I teach English to refugees. One day a student asked me why Welsh people sing to each other when they meet? After much questioning I realized she meant when we say "hiya". We sounded like we were singing to her. Bless her cotton socks
Al DEE haha wow this is a great anecdote ! I hadn't thought of it, but hiya does sound musical! , Perhaps especially us in the East Mids when we sound the first note really high on purpose ! 🤣
Don;t know if you've ever noticed but in the UK. Truck drivers will flip their right and left indicators, just once; to acknowledge you letting them through. It's an unwritten thank you. If they're overtaking or you let them in you lane. They'll flip a quick right/left or vice versa depending on the lane they came from so as not to confuse.
You really ought to work for the British tourist board. So nice to see someone not from here appreciate what we do have in the UK, I think we sometimes forget.
You don't necessarily queue at a bus stop but you are aware roughly who was before you and allow them to go ahead. It's done without fuss and considered the polite thing to do.
Agreed! We speak English, most of us properly, we drive on the correct side of the road and we are, again mostly, xenophobic - what's weird about that?
The queue thing is taught early on. I remember queueing in organised lines at infant school after ever play time, lunch time and at the start of the day. (I don't know how that works anywhere else across the world to be fair)
Top tip, to say thank you whilst driving (especially at night or infront), put your hazard lights on for a couple of seconds. For BMW/Audi drivers these are called your "park anywhere lights".
Another common one I noticed you actually said in this video is “Yorkshires” instead of Yorkshire puddings. “Do you want Yorkshires with your dinner” , “I love Yorkshires” etc.
In Yorkshire we regularly call them, simply, Yorkshires. The “pudding” would be superfluous. But, by the way: you ARE coming back to the U.K., aren’t you?
Andrew P.C. Well, here goes: 1. People in the U.K. very often refer to a dessert as being “pudding”, though obviously not all desserts are puddings or need cooking at all (for example a fruit salad). So they might say “I’m having soup/prawns for my starter, steak/turbot or whatever for my main course, and sticky toffee pudding/summer fruits with cream, or whatever, for my pudding.” 2. Yorkshire pudding mix is the same batter you’d use to cook a pancake - it’s just that Yorkshire’s are cooked in cake tins but pancakes are cooked thinly in a frying pan, and sweet stuff (fruit, maple syrup, lemon Juice or whatever may then be added to the pancakes). 3. Yorkshire’s are not always eaten as part of the main course. That is often the case, but not always. For example, especially in Yorkshire and the north of England, a large Yorkshire would often be served BEFORE the main course, maybe with some onions and gravy, as a starter. And it is now common to see meals served not directly on a plate but actually encompassed in a giant Yorkshire Pud (almost acting as a bowl on top of the plate) , filled with meat, veg and gravy. So you eat out of the Yorkshire, and then eat the pud itself which has absorbed all that meaty goodness into itself. They are especially common in pubs as a lunchtime meal, but they could include different items, not just a Sunday Roast - such as sausages, onions and gravy etc.....
Raymond Porter and also I know my wife and her family (from the Midlands) love Yorkshire and sugar or Yorkshire and syrup for dessert/pudding. I am often tasked with making more than needed so there are plenty left over for sugar.
One more thing I love about these videos, is its so cool to see someone love and comment on the UK style and words we use because as a UK national, we do it naturally so it's fascinating to hear someone pick up on these phrases or habits/way of life. Awesome 😁😎🤗🌟👏🌟
I'm Irish living in London. For years, people were too polite to tell me that some of the things I say confuses them! One thing I say ALL the time is "sure, you know yourself", I was totally unaware that this had no meaning to an English person...
I agree 😊 I just came across her videos on UA-cam - it must have come up when searching something else that's similar. I'm glad UA-cam has that feature
Hiya Alanna, you are missing out just now, we now have 'Extreme Queuing' e.g. you just want to buy some Thatchers (Gold or Cloudy lemon) from your local (insert supermarket name here) and you have to stand in 'a line' 2m behind the person(s) in front of you for approx 40 mins then follow the 'flow' arrows inside the shop (still keeping 2m apart) until you get to the Cider/lager/beer isle. After picking up your required tipple you then have to queue (keeping 2m apart) in the 'Iv'e finished my shopping queue' to be allocated to a checkout. Then you have to join the queue to leave the shop.......... good times! Also weather is currently fab in the UK (more specifically SW England) Thanks for the vid xx
And somehow this has become really soothing, now everyone queues in an orderly fashion, and told off if they don't. Ahhh legal queing, be still my beating heart.
It’s so interesting see your last few videos where you’re expressing your liking for British food, habits or quirks etc. and when you go back to your first few months in England four years ago, you were very reticent and uncertain that you could even survive the first six months due to homesickness and finding England “weird “:!!
right, i've told her this before. Canadian are always welcome and if they live among us, they are easily accepted as one of us. Most of them are only 2,3 or 4 generations away from us anyway.
A woman of Kent or a Kentishwoman - but which? Hints she has dropped: living near a cathedral and a castle. That could be Rochester or Canterbury - so we can't determine.
Some of those Habits may seem weird but the thought right now of just being able to go for a lunchtime walk to a quiet country pub, queuing at the bar to get in a round of drinks and then ordering a huge Sunday roast with lots of Yorkshire puddings seems just like heaven. May the good times return soon. 🙂
Don't forget "see ya later", or "sees ya later" - which I often used to hear when I lived in Kent. Nothing wrong in that, as such, but where I come from "later" means "this evening/in a few hours' time"... in Kent, however, it might mean "see you after the weekend" or "see you when you get back from your holiday in a fortnight".
Nah, the correct way to say bye, is by slapping your knees and saying "right then better be off" meaning you should have left 2 hours and 3 "right then's" ago
Yes I can relate to this being an older Brit in Canada. There are a lot of British habits I have that I will never lose. I have picked up a lot of Canadian habits and sayings things like holy smokes and for sure and stockpiling all of my bottles, cans and milk cartons for 6 months for the bottle bank 😂
As an English person currently living in Ontario, I was curious to see what a Canadian’s experience was like living in my own country. Listening to this made me laugh, especially at some of the terminology we brits use. I miss the banter, the humour and a beer garden. The main thing I miss from back home is a GREGGS sausage roll🤣
I loved visiting Canada because of the humour. It was way more relatable than the very earnest, seemingly humourless experience of being in the U. S. Not that there are no funny Americans, I'm sure there are but it was definitely more of a cultural 'thing ' in Canada 🍁 👍
The secret with Yorkshire Puds is to make sure the oil is smoking hot before you pour in the batter. You can also use Self Raising flour instead of Plain flour. Hope this works for you.
A third of this revolves around the pub! You're so British. It makes my heart happy to know that the pub is missed by us all wherever we are but we'll all get back there eventually 😊
My wife and I watched a couple of your videos yesterday and I didn't realise she hadn't watched any since you left the UK and she was like "Wait why did Alanna leave?" and I had to explain and we were both immediately sad (but then better after watching your video obvs) and we both hope you can come back soon! For pints in pub gardens, frolics in the meadows, banter and...other stuff we do in England
Hello! I'm the guy that called your "let's go" adorable - and it still is! It's been a weird time in lockdown and I'm spending WAY more time on UA-cam than I usually do, but thanks to some weird UA-cam algorithm I came across your channel. I'm glad I did. You're funny and engaging. It's awesome to see that you've adopted many of our ways! I look forward to your next video :)
NOSTALGIA for the days when I would visit my English friends in Hampshire and would be asked questions such as: "Would you like to have lunch in the NEW FOREST today?" YES, PLEASE!!!.
There are some wonderful Pubs in the New Forest. Nothing better than an old Thatched Pub sitting in the Beer garden on a hot Summer day with a pint of your favourite tipple with friends.
I would be interested in seeing a video of your recommendations of things to do in Ontario and Florida. I know we can't travel at the moment but you said you have a mostly British audience and that could be appealing.
Can confirm about the sarcasm. I've worked with a number of US work colleagues from New York to Texas, and also Canadians. The Canadians were just like us and we could banter and joke no problem, they got it. The Texans though, the further South you seemed to go the harder it was. Absolutely some of the kindest and nicest and most generous people I've ever worked with, but it felt like I'd be kicking a puppy if I let loose with full.on British sarcasm. We had to tone it right down. As for X's on messages. You mentioned this on another vid. I'm a bloke, and I have never received nor sent any message with X's on between colleagues. Family, yes, close female friends yes, crushes and flirtations absolutely. I think you were right today when you said it was more common between female friends and colleagues. I'm with you on tea and kebabs though. Definitely a coffee person, don't like tea, and always refuse it if offered, I'm a bad Brit......sorry. kebabs.....nope, they always pile so much crap on it, salad, red cabbage (who likes that much red cabbage!!!), Sauces that you look at it and give up and bin it. Chinese, pizza or Indian.....yes please!! 👍🏼
(chuckling) Years back, I ran a World of Warcraft guild that was about 95% Canadian (mostly just friends and friends of friends). The couple of Americans we had were nerds with a taste for British comedy but one "friend of a friend" happened to be an English guy living out in Texas. Your mention of being a Brit in Texas just reminded me of him. He's a really sweet guy with a bitingly dry wit. At one point during a game session when were were just joking around, he made some comment about how it was nice to have an outlet to talk to folks who appreciate sarcasm. I don't think anyone really gave the comment much thought at the time but your observations make me wonder how much he missed home. He's been back in the UK for the past few years and seems happy these days.
Love your videos so much! I love how much you say in each video - " without further ado, let go" and at the end you say "byeeeee" it's cute! 😊 your boyfriend is very lucky! 🌟🌟🌟
you have got to be the most smiley, happy person ever, I think if I'm ever sad I'll just watch you on here as your smile and happiness is most infectious :)
There is a code to x's. 1 x = just being nice. 2 x = you're a good friend/they have OCD. 3 x = your significant other or someone who is trying to make it clear that they want to be your significant other.
About Queues and pubs, there is the British 'invisible queue'. The bar staff usually notice in what order the people walked up to the bar to order their drink even though there is no actual organised line, they will usually serve them in order. Some people are afflicted with having 'no bar presence' which means they are often overlooked in such and invisible queue.
Alanna, 18 minutes of entertaining video each Wednesday morning (time zones at work here in Australia) keeping boredom at bay. Your smile is so endearing it lightens my mood every time I see it.
Great Video Alanna, fascinating to see all the little subtle things you have picked up. I especially enjoyed that you are so considerate you wont flash your lights!
Does it make a difference whether you use full cream, semi-skimmed or skimmed milk? After a couple of my Yorkshire Pudding failures I wondered if it is because for slimming reasons I tend to buy skimmed or semi-skimmed milk.
Legal Vampire, I took notes the last time I saw James Martin make perfect Yorkshire Puddings. 8oz Plain flour, 8 eggs, 1 Pint FULL FAT Milk. Dripping or Lard in your tin. He made the point of not using semi-skimmed. Good luck next time.👍
Y’alright Alanna? I have said “after you” to my own reflection in a full length mirror in the entrance to an Italian restaurant. And yes, I was a bit tiddly at the time.
Now we're getting to it Alanna, surely your biggest culinary success story ever - Yorkshire puds - the only cooking video you did that I truly salivated over!! Keep up the great work.
Love how awkward the plug for Patreon was Basic rule for Brits, if you think an American is surprisingly funny, about 50% chance they are actually Canadian
The key with cooking Yorshire puddings is getting the oil to a very high temperature in the oven first( smoking hot) then you put the batter mix into the oil pop it back into the oven and hey presto!
Here in my lovely US state of Iowa, we are also known to say sorry often for things that may or may not be our fault. I have been driving before and verbally apologised to my car for hitting a bump that I could not avoid.
As always, another fantastic video! I can't wait to move to England in 2 years. Love watching your videos! Hope you are staying safe and healthy during this awful pandemic. ❤ from the East Coast ✌
I've lived in London for many years. (sun is beating down today so it's hot and sweaty but very very quiet).. The Queue that amused me the most is the one that forms at Canary Wharf tube station in the evenings.. people line up automatically at the doors of the train and you can spot the tourists because they have no comprehension as to what's happening and barge to the front... to some very loud tutting (and people turning to the person next to them to bitch very loudly about it)
Trick with Yorkshire puddings is mix the ingredients at least a couple of hours before you need and put it in the fridge. Hot oil in the tins and cold pudding mix, you're welcome.
I've only ever been in Britain for about a month and a half total (four trips in all maybe), and I picked up saying "cheers" to everyone in place of "thanks" on the basis of that short exposure. Great word, funny and empathic. I love it.
Found out something that would interest you Alanna. Apparently public sector staff cannot be furloughed, so your visa application should not be delayed.
Wouldn't it depend on the Canadian government rules and when Canadian visa offices open up? The UK visa office in Toronto for example is completely closed. (Alanna lives in Ontario so this is her only option for visa offices). If you know more than me though I wanna hear! I'm also waiting to apply for a UK visa from Ontario :p
@@hairyairey But she'd have to have an appointment first in Canada, most visa applicants would anyway. So it'd be delayed in that sense. Anyway, best of luck Alanna.
Hello from a very sunny Leicester. You tortress you, now I'm really craving a pint or two. Prefer coffee over tea myself, with or without biscuits. Looking forward to the next vlog.
You know you're really becoming British when you instantly get angry at another driver when they don't say "Thanks" in even some tiny way. And tut accordingly at their lack of civilised manners.
Yorkshire Puddings are always a little hit and miss, but you've inspired me to make Toad In The Hole at some point this week....it's been a while and what's not to love!
Regarding the X in text messages, Wandering Ravens (an American couple who do videos about UK food and culture) mentioned the same recently, with a warning not to use three X's.
Yorkshire puddings: Equal volume of egg, whole milk, plain flour. Whisk and let rest for a few hours. Pour into a muffin tray half full of oil that's been warmed in a 180°C oven. Bake for 20-25 minutes 👌
Hi, Alanna....in England, as you will know, we have zebra crossings where motorists are obliged by law to allow pedestrians to cross. It would, in my view, be rude for the pedestrian not to signal in appreciation with a sort of hand wave. Equally, drivers in non-legal situations will pause to let a pedestrian cross, where the polite thing to do is to give a thankful hand gesture (not the finger!). Does that work in Canada?
In British Columbia we line up properly. We have buses in Vancouver with front and back doors. There will we a line at each location before the bus even arrives.
My Grandma always told me that you have to serve a Yorkshire pudding apprenticeship. In the beginning they might rise or they might not, but after a few years when the pudding knows you've put in the hours they will be 'pushing the top off your oven' as she used to say.
Great sober, fantastic tipsy or drunk. And with the Just Eat app, it's so easy. They can turn up at the pub with your food. Or could when pubs were still open.
Ah man there's nothing like stopping with friends for food and drinks at a country pub halfway through a walk...then finishing your walk fat and full and feeling just very content. Those were the days 😋
Love Glasgow. Went there from Newcastle on a pub crawl with my friend and others for his stag night. One of my best nights ever.. Been and stayed a few times with work but its different when you are there for work. I moved to Canada 12 years ago only to find my next door neighbour was Glaswegian and he had a pool table in his basement. Instant friendship 😁
I teach English to refugees. One day a student asked me why Welsh people sing to each other when they meet? After much questioning I realized she meant when we say "hiya". We sounded like we were singing to her. Bless her cotton socks
That sounds really odd and weird but it really just shows how other people can interpret something they've never come across before.
That is so sweet!!
To be fair, Welsh people tend to sing at the drop of a hat (at least if drinking has happened).
Welsh accents, and indeed, Wales, are/is beautiful.
Al DEE haha wow this is a great anecdote ! I hadn't thought of it, but hiya does sound musical! , Perhaps especially us in the East Mids when we sound the first note really high on purpose ! 🤣
Don;t know if you've ever noticed but in the UK. Truck drivers will flip their right and left indicators, just once; to acknowledge you letting them through. It's an unwritten thank you. If they're overtaking or you let them in you lane. They'll flip a quick right/left or vice versa depending on the lane they came from so as not to confuse.
You really ought to work for the British tourist board. So nice to see someone not from here appreciate what we do have in the UK, I think we sometimes forget.
Queueing is a sign of respect as much as anything in England. You understand that you're no more important that anyone else.
Perfectly put.
You don't necessarily queue at a bus stop but you are aware roughly who was before you and allow them to go ahead. It's done without fuss and considered the polite thing to do.
Hornblower - people don’t queue at bus stops in London anymore.
Andy P that’s because people in London are absolute arseholes
@@NapoleonGelignite most people in london are not british
We’re not weird. Everyone else is!🤣
You said it man!!! 😊👍
We're the only ones with the correct time zone. Everybody else is before or after us.
Yanks are weird sometimes
Agreed! We speak English, most of us properly, we drive on the correct side of the road and we are, again mostly, xenophobic - what's weird about that?
I don't think they're weird some of these habits I have in America
Craving for pub's and yorkshire puds ! Getting pissed and ordering chinese ! Sorry canada this girl is now british x
I see what you did there 😂xx
Canadians ARE British!
@moobs moomin When this Canadian girl bangs on about dunking ginger nuts in a cuppa, them she has turned British.
These are not weird Habits but correct ways of thinking
The queue thing is taught early on. I remember queueing in organised lines at infant school after ever play time, lunch time and at the start of the day. (I don't know how that works anywhere else across the world to be fair)
Japan - they queued for the busses to take them away from the nuclear power station that had been hit by the tsunami. Amazing to see.
Waving is entry level British driving. You've gone native if you flick either indicator on briefly when they let you change lanes on the motorway
Two clicks of the hazards lights = Thank you.
Top tip, to say thank you whilst driving (especially at night or infront), put your hazard lights on for a couple of seconds. For BMW/Audi drivers these are called your "park anywhere lights".
🤣🤣🤣
Another common one I noticed you actually said in this video is “Yorkshires” instead of Yorkshire puddings. “Do you want Yorkshires with your dinner” , “I love Yorkshires” etc.
That's such a good point, thank you!!
In Yorkshire we regularly call them, simply, Yorkshires. The “pudding” would be superfluous. But, by the way: you ARE coming back to the U.K., aren’t you?
@@andrewmpc96 Yorkshire puddings with jam & cream are amazing.
Andrew P.C. Well, here goes:
1. People in the U.K. very often refer to a dessert as being “pudding”, though obviously not all desserts are puddings or need cooking at all (for example a fruit salad). So they might say “I’m having soup/prawns for my starter, steak/turbot or whatever for my main course, and sticky toffee pudding/summer fruits with cream, or whatever, for my pudding.”
2. Yorkshire pudding mix is the same batter you’d use to cook a pancake - it’s just that Yorkshire’s are cooked in cake tins but pancakes are cooked thinly in a frying pan, and sweet stuff (fruit, maple syrup, lemon Juice or whatever may then be added to the pancakes).
3. Yorkshire’s are not always eaten as part of the main course. That is often the case, but not always. For example, especially in Yorkshire and the north of England, a large Yorkshire would often be served BEFORE the main course, maybe with some onions and gravy, as a starter. And it is now common to see meals served not directly on a plate but actually encompassed in a giant Yorkshire Pud (almost acting as a bowl on top of the plate) , filled with meat, veg and gravy. So you eat out of the Yorkshire, and then eat the pud itself which has absorbed all that meaty goodness into itself. They are especially common in pubs as a lunchtime meal, but they could include different items, not just a Sunday Roast - such as sausages, onions and gravy etc.....
Raymond Porter and also I know my wife and her family (from the Midlands) love Yorkshire and sugar or Yorkshire and syrup for dessert/pudding. I am often tasked with making more than needed so there are plenty left over for sugar.
When you eventually get back to England and the Pubs reopen, it's your round! xx
I could go for a pint in a pub right now.
A pint or ten…
You and me both Gary
I could 'murder' a pint or three right now.
Thatcher's cold cider on a hot day in the beer garden 🍻👍
Oh yes, the weather is great at the moment, a pint or 3 in a beer garden would be heaven...
One more thing I love about these videos, is its so cool to see someone love and comment on the UK style and words we use because as a UK national, we do it naturally so it's fascinating to hear someone pick up on these phrases or habits/way of life. Awesome 😁😎🤗🌟👏🌟
Thanks so much! 😊
I'm Irish living in London. For years, people were too polite to tell me that some of the things I say confuses them! One thing I say ALL the time is "sure, you know yourself", I was totally unaware that this had no meaning to an English person...
Nothing beats a traditional old English pub☺
Hey Alanna, good to see you’re well. Thank you continuing to entertain us during these scary times
I agree 😊 I just came across her videos on UA-cam - it must have come up when searching something else that's similar. I'm glad UA-cam has that feature
We don’t murder people for incorrect queueing...we mercilessly tut them. It’s vicious.
Hiya Alanna, you are missing out just now, we now have 'Extreme Queuing' e.g. you just want to buy some Thatchers (Gold or Cloudy lemon) from your local (insert supermarket name here) and you have to stand in 'a line' 2m behind the person(s) in front of you for approx 40 mins then follow the 'flow' arrows inside the shop (still keeping 2m apart) until you get to the Cider/lager/beer isle. After picking up your required tipple you then have to queue (keeping 2m apart) in the 'Iv'e finished my shopping queue' to be allocated to a checkout. Then you have to join the queue to leave the shop.......... good times! Also weather is currently fab in the UK (more specifically SW England) Thanks for the vid xx
And somehow this has become really soothing, now everyone queues in an orderly fashion, and told off if they don't. Ahhh legal queing, be still my beating heart.
I appreciate Alanna sharing her Great Canadian sence of humor with everyone...😊
It’s so interesting see your last few videos where you’re expressing your liking for British food, habits or quirks etc. and when you go back to your first few months in England four years ago, you were very reticent and uncertain that you could even survive the first six months due to homesickness and finding England “weird “:!!
that was absolutely brilliant " getting absolutely pissed in a pub and getting a chinese" spot on my friend, lol
Your not a foreigner now your an honorary English woman.
right, i've told her this before. Canadian are always welcome and if they live among us, they are easily accepted as one of us. Most of them are only 2,3 or 4 generations away from us anyway.
A woman of Kent or a Kentishwoman - but which? Hints she has dropped: living near a cathedral and a castle. That could be Rochester or Canterbury - so we can't determine.
@@frogandspanner A "Malt"? :-)
Some of those Habits may seem weird but the thought right now of just being able to go for a lunchtime walk to a quiet country pub, queuing at the bar to get in a round of drinks and then ordering a huge Sunday roast with lots of Yorkshire puddings seems just like heaven. May the good times return soon. 🙂
Hopefully soon, just not too soon!
And to go with “hiya” You can say “see ya” instead of “goodbye”
Don't forget "see ya later", or "sees ya later" - which I often used to hear when I lived in Kent. Nothing wrong in that, as such, but where I come from "later" means "this evening/in a few hours' time"... in Kent, however, it might mean "see you after the weekend" or "see you when you get back from your holiday in a fortnight".
"...inabit"
wow
@@mazerati4855 In South Wales, we say "I'll see you now in a bit" or "I'll see you now after".
Nah, the correct way to say bye, is by slapping your knees and saying "right then better be off" meaning you should have left 2 hours and 3 "right then's" ago
Yes I can relate to this being an older Brit in Canada. There are a lot of British habits I have that I will never lose. I have picked up a lot of Canadian habits and sayings things like holy smokes and for sure and stockpiling all of my bottles, cans and milk cartons for 6 months for the bottle bank 😂
As an English person currently living in Ontario, I was curious to see what a Canadian’s experience was like living in my own country. Listening to this made me laugh, especially at some of the terminology we brits use. I miss the banter, the humour and a beer garden. The main thing I miss from back home is a GREGGS sausage roll🤣
Getting Pissed in a pub … you are assimilated :)
Brilliant!!!
resistance is futile
I loved visiting Canada because of the humour. It was way more relatable than the very earnest, seemingly humourless experience of being in the U. S. Not that there are no funny Americans, I'm sure there are but it was definitely more of a cultural 'thing ' in Canada 🍁 👍
Twice as much in the UK.
Canada doesn't look too good at the moment.
The secret with Yorkshire Puds is to make sure the oil is smoking hot before you pour in the batter. You can also use Self Raising flour instead of Plain flour. Hope this works for you.
A third of this revolves around the pub! You're so British. It makes my heart happy to know that the pub is missed by us all wherever we are but we'll all get back there eventually 😊
Some day soon, I hope!
I too have more bags for life than life left to use them in 😮
My wife and I watched a couple of your videos yesterday and I didn't realise she hadn't watched any since you left the UK and she was like "Wait why did Alanna leave?" and I had to explain and we were both immediately sad (but then better after watching your video obvs) and we both hope you can come back soon! For pints in pub gardens, frolics in the meadows, banter and...other stuff we do in England
Thank you so much!!!
I rate this video 4 out of 3 friendly drivers' waves.
and that's the reverse of how many people wave thanks in the uk too atleast near brum
Hello! I'm the guy that called your "let's go" adorable - and it still is! It's been a weird time in lockdown and I'm spending WAY more time on UA-cam than I usually do, but thanks to some weird UA-cam algorithm I came across your channel. I'm glad I did. You're funny and engaging. It's awesome to see that you've adopted many of our ways! I look forward to your next video :)
Thank you so much!
NOSTALGIA for the days when I would visit my English friends in Hampshire and would be asked questions such as:
"Would you like to have lunch in the NEW FOREST today?" YES, PLEASE!!!.
There are some wonderful Pubs in the New Forest. Nothing better than an old Thatched Pub sitting in the Beer garden on a hot Summer day with a pint of your favourite tipple with friends.
@@Jade-pd3wm Great memories. Hope to go back as soon as I can. My invitations remain open!
"New Forest" because it was newly created by William the Conqueror in the 11th century
Don't forget the small village cafes there that serve cream teas YUM!
I'm canadian and now live in the New Forest. I feel very lucky to be here!
I would be interested in seeing a video of your recommendations of things to do in Ontario and Florida. I know we can't travel at the moment but you said you have a mostly British audience and that could be appealing.
I'll definitely add it to the list!
You don’t get murdered for jumping the queue. You get a severe tut tut.
Which, let's face it, is probably worse than getting murdered…
Chris Rowe. No one deserves to be murdered but if they get tutted, they had it coming.
Speak for yourself John. I strongly advise people not to push in ahead of me. Just saying.
You may also get a severe frowning!
Which is a lot worse.
Can confirm about the sarcasm. I've worked with a number of US work colleagues from New York to Texas, and also Canadians. The Canadians were just like us and we could banter and joke no problem, they got it.
The Texans though, the further South you seemed to go the harder it was. Absolutely some of the kindest and nicest and most generous people I've ever worked with, but it felt like I'd be kicking a puppy if I let loose with full.on British sarcasm. We had to tone it right down.
As for X's on messages. You mentioned this on another vid. I'm a bloke, and I have never received nor sent any message with X's on between colleagues. Family, yes, close female friends yes, crushes and flirtations absolutely. I think you were right today when you said it was more common between female friends and colleagues.
I'm with you on tea and kebabs though. Definitely a coffee person, don't like tea, and always refuse it if offered, I'm a bad Brit......sorry. kebabs.....nope, they always pile so much crap on it, salad, red cabbage (who likes that much red cabbage!!!), Sauces that you look at it and give up and bin it. Chinese, pizza or Indian.....yes please!!
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(chuckling) Years back, I ran a World of Warcraft guild that was about 95% Canadian (mostly just friends and friends of friends). The couple of Americans we had were nerds with a taste for British comedy but one "friend of a friend" happened to be an English guy living out in Texas. Your mention of being a Brit in Texas just reminded me of him. He's a really sweet guy with a bitingly dry wit. At one point during a game session when were were just joking around, he made some comment about how it was nice to have an outlet to talk to folks who appreciate sarcasm. I don't think anyone really gave the comment much thought at the time but your observations make me wonder how much he missed home. He's been back in the UK for the past few years and seems happy these days.
As a single British guy I have several non-romantic female friends who sign off with an x. But no male friends who do so.
Love your videos so much! I love how much you say in each video - " without further ado, let go" and at the end you say "byeeeee" it's cute! 😊 your boyfriend is very lucky! 🌟🌟🌟
I can't be the only person who performs the "let's go" and "bye-eeeeeeee" gestures as they watch those bits, right?
Right ?
@@AthAthanasius I do exactly the same thing as well
@@AthAthanasius Me too! Every time 😊
you have got to be the most smiley, happy person ever, I think if I'm ever sad I'll just watch you on here as your smile and happiness is most infectious :)
Thank you!! :)
Aunt Bessie makes my Yorkshire Puddings..the poor old dear must be worked off her feet.
She's exhausted!!
Aunt Bessie everytime.
Rubbish compared to freshly made ones!
another top video, you’re so entertaining and funny and it’s great to see your channel do so well, you deserve the recognition 👌👌
Thank you so much!!
No, thank you for providing great content 😊
There is a code to x's. 1 x = just being nice. 2 x = you're a good friend/they have OCD. 3 x = your significant other or someone who is trying to make it clear that they want to be your significant other.
I had a colleague that addressed me as darling - found it very disconcerting at first until I realised she said it to everyone.
About Queues and pubs, there is the British 'invisible queue'. The bar staff usually notice in what order the people walked up to the bar to order their drink even though there is no actual organised line, they will usually serve them in order. Some people are afflicted with having 'no bar presence' which means they are often overlooked in such and invisible queue.
It’s amazing that I do the “wave” thing at cars too! Don’t know if it’s a common thing in Spain but I do it, haha!
We do it too here, in Switzerland :')
Alanna, 18 minutes of entertaining video each Wednesday morning (time zones at work here in Australia) keeping boredom at bay. Your smile is so endearing it lightens my mood every time I see it.
"Cuppa tea" not even "a cup of tea". You are defo one of us Alanna! Pubs.....god i miss those too!
Great Video Alanna, fascinating to see all the little subtle things you have picked up. I especially enjoyed that you are so considerate you wont flash your lights!
Thank you so much!
The key to Yorkshire puddings is to have the tray smoking hot when you pour the mixture in
Lard or sunflower oil that has a high smoking point too x
Does it make a difference whether you use full cream, semi-skimmed or skimmed milk? After a couple of my Yorkshire Pudding failures I wondered if it is because for slimming reasons I tend to buy skimmed or semi-skimmed milk.
Legal Vampire I would use full fat milk but semi is fine
Legal Vampire, I took notes the last time I saw James Martin make perfect Yorkshire Puddings. 8oz Plain flour, 8 eggs, 1 Pint FULL FAT Milk. Dripping or Lard in your tin. He made the point of not using semi-skimmed. Good luck next time.👍
Mark: You forgot the most important touch - the Kiss of an Angel.
Humour built for Both countries. Love it. Have a nice week Hunny. X
Y’alright Alanna? I have said “after you” to my own reflection in a full length mirror in the entrance to an Italian restaurant. And yes, I was a bit tiddly at the time.
8oz flour
1/2 pint milk ( full cream)
4 eggs
Heat the oil till it’s spitting hot
Put in the patter and cook for 20mins
200’c
When I go for a walk in the Midlands countryside, I always go and drink Tenants super down by a canal and shout at the pigeons.
I wondered who that piss head was shouting at me for stealing their Greggs...
@@KillerPigeon-ct6ss Was that you who stole my Greggs!
Comebackere wiv me food ya bastud!
Now we're getting to it Alanna, surely your biggest culinary success story ever - Yorkshire puds - the only cooking video you did that I truly salivated over!! Keep up the great work.
Love how awkward the plug for Patreon was
Basic rule for Brits, if you think an American is surprisingly funny, about 50% chance they are actually Canadian
80%
This is sooo true.
Same for Kiwis and Aussies. Witty Aussie is frequently a Kiwi,
The giveaway is when they say 'roundabout' (roundaboot)..
The key with cooking Yorshire puddings is getting the oil to a very high temperature in the oven first( smoking hot) then you put the batter mix into the oil pop it back into the oven and hey presto!
Just for laughs cracks me up it's so deliciously wicked, so yes I'd say Canadians have a great sense of humour. Laters from England
Here in my lovely US state of Iowa, we are also known to say sorry often for things that may or may not be our fault. I have been driving before and verbally apologised to my car for hitting a bump that I could not avoid.
I thought that was just me!
I had somebody bump into me I said sorry to them 🤪😂
At 5:10 you "literally" have bags-for-life coming out of your ears.
haha. I literally laughed my head off.
As always, another fantastic video! I can't wait to move to England in 2 years. Love watching your videos! Hope you are staying safe and healthy during this awful pandemic. ❤ from the East Coast ✌
Thank you so much!!!
I've lived in London for many years. (sun is beating down today so it's hot and sweaty but very very quiet).. The Queue that amused me the most is the one that forms at Canary Wharf tube station in the evenings.. people line up automatically at the doors of the train and you can spot the tourists because they have no comprehension as to what's happening and barge to the front... to some very loud tutting (and people turning to the person next to them to bitch very loudly about it)
Trick with Yorkshire puddings is mix the ingredients at least a couple of hours before you need and put it in the fridge. Hot oil in the tins and cold pudding mix, you're welcome.
I said it in the discord & I’ll say it again, you always talk about the weather in your videos, that’s so British 😋😋😋 Great video Alanna 😄👍🏻
I don't even notice!! 😂😂
Talking about the weather is the default conversation here in Ontario.
Hiya!! Really enjoy your vids and think your very cool. Hope you get back to the UK very soon
Thank you so much!
Ah , getting pissed in a pub , followed by a Chinese ! "I'm sorry" sounds like heaven :-) fabulous video , stay safe ♡
I've only ever been in Britain for about a month and a half total (four trips in all maybe), and I picked up saying "cheers" to everyone in place of "thanks" on the basis of that short exposure. Great word, funny and empathic. I love it.
Found out something that would interest you Alanna. Apparently public sector staff cannot be furloughed, so your visa application should not be delayed.
Wouldn't it depend on the Canadian government rules and when Canadian visa offices open up? The UK visa office in Toronto for example is completely closed. (Alanna lives in Ontario so this is her only option for visa offices). If you know more than me though I wanna hear! I'm also waiting to apply for a UK visa from Ontario :p
Awesome! Get back to the UK asap
@@carly10347 Damn, good luck with the visa application!
@@carly10347 no, her UK visa will be processed by UK staff. The Canadian part of the process is a small one.
@@hairyairey But she'd have to have an appointment first in Canada, most visa applicants would anyway. So it'd be delayed in that sense. Anyway, best of luck Alanna.
I follow you on here and you really love English life your always welcome back kind regards terry
You're my calendar at the moment, Alanna. Now that time has no meaning.
Don't forget, it's Tuesday!!
@@AdventuresAndNaps nope, its Alanna day!
Your humour is the reason i watch your channel! you have a great sense of humour and the brits would adopt you in an instant! your just like us! lol!
Dark and stormy? God it's so hot here today!!!
Keith how come talking about the weather didn't come up? It's certainly a British trait that Alanna has picked up.
That'll be a Rum and Ginger for the lady then ....with ice ?...one to try next time down the pub.
Nothing is better than a cup of tea on a hot summers day with a handful of dunky biscuits, heaven.
Yes, there is - a bag of chips or a cheesy jacket spud
Hello from a very sunny Leicester. You tortress you, now I'm really craving a pint or two. Prefer coffee over tea myself, with or without biscuits. Looking forward to the next vlog.
Tuesday's are always happier after watching an Alanna vid. Thanks.
When you do your car wave it's definitely done for driving on the left, not the right. Your default driving mode is British, not Canadian. One of us!
Your comment about having a few to many then getting a Chinese is spot on. Very British thing.
You know you're really becoming British when you instantly get angry at another driver when they don't say "Thanks" in even some tiny way. And tut accordingly at their lack of civilised manners.
Or shout "You're Welcome" to them as they pass you by lol
@@scouserbychoice lol! That's me🤣
Rob Calow
Yep me to I sometimes give them a disapproving look 👀
Ha I just sarcastically shout "Yeah Thanks!!" as they drive past.
lol yeh i like how people think we are being polite but in reality we only see it as normal and anyone who doesn't do it is rude haha
Yorkshire Puddings are always a little hit and miss, but you've inspired me to make Toad In The Hole at some point this week....it's been a while and what's not to love!
Sounds great!!
Regarding the X in text messages, Wandering Ravens (an American couple who do videos about UK food and culture) mentioned the same recently, with a warning not to use three X's.
Yorkshire puddings:
Equal volume of egg, whole milk, plain flour. Whisk and let rest for a few hours. Pour into a muffin tray half full of oil that's been warmed in a 180°C oven. Bake for 20-25 minutes 👌
Hi pal - I've already made them, but cheers!
@@AdventuresAndNaps but this recipe is fool proof! You said you had some hit and miss attempts, thought this might help 😎
Girl, you are homesick, and I mean "UK homesick" get your arse back home, we would love to adopt you.
Sad......getting a hard on over a Canadian tart.
AYTAZED go away
Great to see you keeping your spirits up in these strange times - and sharing them with us! Hurry back!
Working on it!
Being very old and fat my time may come soon, but I so look forward to you each week you lighten my day, so here goes, xxxxx
Hiya Alanna , I've always enjoyed your dry humour & sarcastic tones x ✌️😉🏴
Thank you!!
But do you do the weird half-smile-raised-eyebrow-eyecontact face when passing a stranger?
Great video Alanna. Couldn’t agree more about stopping off at a pub for a pint whilst out walking. 🙂
Absolutely!!
"Hi my name's Alanna and I am the....thing" Great self promo Love it hahaha
i don't know where your sarcasm is from, but i'm reeally in love with you and your eyes and sense of humor
The Yorkshire pudding craving thing is weird.
Do you make the large ones and fill them with onion gravy...?
Hi, Alanna....in England, as you will know, we have zebra crossings where motorists are obliged by law to allow pedestrians to cross. It would, in my view, be rude for the pedestrian not to signal in appreciation with a sort of hand wave. Equally, drivers in non-legal situations will pause to let a pedestrian cross, where the polite thing to do is to give a thankful hand gesture (not the finger!). Does that work in Canada?
Doctor, Doctor. I feel like a snooker ball.
Well, get to the end of the queue.
In British Columbia we line up properly. We have buses in Vancouver with front and back doors. There will we a line at each location before the bus even arrives.
Adventures and Naps day 😋
My Grandma always told me that you have to serve a Yorkshire pudding apprenticeship. In the beginning they might rise or they might not, but after a few years when the pudding knows you've put in the hours they will be 'pushing the top off your oven' as she used to say.
Who dosen`t love a chinese after a pint or....
Mark Cadman, Five.
So many Chinese, are happy when she's ordering them! Specially after a few pints! 😁
Great sober, fantastic tipsy or drunk. And with the Just Eat app, it's so easy. They can turn up at the pub with your food. Or could when pubs were still open.
This is an outrage you only go to an Indian after the pub and spill it all on the table and you’re shirt and wake up wondering what happened.
An Indian after a few pints now , no Chinese from now on .
The carrier bag thing got me lol I also see that another 3 years in England has pushed you to be a tea lover. You got there in the end 😁
Ah man there's nothing like stopping with friends for food and drinks at a country pub halfway through a walk...then finishing your walk fat and full and feeling just very content. Those were the days 😋
Great video. Am craving another cooking video from you!
When you come back to the Uk visit Scotland & do the Glasgow pub crawl & finish with a Chinese.
Love Glasgow. Went there from Newcastle on a pub crawl with my friend and others for his stag night. One of my best nights ever.. Been and stayed a few times with work but its different when you are there for work. I moved to Canada 12 years ago only to find my next door neighbour was Glaswegian and he had a pool table in his basement. Instant friendship 😁
I can't speak for everyone, but personally if you did other videos, cooking, gaming, reactions etc. I know I'd still watch.
You could sit for 30 minutes saying and doing nothing and I'd be in Seventh Heaven. Just watching you is sufficient.
I've got a bag for life, she's called Karen.
Lol.
Eek 😂😂😂
@@daveyboy174 I devoiced mine. ;)
How's the black eye?.