American Reacts to Why Brits Look Down on Americans | Part 1
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As an American I know that we have a reputation about the world. Today I am very interested in learning about what Brits think about Americans and why some look down on us. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
Swede here and this is my view:
Americans treat life as a race where the winner in the end is the one with the most money.
Swedes treat life as the competition in itself, and the winner in the end is the one that had the most joy along the way.
Shut up you mere underling 🤣
Sorry…..that was meant for the main thread, not you 😂
I once got asked what the meaning of my life was. My answer was to enjoy it.
It’s been said Americans live to work, and Europeans work to live.
It’s been said Americans live to work, and Europeans work to live.
What pisses me off the most Is Americans calling their President "The leader of the free world" What does that even mean?
A man who frequently needs his nappy changing, isn't the leader of anything 😂😂
People who are free don't have a leader.
And then they install Trump as President.
Know what you mean. they only came into the War after Pearl Harbour. after leaving us years to struggle on alone they gave us in the end some money on loan as they did Germany and other European countries and "hounded us to the very last half-penny and yet they wiped off large balances that the enemies had borrowed. And to rub salt into the wound Eisenhower marched alongside De Gaulle and Montgomery was left as if he hadn't done anything, but El Alamein when the USA left us to it.
It used to mean the Western civilization that existed. But now it doesn't anymore, according to some.
Where are you from, since you ask?
U.S.A. acting like it is the global police force really pisses people off.
I think the same would be said by many Americans. That said, it really is our partnership and NATO that has helped to keep us all at relative peace for almost one hundred years. And I think that is important. From my American perspective, and this is from what I hear in the news, and in talking to people, every "policing action" that we engage in is done with our allies, and often Britain. Just some thoughts. I hope you have a great day!
@@RevPeterTrabaris The long relative peace was very nice for those that got to enjoy it, sadly it made 2 generations of complacent weaklings that will let it all crumble to dust.
With nothing to fight for, everyone turns into self--centered ignorami with no sense of responsibility and no perspective on wordly struggles.
We built ivory towers above the clouds, and now we wonder why the people on the ground wants us to fall...
As a brit that statement is a bit rich when Great Britain did exactly tbe same for 200 + years1600s to 1800s
Yeah..would be in deep crap if they weren't..they spend money on keeping us safe..dik
But we were better at it LOL!
@@johnnettleton1240
As a Brit, do I look down on Americans? Individually no but as a society, yes. It is the culture, that of "Me" rather than "Us". The "I'm the most important thing on this planet" view point. Every thing leads from this. The ignorance (why learn when "USA! USA!"), the lack of care for others, Health Care that is there to make as big a profit as possible, the hustle for the "buck". et al
Yeah we have a thing in Australia called the tall poppy syndrome, we don't begrudge people their success. But if you brag about your success or get in our face about it, then we'll do whatever it takes to drag you back down to our level.
We know more about Americans than they know about themselves.
Indeed, that is true of many nations. It is always easier to see the failings of others than those of our own.
"were number 1 were number 1 - USA USA!!" mate your an adult at a high school football game... calm down
The Americans come across having a very positive attitude in life unlike the English.
@@davidsivills3599you can say that again, us brits can be a bunch of miserable gits 😂
Americans could learn the meaning of humility.
Says?
@@FSboy70 Most people outside of the US
@@SongBillong Well most people (+90%) doesn't even live in the Western civilization - so just name your country and let's compare.
Pretending that you speak for the whole world and feign some kind of moral or ethical superiority to pass judgment is a bit pretentious, and it doesn't get better than you being completely anonymous.
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@@FSboy70 Oh, settle down. I was just making a general point that many people find Americans to be annoying twats. You're probably one as well
So could you 😂
A person from the USA once asked me how to get to the Downtown here in Edinburgh. I told her to keep walking in the direction she was going and she would be in the City Centre in a few minutes. She looked confused so I added that Downtown was called the City Centre in the UK. She also asked me if there was a Starbucks near by. As has been said we don't look down on people from the USA, but do get itrritated by their lack of knowledge of the others Cultures in rest of the world.
😂😂😂 that's funny
Did they expect to be able to pay in dollars? We get that, in Bath.
I am from Perth, capital of Western Australia, and was stopped once in the central part of the city by an American sailor asking me which way was Perth. I said "you're standing in it" and he just stared at me in disbelief. I still don't know quite what he expected to see.. kangaroos or more skyscrapers.
Personally, as someone from the UK, I find America much more foreign than other European countries, despite the fact that nominally we speak the same language. I feel more at home in European countries like Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway etc than I do in the USA.
100% this. The language difference makes it appear that other Europeans are far more foreign than Americans but spend time with people from the continent who speak really good English and you soon realise that Americans and American culture is actually a lot more "foreign" than you first imagine
Fully agree
True
I agree
I find this comment intriguing as for me the reverse is true. I feel very at home in the USA but very very aware of being in foreign countries when in Europe, the only exception being the ROI. The language is not an issue as I often switch to Spanish in the USA however for me there is a commonality of values that does not exist with the European Countries. I guess for each of us our views are formed by our life experiences and travels. So everyone will have differing views.
Naive and innocent is one thing, but naive and ignorant is another. If someone from a foreign country corrects you on an ill informed assumption or statement you have made, about them or their county, respect that they know better than you and learn something. The saying “Tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt” applies to a lot of Americans.
Including Tyler...
I’m English and I’ve had a few arguments with Americans who doubled down after being corrected.
One time with an American arguing with me that Scotland wasn’t a British country. I think they were confusing Britain with England. But no matter of explaining that Britain was the name of the island. They insisted they knew better. Because their grandfather was Scottish. Rather than me who live a 4 hour drive from Edinburgh.
Another time an American started talking to me about Australia. I said I had never been and they got confused because I had an Australian accent. I tried to explain my accent wasn’t Australian it was Northern English. They didn’t believe me and thought I was making fun of them. By me being really Australian and pretending to be English. They even said if I was English I would sound like this and said “blimey guv’nor let’s go to the pub for fish and chips” in a really bad cockney accent.
Bizarre.
On the other hand, i've been told several times "better ask à question and be a fool for ten minutes than keep silent and be a fool for the rest of your life."
Granted, this assumes that the fool asking questions is genuinely interested in the answer and learns from it.
Britain is in the continent of Europe, but most of us do not concider ourselves European.
What else would we be😂? We're not on our own continent😂
It's true. 52% of Brits do not consider themselves European. We had a vote on it recently.
@@DarkHelixia That was 17.4M, many of whom rapidly changed their mind afterwards. Which is still only *25% of Brits.* The rest of us still do and won't forget the damage you did to our country.
@@wessexdruid7598 What did I do? 🤯
@@DarkHelixiaNo. We voted to leave the EU. I voted to leave and still believe that was the right decision. However, I did and do consider myself European. The EU and Europe are two completely different things. It is because I am European that I detest the EU. The UK is thoroughly European in language, history and culture. I hope the other European nations also eventually vote to leave the EU. Brexit is only the beginning.
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I’ve seen it so often. When an “American” is in a store or a pub or whatever and starts speaking, you can see the eyes rolling from others and that big sigh, kinda like a “ffs…here we go”.
But the second you find out they’re Canadian (still not sure how ppl can’t tell the difference…I think I just watch too much hockey lmao) people look way more relaxed and happy.
This is a hypothetical scenario, but if an American walked into a pub and started speaking with a friend or whoever, a Brit will mutter under their breath “ffs, it’s a Yank”, but the second that “American” says “no, I’m Canadian” the Brit will apologise almost immediately and most likely offer to buy them a pint.
Exactly! I'm a Canadian and we were always told to wear a Canadian flag pin on our jackets when travelling to Europe so that we would be treated better and so they wouldn't think we were American.
Yup, always a sense of relief when an American turns out to be a Canadian.
Some muricans are clever, and they say that they are Canadians ...
US talk about money - UK/Europe talk about value!!!
What amuses some of us in the U.K for example is the deluded world dominance persona even in your sport, The World Series - Mr Universe (getting further a field now) and more Flags on display in Public than in North Korea, what does that say!
What amuses us from continental Europe is Brits thinking of themselves as something else than Europe.
@@Warentester You’re confusing British with English. There are other countries in the UK that consider themselves closer to continental European values rather than ‘British’
@@lanabmc3519 So you are saying that there are British who aren't British?
@@Warentester Well if we get into it then yes. If you look into the last half century of NÍ (where my dad was born and raised) and the troubles there leading to the GFA and citizens choose to hold a British passport or an Irish passport (ill let you work out which I have) then that’s exactly it. There’s also tension throughout Scotland and to a smaller extent Wales too with regards to Britishness, devolution, colonialism and representation on a political and socio-economic level.
@@lanabmc3519 I chose the term Brits with care (it technically excludes NI, as not part of GB) and specifically responded as you referred to British vs. European values. If you had said English values, I'd be with you, but you said British values, which includes Scotland and Wales.
I don’t think us Brits look down on Americans at all.. I think we get irritated by their lack of knowledge about the rest of the world!.. The majority of Americans don’t even try to extend their minds or educate themselves outside of their own state! It’s just so irritating 😠 Like yourself Tyler, you watch a video on something and forget it a few weeks later when the same subject comes up!
It’s as though Americans have no interest in anything or anyone outside of America!’
Us Brits are more interested and well travelled, well most of us.
At secondary school we are given options to learn a European language, and school trips in Europe too. Children’s curiosity is peaked at an early age.
I believe other European people are the same as us Brits and take a massive interest in other countries
So that’s my opinion. Encourage fellow Americans to get over themselves.
I say this as a woman with an American daughter in law and a son living in America 😊
Well he#s a "reaction video maker" he has to pretend to not understand even after watching the same/very similar videos for years =)
His name's Tyler. Ryan, (Wurzer), is his brother. :-)
He doesn't remember because he doesn't actually care. He's even more ignorant in his Canada videos.
You're absolutely correct in what you say about in the US they are focused inward on the US and many people have a general lack of knowledge of the world outside the US.
I'm British born and bred but I have some friends in the US and I can give you a good example to back up what you have commented on.
Every 4th of July I would wish my friends in the US a happy Independence Day. One year, one of my friends replied with the question, "Do you mind as a Brit, we in the US celebrating our independence from the British?". I replied with "If course not, the US is 1 of only 65 countries that celebrates it's independence from the British". He was dumbfounded. He thought the US was unique in having an independence day from the British. He had never learnt that there was so many other countries out there who had gained their independence from the British.
Many people from the US can just about find a location within the US if you name a well known one such as New York or Chicago, but if you ask them to point to where Africa is on a map or where a certain country such as Mongolia is, many of them are completely lost.
In complete contrast to this as a British child growing up my dad would sit me down with my two older sisters, he would then spin a globe of the world he had, stop it suddenly, then point to a random country and us kids would have to name the country, what continent it was in, what the capital city of the country was, what was the main religions of that country etc.
The British have been for hundreds of years much more outwardly focused as a whole. We take more interest and become a lot more knowledgeable about the world outside our own borders.
@@robcrossgrove7927 oops! Thanks for the correction 👍🏻
I'm Canadian but I grew up in the UK and I had to make sure I had a Canadian flag on me at all times least I be thought American!
You are definitely loud I had to turn the volume down 😂😂
So true... Some other American Reactors are equally loud too...
My _volume_ switch seems more capable of being _lowered_ than Tyler's (in Indiana)...
JT's (in Kentucky)..
Steve's (Reacting to my Roots - in Indiana, but originally from North Carolina) ...
Angela's (Mid West Americans - in Kansas) !! 🇺🇸🤔🏴🤔🇬🇧🤔🖖
I like loud haven't perfect hearing
@@tenniskinsella7768
I understand. Sorry.
(my late Mum was quite deaf for most of her life, and also nearly totally blind from AMD, so she appreciated higher volume on her TV.)
Americans are always saying the word “weird” inappropriately about the English. ie our customs are weird, our bathrooms are weird because some sinks and baths have two taps, our house doors are weird because we have letterboxes, our pronunciations of certain words are weird.
When Americans are about to lose an argument with a Brit they ALWAYS end with a loud “Yeh, Yehhh! Well we won a war in 1776 so we don’t have to listen to you!
(Virtually) No-one blanket hates Americans - but there are definitely some things about some Americans that we find irritating.
Being loud in a public place is one.
A difference in the balance of 'power' between customers and people working in service industries is another. Whereas a typical Brit would approach an issue with "I'm sorry to bother you, but there is a small problem with my experience'" we feel that a lot of Americans are more likely to 'demand' that their needs are met exactly as they want them, simply because they are the customer.
Another thing is the differences in styles of patriotism. We all have things we love about our home countries, and (most people, most of the time) would say they are proud to be citizens of their home country. More Americans seem to go for the 'My country is THE BEST IN THE WORLD' type of patriotism, and wear it more overtly, than citizens of most other countries. This immediately brooks an argument in any context. Also the 'Land of the Free' thing. Most other countries in the world allow their citizens a great deal of freedom. Apart from being able to buy guns easily, I'm not sure what 'freedms' Americans have that we don't.
Two words: Iran, Russia.
What are you talking about? Who are you addressing?
Well, you are the most hypocritical
@@xxstormxx56 In what way am I the most hypocritical?
I look down on people who are intentionally ignorant, people who refuse to learn and educate themselves, and America just happens produces the loudest and most arrogant of some of the worst seen in the world.
By stark contrast, I have met many high-achieving Americans who are humble, and I hold them in high regard.
One day I was travelling into Edinburgh by train. There were two American couples. I’m guessing they were on a travelling holiday together. They were the only people on the train you could hear. Until I call them out for it. But not in a bad way. I had the whole carriage laughing. the Americans obviously got the joke. And most of the people in the carriage started asking them questions. And they were only to happy to answer. It ended up being one of my most epic train trips into Edinburgh..🤭😉🤷🏻♂️🏴
I am from the UK, and we know we are European ,but when talking about going to Europe, we are talking about mainland Europe.
We don't look down at you at all, we are just shocked at all the people who are selected to represent America , which paints a bad image. I'm always curious to learn how and why you guys do things the way that you do, I find it fascinating.
It is shocking to me too, as an American.
Our country isn't any better for those "in charge of us" we have our own ignorances here also. I don't see why people can't just let people get on with their lives to do things how they know, everyone has their own cultures, beliefs etc. I don't see the point in all this animosity. It's ridiculous. Especially when it comes down to the "my country is better than yours" mentality. None of us had a choice of where we were born into. We should all be grateful to have been given a chance to live.
Theres a big chunk of America I do look down on. The Bible belt. But its not their fault I guess. The civil war & religious has created a lot of problems plus lack of education
Just look at their elections ,They opted for Trump.and the biggest paper circulating in Britain is the Sun ,I rest my case
You are listening to the views of an American, I have watched him before , he thinks he knows everything. Ask a Brit if you want to know what we think
You're banging your head against a wall. Tyler refuses to engage, with his viewers - they're scary. He's just doing this for the clicks.
Setting off with a wooden spoon to provoke negative responses in order to profit from UA-cam- stir the S**t and that is what you get - truth is ,we don't think about Americans in any Stereotypical way- mostly we take people of any ethnic origin initially as Ladies and Gentlemen until they prove themselves otherwise and then we may feel inclined to treat them with the contempt they may deserve.
Vox pops are never accurate but hes right our mentality is closer to America than europe. Although europe is a big place. But we are certainly nothing like the latin countries and our politics is becoming more & more like America which is a sad state of affairs
No he is not doing it for clicks, I think he's just introverted and not sure what to say. He gets a lot of comments, he's not going to reply to everybody. He has provided entertainment and given his interaction and views on the video
Jeez the poor guy would be sat there all day. He's probably not even online when someone asks a question. It's not a talk show!
@@wessexdruid7598don't be silly, he can't sit there all day interacting. It's not a public talk show. Watch the video, enjoy the entertainment, he will read comments & appreciate the views and information.
As a Brit I like Americans and have really great American friends. It's not the people but do have issues with some American"isms" I can't stand that are destructive. 1. Pigeon holing people into 'types'. In the USA you have this ridiculous thing of Afro-Americans, Irish-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, etc etc. Either you're an American or not. By all means mention coming from which ever State but not who your great great Grand father originated from. 2. Positive descrimination that sadly has spread here where rather than educate people to the same level, they are placed metaphorically on a stool to pretend to be the same height where educate them for their own skills to grow would make far more sense and benefit them and everyone else. This results in dumbing down and again when in the USA you have Geography Teachers that can't even name one Country then that is frightning. 3. As a Gay person I absolutely loathe and detest the Rainbow Flag with a passion which originated in the USA. Why have a flag just because some people happen to like others is arrogent and beyond pathetic. This American ridiculous obsession relates to my first example about pigeon holing people. Months of the year relating to so called minority groups does everything to keep people seperated, and many other people then left out. If I had my way I'd have all those things banned so people can be people.
We don’t dislike you anymore than I dislike my next door neighbour. We love being grumpy curmudgeons.
I'm British but have also lived in Hungary and Croatia. Those countries have different languages but I think culturally are closer to UK than USA is to UK. I've heard of Americans who claim to be Canadian when they travel abroad because that way they experience less negativity from the locals.
Sadly, doing that is a common occurrence - and they wear Canadian pins on their bags (which just makes US look bad abroad!)🇨🇦
I'm British, I dont look down on Americans at all. Visited twice last year and loved my time in the states. Of course we have slightly different cultures, but that's part of why I travel. My only gripe is, I think a lot of Americans need to fly out of country and experience other cultures themselves. I met so many people in Texas, Oklahoma and Nevada who have never left their state and that makes me sad 😭 The Americans I spoke to didn't seem dumb at all, I hate that stereotype on Americans, I had plenty of deep and interesting conversations while I was there.
Honestly American and British culture to me seems to have more similarities than differences after all they are mother and daughter countries
On the travel thing, travel for Americans will always be trans-continental whereas if you live in Europe a flight from UK to Spain is less than 100 dollars. It's easier to travel abroad when another country is a stone throws away in comparison to to USA.
It's simply cheaper and easier to go abroad if you live on that side of the planet
There was a film made late 1960s called "If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium" which is still how I see American tourists.
Considering you've basically shouted your way through this reaction, I think you answer your own questions. If we look down on anything it is the american sense of entitlement and exceptionalism. You are no better or worse than anyone else, and are far from living in the greatest nation on Earth by any measurable metric. And yeah stop referring to us as "from Europe," we are from Britain.
Britain is part of Europe
The exceptionalism is pretty strong in the Brits themselves. And the decline to be grouped with the rest of Europe is just an example of this.
You are from Europe. Full stop.
He got your money though ,lol, he's a genius
I agree with your comment about not being from Europe. Alas a lot of this has been caused by British Politicians pretending we are Europeans over the Brexit campaign and the subsequent end of British involvement in the EU.
Americans don't generally have a great reputation, but one of the nicest men I've ever known was a lovely, humble, softly spoken American chap.
No it isn’t true ….we respect Americans as we respect other nations ….there are cultural differences of course, but we know that. I’ve just come back from the states and loved my trip ( been going for over 35 years ). America does have a isolationist mentality and it does take a bit of time to understand this . Long live the friendship. Americans need to experience other cultures outside the country
Yeah we love American people just not the victim complex like I didn't do anything to them.
I don't look down on Americans, Most of the ones I've met are lovely very friendly people. :)
I only look down on the short Americans 😉
This video maker is generally reliable, but I think he has sifted his interviews to fit his OWN feelings about how HE THINKS the Brits view Americans and himself. He's a nice man but quite introspective and self conscious about how he is perceived in the countries he visits. At the moment he lives in Portugal. Speak about the USA in the UK and we have reservations about what's going on over there BUT when we meet individual Americans we like or dislike each person based on who they are - same as everyone else.
In the uk, people will respect you more for your success if you never mention it.
And because we're mostly a bitter people that don't like success unless it's our own 😂 and the more you talk, the less you have to say
British.served along side Americans in Germany in the 70,s.now 67,worked in tourism and met plenty of americans.no, problems,big hearts and a good laugh,great company.
As a Brit one thing I don't like is when Americans say they saved our ass in the second ww. another way of looking at it was you turned up late and took the credit, we're grateful but please turn up on time.
Grateful though.
Ironically if it wasn't for the English, Americans could be speaking German 😉
By the way Germany declared war on the USA not the other way round, they were caught out by Pearl Harbour in 1941 2 yrs after the war was declared, in the mean time the UK and the commonwealth held the Nazis at bay, I often wondered whether or not USA would have stepped in if Pearl Harbour never happened
and incidentally, the US was warned of the of the attack but apparently did take it seriously.
Did NOT take seriously!
Yes, only got involved after Pear Harbour.
They also disregard Canada's role altogether and yeas, they think WW2 started when THEY entered.
Brit here. Most Americans I've ever met, and it's a lot, are really good welcoming straight up honest trusting people, more so than us British. Americans are great. It's the Pentagon, Politics, and the export of everything vile like war, threats of war, and global U.S. Military racketeering Bases that we seriously dislike. America is seen as a Global Bully, and nobody likes a bully.
Dutch here.
His point about languages was a bit off. I know a lot of people do learn foreign languages in the UK. However there are 24 official languages in Europe and many many more unofficial ones. You could learn Spanish but its pretty much just Spain you can use it, it wouldnt be any good when you travel here to the Netherlands. Similarly most of us in continental Europe learn English, it's an international and business language.
Put simply its much easier (and reasonable) for people from 27+ countries to learn 1 additional language than its is fot a Brit to learn 24+
Also when you hear stories of Brits talking French and the French then talking back in English or mocking their pronunciation, I can understand them thinking 'why bother.' That being said It is nice when tourists have looked up how to say things like thank you etc.
We’d tell you, but then you’d have to read it.
^^^^^this! ^^^^^^👍
I don't look down on Americans per se, but I've seen so many clips of young Americans being quizzed in the stree and the level of their ignorance was, frankly, worrying. But I know that they are aren't typical. Just as we saw Trump supporters in interviews. It wasn't a good image. Of course older Brits like me remember all the jibes about bad teeth, bad food, and so on the were levelled at us by US tropps after WW2 when we were in dire straits. It was very arrogant and ignorant and had a lasting effect on our view of Americans.
Pity. It’s not looking down on. It’s pity.
When i was in the bristish army i was having a conversation with some US marines about sport. I pointed out to them that we have a sport similar to American football called rugby but we don't feel the need to dress up as motorcycle messengers to play. We have a sport similar to baseball, its called rounders and its a girls game. We have a sport similar to basketball, its called netball and its a girls game. One of these marines took offence to my comments and went to punch me. Fair play to the other marines that were there, after he picked himself up off the floor they all said, "its your own fault and you deserved it" 😂
The single word the Americans don't seem to have, and makes there other characteristics stand out , which other see at annoying is Modesty.
Tyler, you are the epithamy of an American......
You do not listen, you like the sound of your own voice and I bet nothing truly register's in your mind.
Brash, loud, talks too much, ignorant but doesn't listen - i.e. read Comments. Yup.. prime example.
Agreed. He does Canadian videos as well and no matter how much he 'learns' nothing is retained. He doesn't read comments (where many are educating him on his OWN country).
@mw-wl2hm I feel your pain, its paints a sad opinion of an Average Everyday American
I’ve been stateside many times as I have family over there, and while I’ve meet a few who were “worldly wise”, with great insights in to many subjects; but alas most have been louder and more obnoxious than a drunk Englishman in Spain! Those who travel are somewhat better.
That girl who said she sounds like a bellowing oaf was so dam pretty, and don't think her voice/accent was too bd at all.
I appreciate this one very much: it was nice to see and hear you processing the input from the video, and getting it.
I'm not surprised about how some Spanish see some British. They have had decades of British holidayers in the Spanish beach resorts (especially the 18-30 holiday crowds) guzzling cheap lager/sangria and eating and complaining about fish and chips cooked in olive oil.
We aren't all like that; I can remember being appalled by my fellow countrymen holidaying around the Mediterranean.
You remind me about a flight I took to Prague some years ago. There was a big contrast between a number of noisy stag/hen parties and the quieter older couples who were obviously travelling for the culture.
@@jerry2357 I recall a "Moroccan Evening" in a 'package holiday hotel' in Tangier, for the Brits newly arrived there. Within a couple of hours one large table group was 'mooning' another group. I left and found a bar in the Old French area.
I’ve worked for 25+ years for a US semiconductor company in Silicon Valley but based in the UK. I know and have befriended many Americans. They are for the most part a really great bunch of people. I have great admiration for our American cousins. They are optimistic, demonstrative and friendly. There is good and bad everywhere.
We are not warned about Americans as children!! That's nonsense.
We don't think Americans are dumb,, we do think they are too loud & 'touchy feely' .. as in they will practically greet people they don't know with a huge handshake and a big hug .. the English don't do that.
My father in law moved to Chicago and married a lovely lady, then they moved altogether to Ohio, when they came to visit, she was so loud it was "Hi honey" and shouting when going out to the car 'BYE HONEY'S' our neighbours curtains were twitching. We also have other relatives who live in the US, they came over and about 12 of us went out for a meal & the eldest insisted on standing up and saying a prayer and rambling loudly" a man at the next table to ld him to sit down & shut up. Basically nobody could hear themselves speak.
But we don't diss Americans in general at all.
Please understand that even those who do hold these views in terms of thinking about Americans as oafs do so as our annoying, ignorant but much loved brothers. You know the older annoying brother trope..... you're still family
I'm British and I grew up very enamoured with Americans and their culture. It was the land of the glamorous Hollywood movie stars to me, and I watched everything I could get my hands on about the US. My favourite films were American...The Breakfast Club, Karate Kid, Top Gun, The Outsiders, Halloween etc. I also wanted to go to an American High School because the kids got to do stuff like driver's ed and it looked much more sociable and fun than British secondary schools. Just my opinion.
When we talk about Europe we’re generally referring to mainland Europe.
I was in a restaurant with my family a few years ago, on the table next to us was an American, quite frankly he was loud and obnoxious.
I asked the waitress if there was another table further away, she apologised and told me she had moved another group for the same reason and there were no more empty tables.
I figured it was down to me so I got up and asked him if he could keep it down a bit. His response was one of "I'll talk as loud as I like".
I said okay then tipped his meal into his lap, I actually received a round of applause from the other customers.
Tyler (if you read the comments), listen back to your reactions, it maybe the headphones but this is how we hear US Americans. Your voice comes across pretty loud, your brother is more softly spoken. Just need to tone it down a fraction.
I've had my own experience with loud US Americans at an all inclusive resort in Cancun, when this lady and her group were trying their best to get a reaction from my ex and I by saying they were going to speak to management to get our swim-out room overlooking the ocean. They were sat on the other side of the pool to us. We didn't react which must have really narked them, we just quietly chuckled to ourselves at their expense. We may not have said anything, but boy, we would have fought for our room! Anyway, they ended up being all mouth, nothing happened.
The only thing that really annoys me is that many Americans appear to live in the past and not want to move on, they cannot let things lie. For example, the bad teeth thing that is forever being brought up on social media comments (yawn), which is funny as the UK statistically (currently) has better dental than the US. I'm half-American by the way (Penna).
This is not Ryan- it's Tyler. Twin brothers, different channels.
@carolineskipper6976 I changed it to Tyler as soon as I realised my mistake about 5 minutes after posting, the edit obviously didn't show up straight away your end.
Re: the teeth stereotype. Most Americans, no matter how much proof to the contrary still believe what they have always believed - nothing actually registers. This is also true of Canadian stereotypes that were created (probably by Americans) so long ago and they can't let it go. (ie. no matter how many people correct him on his Canadian reaction videos it doesn't seem to sink in - I doubt he reads the comments because if he did it would be impossible to make some of the remarks he does).
🇨🇦 All those comments about too loud, too rich, too happy, were not meant in a Positive way ! 🇨🇦
🇨🇦 Yes Tyler, these opinions by Brits are by and large what they all think ! 🇨🇦
These are only stereotypes. Americans are individuals, like everyone else. On the internet, at the start of the 21st century, I found that Americans were applying a British stereotype to me that only existed in the US psyche. I'm just an individual, with my own interests. I have my own preferences, my own concerns, I have no religious beliefs, and I don't drink tea.
In the late 70s, due to the growing oil industry where I live, we had a lot of Americans in our school, the international school hadn't been built, every one of them was put back a year due to academic levels. Did we Scottish kids empathise ... nope, not a bit ripped the arrogance out of every one of them
I've often thought it would be interesting to be a fly on the wall in an American classroom to find out what it is really like. Having said that, the standard was very low in my UK school! I don't suppose it helps that they get 3 months off in the summer whereas it is 6 weeks in UK.
It's the whole 'America is the best country in the world' when we clearly know it isn't.
I think tyler would be in shock and traumatised if he expands out more to watching tv shows comedians to football chant etc. For deeper insight rather than others point of views. Still good to see Americans wanting learn what's beyond the coasts of USA though 🎉
People from the United Kingdom rarely ever mean themselves if they say Europe. Europe is consistently used in the meaning of 'continental Europe'.
Interestingly The UK has a lot of similarities to Japan, certainly traditionally speaking, politeness, ettiquette, unspoken rules, queueing, attention to detail. reservedness in public. There are of course exceptions.
There's a theory on this based on the fact that we are island nations. As such customs that evolve from constant interactions with land connected neighbouring countries (read: war) affected our cultures to a far lesser degree.
I think you need to use the past tense their, the UK HAD all of those in common with Japan, but they are mostly disappearing fast.
Most countries have famous people and a movie making system and have news and financial system etc
We have the best music 😊😂
That's not even up for debate.
I find interesting how Americans feel the need to be extremely specific when it comes to the language: sidewalk instead of pavement; fall instead of autumn, and so on.
Three things about Americans, they're not all that bad. 1. Americans seldom develop mentally beyond their teenage years. 2. Most of them are only interest in America, but don't know much about their country. 3. They talk funny and invent new words for things that already exist
My ex is from Florida and he didn't get what the kettle is and kept moving it to the other side of the room. So when I explained he tried to prove it was wrong by microwaving water, boiling a pan of water and boiling the kettle??!!!
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A number of years ago when visiting one of the southern states of America I told someone I was visiting from England. They asked me which ‘bridge I’d driven over on’! 🙄😂😂🇬🇧
I met 3 Americans last summer in Scotland. They told me you would like to live here. I said try the winter. They replied ' we live close to the border with Canada so we live forever north that you'. Scotland is north as Alaska.
The presenter clearly has a chip on his shoulder (as we say in the UK) because he keeps making videos about people who have negative views of Americans. Do not believe his position. There is a wide variety of attitudes to Americans in the UK. We are also able to differentiate between people and politics/foreign policy.
Why we seeing this video again I my self have seen it 3 times with tyler
And it's always new to him.
I have - (had, - I'm very old) many very cultured, informed and witty American friends over the years. Americans are like everyone else... with every bunch of roses, you always get a few pricks. It's just a case of different ratios.
I don’t think we look down on Americans. There are just things we don’t agree with like guns and don’t understand why no one does anything about it. I don’t get why you put up with your health care system and why Americans say our system is socialist and bad. We’re not in debt because of our system. We don’t really understand your excessive patriotism either
I think one issue is that so much of the pop culture that is in the UK is from America that hearing an American accent in the UK is just less of a novelty that when an American hears a British accent in the States...
When you then throw in that some of the American visitors are quite brash and loud, and it leads some Brits to paint them all with the same brush...
I'm British and like Americans, maybe some European countries may not like us Brits because we don't bother learning other languages, but English is so widely spoken so why bother, they're also pissed off that at some stage in the past we've probably invaded them, gotta do something when it's raining.
It's the ignorance mixed with arrogance, mostly.
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When we see fault in others, they are allowing us to see fault in ourselves.
I'm English and i prefer America and americans over Europe and europeans, we have far more in common with America than Europe.
Remind me which country won the World Series?? Sorry, what, countries dont compete? How is the World involved?
In Britain, we only notice the loud, brash Americans - not the quiet, polite ones. As a consequence we tend to think all Americans are loud, etc.
I think the difference between British and Americans is that we British are fully aware that a lot of European countries are not our biggest fans, whilst Americans are blissfully unaware! Whilst Brits do have a general stereotype of Americans, we generally are positive....they're like that loud friend in the group that talks over everyone else.
We just get irked by the idiotic, correcting our pronunciations of British place names, the art of making up words to sound more educated, the fact we have to dumb down so that we don't upset our friends across the pond.
🇨🇦 You have already learned that most Americans will sew on a 🇨🇦 Canadian patch in order to be more respected ! 🇨🇦
Yes, sadly they do and then that makes US look bad when people think the loud tourists are Canadian when they're NOT.
Someone told me once, in terms of hierarchy, the US had race, England has class.
We don’t know what to quite make of Americans with whom we are separated by the common language.
An American told me that baseball was a better game than cricket. I asked him if he was feeling ok.
🇨🇦 The 4 countries in the UK are part of the 33 European countries, but remember they are an Island ! 🇨🇦
The thing is that few Americans have passports compared to other countries and only the wealthy can afford to travel. So people overseas get a distorted view of Americans from the generally arrogant behaviour of the rich stereotypes and businessmen. I have been to the US south west and people were generally friendly contrary to the stereotype. You're a diverse bunch and there are a mixture of various people there.
an American asked me for directions when I was in London. I did not know the way blanked me out walked away 😮
He probably couldn't understand you 😂😂
Americans and brits have sibling rivalry I feel and it's not hate just that sometimes we can clash.
"Big, stupid, bellowing, oaf" Take to heart, this is in London. The UKs very cosmopolitan capital.
I have travelled the world for over 50 years as a Scotsman and have had to explain that I am not a American in some dodgy places because I speak English,,, with a Scottish accent, hard going at times, but what got me this far was the old saying of ,,,When in Roam do as the Romans do, I now that every English speaking country in the World when traveling abroad are classed as Americans, just saying.
Have you ever travelled anywhere as an Englishman? A Turk, German or a Pole?
I'm from Ireland and we have to put up with american visitors every summer. Especially the ones who had a drink with an Irish man in a bar in Boston and all of a sudden they are Irish. Some tend to be naive and we often smile or have a little giggle at their expense when they leave
England is nothing like the rest of Europe, and honestly it really annoys me when Americans talk about where I live as being part of Europe. Despite living on the continent of Europe, which OF COURSE I know is true, we are SO different here with a completely different culture that I'll only ever consider myself English or British.
Scottish and European for me and many Scots because of certain English attitudes
Unfortunately there are a lot of people suffering from inferiority complexes and these are the voices that are well described as the empty cans that make most noise.
I go back and forth frequently and parochial voices exist on both sides of the pond. The reality is that Americans and British folks share a lot of characteristics. Both tend to behave completely differently when overseas. Both talk loudly and complain about everything not like being at home. This will disappear as more people travel internationally. The other factor is the media. The BBC is always negative about America and US media tends to make fun of British culture.
The Europeans who dislike Brits as well as US, are just showing their complexes. As the saying goes “Why do you hate me, I never helped you”.
We don't look down on Americans as such...I think it's that Europe has outgrown its nationalistic exceptionalism phase whereas America still has that hubris we had in our "Rule Britannia" era so we have a sort of "Grow up" attitude towards the US bc we learnt no country is better than the rest and they are yet to realise but the day will eventually come
Imagine an American comes to north Yorkshire for a while and becomes comfortable and start speaking like them and goes back to American people saying "like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like"
You are quite accurate in recognising that some people look down on Americans.Too often Americans are both ignorant and arrogant when they travel. When Americans travel to other countries they expect the other country to be like America because they imagine that everyone wants to be American or like Americans. That is definitely not the case.
I like more things about America than I dislike. At the end of the day we are allies and have loads in common 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 I am always very welcoming and pleased to talk to Americans when I meet them in London. If I did a Pros and cons list the pros would be much longer
It feels like Americans always treat wherever they visit as an attraction. As if it's only there for their entertainment and that we're props.
The proceed to lambast how socialist we are, and how 'Murica is the best at everything ;)
Here, the competition is about ensuring everyone is included and taken care of. Fairness is the doctrine, even if we don't always succeed.
In the US the goal seems to be to get the richest and most "successful" based on related criteria.
Here success is measured in how well you lived your life, and how happy you were along the way. Also how you treated others. Not stepping over a friend to win for example.
From my experience, it’s kind of trendy to hate America in the UK in some circles, but I respect America