How Are British English and American English Different? (Part. 2!!)

Always the best time filming with Christina 💚 hope you guys enjoyed as much as we did filming! I also realised that I said green onions instead of spring onions because I’ve forgotten British words for everything lol 😬 sorry guys, I’ll try harder🤧

What Lauren called ‘green onions’ look like what we call ‘spring onions’ in my part fo England. A spade is for cutting so it tends to have a flat sharp blade, a shovel is bigger and usually has curved up edges because it’s used for shovelling things to move them. If you dig a trench use a spade to cut the Earth . If you want to remove the soil afterwards use a shovel and a wheelbarrow. Excellent video as ever ladies.

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I've never heard anyone in the UK call the onions "green onions" before, I've always called them "Spring Onions" but maybe it depends on which county you come from. 🤔

Christina and Lauren are the best duo of world friends. I always wait eagerly for their videos, full of excitment, thrill, fun and to see the chemistry between them is always amazing! Their chit-chats literally make my day😅❤

Learned some new British words from Lauren today! Hope you enjoyed the video 🤗🤗 -Christina 🇺🇸

As an american, I have only heard them called scallions on a cooking show. Everyone I know calls them green onions so that was kinda surprising to me

Please, don’t be separated! You together are the best! 👏👏

High guys, regarding the Spade/Shovel thing. I think you dig with a Spade (which has a flat head) and move stuff with a Shovel (which has slightly turned up edges to help prevent spillages). Hope this helps 😊

As an Australian it is always weird to watch these. As usually mostly we use the UK term, but sometimes the US terms, and sometimes either, and very rarely something totally different. Also a Spade and a Shovel are very similar and sometimes used interchangeably but they are technically different it depends on the shape of the blade being flat or curved.

The older American generations say "quarter after" "quarter to" and "half past" but the younger generations don't. From what I remember, it's because of the invention of the digital clock. Younger generations will read the time exactly as it would read digitally. I spent a lot of time with my grandma growing up so I say both.

As an Architect here in America, if it's a furnace that heats air and distributes it through ductwork it's a heater. A boiler implies a hot water piping system for heating the building (radiators giving off heat in each room). So the different name is for two different systems (air versus water), and you boil water not air.

Here in Australia my husband tells me that spades and shovels are two different things. They look similar but they are different shapes. I believe one is squared and used more for digging, the other is rounded and used in building to mix cement and move it.

It's always great fun to see christina & Lauren together. 😁😁❤❤

Hi ladies. I’m American and I call them green onions. I also call them nasty 😂 I also say half/quarter past or til. Maybe they don’t say it where Christina is from but actually common in the US. If you ask someone the time and they say “a quarter til 8” people are going to know that means 7:45. I’ve only heard ball pit in the US, not ball pool.

Period is three syllables full stop is two: USA: Full stop is so long 🤣.

I’m loving their contrasting outfits

We use both "spade" and "shovel" in British English. They have different shapes. A spade is sharp and square and is used for digging holes. A shovel has rounded sides similar to a spoon and is used for moving loose material.

I love to see these girls together. I feel they are so close to each other, it makes the video really fun. Hope Christina and Lauren duet in this channel more and more.

In Malaysia we follow British english particularly in government schools and as you mentioned about car parts,here we call it bonnet and boot ( Hood & Trunk)

Australia also has 95% of those words from UK. When you’re writing English dictation, the reader has to indicate the punctuation as well, so we have colon, semi-colon, hyphen and full stop.

When Lauren said “deadass” I cracked up… 😈 yessss NYC slang is spreading 🙂 *laughs maniacally* Oh and we also do the “quarter to” “half-passed” etc thing when referring to time. Not sure why Christina didn’t mention that.

I'm from Boston , Massachusetts and many of the words used in British English are words that many of us use in the New England states in the US. Probably because our English is an older English(the first colonized states) and heavily influenced by Londoners. I've been binge watching these all day and they're great!

In Britain, a spade is for digging, particularly in compacted earth. A shovel is for moving loose material, for instance a coal shovel or a snow shovel.

Lauren and Christina have the best dynamic, very fun and respectful.

I don't know about anywhere else but in the UK a spade has a flat blade and a shovel has curled up sides. A spade is for digging holes hence the flat blade so less resistance as it cuts into ground. A shovel is for picking up and moving piles of material hence the curled up sides so the material doesn't fall off the shovel when it is being moved from one location to another.

Interesting, in the German language we make a difference between shovel (Schaufel) and spade (Spaten). The shovel is for moving sand, the spade is for digging in the soil.

Love when this channel upload, I always learn something new.

For me the shovel and the spade are actually different things
Spade is the one with sharp pointy metal top while a shovel is the squary plastic top one and spade is actually for digging 😂

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A spade is a diging impliment ,a shovel is a scooping tool for shifting loose material .

We're very direct and specific when it comes to the time. No mincing or confusion. Maybe it has to do with the different backgrounds of Americans. Older Americans would say "quarter to X" etc. I think younger people keep it simple and just state the exact time.

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Where I’m from (in the US), most people say “green onions” or “chives” (especially if they’re dried). I’ve heard “scallions” too, though. Also, I’ve heard both “ball pit” and “ball pool”. There are so many dialects in America!

So for Canada from my experience it’s mostly the same as the US. For shovel we use shovel if it’s a big one, but if it’s the smaller ones used for gardening or the small plastic ones kids play with I have heard the word spade used in reference to those.

Always neat seeing differences and similarities across our world. Lauren you are beautiful!

When I was learning how to tell time in the U.S. We learned how to do it both ways. Using the way that Lauren told time using Half past 8 etc, I use both ways. XD It was very confusing when I was first learning it because there was math involved and I was like 5 years old at the time, but I eventually got it.

When I first encountered the UK (let's say) half 8, I was confused, because in Hungarian half 8 means 7:30. Like it's not 8 o'clock yet, we're halfway through to get to 8. In the same fashion, quarter 8 is 7:15, and three quarter 8 is 7:45.

Thank you so much, I always love the contents.

Love learning about other cultures, slang, etc. Well done

Awesome as always, ladies! I never get tired of seeing you two, and it really makes my day to laugh and learn along with you 😊
Btw Christina, the term “fish fingers” may be familiar to you because of the movie Matilda. As the mom is walking out to her bingo game in one scene, she calls to Matilda, “there’s fish fingers in the microwave,” before leaving. That’s where I heard that phrase the first time, I’m pretty sure…

In German we make a difference between Schaufel ( shovel ) anda Spaten ( spade ). "Spaten" are good for making holes in the ground because they have a rectangular form. By stepping on them they cut the soil. A "Schaufel" is used for shovelling things from Tage ground. They have entirely different purposes.

We need more of these! Interesting content

Great vid and good to see the differences. I also love Christina's outfit 👍🥰 sophisticated

I think telling the time (at least, in the U.S.) is also a generational thing. People who grew up before digital clocks were everywhere still say "quarter after" or "quarter of" or "half passed," whereas younger people who are used to digital time displays will read the numbers from left to right.

For people in US who work with "shovels" a lot. Shovel is a general term, the one pictures in the video I would call a spade.
I have at least 5 different shovels. Snow shovel, trenching shovel, flat shovel, spade, crawlspace spade.

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The part of the US I grew up in (Kansas) and now live (Seattle, WA) the most common term I have heard is Green Onions or Spring onions, but scallions is also used.

You should get Americans from different regions to compare with UK. Because for some things, depending on the region, we use different words. Like fizzy drinks can be either soda, pop, coke, or soda-pop depending on which part of the US you live in. Or just even our pronunciations for words spelt the same are totally different.

Just found this channel... Really like the videos... they talk clearly and we got English text too... It really help me to mastering English language

The way we tell the time in the UK fits more into the narrative of us being a European country. For example in Swedish 🇸🇪 quarter-past is ‘kvart över’, quarter-to is “kvart i”. One different is half past would be “halv (next number of the proceeding hour) eg 3:30 🇬🇧 half three, 🇸🇪 halv fyra (half to 4)

That awkward moment when the two of them are talking about "filling your holes" was priceless! All the dirty minds went somewhere else and it wasn't about holes in walls!
Also, I learned something from Lauren in this episode that REALLY threw me off! The UK doesn't get snow?!!!!!

Interesting! I'm French Canadian (from Montreal) and we say "doigts de poisson" (fish fingers, which we also say when speaking English) and we also say plasters (even in french). But we also say hood and period (when speaking English).

Love you both Christina and Lauren

A lot of these UK terms are actually used in the USA, but they are archaic terms usually used by older people.

I honestly hear “green onions” more than scallions in the US. Don’t know if that’s just cause I live in the South though.

when i lived in Jamaica I always got in trouble in school for spelling things the British English way, the teachers kept asking my mom why and who's teaching him (me) that...since its the US English thats taught in schools xD

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It really nice to see both of you ... Stay healthy there ... 😊

Shovels and spades are two different things. Spades have blades with sharp edges that can cut roots while digging, while shovels are used to shovel loose material, like snow shovels for snow.
And the thing in the picture is definitely a spade, not a shovel.

In Spain we say 'capó' for the bonnet/hood. It comes from French 'capot' (I think) wich also comes originally from latin -> 'caput', that means head.
Etymology is cool :-)

Spade is pointed and is used for digging holes. Shovel is flat-edged and used for moving material from 'a' to 'b'. UK tends to use the twenty-four hour clock more these days.

Lauren so chill n so cute

British and American terminology also have some differences when it comes to parliamentary procedure. In America, "to table a motion" means to postpone or delay it, while in the UK, it means to introduce it. In the US, "to drop a bill" means to introduce it (drop it into the hopper), while in Britain, it means the same thing as "to table a motion" means in the US.

I feel like the uk has a more standard germanic language, im from norway and we have a lot of the same words like spade and plasters.

I love these kinds of videos 😍

Americans do say BandAid as in the brand, but when we don't specify the brand, we say bandage.
As for time, Americans will both say 8:45 and quarter til 9.

I graduated canadian primary&middle school, studied american eng in Korea and now i live in england and study british eng. For me, everything is confusing! I use both american and british eng but sometimes i only know one version and… 😅
I love these videos:) it might also be fun to compare grammars!!

Hmm as an American I’ve actually never heard of the term Scallion used often here. Very interesting!

A spade has a rounded front edge and used for digging in compacted soil . A shovel has a square front edge and is used to lift loose gravel soil or debris.

I loved the christmas music at the end of the video xD

Christina and Lauren 😍

I’m from the US but I call them green onions, too. Or spring onions.
I also use both 8:30 and half past 8. But I go by 15 mins, not anything more specific.

My friends in chicago and I had this on my first visit, after 2 weeks i had them calling it rubbish instead of trash 🤣

In the UK we also have shovel and spade, a shovel has a wider head, while a spade has a narrower and sharper head, mainly used for digging in difficult areas in soil

I assume "Scallies" is short for "scallywags" an older term for ruffians. That "heater" would be an On-demand tankless water heater in the US. For the house it is "boiler" or "furnace". A "spade" in the US is generally a flat shovel. Time is said the same in the US except the "half past", and in the NOrtheast US we would say "20 of 4" not "20 to" or "20 til 4".

From all these UK v/s USA videos, I've learned that most words in Indian English come from the British English. There are some American one's too but mostly British English.....
Lots of love from India. And I hope u guys get a ton more subs and views and love ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Id say in general as British person that the idea of the verb "to plaster" could essentially refer to any situation involving covering or layering. "A plaster" is the band-aid, "plastering" is stage of house construction - but something could be "plastered with ..." and make sense I think. Like: "Theres thick layers of mud plastered all over the surface".

In UK we have both Shovels and Spades, the picture was a spade, as it had a cutting edge, used for digging. A shovel is for lifting/moving material, tends to have raised edges and a flat end, Typical use is 'shovelling' coal into a fire or boiler (train).

For me as a German, I would never say Period. For us, "a period" is a woman thing the comes once a month. It would be weird to use it in grammar. However it is used in maths sometimes for Pi and other infinte numbers

Best Duo Christina 🇺🇸 and Lauren 🇬🇧 together again. ❤️ I guess me 🇫🇷🏳️
In France 🟦⬜🟥, we would say
0:55 : Corde à sauter
1:30 : Échalote
2:05 : Poisson pané
2:33 : Spaghetti 🍝 (same writting as the Italians but with a French accent)
3:05 : Pansement
3:10 : LMAO our neighbor British call this a bonnet 🤣. For the American, hood ? 🤣. For us, "bonnet" is some kind of hat that we use for Winter (Fur ball on the top of it, for extra)
We French call this "un capot" when we check out the Car engine
For us
5:00 : Point final
5:30 : Chauffage
6:00 : Piscine à boules. "Ball Pit" ? 🤣.
6:50 : Pelle

Shovel has raised sides and is used for mixing and lifting, a spade is used for digging and has a sharp strong blade but has no raised sides.

Someone commented on how polite Christina is.As an American I'm very proud of her . She has true American class😊

In Norway, "half eight" is half TO eight, which causes no end of confusion for my British expat friends. The rationale is that the clock is half way to eight, otherwise we would end up calling it "eight and a half" or something.

The difference I found the most hilarious is the word for the side of the sidewalk nearest the street. In the US we call that part the "curb". In the UK they call it the "kerb". It's the same word. It sounds exactly the same when spoken. It only has 4 letters in each country but two of the letters are different. How is that even possible?

A spade is flat and used for digging holes, edges etc.
A shovel has curved sides and is used for moving stuff around.

My favourite duo. Love you both😘

Scallions are also called green onions in the USA. Booker T and the Mgs had a big instrumental hit in 1962 with "Green Onions".

Shovel and spade are not the same. In German we have both: Schaufel and Spaten.

I love this pairing so much 😍😍.
Pls make more video with this pair no more no less 😚😚

In Nova scotia Canada we call them a round nose shovel/ground shovel, flat nose shovel/snow shovel, the small gardening ones are trowels, and trenching shovels / narrow round nose shovels, and edging shovels, narrow flat or half moon.

I'm South African, and I must say, alot of the time we use more British words than American words, but then again, it depends on the person. Some of these American words I've never heard of and find quite strange, like period.

When it comes to English I speak mixed British and American English. Mostly American English and I also have an American accent because most people be talking in an American accent and I just picked it up from them. And I was taught British English so that's why I speak both mixed 🇺🇲🇬🇧
Can we talk about their outfits, Christina look like a really beautiful business woman and Lauren looks like a gardener from the country side. 😍

*_____________________________________________________*
4:24
*_Period_** is called when is in the middle of a paragraph*
*(outside of UK) & **_Full Stop_** at the of the paragraph.*
6:27
*_Shovel_** is called the rectangular shape & **_spade_*
*the almost-arrow shaped tool for "shoveling"*
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In the UK, a spade is slightly bowl shaped and is used for moving loose material from one place to another. A spade has a flat front that is sharp and is used to cut the ground and move that cut material to a place where someone with a shovel can move that earth into a wheelbarrow (for instance). Therefore, both words are used in British English.

Utah, US here.
I've only called green onions, green onions. Never heard scallions before.
Also heater. I think there's different types. We have a furnace to heat our house. Sometimes we use electric heaters that can be moved and just plug into the wall.
I love these videos. It's so interesting to hear the different words for things.

I love looking at these differences but i have to say in my opinion non American English speakers do have an advantage over Americans. As an Irish person, i have seen countless, American and British films etc so none of these surprise me. I am not as used to Canadian, Australian or New Zealand film for example, however I don't think i have misunderstood any, unless it was some new slang word I think. Americans are not as exposed to non American media so it is harder for them to understand sometimes.

I hate it soo much when I ask someone for the time and they just reply with 'quater to' or 'quater past' BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO U HAVE TO FUIGURE OUT WHICH QUATER TO ADD OR TAKE AWAY. BUT YOU ALSO ARE STILL NO CLOSER TO FINDING OUT THE TIME BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW THE HOUR

I'm from California and I say table onion or green onion. Boiler is common in areas that tend to have older buildings. Spade is a word if you want to be different. Some of the ways of mentioning the time was more common with analog clock faces.

The time thing is also a generational thing.
Older Americans that have grown up with analog clocks are more likely to say "half past eight", whereas younger Americans are more likely to say "eight thirty" :)