Many years ago, when I was in the military service, I was stationed out in Saudi Arabia alongside US forces. There are certain words and phrases that are very different. For example in England the word 'Jumper' means wool or acrylic over garment with long sleeves. This is what Americans call a 'Sweater'. So when I used the word Jumper, one of the US guys thought I was talking about suicide. Secondly and to my lasting embarrassment, I was making arrangements to go running one morning with a female friend of mine who was in the US Air Force. Now where I'm from in the Uk, I used a common colloquial expression that I would call on her, early to wake her up, as an alarm call as she said she was a heavy sleeper. So I said, "Don't worry, I'll come round in the morning and knock you up". Imagine my horror and embarrassment when I found out that the US term 'Knocked up" applies to the meaning, 'getting a lady pregnant'. Cringe. Not what I wanted to convey.
Between the silent electric cars on the roads and the pavements being used by people on silent scooters, food delivery cyclists and some cyclists, it makes sense to look both ways when you cross the road and to have 360 degree vision on the pavements.
There ought to be a razed mezzanine running along all major roads just for wheelchairs, scooters and bikes, then we wouldn't have this problem of shrinking road space and making them more confusing by adding for cycle lanes.
When I moved to France as a student, looking the wrong way to cross the road wasn't much of an issue, because I was hyper-aware of being in a foreign country. The first Christmas I went back home, though, I nearly got run over several times for looking left instead of right. I also remember how strange it was to hear everyone around me speaking English again; it was like I was listening to the radio. Odd.
Years ago I worked for a bus company in Bournemouth. Many of our seasonal visitors were from London, where at the time most bus stops were still compulsory stops, and they would stand around like lemons while our buses sailed past them, and then come into the office to complain they would't stop. We never could get them to understand that everywhere else in Britain a request stop meant sticking your hand out as the bus approaches. There are even a few railway stations in Wales that work on the same principle.
I love your comments and observations, it’s great to hear an ‘outsider’ talking about British habits. As for the weather we have ‘ island’ weather here, whereas you are used to ‘continental’ weather that changes slowly. Great video Vanessa.
Vanessa you deserve your own TV show. Making natural conversation with a variety of guests would prove very entertaining! I have listened to numerous videos you have recorded and they are interesting, fun and enjoyable. You also have FAR better teeth than many Brits!!! Message from an Englishman in BRAZIL!! Thanks Vanessa.
There's something incredibly soothing and calming about your videos. Partly it's just your lovely attitude and voice 😊 But it's nice to have our silly Britishness pointed out and highlighted!
Oh yes, the "you alright?" thing. I was actually not alright and probably looked it too when my friend asked that so I thought he was definitely asking if I was ok and was touched that he cared because we weren't super close. Way later I figured out what the saying actually meant. Oops. (I'm from the US and lived in England for almost 2.5 years.)
The Northern line is the oldest Tube line. Read the indicator board and then you will know which way the train is taking you. In the centre of London, it is easier to walk than take the tube. All of those stations are so close to each other geographically. Good to have you back... I have missed you cheery good humour and your great observations. 🍷💐
I can totally relate to everything that you're saying. I moved from Canada to Taiwan to be with my fiance, who's now my wife. I constantly tripped over myself all the time. One of the worst for me is their normal greeting "Cur bow lu ma?" (Have you eaten?) On one of my first days I said "No_ when the building's security guard asked me that. He dragged me into his office and started splitting up his breakfast to share with me. It was very embarrassing and yet very wonderful at the same time that someone would do that for some foreigner that he doesn't know.
Ah Mezzanine Floors, we do have them in the UK, mostly used in dividing up spaces in large areas. Older buildings which are listed use them, especially when you are not allowed to change anything. And I shouldn't worry about bus, train or crossing the road etiquette in the UK, because I can tell that from personal experience and watching others what you say your not proud with is the norm. The best ones I see is people who walk up to a pelican crossing and think the lights change on there own. This applies to both Pedestrians and Cyclists!
Hi . Good Reaction, as always :) London is even larger than you can possibly imagine with over 100,000 "Official Places Of Interest" and I'm a 67-year-old Londoner who has tried to see most of London but it's impossible in one lifetime. Some journeys, especially, by car, can take 2 hours though The Tube has been excellent since I started using The Northern Line for school in The 1960s.
Many industrial and commercial buildings have mezzanine floors. Not common in shops and hardly ever residential buildings though. The weather, a 3% chance of rain translates as 40 minutes during the day. Those 40 minutes are when you are out.
When I was in my 20s most of my close friends moved to London for a while. We were all from a commuter town. I was jealous of them all going and thought I'd be left out of a lot of meet ups by being out of town but it turns out they never saw each other because it just took so long to get around London. It took me less time to travel into London and see some of my friends on my side of London than it took for them to see each other within London. Mad.
Wow Vanessa, I'd be tooooo embarrassed to tell people these things !! 😂 ... Only kidding, I've / we've probably done some of those things when abroad also 😂 ... can't wait for more embarrassing things you've done (or think you've done ! ) ☺
Lots of buildings in London with mezzanines. You'll most commonly find them in warehouses, industrial buildings or churches that have been converted into flats.
Re the weather. People are often surprised when I tell them that London is 575 miles further north than Toronto 250 miles south of Moscow and Britain is located on the edge of a 2000 mile wide ocean so It’s no surprise that we have very variable weather affected by the jet streams and the various depressions that come with them. It’s best to to regularly check the weather forecast to see what you’re in for and always carry a small brolly for when they get it wrong. I am sure you realise that the grey skies we get so often are something you have to learn to live with and to create a sense of feeling good whatever sort of day we are having. At least it’s better weather than North Canada or north Russia
Just checking that you know you don’t ‘wave’ at the bus driver to get them I stop, you just stick out a hand/an arm. Also mezzanine floors are here, but you’ll see them in hillier places. There’s no need for them in flat London.
Mezzanine: In the 80's and early 90's new builds (Specifically Office blocks.) Had large Atriums and "Mezzanine" floors for no apparent reason. They normally had flowery European names Terrazo/Milanelo/Andalucia/Monaco etc etc........for some reason big empty spaces seemed sophisticated to British Architects. That concludes my lecture on pre~Millennium commercial Architecture wank.
I wear shorts and a t-shirt all year round working outside with planes in this lovely English weather......(my motto of 16 years) '' the less you wear, the quicker you dry '' lol
In my telephone exchange Kent, England, we had 1m and 2m lift buttons. M = mezzanine floor. The building was built in the 60s IIRC. A mezzanine (/ˌmɛzəˈniːn/; or in Italian, a mezzanino) is, strictly speaking, an intermediate floor in a building which is partly open to the double-height ceilinged floor below, or which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building. ... Mezzanines may serve a wide variety of functions.
Bus stops come in two types Request and Compulsory. This is because some stops have buses going in different directions at the same stop. In more rural areas the bus would be stopping repeatedly for no sensible reason.
I'm from Britain and have still done most of these things you mentions. I always look the wrong direction when crossing the road, my partner has saved me many times 😂 I still find the tubes confusing when I'm in London especially if they close one of the lines. 😟
A very tactful and appreciative post. The weather here can be a nuisance. But yes, always carry an umbrella or cagoule. We do have episodes of hot sunny weather, and we had that for 5 weeks in May/June. No rain at all.
My mistake on the tube is getting the wrong district line train or getting on a circle line train by mistake instead of a district. Like you say when you are tired, easily done. I can imagine you realising you made a huge mistake with pudding LOL.
Hola, que tal?, como van?, Los mejores y más cordiales Saludos desde puente piedra, lima, Perú, ojalá que puedas venir en algún momento a mi país y que disfrutes mucho de todo por aquí, con la familia y los amigos, felicidades por tus vídeos.
There used to be fare stage stops which didn't need for a person standing on the pavement to put their hand out to request for the approaching bus to stop as the bus had to stop for a certain amount of minutes so as not to mess up the timetable, then there were request stops where a pedestrian had to put their arm out to get the approaching bus to stop but even back in those days there were people who were either too shy to put their arms out or didn't read the words on the sign which said 'request stop' so it's not your fault on that one.
So now the Northern Line has another branch and two more stations this week does it go up the list? Also, pudding wise, what about Black Pudding, Steamed Suet Pudding or Yorkshire Pudding? We don't stop the pudding at sweet stuff!
The reason I stopped going to the proms was the hour journey home afterwards...they're live on the radio so I don't need that after a long day at work!
Living in London is not like living in any other city. It is a city-state that is separate and distant from the rest of the country. If you travel to cities like my city, Liverpool, or Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle you will see and hear so many differences it will seem like the north of England is a very different place to London. There are the "historical" cities like Chester, Gloucester, York, Lincoln, Norwich and Carlisle spread across the country and the gloriously beautiful Lake District, Peak National Park and the Moors of Yorkshire, Lancashire and Nothumbria. Throw in Wales and Scotland to see that the regions and provinces are the real Britain and not the city-state in the South East of England that drains the rest of the counry of talent, money and opportunity. We are still waiting for the "ripples" of the 2012 Olympics! The cost of Crossrail is a joke.
I laughed out loud at several of your comments because they 'hit the mark'... especially the section on the weather.... Distances and meeting with friends also tends to be the reason for socialising at lunchtime (also a more London thing).
Fun fact , the sides of the road to travel on comes from when Knights used to pass each other in the old days, if u are on the left side u drew ya sword it is pointing at the other person an attack posture but on the right side ya shield is facing them a defensive posture the lily livered way , so us brits have it right just saying 😜😜😂
Hello Vanessa your presence has missed, and if we don’t have a video soon we’re going to have to try and understand Aussie rules football, seeing as we’ve already watched all the cat videos!!.
I was only thinking this morning that a Vanessa video would be very welcome, and here you are - thank you! In all my life here I've seen two commercial premises with mezzanine floors. One was a now-defunct local business here in Plymouth selling kitchenware (ground floor), DIY tools and plastic kits (first floor) and train sets and Scalextric (mezzanine floor). Yes, it was a strange combination; later, they moved and concentrated on household goods. The other was a Chinese market somewhere in London which had multiple floors and mezzanines, rammed to the gills with every kind of intricate knick-knacks - I left with a kaleidoscope and a tiny pocket telescope, without really knowing why. I think the place may have actually been magical, as I've never been able to find it again.
Just to add to the confusion, not all puddings are desserts. One of my fave puds, Steak and kidney pudding... Mmmm SKP And trusting the weather report, definitely a rookie mistake. Still, you know better now :)
A long story, so I will make it very short. I was a production manager in Egypt a long time ago. I decided to learn Arabic, and one day one of my supervisors asked me what I was going to do after work. When I told her she fell about laughing, with genuine tears running down her face. When she had composed herself she explained that I had said (In Arabic) that I was going to be a thief, she explained that the word for the Pyramids (which is where I was going), Is El Haram, and I had used the word Harami instead of the correct word.......and in Arabic, Harami is a thief. So I understand this post from Vanessa about confusing languages .
I always carry cash in case I have to use some. I thought it had come in handy when I bought something requiring just cash and having counted it out on the counter was told that the 10p piece I was using was no longer legal tender and a new 10p piece had come out years ago. They keep changing the coins. Very embarrassing.
While there are downsides to being so big, I don't think London could be so multicultural and cosmopolitan if it were smaller. As it is, their are communities from almost every country on earth within an approximately one hour travel radius of your home by public transport!
So you can only cross a road in Austria on a green light? That to me sounds a bit dodgy. Just out of curiosity, how many predestinations are killed on Austria’s roads?
She means when the green walking man is on at pedestrian crossings. We'll just walk across if the road is clear on the red man... that's when you get fined in Austria.
Please excuse my impertinence - but THAT particular, softer, hair-style (with just a hint of a wave) is BEAUTIFUL, Honey ! It REALLY suits your already lovely face......................and those gorgeous, warm brown eyes.
Hate to add to your confusion but pudding isn't always a dessert, e.g. Yorkshire pudding or even haggis (king of the pudding race) are puddings but definitely not desserts!
I saw someone get knocked down by a bus because they didn't wait for the green light. Luckily the bus driver was very quick on his brakes and she wasn't injured. I went to a convention in a hotel in London that had a mezzanine floor. I didn't have a clue what it was. Pudding for dessert is a southern thing. We don't say it in the north east. Don't believe the calendars with pretty sunny summer photos. July and August are the wettest months of summer. Book your UK holidays for June.
It's Austria's loss that you're here in London. You make the UK a better place by being here. Sounds corny but it's an undeniable truth. I've spent a lot of time in Innsbruck in recent years. I love it there... Some of the bus drivers are grumpy but I'm beginning to think that this could be a global problem!
Very entertaining vid. In Yorkshire in stead of 'alright' its 'now then' it took me 6mths to realise it was a greeting. I have heard of mezzanine floors in this country but can't remember where. Please don't take London as an example of the rest of England or UK, to me London is a foreign country. Pudding...there is always 'black pudding' lovely. British weather you can have 4 seasons in one day. Best Wishes.
I totally don't blame you for not responding well to "alright" as a greeting. I avoid using it myself. It seems crass and lazy. It should be a question to follow "hello", not a substitute for "hello"!
I think you'll find that we drive on the correct side of the road the only reason why Europe is on the other side is because of Napoleon before then all of Europe drove the correct side
I think she has but most Europeans partially learn English from music, films and TV, much of which is American. Most fluent English speaking foreigner's I've met have that American type accent rather than British.
I experienced the exact same thing but opposite when I lived in Germany - I thought I spoke pretty good school taught German (basic German) Until I ventured out on my first lone shopping trip to the local Supermakt. Everyone behind the meat counter was laughing hysterically at my attempts to purchase lamb chops and sliced ham - I now know it should have been Lammkoteletts und geschnittener Schinken. I can't remember what I originally said, but, I brightened their day - Being laughed at and feeling embarrassed was actually good for me. And your English is far better than my attempts at other languages. I wouldn't know where to begin with Austrian - is Austrian a mix of French and German?
I remember a friend trying to chat-up some French girls on a school trip to Paris. Intending to say that they were a like a pair of pretty birds, he said "Vous êtes comme deux poissons". They stared blankly at him, so he went on to mime a bird flapping its wings: "Deux poissons. Um, you know... tweet! tweet!". The girls burst out laughing and walked away, leaving me to explain that the word he needed was "oiseaux" (birds) not "poissons" (fish).
@@thisisnev I was in Sainsbury's ionce shopping with my ex.. She asked innocently "Do you fancy crabs?" My reply of "No, had them once, the ointment worked a treat, I'm OK now" didn't go down too well. She flushed and walked away in silence. I could hear the woman behind the counter burst out laughing as I left though.
Mrs C regularly complains about me beating about the Bush so to speak, maybe because I used to engage with difficult to engage with folk ,whereas Mrs C being an A+E nurse is much more direct...
Vanessa, you always mention Vienna as being your home, but your lovely accent is broadly American. It doesn't usually take much to confuse me, but can you help me out here?
Driving in Portugal it took about 3 days before I remembered to look "the other way" for traffic coming around roundabouts...Luckily the roads were quiet around where we were. Now, I like your videos but I do work for the UK Met Office (the best Met Office in the universe) so just tread carefully young lady...I don't want to have to unsubscribe ;)
If you don’t like the weather in the UK, just wait around 30 minutes and it’ll be something completely different lol
As Peter Kaye remarked ,its the kind of rain that gets you wet...!!
We drive on the correct side 😁
Glad to see you back, always enjoy your observations, because of you, I'd like to visit Vienna!
Many years ago, when I was in the military service, I was stationed out in Saudi Arabia alongside US forces. There are certain words and phrases that are very different. For example in England the word 'Jumper' means wool or acrylic over garment with long sleeves. This is what Americans call a 'Sweater'. So when I used the word Jumper, one of the US guys thought I was talking about suicide. Secondly and to my lasting embarrassment, I was making arrangements to go running one morning with a female friend of mine who was in the US Air Force. Now where I'm from in the Uk, I used a common colloquial expression that I would call on her, early to wake her up, as an alarm call as she said she was a heavy sleeper. So I said, "Don't worry, I'll come round in the morning and knock you up". Imagine my horror and embarrassment when I found out that the US term 'Knocked up" applies to the meaning, 'getting a lady pregnant'. Cringe. Not what I wanted to convey.
knocked up means getting pregnant in england too. As an english person I wouldn've laughed at you saying that.
@@terminalfrost3645 thus was 1994 beforehand the term became transatlantically imported.
Between the silent electric cars on the roads and the pavements being used by people on silent scooters, food delivery cyclists and some cyclists, it makes sense to look both ways when you cross the road and to have 360 degree vision on the pavements.
There ought to be a razed mezzanine running along all major roads just for wheelchairs, scooters and bikes, then we wouldn't have this problem of shrinking road space and making them more confusing by adding for cycle lanes.
lol, becoming a true Brit getting obsessed with weather!.
When I moved to France as a student, looking the wrong way to cross the road wasn't much of an issue, because I was hyper-aware of being in a foreign country. The first Christmas I went back home, though, I nearly got run over several times for looking left instead of right. I also remember how strange it was to hear everyone around me speaking English again; it was like I was listening to the radio. Odd.
Years ago I worked for a bus company in Bournemouth. Many of our seasonal visitors were from London, where at the time most bus stops were still compulsory stops, and they would stand around like lemons while our buses sailed past them, and then come into the office to complain they would't stop. We never could get them to understand that everywhere else in Britain a request stop meant sticking your hand out as the bus approaches. There are even a few railway stations in Wales that work on the same principle.
I love your comments and observations, it’s great to hear an ‘outsider’ talking about British habits. As for the weather we have ‘ island’ weather here, whereas you are used to ‘continental’ weather that changes slowly. Great video Vanessa.
Vanessa you deserve your own TV show. Making natural conversation with a variety of guests would prove very entertaining! I have listened to numerous videos you have recorded and they are interesting, fun and enjoyable. You also have FAR better teeth than many Brits!!! Message from an Englishman in BRAZIL!! Thanks Vanessa.
There's something incredibly soothing and calming about your videos.
Partly it's just your lovely attitude and voice 😊
But it's nice to have our silly Britishness pointed out and highlighted!
There's mezzanine floors in London you find them sometimes in office buildings
And some larger shops or department stores.
And last I checked London was in Europe lol
Oh yes, the "you alright?" thing. I was actually not alright and probably looked it too when my friend asked that so I thought he was definitely asking if I was ok and was touched that he cared because we weren't super close. Way later I figured out what the saying actually meant. Oops. (I'm from the US and lived in England for almost 2.5 years.)
The Northern line is the oldest Tube line. Read the indicator board and then you will know which way the train is taking you. In the centre of London, it is easier to walk than take the tube. All of those stations are so close to each other geographically. Good to have you back... I have missed you cheery good humour and your great observations. 🍷💐
The Metropolitan line is the oldest.
St Pancras to Waterloo isn’t a five minute walk if you have a connecting train to catch!
I can totally relate to everything that you're saying. I moved from Canada to Taiwan to be with my fiance, who's now my wife. I constantly tripped over myself all the time.
One of the worst for me is their normal greeting "Cur bow lu ma?" (Have you eaten?) On one of my first days I said "No_ when the building's security guard asked me that. He dragged me into his office and started splitting up his breakfast to share with me. It was very embarrassing and yet very wonderful at the same time that someone would do that for some foreigner that he doesn't know.
Ah Mezzanine Floors, we do have them in the UK, mostly used in dividing up spaces in large areas. Older buildings which are listed use them, especially when you are not allowed to change anything. And I shouldn't worry about bus, train or crossing the road etiquette in the UK, because I can tell that from personal experience and watching others what you say your not proud with is the norm. The best ones I see is people who walk up to a pelican crossing and think the lights change on there own. This applies to both Pedestrians and Cyclists!
Hi . Good Reaction, as always :)
London is even larger than you can possibly imagine with over 100,000 "Official Places Of Interest" and I'm a 67-year-old Londoner who has tried to see most of London but it's impossible in one lifetime. Some journeys, especially, by car, can take 2 hours though The Tube has been excellent since I started using The Northern Line for school in The 1960s.
Many industrial and commercial buildings have mezzanine floors. Not common in shops and hardly ever residential buildings though. The weather, a 3% chance of rain translates as 40 minutes during the day. Those 40 minutes are when you are out.
Another relaxing informative and fun vlog. Glad to see you looking so good.
When I was in my 20s most of my close friends moved to London for a while. We were all from a commuter town. I was jealous of them all going and thought I'd be left out of a lot of meet ups by being out of town but it turns out they never saw each other because it just took so long to get around London. It took me less time to travel into London and see some of my friends on my side of London than it took for them to see each other within London. Mad.
The weather 'problem' is UK wide. In Glasgow there is a saying about four seasons in one day although occasionally we get a bonus fifth season.
Wow Vanessa, I'd be tooooo embarrassed to tell people these things !! 😂 ... Only kidding, I've / we've probably done some of those things when abroad also 😂 ... can't wait for more embarrassing things you've done (or think you've done ! ) ☺
Lots of buildings in London with mezzanines. You'll most commonly find them in warehouses, industrial buildings or churches that have been converted into flats.
Re the weather. People are often surprised when I tell them that London is 575 miles further north than Toronto 250 miles south of Moscow and Britain is located on the edge of a 2000 mile wide ocean so It’s no surprise that we have very variable weather affected by the jet streams and the various depressions that come with them. It’s best to to regularly check the weather forecast to see what you’re in for and always carry a small brolly for when they get it wrong. I am sure you realise that the grey skies we get so often are something you have to learn to live with and to create a sense of feeling good whatever sort of day we are having. At least it’s better weather than North Canada or north Russia
This actually made me want to move to Vienna.
Halfords stores seem to have a thing for mezzanine floors, other than that only ever seen them in big hotels
Just checking that you know you don’t ‘wave’ at the bus driver to get them I stop, you just stick out a hand/an arm. Also mezzanine floors are here, but you’ll see them in hillier places. There’s no need for them in flat London.
Mezzanine: In the 80's and early 90's new builds (Specifically Office blocks.) Had large Atriums and "Mezzanine" floors for no apparent reason. They normally had flowery European names Terrazo/Milanelo/Andalucia/Monaco etc etc........for some reason big empty spaces seemed sophisticated to British Architects.
That concludes my lecture on pre~Millennium commercial Architecture wank.
I wear shorts and a t-shirt all year round working outside with planes in this lovely English weather......(my motto of 16 years) '' the less you wear, the quicker you dry '' lol
In my telephone exchange Kent, England, we had 1m and 2m lift buttons. M = mezzanine floor. The building was built in the 60s IIRC. A mezzanine (/ˌmɛzəˈniːn/; or in Italian, a mezzanino) is, strictly speaking, an intermediate floor in a building which is partly open to the double-height ceilinged floor below, or which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building. ... Mezzanines may serve a wide variety of functions.
Bus stops come in two types Request and Compulsory. This is because some stops have buses going in different directions at the same stop. In more rural areas the bus would be stopping repeatedly for no sensible reason.
Hi Vanessa good to see you again what a good video ❤️
I'm from Britain and have still done most of these things you mentions. I always look the wrong direction when crossing the road, my partner has saved me many times 😂 I still find the tubes confusing when I'm in London especially if they close one of the lines. 😟
Hi Vanessa you gave me a laugh with some of them moments
I get on the wrong train on the Northern line as well.It’s so confusing.
A very tactful and appreciative post. The weather here can be a nuisance. But yes, always carry an umbrella or cagoule. We do have episodes of hot sunny weather, and we had that for 5 weeks in May/June. No rain at all.
Top notch, as ever, so good.
Glad your back
My mistake on the tube is getting the wrong district line train or getting on a circle line train by mistake instead of a district. Like you say when you are tired, easily done. I can imagine you realising you made a huge mistake with pudding LOL.
Hola, que tal?,
como van?, Los mejores y más cordiales Saludos desde puente piedra, lima, Perú, ojalá que puedas venir en algún momento a mi país y que disfrutes mucho de todo por aquí, con la familia y los amigos,
felicidades por tus vídeos.
sorry vanessa missed your last video but will catch up after this one. miss your lovely face and your take on the uk
I love your self deprecating sense of humour- very Brit-like. Older buildings have mezzanine floors
lol very funny really like waiting for the bus and crossing at a red light ,your hair is looking really nice young lady
There used to be fare stage stops which didn't need for a person standing on the pavement to put their hand out to request for the approaching bus to stop as the bus had to stop for a certain amount of minutes so as not to mess up the timetable, then there were request stops where a pedestrian had to put their arm out to get the approaching bus to stop but even back in those days there were people who were either too shy to put their arms out or didn't read the words on the sign which said 'request stop' so it's not your fault on that one.
Heh we all fall fowl of the northern line :) best advice for all tube trains , always check its destination on the front of the train as it comes in
Amusing as always
shes back
Feeling bullied by the bus driver.😂😂
So now the Northern Line has another branch and two more stations this week does it go up the list? Also, pudding wise, what about Black Pudding, Steamed Suet Pudding or Yorkshire Pudding? We don't stop the pudding at sweet stuff!
The reason I stopped going to the proms was the hour journey home afterwards...they're live on the radio so I don't need that after a long day at work!
Living in London is not like living in any other city. It is a city-state that is separate and distant from the rest of the country. If you travel to cities like my city, Liverpool, or Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle you will see and hear so many differences it will seem like the north of England is a very different place to London. There are the "historical" cities like Chester, Gloucester, York, Lincoln, Norwich and Carlisle spread across the country and the gloriously beautiful Lake District, Peak National Park and the Moors of Yorkshire, Lancashire and Nothumbria. Throw in Wales and Scotland to see that the regions and provinces are the real Britain and not the city-state in the South East of England that drains the rest of the counry of talent, money and opportunity. We are still waiting for the "ripples" of the 2012 Olympics! The cost of Crossrail is a joke.
We are nearly the same malwill54 as I was born in 54 and support millwall54....:)
I laughed out loud at several of your comments because they 'hit the mark'... especially the section on the weather.... Distances and meeting with friends also tends to be the reason for socialising at lunchtime (also a more London thing).
As a soldier I HATE when people are late……. and if you are one of my soldiers and are late you get to spend a night in jail. 😈
Fun fact , the sides of the road to travel on comes from when Knights used to pass each other in the old days, if u are on the left side u drew ya sword it is pointing at the other person an attack posture but on the right side ya shield is facing them a defensive posture the lily livered way , so us brits have it right just saying 😜😜😂
Weather wise, your right
Hello Vanessa your presence has missed, and if we don’t have a video soon we’re going to have to try and understand Aussie rules football, seeing as we’ve already watched all the cat videos!!.
I was only thinking this morning that a Vanessa video would be very welcome, and here you are - thank you!
In all my life here I've seen two commercial premises with mezzanine floors. One was a now-defunct local business here in Plymouth selling kitchenware (ground floor), DIY tools and plastic kits (first floor) and train sets and Scalextric (mezzanine floor). Yes, it was a strange combination; later, they moved and concentrated on household goods. The other was a Chinese market somewhere in London which had multiple floors and mezzanines, rammed to the gills with every kind of intricate knick-knacks - I left with a kaleidoscope and a tiny pocket telescope, without really knowing why. I think the place may have actually been magical, as I've never been able to find it again.
V what’s your recommendation for a good Austrian restaurant or cafe on London???
LOL. You are definitely right about the English weather.
Just to add to the confusion, not all puddings are desserts. One of my fave puds, Steak and kidney pudding... Mmmm SKP
And trusting the weather report, definitely a rookie mistake. Still, you know better now :)
A long story, so I will make it very short. I was a production manager in Egypt a long time ago. I decided to learn Arabic, and one day one of my supervisors asked me what I was going to do after work. When I told her she fell about laughing, with genuine tears running down her face. When she had composed herself she explained that I had said (In Arabic) that I was going to be a thief, she explained that the word for the Pyramids (which is where I was going), Is El Haram, and I had used the word Harami instead of the correct word.......and in Arabic, Harami is a thief. So I understand this post from Vanessa about confusing languages .
I hate unpunctuality too. It’s impolite at best.
Don’t feel so bad about the Northern Line, I made that very same mistake just yesterday x
Be proud .luv ya
I always carry cash in case I have to use some. I thought it had come in handy when I bought something requiring just cash and having counted it out on the counter was told that the 10p piece I was using was no longer legal tender and a new 10p piece had come out years ago. They keep changing the coins. Very embarrassing.
Hahha. "You alrite" Standard London greeting. Lol
While there are downsides to being so big, I don't think London could be so multicultural and cosmopolitan if it were smaller. As it is, their are communities from almost every country on earth within an approximately one hour travel radius of your home by public transport!
Did you know England only has the 2nd biggest coastline in the UK? Guess who has the longest.
We have mezzanine floors in Australia.
Even those of us born here do exactly the same things. You seem fully British to me .
Always take your umbrella with you. It a useful arm extender should you wish to flag down a bus!
So you can only cross a road in Austria on a green light?
That to me sounds a bit dodgy.
Just out of curiosity, how many predestinations are killed on Austria’s roads?
She means when the green walking man is on at pedestrian crossings. We'll just walk across if the road is clear on the red man... that's when you get fined in Austria.
Please excuse my impertinence - but THAT particular, softer, hair-style (with just a hint of a wave) is BEAUTIFUL, Honey ! It REALLY suits your already lovely face......................and those gorgeous, warm brown eyes.
Hate to add to your confusion but pudding isn't always a dessert, e.g. Yorkshire pudding or even haggis (king of the pudding race) are puddings but definitely not desserts!
We need another Video
I like your new hair style
I saw someone get knocked down by a bus because they didn't wait for the green light. Luckily the bus driver was very quick on his brakes and she wasn't injured. I went to a convention in a hotel in London that had a mezzanine floor. I didn't have a clue what it was.
Pudding for dessert is a southern thing. We don't say it in the north east.
Don't believe the calendars with pretty sunny summer photos. July and August are the wettest months of summer. Book your UK holidays for June.
You have to wave because there are many busses on the same route
It's Austria's loss that you're here in London. You make the UK a better place by being here. Sounds corny but it's an undeniable truth. I've spent a lot of time in Innsbruck in recent years. I love it there... Some of the bus drivers are grumpy but I'm beginning to think that this could be a global problem!
So, you've not had Steak Pudding?
Pudding, chips and curry is my favourite but no salt & vinegar.
Being embarrassed is a very British trait too.
Very entertaining vid. In Yorkshire in stead of 'alright' its 'now then' it took me 6mths to realise it was a greeting. I have heard of mezzanine floors in this country but can't remember where. Please don't take London as an example of the rest of England or UK, to me London is a foreign country. Pudding...there is always 'black pudding' lovely. British weather you can have 4 seasons in one day. Best Wishes.
I totally don't blame you for not responding well to "alright" as a greeting. I avoid using it myself. It seems crass and lazy. It should be a question to follow "hello", not a substitute for "hello"!
look at me making effort to be early😏
Hi Vanessa. You alright???? Ha! Take care. John.x. Greetings from Yorkshire....
Thought you lot were all " Ey oop flower, ya al'reet"? lol.
I think you'll find that we drive on the correct side of the road the only reason why Europe is on the other side is because of Napoleon before then all of Europe drove the correct side
Thank you for sharing, embarrassing or not
Love the video. How come you have an American accent and not an Austrian one? Did you spend time in America?
I think she has but most Europeans partially learn English from music, films and TV, much of which is American. Most fluent English speaking foreigner's I've met have that American type accent rather than British.
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I experienced the exact same thing but opposite when I lived in Germany - I thought I spoke pretty good school taught German (basic German) Until I ventured out on my first lone shopping trip to the local Supermakt. Everyone behind the meat counter was laughing hysterically at my attempts to purchase lamb chops and sliced ham - I now know it should have been Lammkoteletts und geschnittener Schinken. I can't remember what I originally said, but, I brightened their day - Being laughed at and feeling embarrassed was actually good for me. And your English is far better than my attempts at other languages. I wouldn't know where to begin with Austrian - is Austrian a mix of French and German?
It works the other way too. I once had a German housemate who got funny looks in supermarkets asking "Where is the crap?" (crab)
I remember a friend trying to chat-up some French girls on a school trip to Paris. Intending to say that they were a like a pair of pretty birds, he said "Vous êtes comme deux poissons". They stared blankly at him, so he went on to mime a bird flapping its wings: "Deux poissons. Um, you know... tweet! tweet!". The girls burst out laughing and walked away, leaving me to explain that the word he needed was "oiseaux" (birds) not "poissons" (fish).
@@thisisnev I was in Sainsbury's ionce shopping with my ex.. She asked innocently "Do you fancy crabs?" My reply of "No, had them once, the ointment worked a treat, I'm OK now" didn't go down too well. She flushed and walked away in silence. I could hear the woman behind the counter burst out laughing as I left though.
Very direct those European folk.
Mrs C regularly complains about me beating about the Bush so to speak, maybe because I used to engage with difficult to engage with folk ,whereas Mrs C being an A+E nurse is much more direct...
I am intrigued to know why as an Austrian you have such a strong American accent.
She sounds Canadian to me.
no no no... we in the uk drive on the RIGHT side of the road, europeans drive on the WRONG side
can we have a Christmas upload? a present for a saddo like me. PLEASE.
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As a reply to You Alright or How are you? I always answer... Absolutely wonderful but that's only my humble opinion.
Birmingham Unitersity Geology department has mezzanine floors
Re weather report inaccuracy Same goes for Melbourne, Aus
Vanessa, you always mention Vienna as being your home, but your lovely accent is broadly American. It doesn't usually take much to confuse me, but can you help me out here?
Driving in Portugal it took about 3 days before I remembered to look "the other way" for traffic coming around roundabouts...Luckily the roads were quiet around where we were. Now, I like your videos but I do work for the UK Met Office (the best Met Office in the universe) so just tread carefully young lady...I don't want to have to unsubscribe ;)
Bist du denn eine Amerikanerin oder Österrecherin? :D
Mezzanine floors - the name should give it away. Mezzanine is hardly an English word. I think it is a Roman word