Fun Fact: the reason US spelling has less u's is because in colonial days, newspapers were taxed by the letter, so they dropped letters that weren't as needed to understand it.
That's a myth. -or is directly from Latin, but -our is the same suffix from Latin via French. So Latin loans had -or (e.g. color) but French loans had -our (e.g. honour). However, this was very confusing and inconsistent, and in the end, it boiled down either using only -or or only -our. Webster, in his 1828 American dictionary, preferred the Latin -or as it was more original. But Johnson, in his 1755 British dictionary, preferred the French -our as French had a closer relationship to English. So -or won in the US, but -our won in Britain. But British is a tad more inconsistent as they have since adopted a lot of -or spellings (e.g. governor, mirror, superior, compare with Johnson's governour, mirrour, superiour).
@@TurtleMarcus I'm pretty sure this was another correction made by the man who made -ise into -ize. I dunno about this but the americans wanted the English spelling to be correct at least a bit. Anyway I didn't know about the -or and -our suffixes so thanks for giving info! Have a nice day!
Fun fact, the state of Yucatan in Mexico got its name after spanish settlers tried to communicate with the natives but they kept saying “ I dont understand you” in Nahuatl which sounds like “Yucatan” and thats how the state got its name.
@@dra_aluxe i'm not 100% sure, but i'm PRETTY SURE that when the Spanish got to what is now Yucatan, the Aztecs were there. So yes, it would be "Nahuatl."
12:14 Just had to do a google search since I don't know what Canada's WWII flag looked like off the top of my head. That one running off to kill the German countryballs is, in fact, Canada, living up to its WWI and (to a lesser extent) WWII reputation of sheer brutality towards the Germans...
bro nz is basicaly just a australean state hello just editing this comment because im tired of the joke going over people's heads and spamming my notifications its a joke, no need to get ur knickers in a knot
@@bigj7867 dood im from the australian state of new zealand hello just editing this comment because im tired of the joke going over people's heads and spamming my notifications its a joke, no need to get ur knickers in a knot
Jonathan you and broyo messed up the format its America: exists Britain: “And I took that personally” Or Natives: exist Britain: so anyway i started blasting
I see a ton of people saying that it’s not Poland it’s Indonesia In the Polandball/countryball community Poland’s flag is drawn upside down It’s a rule that you have to follow
6:58 according to google, ca is "here" and "nada" is nothing in Portuguese, but another google search shows that a French explorer, Jacques Cartier, was shown the route to "kanata" by two native youths, likely Huron-Iroquois, in 1535. The directions led to the village of Stadaconda, where the present-day city of Quebec sits. Lacking any other name for the region given by the natives, Jacques referred to the village and surrounding region as "Canada." This is actually a bit funnier to me than the Portuguese joke: the two kids basically told Jacques "town's this way, c'mon, we'll show you" and he named an entire country "town"
@@Rex2p0_ all jokes aside its actually because unlike European printing press' which charged by the sentence, (Colonial) American ones charged by the letter. So in order to cut costs we cut useless letters.
I was a boy. They were two girls. Can I make it any more obvious? I am the ULTIMATE LOVER on this platform. Don't enter my ch*nnel if you are not above a certain age, dear ab
6:24 There are 3 histories: 1-the frenchs got there and call it kanada like in the video. 2-the spanish got there and call it "acá nada" = Nothing here 3-portugues got there and said 'cá nada" =nothing there We and the spanish call it that because there was no gold, or anything usefull at the time.
13:06 yes that true. When Japan defeated. This leader didn't Believe because he's old leader said that never surrender. So This new leader didn't Believe so he was at abandoned island where military sleep and training for 20 years. (I don't know if that abandoned island)
That debate in 02:03 actually happened between two international student in my school. To the point that in the place of the sea in our class' world map is full with scribbles like this: -Sea of Japan- -Sea of Korea- -Sea of Japan- -Sea of Korea- -Sea of Japan- -Sea of Korea-
I'm Portuguese and "cá nada" really means "nothing here" and here in Portugal they actually say that history in our schools and in Portuguese Canada is Cánada whit the ' in the first A with means CÁ NADA together is CÁNADA
bruh, what about the remaining Belgian Armies who fended off the Germans together with the French That's what's even sadder, they're not even being remembered at all
4:44 *Casually looks at all 23 Anglo-Franco wars as well as the other 127 wars in which England and France be fighting eachother and ignores Scotland and Wales who quite liked France*
I mean, it wasn't really isolationism; more neutrality. Isolationism would be a complete cut-off of immigration, the U.S was basically neutral. Except when it basically wasn't.. Which was most of it's neutrality... aka supporting warring nations it liked or had debt to with goods.
14:24 Context: Because the US dropped Agent Orange in Vietnam (a herbicide that can cause birth defects), now around 1 million are disabled because of that
That's the biggest amount of BS I've ever heard in my entire life. I'm Portuguese and we do NOT pronounce the word Canada that way. We spell it Canadá, not Cánada. When our sailors arrived there, all we did was just build ports and build very important cities, including Terra Nova, hence why in English it's called Newfoundland. So, the guy that made that post was making this up on purpose, is oblivious or he really just wants people from these countries to actually argue in a really bad way.
False. I don’t know where this is being taught but the reason is because of Noah Webster and his American English dictionary. He wanted to standardize and differentiate American English from British English.
8:42 Fun Fact. Back in the day, the printing press charged you for every letter you used in America. So Americans decided to drop unnecessary letters. They removed the u from colour and other words
When the UK flipped the car it is because they drive on the left side of the road so their steering wheels are mostly situated on the right side of the car.
because when poland ball was not a thing a man named falco decided to go on a polish 4 chan board and decided to flame war the entire board and in this flame war he drew polands flag upside down as a country ball
Gotta love how Drew called the Philippines “Malasia” a true American ball of a man.
Dumbass OP didn't even check which country.
Not sure if sarcasm but America Ball being bad with names is a character trope.
@@chinchillaruby4170 sucks not to know an inside joke if one even exists.
Drew did call it the Philippines at first, but when he read "Malaysia," he thought he was wrong.
@@Puff_Freckleburger that made it more funny to me.
Czechia : Exists
Drew : *C Z E C H O S L O V A K I A*
I know right? 😭
Wait that's czechoslovenia
it can be Czechoslovakia
For some reason in English it's Czechoslovakia idk why
Czechslovakiapolandmoldivaukrainerussia
Fun Fact: the reason US spelling has less u's is because in colonial days, newspapers were taxed by the letter, so they dropped letters that weren't as needed to understand it.
Just came here to say this
That's a myth. -or is directly from Latin, but -our is the same suffix from Latin via French. So Latin loans had -or (e.g. color) but French loans had -our (e.g. honour). However, this was very confusing and inconsistent, and in the end, it boiled down either using only -or or only -our. Webster, in his 1828 American dictionary, preferred the Latin -or as it was more original. But Johnson, in his 1755 British dictionary, preferred the French -our as French had a closer relationship to English. So -or won in the US, but -our won in Britain. But British is a tad more inconsistent as they have since adopted a lot of -or spellings (e.g. governor, mirror, superior, compare with Johnson's governour, mirrour, superiour).
@@TurtleMarcus I'm pretty sure this was another correction made by the man who made -ise into -ize. I dunno about this but the americans wanted the English spelling to be correct at least a bit. Anyway I didn't know about the -or and -our suffixes so thanks for giving info! Have a nice day!
@@TurtleMarcus Sorry about my last comment. I forgot you said things about webster.
@@theplutonimus No worries!
Drew: Calls Philippines Malaysia
Filipinos: *T R I G G E R E D*
*EARRAPE PHILIPPINES ANTHEM STARTS PLAYING*
lol, as a malaysian i giggled for the revenge
I feel betrayed
@Brezix 12:51
Me as an Indonesian: *First time?*
He reviewed poland/country balls
He reviewed political compass
Now he has to reviev r/polcompball
Yes!
Yes
Yes!
Based
Yes!
Fun fact, the state of Yucatan in Mexico got its name after spanish settlers tried to communicate with the natives but they kept saying “ I dont understand you” in Nahuatl which sounds like “Yucatan” and thats how the state got its name.
I think you mean "mayan". Nahuatl is the mexicas/aztecs language. The native culture in Yucatan is maya.
@@dra_aluxe i'm not 100% sure, but i'm PRETTY SURE that when the Spanish got to what is now Yucatan, the Aztecs were there. So yes, it would be "Nahuatl."
Gotta love how Drew keeps calling Aotearoa “Australia.”
Just call it New Zealand
@@susactivities_ nah, fam, I’m gonna use its name
@Alfredo New Zealand IS its name
@@susactivities_ and mine is HRH Lizzy 2
@Alfredo wtf are you talking about?
12:14 Just had to do a google search since I don't know what Canada's WWII flag looked like off the top of my head. That one running off to kill the German countryballs is, in fact, Canada, living up to its WWI and (to a lesser extent) WWII reputation of sheer brutality towards the Germans...
Yeah we really hated the germans back than.
Canada got off the beach the fastest on dday.
10:20 is a joke about how a lot of north European languages have the word 'tak' but they all have different meanings.
not just north european...Indonesia...
@@xiphactinusaudax1045 I know, but saying north European seemed easier.
@@timvlaar you could've just said "a lot of languages"
Tag
@Hirsch Vagish Tag
Fun fact
The Pom Pom was an actual British machine gun, made in the same time period as the British newspaper.
drew: calls new Zealand Australia
Everyone: [cringing noises]
bro nz is basicaly just a australean state
hello just editing this comment because im tired of the joke going over people's heads and spamming my notifications
its a joke, no need to get ur knickers in a knot
@@perorin615 no its not they have their own accent and they are their own country
@@bigj7867 dood im from the australian state of new zealand
hello just editing this comment because im tired of the joke going over people's heads and spamming my notifications
its a joke, no need to get ur knickers in a knot
I hate this. Stop
@@perorin615 New Zealand is an independent country
Drew: calls Australia new Zealand
Me :What happened to society
i came to the comments immediately after I saw this
America: *exists* Britain: “And I took that personally”
natives:exist britain: "so i started shooting
"
@@hamsand2527 so i start plague warring
Driver: drives at normal speed
BMW owners: and I took that personally
@@hamsand2527 yeah and know every one blames it on the USA
Jonathan you and broyo messed up the format its
America: exists
Britain: “And I took that personally”
Or
Natives: exist
Britain: so anyway i started blasting
Drew: I always wondered why the British put random letters in their words
Me: Chuckles in Canadian
French people, having 50% of every individual word being silent:
*profuse sweating*
I see a ton of people saying that it’s not Poland it’s Indonesia
In the Polandball/countryball community Poland’s flag is drawn upside down
It’s a rule that you have to follow
Yes been drawing for along time now
What would CHina have to do with poland
why tho...
I thought it was monaco. LoL
@@chevishughes and it's the joke, i'm literally indonesian lol
6:58 according to google, ca is "here" and "nada" is nothing in Portuguese, but another google search shows that a French explorer, Jacques Cartier, was shown the route to "kanata" by two native youths, likely Huron-Iroquois, in 1535. The directions led to the village of Stadaconda, where the present-day city of Quebec sits. Lacking any other name for the region given by the natives, Jacques referred to the village and surrounding region as "Canada." This is actually a bit funnier to me than the Portuguese joke: the two kids basically told Jacques "town's this way, c'mon, we'll show you" and he named an entire country "town"
Drew, the Brits use "U" in stuff because of the Norman conquest and French influence in the region. Pretty cool actually
In US Eng:
Collar = Collar
But Color doesn't = "Coll ore"
Trolling
@Michael M it's just America having daddy issues, that's all
@@Rex2p0_ all jokes aside its actually because unlike European printing press' which charged by the sentence, (Colonial) American ones charged by the letter. So in order to cut costs we cut useless letters.
@@diggs0027 pretty cool!
America to britain: tryna get rid of u
“These balls make me feel something”
-Drew Drunil
Title: Countryballs went too far
Drew in vid: calling half of them wholesome
Yeees they are (mostly) wholesome or related to war
@@manjotbali8985 Most of them are just poland being beat up
10:06 heckler and Koch, the most successful fire arms manufacturer
Ruling the waves wasn’t enough for Britannia
I was a boy. They were two girls. Can I make it any more obvious? I am the ULTIMATE LOVER on this platform. Don't enter my ch*nnel if you are not above a certain age, dear ab
Britannia rules the space!
hello again
@@luceliorodrigues7504 Brittania Rule the Planets!
6:24
There are 3 histories:
1-the frenchs got there and call it kanada like in the video.
2-the spanish got there and call it "acá nada" = Nothing here
3-portugues got there and said 'cá nada" =nothing there
We and the spanish call it that because there was no gold, or anything usefull at the time.
Yes it’s a naming dispute. Koreans call it the East Sea (since it’s east of Korea) while they call it the Sea of Japan
It should have been named after you, dear supreme leader.
hey kim your sister kinda bad tho
It should be named after you fear supreme leader
Aw thanks for saying that, Daddy.
@@sriyasodharmma4021 as a south korean I think that is a great idea
13:06 yes that true. When Japan defeated. This leader didn't Believe because he's old leader said that never surrender. So This new leader didn't Believe so he was at abandoned island where military sleep and training for 20 years. (I don't know if that abandoned island)
No, six people can’t be first.
First go brrrrrrr
No nine people can be first
Oof
First
Last
0:12 kawaii drew durnil
I swear Drew is having a stroke reading all of this.
id say sweden has been more neutral than switzerland, sweden has been neutral for 200 years while switzerland has been neutral for 100
Americans dropped the "u" so that it would be one fewer letter to put into a printing press.
Basically the first cost-cutting on record of the US.
That's actually false, America adopted the the spelling with no U as a part of Noam Webster's spelling reforms
The wwii about the British and French reminded me about Dunkirk.
Drew: calls New Zealand ‘Australia’
Everyone: *now this is an avengers level threat*
YES
how dare you is all i think
We do have a Western version of Mongolian throat singing.
It's called death/black metal vocals.
Drew: Australia tryna stop them
New Zealand: *TRIGGERED*
Damnit I thought I was finally going have an original joke! :(
That's litterly me rn cus i live in nz
@@BunchOfGreyGrapes same
The entirety of Aotearoa: *confused confusing confusion intensifies*
@@BunchOfGreyGrapes saaaaaaaame
@10:25 joke is about what it means in different places; tak in dutch is branch but in danmark its a way to say thanks etc
That debate in 02:03 actually happened between two international student in my school. To the point that in the place of the sea in our class' world map is full with scribbles like this:
-Sea of Japan-
-Sea of Korea-
-Sea of Japan-
-Sea of Korea-
-Sea of Japan-
-Sea of Korea-
Sea of No-one
Sea of Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Britain:*kills aliens*
Star wars: I will make that a star wars movie
Me:noice
Siesta: Here in Mexico we take a little sleep to relax, we call those little dreams Siestas or Coyotito, etc.
"xd
Poland: abused child
Guam: also kinda abused child
Sr pelo: DONT TOUCH THE CHILD
11:57 and then the colony who gave diamonds and gold the most(india)was never invited :(
They weren't included during operation overlord
@@sebletariku3524 I know i saw
Also, South Africa. The Colony who gave the biggest Diamond. We helped Great Britain so much. Yet, No invite. :(
i think the tak meme is that it means different things in different languages like in Norwegian it means roof
As an Estonian i can confirm that there is no god
10:18
I think it's a reference to what "tak" means in each country's language
THAT MOMENT WHEN DREW CALLS NEW ZEALAND FLAG AUSTRALIAN TWICE
WE NEED DREW TO SEE THESE COMMENTS SO HE DOSENT MAKES THE SAME MISTAKE! * angry kiwi noises *
0:20
Russia: they are confused, but they have spirt
12:50 this story comes from Guam, a us territory, I’ve been to the exact cave he hid in, it’s really cool
Nope, the Philippines
5:08 that’s what she said
Ha nice one
10:01 it's about the hk (Heckler und Koch) mp5, America was addicted to them
I'm Portuguese and "cá nada" really means "nothing here" and here in Portugal they actually say that history in our schools and in Portuguese Canada is Cánada whit the ' in the first A with means CÁ NADA together is CÁNADA
bruh, what about the remaining Belgian Armies who fended off the Germans together with the French
That's what's even sadder, they're not even being remembered at all
Resist and bite
canadians were themost ferocious in ww2 but we dont get the recognition of it
I mean in WW1 we were alot more scarier too and pretty much carried the team, in terms of fighting very harsh conditions even.
Drew: Calls New Zealand Australia
Australia and New Zealand: *_So, you have chosen death._*
agreed
1:21
both new zealanders and australians are angry now
In answer to Drew's question, a "siesta" is a Mexican traditional mid-afternoon nap.
That Tradition is widely spread in latin countries
With the tree branch falling comic the point was that the European languages use “Tak” as thank you.
"coubtryballs have gone too far" drew, i thought we established that already.
Isn't that countryhumans?
4:33 The french cowardly fought, while the british bravely ran away - and then they stood alone (with all their colonies) ;)
10:48 it's referring to the fact that it was all 'tak'
6:42 | And in German, »keiner da« (kyna da) means »no one there« 😂✌️ 🇨🇦 🇩🇪
CountryBalls literally made me memorize most of the flags of the countries.
1:23 Did he… call New Zealand, AUSTRALIA!?!?
2:38 As an Estonian, I can say our history is just occupation.
*sad Latvian noises*
See on eks
“Why is Germany the medic?”
TF2 fans: *guten tag*
4:44 *Casually looks at all 23 Anglo-Franco wars as well as the other 127 wars in which England and France be fighting eachother and ignores Scotland and Wales who quite liked France*
12:47
well that explains almost everything about the massive spiders problem
I for one look forward to America's next period of isolationism.
I mean, it wasn't really isolationism; more neutrality. Isolationism would be a complete cut-off of immigration, the U.S was basically neutral. Except when it basically wasn't.. Which was most of it's neutrality... aka supporting warring nations it liked or had debt to with goods.
Me : I wish there was opposite days
Drew : Mixes new Zealand and Australia
Me : This isn't what I expected
y e s
Thank you for the Polandball brother it is greatly appreciated
8:31
America: “Hold on, this whole operation was your idea”
3:25 wait a second is that kim jong un body pillow
where did you find that
The story about the Japanese soldier being in a forest for 20 years is most likely during the communist times of Malaysia .
Fact: france fell in 7 weeks and Norway fell in 8 weeks during WWII
Battle of France :
Germany: 141 divisions
7,378 guns[3]
2,445 tanks[3]
5,638 aircraft[4][c]
3,350,000 troops
Italians in the Alps
22 divisions
3,000 guns
300,000 Italians Allies: 135 divisions
13,974 guns
3,383-4,071 French tanks[3][5]
7:07 the ones in this frame next to the French colony is Nigeria
Drew: names New Zealand Australia
New Zealanders: Angry Kiwi noices
4:39
nah im used to being irrelevant
what's a new zealand
@@sriyasodharmma4021American?
Switzerland stayed the same shape over 200 years so no wonder its neutreal
That moment when Drew calls the New Zealand flag Australia and you’re from New Zealand.
*confused confusing confusion*
I can relate
14:24
Context: Because the US dropped Agent Orange in Vietnam (a herbicide that can cause birth defects), now around 1 million are disabled because of that
That's the biggest amount of BS I've ever heard in my entire life. I'm Portuguese and we do NOT pronounce the word Canada that way. We spell it Canadá, not Cánada. When our sailors arrived there, all we did was just build ports and build very important cities, including Terra Nova, hence why in English it's called Newfoundland. So, the guy that made that post was making this up on purpose, is oblivious or he really just wants people from these countries to actually argue in a really bad way.
an english person reading the word "Canadá" would pronounce it that way if they hadn't heard the word before.
"ca nada" não significa nada. A tradução correta seria "não há nada cá".
4:34 I see the confusion but that’s New Zealand 🇳🇿
Drew at 4:37 aww australia.
Me noticing the red stars as the new Zealand flag.
*TRIGGERED*
Drew, Germany being the medic is a tf2 reference.
“I always wondered why the British put random U’s in word”
*Angry British noises*
Don't you mean nouises?
@@axelavila231 Uxel Uvila
@@emperortoxic5267 Emperour Touxic
@@axelavila231 u
@@emperortoxic5267 Ú
That Nani caught me off guard😂
13:39 "Siesta" means nap
if he watched chuunibyou demo koi ga shitai he would know this alredu smh
Nice pfp pic doe
"And Australia tries too stop him"
New Zealand: why
The americans dropped the "u" in words as they took them out as advertising was charged by the letter, to save money they took them out and it stuck
False. I don’t know where this is being taught but the reason is because of Noah Webster and his American English dictionary. He wanted to standardize and differentiate American English from British English.
1:21 drew is like other people he called New Zealand Australia lol
Drew: Czechoslovakia
Me: *TRIGGERED*
N o i a m c z e c h o s l o v a k i a.
8:42 Fun Fact. Back in the day, the printing press charged you for every letter you used in America. So Americans decided to drop unnecessary letters. They removed the u from colour and other words
1:20 THAT’S NEW ZEALAND!
edit: new zealand has 1 less star (also the stars are red)
2 less stars
IKR
He called new zealand Australia...
5:38 *Great Britian walks in*
He said Australia but it was New Zealand
I'll hate their decision of inverting Poland's flag to match Indonesia's until I die.
5:31 i was half expecting britain to come out saying: you all right chap
Poland: white and red
Indonesia: red and white
Drew: P O L A N D
it was poland, poland is drawn upside down in the community
When the UK flipped the car it is because they drive on the left side of the road so their steering wheels are mostly situated on the right side of the car.
I just dont understand why the colors on the pilandball are reversed
because when poland ball was not a thing a man named falco decided to go on a polish 4 chan board and decided to flame war the entire board and in this flame war he drew polands flag upside down as a country ball
It is a tradition in polandball
@@Just-lz7tl yes
Germany is medic? Are they known for that?
-tf2 music plays, Meet the Medic-
9:11 uhmm sweden got somthing to tell?
The trees thing for Japan happened everywhere many cases many stories. The first report3d story was Alaska from 1942 to 1965.