Differences in UK and US English Vocabulary: In the House
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(From UK) Tbh I just call it a bin
Dustbin was always what we referred to when we mean the big bins outside the house. Indoors, it's just a bin.
Lavarn Staple yep
Lavarn Staple Same same same same #UKSQUAD
Same
Same
who tf calls it a TV a box?
Ghkjdf Hbjhffh We don't call it a box here in the UK, we call it 'telly' or 'tv' or 'television'
Ghkjdf Hbjhffh Over 500 million people
Ghkjdf Hbjhffh There many people still watching tv, Why are you under the opinon because you and people around you dont, Nobody else does
FaZe_AliA_burnsy
FaZe_AliA_burnsy NO ONE THEY GOT IT ALL WRONG ITS TV OR TELLY
I do not agree with most of these. Clearly written by an American.
Hi, thanks for your comment. We have US and UK English speakers who worked on this project.
strange, the only one I disagreed with was Box, although I am pretty sure I have heard it. On the other hand my family always call it a telly.
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Svaitor im English and I disagree to
I'm british and i say all the uk ones except the telly I say TV and the loo I say toilet and last but not least and bin instead of dust bin
Wow I love it . You are really really awesome. I like British English who else is there who likes British English
the way everyone gets British English wrong 😣
Now, if everyone gets British English wrong, that means it would include the Brits as well?:)
Spotlight English We do 😂 its different all over Britain
Haha! Yes, we agree. As we're sure you know, we have people on our team from both the UK and the US. Rules are rules--but sometimes it seems there are far more exceptions. The way things are actually spoken from one area to the next can be quite different!:) Ta!
Spotlight English yeah, I'm from Liverpool and the way we speak and pronounce words is different than that of places like London or other places in Britain. Everyone usually assumes everyone in Britain sounds the same
Absolutely, we understand fully! And not all Americans have the same accents, etc. either. But as we're sure you know, most English Learners struggle if they are not aware of some of the differences. Some countries teach British English, some US English, and other places, like parts of Canada for instance, seem to be a mix of both. So no assumptions made on our part; just trying to help English Learners as much as we can!:)
1:23 bureau- three drawers( or desk in French)
Wardrobe- a closet space with smaller drawers connected (one big box thing that isn’t connected to the wall)
Dresser- more like a bureau, but with smaller drawers at the tops and bigger at the bottom
Closet-a door leading to a space inside the wall/not protruding out.
I'm from Netherlands, in the northwest of England, where I often visit friends, most of these words are used, except box, they just say telly, and dustbin is simply a bin (when something is of no use anymore, they say; just bin it!).
A flat can be in a multi story building, but it can be in a single story row of apartments as well, it means a single story dwelling (a story in US english is a floor).
The English on schools in the Netherlands is usually US English, but in the past I had a teacher who thought British English.
But as said,there are many regional differences, not only in dialect, but in words used as well.
Same is true in Dutch, in some parts of the coutry they say toilet (yes the same, the word comes from French) but we use to call it WC (from water closet, which is an English word!)
thank you
Many, many years ago in the 1970's/80's I worked for a British company located in NYC. It was the american office of "Mothercare Stores" (529 5th ave). The UK office was in Watford, Herts (I think). I learned quickly of the language differences. I actually had a guy (bloke) ask me for a rubber. I thought why in the world would he ask me for a condom? He wanted an eraser. I grew up in Brooklyn and have a strong Brooklyn accent, one coworker (workmate) had a Cockney accent. We had a heck of a time communicating. Best company I ever worked for and the nicest people. We had awesome Christmas parties at Mothercare!
in england (well i do) say apartment and tv and elevator and loo it normally toilet
Great English lesson!
Loved to more about in the house
I do like your channel. Many thanks
Wow, thanks for all of the great comments! Obviously even people in different places of the same country call things by different names and nicknames. We've tried to highlight that there are differences. With television, movies and the internet there is a lot of terms that are used in both places.
As someone once said, "The United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language!":)
Can you think of any others terms that are different?
Hello, I want to learn English. What do you recommend, is UK or US, as a beginner? Thank you.
We also call it a bathroom in England
The first time I heard the word loo I was confused and didn't know what It mean but I never question it and now I know what it meant
(It means bathroom or restroom...or toilet?)
Idk ._.
Yes you are correct! Bathroom, restroom, or even WC (water closet). An important word in ANY language!:)
Okay I got this!!! I was born in Africa and learned British English and that’s what we usually speak in Africa!!!But right now I’m in the United is America and I mix both British English and American English together, no wonder sometimes the American people be like can u repeat what u just said, and I will remember that I’m in America so I have to differentiate between them!!!! And I speak British accent tooo
Hay quá ạ
Hahahah! I’m from Britain, I say nearly all the american ones! Like who calls the tv a box 😂
Edit: Before anyone says I don't say closet, however I do still ones like TV and elevator
I'm dying, wth! A box isn’t a TV
Well a box is something items are posted/stored in. Like a cardboard box.
ZiggyGamer HD ＾＾ yes I know that ＾＾
??????
lukemullan789 I put one emoji...
I was just being someone who would take it seriously, i was messing lol
hey dude can I use your loo?
I like British English I'm studying it/saya suka Inggris Britania saya sedang mempelajarinya
I really liked this video bathroom one i also was knowing our teacher has told this in school and please make for party pronounciation also
I gotta know them so as to be my British English perfect
I use both the words
I’m British and most of these r wrong 😩😫e.g
I’ve never heard anyone in the uk say box we say tv or television
Loo is the informal way of saying it in English it’s toilet/bathroom
And tbh idk if anyone else in the uk says dust bin I just say bin 😂😂
EDIT: Don’t put any hate I’m just saying what I think
Dino GamingX same I’m confuse to
It’s confusing innit 😂
Yanki english is used too in England as the maasiv yanki influence there in Europe.
Some Americans call a faucet a tap, or a hydrant. A trash can might be called a garbage can, too. That bandage looked suspiciously like a (generic term) bandaid. Many of us think of a bandage as being a much larger wound dressing, with a bigger gause pad held by multiple wraps of adhesive tape of one sort or another. That 'flat' is sometimes called a block, with a flat being a single unit inside, whereas a block to me is a city area encompassed by 4 streets. My first story is the ground floor, not a flight of stairs up, too. When I lived in England, the toilet was called a wc.
A plaster is for a paper cut and a bandage is for a sprained ankle in the UK.
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I don’t call it a dust bin most ppl call it a bin, and I call it an apartment
0:01 - 0:08
Me : NOPE!
**Watches Birb Means Instead**
0:45 Ney I call it the Farseeer
We call em lifts and elevators in america. Also we call our closet wardrobes too sometimes
For all the Americans-
England: is the country,
Britain: England Scotland Wales
UK: England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland and the iles
Surrounding us
What we say in Malta (when talking in English): Flat, tap, T.V, torch, lift, bathroom, plaster/bandage, wardrobe/closet, dustbin
Candy Floss I’m part maltese :D
From UK
This is clearly written by an American. We say TV, and we do sometimes say loo but we usually say bathroom. We also say apartments as well as flats. Most of this is just British slang
Box is an old slang for TV.
Is the U.K. speaker there from Manchester?
Yes he is! How did you guess?
Alright um, the UK doesn't call a TV a box
And I call it a bin not a dust bin
Firstly, UK does not call TV a box, we call it a TV. We call it tele rarely.
We call bathroom 'bathroom' most of the time...that isn't an American-only word. We don't say restroom though. We sometimes say 'toilet' as well, probably more than loo.
Also we call 'dustbin' bin 99% of the time.
Me as an Indian with mixed English-
''lift'' commonly with family and friends.
''Elevator'' to sound more standardized among new people 🥴🙌✌😅😂
I’m czech and Slovakian and I choose to say the American versions
Me too
I don’t know why we’ve been saying it longer 🤷🏻♂️😂
What, in even the modern form, for the British,still that they called torch?
In Australia they do!
Still even in the modern day, many Americans don't know how to use grammar.
ME-🌝1:11
A "TOILET" IN A ''WASH ROOM''
Or
A "TOILET" IN A ''TOILET''👾✌
Who else can relate this???😝😅🤣🤣
In the Oxford Dictionary:
television:
6. the box [singular] (especially British English, old-fashioned, informal) the television
• *on the box* _What's on the box tonight?_
Tbh I live in uk and apart from the bin I say the USA stuff
I know both English perfectly well
Most of these are more stereotypical British like "box or telly" whilst really everyone just calls it a TV
I'm in the uk
No one calls it a bandage. We say Band-aid.
Nor would we even use a wardrobe because almost every room in a home has a closet. Tbh I like wardrobes better because you can't move the closet.
And I used to think it was a "flat" because it was the whole floor not just an apartment
What if the TV was a flat screen TV do you still call it a box or a flat screen
Now THAT is a great question!
Ikr ^_^
I am confused on why it's called a dust bin. Like you don't actually put dust in it but it does sound fancier than what we call it.
The loo also in US version bathroom freak me out.
How about tomato
IN
THE
UK
WE
CALL
THIS
A
FLAT
I don’t say loo I say toilet
Lucas Devlin EXACTLY!!!They think that all of us brits talk the same😒😒
Kacey Devlin same
toilet is what working class people call the loo.
Le Me-🤠👾🌝 ( 1:24 )
Isn't than an ''Almirah''???😜😅🤣
me when I’m in the UK and we go to the store and have to use and elevator: LET’S GO TAKE THE LIFT!
friends: wtf? what are you doing?
me: using british english.. let’s go back to our fla- okay i’m done.
I am from the uk and some americans words are words from the uk and that guy who was saying the british stuff where wrong
You forgot crisps and potato chips!
GoldenAuthorL yes worlds m9st common one and the forget it
GoldenAuthorL also nappys/diapers
chips/ff’s
gas/petrol
coke/soda
I say chips qwq
And I say fries
I'm British and I say T.V
1:34 I don't really know why but sometimes, I like to say 'trash bin'
I call a "box" a TV and I'm British
Thanks I just say bin
I'm British and I use half of the American words
Box? What
IN UK I CALL IT TV! IT'S NOT "BOX OR TELLY!"
Why was Scotland cropped out the United Kingdom
There is no piece of furniture in the U.S. called a closet. A closet is a built-in part of a house. It has a door that opens into a small room/space to store clothes. A piece of furniture that stores clothes is a wardrobe, an armoire or, for non-hanging clothes, a dresser or bureau.
flat and american using as frence d'partment
UK does not call a tv a “box”
Did you really check with absolutely everyone in the UK?:)
Well they seem sure, so they must have lol
US does not call the TV the tube.
I’m from the US and I call the clothes place a wardrobe
lmao box i don't think they say that xd
I think it's such short time
Britain English is easier to understand.. Although their accent is quite tough
There are lot's of different accents. Remember, its not just England in Britain. Its England, Scotland, Wales (and Northern Ireland).
I'm American
I use English as a second language, I might not be so good at it, but I'm not retardard, you can speak at regular pace.
Hi, thanks for your comment. Our programs and content are for English learners who are just beginning. We are glad that you have really great English skills. But, surely you started somewhere!
America: Cotton candy
UK: Candy Floss
America: Aluminum
UK: Aluminium
America: Popsicle
UK: Ice Lolly
These are what I know....
The voiceover made me wanna sleep😴😴😴😴
I call a Tv a tv and I'm british
You can also say the John slang for toilet.
0:11 if we're talking about the UK where's Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?
Dustbin is bin
K srsly I’ve never heard anyone call a tv a “box” in my life (I’m British btw)
You do realise you can never say that again:)
Box? Nope mate. Nope. It's a damn TV. Oh, and dust bin? Pfffttt, nah, just bin. *Lives in UK*
Have you heard of Gogglebox?
No, it's not a dust bin, its a bin. I should know, I'm Britishm
In pakistan its..some words are from U.K and U.S..woww..
which accent is use by Indian ?
What, I call it a TV.
Loo is normally not said
I say..
Toilet
Television/TV
Bin
Elevator
Apartment
Bandage
I was born in England but i say T.V, i think it's because my parents are from India.
mine is trash bin(=
In Malaysia we used UK English and US English too, hahahah we used both.
Nic Ko yes
Why did you cut Scotland off ? I'm offended
American is very good
😅😅
This is clearly by America