They don't really define 'jammy' properly in this quiz, it doesn't just mean lucky, it means someone who gets away with things that you would have expected to turn out badly for them.
Jammy does mean lucky, at least where I am, just with more negative connotations. I used it yesterday when playing table tennis and someone clipped the edge of the table. It was lucky but I used jammy because it negatively affected me as I lost the point.
@@sinbrown1501 fries are definitely better than chips :/ i don't like chunky chips. i'm not a fan of potatoes though. if i was to have any kind of chips they would have to be thin fries with salt on
@@wher3ismymind not really thow french fries have always been called french fries its not "an American thing" were just more likely to say chips as a groping because technically there all chips there just diffrent types like wrinkled thick french fries rizzled cross cut and lodes more
Yeah the example about the phone was weird, if someone found their lost phone I would say it was lucky, Jammy gives off the suggestion that I'm annoyed about them finding their phone which wouldn't be very nice lol
In the U.K. you will most certainly hear of people “eating a bag of chips”, but this refers to a portion of what Americans call fries wrapped in paper (i.e. “a bag”).
@@milliepede693 Crisps...a bag of crisps is certaintly not = american fries??? What americans consider fries (mcdonalds thin french fries) do not equal to crunchy potato snacks (crisps). We do actually say in the UK 'a bag of chips', not to be confused with 'a packet of crisps'. When you go to the fish and chip shop, they serve you chips (potato wedges). We do still say fries in the UK but they refer to Mcdonalds like potato fries, chips are the bulky wedges that come with an english breakfast, crisps are cronch cronch
@@milliepede693 They absolutely do. When you go to the chippy, you ask for a bag of chips. Or at least you do where I’m from. Also, crisps are not what they call fries in the US. Crisps are what the US would call “chips”. Chips are what the US call “fries”.
The word redundant doesn't mean fired. It means the company is cutting down on staff. To be fired is a bad thing, as it means you have probably done something wrong. If a company lets 30 people go at the same time due to redundancies, it doesn't mean they have all been fired. Companies try and cut down by letting go. Like the elderly or those they think aren't pulling their weight. But it's not a bad thing. For example. Over the last year, a lot of people will have lost their jobs due to smaller companies cutting down. They lost so much money, they can't afford to hire as many people. So they had to make redundancies.
Yep, then you get redundancy pay (severance pay I think you call it in US). To say you have been made redundant is bad news. To be fired is much worse, it's shameful or embarrassing most of the time. If I found out someone was fired I would assume gross misconduct (e.g theft from the company).
Agreed. Those two are not the same thing. I've been made redundant. I've never been fired. Being made redundant actually turned out to be a good thing for me. I got a better job, and a huge severance package. I have never done anything that would lead to being fired.
In the UK, selection of staff for redundancy is a carefully controlled process. You either have to select on the basis of "last in, first out" or some other objectively justifiable criterion. You can't just sack the women, black people, old people, poor performers, etc. You can't make pregnant women redundant at all. And then if you hire new staff to do the same job within a certain period of time, that's automatically Unfair Dismissal and you can be sued (with punitive damages).
Agreed. Liverpool is a great place - the birthplace of the Beatles who influenced modern pop music globally. Many other singers and British comedians came from the city. Scousers are well known for their 'gift of the gab'. It has become a popular tourist destination in recent decades. Well worth a visit.
@Paul Thomas You learn something everyday. Had no idea about that Freddie Mercury fact. I’ve also supported LFC for ever since I remember. I was born in London but left as a child. Visited Liverpool, attended a match dying for this pandemic to end so I can come back. So much history in Liverpool too Joel. Some of those buildings are centuries old and impressive. Slavery museum- explains links with slave trade, empire. Loads to see and do.
@Paul Thomas 😀. I must have been 6 years old when I heard that they had a really big win against Arsenal (6-1 or something) and it really impressed me. Stuck with them through thick and thin since then, and boy has there been some thin… So grateful we have Juergen Klopp now.
Liverpool is one of the best cities in the UK, it’s one of the safest cities also. I’m from Liverpool and scousers are very outgoing and extroverted, they will happily speak to you over any topic really. If you ever visit Liverpool, you need to go out of the city centre to the suburbs to see the real scousers, the city centre is full of students/business people and often don’t display the same hospitality to that of an actual scouser.
Liverpool is a GREAT PLACE. It is a real city with real people... yes it has had its tough times... but it is a wonderful place to live and visit. .. I am very glad for my three years in the city when I was at University.
Yes, but people do also say “I don’t give a monkeys” when they mean I couldn’t care less (or as an American would say “I could care less” for the same sentiment) 😉.
To be fair Joel, British slang is tough to get. There are so many regions with many different variations - and accents. I bet you would enjoy Cockney rhyming slang!
Liverpool is the best place to live. I’m a Scouser & very proud. I’ve lived abroad as well as several places in the U.K. & I’ve always come back home. From the amazing buildings to the fantastic culture. Yes we have some areas a bit run down as do all places around the uk & I know the us! But in general it is a great place to live & visit. As many millions of Americans will tell you. From The Beatles tours to the amazing waterfront . To the 2 football teams to the amazing cultural places . We are a proud city. Where many Hollywood films have been made! As they liken our architecture to New York’s. Maybe look us up! On the fact of people you see laughing etc about Liverpool … scousers are funny! I mean they have the best sense of humour. And can also laugh at themselves. We are known worldwide for being very friendly & having the best sense of humour & the kindest hearts. So when you come here please come visit. I will show you around. I’m 52 travelled the world lived in many places & proud to say I’m Scouse!
I have lost count of the number of times I have been to Anfield since the early '90s. At one time I used to go to at least 10 to 15 home games. Fortunately, in those days, the games were mainly on Saturday or Sunday so did not need time off work. Liverpool is a wonderful city with wonderful people. I have seen the city change over the decades, especially the area around Lime Street Station. Unfortunately, I have not been for a while.
Really surprised that nobody has explained why a native of Liverpool is called a Scouse. It's the same reason why the French are called frogs. The native dish of Liverpool is scouse which is a bit like a stew, I have never had it, but by all accounts it is scrummy.
"Jammy" is an interesting one: it comes from the variable amounts of jam (jelly to Americans) in a jam doughnut (jelly donut) - if someone gets a doughnut with plenty of jam in it, they're lucky, hence "jammy".
Oh dear Joel, 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 At least you still posted it! I loved the way you kept turning to the camera for reassurance from us. I'm watching the crurser hovering and saying. Nooooo!
The video seemed to end abruptly, as if it was cut short. We use both fired and redundant. To be made redundant means that the job you were doing, or the company you were working for has gone so you are no longer needed. To be fired means that your behaviour or performance was unacceptable. Differences which will definitely affect your ability to find alternative work.
@@alanlittle4589 Agreed, phrases around a sack are probably more common, and no doubt there are numerous other expressions or euphemisms in use - variations on loosing a job spring to mind. A P.45 will also be given whenever you make the decision to leave, for example (but not exclusively) when you give notice so that you can move to another company, or simply retire.
Just to explain the 'monkeys' one when it is cold... The full phrase is 'cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey', which is not as bad as it sounds! In the old days of galleons and canon, iron canon balls were stored in a pyramid shape and held in place by a triangular frame called a 'monkey' (no idea why it was called that!). The balls were a very tight fit, they had to be to stop them rolling around at sea. When they are cold metals contract, and brass contracts more than iron does. When it was extremely cold the brass monkey would contract so much that the iron canon balls were squeezed out of the frame and start rolling around. Hence 'Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey', or as it is now 'It's monkeys out there'. :)
Not quite. Cannon balls (for ready use) were stored this way in the army, but not in the navy. A 'monkey' being from the old navy where ready-use cannonballs would be stored on a rectangular strip with semi-circular indents to hold the balls. However, monkeys were usually made of wood. There are good examples of these on HMS Victory.
When you do visit Britain you should certainly visit Liverpool. It is well worth a visit. I have only been there twice but enjoyed both my visits there.
Scouser is not an insult it means people from Liverpool it's just a nick name for them i'm from Yorkshire a 2 hour drive outside Liverpool i visit the city every couple of months for a weekend
As someone who lives not too far away from Liverpool, I can absolutely tell you that it’s a fantastic city, full of culture, history, beautiful buildings, mostly free museums and galleries, a beautiful waterfront, and most importantly it’s filled with warm friendly people. It’s long been a running joke to mock the place and its people, but usually by people who have never been.
Yeah Liverpool is a beautiful place. I’ve only visited once to do a Beatles pilgrimage but it was beautiful and seemed really friendly. I blame The Bangles, who sang a song called Going Down To Liverpool. “Where you going, that UB40 in your hand? I’m going down to Liverpool to do nothing all the days of my life.”
@@5uper5kill3rz The clue is in the title 'Cockney Rhyming Slang'....wooden hill does not rhyme with any word that could be used to refer to a staircase. All cockney rhyming slang rhymes with the word it replaces eg.... whistle and flute/suit, plates of meat/feet, north and south/mouth, frog and toad/road, boracic lint/skint (a lot of cockneys themselves will not know the origin of that and usually say 'brassic' which is wrong. Wooden hill must be slang somewhere but it's not cockney rhyming.
It’s wicked that you did this quiz. You should be chuffed with your result, but skive rhymes with dive. Something Tom Daley does. Tom is a dishy bloke lots of Brits would like to snog but they haven’t got the bottle to ask him, or face his husband when he gets so gutted that he loses the plot. Anyway I hope you’re enjoying uni, Joel, and are studying hard for a good job so you’re not skint when you’re older. Fancy a portion of chips later? It’s a bit parky out so make sure you wear trousers over your pants. (I’ve never heard someone using “monkeys” for cold, “parky” is more common I think.) If you just wear pants you’ll get nicked by the police for indecency. (Nicked = arrested). That’d be a real bummer. I’m off for a kip now, Cheerio!
Great video mate but some of these aren't clear. Redundant isn't fired. That would be "sacked" Redundant is when you lose your job but not for a bad reason. Could be the company going broke ect. Wicked is cool but can also be used in a bad way.
And of course, 'sacked' is well known to many Americans because of the opening titles for 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail', the most over-quoted film in geek history.
Rather abrupt ending there, thought you might have commented more on the questions and ask us for clarification lol anyway, you done very well really to get 2/3 (66%) score! I'd never heard of the Bedfordshire one, I would say, "...going up the apple and pears!" (Up the stairs)! I think you were mint on this quiz, well done ✅ 👍🎖️🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
When I moved to America for work, for the first month or so, I was constantly being misunderstood and then all of a sudden it was fine. I think subconsciously I had adapted my accent and vocabulary to fit (there is a lot of vocab to learn.....like everything on a car). Once I returned home after 4 years in the US, my brother told me I sounded like a "f**king yank".
Freeze the balls off a brass monkey"" comes from the practice of putting iron cannon balls on a dimpled brass plate on the deck of a war-ship. When very cold the brass contracted sufficiently to cause the iron balls to fall out. Common slang words "Bawbag" (Scottish term)
That’s the phrase that was on the tip of my tongue when I saw monkeys in the quiz. I don’t think we’d say monkeys on its own. We’d say “It’s a bit parky outside” or it’s nippy. Obviously back in the day when we were being trolled to do the ice bucket challenge, that’d freeze the balls off a brass monkey, but just saying the sea was monkeys? Nah, never ‘eard of it.
I remember watching an episode on QI about this phrase and Stephen Fry said it was not a naval phrase. It also makes no sense that cannonballs were stacked like that on ships. They used garlands made of wood, not brass. Even if they were made of brass it would have had very extremely cold for brass to contract enough for the balls to roll off. The origin of this phrase is not what you think. I also thought and was told the same false origin of the phrase but after watching that QI episode looked it up and re-educated myself.
There is no evidence I can find that they would store cannon balls like that. If they can be dislodged by cold weather how would they stay in place in rough weather? Who wants cannon balls rolling around the deck?
You did well. I've never heard of the Bedfordshire one 🤔. And some of them are generational, for example I wouldn't use ace but probably say cool, someone younger than me would perhaps say wicked or dench, or my friend from the north east of England says mint (which is probably more like awesome).
Back in the days if something cost a mint it meant it cost a lot. To say something was mint, like in mint condition meant it was in great condition. Mint evolved to mean great
@@rocketrabble6737 Mint, a contraction of 'mint condition' comes from the idea of something being shiny and new (like Diane Ferguson said). And that's because new money/currency is made in a mint. This is also why someone who is said to be minted means they have a lot of money.
Budge up, its our way to say move up the bench, create room, let me sit with you. Its like a take on the budgies in a cage sat side by side. Budge up, make room so we can sit side by side :)
I live at the Keel in Liverpool - on Kings Dock, beautiful city rich in culture arts, Museums, huge library, one of the largest cathedrals in the World which is stunning...Home of the Beatles, one of the most famous football clubs in the World of course too...It had some hard time through de-industrialisation of Britain but this unfair rep has stuck to it so it's just become this long running joke but bears no merit in reality....That type of humour kind of sums up us Brits though - once you're known for something, it's a constant source of inspiration to take the piss out of
Scouse(rhymes with house) comes from the Scandinavian fish dish, a kind of stew(casserole) called Lob Scouse which the Scandinavian people who came to work in Liverpool many years ago used to make and Lob Scouse became popular with the people of Liverpool. After a while 'Liverpudlians' were nicknamed 'scousers' because of this.
Monkeys outside refers to the expression cold enough to freeze the balls off of a brass monkey. The monkey was a plate made of brass on wooden sailing ships, on which the cannon balls were placed. When it got really cold the brass plate would warp and the cannon balls would then fall off. Hence the expression.
The explanations were quite informative apart from one key one IMO. We say give you a bell because Alexander Graham Bell (Scottish born) invented the first ever practical telephone.
Congrats,Joel,66% score as a earnest beginner is great(as the only one,I didn't recognise was the 'Bedfordshire' one),as other commenters have noted,its is down to regional and generational differences! BTW It been such a fascinating fortnight,that I have now subscribed to the 'holy quintet' of you,JT Reacts,The Eclectic Beard,Evan Edinger and After Work Reactions!
I'm not from Liverpool but I have been there quite a few times, it's ok, sure there are some rough areas as with all major city's. And it's home to LFC, the best football team in the world.
Liverpool are defos not the best in the world, they are one of the best and have some of the biggest fanbases in the world, but they are not the best (squad wise and fanbase)
@@lewis5319 At this point in time there's only two teams in the world that can rival Liverpool and that's Man City and Chelsea. Forget Barca or Real Madrid, Bayern on their day would give Liverpool a run for their money but Liverpool are arguably the best team in the world right now. And they didn't spend an absolute fortune like every other team to achieve this. Liverpool have arguably the best Manager along with Pep in the world right now. Liverpool sit 2nd in the best league in the world having scored more goals than either Chelsea or City. Liverpool are at the top of the Champions league group with 3 wins out of 3....5 points ahead of AM. Mo Salah is probably the best player in the world right now. So put all that together and you'd have to put a stronger argument from your side to prove they're not. I guess the best proof would be if Liverpool won the Premier league and the Champions league and the Super Cup like they did the season before last. That's really the only way to judge them against every other team in the world. But they're def top 3
@@OblivionGate from a Chelsea fan (squad wise) I think the top 5 teams in the world are (imo) 1. PSG 2. Man City 3. Bayern 4. Liverpool 5. Chelsea Also Man U would be up there if the sacked off Fred and got a better manager than ole
There is a dish that is call scouse that originates from Liverpool, hence scouser. And Skive is pronounced Sky-v. I am sure must have heard that in the inbetweeners. And Monkeys is a contraction of 'is cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'.
I’m British and didn’t know half of these 🥲 though the ones that I do know I use very often. I wouldn’t have gotten the “skive off” one because I know it as to like skip class or to weasel your way out of doing something. This was quite interesting and I was surprised at you not knowing certain ones.
I'm not familiar with a few of these. Dishy, jammy, knowing about someone's onions, wazzock, "going off to Bedforshire", "monkeys outside". Though I have heard 'you jammy git' (or similar) while not really understanding the meaning, and 'cold as two brass monkeys' (or similar) before. Yeah, cartoons/TV programmes where they mention, for example, someone going around just in their pants, were much funnier before I found out they were actually talking about their trousers. Being fired is not the same as being made redundant. We have both of those here. Also, we have both colleges and universities here.
On a completely different topic to this one I remember a long time ago when my sister-in-law and my brother were in a dispute with my Mum about how they were raising their five children and my sister-in-law came out with the classic and hilarious comment of, " Your mother wouldn't say shit even if she had a mouthful of it, would she? ". She made me promise not to say anything to my Mum and I didn't but unfortunately one of their children must've overheard her and told their gran ( my mother ) because that comment came back to haunt all of us and I got earache from my mother because of it. She tried to get me to confirm it and I simply said that I didn't want to get involved in any of their petty quarrels. It wasn't an unusual thing for my mother to get involved in family disputes because she once criticised my sister for the way that she was raising her own five children as well. As I said to my brother-in-law at the time " You can pick your friends, you can pick your nose but you can't pick your f*cking family, can you? " He agreed with me and we had a good laugh about it at that time. Fortunately for me none of their children were such 'grasses' as my brother's were so I didn't get any earache from my mother when I got home. Phew!
Knackered derives from the term 'the knickers yard' which is where work horses who could no longer work were sent and dispatched, so if you're knackered it means you're exhausted
‘Monkeys’ - Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. Usually shortened to ‘ brass monkey’ when referring to the weather. This emoji just popped up - 🥶
Liverpool is alright though it's unemployment right is some what low. The city is also famous for both, football and the Battles where they first started as a band in the needless to say famous pub called The Tavern so if you are a football or the Beetles fan then going to Liverpool is a definite must.
@@samantharichardson6956 Yes but "chips" are thus named because they are "chipped" ie. sliced potato whereas "french fries" like you get in Muckdonalds are made of mashed extruded potato.
To give someone a “bell”, comes from the inventor of the telephone Alexander graham bell. A Scottish guy who also co founded the American telephone company
@@LW_-sm4ok people also say “I will give you a ring” to interpret the phone ring. Or the do in my neck of the woods! But the give you a bell stems from the inventor. As do a lot of other abbreviated words do, especially in the English language
Hey, I'm in Liverpool. Its the best city on earth. People are amazing, accent it boss, beautiful city with two Cathedrals, a city scape that looks over the river mersey, great architecture and friendly people.
You did good. Growing up with English as a second language, and being mostly self-taught when it comes to slang, you did very well for someone growing up with English as their first language, and perhaps not being exposed to many different styles of expression.
No Liverpool is one of the best cities in England but everywhere else just has a thing against us. Southerners always talk crap about the north so thats why they don’t like Liverpool
You so need to visit Liverpool . I work for a nationwide company in the UK and travel and work the whole UK. Liverpool is one of my favorite city, you will find that locals go wild for Americans. Its super modern and even has underground metro rail ( rare for UK citys)and an amazing night life every day of the week. You would love it so much.
You did very well indeed ... the only one I hadn't heard of was the Bedfordshire one for going to bed. Liverpool is the birthplace of the Beatles and when they first started out they performed in a club called The Cavern, which is probably still going.
The monkey reference is very interesting. It's naval. In the very early days of seaborne combat, a "brass monkey" was a brass rack that cannon balls were kept on. If the weather was very cold the cannon balls would get iced and roll off the monkey as the ship rolled around. (I come from a family of sailors). Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.
The thing with Liverpool is to do with the right wing media in the 80s and people believing it. Liverpool has one of the best night out In the UK the best probably being Edinburgh.
I don’t think the majority feel negatively towards Liverpool. It seemed that JP thought Scouse sounded like an insult, but it isn’t. I’m a born and bred Londoner and I love Liverpool. It’s a beautiful city and has contributed so much (in particular) to Britain’s cultural heritage. The problem with the right wing media, and media in general, is that it’s incredibly South centric. A lot of it also comes from a middle class perspective which can also be unhelpful. For example, I have lived in Islington all my life. I’m working class and have only ever lived on council estates. Ask the average Brit about Islington and they’ll tell you how trendy/wealthy it is but it actually has very high child poverty rates (4th highest in the country). That doesn’t fit the narrative the media want to spin, so it’s rarely mentioned. There is a reason Jeremy Corbyn has been an MP in Islington for over three decades and it has nothing to do with being trendy.
The etymology of 'Scouse' ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouse ), Liverpudlian speech, is interesting and complex; the dialect does go back more than a hundred years. Most interesting is the etymological note that the word became generally popular in the UK because of the classic Britcom, "Till Death Us Do Part" (Americanized as "All in the Family"). "Scouser", of course, is a derivative from the name of the dialect. My maternal grandmother, whom I never knew, was from Liverpool. So there.
To be fair, I'm from England and I hadn't heard of a couple of these. Some you'd only find in Victorian literature these days, and being made redundant isn't the same as getting fired.
FYI, the slang mentioned in the video is mainly regional and comes from all over the UK. None of it is in use everywhere although most Brits will have come across most of it at some point and will therefore know what most of it means. Harry Potter films did not introduce the word 'snog' at all.... the word has been around for generations with the earliest recorded examples of its use dating from the mid 1940s and possibly originating in India.
"Knackered" is a great term because it refers to a "knacker's yard" where an old, injured or dead animal is taken to be disposed of. So to be knackered is to feel so tired that you're ready to be taken to the knacker's yard.
@Savannah Loughlin Really? I think we share more of the same slang than either of us do with the Americans. One Irishism that confused the hell out of me was "I'm after having my hair done". To me this means "I *want* to have my hair done" but in Irish-English it means you've *just had* your hair done. Unless I'm talking shite.
My son married an American girl from LA, they moved over here. My son always calls in bog roll. When out shopping for groceries and the like, she asked my son where/who do I ask for Bog rolls. Good job she asked my son before asking the shop assistant .. (not very lady like)
The reason Liverpudlians are known as Scousers is because of a regional dish called Scouse. It's a type of stew which uses any available ingredients such as meat, vegetables etc. originally known as Lobscouse, it was shortened over time to Scouse, thus Liverpudlians became known as Scousers.
Yes I’m from Liverpool! You should definitely visit, it’s only after hours in dodgy areas that you should avoid but the city and the shops are awesome 😁
In the days of sail, a ‘monkey’ was a copper plate with indentations for holding cannon balls in a pyramid. When the weather was extremely cold and the temperature dropped, the copper would contract and the cannon balls would roll off - hence the phrase ‘cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey’, which effectively has become ‘cold enough to freeze the nethers off an anthropoid’, abbreviated to ‘monkeys’ or ‘brass monkeys’. Britain is awash with dialects, slang, and jargon, much of which is very often localised and often obscure - as is no doubt the case in the languages of other countries. As for the more well known examples ... American ‘bathroom’, ‘restroom’, ‘comfort room’ = British ‘bog’, ‘khazi’, ‘thunderbox’, ‘lav’, ‘loo’ (and many others), and the more polite ‘toilet’, ‘convenience’, ‘gents’, ‘ladies’.
Liverpool is a city like any other city, it has its good side and bad side etc Liverpool people are known for their humour, friendliness and kindness. The term scouse comes from a hotpot dish with Lamb, beef veg and potatoes that the locals nicknamed “SCOUSE” hence scouser! Plus it’s the birthplace of the Beatles and many other famous people!
Your reactions were really funny. I'm English and I got two wrong myself lol. By the way I'm from Newcastle (a Geordie), and I must say that along with us the people in Liverpool are some of the friendliest you will ever meet. It's a wonderful place made famous by the first group to conquer America. The Beatles. If you don't know who they are look them up.
I thought you did very well actually. My parents have friends in the US that have been visiting on and off since the 70s and we used to laugh teaching this type of slang (and a lot ruder) to them. It's funny listening to someone with an American accent swearing and using English slang. Well done on your score.
You can also use the term "brass" as cold like if you were too say " its brass outside today" you will normally here this used more up the north side of england
Liverpool is a historic port town and scouse (lobskause) was a type of fish stew eaten by Scandinavian sailors which became very popular in the city. Scouser isn't an insult, Liverpudlians call themselves Scousers and are proud of it. Although it can be used in a derogatory way. It's a fantastic city with a rich history. Definitely worth a visit.
Liverpool can be rough but where isn’t, and even though it can be sketchy in places we have amazing architecture from the 1900s some might even be earlier!
Hey Joel I thought you did really well. Some of the slang terms are quite dated now, like ace and wicked (so 80s). Bog is an informal word for the toilet, hence bog roll aka loo roll. Our British slang can be quite funny sometimes because the way we use the word can change its meaning. E.g. To be chuffed (or well chuffed) is to be really pleased but if you say "Chuff me" as an expression, it's a polite way of saying f*** me in surprise at something, at least in Yorkshire it does.
Another common saying is it's coming down cats and dogs, so you will need your brolly. This means it is raining really heavily and do you will need an umbrella.
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They don't really define 'jammy' properly in this quiz, it doesn't just mean lucky, it means someone who gets away with things that you would have expected to turn out badly for them.
Jammy does mean lucky, at least where I am, just with more negative connotations.
I used it yesterday when playing table tennis and someone clipped the edge of the table. It was lucky but I used jammy because it negatively affected me as I lost the point.
Yeah deffo.. finding your phone would not be 'jammy'.
To say Jammy, you'd need to say cunt, basterd or git afterwards.
@@vinniedurrant haha deffo. you jammy git is my fave!
@@helenadoyle1041 i always say jammy sod or git lmao
Chips and fries are different things. Fries are really thin, and chips are chunky
yup. fries are skinny things that aint worth the time of day eating.. while chips are like the word says... a chip off a potato
@@sinbrown1501 fries are definitely better than chips :/ i don't like chunky chips. i'm not a fan of potatoes though. if i was to have any kind of chips they would have to be thin fries with salt on
They are the same thing. One word is American and one is British
Agreed
@@wher3ismymind not really thow french fries have always been called french fries its not "an American thing" were just more likely to say chips as a groping because technically there all chips there just diffrent types like wrinkled thick french fries rizzled cross cut and lodes more
Not everyone from the uk uses these, it’s different wherever you go in the uk tbh but we probably understand most of it if someone says these words
Snog has been around since the 60s at least. Definitely not a Harry Potter invention 😉
If it wasn't for the snog Harry Potter wouldn't have been born!!! :-)
We used to call it necking in the 80s.
Yeah, it was just popularised
It was common in the 1940s
@@MaggieTheCat01 I thought necking and snogging was used in America too but clearly I was wrong lmao
"Jammy" is usually used in the context of someone deemed undeserving of the luck.
"You jammy git!"
Yeah the example about the phone was weird, if someone found their lost phone I would say it was lucky, Jammy gives off the suggestion that I'm annoyed about them finding their phone which wouldn't be very nice lol
Which means why you and not me?
@@rocketrabble6737 That is for someone else to judge ;-)
Jammy buggar is my favourite phrase and I’m english
YOU JAMMY DODGER!
In the U.K. you will most certainly hear of people “eating a bag of chips”, but this refers to a portion of what Americans call fries wrapped in paper (i.e. “a bag”).
No it’s not, a bag of crisps in the uk is American fries. No one in uk say eating a bag of chips
@@milliepede693 Crisps...a bag of crisps is certaintly not = american fries??? What americans consider fries (mcdonalds thin french fries) do not equal to crunchy potato snacks (crisps).
We do actually say in the UK 'a bag of chips', not to be confused with 'a packet of crisps'. When you go to the fish and chip shop, they serve you chips (potato wedges).
We do still say fries in the UK but they refer to Mcdonalds like potato fries, chips are the bulky wedges that come with an english breakfast, crisps are cronch cronch
Chips? I'm pretty sure it's crispity crunchy munchy crackerjack snacker nibbler snacknibbling west polchestershire shire queens lovely jobley delights? Kinda cringe
its crisps...
@@milliepede693 They absolutely do. When you go to the chippy, you ask for a bag of chips. Or at least you do where I’m from.
Also, crisps are not what they call fries in the US. Crisps are what the US would call “chips”. Chips are what the US call “fries”.
The word redundant doesn't mean fired. It means the company is cutting down on staff. To be fired is a bad thing, as it means you have probably done something wrong. If a company lets 30 people go at the same time due to redundancies, it doesn't mean they have all been fired. Companies try and cut down by letting go. Like the elderly or those they think aren't pulling their weight. But it's not a bad thing. For example. Over the last year, a lot of people will have lost their jobs due to smaller companies cutting down. They lost so much money, they can't afford to hire as many people. So they had to make redundancies.
Yep, then you get redundancy pay (severance pay I think you call it in US). To say you have been made redundant is bad news. To be fired is much worse, it's shameful or embarrassing most of the time. If I found out someone was fired I would assume gross misconduct (e.g theft from the company).
Agreed. Those two are not the same thing. I've been made redundant. I've never been fired. Being made redundant actually turned out to be a good thing for me. I got a better job, and a huge severance package. I have never done anything that would lead to being fired.
In Scotland, you get your jotters.
In the UK, selection of staff for redundancy is a carefully controlled process. You either have to select on the basis of "last in, first out" or some other objectively justifiable criterion. You can't just sack the women, black people, old people, poor performers, etc. You can't make pregnant women redundant at all. And then if you hire new staff to do the same job within a certain period of time, that's automatically Unfair Dismissal and you can be sued (with punitive damages).
Louise F Exactly. Being made redundant is usually because the company can’t afford to keep people on.
Did you hear about the man who was ran over by a steam train?
He was chuffed to bits.
Nice!
😂😂😂
You will have to visit Liverpool when you come over, great city with Incredible sense of humour.👏🏽👏🏽
Agreed. Liverpool is a great place - the birthplace of the Beatles who influenced modern pop music globally. Many other singers and British comedians came from the city. Scousers are well known for their 'gift of the gab'. It has become a popular tourist destination in recent decades. Well worth a visit.
I’m from down south (Southampton) Speedy Reedy always wanted to visit heard it’s a cracking night out!
@Paul Thomas You learn something everyday. Had no idea about that Freddie Mercury fact. I’ve also supported LFC for ever since I remember. I was born in London but left
as a child. Visited Liverpool, attended a match dying for this pandemic to end so I can come back. So much history in Liverpool too Joel. Some of those buildings are centuries old and impressive. Slavery museum- explains links with slave trade, empire. Loads to see and do.
He won't understand a word! just have to nod and smile
@Paul Thomas 😀. I must have been 6 years old when I heard that they had a really big win against Arsenal (6-1 or something) and it really impressed me. Stuck with them through thick and thin since then, and boy has there been some thin… So grateful we have Juergen Klopp now.
That ending felt like a rage quit.
Pretty sure it was.
I think someone was about to walk in could hear the door unlock
Looking at this makes me realise how much of a masterpiece British slang is.
PS I am British lol
@@abyy7529 can tell, you spelt “realise” our way 😂😂
The way he says “Sc-ow-zer” instead of Scouser 😂💀
I was hoping he'd get alot of these wrong so I could laugh at his arse.
@@Aloyus_Knight well he's not as annoying as the others but I'd say he got the exact right amount wrong for you to make fun of him
Liverpool is one of the best cities in the UK, it’s one of the safest cities also. I’m from Liverpool and scousers are very outgoing and extroverted, they will happily speak to you over any topic really. If you ever visit Liverpool, you need to go out of the city centre to the suburbs to see the real scousers, the city centre is full of students/business people and often don’t display the same hospitality to that of an actual scouser.
i love Liverpool i'm from Wales so not too far for me to visit
@@gazriley624 get up here! Cymru croeso! (I lived in Llanfairfechan for 3 years)! Scousers love Wales!
Liverpool is a GREAT PLACE. It is a real city with real people... yes it has had its tough times... but it is a wonderful place to live and visit. .. I am very glad for my three years in the city when I was at University.
Nobody says, "It's monkeys". I have heard, "It's brass monkeys out there."
Yes, but people do also say “I don’t give a monkeys” when they mean I couldn’t care less (or as an American would say “I could care less” for the same sentiment) 😉.
We do sometimes just say it's monkeys outside....
@@mephistophelean Often said is 'brass monkey weather'
@@Bezart34 Yes, but not always.
Personally never heard of it but slang is different in different places I guess
To be fair Joel, British slang is tough to get. There are so many regions with many different variations - and accents. I bet you would enjoy Cockney rhyming slang!
I bet some yanks have watch videos of all the various UK accents & their heads just exploded from not being able to handle the culture shock.
Liverpool is the best place to live. I’m a Scouser & very proud. I’ve lived abroad as well as several places in the U.K. & I’ve always come back home. From the amazing buildings to the fantastic culture. Yes we have some areas a bit run down as do all places around the uk & I know the us! But in general it is a great place to live & visit. As many millions of Americans will tell you. From The Beatles tours to the amazing waterfront . To the 2 football teams to the amazing cultural places . We are a proud city. Where many Hollywood films have been made! As they liken our architecture to New York’s. Maybe look us up! On the fact of people you see laughing etc about Liverpool … scousers are funny! I mean they have the best sense of humour. And can also laugh at themselves. We are known worldwide for being very friendly & having the best sense of humour & the kindest hearts. So when you come here please come visit. I will show you around. I’m 52 travelled the world lived in many places & proud to say I’m Scouse!
Love Liverpool , us Stokies often get thought of as Liverpudlians
I have lost count of the number of times I have been to Anfield since the early '90s. At one time I used to go to at least 10 to 15 home games. Fortunately, in those days, the games were mainly on Saturday or Sunday so did not need time off work. Liverpool is a wonderful city with wonderful people. I have seen the city change over the decades, especially the area around Lime Street Station. Unfortunately, I have not been for a while.
I’m studying at uni of Liverpool and I’m from near London. It’s a great city and has a good student life. Still getting used to the northern slang
It’s shit hole
Really surprised that nobody has explained why a native of Liverpool is called a Scouse. It's the same reason why the French are called frogs. The native dish of Liverpool is scouse which is a bit like a stew, I have never had it, but by all accounts it is scrummy.
"Jammy" is an interesting one: it comes from the variable amounts of jam (jelly to Americans) in a jam doughnut (jelly donut) - if someone gets a doughnut with plenty of jam in it, they're lucky, hence "jammy".
How does he not know what jammy means🤔
the way he says ricky gervae like a plural lol instead of jervais
Oh dear Joel, 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 At least you still posted it! I loved the way you kept turning to the camera for reassurance from us. I'm watching the crurser hovering and saying. Nooooo!
The video seemed to end abruptly, as if it was cut short.
We use both fired and redundant. To be made redundant means that the job you were doing, or the company you were working for has gone so you are no longer needed. To be fired means that your behaviour or performance was unacceptable. Differences which will definitely affect your ability to find alternative work.
I'm glad someone cleared that up because I was going to comment the same thing. Being made redundant and being fired are very different
Maybe he was fired?
I would say: Sacked, or 'got the sack'. Or sometimes people might enquire if someone's been given P45 (tax form you take to a new employer)
@@alanlittle4589 Agreed, phrases around a sack are probably more common, and no doubt there are numerous other expressions or euphemisms in use - variations on loosing a job spring to mind.
A P.45 will also be given whenever you make the decision to leave, for example (but not exclusively) when you give notice so that you can move to another company, or simply retire.
cut short for humour
I only know Wazzock because of Ghosts.
“NAFF OFF YOU WAZZOCK”
YOO A GHOST WATCHER!
@@mayoria7436 I’m obsessed
@@ameliam7292 LMAO ME TOO
@@mayoria7436 the 6 idiots are so worth obsessing over.
@@ameliam7292 TELL ME ABOUT IT
Just to explain the 'monkeys' one when it is cold...
The full phrase is 'cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey', which is not as bad as it sounds! In the old days of galleons and canon, iron canon balls were stored in a pyramid shape and held in place by a triangular frame called a 'monkey' (no idea why it was called that!).
The balls were a very tight fit, they had to be to stop them rolling around at sea. When they are cold metals contract, and brass contracts more than iron does. When it was extremely cold the brass monkey would contract so much that the iron canon balls were squeezed out of the frame and start rolling around.
Hence 'Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey', or as it is now 'It's monkeys out there'. :)
Not quite. Cannon balls (for ready use) were stored this way in the army, but not in the navy. A 'monkey' being from the old navy where ready-use cannonballs would be stored on a rectangular strip with semi-circular indents to hold the balls. However, monkeys were usually made of wood. There are good examples of these on HMS Victory.
@@TukikoTroy Ah, okay. I was just repeating what I heard on QI :D
@@TukikoTroy Exactly, this phrase has nothing to do with the navy and was never a nautical term.
When you do visit Britain you should certainly visit Liverpool. It is well worth a visit. I have only been there twice but enjoyed both my visits there.
Scouser is not an insult it means people from Liverpool it's just a nick name for them i'm from Yorkshire a 2 hour drive outside Liverpool i visit the city every couple of months for a weekend
As someone who lives not too far away from Liverpool, I can absolutely tell you that it’s a fantastic city, full of culture, history, beautiful buildings, mostly free museums and galleries, a beautiful waterfront, and most importantly it’s filled with warm friendly people.
It’s long been a running joke to mock the place and its people, but usually by people who have never been.
It's the same with Glasgow. People have a very old idea of what it's like but in reality they're great places to live.
@@margaretnicol3423 ... Never had owt but a warm welcome in both these magnificent cities.
Liverpool is an odd places in ways, a melting pot of Dutch and Irish settlers originally.
@@popazz1 Same here John. Both are great cities with great people!
Yeah Liverpool is a beautiful place. I’ve only visited once to do a Beatles pilgrimage but it was beautiful and seemed really friendly. I blame The Bangles, who sang a song called Going Down To Liverpool. “Where you going, that UB40 in your hand? I’m going down to Liverpool to do nothing all the days of my life.”
“We are going up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire.”
Reminds me of my grandma… she always used to say that when she was here
'Wooden hill'...never heard that before...Cockney rhyming slang is 'apples' as in 'apples and pairs'
@@david2804me It is 'apples and pears'. Not pairs.
Wooden Hills* was always said to me personally "Come on, up the wooden hills to Bedfordshire"
@@5uper5kill3rz The clue is in the title 'Cockney Rhyming Slang'....wooden hill does not rhyme with any word that could be used to refer to a staircase. All cockney rhyming slang rhymes with the word it replaces eg.... whistle and flute/suit, plates of meat/feet, north and south/mouth, frog and toad/road, boracic lint/skint (a lot of cockneys themselves will not know the origin of that and usually say 'brassic' which is wrong. Wooden hill must be slang somewhere but it's not cockney rhyming.
I’ve never used “jammy” as lucky I’ve always used it as like cheeky or mischievous. As in “you jammy little bastard”.
I normally use it as lucky in a bad way like if I’m playing cards and someone pulls out and ace and wins. That’s when I’ve used the word before
Jammy is often followed by the word "Bastard"
It’s wicked that you did this quiz. You should be chuffed with your result, but skive rhymes with dive. Something Tom Daley does. Tom is a dishy bloke lots of Brits would like to snog but they haven’t got the bottle to ask him, or face his husband when he gets so gutted that he loses the plot. Anyway I hope you’re enjoying uni, Joel, and are studying hard for a good job so you’re not skint when you’re older. Fancy a portion of chips later? It’s a bit parky out so make sure you wear trousers over your pants. (I’ve never heard someone using “monkeys” for cold, “parky” is more common I think.) If you just wear pants you’ll get nicked by the police for indecency. (Nicked = arrested). That’d be a real bummer. I’m off for a kip now, Cheerio!
The expression that certainly was used is 'brass monkeys' or in full it's 'cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'.
Just saying to nick something in the UK also means to steal something :)
Should of said old bill for police 😁
@@Daddy80sCool 'Should HAVE said'
@@rocketrabble6737 should've is what I meant to put, predictive text thought otherwise, I guess you think you're pretty smart, well done you.
Great video mate but some of these aren't clear. Redundant isn't fired. That would be "sacked" Redundant is when you lose your job but not for a bad reason. Could be the company going broke ect. Wicked is cool but can also be used in a bad way.
And of course, 'sacked' is well known to many Americans because of the opening titles for 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail', the most over-quoted film in geek history.
Ngl I’m a British person but I didn’t know a lot of these XD dint know “Bedfordshire” was a thing haha
Rather abrupt ending there, thought you might have commented more on the questions and ask us for clarification lol anyway, you done very well really to get 2/3 (66%) score! I'd never heard of the Bedfordshire one, I would say, "...going up the apple and pears!" (Up the stairs)! I think you were mint on this quiz, well done ✅ 👍🎖️🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
When I moved to America for work, for the first month or so, I was constantly being misunderstood and then all of a sudden it was fine. I think subconsciously I had adapted my accent and vocabulary to fit (there is a lot of vocab to learn.....like everything on a car). Once I returned home after 4 years in the US, my brother told me I sounded like a "f**king yank".
They need to learn stuff about cars too. Half of them have never heard of a gear stick
Freeze the balls off a brass monkey"" comes from the practice of putting iron cannon balls on a dimpled brass plate on the deck of a war-ship. When very cold the brass contracted sufficiently to cause the iron balls to fall out. Common slang words "Bawbag" (Scottish term)
Yes, well said sir! :)
That’s the phrase that was on the tip of my tongue when I saw monkeys in the quiz. I don’t think we’d say monkeys on its own. We’d say “It’s a bit parky outside” or it’s nippy. Obviously back in the day when we were being trolled to do the ice bucket challenge, that’d freeze the balls off a brass monkey, but just saying the sea was monkeys? Nah, never ‘eard of it.
I remember watching an episode on QI about this phrase and Stephen Fry said it was not a naval phrase. It also makes no sense that cannonballs were stacked like that on ships. They used garlands made of wood, not brass. Even if they were made of brass it would have had very extremely cold for brass to contract enough for the balls to roll off. The origin of this phrase is not what you think. I also thought and was told the same false origin of the phrase but after watching that QI episode looked it up and re-educated myself.
There is no evidence I can find that they would store cannon balls like that. If they can be dislodged by cold weather how would they stay in place in rough weather? Who wants cannon balls rolling around the deck?
definitely apocryphal!
whoever made that that up was taking the piss (which *should* have been in the quiz)
As a Brit I'm actually surprised that a lot of these phrases aren't universal!
It’s so funny being British and watching these !!
You did well. I've never heard of the Bedfordshire one 🤔. And some of them are generational, for example I wouldn't use ace but probably say cool, someone younger than me would perhaps say wicked or dench, or my friend from the north east of England says mint (which is probably more like awesome).
In Liverpool it's 'boss'.
I have never found/worked out why we say mint up here.
Back in the days if something cost a mint it meant it cost a lot. To say something was mint, like in mint condition meant it was in great condition. Mint evolved to mean great
@@dianeferguson3555 'Mint' originates from the idea of being new, bright, shiny, expensive, great. 'Minted' is well-endowed with money.
@@rocketrabble6737 Mint, a contraction of 'mint condition' comes from the idea of something being shiny and new (like Diane Ferguson said). And that's because new money/currency is made in a mint. This is also why someone who is said to be minted means they have a lot of money.
Budge up, its our way to say move up the bench, create room, let me sit with you. Its like a take on the budgies in a cage sat side by side. Budge up, make room so we can sit side by side :)
Liverpool is excellent! my fave British city
I live at the Keel in Liverpool - on Kings Dock, beautiful city rich in culture arts, Museums, huge library, one of the largest cathedrals in the World which is stunning...Home of the Beatles, one of the most famous football clubs in the World of course too...It had some hard time through de-industrialisation of Britain but this unfair rep has stuck to it so it's just become this long running joke but bears no merit in reality....That type of humour kind of sums up us Brits though - once you're known for something, it's a constant source of inspiration to take the piss out of
Scouse(rhymes with house) comes from the Scandinavian fish dish, a kind of stew(casserole) called Lob Scouse which the Scandinavian people who came to work in Liverpool many years ago used to make and Lob Scouse became popular with the people of Liverpool. After a while 'Liverpudlians' were nicknamed 'scousers' because of this.
Monkeys outside refers to the expression cold enough to freeze the balls off of a brass monkey. The monkey was a plate made of brass on wooden sailing ships, on which the cannon balls were placed. When it got really cold the brass plate would warp and the cannon balls would then fall off. Hence the expression.
Just 'off', the additional 'of' as in 'off of' is superfluous in British English.
@@neilpickup237 ok Mr pedantic I accede to your knowledge. However, as an Englishman I have always written in this way. Maybe wrong but...
Neil darling.
There is no such thing as "British English". It's just English. Calm down.
The explanations were quite informative apart from one key one IMO. We say give you a bell because Alexander Graham Bell (Scottish born) invented the first ever practical telephone.
I watch the whole thing and realized I know as much about British words as him and I'm British
God save the queen
Lol, same
The Beatles come from Liverpool... Famous entertainers were from Liverpool, Mainly Irish-Scots descent.
Can I just say, Scousers are effectively foreigners as they speak another language.
as a scouser i agree
Congrats,Joel,66% score as a earnest beginner is great(as the only one,I didn't recognise was the 'Bedfordshire' one),as other commenters have noted,its is down to regional and generational differences!
BTW It been such a fascinating fortnight,that I have now subscribed to the 'holy quintet' of you,JT Reacts,The Eclectic Beard,Evan Edinger and After Work Reactions!
I'm not from Liverpool but I have been there quite a few times, it's ok, sure there are some rough areas as with all major city's. And it's home to LFC, the best football team in the world.
YNWA!!
The plural of city is 'cities'
Liverpool are defos not the best in the world, they are one of the best and have some of the biggest fanbases in the world, but they are not the best (squad wise and fanbase)
@@lewis5319 At this point in time there's only two teams in the world that can rival Liverpool and that's Man City and Chelsea. Forget Barca or Real Madrid, Bayern on their day would give Liverpool a run for their money but Liverpool are arguably the best team in the world right now. And they didn't spend an absolute fortune like every other team to achieve this. Liverpool have arguably the best Manager along with Pep in the world right now. Liverpool sit 2nd in the best league in the world having scored more goals than either Chelsea or City. Liverpool are at the top of the Champions league group with 3 wins out of 3....5 points ahead of AM. Mo Salah is probably the best player in the world right now. So put all that together and you'd have to put a stronger argument from your side to prove they're not.
I guess the best proof would be if Liverpool won the Premier league and the Champions league and the Super Cup like they did the season before last. That's really the only way to judge them against every other team in the world. But they're def top 3
@@OblivionGate from a Chelsea fan (squad wise) I think the top 5 teams in the world are (imo)
1. PSG
2. Man City
3. Bayern
4. Liverpool
5. Chelsea
Also Man U would be up there if the sacked off Fred and got a better manager than ole
Skive off generally means to not go to something. Mainly used when skipping class
There is a dish that is call scouse that originates from Liverpool, hence scouser. And Skive is pronounced Sky-v. I am sure must have heard that in the inbetweeners. And Monkeys is a contraction of 'is cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'.
I’m British and didn’t know half of these 🥲 though the ones that I do know I use very often. I wouldn’t have gotten the “skive off” one because I know it as to like skip class or to weasel your way out of doing something. This was quite interesting and I was surprised at you not knowing certain ones.
I'm not familiar with a few of these.
Dishy, jammy, knowing about someone's onions, wazzock, "going off to Bedforshire", "monkeys outside".
Though I have heard 'you jammy git' (or similar) while not really understanding the meaning, and 'cold as two brass monkeys' (or similar) before.
Yeah, cartoons/TV programmes where they mention, for example, someone going around just in their pants, were much funnier before I found out they were actually talking about their trousers.
Being fired is not the same as being made redundant. We have both of those here.
Also, we have both colleges and universities here.
I’m northern british(so very british) and have never hear the dishy, dosh, jammy or you know your onions ones😂
On a completely different topic to this one I remember a long time ago when my sister-in-law and my brother were in a dispute with my Mum about how they were raising their five children and my sister-in-law came out with the classic and hilarious comment of, " Your mother wouldn't say shit even if she had a mouthful of it, would she? ".
She made me promise not to say anything to my Mum and I didn't but unfortunately one of their children must've overheard her and told their gran ( my mother ) because that comment came back to haunt all of us and I got earache from my mother because of it. She tried to get me to confirm it and I simply said that I didn't want to get involved in any of their petty quarrels.
It wasn't an unusual thing for my mother to get involved in family disputes because she once criticised my sister for the way that she was raising her own five children as well. As I said to my brother-in-law at the time " You can pick your friends, you can pick your nose but you can't pick your f*cking family, can you? " He agreed with me and we had a good laugh about it at that time. Fortunately for me none of their children were such 'grasses' as my brother's were so I didn't get any earache from my mother when I got home. Phew!
Knackered derives from the term 'the knickers yard' which is where work horses who could no longer work were sent and dispatched, so if you're knackered it means you're exhausted
‘Monkeys’ - Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. Usually shortened to ‘ brass monkey’ when referring to the weather. This emoji just popped up - 🥶
I personally think you did quite well and JPS you are definitely wicked young man
Toilet paper.....I say 'bog roll' or 'shit tickets'.
Liverpool is alright though it's unemployment right is some what low. The city is also famous for both, football and the Battles where they first started as a band in the needless to say famous pub called The Tavern so if you are a football or the Beetles fan then going to Liverpool is a definite must.
If you order chips, you're going to get chips, not french fries. Unless you're in McDonald's.
They’re on about the American translation, because they call chips french fries
@@samantharichardson6956 Yes but "chips" are thus named because they are "chipped" ie. sliced potato whereas "french fries" like you get in Muckdonalds are made of mashed extruded potato.
@@BaddaBigBoom oooo McDonalds is mucky now
@@samantharichardson6956 "Now"? It always was.
@@BaddaBigBoom how
Fab. I loved that quiz. I was cheering you on. X
To give someone a “bell”, comes from the inventor of the telephone Alexander graham bell. A Scottish guy who also co founded the American telephone company
I thought it came from the bell that would ring when some one was calling??
@@LW_-sm4ok people also say “I will give you a ring” to interpret the phone ring. Or the do in my neck of the woods! But the give you a bell stems from the inventor. As do a lot of other abbreviated words do, especially in the English language
@@kellyk209 ahh I see now I. I've never actually heard it came from the inventor before
I am from the UK, and I haven't heard some of these lol. Like "dishy" "Jammy" and "cheesed off", I've never heard anyone say that LMAO
Hey, I'm in Liverpool. Its the best city on earth. People are amazing, accent it boss, beautiful city with two Cathedrals, a city scape that looks over the river mersey, great architecture and friendly people.
That city introduced the great "Beatle" plague to the world.
You did good. Growing up with English as a second language, and being mostly self-taught when it comes to slang, you did very well for someone growing up with English as their first language, and perhaps not being exposed to many different styles of expression.
No Liverpool is one of the best cities in England but everywhere else just has a thing against us. Southerners always talk crap about the north so thats why they don’t like Liverpool
You so need to visit Liverpool . I work for a nationwide company in the UK and travel and work the whole UK. Liverpool is one of my favorite city, you will find that locals go wild for Americans. Its super modern and even has underground metro rail ( rare for UK citys)and an amazing night life every day of the week. You would love it so much.
scouser is pronounced “sc ow! ss er” with a hard s. and no, it’s just to do with their accents,
You did very well indeed ... the only one I hadn't heard of was the Bedfordshire one for going to bed. Liverpool is the birthplace of the Beatles and when they first started out they performed in a club called The Cavern, which is probably still going.
Up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire = going upstairs to bed
My mum used to say this to me (I'm from the west midlands originally)
I did this quiz at the same time as you… I’m British however you got more right than me 😭
Same! I swear they made up half of thses lol
@@PrimeTime0 SO TRUE THOUGH!!!
The monkey reference is very interesting. It's naval. In the very early days of seaborne combat, a "brass monkey" was a brass rack that cannon balls were kept on. If the weather was very cold the cannon balls would get iced and roll off the monkey as the ship rolled around. (I come from a family of sailors). Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.
The thing with Liverpool is to do with the right wing media in the 80s and people believing it. Liverpool has one of the best night out In the UK the best probably being Edinburgh.
I love liverpool and scousers. The place is full of culture and has a lovely Irish connection
I don’t think the majority feel negatively towards Liverpool. It seemed that JP thought Scouse sounded like an insult, but it isn’t. I’m a born and bred Londoner and I love Liverpool. It’s a beautiful city and has contributed so much (in particular) to Britain’s cultural heritage. The problem with the right wing media, and media in general, is that it’s incredibly South centric. A lot of it also comes from a middle class perspective which can also be unhelpful. For example, I have lived in Islington all my life. I’m working class and have only ever lived on council estates. Ask the average Brit about Islington and they’ll tell you how trendy/wealthy it is but it actually has very high child poverty rates (4th highest in the country). That doesn’t fit the narrative the media want to spin, so it’s rarely mentioned. There is a reason Jeremy Corbyn has been an MP in Islington for over three decades and it has nothing to do with being trendy.
The etymology of 'Scouse' ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouse ), Liverpudlian speech, is interesting and complex; the dialect does go back more than a hundred years. Most interesting is the etymological note that the word became generally popular in the UK because of the classic Britcom, "Till Death Us Do Part" (Americanized as "All in the Family"). "Scouser", of course, is a derivative from the name of the dialect.
My maternal grandmother, whom I never knew, was from Liverpool. So there.
Agreed
Scouse is a traditional chunky meaty stew which became particularly associated with Northern England and Liverpool.
To be fair, I'm from England and I hadn't heard of a couple of these. Some you'd only find in Victorian literature these days, and being made redundant isn't the same as getting fired.
Thanks mate! I feel really old now as all these are in my common vocab.
the pronunciation of some of these words killed me😂. your first attempt at the word skive was right
FYI, the slang mentioned in the video is mainly regional and comes from all over the UK. None of it is in use everywhere although most Brits will have come across most of it at some point and will therefore know what most of it means. Harry Potter films did not introduce the word 'snog' at all.... the word has been around for generations with the earliest recorded examples of its use dating from the mid 1940s and possibly originating in India.
"Knackered" is a great term because it refers to a "knacker's yard" where an old, injured or dead animal is taken to be disposed of. So to be knackered is to feel so tired that you're ready to be taken to the knacker's yard.
@Savannah Loughlin Really? I think we share more of the same slang than either of us do with the Americans. One Irishism that confused the hell out of me was "I'm after having my hair done". To me this means "I *want* to have my hair done" but in Irish-English it means you've *just had* your hair done. Unless I'm talking shite.
My son married an American girl from LA, they moved over here. My son always calls in bog roll. When out shopping for groceries and the like, she asked my son where/who do I ask for Bog rolls. Good job she asked my son before asking the shop assistant .. (not very lady like)
Liverpool is an amazing city in many ways.. I'd recommend you visit x
i got a sense of pride when i saw the word 'scouser'
like LOOK MUM THATS ME
The reason Liverpudlians are known as Scousers is because of a regional dish called Scouse. It's a type of stew which uses any available ingredients such as meat, vegetables etc. originally known as Lobscouse, it was shortened over time to Scouse, thus Liverpudlians became known as Scousers.
Yes I’m from Liverpool! You should definitely visit, it’s only after hours in dodgy areas that you should avoid but the city and the shops are awesome 😁
In the days of sail, a ‘monkey’ was a copper plate with indentations for holding cannon balls in a pyramid. When the weather was extremely cold and the temperature dropped, the copper would contract and the cannon balls would roll off - hence the phrase ‘cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey’, which effectively has become ‘cold enough to freeze the nethers off an anthropoid’, abbreviated to ‘monkeys’ or ‘brass monkeys’. Britain is awash with dialects, slang, and jargon, much of which is very often localised and often obscure - as is no doubt the case in the languages of other countries. As for the more well known examples ... American ‘bathroom’, ‘restroom’, ‘comfort room’ = British ‘bog’, ‘khazi’, ‘thunderbox’, ‘lav’, ‘loo’ (and many others), and the more polite ‘toilet’, ‘convenience’, ‘gents’, ‘ladies’.
Yes, you need to visit Liverpool, there is so much to see along the waterfront!
LMAO at the rage quit ending
Liverpool is a city like any other city, it has its good side and bad side etc Liverpool people are known for their humour, friendliness and kindness. The term scouse comes from a hotpot dish with Lamb, beef veg and potatoes that the locals nicknamed “SCOUSE” hence scouser! Plus it’s the birthplace of the Beatles and many other famous people!
SORRY AS A BRIT I DIED WHEN YOU THOUGHT SCRUMMY MEANT ANNOYED-
I'M SORRY BUT WHO SAYS "Awhh that maths test was really scrummy today"
Scouse is a type of lamb stew common in Liverpool
Your reactions were really funny. I'm English and I got two wrong myself lol. By the way I'm from Newcastle (a Geordie), and I must say that along with us the people in Liverpool are some of the friendliest you will ever meet. It's a wonderful place made famous by the first group to conquer America. The Beatles. If you don't know who they are look them up.
Who doesnt know the Beatles unless you are like 1 lol. Nice to see another person from the northeast here (I'm a smoggy tho)
@@samuelpinder1215 A smoggy is fine by me lol.
I thought you did very well actually. My parents have friends in the US that have been visiting on and off since the 70s and we used to laugh teaching this type of slang (and a lot ruder) to them. It's funny listening to someone with an American accent swearing and using English slang. Well done on your score.
You can also use the term "brass" as cold like if you were too say " its brass outside today" you will normally here this used more up the north side of england
Liverpool is a historic port town and scouse (lobskause) was a type of fish stew eaten by Scandinavian sailors which became very popular in the city. Scouser isn't an insult, Liverpudlians call themselves Scousers and are proud of it. Although it can be used in a derogatory way.
It's a fantastic city with a rich history. Definitely worth a visit.
(Evan Edinger is thinking of moving there, I believe).
Liverpool can be rough but where isn’t, and even though it can be sketchy in places we have amazing architecture from the 1900s some might even be earlier!
You did very well jps.. You know a lot more than u think.. Oh Your a dish..hope you don't mind me saying that jps . 🙏🏻 !))..
I’m English and I’ve never heard of some of these!! Just goes to show how many colloquial differences there are from area to area
Hey Joel I thought you did really well. Some of the slang terms are quite dated now, like ace and wicked (so 80s).
Bog is an informal word for the toilet, hence bog roll aka loo roll.
Our British slang can be quite funny sometimes because the way we use the word can change its meaning. E.g. To be chuffed (or well chuffed) is to be really pleased but if you say "Chuff me" as an expression, it's a polite way of saying f*** me in surprise at something, at least in Yorkshire it does.
I love Liverpool they're for the most part working class genuinely nice people, but like everywhere, there's good and bad everywhere
I think you done really well my friend?? It's somewhat difficult to hear some words???lol wait till you get to Scotland lol....
Another common saying is it's coming down cats and dogs, so you will need your brolly.
This means it is raining really heavily and do you will need an umbrella.