American Reacts to American Expressions That Brits HATE 

There are loads of expressions that are written wrong, - "doggy dog world" (dog eat dog). Dave Gorman did a whole skit on it years ago.

Thank you haha! I correct people on this all the time. It's 'Could have'.

Sadly I think the internet is going to win. There, they’re, their will all become one word and the whole internet thinks to mislay something is to loose it instead of lose it. I don’t even like the contractions. Ur should be for you’re and yr should be for your. Yeah, I’m an English Boomer 😂

@@songsneedmusic8151 yes I know. The point is could've is right, and could of is wrong

@@Rachel_M_ haha I've never seen 'doggy dog world' written anywhere, but that's a good one!

I agree wholeheartedly!

'Me three' - as in, I wholeheartedly agree with both of you... Thank you.❤🇬🇧😊🖖

Count me in as well - USA are destroying our language.

@@brigidsingleton1596 I agree too.

Language settings need to be set to English UK. It's so annoying that Google is automatically set to English USA.

It's like having month/date/year but saying 4th of July 🤔

Yet the Yanks call a crotchet a quarter note, not a “fourth note”.

*bizarre 😁

"Off of" is also annoying

Back to back makes no sence either as in wins..back to back is walking away. Use the correct word "consecutive" or if that's too difficult it.. "in a row"

The first time I heard the 'waiting on' such and such a person, I had visions of the second party being the name of a car or a bench.

@@patvanquish4586 Well, "waiting on the bench (or pier/roof/patio and the like)" would make it correct, but Jack would still be waiting FOR Jill while on the patio. And you'd have to insert an article, too -- it can't be "Jack is waiting on bench" unless you're speaking with a heavy Slavic accent. 🙂

What I meant was that, if II named my garden bench 'Jill', then Jack could wait on Jill. It's more gentlemanly than throwing a lady called Jill to the floor at a bus stop and standing on her whilst waiting for the bus.@@germankitty

@@patvanquish4586 Well, yeah. *snickers*

lol - did she point out your missing apostrophes?

Burn!@@DadgeCity

I once worked for a private (Canadian) school who put out a flyer advertising higher "accademic" standards and that they were accepting new "student's" 😱

I'd red ink it score out " of " and arrow above " have" and circle it and tell my son to give it back to the teacher to read

I’m definitely guilty of saying y’all, but I’m from the South. To me it’s no different than shortening you’re could’ve and wouldn’t etc. ,

next thing they'll ask why French has "stolen so many English words" ..

Such "USA-centric" thinking seems the norm.

I hate to break it to you (and i'm from the UK) but "color" is kinda technically correct, as that's the traditional Latin spelling, the English version with a "u" entered via Anglo-Norman "colur" which was a variation of the Old french "colour" - either can technically be used, and sometimes dependent on context and/or audience.

@@Ghozer The traditional Latin spelling is irrelevant. The point is the word was borrowed from Norman French, hence the import of the “u”.

@@allenwilliams1306 by the Latin logic, what would be correct is wherever they borrowed it from, and wherever that was borrowed from, until we're back to the original language of hoots and ooks and howls. What's correct in English is what's correct in English. Just the same as Latin and French. Different but vaguely related languages, of which English is clearly the best. Even my French French teacher despaired at ever getting le and la the right way around for literally every object under the sun. They must get in trouble all the time for misgendering ;)

Maybe now you understand why some germans are sometimes not amused when americans butcher, rape and torture the german language. ;-)

100% the more we butcher it, either side of the pond, the harder it is to be understand. It's not irrational at all, it's irrational to be fine with people saying 'on accident' and 'could care less' and 'Specific Ocean' or less when they mean fewer.

Bastardising! 😡

It is.

Couldn't care less is right. Could care less is wrong.

Yeah, that one really pisses me off. The word you're abbreviating is Mathematics, not Mathematic 🙄

You think a bunch of people on Reddit created the English language?

Nope, the English did, clue's in the name @@danishih

Brits don't say things that are grammatically incorrect? Think hard before you answer...

​@@KevPage-Witkickerand the language has evolved, on both sides of the pond, since then. Brits are not immune from saying things that make no sense.

UK language skills have been in a complex long-term decline. A serious lack of pride in, and failure to respect, the country doesn't help. Neither does the fast growing immigrant community that is failing to integrate and/or assimilate.

I quite agree some young girl used "my bad" instead of "sorry of oops"

They'll grow up.

Ice cream for crow............

It's good for them to know both, as a lot of foreigners use the American terms when learning the language so it helps in the work place to know the Americanised versions.

​@@tjhudson9678as long as they know which one is correct for themselves.

This isn’t America-specific, for example, Vicky Pollard on Little Britain

This is common in some areas of the UK too, nothing to do with American influence.

There are regions in the UK that use double negatives like this too. It's not just a recent thing, and has nothing to do with America really.

Best one was from Back to The Future when they had the only triple negative I’ve ever heard. “Don’t nobody go nowhere” 😂

I'm thinking of all the times I've seen people on television programmes saying "Nah mate! I din' do nuffink!"

There's also _encyclopaedia_ (or encyclopedia - I learned both at Primary school, about _60_years_ ago ...after 'ocean' !!) 😊❤🇬🇧🖖

​@brigidsingleton1596 it literally means teaching in a circle, like infants' school, but not a real ancient Greek word. But I like the image of little children sitting on the floor while the teacher reads to them. Regards from one Brigid to another!

Notice how "gotten" has crept in lately?

@@thonbrocket2512 Yeah, even though 'got' is the past tense already.

Notice how 'show' has crept in rather than 'programme' ( not 'program' ) and season rather than series.

@@doughunt9621 It's because this is the vernacular of Netflix and other streaming services. I would argue a 'Season' typically makes sense for US TV since they have episodes numbers reading over 22 or so, thereby lasting for multiple Seasons.

​@thonbrocket2512 true but gotten was an old English usage that survived in the US and died out in England. The one I've seen most recent is the use of math not maths

Good Lord. That’s almost as bad as the “doggy dog world” for “dog eat dog world”! People don’t seem to want to make sense of words and phrases anymore. 🤦🏻‍♀️

...and American's call him Guy Fox!

😂

Never heard that one before, hilarious 😂

I believe that some of the American spellings and pronunciations are the same as the ones used by the Pilgrim Fathers - so while British English advanced, American English has stayed firmly in the 17th century

@@theturtlemoves3014 Absolutely, but I'm referring to more of the "could care less" or pronouncing "Et cetera" as "Ex cetera" or "Ec cetera". But yes, what you say is correct. Even with later language like "soccer", which was used by the upper class in Universities in England instead of "football", although the rules were slightly different I think any of those that used soccer and moved to the U.S. probably took the word with them and while it evolved to "football" as we know it today, the word stayed as "Soccer" in the U.S. due to it not being the most prevalent sport .

"Step foot" "I didn't do nothing" "right here" or "right there" so much OF space" aargh!

We don't say et cetera like in the King and I anymore that's for sure!

@@toddlerj102 I can almost guarantee there's people out there who say it 'E. T. C.' like 'L.O.L.' ;) Not that I know how they said et cetera in the King and I.

I don't mind "can I get". To me, it's a grammatically valid question. What if they are out? You can't get something they don't have. Even someone who's being anal about it should reply with "you sure can, would you like some?"

As a waiter the correct answer should be along te lines "No, I have to get things for you"

@@TheRawrnstuff It's not polite though.

@@WreckItRolfe It's sincere.

How is it a mishear when it's written down? 🤔

​@@skechyassmofoPeople hear others use the term "could've" and mishear it as "could of". It then only becomes apparent when they write it down. Usually, in britain, children will learn that this is incorrect in school, when they get corrected. It may be an error in spelling, but it stems from them mishearing a word

"Manglerizations" is not real English. The formally correct terminology is of course: manglerisations - haha 😛

@@ballyhoo It's the Zee that did it. 🤭

I like saying Jay Zed 😅😅

I heard the Americanism burglarised- how weird is that?!?!!!!

It has the same meaning in the U.S. too. 'Period' is just one of those many words that has more than one meaning. I'm sure most people can tell the difference between the two depending on how the word is used in a sentence.

@@CherylVogler Male Brit here and TRUE (we understand all meanings). Although in the UK we RARELY use 'period' as a 'full stop' and, more OFTEN, use it with regards to a woman's 'cycle' and all that it entails...

Especially as a period is a duration of time not the cessation of time.

Fannypack😂😂😂😂😂 Research that one. I'm from South Africa lol😂

This comment has annoyed me. Irrationally so. How could you have written this?

A Panda with a gun eats, shoots and leaves. A Panda without a gun eats shoots and leaves.

@@maxbanziger Make your first example 'eaes, shoots, and leaves'.

But evidence points to he never comes to the comments

Yeah, but that isn't his doodie.

​@@siloPIRATEI wouldn't either

I'm sure he reads them but he's also realised that it's better not to engage.@@siloPIRATE

he might stop to google stuff but he rarely reads it properly. The whole 'could've'/'could of' debacle is evidence of this. 😉

Yes "my bad" is a very irritating phrase.

Agreed. I think the problem is that we have to stop and reprocess the sentence when Americans do this, because it makes no sense to our brain. It takes a moment or two to work out what was meant. I think this is the issue with a lot of these US ways of speaking, They break the thread of sentence interpretation and slow down realising what is actually intended. It's more than just being annoyed at a different form of English.

@@davidjackson2580 what really annoys me about it is that I seeps through to English people and I KNOW we learn adverbs in primary school And it's not like just kids or gen z - I've heard TV presenters speak like that! 🙄

@@jgreen2015 I agree entirely. I suppose it's because we have so much USA TV and film here. It's very sad.

@@davidjackson2580 yeh it's even worse now with social media My niece says 'pardy' for party And calls the cinema the 'mutliplex' 💔

In England for hundreds of years we did not pronounce the h in herbs because much of the country spoke French after the Norman invasion, so sorry the us is correct on this one 💣

​@allanheslop4493 In modern English it is pronounced herbs, so no, the US is not correct. No one born in the UK is going around with a fench accent say erbs......😂

​​​​@@allanheslop4493French was the language of aristocracy or law. It never became the primary language, and this is reflected if you know french. English is mostly Germanic with latin and dutch. We have some french words. I don't think you are english.

More like d-you-tee. Remember Americans pronounce dew and doo the same

@@jakeoliver9167 True x

0 was the last digit, 9 the 2nd last and "999" being one of the slowest 3-digit numbers to dial. "111" would've been the quickest and easiest.

As a Retired Telephone Engineer can I say that the reason for 999 was that, using the digit "1" on a rotary dial was prone to error. For example in an Emergency you might pick up the handset and by accident send a "1". So 999 was chosen. "0" was not available (the last position on the dial) as it was required for Operator calls (later this was changed to "100" to release the "0" which could then be used for National and International calls).

@@grimreaper-qh2znYes, and additionally we were taught that 999 was a good choice as it was easy to remember and (almost) impossible to dial accidentally.

I loved this addition, and just to let you know Google often gets British English wrong. The best thing about World English we can all have fun learning each others.

My Aunt who worked in an exchange told us that 111 was not chosen, as you say because of error, but also it was the most likely number that would be dialled by a child playing with the telephone@@grimreaper-qh2zn

Me too.

And me 🤣

Not it’s not, English is Latin and Germanic in origin.

😅😮 I recently heard (on another's Reaction video), ayoung-ish American woman describe her month in the_UK_ (in Manchester) as, "It's nice to be in a foreign country which speaks English." "Um" !! 😮😊😅😂 ...I laughed until I coughed at that description !! 🇬🇧🧡🖖

​​​@@marydavis5234English has roots in German and Latin but English as we know it today was first spoken in England. Hence why it was named after the country. English contains loan words from multiple European countries. In England we speak English, not British English, just plain English. All other countries that speak English speak their version of English but ours is the original and therefore correct version. In France they speak French. Many other countries speak French as a first language and they have their own slang, dialect and variations but no one argues that French language from France is the OG and most purest version of French. Same with Spanish. So many countries speak a version of Spanish but only Spain can claim to be the OG Spanish speaking country. Therefore, Spanish spoken in Spain seems to me the purest, least bastardised version of Spanish. That doesn't mean other versions aren't valid, they are, language evolves constantly.... but the language's OG country will always be the purest standard of that language.

That's probably the funniest one. Fucking boooooeeeyyyy😂

Yey they pronounce the related words "buoyant", "buoyancy" and even "lifebuoy" correctly.

The purest form of English is generally (by academics) spoken by Scots.

Yeah because he was a cultural imperialist and wanted to cause trouble unnecessarily. An incompetent hack at best.

The verb is “to burgle”, which is a 19th century back-formation from burglar, or burglary, words that were derived from Legal French two hundred and fifty years earlier. “Burglarize”, if it meant anything at all, would mean to make somebody a burglar, just as realize means to make something real.

It's an interesting burglarizational discussion, certainly

​@@patvanquish4586​​ ... and let us not forget Gilbert and Sullivan's popular operetta, "The Pirates of Penzance" from the 1870s. In the words of Sir W S Gilbert: "... When the enterprising burglar's not a-burgling (not a-burgling.). When the cut-throat isn't occupied in crime ('pied in crime), He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling (brook a-gurgling), And listen to the merry village chime (village chime). ... Ah, take one consideratuon with another (with another) - A policeman's lot is not a happy one." American version: "When the enterprising burglar's not a-burglarising...". Thank you, USA: you've just ruined the song!

I think that the Gilbert and Sullivan observation is a true winner. Thank you for it.

We like to jokingly use "picturise" instead of "take a photo" just as a wind up.

😄 😆 😂

Well you see that's where the English also get it wrong. There is an R at the end of mirror.

It’s mirror, just as it’s spelled. That’s how you say it.

​@@elemar5there's no r after the a in father either... What's your point? I think most of the items in this video are due (or dyou) to my fellow countrymen being a tiny bit fussy... 😂 "Could of" and "could care less" grind my gears though!

But we do say "fifth, sixth, seventh" and not "quinter, sexer, septer"

​​@@c_n_bMy point is that the US usage accepts the existing words of "half" and "third" as we do in the UK, yet rejects the word "quarter" when it makes no sense to do so as the word "quarter" does indeed exist in the US English vocabulary. In the US, 25 cents is called "a quarter" because it is a *quarter* of a dollar. Why call it a quarter if you are not already using the term "quarter" to mean one divided by 4? And don't American Football teams have "quarterbacks"?

I'm confused - why do you not think the word "quarter" is used in the U.S.? We would for example say a quarter of a stick of butter as often as a fourth of a stick of butter. @@MrBulky992

​@@CherylVoglerTyler said that 25% is referred to as "a fourth" in the US and that the word "quarter" would not be used for fractions.

Although strangely we would say "the first/second/third of say January" but not "the quarter of January"

Oh yes, crapping in the bathroom and/or the restroom.

It shouldn't even be really quick, it should be really quickly. They're both adverbs.

Bathroom is infuriating. I still haven't worked out what a 2 and a half bathroom house is How can you have 1/2 a bathroom?

Zee Germans

The pilgrims were in the americas in the sixteenth century, a lot of what Americans use is how we used to speak

OK, I couldn`t resist, I have to pick... it`s not spelt it`s spelled, LOL. Peace and brother love to you and all.

@@JayMac-kj9kt 😂

If American schools taught grammar properly then we would talk the same language

Burglarized, therapised...

"Pissed off" *never* means drunk in the UK. It means angry. "Pissed" means drunk. You might attend a "piss-up" where you might get pissed.

😅Pissed off means Angry or could be used to say someone has gone. Drunk would be Pissed not Pissed off.

Who is Mick, and why are we taking him?

There is an incorrect use of that term or word all the time, there is direction, their is ownership, they`re is a contraction of they are. Even in the USA we mess up the spelling just as you did. This is a good discussion to properly educate ourselves for the next job we apply for or letter we write to anyone. Peace and brother love to you and all.

@@JayMac-kj9kt actually I had a migraine and that was an autocorrect! It should have been “there are”. I completely agree with you though! 🤣😂🤣 I am going to edit my error though!

There spelling also is everywhere.

Sorry to hear you have a migraine, my sister has them quite often, Try having a sports drink the electrolytes work pretty well for her bananas might work as well because of the potassium. Good luck, hope you feel well soon. Peace and brother love to you and all.@@LaurieLeeAnnie

@@JayMac-kj9kt thank you 🤗🤗🤗

Is that so, though? You could say 1 forth past 8 just as you could say quarter past 8. Also Americans use the word quarter for a quarter of a dollar but it's not led them to say quarter for any thing else.

​@@blazednlovinitif we were to call it a fourth past the hour, what would you call half past?

@@roguerebel6297 Well Americans DO say "half"

@blazednlovinit ok, so why mix it up? It doesn't make any sense to say it's 1 fourth past the hour and then 15 minutes later switch and say half past. Why would you mix it up? Using quarter past also allows you to say quarter to the hour rather than your suggestion which I'm not even sure what it would be...3 quarters past the hour? Or 3 fourths past the hour?

@@roguerebel6297 Why don't we say "one Oct" in Britain instead of "one eighth"? Americans have a special name for 1/2 Brits have a special name for 1/2 and 1/4 But it's not like either of us are being consistent

Same here, I constantly have to correct Americans (in our company letters, our public posts, etc) on their grammar, word misuse, and plain wrong phrases. On top of this, English is my 3rd language, and they're supposed to be native speakers... It's truly something to behold

@@Real_MisterSir We all learn British English though, and there are certainly things that are incorrect in British English but correct in American English, so be careful what you correct them on.

@@jbird4478 No I learned both British and American English, and actively use both depending on whether I speak with clients from the UK or the US/International. Of course there are differences between each derivative of the English language that one should be mindful of, but what I often correct is documents filled with basic grammatical errors, misspellings, miswording, etc.

Seement pond! 🤪

"Black gold... Texas tea !!"😅😂

Even if something is said or done incorrectly, Americans simply don't care. Poor educational standards and an unhealthy mix of American arrogance that will lead on eventually to self destructive hubris. Rules were made to be broken here and in terms of (say) food or sartorial matters anything can be mixed with anything and be "right" and "acceptable" Why? Because they can be so mixed. Haven't seen gravy on cereal yet but it's probably just a matter of time.

You're prolly right 😂

Only the last one u got right mate

I was in a waiting room at a hospital along with a few other men. We were all waiting for a very intimate procedure only applicable to men. A rather gorgeous Chinese lady doctor walked through. I cracked everyone up when I said "Anyone fancy a Chinese?".

@@robertsmelt6638 Everyone was laughing at your tackiness lol

😮yes, that does seem to be the trend these days...every word I hear Americans say which is spelt with a "cc" in it is pronounced by them as if it was meant to be "as" ... It's happening more often as each day goes by... Who🇺🇸 started it and why for ____'s sake ?! 🤔😮😠

I hate the way macaroni cheese has been Americanised. When my daughter pronounced the capital of Russia as 'Moss-cow', I nearly hit the roof! I soon told her how we Brits pronounce 'Moss-co'.

As for "duty", everyone I know (probably different in different British accents) pronounces the "d" more like a "j" and skips pronouncing the "t" (we use a glottal stop), so it's hard to explain in writing, but it's something like "Joo'ee".

Edit: just realised this reply is completely on the wrong coment. Thiers is the one that hasn't changed though, they spell it like the Englishmen that colonised North America. It is us that changed as in the late 18th century Britain adopted a bunch of Frenchification and adopted the our spelling as well as adopting loads of french words. Now I prefer our British spelling of colour, honour etc not because it is more right but believe it visually looks better written down but moaning at Americans spelling it different is stupid when we are the ones that changed.

​@@nathanthom8176Quite a large percentage the present day English language is actually French, with Latin and Greek.

"Boo-ee-ant". Checks out.

I recognised the Beverly Hillbillies reference. It was one of our favourite programmes in the UK in the 1960s. I could still sing you the theme song.

​@@missharry5727Let's hear it then 😂

@@julieianson.com2722 I can't do the tune but the words of the first verse went something like: Come listen to the story of a man named Jed, A poor mountaineer barely kept his fam"ly fed. And then one day he was diggin' for some food, And up from the ground came a-bubblin' crude. Oil, that is. Black gold. Texas tea..

Isn't it robbery if it's robbery, and burgled/burglary if it's burglary? Robbery is with violence or threat. Burglary is without. I think. I suspect he's just too young to have seen Beverly Hillbillies, and what a fortunate thing for him that is. :D

@@missharry5727 Take a bow 👏

Or a musical interval .

"bimonthly" means both every other month _and_ twice a month. "Military time" is difficult to understand because one has to subtract 12, but feet and inches are a-ok. Generally, the concept of time seems to be problematic.

Take is used to mean remove. So you wouldn't take the trumpet to something, you would take the trumpet away from something. Bring is used to mean carry with you so if the trumpet was at home you would carry it with you to the game, or bring it. I've not heard "I'm going to write my MP" that sounds like an Americanism because they would say "I'm going to write my lawyer about this". In UK we would more usually say "I'm going to write to my MP".

@@AlexaFaie You would not hear "I'm going to write my MP" in the UK as you would say "to my MP" That was my point. In Canada, where we do have MPs, they leave the 'to' out! The 'bring' and 'take' is a tricky one to explain. I have always used 'take' with 'go' or 'going' and 'bring' with 'come' or 'coming'. As a result I am surprised that you would say to your partner for example, "When we GO to the Smith's party tomorrow, we should BRING the trumpet" I would say, "when we GO to the party, we should TAKE the trumpet" . However , if I now phone the Smith's to confirm, I would say to them "When we COME to your party tomorrow, we'll BRING our trumpet. I do remember though that when I lived in the UK, we would use the term 'bring along' instead of take, but never 'bring' on its own.

Thou is second person singular. Ye would be second person plural.

Duh. I saying we lost having two. And in early modern English it's 'you'. Pay attention. @@MsPataca

@@girthbloodstool339 you sound like a nice person

Oh yes re Wells fir Wales - and I'm not even Welsh...!! I shall not name the Reactor from Indiana who says "Wells" ...but you've a choice of _three_🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Reactors from Indiana to choose from ?!! 😮😮😮

With aluminium they are just using their official spelling and saying it as they write it. With the word solder they spell it the same as us but pronounce it "sodder".

​@@Phiyedoughoh that one irritates me so much

Yes, and they still say buoyancy correctly..plus soddering for soldering

One would pronounce it "erbs" only if speaking French. En englais it is "Herbs". "Paris" is not "Pa-ree".

I hate yous too.

Dew-Tea, Mi-Rer, squi-rill