "I'm well chuffed at that"

@philroberts7238 2 жыл бұрын

In England, quite a bit. In Wales, a lot more so. (I'm not sure if there's an equivalent word in Welsh.)

@williamjordan5554 2 жыл бұрын

American men don't use the word lovely. It's illegal apparently. It's like wearing pink.

@trevordance5181 2 жыл бұрын

@@philroberts7238 "There's lovely isn't it look you". Do Welsh people actually say that?

@StonefieldJim4 2 жыл бұрын

"You alright?", said with a furrowed brow, is an expression of concern, whereas "Alright?" with a small nod and wide eyes is "Hello, how are you?"

@sithius99 2 жыл бұрын

Except for those maniacs who say 'hey, you alright' and the awkward moment occurs where u dont know if they are asking how are you or just extending the hello

@AlisonBryen 2 жыл бұрын

Always gotta use the nod!

@littlejimmy5020 2 жыл бұрын

I live in Scotland now and saying alright opens up people to whole conversations... I'm trying to stop myself using it because I'm a southerner I really don't want to know 😂

@heofonfyr6000 2 жыл бұрын

the point is most cultures don't care if the person they pass or buy something from is alright... so they don't ask. we like to check that people around us are comfortable... it's a Saxon tight-nit tribal thing

@thomasgray5406 2 жыл бұрын

Anyway, it's 'all right' not 'alright'...just to be pedantic.

@rogerwitte5030 2 жыл бұрын

I think that when an English person asks you "Are you alright?" that's very different from "Y'a'right?". The emphatic "Are" at the beginning indicates a real expression of concern. Even though I'm a born and bred Londoner, I can't say "Ay 'Up" convincingly. It's really Northern.

@decodolly1535 2 жыл бұрын

As another Londoner, if I heard you trying to say "Ay up" I'd immediately ask "Y'alright?"

@brad270472 2 жыл бұрын

Same here...Hackney born, lived in Leyton, Walthamstow and then went south of the water and then very quickly moved to Essex and 'Ay Up' just don't sound right. But even being just 20 mile north, people can still tell I'm from London.

@WG1807 2 жыл бұрын

Alright is Awreet, or even Tawreet? Oop North that is.

@philipashley9723 2 жыл бұрын

You did good with your 17 words/phrases, explanation. One you missed was, 'wash up'. I'm a Brit, living in the US, I married my American pen pal in 1983. She spent two weeks vacation with me in England before we got married. Visiting my parents and, after dinner, my father asked her, if she wanted to, wash up, she didn't understand him asking her, three times. She wondered why he thought her hands were dirty, he meant to, wash the dishes. 🤗

@johnthurling 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this 👍As a Brit I don't think we realise how many slang and colloquial terms we use until it is pointed out to us. Cheers ! 😁

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@keithbird8910 2 жыл бұрын

A knacker is a horse slaughterer. In the days before internal combustion engines, horses were ubiquitous and every town and village had it's knacker's yard. Thus, by extension, knackered came to mean worn out, exhausted, ready to drop.

@dave_h_8742 2 жыл бұрын

Knacker'er is the man, knackered is the animal brought to the yard, dog cow horse etc. Glue is the animal after the process 😉

@steveosborne2297 2 жыл бұрын

I believe that the Queen still has an official knackerer , or at least did have until a few years ago.

@peterlyall2848 2 жыл бұрын

Another word for knackered is I'm buggered...Buggered is more commonly used in Australia than knackered also saying your buggered can take on a different meaning if you say well mate I'm buggered if I know meaning you don't know the answer. Or say to someone too bugger off meaning too go away. .. Pete from Australia 🇭🇲👍

@awakeningcry 2 жыл бұрын

@@peterlyall2848 to Brits, "buggered" is "screwed", "up s**t creek", or "in a lot of trouble".

@steveshephard1158 2 жыл бұрын

@@awakeningcry my parents were from Yorkshire and used "buggered" to mean both "exhausted" and "broken", and my dad also used "nadgered" with the same meanings. I also use "bolloxed" to mean both "exhausted" and "broken".

@michaelstamper5875 2 жыл бұрын

"I'm just popping out for a bit. Do you want me to nip to the shop while I'm out?" "Erm...not sure. I'll give you a tinkle later. "

@krisinsaigon 2 жыл бұрын

why would you urinate on your friend?

@krisinsaigon 2 жыл бұрын

@coolinjapan i have never heard a british person use tinkle like that, it might be just some people in london who say it like that. Tinkle i presume as an englishman is onmatopeoa, the sound being made sounds like a tinkle, so it can mean the sound urine makes as it hits the ground, or the sound a bell makes as it rings

@paularrowsmith9980 Ай бұрын

@@krisinsaigon Yes, tinkle as in the.sound of a telephone's bell.

@chasfaulkner2548 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect example of 'alright', the end of Freddie Mercurys vocal exercise at live aid 1985, after whipping the crowd to a frenzy, he shouts 'alright' to which they roar back at him 'alright', Please watch and enjoy, there are already many reactions to what is majorly considered the best concert performance EVER. it is 22 mins but absolutely worth it.

@PNEKarl 2 жыл бұрын

Here's Freddie. There'll never be another. It was a privilege to have seen him 6 times live in concert. Thank you Queen kzfaq.info/get/bejne/otGSg5iAtbfMlIU.html

@gwillis01 2 жыл бұрын

sounds like a synonym for gutted is "crushed by disappointment"

@zapkvr 2 жыл бұрын

I think you're on to something. For years I imagined it was guttered as in "I was in the gutter". Don't know why. Then I saw it written, I felt like an idiot. Lucky for me there was one close by.

@leemoore5212 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, "I'm gutted" simply means "I've been punched in the guts" - but used metaphorically.

@philroberts7238 2 жыл бұрын

@@leemoore5212 As in "sick to the stomach". It's not used for a trivial disappointment.

@susancorbett8155 2 жыл бұрын

After my colectomy I could literally say I was gutted! But also chuffed!

@zoltrix7779 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, thats pretty much it.

@scottwigham 2 жыл бұрын

We are masters of contraction, in the right context the 4 letter question "Pint?" for example actually translates to "Alright pal, hope the family are well, you look like you need a blowout. I'm going for a few bevvies, feel free to tag along if you fancy putting the world to rights."

@zapkvr 2 жыл бұрын

It's the subtext that's important. You've encapsulated that very well. Respect

@lmostayoutuber 2 жыл бұрын

Tea?

@kumasenlac5504 2 жыл бұрын

@@lmostayoutuber Which could be anything from "shall I put the kettle on? " to " I understand that the flooding has destroyed your entire farm and all your family drowned "

@alanknuss1241 2 жыл бұрын

@@kumasenlac5504 😂😂

@iainsan 2 жыл бұрын

'Nip' implies speed, so if you 'nip to the shops', you're not going to be gone for long. There used to be a chain of restaurants in the UK called 'Lyon's Corner Houses' in which the waitresses were called 'nippies' because they moved so quickly.

@trampsvest6657 2 жыл бұрын

Or Cold.

@dgibelli 2 жыл бұрын

@@trampsvest6657 no, that's nippy

@zapkvr 2 жыл бұрын

@@trampsvest6657 nipply

@copferthat 2 жыл бұрын

Nippers, the term for young boys, comes from the navy. Making up rope on ships was called Nipping and was done by young boys, hence nippers

@silasfatchett7380 2 жыл бұрын

You can 'nip', but you can also 'pop'.

@Polyphemus. 2 жыл бұрын

Lol, I clicked on this because I knew it would actually be '17 British words that this girl doesn't know are actually fairly common in other parts of the world'. And I was right! Ta, on ya bike, dodgy, cheers (in the same context), bonkers, nip to the shops, I'll give you a ring/bell, not my cup of tea, gutted, sorted (in the same context), knackered and bob's your uncle are all incredibly common in Australia where we seem to have clung a little tighter to our colonial ties!

@zapkvr 2 жыл бұрын

Agree Tim. At least in the literary sense. Must be all those British radio programs we listened to in the seventies and eighties like My word and Just a minute and Round the Horne

@trevordance5181 2 жыл бұрын

@@zapkvr Round The Horne was the 60's.

@tiltonroadbirmingham1153 2 жыл бұрын

What about ' Fook the Villa ' ?

@sheridanwilde 2 жыл бұрын

@@trevordance5181 Round the Horne may have been recorded in the sixties - doesn't mean it was broadcast in Oz in the same decade...

@trevordance5181 2 жыл бұрын

@@sheridanwilde Fair comment.

@bjorntoulouse7523 2 жыл бұрын

“Ay up duck” in Stoke and “Ay up me duck” further East in Derby / Nottingham.

@englishteadrinker736 2 жыл бұрын

I’m from Derbyshire and say ‘ay up’ all the time. Strangely, I never used to say ‘duck’ until I hit 40 and now I say it all the time. Must be a symptom of me hitting middle age 😁

@harpingon 2 жыл бұрын

It's when you get "now then, moi luvver" - even as a British person that took my by surprise when I first encountered that.

@joeking5310 2 жыл бұрын

I always thought that was a greeting you would give a female only.

@bjorntoulouse7523 2 жыл бұрын

@@joeking5310 - Well, I wouldn’t call another bloke duck but some do.

@harpingon 2 жыл бұрын

@@joeking5310 It was quite peculiar

@elroymartyn8429 2 жыл бұрын

Most people don't even say "you alright" or "y'alright", it has just become "alright" with the response "alright". Slightly similar to the French "Sava".

@fedoracay 2 жыл бұрын

I think there are regional differences to this. We'd more usually say "Alright then?" with the expected response (various levels of gruffness) "Aright?"

@elroymartyn8429 2 жыл бұрын

@@octomancer my apologies, it's been a while since I studied French at school. 🙇🏿‍♂️

@globulonz 2 жыл бұрын

Here in Richmond (LBRUT), I've been asked "Are you alright?". No contraction or shortening.. I was very confused the first time and answered "Uh.. yeah? I'm ok." I was thinking this person thought something terrible just happened to me.

@589steven 2 жыл бұрын

I think that's ça va if I'm not mistaken.

@DavidMartin-tk4fs 2 жыл бұрын

@@octomancer literally closer to "how's it going?"...isn’t it? Means the same thing too of course. 🙃

@andykenny5674 2 жыл бұрын

I remember doing a training course in the USA - we ended up having a section on the whiteboard for Andy’s words, which was added to pretty much any time I said anything in the class. Much hilarity was had by all 😂

@Roger-fx4ou 2 жыл бұрын

Aye up duck, you alright, I took a butchers at your bonkers, video, before I nipped to the shops, ta, I bet you are well chuffed in getting 100,000 subscribers, congrats. Cannot believe some dodgy people are choosing to dislike your video or say “On ya bike”, gutted for you, maybe you’re just not their cup of tea. Thought to myself that I would give you a ring to cheer you up but then I realised that I didn’t have your number so left you this message instead. I’m knackered getting all your words/phases into this message, but I’m nearly done so, Bob’s your uncle. That’s me sorted, cheers for all your hard work, Tarrah

@steveh9428 2 жыл бұрын

"Tarra" isn't posh! It's often appended with "a bit" - "Tarra a bit" - especially in the English Midlands. Translates as: "Goodbye for a while." 😁

@zapkvr 2 жыл бұрын

I've NEVER hear tara a bit. Ever.

@malcbarrass7090 2 жыл бұрын

@@zapkvr Mostly used round Birmingham

@AlisonBryen 2 жыл бұрын

Tara a bit! Yup we say that in the Black Country!

@fionagregory9376 2 жыл бұрын

Tara is northern English.

@fionagregory9376 2 жыл бұрын

@@malcbarrass7090 north in general not Birmingham.

@dunebasher1971 2 жыл бұрын

14:37 Interesting that the source conflates "Bob's your uncle" with "piece of cake". In the UK, "piece of cake" would be taken to mean "easy", which is very distinct from "Bob's your uncle", which, as you said, means "...and there it is" or "...and you're finished", in the sense of "the job is complete". They're similar, but definitely not interchangeable in British English.

@globulonz 2 жыл бұрын

"Bob's your uncle" is used in Canada. It's not super common though, but I'd say a good percentage of the population will have heard it and understand its meaning. Piece of Cake is definitely not synonymous. "Bada-boom, bada-bing" is a definite match though. Now I want to go to East Side's for some run of the mill pasta for some reason.

@davidfaraday7963 2 жыл бұрын

I was going to say that! "Can you do this?" - "sure, piece of cake". But you wouldn't say "Bob's your uncle" in that context.

@justinlinnane8043 2 жыл бұрын

'the source ".?? Lol this isn't GCHQ you know lol

@jonb3311 2 жыл бұрын

Piece of cake becomes piece of p1ss in the UK.

@toddlerj102 2 жыл бұрын

The only English language is British, the rest isn't.

@Iam_CeceBrown 2 жыл бұрын

As a South African 95% of this is common here too. I find it so interesting how you explained all the phrases in great detail lol Cool Vid 💕

@unitedkingdomoffiveeyes9765 2 жыл бұрын

Is that just the English South africans, or is it with the afrikaans also...

@Iam_CeceBrown 2 жыл бұрын

@@unitedkingdomoffiveeyes9765 I think everyone's familiar with the words but it may be that the english are the only ones using it day to day

@richardforster5394 2 жыл бұрын

All of this stuff is also very common in Australia, fwiw.

@KissMyFatAxe 2 жыл бұрын

@@richardforster5394 it seems then that these phrases and words are known in a lot of ex British colonies. As they're also known in South Africa. I wonder if it's the same for Canada or India for example...🤷🏻

@richardforster5394 2 жыл бұрын

@@KissMyFatAxe There is some overlap, but I think Canadians are quite detached from the rest of commonwealth in this regard - more North American lingo going on there (as our KZfaqr here evinces herself), while Indian English is a language unto itself, with a lot of interesting relics that have disappeared from most other forms of English. For instance, you hear the word "thrice" used not infrequently in Indian English, an expression probably not heard without irony or intentional anachronism in England since the Dickensian era, I'm going to guess...

@patdavis6383 2 жыл бұрын

"Chuffed" - Pleased in a small way as a result of an unexpected or minor victory or windfall. "I passed the test and was pretty chuffed I can tell you." "I was chuffed that she remembered me." You also have "chuffing" as a swearword replacement. "Chuffing hell!" "I was chuuffing hacked off, I can tell you."

@fredlichtie 2 жыл бұрын

spot on, duck

@bepolite6961 2 жыл бұрын

Well chuffed or chuffed to bits.

@victorialovatt976 2 жыл бұрын

One of my work pals used “Bob’s your uncle, Fanny’s your aunt and your mortgage is paid!” Basically, everything is bloody brill. As a Potteries native, duck is our go-to term of endearment. There’s a few local pottery manufacturers that make mugs with it on….

@musicgarryj 2 жыл бұрын

"Nip to the shops" generally is used in the context of local shops, like a convenience store in America. Nip refers to it being a very quick journey. We only use "store" to describe town or city centre department stores, which are now rapidly becoming extinct. "Ta-ra" is NOT posh! Used by older generation working class people, especially in the Midlands and the North: eg. "ta-ra a bit" if you're a Brummie. "ta-ra chuck" if you're a Scouser.

@hanfran89 2 жыл бұрын

I'm from the Midlands and never have or never heard anyone say Ta-Ra... So I think it isn't really used now at all here. Unless as you say it may be used in the North? But definitely not used much in the Midlands.

@timelord5920 2 жыл бұрын

@@hanfran89 yes, it’s used in the North a lot. We also say “ta-da” and “si’thee” (on its own or si’thee next week, si’thee soon)

@williamsmith1044 2 жыл бұрын

@@hanfran89 I'm from wolverhampton and nearly everyone says ta ta or ta ra so don't believe people who say they are from the Midlands and never heard it.

@hanfran89 2 жыл бұрын

@@williamsmith1044 OK well that makes sense for you but you're from a different part of the Midlands, West Midlands isn't the only Midlands and in the East I've never heard anyone say it 😊

@musicgarryj 2 жыл бұрын

@@hanfran89 I believe "tara a bit" is still alive and well in the Black Country boomer generation!

@wwciii 2 жыл бұрын

The version of "give you a ring" that was strange to hear in Texas was when a Brit told my teenaged sister that he would "knock her up" in the morning. The other phrase that I had never heard before dealing with the Brits was Right Round.

@andrewdking 2 жыл бұрын

Right round means all around as in I took the dog for a walk right round the block.

@ianz9916 2 жыл бұрын

Knock her up goes back to the days when a knocker upper went round the streets in the morning and tapped on the bedroom windows with a long pole to wake people to go to work. It was basically a human alarm clock.

@lemsip207 2 жыл бұрын

@@ianz9916 In the countryside the rooster would wake you up as you got up earlier in the summer when the sun rose earlier. In the towns there were no rooster and people started work at the same time of day no matter what part of the year it was. So they got up and left for work before sunrise in the middle of winter and a couple of hours after sunrise in the middle of summer.

@janetstanland2015 2 жыл бұрын

Oh lovely, you gave me such a laugh! You never realise until someone points out your idiosyncrasies- they just comes so naturally to us. 😂😂😂

@davidhorsfield4462 Ай бұрын

Further north also uses " ey up chuck". Loving the insights xxx

@jonathangriffin1120 2 жыл бұрын

When my parents were alive we would go and visit them then when we left for home they would say 'Give us three rings when you get back' meaning dial our number let the 'phone ring three times then put the handset down. This would send the message that we were home safe and sound and at the same time not incur any charges. Peter Kay recounts this hilariously.

@brianwhittington5086 2 жыл бұрын

We still do a similar thing in South Yorkshire. We will say Two Ding me when..... Meaning a signal when you've set off, or got home.

@p.millard557 2 жыл бұрын

The three rings used to be a very common practice. I had forgotten it.

@carpnstuff 2 жыл бұрын

Then mum picks it up after TWO rings and thereby incurs charges...Doh!

@gzk6nk 2 жыл бұрын

The ring tone is generated in the exchange and is not at all related to the ringing of the bell in the called telephone. You might hear 2 ring tone 'rings' before the distant telephone bell even starts to ring!

@stevearmstrong9213 2 жыл бұрын

Although, I've never heard anybody say the 'you' bit unless they're actually asking if you're alright.

@KevinWMoor 2 жыл бұрын

Dodgy can also mean of dubious legality. For example "he's selling some dodgy suits"

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

True!

@trevordance5181 2 жыл бұрын

@@AdventuresAndNaps You can substitute 'dodgy' with 'moody'... There's a bloke down the market selling moody designer sunglasses. Meaning they are either of dubious quality, counterfeit, or stolen goods, (they fell off the back of a lorry) or all of the above! 'Selling' in the above example can also be referred to as 'knocking out'...There's a bloke down the market knocking out moody designer sunglasses.

@mallockracer 2 жыл бұрын

@@trevordance5181 [insert Only fools and Horses sketch here]

@Matt_The_Hugenot 2 жыл бұрын

@@AdventuresAndNaps You say dodgy perfectly!

@pizzaboy4463 2 жыл бұрын

Bonkers is more effective when prefaced by "stark, staring." We also say "piece of cake" meaning something is eay to do. It isn't quite the same as "Bob's your uncle" when means something has been achieved or completed.

@Phylicity 2 жыл бұрын

It’s really similar to ‘voila!’ ‘Done!’

@starrbowie8649 2 жыл бұрын

We in the USA use "bonkers,""piece of cake," and "cup of tea" in the same way as the English do. Thx for the video...

@franklettering 2 жыл бұрын

Pizza..... Stark *raving*

@JonathanChaseHypnotist 2 жыл бұрын

Usually, "Ey up ME duck..." "Store" is a warehouse, "Shop" is where you shop. "Sorted" mostly means solved. Knackered is an old farming term for animals that are sexually exhausted - hence the term 'Knackers yard' for an abattoir. Very interesting views.

@raiskis1 2 жыл бұрын

Classic Leicester phrase, "Eh up me duck." "Tara" is definitely not posh.

@jacobthrym7552 2 жыл бұрын

It a general East Mids phrase really. It's popular in Notts, Derby and Chesterfield as well.

@smd1uk 2 жыл бұрын

Also around North West Leicestershire and parts of Derbyshire and probably Staffordshire there is “ayup me owd bod”.

@frankmitchell3594 2 жыл бұрын

I once heard that 'duck' is from an old Danish word for a doll. So it's a common word in the old Danish areas of England - Leicester, Derby, Nottingham for example.

@jacobthrym7552 2 жыл бұрын

@@frankmitchell3594 The explain that's always given around my end is it comes from the old English for Duke. Which is why it's affectionate. How true either of these stories are, if even true at all who knows 🤷

@3milway 2 жыл бұрын

@@jacobthrym7552 use to be common in Northampton

@severs1966 2 жыл бұрын

"Ta-ra" (in the north, pronounced with the "a" sound, therefore we would never spell it "turrah") is as non-posh as you could possibly get. It's mainly used with people with whom you are familiar, and completely normal amongst people who would once have been considered as low-class as the class system can define.

@jemmajames6719 2 жыл бұрын

No just working class, no more no less.

@awakeningcry 2 жыл бұрын

And if you're in NW Birmingham or the Black Country, it's "ta-ra, a bit"!

@grahamtravers4522 2 жыл бұрын

... and of course ta-ta (for now), as in TTFN.

@karenax254 2 жыл бұрын

Sev. Exactly. I was taught that Tarra was common.

@jemmajames6719 2 жыл бұрын

@@karenax254 Working class snobbery my mother was the same couldn’t call her mam had to be mum, and other little things that aren’t important.

@rossmurray6849 2 жыл бұрын

Almost all of that 17 would be easily understood by most Australians and New Zealanders. The only ones that sound a bit odd to me are 'torrah', 'alright', and 'aye up, duck'. The main dividing line within the native speakers of the English language is between North America and the rest.

@allenjenkins7947 2 жыл бұрын

Torrah, or tarrah is just sloppy pronunciation of ta-ta, which you will find used in Oz and NZ.

@rossmurray6849 2 жыл бұрын

@@allenjenkins7947 Agreed.

@robertnewell5057 Ай бұрын

Australians say 'ta', 'on yer bike' (which doesn't necessarily mean go away or stop, but often just carries a connotation of disbelief), 'dodgy', 'cheers', 'bonkers', 'not my cup of tea', 'knackered' and 'have a butcher's'. There is also a variant in the UK of 'chuffed' - 'dischuffed', meaning, as you'd expect, upset or annoyed! Love this show.

@LeoG666_ 2 жыл бұрын

Another great way to invite someone to vacate your immediate vicinity is “ go forth and multiply “.

@elroymartyn8429 2 жыл бұрын

It's also a way to end up in a fight 🙂.

@tonys1636 2 жыл бұрын

@@elroymartyn8429 So is telling someone to "foxtrot oscar"

@ziptucker5650 2 жыл бұрын

I like to say "Sling your Hook" .

@WhereWhatHuh 2 жыл бұрын

With my luck they'd be bad at math.

@jillhobson6128 2 жыл бұрын

@@WhereWhatHuh or maths

@colinfletcher7335 2 жыл бұрын

The standard reply to "You alright?" is " Not bad mate"

@ravigoyal1523 2 жыл бұрын

Not too bad

@jonjoreynoldsgranner7307 2 жыл бұрын

not many people from outside uk know how to answer this. although you could also just nod or say alright back.

@mekatriona 2 жыл бұрын

Normally just reply Alright back... and both people know they are cool with each other.... It's a quick way to acknowledge each other without having to make a big thing about it. From London, England, UK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@dandelionmel 2 жыл бұрын

Side note I absolutely love the great expectations scent you guys make. It just reminds me of going into an old stately homes library. It’s so comforting and the best scent I have ever tried. Also when I’m struggling mentally I spray some on my pillow before going for a lay down, put some of my favourite chilled out music on and it takes me straight to happier memories.

@henryhalliday87 2 жыл бұрын

As Brit now living in Canada, my go to Canadianisms are “homo milk” for whole milk, a “mickey” of booze to describe a small bottle, a “growler” to describe refillable beer bottles, a “sleeve” for a glass of beer, saying “for sure” when agreeing, and saying “eh” at end of sentences.

@gojohnniegogo 2 жыл бұрын

"Got any salmon?" "Sorted!"

@Dunkster23 2 жыл бұрын

“Anybody got any veeras? Laaaaaavely”

@thinkdeep8806 2 жыл бұрын

"Naughty, naughty, veryyyyyy naughty"

@godsavethequeen3395 2 жыл бұрын

He's Ebeneeeeeeeze Goode

@aDifferentJT 2 жыл бұрын

See it, Say it, Sorted

@paulshepherd1348 2 жыл бұрын

Bosh!!

@SimplyElectronicsOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Bob's your uncle, fanny's your aunt is the full phrase.

@bluesmachine1006 2 жыл бұрын

Roberts your mother’s brother 🤪

@mikeseal8858 2 жыл бұрын

and Felix is the cat 😆

@colcot50 2 жыл бұрын

Bob’s your uncle was reference to Robert Peel who invented the police force, his nephew was promoted to a high position with accusations of nepotism. So Bob’s your uncle

@Johnniebhoy83 2 жыл бұрын

@MāTT You just had to 😂

@royhardy407 2 жыл бұрын

I often say Robert's your mums brother !

@andrewjohnson5276 2 жыл бұрын

"Knackered" in your Canadian accent is marvellous!

@doubleplusgoodthinker9434 2 жыл бұрын

When I was little , ladies would always call me "ducks" but that seems to have dropped out of use now. In the 1960s we used to use the term birds as in " there are two nice birds over there" and we were not referring to the feathered variety.

@OneTrueScotsman 2 жыл бұрын

I think "bird" is still used quite a lot.

@lemsip207 2 жыл бұрын

@@OneTrueScotsman I hate it. It's an insult to my pet cockatiel. And the same with chicks. My father liked to be different so called them quackers. He would say to my brother when he was five and we were watching pop programmes on TV "There's a quacker for you, mate". Like my brother would be interested in teenage girls at that age.

@RedDevil_Joe 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve said this before but “you alright” is sort of equivalent to what’s up here in that you’d ask if it someone was visibly upset, “whats wrong, what’s up”

@pollyparrot8759 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely ..... Alright (usually pronounced Aright) means Hi, or it can mean are you happy with something, whereas You allright, or are you allright are, as you say used when you are concerned about them for some reason.

@jrd33 2 жыл бұрын

Going back a few years, the phrase used was "sorted out". This had a range of meanings, from "I sorted out the shed" or "I sorted out the holiday accommodation" to "He wanted to know where the train station was and I sorted him out" (in other words, gave him directions). But it could also be used as a euphemism for violence - "He came round shooting his mouth off so I sorted him out and sent him on his way". So it kinda means "job completed". Pulp had a hit song in 1995 called "Sorted for E's & Wizz" Where the phrase refers to buying ecstasy and amphetamines at a music festival. Suddenly I feel old :-(

@joealyjim3029 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah sorted now is usually used when referring to procuring drugs as in: Person 1; “We going out tonight?” Person 2; “Yeah man, you need me to sort any bag?”

@gareththomas6714 2 жыл бұрын

@@joealyjim3029 speak for yourself

@youareslick 2 жыл бұрын

On The Beatles White Album, just before While My Guitar Gently Weeps, you hear Aye up! Duck is deffo midlands, where north would use love. Like "yall right love?"

@mollypenwhistle7918 2 жыл бұрын

Yep and down south it’s ‘alright my luver?’

@Codex7777 2 жыл бұрын

"Sorted" in the sense you're talking about, usually has a glottal stop, effectively all but eliminating the 't' sound. There may be a tiny hint of it left but essentially it sounds roughly like 'sore-id'. It's because it originated in London and the London accent, especially the cockney accent, is full of glottal stops. Londoners appear to dislike consonants. ;) Posh people may still pronounce the 't' and other uses of the word would too, unless you're a Londoner, but for the specific use you highlighted the 't' will have vanished, or almost vanished. :)

@leplum2001 2 жыл бұрын

It's amazing how often I catch myself smiling when watching your videos Alanna. You really DO brighten my day! :-D

@ftumschk 2 жыл бұрын

"Tarrah/tara" started off as a (mainly working-class) pronunciation of "ta-ta", meaing "goodbye". Its original heartlands were the Midlands and the North, I believe.

@DavidMartin-tk4fs 2 жыл бұрын

I always associated "tar'rar" with Liverpool, but that is probably down to it being part of being Cilla Black's catch phrase. Certainly not posh, I think she was possibly thinking of "tattie bye" (very my Old Man) or even "toodle-pip" (posh Twitt).

@decodolly1535 2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidMartin-tk4fs To me, "Tatty-bye" is pure Ken Dodd. Can't think I've ever heard it anywhere else.

@StephenButlerOne 2 жыл бұрын

I thought it was from old Welsh for goodbye.

@ftumschk 2 жыл бұрын

@@StephenButlerOne As a native Welsh speaker with a keen interest in Old Welsh, I wouldn't have thought so... but I'd be happy if the opposite were true :)

@StephenButlerOne 2 жыл бұрын

@@ftumschk I don't know if there is any truth in it, it's just somthing I was told about 35 years ago.

@gordonmillsjr.1957 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid. I think the origin of the word "ta" derives from the Danish / Norse word "tak" meaning thank you. This, and many other words are shared due to the Viking influence on the English language. T'ra is used in Northern England, "ta-ta" in the London / south east area. It means goodbye. 👋🤩

@thehammer7711 2 жыл бұрын

When greeted by the term "You all right?" My reply is "No, I'm half left, and a little bit centre." Pretty much like "Oh you're back," i reply, yes and my front, and my centre.

@zapkvr 2 жыл бұрын

Hammer mate, that's my bit too. I'll always greet someone with "you're back. And ya front" been at it for decades. I remember because a work mate used to mock me about it in the eighties

@thehammer7711 2 жыл бұрын

@@zapkvr Yes I started saying it in the 1980's I'm not sure why though.

@TheLondonLass 2 жыл бұрын

This video makes me strangely proud to be British! Cheers! I once said, "I'll give you a shout" in the US. I then had to spend ten minutes waiting for the Americans I was talking to to recover from their hysterical laughing fit. To this day I have no idea why this phrase is so funny to Americans!

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Ahh that's so true, I forgot about that one!!

@danimacchiato1186 2 жыл бұрын

This is so interesting because I’m from ON like Alanna and I’m used to people saying “I’ll give ya a shout after ___” or whatever. Now I’m wondering how so many of these phrases are somewhat common for me, but she barely heard them in Canada. I guess Canada has a lot of variation depending on the area even within the same province. 😂

@Nikosi9 2 жыл бұрын

@@AdventuresAndNaps It's not really that funny. Maybe, it was in combination with your accent...

@thinkdeep8806 2 жыл бұрын

Its more commonly said as "Aup meh duk", I was brought up in Derbyshire and this is one of the most common phrases you will hear yet is only used in the midlands, travel 50 or 60 miles and nobody uses it lol

@robertrhead570 2 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile in North Staffordshire we just say "Eyup duck".

@animatechap5176 2 жыл бұрын

We have it a bit in Warwickshire, mostly older people but I'm going to try to use it more

@rahmij 2 жыл бұрын

Synonymous with Stoke, isn't it?

@worcsed 2 жыл бұрын

You are a great youtuber, a great person and a great tribute to your family. Thanks for the vids

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@patdavis6383 2 жыл бұрын

"Sorted". Done, finished, fine, completed, taken care of, forgotten, put behind you. "I wanted to apologize for the other day". "Don't worry mate, we're sorted." (We're OK, it is all forgotten and behind us. "You still needing a hand?" "nah, I'm sorted." (It's done). "Sorted!" (I've finished, I'm done, I understand now, I get it.) In essence, it is saying that something is done and finished with, move on.

@stevekangaroo8010 2 жыл бұрын

I think you 'nailed' (which is another British phrase!) all those definitions perfectly, and spot on! Great video. I like using 'what's up' here in the UK as i think it sounds cooler than 'alright?!' I've noticed that whenever you need to explain something with a scenario you often involve food, or a restaurant, eating out or hanging out with friends! haha

@WandererEris 2 жыл бұрын

As a Scottish person, I can't imagine IRN BRU not being someone's cup of tea.

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

🤢😂

@clivemortimore8203 2 жыл бұрын

As southerner with a can of Irn Bru in front of me I agree.

@gingerpixie28 2 жыл бұрын

It’s mingin ha ha

@harrietkinloch7451 2 жыл бұрын

It's not my cup of tea and I'm Scottish, Rots your teeth! 😁

@WandererEris 2 жыл бұрын

@@harrietkinloch7451 I mean, I DID get a tooth out today, so you might have a point. But it's so good!

@zapkvr 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I stumbled across your channel. Finally a sensible use for the internet. Well done.

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@johntobin2819 Жыл бұрын

Always chuffed to watch your videos. I enjoy your insights especially as a Canadian with a daughter teaching year three in South London

@RedDevil_Joe 2 жыл бұрын

15:24 One of my favourites that Australians use is “seppo” to mean an American, I think even a lot of them don’t realise it’s Cockney rhyming slang. Seppo is short for septic, septic is Cockney rhyming slang for yank (cause of septic tank, and a yank is an American. The layers to that one lol

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@terryomalley1974 2 жыл бұрын

Seppo means American? Weird.

@anonymous2513456 2 жыл бұрын

The convicts are way more obscure than we are with their slang. They shorten everything to the point where it's all but impossible to glean the meaning. "I am going to the shop to buy some cigarettes" becomes a shake of the keys and "ciggies"

@2ridiculous41 2 жыл бұрын

Septic Tank. Started being used, I think, in the late 70s when everyone started confusing cockney and south London and terms seemed to be being invented daily. But more probably weakly. I blame Minder.

@RedDevil_Joe 2 жыл бұрын

@@2ridiculous41 it’s till rhyming slang for yank though? In the 70s? That would surprise me that it then got to Australia and then they turned it into their own slang seppo, seems too recent

@stephencohen575 2 жыл бұрын

Sorted example: You're in the Pub, you have just bought a drink for yourself. A friend comes in and asks "You want a beer?" You reply: "It's ok mate, I'm sorted." Knackered. "I'm knackered." (Tired or worn out.) Can also be used: "Can it be repaired?" (fixed) "No. It's knackered." Beyond repair. Bobs your uncle. Some people will add " Fanny's your Aunt." "Butchers" is short for Buthers hook- Look. "Let's have a Butchers." Cockney rhyming slang. You might also hear someone say: "Have a Gander" As in "Here, Have a Gander at this?" Means to have a look.

@StarWarsMeg 2 жыл бұрын

About the first one "Ta", it's not as wide-spread as you think. In the South West, we use "Cheers" much more.

@carlesg0n 2 жыл бұрын

I spent a few months in England and I was flabbergasted every time someone asked me "you're alright?". Never know what to answer, at first I thought that maybe I looked ill or something 😂😂😂

@brianwhittington5086 2 жыл бұрын

It's just a short friendly greeting and not usually intended for you to tell them your troubles, unless you were good friends. You could use any number of short or one word replies as a response, such as.... Fine thanks, Great, Not too bad, or even reply back with Alright. It's just an acknowledgement and the reply would fit to how well you knew each other.

@candidaburrows4284 2 жыл бұрын

It goes like this: Person 1: "Alright?" Person 2: "Yeah. You?" Person 1: "Not bad."

@marybalding1435 Жыл бұрын

“All things considered”. See Bill Bailey doing a thing about this

@steveosborne2297 2 жыл бұрын

As a matter of interest, I don’t know anyone who says “store”, and I’ve lived all over the country!

@lindamorris4542 2 жыл бұрын

I have not heard any person from the UK using the word store either

@trevorpomroy550 2 жыл бұрын

A store of something is what one might find in a cellar. ;)

@pollyparrot8759 2 жыл бұрын

Store is an American usage, here we have shops.

@vallejomach6721 2 жыл бұрын

You go shopping at a shop...not storing at a store. Right?

@pollyparrot8759 2 жыл бұрын

@@vallejomach6721 Absolutely right 😁👍

@dickiemcnutsack3248 2 жыл бұрын

When my mum ends a call she repeatedly says “tarra tarra tarra tarra tarrra” slowly fading the words till she hangs up

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@williamsstephens 2 жыл бұрын

That is adorable.

@steveluke4779 2 жыл бұрын

Niping to the shop means going to the local small shop rather than the big supermarket. Another greeting can be 'alright mate ' or in the Midlands ' alright chuck '. Good one, Cheers!

@andrewpinks4925 2 жыл бұрын

On yer bike, can be used as a friendly way of saying don’t be daft/stupid. e.g. if someone suggested let’s get all poshly dressed up to go to the tip, you could respond ‘on yer bike!’

@RoninofRamen 2 жыл бұрын

Like Americans would say "get outta town."

@jrd33 2 жыл бұрын

I think "tarrah" is a Northern variant of "ta ta", which is (or at least to be) more common in the South. Possibly popularized by the TV celebrity Cilla Black, who used it as a catchphrase. Chuffed isn't quite "happy", it's more "pleased with the outcome". Like "I'm chuffed that United beat City in the big match" or "I bet you're chuffed you passed your driving test". Cheers is also used as a sign-off to end a conversation or message (I use it that way in email all the time). Dodgy can mean all sorts of things. In addition to how you used it, you might also say a deal sounded dodgy, or a product, or a person. It implies not quite legitimate, or risky, or untrustworthy. Like a dodgy second-hand car might have undeclared problems or a dodgy investment might involve fraud or be worthless. It can also be used as the opposite of Kosher (in a casual sense).

@CAPTAINSLOG666 2 жыл бұрын

Tarrah (wack) is pretty singularly Liverpudlian, which of course is where Cilla came from. They don't even use it in Manchester 35 miles away. Nor in London, where you'd be taken for a Scouser!

@williamcooper2415 2 жыл бұрын

I remember hearing, "Ta ta," when people parted company and was equivalent to, "See you later."

@monicawarner4091 2 жыл бұрын

@@CAPTAINSLOG666 . Tarah is used a lot in and around Manchester.

@CAPTAINSLOG666 2 жыл бұрын

@@monicawarner4091 Mmn - lived there 3 years never heard it once. Maybe coz I was mostly in Didsbury/Chorlton/Walley Range, South Manc, but even in town I don't remember hearing it. Just looked up a Manc slang dictionary and it's there so you're right.

@monicawarner4091 2 жыл бұрын

@@CAPTAINSLOG666 . Having lived in what's now part of Greater Manchester since I was born over seventy years ago, and worked in the town centre for many of them, I know I'm right...but thankyou for confirming it. 🙂 It isn't surprising that you didn't hear it in the "posher" areas like Didsbury and Chorlton though.

@audreysaberhagen875 2 жыл бұрын

WHENEVER you explain something, ANYTHING; it makes PERFECT sense! thank you!♥️ love you to bits!;*

@billybgamer5205 2 жыл бұрын

Sorted - Something is complete and appropriate.

@judithrichards792 2 жыл бұрын

First time I’ve come across this young lady on You Tube. She comes across as being so genuine, amused by idiosyncratic British sayings. She appears to be a lovely young lady🥰 I really enjoyed this video. Sending love and best wishes to you and your family from The Peak District in the Heart of England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

@bushchat28d 2 жыл бұрын

How come "Drop the kids off at the pool" didn't make it? LOL

@xneurianx 2 жыл бұрын

Probably because they say that in America?

@Bernd_Gandamete 2 жыл бұрын

As in 'Got to see a friend off to the coast'?

@globulonz 2 жыл бұрын

lol. A friend, years ago, used the expression with "Cosby Kids" 😬

@brianwhittington5086 2 жыл бұрын

An old workmate would always use one or other expression to avoid a task . They varied by urgency to get away by saying. Gotta go, Turtle's head is popping out. Or, gotta go drop off a Richard - rhyming slang for Richard the third.

@clivemortimore8203 2 жыл бұрын

Are you allowed to drop your kids in the pool these days?

@jima1712 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this. Well chuffed!

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@davescupper5789 2 жыл бұрын

' mither' ....a hassle, a stress, a chore . 'Mithered' ....stressed. It's a word from the north west, Lancashire, Cheshire, Manchester.

@kelpkelp5252 2 жыл бұрын

"Sorted" is really a shortened version of "sorted out".

@leesharra1413 2 жыл бұрын

I've always heard American English say "sorted out" for completing something or getting something done. "It's all sorted out".

@kelpkelp5252 2 жыл бұрын

@@leesharra1413 Interesting, have never heard any American English speaking people saying that but I wouldn't know as I've only been over that part of the world a couple of times. When I was young you never used to hear people say just "sorted", you'd hear "sorted out" much more often. Along with "stood" and "sat" instead of "standing" and "sitting" which is much more common nowadays. I think that used to be something you only heard up north.

@leesharra1413 2 жыл бұрын

@@kelpkelp5252 True, American English may be too broad. Perhaps I should have specified when I have heard the use of "sorted" in this context it was always as "sorted out". It might be regional or social or familial, a bit of all three.

@mikegerrish3459 2 жыл бұрын

"Wat'cha, cock!!" (as used frequently by the character, Marmalade Atkins, played by the wonderful and late-lamented Charlotte Coleman in the early 80's children's TV series, "Educating Marmalade").

@marktruckingkelly 2 жыл бұрын

I'm gutted the video ended but now I'm knackered I'll say thank you and the video was my cup of tea 👍

@davidoverton4030 2 жыл бұрын

Very amusing. Thank you. Here's a few more: * 'Behave Yourself.' * 'Smart.' * 'He's off his mong.'

@vincenzomorrisiano2620 2 жыл бұрын

“Gorping at folk” Yorkshire for “looking at people...”Tha’s allus gorping at folk thee”. Often said to the wife....

@billswifejo 2 жыл бұрын

Spelt gawp or gawping though.

@zapkvr 2 жыл бұрын

@@billswifejo good job

@sodthelotayou3712 2 жыл бұрын

Gawping!

@malcbarrass7090 2 жыл бұрын

Piece of cake denotes that it's easy. Bobs your Uncle means it's "done."

@barnstar2077 2 жыл бұрын

Sorted!

@robertewalt7789 2 жыл бұрын

My wife from Hong Kong misstates this as “piece of pie.”

@zapkvr 2 жыл бұрын

Nice distinction

@kissofthelabrador3998 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed it very much. Gave me a right chuckle! Cheers!

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@michaelarcher6278 2 жыл бұрын

Well done Young Lady. That was a brilliant explanation of my language. I had such a good laugh. I must have a butchers at some of your other videos 😁

@candidaburrows4284 2 жыл бұрын

Agree with the other comments her so won't repeat them but just wanted to add: 'knackered' should properly be preceded by the word 'bloody' (which I don't think I've ever heard an American say either). Me: "Alright?" You: "Yeah, bloody knackered though."

@vectispete9415 2 жыл бұрын

What the removal of a male lambs testicles

@sharkarris 2 жыл бұрын

Conversely when we say "What's up?" here in the UK it means that we are worried about the person and concerned that something is wrong. In the UK "What's up?" indicates that we are prepared and want to listen someone's problems!

@fredygonzalez6104 2 жыл бұрын

That's true sharkarris , greetings from North of mexico

@primalengland 2 жыл бұрын

why have i been subbed to your channel for so long, but entertaining videos keep popping up? Love hving you here with us. x

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@chocsal 2 жыл бұрын

Good choices; very commonly-used words and phrases and very charmingly presented. An extra nuance for you: '[just] not my cup of tea' implies that your realise that many other people like a thing: you aren't disparaging it, but you personally don't find it pleasing. So it's a bit like 'it doesn't float my boat'. Not sure why 'tea'...maybe because people are fussy about the way they like their tea made?

@danhodson7187 2 жыл бұрын

'Grim' is a good one to mean something that's nasty. "How was your burger?" "Absolutely grim!". Also, you go shopping at the shops, makes sense.

@ianz9916 2 жыл бұрын

Although you don't get broth in a brothel.

@georgewn1953 2 жыл бұрын

Hearing you say sorted and sordid in your accent reminded me of a similar confusion in my life. I am an online gamer and I was talking to a player with a similar accent to you. She recommended that I should check out some games made by a company called naughty dog , I spent a long time googling noddy dog before I realised the confusion.

@simontunnicliffe2107 2 жыл бұрын

Americans somehow think "second" ends in a T as in "secont" and if they say, "Nottingham" or "Birmingham" the ham part is always overly pronounced.

@annetteormond3477 2 жыл бұрын

I'm Irish. I live here in the UK for 26 years. I found your video was so good. So funny and a compliment to Englishness.

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@totototo-er8qq 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video!

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@EYDIMUSIC 2 жыл бұрын

I'd reply to "alright" by saying "yeah mate you?" Even if I had a girder smashed through my head. Found it refreshing in New York where they seem to skip these pleasantries. 😄

@markfisher8198 2 жыл бұрын

The correct response to "alright"is "yeah not bad"😀

@danielwebb8402 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video Cheers ears

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@elroymartyn8429 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't that used to be "cheers big ears" and then "cheers gears"?

@Nigel-xp4rf Ай бұрын

To use Sorted in a sentence, you could say something like this 'I can go now on that day out, cos I sorted that out earlier'. Here's one I only heard when I was working at the charity shop, Save the Children, 'Stacked it' as in 'I was walking out the back and I stacked it cos of that box by the doorway', meaning a trip over, causing a fall, like if you pile up some items and they are not entirely identical to each other, when they topple over, it's cos they were stacked in a very dodgy way. Btw, I am 'Uncle Bob', but oddly not to my nephews and nieces, who know me as Nigel, but my middle name is Robert, which can be shortened to Bob. Anyhoo, I know I tend to ramble on or rabbit, as we would say, but once again, nice video. Take care and stay safe.

@timsmith5339 2 жыл бұрын

We also 'pop to the shops' to 'have a gander', maybe 'chance our arm' in the bookies, and on the way home we might 'have half' at the local which will never be a half and never be 'just the one' either!

@sammason5178 2 жыл бұрын

In my part of England we follow 'awright' with 'love' for male or female. Not far away, most people say 'alright duck'. There are many variations on this theme throughout the UK

@sadmachine7486 2 жыл бұрын

Back in my university days I knew of several students who'd come from other parts of the country, mostly the South East, who would react with outrage when someone addressed them as 'love', particularly if it were a man addressing a woman, until they realised that literally everyone local calls each other 'love' and they were being friendly rather than patronising.