Americans React to Simplifying English for Americans - Michael McIntyre 

One that makes me laugh is Americans calling Guide Dogs, ‘seeing eye dogs’.

Pavement refers to . It's taken from the Latin pavimentum, which means “trodden down floor.” Trodden on because it's for pedestrians.

“Trash Can” = a can for trash (same for Garbage Can) “Diesel Fuel” = not to be confused with the clothing brand, cant be stuffing them jeans into your fuel tank. “Tuna Fish” = as opposed to another animal named Tuna.

English is my second language. In school, English teachers always gave us list of vocabulary in British and American English to compare. Seeing if something was written in British or American English was a game we did in class a lot.

Your light hearted reactions are a breath of fresh air. As individuals you're great but as a duo you're dynamite.

I adore Michael McIntyre. :D It's not only the jokes, it's how he delivers them. I would also suggest to watch his stand-up with the dentist. Almost fell out out of my chair with this one. :D

I have to say, having your wife involved is brilliant. You are such a lovely couple.

Oh, you could give the 1D interview a shot that follows, Micheal stays on the couch. He literally saves the entire interview, bless him. it's on youtube. ^^

If you already have the word "road" for where the vehicles go, why would you then choose to call that "pavement" then have to make up a new word "sidewalk" for the safe space for pedestrians? Makes no sense! The "pavement" in the UK is "paved" with concrete "paving slabs", so why would you call it anything else?

I gotta say i subscribed to a lot of American channels that react to UK content and you guys are head and shoulders above the rest imho, keep it up!

Another one that's always confused me is 'tuna fish'. Surely everyone knows it's a fish 😂

Pavement is concrete, like paving slabs, which is often what pavements were made off, now councils have got lazy and just use the road stuff.

Opticians is what we call the eye doctors

Absolutely loving your content as always, and I love seeing you guys react together!

An older clip but one that is hilarious is the late Peter Sellers being interviewed on the Michael Parkinson show. I never tire of watching it - so funny and gives an insight into the Yorkshire accent. Keep it up you two, great to watch you both.

If you can find it Michael McIntyre on top gear with Jeremy clarkson was a fantastic interview. Had clarkson in stitches

Love you guys! Keep doing what you do...it's great. Recommend watching Miriam Margolyes on Graham Norton

Fantastic video as always. You guys make me and the wife's day 🙏 keep up the good work, Mark & Llinos from Wales.

I love the way your trying to explain the glasses.. if you have people round for drinks you get the glasses, no need to explain the drinking bit.. if you go to an optician hes not after a drink :) love the channel keep it up

Technical word for glasses in America "eyeglasses", technical word for glasses in the UK, "spectacles", we truly are divided by a common language 😎🏹🙏

I’ve seen Michael McIntyre live, thoroughly enjoyed it.

Squash and Racketball are two different sports. You can use the walls in squash.

The difference in the UK is that we don't refer to the road (where the vehicles go) as a pavement, it's just a road.

Another great reaction video just subbed to discord as well 😁

there are full episodes of the graham norton show available on youtube including ones with michael mcintyre!!

Hiya. Check out the 'Michael McIntyre - Send To All' clips from his 'Big Show' series and the 'Michelin Mum Served Her Own Food' prank, also from one of the Shows. It's about 10 mins long and on YT. Stay safe. All the best to you.

If you can watch Michael McIntire Send to All. My favourite is with Ed Ball (who was a politician) and Bradley Walsh (a comedian and game host).

I may be speaking out of my arse here but I believe 'eyeglasses' is a hangover from when there were lats of different uses of the noun 'glasses' e.g. spyglass - telescope, field glasses - binoculars, looking-glass - mirror etc. Lots of so-called Americanisms are actually older preserved words that have disappeared on this side of the Pond.

Hello Ethan and Wifey. Brits would hardly ever say eyeglasses for fear of making a spectacle of themselves.

Americans also insert the words 'go ahead' into a sentence for no reason. Example, i would say 'i'm using the drill now!' The American would say 'I'm going to go ahead and use the drill now!' :o

I don't call it pavement, only ever used "path", I would know what someone means by pavement but it isn't used in my neck of the woods

Paving is slabs of concrete. Asphalt is Asphalt lol

Here in the UK we go to the opticians or the opthamologist for our glasses and you can get prescription sunglasses as well as distance, or reading glasses. Also in a lot of high street opticians now you can also get your hearing tested and get fitted with suitable hearing aids.

Pavement is not asphalt. The act of paving is to put slabs of stone/ concrete in place, hopefully level to create a walk way or path. (take heed local council). Roads, at least most of them In the UK, are not paved. Tarmac or Asphalt is a hot substance that is spread and left to cool as I'm sure you are aware.

Watch Michal McIntyre stand up he is so so good the first time I saw him i had trouble breathing he was so funny.

You should watch Greg Davis on Graham Norton his stories are so funny.

johnathon ross interviewing jimmy carr when cameran diaz was on was very funny

Watch The Graham Norton show best moments, there are so many compilations, pick any one they are all great or maybe you could do a series where you watch 1 video a week. And the best thing is is not just comedians. Also Graham Norton Red Chair moments are great too.

Johnathan Ross has some great guests on his show.

You really must watch "Queen On Shovel Guitar" with Peter Kay. It is epic, you'll love it!

We have a special word to separate the part that cars drive along from the part that pedestrian walk along, it called 'ROAD'.

I love Michael’s routine about going for a picnic

In the UK pavement means _a raised paved or asphalted path for pedestrians at the side of a road_

This is hilarious because one of the Americans I’ve lived with did not understand the term "half nine" for 9:30. You had to always say "half past nine" so he would understand. Otherwise he would think it's either 8:30 or 9:30 xD

In Proper English (PE) we call the footway (a legal term for the footpath at the side of a road) a pavement because it is, or historically was, paved - i.e. covered in small elements, not a uniform surface. A road that is paved would be covered in cobbles, setts, or concrete paving slabs. An example is Belgian Pavé. This terminology was adopted by geologists for limestone pavement (e.g. at Malham Cove) which looks as though it has been paved. In PE we call the road the road. We rather like the simplicity of that. We distinguish unmade roads and stone/mineral-covered roads by referring to the latter as "metalled", from the Greek "Metallon", or quarry - where the stone comes from. What Merkins call "Asphalt" we call "Tarmac", because we invented the substance, and the language. It also helps when you go the builders' merchant and say "I'd like my tarmac", because "I'd like my asphalt" might have unfortunate results. Concerning glasses (which we also call spectacles/specs) - this is an example of the default position. Glasses in this context mean prescription ones. Any other (sun, safety) requires an adjective, or further description. We do the same with places, so Paris does not need "France" after it, because that's where Paris is. Any other Paris needs clarification, but not the real one. In the same way we do not need to say Proper English, just English - there is only one proper one. Any other version needs an adjective, such as "A Merkin English".

His interview on top gear is amazing 👍

😅so true! After living in Canada for 10+ years and returning to UK, I said 'horse back riding' once during a conversation and never heard the end of it! 😂

I noticed most Europeans say couldn't, wouldn't etc while you could not, would not.

5:16 got so excited lmaoooo

Have you seen Michael Mcintyre's bit about going to the dentist? It's hilarious and probably my favourite thing he's done.

Johnathan Ross we know, he started on Channel 4 presenting "The Last Resort", a magazine type show. We don't talk to/about mackintyre

Hay, I know you're a fan of Gordon Ramsay. Have you ever heard of soccer aid. It's a charity event where celebrities play a football /soccer match. If its available where you are, I think it's something you will both enjoy watching 😊

Love you two!

For us in the UK, the pavement is made of paving slabs. Asphalt (or tarmac as we call it) only goes on the road.

British civil engineer here. General public uses pavement for the pedestrian bit, but in engineering, 'pavement' is anything paved with anything, the pedestrian bit is a footway and the car bit is carriageway.

"i only had horses, I was not going to ride anything else!" Really? lol, this girl is far too innocent :) guess they don't have double entendre in the USA :)

Ethan - can you try to get a closer match between the volume of the clips you react to and your own mic volume, please. If I've been watching content by other people & then watch 1 of your vids, I have to turn the volume up to be able to hear the clip properly, but then when either of you two go to speak it's too loud.

Love Micheal Mcintyre, I read his biography at one stage and its sad to see others comedians attitudes towards him, not everyone but many comedians thought his humour was too "safe" and too easy and looked down on him when he starred to shoot up in fame.

Racketball is played on a squash court but with completely different racket and ball, and rules

Try watching Michael McIntyre, “Send To All” There are lots to choose from… for your first pic, I’d go with a celebrity victim that you have already heard of… After one or two more celebs you can then react to Michael being interviewed by James Cordon, where they both play ‘SEND TO ALL’… It’s brilliant…x

You really need to watch Tommy Cooper interview on Parkinson chat show. So so funny

When you realize people you know in person have become famous/well known across the pond. =O You guys are awesome and love the channel ^.^

Drs in UK won't say eye glasses they're just glasses

jermey clarkso and michael mcintyre is worth a watch

That's the reason why is we use the context rather than having to fully described what it is, that's a lot easier, that's how we do it in the UK.

Michael McIntyre is one of my favourite comedians mostly because he can switch accents so quickly. A couple of my favourite clips of him are 'Revolving Doors' especially at the end where he imitates Colin and Justin, two gay Scottish interior designers, and others include him imitating a Liverpudlian football fan one minute and then switches to imitating a gay Mancunian plus his take on comparing rugby referees to football ones is just as funny.

As a Brit, I love that Americans are really up for some banter and a good laugh. Mostly.

The one about the dentist is the best 🤣🤣🤣

You guys should check out some of The Big Fat Quiz of the year (insert year) or the Big Fat Quiz of Everything. A lot of these comics appear and it's always funny :)

No one is like Graham Norton. He’s the best in the world.

I'm 42 so I feel I've definitely grown a little wiser in regard to my **ahem** hostility to American English. I used to be a little anal about what I still hear some call 'the bastardization' of English. I've come to realize though that in many cases, it's us that changed and not you guys, and even in cases where you have changed it, it often makes far more sense! So I wouldn't be too hard on yourselves if I were you, just politely smile at any pedants and shrug them off. Having said that though, I don't think I'll ever tolerate the obligatory 'like' that some (especially West Coasters) inject into their speech every 4/5 words, or the nonsensical way in which many Americans omit the _'nt_ from _could'nt care less!_

The Americans call it horse back riding, after there was a total misunderstanding when someone said they were entering a horse in the grand national.

So funny 😆 our pavements in England are different from the road...they are made of paving stones or slabs, not tarmac or concrete...hence they are called pavements. 🤣🤣

Hiya Ethan, don't forget about the link I gave you, its Keith Weir Greggains Whitehaven accent, it's called a Cumbrian tale, are you any further on with the regional United Kingdom accents?

In Australia, pavement is a concreted area, roads are roads, and we say footpath. We also say glasses or spectacles, never eye glasses.

The wall map behind you. What's the picture on it and why is it in different position. Does it mean anything and should I worry less. Regards Asif Leicester; England

In Australia we call it a footpath. or if it has no "path" , just grass, it is a nature strip.

If you want to see some talk shows then Graham Norton is the man, his talk shows are so funny.

Have you ever watched Horrible Histories? Or Doctor Who?

We call it the path which is on the pavement

In Australia the 'sidewalk' is called the 'footpath'. Much clearer. Pavement is a paved surface, like, with pavers. (they're like bricks used for ground surfaces).

Check out "The Graham Norton show" with Miriam Margoyles. She has been on several times.

Actually you should do the video of one direction and Michael McIntyre on this show, Michael is hilarious when the do never have I ever

Road is called road which is made of tarmac. Pavement is called pavement which is made of concrete

Mathematics always used to be referred as a plural. Since it got shortened across the pond, it became singular, MATH.

We call them glasses and differentiate by saying distance or reading. So we call them glasses and sun glasses.

“It’s a famous boyband from Britain” Niall’s Irish, Ireland isn’t part of the U.K. let alone Britain. For those that are confused, the UK stands for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and consist of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Niall is from the Republic of Ireland, so therefore isn’t from the UK.

Michael McIntyre had a funny interview on Top Gear.

Michael McIntyre speaking the truth not telling jokes.

There is a good clip on YT of Jeremy Clarkson talking about the same topic, very funny. Think it was on Johnathan Ross as well

Pavement or Path is our word for it in the UK the road is made from tar-mac.

I'm no expert, but racquetball and squash are definitely different games.

J.R should look familiar. He presented the first two series of Penn & Teller Fool Us.

Don't forget spectacles!

I’m British, and we call it a path, not a pavement.

In N Ireland we call it the foot path .

He did send to all with James Corden

Please watch peter kay playing the shovel, if you haven't seen it

I know racketball as a different game to squash. Played both. U.K.

Try Michael McIntryre and his "Send to All" conversations. It's with a lot of Briish people who you will never have heard of, but that doesn't matter. They are still very funny. Also the one where he steals a woman's meals from her freezer and serves it back to her as a 5-star gourmet meal. Basically, he is a very funny, non-offensive, not cruel comedian.