oops. my bad.

Tbh . More likely to say p***ing down. But not a word to teach😂

@@AlanagilityUK Laura should do a video on English profanity. very important!

@@AlanagilityUK I was thinking the same thing. Usually I'll say it's coming down in buckets, or it's P***ing out. 😁

Yes, people do say it's chucking it down, although it's less used now and probably used by older people.

"chucking it down" is new to me (American). so long is fine, crack me up is fine, hit the sack-ok, (hay, also) , go to the Johhn (fine), so long is fine, close but no cigar common in US, brass tacks (fundamentals) is okay, how do you do is common in US. (many not often, but acceptable). I pity new speaker trying to untangle, UK, US, and Aus Eng. Like your channel, though! Knock 'em dead! --Jan

or just have fun?

You wouldn’t confuse me. Here in the US we still use many of these idioms.

This is actually a very British (not 'English') attitude to have. Most of the educated people I know are happy to use quirky turns of phrase. But then they are novelists, musicians, computer programmers and real teachers (not 'language teachers').

To 'spend a penny' meaning to go to the toilet comes from The Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace in 1851. It was the first public place to have flushing toilets and it cost 1d (a penny) to use one.

Same with Howdy do! Lol.

I remember learning it about 25-39 years ago...

Also, watch the Life of Brian for a great Latin lesson 😂

"This parrot is no more! It has ceased to be!"

@@brandonhorwath6351 This is a late parrot!

@@virgilflowers9846 "This parrot is pushing up daisies!"

Snap !

Hey guys, what is the quickest way to get to Mount Rainier?

Hey guys, what's happening works fine in American English (probably older people, but don't we count?).

It’s happening to me, it’s easier to understand non native English speakers than British people.

She's not.

And why the hell do youtubers start their presentation with an irrelevant and meaningless question? Maybe it's to set the tone for the rest of their presentation. Don't they watch any really good videos and see how those begin? There ought to be a "presentation" presentation teaching the best way to open and close your YT session.

What part of East London are you from Hammerman?

@@GeeCeeWU Dagenham born and bred. Later lived in Hornchuch.

The biggest accent change for me has to be the London one, as a bairn Londoners had very similar accents slight differences but nothing major however nowadays it's completely different truly bizzare....

@@Hammerman48 I was born in Manor Park London E12 and later went on to live in Brentwood Essex.

Yes you are dead right. You have to say it with the Wooster accent.

I'm an American native speaker. I thought it might be worthwhile to comment that one or the other of the two syllables in the word "research" may be stressed depending on the meaning the speaker wants to convey: I want to reSEARCH this topic versus REsearch is an integral component to the scientific method.

To continue on Coleen's observation, a common rule with two-syllable words is: If it's a noun, emphasize the first syllable. If it's a verb, the second. Cómbat is a noun, combát a verb.

​@@baxtercol I am an 80 year old English native. Please believe me that REsearch is American. That pronunciation is American and until about 30 years ago was unheard of in Britain.

The emphasis also depends if it's a noun or a verb. The word research if it's a noun then the emphasis is on the second syllable. If it's a verb then it is on the first syllable. There are many words like this. Record is another one. The emphasis determines whether it is a noun or verb

@@darralynemunro7350 I have just investigated RESEARCH pronunciation to confirm what I have said above. I was correct. The English language from England confirms that whether it is a noun or a verb it is correct to pronounce it as re SEARCH putting the emphasis on the second syllable. Americans pronounce it the other way.

PlayerClarinet ~Nothing personal and all do genuine respect from me to you, I hope you’re not teaching your students some of the wrong Australian pronunciations but rather instead the correct grammar. Here are some examples of Australian wrong grammar mispronunciations:: Player Clarinet is not Plya Clayinet, (a human says Car but a crow says Caw), (a human says Bar but a sheep says Baw), Par is not Paw, River is not Riva, Number is not Numba, Jumper is not Jumpa, Start is not Stot, Army is not Awmy, (red Barn at the green Farm “is not” red Bon at the green Fom), (Warner Mark Carl “is not” Wanna Mock Cal), Taylor is not Tyla, Dark is not Dock, Shark is not Shock, (the Last Shark shocked me at Dark “is not” the Lost Shock shocked me at Dock), (Lark at the Park “is not” Lock at the Pock), Large is not Lodge, (the Last Large Beaver lodge “is not” the Lost Lodge Beava lodge), Part is not Pot, Party is not Potty, North is not Noth, Controversy is not Controvesy, Territory is not Territree, Military is not Militree, Raspberry is not Raspbree, Strawberry is not Strawbree, Airplane is not Arrowpline, Last is not Lost, Cast is not Cost, a Cart is not a Cot, a Mask is not a Mosque, (put on a Mask at the Mosque “is not” put on a Mosque at the Mosque), (the Rain in Spain Stays Mainly in the Plain), Spain is not Spine, Lane is not Line, Main is not Mine, Pain is not Pine, Train is not Trine, etc., etc.. ~When I was in Melbourne (is not Melbin) I talked to a fellow in Bendigo on the phone, he said take the Trine, I said out loud what is a Trine, then I caught on, he means a Train. Cairns is not Cans and Kalgoorlie is not Kalgoolie.

I loved the term seppo, that I heard in Oz when I visted >30 years ago. From the same family as garbo (Rick, a bloke I meet in Sydney was a garbo) , but a on whole different level of linguistic sophistication.

​@@royjohnson465 when you loose the rhotic on the r, vowel and sound shift is inevitable. Fighting it is futile. As a Scot a Real peRson says CaR not Ca And TheRe's been a muRdeR not Theye's been a muada Your name is Roy not rwoy.

@@royjohnson465 I must point out that, if what you have suggested are common enough for you to attribute them as Australian, then they are not "wrong" but are part of an Australian accent. However, you are entitled to point out the differences from a more standard pronunciation and even dislike the sounds if you so please. I'm an intrigued by some of your selection, for example, pronouncing car as caw. That specific w for r substitution is more common in some upper class English accents. Also, I have heard it said that way in New Jersey. It is certainly not common in Sydney. There is a w for l substitution that I find slightly annoying, it is more common in Adelaide than in other parts of Australia. That is in words like 'milk' and 'middle'. Said like miwlk and middiw. However, this is also found in some regional British accents. Australian English is also non-rhotic as are most British accents. For this reason the r is lost at the end of words. Number becomes numb(schwa), the neutral sound schwa and not an 'a' of any description. Some of the other features you point out are due to the fact that there are no pure vowel sounds in the Australian accent. All vowels are diphthongs. I know that Americans, in particular, have difficulty in identifying the correct vowel.

@@sigmaoctantis1892 Nearly all those pronunciations he listed are either gross exaggerations, or just not true

I use "close but no cigar" all the time also.

Glad this as explained, I've never heard it used and did not know what it meant.

Note that the 'a' in Brass should be the short 'a' as pronounced in the North of England.

The only thing we use in South Hampshire from cockney rhyming slang is berk. Which has changed it's meaning a lot since it was Berkshire Hunt.

In German culture and language, we usually are very direct so this causes all kinds of culture clashes when talking with someone from the US or UK. A German would just say "You're wrong about that" without thinking much about it, and the other person would be needlessly offended. On the other hand, if a British persons answers to some plan "That's quite interesting" or "What a novel idea", a Germany might feel good about it (and not noticing he just got insulted).

@@bibliopolist well said! no doubt this has lead to many misunderstandings between cultures. I don’t think it would it be a least bit surprising to discover that our modern use of sarcasm and indirectness came from a long history of conflict with many surrounding nations.

Yes and that's also why you can still often hear the expression said as 'that cracks me up.' 'She really cracked me up,' etc.

@@bibliopolist True, but German is weird about using pronouns as the first word in the sentence, sounds over-assertive/braggy or accusing, so it uses inversions. "Ich find's gut" vs "Find' ich gut", "Du liegst falsch" vs "Da liegst du falsch". Then there's "Jaja", which mostly means anything but Ja, twice. And don't get me started on those awkward conversations trying to avoid the "du" or "Sie" form because of mixed context, such as in "cool" workplaces where everyone is supposed to use the "du" form, but it still feels awkward.

I reckon is quite common here in the UK too.

@R0swell5104 Here in the US only we older folks say reckon, the young never say it unless they're from the Appalachians.

​​​@@danfurr1907 you're absolutely right, my family is from the Appalachian corner of Alabama so I can vouch for that. But in the UK there are no class associations with the verb to reckon. Which is funny in a way, in a country where the language is choc a bloc with class associated words, like settee, serviettes (working class), pardon, dessert (lower middle), pudding, napkins (middle to upper class) lounge, living room (working to lower middle class), sitting room (middle to upper middle) smart (as in stylish or fashionable, upper class).

@@danfurr1907 My mom says "I reckon" all the time, and she's from North Dakota. I always considered it more of a western thing (Texas- Montana). But she's also in her 80's, so ..... I'm thinking of using it just to embarrass my son.

The word “amazing” is so overused.

0:29 What if we see your video on night 😂

For me stair rods means very heavy rain . In other words a continuous , solid stream of water .

Raining cats and dogs is the usual with me.

“It’s chucking it down” (or just “it’s chucking it”), not “it’s chucking itself down” 😉

Hammering, pouring, throwing and lashing are also words we use too

@@tsundereyoongi3869 I've heard pouring many times but never the other three to refer to rain.

@@davidz3879 it might be a regional thing then, because they're all very common terms in the Midlands

Hammering down definitely used alot.

They still measure fabric from the bolt like this in fabric and haberdashery shops but with a metre ruler on the counter instead of a yard stick

I am 42 and we still used those in the 90s.

@@jennifermccrary1570 yup ...I just turned 40 ...born 82 ...I remember using these terms in the 90's & early 2000's in my 20's

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@@MAXMax-do8md not just *I ...also others

By the time slang makes it into a dictionary, it’s usually dated.

Sounds normal to me.

Amber heard said "Tell the world, johnny..." Just last year in recordings played in court

I am not even sure if I know what that means, if it has an idiomatic meaning at all.

@@allendracabal0819 Basically, it means that you are so impressed or so in agreement with something that you would want everyone to know about it.

@@macsnafu Interesting. Thanks.

No problem ☺️ SO glad you enjoyed the video and learned some stuff!! ☺️🇬🇧

If his Barnet was wig it would be known as a Syrup. From syrup of figs.

Oh! I hope it didn't break anything important!

Very true!! It's nice to be spoken to like an adult, isn't it?

hey guys

And what about the really long 'a' like baaahth, which is how someone vrum Baaahth would zay tha' they come vrum Baaahth.

Thank you so much 😀 so kind!! ☺️

my pleasure 😋.... for real thats so lively n lovely...

😂

gadr? (Sorry, but I really would like to know what you mean by that.)

Starting to FADE... My legal b Kindness strikes again.

Yes I would agree with you on that one 😃😃

An Essex girl was in a road accident, trapped under a bus. A paramedic crawled under it to her and asked her name. "Tracy" Where are you bleeding from, Tracy? "Romford".

@@grahvis 🤣👏👏👏

Well, no.

Yes, it is! That’s common! There are many ways of describing the rain 😂☔️

Pissing down would likely be the commonest expression you'd hear.

Never really heard people say "pouring it down" but "tipping it down is far more common, or simply pouring.

@@R0swell5104 'It's Pouring down' or simply 'It's Pouring out there' would be correct, but I rarely hear the 'it' in the middle as in 'pouring it down'.

Good one. 😁

As a native British English speaker your input on how the language is actually spoken is very valuable to those learning it.

In WWII, the proceeds of a government issued life insurance policies were often enough to allow a slain airman’s family to pay off the mortgage on the family farm. Hence, by going down in flames, a pilot “bought” his family some measure of financial security.

Hi Claudia how are you. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪 to Brazil 🇧🇷. Just read the info on your channel - your english is really good. Yes Brazil is a lovely country with lots of friendly people. Of course Brazilian soccer ⚽️ is very famous. I have heard of the state Santa Catarina in the south of Brazil. It would be lovely to chat with you. Have you heard of Ireland. Before the big economic crash in 2008 there were 1000’s of brazilians in Ireland. A lot left afterwards. Wish you a lovely day and best wishes 👍😊🎶⚽️🇧🇷 Michael

you can learn them ''passively'' so that you recognise them but don't have them to hand all the time, this is what I do with Latin American words in Spanish which you don't use in Spain

Interestingly enough, I think in the written form 'you rule' probably still works.

another slang word for death would be "kegging it/to keg it"

When was that?

Also "taking a dirt nap"

What's an Xer ?

@@lesleyhawes6895 a member of Generation X, the generation after the Baby Boomers, but before the Millennials. Born about 1965 - 1979.

Yes, some of these are still common in Australia too

Thanks Seamus!!!☺️