I'm a Head Chef, I lived and worked in the UK and London for some time. The food in London is some of the best in the world in terms of major cities and Michellen standards. It's fairly common for Americans to complain about British food because they're used to a much higher sugar/preservative/additive count in their food. Many of the commonplace artificial enhancers that are widely used in the US for cost reasons are banned in Europe. Originally however, the concept dates back to WW2 British pubs are amazing, the alcohol content of the drinks is also significantly higher than in the US.
@@JulieWallis1963 yes because spelling is what is required of a head chef lmao. When i go to a restaurant i immediately think "man i hope my chef can spell"..... get a life
@@JulieWallis1963 Quite. I imagine the best chefs have an attention to detail that means they probably wouldn't misspell Michelin like that. I also hate arrogant tossers who ironically tell other people to "get a life" when reacting to their messages on social media.
What a lovely young guy you are and I hope you love the UK when you do come over here. I'm a 67 year old British woman, half English (mum's side) and half Welsh (dad's side) and have lived in England all my life and all our little countries within the United Kingdom are beautiful in their own separate ways, hope you get the time and chance to visit all of them during your stay.
@@krpurple2678 aww well I hope one day you can put that aside!! I have chronic pain from a very bad autoimmune disease and I make sure to drag myself to do what I wanna do! Can't let it hold you back! Doesn't matter how old you are or what's going on, there's always time for a brilliant life experience :) and we love aussies! Would be nice to have you! :)
Having visited the US many times, I find it hilarious that most Americans seem to believe that English food is terrible. For a start, the majority of them have never even been to the UK. Second, they are confusing size with quality (most restaurant helpings in the US are far too large).
And some Americans still believe the old stereotype that American WWII GIs came home saying that British food isn't good. When in reality, over the last two decades chefs like Marco Pierre White, Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver ( I know he's a bit of a lightening rod of controversy sometimes) have made a name for themselves stateside and by doing so, elevated British cuisine. Darren McGrady who's a former royal chef has a catering company in Dallas and a large following on RU-vid.
@@Revolución_Socialista Lucas don't take my reference of being American as an exclusion of everyone who lives on the North American continent. But in reference to people who live in the US whether natuve born like me or or naturalized citizens) , we are referred to as Americans and the formal name of the country is The United States of America. And people around the world do refer to the US by its shorthand names the US, USA and America more often than the United States. I didn't refer to myself as an American in some kind of superiority way, I am what I am, I'm an American, just like a Mexican who was born and raised in Mexico is Mexican, someone born and raised in Toronto, Winnepeg , Vancouver, Halifax or Montreal are all Canadian or if someone is born in Cuzco, Peru and anothet person is born in the capital of Lima, they're both Peruvian.
My father went to the US some years ago and came back with stories about their portion size. It became a family joke that their large could feed 12 starving Ethiopians, Lol, but joking aside, an observant social and cultural comment.
@@thestormkage Scotland is one of three countries and a Province, which are often collectively called the UK-in practice, the three are recognised countries. Scotland is a sovereign nation, recognised as such by organisations such as the UN. Check their website if you don't believe me. Scotland retains its own legal system, established church , education and Police force, and that is written into the Acts of Union. It is also the only one which consents to the Monarchy. The Queen does not wear the Crown of Scotland (older then that in the Tower of London), but is offered it at the opening of Scotland's Parliament. She lays a hand on it in acceptance. The Queen is sovereign elsewhere in the UK, but Scotland's people are sovereign. I hope those facts clarify things for you.
Many years ago, before Downton Abbey was even thought of, I went to a Xerox event hosted at Highclere Castle. Lunch, clay pigeon shooting, archery and falconry etc. I couldn't find a toilet on the ground floor so I sneaked upstairs and found a rather grand bathroom and relieved my burden. When I watched the programme for the first time I instantly recognised it. "You'll never guess what", I said to my wife. "I had a shit there years ago"
The British food thing is such a misconception! Having lived in both countries trust me the food in Europe and the UK is more than fine. It’s not just English Breakfast. There’s ~ 20,000 restaurants just in London alone, along with plenty of Michelin stared. The theory that British food is bad is a hangover from WW2. Having lived in NYC and the US the thing that strikes you is how modified the food is. Like chicken breasts are twice the size but plummeted up and taste like rubber, then the plastic cheese, fried everything, super-sizes, crap soft drinks. My NY colleagues would think they’re eating healthy by buying a ‘salad’ with disgusting gloppy dressing and all sorts crap meat and fried stuff added to it. I don’t mean to bash them as they’re lovely people, but just so morbidly overweight.
The dim view that especially Americans have on British food is still based on when IN THE WAR we had already been fighting for 2 yrs !,when the GI,s came across the british were on RATIONS, the GIs had NO idea that we were having to live on them!!!!!!! My parents had a corner grocery shop in a very small village near a camp that they were billeted inand one day a couple of them came in and watched customers pick up their rations,1oz marge, 1lb pots, etc etc,when it was their turn one of them asked if that was a daily ration,my mum told them " what do you mean ,daily ration?,thats their WEEKLY ration", the yank replied ,"gee,we,d no idea,I must write home to the folks". Rationing in this country DIDNT fully end until 1953! It was a long haul back from 5 years of war a concept america has never had to deal with.
I remember my mother and I going to a sweet shop where she handed in a bag of sugar (which was still rationed) in order to purchase some sweets. They were called "Candy Kisses" and weren't particularly nice although, being a 5 year old, I didn't really care - they were sweets. Around the same time, my dad was sent on a business trip to Dublin. He bought a load of stuff that was still on ration here and when he came back we opened the box he'd brought to find sugar, butter and MARS BARS!!!!! Something I'd never seen before. My sister and I must have been on a 'sugar high' for the next few weeks.
I remember reading an American wartime cookbook where they said you could use orange juice as a sweetener if you couldn't get sugar. Orange juice in the UK was reserved for pregnant women.
We have a saying in Britain: "If you want to know the time, ask a policeman". There's a basic assumption that our police are there to assist the public, not to scare them into obedience. One of the reasons many of our police forces still have mounted officers is that it encourages the public, and especially children, to see the police as approachable and friendly.
The food reputation comes from the war. When the American troops came to the UK there was very little food available so people made the most of what they had. The Americans didn't understand that. Now there is some of the best food in the world. Sausage and chips is one thing but to go to the other extreme please take a look at ''A Meal Fit For a Fairytale | Heston's Feast | Tonic''. The 5th top chef in the world - Heston Blumentham - is putting on a magical feast. You won't believe your eyes. :-D
most what Americans understand about the UK comes from the war I'm afraid...for that matter most impressions come from when Americans are in a war as that's the only time they travel in numbers outside of their country 🤷🤦
@@glastonbury4304 I'm fed up of reading we Brits have bad teeth! I know that it was common in the 1920's for people to have all their teeth out, both mum and dad did, it was to spare the agony of later pretty crude dentistry!...
@@margaretflounders8510 another thing from the war , the UK when it comes to teeth hygiene are 5th in the world, whilst at last look America were 10th, ....like I said about food and Americans, they don't get to travel much, unless it's their military seeing other countries after having the crap bombed out of them!! 🤷
@@glastonbury4304 The difference is that Americans confuse very even glow in the dark white teeth with healthy teeth. British teeth can be a bit discolored and a bit twisted but they are strong and healthy - and add character - instead of being carbon copies. Another problem with social media is all the fake teeth.
The "tradition" of complaining about English food started when American soldiers were stationed in the UK. Rationing was in place in those times, and many farm workers were posted to the army, and "land girls" worked on the farms. It really is time this complaint is kicked into touch!
Pub is short for public-house. It was created as a place where travellers could stop for the night, get some food and have somewhere to sleep. It was also a place where the locals might meet to discuss the issues of the day. So when you go to the pub it is quite a lot like going to someone's house.
I'm german and visiting the UK a LOT (i prefer Scotland) and the weather is never as bad as people think. I have been in Scotland in every season and had sunshine most of the time! And even if it is raining, i don't care! Complaining about weather is stupid....
Wooow you've not spent a long time here if you think it's mostly sunny 🤣 I've been on the island my entire life and the weather is by far the worst part about living in britain. Especially in places like Edinburgh.
I’ve never known an American who’s actually visited the UK who didn’t enjoy the food. Having lived in both countries, British food is far better, less fat or chemical additives. American food is very carb heavy to make the plate look full as a lot of US restaurants fight on price.
Being a former colony, Australia has a lot of similarities with the food, when I was looking at the pictures of the food he was showing and talking about, I was like "That's normal food" but to Americans it's crazy haha. Love me a cottage or shepard's pie, some bangers and mash, some bacon, eggs and sausages. Yum.
What shocks me is that people actually believe that it rains constantly and our food is bad without actually ever visited the country. I am surprised he didn't mention the other irritating stereotype that we all apparently have bad teeth. Whilst we do have an ever changing weather system, which means plenty of dry sunny weather, we have amazing restaurants, independent café's and eateries and there are countless articles and studies revealing that we have far better dental health than the US.
The bad or rather bland food comes from ww2 with what was experienced by American troops stationed here.... It wasn't that we like our food bland, just with the super tight rationing at the time bland was all that was available!
@@dasy2k1 Exactly! It's different now - lots of excellent fresh food available, free from preservatives, hormones, corn syrup and and all that crap they put in American food these days
People literally think we still live with post ww2 rations. 🤣 there are some staple foods from that time but we use herbs and spices and make extravagant dishes like anyone else. Not to mention we are multicultural so we have ALL world foods.
Also, when renting a car in the UK from the US, it will be a stick shift unless you specify you want an automatic. Most cars in the UK are manual/stick shift.
There's so many historic places around the uk, the whole place is a museum! Lots of cultural and art points of interest too. The weather may seem unpredictable but weather forecasts are quite accurate and transportation is fairly easy to use. The theaters in London are exceptional!
I would advise that if anyone was planning on driving here while on holiday, they take an hour-long driver training course. We did when we first moved to Germany, and it really helped.
If Americans drive like Australians, then I'd agree. I miss driving in Europe, it's so much better. Especially on freeways (Motorways, autoroutes, autostradas, autobahns)
I am 75 years old and drive in Europe towing our caravan. I adopt to driving on the right right away no problem. Mind you the traffic is lighter in Europe where we go
Regarding the policing - UK police are trained to follow the "Peelian Principles" of policing by consent. While these may have faded a bit over the years, they are a core part of how we have effective law enforcement without an implicit threat of violence. 1. To prevent crime and disorder, as an alternative to their repression by military force and severity of legal punishment. 2. To recognise always that the power of the police to fulfill their functions and duties is dependent on public approval of their existence, actions and behaviour, and on their ability to secure and maintain public respect. 3. To recognise always that to secure and maintain the respect and approval of the public means also the securing of the willing co-operation of the public in the task of securing observance of laws. 4. To recognise always that the extent to which the co-operation of the public can be secured diminishes proportionately the necessity of the use of physical force and compulsion for achieving police objectives. 5. To seek and preserve public favour, not by pandering to public opinion, but by constantly demonstrating absolutely impartial service to law, in complete independence of policy, and without regard to the justice or injustice of the substance of individual laws, by ready offering of individual service and friendship to all members of the public without regard to their wealth or social standing, by ready exercise of courtesy and friendly good humour, and by ready offering of individual sacrifice in protecting and preserving life. 6. To use physical force only when the exercise of persuasion, advice and warning is found to be insufficient to obtain public co-operation to an extent necessary to secure observance of law or to restore order, and to use only the minimum degree of physical force which is necessary on any particular occasion for achieving a police objective. 7. To maintain at all times a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and that the public are the police, the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence. 8. To recognise always the need for strict adherence to police-executive functions, and to refrain from even seeming to usurp the powers of the judiciary of avenging individuals or the State, and of authoritatively judging guilt and punishing the guilty. 9. To recognise always that the test of police efficiency is the absence of crime and disorder, and not the visible evidence of police action in dealing with them. www.policesuccess.co.uk/blog/what-are-the-peelian-principles
So glad you posted this! I found it fascinating when I first read it. It's also a good way for those in the US to see how both police force principles differ. Cheers...
I don’t recognise these core elements in our police anymore in my area of Scotland. I feel the people they are employing over the past 10 years do not follow these rules It’s a different kind of person they employ now and now always for the best
@@remove574 Agreed. These principles are what our policing used to be, and should be. I fear the decade plus of Tory rule has undermined them quite extensively.
@@VaughanCockell I would like to take this opportunity to strongly disagree with you...... unfortunately you are pretty much correct in what you say so I can't.
Not really a joke. I saw one of those American true crime TV progs where an 82 yr old lady was murdered during a robbery. One of the items stolen from her house was a GUN which she kept in a drawer!
My home city was first settled a thousand years ago. 400 years ago in 1620 a bunch of Pilgrims set sail from my city in a ship called the Mayflower. There is history on every street in the UK. We drive on the left because we rode on the left and we rode on the left because most people would hold their sword or lance in their right hand. It is also why a lady walks on a man's left side. So that the man is between her and an attacker and the man's sword arm is not blocked.
The talk about American reactions to getting out of London always reminds me a time, in one of my previous workplaces, where we had an American couple who were working on a temp secondment, who were quite enthralled by the local landscapes and architecture. This wasn't somewhere really rural, not like Cumbria or Lincolnshire, just Surrey - where the towns "really" seem centuries-removed from the villages, farmland and green-belt land which separate them - and these Americans were repeatedly marvelling at the fact that nowhere in America looks like this...except maybe in northern states like Maine?!
It is perfectly safe to call a Scot British. That is not a problem. It's if you call them English that creates a problem. They are Scottish, not English.
@@davidlittle7182 they live on the Isle of Britain they're British. Being British has nothing to do with being English. Whoever gets offended is a fool. 👍
The Islands are not part of the UK but rather are possessions of the British Crown, with independent administrations, They are dependent territories of the British Crown as successor to the Dukes of Normandy.
@@rahowherox1177 The Islands are not part of the UK but UK is responsible for defence and international relations of the Islands, and are considered the remnants of the Duchy of Normandy. They do issue passports to the citizens of the islands. I note your passport says UK of GB NI AND the Channel Islands, showing you are not part of UK. The islands are possessions of the British Crown, and are territories with independent administrations. Hope this helps you understand why you have a passport showing "and Channel Islands".
I’m English🙋🏻♀️ We’re also known for our dark sense of humour and sarcasm. I’ve heard a lot of Americans don’t really get sarcasm, so I can imagine it would be a bit of a culture shock to get here, sit in a pub to have a cold one with the boys and everyone insult you all afternoon 🤣 It’s just banter though 😉
Regarding the food; I've had this debate with some American friends before and the one difference I noticed is that the food I was served in the states had a heck of a lot more salt in it. Like I just couldn't eat it at times because it overpowered everything else. So in my experience, it has been a matter of quantities of certain ingredients. But I've had a lot of nice food in America too :)
The Americans claim our food is “tasteless, bland, boring” etc etc etc…. failing to accept or understand that the reason THEIR food is full of “fantastic flavors” (deliberate spelling) “tastes” and “seasonings” is to disguise the fact that THEIR food would be inedible and tasteless WITHOUT all the chilli flakes, artificial flavourings and salt and pepper added to it! A good old roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes and gravy needs NOTHING added to it to make it delicious….and most of the time those that claim British food is “goddamm awful..” have never even tried it! 😫🙄
Well said… they would be lost without corn syrup ,and artificial flavourings ..their food is laden with salt and sugar.. no wonder they have bad teeth and need to get ultra bright veneers.. 🤣🇬🇧
I’m so pleased you’re coming to Britain Joel. I know you’re interested in military history so maybe try and find some of our many military museums.... they’re all over the country . Biggin Hill in Kent would be a good one and it’s not far from London...they have a good collection of WW 2 planes and more. Hope you have a fabulous time 😃 oh and while you’re in the same area, you should visit Chartwell, the home of Winston Churchill. It’s fantastic... total time travel.
Don't forget too, that London is a great walking city. All the central areas are safe and you will discover all sorts of hidden away points of interest. All permanent museum exhbitions are free, so there's plenty to do without any outlay. Just make sure you remember which way to look when you cross the street!.
coming from the UK to arizona when I was 24, I have no problem with arizona at all but there was something so awesome about driving to random villages one day and London the next. one city you need to visit Is Bath. no city in the world is as beautiful in the summer. we all learn to drive manual transmission and the roads are insane. one problem I have with US cities is the grid layout. some canyon roads are fun but when you go there you'll see how different it is.
Most people in Scotland don’t have a problem with being referred to as British in my experience, however there has been a steady rise in support for independence over the last decade or so. Always best to err on the side of caution and say Scottish only. And yes, Scotsman is a word and perfectly acceptable.
@@mickdunn851 If you are Scottish, you are also British. You are not English. British refers to people from Britain, a geographical definition. Great Britain comprises England, Scotland and Wales.
Bullshit. I'm Scottish and have only ever identified as such, and most people I know are the same. For my whole life - not just the last few years. Not sure why you think Independence has anything to do with it.
@@0KeepRockin0 Only because they was no Scottish and British option on the census. They are designed that way, to drum up support for the independence movement
All Scots are British whether they like it or not, because geographically they are on the island of Great Britain. But whether they want to be apart of the UK is a different matter, and Scots are near enough split on that as far as I’m aware
Seriously mate, i would love to see you live this dream. Without being personal and aside from skool, what is stopping you mate. There is a great big magnificant world waiting for you. The world is waiting for nice blokes like you to arrive on their doorstep.
Also regarding the food. My first visit to the US was on attachment to a US army unit for an international exercise. When we NZ ers came to our first breakfast we all ignored the plated of cake and sweets etc and just took small (by comparison) helpings of bacon and eggs. When this went on for several days the head cook asked what kind of cake we preferred and was flummoxed that we didn't eat that for breakfast. We also gave up on the toast (which we requested instead of the sweet toasted bun things we were offered as the bread was, you guessed it, sweet. US bread has six times the amount of sugar in it than we have here. Overall the culinary experience was illuminating and my visits since only reinforce my first impression. Summed up as sugar, fat, cheese and beef. Frying being the preferred option where possible. Tasty, if you have no discernable palet and certainly not healthy as mortality and obesity rates confirm.
For chocolate, it's all about legislation. In the UK, to be called Chocolate, it needs to have at least 20% cocoa solids. Whereas in the US, it's 10%. Then everything else is based on how they want to flavour it, like palm oil, sugars etc. They both also mostly remove the cocoa butter to sell it on for more cash money, and thus have to add more sugars to sweeten. As an aside, somewhere like Hotel Chocolat have 40% cocoa solids as a standard, and they do not remove their cocoa butter. Which is why it tastes so different even from cadburys.
The thing to remember about British weather is that you can have anything! If you are lucky, you can have two weeks completely sunny. Heavy rain is not so common, but it does sometimes happen. Light rain and showers are more common. And the temperature can change by up to about 10 degrees Celsius from one day to the next. So if you come in the summer you need a packable rainjacket and a jumper to put on if the weather changes Another thing is that you don’t need to drive to get around. Most places have public transport, although it does get scarcer in the countryside. But, for instance, you could get a fast train from London to York (a beautiful city). If you want to see the Saltaire World Heritage site, you can get there by train from York (changing at Leeds). And the Yorkshire Dales are accessible by both the Settle-Carlisle railway and buses from Skipton (which has regular electric trains from Leeds and Bradford, and the Settle-Carlisle trains stop there too). Even the Highlands of Scotland has train services (for instance the railway from Glasgow to Fort William and Mallaig is very scenic). The thing about travel is to think about what you’re interested in, and then find out what’s available in the country you’re travelling to. Being an engineer, I am interested in all sorts of technology, especially associated with transport. So when I’ve been to the USA, I’ve visited USS Constitution, the Intrepid Air-Sea-Space museum, U-505 in the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, the Georgetown Loop Railroad in Colorado, the historic ships in San Francisco etc. I am also interested in art, so I have visited the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the MoMAs in both New York and San Francisco, “Cloud Gate” and the Art Institute in Chicago, etc.
As a Brit with an American husband I still find it sweet that he and here Joel have a visceral response to this country - inevitably of course because they are seeing it through very different eyes which makes me appreciate it all the more. Europe as a whole has so much to enjoy.
Rather wrong on the weather. Yes it rains but not as much as he suggests especially if you visit in the summer. Joel, remember I offered you (and friend) a place to stay in my 1640s (ish) cottage. I sent u a pick on your Instagram. Cheers Paul
As a brit, I can't stress enough, how much London is a huge Tourist trap, don't give me wrong, London is ace as a day or 2 out, but I can't stress enough, travel or stay OUTSIDE London, try Oxford, or Cheltenham, there are many beautiful places around an hour away by road or rail, that have much much friendlier, beautiful and reasonable stays, not to mention cheaper, London is pure tourist based, and costs a BOMB! Go out to the countryside and the views are fabulous and worth it! Visit pubs, there are a few franchise pubs like Marstons, or Banks, or Harvesters pubs that offer great food, for excellent prices, like 2 for 1 offers of mid week specials etc, they still offer great drinks too but is much more friendlier on the wallet! Don't be fooled by London, you can easily burn hundreds if not thousands of British Pounds on food and events there, where for that kind of money could see u treated like a 5* king around the outer areas of the capital with just as much if not more bang for your buck, not to mention leave you speechless and more involved with the culture, we love to have people visit
Correct. London isn't typically England. Worth getting out and around the towns and villages and regions for a proper experience. And Scotland, Ireland offer something different.
I had some friends from Greece and Italy who came to London for 3 days thinking they'd see the entire city. I said that's impossible, you'd need to stay long term as London is a huge city of 33 boroughs
I live in Australia but went home to the Uk in 2018 for a year and had a ball. Travelled for the whole year and still didn’t see it all. When you do go you will have a ball. Your very polite, I can tell, so you will fit right in. I love going back. I do need to point out that I absolutely love living in Australia.
Food wise, I think we have amazing authentic food from all cultures in the UK….that’s what we do best I think. Joel, you have to visit one day soon !!!
@@paulbromley6687 yeah i realised it was a joke a milisecond after id already commented 🤣 but yeah... I know that's the common conception but it's wrong. Korma is thousands of years old. "British korma" was made by Indian restaurant owners to suit the English post-ww2 pallet. You can ask for it "indian style" which is then the original khormaa. And it actually came from Pakistan when Pakistan was part of India.
Its always sunny in Britain. Sometimes its liquid, sometimes its dry, sometimes its blowy and at other times its not. You can travel anywhere in the UK using their trains and public transport, easy to use and as much as the British whinge about it, its actually fantastic. Steam trains and heritage railways are especially cool. Riding on an A4 Pacific from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh at 90mph is an experience not to be missed. So book ahead with the Railway Company. Don't go there on a 10 day package tour, spend 4 or 5 weeks and have a good explore around otherwise it won't feel like you've been there.
Because of my location I have met many American USAF personnel and their families stationed over here and without exception they quickly grow to love the freshness of the food and the multinational cuisine offers. They grow to understand that 'the pub' is not just a boozer - but is a meeting place for all the family to meet friends to enjoy a soft drink if preferred and a tasty meal while the kids play outside. Have you ever thought about going down a student exchange route where you can experience the university life as well as exploring the country?? Might be worth checking that possibility out??
Regarding the rain, when you are in the UK you are never more than 60 miles from the sea. We get a lot of winds from the USA crossing the Alantic picking up water and kindly dropping it on the UK that is why the country is so green.
This is also why the countries of Scotland, Ireland and Wales are greener than England. The islands and bits close to the sea 'trip up' the rain and it lands there first. Down in the South-East it can get pretty dry and hot, with the South-West getting both: warm weather due to the Gulf Stream, plus storms and rain. ;-)
The "bad British food" stereotype as many have mentioned originated from the experiences of American GIs stationed over here in WW2, but to be fair I think it persisted into the 1980s. Back then, any hint of garlic or onion would have been grounds to not eat due to the effect on breath, any kind of "heat" from chilies was not acceptable and vegetables were essentially "nuked" to death. In the 1990s though, there was an explosion of (a) ethnic food becoming popular in the UK, (b) more modern cooking shows on the TV than the traditional fusty frumpy ones of the past and (c) a bigger eat-out culture. The UK now has some of the best international food in the world, even though it's own indigenous cuisine is not world-beating (although there are very good elements). The "bad British teeth" stereotype is only partially true nowadays, and it's a question of what you consider to be bad. As others have said, objectively dental health in the UK is _better_ on average than in the USA, where there is clearly a lot more sugar in the diet even than in the UK. However, it is the case that we're not quite so much into cosmetic dentistry as the USA is, although that is changing. It's very obvious that almost all American teens get their teeth straightened out into an almost unnaturally perfect way, and that British teeth by comparison are often a bit more crooked. Is it _bad_ teeth though? I don't think we have more people with teeth rotting out of our heads than the USA does, but I don't think we have quite so much straightening on average.
Vegetables being 'nuked' to death is not really true. It has however been a standard joke for as long as I can remember, many stories of mother getting up first thing on a Sunday morning and putting the cabbage on to boil. I have a cookbook for school canteens from the 40s, it goes into detail on how to cook such as cabbage, to retain as much of vitamin C as possible.
I don’t like French style garlic. You walk in and taste garlic in the air. Smell it. 10 shops away. And you can’t taste anything else from the meal. But done well Chinese Indian. Is ok As for onions it was a treat roasted when cooking the main meal or Sunday lunch. My mum would lift it out when soft. Salt pepper and a blob of butter. Lovely. It was thought to prevent colds from medieval times. The rest I agreed with you. I was always looking forward to going home from holidays in America because the food was bad. Sweet bread. Who puts sugar in bread. And what they call bacon. Please don’t go there
I don't know what you cooked in the 1980s, but our family used garlic, onion and spices then. But then my parents were very forward thinking and open to different things and took us to lots of different restaurants.
@@grahvis That's the thing though: they might have _known_ in theory that it was not right to nuke vegetables, but somehow they often still managed to do it anyway. Perhaps you were fortunate to escape it but I bear the "scars" ! (yes, slightly over-dramatic but you take the point). To take the example you gave, many people in Britain absolutely hate cabbage and won't eat it purely because of their youthful experiences with overboiled cabbage which as you know smells fetidly soapy. However, cabbage can be wonderful if it's only very lightly cooked but some people are so traumatised by nuked cabbage that they refuse to try it even now when people do cook it well.
As some have mentioned the 'bad food' is an old stereotype from WW2. There were some foods that weren't available (anything that came from overseas etc) plus there was rationing (eg 1 egg each per month!) into the 1950's so people had to get creative & there were many 'mock' versions of foodstuffs, some of which were probably not good. Once recovered from that time period food is plentiful so a much better standard & quality. 😊
I was in Britain when I was 18 and saw so many great places. Scotland is beautiful too - rolling hills covered in heather, villages and big cities...and the Scots are supposed to be stingy, but I found them to be incredibly generous and friendly
There was a Scots comedian a long long time ago , and he made a mockery of the Scots being stingy when on stage, so that is how we Scots get pissed off when it simply is not true . The comedian's name was Harry Lauder and was born in Portobello which is a seaside suburb of Edinburgh. So thank you Michael Yoder for telling the truth .
I always say I'm British as I have both English and Scottish ancestry. When you do fly over, give the county of Lincolnshire a visit. The city of Lincoln's castle and cathedral are both musts. You may be lucky enough to see the Royal Air Force's aerobatic display team, the Red Arrows, practicing their manoeuvres over the city while you're there. Belton House near Grantham is well worth seeing too. My home town of Boston is home to St Botolph's Parish Church. It has the tallest church tower in Britain. Its nickname is 'The Stump', as a spire was going to be put on top of the tower, but it never got built. The Pilgrim Fathers' first attempt to sail to America was thwarted in Boston, and Bradford and Brewster were imprisoned in Boston's Guildhall. The county of Norfolk is very picturesque, especially its north coast and the Broads.
Born and raised British in London. I encounter tourists daily especially on London underground train services. I could always tell a tourist when they get in the way on the escalators standing on the left which we find annoying. Many of my foreign friends who visit London want to go to the pub and are shocked that i don't like fish and chips with peas. Police are polite and don't walk around with guns. However, there are firearms officers who stand around parts of Westminster with guns. Since London bombings i have noticed them a lot more.
Mind your P's & Q's is nothing to do with politeness or Queues. It's refering to lowercase p's & q's. It's from manual composition typesetting. The metal letters are mirror images so when you ink and print them they come out the right way around. The letters were stored in Boxes in two stacked rows in alphabetical order. The top row was Capital Letters aka Upper Case Letters, and the minuscule letters in the Lower Cases; hence Uppercase and Lowercase letters. If you're not paying attention to your work, the worker (called a compositor) could easily grab a 'q' instead of a 'p' and when they read their finished frame of inverted text (compositors only read their work in mirror image) your brain doesn't notice the mistake until you've printed the proofing page, and then it's a real pain and time consuming to dismantle the bolted tight frame to correct your mistake. So mind your P's & Q's means pay attention to what you are doing to avoid mistakes.
Thanks! I seriously recommend visiting York, even though I'm from Brum. York is very Old and small enough to learn but big enough to get lost in, really nice people too.
Calling someone from the UK British is fine, calling a Scottish person English is not advised. We are all British but we are not all English, we are Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English but together we are British.
@Nicky L Although I don't see how the changes are enforceable. Drivers can't really see round corners or stop dead if someone just walks out in front of them.
I live in robin hood country, only a few miles away from major oak and sherwood forest! My advice is go and see some of the smaller towns and villages, as well as london etc. We have countless little villages, dotted all over the place, many in beautiful locations!
There are lots of the historic buildings in the cities too. One of my favourite things about London is the mix of old and new all together. Around London Bridge and the City of London you have the latest skyscrapers mixed with actual castles! Greenwich is beautiful and very historic as well.
The pub is everything. It's where we meet our friends, it's where we discuss business and it's where we meet our partners. It's also where we relax after a crap day!
the food in the uk is a million times better than the US, its fresher, cheaper and tastier...the seafood is amazing as is the rest... the reason you guys say its better in the US is because your food is full of syrup, extra fats and sugars ... I have family that visit from the states and one of the first things they say is ohhhh decent food at last
My cousin moved out there years ago. The only time he gets any decent food is when he visits the British shop. The food out there is horrendous. There's a reason most of them are fat.
Depending where you are mind you. I've got a mate from maine, and the surf n turf he gets on a Friday is fucking nuts. Expensive, but real proper maine lobster with a beasty load of trimmings 😋 we'd never get that level of lobster that fresh here. BUT, we definitely do food 10x better other than that imo
This has only been the case for the 15ish years... Trust me, before Jamie Oliver started kicking off about school meals. Everything was processed!!... No such thing as organic food bank then 😉
@@marknicholls1075 I bought a half lobster for my hubby, as a treat, when we were in Hunstanton, East Anglia...as a change from the world famous Cromer crab..he was expecting a skinny little thing, it easily covered half his plate..and it was a fresh caught that morning...
Food was scarce, during WWII. Everything was rationed or in short supply and it was dreadful. My granda worked at Newcastle Central Station, during WWII and a train came through, carrying GI's. There was a welcoming committee for them and the 'women' had made 'iced finger buns' - just a sweetened, hot-dog shaped bun, containing a meagre scattering of currants and sugar icing on top. To the Brits, these were luxury items. The GI's said "No, thank-you", or took one bite and discarded them. There were trays of them, going to go to waste, because the folks who made them were not allowed to take them. However, the rear carriages held Italian POW's, on their way to Scotland. My granda told 'the women', who ran down the station and threw buns through the barred windows, to "other mothers' sons" - as my granda, said they put it. A Scottish sergeant, one of the men guarding the prisoners, told them to 'stop feeding the prisoners!'. My granda tried to reason with him, but 'the women' told him to "Haddaway and shite!", bundled him and my granda, out of the way and got rid of their 'luxuries' to more appreciative customers. Because of the war and the rationing which continued, afterwards - lasting until 1954 - the British got a bad rep for food and deservedly so. Even after rationing ended, it took quite a while for people to change their ways. We were used to being 'food poor'. My mother could make half a pound of mince feed the seven of us! It disturbed her, for a long time, at how much butter we would put on bread; how much cheese we ate and the amount of food on the plate for a 'Full English Breakfast' - "That's over two week's of rations on one plate!". It took until the 80's before she started to relax. Well, the war and rationing were a long time ago and fewer and fewer people remember it. Those who spoke about how bad British food was, spoke a truth about the past, but it's a myth about the present. The food here is great. Come and try it! :)
I remember the food then as i was born a few Months before the war started , and it was not worth talking about , even till i left in 1964 when i migrated to Australia , the food was the same in Aussie land then . But now everything is available .
I’ve done a fair few working trips to America over the years, as part of an English team working for a week or two at a time. Meeting people in bars and restaurants after work we were often recognised as foreign visitors by local people when hearing our accent. I’d ask them where they thought we came from. By far the most Americans asked thought we were from Australia.
Thing is. This is stuff for all over the UK. Not just England. Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland all have these things. Ireland and Northern Ireland are 2 separate countries btw N.I. is a British country
The history everywhere one is defo a big thing, and it's one that, for the most part, us brits are so used to that we barely consider. I was born in a city that still has Roman buildings, and moved to another that has medieval architecture. Another one is, yes, we might take the piss out of American stereotypes. We'll also take the piss out of ourselves in the same sentence, and then call our best friend a . Our sense of humor can seem jarring to other people because of that sometimes to other cultures, but that's just how we are
Get yourself here ASAP, experience it for yourself. Some of these "UK" videos are either dated or based on tourist locations. If you are visitng a city, get in touch with a local first and get them to show you the areas they know. I had some colleagues over from the US a few years ago and they loved the non-tourist areas, not to say we didnt go to a couple.
Driving on the left is actually very easy to get used to - we have to adapt pretty much wherever else we go so I am sure you guys can do it. This mania about roundabouts is patently ridiculous. Roundabouts are extremely intuitive and just help enormously with traffic flow. As for that Chevvy Chase comment, people on the roundabout have right of way over traffic joining so lets not pretend for even one second you are gonna be stuck going round and round and round. Just grow a pair!
Because the car you hire will have a right hand drive, you already have the cue for which side of the road feels more appropriate : as a driver you will be nearer the centre white line than your passenger. Drive around a couple of roundabouts and you will wonder why you were making such a fuss, they're really not that difficult.
@@heathenmessiah There are plenty of roundabouts in the US, though nowhere near as many as the UK, and where they are installed, they are generally popular once people get used to them. The Kentucky roundabout video was staged to show what happens if there is inadequate signeage at a newly installed roundabout. People have been scared of using them by the kind of stupid talk that spreads far quicker than the sensible stuff.
@@PedroConejo1939 not to burst your bubble, but the only signage that's needed on a roundabout is that youre coming to a roundabout and which exit to take... you don't get step by step instructions it's just intuitive. But yes I know they removed indicator signs and then they didn't even know which way around to go 🤣🤦🏼♂️ it doesn't make them look any better. Haha most of our roundabouts are TINY with no signage at all. We have them on housing estates and everything. You're just expected to know. Haha
I was brought up to say please and thank you I even say thank you to bus drivers when I get off a bus. It is true Britain isn't just London their are many beautiful cities, towns and villages. Coming from the North of England I can recommend York,Durham and Chester for beautiful cities and then you have the beautiful Dales and Lake District but you would not be disappointed in most areas
I remember flying into California in September and looking down wondering how anyone can live there it was so brown and parched looking. On the return flight many of the Americans on board were astonished at how green England is ! Being at the mercy of four separate climate types, it's hardly surprising that Britain receives a fair dose of rain, with the Atlantic being the dominant force.
The Atlantic is not the dominant force. It’s the gulf and southern California’s weather is far superior to the uk’s. There are plenty of very green areas in the US.
On the pub thing - you probably already know that "pub" is an abbreviation of "public house". So us Brits tend to treat the pub (kind of) like a different family home. Like visiting friends. A place to spend time with like minded people where you can eat, drink, sit back and relax, and talk about anything and everything while the kids run around in the garden etc.
The church with the twisted spire is in Chesterfield, not London. People ate whale meat during WW2 as there was nothing else. We were isolated and on our own after gamely trying to save Poland according to our treaty with them. We bankrupted ourselves, having not recovered from WW1. Food rationing went on until 1954 in the UK. People were healthier then as they didn’t eat so much - and rubbish food with palm oil, and sugar wasn’t so plentiful, well there wasn’t much sugar to be had. Rationed. Our food doesn’t have chlorine washed chicken and salad and washed eggs removing the shell’s protection - and poor standards of animal husbandry - and we don’t want that as part of our trade agreement with the USA, thanks all the same.
Quite right, and thanks for telling it as it was..I remember the first time we had chicken! It was the first Christmas after WW2...even an egg was to be shared!...The way the US eats seems obscene with giant portions of meat etc...I don't think they export much?..as for the sugar/salt they use, they don't seem to know it's addictive....
@@margaretflounders8510 I wasn’t born then but him indoors (and my mum) keeps on about raising rabbits and chickens in the middle of London or his family wouldn’t have survived … actually he wasn’t born then either (!) It’s more a case of, like me, “Well, that’s what you’re having for your tea and, if you don’t like it, you should be thankful you didn’t live during the war. You’d have been grateful then for weird meat / swede / cabbage boiled to within an inch of its life / tripe / black pudding / liver / kidneys / tongue / Ulster slices / Fray Bentos tinned pies / almost white boiled ham.” I stopped eating tongue when I realised what it was: tongue. Still no chance of being a vegetarian unless you picked out the carrots and potatoes from the hot pot or the mushrooms from chicken and mushroom pies.
Cadbury....pah, you want proper chocolate, you should have hotel Chocolat. We have loads of these shops and the chocolate is mind blowing. Our pubs aren't just for drinking either. Our pubs have all sorts of different stuff, like quiz nights, karaoke, meat raffles... The pub is very much a community experience even in the big pubs As for the food a really good channel I'd recommend is sorted food. It's a great channel, done by 3 normal guys and one professional chef. It's hilarious, and good for learning how cook too.
No, no. There is no chocolate that tastes as good as Cadbury's. I've tries the expensive Swiss chocolates, the dark rich types of chocolate, they taste like the type of chocolate stuff you used to have to take as a laxative.It's Cadbury's all the way for me, and oh sacrilege, I prefer milk chocolate. There is a lot of snobbery around chocolate, eat what you enjoy.Yes even Hershey's🙂
@@geminil2415 Since Mondelez has taken over Cadbury it is not the same. Basically they have sacrificed coco solids for sugar, which has massivley altered the taste. However, Hotel Chocholat is FAR superior to Cadbury, especially as it is milk chocolate (although they do dark and white too), and it is a British brand. Yes, it is more expensive, BUT it is well worth it. Don't get me wrong, Cadbury is still good, but HC (in my opinion) is far superior
There's an old joke about the nation's within the UK There was an Irishman, a Welshman and a Scot in a pub talking about how awful the English are. Then an Englishman walked in, he said hello, the other 3 ignored him and there was 10 minutes silence, then a Frenchman walked in, he said Bon Soir, so of course the Welshman, Irishman and the Scot, bought the English man a drink, and they had a great night talking about "bloody foreigners". Britain has always been a very disunited kingdom, until someone outside comes along.
The stereotype about British food really annoys me, we have such awesome food, just like any other culture. Some people complain we don’t use spices enough, but we do use spices a lot with foods influenced by other cultures, and with traditionally British foods we use herbs and gravy with flavourings like onions or garlic etc to add flavour
The myth originates from WW2 when they had to eat utter sh*t just to stay alive and not starve to death and the stereotype persisted despite it only being the case during the war.
I really like Wolters World I loved his video a few years back on Jamaica. Anyway, being British myself and from London, what our friend doesn't realise is that he is in central London the tourist part of London, being zone 1 where the very wealthy live, large businesses and all your top designer stores, fancy hotels, museums, Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace, Harrods, Royal parks, tourist attractions etc. etc so of course everything is going to be nice. Also falling under zone 1 is the City of London where many businesses, corporate firms, law firms/international law firms, courts and financial institutions and such alike (too many to mention) operate their businesses from especially in the Square Mile (that basically runs the country, that's the financial heart of the country where the money comes from and businesses who cannot afford the office spaces in the city anymore or refuse to pay it or want more for their money have moved and more are moving further up the river over to Canary Wharf the East side of the River Thames into zone 2). Having worked in the City of London for many years it is kind of civilised with a lot of politeness (not always in the office), but when you step out of that into the suburbs things start to change. Zone 2 is mostly OK, still bordering zone 1, but then when you start going into greater London the more real life suburban areas like zones 3/4 where a lot of people live and commute into the city and central London for work and also from zones 5 and beyond, into the Kent, Surrey and Essex countrysides, southwest and north of the country and beyond as far as the coast people take various rail links into central London and the city. People in a lot of the suburban areas do not queue like he said, especially not at bus stops anymore which is annoying amongst other things and some people aren't polite at all and neither are all the policemen, although you will find some helpful and polite ones. Out of a lot a lot of the western countries, England is one of the more sophisticated in my opinion and I'd also say Paris. Thank goodness we don't have police with guns here like you do in the States who are trigger happy. We have special units who carry, like the Met Police's SCO19 and Authorised Firearms Officers (AFO) who deal with firearms incidents and then there's Specialist Firearms Officers who are usually trained to a higher standard than AFO's because they are required for besieged premises or terrorist situations etc. There are a few gun incidents here, but they are usually illegal guns carried by criminals. It's not a bed of roses here, we have other serious problems. Just exercise wisdom like you would if you were in the States or any other country in the world, just don't get too relaxed and let your guard down completely and take silly risks. The food in the UK is generally nice, but you also have some terrible food here, but it all depends on where you eat and what you eat and your budget. You can get whatever you want here and it depends on how deep your pockets go, plus don't forget, we are quite a melting pot of cultures so you can eat many different foods from all around the world here in the UK. That's enough for now, just a snippet of information or I'll go on forever. Blessings & Peace!✌🏾
It's always a safe bet when you first meet someone in UK to ask them if they live locally. From the conversation thereafter you'll soon find out where they come from. As a Cab driver in Edinburgh I find Americans to be very inquisitive and eager to learn. Same as I would be abroad. As for guns, most cops are unarmed (aside from tasers and maybe pepper spray). The armed cops are usually around embassies ( mainly in London), airports and main railway stations. Armed response units are available in all UK police forces as and when required. Gun crime in Britain is not routinely a big issue. We just don't have a gun culture. 👍🇬🇧
Just literally ask where someone's from. But if you live in britain you're British. It doesn't matter what label you give yourself you literally live on the Isle of Britain.
@@heathenmessiah try telling an Irishman that. Ireland is part of the British Isles, but it don't make them British. The Isle of Wight is part of the British Isles, but not British. The term british as a national label refers to being part of Great Britain, which in itself only refers to the largest island of the cluster. It would be like telling someone from New Zealand that they are Australian because they live on the same continent.
There are lots of armed police in London not just around embassies and government buildings including armed response and anti terror police you often see them driving and even walking along busy central London areas especially around Westminster and places like that its really not rare to see at all.
@@pixlhound WHO SAID THAT!? Nobody once said that irish people are british. Its a separate island. Scottish people live on GREAT BRITAIN... therefore they are british. you're only British if you come from Britain. Literally nobody ever calls Irish people British, because they're Irish... Ireland is an island and Britain is an island. Irish... British... who has ever said that? "British isles" aren't Britain. 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
@@pixlhound learn the difference between "the Isle of britain" and "the british isles". Its NOT the same thing. 👍🤦🏼♂️ Northern Ireland is par of the UK, which is also NOT Britain and encompasses all the isles except from the Republic of Ireland.
Oh bless you Joel. I can’t wait for you to be able to come over for a visit! National trust are special place to visit with their beautiful places saved and looked after for the future. It does cost you to visit some of these places but they are great places. Hope you make your visit soon! 😁👍
The great thing about the weather is you can sometimes get all four seasons in one day. There are times I've been watching a football match, out in the elements with no coat because it's sunny and warm and before the end it is snowing (spring can get you like that) or chucking with rain. As far as England not being London goes, I'd advise people to avoid London or just use it as a starting point and give it a day, then travel into the country to the interesting bits..
London has so much amazing history, it would be sad to only give it a day! I'm a Londoner and have lived here all my life and I still find new and fascinating things to see and do, it's one of the most incredible cities on earth and worthy of much more exploration than you advocate!
@@zoefoster1873 I would agree. I once spent a week in London before venturing out to other areas. Next trip I still had things I missed. Of course we were taking our time but London isn't really a city to rush through. Many hidden little gems besides the known places (which to me were must do things) BUT not everyone is as fortunate to spend that much time or go as many times as I have been able to. I envy anyone lucky enough to live anywhere in the UK!
@@zoefoster1873 I’ve lived in London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam and Dublin… London is pretty much like every other city. Beautiful and also an outright dump. Depends where you are. You don’t experience real British life in London. You experience city life. That isn’t British. That’s his point.
Mate, I'm a Brit and I will say this: if you're getting into Fawlty Towers, Peep Show, Friday Night Dinner etc, then I have to say that not only will you really enjoy my country when you get over here, but also everyone you meet in the pub is going to adore you. You'll have so much to talk about together! I bet someone here buys you a pint because they like you. :)
I'm Welsh from Swansea, although I now live in Poland, but I'm very proud to be British. There are separatist movements with Plaid Cymru, YesCymru and Propel back home in Wales, the SNP in Scotland and Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland, but the majority of us from Wales don't want independence. And those who do are mostly from North Wales anyway. I can't speak entirely for Scotland, but every Scottish person I've met doesn't want Scotland to become independent either. Northern Ireland is a bit of a complicated matter because there it's religious. The Protestant population there are majoritively unionist and the Roman Catholic population there are majoritively seperatist for either Northern Irish independence or a United Ireland. There are exceptions, but that's how it is overall. Plus since the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, Northern Irish residents can choose to be British or Irish citizens. But whether or not we from the non-England UK like being called "British" or not, we still know that we are because we're all part of the United Kingdom. It's more about acknowledgement and who you are. It's also not helped by the fact that Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are devolved, so it gives separatists in those parts of the country the excuse to push their sad little pro-independence agendas though. 🙄
Nope. It literally means pay careful attention to the lowercase letters p and q so you don't mix them up. It's from typeset printing where you had boxes of inverted letters in 2 rows in alphabetical order. In the top row were the capital letters and in the bottom were the miniscules, that's also why we now say uppercase and lowercase letters. A mirrored p is a q and a mirrored q is a p and the cases are next to each other in the row. If you were not paying attention in your work and rushing then you could easily grab the wrong letter and not notice until you'd built a whole page of text, screwed the frame tight and printed a proofing page. It was then a lot of work to go back and fix your mistakes. So mind your p's & q's means pay attention to what words you are using.
I don’t think the Scotsmen and women or the Welshmen and women would be super upset if those outside the UK called them British, but they DEFINITELY would prefer Scottish or Welsh.
@@paulbromley6687 that would be ok, but never ever EVER call either an Englishman. Shit will get real REAL quick if that happens. It’s like swearing at them. Better to call them a C U Next Tuesday in fact. 😬
We are currently in the middle of a uk thunderstorm 😂 but it’s like the first rain we’ve had in months! We’ve been in a drought with hosepipe bans! So the weather isn’t too bad!
What I love about our pubs is they can be hundreds of years old. You can sense that people sat there across four or five centuries talking about world problems of the day, sport, family etc. Theres always someone who’s getting thrown out for being drunk and trying to start a fight too😂😂
I live in Scotland and we do have different attitudes to England, including Legal System, Education and Government. We also have a lot of different foods and beautiful places to visit. Saying that so does Wales and Northern Ireland.
@@heathenmessiah actually nothing is wrong with England in fact I love going to London. Just that we have several differences like politics and attitude to Europe. Not trying to start an argument but there are clear differences.
@@liammclaughlin4953 "I love london" is possibly the worst thing to say to an english person 🤣 we dont even consider london part of the rest of england. Its literally like a totally different country. Stop judging England by the standards of the aristocracy in london. just saying but the system of education comes from England. So there's literally no difference. The university of Edinburgh has the exact same syllabus as places like Cambridge and Oxford. This rhetoric that there is any difference between us is bred from nothing more than racist and nationalist ideals. Tell me a single difference within the legal system... tell me a single place in Scotland that can't be matched by a place in England or Wales. The lakes, Porthmadog... We are one people and we are better together than divided. This rhetoric that we are different has been force fed to us by elitist propagandists. As for the Europe ideals, what do you think we left for? You think we will no longer engage with Europe? We are still European, but the European Union was an unfair treaty. EU does not mean Europe. Its an organisation in which we were being extorted as the financial powerhouse of Europe. Now that title goes to Germany. But we are still richer and we will still help and trade. We just won't pay out billions a year whilst others pay little to nothing.
@@heathenmessiah London was an example, in fact London has some of the highest poverty issues in the UK, in Scotland we don't pay fees to go to University, it is a lot cheaper. I take it you have heard of Scots Law? One example is the not proven verdict in a Scottish Court. On racism one word Brexit which Scotland did not vote for England and Wales returned a conservative government in Scotland we have not had a Tory majority since the 1950s. I do not see racism and nationalism as necessary the same. (This is complex and not worth doing it on this page) I agree that beautiful areas exist throughout Europe and the world. So yes I have never stated that Scotland has the nicest places, most castles possibly 🤣 I do not watch media that preaches the elitist argument, I am taking it you are talking about our system. Look Brexshit is the greatest disaster this country has ever seen, we are poorer for it and please have a look at voting in Scotland as in the future like it or not our union will dissolve. In fact I think it will be Northern Ireland that brings this about.
Joel, you're a student. Why don't you do an exchange student year at a British university? Durham Uni certainly has a strong exchange programme for Computer Science -- I did an exchange from Durham to Oulu in Finland.
And Durham is a great University - it was, and still may be, the best university for law in the UK, and is always in the top 10 UK universities - and has 1000 year-old buildings
Joel, you need to get your ass over here. One thing is for certain, you won't have a shortage of tour guides while you are here because I'm sure that a lot of us will want to try and meet you. Keep doing what you're doing Joel. Lyd x
Stew I was going to say pretty much the same thing 😂 like I live in Portsmouth and the historic sites around here varies from iron age village, roman forts, norman castles tudor ship through to Victorian forts and historic docks si I agree with Walter get out of London and see the real country
@@seanfair1975 I'm down in Plymouth, so we have Dartmoor on our doorstep as well as all the history that goes with it. I agree with you that I guess every tourist wants to see London but lets get him out of the capital and explore down South
@sean fair From Portsmouth here also! Crazy seeing people from the same city on YT! Was down at Spice Island/ Still And West in Old Portsmouth Saturday. Best view you can have from a pub!
A few things surprised me in this. 1. Food. I have been to the US dozens of times and have never thought the food was particularly good. It doesn't compare with Europe at all. 2. Weather. At one time I had a collection of umbrellas bought during different visits within a period of about two years, from Boston, New York and Washington DC. 3. I have always found US Police to be really helpful.
While i agree with your comment, I question what he would gain from doing so. Like if were to visit say, Chicago and go to a gang controlled ghetto - might make an interesting vlog but wouldn't encourage others to follow my steps!
@@Interdimensional27 He would see the real culture of our people, the good and the bad, warts anaul. The people of the rough areas of Britain were once the backbone of this country, and we can be again and we are not really bad. There is good and bad everywhere.
Here we are today in windy England ? Strange how the clouds aren't moving and people are walking around without a coat !.The rainfall in New York is heavier than it is in England .British food is some of the finest in the world but you would need to judge it for yourself . Wolter talks some rubbish at times .
Being a British citizen and watching this is rather hilarious😂 we take the history for granted, it’s too normal for us😂 the pub is special place for us. It isn’t just a place to drink it’s a second home🤷♂️😂
As a person identifying as scottish due to both parents being born there and moving back there at 12 years old. I would say that no I would not be offended at being called British. But I do identify as Scottish. Unless filling in a form etc where I don't mind if that's the only option. It is however to call Great Britain England. But I will say (hope this doesn't go too far) that English people are not aware that we get offended by that as it is a union of countries. Hope this helps. Love the vids
