American Reacts to the Top 10 WEIRDEST British Things
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- As an American I realize there are many things the rest of the world may view as weird in the USA. That being said the exact same thing can be said for when Americans like me learn about weird things in Britain, which I am happy to say is exactly what we will be looking at today. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
regarding tipping - the UK pays staff a reasonable hourly rate, not great but way better than the US, so the workers don't have to rely on tips to survive. The employer should pay for their staff, not the customers
True but I tip where I can as most kitchens/waiting teams are fairly high stress or understaffed or something. And as you say it’s not a great wage.
I tip if the service/staff are exceptional
Absolutely. Pay your staff their worth. And not expect the public to give them wages to live!
What you are saying rightly and correctly, staff working in the UK industry don't have to beg for money as they get paid correctly for doing a job and therefore do the job correctly.
@@toddlerj102 It would be the same throughout Europe. In some countries, tipping is seen as an insult.
American companies should pay their services employees fairly so that tipping isn’t necessary!
Precisely. We pay our waiters/waitresses a proper wage so they don't have to rely on customers tips to survive. Tipping is optional if you think you've had exceptional service but it is not expected.
"Plant your corn early" was what my father always used to say if asked for a tip.
Why not both. Also I've worked service in London for a couple years while in uni, and I was significantly closer to starving to death than when I was working service in Canada, where tipping is a thing, and I got treated worse by customers too. Obviously pay your wage minimum wage at the very least, and don't hinge an employee's pay on tips, this we can agree on, but in general I don't see any issue with tipping as an option as a bonus. I've had many more encounters with horrific customers, that made me genuinely want to quit, more in the UK than anywhere else I've worked, so if you think UK's service system is golden then you're dead wrong
It's supposed to have derived from the racial divide. Black people in menial jobs in the North were paid very little as employers didn't want to pay them, so tipping became essential.
Tipping allows employers to pay less.
I mean, do you tip the bank teller, the check out person, the teacher, the dustman etc?
You can’t taste the suet in puddings, it just makes them richer. It’s no worse than gelatin used in deserts which also comes from animal parts
It's just an alternative fat source to butter.
It's like shredded lard & you can get vegetarian versions
Agreed and still healthier than what you find in a American McDonald's burger or Fries, Just look at the ingredient's in the Fries alone for instance, you will notice there are more chemicals in them than what's in a swimming pool
Also, re suet, the emphasis is on the first syllable (_su_et) and not "Su_ette_" as if it was a diminutive of the name Susan / Sue !!
As a Canadian it never occured to me that Americans might not know about barrister wigs, let alone what a barrister is... but then again, should i be surprised?😅
NO!
I did but this guy doesn't seem to be very knowledgeable about much.
A big reason for the 2 separate taps is that us brits drink water straight from the tap, the cold water tap is clean drinking water and the hot tap can be from a hot water tank that has been sitting and not safe to drink, the seperate taps prevent the cross contamination, although most of us do have mixer taps now 😀
And loft tank for cylinder can have dead pigeons in it
In my own experience, I'm 73 and I've never lived in a home with mixer taps. The hot water does not come instantly from the hot tap - it has to travel through the pipework at room temperature for at least one minute before the hot water reaches the tap from the hot tank - which is often long enough for a quick hand-wash before it gets too hot! Otherwise, for a more thorough warm hand wash, we just put the plug in the wash-basin and let it fill with hot AND cold till we've got water at our preferred temperature. It's just how we've ALWAYS done it.
We drink bottled water most of the time. But use Tao for coffee and tea. Occasionally we put top water in a bottle in the refrigerator. If you let tap water sit in an open bottle for a period of time, the chlorine becomes less.
@@davidshattock9522what is a loft tank?
😂😂Wtf 😂
Experts reckon there are about 170 different regional accents in Britain, and about 50 Irish ones. As a lifelong Londoner (yes we exist!), I can even tell which side of the river someone is from by subtle traits in their accent.
As a Londoner, I concur
Although i no longer live in Hackney (now Essex) i think i could still tell the difference if i went back. So i back your statement 100%
I believe another stat is that the accent changes distinctly enough to be a separate accent every 20 miles
My old man was born in 1932 under the sound of Bow bells, he reckons he used to be able to tell which borough someone was from, but they've become a lot more mixed these days. I actually grew up in Sheffield, so it's all just cockney to me, though I could probably tell you if someone was a true cockney or not.
As a northern irish person id say must be hundreds not 50. As u say even different part of the city twn mins away is totally different
How come Americans can say New Hampshire properly but can't apply this to any English county. Very strange.
Or, indeed, Worcestershire sauce...lol.
Mind you, I get frustrated by everyone Americans and Brits alike And my Tablets audio description, too, always mispronouncing
Marylebone, and Cavalry. Grrrr.
Here in the uk most of us tip but, we don’t tip if we receive bad service. So if you provide a service, it encourages you to provide a good one.
what do you mean by 'properly'? '...shy er' is the formal English way.
@@stewartbonner
Shire here in Britain, is usually and correctly pronounced 'sher" not "shy-er". Woostersher, Hampsher, Lestersher (Worcestershire, Hampshire, Leicestershire) for example. 😊❤️🖖
@@brigidsingleton1596 not according to the OED and Shakespeare. 'Shy-er' from which 'sheriff' is derived. the county cop and judge. 'shy-er' is used in legal documentation and verbiage. '...sheer' is just the pronunciation that has crept in from common language over 100s of years.
Washing machine in the Kitchen isn't weird, putting an appliance that needs a water feed in a room which already has a water feed is sensible, putting it in the living room would be weird, and some (much large) houses do have utility rooms, but not that many, and when you consider the US has much more space per person so can easily have larger homes it makes perfect sense, at least to me it does.
Our kitchens have back doors to the garden and washing line, so it is the most sensible place to put them.
Really weird, Never seen this In kitchen in Finland. 🤔
Also it’s forbidden to use electronic appliances in the bathroom- there’s no outlet in there even.
We have always had a laundry room, a room for the washer and dryer.
also many americans keep washing machines in the basement. we dont have basements unfortunately
As a Brit .. The wig
is a part of our custom that has a deeper meaning and adds gravitas to a criminal court case. Personally, I like it.
As for the washing machine in kitchens, we have many older homes and little room so we don’t have much choice. ie; small land mass, less space???
The separate taps is because of older homes with older plumbing. We are used to it and don’t think about it.
Put an ‘X’ for people I know and loads of x’s for family and loved ones.
I only tip if I had a great service and for my hairdresser.
HP Sauce is an abbreviation for Houses of Parliament. The bottle has a photo of the H of P
I've lived in places where the washing machine is in a little shed in the garden
I never knew that about HP sauce, "they" say learn something new everyday, so thanks for that 👍
No the chest freezer an if you old enough the twin tube 😅😅😅
Canadian here. Personally, I would love to have my washing machine in, or at least near, the kitchen. So much more convenient!
@@queenirmamay Yip I remember the twin top, nappy steeping bucket and nappy washing day. Would feel like forced labour now 🙄 😆 🤣
Washing machine in the kitchen…
Most homes in the UK was built before electric washing machines became popular.
As no one was expecting to have a washing machine. No room was left for one.
So people started talking out a cupboard in the kitchen. To make room for a washing machine.
Plus kitchens have electric, water and a waste pipe… everything you need to use a washing machine 😉
Yes, I cant see the problem!
My Washing machine is in the kitchen because there's no room to put it anywhere else. What's weird about a sauce, every country in the world will probably have it's own sauce.
I've only ever lived in 1 house that had a separate laundry/utility room and that was strangely the smallest house I've ever lived in 🤷♀️ when I was a kid we lived in a huge 4 bedroom detached house and still had the washer (twin tub at the time) in the kitchen
The washing machines was invented after the house was built.
😉
With regards to sauce, you might be right - It's a bit like different countries and 'chips'... (by the way, I love 'chips'); In the UK we put on 'salt & vinegar' (or curry sauce* - Yum! Yum!), in Belgium** (the 'home' of the French fries - DUH!) it's mostly mayonnaise, in Canada they put on Poutine (gravy & cheese curds - which is really nice), in the US it's usually tomato ketchup, Malaysians eat theirs with chilli sauce, Japanese sometimes flavour chips with green curry or soy sauce and the French prefer mustard and mayo... In Peru, Colombia and other Latin American countries, they top the chips ('salchipapas') with sliced hot dogs, a fried egg, pickles and various sauces! I could go on, as every country seems to have its own version, but too many to write about.
*In Ireland they have Irish 'Curry Sauce'... Which is 'lush' and I love it. Different to the Chinese style 'chip shop' curry in Britain!
**Belgium is also home to the world’s first (so far only), French Fry Museum. They really hate the fact that American soldiers ate potato fries (UK chips), in their country, but mistakenly called them 'French' (as that was the main language in the Southern part of Belgium).
@@stewedfishproductions7959 My first taste of Fries and Mayo was at a 2 day festival in Torhout in the mid 80's, initially thought it was a bit weird but started to like it very quickly. I have done quite a bit of travelling since and try all sorts of foods, make an effort to stay away from any Westernised food, usually eating with the locals.
@@Sol3UK - I DO love chips, but generally ANY food and I agree; there is nothing like eating with locals, especially home cooked meals. I can recall several 'dishes', cooked and eaten at different peoples houses and/or restaurants (which still make me smile inside, thinking about them years later), because they were some of the best ever!
In no particular order, my 5 top memories were a 'cassoulet' in France, a 'beef stroganoff' in Bulgaria, an amazing 'fish curry' in Goa, a 'bandeja paisa' in Colombia and an unbelievably (simple!?) 'linguine pasta alle vongole' in Italy - I have NEVER been able to duplicate any of them. I have come close (especially the pasta dish), but something always seems to escape me - DUH!😄
Brown sauce is basically very smooth chutney, usually made with apples, sultanas, raisins etc , it's fruity and goes well with just about everything.
best description of it I have ever seen. Spot on.
It's delicious stuff. It's available in every supermarket here in Australia, and we always have a spare bottle in the pantry ready to go.
HP is by far the most common brand available.
I only use it to cover up sub-par food, like stale sausage rolls. Mostly, I find everything tastes just fine without condiments.
Stale sausage rolls? Who do you dislike? Just kidding 😅
HP isn't as strong as it was. I remember you could even smell it being made in from the factory.
Yes, with everything savoury...
Maybe not soo tasty with apple pie, lol ?!
(Perhaps that's one to try another day. Hm ?!)
Wigs are still worn by barristers and judges in many Commonwealth countries such as Australia, African countries such as Kenya, and Asian countries such as Malaysia and Sri Lanka, etc. and some Commonwealth countries only wear wigs on ceremonial occasions such as New Zealand.
That black actor was Idris Elba, a well known and very popular British actor. As for washing machines in the kitchen, you’re imagining that Brits live in big houses like you do in the US, but British homes are much smaller because it’s rare to find new builds in Britain, the houses can be hundreds of years old and much more compact. Having a modern appliance that requires water, it’s much more practical to install it near the current plumbing, since there wouldn’t be room for it anywhere else. These conditions are also why we have different tap systems,although that’s starting to become an option as modern choices are filtered into design ideas.
Probably most famous in the US for playing Stringer Bell in The Wire. But in the clip he's playing the fictional British police detective John Luther.
Pudding means different things in the UK. One could say 'what's for pudding' meaning what dish is coming after a main meal. We have sweet and savoury puddings. Black pudding is usually served with a full English breakfast, Yorkshire pudding is served with beef, Christmas pudding which is dense and usually steeped in brandy, served with custard, cream or ice cream, sponge puddings with a variety of toppings and rice pudding made with rice, milk, butter and sugar
It usually indicates something that is boiled to cook it.
And I just had a Steak & Kidney Pudding with a chip butty and HP Sauce!
@@stewedfishproductions7959 made with suet, of course
@@elunedlaine8661 - Of course, what else LOL!
American pudding is most closely related to what used to be known as instant whip. It's like cold chocolate-flavoured custard.
Remember that many, many of our houses are solid brick and Victorian or older, not a wooden and aluminium shell. As a result plumbing is much, much more disruptive and costly. The kitchen is already plumbed in for water, waste, high current electricity and is generally constructed to handle moist air (Drilling a huge hole for a vent is often a big deal structurally). So it's perfect for a washing machine and dryer with minimal changes to the house.
American homes aren't wooden shells. They may be made of wood nut more than just the shell is partif the structure.
It you don't tip, don't return to the restaurant.
The tipping thing is not weird for Brits, its a weird US thing, that is very particular to them. Everywhere else a tip can be given for exceptional service (or just if you want to) and those restaurants that add a service charge/tip are frowned upon in the UK.
Except service charges are the norm now in Cities like London, Birmingham and Manchester
Here too
As a Brit, I love brown sauce on cooked meats. It’s tangy and delicious.
Bacon sarnies.. a must in my book.. that ad thick white bread. Any other combo.. its not a proper bacon sandwich. lol.
The reason for washing machines going in the kitchen is intentional, all of the connections are in one place, for example the waste pipes, the water connections and the electric connections are all conveniently located in the kitchen!
I think it goes back further than that too, before washing machines. Washing was often done with a washboard in the sink, and then dried using a mangle. These duties generally took place in the kitchen, so it made sense for the washing machines to go there when they arrived.
When I was little ( early 1980s) we had what was called a twin tub washer (one part for washing the clothes the and another section for spinning the wet clothes ) that connected directly to the hot tap for the water and had a waste pipe you just put in the sink to drain the dirty water out.then when you were finished with it you just put it away in the cupboard under the stairs.
And it’s right next to the garden, for hanging clothes to dry. Which is alien to most Americans. It’s also in many bylaws that you cannot have washing machines in bathrooms in houses because they are next to the neighbours bedroom. I found this out when my American neighbours put their washing machine next to my bedroom. I supposed that is mostly for terraced houses
The bathroom in British houses and flats normally don't have plug sockets, because electricity and water don't mix well. What other room has a water supply: The kitchen, hence washing machines in the kitchen.
Also our plug sockets are 230 volts, compared to the US 120 volts.
230 volts is safer from an electrical fire point of view. Because it’s much less likely to get overloaded.
But you definitely don’t want to come into direct contact with it, especially in water. That’s why we have much more safety features on our plugs. Once a UK plug is partially out of the socket the power is shut off. While in the US you can have a plug hanging out of a socket with the pins exposed. It will still be live and if you touch it directly or with anything conductive, you’ll get shocked. Still dangerous even at 120 volt’s though.
Which is why in the UK we only have an average of 30 deaths through electrocution. Compared to the US’s 400.
@@JarlGrimmToys in Germany We have 220 volts, we have plug sockets in the bathroom, but often higher on the wall. Our washing machine is either in the kitchen or the bathroom, depending on the space
I watched a clip showing a USA bathroom (restroom) with an electric socket just to the side and lower than the wash basin. I know that they have weedy, about hundred and ten volts or so over there, but even that is enough to endanger dozy yanks. This is made worse by the fact that most USA plug sockets don't have on/off switches, so the power feed is constantly live.
@@stevepage5813 i think it is more like British people have an unnatural fear of electricity. I have been around and worked on live 440 3-phase and been zapped by 720VAC at one point, not pleasant. What do you guys do, forget and stick you finger in the socket. I can't recall anyone ever getting shocked by a bathroom socket in my 60+ years, no matter what the voltage.
The problem with having a mixer tap in the bathroom sink is that when you bend over to wash your face you bang your forehead on the tap. It's much better and safer to have the taps on either side.
That said as a Brit it is true that there are different types of mixer taps and sinks, many of them that don't really cause this issue as they don't extend a long way over the sink like some kitchen mixer taps can do.
That's what face flannels are for.
@@angelavara4097 who uses a face flannel?? Lol
@@antonymugford6863 lots of people. Just using your hands to splash face with water doesn't help to get rid of the dead skin.
@@Loulizabeth true, I use face cleanser and skin scrub too
If you think about it, most pies, tarts and puddings have a pastry base. The process of making pastry includes mixing of fat and flour, adding water, chilling and then rolling out the dough. The fat used is animal fat, and different fats will produce different pastry.
You are allowing yourself to be grossed out by something absolutely normal that you have been eating your whole life. Milk, butter, various oils, any meat or fish, sausages, bacon etc all contain animal fats, the difference is oils are liquid while fats are solid at room temperature.
While lard refers to any melted pig fat, suet (pronounced sue-it) refers specifically to the fat surrounding a cow's kidneys and is often used to make soft textured pastry.
Also, like in the US, they have their products so-called “jello”, gummy bears and gelatin yet they have no idea that they’re actually made from specific pig’s parts…
@@rdalybread Gelatin is a protein obtained by boiling skin, tendons, ligaments, and/or bones with water. It is usually obtained from cows or pigs and red jelly can have carmine as a colouring too and this can be derived from insects there are vegan options one of which comes from seaweed
'Shortening' is a pure fat that is solid at room temperature, and includes lard, suet and dripping (animal fats), and there are some vegetable based shortenings available too. A good pastry uses a shortening as its fat.
Butter is _not_ a shortening as it is about 20% water. Although it gives pastry a good flavour it doesn't give a good texture and the pastry has a tendency to fall apart. Making pastry with a mix of butter and shortening gives resilience and flavour, and at least in the USA 'butter flavour' additives are commercially available.
r.e. UK accents. I grew up in a village in the Fens. I went to school in the city about 10 minutes drive away. Everyone at the school had a noticably different accent to me. Our neighbour married a girl from a village about 15-20 minutes drive away. She had a noticeably different accent to everyone in the village. My grandparents lived in a village on the oposite side of the city where the accents were once more noticeably different. That's the level we're talking about, several different accents all within 20 or 30 miles
I'm in New Zealand, I love HP Sauce, always have a bottle in the cupboard, although we don't call in brown sauce here.
Same in Canada.
Same in Australia.
Hmmm I'm noticing a pattern.
Common Finland as well
A long time ago the only place you could get hot water was the kitchen. You would have to heat it with the same fire you used to cook your food. As such, there is a great historic connection between the kitchen and cleaning clothes in the UK. And it just kind of stuck with us.
I remember as a British child in the late 1950s watching the black and white early episodes of ‘Perry Mason’ and being surprised that in the USA you could apparently see a lawyer about whatever was worrying you (usually a charge of murder) and this same lawyer would also represent you in court before a judge. I had already learned that our British system would be to see a solicitor for advice who, in serious cases, would then instruct a barrister to represent the accused in court. The solicitor’s client was the accused and the barrister’s client was the solicitor.
I always thought that this matter of wigs was quite well known to Americans as one of our ‘cute, weird or quaint’ hangovers from the past. Apparently not so!
the thing with our accents is how different they are. i can recognise every American accent as American and understand everything being said. people, here, just a few miles away can be so different that you wouldn't even know they were from the same country and, in some cases, not understand a single word they said
Agreed! I’m from West Yorkshire and years ago was in a band with a group of lads from Barnsley, literally about 15 miles away, in South Yorkshire and I could barely understand a word the drummer said because his accent was so broad 😂
my parents had a friend from the 'black country' and I got so used to hearing it, I could understand him, but our nextdoor neighbours couldn't. similarly, went to visit family living in the Wirral often and my grans cousins accent was so thick you could cut it with a knife! which was good because, the training scheme I was on, we ended up on the Wirral in a youth hostel - and without a word of a lie, had to act as interpreter when any of them went to a shop for something.
my aunt - born and raised in Manchester, moved to Scotland when she got married - she sounds more like someone born there!! my godmothers husband was Glaswegian - that's when I gave up trying to understand him - seriously, I can understand Rab C Nesbitt better!!!
as for me - I'm just a random northwesterner who has no discernable accent, but sounds middle class English when raising my voice. I hate shouting, but when I do - it sounds posh 😛
as for American - our local church took on a celebrant who was married to a womtan from Texas and weirdly enough, the hint of 'deep south' in her accent confused people. she wanted to introduce us to her family and I swear, we never heard her calling her daughter 'Alice', we all heard 'Airless' and somehow, that name stuck.
(as a huge slice of irony, he gave up the church to be a white witch, and she took on a clergy role)
my dad taught me the cockney alphabet and the brum alphabet. they're good excercises in broadening not just your vocabulary, but also, to avoid confusion. way way back before the internet as we know it existed.
I am also aware that some accents are problematic for some British accents 🤣
To me, an old Brit, PULP is what you make paper from!
The problem is that Americans don’t pay their staff properly. No one should need a tip to live
Hey Tyler. Do you mind if I point something out that no one has ever explained. It’s to do with the hot and cold taps. You don’t burn your hand and then cool it down to freezing. There is a plug that allows you to keep the water in the sink. So you can have so much cold and so much hot and not waste water while you clean your face clean your hands do whatever. So even though we do have hot and cold, we do have a plug that stops the water going down the drain. Basically it’s called a stopper. Stops people wasting water….🤷🏻♂️🏴
Tyler, like many US American's probably doesn't use or is even very aware of the sink or bath plug, which is there to help you get your wash water to a comfortable temperature and not have it running away wastefully down the plughole/drain.
I agree with this. I'd also point out that the hot tap isn't supposed to be scalding. If you were running a bath you'd probably "put some cold in" as we say, but if you're just holding your hands under the running hot tap to wash them and you're getting scalded you've probably got your boiler turned up too high - which is also wasteful.
I saw a video explaining how Americans are confused by the two taps system... "I burn my hands under the hot tap and my husband has to feed me because my hands have to be bandaged" ...(only slightly paraphrased ;) The couple are Eric and Grace, aka
"The Wandering Ravens" and when someone in the comments (beat me to it by...) said,
"... use the plug in the basin and mix the temperatureto suit you." Both Eric and Grace looked at each other and said, "...ewww !!" As if mixing got and cold water to make warm and washing their hands in that water was somehow dirty or disgusting !! "Only in America" can it be deemed right to waste water that way...?!! That image of their facial disgust has stayed with me and makes me wonder just how common that way of thinking is, in the USA ?! 😮😰😢😣
@@brigidsingleton1596 I guess that’s why the rest of the world sees them as dumb Americans…🤷🏻♂️🏴
"Hot" and "cold" - I thought it was "hot" and "rats" - er, hello, wakey-ja-wakey?!
One of the reasons tipping isn't really a thing is because bar staff and waitresses are paid a proper wage without needing tips, so the tips are just extra. (I usually tip because I rarely eat out). From an article about tipping - Fifteen per cent is the least you should ever tip in America. That is partly because of a minimum-wage waiver for tipped employees: bars and restaurants can pay as little as $2.13 per hour to waiting staff and bartenders. Some states insist on higher levels, but even in enlightened Massachusetts, the $11 per hour state-wide minimum drops by two-thirds for tipped staff to just $3.75.
Slave labour anyone? seriously? omg i'm gobsmacked.
That's an awful wage and here in the UK we have a minimum wage that company's are allowed to pay their employees roughly 2 - 3 times the hourly rate that service staff receive in the US therefore we only tip if we feel we have had really good service. Most restaurants here already add a service charge to your bill also.
The average waiter salary in Australia is $55,000 per year or $28.21 per hour. Entry-level positions start at $50,000 per year, while most experienced workers make up to $61,425 per year. The minimum wage in the country is $21.38 per hour. So no, I'm not paying the waiters any tip, the employer is responsible for paying his workers.
Is tipping so uncommon in the UK? Only 2 days ago, I paid a tip of 10% for my pub meal - the card reader when the bill came invited me to do so: there were other options such as 12.5%. Other pubs I have visited have included service in the final bill, already added. Maybe it's because I live in Surrey but it seems to be common in these parts in restaurants, pubs and cafes, even reasonably mofest ones.
Do people paying by cash (as is so rare these days) no longer say to the taxi driver "keep the change"? It was very common when I was young a half century ago.
I suppose it will be argued that tipping is ubiquitous and almost mandatory on every occasion in the USA and optional to reward exceptional service or enjoyment in UK eating places.
I think the tipping culture in the US, has led customers to regard wait staff as being their servants since they control their income. It has also moved into the fast food business, staff can be treated like shit due to not being respected.
HP sauce was originally served in the Houses of Parliament - that's where the name HP comes from & hence the image of the Houses of Parliament (complete with 'Big Ben') on the label of the bottle.
Tyler is an idiot, We have HP sauce in the US but it is called A1 sauce.
The washing machines in kitchens thing, is because we (unfortunately) don't have laundry rooms, generally speaking!
I'm sure smaller homes and apartments in the US must have washing machines in the kitchen. Most modern homes over a certain size have a 'utility' room off the kitchen in the UK
I'm in Falkirk in Scotland. The accent /dialect changes every 10ish miles, sometimes less , every 5 miles.
Very true! I’m in Greenock which is what 45/50 mile from you? and we’ll sound completely different x
* miles 🤦🏻♀️
@@suzanne2905 Aye n there will be 4 diff accents between me n you lol
The British washer dryer is an incredibly useful item. My wife refers to ours as 'the magic cupboard'.
It's very simple to operate. You put dirty clothes in it, press a button and then a while later, you take out the clean, dry clothes. You can wear most items immediately or put them away. Some items you might want to iron first maybe. They take about as much space as a dishwasher and there is really no point in putting them anywhere else. They plumb directly into the kitchen pipework by flexible hoses and most houses have connecting points built in for them near the sink.
Two taps. Over a sink bowl that has a plug. Put in plug, turn on taps, mix to required temperature in the bowl. Nothing complicated.
I grew up in New Zealand, live in Australia, tipping isn't done in either country. I don't want the staff annoying me with wanting a tip by being attentive, I want the menu, I'll make eye contact with the staff when I'm ready to order and when they bring our food is the last time I want any interaction with them until we go up and pay the bill at the counter, unless more drinks are required. Being constantly interrupted by the staff is totally annoying, even rude of them, I'm there to interact with the people I'm with, I don't want to be bothered or interrupted by the staff. So no, no tipping, their employer is responsible for paying their wages, I won't pay a cent extra on top of the bill because it isn't a part of the culture I was raised in.
I went for breakfast yesterday . Arrived at 9.30 had breakfast 3 cups of tea and a chat with my mates at 11.30 they asked us if we were stopping for lunch
I live in the central south of England which is generally considered to be just bog-standard "Queen's English" but having moved 50 miles within the same county I quite regularly get asked where I'm from as I "have a twang". I once said to someone "I don't get it... it's not like I have an accent" and their reply was "you don't think you have an accent???" 😄
What's complicated about putting a plug in the sink. Switch both taps on until water in the sink reaches your required temperature??. We do tip, it's up to the individual. I've tipped for taxis, restaurant waitress, and couriers. This Mojo UK video is either very old or he needs to revise his knowledge of anywhere north of Watford. A lot of pubs have tip jars on the counter.
Many (or most) British people who live in houses dry their washing on a line in the garden.The kitchen usually has the door to the garden so the kitchen is the best place for the washing machine. Among brown sauces my favourite is OK Sauce (used to be George Mason's noe Coleman's)
If you look hard at the shop shelves you might also see bottles of Yorkshire Relish or Curry sauce which the latter is a bit of a rarity I think it was Branston branded? Talking of Branston they are best known for their legendary pickle spread like brown sauce it is epic,. Their legendary advert slogan is :"Bring out the Branston"
related item in a jar is Piccalilli which is egg yellow in looks but can be grouped in too.
We don't freeze our hands when washed under a cold tap as our cold water stays around 10 C (50 F) all year round as the water mains are at least 1 metre (3ft 3.5in) below ground.
Barristers also wear a gown and if/when they become a QC (now KC) it's a Silk gown ( he/she has taken Silk or become a Silk). A KC is a barrister who has been appointed by the Crown Prosecution Service to prosecute on behalf of the Crown (Rex v A.N. Other). The equivalent of a DA or Federal Prosecutor in the US. KC's can still do defence work just cost the defendant more money.
In Britain, British humour is just humour!
People get so uptight about Spotted Dick but never check the etymology of the word. Dick is a derivative of puddog or pudick - the old English name for pudding - so "spotted pudding" means exactly the same (and "pudding" is a dish usually steamed or boiled, not the American style mush). People get so triggered about silly little things and never check their facts first. It makes me laugh so much at the "pc" of it all. 🤣🤣🤣
i was wondering whether in so many reaction videos here in UA-cam, that the reactors would do ‘actual research’ after reacting to a video, and not always asking their viewers religiously “if you can tell me guys in the comment section, thanks” kind of reminder?
I’ve been enjoying Tyler’s reactions, he’s a nice guy. But it does really illustrate how isolated Americans are.
Wigs were worn in American courts until the mid 20th century.
Of course we realise we have a British sense of humour. That is different on some levels to an American sense of humour, or a Japanese sense of humour etc.
At the time washers and dryers were becoming common household machines, we did not have the space to make a dedicated room for them. So we removed a couple kitchen cupboards (as that's also where our interior water shut-off valve is located), and put them in there. Same with dish washing machines. Unlike our American friends, our houses are usually smaller as our country has less buildable space.
With Brown Sauce, you use it when you'd use ketchup or mustard, etc. It's just a sauce.
And with our accents, you can go 10 minutes away from one location, it's a completely different dialect.
It's not just about the lack of space in the UK determining the size of houses, cost is the main reason. Stone and brick built houses are much more expensive than wood and dry wall.
HP sauce is all over europe. Danes started byong it in the 70's. I have a bottle in my fridge right now as per usual. So did my mom and a few other family members. So not just a UK thing anymore..
You need to do a video reacting to all the different british accents. That would be amazing!
In the U.K. all criminal cases start in the Magistrates court. Magistrates are volunteers who hear cases in courts in their community. They can hear cases in the criminal court, the family court, or both. Each case is usually heard by 3 magistrates, including a magistrate who is trained to act as a chairperson. They do not wear wigs. They deal with minor traffic and criminal cases.
In the case of more serious cases Magistrates will remand the defendant to Crown Court. A Crown Court is presided over by a Recorder or Circuit Judge. These wear the short wig. Sometime, for more serious cases a High Court Judge will
be in charge and wear a long wig. A recorder or Circuit Judge is addressed as Your Honour and the High Court Judge as My Lord (sometimes pronounced as Mi Lud). Crown Court is decided by 12 Jurors.
None crimina, civil,l matters are dealt with by County Courts in which Judges may not wear wigs (such as in children's and domestic cases). There are several Appeal courts up to The Supreme Court that deal with both Criminal and Civil Cases
Canadian here. And brown sauce, specifically HP sauce as pictured there, is my absolute favourite on steak and porkchops.
Regarding xx at the bottom of emails and texts is usually reserved for relatives, friends or close work colleagues. It’s mortifying when you accidentally put kisses on the email being sent to the receiver of a business letter 😳
💯😂 Think we’ve all been there! 🙈
In the UK, tipping is rare because people get a fair wage. I have watched things like Undercover Boss USA and people have said that waitresses sometimes get like $3 an hour which is obscene. Minimum wage here for a 22+ is around £9.50 and will go up to £10.41 next month, so it's likely waiters and waitresses would be getting £11 an hour at least (around $13 an hour), So tipping doesn't really happen.
We tip all the time, haven’t you ever noticed the service charge on your bill? Plenty of people tip on top of that, maybe not you 🤷♀️
Multiple taps surely would be more than two taps
@@personalcheeses8073 Service charges are not tips though, a service charge appears on the bill. It's why you are asked if you are eating in or taking away in a lot of places. A 'tip' should be optional, irrespective of any other charge. So dosn't America have service charges?
Barristers are found in the UK higher courts usually all cases are decided at local court level in your area if you appeal it goes to the high court which has more power than the local so you won't see wigs unless you appeal a local court decision 👍👍👍👍
you most certainly will see them in Crown Courts. You wil lnot see them in Magistrates courts. Do you mean Magistrates courts when you say LOCAL? Crown Courts are in different areas of course. Wigs not seen in family or juvenile courts, magistrates courts or county courts for civil cases.
@@mariahoulihan9483 yeah I meant like local level magistrates courts 😅
Our houses are mostly not big enough to have a dedicated laundry room.
As for the kisses at the end of messages, we send them on text, email, comments. 1 or 2 is standard for someone you like or are being friendly with in all circumstances not just romantic, family, friends work etc (in some cases for work) more than 2 is only for romantic (often seen as over done) or if we really want to hammer home the thing we said was in love or jest
Though many of us Brits don't actually send them, except for texts to our other halfs etc.
I’ve seen videos about Americans finding it weird washing machines are in kitchens in Spain and Germany (and I’m sure other countries) too.
Enjoyed this! In the UK we do tip just not everywhere we go. I always tip the Hairdresser, Taxi, or Take-a-way food delivery people and If I go out to a nice place to eat be it a pub or a fancy restaurant I tip there too if I get good service but if I go to MacDonald's or an everyday type of snack place I wouldn't usually bother.
HP sauce is great on a Bacon Butty! Daddies Brown sauce (HP brand) is even better!
yea exactly the people i tip, the window cleaner, beautician & the likes
It’s interesting how the idea of tipping differs per country… in the UK, it’s rare… but sometimes we do it if the service or food is good. In America it’s basically mandatory as apparently (and correct me if I’m wrong) is that it’s one of the main way waiting staff are paid. Whilst in Japan, tipping is considered rude & insulting to a Chef, as by dining in a Japanese restaurant you are already paying for good food and service upfront.
Here's a reason for having two taps: The water that comes from your water heater can be a good breeding ground for bacteria and algae. It's too warm enough to encourage growth, but not hot enough to kill the bugs. Copper pipes can mitigate it somewhat, given that copper and its alloys are antimicrobial.
Yes we uses a lot of kisses, it started with greeting cards, then when texting was invested it carried over... 1 kiss is casual, two a little extra affection, anything more than two kisses for moments you are expressing real love, platonic or romantic....but it is common informal conversation to send at least 1 kiss over here lol. We express informal affection in speech, it is common to say "hiya love" or "you alright dear" instead of hello
washing machines go in the kitchens due to the fact that there is access to the water mains from the kitchen sink
Is it really only option?
@@penaarja logistically yes!!
As a Brit I always tip in restraunts, for luggage brought to my room, room service, whether I am here or abroad.
Tyler, we don't need to tip in the UK or Europe because we actually pay the staff a decent wage. The reason for the two taps in the bathroom goes back to the day of a water tank in the attic, they wanted to keep the cold water that comes from the water main from being infected with bacteria from the water tank in the attic.
The washing machine, it's a space issue and the plumbing is there for the sink. In the Med you will often find them in the bathroom, similar reasons. Many uk homes that folk still live in (terrace houses) did not have an inside toilet for a long time and it was added along with a galley kitchen later as an extension (kitchen as big as a small bathroom the width of a bath and a toilet and the length of a bath and a small single sink) many homes in my city still have outside toilets in addition to the inside one as removing them can be expensive so they just sit there
the barristers were all wearing wigs when I did jury service in a criminal trial in the mid 1990's
The wigs are only used in Crown Court, High Court and sometimes in The House of Lords.
Never seen in local Civil and Magistrates Courts.
There is a hot tap and a cold tap but don't forget the plug in the sink so you can fill up with both and mix them to get a sink full of warm water to wash your hands. The cold tap in the kitchen sink is drinkable fresh water in the UK.
If you have 2 taps, simply put the plug in and mix the water in the basin
To give an idea of regional accents here in the UK, in my hometown where I've lived all my life we pronounce the word "work" as "wurk" but my partner who was born in a town in the same county less than 30 miles east of the town we live in pronounces "work" as "werk".
My neighbour, who is also hometown born and bred was once talking to my partner and said to her, "your not originally from around here are you".
some cities even have different accents within them depending on the area!
is your partner from Hull?
I once knew a couple from Wrexham. they both went to different schools different ends of the same town. He had a sort of Liverpool sounding accenting and hers was a bit Welsh from that region.
The wig is a kind of uniform. The barister's is short and that of judges is longer. I believe that the length of wig depends on seniority.
You can go to the shop and the carton of orange juice will say “with juicy bits”
Got to be HP sauce.... Lovely in a sausage sandwich
My advice to others watching Tyler react to another irritating WatchMojoUK video is this: Save your energy and don't waste your time posting endless explanatory/clarifying comments for him as by now I'm 99% certain he won't be reading or responding to them, or any of your comments elsewhere either... If you are, Tyler, then for heaven's sake at least have the courtesy to respond occasionally. Your videos are entertaining but I do wonder whether you're doing this out of genuine interest and a desire to really learn (and remember!) about the UK, or whether it's just a cynical money-making exercise, as it seems to be for some American UA-camrs (not all of them). I'd love you to tell us and be proven wrong though!
I agree. I know a lot more about American life etc..makes me wonder how insular are American people. Tyler needs to do less laughing at other cultures.
I enjoy Tyler’s reactions most of the time but I do get irritated when he comes across something that he has already covered and reacts like he has learned nothing from the previous time.
As for commenting or the lack of, it doesn’t bother me too much, most UA-camrs don’t.
But I hope he responds to your comment here.
And if you are reading this Tyler, please can you watch more educational videos on the UK and comment on those?
A DEEPER dive if you like UK culture instead of asking questions in response to MOJO videos which are as shallow as can be. Our history is so rich and our customs too.
I do hope from now on, that such reactors or reaction videos from other channels would just do their research just after watching like videos or after doing reactions, and not to religiously keep on saying or asking “can you please state the explanation, what you think or know or your experiences in the comment section down below because i’m curious and i don’t know, thanks”… yes i do agree and i do feel that they’re not genuinely are interested in actually “learning” as he always keep on saying in every intros…
@@rdalybread Yes, some of these guys want people to comment mainly because the more comments a video gets, along with the more views, the more widely it gets promoted by UA-cam. It's not about them being interested in reading or responding to the comments, most of which they probably don't even read. And if they do, then it wouldn't take much to leave a like or a heart to show they really appreciate what people have to say. I feel sorry for people who write long, helpful, explanatory comments that may never be read, let alone responded to. And like you, I wish they'd just do more follow-up research, or go to Google more doing reactions to clarify things along the way.
@@ianwalker5842 i absolutely agree with everything you said there… research, understanding, and “learning” as what this UA-camr always remind the viewers, goes a long way rather than asking the viewers for help to understand the content or message or what they think about their “reaction” to their chosen video to react to…
The problem with tips in the US is that they are used to subsidise wages. If they where paid decent wages in the first place tips would not be required.
Suet puddings and pies are heavenly, it also makes fantastic dumplings. Wigs are worn in court in many other Commonwealth countries.
OK.
When you're buying cartons of orange juice in the supermarket, etc. - the carton will say "smooth" or "juicy bits".
Spotted Dick - is a stodgey pudding - we don't see it much these days, but I remember it well from school dinner days, many years ago.
HI TYLER
DEBRA HERE FROM SOUTH WALES UK
A Barrister cannot appear in court unless he is correctly attired in wig and gown, this is also applicable for female Barristers as well and only black snd white is allowed to be worn as a dress code. I think you will find that Barristers in Canada, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa are also so attired.
The proper title for a Barrister is:
MR N O BODY KC
MISS/MRS N O BODY KC
The KC stands for King's Councellor. He is the monarch's representative in court. They can prosecute or defend the accused in court On court papers it would read as for example
MR TYLER RUMPLE
VS
THE CROWN
WASHING MACHIBES AND TUMBLE DRIERS
What you have to remember is that UK homes are one heck of a lot smaller than the average US house and a lot of UK houses do not have the luxury of laundry rooms, so the washing machine and/or tumble driers/washer-driers have to go in the kitchen.
The actor you saw in the film kicking and shouting was the BRITISH actor IDRIS ELBA who was in character from his TV series LUTHER, in which he plays a renegade police detective John Luther.
KC is short for King's Counsel. (Before Elizabeth II died they were QC's not KCs)
Talking about Accents I live in a small town called Barnsley, South Yorkshire. England, I can travel just 10miles, sometimes only 5 miles, and their accent is totally different than mine.
Solicitors do general legal work, barristers do court room advocacy and Queens Councillors (or QC) are the top ranking court room legal representation...
Family and civil courts are very casual these days but Crown Courts (criminal courts) dress codes are still strictly adhered too...
for reference A1 Steak Sauce IS BROWN SAUCE, you have probably used that as it is a very common sauce in america, it just has a weaker base flavour to the likes of HP brown sauce
Good job I strolled down to check I was about to say the same thing
Basically, the cold tap is ok for drinking water, you don't drink from the hot tap because its from a tank not fom a pressurized pipe.
just as an addition to the plumbing thing, older houses had lead pipes and so the water was run for several seconds to flush out the water which could have dissolved lead in it. very few houses have this now, only the really old ones that haven't had their plumbing updated. In addition to this the cold water was commonly stored in a tank in the roof space and the hot water stored in a hot water tank normally in the "airing" cupboard (where towels etc were kept). this meant there is separate pipes for hot and cold water and therefore separate taps. lots of newer houses now have the hot and cold water pipes connected to single taps. separate taps for hot and cold? so what? are people so fluffy that they can't take a little bit of cold water?
Hang on, there's also the hot tap, apparently, according to a plumber friend there is a new government direction that the water coming from the hot tap must be 65 degrees F, which, if you've never tried it is hot enough to scald you. I thought I was Ok because I'd put a mixer tap in the kitchen, but the hot water over-rides the cold, and I've yet to find a plumber, not even a friend, who can work this out for a 35 year old water system!
the 2 taps is a thing that was from the old times when hot water would take a long time to get from the hot water storage tank via a long run of Pipes where it would be cold and slowly Transition to hot so in the middle of the stream whould be enougth warm water to wash your hands with. its like the house i live in takes about 20 seconds before it starts getting warm and takes about 1 min before it starts to get hot as it has a long run of Pipe.
Washing machines are in the kitchen but they are quiet because they don't overload them. And we have the same
I love your intro, it might sound simple to some but it's very iconic about you, "I'm just a typical average American" simple but very clever and Iconic, as a British person myself, I want to learn about America how you like to learn about my country
Spicy taste very with bacon or sausage sandwich
Don't forget chip butty.
@@lynette. I've never tried it on a chippy butty
@@lynette. - I just had a chip butty with HP sauce... YUM! YUM!
Pulp just sounds so unappetising.
The Speaker of the House of Commons also used to wear a wig up unto the early 1990's.
For safety reasons there are no plugs in british bathrooms (water and electricity is definitely a no-no) so where are you supposed to plug your washing machine if there's no outlet? The kitchen is the easiest option. And... a laundry room? Our european apartments are not huge as american homes, so dryers and laundry rooms are definitely unusual. Also tipping is not usually a thing because waiters (and so on) have a normal wage and relying on tips is not a need. You may leave a tip if the service was particularly outstanding... but no, it's not really a thing.
As a British person I can say that all the taps in my house are mixer taps. We used to have separate taps for hot and cold but over the years we had them all changed.
Its only found in older houses now which havent changed them
Most British people and most of Europe do not have dedicated Laundry rooms. We have relatively small homes and the washing machine only has space in the kitchen or sometimes in the bathroom
Worcestershire sauce pronunciation guide for those that aren't upper middle class.....
Wuh - stuh - shuh
Or
Wuster sha
Always wus not warce
And shire is usually just shuh
British homes used to have a separate hot water system with an immersion heater in a copper tank fed by a head cold water tank usually located in the roof space and open to infiltration by dirt and other nasties. The cold water tap you could safely drink from, but the hot water tap was not safe to drink.
TIP actually stands for To Improve Performance, a customer would "tip" a server to get preferential treatment above and beyond the standard. If you didn't tip you got the same treatment as everyone else, but someone who expected a tip was expected to go above and beyond the normal.
If you didn't feel that you had been treated specially you didn't tip. This is where the UK and USA differ, because America has a custom of tipping regardless of the standard of service you got.
no, tip is not an acronym. Look it up again.
We don't tip in Britain cas of fair pay
Generally we have small houses with small kitchens so the only place for a washing machine would be the kitchen..
Judges, and on some ceremonial occasions even barristers (trial lawyers), still wear wigs in several Commonwealth countries. These include Kenya, India, Australia, British overseas dependences, and on special occasions, others too. Most Commonwealth countries require barristers and judges to wear some variation of traditional court dress. Btw, if you think a washing machine is noisy in the kitchen, you obviously don't have kids between the ages of six and 16!!
As a Brit I can say I have always tipped, no matter where in the world I have been, tip taxi drivers, tip beauticians, tip hairdressers, tip bar and restaurant staff, tip delivery drivers who bring large appliances, tip food delivery guys, tip cleaners etc etc etc, most brita do tip and anywhere I’ve been across Europe it’s the same, so I don’t know where this dude got the idea that we don’t tip, I’m sure there are people who don’t do it, but the majority of us do tip
HP is the best!! got to be with sausage, bacon and egg :P
HP is good but gold star is better
We have actually two types of lawyers in the UK. One is Solicitor that you would normally see at a magistrates' court which is usually for less severe crimes, and a Barrister is usually seen in a crown court which are normally used for more severe crimes a well known one I think is the Old Bailey in London.
Myself & 7 friends went to a restaurant recently & each percentage of our bill was £18. We each put in £20 and the waiter came to the table to ask if we actually meant to give him such a big tip.
And you paid a hefty service charge. Double tipping
If there's a service çharge wouldn't give another tip
Lawyers/solicitors usually attend a magistrates court and barristers deal with Crown Court. Lawyers in Magistrates court deal with lesser crimes and barristers deal in serious crimes.