How To Insult Like the British - Anglophenia Ep 12 

You know you're British when you know what all the censored words are

"bellend" there is a classic one that isn't used by the upper class...

The best british insults are the ones where the victim doesn't realize he has been insulted until three minutes later. "Now I understand why all your wife's children look like her brother."

It's not hard to insult the French! Just give them a pole and a white cloth.

We're taking notes for our next night with our mates... Cheers, Siobhan!

The Blackadder insult that stayed with me was "as thick as the large print version of _The Complete Works of Charles Dickens_". Now _that's_ thick!

The best thing about about British insults (along with the Aussies & Kiwis) is the versatility of each insult, they can be used for all occasions and can even be used affectionately, ironically and humorously all depending on the pronunciation, timing and tone

I looked down the first page of comments & there's no BELLEND ... Call yourself english lol .

I've heard Americans using the word "twat" and it's hilarious. They pronounce it as, "twot" or "twaat". Sounds very strange to me.

You forgot sodding and git!

I love how she says "the list goes on forever" and just smiles. But its true.

Two sandwiches short of a picnic.

YOU FORGOT PLONKER

The most horrid insult I can think of is calling someone, "Belgian".

When your from England and you just came here to see if they got it right 😂

The best British insults are the subtle ones such as a butler is letting a foreign woman into the door of a country mansion. She looks around and says, "This place is like a prison.'' He replies, "I'm afraid you have the advantage of me madam.''

Those of you that are saying "I'm British, I have never heard these" that's probably because you are younger than 20 and have never been anywhere. Growing up in the 80's and 90's they were all common place. I must admit, I did not know Berk was rhyming slang. Apart from the cricket length not a bad effort. Going to use Berk more often at work x

I just say "thick". Like, "Wayne ate some potatoes out of the rubbish bin - he's a bit thick, that one."

The absolute best thing about British insults is that you rarely realize that you're being insulted when they do it very slick it's usually not a word it's more of a underhanded dry comment that everybody gets except for you ...LOL

This is one of my favourite. Hope to see more info on your home country.

Did you hear about the France changing their flag? It's been changed to a flag that is more relevant, modern and overall sums up Frances role in society. its a white flag

Actually the two finger salute and the peace sign are NOT the same. The salute is with the back of your hand outward. The peace sign is with the palm of the hand outward.

Love your channel !

I'm an anglo Aussie 5th gen, ,I love the Cockney accent , and I can understand most of it, lots of its rhyming slang or general slang, my mob use it too, probably got it from our relo's from 200 years ago.

I love these videos! To bad the audio is of such low quality, it sorta sounds like I'm hearing it through a telephone. Still great videos though!

Skiver isn't really an insult tbh

In my school skiving is a word for being outside of lesson during said time.

The 2 fingered salute is what I and others consider swearing in my part of England

Where I'm from we say 'thick as pig shit', don't know if that's too common elsewhere in the UK.

Wayne rooney is a minger though

how can you teach insults if you beep them?

favourite pg insult? "you blithering plonker", either that or "donking leatherhead" which is my own creation, after a road sign near Windsor.

The obsession with Wayne and eating tatties out the bin is hilarious!!! 😂😂😂😂

U WOT M9

"CLARKSON YOU INFANTILE PILLOCK"

Really miss this channel

Jammy git! That's a good one.

Two fingers with the back of the hand facing outward is NOT the peace sign in America.

I knew about the two fingers from anime. I'm so proud of myself right now.

Lovely voice and accent ❤

I do like making fun of the French

Bugger off Bloody hell

Could watch you all day long ❤

First time see you video, but really like it. Would ya pulse make a tutorial series about estuary accent?

Why all the hatred :'( We french people love you guys. You gave the world pies and Harry Potter !

go away, or I shall taunt you a second time!

Hilarious! I had no idea about the two finger salute one, good to know.

love it!!

As DMG02 said earlier the USA "peace sign" is two fingers raised ,palm facing away from the peace loving person. The British "bleep you" sign is two fingers raised palm facing the insulting person. So, they are different; and one has to be careful of flashing either sign when a hurry.

Smeghead, smegging smeghead and so on.

LITERALLY THE BEST EXAMPLE POSSIBLE

Never knew that was where "berk" came from. I always thought that was a fairly mild one.

Many, I would say most, Brits don't have strong feelings either way about the French

Italian tanks have one gear forward and five in reverse ..

I’m actually really impressed that you knew the origin of the two fingered salute keep up the good work I subscribed

Mardy is very often used in the east midlands yet a friend of mine from oop north has never heard of it.

Bawheid Bawbag Fannybaws Dobber These are Scottish insults and not exactly SFW But no one outside of Scotland gets them

Where's GORMLESS?

There's quite a few new ones in the English repertoire these days; Cockwomble being one that's quite common now, for example.

This host is adorable too! Where do you get so many adorable hosts?!

Kylo Ren is a mardy!

Unless it's changed, children skipping school without permission is usually referred to as "bunking off" (don't know why), but skiving is suitable. Mind you, it doesn't have to just be about school. I mean I'm skiving from doing any work as I'm on RU-vid watching this video. :)

Can't say this was brilliant.

when you know what the censored words are...

I usually fall back on the worst insult I can possibly think of: You cad, sir.

LOL I was born in Liverpool, but we moved to America when I was quite young. My friends and I thought it was bloody hilarious when my dad would use these words when he had road rage :D now I use them lol

I miss Siobhan and this show

In the 1970`s/Early 1980`s and i have not heard this for ages is the insult word Pranny.

Teensy problem, Siobhan, it's actually "Thick as two SHORE planks." It's an old Navy term (much of British slang is). Shore planks were think shoring timbers used to prop up a wooden hulled ship in Drydock or on a beach for careening.

I'm from Tennessee, USA. I LOVE these videos. I admit to being a total anglophile. No....not JUST the accent(s)....but the culture, the endurance and stamina of a people who were horribly blitzed by that demon Hitler, and the natural graciousness. Heck....I even love the general sense of humor. I even subscribe to ACORN-TV (British movies and series). I'm not wealthy, so I seriously doubt that I'll ever get to visit.....but I dream. Until then......more vids please. Thumbs up and 5 stars. (And I have watched all of the vids on your channel. GREAT JOB!!!!!!

I love the word pillock. I use it so much.

The story about the two fingered salute is really interesting, my history teacher told me a similar story about giving the middle finger.

Test cricket takes 5 days not 4. You're welcome!

Want to insult like a Brit? Watch a lot of Gordon Ramsay.

Thank you from listtwist

I had always thought that the battle where the English archers (armed with light "long bows") cut down so many of the French knights (armed with heavy, difficult-to-reload "crossbows") was at Crecy, not Agincourt. In any event, I think the battle of Agincourt was during the reign of Henry V (1413-1422), while Crecy was during that of Edward III (1327-1377).

In the late 70's, I worked a job in The City, near Moorgate. My boss had an expression for doing something dumb, he'd say "well, there's a bit of the Irish in that". I never told him my mother's maiden name was Bryan.

the 2 finger salut served us well for 100's of years, so why change a classic

I recently moved to Sheffield and 'mardy' is part of the everyday parlance it seems. I love it.

Love it!

Skiver and gannet are insults? Also circket takes five days, not four days.

I'm an American, But I use the two finger salute - when the middle finger just isn't enough! 😀

Two of my faves are "slag" and "slapper".

Good show. The only one I hadn't heard of was "mardy", but that's because of being a Southerner. :P And I always love the Agincourt story, apocryphal or not. The best one (though not the most offensive) is "skiver" delivered in a Bristol accent. As in "SKIVERRRRR!"

cricket test matches are 5 day matches not 4 day

we Brits have turned insulting people into a fine art and maybe if the french weren't so easy to make fun of we wouldn't make fun of them

a few card short of a full deck or few sarnie short of a picnic

One of my high schooler teachers in America told me that story. Either I got them mixed up with the middle finger or he was talking about the two fingers and for once I was not paying attention (kind of weird too since I was a master at that)

The word "as" is the comparative superlative, you can add it to the end of any adjective and it means "very 'adjective'" or "as 'adjective' as is possible". People took phrases like "easy as pie" or "thick as two short planks", got rid of the comparison, and expanded the use of the word to include any adjective.

Can we just take a moment to talk about whether it's a ginnel, genel, snicket, alleyway, bridleway or footpath 😂😂🙄

i love these words... i moved to japan and trying to explain these words to japanese people as well as other English speakers from outside of the UK

Look up "breather ring" in Rogers Profanisaurus, or the Magna Farther.

But I love Potatoes, especially when they're from the bin.

Mardy?! Gannet?! Thick as two short planks?! I'm from bloody England and I say bloody none of these

Very well presented, the woman has an awesome communication style.

near where i'm from, there's a village called barming and there's an old folk legend of sorts that the word barming (another form of the word barmy) was named after it because barming used to have a psychiatric hospital. i dunno how true this is, but i certainly find it interesting.

poor wayne

When you're northern and know all of the words😂

I do use a lot of these, how accurate

I not even anglophone but I do remember the mighty term "w@nker", good one, learned it watching (and thoroughly enjoying) the series "Inbetweeners". Terms such as "Busw@nkers" and "Briefcasew@nker", just made me laugh the fact of remembering those.