🇬🇧Lauren🇬🇧These videos were all such a joy to film with my loves! I always learn so much and enjoy sharing things about the U.K.🇬🇧 also just wanna say I did mention about the Welsh language but it was edited out😭
🇦🇺Grace🇦🇺 It’s always so interesting sitting down and chatting with Lauren and Christina to talk about cultural differences. I always learn so much and hope you learned something new watching this video too! Until next time 😍
@@martinkhoe4997 aha good question! I have a little Olympus Trip film camera which I use to take photos on my trips, so it’s a double play on words of me going on trips with my Trip! 😋
Only recently (past 2 weeks), started watching these vids. Have enjoyed all I've seen so far. All the personalities bounce off each other so well. Need to see more of Emily, too👀
Fun fact - there is no official language of the US. It’s the most spoken language but the US government has never made it the official language of the country
I would like to watch them compare educational systems in the US, England, and Australia. If France, Germany, Spain, China, and Indonesia could join, that would be great too.
Fun fact, English IS the official language of the USA, just not at a federal level. 36 of the 50 states have English as the official language. People like to say it doesn’t typically to fit the narrative or don’t really look into at much and just hear that it doesn’t have one. English is the official language of California too!
Tea is the dominant beverage in the Southern US. It's absolutely not the same tea that British people enjoy, but we drink tea more than any other drink by far.
I live in Aussie and probably check my weather app 3 times a day, personally I don’t drink it but coffee coffee coffee!! is all I hear people have to leave 10 mins early from home to go to work to stop and get their particular coffee
7:28 Oooh no no no, the UK weather changes all the time especially in the summer there's some really bizarre weather. Also the forecast for rain is always checked, being a tiny island it is sometimes unpredictable, the day could start of sunny but then there's a freak rainstorm at 12pm but the forecast can predict that for us... 8:14 I mean there's a pretty big difference between the summer season and the winter season in the UK. In the winter it will definitely be quite cold, like a long cold period from around mid autumn to mid spring. Then during the summer season, if we're lucky there will be 2 or 3 heatwaves in between weeks of cooler weather and storms. So in the summer iced drinks are drunk, I remember in childhood we would have so much lemonade, Pepsi, juice, squash etc in the summer but in the winter, definitely not, no ice.
Australia has no official language even though English is the de facto language. The weather is also somewhat diverse with tropical and subtropical places as well as temperate to oceanic in the far south.
My family and I are anomalies lol we're English but none of us like tea, just coffee. Yess, I'm like the American girl - even in cold weather I'll still drink iced drinks.
Languages spoken in the UK: - English and Welsh are official languages - English is the most spoken BUT don't neglect the other languages :) - Welsh (Official language in Wales in addition to English) - Gaelic (Ireland and Scotland) and Scots (Scotland) - Cornish is spoken in Cornwall, England but dying out.
English is not the official language of the United States. It's a primary language. That's why all government forms are offered in a variety of languages.
Exactly. The founding Fathers never saw the need to declare an official language because even back then there were people from different backgrounds that helped in America's (United States) independence, such as the Dutch, French, Black people, and Native Americans. And in the case of UK, because the "United Kingdom" is a union of kingdoms that speak Welsh, Scottish and Irish, besides English; so English cannot be declared an official language.
@@taoist32 Somewhat correct, since there were only a few Native American tribes In Massachusetts and Delaware that joined the Revolution War (such as the Mohicans, Wabanaki and Lenape. And all of them were eventually exterminated and forced into reservations.
Government forms in different languages doesn't prove anything, the government has to accommodate people with their language needs, so if a person speaks better Spanish they would be provided a translator. Also the government provides forms in that persons native language, so that they can point at the document and say that rule or clause is right there and there's no excuse to not know.
@@simonwinn8757 Ahh, the benefits of living in a first world country. Unfortunately, you don't get that privilege if you move to a poor or developing country because the government cares nothing, and you are forced to learn that country's language, which is a good thing I guess... Been there, done that. And I still get amazed at immigrants in the U.S. that lived for 20+ years and still can't speak proper English.
Always a fun time talking about similarities and differences in culture with my friends Grace and Lauren! **And just a note that there is no official legal language in the US. You can hear people speaking many different languages in the US, but English is the most spoken! Hope you enjoyed the video ❤ -Christina 🇺🇸
Yeah some states have other oficial language such as New Mexico with Spanish probably because of the fact that a large part of the western states were part of Mexico but as a whole country there isn’t an official language
@@m.bcupid4179 yeah, right! It depends on the state. For example, Massachusetts, where I'm from, English is the official language, while many states have none~
This trio is my favourite, all three of them are adorable ❤️❤️❤️🇺🇲🇬🇧🇦🇺. Lauren is honest and upfront and very gorgeous 😍♥️and Christina is soft spoken and classy ♥️love both of them .Grace is also nice and humble
@Takahashi Shimo Mo basically everything is done in English but you can request most documents in Welsh as well, so technically the only de jure language in the UK is Welsh.
Yes it is. Fun fact, English IS the official language of the USA, just not at a federal level. 36 of the 50 states have English as the official language. People like to say it doesn’t typically to fit the narrative or don’t really look into at much and just hear that it doesn’t have one. English is the official language of California too!
I would just like to correct 3 little things: 1. The US has no official language. They have never declared English as an official language because of the fact that the country is built up by immigrants and when the US was first created the different states spoke a wide range of different languages like Dutch, French and German. The Founding Fathers understood the diversity of the people and didn't want to anger people by declaring English the official first language since English was the most common language used by far and not threatened. There Alt. Right have tried to get English to become the official language but none of their bills have gone through the House. This is one of the few things both the Left and the Right agree on that it would cause more problems than it would fix. I think Arizona is the only state that forbids schools from teaching in any other language than English. California and Massachusetts did the same until 2016/2017. 2. The same goes for the UK. In fact English isn't even the official language of England. The reason is that until the 19th century English wasn't that wide spread in the UK. Even some Kings didn't speak it well because the Englishmen never tried to force people to speak English. That is the reason why the UK have so many native languages despite being so small (English, Welsh, Gaelic, Scots, Irish, Ulster Scots and Cornish). Now all are official native languages in the UK except English because England has no parliament and therefore can't declare an official language. And why doesn't England have it's own parliament? Because majority of people live in England (84%) so they feared it would weaken the UK as a political union since it would mean that England could pass or block all laws for the UK as they wanted. 3. Surprise surprise, Australia also doesn't have English as its official language. The reason is that when Australia became a country majority was already speaking English so there was no point. Australia is a rather young country since it wasn't its own nation until 1 January 1901.
Yes it is. Fun fact, English IS the official language of the USA, just not at a federal level. 36 of the 50 states have English as the official language. People like to say it doesn’t typically to fit the narrative or don’t really look into at much and just hear that it doesn’t have one. English is the official language of California too!
If UK doesn't have a parliament, then how do you explain the presence of the Houses of Parliament, the fact there are British MPs, the House of Commons and the House of Lords?
@@bryangonzales4198 you do realize federal is above state right? Just because a state declares English as the official language does not mean the federal government declares an official language.
@@bryangonzales4198 No, the federal level is above the state level. Marijuana is legal in Michigan, yet illegal at the federal level. This means that if the DEA wanted to come in to Michigan and raid dispensaries, they would be well within their rights to. It's also why abortion is legal in Michigan. We have a law from 1931 banning it, but it's legal at the federal level--meaning it's legal in Michigan. If California has English as their official language, then you could say it's true that English is the official language of California. But that doesn't make English the official language of America.
I just didn't want it to end.... Best trio ever. Please keep bringing them for more interviews. Lauren, Christina and Grace, lots of love from India🇮🇳🇮🇳 they are the perfect representatives of their respective countries, don't ever let them go
Warms the heart how enthusiastic the Aussie girl was for our Commonwealth links and how similar her experiences sounded to here in the UK (cordial, tea, school uniform etc).
Fun fact, English IS the official language of the USA, just not at a federal level. 36 of the 50 states have English as the official language. People like to say it doesn’t typically to fit the narrative or don’t really look into at much and just hear that it doesn’t have one. English is the official language of California too!
The UK actually has no official language though English is the de facto official language. The only country in the UK with official languages is actually Wales which recognises both Welsh and English as de jure official. Side note: Welsh is also the most used of the native Celtic languages in the UK with around 700,000 speakers ( just adding this as Lauren mentioned Gaelic languages but not Welsh/Brythonic languages :P )
@@DarthMalgusSith_Lord An aboriginal person refers to any indigenous peoples anywhere in the world. It implies that First Nations people of Australia are one homogeneous group and ignores the reality that there are over 200 language families and many tribal groups that loosely form 'nations'. Because these nations don't exist in a Eurocentric format colonialists dismissed them and used the term aboriginal to denigrate the oldest surviving culture on Earth. The Kulin Nation of Southern Victoria has as much cultural commonality with Yirrganydji of FNQ as the British do to the Turkish. A didgeridoo was never seen or heard of in southern Australia and a man of Western Australia never used a woomera, which was a hunting tool of the Eora Nation of the Sydney region. A culture that has managed to not just survive,but thrive for over 60,000 on one the most inhospitable continents on this planet is to be respected. White man came here and we were utterly clueless,relying on indigenous know how and dwindling inappropriate supplies from a foreign land because we were woefully ill equipped to live here.
6:54 As a southern Californian, i can confirm, it rarely rains and it's VERY common for it to be hot. If you live in southern California it's not necessary to check the weather reports all the time.
There is actually no legislated “official” language in the U.S. More than half of the states have passed laws making English the official language of their state. It comes up in the U.S. Congress from time to time, but nearly every Democrat votes against it as “racist”.
Yeah it's sad when a language is thought of as "racist". Goes to show how deranged kind of thinking has gotten today. English may not be "officially" the US's language, but does the government really need to say it's "official" for it to be the main language? No it doesn't. Everyone knows English is the language of the United States.
I always thought South Africa (being a South African) was westernized in the American sense. But I've been binging these three ladies and we have very very few commonalities with America. We have a lot in common with the Britain and Australia, language, food and beverage preferences, even though we're a Dutch colony here. Our governmental system and constitution leans more towards the American way though.
Americans love their iced tea, BTW... Just an observation (that is still forming) but I have to say that, in certain ways, Australians are kinda' in between British people and Americans. I love the people of both countries (very much). I invariably sense a kinship to the way Aussies think and act. For instance, I think that Australians are more overtly independent and opinionated about what role government is supposed to play in an individual's life where British people seem more accepting of how closely government will weave it's way into daily life. Aussies strike me as warmer and more open with others whereas the British, exercising polite sensibility, seem a little more aloof and reserved, a common theme in other European countries as well. In spite of it's geographical size, Australia is a relatively smaller country in population and economy than either the US or the UK; it is similar to our state of Texas. I believe that this must have some bearing on this difference. I want to add here that I love this channel and what you guys are doing. Well done!!
I love Grace's friendly manner 😊 but sometimes she makes it sound the whole of Australia is like her home city of Brisbane. It's not. In Melbourne, for example, a lot of ppl are obsessed with coffee, and check the weather forecast all the time because our weather is nuts. Australia also has multiple languages because we have immigrants from all over the world. Also, many Aussies are cynical about the royal family and think we should be a republic.
Ah the power of editing 😅 I actually did mention all these points during filming, but if they kept everything we said then the video would be 1 hour long. I hope you continue to enjoy our videos, and maybe you can help me out by continuing to include Melb perspective in the comments! I haven’t visited myself and wouldn’t want to represent any wrong info (I can only say so much from what I hear from friends). Thanks for watching Fiona 😍 - Grace🇦🇺
I would go so far as to say Melbourne is one of the best cities in the world for coffee and cafes more generally (in the inner suburbs at least) thanks to many Greek and Italian immigrants. There aren't too many places where you can go to a random, independent cafe and have a high chance of getting a good or great coffee and where there's such a cafe every 100m (or less) on any shopping strip. Tip for tourists visiting Melbourne: don't go to Starbucks (there's 1-2 left in the centre where they survive due to foreigners not knowing any better). You'll get a better coffee and a better atmosphere in a local, independent cafe.
Always interesting to learn about other countries and understand their differences. Being an all English speaking countries, for the majority, it might seem quite shocking but come on, they are their own countries where each states/individual regions can differ so much even in a single country and not to mention their different accents.
I feel like the US is a lot more individualistic than Australia. In uni they explained to us that the US is "vertically individualistic" whereas Australia is "horizontally individualistic". It's kind of like all being inviduals together on an equal plain VS a more hierarchical version of individualism where it's okay to brag about success and stuff.
A friend in Wales said that in terms of military might and overall mentality, it could be said that the USA 🇺🇸 is the son closest resembling the father 🇬🇧. Canada 🇨🇦 is a well-behaved 1st born, but the USA 🇺🇸 is the rebellious son which is more like the father 🇬🇧 in his prime (which the father hates to admit😂).
The USA does not have an official language. English is the de facto language, but it's not official. Americans drink a lot more iced tea than hot tea. At least that's my perception.
A quick clarification: while English is the lingua franca in the USA, the USA does not have an official language at the national level. Some states have declared English as their official language for government and related services, but these states are in the minority.
That may be the case, but it just reenforces my previous statement that it is the states, not the federal government that have English as an official language.
@@SubFT Yeah I know but I that's not what I was disputing, I was only disputing this ''Some states have declared English as their official language for government and related services, but these states are in the minority." I was only saying that they're not in the minority.
Fine. I acknowledge your fact. It really wasn't relevant though, because I was responding to Christina's incorrect statement that the US has an official language. I again acknowledge that in my ignorance I stated that a minority of states adopted English as their official language instead of it being the majority of states and territories. Again, whether it is a majority or minority of states that have made English official, it does not matter in reference to Christina's statement. She states that there is an official national language as there is in the UK and Australia, apparently, and this is just not the case. My exposition was solely to clarify the difference between national vs state adoption of the language as official or not. How many actual states have done so is ultimately irrelevant to the point. It could have been 1 or 50. In the end they area not, nor have they ever been national governments, except for Texas for about a decade, more or less. By the way, Texas does not have an official language, not that it matters in relation to the correcting Christina.
Is Australia like Canada where Queen Elizabeth is the Queen of Canada and she has a Governor General for the country and lieutenant governor generals for the provinces who represent her?
Britain and Australia are very politically and culturally similar and the Australians have remained loyal to the crown. America though still fairly similar maintaining similar values and similar laws but there is more variation and a bit more of a cultural rivalry with Britain.
in the uk we have English, welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, Ulster Scots also other European languages like polish and French and there's alot of South Asian immigrants so they speak Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi
Love these women As an Aussie, I don't know anyone who drinks tea - if you want a cuppa, it's definitely going to be coffee. England - great country, incredible history, love the self deprecating humour, but sorry, to me and mine, the monarchy is nothing more than over privileged glorified ribbon cutters. All at the bargain cost of 300 million pounds a year to the taxpayer. Do have to agree, visited Brisbane, loved it, super chill people, can't wait to go back.
i like that she mentioned what not many do , is here in America we may not be fluent in multiple languages, but we are taught at least one other language in school, and its actually required that you take a language to graduate, ..which most people commonly choose spansh
70% of the comments are about the US not having an actual official language, though English is what most people speak there and the other 30% are related to other things.
Probably a lot of comments in here about correcting her about English not being the official language of the US. But I'm guessing over 90% of Americans think the same too.
United States has No Official language!! Also Spanish is the second most common spoken language in the USA and that’s the reason almost everything is translated in Spanish in stores , drs offices ect..
Think compulsory school uniform in Australia was not in public schools in some states (private schools always had them). At least when I was growing up in Canberra it was not required. I think Canberra public high schools become compulsory by 2019.
USA D O E S N O T have an official language. English is used as a main one but it's not official. Spanish is used primarly in Florida, New Mexico, parts of Arizona and South California (near the border with Mexico) for exmaple.
Christina is completely right with iced coffee in Boston during the winter… I’m from the area and I would walk down the street to the Dunkin’ Donuts close to my school practically every day in the winter to get an iced coffee lol. Even one year on New Year’s eve my cousins and I went to Dunks to drink an iced coffee. Don’t care about the snow, I need my iced coffee 😂
They should Google thier responses before posting :) oh my gawd :) in the 1st minute: English is NOT the official language of the US and Ireland is NOT in the UK.
I would argue the US dosen't have strong individualism, but has a strong _mythos around individualism_ which is very different. Genuine individualism means embracing differences of perspective, and that *is absolutely not* characteristic of US culture this decade. When talking about US culture in general (and probably beyond) it's critically important to distinguish between what people say and what they actually do, which are often in stark opposition. For example, "we believe in the right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" but when asked whether I should be able to go to a doctor as a sick poor person, the answer isn't just "no" but "hell no!" So what does the right to life mean exactly? Similarly "we fight for democracy," but as a nation we're known the world over as the greatest threat to world peace, and while our military bombs poor brown people on the other side of the planet to "bring them democracy," we don't have a remotely democratic system at home, and we've certainly never delivered one elsewhere. The hypocrisy goes on and on. In the same way that market value wanders from what economists regard as the "true value" and faces "corrections" that, to non economists, look a lot like crashes, so are we due a cultural "correction." We live among latent racism, classism, and abuse of the powerless by the powerful in more flavors than I could name. We say the opposite and keep promoting descent into techno-fascism. One way or the other, things will be very different in this country in twenty years. I hope the "correction" lands us in a more compassionate society instead of the opposite.
Lauren feels jealous when USA and Australia people are more friendly than Uk. I know the USA is more friendly because of the different culture people live there and also in the USA, there is a lot block people so in generally black are friendlier than any other people where ever you live. I know Australian people are so funny because I watch Australian cricket shows and cricket matches as well as when they go to play IPl they enjoy doing other stuff to feel more chill. But I think British people are so moody. But when I saw cricket in England, people were so gentle and also relatively less funny maybe I do not know.
