Think and Speak Like a British Person! 🇬🇧 What we SAY vs what we MEAN!
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- Опубліковано 31 тра 2024
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Actually, I am required to improve my skills in English listening when I listen to someone from British. I don't understand what does he says
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I'm keen on you teacher. I hope your lessons Will master my English skiils.
Aren't Japanese similar in this matter? Avoiding confrontation, I mean.
We, Polish, love to complain. Meeting a friend and saying "Yeah, everything ok, I feel great" is something we never say. 😂 Sometimes a conversation between two people consist in "boasting" about who has it worse. 😂 So, when you ask Polish person "How's going?", the answer you get will be: "Not great/eh/same old". It means we're okay and happy. 🤣
Polish people have a reason to be upset. They've been abused for years, screwed around from all sides. The first victim of WW2, the scapegoat of WW1
Vietnamese culture shares the same indirectness
Love your explanation of "Not great/eh/same old".🤣🤣🤣 Although I am Polish by blood and bone, in this case I am definitely American, which means always happy, never complaining. Best from Gdańsk, Poland.
Human connections!
Sooo true! LOL!
If you want to avoid confrontation don't compliment things you don't like to avoid being fake and rude 😊
I actually came here to say the exact same thing, lol
Yes, but Some People desperately want to Say something, anything. That is why they will Say any bullshit Just to keep the small talk going.
Nah, that'll be too easy and honest.. Hypocrisy hooray!
That's y u r not British! It's an art dear!
@@sujitmohanty1 sounds like compliment
Some time ago, I wrote a letter on behalf of a friend of mine who had a disagreement with a British airline about a ticket refund. After reading it, my friend found it bland and asked me if I couldn't have been a little more forceful. I had used expressions such as "I'm feeling a bit disappointed", "I don't think your assessment is really fair" "Your answer was not exactly what I would have expected". I answered him I had been very forceful indeed and I was right: the airline answered at once and refunded the full price.
You did right. You can always be more forceful but it’s difficult to do it the other way round
Maybe they just wanted to avoid a scandal, not do the right thing because of your PC...
I think a lot of our culture comes from sayings/phrases we're taught as kids. For example, "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all," is probably behind our fear of saying something unpleasant to the point that we'll then actively lie about it.
You might be right on that one! I was taught that phrase, too.
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As a German, I have to say that it's more complicated than I thought. I didn't realise that the cultural differences were so big. Here in Germany, it's considered polite to actually say whether you intend to come or not. How else is the host supposed to be prepared?
Agreed!
I really loved the phrase: I felt like death warmed up.
I loughed my head off. It will work in german too, and I definitely will integrate it to my portfolio of pictorial phrases. 😂
As a regular visitor to the UK it all sounds very familiar, but it’s always good to be reminded of this kind of phrases (and tutting)! Thanks!
the describtion of some phrases is just gorgeous! Thank you so much for such a humorous manner of giving very important information!
The irony, it's highly regarded in expression and firmly embedded in the British culture.
Hi bro ,lm just wanna know if there is any word in English that contain a sequence of consonant in the final position more than 4 as in _ccccc????do u know,😢
"I'll let you get on..." I usually say something like that if I feel like I've taken up too much of someone's time.
Or, I'd say "I know you have a thousand things to get back to".
The different sunburnt expressions... I would jokingly say "You look well done!". 😂😂😂😂
I'm in the Chicago area and originally from Cleveland Ohio. Our version of English is kinda different. 😊
I live in the UK, but am Irish and also lived in Japan so Im fluent in Japanese as well, and this indirectness seems similar to Japan actually. I don't think Irish as indirect as British though, I noticed the more indirectness after moving to the UK for sure. This was in stark contrast to when I went on holidays to Germany, where people were the opposite. I think the US is also much more direct as well.
Yeah, German here. If you tell us to write a date in the calendar, we probably will grab our calendar and search for a good day 😂 good luck to come out of that one 😂😂
I also had a strange moment, when I accidentally get on a private lawn and the owner came around to get me off. (I was like 12 and didn't speak English very well) I told him that I was sorry and his last words were "your welcome". Thar got me confused 😂
You have been really helpful for me to learn English from basic to advanced... I'm from India and from heart i just wanna thank you.... thanks alot Lucy ma'am
I admire how greatful is your teaching
That video was really great! Funny, but full of warm insight about our British friends!
It goes without saying that you wonderfully designed lesson.😊 Thank you for sharing real English conversation with us.!
God bless you!😊
im an english native but also on the autistic spectrum. this is brilliant, you could do a whole series of these for the autistic community.
I lived 17 years in London, and it is so nice to listen to all this which brings back many good memories. Working in the City, I had some pretty good experiences. I loved it and miss it.
Thank you Lucy ❤ please make video to intermediate English learners level because this level is so difficult for us.!!🙂
When a German says "Can't complain" he/she means: "I feel great". And when something is considered "not bad" it's "exellent". That' s why coversation with a Brit can be difficult.
You nailed it. What I first thought, too, such an awkward moment for a German just hearing about an alternative interpretation of „not bad“ or „can’t complain“. I laugh about how the French use irony, too. Without doubt in French is about 80% for sure for example 😄
French do that quite often to…
That was ridiculously awesome! Thanks a lot! Now I'm forearmed!👍👏👏👏
I love this video and the way you present the conversation so much.
According to what I learned today, I am absolutely 100% British 😂 hope to visit your beautiful country soon! Greetings from Germany
I love your content and humour Lucy. I am a Brit (Welshman) lol. Your videos always brighten my day and sometimes I do learn something. Great work.
I'm from the UK, Good Video 'That'll do"
Lucy, watching this video made me remember the time when I was in London. Pleasant time.
Thanks for your videos ma'am. I'm really getting better and better everyday coz of you.
Really informative, thanks so much Lucy. I owe you one.
Thank you 🎉 Lots of love from Türkiye 🇹🇷
Excellent video. I had lived in Coventry for one year with my two british friends. This content brings me back to that memories! Haha.
Thanks my lovely teacher for this lesson 🙂🙏🏻
Wish u the best always
Thanks for sharing this video. I learnt so many things from you
Thank you for the lesson, Lucy 😊😊😊.
Good job Lucy.
Thank you so much.
Have a good weekend. ☺👍
Thank you for the valuable insight!
Fantastic video. Thank you ❤️
That was really good. Thank you Lucy :)
Thank u Lucy. No word to say hw much I feel yr lesson is interesting. ❤
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I really enjoyed this lesson 😂 Thank you Lucy ❣
Your great Lucy! A true inspiration!! Your the best 🙂
Translation: she looks unsightly
Love you and your personality, dear Lucy. 💖
Thank you for this video! 😀🌷
You're absolutely amazing !!
its so useful thank you
FANTASTIC, LOVELY.
THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH LUCY.
That was so fun and interesting, I wish the video was longer 🙂
Always so great! Tkank you.!
This is effortlessly hilarious 😂😂😂 great work Lucy!
Greeting from Tunisia 👋 and nice lesson as usual
What an excellent video! I laughed so hard! 😁👍
Probably the best of your videos ever. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this amazing video ,keep going and break a leg
My friend's German husband always says to me "is that interesting or British interesting"!
Thank you so much :)! Learned a lot :)
I loved this video, Lucy, snd I mean it. It is very tricky for an italian haha. I find it hilarious when a british person sugar-coates sentences with a negative, like "i am not overly keen on this". Another favourite of mine is "don't let me keep you" :)
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Lucy ,Lovely and cherished English teacher 😊
I wish your channel existed 20 years ago before I went to college in UK..!!!
Lucy I got everything right thanks ❤
Very interesting video. Thank you :) !!!
Oh Lucy, bless your heart!
I love ur videos, they have helped me a lot.
Thank you so much I am great full for such a effort 😊😊😊❤❤❤ thanks a lot
Thank you, Lucy ❤
2:25 confirms you did push through with your wedding. Happy for you both!
So true! Always have to decipher my British colleagues . A hard task for an Ozzie.
Hmm... A pretty contradictional video! How could I understand y'all British people correctly?!! Haha!😉
Thank you much, gorgeous Lucy for the awesome English lesson!👍👍👍
this was fun! and is relatable to my culture as well😂
Thank you for nice lesson
Wonderful lesson
Wonderful lesson ❤❤❤❤
Thanks teacher ❤
Thanks Lucy!
Great effort Lucy
As a person who values honesty and authenticity and have lived in the UK for almost 20 years still struggle with this bit of British culture.Someone tell me please is it possible to build a trully genuine relationship with the British guy or true friends or perhaps I should take my interests elsewhere? 😅
My thoughts exactly.How to find friends??
Pretty easy if you find the right people, I’m English, I have loads of french, Italian and South African friends. You need to put yourself out there and find people with similar interests. It’s not particularly easy for British people sometimes
@lewissparkes thank you for your kind words! Yes, it's a matter to find the right people I guess and not let negative experiences affect you.
@@lewissparkes you call them your "friends" but what you really mean is they're your enemies XD
It s impossible. They hate everyone including themselves!
I must say, this video is really usefull!
Also making vague social plans is a national sport in England
Well done indeed! And, very funny on the top of it. Thanks :-).
Thank you oodles for your translations of British into American English. I have warned my son that texting is not the place for sarcasm nor anything which might be taken literally. English is an atonal language whereas sarcasm such as 'I love that shirt meaning you hate it requires tone, emphasis, and an alteration of cadence. Therefore I recommend to all who listen to and 'ADORE' your videos please abstain from using subtext or anything other than what is not open to interpretation. I truly do love your videos but wished to point out to all that in order to be sarcastic (or perhaps passive-aggressive9?0) that I had to capitalize adore in order to imply abhpr.
Well done I liked it very much
Thank you for your video
Hello lovely teacher Lucy ❤let me say that you’re my best teacher forever
I love it, I really love the tut, especially when I said "excuse me" to a lady who was blocking the toilet corridor yesterday at London Coliseum.
I was just taking my daughter to the man's toilet.
Lovely country
I am not an English speaker. I prefer to speak directly, which makes communication much easier and error-free.
This video is very interesting. I have to say that in the Italian language too we use a lot of these expressions meaning just the opposite as for English.Or, at least, well educated people do it. Thanks for sharing.
THANKS GOOD TEACHER
Great leason👍💯
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Thanks lucy. 😊
There is a lót of intonation involved with this indirect communication. You usually can héar it when the words fit the meaning.
Well, it's mind-blowing sometimes and definitely confusing most of the time.
This is exactly how we complicate our lives ourselves and then complain about it being so complicated 🤦🏼♀️😅
Thank you!! ❤
When my dad died my mum and I we got friends who popped up unannounced which was really nice.
this was so cool and so funny 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Lucy, you're great!
Hola 👋 Lucy!!! Great video 😊
Oh lucy...tnx a lot...i get everything what i want
😊Thanks Lucy😊
Excellent! 🥰