What Do People Love MOST About the UK? | American Reacts
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As an American I don't know what life is really like in the UK. Today I am very interested in learning about what people in the UK love most about living in the United Kingdom. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
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The British countryside is SO beautiful. If tourists come and only go to cities they are missing out. It’s incredible! Yes, we have man eating hedgehogs 😂 (not really). I know we moan about how often it rains here but then again, that’s why our countryside is so green and stunning.
You forgot to mention the Beast of Bodmin, or the Loch Ness Monster and those aggressive Haggises, very territorial in mating season.
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I am in the UK. Our politicians are becoming more like those in the USA, passing legislation that is best for them, not best for the country, but at least they don't try to get each other killed. I would totally agree with the comments about our stunning countryside, forests, national parks and coastline. We only have one venomous snake in the UK and very few people get bitten. There are no snakes in Ireland at all. Some of the people may not know that "Pub" is short for "Public House". Smaller pubs are more like visiting a house than a bar.
The politicians are the snakes.
I like the community here. For example, if we're out when a parcel arrives, there are five or six nearby houses that will gladly take it in for bus. We do the same for them. During lockdown, neighbours put notes through doors offering to get shopping for vulnerable people. When I was rushed to hospital, my sister was inundated with offers of help.
We have American friends that have been here a few times, they find it odd when walking don the street and a rando person will say say Hi. They found the meal deals Sandwich, drink and a snack bar great its nothing they had seen at home.
Yes I have people here who will take my parcels in a well if its expensive l don't always get it back
Pretty sure taking inparcels happens everywhere if the people arent at work. Covid support happened in the US to I bet
I love our countryside and history. We have some of the world's most important landmarks and buildings. Then there's our musical and artistic heritage and our great inventions.
I wish the people who say the UK is falling apart would elaborate. The towns and cities I visit regularly up here in Yorkshire are hardly in decay, the complete opposite in fact.
i think its just people in high crime, poor areas that cant get out and feel the entire uk is the same.
@@ronuss I don't think so, mostly it seems to be people, not in 'high crime' and poor areas, voicing an opinion about something they think is happening, but isn't.
See Susan Hall election campaign.
People have been saying this since the Boudicca rebellion.( Probably)
A lot of the older brutalist architecture is deteriorating. It needs a lot of maintenance it's not getting. Furthermore, a LOT of the newer stuff isn't built to last. It's not the same level of the Tofu dreg construction you see in China, but much of it is not to the standards you would expect considering the sheer expense of a new build.
I think it's more about how it's being run and how underfunded things like the NHS are in comparison to how it was. That said the amount of new life saving and life changing medicine, operations, procedures and preventions that can be given is so much more than it was when the NHS was introduced after the 2nd World War. And when we see how badly what happened with the Post Office was handled by the pets that be in the current court case. The lack of sorting out affordable housing for people, while they hear of people with lots of money having multiple houses sometimes where they stay. It's the extent of debt people have. It's even the reaction to the vandalism of the iconic tree being cut down at Hadrian's Wall "just for fun".
Most of the natural beauty of Britain is still well preserved and historical buildings are largely well maintained. It's the politics and bureaucracy and red tape that I think is what people xxx are talking about. As well as the lack of accountability and blame shifting when things go wrong.
Yes, accents can change from neighbourhood to neighbourhood. What I love about the UK are, the countryside, the ancient and modern architecture (Many of our Architects design buildings Internationally), the general decency of most people, the famous inventions that have changed the world (too many to mention here), the food,, comedy, our generally benign weather, helpful police without guns, the incredible history and our effect on the world, and of course our Pubs and excellent beer (and Scotch whisky of course), these are a few of my favourites and my list could carry on and on there is so much to love. Too many people have been swayed by political propaganda to believe the country is in decline - it is not.
Sat in my little countryside house in North Yorkshire, with my cuppa tea and I love the uk 🇬🇧 it’s so beautiful and fresh air and pretty x
The National Trust is the organisation that administers a lot of the historic properties that you can visit.
I love being in the NT. £90 a year seems a lot, but that gets you access to 500+ historic sites, including gardens, estates, mansions, palaces, abbeys, etc.
I live within 30 minutes drive of about 25 properties. I feel very lucky.
@@roberthindle5146 My brother-in-laws house and business are both on National Trust property, so he has lifetime membership, if I want to visit anywhere I borrow his card.
One thing that the English don't mind is taking the mickey out of each other.
If two people gratuitously insult each other, you can bet they're friends.
@@Dragonblaster1 Unless it's the YT comments.
Let's include the whole of the UK, not just England. Taking the piss is a sport in Scotland.
To all the people who come and then grizzle about the weather.
You go to a place that is green all the year round and then work out why there is frequent( but not continual) rain in all seasons .
Ha ha yeah ,its not the god damn miracle grow 😂😂😂 well said .
Got to say ,also don't get some people lack of brain power .... oh brits complain its hot in their country.
Have they been to America.. (for example)
Well duh ,we are climatised to our weather.
The UK is very beautiful and so diverse. Glorious coastlines gentle rolling hills mountains moorlands lakes waterfalls forests-its all here and so very lovely.
I suspect most of the people responding with "sense of humour" might also be referring to how we collectively tend to use humour as a survival tool through the tougher times of our lives. Despite all the apparent divisions there is still a significant willingness to be part of community, in most of the UK; and in times of serious crisis or emergency, humour is one of the ingredients that produces stoicism, which ordinary British people often rely upon to carry them through - because it works! Capitalism and particularly wealth, does threaten this - as does inflated sense of self-importance, but I do feel there is still a sufficiency of common regard for our fellow beings among us to survive almost any national crisis that might come our way. And yes, the natural environment inm which we all live or have almost immediate access to, is almost indescribably beautiful!
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 well said Paul.
the weather in UK can really take a turn for the worse , i once had a crisp packet blow on my face , traumatized i was
For me it’s the people. To feel patriotic we generally don’t look at a document or flag but to each other. Whenever we go abroad and meet other Brits we naturally become friends. Americans don’t seem to like or trust each other.
We also live in the historical villages, we don't just drive through and look at them, my village has a tower in it that was built around 1100. You can get the key free of charge from the local tea shop and take yourself up to the top for a lovely view
I lived in a house that was older than that, kinda take these things for granted sometimes!.
Literature, music, theatre, universities, cathedrals, castles and David Attenborough.
Also, many Brits knock London, but it does have the most stunning parks in any city I've been to.
London is and always was overrated. Who needs parks when you have the Lake District or the Peak District on your doorstep. It's 2 bus journeys for me to get to the Peak District, about an hour of travel, and I never hear a cockney wanker on the way!
I have lived all my life either out in the rural Lincolnshire countryside or very close to it in a small town. I've never lived in a city and I couldn't start living in one now at the age of 47.
It truly is gorgeous to be able to drive two minutes down the road and be out amongst the farmland and green, soft rolling hills at this time of year with the fields full of new lambs.
In winter though you have to be a certain type of character because it becomes very bleak at times and the rural villages can easily be cut off for days by snowfall when the narrow roads are blocked, then there's power cuts and many of the villages, like where my parents live, don't have a supermarket, the nearest one is a nine mile drive of country black roads. Often in these villages, especially the ones around where I live there is no more than a post box, maybe a village church and maybe a village pub but that's about it. Even the few houses that make up those villages run their heating off heating oil because there's never been any gas pipes laid.
So it's very much a trade off. Getting to live somewhere that is peaceful and pretty, you can go for walks and often not see another human but then you have very poor amenities such as nowhere local to buy food, the public transport is poor, there's hardly any jobs and those villages and those there are, are low paid.
Your other option is to go live somewhere more crowded like a town or city. Often in bigger towns and cities you will find some urban decay and you don't get to live amongst that amazing scenery that's the British countryside. The crime will be much higher too and you will be rubbing shoulders with hundreds or thousands of other people but the public transport will be better, the facilities such as the shops available to you will be a lot better, the jobs will be more professional and higher paid.
It is because of this vast contrast that during my childhood and early adulthood when I lived right out in the Lincolnshire sticks in a small village, we would regularly see a small number of people move from the cities relocate in my childhood village for a few years but then later they would leave for somewhere larger. A couple of winters being cut off, having no power, no nightclubs, no wine bars, no clothes shops and not much to do in winter other than go to bed early was enough to make them move away again in search of something more similar to what they were used to.
So it's very much a question of what you want out of life as an individual.
Love the Spring and Autumn (summer too hot and tend to burn), I love the variety of countryside and the wild areas, especially the coast and near to it (Cornwall, Pembroke and the Scottish islands outside of Midge season), love the old gardens (Heligan, Trebah, especially the slightly secondhand ones pre perfecting)
Even in most of our cities you get decent sized parks or green areas
National Trust - a QANGO that manages and "owns" a significant portion of Britain's ancient and natural wonders
Tyler, you need to do a reaction to the British National Trust. The National Trust is an organisation that looks after thousands of Historical sites for the nation, including Castles, Stately Homes, Coastal areas, Woods, Forests etc. Many of these places are left to the National Trust by families, some are taken over by the Trust to protect them. The general public can pay a membership fee to join the Trust which generally then gives the member free access to the 'facilties' ( Castles, Stately Homes etc) along with free parking at many Coastal areas owned by the N.T.
Have a look!? I'm sure you'll be amazed by the the work the Trust does on behalf of our Nation.
He need to taste English foods for one since he did Norway and Canada
They also have properties you can stay in. Some interesting places such as lighthouses.
Before anyone else says it, there isn't a Brtish National Trust. Scotland has its own National Trust. Sorry to be pedantic but not sorry to be accurate!
Driving through a tree tunnel, lookng at the dappled sunshine in the glades, and the bluebells.
Nice 🙂
we are great our music etc is great
People quickly forget or are too young to remember the 80's and 90's... UK's cities used to look a LOT of more "decayed" and rundown back then. The people themselves have hardly changed.
However, going ANYWHERE into the UK countryside is a massive difference (always had been). The UK countryside is extremely traditionally European... Just Fields of grass, crops, trees and hedges for as far as the eyes can see. It's a great cause for vacation (not a holiday... a vacation) and also i ideal place to go camping. You cant just camp anywhere as it's all "private" land but with public access, so you can go through it. But there will be dedicated or private campsites in every region and even a lot of land owners that will allow you to camp with prior permission. There will be a local farm store, town and pub within a fair walking distance somewhere.
The most dangerous animal in the UK is Cows... yup... the thing that goes moo... followed by horses. There is very few poisonous, venomous or dangerous animals here. There is a small handful but they are not classed as anything overly/instantly dangerous and are rare, we also have readily available treatments. They are so rare that 99.9% of the UK population will never see them in their entire life.
I can add my own that is rarely mentioned: The UK is a island. That means we are always surrounded by water. Because of this, the UK has a very diverse beach/coastline. Now i say diverse rather than "great"... because they are exactly that... Diverse. Our beaches will mainly be pebble based (to stop corrosion) but there are places that either look like a tropical island or a scene from prehistoric times if you know where to look. Our beaches will also vary from extreme weather (gale winds, cold and constant rain) to almost pure 30c+ sunshine and zero wind... depending where you go and also when.
The historical sites are plentiful. My sister and I once visited five in a day, all over 3,000 years old.
Nowhere in the U.K. is more than 70 miles from the coast.
Its strange, I can't find Nowhere (UK) but in Oklahoma, it seems to be about 5.5 miles from Fort Cobb Lake,
@@stephenlee5929I get you're joking but there used to be a Nowhere in Norfolk
@@scottneil1187 Thanks, I thought there had to be one in the UK, but my google searches missed this one, Nowhere Lane in Norfolk.
There is also one in Tasmania.
Somehow both seem apt.
I’m right in the middle of England and my nearest coastal place is 100 miles away…
@@suedouglas5455 Are you sure, Sue? Birmingham is 70 miles from Merseyside and the Bristol Channel and Derby is 70 miles from The Wash.
I don't go abroad for a holiday, the UK has the greatest countryside.
wouldnt say that tbh
@@striderwhiston9897 you probably have never left your dog shit town
true some beauty spots here
It depends where in the UK you go
Real just get a tent or caravan.
Tyler, Some areas have declined to the point of being unrecognisable while others have hardly changed in a hundred years. The elephant in the room is mass immigration from countries with incompatible cultures/religions.
My experience here in the Black Country is that the natives and the children of more recent immigrants are developing into a society that is as pleasant as the old. I can be very critical of some Government actions, though; I think some recent immigration has brought stresses because big business wants cheap labour at any price.
The national trust owns properties throughout the UK that are aimed at tourism. Castles, mansion houses, national parks. I have one an hour away that I adore and it's called Chatsworth house and is a big mansion house open to the public and it has beautifully manicured gardens, an animal area with things like cows, chickens etc. and a playground and u can go inside the house and see the history. British tourist attractions are brilliant and when u have kids you always have lots of tourism activities to do nearby or you can travel to find new ones. We have 1000s of attractions..
The great storm of 1987 was a violent extratropical cyclone that occurred on the night of 15-16 October, with hurricane-force winds causing casualties in the United Kingdom, France, and the Channel Islands.
The storm caused substantial damage over much of England, felling an estimated 15 million trees[18] (including six of the seven eponymous oaks in Sevenoaks,[19] historic specimens in Kew Gardens, Wakehurst Place, Nymans Garden, Hyde Park, London and Scotney Castle[20] and most of the trees making up Chanctonbury Ring). At Bedgebury National Pinetum, Kent almost a quarter of the trees were brought down.
Wikipedia.
I slept through it, it was only when the road to Lamberhurst was blocked I knew anything about it.
I live in a tiny village called Ickleford, which goes back to Anglo-Saxon times. The retail establishments are:
Two 15th-century pubs.
A village store with pretty much all the daily staples you might want.
A hairdresser.
All of them, including the ancient pubs, take contactless payment. I don't use the hairdresser, but in the village store and the two pubs, all I need is my phone. Oh, and the pubs both have free high-speed WiFi and TV sport etc Yet we still have the exposed roofbeams, leaded windowpanes and olde-worlde charm. I walk to my local on Fridays (1/2 day at work, working at home) and weekends for a pub lunch. I walk a footpath between farm fields (allowed free passage under an ancient law) and I don't hear or see a single vehicle until I'm about to cross the road to the pub. All I can hear is birdsong.
A pub with Sky Sport, how traditional.
Hes got a point though because geographically the UK is truly blessed as the land chosen by the gods for sure.
As the guy said there's no dangerous animals left no dangerous insects like deadly spiders no natural disasters like severe earthquakes,Tsunamis,hurricanes or Tornados that can rip a house to pieces.
The weather whilst we love to complain about it and how it can be a little depressing it's never too severe on any scale because it's rarely if ever stupidly cold stupidly hot or stupidly rainy sure we get a fair bit of wet weather but still rarely if ever truly disastrously rainy.
And then you also have what others have pointed out the natural sights of the countryside are truly gorgeous theres places like the lake district and Malham cove and they're just truly amazing sights to see they're almost unreal in how beautiful this country can be in places.
I think most of the negatives we have to say about our country mainly stem from the great British love of complaining about anything and everything sure its not a perfect country as a whole but it's still pretty damn great in its own ways you just gotta see through the veil and see the actual wonder of the country underneath
Yes I live in the country side have for 9 years now was from Manchester and I was taking pictures the other day for fb and I said to my son we started doing what the local have done for years took it for granted it's only when you look at the pictures you see what your in and think!! IT very beautiful,🤔
There is an issue with urban decay of sorts, which stems from horrible blocks of flats run by the councils (apartment blocks, which we call council estates), to what is generally perceived as overpopulation (the UK doesn't have an overpopulation issue - there is space for everyone - it just has a housing issue, more specifically an AFFORDABLE housing issue) which has led to newer blocks being built but through either government contracts being given out to the wrong people (let's not bring up the COVID-19 PPE fiasco), or not being up to scratch, standard or regulation (which was the reason for the Grenfell Tower incident)...
And part of it is also linked to the trend and upswing in online shopping - a UK High Street (the main commercial area of a town) used to be a busy bustling hub, full of people doing shopping, coming out for food or drinks, or just meeting up with other people... now that a lot of the shops on high streets are closed (aside from big chain fast food restaurants and charity shops), there isn't much going on in a lot of high streets, which also brings the overall desirability of the town down, meaning people would be less likely to live there.
then there's the fact that 29 pubs in the UK are forced to close each week...
oh, and the EXORBITANT cost of living. An example here, I am renting a double room in an HMO in Ipswich, which isn't a big town, nor touristy, yet my rent is £525 per month... how are landlords allowed to get away with this? And I know this isn't expensive compared to other places, but I don't live in other places, I live in Ipswich!
Okay, that went on longer that I thought...
Only recently did I know Ipswich was a port. RIP Bobby Robson.
Ipswich Town F. C. They are the only British side never to have lost at home in European competition, having defeated teams such as Real Madrid, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Lazio and Barcelona. Wikipedia.
@@barriehull7076 well, port is pushing it really... it has a kinda port authority, being the county town of Suffolk, but yeah there probably was a port here at one point. It's a marina now though...
and as for the footie facts, that I wouldn't know...
My Dream place is UK ❤
We always complain about the weather but would never swop it. We complain about other regions (England v Scotland) but always pull together if shit happens.
I think the Scots, Irish and Welsh are very close, but sometimes feel the English can be a bit left out in the cold.
In the small Lincolnshire village I grew up in there is no supermarket but there is a grade one listed parish church which goes all the way back to 1069. That says everything you need to really know about the UK and historical architecture.
I once say a video by Ian McMillan, McMillan was born in Darfield, South Yorkshire and he went through the different dialects just in his native Yorkshire.
When trying to get your head around the idea of Pubs, it's useful to remember the full term "Public House".
Our cities also have huge parks for people to visit, so you don’t particularly need to travel to the countryside
True, plus public transport in cities is, generally, reliable and affordable enough that you can walk from park to park until you get tired and then just hop on a bus back. Brussels is the same. Only thing that lets the UK down a bit is the price of longer distance train journeys at short notice. I can get back home to see the family (about 220 miles away, give or take) for around £30 for a return if I book in advance, whereas it's closer to £80 for one way on the day. I can fly to Spain and back for less than that.
Yes, foxes might be around all over Europe, but they normally don't attack humans. The only foxes that attacked humans I heard about had rabies, and that hasn't been prevelent in Europe in general for a long time. I have been to the UK (England, Wales and Scotland). And yes, the accents change quickly. Even as a non-native-speaker I could tell that. And yes, wherever I was, the landscape was fantastic. And what do you mean that the US is a bit boring when it comes to landscapes? You have everything. Tropical climate, subtropical, deserts, subartic and artic. That is incredible.
I can walk along the town canal and be in the countryside in 10 minutes. It used to be 2 minutes but we have 5 new housing estates.
Tyler I'm an older lady I don't go in pubs but one day with my hands full of shopping bags feeling tired, I popped into a pub to have a sit down. There were sofas cushions and a fire place. You can get a cup of tea or coffee in pubs of you want.
The national trust is an agency that looks after public spaces and wildlife such as national parks and buildings of significant importance.
I'm from the UK and I work with a guy from Brazil. He says that the British people are the most friendly and helpful people he has ever met, He has worked and lived in Canada, the US, Australia and various other countries in mainland Europe. It does help that he is a very nice person himself, too! Generally, if someone is a nice person, we tend to treat that person the same way, also. Quid Quo Pro. Just be nice and genuine...it works!
My small town is very well cared for. Very rarely see an empty shop/house or building. Streets are clear, the public friendly.
💙scotland
Most towns and cities have parks and gardens. You can visit historical sites and buildings. I am lucky to live within yards of a beautiful victorian park.
Foxes wont kill you i use to feed them ham 😂😂😂😂. Yes Cornwall only took 3 or 4 hrs from Cheshire. You can get coffee from the pub and a sandwich
So many beautiful places within a short drive
The comment about the accents, it is true to a certain degree…but in my experience it’s a lot less than 20 miles 🤣, for example in the village that I live, we sound completely different to our neighbours 3 miles away 🤷♀️ 😂
I agree, in parts of London in the 60's it was possible to know within a couple of streets where someone was from (for an outside view maybe every 1 or 2 stations on the Underground (Tube) , I'm sure I can't do this now (I'm not that sensitive anymore nor up to date with current dialects ).
Whilst these village accents are very different (to locals) would a casual outside notice? Someone not studying the accents but merely trying to understand and be understood.
@@stephenlee5929 that’s a good point actually, I’m from the Gower, and yes it’s possible that to an outsider it would just sound like a generic welsh accent, but to people living in the area it’s often quite easy to identify where someone is from 😁
Our sense of humour, our keep calm carry on attitude , quietly patriotic, pomp and ceremony we are very good at it , preserving old buildings , our down to earth nature, we commemorate our war dead instead of celebrate , our t.v progs are not interupted by ads all the time , food standards are higher , our beautiful rolling hills lush and green 😊
Our right to roam on both common ground and even private land so long at sticking to proper walkways, footpaths and bridlepaths. This could not happen in a America as walking long a farmers field could get you shot. We do also have a great sense of community here. I recently fractured my leg and all the neighbours have offered help from lifts to hospital, getting stuff from shops, to cooking me meals.
ppl were very talented years ago . our buildings beautiful , castles our beautiful island and ireland
I'm Dutch and actually live in Holland. South Holland to be exact. Here the accents can change within ten miles, easily. Accents are like fish in a bowl it seems. The smaller the bowl, the less space they take up.
I look out of my window everyday and see green fields and mountains. there is also a old. church built in the eleventh century. its beautiful in south Wales. beautiful all around the uk. ❤
The National Trust is an organization that sort of owns and upholds a number of different monuments and protected areas. I visited dozens of castles all over England and Wates and just about all are under the National Trust. Yeah, hats off! They do wonderful work.
Yes, it's true about our multitude of accents - we have a good idea where people are from as soon as they open their mouths. It's less obvious in the South-East of England, but in the Midlands and the North, accents change quite noticeably between adjacent towns. I think with indigenous Londoners, significant differences are more to do with educational standards, rather than geographical location.
We have an estimated 10,000 foxes in London, and 150,000 in UK towns/cities - that's about 15% of the total population. I have a vixen (and a number of cubs) living under my house at the moment. Others might disagree, but for me and my gnarly old cat they're not a problem.
Our pubs make an enormous contribution to social cohesion, perhaps in a similar way to church communities in the US (though much more fun). It's where we bump into old friends, and make new friends. It's the crucible of countless births, deaths and marriages, enlightening conversations and ideas -and it's a great place to get drunk! Personally, I'd be absolutely lost without my local (last year, voted "Best pub in London"). I've been drinking there (some might say living there!) for over 30 years, and I'm struggling to think of anyone in my circle of friends and acquaintances who doesn't frequent the same pub.
Lord BucketHead is a satirical comedian/politician who's stood in the last 3 elections. His election manifesto includes, free bicycles for all - to stop bicycle theft, nationalising Adele, and legalising the hunting of fox hunters.
I do not think that having an ugly regional accent is anything to be proud of. Quite the opposite. I was told, as a child, that if someone knew where you came from because of your accent, then you are not talking properly.
Sometimes we have strong wind storms that make roofs collapse or trees that land on people, cars and houses but apart from that no natural disasters
Public Transport in the UK is brilliant in my opinion.
There are those that scream and shout if a train or bus is a few minutes late.
Where i live i can get a Bus to several towns or catch a train east to Reading (hub) and London where you can get a train vertualy anywhere in the UK and via Eurostar into Europe or west to Bristol the west country and Wales. It is fast clean and contrary to some opinions efficient.
Because of this i haven't needed a Car in over 14 years, although a Car would sometimes be more convenient.
Example i can take a 15 minute walk from my home and be sitting next to the local canal watching Kingfishers flitting around or be on a train into London for a night out with friends.
I'm not saying its the best but its good enough for me.
Second point simply the NHS, saved my life once, including 2 Ambulance rides and being treated for several on going ailments (getting old) and the bill was £0.
12:13 In the US, if you go camping you definitely take precautions against bears, especially out West.
We have many beautiful national park. And places of outstanding beauty
I admin every time I go "Home" to the U.K from "current home" Australia, my first thought is... "F*&K it's so green!"
As for accents.... yes they do change a lot. If you think about it historically, the other side of a wide river, or 1 days horse ride is enough to separate/isolate towns, and that's how their accents become unique. As an outsider it's harder to tell (say the difference between Aberdeen/Edinburgh/Glasgow is harder for me to detect)
Manchester to Liverpool is about 30 miles. There accents are clearly, overwhelmingly different to an ear, and if you take a wavy route, adding 10 miles, you'll hit 2-4 other different accents on the way.
(Search Brookside, and Coronation Street on UA-cam, and you'll see the difference)
And yes, probably the scariest natural thing is eating the wrong wild mushroom. Literally nothing will attack you. I'm from the North, so this is absolutely true for me, I hear there are snakes in the south... somewhere... but I doubt they are a problem since I've never seen anything in the news about them.
Farmers have issues with badgers, and foxes and people with bird feeders have problems with squirrels.... that's about it.
Yeah, a pub is a second home almost. A bar is presented more as a business, but a pub feels more like an extra room of your home where people pour drinks to you and your friends... it just happens to be a 1-15 minute drunken stumble away from your actual home.
And I hope you read this:
(no disrespect, your knowledge is better than most typical, average Americans)
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Please, please, please retrain yourself (when referring to the UK) when saying "shire"... I know this will be tough!.. but you will get MAJOR props.....
When referring to an area as a shire, yes, we say it like you do "shy-er".
But (I think EVERY) county with "shire" in it's name is pronounced "-shuh" (with a schwa)... Yorkshuh, Cheshuh, Hampshuh
I love our countryside and surprisingly our weather
For me, it's food. I know Britain gets a bad reputation abroad, for food, but it's exactly what I enjoy. The beigey pies and pasties. Pork pies. Fish & chips. Baked beans on toast. Coffee with biscuits, corn beef hash, mushy peas, brown gravy, stew and dumplings, sausage rolls, and so on.
I don't like spicy food, or other sorts of foreign / exotic dishes, too much. The exception being Pizza.
I would hesitate to call pizza "exotic" 🤪
@@steddie4514 Ham & Pineapple, Hawaiian, how exotic do you need?😊
For those who have not ( I`m one of them ) material wealth this country has become, over the last ten years or so, a dystopian nightmare.
I think of some of the friends I had, say 20 years ago, who have now died. If they could see the UK today I`m sure their reaction would be, " There`s something very wrong going on here."
I remember seeing a documentary / drama about the disaster that occured at one of the Spanish island`s airport when two jumbo jets collided on the runway - causing the greatest number of deaths of any air disaster. Spanish sepratists had called the authorities and claimed they`d planted a bomb somewhere in Teneriff`s main airport. Therefore the airport was closed and incoming traffic was diverted to a smaller airport. One of the passengers saw a huge build up of air traffic of all sizes in this smaller port and it just couldn`t cope. The passenger said, " something is not quite right about this." The same is true of this country today. It`s far too overcrowded. You can`t go anywhere in the countryside without encountering mile after mile of traffic.
The Government says we must build an extra 200,000 houses a year to cope with demand. 200, 000 houses a year ? That`s at least 400,000 more cars on the road. And the homes will have to be supplied with more hospitals, more schools, more dentists, more GPs, more sports facillities..... where are all of these things going to be built ?
Little things - people saying sorrt, or excuse me, or watching people get out of the way of an ambulance as quickly as they can.
Yeah the problem with towns and cities today are are the shops are closing. It’s just charity shops and you have to drive out of your way you go shopping now than before, I am glad for cities and towns like Chester and Stratford Upon Avon though, Nutsford/Oxford which still feel oldie worldly
I think the only thing that lets this country down is the weather. Longer summers less rain would be nice, apart from that we shouldn’t really complain.
I left the UK in the mid 2000s.
The best thing about the UK is cheap flights to Europe.
Traditional English pubs are quality as well.
Urban decay is real.
Cities are violent and unpredictable.
Badgers are the most dangerous animal probably - people go badger baiting with dogs - but you’ll need a good few aggressive dogs to do a badger in.
Hence the phrase - “ as game as a badger “
BTW the US has lots of ancient cities and ruins if you know what you are looking for.
On accents you if you travel the A7 road north from Carlisle towards my home townof Langholm - 21 miles and cross the Anglo Scottish border. The accent changes at least 3 times.
I grew up in The New Forest, where ponies roamed freely. Beautiful too. Traffic stopped for the cows to cross the road. Politicians are trying to divide us in everywhere an UK is no different. Many wonderful museums are free (look at The Science Museum and Natural History Museum in London - will take you a whole day. I like the humour - my friends are my stooges. Lol. I get it back too. Some of the big cities are getting a lot of building work, so some will hate this - but it's always happened. Unfortunately in the last approx. 12 years, the government has continually cut revenue to councils, meaning less services - that's the decline - but they find money for a war. Lol
@Tyler In an hour I can go from Belfast City to the Majestic Mourne Mountains here in Northern Ireland
There’s a similar sense of humour in Singapore and Australia if you watch for it….
It is possible because here in Switzerland it is the same. Whether it is French or Swiss-German, the speech and accent are different.
recommend you look up the National Trust :)
Lord Buckethead is a politician that doesn't take politics seriously and makes a mockery out if politics too,. And is completely anonymous 😊
We do have tornadoes at 30 pr year in the uk.. where I live accents can change within a hour lol I'm in between bolton salford Atherton tidsley wigan all have different accents.
I love the UK I have visited many countries around the world but always love to come home i dont think anywhere else compares. I always take the Britishness with me and I am always warmly welcomed . I noticed when I have visited the USA that they think I am weird as I love nature so much and call me a tree hugger .when I see trees and birds and ask Americans what they are call they rarely know and do not see nature around them. we went out for a walk in the forest by a river they just had their hands in their pockets and didn`t get it.
When I return the favour and invited them here and they saw everyone just walking everywhere enjoying life they were shocked ,I hope in a nice way.
I love the National trust I have been a member for years and years and tried to see all of the places . did you know we have a footpath around the coast line which goes on for hundred of miles which you can walk on all open to the public free of charge. we have footpaths and bridal paths crisscrossing the whole country with sign posts and stop off places at Pubs for those who need a drink. Just cant explain the joy it brings to live in such a wonderful place.
Heh Tyler, brilliant hair, very cool suits you.
The amount of national trust parks and stately homes makes living here great when u have kids
3000 castles
30000. Churches
10 national parks
100 Country houses
All in a small island the size of Oregon.
30 mins ave your near one of the above
100 country/stately homes? There are FAR more than that. I have five within a twenty minute drive from my childhood home, which is in a major city. The country has them all over the place. Some are better than others, but grand country estates abound.
EDIT: a quick cursory Google search gave me a number of 3,704 stately homes that are currently standing.
Internet shopping has had a huge effect on high street shopping and many shops are closing down...Not sure what the answer is though.😕
What are you on about that the landscape in the US doesn't change regionally??? If anything, that's what the US has going for it, it's so big. Arches NP in Utah, the California coast, the Rocky Mountains, the Grand Canyon, the Florida Everglades, the Great Plains (I had to explain to someone in Ireland today what a prairie was. No, it's not just a field. It's like hundreds of miles of fields), New England, the Badlands.
You will always find someone that will knock this wonderful country. They cannot see beyond their own grumpiness. Best ignore them Tyler.
Wonderful country??? Lols
@@SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR I don't need to translate anything to English matey. I was born and raised in this country and am a proud citizen of it. It's a free country and you are entitled to your opinion on this great country as I am of mine. Yes it has its faults, but so does everywher else.
They are both differently beautiful countries. If you get the chance to see both, do that.
Check out Lord Buckethead! Now Count Binface! 😅😕
Especially his views on certain people, you may know who I mean.
People that live in the Black Country are very proud of the way they speak. They have their own dialect and vocabulary as opposed to just being a different accent. 'yam yam' sound when saying certain phrases. 'You are' is pronounced yo'am and 'are you' is pronounced 'am ya'. Brummies are not YamYams
Accents: i live 3 miles from my friend. I pronounce NEW as NYOO; he says NOO. Now you know the name of my town.
Egs - Birmingham, London Leicester - all the places where the pre 1960 population was cleansed and replaced by imported third work poverty and culture.
Being ravaged by a wild beast means licked by a cow, saw a badger last night, or a horse sat on my car bonnet.
England may not be perfect, no where is, but all I can tell you is that when I go abroad it's exciting & new but boy after a fortnight I can't wait to get home
The cities here are having more homeless people living on the streets, due to housing shortages, and drugs. The villages mostly have wealthier people living there and are very lovely but expensive.. Of course parts of cities can be very expensive too. Sure lots of foxes but they are small. Lord Buckethead is a satirical political candidate who has stood in four British general elections since 1987, portrayed by several individuals. He poses as an intergalactic villain similar to the Star Wars character Darth Vader. He stands for the Monster Raving Loony Party. It's good to have some fun with politics.
Uk 🇬🇧 gets mini tornado where your garden gnome gets knocked over 😂 and heavy rainfall that floods places next to rivers
I think the guy that says we have 11000 mile of coastline added an extra zero...
Lord Buckethead is something we are mostly spared from in Scotland , thankfully. Not that we don't have really ridiculous politicians though , just the same.
What are you saying? Lord Buckethead is the most sensible one of the lot!
2:49 it's not the loss of history, it's more empty and boarded up shops, job loss, poverty, crime, no sense of a future, boarded up pubs. When the pubs can't even stay open, there's a problem. It's not all cities in the country but it's a lot of them.
I love that I can walk to work at 5am and feel safe. Knowing our police don't carry guns. Don't get me wrong there's knife and some gun violence but it's a tiny fraction compared to the US. The weather isn't as extreme we do have hot days and icy days too but we can manage saying that I would love air-conditioning 😂😂
See you see that alot and we wouldn't find that boring. Its that grass is greener business!!
That one person has some kind of bear phobia.
Im from uk and if imma answer honestly pepes piri piri is my favourite
I live on the coast so have got the beaches & only a 40 minute drive from the lake district in Cumbria uk we are spoilt really
20:20 Tyler saying, in conclusion, that all these comments were positive, having totally missing that the first 2 were basically very negative, but phrased in a British way.