Except in Wales, Cumbria and South west England where Cumbrian (an extinct celtic language), Cornish (until the 1850's) and Welsh (until 19th century) was the first language of the commoner.
This is part of the reason we get mutton from sheep and beef from cows - the meat is French, the animal is Saxon, old English. Either way I would struggle to understand either as a modern English person as things have changed significantly over time.
William the Conqueror spoke French, so the official language was French but that wasn't to say it was the most commonly spoken, as the general population wouldn't have spoken it.
@@ivylasangrienta6093 which is why English has one name for an animal, another for its meat. The peasants would raise "cattle" in English, their overlords would eat the meat in French as "bœuf" (or beef). English swine was eaten as French porc. Even peasants had hens (though the Normans called them "poulets", in English pullets).
@@PLuMUK54 As far as I'm aware it did indeed close... But do feel free to fact check me in case I am in error - and if so, please do let me know so that I will not err again. Thank you.
Clydebank is a town in Scotland, the Clyde river runs through it. VERY famous for high quality ship building, to the point were "Clyde built" is an expression of a high quality product . Clydebank is known for its HUGE blue crane called The Titan
It's called the Fringe festival because there was (and still is) an organised "Edinburgh international Festival", that only includes a limited number of performers. Then other performers turned up in the same city at the same time to make another festival on the "fringe" of the international festival. The biggest difference is still that acts have to be selected to get a place in the international festival, but anyone who wants to and who can fund for the performing space etc can perform in the fringe festival. The fringe is now much bigger than the original international festival.
i agree with previous comment, lindsey, you rocked girl, steve has been doing this a long time, you have only been doing it a short time, , you would have give us brits a run for our money . I think you british girl at heart
Well done guys, you both did great. Steve seemed rather shocked at your knowledge Lyndsey with a couple "How'd you know that!!?" Storing useless information is a gift when it comes to quizzing
To this day., "monkey-hangers" is a nickname for people who come from Hartlepool. In 2002, as a joke, the mascot of Hartlepool United (H'angus the Monkey) was put on the list of candidates for Mayor of Hartlepool promising free bananas for all the schoolchildren of Hartlepool... and was elected! He was subsequently re-elected twice more until the post was abolished in 2013.
I have lived in Hartlepool all my life and the mayor’s daughter was in my class when I was in primary school! I’m sure I remember him coming into school to play football dressed as the mascot when I was around four or five years old.
You both did really well - I'm a Brit and got one wrong... I had no idea what a Munro was. You learn something new every day! For info: people from Hartlepool have the nickname 'Monkey Hangers' still to this day... my cousin is from there.
In the UK we have 'wet years' and 'dry years' depending on the position of the Jet Stream above us. We have droughts in summer quite often - 2022 was the last, for example where it didn't rain for months.
Also the rain may only be a light shower and it is often at night especially in the summer For comparison rainfall in Lancashire is about 51 inches on average compared to 45inches in north Carolina or 50 inches in mountainous areas of north Carolina, and we are among the wettest parts of the UK
As a memberof the Ghost Club, I got a private visit at night to the Tower of London. This included a visit to the Yeoman Warders private pub, and watching the Ceremoney of the Keys. The Chief Yeoman Warder with soldiers comes from locking the main gate with a large key. At a gateway he is halted by a guard. "HALT WHO GOES THERE?" That night as it was in the year of the Navy,and the guard was five foot female naval rating in dress uniform. She showed her authority by really shouting, but the assault rifle with a fixed bayonet helped. "The Keys" "WHOSE KEYS?" "Queen Elizabeth's Keys" " Pass Queen Elizabeth's Keys all is well". They then pass down a alley way to some steps, at the top is a group of Naval ratings and a Naval officer all in dress uniforms. The officer has his sword above his head. The Chief Yeoman Warder shouts "God preserve Queen Elizabeth" The last post is played, and the keys go back Resident Grovenor of the tower. What a night I will never forget it.
French being the official language but with indigenous languages staying strong is why we often have two words for the same thing in English: venison and deer, buy and purchase, motherly and maternal, fair-haired and blonde, fall and autumn and so on.
One of the amazing things about English. With twice as many words, there are lots of subtle nuances which makes English very versatile... but to use it effectively and well you need both know-how and savoir-faire :)
Because of the Duke of Normandy's invasion is why you eat Pork (Porch) not Pig, Beef (Boeuf) not cow. Fun fact the Normans were actually descendants of Norsemen - North Men - commonly known as Vikings.
Always like to see the enjoyment Steve and Lindsay get from this experience. One thing I'd noted was that both have adopted the UK pronunciation of "Ay-vunn" when I was expecting to hear to the American-sounding "Ay-vonn". You're learning!
The comedian, musician, television presenter and actor Billy Connolly, also known as `The Big Yin` is probably the most famous ex-Clydeside shipyard worker. Born in 1942 in an Anderston tenement he later moved to nearby Partick. He followed in the footsteps of many local youths when, at the age of 16, he started work in the Glasgow Shipyards, in his case with the firm of Alexander Stephen & Sons as a welder / boilermaker. Following the completion of his apprenticeship he worked at the famous Clydebank yard of John Brown & Co. Clydeside and Clydebank as the name implies are on the river Clyde, which runs though Glasgow, if not they should be.
TIL that people from Sunderland are called Mackems because that's where they built ships ('Make 'em') then the ships were taken out to sea or Newcastle by sailors or Tackems ('Take 'em') to be fitted out.
I was down the rub-a-dub last night with a couple of me old china's and we drank a load of Richard Geres, the Tom Cruise was flowing until I could barely stand on my plate of meat.
What a charming couple. The kind of people you could sit down the pub with and talk nonsense whilst getting pissed :) If you two haven't been to the UK yet, we should set up a fund..................
a "quiz day" theme tune would be awesome... Maybe some dramatic "Thinking music" while you think too👍 I'd also like to learn a little about the history of Indiana. You've spent so long learning about UK and Ireland, I see learning as a 2 way street. How old is indiana? How did the history develop? Etc.
@@reactingtomyroots thank you ☺. There are a few documentaries on UA-cam, but very little else. I have an interest in American history post Independence, and recently I've been interested in the dustbowl period between 1920 to 1930 ish. For your interest American photographer Chuck Rapport flew from New York to cover the Aberfan disaster, the school that was crushed which you reacted to. There is a retrospective by him on UA-cam, over an hour long if Lindsay and yourself get a spare evening to put your feet up... You will need a big box of tissues though. I had to have a break halfway through 😢. Sorry for the long reply, but it's a lazy Friday with some rare sunshine in North Wales 🏴 Much love ♥ to the family, hope you are enjoying the onset of spring ☺
Others have mentioned about why French was the official language. But also, you can see it in our language today around meat! Meats eateb by the French aristocracy we now have French derived words (Beef/boeuf, pock/porc, mutton/mouton). On the other hand, meats eaten by the British non ruling class is derived from old English (chicken/ciccen)
William the Conqueror was from Normandy, a region of France where Scandinavians had settled about a hundred years earlier. The Normans adopted the local language. The Normans eventually ruled over much of France as a result of conquest and military alliances. The inept King John managed to lose most of that territory. The Normans are worth further investigation; they also settled in Sicily. Although the "nobility" spoke French the Magna Carta was actually written in Latin. A small plot of land at Runnymede where King John met the barons has been given to the USA. John and his brother Richard (the Lionheart) actually waged a military campaign against their father Henry II. If we fast forward 500 years we find James II being challenged for the throne by his daughter Mary and son-in-law William. A lot of European conflicts can be classed as family disputes that got really out of hand.
Well done chaps, I reckon you got at least 29 right. Just for your amusement, the story about the monkey hangers of Hartlepool( pronounced hart-LEE-pool) is unfortunately not true, but was a joke put out by a 19th century Tyneside Music Hall comic to demonstrate how thick the good folks of the ‘Pools were( yes there were 2 communities, Hartlepool & West Hartlepool). But the town embraced the story, and as an illustration the mascot of the football team is Hangus the Monkey ( yes a guy in a Monkey suit) and when they elected the first town Mayor in 2002, guess who won the election. You got it, the chap in the monkey suit who had campaigned as Hangus in his costume ( actually a call centre worker called Stuart Drummond ). I believe his campaign slogan was bananas for everyone. Started as a joke, but I think he ended up serving 3 terms & did a good job. People from Hartlepool are still known as monkey hangers.
If you want to learn a bit more about the Tower of London, I highly recomend a video called " Yeoman Warder Tower of London Tour 2018" it features Mark, a guy I served with in the Army, who is now a Yeoman Warder...its very funny and informative.
I'm SO enjoying your videos! They are fun! When I worked in London as a nurse, my drive to work every day was over Tower Bridge, which was rather fabulous. And (I worked in the East End) occasionally at weekends my friends and I would squash into a car and drive to Southend. The pier is a mile long and once we were at the end of the pier and going to start to walk back when rain came. We were rather drenched by the time we got back to shore. And we'd get Fish and Chips and have a jolly good traditional English time!
The official mascot of Hartlepool United Football Club is called H'Angus the Monkey. Stuart Drummond, who was one of the people who wore the mascot costume, later became Mayor of Hartlepool.
LOVE that you had no reaction to the answer displaying Northern Ireland on question 3 because you knew without doubt that you were correct 😁💚 when most of the world doesn't even know we're part of the uk
Well done guy's. Not bad at all. I would let you into the UK. If you ever do visit our little island then you will be one step ahead. Take care and have a wonderful weekend.
The Fringe its on for the entire month of August, there are comedy and art shows, street performers, all sorts of things going on folk from all over the world fill the city every August.
I was going to a late night show at the Fringe and phoned round pubs to see which were open late - a tired sounding man at one said "September the 3rd".
@@charlestaylor9424 We only live 40 mins away and its cheaper to buy a hotel for the night than get a taxi home because the trains stopped early, changed it last year, used to be a great place, its not so much the "Fringe" anymore though, loads of folk used to go there and were able to make it big, maybe get themselves on TV, now all the folk that are already on TV flock there every year and take up all the space.
As someone from southend! I'm proud! 😂❤ Funnily enough I've walked the pier more times than I've taken the train, it's more scenic that way. At the end there's a few cafes (including Jamie olivers) and a RNLI centre. It is always a MUST to eat a cream tea at the end of the pier 😂❤
My wife and I what’s your videos and find them really funny as we see you open things that are just normal to us. It would be quite interesting if you could show us the American alternatives carry on doing what you do and please please find time to come to the UK, you will be so welcome, all our love Leslie and Evie
The Norman Conquest in 1066 meant that the official language was french, as spoken by the governing class. This is why the English language distinguishes between meat on the hoof and meat on the table, i.e., sheep, lamb, cow or bullock, calf and pig, all of anglo-saxon origin, the language of the underclass who looked after the beasts(anglo-saxon) rather than animals or animaux(french). On the table the words are derived from the french, mutton/mouton, beef/boeuf, veal/veau and pork/porc, the language of the overlord. It is why english has such a huge vocabulary deriving from latin languages and those from northern Europe and the Celtic fringe.
The Fringe Festival sprung up alongside the official Edinburgh "Classical" Festival. It invites anyone to do anything as an act either indoors or anywhere there's a space (telephone box comes to mind or tatty warehouse). Usually crap street performers.
Well done you two!! That was a really high score considering that you have gained the knowledge from your UK Internet exploration rather than growing up with it as a British born person would. It’s a pity that some of the immigrants who come here for a better life can’t put in as much effort, rather than dishing the UK from day one!
i did read somewhere that 60% o so of what we think as english is actually french, who knows but if its true your welcome france and if you thought the magic round about was trippy you should check out the kids tv show... whoever came up with that was def tripping
My local town has a pleasure pier (although it's closed at the moment). It actually crosses a marine lake, which as the name suggests, is a lake near the sea. It crosses the lake, then a coastal road, then the beach and then the sea (although the sea goes so far out where I live that sometimes there's no sea at all under any of the pier). There's a small train that runs the length of the pier for those who don't wish to walk it (or just fancy the ride). It's not as long as Southend's pier.
London Bridge was sold to Missourian oil magnate Robert McCulloch in 1968 at a cost of US$2.46million (£1.63million), and shipped piece by piece over the ocean. The bridge is now the star attraction at Lake Havasu City, where it sits in retirement by the lake of the same name, alongside a cluster of ‘Tudor-themed’ shops and restaurants. However, controversy has long been attached to the purchase of London Bridge, with popular legend suggesting that Mr McCulloch had intended to buy Tower Bridge rather than its flatter, more mundane colleague - and had confused the two structures.
William the Conqueror was the Duke of Normandy - Northern region of France. So when he conquered the current English King Harold in 1066 he brought many French with him and put them in charge of certain high ranking positions and areas. So their language became the official language. So even though many of the regular people didn't know French, over time certain French words and concepts were adopted into "Modern English". There's actually a really good video by the channel "History Box" That gives a really good overview of all the Kings and Queens of England and the UK. It's a good because it includes some interesting facts or strongly held beliefs and fun/curious stories about the different kings and queen's. The channel is also doing individual videos on each King and Queen too. They were up to King Henry the a Eighth last time I checked.
Lindsay's laugh is lethal, every time she laughs, I crack up laughing, so contagious. You both did great at the quiz though I think Lindsay had the edge on you Steve.
Well done, Steve - you're the only American I've ever heard pronounce 'Beatles' properly. The Magic Roundabout is an ironic nickname, after the well-loved children's programme from the 1960/70s (itself a version of an original French programme).
Yay, 100% although i had to guess the Harry Potter one. I have never watched Harry Potter because i'm not a child. I think you guys did remarkably well, well done , you get a gold star for that one.
Pleasure piers are piers which have amusement arcades and similar things on them. Southend is on the east coast of Essex, not far from London. And you're right - London doesn't get that much rain. The west coast gets a lot though, especially in Scotland. 1066 was the year of the Norman Conquest, and Norman French became the language of government. The Clyde is the river which runs through Glasgow. And people from Hartlepool are still called "monkey-hangers". Pretty good work by both of you!
French was the official language because of the Norman French who took the throne in 1066. Old English was the language of the population.
Except in Wales, Cumbria and South west England where Cumbrian (an extinct celtic language), Cornish (until the 1850's) and Welsh (until 19th century) was the first language of the commoner.
It's where the term Lingua Franca came from
Invaded by the Norman's from Normandy in France in 1066
Although the normans were actually vikings as in men from tge north,that settled in northern france @petergordon4525
This is part of the reason we get mutton from sheep and beef from cows - the meat is French, the animal is Saxon, old English. Either way I would struggle to understand either as a modern English person as things have changed significantly over time.
William the Conqueror spoke French, so the official language was French but that wasn't to say it was the most commonly spoken, as the general population wouldn't have spoken it.
He spoke Norman French.
Yeah, only the aristocracy spoke french during this time
Makes me feel sick to be honest
@@ivylasangrienta6093 which is why English has one name for an animal, another for its meat. The peasants would raise "cattle" in English, their overlords would eat the meat in French as "bœuf" (or beef). English swine was eaten as French porc. Even peasants had hens (though the Normans called them "poulets", in English pullets).
It was the official language of England for 400 years actually....just saying
A London company that commissioned "Big Ben" bell also did the "Liberty Bell" for America.
Not just commissioned the same English foundry actually cast them both.
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In Whitechapel ? But now it's closed.
Wow
@@brigidsingleton1596 I didn't know it had closed. What a history that company had.
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As far as I'm aware it did indeed close...
But do feel free to fact check me in case I am in error - and if so, please do let me know so that I will not err again. Thank you.
If it's illegal to be drunk in a pub,most Brits have broken that law🤣🤣🏴🍻
That is so true. It’s probably the most broken law ever!
Guilty 😅🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
The Old Bill look the other way unless you're paralytic. It's why pub barstaff are supposed to refuse to keep serving you if you're too drunk.
Guilty as charged your Honour !
@@Pomdownuder That's why I always take a book to the pub with me
Clydebank is a town in Scotland, the Clyde river runs through it. VERY famous for high quality ship building, to the point were "Clyde built" is an expression of a high quality product . Clydebank is known for its HUGE blue crane called The Titan
Also known for The Big Yin
Fringe is just the edge of something like fabric, so you can have fringe science, fringe beliefs, fringe comedy... 'on the edge of normal'
In the US the Edinburgh "Fringe Festival" would be the Edinburgh "Bang Festival" ps don't google that 😂
@@keefsmiff 😄
😊😊😊hence we say fringe for hair instead of bangs
It's called the Fringe festival because there was (and still is) an organised "Edinburgh international Festival", that only includes a limited number of performers. Then other performers turned up in the same city at the same time to make another festival on the "fringe" of the international festival. The biggest difference is still that acts have to be selected to get a place in the international festival, but anyone who wants to and who can fund for the performing space etc can perform in the fringe festival. The fringe is now much bigger than the original international festival.
i agree with previous comment, lindsey, you rocked girl, steve has been doing this a long time, you have only been doing it a short time, , you would have give us brits a run for our money . I think you british girl at heart
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I think you bad English grammar
Well done guys, you both did great. Steve seemed rather shocked at your knowledge Lyndsey with a couple "How'd you know that!!?" Storing useless information is a gift when it comes to quizzing
Only a small percentage spoke French.
Basically just the toffs 😂😂
Le Toffs.
Mais oui.
To this day., "monkey-hangers" is a nickname for people who come from Hartlepool. In 2002, as a joke, the mascot of Hartlepool United (H'angus the Monkey) was put on the list of candidates for Mayor of Hartlepool promising free bananas for all the schoolchildren of Hartlepool... and was elected! He was subsequently re-elected twice more until the post was abolished in 2013.
I have lived in Hartlepool all my life and the mayor’s daughter was in my class when I was in primary school! I’m sure I remember him coming into school to play football dressed as the mascot when I was around four or five years old.
@@gabbyc1717 But did you get the free bananas, or was that just a 'political promise'? 🍌🍌🍌🙊
They tortured the monkey first and decided to hang it because it wouldn't talk
You both did really well, but I think Lindsay edged you out slightly Steve! 💪😍
Not hartle-pool but hart-lee-pool with emphasis on all three syllables. The local football mascot is a stuffed monkey called Hangus.
hangus deserves a video for these peeps on its own,
You both did jolly well. Award yourselves a cup of strong Assam tea and a ginger biscuit each! 😃
What a meanie.😉A pack of ginger biscuits each.
@@reluctantheist5224 I say! Steady on old chap. 🧐
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Hi my name is annie and are from sweden and love your shows have a niece living in uk and a have learned a lot from your shows soo tanx from sweden
Well done Steve and Lindsey you both did really well x
1066 was the clue for that language question. You need to watch a vid about William the Conqueror and the Battle of Hastings.
You both did really well - I'm a Brit and got one wrong... I had no idea what a Munro was. You learn something new every day! For info: people from Hartlepool have the nickname 'Monkey Hangers' still to this day... my cousin is from there.
I only know what Munros are because the comedian Ed Byrne made a show about climbing them all.
Same here. A Ben as in Ben Nevis is a mountain in Scotland!
lived in scotland for 7 years and england all the rest of my life and still got that wrong. I was thinking "ben". never heard the term munro.
In the UK we have 'wet years' and 'dry years' depending on the position of the Jet Stream above us. We have droughts in summer quite often - 2022 was the last, for example where it didn't rain for months.
Also the rain may only be a light shower and it is often at night especially in the summer
For comparison rainfall in Lancashire is about 51 inches on average compared to 45inches in north Carolina or 50 inches in mountainous areas of north Carolina, and we are among the wettest parts of the UK
what a wonderful memory, to remember the tree, means alot that, from someone aross the pond
As a memberof the Ghost Club, I got a private visit at night to the Tower of London. This included a visit to the Yeoman Warders private pub, and watching the Ceremoney of the Keys. The Chief Yeoman Warder with soldiers comes from locking the main gate with a large key. At a gateway he is halted by a guard. "HALT WHO GOES THERE?" That night as it was in the year of the Navy,and the guard was five foot female naval rating in dress uniform. She showed her authority by really shouting, but the assault rifle with a fixed bayonet helped. "The Keys" "WHOSE KEYS?" "Queen Elizabeth's Keys" " Pass Queen Elizabeth's Keys all is well". They then pass down a alley way to some steps, at the top is a group of Naval ratings and a Naval officer all in dress uniforms. The officer has his sword above his head. The Chief Yeoman Warder shouts "God preserve Queen Elizabeth" The last post is played, and the keys go back Resident Grovenor of the tower. What a night I will never forget it.
a pleasure pier tens to have an arcade, cafe's and sometimes a fairground ride at the end of them, you are also allowed to fish from them too.
You both did very well. So proud of you.
Fyi, New York gets more rain and it rains more often than it does in London. Likewise with Sydney in Australia
Yep, but we have a weather type that they rarely do which fools people into thinking it's rain-ier than it is. Grey weather 😂
shhhh we tell the rest of the world that so they don't visit!!!
@@terencemarshall Let's 🤭
French was spoken in England from 1066 due to the Norman Conquest
The River Clyde runs through Glasgow!
French being the official language but with indigenous languages staying strong is why we often have two words for the same thing in English: venison and deer, buy and purchase, motherly and maternal, fair-haired and blonde, fall and autumn and so on.
Never even thought about that! Very interesting.
One of the amazing things about English. With twice as many words, there are lots of subtle nuances which makes English very versatile... but to use it effectively and well you need both know-how and savoir-faire :)
Venison is what deer meat is called, Deer is what the animal is called
Note the animal is Old English, the Food is Norman French
Cattle is English, Beef is Norman French ... etc ..
Because of the Duke of Normandy's invasion is why you eat Pork (Porch) not Pig, Beef (Boeuf) not cow.
Fun fact the Normans were actually descendants of Norsemen - North Men - commonly known as Vikings.
Always like to see the enjoyment Steve and Lindsay get from this experience. One thing I'd noted was that both have adopted the UK pronunciation of "Ay-vunn" when I was expecting to hear to the American-sounding "Ay-vonn". You're learning!
The comedian, musician, television presenter and actor Billy Connolly, also known as `The Big Yin` is probably the most famous ex-Clydeside shipyard worker. Born in 1942 in an Anderston tenement he later moved to nearby Partick. He followed in the footsteps of many local youths when, at the age of 16, he started work in the Glasgow Shipyards, in his case with the firm of Alexander Stephen & Sons as a welder / boilermaker. Following the completion of his apprenticeship he worked at the famous Clydebank yard of John Brown & Co.
Clydeside and Clydebank as the name implies are on the river Clyde, which runs though Glasgow, if not they should be.
TIL that people from Sunderland are called Mackems because that's where they built ships ('Make 'em') then the ships were taken out to sea or Newcastle by sailors or Tackems ('Take 'em') to be fitted out.
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Lindsay is so pretty ❤with a lovely smile. I fell down the apples and pears last weekend after too many Calvin Kleins. Welsh rarebit is delish yum yum
And so intelligent!
@@Maisiewupppshe’s lovely 😅
I was down the rub-a-dub last night with a couple of me old china's and we drank a load of Richard Geres, the Tom Cruise was flowing until I could barely stand on my plate of meat.
OMG you guys did so well there were a few very obscure ones that even i guessed. Go team Roots.
What a charming couple. The kind of people you could sit down the pub with and talk nonsense whilst getting pissed :) If you two haven't been to the UK yet, we should set up a fund..................
a "quiz day" theme tune would be awesome... Maybe some dramatic "Thinking music" while you think too👍
I'd also like to learn a little about the history of Indiana. You've spent so long learning about UK and Ireland, I see learning as a 2 way street.
How old is indiana? How did the history develop? Etc.
Great suggestions, Rachel! :)
@@reactingtomyroots thank you ☺. There are a few documentaries on UA-cam, but very little else.
I have an interest in American history post Independence, and recently I've been interested in the dustbowl period between 1920 to 1930 ish.
For your interest American photographer Chuck Rapport flew from New York to cover the Aberfan disaster, the school that was crushed which you reacted to. There is a retrospective by him on UA-cam, over an hour long if Lindsay and yourself get a spare evening to put your feet up... You will need a big box of tissues though. I had to have a break halfway through 😢.
Sorry for the long reply, but it's a lazy Friday with some rare sunshine in North Wales 🏴
Much love ♥ to the family, hope you are enjoying the onset of spring ☺
The ceremony of the keys is fabulous - I’ve been to it and it’s really great - it’s free but you have to book!
7:52 Hahahah :D How about a dragon on top of a mountain eating a pie! Nice one.
"Would you rather eat a lung or testicles?" 😂😂😂😂 OMG, that was hilarious 👏
If those are your two choices, something's going seriously wrong with your life 🙂
Sweetbreads are delicious
Others have mentioned about why French was the official language. But also, you can see it in our language today around meat! Meats eateb by the French aristocracy we now have French derived words (Beef/boeuf, pock/porc, mutton/mouton). On the other hand, meats eaten by the British non ruling class is derived from old English (chicken/ciccen)
William the Conqueror was from Normandy, a region of France where Scandinavians had settled about a hundred years earlier. The Normans adopted the local language. The Normans eventually ruled over much of France as a result of conquest and military alliances. The inept King John managed to lose most of that territory. The Normans are worth further investigation; they also settled in Sicily. Although the "nobility" spoke French the Magna Carta was actually written in Latin. A small plot of land at Runnymede where King John met the barons has been given to the USA. John and his brother Richard (the Lionheart) actually waged a military campaign against their father Henry II. If we fast forward 500 years we find James II being challenged for the throne by his daughter Mary and son-in-law William. A lot of European conflicts can be classed as family disputes that got really out of hand.
'Norman' comes from 'Norseman'.
My town allegedly hung a monkey thinking it was a Napoleonic spy
The word is 'hanged" ...
Pictures and game is hung.
People (& poor monkeys) are hanged.
Well, Hartlepool still uses the Monkey as its team mascot, Hangus.
Well done chaps, I reckon you got at least 29 right. Just for your amusement, the story about the monkey hangers of Hartlepool( pronounced hart-LEE-pool) is unfortunately not true, but was a joke put out by a 19th century Tyneside Music Hall comic to demonstrate how thick the good folks of the ‘Pools were( yes there were 2 communities, Hartlepool & West Hartlepool). But the town embraced the story, and as an illustration the mascot of the football team is Hangus the Monkey ( yes a guy in a Monkey suit) and when they elected the first town Mayor in 2002, guess who won the election. You got it, the chap in the monkey suit who had campaigned as Hangus in his costume ( actually a call centre worker called Stuart Drummond ). I believe his campaign slogan was bananas for everyone. Started as a joke, but I think he ended up serving 3 terms & did a good job. People from Hartlepool are still known as monkey hangers.
Hi fellow monkey hanger
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I haven't! When did I ever say I had?
I have never (unlike my twins) ever seen even one episode of Sherlock!! 🤔😳
well done guys! some tricky questions in there
A pleasure pier is one usually with a pavilion where entertainments are held and refreshments provided at the end of it.
Very impressed, you both did really well
You guys did really well and I love seeing you two on screen together. Well done both.
Well done - reckon you would have beaten most Poms!
I`m impressed with the both of you and I bet you`ve learnt most of it from watching videos of the uk. Well done
100%. Being English it was obviously very easy.
I want to join that dragon eating a pie on top of a mountain! I'll bring the Irn Bru! 😂 ❤
Really enjoyed this. Definitely try to do more quizzes in the future. I love watching and playing along with game shows and quizzes.
If you want to learn a bit more about the Tower of London, I highly recomend a video called " Yeoman Warder Tower of London Tour 2018" it features Mark, a guy I served with in the Army, who is now a Yeoman Warder...its very funny and informative.
Glad you got Wales right, Hopkins and Burton were born a mile up the road from me in Port Talbot, South Wales, Zeta Jones about 9 miles away
I'm SO enjoying your videos! They are fun! When I worked in London as a nurse, my drive to work every day was over Tower Bridge, which was rather fabulous. And (I worked in the East End) occasionally at weekends my friends and I would squash into a car and drive to Southend.
The pier is a mile long and once we were at the end of the pier and going to start to walk back when rain came. We were rather drenched by the time we got back to shore. And we'd get Fish and Chips and have a jolly good traditional English time!
The ceremony of the keys is well worth seeing I found it both emotional and beautiful. The solo bugler bought tears to my eyes.
I’m must say, I think you did so well. You’ve remembered more than you think, watching all about the UK.
The official mascot of Hartlepool United Football Club is called H'Angus the Monkey. Stuart Drummond, who was one of the people who wore the mascot costume, later became Mayor of Hartlepool.
Well done both! 👏👏👏 as Americans you know a lot about the UK.
Neeps and Tatties is pretty easy to infer if you know the root of the words
tuNeeps in a scots accent for Turnips. And poTatties.
We have a similar word for potatoes in the West Country, "tiddies"
Taters 😊
Ironically the neeps are actually swedes and not turnips at all.
LOVE that you had no reaction to the answer displaying Northern Ireland on question 3 because you knew without doubt that you were correct 😁💚 when most of the world doesn't even know we're part of the uk
You slayed that quiz! Well done! ❤❤❤
Well done guy's. Not bad at all. I would let you into the UK. If you ever do visit our little island then you will be one step ahead. Take care and have a wonderful weekend.
The Fringe its on for the entire month of August, there are comedy and art shows, street performers, all sorts of things going on folk from all over the world fill the city every August.
I was going to a late night show at the Fringe and phoned round pubs to see which were open late - a tired sounding man at one said "September the 3rd".
@@charlestaylor9424 We only live 40 mins away and its cheaper to buy a hotel for the night than get a taxi home because the trains stopped early, changed it last year, used to be a great place, its not so much the "Fringe" anymore though, loads of folk used to go there and were able to make it big, maybe get themselves on TV, now all the folk that are already on TV flock there every year and take up all the space.
As someone from southend! I'm proud! 😂❤
Funnily enough I've walked the pier more times than I've taken the train, it's more scenic that way. At the end there's a few cafes (including Jamie olivers) and a RNLI centre. It is always a MUST to eat a cream tea at the end of the pier 😂❤
Blackpool doesn’t have a railway running along the promenade, its trams that run down there.
My wife and I what’s your videos and find them really funny as we see you open things that are just normal to us. It would be quite interesting if you could show us the American alternatives carry on doing what you do and please please find time to come to the UK, you will be so welcome, all our love Leslie and Evie
Well done
11:13 No texting during Class Steve 😂
Congratulations! You both did really well!
Wow! You both done really well! Congratulations guys, guess you know more about the UK than a lot of English!!
The Norman Conquest in 1066 meant that the official language was french, as spoken by the governing class. This is why the English language distinguishes between meat on the hoof and meat on the table, i.e., sheep, lamb, cow or bullock, calf and pig, all of anglo-saxon origin, the language of the underclass who looked after the beasts(anglo-saxon) rather than animals or animaux(french). On the table the words are derived from the french, mutton/mouton, beef/boeuf, veal/veau and pork/porc, the language of the overlord. It is why english has such a huge vocabulary deriving from latin languages and those from northern Europe and the Celtic fringe.
We still have a London Bridge in London
Brilliant! Very well done. :)
As my old professor used to say..."Read the question" 🤣
Hi guys , Anglo saxon or old English was spoken before the Norman conquest 1066 . England was first established in the yr 927 .
Linsay is great fun. She doesn't take things too seriously, unlike Steve who's more grumpy.
You did very well, some of those i had no idea !
I’m very, very impressed, you did great! Very impressive 😮
The Fringe Festival sprung up alongside the official Edinburgh "Classical" Festival. It invites anyone to do anything as an act either indoors or anywhere there's a space (telephone box comes to mind or tatty warehouse). Usually crap street performers.
Virtually all stand up comedians in Britain go to Edinburgh for the Fringe.
@@jerry2357 OK. I'll admit there are exceptions.
Southend is near to where I live. Watching this has reminded me that I haven't been on the pier in years. I will make a point of going this summer ❤
I've lived in uk my entire life (over 60 years) and you knew a lot more of the answers than I did. Well done!
i love Lindsey she is so bright and funny and makes me laugh.
You know more than half the U.K!
You did great guys, I got 2 wrong but you did really well- pat on the back
Well done you two!! That was a really high score considering that you have gained the knowledge from your UK Internet exploration rather than growing up with it as a British born person would.
It’s a pity that some of the immigrants who come here for a better life can’t put in as much effort, rather than dishing the UK from day one!
i did read somewhere that 60% o so of what we think as english is actually french, who knows but if its true your welcome france
and if you thought the magic round about was trippy you should check out the kids tv show... whoever came up with that was def tripping
@robertstallard7836 your clearly miss remembering dylsn .. that guy was higher than fuel prices
You need to find a video on the Norman Invasion and Norman England / the Plantagenets
My local town has a pleasure pier (although it's closed at the moment). It actually crosses a marine lake, which as the name suggests, is a lake near the sea. It crosses the lake, then a coastal road, then the beach and then the sea (although the sea goes so far out where I live that sometimes there's no sea at all under any of the pier). There's a small train that runs the length of the pier for those who don't wish to walk it (or just fancy the ride). It's not as long as Southend's pier.
Guys you did really well there, a lot of people in the UK would have struggled with a few of those questions
Southend on sea is where I live so the pier is near me love you guys so glad you got it right
London Bridge was sold to Missourian oil magnate Robert McCulloch in 1968 at a cost of US$2.46million (£1.63million), and shipped piece by piece over the ocean. The bridge is now the star attraction at Lake Havasu City, where it sits in retirement by the lake of the same name, alongside a cluster of ‘Tudor-themed’ shops and restaurants.
However, controversy has long been attached to the purchase of London Bridge, with popular legend suggesting that Mr McCulloch had intended to buy Tower Bridge rather than its flatter, more mundane colleague - and had confused the two structures.
Im getting hooked on you channel. Hartlepool is pronounced Heart Lee Pool.
William the Conqueror was the Duke of Normandy - Northern region of France. So when he conquered the current English King Harold in 1066 he brought many French with him and put them in charge of certain high ranking positions and areas. So their language became the official language. So even though many of the regular people didn't know French, over time certain French words and concepts were adopted into "Modern English".
There's actually a really good video by the channel "History Box" That gives a really good overview of all the Kings and Queens of England and the UK. It's a good because it includes some interesting facts or strongly held beliefs and fun/curious stories about the different kings and queen's. The channel is also doing individual videos on each King and Queen too. They were up to King Henry the a Eighth last time I checked.
Lindsey's face when she asked whether Steve would eat testicles or lungs!🤣🤣
You did well, not that difficult, but a good start👍👍
Mrs rtmr logic is on point. Love it. You dont need to know to figure it out a lot of the time in life with sound logic 👍👍
you did very well, fun to watch
Lindsay's laugh is lethal, every time she laughs, I crack up laughing, so contagious. You both did great at the quiz though I think Lindsay had the edge on you Steve.
Don`t let the `rain thing' put you off, I live in Derbyshire and we had a month last year with no rain at all.
A few years back we had 4 months of no rain at all. Cornwall looked like a desert
Excellent job guy's, well done 👏 😊
You done amazing guys ❤❤
See you soaked up all that knowledge 👏👏👏👏
Well done, guys. Impressed!
Well done, Steve - you're the only American I've ever heard pronounce 'Beatles' properly. The Magic Roundabout is an ironic nickname, after the well-loved children's programme from the 1960/70s (itself a version of an original French programme).
Yay, 100% although i had to guess the Harry Potter one. I have never watched Harry Potter because i'm not a child.
I think you guys did remarkably well, well done , you get a gold star for that one.
I've never watched them, but seen adults pretending to be children at that station😂
Pleasure piers are piers which have amusement arcades and similar things on them. Southend is on the east coast of Essex, not far from London. And you're right - London doesn't get that much rain. The west coast gets a lot though, especially in Scotland. 1066 was the year of the Norman Conquest, and Norman French became the language of government. The Clyde is the river which runs through Glasgow. And people from Hartlepool are still called "monkey-hangers". Pretty good work by both of you!