7 (DAFT) MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE UK
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- Опубліковано 29 лис 2024
- There are many myths & misconceptions about the UK that get on our nerves. Just a bit. But because we are polite and British and would rather roll in cow poo than confront anyone, we have saved them up and made a podcast about them.
Here are 7 of the most common misconceptions about life in the United Kingdom.
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Thought we'd spice things up a bit and talk about the UK! Hope you all enjoy! 😁
It rains more in Perth than it does in NZ now,when I moved here,it was sunny 11 months of the year,now it rains for weeks non stop,it's been raining here for 3 weeks now. This is a desert city as well. Thermal undies are a great invention.
Brr! I thought that it was always hot and sunny in Perth? Not the case?
My parents were Welsh. We emigrated here when I was 6, so I consider myself a New Zealander. I have lived in the UK (East Midlands) for the last 18 years. I have come back to live permanently now in NZ, and have been back for the last 6 months. Apparently, I sound a bit like an Englishman now. I find it difficult, as I do miss the UK, the lifestyle and my friends there. I will always consider myself a New Zealander though, but I do feel a real affection for the UK.
Thanks so much for sharing this Stephen, (after 18 years you must sound a little bit English!) I hope that you are enjoying being back in New Zealand and sending you thanks and love for taking the time to share your story 😊
So England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all separate counties. England, Scotland and Wales make up Great Britain. When you add Northern Ireland it then becomes The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. On the rain front I believe England has less annual rain fall in mm than a lot of Europe but we do have more rainy days throughout the year.
Thanks for watching Richie 😊
I agree, the rain in England is really mild. When I was living in England I remember a Kiwi friend of mine complaining about the English rain not being 'violent' enough. According to him, it was too boring. I hadn't really thought about it before, but I guess he's right.
A Sunday roast at an old pub in Oxford is something to die for. Also, the best curries. Top.
When I was working in Cheltenham, there were people from Bristol, Blackpool, Liverpool, Swindon, Birmingham etc. that I worked with every day, but my Kiwi colleague's and my accent were the only ones they made fun of. Everyone had complete different accents, why were our's strange? ;-) I like the Bristol, Brummy, and Scouser accents.
Ales are warm. Lagers should be chilled. Like red and white wine.
Love your stuff.
In a nutshell John! I'm am now sitting here drooling thinking about a Sunday roast 🤣Funny you should say about the Brummie accent - like the Bristol one it is one of those that I have come to love since moving to New Zealand (PS: I wish Bri still talked with a scouse accent - I love it too!) Thanks for watching 😁
Would love to hear a podcast from your children moving here as young children and growing up here and there thoughts
Did you hear the one that I did with my teenage son, Sonny o growing up in New Zealand? Here it is in case you missed it! ☺️ ua-cam.com/video/tlA_NyQcrVs/v-deo.html
Probably depends on where you spent your childhood, I was born in England, but have lived here since age 2 (and hubby since age 7) we both consider ourselves kiwis first
Thanks so much, Eileen yes, I think that's right. Tessa (my daughter) came here when she was 6 and she considers herself kiwi 🇳🇿☺️
Nationality wise. I embrace both my homeland and New Zealand. Guess it is almost impossible for me not to have any affinity to my homeland because the grounding I had, even though it was only a quarter of my life, was and continue to be special in forming the person I am today. Mine you, every time I go back to visit I have not considered wanting to live there permanently. I feel privileged that I have best of both 🌎
You are so right Mattie, what a privilege it is that we have both. Thanks so much for supporting us, I always love seeing your comments ☺️
Another amazing podcast. I’m Scottish and some of these things made me laugh. I tried a Cornish pasty the other day and I was not a fan.
Also, my Great-Auntie emigrated to NZ 57 years ago and she considers NZ as home when she is abroad and when she’s in NZ she refers to Scotland as home. Not sure if you guys will be the same but obviously for England.
Oh no...I bet it wasn't from the Oggy pasty company? (They're the best!) My grandad was Glasweigen and after leaving to live in Egland when he was a young lad he never ever lost his accent. Such a gorgeous accent. i am yet to meet a Scottish person who has lost their accent and I always wonder why that is? Anyway, I'll stop rambling 😁thanks for watching and for commenting Jamie 😊
I went to England when I was a young lad,with my parents .
We stayed in Salisbury with my uncle and Aunt.
Absolutely loved it.
Paul Wallace
Salisbury is a beautiful place Paul (and a lovely Cathedral!) Thanks for watching Paul :)
I remember going to Longleat and Bath, Stonehenge and Salisbury Cathedral ,just to name a few.
My uncle ran a private hotel from a Manor house he owned .
We sometimes had a ploughman's lunch at a little country pub called the Green Dragon
I have a strong Lancashire accent. During My Skype interview for NZ job the panel picked up on it immediately! Loved this
Ohh...The Lancashire accent is one you never want to lose Hannah(but then again, this Preston girl is biased!)🥰Thanks so much for watching and for taking the time to say hi!
I watch a lot of You Tube channels from England such as "Gimbal Walk TV"...tourist spots, London Bus Channels, "Tom the Taxi Driver", Blackpool Channels, "A Walk on the Wild Side" and Lindas crowd, and a heap of narrow boat channels as well. My favourite is "Rate MY Takeaway" What I have learned about England is they do beachside areas very well, many Brits takeaways shops are still in original Brit family ownership, you can escape the rat race on a narrow boat and the traffic in London is shite...just like Auckland. But best of all, I love listening to all the different dialects especially as you go county to county on the canals. Love your videos and dont stop being you.
Thanks so much, not only for the fab channel recommendations but for your kind words...we really appreciate it, and yes...the different dialects are something to love aren't they? Thank you again Kelly x ☺️
We will always be Kiwis no matter where we hang our hat.. and am proud to say, we are Kiwis living in OZ.. Love you guys.
Thanks so much, guys, that comment made me smile. Sending you so much love from New Zealand 🥰🇳🇿
Looking at a map England seems about two thirds the size of the South Island.
It does rain lots in NZ.
Try living in Wellington, it's bloody wet, cold and windy.
British food during WW2 wasn't the best because of tough rations but apart from that it's great. Good cheeses.
You do sound more like Kiwis.
There are beautiful beaches in the UK, they're just too cold to swim at.
I'm a Kiwi in Australia with an Aussie passport but I'll always be an offshore Nzer.
You're probably right and that's why it feels so crowded...approx 50 million in that space! Yikes!
Thank you for trying to raise the Ozzie I.Q level
A kiwi that left NZIn 1985 for 4 years in England and Europe before returning to live in Aussie via USA
The things I miss from UK breakfast cook up with absolutely everything the pubs and there food ploughman baked potato dishes sausages curries,etc London night life,fish n chips where mostly dodgy as so miss the kiwi pie or filled rolls ice cream and a Hungie but course
Ohhh you're making me hungry now Terry!! 😆
I was at the Cabbage Patch pub by the Twickenham stadium during the 2015 Rugby World Cup,and all their tap beers were flat, I had to offer to shout a round sooner than I should,just to get the barman to tip a Heineken into my glass before I went back to the table,same up in Leicester, very odd.
Oh No, I'm sorry!! I hope the rugby was better than the beer! 😆🍻🏉
@@ItsaDrama England lost to Wales that day,I was hoping England would win,so yeah,the beer was better haha.
Love the golden hour patio chats! Looks like heaven there, your cat is certainly enjoying herself on her lounger!
I've noticed a few times that Brian seems to have a kiwi twang to his voice but I thought he'd picked it up there.
Love all the British Northern accents, and the brummie one, actually I think they're all wonderful in their own way, except for the Fenland accent that's awful!
Hope Brian enjoyed the footy last night!
Thanks so much ☺️ haha! you spotted her! Pandora is the star of the podcast now 😻Yes! I've never seen Brian so happy about the England win - it will be a tense morning on Monday in our household! 😉Come on England! Bring it home lads!! ⚽️
I consider myself an "Engwi" - an English kiwi :-) Love your podcast & banter!
Oh I love that! I might have to steal it 😆 Sending lots of love to all in Auckland ❤️Stay safe and keep smiling xx
About the food, Hot Nando's sauce UK = Mild Nando's sauce NZ. Softies. 😂😉
My kids LOVE Nando's (Just waiting for one to come to the Naki!) 😁
Great laughter. With A New Zealand father and English mother and growing up in the UK (mainly England) I have a lot to say but you didn't mention pork pies! I will write later with more observations, have a great time.
Thanks, Terry and sorry about the pork pies..how could we have forgotten them?? 🥧
I've always found the food in the UK to be good quality,but fish and chips can be a bit hit and miss. The thing that shocked me the most is seeing people handling food with their bare hands,eg burger vans,thats something I'd never seen before and to this day I recoil inside when the cook hands me a bap,I still have the thought that he may have been scratching his arse minutes before.
Just to add,I've been in the UK for 17 years but always refer to myself as a Kiwi,and people always do a double take when I open my mouth....not because I've got bad teeth,but my south island accent hasn't changed a bit although I've picked up a few Englishisms....mucker.
We had a cafe and takeaway in Bath and always used our hands to serve food, but it was drilled into us and our staff to wash them after every customer interaction (and no b*m scratching allowed! 😆)
That's so interesting to hear that after 17 years you still have your SI accent, I think some people pick up accents and others never do.
Thanks for sharing! ☺️
Liz you are just a natural! Warm beer got me every time! Lol your property look absolutely magnificent ! Btw although I come from a very beautiful place on this here earth CORNWALL to me is paradise !! XX
Thank you so much, always lovely to see your comment and I totally agree with Cornwall...that is a very special place indeed..(almost as nice as Paros 😉) Lots of love xx
Have always loved the british humour, how could anyone say they are prudes?,maybe the aristocracy are but I have found they are very broad minded. Mayde because I was brought up with the humour of Benny Hill, Frankie Howard, who at times were borderline for the era. Love you guys so much, have spent many hours watching your videos since finding them, keep them coming. xx
Thank you so much Brian, we appreciate your kind words! ☺️
Why would people of the aristocracy be prudish? There are all sorts of people in all walks of life.
Born in NZ, but I consider myself a Brit. Whenever I fly into NZ I get a feeling of dread, whenever I fly into Heathrow I well up as we fly over London and I have a feeling of being at home. And despite what some people say or think, British food is amongst the best in the world. Melton Mowbray pork pies, toad in the hole, black pudding, haggis, sausages...proper sausages, I'm afraid NZ sausages are complete rubbish when compared to a nice Cumberland or Lincolnshire sausage. Although I will admit, NZ sausages are way better than Aussie sausages.
Thanks so much for sharing this Ian. May I ask how old you were when you left NZ?
And yes! I forgot to mention the pork pies! Although in saying that, our local butcher in town has just started making his own pork pies and they are the same (if not better! 😉) I loved reading your comment - thanks so much for your honesty and for sharing!
Well I thought I was going learn one of my misconceptions was a misconception... oh maybe next list ;)
Look out for part 2! 😉☺️
I had Black Pudding for the very first time up near Durham in 2019,I didn't want to disappoint my hosts,so I ate it,it was deeeeeelicious! Can't say much about the Fish n Chips though Bri Bri,wasnae the best.
But did you have viginar on those fushnchups?? 🤔😆
@@ItsaDrama I did on the first 2,but couldn't get used to it,as Kiwis, it's not traditional.
I was staying with a mate in Birmingham one June and I remember leaving the flat one morning and commenting that it reminded me of a nice winters morning at home. He was quite upset and said "bi**h, it's summer". I also found that although it rains a ton in NZ, it does not always mean it is cold, and mostly in the U.K when I have been there, the rain has been cold. :)
Thanks for another great yarn. Also I have a Geordie friend and love the accent.
It's such a beautiful accent, isn't it? Why-Eye-The -Lads as Bri said 😆Thanks for taking the time to share Anna! 🥰
Another great podcast!! Just so you know.. Lizzie’s great grandad was born and bred in Merthyr Tydfil!! Can’t get more welsh than that!!😘😘
Exactly! Got to love the Welsh!! 🏴
Merthyr Tydfil ... if you hadn't told me it was a place I'd have said it was a drunk asking for a top up ! 😁
@@harrycurrie9664 🤣
@@harrycurrie9664 Ha Ha Ha so bloody true
I'm a very confused person. I was born in New Zealand and parts of my family has been here over 150 years, but I also have Swedish, English, Scottish, French & Spanish in my bloodlines. My family traditions are a mixture of all and I can never honestly call anyone place home. My culture is a real fusion. My Grandfather was born in 1889 and there is a lot of Victorianisms still in the family like only talking as a child when an Adult talks to you.
I think your home is where your heart is Michael (cliched but true!) That's what I love about NZ, it is a big melting pot of cultures! Thanks so much for watching!
Hi, enjoyed listening while organising the evening meal. 🙂 If I lived overseas I would still call myself a Kiwi. 😁
Ohh! Was it was something nice? (Just about to have ours now!) 🥰Thanks for the feedback, it's so interesting to hear. Enjoy your dinner, Susan! 😊
Kiwi no matter where ever I live.
😊
Frank Harris wrote that the there were 3 great schools of European cooking they were French, Russian and English he preferred the English of the three
That's super cool to know Greg! 😁I have never tasted Russian food but I do love a good French meal 🇫🇷😊
Ok get this.
I was born in the 80s (that might be relèvent here) and when I’d fill out official state documents (education, employment, census…) under nationality, there was no case for « New Zealander »
Therefore I grew up calling myself « English ». Even though my mother was already 2nd generation kiwi!
Cut to 2005, we moved to France and I couldn’t say I was « English » coz that’s where people who live in England come from… and yeah i guess that’s completely logical. So at 25years old I finally felt like I knew who I was. A proud New Zealander.
Now a week ago I come across this it’s a drama UA-cam show (btw, why is it a drama Liz??!) A wee video about British habits pops up... And bloody hell!! ;) I don’t know who I am anymore! There’s more English in me than I give credit for.
Do excuse the weird quotation marks.
Tsk tsk tsk, silly French keyboards.
😆Hahah! Love this!! Thank you for sharing 😁
PS: Looong story about the name, constantly trying to decide if I should change it but right now it kind of fits! maybe one day over a glass of red and some french cheese I will tell all 😉
Yes I still refer to myself as a Kiwi, but I have struggled when I first moved to the UK, to figure out what to call myself. I am technically British by descent, and for a short while I called myself a Kiwi-Brit, which is still in my Twitter profile. I've gotten over that and have come to the conclusion I'm just a Kiwi, though if someone complains about me making comments on British issues, I will point out I'm actually British, and not a foreigner, as that attitude annoys me.. I didn't move to London because I felt like I was moving back to the mother country, I moved here because I was curious about my roots. I have more family in the UK than I do in NZ, but I hardly know them, as nice as they are, except for my aunts family, whom I got to know a bit. I have to agree, despite some of my complaints about some of the food here, the food is really good. Then most of my complaints are to do with the fact I can't get some of the things I used to get in NZ, like Boysenberry Ice-cream, and decent avocados. Don't get me started on the supermarket chocolate you buy here, it's rubbish. Sorry the avocados in the UK I've had are not great, but then they are all imported. I have never thought the Brits were particularly prudish, any moire than Kiwis are, and that was before I moved to London. And yes, it got really hot here over the summers that I've been here. Till I moved to the UK, I'd never experienced temps above 30. I do think the summers here is more wet than I experienced in NZ, but that has more to do with where I lived in NZ, as it is different depending on where you are in NZ, just like the UK. Still most place in NZ that I've been to have long dry summers, with the odd bit of rain. Having said that, I've had some long dry periods here, except this year when it poured down almost ever week in summer. It is an odd year for weather I think.
Always Kiwi!!!!!🙃
Another great video but on this list I thought you might have done a video on the British soccer hooligans. I hear from ppl that that's a massive turn off for ppl. I thought might have been oh this casting. Maybe it's a pod cast all on its own...lol. But I do hear alot of bad things about them, the sportsman ship, bad behavior home and abroad etc.
Ohh...now that'd be a good one to get Brian talking about...great idea, thanks Roger! ☺️
I've lived in Australia for over 20 yrs
New Zealand is still my home
Being brown Aussies call me a kiwi because of the way I look
So even if I was Australian the locals just keep me in the Kiwi box anyway
No complaints by me
I consider myself lucky to be part of Aotearoa and it will always be a part of me regardless if I live in Brisbane, Shangri la or The Moon 😁
Love this Vernon, thank you so much 🇳🇿🥰
@@ItsaDrama My pleasure
Thank you so much for replying
May life be kind to you and your Whanau
Kia Kaha✌
Toad in the hole....best British food xxx
Ohh yes...with a nice thick gravy...yum 😁
Collect Stamps and you quickly find out who belongs to the UK and who is a separate Republic. You don't get the Queens head on Irish stamps: only Northern Ireland which is ruled by the England.
Northern Ireland isn't ruled by England! --- Both are part of the United Kingdom & it's the government of the United Kingdom that rules.
Worst and smelliest ever BAFlight to London. 747 from Montreal to London 1978 week before Christmas with 156 babies onboard. Best Museum food. The old Tate Elizabethan restaurant. QE I salad. Best pub food Smoked Salmon sandwich. Loved the Cutty Sark. The brass plaques on the side of buildings like Saxon printed the first English Bible here. Christmas Day 1978 finally finding a Chinese restaurant open in SoHo served the best Beijing duck I have ever eaten. The lights on Regent st. At Christmas. 1978 poor bastard illegally parked a big Jag on Regent St. Within seconds a Land Rover pulled up and the police threw a heavy net over the car. Oh the paint work. Outside the gates of
Buckingham palace at the changing of the guard. A group of Aussie blokes making a racket all half drunk. London Policewoman on horse back kneaded her horse forward very quietly and almost pressed two of the Aussies into the fence. Never said a word just quietly looked at them for a few seconds and then backed the horse away. Not a peep from them after that. Best crowd control I have ever seen. Walking through Bath. Opera at Covent Garden. Cold miserable day in York and going in an old pub to get warm. Brass plaque oh the wall. Guy Fawkes was born in this pub. Watching the All Blacks trouncing the English team. Going to Cornwall and seeing the farm my Grandfather left for N Z in 1852. Being amazed in London that the tube and busses stopped at midnight. Discovered that in my opinion NZ pies are better than the English. But I will give you thevCornish Pastie. Speakers Corner Hyde Park.Majesty of St Paul’s. imagine if Wren had been allowed to build all of the streets around it that he had planed. I know I laughed when someone pointed out to me the highest peak in Scotland but the highlands are beautiful. Another side of my family are Munros. Listening to the crowd sing the Welsh anthem in Cardiff at a Rugby test. V&A museum a week is not enough time. I think I had 7 holidays in GB and lived in London for 9 months during the 1965. But alway remember 1978. Left
Montreal at -30c and for three weeks in London wore the same jacket as I wore in Montreal but with the humidity in London it was much colder in London the cold penetrated everything. At probably + 5. And my favourite. One summer trip. My wife loved The actor Robert Taylor and she insisted we reenact the famous farewell scene from the movie Waterloo Bridge on the bridge. Didn’t work traffic noise was horrible and being so sentimental she couldn’t stop crying. But I give her an A for effort.
although most of the 67 million people that live in the uk live in England so it might as well be the uk in my opinion
Thanks for watching Terry! Have a great week 😊
I get it Bri lol
Thanks for understanding me, Julie! Brian
Aww I love all the accents and room temperature beer, I should be living in the UK. Plus I love that they're not obsessed with a generic plastic look and needing to be "somebody" 🙄😄
Real people ❣️
Yes, accents are something that makes you warm to people, isn't it? (Maybe that's why the beer is warm??! 🤣)
England is in the final. Woo hoo
IT'S COMING HOME JULIE!! ⚽️😉
@@K_one_w_one cos we are so modest about our world cups lol
@@K_one_w_one Not from Brian you won't...😂
As a Kiwi who lived in England for a decade, I loved the English Premier League football. Super rugby in NZ is so dull and uncompetitive.
You and Brian both! Hope you'll be watching on Monday?! 😉 Thanks for watching and for sharing! 😊
I thought HMTQ also has the right to those powers in all the 15 other realms and territories via her Governor Generals. They all flock down the beaches over here now when we have a bit of sun. We are prudish to a degree but we can let it all hang out as well. Also a very self depricating bunch. Take care for now.
It's true! The self-deprecating thing is why I think we fit in in NZ...🥰I like being humble, it shocks people when they see what you can really do! 😉😁