16 things I've started saying after living in the UK
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- This week I wanted to share 16 British words that I use as a Canadian - and why all foreigners should use them, too! Even though I'm not living in England anymore, these British words have worked their way into my vocabulary and in my life in Canada.
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Hey! I'm Alanna - a twenty-something documenting my life as a Canadian living in England.
I share the ups and downs of an expat living abroad and what it's really like living in the UK. It's not always easy, but there's been so many wonderful experiences, too. I post a UA-cam video every Tuesday and an additional video every Saturday on my Patreon account. I also livestream every Wednesday and Sunday at 6:30pm GMT on Twitch.
Alanna x
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I agree as a Brit "I don't care" sounds like the person is in a bad mood, "I don't mind" or indeed "I'm not fussed" is much better.
I think it's all about the intonation, it can really change the meaning of what you say
Get Catherine Tate on the phone...she won't be bovvered/bothered :-D
I'm not arsed. That's a moody one :o)
If you really don't care: I couldn't give a f&%*
We also say “I’m easy” !! That can be confusing!
Word of warning: don’t ever say “I’ll nut you” to anyone unless you’re prepared to back that statement up. Especially in the North or Scotland 😂
In Glasgow you’ll get the “heed put on you” aka “A Glesga kiss”.
@@jeanmoore7638 Prob emigrated to Canada
yeah, don't say "I'll nut you". It's quite aggressive and will likely lead to someone lamping (punching ) you first!
Good advice but my god hearing her saying I'll nut you in a cocky accent, screamed laughing I did.
Thomas Slaney Jon Snow: “What did I do??”
Congrats You've passed your citizenship test as far as I'm concerned... Let's face it you're British now and may as well come back!
Well she DID say pudding (Ya big pudding, a bit of cheeky banter) so welcome to the UK.
Agreed.
Technically all Canadians are British - voluntarily too - because they are signatories to the Commonwealth. I'm sure the Aussies and Kiwis are happy with that thought :D
There are loads of comments to this video.
As a Brit living in Canada, when North Americans say "I could care less" it infuriates the bejazus out of me because it is completely back-asswards to what they actually mean.
THIS, EXACTLY THIS! If someone COULD care less then they don't understand the whole premise of saying it!
Unfortunately this habit is also alive and well in the UK which annoys me every time I hear it. Some people now don't even bother with the I, they just say "could care less". Wow it's stupid how much it gets on my nerves. Like people mis-using "they", "there" and "they're". In my new world order, these people would be executed.
@@templetonpeck393 Bit harsh on the perpetrators, but I understand your frustration.
@@templetonpeck393
You're not alone.
David Mitchell (and the Queen) agree 😋
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@@chrisbradley1192 I think it's not quite harsh enough :)
And David Mitchell is right about most things, except maybe certain elements of politics, but political disagreement is nowhere near as bad as terrible spelling and grammar.
@@templetonpeck393 I feel similarly about the American: "Different than". In English, 'than' is used in comparisons to express a LEVEL of difference, i.e. in a quantitive comparison, so things can be 'greater than', 'less than', 'greener than', etc. and the English phrase for 'different' is 'different from' (i.e. it expresses a comparison without any level or quantity,) 'Different than' sounds so alien (& frankly, ignorant,) to the British ear.
"Holiday" comes from "Holy Day" - a religious festival where workers would be given the day off. It's meaning expanded to mean an extended break/time away from home.
While I was in the UK my fave word was knackered.
Do you know what that actually means. People use it for generally tired but it’s definition is actually sexually exhausted
I'm surprised that bollocks hasn't been mentioned. Fantastic word!
@@trevorheywood975 and bollocks actually used to mean your pals, so a pair of bollocks was two pals/friends... You might enjoy the podcast 'Something Rhymes With Purple' :-)
@@lbnewell23 Thats Shagged out. 🤣
@@DrasticEvasion Thanks for putting me onto that! You're a legend! 🙂👍
This made me feel some kinda way. As a North American who has traveled to England for the last 5 years (sobs in pandemic) I felt nostalgic? homesick? hearing these words and phrases.
I do notice that during text and video chats with my friends in the UK, I tend to slip easily into the phrases that I wouldn't necessarily use here every day.
Alright, enough tears from me. Off to put trousers over my pants and put on a jumper. Cheers
angelique sorted
you're a snooty fool filled with anti-Americanism self loathing, I blame you Donald, a duck cannot be president.
@angelique I'm sobbing through the pandemic too! I'm an Anglophile in Texas with two trips to the UK scheduled for later this year... not sure either of them will happen! To help entertain myself (and hopefully other Anglophiles) I'm making videos about my favourite British things during the lockdown.
@@rosnenu8148 Is this supposed to be humour? If not you're a nasty piece of work, take yourself for a good talking to!
@@robinbishop468 you get no nuance, right? Are you an "American", meaning from the Americas? Or just a plain stupid self-deluded citizen of the US corporation filled with self entitlement and rancid pride? Fool
Speaking as a certified Right Numpty who lives in Kent, UK, I am always entertained and amused (loads) by your weekly videos. You mentioned holidays versus vacation and there is an interesting history to those terms. England in particular has a close affinity with its medieval past (even though most English people today are unaware of it) - it's part of the national psyche and reinforced by all the surviving medieval buildings and traditions. Medieval English people observed "Holy days", which were non-working days - Sundays, Easter, Christmas, Lent, days commemorating the many saints and so on. These Holy days later became holidays. North America has no medieval past of its own and is certainly a more commercially-focused society, so vacations are when places like schools and offices are vacated or vacant because students and workers are absent. Stay safe, Alanna and keep doing what you do.
I wondered about the etymology of "vacation". That makes sense, thank you.
Here in Bristol (South West England) we say 'Cheers Drive' as we get off the bus... most of us never give it a thought, it is just what we do. Of course visitors think it is hilarious. But isn't it nice to thank your driver... and more sincere than 'have a nice day'.
"see it, say it, sort it." I have spent too much time in train stations in the U.K. The phrase I have mostly encountered all over the British Isles is: "No worries mate."
@Roy Polloi Thanks Roy I did not know that.
"No worries mate" is most definitely Australian.
It's "See it. Say it. Sorted." (The stations I use are quiet, there is no echo and the loudspeakers probably better quality, or newer than yours.)
That was my first thing i heard in train from Manchester airport... So funny yet never forget it 😂
"Or text British Transport Police on 61016"
You've GOT to come back Alana. I'm a fellow Canadian living in Britain, and everything you've said is funny and true. You obviously love the UK and (nothing against Canada) you belong here.
Bellend is great word, it usually used to describe some whom you dislike intensely.. As in "That numpty is an absolute bellend."
The Might One yes.
Glad you didn't explain that one ..............
Pudding/Desserts = we also use “Afters’
Desserts is a palindrome of stressed, and that is how you can remember to spell it correctly in future 😉 👍
@@DrasticEvasion You know what he means spelling champ fanny baws
@@aaronloftus6125 Obviously he does, however he's trying to be helpful which I rate.
but "pudding" can also be a main meal: steak and kidney pudding (like pie but made with suet/dumpling mix instead of pastry)
gt401017 We call them a sweet too.Maybe that’s just in Scotland.
My dad always says "right", just before he leaves the house. He does it so often that as soon as he'd say "right", our dog would immediately react to it and go to him, because she recognised that verbal prompt meant he was leaving soon. This went on for 14 years.
It's like saying "Aaanyway" on the phone when you want to end the conversation and go.
"This went on for 14 years" ....then there was that one evening: "WILL YOU PLEASE, FOR FOR F***S SAKE STOP DOING THAT!!!!" ..............?
As a Brit (from Kent) who's been living and working in Ottawa for a year I hadn't noticed that so many of these words/phrases were uniquely British or that I use several of them a lot.
Right, now to ponder whether my Canadian colleagues are just too polite to tell me they have no idea what I'm saying half the time...Cheers!
Not if they watch a lot of BBC drama on the, uh, telly.
15 years ago I lived with a Canadian who had never heard the word 'bollocks' before he arrived in London. Quickly became his favourite word. Me and my girlfriend heard him rehearsing it while he was cleaning the kitchen. He would slip it into conversations, when it neither made sense or was relevant. He just like the sound of it.
Sounds like my little 11 yr old brother when he is trying to be daring and edgy. 😂
Randomly slipping bollocks into convo in the wrong place. 😂
I had a Spanish colleague. Shortly after moving to the UK to study she met her future husband. During her time here she heard the word "bollocks" many times and assumed it meant all balls. Subsequently when they visited family she was playing with her nephew and instead of asking him to throw a ball to her asked him to throw the bollock.
one of the storeys I heard was about a Mr van Geest who had just moved from Holland, one of his workmates began to teach him English, gave his strait-laced landlady a shock when he repeated this word at dinner!! this Mr van GEEST went on to run the largest trading companies in the area.
it also means "small round stones" one of my bothers said it to the police and they did not even blink
Bollocks is a great Anglo Saxon word
Hearing you say "ill nut you" made me laugh. Of all the things to stick.
If you say that to anyone in the uk but especially in the northern half,you better be able to match words with action,or what can I say there could be a problem(Robert De Niro in The KIng Of Comedy)
Especially when nut means head... take your pick on which head... and nuts is balls / bollocks...... and 'bollocks' is bad, but 'the dogs bollocks' is good... :) FAF :)
Anyone that's not from the UK confused yet :)
The way she said it (first) sounds like she picked it up in Newcastle!.
We need you back in the UK ASAP , keep safe.
Pants: you didn't mention that we also use 'pants' to indicate that something is not good. As in, "I tried a new flavour of crisps yesterday but they were pants"
Probably as we see pants as dirty horrible stinky things so when we say somethings pants it usually means the same.
'Cunt' is one of my favourite words, in Scotland it has 1001 meanings, only one of which is gender specific.
With you on that pal.
@@gordonhayward4409 It's more graphic and unacceptable in polite company in the US, seen in a way as punching down. Jokes or words that are punching down not up are not good or funny. Women are traditionally second class - obviously far, far less now than before modern feminism, but in the US etc. far more equal when the country was founded than in a lot of Middle Eastern conservative culture today. So you can call someone a dick or a prick, but cunt is stronger because it is more of a transgression of norms.
@@emjayay see my comment; "Cunt" is totally socially acceptable in all but formal settings when used as a friendly manner. Which it almost always is. Also oddly it almost always refers to men.
It's strange that this type of duality is so uncommon in American English. The only example I can think of is the very vulgar "motherf---k-r" which would never be acceptable in English unless you put on an American accent.
emjayay . Why don’t you try and learn punctuation before you attempt to analyse the use of English words!
@@davidcook7887 Haha a perfect opportunity to use one of the non gender specific options.
I love hearing your breakdown of how we use words. I don't think about how I speak and it's quite funny having someone point it out and explain it
TheJennifer122 I love how our words sound wen she says them it makes them sound nicer lol 😂
Thanks so much for watching!!
Never thought ‘what’s for pudding’ could be such a problem😂
I agree, 'numpty' is a great word. I think it originated in Scotland and later spread to the rest of the UK.
Aye it sounds Scottish
Numpty is Scottish LOL
The "i'm not fussed" one makes so much sense though because if you replied "I don't care" to someone asking where you want to eat, that literally implies you don't even want to eat with them to english people and it's not even worth thinking about
Allright mate. Faffin' about. Wicked. Sound. I use these daily, legit.
Wicked is THE word of the 90's. Everything was wicked back then
Always had the hand gesture with it, from Ali G. Wicked man!
I'm moving from the southern US to the Dorset area, and I can't wait to hear these every day.
Good luck but do you know what you're letting yourself in for. ;-)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Dorset_dialect_words
"Doorerset"? Perhaps try to watch some episodes of "Doc Martin". Actually set in Cornwall - country next to Dorset - but very similar accent and phrases 😀
@@RiverMersey Hey, you just wiped Devon off the map
River Mersey Are you mistaking Dorset for Devon, which is the county next to Cornwall?
You are going to get so frustrated by the Dorset accent. I kept wanting to finish their sentences.
I wouldn't class a member of a commonwealth nation as "Foreign" more like a cousin?
you sick bastard :D
I agree
Yeah, still foreign, like Scots
Agree totally 👍
@Spencer Proctor You forgot a "g" have one of mine buddy. Lol
This video should get loads of views anyone who doesn’t watch is a right numpty
A cockwomble even.
‘Cheers’ can be used ironically also, so if someone calved you up for a parking spot you would say ‘Cheers for that mate’ expressing distain but being polite at the same time.
“I picked up all that photocopying for you so you can get on with all that extra work.”
“Cheers.”
'Cockwomble' My Canadian friend in Edmonton is in his 70's and he absolutely LOVES this word. He's a learned person and rarely swears but that word tickles him and it sums up a certain President south of Canada according to him.
If he likes cockwomble, he'll love the words wankpuffin and spunktrumpet.
When you first said "Sorted", I thought you were saying "sordid", as in "She insisted on telling me all the sordid details!" - but then when you gave examples I realised what you actually meant - so that's me sorted!
“Are you taking the piss mate” when someone says/does something unbelievable or ridiculous. Similiar to “are you serious?!”
😅 'taking this piss' is swearing btw, generally considered aggressive. I'd be careful about saying it to someone you don't know.
I prefer "you're having a bubble"
You having a laugh?
And to confuse things even more, "pants" can also mean "rubbish", as in "that program was completely pants"
@Joe S Or don't want to swear around kids and so on.
Hmm, another difference - a TV programme or a computer program?
to confuse things even more. In some parts of the north west we use pants to mean trousers
To me, "pants" meaning rubbish is an Americanism. I have never heard a British person use it in this way.
@@jillhobson6128 you must not mix with the same people as I do, I've heard it plenty of times.
Glad to see you haven't lost your sense of humour - you will always be welcome into the UK.
If our government refuses you a visa,we will petition for you,Very peacefully.👍
And if the government STILL denies you, there’s always the gunpowder option!
where is 'bollocks?'
this has many many meanings.
I knew an Aussie girl, improbably called Kylie, possibly one of very few prudish/innocent types to come from Australia, and she knew nothing of the word "Bolllocks"
Within a month she embraced it but...
It came as a surprise/shock and with more than sense of shame to me that she spoke to her mum, HER MUM!, saying " Oh its its all Bollocks Mum" etc.
"Its OK she has no idea what is means"
I still felt bad.
Getting a bollocking--someone telling you off
Never mind.
Bollocks 🙂
Bollocks is absolutely my favourite swear word
I've another Brit phrase for ya: "you've lost the plot!" lol keep the vids going, always make me laugh like a drain.
Great name pal
“Oh my god I’ve said it”
Girl you crack me up, never change!
The one I still love: Rubbish... "I'm rubbish at games" and "That's rubbish."
Also "toss"/"tosser"
It took a long time for me to stop using these..
To toss in this context (ie slang) is to masturbate, consequently a tosser is a slightly more polite form of wanker 😀
Is "Rubbish" not a word in Canada??
Spot on you toss pot 🤪- luv it
@@robinbishop468 Thanks for that clarification!
@@simonpowell2559 In NA we know what it means, but it's not what we commonly call the stuff we throw out. We use it more as a descriptor: "Everything Trump said was just rubbish".
What an utterly enchanting young lady you are!! I love your smile. I love how you start saying a sentence, decide you can't think of an ending to the thought process, so you smile. Delightfully and just drop the thought
Bins also means eyeglasses, holiday comes from holy days, up north trousers are kecks,jumpers are also jerseys loads can be tons, pudding we call Afters. These are all estuary English that you have picked up.
Jumpers that have their own ethnicity is the cutest thing ever 🙂
We need you back here.
The strange thing is that British jumpers and Canadian sweaters are probably all made in the same factory in Asia.
@@caw25sha Once the best "WOOLLY JUMPERS" would be hand knitted by grandma's for the first day at "big school".......with love and a vast range of skill levels .....can scar a boy for life if got a saggy baggy ugly one ....the jumper that is
@@caw25sha And that goes for British pullovers.
“Right” used in the context of intending to leave a place (your nan’s) or establishment (a pub basically) must always be accompanied with a firm placing of the hands on the thighs so much so that it makes an audible “slap”.
Only do this though after you have said you intend to leave at least four other times. The extra “slap” now lets them know that you really mean it, stand up immediately after doing it.
Note: you still may not actually leave, if you find yourself in this situation, say “I best be off then”. You MUST start walking towards the exit in this case otherwise the person you are with will not take you seriously and may offer you another cup of tea or beer (known as a sly one or a cheeky one).
When you inevitably say “oh go on then” and find yourself 5 hours later hearing a guy shouting “I’ll nut ya”, know that you have learnt a great lesson in the art of British.
MJ Music right can be an answer to any question depending on how you say it
@@ambar_5990 .
Indeed, a drawn out 'riiight' usually followed by 'okay', would mean you are not entirely convinced by what someone has just told you.
@@ambar_5990 What's are the politics of the Tory party? What's your favourite colour? Oh hang on
Haha! I loved this video. Hearing your little English accents, the fact that you say pudding now. 🙌🙌🙌 We should be honoured that you’ve adopted these!
splendid evaluation of the word "right"
'Bins', alongside meaning rubbish bins (garbage) also randomly is slang for glasses (spectacles), it also is slang for speakers as in 'base bins'
The highlight of my Tuesday has arrived. How are you today Alanna
"Right" can also be used to agree with someone sarcastically.
"I've got loads to do."
"Right. (Bollocks)"
I love the use of (bollocks) nothing would fit that space better
But to get the full effect you need to draw out the iiiiiiiight and nod slowly a few times.
😂 (Bollocks) in brackets made me laugh out loud
I like the Scottish version, ‘Aye right’ which means you’re talking complete bollocks’.
"SORDID" - involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt. You had me so confused for a min!
Me too.. Ha ha... Sordidly sorted..
@@JAY61ish I'm glad that's sorted.
Looool 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
Me too. I thought she’s taking this video in a strange direction today. I was waiting for her example of how she uses it! So I must confess, I was involved in something sordid last night! Oh yeh, carry on 🤣🤣 looking lovely today though.
North american guttural 't,' because she's from over there.
even though uk is so small compared to states and canada , these slang terms change drastically from region to region, kent and south east is quite well spoken. Wales, midlands, scousers (liverpool area), yorkshire , scotland have their own slang words that even as a londoner i wouldnt understand because its very local language.
I do enjoy seeing how we seem to other cultures/countries.
'You cheeky little bugger!".
Cheeky sod.cheeky git.sorry,cheeky bastard
Don’t forget “arsed” as in “I can’t be arsed to do that”.
Ahmed Aiman yes, that’s it.
I've never used that. I think it's vulgar and vulgarity is not a desirable trait.
@@dinerouk vulgarity isn't even a word up here in the north lmao. You're either posh or normal here, and refusing to say arsed is definitely the former.
Fairly sure the phrase "can't be arsed" comes from Ireland. Also sounds less vulgar with any Irish Accent lol.
"This morning I felt a right prick. I put on me jumper and went to put the bins out and fell on my nut. Loads of people saw me and must have thought I was a nutter who had downed too many cheeky pints the night before and was feeling a bit pants. Bunch of numptys started laughing at me. Cheers, I thought. Managed to put the bins out in the end. Sorted."
Brian Teles that's pants! Lol
Good job.
Well Done, Brian!
Good shout to put the bins out, just said hiya to the bin man down the road. He looked at me like he wasn’t fussed. Bet he’s got a holiday coming up.
Near perfect example of the sarcastic use of 'cheers'!
As an yorkshire bloke you have picked up some nice slang words that is nice to hear coming from a Canadian lass! I laughed when you said “ a right prick” but surely you must have encounted the very British word “Bollocks” I would have fallen off my chair hearing that one..
Fun video! I’m from the US and haven’t been to the UK, but after discovering so many shows from the BBC that I love-which has caused me to swear off American TV forever-I find my vocabulary changing. I think I was born in the wrong country.
Sadly in the UK the vocabulary is changing to match Americans.
I really enjoyed that Alanna. I often find myself smiling indulgently while watching your videos. You really are a sweety and so totally cute and adorable. :-D
I think stomachs in England generally rumble rather than growling. Not that it matters.
Also fun fact I learned this week, it is not the stomach that usually makes a noise!! Typically it is air moving around the intestines , you're welcome 😂
@@thomassmith2227 Yeah - true I'm sure - but it sounds better to say your tummy's rumbling!
This is true, a "Growler" is another body part, a lady one.
@@anonymous2513456 : Now we're talking :-P
Rumbling to me implies just noisy whereas grumbling infers anger even that you maybe hungry just a suggestion.
Not a word, but rather an expression. Here it goes. "To go tits up", for when the outcome is different than the one expected. Every non-British should use that one, cause it's fun and precise.
Yeah thats a brilliant expressionI use that one all the time
"Its all gone tits up"
But note that the outcome has to be an unwelcome one!
A radio DJ called "Pete Tong" comes to mind...
What about fell over - gone ass over tit.
@@purplerhodes wrong. But then you are venturing into my world my old China plate!
“Who cares?” “It doesn’t matter” the whole it’s my channel my opinion is always right vibe is why I love this channel, because it’s so right, your voice your opinions over trivial differences that “don’t matter” is such a breath of fresh air, big success is coming your way I’m all here for future ads and sponsors based around companies who accept you are you, your always right and nobody cares 🤣 love it
Thank you!!!
Adventures and Naps no, thank you!
Loved this thankyou. Funny listening to them listed like that. A phrase I use in Chatham Kent is 'Arse'. 'He's a complete Arse about that'. 'Don't be such an 'Arse''. 'Painting the fence was a right Arse ache of a job'. Note Ball ache can be substituted for Arse ache' 'What a ball ache doing this homework'. Of course the word most people use is Bollocks. On its own as a word or combined with 'right load of... ' or 'will I ...'
For the word ‘loads’ to be most effective it should be combined with the word ‘shed’.
eg. I went to the shop and they had shed loads of chicken!
From a Brit!👀😀
That... makes no sense. Boat load, yes.Truck load -- or lorry load, if you want to be that way -- certainly. But one doesn't load a shed.
@@VidkunQL I probably mix with the wrong people but round here they say a shitload.
@@sindento1942 shedload and shitload are both correct In and around London and the Home Counties 👍.....no none ever says boatload or truckload though logically they make more sense.
@@sindento1942 "Shitload" a completely common usage (in very casual speech) in the US. But she was describing a somewhat different use of "loads".
@@VidkunQL But its got nothing to do with loading for transport lol, it just means loads as in lots - see also 'a fuck load'
Saying "right" before departing is something I never realised I did until my dog picked up on it. My mum looks after my dog on a Monday and then I go to hers for tea after work. The moment I say the word "right" my dog jumps up ready to go.
Oh my god that's adorable!
I was about to say this, my dog use to did this.
In the US we don't have a "mum".
@@emjayay It's a geographical thing. I'm English & have never used the word Mum either, i live in the Midlands & it's always been Mom.
15:27 "...I would probably say to my Mum..."
It's official, you're now British.
Yes, we don't have a Mum in NA.
PS. We love you too ! Gutted if you didn't come back to us !
Cheers for that. This vlog was a good shout. Ta ta for now. Nice cardi by the way. Cheers for now.
Fun fact, Shakespeare's unfinished sequel to Much Ado About Nothing was actually called Further Ado About Nothing.
Fun fact, "nothing" in Elizabethan English is a slang term for, er, lady parts. So Shakespeare is being mildly smutty with his title, like if "Leave It To Beaver" had a knowing wink.
"Cheers" is also used to say goodbye.
I hadn’t thought of it like that I guess maybe related to “cheerio” which is what i sometimes say.
Pants can also mean rubbish.
Like"those shoes are just pants"...👍😁. That's UK.
Or..those trousers are a bit pants
Let's not confuse them any more than they already probably are 😄
@@rupeoverlay3153 Would the Canadian equivalent be those "pants are bit trousers"? :)
That's true! Although I've never used pants in that context - still sounds a bit weird to me!
Paul Beech Those pants are pants
This was really funny. "Right" in British English can also be used as an indignant agreement to a request that is not desired.
For example. "I want you to work for a couple more hours this evening" when you were wishing to go home early. "Right" with some sarcastic acceptance, for example. "It's not like I have anything better to do"
It's not unfortunate for us Alanna we all subscribe because we find you so entertaining & funny.
"Ya spawny eyed wazzock!", Is my favourite all time insult.
I prefer pillock myself. Alanna could do a whole video on numptys, wazzocks, pillocks, muppets etc.
@@caw25sha dimlow , these are all words I remember my dad using while doing DIY when I was a child lol.
@@caw25sha "Pillock" and "Oh cock" I associate entirely with James May. Oh, and "the rozzers."
"You gret useless spawny-eyed parrot-faced wazzock", to quote the whole line. From "Capstick Comes Home", the 1981 novelty record by Tony Capstick.
"Ooh, she's a RIGHT one..."
or of course:
"He's a right one, isn't he?"
Mike Bailey "he's a right one, right?"
‘Right! (Angry) That’s enough’
‘Right, I really believe that’
You have to preface it with, “Gorblimey guv’nor!” and end with, “and no mistake!”
She's getting her self in a right pickle
Is she getting flummoxed
'Sorted for E's and Whizz' is the famous song by the 90s popular music combo called Pulp and is short form for saying 'We are going to a rave this weekend and have acquired appropriate amounts of both Ecstasy and Speed to keep us going for the occasion.
You remind me when I lived in England for school 22 years ago probably when I was your age. I left my heart there. I still use the expressions to this day. I hope I can retire there.
Bins are also reading glasses, "where are my bins, I wanna read the paper"
Funster73 MCR think that’s more northern 🙂
"Chips for pudding"
Brain explodes
Chips......fried potato slices eaten hot, or very thin crispy deep fried potato slices bought in a supermarket?
"Sorted" really surprised me, never considered that to be unique to us! #TheMoreYouKnow
There was a joke going around UK social media a few years back about how difficult it would be to explain "cheeky" (as in indulgent, not mischievous) to a foreigner, reckon you smashed it though!
And numpt did come from the alcohol tasting video 👍
The cheeky Nando's days, and all the Americans didn't know what it meant, but Brits were writing funny explanations as it was so hard to explain, was actually looking back at the old meme recently. But as you say she explained it perfectly, she cracked the code
When I joined the Royal Navy in 1966 I had never heard "Cheers" as an expression of thanks. I rapidly became aware that the normal expression of thanks in the RN was "Cheers".
When I was home on leave my friends would comment on my use of cheers as thank you but over time cheers used as thank you passed into the general UK population.
In fact, quite a lot of Jackspeak (informal nautical conversational vernacular) has passed into use by the general population over the decades since I enlisted.
You can also have steak and kidney pudding which is not a dessert. A jumper is also known as a pullover. The word 'right' can also been used as an affirmative or that you understand something 'I want you to stand over there until its finished, right?' and you can reply yes or right.
To quote Jarvis Cocker “sorted for Es and whizz”.
Top one, nice one, get sorted. :)
I'm glad I hung around until the end for "he's a right prick" that cracked me up 😂
I found this funny 😅 "right prick"
Pants is simply a shortened version of the word "underpants" meaning underwear (usually for men. It would be "Knickers" for girls). Pants comes from pantaloons (garment that fully enclosed each leg separately, baggy and worn by women oddly enough) and that comes from the French "Pantalon" - or trousers.
Love your videos 👖👍
Just a little bit extra on the word _sorted_ . The word has become a lot more of a standalone for most people now...ie people would merely say [that's] sorted [now], and it's often used as a response of gratitude as well. _'Oh by the way, I picked up those things you wanted from the shop'_ .... _'Sorted!'_
1 - Hiya (1:10)
2 - Pants (2:11)
3 - "I'm not fussed" (3:19)
4 - Numpty (4:36)
5 - "I'll nut ya" (6:05)
6 - Nutter (7:21)
7 - Pudding (7:55)
8 - Cheers (10:00)
9 - Cheeky (11:39)
10 - Sorted (13:30)
11 - Bins (14:35)
12 - Holiday (15:49)
13 - "That's a good shout!" (17:07)
14 - Jumper (18:05)
15 - Loads (19:47)
16 - Right (20:59)
Having studied in England for a year, my favourite slang was poppycock!
Poppycock?! When did you study in England? 1931…!😀
I grew up Southern Californian with many “isms” that only come from soCAL...spent last 5 years in London and have picked up a fair few Britishisms... going home is going to be such a joy...if I ever get home.
Dawn Jochum I was dragged up in London, and spent 6 yrs in Southern California.very difficult to adjust, good luck!
I hope you get home! Just like I get to leave Texas and go to the UK later this year!!! Who knows when that will be "safe"!
The reason why we use the word holiday,is because we in U.K. would get a day or several days off for holy days the two words merged and became the word we know as holidays ."Kecks" is how we describe trousers in Liverpool Also "dosh" for money. "bevvy" for a drink.. jersey is an alternative to calling it a sweater.
'right' is an excellent expression of sarcasm. If someone tells you something you don't believe, just say 'right'. It sounds as if you are affirming their statement - you are not. Right.
Bins can also mean glasses as in eye.
It's a convoluted form of rhyming slang. "spectacles = receptacles", and bins are a kind of receptacle.
@@ftumschk Nah ya numpty - it's short for "binoculars". Sorted. Cheers.
WE call glasses, geeks.....
@@youcantleavethisempty I always thought it was short for binoculars, but then I looked it up.
bins = binoculars....
When the bin's full the bin's laden....I'll see myself out
Also noticed you said “Mum” instead of “Mom”
I think I read somewhere that Canadians use both. Can't be certain but maybe Alanna can confirm/deny.
She actually uses both in this video!
Here in Canada we say both, mostly mum though. We usually spell it Mom for some reason lol.
Yeah - although "Mom" is typically associated with North America, we also say it like that in the UK Midlands, while up North they say "Mam" - just to confuse things a bit! "Mum" is definitely from the South, where Alanna picked it up from.
Steve Parkes mine is a mam and people who move here refuse to let their kids say mam. Very strange
In the North West when something is sorted we'll often say its sound. Or if you're agreeing with someone instead of right you could use sound. Or if you're thanking someone instead of cheers you might use sound. We use it loads.
One of my favourite sayings (probably originating in Liverpool) is: “Do want to wake up in the back of an ambulance?” . Also -“ Do you wannna wake up with a crowd round ya?” They are both usually used as banter, not genuine threats. Nonetheless - to be used wisely and sparingly.
6:30 Be careful with "I'll nut 'ya." it means something else where I come from. Something someone might happily agree to.
Yeah, if you say that to someone here in the US, you'll get the American version of "u fookin wot m8".
Eric Taylor hahahhahaha
Unless it is November and you can't.
@@voteDC any time of year
@@erictaylor5462 I was thinking of 'No Nut November.'
Google it if you don't know what it is.
I love how she sets homework to try out the words and phrases when the majority of her audience is British
"loads" a very flexible word = synonym for "lots"
I started watching your videos today. I like the way you talk so naturally and with a realistic point of view. I connect with you edition with the video, but for us foreigners it'd be cool to have these words written on screen to see how they spell, so to get you meanings better.
I'm moving to Birmingham in a few months and your videos are really helpful! ;)
Yep, you do seem to pretty much get us. Our history is your history too..... so you are family eh ? Such humour and charm, you are an awesome ambassador for Canada. Your accent is just so cool too .... You are welcome here anytime. x