American reaction to weird things only British do

I like Lauren, she can talk about English culture very clearly and it's easy to understand.

That British girl explains EVERYTHING perfectly 😂

The US girl has a lovely voice! She sounds like a voice actor, for teenage ~ younger girls and little boys!

oh the subtitle "flaffel and rap" made me chuckle :))) she said "falafel and humus wrap" :))))

Helloooo it’s me Lauren *Mario voice* the U.K. 🇬🇧 rep! Loved filming this video as it made me remember weird things that we Brits do but also realising things we do that are actually super weird 😂 thank you so much for watching! Have a great day❤️

Many Americans do take their shoes off indoors, especially in apartments and when entering a bedroom.

The one who made the subtitles is not a native speaker of English for sure! It's the first time I see someone writes "falafel and hummus wrap" like this: "flaffle and rap"!

I don’t know how the US girl has never seen premade sandwiches.

As a Brit, I find it so strange ‘oh go on then’ doesn’t exist in the US 😂 also Lauren repping The Smiths tee 👏🏽

One thing to really keep in mind when it comes to these US versus other country videos is that the US is very, very big and diverse. What is normal from someone who is probably from Generation z or Alpha is not going to be the same for everyone else across the gen or states.
Where I come from, we had carpet in our bathrooms well into the 90s and started pulling them out about that time frame. Most places didn't actually have tile in the bathroom, that was a higher-end luxury thing for the price and also in the Midwest very cold to walk on, so we would use linoleum as a cheap alt.
Tons of places where I live have pre-made sandwiches and meals! Just like that, you can go to the store or deli and they have pre-made stuff. Gas stations even and yes, we also have hot dogs, pizzas and other stuff too there!
The USA does really focus a lot on the weather, some gen more the others, but we do very much use it as a conversation starter!
She seems like she comes from a very well established family, probably health-oriented because the frosting was always something that kids ate where I'm from and as we got older we take it off because it's too sweet. But as a child we loved it, we eat frosting out of a can. LOL
These are just few of the examples that I can think of right at the top of my head to show how very different we can be in the US and very much the same for some countries. We're just a huge melting Pot and some things do stay with going through generations generations.
I would use "pop over" as a past or present tense and "swing by" as a future or present tense depending on how the sentence works.

The American girl is so sweet and asks great questions!

That has to be the cutest American I've ever seen!

Ally must live in Southern California as she said there's no snow.

My image of British people with umbrellas comes solely from Mary Poppins

I have seen pre-packaged sandwiches, such as chicken salad sandwiches and turkey sandwiches all over the US. 🤷🏻‍♀️

The American girl is the quietest spoken girl I've ever heard. She looks like she really listens too.

We still use umbrellas a lot in the UK, especially since you can get drenched if its heavy. But more people prefer coats with hoods because carrying an umbrella around is not always most convenient.

We actually have premade sandwiches sold in the US. I see them often, if not, more than hamburgers from what Ally mentioned. She probably isn't exposed much.

Just a suggestion for this channel, instead of hard subtitles, you can use the 'cc' function of KRplus, so whenever there are some misheard words while subbing you can just change and edit it when you realized that you've had mistakes in the subtitles. In 2:33 for example it subbed as 'care' but she said 'cures', and a there's more...
Can't blame the subber bcs it was so sounds alike tho:) that's why I said those⬆️.

In Australia we are also obsessed about the weather.

Even though im not from these two countries but GB andUS flag being together makes me feel proud i dont know why i guess because those are my favorites love brits and americans from iran
🇺🇸♥🇮🇷♥🇬🇧

In America, if you aren't affluent enough to have heated bathroom floors then you might have a nonskid bathroom throw rug on it ( like a bath mat)which you wash in the machine once a week.

Is it just me or does the American have a weird accent! I’ve lived in California and never heard that accent. And we totally have premade sandwiches at gas stations and convenience stores!

3:48 Lauren says "This is like more of our tradition compared to like... frosting?" And the caption says "This is more old traditional pancake style."

It is so fun and useful for this conversation. Thanks for sharing about your culture.

Here in Chile we also have a cup of tea for any bad situation. Tea is awesome

I’m American and I commonly hear people say they are going to pop in or pop by as in a quick visit. Prepared sandwiches are common here too. They are often sold at convenience stores, gas stations, airports and supermarket delis.
We also have rounds in bars. When I lived in California I didn’t pay much attention to weather but when I moved to a hurricane zone, I pay more attention.
P. S. i really like this UK lady. She is a sweetie.

This chanel is very helpful to learn the English🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿

In Buenos Aires, Argentina, We also started conversations with the weather. I live in a city on the coast, it rains and is cold almost all year round. In addition to mate, which we drink during the day, we think that a good tea before bed is beneficial to make us feel better.

This has to be one of the weirdest videos I have seen... a video claiming that sandwiches are weird, that local phrases are weird. Someone who doesn't carry an umbrella when it rains, then concludes no-one else does, despite the fact others do is weird.

Human proofreading of the text would help, also keeping the section titles on the screen longer.

I did not think some of the things were weird that the British do. I also think the American in this video seems a bit sheltered. I have seen bathrooms in the US with carpet and people here will start conversations with the weather. Some people here will offer someone tea as a pick me up. There are also a lot of women who drink beer and plenty of people will buy a round of beer. She seemed shocked about premade sandwiches? They sell those at most grocery stores.

It depends where you live in the US tho. I have noticed that CA homes have tile floors, but here on the east coast most houses have either hardwood floors or carpet, sometimes both and then tile for the kitchen. It rains a lot on the east coast too. I was surprised that some people have tvs in their backyard in CA lol

My grandmother was British living in the US (war bride). We have a family home in Suffolk. My aunt went over to check everything out in the early 70’s. She took very luxurious American (very hot, very deep bubble) baths. My great aunts almost had a heart attack. They had become so used to rationing hot water during the war that they still bathed in 5 inches of water. The story was told to the whole village that she had become far too Americanized 😂.

I’ll spare you the whole recitation on Thanksgiving meals. However here in the (northern) states, the best nutrition for someone who is sick, is a soup stock. The meat & bones are cooked for days over very low heat. The stock is very nutritious because it has all the good stuff in the broth. No matter how sick someone is, well, they can always slurp up some broth. I have always made stock for just such a purpose.

Also, I get the feeling: When Americans go overseas, all their friends want to hear is how awesome it is and how much you're getting into the spirit of it. The impression I get is that when Brits go overseas, all their British friends want to hear about is how much they spent the whole time thinking about shepherd's pie.

I’m American and I have tea, tea solves everything sad occasion happy occasion have a cup of tea

I'm not surprised the US and the UK are similar in some ways since the US was a british colony. I'm American but I grew up watching British channels and drinking tea instead of coffee. I knew we initially threw tea into a harbor to say f you but the stuff truly does cure everything. Tea before bed to help sleep, tea in the morning to wake up, and tea to help calm when frustrated, tired or anxious.

In New York you take your shoes off at the entrance of the home. We don't wear shoes indoors, especially not in apartments.

In Finland we base the economic state on the price inflation of gummybears

I’m from the Pacific Northwest in the US and we’re pretty obsessive about weather here as well. I check the forecast almost every day but especially late Feb - early April because we can literally have snow one day and 60 degrees the next. Several clothing layers are our friends. It rains a lot here but it also often gets pretty windy, making umbrellas kind of pointless. All of my rain-suitable coats have hoods and my shoes and bags are waterproofed.
Pre-made sandwiches are definitely a thing in the supermarket deli section, and we use “pop in/up” and “run in/up” interchangeably.

Just to correct a translation error: It's "A cup of tea will solve any issue you're having", not "A cup of tea with salt you're having". We don't put salt in tea :) And the response was talking about the idea that a cup of tea CURES situations. Also, the English girl is confusing - a black tea with milk makes no sense; a black tea is a tea without milk. There are a few translation errors but I can't be bothered correcting all :)

Interestingly, the 'carpet in the bathroom' thing was quite a short-lived episode. Back in my childhood, 1950-1960, houses rarely had carpet throughout. It was more likely to be linoleum (lino) with rugs in the more 'comfortable' areas such as in front of the coal fire in the living room. A bathroom mat might also be found but it was literally just a mat by the side of the bath. Beds too often had a small mat at the bedside. Everywhere else was lino or even bare boards.
It was only after about 1970 that fitted carpets became affordable and popular. Even then the bathroom was not generally served. I would guess carpeting in the .smallest room came in during the 80 and faded out gradually after 2000.
Not wearing shoes indoors followed a similar pattern. It really has more to do with the advent of carpeting throughout.

London actually gets less rainfall in many years than Melbourne, Tel Aviv, Rome, Mexico City etc, being in a chalk valley that's the driest part of the country. Significantly less than Paris and half of NYC. It is however cloudy and overcast much of the time. In the drought years of the 1990s, it could conceivably have been classed as semi-arid.

I love my American, she's adorable, and she makes alot sense, but I'm from an ENTIRELY different area....I'm Midwestern, somes of her responses and her general sound are different to me. The British girl in that Smiths shirt though ♥️

In the 70s carpet in the bathroom was a thing in the U.S.

Very nice and simple explanation

It was fun, conversational, and I learned many interesting and some surprising things.

Hello please can you do a video about saying people's name in various accents(esp. European and American? Trust me! It would be very fun to watch. The names i suggest are David, Daniel, Marie, Thomas, etc
PS: I commented this several times but its never seen by the channel.

the subtitles people just don't care waouh

Its usually too windy when it rains heavily in england to use an umbrella, or the weather is so inconsistent the umbrella is useless and in the way half the time your carrying it

Could you do one where you compare British culture with that of the American South? I feel like there are some interesting similarities. In the South, we check the weather daily as it constantly changes, and we keep raincoats and umbrellas everywhere (car, home, office) in case the weather sneaks up on us. Sandwich shops are not unusual - in fact very common, also common to have premade sandwiches in the grocery store. And referencing some of your other videos - My grandmother used to say, "Oh, go on!" if you said something outlandish or she was trying to be humble when you complimented her. We say, "I'll pop by for a quick hello." Sometimes you may hear (though mostly from an older generation), "Don't you give me that cheek!" when addressing a sassy child. "Ugly mug" is also not uncommon. And we drink tea all the day long. "Would you like a glass of tea?" is the first thing you ask a visitor to your house. Anyway, I'm sure there are many others. It'd be interesting to see how many.

Nice video! I think the best comparison for "oh go on then" is to be like "oh, you talked me into it".
As an American, I kind of get the impression that "oh, go on then" means you were kind of hoping to be talked into it in the first place, like you were hoping to be coerced a little to feel less bad about dropping a small low-stakes obligation (like chores or studying or something).

Actually, it's same in Russia with this tea thing. Feeling sad? Get some tea. Feeling good? Get some tea. Basically, tea always is a must and it does miracles and cures everything. :D Drinking tea is a huge tradition over here. I think, we drink tea more than water.

Woah I'm kinda early! I love your videos :)

When I was living in Japan I NEED to check the weather daily because you would need to use trains and walk a lot, and when it rains it pours so you really need an umbrella.
Then when I lived in the UK the rain is always the small droplets type and your jacket and hoodie is usually enough for the short walk home or until you get to the bus stop.
So yeah the Brits don’t really use umbrellas, but the type of rain they get there accommodates for that

The Tesco meal deal hits different
especially on clubcard price

Maybe I'm showing my age but I'm English and have never heard of Colin the caterpillar or Freddos. I've certainly never used Freddos to base the economic state on even though "everybody knows it."

Need to bring a roadman on to compare language differences ; I'm currently watching Top Boy, and the slang is fascinating.
Likkle, wagwan, wasteman, innit, etc.

Not sure about the pre-packing sandwich answer for the US. They are very common in gas stations/convienance store and deli sections of grocery stores. The way Lauren described it in the UK made me think it might be more varied (more options) than we get in the US as it often is a handful of options but still you can find pre-packaged sandwiches pretty easily. Also, in many areas of the US weather is a major topic of conversation. I grew up in Wisconsin (winter weather), lived in Oregon (lots of rain and overcast, very "British-y"), and now in Oklahoma (severe weather/tornadoes) and the weather is a very comon conversation starter and it is pretty common for most people to know the forecast. I could see people in southern California not feeling the need to check the weather as often, though.

The outro of this video is so good and catchy to heard. Please don't ever to think to change the outro. Ever!

4:32 - I was too old for the Freddo index, but this was a thing in Ireland too... with our superior chocolate! 😁

Nobody wears shoes indoors here in Hawaii.

I’ve seen bathrooms with carpets here in the US but it’s usually older bathrooms owned by older people. I saw it more when I was younger not so much now

I see "pop in" used alot in USA too Also, LOTS OF SNOW in CA in the mountains. Just the Beach gets rain

This video is based on a video about Weird British Things of the channel *English with Lucy*
One by one the categories were from that video!

Some of these explanations are so incorrect. For example the carpet in the bathroom issue. Nobody but nobody ever thought of putting carpet in their bathroom until around the 1970s when fluffy bathroom items (in sets) became popular in the Shops. The carpetting item was completely washable, just as the toilet-lid cover, entire toilet tank cover were totally washable. They were seldom made of true carpetting, but lighter raised fabrics.

There's been a de facto cultural campaign over the last 25 years to celebrate everyday British cuisine. It has entirely worked with me and I'm now enthusiastically curious about Fish & Chips, Clotted Cream, Full English, Yorkshire pudding, Spotted Dick, Bangers and Mash, Shepherds Pie, Pasty, etc.

I’ve never seen a pre-made hamburger in a shop. Haha. I buy sandwiches on road trips all the time.

Actually I personnaly also check for the price of certain chocolate brands to see how the inflation is proceeding. Ritter Sport used to be like under 50cents now it's 1-2€uros.

They definitely do have wrapped sandwich meals in supermarkets in SoCal (and elsewhere) 🙄

I find myself watching the horribly translated captions more than paying attention to the conversation

Things I’d do in Canada:
1. No shoes in the house
2. Carpet in the bathroom
3. Yay and Woo hoo!
4. Candy cures anything
5. Can pick the theme
6.

You’ll find prepackaged sandwiches and other prepackaged things at pretty much any grocery store or supermarket. Wawa has them too but not sure about other gas stations.

LOL the captions said "a cup of tea with salt" but lauren said "a cup of tea will solve"

You know?? In indonesia we drink tea to cure any bad situation too 🤣

I swear the subtitles are normally more accurate than this 😂

I love her voice!

In the 70’s, carpet in the bathroom was common in the US. I had one but it wasn’t tacked down so I threw it in the washer regularly.

Lauren's da best...

Me to I always look at my phone for weather. Ankara is now so unpredictable and we sometimes get yellow alert.

I saw the carpet in the bathroom thing in the U.S. My parents moved into an old place with that; it smelled.

i feel so bad for people who have to read the subtitles lol

THANK YOU! VERY INTERESTING!

I always make my mother tea when she's having a bad day. It helps me, too.

American asks a British how is the weather?
British responds: Our weather is the worst lol.
American: wow so you have regular huge tornadoes and massive earth quakes?
British person: ok, well.. if you put it that way...

i disagree with the first thing my american sister said , my family takes off shoes before we go into the house and we have friends that do the same

There a lot of these that are or were previously normal for example the carpets. Also the weather, everyone checks the weather. Also the phrase 'pop over' or 'pop round' is still commonly used where I live.

we definately do have pre-made/packaged sandwiches in the us. atleast east coast. Maybe not to the extent of uk, but pretty much any grocery store around me has some

Americans also say "pop in" (it me) and a lot of older folks' homes have carpeted bathrooms here. So not so different there.

2:25 "a cup of tea will salt you're having"
Lol

The pre-made sandwiches we have that here in Florida, but not a 'wide' variety of sandwiches but some. Also, not all girls drink cocktails, some drink beer and other alcohol here, too.

I love Lauren’s Smiths t-shirt!

Both of my grandmas had carpet in their bathrooms here in the US as well. I have seen it a lot in the older generations here too.

the freddo thing had me dying

Lauren would love the konbinis in Japan for their pre-packed sandwiches of all kinds 😂 I certainly do! I know Korean konbinis didnt have many sandwiches and if they did it had kimchi inside 🥺 Thats why I could never live in Korea 😂

Collin The Caterpillar is like the best cake in British supermarkets!!!

I base the economy (Ireland) more on the price of animal bars. 5p, 10p, 20p, 30c, 50c...
Also bars like Snickers and Mars going from like 30p to €1.60... And being half of the size now.

The American girl has such a cute voice 😍. I loved the British too

literally all gas stations and supermarkets and quickie marts have premade sandwiches everywhere with like turkey or ham