I'm half Nigerian and half German but spent my university years up "North" in Newcastle and they are the friendliest, lovliest and most welcoming people. I even had a memory where an old lady at the bus stop struck up a conversation with me and after a good while the bus arrived and instead of boarding it, she went into her house that was next door to it! She said she just fancied a chat. I've since moved south, and people are still friendly.......if they know you personally and jokes aside people in the south are not hostile but rather more bland and less open/friendly compared to the North. The difference is huge.
Yeah, I moved to Newcastle because the people were basically culturally very similar to my native Glasgow, I love it here, and its cheaper to get a flat than in Glasgow! :P
Ironic having the Wall of China considering VPNs are banned in China. And no, its not secure. It sounds a lot like TOR which is good but the end points can be compromised. If the end point on this VPN solution is compromised then they'll be able to read all your traffic no doubt.
lol you people who watch sponsored segments - there's ad blockers that auto skip the begging for money, it's very clever - ive not seen a single "sponsored by" segment in a year.
Dual citizen here (British/American), and I would like to feel that I inherited the best of both. I have spent most of my life in the US and have an American accent, so strike against me. But I also love a good cue, and enjoy superficial conversations about the weather and sports I don't watch. I have a tendency to avoid awkward conversations, including with coworkers. I do love a good cup of tea (but am quitting caffeine at the moment, irrelevant). I enjoy the sunshine. Plenty of it here in North Carolina. And most definitely, one goes to a pub to drink, and also a coffee shop for a coffee. Quite frankly both "lift" and "elevator" are wrong, as these things go down as well. I prefer "vertical positioning adjustment device" (vpad). It will be a thing!
"Hey Michael, we'll get right back to you with the offer details for the ad read. Can you film it without them?" "I, uhm... I'll see what I can do..." Awesome ad read, btw 😆
I couldn't stop laughing. I'm a New Yorker who has spent many years spending months in the UK for projects (and in Scotland presently). Ah so you think all Americans are alike? I consider I live on an island off the shore of a strange continent (actually sounds like many Brits). As to English language, I wonder why we actually still use words we got from you, but you then decided to call them something else (sweater anyone? how about soccer?), or revert to the French name. And we called them steak fries what you call chips. They are still fries, but again I'm from NY, what people call anything is also regional (still getting used to tea meaning supper not cuppa). Yeah and you may pay for the King's hats, but we pay for Marjorie Taylor Greene's health insurance, when many of us don't have any because of people like her in Congress. Gotta laugh about it to defuse the stress, thank you!
Put like that, you have a point! You also have to pay for Trump's security detail - I almost feel bad for foisting off Piers Morgan, Elton John and James Cordon on you (almost...you did manage to sneak Madonna through customs without her having rabies shots and being quarantined). Be nice or you can keep Katie Hopkins too!
Or pronounce words differently like basil and oregano. The other day I watched a documentary where they described someone being burglarised when we would just say burgled.
I can't believe I'm doing this, but during my two years in England, I have added English food to my already long list of delicious foods. There are three exceptions in order of horrifyingness, most horrifyingnessedly last: Mince Pies, Christmas Pudding and Christmas Cake. Those things should be banned under the Geneva conventions if they aren't already. But a Sunday roast, fish and chips, pastries, shepherd's pie, along with their delightful array of sausages are all really a joy. And English cuisine is second to none when it comes to pudding ... desserts ... sweet things. Gateau, TRIFLE(!!!), pies, crumbles, shortbread, digestives .... Those memories stay with you forever. Along with the love handles ...
The knack for satire is strong with this one. One thing you missed Mr Spicer: The social code, where you'll have to be british to comprehend it (it's mostly about avoiding embarassment, whilst causing embarassment).
I have 3 types of coffee, 2 electric coffee makers, and 4 stovetop options. I make my own syrups and have 2-3 different milks at all times. I still go out coffee. This hit me to.my core.
We do more than bangers, and fried breakfast - what about roast dinner? And we have some lovely cakes, pies, tarts and puddings! Its quite stodgy I'll grant but tasty in cold weather. And our Indian food especially is usually pretty good
@@TheVicar Why am I not surprised and lol 😅 I guess I'll add them to my ever growing list of stuff to eat when I want to live dangerously, like prepackaged sandwiches 🫠
The American have Bush's baked beans in a sweet brown sauce. Very nice they are too! My brother in law who lives on the west coast thought "England," which they always call the UK, was 29 miles across. Hmm...
4:21 🤣. But in all seriousness, chips when done properly can beat the best of french fries. Please don't take it away from the Brits, it's literally the one thing that they got right, in terms of the thing itself and its nomenclature!
About Chips vs Fries. When I was around 14 or 15 yrs, I went to England for a while, studying and lived with a family. Well, being from Sweden🇸🇪 and looved chips. Potatochips that is. On arrival the Mrs of the house offered fish and chips. Odd combo I thought, but I did love chips, so yeah of course I wanted that. Realized it was fries, but didn’t say anything. I was there for 21 days and every night me and my friends went out to this disco and every night we bought chips=fries on our way home. So much that I was soo fed up with fish&chips and til this day I can not stand it. Mind you; That was in the 70’s…🤢😂😂😂
From the get-go (before even watching, and as someone with no dog in this fight): this'll be fun 😆. L.E. As expected, food was first on the list 😆. Americans do love their food. (And asking their Brit friend to ask for a bottle of water.)
I’m Scottish and I do the typical Brit way of asking for h2o without all the “t’s” but I also do 2 alt versions where I do the clinically precise version request with all letters crisply pronounced and then with Glasgow intonation. Such fun!
@@gingerfellah5665 Hahaha, waaay to confuse any American friend visiting! Boy, that would be some posh trolling alright, asking a different way every time, to the bewilderment of said yank. 😁
The "get-go". In England we say "the word go" as in the start of a race we wait for the word go. BTW when did doubling down replace doubling up which apparently is it's actual meaning?
@@hopethisworks1212 Haha, thanks for that! I find language evolution fascinating. 🙂 As for the "mystery" you asked about, I have no idea - not a native English speaker, so I'll just let someone more knowledgeable chime in 😁. But it does make sense to my brain to "double up"!
I find it interesting how many words which Americans use, such as 'fall', which we write off as Americanisms are in fact the traditional British term. They were taken to America and kept in use while we here changed to something else in the meantime.
Try explaining the many different types of chips to an American; sometimes they are thick cut and usually more rigid, they can be moister and a bit flimsy, they may be thinner and really crispy. They are always different to crisps, French fries or wedges though.
An example of not knowing about accents: Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks had a postmistress character who was Welsh. In the Special Edition DVD there is an extra scene where they obviously didn't have the original audio and re-dubbed the character....with a Scottish accent, the character then goes back to being Welsh for the rest of the film 🤦♀👀🤔 There was a bit of a kerfuffle at the time and the scene has since been removed on further releases.
ah. Aluminium. Alas. The Americans are historically accurate on this.. When Humphry Davy was extending the research on the element freshly extracted from Alum Salts, in his submission he suggested calling it "Aluminum". However an anonymous letter to the Quarterly Review suggested is sounded insufficiently "Classical" and countered with "Aluminium". At the time there was no clear leader in the -um/-ium suffix stakes, so this wasn't a particularly reasoned call, just borne out of a feeling of how something should be rather than any coherent narrative. (So much for there having been any real change in the underlying British psyche in the last 200 years..). In the ensuing debate, such as it was, Aluminium was adopted. While it appears our cousins across the pond got the initial memo, the update probably sank in some shipping insurance scam. The identity of the anonymous letter writer was never found. There's probably a mini-series just waiting to be funded about this very subject.
Just to add to your comment on paying for the Royal Family: the amount of money given to the Treasury from the Crown Estate every year massively exceeds the amount paid from the Treasury to the Royal Family. By about 300%. So overall, there is no net drain on tax funds. Quite the reverse. The Royal Family contribute more to public funds than they take out. Lots of people like to try and say this is incorrect, so I will point out that all these accounts are publicly available, down to the last penny.
And we spell it ‘humour’. Also Northern English humour is most often blacker and funnier than the South. Nobody in the South West actually has a sense of humour - particularly one which uses irony, rather like the Americans who don’t seem to get irony at all. Exceptions may apply…
@@consideredwhisperAmerican irony does exist. It’s generally very subtle and clever. I’m English (so I have a sense of fair play ;-) and I enjoy a bit of Yank-bashing as much as the next bloke, but the “Americans don’t get irony” myth is unfair.
You must have peaked in my pantry because my tins are stocked up ready for the next war. Mostly bake beans that can be eaten cold and tastes absolutely delicious 😋 I also believe the royal family should be replaced by Pie, he would be an excellent ambassador for the UK 😅
@@molybdomancer195I am used to being humiliated by people taking the piss out of my spelling. I am severely dyslexic, shame you have to be more concerned with my spelling then my comment. So very happy for you to be able to spell, for some of us it's a disability.
I thought it was 'a proper cup of coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot' and "she sells seashells by the sea shore"? Susie works in a shoeshine shop. Where she shines she sits, and where she sits she shines. How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
Many ways a lot of British people have just assumed the 'bad food' narrative given to them by outsiders. I was once told 'English food is no good' by a Spaniard, who then served me shepherd's pie on a visit. It didn't occur to him that many ordinary dishes are historically common throughout Europe. He also assumed there is no cheesemaking culture and we all eat Kraft singles. Most English people are now ignorant about even their own local specialities, so they seem to accept the equally ignorant outside critic's view.
I take the cheesemaking thing personally - Britain has more types of cheese than even France. I've never even heard of Spanish cheese, except manchego.
@@Bakers_Doesnt That's pretty much the discussion I had with him. When I told him rennet-based hard cheese and 'cheddaring' was an English process, he said 'you think England invented everything!'. This after telling me his culture (Basque) is 3000 years old and how his cuisine is 'the best in the world'. Heavy irony.
People who say British food is bad haven't been outside the UK. Try living in a completely different country and you'll soon realise 'oh I guess I'll just eat junk food from the local 7/11'.
@@Jtking3000 I lived in France in the early 2000s and a fair number of people ate low-quality food, especially younger people. They also laboured under the delusion that supermarkets in e.g. the Netherlands (where I am now) must have 'lower quality food' than France, when it's actually very high. And this myth is perpetuated by all kinds of people who pretend France is fed entirely by honest market gardeners like in some 1950s newsreel.
As a Brit... Im embarrassed by Brits need to validate what seperates us from the rest. 'Oh our humour is so dry'... or 'we are so crass.' 'Oh look how bad USA gun laws are.' Lets watch US people taste British 'candy'. Its all a massive vanity project which is hardly becoming!
There's a fascination with most people about how their culture looks to an outsider, but yes it is a bit embarrassing and the people doing the reacting play up the reactions. As for self aggrandisement see how long it takes the commentator on any sort of official procession or military parade to say "we do this sort of thing so well"
nobody answered me last time: is this a series? like the other room? because i don't remember him doing this type of content before this year? (if he has please post a link, i love it)
Alooooominum is the one Americanism that actually bothers me. They can say all the other elements and metals and whatnot, they pronounce all the other “-iums”, just not aluminium for whatever reason.
They are pronouncing it the way it is spelled. The US version of the metal is aluminum in the uk it’s aluminium. Both are pronouncing it correctly. The USA and the UK use 2 different dictionaries.
@@saoirsedeltufo7436It’s debatable if it’s actually silly. English is always evolving and isn’t it more fun that there are variations of spelling and pronunciation?
Every part of the British Isles has its own version of that breakfast, but they're all highly similar. An Irish Breakfast, an Ulster Fry, a Full English Breakfast and a Welsh Breakfast are all highly similar, a Scottish Breakfast has a few more tweaks to it. There're also regional varieties of the meal too with their own modifications.
If something is good, everywhere thinks they invented it. Black pudding is from YORKSHIRE, regardless of what others say. It’s not pride talking, I’m Welsh.
I'm half Nigerian and half German but spent my university years up "North" in Newcastle and they are the friendliest, lovliest and most welcoming people. I even had a memory where an old lady at the bus stop struck up a conversation with me and after a good while the bus arrived and instead of boarding it, she went into her house that was next door to it! She said she just fancied a chat.
I've since moved south, and people are still friendly.......if they know you personally and jokes aside people in the south are not hostile but rather more bland and less open/friendly compared to the North. The difference is huge.
I love that story and I’ve become that lady.
I'm from Newcastle, now living in London. Totally agree! Lovely story ❤
Yeah, I moved to Newcastle because the people were basically culturally very similar to my native Glasgow, I love it here, and its cheaper to get a flat than in Glasgow! :P
these comments are definately from visit newcastle ltd, geordies are horrible
@NonePlayableCharacter by any chance are you from somewhere close by that isn’t Newcastle?
I was so confused at the begining because I definately thought the VPN ad was a skit and I couldn’t figure out how it connected to the video topic.
Ironic having the Wall of China considering VPNs are banned in China. And no, its not secure. It sounds a lot like TOR which is good but the end points can be compromised. If the end point on this VPN solution is compromised then they'll be able to read all your traffic no doubt.
I couldn't imagine anything less "Michael Spicer" 😂
It is brilliant as usual
Totally ruins the content
@@cjmitzjust skip it, easy enough. I understand some creators need to get some cheddar.
The chips/fries conversation had me in tears of laughter
That was a funny one.
Such a classic
Top tier stuff.
ironically thicker cut french fries are known a 'steak fries' or 'steak cut fries' in the part of the US I'm from
A fight in a coffee shop did it for me.
I feel called out… literally as he was saying we love things in tins, I was pulling a tin of tuna out of the cupboard for lunch. 😄
I'd feel feel vulnerable, violated and exposed as well 😁.
My ex has family in Cyprus, after their return they confused their parents for wanting “something in a tin” every lunchtime.
I had Beans nuking in the microwave to go with mashed potatoes and Cornish pasty.
@@gingerfellah5665 😆
Spam-eatin' Muricans: "Whaaaaaat? Whaaaaat?"
9:23
Gregg’s is top tier food.
And British desserts are class as well. Sticky Toffee Pudding, Trifle, Fudge Cake, Mince Pies…
Pubs vs coffee shops 😂
Michael, even your sponsorship ad is funnier than most other comedians content 😆👏🏻
You should check out Ryan George. He set the standard. He might even have been the inspiration for Michael.
lol you people who watch sponsored segments - there's ad blockers that auto skip the begging for money, it's very clever - ive not seen a single "sponsored by" segment in a year.
Can't hold a candle (yet) to Internet comment etiquette with Erik. His sponsored segments are god tier.
His unique VPN service product was sponsored by NordVPN
Arnold Schwerzanegger here - thanks for the VPN advice - saved my life!
Hi! I’m Alanis Merissotte, and (pause) ‘ironically’ (pause), I agree with Arnold!
😂😂
@@HotdogWithAFace Nothing to laugh about. For some of us this is serious.
Sincerely
Barack Aboma
HotdogWithAFace being answered by Veganbutcherhackepeter
Sounds like a Spicer sketch
😂
I need more of The Room Next Door.
Me too!
The chips/crisp/fries one slayed me 🤣🤣
Omg! I laughed so hard, I have had the same conversation with my cousins.
"a list of bad things and the royal family" - that's pure poetry 😂
Tip: when doing an American accent, never say “whilst”. 😅
Dual citizen here (British/American), and I would like to feel that I inherited the best of both. I have spent most of my life in the US and have an American accent, so strike against me. But I also love a good cue, and enjoy superficial conversations about the weather and sports I don't watch. I have a tendency to avoid awkward conversations, including with coworkers. I do love a good cup of tea (but am quitting caffeine at the moment, irrelevant). I enjoy the sunshine. Plenty of it here in North Carolina. And most definitely, one goes to a pub to drink, and also a coffee shop for a coffee. Quite frankly both "lift" and "elevator" are wrong, as these things go down as well. I prefer "vertical positioning adjustment device" (vpad). It will be a thing!
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@@mikeyh103thank you
The waiter skit was so funny 😂
Another great vid Michael Spicy 👍
😂
"Hey Michael, we'll get right back to you with the offer details for the ad read. Can you film it without them?"
"I, uhm... I'll see what I can do..."
Awesome ad read, btw 😆
This is hilarious! And I love his American character. Although the accent broke down a bit when talking about proper coffee and sofas 😂
"Whilst" at 5:04.
@@smorrow yes!!!! No American says whilst 😂
Brilliant, as always! 🤣 Even if I was slightly distracted by the sunburnt nose! 🤣☀👃
I couldn't stop laughing. I'm a New Yorker who has spent many years spending months in the UK for projects (and in Scotland presently). Ah so you think all Americans are alike? I consider I live on an island off the shore of a strange continent (actually sounds like many Brits). As to English language, I wonder why we actually still use words we got from you, but you then decided to call them something else (sweater anyone? how about soccer?), or revert to the French name. And we called them steak fries what you call chips. They are still fries, but again I'm from NY, what people call anything is also regional (still getting used to tea meaning supper not cuppa). Yeah and you may pay for the King's hats, but we pay for Marjorie Taylor Greene's health insurance, when many of us don't have any because of people like her in Congress. Gotta laugh about it to defuse the stress, thank you!
Put like that, you have a point! You also have to pay for Trump's security detail - I almost feel bad for foisting off Piers Morgan, Elton John and James Cordon on you (almost...you did manage to sneak Madonna through customs without her having rabies shots and being quarantined). Be nice or you can keep Katie Hopkins too!
Or pronounce words differently like basil and oregano. The other day I watched a documentary where they described someone being burglarised when we would just say burgled.
"Soccer" was used quite a lot in Britain until recently.
@@TheGoodOldDaysOfSoccerno it wasn’t
These damn posh vampires
Their* country estates are tax deductible
*Ours, not theirs
please send help
Hilarious! Thank you for the content.
Well wishes from Austin, Texas
I can't believe I'm doing this, but during my two years in England, I have added English food to my already long list of delicious foods.
There are three exceptions in order of horrifyingness, most horrifyingnessedly last: Mince Pies, Christmas Pudding and Christmas Cake. Those things should be banned under the Geneva conventions if they aren't already.
But a Sunday roast, fish and chips, pastries, shepherd's pie, along with their delightful array of sausages are all really a joy.
And English cuisine is second to none when it comes to pudding ... desserts ... sweet things. Gateau, TRIFLE(!!!), pies, crumbles, shortbread, digestives ....
Those memories stay with you forever.
Along with the love handles ...
The chips vs fries thing is probably my favourite part you did since the pockets of space gag.
I truly love these videos. At the time of commenting, there has been nothing new uploaded for 2 months. I hope they return :-)
Glorious! Thank you, Michael
The knack for satire is strong with this one.
One thing you missed Mr Spicer: The social code, where you'll have to be british to comprehend it (it's mostly about avoiding embarassment, whilst causing embarassment).
😅there s a show about this called british people problems..or sonething like that.absolutely hilarious!
This is great ! Thank you !
i 💙 your humor . you are good for my soul. ☮️
😂Excellent video Davey Hostilhuff 👏🏻👏🏻
Loved this !
I'm off to the pub now.
So brilliant as usual Michael.
Freshen ya drink, guv’na 😂
Michael… Whenever you do an American accent, I think of your Agent Smith impression 😎🤣👍
I'm looooving all these videos, Michael. The crisps v chips sketch had me in tears. 😂 ho ho it's funny cos it's true. ❤
You're the best!!
Alumin(i)um is something I couldn't (yes, couldn't, not 'could') bring myself to care about. Don't get me started on "bangs" and "door jamb", though.
From someone who has been on holiday in the US for the last three weeks, I found this video strangely cathartic.
I have actually had this aurgment with Americans about chips and fries and crisps so many times! 😅 its seems to be a tradition.
Nice work...great observations and commentary.
I have 3 types of coffee, 2 electric coffee makers, and 4 stovetop options. I make my own syrups and have 2-3 different milks at all times. I still go out coffee. This hit me to.my core.
I never thought there'd come a time when I'd be as fully engaged in a VPN paid promotion I as this one. That was brilliant 🤣
The downtown cameo got me 😂😂
I always laugh when Americans say British food is bad 🤣🤣🤣 the people who fry almost everything
The people who brought you plastic cheese and chicken in a can think other people's food is bad!
What's your favorite meal, @tselengbotlhole750?
@@saoirsedeltufo7436they do cheese in a (spray) can too
"The people who fry almost everything"
You mean the Scots? Deep fried mars bars, deep fried pizza...😁
We do more than bangers, and fried breakfast - what about roast dinner? And we have some lovely cakes, pies, tarts and puddings! Its quite stodgy I'll grant but tasty in cold weather. And our Indian food especially is usually pretty good
I shared twice.x also gave you a like.x
Further your radio 4 show is excellent..
I do love bangers & Mash 😊
With onion gravy...😋
But only the first two seasons.
I've had the potato crisp/ chip conversation a few times!! 😅
Americans call Pringles crisps!! 🫨
Pringles' ingredients are synthesised alongside chemicals for household cleaning products
"Once you pop, you're gonna drop"
@@TheVicar Why am I not surprised and lol 😅
I guess I'll add them to my ever growing list of stuff to eat when I want to live dangerously, like prepackaged sandwiches 🫠
@@LimeyRedneck The salad lockdown panic is nearly over
Relax. You don't need to stockpile bleach or bogroll anymore
Love your comedy sketch. Do keep them coming.
The American have Bush's baked beans in a sweet brown sauce. Very nice they are too! My brother in law who lives on the west coast thought "England," which they always call the UK, was 29 miles across. Hmm...
The Pub/Coffee skit broke me up
You missed toad in the hole 😅
Also crisp comes from cooking thin potatoes in oil to crisp them.
"I had a date?" 🤣🤣
4:21 🤣. But in all seriousness, chips when done properly can beat the best of french fries. Please don't take it away from the Brits, it's literally the one thing that they got right, in terms of the thing itself and its nomenclature!
The Radio 3 v Classic FM is wonderful! One for my husband!,,
7:35 - Is that you in Downton Abbey?
About Chips vs Fries. When I was around 14 or 15 yrs, I went to England for a while, studying and lived with a family. Well, being from Sweden🇸🇪 and looved chips. Potatochips that is. On arrival the Mrs of the house offered fish and chips. Odd combo I thought, but I did love chips, so yeah of course I wanted that. Realized it was fries, but didn’t say anything. I was there for 21 days and every night me and my friends went out to this disco and every night we bought chips=fries on our way home. So much that I was soo fed up with fish&chips and til this day I can not stand it. Mind you; That was in the 70’s…🤢😂😂😂
From the get-go (before even watching, and as someone with no dog in this fight): this'll be fun 😆.
L.E. As expected, food was first on the list 😆. Americans do love their food.
(And asking their Brit friend to ask for a bottle of water.)
I’m Scottish and I do the typical Brit way of asking for h2o without all the “t’s” but I also do 2 alt versions where I do the clinically precise version request with all letters crisply pronounced and then with Glasgow intonation. Such fun!
@@gingerfellah5665 Hahaha, waaay to confuse any American friend visiting!
Boy, that would be some posh trolling alright, asking a different way every time, to the bewilderment of said yank. 😁
The "get-go". In England we say "the word go" as in the start of a race we wait for the word go. BTW when did doubling down replace doubling up which apparently is it's actual meaning?
@@hopethisworks1212 Haha, thanks for that! I find language evolution fascinating. 🙂
As for the "mystery" you asked about, I have no idea - not a native English speaker, so I'll just let someone more knowledgeable chime in 😁. But it does make sense to my brain to "double up"!
Our best food is a roast, we do have brilliant Chinese and Indian dishes but surely the roast still reigns supreme
I find it interesting how many words which Americans use, such as 'fall', which we write off as Americanisms are in fact the traditional British term. They were taken to America and kept in use while we here changed to something else in the meantime.
Try explaining the many different types of chips to an American; sometimes they are thick cut and usually more rigid, they can be moister and a bit flimsy, they may be thinner and really crispy. They are always different to crisps, French fries or wedges though.
Spicers American accent is amazing 😂
An example of not knowing about accents: Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks had a postmistress character who was Welsh. In the Special Edition DVD there is an extra scene where they obviously didn't have the original audio and re-dubbed the character....with a Scottish accent, the character then goes back to being Welsh for the rest of the film 🤦♀👀🤔 There was a bit of a kerfuffle at the time and the scene has since been removed on further releases.
That chip skit broke me
It was a chips skit
As an American who understood none of this previously.... roight! cheers, mate!
Beautiful. Thank you, sir 😂
Nothing better than a full English breakfast, good stew in winter or bloody toad in the hole! English food is great
Also roast dinners, a good cottage pie and sticky toffee pudding and custard.
@@molybdomancer195 Absolutely, treacle sponge and custard is a favourite of mine.
Black pudding smoky bacon
I lost it at 'The British Approach to Gastronomy'
ah. Aluminium. Alas. The Americans are historically accurate on this..
When Humphry Davy was extending the research on the element freshly extracted from Alum Salts, in his submission he suggested calling it "Aluminum". However an anonymous letter to the Quarterly Review suggested is sounded insufficiently "Classical" and countered with "Aluminium".
At the time there was no clear leader in the -um/-ium suffix stakes, so this wasn't a particularly reasoned call, just borne out of a feeling of how something should be rather than any coherent narrative. (So much for there having been any real change in the underlying British psyche in the last 200 years..). In the ensuing debate, such as it was, Aluminium was adopted.
While it appears our cousins across the pond got the initial memo, the update probably sank in some shipping insurance scam.
The identity of the anonymous letter writer was never found.
There's probably a mini-series just waiting to be funded about this very subject.
This is why I don't get invited to parties.
Just to add to your comment on paying for the Royal Family: the amount of money given to the Treasury from the Crown Estate every year massively exceeds the amount paid from the Treasury to the Royal Family. By about 300%. So overall, there is no net drain on tax funds. Quite the reverse. The Royal Family contribute more to public funds than they take out. Lots of people like to try and say this is incorrect, so I will point out that all these accounts are publicly available, down to the last penny.
No one who's ever had a roast dinner (done properly, not with boiled veg thrown on top of some meat) would ever slate British food
“Different ideas and accents and approaches to life”… I think you missed out “languages” 😂 Siwmae, cariad, o gymru ✌🏾❣️
I went to an English pub but thought the owner was trying to pay for a month in Italy off my tab. £7 for a pint? F right off!
Mmm. Just had fried eggs and baked beans. Now munching on shortbread with a nice cup of tea. Never thought of myself as a stereotype 😬
Amazing this the posh royals and chips 😂
Yes quite 🧐
Time for a cuppa tea
I spotted you in Bridgerton! Lol
Sorry - what??
@eileenhughes3335 He has a part on the first season, I believe.
At the 7:34 mark in this video, he shows a screenshot from the part he played.
0:00 "Hello I'm Michael and I'm on a quest to uncover all of the memos..."
Oh wait wrong channel
I missed the "But First" caption and thought I'd accidentally skipped on to another video by mistake
I got that Mysterium thingy…the VAT or whatever…on YOUR recommendation Michael…so, if I have dodgy pictures exposed….looking at you.❤
I sat and watched a well known British bass player, have exactly that conversation with a guy in an American steak place.
After the debate last night they can assume whatever they want! Im just glad im not one of them
Brilliant couldn't have put it better lol 🤣
And this works either way around 😂
British humor is top-tier and I’ll die on that hill.
And we spell it ‘humour’. Also Northern English humour is most often blacker and funnier than the South. Nobody in the South West actually has a sense of humour - particularly one which uses irony, rather like the Americans who don’t seem to get irony at all. Exceptions may apply…
@@consideredwhisperAmerican irony does exist. It’s generally very subtle and clever. I’m English (so I have a sense of fair play ;-) and I enjoy a bit of Yank-bashing as much as the next bloke, but the “Americans don’t get irony” myth is unfair.
You must have peaked in my pantry because my tins are stocked up ready for the next war. Mostly bake beans that can be eaten cold and tastes absolutely delicious 😋 I also believe the royal family should be replaced by Pie, he would be an excellent ambassador for the UK 😅
Is your pantry so tall he could peak in it? 😂. (Ok I know it’s a typo for “peek” but I couldn’t resist)
@@molybdomancer195I am used to being humiliated by people taking the piss out of my spelling. I am severely dyslexic, shame you have to be more concerned with my spelling then my comment. So very happy for you to be able to spell, for some of us it's a disability.
A proper cup of coffee in a copper coffee cup.
Unique New York
Sally sells sea shells by the seashore
I thought it was 'a proper cup of coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot' and "she sells seashells by the sea shore"?
Susie works in a shoeshine shop. Where she shines she sits, and where she sits she shines.
How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
after hearing the american accent in this video. I can understand his critique of british accents. Where was that guy from!?
Many ways a lot of British people have just assumed the 'bad food' narrative given to them by outsiders. I was once told 'English food is no good' by a Spaniard, who then served me shepherd's pie on a visit. It didn't occur to him that many ordinary dishes are historically common throughout Europe. He also assumed there is no cheesemaking culture and we all eat Kraft singles. Most English people are now ignorant about even their own local specialities, so they seem to accept the equally ignorant outside critic's view.
I take the cheesemaking thing personally - Britain has more types of cheese than even France. I've never even heard of Spanish cheese, except manchego.
@@Bakers_Doesnt That's pretty much the discussion I had with him. When I told him rennet-based hard cheese and 'cheddaring' was an English process, he said 'you think England invented everything!'. This after telling me his culture (Basque) is 3000 years old and how his cuisine is 'the best in the world'. Heavy irony.
People who say British food is bad haven't been outside the UK. Try living in a completely different country and you'll soon realise 'oh I guess I'll just eat junk food from the local 7/11'.
@@Jtking3000 I lived in France in the early 2000s and a fair number of people ate low-quality food, especially younger people. They also laboured under the delusion that supermarkets in e.g. the Netherlands (where I am now) must have 'lower quality food' than France, when it's actually very high. And this myth is perpetuated by all kinds of people who pretend France is fed entirely by honest market gardeners like in some 1950s newsreel.
@Michael Spicer is there a difference between 'posh' people English and BBC english?
Also on BBC Radio, why do they whisper whats coming up next ?
As a Brit... Im embarrassed by Brits need to validate what seperates us from the rest. 'Oh our humour is so dry'... or 'we are so crass.' 'Oh look how bad USA gun laws are.' Lets watch US people taste British 'candy'. Its all a massive vanity project which is hardly becoming!
There's a fascination with most people about how their culture looks to an outsider, but yes it is a bit embarrassing and the people doing the reacting play up the reactions. As for self aggrandisement see how long it takes the commentator on any sort of official procession or military parade to say "we do this sort of thing so well"
I remember speaking to an American on the PS4, and he thought we all knew the queen personally. 😂
Did you never have tea with her?
@@TheVicar no, I was uninvited.
nobody answered me last time: is this a series? like the other room? because i don't remember him doing this type of content before this year? (if he has please post a link, i love it)
It’s relatively new. He’s been doing it for a few months now.
We call pudding ‘afters’, to avoid potential pudding confusion.
I very much enjoyed the ad for Mysterium, but having researched it I would be concerned to use it.
Most of these VPNs are downright dodgy
Crisps skit was amazing
Love when the American you has conversations with the Brit you. 😂😂
Alooooominum is the one Americanism that actually bothers me. They can say all the other elements and metals and whatnot, they pronounce all the other “-iums”, just not aluminium for whatever reason.
They are pronouncing it the way it is spelled. The US version of the metal is aluminum in the uk it’s aluminium. Both are pronouncing it correctly. The USA and the UK use 2 different dictionaries.
@@gingerfellah5665 For sure, but it's a bit silly that they spell it differently to the rest of the world (and the IUPAC)
It used to bother me too, until I found out that it was originally called alumium, then aluminum, and we later changed it again to aluminium
@@saoirsedeltufo7436It’s debatable if it’s actually silly. English is always evolving and isn’t it more fun that there are variations of spelling and pronunciation?
@@gingerfellah5665 I would argue that being silly definitely helps with fun. I don't think the two are mutually exclusive!
Im french. I like black pudding in my english breakfast. But i was once lectured that this is an irish breakfast.
Incorrect. That would be including white pudding, not black pudding.
Every part of the British Isles has its own version of that breakfast, but they're all highly similar. An Irish Breakfast, an Ulster Fry, a Full English Breakfast and a Welsh Breakfast are all highly similar, a Scottish Breakfast has a few more tweaks to it. There're also regional varieties of the meal too with their own modifications.
Northerner here. Black pudding is also part of a cooked breakfast “up north”.
If something is good, everywhere thinks they invented it. Black pudding is from YORKSHIRE, regardless of what others say.
It’s not pride talking, I’m Welsh.
Boudin noir is pretty darn good
In most US movie or show, any foreign bad guys are always watching football or its on in the background
I must admit I was a bit shocked by my first Fray Bentos
The smell of piss in English pubs became very apparent when the smoking ban came in.
Wait you where in Downtown Abbey? It's not on IMDB.
Good God that was informative! It's like Wikepedia on steroids.