ENGLISH Differences from FIVE English speaking countries! US,UK,Australia,Ireland,New Zealand

She's definitely from a posh Dublin suburb

My guess is near enough to carlow or kilkenny idk though I'm terrible at differnciating accents

@@hamilton2861 nah man that's not a Midlands accent it's wayyyy too posh. She's probably from like Maynooth, Bray or East Meath.

yeah she doesn't sound irish at all, and we call the toilet 'the jacks'

@@eoghancasserly3626 Rumour has it that she’s from Galway City. Also, Irish people say ‘Guards’ as well as ‘Garda’. And the plural of Garda is Gardaí.

Yeah I was gonna say

@@generickreigsmen6864 same

Thought the same. Also didn't mention that in the south island it's not a bach but a crib. Probably a Jaffa.

@@Hubris2 that’s not what we call them. Always been a Bach in South Island in my experience

me from new zealand

i never knew it was An Garda Síochàna I just call it Garda lol

I've never heard of it so far. Interesting, thank you.

Couldn't've explained it better myself :)

same thing

same in ireland

Somebody said it

I was just about to comment that lol

@@averagexboxparty idc

I feel like we're between US and UK because I have heard both till and register, autumn and fall, and check (mark) and tick (mark/the box)

I also like hearing the accent differences. I am embarrassingly bad at identifying accents. I can't tell the difference between Australia and New Zealand, or between US and Canadian.

@@12what34the We use both autumn and fall in the US too.

I think these are all international students in Korea that are familiar to the producer.

You trynna rip some Don’s eh?

I think some early cars were called motor perambulators as they went at walking speed.

Interesting

@@tonycrayford3893 "car" comes from carriages e.g. hours draw or motor drawn.

@@paulthomas8262 and coach?

@@paulthomas8262 and does a train have cars or coaches?

As an Aussie we also say cop or ‘copper’ at times

Cop is used over here in Britain, it is short for copper which is one of the many slang words for police in Britain, copper comes from the word cop which means catch or take. The police take crminals to gaol and catch them.

​@@alexcook35 in the US you can also refer to them as the fuzz or as pigs

Here in Britain they are often referred to as a "bobby"

@@daltonfarris same in the uk, though pigs is an American origin term I believe.

American here, born and raised and ive worked many a jobs with a cash register. Never have I ever in my 38 years heard the word “till” as referred to a cash register or any part of it. 🤔

Born and raised American who has worked retail jobs and I did hear till. Not as common as register (shortened from cash register) but yeah. We also said POS (point of sale)

I feel that’s the same for a lot of places tho, it’s the same for the uk. Its pretty hard for one person to cover/represent it all, and even if they knew other variations there’s the risk you apply it the wrong context, which would probably cause outrage for those who actually live there/grew up using that slang/dialect. If I were them, I’d probably feel more secure just using the words I know comfortably rather than include ones that I’d be at risk of misusing. At least then people, such as yourself, who do use other words can further add these alternatives in the comments. Honestly would love to hear some of the variations you yourself would use!
Sorry for the long parra btw!

I agree with@@Fruitloop2810 (great name btw).
I am from the northwest of england and have heard the police be called plod, busy, copper, bobby and pig. Depends on the area, the generation and what mood the people are in.
I think these people have played it safe or live in a bubble.

Exactly, like I would have called it a corner shop too

the younger Australian generation seem to have taken on American terms... 'convenience' store like a 7Eleven.
The Corner store has always been called that.

@@jesjes5255 I just say shop

Cyclones and hurricanes also spin in the opposite direction. Just like toilets flushing.

That was what I thought as well! But does that mean on the US West Coast it would be a typhoon?

@@Azog150 Hurricanes: Atlantic and NE Pacific
Cyclones:South Pacific and Indian Ocean
Typhoons: NW Pacific
So the US West Coast would be a hurricane.

​@@timothywootton5331 Australian toilets don't spin to flush

@@timothywootton5331 the toilet flushing hypothesis has been debunked.

Exactly this. I just responded to another comment that I feel like people who have worked retail in the US know a till, and anyone who hasn't just calls it the register

Yeah, as an American, I've certain got to "man the till" before. I'm not sure I've ever actually referred to the whole thing as a till though.

I was just going to say this. I've worked a register and the till was the contents of my register drawer. I've also heard of the cash register area (all of the registers collectively) referred to as a "till line"

Yup, it's the same in NZ - it's just that part of the setup became the name for the whole thing ☺️

Isn't "till" also used in America if you're working in a bar? Or is that what they mean by that?

I was very surprised at the lack of Canadians! If they ever do get a Canadian and a South African, they also should get an INDIAN (from India, not an indigenous American) because India and South Africa have lots of shared culture and history, due to both being colonized by the British! They both have a significant number of English speakers today, but English speakers are still a minority in both countries because both of them have so many indigenous languages! And of course a large number of white South Africans speak AFRIKAANS as their first language, which is closely related to Dutch (which was the language of their ancestors)

I’ve seen a Canadian and a South African in other videos

@@trentpettit6336 indians ARE NOT native English speakers

I thought the same. We need some more American representation - bring a Canadian next time. No, bring a Canadian and a French Canadian.
EDIT: To really shake things up, they should add a Jamaican or Bahamian too.

If they want something really incomprehensible, they should find a Scot. (I kid 'cause a love... it's one of my favorite accents.)

Being from NZ, South African, and Australian accents are miles apart, in my opinion. I find it far easier to tell the difference between the two than Canadian and American accents.

When I was growing up in NZ they were called milk bars or dairies.

In Australia it’s also a corner store

thats what i was thinking i swear we never call them "police officer" its always cops or coppas

Yeah, even in USA different parts of the country use different words.

Yeah, I'm Australian and everyone I know calls them a corner store, not a convenience store, and they are commonly called cops or coppers for the police

In the Western Pacific north of the Equator and west of the International Date line a hurricane is called a Typhoon!

In the Western Pacific north of the Equator and west of the International Date line a hurricane is called a Typhoon!

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In the Philippines, or basically the East and Southeast Asia, we all call it a 'typhoon'.

In the New England area in the US, we’ll also call it a nor’easter (but that depends on the time of year)

There are 2 major strands of English in the world; they are North American English (U.S. & Canada) and British English (the rest of the Anglosphere world where English is spoken as the native and main language). I'm not talking about accent or slang or regional dialect, these can vary widly even within countries, I mean the standard written forms of grammar and vocabulary slot into 1 of these 2 branches. There are many exceptions to this, of course, and dialects are changing constantly. Bascially the countries that have had a longer political and therefore linguistic connection to the U.K. uses basic British standard English.
An example would be the spelling of 'colour' or 'color'. Everyone who is an English native speaker outside of North American spells it "colour" with a "u". Canada is an interesteng exception to this: Canada has a mixture of British and American forms but has taken on a much more American style of English because of the influence from their giant neighbour even though it is still politically connected to the U.K. through the Commonwealth.

They didn't "miss out" on a bunch of them. They could sit there for hours upon hours if they tried to touch upon all the different English words used around the world for the same things. They had to limit it so that the video wasn't 10+ hours long. So while yes, they did miss out on a bunch of them....... they did not "miss out" on a bunch of them in the sense that you're referring to.

Where I live in the Pacific NW of the U.S., a pint of beer is 16 oz, but we also have the imperial pint which is 20 oz. A schooner is usually 8-10 oz and refers to the shape of the glass and it is always a 'lager' beer; 8-10 oz of an ale usually comes in 'chalice' shaped glass; a taster is between 3-5 oz and can be any shape.

The flip/flops vs thongs one really tripped us up as kids visiting the US. We'd visit family's homes and ask, "mum where'd you put my thongs" and the Americans were very concerned....

@@jonathanhull9043, it's interesting because when I was a kid in the 1950s-60s in the U.S., we didn't call them flipflops, they were thongs. I think it wasn't until the women's underwear called 'thongs' were introduced, that the shift to flipflops happened. But I still call them thongs.

What everyone else said, but also they have more of these videos. I know they talked about flip flops and coolers already.

YASSS I was literally saying that

@@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072 In the general term for all of them is tropical storm yes

Well explained. I thought the same thing.

That’s what I thought

Well, what you wrote fits the theme of the video lol..... so it does make sense.

Wikipedia says it was originally thought that but the fact it was used for family homes casts doubt, and an alternative theory is that it came from the welsh word bach for small or little, and ty bach means an outbuilding.

Great point.

yeah same, i somewhat perfer autumn though

As an American, I wasn't surprised by this American not knowing that there is a variety of words in different parts of America e.g. "Bodega" or "Kwikimart" for "convenience store"

As an not native speaker it is better to hear 'autumn' not 'fall', because 'fall' is verb also, though it is possible to determine the meaning by a context )

Autumn sounds prettier

Exactly what I said. I'm an Aussie and I've never heard the term before and that was the assumption I made when I heard it.

This is true

I knew it!! I knew it! Lol
I was just telling my partner that I bet the Kiwi one is short for Bachelor. Coz it just seems soooo like what you guys would do haha! Love it. A bach is much better than holiday house or holiday home.
I guess us Aussies haven't figured out a shortened word for holiday house yet.

In the South of NZ we actually call it a crib (no idea why). Lot of differences between top of the North Island and bottom of the South Island

@@trudimclaren2609 haha I’ve heard dunners call it that

Corner Store is Dep (Depaneur) in Quebec even if you're Anglo (speak English)

Canada would have been great to add in this because we also speak words from the British English since canada and England are alliances and have a massive history together. Canada and Britain do share a lot of similarities. People forget Britain took over canada for couple years I studied this in my history class in Canada. I mix lot of American and British words with my Canadian accent and Canadian words. When I go to UK I do understand most words spoken in central London…also I watch a lot of British cinema that really helps too.

@@afrarehman760 parts of Canada were a British colony. Britain never "took over" Canada.

You still have outside toilets?

@@Rottnwoman if you're not in a city with sewers, same as any country in the world.

The old days. Cash is becoming rarer. :-)

We just call it the till, i called drewer where money goes in but usually we just say till I worked in retail over Christmas. Only three customers called it the register. One couple was American. Other two people were over 60s years old. One staff member said it one aswell also in his 60s. Everyone just said till where I worked.

@SarahLaLaLa I was gonna say the same thing.

Omg same here xD I always call the general area the cash register, but at work the money compartment is always called the "till".

The store I worked for we called it a till and I live in the US as well.

Hey Christina, It's always fun to see you guys compare and exchange. ☺️ We viewers also compare in the comment section even more as you can see. And it's helps a lot ❤️🔥😂

Sad times Christina Girll everyone was against u 😭😂❤️

I always love seeing you not hear certain words that are said in parts of the us 😅 just regular reminder that the us is a bunch of countries all pretending we need to be one

Gardaí 🇮🇪

Hi Christina

I know right!

@Melody Baird thongs, double pluggers Australia

Or a sheep

I'm from New Zealand

@@slidey98SHEEEEPPPPPPP

Chuuuurrrr fellow Wellingtonian. Definitely agree with most of your points with the exception of the check/tick one. Have never heard that being referred to as a check growing up. How often you hear that?

In the US, a "vacation home" might be called something different based on where it is. For instance, here in Minnesota we'd call that a cabin and it would be on a lake instead of the ocean.

@@cahinton. oh yes, I've heard of Cabin in the woods like the movie!

Probably because USA gained independance from the British a lot earlier than the other countries so they adopted more words from other languages

She probably wouldn't have felt so left out if they had included a Canadian or someone from the Caribbean though.

@@eklectiktoni canadians have different terms for things than the USA too, like autumn, cottage/camp/cabin, corner store, etc. There’s even the word chesterfield for couch (don’t think people really use it anymore), toque, pencil crayons, and bunnyhug for hoodie (in saskatchewan)

America also defines itself much more in opposition to the UK and its offshoots, as a big part of the national identity. We don’t have the Queen on our money, for example.

Canada has a mix of US and UK with some unique terms thrown in. Some words use US spelling, some UK

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@William Tell A higher percentage of the UK's bank notes do portay HMTC - & various nobility or UK high achievers too; I wouldn't say there's hardly any notes that don't. The most important tend to🤭💜🙏🇬🇧

The base culture of the us is british,and the uk and ireland have a relationship going back to the stone age

Yes, “fall” is irritatingly called an Americanism in the UK, despite the fact that it’s a British word that’s fallen out of common usage (like lots of other things called Americanisms)

"Frozen" language is interesting. I once saw a documentary about "texas germans", those are simply germans who went to the US in the 19th century. ofc they carried their language and while german in germany changed, they still use their old version, mixed with english. It must be a time travel when a german visits them.

"Gotten" is another one that's common in the U.S., but fallen out of use in the UK. An American might compliment a friend with, "Wow, you've really gotten good at playing guitar", where a Brit would more likely say, "...you've got good..."

I've heard something similar about accents: what's now thought of as a "British accent" developed after North America was colonized, and that's why some people think Shakespeare plays sound better if the actors speak with American accents because that's closer to what English people in Shakespeare's time would have sounded like.

I grew up being taught that "Autumn" was the official name of the season, and "Fall" was just the common term for it. As in, both were taught and used equally. Could just be a localization, but where I grew up "Autumn" almost always was used in reference to the season itself, while "Fall" was used to refer to things NEAR the season. For example, "The Autumn Festival" had to take place at some point between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice, but "The Fall Festival" could take place any time after Labor Day (first Monday in September) and no one would care because it was close enough. In other words, the objective season begins when it begins, but the subjective feeling of the season begins after Labor Day and runs through about Halloween, when it becomes winter a month and a half before it's actually winter.

Yes! At the end of the night, we remove the till from the register and balance the cash.

It's a till the shops use and a holiday house and we go on holidays not vacations,

Whats The best way to embezzle money from the till?

To agree, I would associate "vacation home" with a house you have (owned or, maybe, timeshare) in an exotic/distant location and probably taken care of by some kind of staff in the off season. MOre of a really rich person place and often a real mansion. "Lake house" is also a common term.

I grew up and live in upstate New York, I'm 36 and have never heard anyone call it a till.
I don't know if it's something you'd hear more often depending on where you live in the United States or how old someone might be.
Also, I'll add that my mom has been (and still is) working as a cashier in a school distract for the past 25 years. So I would definitely be someone in more of a position to have heard someone use the word till, and I still have never heard it before.

@@billyfraiser6298 I think you hit it on the nail with where abouts you were born and how old you are because I'm 28 from England but I've never heard anyone call it a star jump here like the girl said in the video, its always been jumping jacks to me 😄

I was gonna say exactly this

Yeah, when I'm working I call it a "till". Like at the end of the night, we count the till. Sometimes I call it cash. Like, "I'm on cash today."

That's crazy. I have never heard that in my life lol. I'm 29 and live on the east coast of the US

Or shop down the road

Newsagents or just the local shop 😂

@That clone trooper in the back on the high ground on tv & films from UK all I remember is them saying was Going round to the shops

So dad goes to the newsagents and never comes back?

@@sgtmajor5700 dad went to the shop and never came back I'd say

1 garda, 2 ngaaardaí will forever be iconic

@@krazycoco123 it’s 1 Garda though

@@shaunafox3641 oh ya hahaha sorry

I hoped the picture was female tho, I wanted to see their reaction over bean garda

If that girl is irish then im bob marley

I think newsagent’s is the closest thing we have to “convenience store”.

yea i agree, it's just 'the shop'

Yeah definitely 'just going to the shop' lol

i think it depends on where you're from in ireland, because some of my family call it a corner shop and some just call it the shop

Also for toilet. If your a dude around dudes, its the bog. News agents or shop, tho if you say your going to the shop (and your well old) "I'm going on a message" or "I'm going to do a few messages" Where tf that came from though haha. Chickens can be just hens as well

They should mix up the UK member with someone Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish. There'd be some more interesting answers.

@@tonycrayford3893 think they had Scottish Irish on before. I never seen a Welsh person or person from Gibraltar on this channel tho

@@NicholasJH96 why would they get a person from Gibraltar on? they’re not part of great britain or the uk.

@@tonycrayford3893 The thing with Northern Ireland though is while it's in the UK is closer to the rest of Ireland so the type of English spoken there is a dialect of Irish English as opposed to British English.

@@kpr..14 Gibraltar belongs to the UK.

Yeah, I would have said cabin too (Oklahoma).

I live in the south East and we would almost exclusively call them ‘Beach Houses’ or ‘Condos’ (though that’s usually when they’re in apartment style buildings)

Minnesota, definitely a cabin

"Summer home" and "vacation home" are the two I've heard. I'm from Nevada.

my grandma (we live in the south) called one of these ⏃ summer home so thats neat!

In the US a deli is also a certain section within a grocery store that sells prepared foods and stuff like that where you tell them how much you want. Convenience stores I’ve seen may or may not have a deli.

@@anndeecosita3586 yup. True.

I've also heard of people say "mini mart", "corner store", or specifically say the company like am/pm(Arco), 7/11, Jacksons(Shell), etc. But I think the most common, in where I live, is "convenience store" if you wanna be generic.

@@alistairt7544 I’ve never heard of Jacksons. What part of the country are they in?

In Alabama we would say the mini mart.

Rory and Dylan sound really smart and confident

I wish I was in Korea so I could be their South African rep😔🇿🇦

She kinda reminds me of the actress from Lucifer.

Ikr! Like we'd also say the Jack's for the bathroom.

She has an American accent so it's not surprising she didn't use slang

yeah she sounds like a yank

if they do so they should have an Afro American use the slang terms

@@maepoole1977 americanised irish accents in ireland are actually really common because we watch so much american tv

@@timjohnson814 In the US we usually call the action check and the actual sign a check mark. But the word check has other meanings. In the case of check one, check two, someone is checking or testing to see if equipment is working properly. Or you can check to see if a door is locked by turning the knob. A check is also a bill at a restaurant and a check is a form of payment that can be taken somewhere like a bank in exchange for cash.

@@anndeecosita3586 UK English for banking we spell it cheque using same pronunciation.

Yeah, I noticed since many people around the world consume US media in some way or form, that's how they usually pick up _Americanisms_ or just Standard American terms. Really interesting!

@@tonycrayford3893 ok thanks for the information.

yea I’m a first gen American and I personally use autumn more then “fall” 😅

Toilets on Red Dwarf are called "bogs" and toilet paper is "bog roll."😁

@@grandmalovesmebest yep, my generation grew up on Red Dwarf and we often called the loo the bog. Lol

I would just call the ‘convenience store’ a store? But what classifies as a convenience store

@@heh4199 i think its because in the good old days they used to be within walking distance from home so more convenient than a supermarket. Now it is more the ones in or next to apartment buildings.

Deli in WA!

did'nt NZ guy agree with Aussi dude for everything ?

Probs different states? Cuz in WA we say jumping jacks and not star jumps

@@EvangelineBelle I say both idek

I hear all three commonly used, the cash register, till, and register least common for me.

In New Zealand a popular slang word for the police is 'The Ten-Seven'. Similar to how Americans might say 'The Five-Oh'. Both based off tv shows.

'Bottle-o' is a good one. The UK will say 'off-licence' but it does get shortened to 'offie/offy'. The US goes with 'liquor store'. The oddest has to be Canada who apparently say 'package store'

Yep

yeah definitely, I only really see the elderly refer to it as the corner shop or the "local shop", usually its just shop

ive always called it a 'corner shop', and if it sells petrol its a 'fill up station' or just a 'fill up'

@@PolReilly I always call them gas stations if you can get a fill and buy something as gas stations always have a little store attached

@@testerwulf3357 That’s American dialect, not Irish.

Yeah, WA - definitely Deli. And cops

In the US, we call service stations “gas stations”. I don’t think I’ve ever used “convenience store” once in my whole life, but I would know what someone is talking about if they said it. I’d probably just say “the store” or the specific name brand of the store in question (Walgreens, for example). I’d say cop is commonly used also, but police wouldn’t be out of place either. Just depends on the person.

Yes, definitely DELI....I was born in NSW and now live in WA.

NSW in the 80's we called them milk bars and delis

In Queensland we literally don't say convivence store ever unless it's like a 711 or something 😭 although we more commonly refer 711s as servos but for small business corner stores we usually call them delis or corner stores.

I love that! Etymology is a lot of fun. I teach English as a foreign language and often have to explain the root of a word or give multiple vocab to cover various English speaking countries (US restroom/bathroom, UK loo/toilet, Canada washroom, for example). Keeps me on my toes!

@ word 2 Haha! What's this "WERE" part of the Commonwealth? They all still are!

Please change your profile picture, word 2 I beg of you

@@steelcrown7130 true

Spring comes from "springing time" referring to plants springing up out of the ground as they start to grow... prior to that it was "lent" ...
The origin of "Fall" is not known... autumn was also used first in the 12th century and became more popular in the 14th century - it's just that "fall" also became popular around the 16th century -- prior to the 14th-century "harvest" was more widely used.
"fall of the leaf" was also used around the 1500s/1600s and so is often said to be the most likely origin for the season "fall".
it wasn't until the late 17th century that it became standard in the American language to use "fall"

But the cash register is the whole thing, in the US the till is only the part that the money is in

@@lenaelisabeth In most areas, yes. In some areas I've heard the entire thing be referred to as 'the till'. Most common is Cash register or just register if you don't work in retail.

Yes, I was very confused when the American said that it's never referred to as the till, obviously they never worked in retail and are probably not familiar with a lot of the different cultures/generations (Me being Gen-Z😅). Autumn and Fall too, I suppose Autumn might've been used less where they were from, but from my own experience it just depends on what the person prefers. Some Americans usually use Autumn and sometimes say Fall, while others do the opposite. With the 'Fall Festival', It's also a situational thing. I know that where I'm from, we use Autumn Festival interchangeably with Fall Festival. We never say Fall leaves, just Autumn leaves.

@@SunroseEdits Indeed. That’s why I mentioned you can’t generalize like that. There’s so many different cultures and people in the states.
When I worked at Bath and Body Works when I was 15 some people called it the till, some called it register. I’m 30 now though lol It just depends. There is no “one size fits all” so to speak.

Absolutely!

I had something like that happen to me. I'm from the Northeast and when I went to Utah on a trip I asked for Jimmies on my ice cream and the woman was SO confused because they, and most of the country, call them sprinkles.

I mean personally, I'm from California, and I'm pretty sure like 99% of people here would understand if you asked for pop at a restaurant. In addition, I've never heard of the term tennies, and we do call them lollipops. Perhaps we have more in common that we might've thought we did?

@@ventusbruma1039 True!! America is so big, it'd be impossible to have one person represent it. Maybe 2 would be good next time, from different parts of the US.
Also fun fact, in Ireland "sneakers" are runners (and very occasionally tackies) and "sodas" are called fizzy drinks.

@@princesidon I'm from California too! I was born in Nevada and raised in California before moving to the East Coast.
In my experience, people didn't understand when my friends would ask for pop, but things do change. I also knew the term lollipop when I was a kid, I was speaking more to the fact that sucker is the more common term. And that while West Coasters do know that a sucker is a lollipop and vice versa, most Easterners have never heard of the term and they have no idea what I am talking about when I use it, lol!
I do find interesting that you've never heard the term sneakers, I wonder if it's a micro-regional thing? Or maybe more Pacific Northwest? Where in California are you?

@@MrDoomDawg I've heard of runners but never tackies. Any idea where the term came from?

great idea. I hope they do it.

Completely agree. I’m glad the Australian guy mentioned more local older generation term of “milk bar”. Like in the US it used to often be called “ice house” not convenience store

THIS !!!

I agree on older people to the mix. Young people are always coming up with new terms so they don't sound like their parents. Things and terms I used back in the 1950's and 1960's are now considered old fashioned and laughed at by my great nephews and nieces.

@@webbtrekker534 yes, exactly what I thought ! :)

I’m a Californian and I have never heard a connivence store called a corner store

@@theAverageJoe25 Same. I was just about to comment this.

How about a bodega in NYC?

"I’m a Californian and I have never heard a connivence store called a corner store" claimed @@theAverageJoe25
And I'm from California and I've heard people call it that.
The thing is, California is a larger than the entirety of the United Kingdom and has a population of over 40M.
A lot of people say a lot of things and there are things you won't here only because nobody in your bubble says it.
As an example take the argument that nobody local calls it "Frisco" or "Cali".
Except they have for decades in the hip-hop community.
But people who don't listen to hip-hop will not be aware of this.

@@danielleking262 California is a big state, I'm sure there is a lot you haven't heard.

I’m in the US and I would also just describe as “the store”, not convenience store. Or I’d use the specific brand name of the store being talked about. I’d say here I’ve never really heard anyone use “shop” though, only “store”. Shop would be used for more of like a workshop type of place. For example, where you get your vehicle maintenanced would be the auto shop.

I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone say "general store" yet! maybe that's a rural town thing haha

@@coralovesnature You don't hear shop much anymore because big business has eliminated them. 30+ years ago there were far more "shops", you wouldn't have 1 Best Buy or 1 WalMart it would be 50 different small shops.

@@promontorium that’s fair. I’m 25 and live in a mid-sized city, so have never really had small “shops” in my lifetime, except for maybe downtown on state street.

I am also from Australia and my family and friends tend to call the police, cops, popo’s or just policemen/police women.

Ooh, so it sounds like that could be where we Australians get "dunny"! From the Welsh - who knew?

And in the South Island of New Zealand, where I grew up, a "bach" is called a "crib". Except on the West Coast of the South Island where "crib" means your packed snacks, based on what the miners there called it back in the day, which makes me wonder if that term's from Wales or the north of England too?

@@fionaclaphamhoward5876 This was really interesting to look up in fact. The word 'Crib' did come from the UK but it seems it was the Cornish who took it to NZ. Originally meaning a small, basket-like structure it became known as a baby bed (think Moses) then with railings (which is called a 'cot' in the UK) and progressed to mean a small building and so on (MTVs 'Crib's anyone?!). However, parts of NZ kept the Cornish miners meaning of the word (based on the original 'small, basket-like structure') who used 'crib' as in 'crib bag' i.e. a metal rat-proof lunch box. This evolved to the word 'crib' meaning a small, quick lunch/snack as the miners would only have a short time in which to eat their food before returning to work!

@@VanillaMacaron551 Actually, looking this one up it seems the Scotish are to blame for 'Dunny' which apparently comes from 'Dunnekin' which itself comes from 'Dung' and 'Ken' (Ken meaning 'home' or 'house')!

@@fragile_kitty that is so cool to know, thank you!

In Ireland it's actually gard, gards or the pigs

Interesting history! Thanks for sharing!

@@lolacapone4419 - Thank you. I'm sure that many people don't know what a cash register actually does, or why they are needed.

So basically the US adopted “cash register” as somewhat of a generic trademark while everywhere else retained the common term. I think (in the UK) I would v rarely call it the register (eg. “go ring it up on the register”) but that’s probably the americanism seeping in because yh most generally still it’d be the till :)

yup thats why you guys say fall too...coz the leaves fall. we get it. lol

@@BaronHumbertvonGikkingen for US people that worked some sort of retail, they might call it a till too. I'd normally call it a register, but when I worked retail we would say things like "You're on second till" or "I need to go count the till" to refer to the same thing