Confusing Things About British Homes - Anglophenia Ep 28
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- What might Americans find confusing about a British home? New Anglophenia host Kate Arnell takes us on a tour of the charming quirks of a U.K. house.
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Washing hands
Rapidly move your hands between the two
Would recommend the experience
it's like eating an ice cream and a brownie
I always love trying to burn my hands and then freezing them. It's so satisfying.
Favourite thing to do as a kid
So exhilarating
Uncultured Swine we don’t actually splash between the two we just have cold water for like brushing our teeth and washing our hands with warm water which will be on the hot tap or you could wash your hands on the cold tap. Xx
I'm sat here as a British person thinking what the hell so American houses look like then
Love httyd same!
agreed
Same like do americans not have on/off switches???
Febi Jaimon no on/off switches and we also have a screens on our windows so you can open them and not worring about bugs of something coming in.
Neither do we have them in The Netherlands and Germany. Not like what is shown in this video
the way the person behind the camera shyly points at things without saying a word is bloody cute, i'm laughing so hard
i can tell you're British from the 'bloody cute' lol
Lucy Byrne I'm actually German (born and raised, never even stepped foot on that island although I'd love to, hopefully one day) but I'm glad that apparently my English is finally good enough to fool strangers on the internet haha! (only took 17 years of practice) (you made my day ❤)
deadlyNightshade789 I KNOW AW MA GAWD 😍😘😂
Aww I know right!
it’s intentional
One thing they forgot is in the UK, they don't use screens. In Canada, our windows have screens to keep the bugs out. (Also keeps the children from falling out. Lol)
tbh when i went to the U.K.+Ireland, there was barely any bugs climbing in the window or flying inside the place and i was staying there in the middle of the summer . meanwhile in america(we have screens too ofc) there’s so many flies and spiders and what not
I forgot to add that on to my comment. We didn't have screens when we lived in Germany either.
Sad, my sister fell out of one and broke the screen 😂😂 she's okay though
America's the same
Yep. Canada is great.
When u live in Britain 🇬🇧 yet ur still watching this
Lol
Same
Sam Birch SAMEEEEEEEEE
I live in Britain
Same
I’m from the uk and I watched to see what was so confusing about my home😂
you got a license for that permit
Same lmao
Strawberry_ Laces_Xoxo same😂
Strawberry_ Laces_Xoxo same 😂😂😂
Strawberry_ Laces_Xoxo haha
1. My light switch for my bathroom is not on a cord
2. The bath and toilet are in the same room
3. My hot and cold taps are joined
4. I don’t usually open the window
5. I call it a sink
6. I’m not posh
Shanti Bhamra 😂😂
It's because most people in London are posh (no affence)
That's legit the exact same for me lol
@@iwasanattemptedtroll7664 Not really. London is quite big and a lot of places in it really aren't posh
Actually most people who live in London aren’t posh. It’s called the east end mate 😂😂
"We have a general lack of space so the clothes washer is in the kitchen"
"We have two separate rooms for the loo and the shower"
👀👀👀
Yes but what she didn't mention is that most homes have their toilet and bathroom combined.
My loo is combined
I’m a Brit, three floors, three bathrooms, two showers and a bath
England.exe has stopped working
Uh really?
I'm British and most houses have their toilet in the bathroom. Agreed?
*Edit* Most newer house's have separate ones but mines really old as it used to be a old prison xxx
Not for me.
Yes however my bf grew up in a council house and until recently the shower/bath etc were in a different room to the toilet. When I went to visit his parents with him (before the council made a full bathroom) I was confused lol
Years ago, you would very often find a house where the toilet was in its own little room WITHOUT a basin (I call it basin in the bathroom and sink in the kitchen - don't know why; perhaps because the kitchen sink is normally large so an almost different object) where you could wash your hands. That meant that you had to open the toilet door and then go into the bathroom to wash your hands. TWO doors with possibly germ-laden hands on the handles (depending on what you did in the toilet). You still see houses like this if they haven't been modernised. Gross! But in those days it was the norm and we thought nothing of it.
Yes, I was under the impression that the separate loo room was more of a Continental feature.
Yup
Not going to lie, us Brits are probably the only people in the world who would find washing our hands exhilarating
my awkward life as leah i just man up and burn my hands or freez them
The rest of our lives are usually so boring, the kettle going off is exciting. But like, it actually is.
Um I might exclude my self from this I don't see anything cool on washing my hands
You're the only ones that even use the word exhilarating anymore lol
I read this in a British accent
We don't normally have air conditioning in our homes,because it isn't usually warm enough! 😂😂😂😂
So true
No no no just moved here from the states and it was super hot this summer. We need air conditioning over here.
It isn't usually that hot EVER!
@@etbn1080 it was only hot this summer because we had a heat wave. 😂
Ernest Brown heard of a heat wave? Yeah most of our summers get up to about 25°C but, no not this year! We had to get up to FREAKING 37°C SOMETIMES. glad that summer is ending
My question is then, WHAT THE BLOODY HECK DOES A HOUSE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES LOOK LIKE THEN?!
We normally have LOTS of sockets everywhere, it's relatively common to have either a Laundry Room or for it to be in the Garage. Our bathrooms have both the bath and toilet in the same room, our faucets are together...
Most first world countries have pretty similar houses
England is just paranoid
Or, if you live in an apartment or similar communal housing- theres a communal laundry room! where people steal your clothes!
My god I’m not blind I already saw the first comment just stop
Well in Korea most apartment bathrooms don't have tubs.
Why is her voice just so like mesmerizing
Mrlegendarynoob she’s from England it’s supposed to
Mobile Gaming nah I’m from England and even I find her voice mesmerising especially when she said “hot and cold water taps”
Mrlegendarynoob coz it's an accent
Because she is soooo fit !
It's an accent
Separate taps need to end, I've seen brand new buildings with them installed. I'm fed up with either fisting Satan or plunging my hands into liquid nitrogen when I need to wash them.
10/10 analogies.
Plus you waste to much water by seperate taps
Just put mixer taps in. My house has the "old" design with a water tank in the roof so you don't want to drink the water from any upstairs tap anyway. Probably safer from the hot tap given it's been heated hot enough to kill the bugs.
***** In the older houses the water for upstairs is stored in a tank in the roof so you won't want to drink that either. Originally they were metal tanks but are now plastic. The only water you'd want to drink is the downstairs cold water. Given the hot water is meant to be 60C or higher, it should be safe but better not to risk it.
***** This is all down to having a tank to store the hot water. There are actually two tanks in the roof. One small one is used to provide water to the central heating system and the other larger provides cold water that goes into the hot water system that you then use. This larger one is also often used to provide water to the cold taps upstairs. These both provide a head of water to keep the systems pressurised.
We do have water towers because you still need to fill these tanks so the pressure must be enough for that. Areas with lower pressure would benefit and there are probably historical reasons for it that modern design doesn't need. Combi-boilers, that heat water on demand, do away with the hot and two cold water tanks. Combo-Boilers are quite new though so anything early 80s or before used these tanks.
Often people moving into these houses rip out the older boiler and tanks and replace with the combo-boiler. The downside is that the boilers are more expensive and more complex so tend to breakdown more quickly. The dedicated hot water tank does mean I can have a shower whilst a hot tap is turned on and off without noticing, something people with combo-boilers often complain about.
I'm from Britain! I have a washing machine and tumble dryer in a utility room, though.
Llama_ Drama same
Llama_ Drama ditto
Ditto
also do I and I'm from Britain
Llama_ Drama same
"Just open the window"
*_sniff_*
**cough cough** "It's lovely stuff!"
_are you sure about that_
you dont get sick because of cold you get sick becuase of bacteria viruses
@@GMäääN11 shut your gob
@@eddiethehead4791 shut your ass
*Opens window*
*breaths in air*
*Coughs and dies*
No plugs here do not have an on or off switch I wish then did save me from unplugging everything to save power
That's London air for you
*19th century London intensifies*
Plauge 2.0
What did I just watch, I’m British and I’m fairly sure that her accent was fake 😂🤦♀️
Yes lol
Me too
I’m not sure it’s fake but I do think it’s exaggerated / overly pronounce for the sake of the video.
She never said she was a Brit do do's
Yes
Don't leave the window open to much or you'll have a room full of chavs.
Hahahaha
KaFFi3N I actually found just a random person in my room once when I left the window open 😮
They ran when I showed up though and nothing was taken so it's fine
😂😂😂
KaFFi3N Trueeee
I am Irish and I reluctantly agree...
Her: “you need to spend a penny?”
Americans: 🧐🤨🤔????
Brits: 🤦♀️🤦♂️ why
What did she mean by that? ( Im not british And I have no clue 😂) Im from America. Lmao
@@Rachel_01 it means going to the toilet
@@paddlewagons ohh okay, thanks.
Nancy Diaz I’m American too lmao but I saw a bunch of ppl internally facepalming in this comment section, so I kinda guessed it meant go to the toilet
Americans eat and shit a lot, so this would be called "drop a load". Or in South Park episode, I believe it was a "fudge dragon".
I've been in the UK to study for a year and I have rent a house myself. Everything is exactly the same hahaha!
Splendid experience for a foreigner! Now I need to get myself some tea, with milk, and staring outside of my window to see some more rain;)
Cheers!
Just kidding I love this country:D
i'm sorry, what? i live in england, i've been in the same house my entire life, and i have also been to many houses, but i've never known "the bathroom" and "the loo" to be two separate rooms, we just have the toilet in the bathroom.
It means you're living in a more modern area. House's that was built pre-war usually has a separate bathroom and loo, or someone living there before you probably knocked the separating wall down.
i need to brush up on my history
twistedtyler same + my house is pretty old so u don't need 2 brush up on ur history
same most houses i have seen have 1 room with bath and a toilet and another with only a toilet that's really small. don't say that i live in a modern or rich area because i don't
My toilet and bath are in 2 different rooms and also I have a downstairs toilet
You also don't need to put stamps on your letters in England. They're delivered for free by the owls from Hogwarts during the summer holidays. The Queen delivers parcels though as they're too heavy for owls. I think.
I find that quite offensive
Charlotte Johnson I don't.
Sicram 1972 😂😂
Charlotte Johnson
What, offensive to Owls or the Queen?
doyoulikebeetroot to me and other people in my country
Washing machine doubling as the dryer. Mind blown.
You mean you have separate machines? That must make you tight for space.
@@stapleddominoes3326 We do, but a load only takes 30 minutes. And you can dry and wash clothes at the same time.
Stapled Dominoes Not really, most houses have a laundry room and most apartments have a laundry closet.
I think a lot about how possible it would be, or expensive. I didn’t know they were commonly used like that in other continents
yeah I've heard about combined machines but they seemed super expensive as compared to just having seperate ones
I have my bath and toilet in the same room. I'm from the uk
Same
Same
Same🇬🇧🇬🇧
It's mostly a mix. I know people with separate and some with it together. I live up north if that makes a difference
Same
lol why am i watching this i live in england already
to see if what they say is correct, most of the time you have to correct them ;) :P
smooop lol me too
haha same xD
The important question is why did she throw the envelope on the floor.
smooop omg that's it's lovely.
I have a washing machine in the kitchen
An electric kettle
A light switch on string
Toilet and bath in the same room
Separate taps
Kakapos And kiwis same
Ooh! Exactly the same for me haha.
Exactly the same
Same
Same I live in England tho
We(Americans)normally have a separate room called a laundry room.
We have a light switch in the restroom and outlet near the sink.
Normally our restroom and our baths are in the same room or in a room connected by a door
We have two water tabs, but one faucet
We only have switches that turn off our outlets for our restroom outlets.
We have AC. We also have screens so no bugs can enter our homes if the window is open.
Actually that's a lie. Here on Bronx, NY everyone keeps their washing machine in the kitchen.
Kevin Burrell I said normally. And it’s not a lie... normally American houses do have separate rooms
Wet hands + light switches or power sockets = death. That is why we have no sockets in our bathrooms and pull chords for the lights. UK safety standards are obsessively high - even more so than in mainland Europe
Simon Wright well have buttons to turn off the electricity in the restroom.
@@simonwright9916 but am I dead.?
The biggest difference you forgot to mention is that all the doors inside British homes tend to be fashioned from very sturdy wood, whereas doors in America (based on all the horror films I've seen) are made from one sheet of rather tough cardboard.
This means that Freddy or Jason or Michael Myers would have a considerably more difficult time getting through a locked door here in the UK than they would in the United States.
That's probably because most of the houses are donkeys ears old and I suppose it's bled into the requirements of new builds. I honestly don't think I've ever come across a non-hardwood door in my life?
really cheap interior doors are made of thick cardboard, for the most part they're a structure with 3/16ths (a blonde one under 5mm) wood paneling or 16 gauge sheet metal on both sides. saves on wear and tear in the hinges. a lot of older or really expensive doors are still totally solid though. you gotta think how new the construction here is. very few buildings are older than 100 years, with most of the houses here having been built cheaply during the 60s and 70s
atomicdancer lol you might be surprised to learn that many exterior doors in The US are steel and painted, steel doors (or fire safety doors) are required between the garage and home for an attached garage. My front door is steel and is painted to look like wood. So Mike and his friends are going to have a hard time crashing in! 😉
Something you Americans might be quite shocked to find is that sarcasm is raaaather popular here in the U.K., and i think this poster was giving you a rather good example of it ;)
That is so true! Well, the front doors have some metal in them, but each door inside your house is hollow. LAME! I wish they were solid wood, too. Those kind are gorgeous!
I don't really dart my hands between the two taps, I just let my hands get scolded.
lol me too
scalding
+BlueEyedMini scolded as roasted - duh
+DemonicFlaim1000 thank you
SCALDED!
“Would you like to use the bathroom?”
*Nods Head*
“Let me show you around the bathroom first”
Panda well there are two
Me lives in britan: lala
Also me: washes my hands with only 1 tap
I'm British and I'm watching this😂
But I don't really "dart" my hands between the two... I let my hands scold or freeze them? Anyone else😂
Kawaii Squishies yep
Kawaii Squishies I used to do it when I was 9 or something...I just can't be bothered now 😂 Our kitchen sink has a handle for both hot and cold water so that isn't a problem :P
Or, you know, put the plug in! Nah... neither do I!
Vibea Jayloni I am Irish to go they Irish and are there any people that watched this that is not from England or Ireland????
Kawaii Squishies Me!
I love that she open the window and breathes on the “fresh air” and coughs (I’m from England btw)
REEDY THE RED PANDA London is in england
Casually throws the envelope on the ground.
Yeah
I know, put a waste bin at least near the door
And I thought that was just an American thing!
In answer to your questions in America, the toilet the basin, the bathtub shower all are in the same room and we just call it the bathroom
The basin has a single faucet that you turn left or right, depending on what temperature you want the water or in the middle if you want it the temperature is mixed
In the bathrooms, we do have outlets where you can plug all manner of things into the wall socket
We have separate utility rooms which have the washer, the dryer, often a water softener, and lots of shelves
We also often have mud rooms, so when you come in through the back door, you’re not tracking mud or dirt all over the house you can take off your heavy boots and leave them there in that room
Our kitchens are much larger and we do have electric tea kettle’s all across the country, which will get a quart of water. Boiled in probably two minutes.
We also have forced air central heating and cooling so we don’t have radiators and we rarely have boilers
The way the electrical outlets are set up is a duplex socket every 8 feet along the wall in the living area so in the typical bedroom that’s 12’ x 12’. You’re going to have at least eight places to plug things in which means we don’t use extension cords very often which means we can keep the cords shorter fewer accidents nobody tripping over cords.
Every window will also have screens on it to keep out the bugs
"Bathroom. The room with the bath." xD
My mistake when I went to France.
I think we should take the term literally. It's weird to call the toilet the bathroom :) Unless there really is a toilet in that room, I think..
That's right. We'd know what you mean if you asked for the bathroom because we watch a lot of american TV. And if you're in a home where there's often a toilet in the bathroom that would also make sense. But if you're in a pub and you asked for the bathroom it hits the ear weirdly, because you can't have a bath in a pub.
if you're out usually the phrase would be something like '_could you point me in the direction of the ladies_'' or _gents_ as appropriate.
flagpoleeip
What about toilet? Would it be weird to ask where the toilet is?
+kigerneko that's fine too. it's a bit on the formal side i suppose. but it's fine.
there are lots of polite euphemisms too. like if you're a dinner guest in someone's house maybe you ask for the little girl's room.
'if you'll excuse me I'm just going to turn my bike around'
Were my British sqaud
Ella Mcombie here!
Where*
Yassss bitch
Ella Mcombie // ere mate
Here
I’m from England and We don’t say basins we say sinks
Yeah
DOES ANYONE GO TO SCHOOL HERE CAUSE YOU’LL LEARM ABOUT VICTORIANS
I'm from Ireland and we say both, kitchen and loo ones are basins and bathroom ones are sinks
Same
@@lisaobrien5325 u need to go to school u spelt "learn" wrong so......
I really bothers me that she just left that envelope on the floor.
me too.
I thought it was just me!
I didn’t even notice that!!! Lol
@@J-Rod91 really bugged me. :/
when in Britain, do as the Brits do. I now throw all my envelopes on the floor. I'm adapting to the culture.
LIved in England all my life and I still forget to turn the plug socket on and off.
same
Why turn it off? I can only see edge cases where that is useful
The switch on the mains socket can be very useful to save the switch on expensive electrical equipment from wearing out. It is very easy to install a new socket, but changing the switch on most modern appliances can be very difficult or even impossible.
OK I'll give you an example. My Phillips TV.
The switch broke (luckily in the 'on' position) within two years of purchase. Out of guarantee. It would have been several hours work to change the switch so I just used the switch on the socket.
I used to repair electrical equipment for a living and it was nearly always switches and potentiometers that were faulty.
Do you not use remotes for your TV?
What I learned from this is that Brits are deathly afraid of electricity as mandated by law.
Shocking isn't it?... I'll see myself out...
We have twice the power and twice the danger
For good reason - it can kill. We had an electric fire in my house.
Our country standard is 240v - We try to keep that away from water & stupid people. Hence the 3rd (Big) pin for grounding purposes.
There's enter videos worth of differences in building and electricity regs. Your wooden houses with less earth bonding and rat tail joints (wires just sort of twisted together and explicitly baned in the UK) sound like risky fire hazards to a sparky over here. Honestly a lot of it is just old and dates back to when electrical goods were a bit more temperamental.
In stead of saying spend a penny I just say I need a piss
I'm from uk
Sdcard Games ye init
Sdcard Games hahahaha yh
Sdcard Games lol yeah
I’m quite fond of the term ”loo” as well
Well, I hope you don't use it with your grandmother present. Robert.
I'm from the U.S. and I find I usually get the best results when I ask the hostess/waitress/waiter, in my best Cockney accent, where I might go to have a tinkle.
Haven't found anyone yet that was able to answer with a straight face. :-)
2:40 look in the mirror she is talking to a ghost😂
Haha!
2:16
Or a vamp
*bruh*
I am terrified
“Spend a penny” I’m not too sure she’s actually English.....
Millie Hall you are stupid
*WE SAY PENNIES TOO YOU ABSOLUTE CHAD*
Zzcooljammar 420zZ chad?
Fortnite Sucks how am I?
Zzcooljammar 420zZ not one person in England says they need to spend a penny when they go to the toilet😴
I'm from the UK and while I know they exist, washer dryers are very rare.
It's because they don't do a very good job of drying, because the optimum drum size for a dryer is much larger than for a washing machine.
Chris Wilson I didn't know it either!
Chris Wilson really? Literally everyone I know including me has one..
I don't have a dryer but washer yes
I have one, but used the dryer like 3 times in years, it takes ages and the clothes don't smell nice.
"it rarely gets warm enough for AC"
except for every summer when every brit is complaining about the heat
We British are a funny bunch, we love to complain about everything!
Ah, summer - that time when the temperature fluctuates wildly between zero and twenty degrees. :)
+David Sullivan They surely can cope with that one day of the year!
No, as a matter of fact we can't. As JollyShot said, we love to complain about everything. Too hot, too cold...
30c the other day, and yes I complained about the heat :)
The "dart your hands" bit killed me. I'm British and generally just cold hand wash due to the darting fiasco 🤣
So put the plug in and feel in the combined pool!
Haha only for special occasions when you got time and sink is very clean 😆 but yes that is an option too
@@kelentir7389 The sink should not be dirty in a private house, at least the one in the loo that guests might use! As for time, wasting water (especially hot, which heating has been paid for) is the reason we don't just run the taps.
@@G6JPG ok 👍😆😅
Just wanting you Americans to know that literally no one speaks like this...😊😊
Lucy Davidson ok good I was getting a little worried XD
Ooooohh, thanks for clearing that up lol
Ok I was getting kinda worried. Also do you Gus really t have AC or was that fake 😂
Peppa Pig I depends ( I’m can’t say anything cuz I’m not British )
Lucy Davidson I speak poshly like this so...
I feel like 90% of the people watching this video are British, including me 😂😂
Not I, but I adore British homes such as this and appreciate the differences as well as simplicity. In America we have large refrigerators and we find it very difficult to get along without air conditioning due to the extreme heat and humidity. I do hope to be able to visit the UK someday.
Me neither, i'm from germany and like the UK. I have a liking for countries wich annoys my father because i don't like russia. But are pigeons(and birds in general) really flying in your houses when the windows are open? In germany you can open your windows too....but i never saw a bird flying into the house......
Naomi Hill Make America Great Britain Again.
Heyy, another Naomi!!
Yep!😜
I hope Americans don't watch this and assume that we welcome guests into our homes by talking to them like they're 5 years old ;)
This is a pretty extreme example of an old-fashioned British house anyway. I swear we don't all live like time stopped 200 years ago.
Kim Colquhoun - I'm American, I keep watching this, I'm confused about houses Britain has now. :(
No flushing toilets or hot running water 200 years ago.
It's not an old fashioned house!
K
Kim Colquhoun qA
As a old middle aged American, nothing is more refreshing than watching a beautiful English lady present a practical video. Thanks so much!
Hardly any homes in England are like this , this house is really old fashioned and most people’s homes have the bath and toilet in the same room and also we have utility rooms with the washing machine instead of it being in the kitchen
Obsessed with Bangtan X
Thank god, I thought I was the only one with a utility room
Rose Gold 😂😂
Utility rooms are rare though. I think I've only been in one house that had one
brit gordon loads of ppl have them :)
Obsessed with Bangtan X I have the bath and toilet in the same room but other than that my house is the same as hers. My tumble dryer is just kind of shoved in my kitchen/dining room though
Most ppl have a bathroom w a toilet in
Tiki Life I do! But I do also have a loo in one tiny room next to my kitchen! 😄
Tiki Life I do not they r separate
Tiki Life I don’t
Well I do now but I once lived in a house that had a separate loo downstairs, and upstairs a bathroom which also had a loo in.
Tiki Life
I dont
Not all British homes are like this now mostly new builds but still some old buildings still don’t follow
SneakerPurpose I was about to say this
In the UK every front door has a letterbox, so mail goes straight inside your house, we don't have mail boxes on the street.
Andy McIntyre some homes in the states also have the slot in the door for mail, or a box attached to the outside of the house in stead of on the street. I think street mailboxes look kind of quaint but that may just be my perception
Mailboxes down by the road are pretty much for the convenience of the United Postal Service
they have that in some houses in america too
In my country, this totally depends on how you live. Older apartments usually have a slot in the door, while newer apartments have boxes at the ground level (to spare the mailmans knees). Villas, town houses and similar usually have a box at the street (or road, when living on the countryside).
My grandparents (they live in what’s called a “cookie cutter” neighborhood where every house is identical) have a mailbox by the front door. My house’s mailbox is at the end of our driveway
I'm pretty sure most people who watch this are English. We are just great aren't we?
Like if you are British
Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I am American, so I won't like.
Well I’m Scottish lol. So yas 😂
@@casualpickles5165 same
Casual Pickles loll. Well ur talking to one 😂
Comments section:
99% British asking why they're watching this
1% Foreigners getting confused
I’m the confused foreigner 😂
ThatEnglishCringe
Confused foreigner passing through.
I've found my twin.
No way beckie. U are much cuter.
That is exactly what I thought when I saw Kate! Both of y'all are beautiful ladies! :)
Beckie😍😍😍 I'm from Brazil and love ur videos
She looks more like your older sibling or relative. But i can see the resemblance and the similar voice pitch with the British accent.
I dont really know who she is lol I will watch one of her videos.
I live in the US and grew up with a bathroom sink with separate hot and cold taps, we always just filled up the sink with a mixture of hot and cold water and used it that way. I grew up in a time when air conditioning was just being introduced here, it was common to do stuff like lie outside on the front porch roof to try to cool off in the summer. Especially since overnight there are nights it don't get below 80 degrees Fahrenheit (that's 27 degrees Celsius). And then in the winter, you always hoped the furnace would kick on in the mornings, otherwise it was freezing cold.
The reason we have three pin plugs is because we have 240v electricity and it can be dangerous. The top pin is an earth pin. Most taps are single outlet nowadays, and most toilets are in the bathroom. Not all washing machines have tumble dryers built in, its an optional thing. Not all homes have a Kate in them either, which is a bit of a shame.
some people think we are scared of it when really we are looking out for people that may not understand electricity yet like children and babies
Googel+ .
Or a katie
I am Lobo you really don't want one. The wash takes forever, and the dryer doesn't do anything at all. They're also incredibly small capacity. If you have the room for separate units, even stacked ones, then do it. You'll basically ways have to hang dry your clothes if you use a combined one.
I live in Portugal and our plugs only have 2 pins. There is no earth pin.
The earth contact is included on the outside of the plug.
And we also have 240 V.
Modern houses have room for 2 separated washing/dryer appliances but is comun in small flat's to use the combination 2 in 1.
This is more of houses in London, not UK in general lol.
In my house, there is an outlet for each bathroom, but no sockets, but baths and “ loos “ are in the same room. The taps are separated, and the light switch is on the wall not ones you pull. The washing machine is in a separate room, and we have air conditioning but rarely use it.
Cranberry Productions I think we live in the same house
Exactly lol
Obviously you live in a newer house than the one on the video. I'm American and lived in Yorkshire over 50 years ago and our flat and every house and flat I visited were the way they are in the video.
Many houses and flats up north are like this too, particularly older ones and any built by the local council. Greetings from Manchester.
I think it also depends how big your house is. Most normal 3 bed houses wont have a separate room for the washing machine.
Here are a few more differences
1. We have mailboxes, instead of the convenience of it being built into your door.
2. We have built in closets in our bedrooms. If not it is considered a loft, not a bedroom.
3. In the 2000's the average us home was 2300 square feet, but with urban development, it is likely less than that now.
4. The average American produces 1,675 lbs (760kg) of waist a year while the average Brit only produces 1,234 lbs (560kg)
5. 80% of US homes are single family homes, detached from any neighbors.
6. Most US homes have built in garbage disposals. Excuse my ignorance, but if British people don't know what that is or call it by another name, it is a system that essentially breaks down large food particles so they can go down the drain with the water.
7. Finally, our tea is mostly served iced here. This is more popular in southern and western states, but is still very common everywhere else.
As for your last point, I was in America for the first time last year, and pleasantly surprised by how easy it was to get hot tea. Even all the convenience stores that let you make coffee (which is AWESOME, btw, we never get that in the UK) also had tea bags.
me123 I work at The Home Depot, and we brew fresh coffee for our customers daily, but I never thought anything of it.
Yeah, here you can only buy tea & coffee at the Starbucks-type places or real cafes/restaurants. I mean, a big supermarket might have a Costa machine or something but that's it really. One of my favourite "little" things about the US was the way virtually every shop let you make your own hot drinks.
me123 oh I was saying we made it for customers for free. They came in grabbed a coffee and shopped, or they would grab one on the way out. There are a few other store chains that do this here, but not many.
That garbage disposal thing sounds cool. I’m from Scotland and we just put everything in the bin(trash) or they are really strict with recycling so we have 3 bins. 1 for rubbish 1for recycling and another for garden waste. Some people in the bigger cities have glass bins. Bigger items can be taken to what’s called “the dump” it’s like a place that gets rid of all the larger items and send them o landfill x
My god this woman is GORGEOUS!!!!
Yes. Yes she is. Cute voice as well.
I'm from Hong Kong and I just realised how we were a colony of the UK...
EDIT: Just in case I didn't word it correctly, I knew we were a colony before this video, just not how much that had influenced us. There are so many similarities.
That's why your the most liberal part of china
I'm from the United States and I just realized how we were a colony of the UK...
I'm from India and i just realised how we were a colony of the UK.
I'm from Scotland and I just realised that we're part of the UK
I'm from Japan and I just realised how we have nothing to do with the UK...
Actually the on/off switch on plugs makes sense.
Jesse K Ive never heard of anyone getting shocked by an outlet unless they put a fork in it or something. Whats the point in have an on/off switch when you can just unplug whatevers plugged in
Wait, some people actually DON'T have an on/off switch on the sockets??
blackdice1001 never seen one, been to many countries :)
Maria Sudermann That must get expensive over years.
Maria Sudermann BLASPHEMY!
Primarch Alpharius We just have on/off switches on all our devices... except like TVs or things that use remotes will use a trickle to be able to turn on via remote and stuff like that.
Dean Winchester
we also have those but i have never used mine.
I have a Victorian house but modern plumbing and chose mixer taps in all bathrooms and en-suites except the attic, which has original features, so I've replaced like-for-like. To fill the kettle or get a drink, use cold tap, to get instant hot water use hot tap, to get the right temperature to wash in, turn both taps on and adjust the plug to obtain the correct fill/flow to the bowl.
Electric kettles really confuse Americans. I once stayed in a B&B in Washington and my sister lent me an electric kettle to use there. I came into the kitchen to find they'd put in on the hob and melted it. :(
Julia Galvin This is so odd. Those must be particularly "special" Americans... Everyone I know (in US and Canada) have electric kettles.
Julia Galvin There was once an Indian guy in our dormitory who came for student exchange and he has never seen electric kettle. Guess what? He tried to boil... milk in it! ;-P I am sure you can imagine how the story ends... :-)
surfbbee I live in the US and I don't anyone who has an electric kettle. Where do you live?
edejan How do you boil water for a tea then? :-) Let me guess - in a microwave? :D
BEERCOASTERSpl Stove top whistler kettle
It's literally 1am why am I watching this
2 here
read this comment, check the time - 12:56am haahaha
Small cacti yup
Jack Bolton time zones?
haha init 01:03
she's a real life tracer 0.0
Although Tracer is more Cockney accent... or should I say 'mockney'
She is a real what?
Tracer is a character in the game Overwatch and she has a terrible overblown London cockney accent.
+GuzziHeroV50 I figured tracer was overdoing it XD haha
I'm southern American and I think my fake British accent would sound more authentic! = P
I have my bath and toilet together. I guess as my home is more modern in london. 2:49 oh I've got the "American" type.
I am British but I I don't think the ' loo ' should be outside the bathroom really. I find it abit odd...
Its good if someones having a shower so they dont have to walk in on you ya know
+Ella Patience is a virtue...
In my house, we have a bathroom with a toilet in it and a room with only a toilet and sink.
Brad.f 13 same it just seems more of a hastle really. Dont you think?
SadhuryC In the US those are powder rooms or half bathrooms..but we dont have rooms with just baths/showers without toilets..the powder rooms are usually on the main floor and ment for guest since its common in two story homes to have both full bathrooms upstairs(one in the master room and another in the hall way between the other rooms) You dont find them in ranch style or single floor homes tho..I guess its just weird here to have guest walk upstairs(where the bedrooms are) to use the toilet.
Honestly I use this to find things out about America
M vids1 welp ask away I live in America I can probably answer some of your questions you may have
You could also ask me, I'm also living in America. On the west coast to be specific.
Honestly person let me guess because I’m in Texas I’m basically Mexico and “don’t know the real America” WHAT IS THE REAL AMERICA?
M vids1 same
Girl With A Mic 😂😂😂
Why didn't she show us the cellar? The place where all us "British" tie each other up and play the tank commander and the milkmaid? (When we're not "just popping off" to "the loo" for a quick Hillary Swank.)
are you British?
No. I'm English.
+ Ethan Duncan. No - my power of speech is unimpaired to date.... although I am an Englishman from Birmingham.... as opposed to a Welshman from Cardiff or a Scottish man from Glasgow or a Northern Irishman from Belfast.
Tank commander? Note to self, must try for promotion. Best I can manage is bus conductor.
US home
Generally coffee instead of tea, although if tea it would be generally default sweet ice tea. Unless hot tea was requested or we expected to use hot tea biased on our guests nationality.
The laundry is in a room that also contains the hot water heater and main house breaker. Often the intake of a central air system will also share a wall with the "utility room" but the intake vents will not be in this room.
The bath room is all inclusive with toilet and wall outlets as well as regular light switches. Thanks to Nikola Tesla and his (AC) electricity and the efficiency of our breaker systems this is still surprisingly safe.
All most all outlets are 3 pin with +/- on top and a redundant ground on the bottom. The optional ground is not represented in all outlets and most common plugs on devices only have the 2 pins +/- although because these are 110 (AC) outlets many cords are not keyed but some times one blade will be bigger than another which prevents the device being plugged in backwards or reverse to current something becoming more common in the face of rechargeable (DC) devices that require an adapter.
Almost every home is heated and cooled generally by a central air or (forced air) system though many Americans are converting to a mini split system that maintains individual room temperatures as it is more efficient. This is because From sea to shining sea it is not uncommon for daytime/nighttime teps to vary as much as 10-20 degrees Fahrenheit (have fun with the conversion). Not to mention the extreme seasonal differentials where its not uncommon for temps to range from comfortable and sunny to snow & sleet in just a day.
Also, we generally have screened windows because of mosquitoes who could moon light as pigeons, and other fun creatures who often sting, and bite.
That's to long to read 😳
Way to long to read does any of it make sense
Th kitchen has a lack of space?.. my kitchen is quite big 😭😂😂( yes I live in Britain )
Harmony my kitchen is big as well and I live in Britain plus I have an indoor pool
Harmony common town houses in london usually have a small kitchen, if your in a neighbourhood there’s more space for rooms. just don’t be closed minded to the fact not everyone’s houses are shaped the same.
I live in Wales, my kitchen is tiny. ://
@@conorelliot5153 nice flex nobody gives a shit
0:04 roblox death sound high pitched😂
Edit:TYSM for the likes I am very grateful for them
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Hamza Miah 😂😂😂
Hamza Miah lol
Flying minnesotan Unicorn I'm Walking British Donkey
U guys obviously like roblox
everyone is saying there house is not like this... my house is pretty similar. this is a typical old British house, not like the new ones that are made of plastic...
Sumōru Animeito not all new ones are made form plastic... mine is new but is built to look from 100-150 years ago but it's just been designed to benefit the modern day life, for example we have a toilet in our bathrooms and ensuits
+Lytra sorry, I had a new house and the ceiling started to crack when you walked on the top floor. plusses it cost 1000 pounds a month :/
Sumōru Animeito you aren’t spelling right so I doubt you know how much you pay. You would have to a millionaire. You aren’t a millionaire are u?
Sumōru Animeito my house is old but not like this
Oh, i Luv it; I wanna live in a Plastic House...!
I suppose satisfaction comes from what you’re used to. But all I could think when I was watching this was…”bless your heart”. I could not get used to living like that.
From a Brit: great vid and I'd never noticed before that US sockets don't have switches. Just a couple of things to add: we Brits rarely put the kettle on on the hob - we use electric plug in ones instead. And lots of homes don't have tumble driers - even in combi form. Instead we hang it on a clothes horse/maiden, on the radiators, or if we're lucky, outside on the washing line! Oh and lighting - the wall switch by the door usually just turns on the 'big light' hanging from the centre of the ceiling. To have more ambience we'd go round switching on any little lamps round the room individually.
My gran still had a stove top kettle when I was a nipper, had an electric one later on when she found her self nodding off in the chair
Watching this as a Brit too, I wondered what that was doing on the stove and not wired in, and branded by Kenwood or Russell Hobbs
+alanrtment porter do you know how much gas you use to boil your kettle though?
The price for the gas you use is much less than that of the electricity you would use.
The plug sockets seem really inconvenient.
I need to be up in 6 hours and I'm here....
same.
silly face z
i have lived in britain all my life and i have to say; this is very true.
what happened to your profile picture?
looks... pretty...
Erin Ocelot thanks lol
... your welcome
No it definetely isn't. Nobody has a loo not in the bathroom in the uk
Benjamin Maybury We have a toilet in the bathroom and a separate toilet in a small toilet room
B-but we also have 3 pins
Sometimes
I find that there manly in tourists areas like London Edinburgh etc
Yeah I’m American and all the sockets in my house have three slots but all my plugs only have 2 pins. Hmm
Well i'm from britain and i went to sweden for vacation and i actually thought they were confusing and weird 😬😐
safia sadik what on earth did you find weird here?😂
We aren't that dissimilar
You’re from Britain.. Yet you can’t spell it..
sky jeffrey haha😂
Why am i reading your comment using british accent 🙃
In Britain we say holiday not vacation
Down here in Florida we don't have heaters in our house because it doesn't get cold long enough to have one (once or twice a year it gets below 40f (~4c)). We usually just put on a jacket or sweater, it'll get hot (probably 80f (~28c)) by mid morning anyway.
Jeffery Liggett Thanks for putting both F° and C°. Thumbs up!
I know Europeans can't use more than one system of temperature measurement, lol
Jeffery Liggett some do i have friends that do
*****
I am joking, it was a joke, you are suppose to laugh.
Jeffery Liggett Well when one thing is ubiquitous worldwide and is used as such, people tend to drop the useless second word.
Besides Fahrenheit is a bit of a gobfull
As an English person watching this, I am cringing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
innit.
Same
+Rara D As a Canadian person watching this, I am also cringing.
Looks like Canada and England share at least one thing in common: there's no shortage of annoying people.
I'm from cornwall and I speak like this.
+Rara D As an American, I am cringing. Except for the electric sockets...there is not much of a difference. We have a lot of different types of homes. Also, separate hot and cold taps are common in older homes.
Can you tell me why I notice in films that some English don't rinse their dishes after washing them. I mean, that dishwater can have lots of contaminants in it, not to mention if you've just washed a greasy pan.
We just don't find separate taps good or charming
I'm British and I'm getting confused
how?
Same
Fan Pig me to...
Fan Pig how just how m8
Wolfuz well i’m british and 1 minute in I’m confused , no british homes ik have the washing machine in the kitchen
Here in Australia things are the same but its normally way hotter and we dont have pigions
No pigeons! I'd trade poisonous snakes and spiders for zero pigeons.
You have more idiots though.
i love pigeons. i thnk theyre kinda cute. they do invade youre personal space a bit tho. i live in britian
Lol in ustriliye everything tries to kill you
Pigions
Pigiones
Pigioni
Hi, I'm Brazilian currently living in Sweden. I lived in Cambridge (UK) a few years ago. The outlets in the house didn't have an ON-OFF switch. The loo and the bathroom/shower were in the same room but yeah, I've seen separate rooms. There was a boiler but there were not two separate taps for cold and warm water. There are a few similarities to the Swedish home though.
So I live America, but I just visited India over Christmas holiday and I noticed that there are SO MANY SIMILARITIES between Indian homes and British ones! Everything from the faucets to the plug sockets! It was cool to see that be cause it makes sense now as to why they are similar- India was under British rule for a long time! There are many other customs in India that are common in the UK too.
All British colonies, from Asia to Africa at least you'll find something in common.
Indeed, but the most apparent legacy is the bureaucracy, albeit refined to a level by far surpassing that of Blighty. ;)
That is true with most countries that were colonized by the UK ("The sun never sets on the Empire"). If you're driving on the left side wherever you visit (other than Canada) - the UK characteristics abound in other places.
For middle class, upper middle class and above Indian homes are bigger than British home though. My uncle who is now a British citizen (doctor in the NHS) was shocked to see our home. Our sitting room and varanda alone was bigger than their entire house. Thanks to our economy we make more money than him too. He is a specialist doctor in the famed NHS (upper middle class) makes only €34k a year (before taxes). 😂 Here in India specialist doctors (even in private hospitals) lives like a king.
India is on the rise and rise. The gifts that never stop giving.
@Sujit-Singh70 but British don't have the military might or the gold to recolonise her former colonies 😢.
All the wall sockets here (Australia) have on/off switches.. is that not common in the US? I just figured it was an everywhere thing.
+Kalliste No, none of the outlets in the US have switches and they are typically always on. The ones in the kitchens and bathrooms are usually required to be gfci outlets, which basically means they will shut themselves off if they get water inside them.
+Kalliste No, none of the outlets in the US have switches and they are typically always on. The ones in the kitchens and bathrooms are usually required to be gfci outlets, which basically means they will shut themselves off if they get water inside them.
+Kalliste everywhere ive been in mainland Europe has had two pronged sockets with no switches too, not sure about other places
+Hatoflegends That also depends an which part of Europe. There are sockets with either two or three pins, with two pins on the plug and one in the socket, not all three on the plug like in the UK. The pin in the socket is the earth, so not under power.
+Kalliste I don't even think those exist in the US. Hell, I live in the US and I didn't know that wall sockets that on and off switches exist until I saw this video.
I miss Siobhan but I'm already loving Kate! The double faucets seem a little difficult though. I have a hard enough time getting a good temperature with just one.
Ravenclaw1991 It's easy, you just put the plug in the sink and voilá! The water mixes and you can swirl it around with your face cloth or is it flannel? We use both words.
Maria Luisa Verge , here the flannels are called wash cloths, but the locals pronounce wash as "warsh".
Oh god, I hate it when people way "warsh." They do that where I live and I cringe so hard. And old people say "I says" instead of "I said."
Ravenclaw1991 It's mostly older homes that have the two taps these days here (in the UK), else it's a fashion/style choice.
Ravenclaw1991 yea that seems like a nightmare to me i will say some of the stuff she mentioned sounds greener then ours (though i think bug screens would keep pigeons out of the homes too
Wow!!! This Video has been on the net at least six years. Saw this when I lived in another part of Canada. Still nice to watch.
"spend a penny"
Please kill me.
would you rather"drop the kids off at the pool"?
Dineen Serpa Yes?
+TekViper Or taking the Cleveland Browns to the Super Bowl.
Post a package to loo loo
It's because in the olden times people used to have to "spend a penny" to use any public toilet, and in some places it does still cost a small amount of money.
Most houses actually have the toilet inside the bathroom but some don't have showers because the same bath water was used by the whole family back in the days😁
Well well well, I'm Australian.
Soft and neat SunnyBunny Me too!!
Yeah mate
Soft and neat SunnyBunny same
I'm a Aussie mate
OhmigoshAustraliansaresoooooooocool!!!!
Well I lived in the UK and now in Canada , first house I bought in Canada had a laundry room on the second floor ,which I must says was brilliant. No crawling up and down stairs with clean and dirty laundry .
Yeah, but you must agree that Canada is simply "HUGE" with a relatively small population, whereas the UK is pretty small with a very big population. Its easier to have a large house when land is plentiful.