American Reacts to Weird Facts About British Life (Part 1)
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- čas přidán 3. 04. 2023
- As an American there are many interesting and obscure things about growing up in Britain that we never hear about. That is exactly why I am very interested in reacting to this video all about weird and confusing facts about British life an culture. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
The Tikka Masala is an Anglo-Indian dish, not an Indian dish. It was created in the UK for a UK palate. Anglo-Indian food is not the same as Indian food, and there are a lot of dishes you can get here that you'd be looked at as slightly mad if you asked for them in India (well, not mad, but British... which is close enough).
Like General Tso's chicken. Nobody knows what that is, outside of the US, including China. And fortune cookies; also an American invention.
@@juliemcgugan1244 yeah. There’s also Anglo-Chinese of course, partly because the UK had a bit of a China mania in the early 19th C and partly because of Hong Kong.
@@productjoe4069 wouldn't that technically be Anglo-Cantonese food in regards to Hong Kong???
It was invented in Glasgow
Well said, that man !
I agree, it's so common you don't notice people saying please, sorry or thank you. You do however notice when people don't say please, sorry or thank you.
That's so true 😅
Sunday roast is similar to Christmas dinner or Thanksgiving dinner, but with a few additions/replacements.
Both usually have vegetables, gravy, meat, roast potatoes, stuffing, Yorkshire puddings, etc.
Christmas dinner usually adds Brussel sprouts, parsnips, pigs in blankets, cranberry sauce, etc!
It's weird right?! People that don't say all that you know they must be having a bad day because we have to consciously leave that out.
"YOU'RE WELCOME!!!" If they didn't say thank you 😂
@@ThatChrissyGirl Yep, funny how we have made something so polite into something scathing, while keeping our tone light! Only in Britain!
I'm British and the kiss on the cheek thing is news to me!
Ye Iv only done it with family.
Maybe it depends on where you live or who you know, but it goes without thinking to greet friends and family and even some very nice people that you meet with a kiss and a hug, also as a goodbye gesture.
In London it's common place, but places like Cornwall Devon and so on, people are much more stand offish and not so friendly unless they know you inside out.
Yeah, that's not a thing up here in Yorkshire, maybe with close family?
Shaking hands? Maybe, but a soft slap on the back or shoulder is a more common one.
I think the kissing is a London thing. Probably a lot to do with half the population coming from outside the UK. Kissing is far too forward for most Brits 😆
Up here in the North East of England we certainly don't kiss on the cheek. It's a hand shake
I'd say the kissing on the cheek thing would probably relate more to those higher up the social ranks. Most regular people, just either possibly shake hands (even then it's more in a formal occasion, like it an interview, an older person or maybe meeting someone for the first time) a hug of your close friends (this depends on how comfortable the person is with physical contact), often it's more just an kind of an awkward smile and a mini nod of the head.
Dunno, I've seen and experienced it at all ranks. It might be more common between more distant people at higher ranks though. I (an upper to upper middle class man) don't have to know someone that well to do it, or to hug in greeting and goodbye.
I have never kissed someone (other than an elderly aunt when I was a kid) on the cheek. Distinctly working class northern upbringing though. Maybe the North/South divide plays a large part, too.
Chicken tikka masala isn't Indian, at the most,it's Indian adjacent.
It was invented in Birmingham or Glasgow if i remember right.
@@AndrewHalliwell As a Highlander, who now lives in the South of Englandshire, it's not a geographical thing more a money thing.
Where im from kissing on the cheek is rare if at all, mostly from ur aunty or something like that not a friend and never man kissing a man’s cheek, idk where she from
@@Thurgosh_OG Lower class people do it too but it's less of a kiss and more of a polite hug with a quick cheek brush.
You might do it if you were greeting a female family member, like a grandma or aunt
If you don’t say thank you in the door holding situation you may get a passive aggressively loud “no problem” or “thanks” from the door holder to highlight the fact you didn’t thank them 😅
I held the door open for a couple of people (who appeared to be members of our immigrant population) and they just walked through; I quite loudly said "the word is 'thank-you'"
or a very loud tut! 🙂
@@frankhooper7871I say quite loudly “I think the word you’re looking for is thank you” they usually squirm when they have been shamed 😊
From me, it would be a clear “you’re welcome”.
I do this...a lot.
Hahaha you should see us in a theater/cinema or a place with fold up seats where you have to get past everyone to get to your seats. "Sorry can I just squeeze past here, sorry, 'scuse me sorry, sorry I just need to get past, sorry, sorry"😂😂😂
😂😂 so true
I was hanging out with friends in England, went backwards and thought I bumped into someone, said sorry, turned around and realised, it was a chair...My friends declared me British back then.
Alexa light on .... thank you
I walked in to a lamppost and apologised
I have walked into a restaurant and said “sorry, after you” to the bloke who came through the other door immediately to my side .... then realised it was a full length mirror. And yes, I say please and thank you to Alexa,
maybe you bumped into a ghost :o
One of the best things the Brits blessed us Aussies with is the Sunday roast. We tend to use lamb of course not beef. The Yorkshire puddings never made it over the ditch to our plates but I make them anyway because they’re delicious! An Aussie Sunday roast would typically be roast lamb, gravy, mint sauce, roast potatoes, roast pumpkin and peas! 😋
Hiya commonwealth cousin! 😘
I love roast lamb with mint sauce! Scrummy dinner! 😁
Roast Pork and Apple Sauce.Roast Beef with Yorkshire Pudding.Roast Lamb with Mint Sayce.Roast Chicken with anything. Roast Turkey with Cranberry Sauce:)
lamb is so bland and dry though, u have to put stuff on it for it to even taste ok lol
You can’t eat a lamb dinner without mint sauce and in the spring over here, when we have the spring lamb, we also have Jersey Royals with all the other trimmings. Onion sauce is another thing some of us eat on a lamb dinner. It’s such a tradition here. We also eat lamb often for Sunday roast, or Chicken, pork with stuffing, or beef with Yorkshire pudding, mustard and horseradish sauce. They all count as a traditional Sunday roast here.
You need some honey roasted parsnips on there too!
I'm from Britain and I've never greeted with a kiss on the cheek I've always done the hand shake. Or if I know them well then a hug.
For some reason ,I thought a kiss on the cheek custom is from France
I think the kissing thing is a middle glass girlie thing. If I kissed one my male mates on the cheek I'm sure I'd get a good solid right to the jaw.
Yes, the "Mwah" generation.
@@mrdarren1045 I always thought it was a Northern -England and Scottish thing. French custom is a kiss on both cheeks, not one. But my family have always done one kiss on the cheek, if you are a family member or a very close friend. Mum's family is from Cheshire and Dad's family is from Glasgow.
@@mrdarren1045 the kissing thing is more upper class you can see it a lot in London area, but we do give a quick hug. I live in a largely working class area and most of those are happy to have a quick hug on meeting and leaving each other especially among the young.
My dear old dad - now long dead - used to say “Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. But one suits one’s wit to one’s company.” A true explanation of British humour and why we love sarcasm so much.
i remember being told in all seriousness from a fellow female worker after being soooo sarcastic to her "you know sarcasm is the lowest form of life" i have never laughed so much in all my life - she made my day
It was originally said by Oscar Wilde and the full quote runs ‘Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but the highest form of intelligence’
ps I shall remember your father’s response for future use 😊
@@shelleyscloud3651 Thank you so much for the Oscar Wilde reference. I didn’t know that, but knowing my dad, he would have - and “altered” it to suit himself. And it would be great if you carried on with his version. He (and I) would approve heartily. 👍
im a very sarcastic person and i honestly think it keeps your brain sharp as you have to think very quick for a reply, i love being sarcastic...... other people do not......
@@allenjohnson7686 oh the touble I've been in from saying stuff. LOL.
There is never too much please, thank you, and sorry. I am Canadian and that is how I was brought up. The Sunday roast was part of my childhood and I have tried to make a special dinner every Sunday in the decades following even when faced with difficulties. To understand British humour intelligence and education is necessary. The majority of my videos are British not American for this reason.
As a Canadian I totally agree with you.😊
We’ve always liked Canadians and Aussies.
Similar humour,similar values,similar upbringing.
You’re not French,you’re brothers and sisters of OURS !
Canadian's say please because it is nice. British people say please because it is polite.
My eldest daughter (32 in Feb '24) is now a "permanent resident" of Canada. Lis moved to Banff, Alberta, in Sept.2019 then later moved to Kimberley, BC.
I rather think she really has made it her "forever home"... and why wouldn't she. Her life seems a whole lot better in Canada ☺️❤️ ...but I hope she'll be able to visit me here in London, UK some day. (If she can get, a dogsitter -and if she's willing to leave him for the duration of her visit - since she has given a permanent home to a rescue dog. (Milo). 🤔❤️🖖
Chicken Tikka Masala is not Indian, they do not have it in India, its a British dish invented in Birmingham, England, UK. The kissing thing is a girl thing especially in the younger (teen to thirties) generation. And it does not rain all the time in the UK, certain parts yes, especially in the North but many parts like where I am in the East of England South Lincolnshire it rains very little even during the winter months.
I heard that it was invented in Glasgow?
@@jerry2357 a beghal chef in Scotland! Just googled it! I was curious, knew it was uk but where🤷
I heard it was created in the Midlands, which city I'm not sure.
@@pem... Its debated. I've seen Ali Ahmed Aslam claimed as the originator in Glasgow, but he was Punjabi not Bengali. UK based Bengali chefs are also cited, though the location not specified. Birmingham is claimed as is London. An earlier creation was Shahi Chicken Masala, which we can date to Balbir Singh’s Indian Cookery published in 1961. The odds are that there are several independent creators who adapted traditional recipes for western palates. Its also probable that customers of one restaurant asked chefs to produce them Chicken Tikka Masala that they had eaten elsewhere, and obliging chefs improvised the recipe, each thinking they invented it. Normally when I go for a Curry I'll order a Paneer Rogan Josh despite it almost never being on the menu. I had it at a Curry house on Brick lane and loved it so much I don't want to eat another type of curry.
@@adamcashin4021 yeah, i agree they'll be loads of claimants of most dishes! Cheese rogan nooo! Sounds horrible ( paneer is cheese....right?) Lamb rogan for me every time
This is the first time I've ever heard anyone say 'pub garden' as opposed to 'beer garden'! Maybe she just had one of those moments when she couldn't think of the right word and used another like it instead! Not all pubs have them, and they vary enormously between a simple yard designed for smoking cigarettes (as it is illegal to smoke indoors), and a large landscaped affair draped with hanging baskets and sometimes even having children's play areas! They're basically an extension of the indoor space for use during fine weather.
I think a pub garden is what North American refers to as a patio while a beer garden is more like a beer tent at an outdoor event. Patios being a more permanent feature than a tent
I've always known the term pub garden. Perhaps it's a regional thing. As to whether it's paved or grass, I've known both. Largely depending on the amount of foot traffic.
@@petrinadendy6395 only recall them being called beer gardens. I’m in Cheshire so it might regional.
I also know them with seating either on paved areas or on the grass. The ones in the middle of towns are almost always paved while a country pub tends to me more on grass.
In East London it’s a Beer Garden
@@JarlGrimmToys My Mum's maternal line are transplants from Portsmouth, so my Nan said 'Pub Garden,' while her children all said 'beer garden, as they were all born and brought up in Cheshire.
One French slang term for the British is “Les Rosbifs” (the roast beefs) after our traditional Sunday roast. Rather like we call them “Frogs” after frogs’ legs that they eat.
Kissing on the cheek (in my experience, it's a virtusl kiss where lips make no contact) is for intimate friends and relatives you haven't seen for a while and, even then, many do not do it. If you are a larger than life or theatrical person (literally or figuratively), you might do the kissing on both cheeks in an extravagant way. A heterosexual man greeting another will always pat the other on the back during the hug.
Men should avoid moving in for the kiss until receiving a signal to do so from a woman.
Handshaking is normally when you first meet someone formally or between close male friends or acquaintances who have not seen each other for a long time.
One of the most terrifying situations you can be in is deciding whether to give up your seat on the bus to a woman who might be pregnant... or might just be a little overweight. If you hear the dreaded phrase "Are you calling me fat?" you have to leave the country and never return. An often heard conversation in pub gardens is "Have you heard from Tim? I haven't seen him in ages." "He accidentally called a woman fat on a bus. Last heard of living in Azerbaijan."
When I was at Uni, guys usually played it safe. Either they refused to sit at all and would just stand (Big strapping Scottish Lads, they were,) or if they saw a woman getting on the bus, they were right out of their seat like they were out of the box at Ascot. No guy there would be seen in a seat, if there was a lady on the bus/train. Unless they were injured/disabled/very old, but many tried to stay standing, anyway. The further South you went, the less you'd see this and in London, you'd barely get anybody to spit on you if you were on fire. It was very dependent on where you were. But even my 70+ y/o Scottish Grandad never sat down on public transport. He always stood up.
Why would you have to be so fearful about hurting the feelings of some fatso? What are you afraid of?
I've lived in Britain all my life and the kissing on the cheek is news to me too
For some reason, I have always thought a kiss on the cheek is a custom in France.
Kiss on the cheek? No...just no.
Yeah Same here
up north a peck on the cheek when greeting a friend especially between ladies is common, you're probably a southerner or you could just smell 😂
Very common here in the northeast uk to kiss a friend on thecheek on arrival and leaving. Never kiss anyone on the month! A big no no! 😂
The garden of a pub is always called a "beer garden". I've never heard anyone ever call it a pub garden. Basically it's a space outside the pub where u can sit, relax, have your drinks, eat if you want and some have a play area for kids although this sadly seems to be less so now but maybe that cos I've moved into the city, idk?
I would always say 'pub garden' rather than 'beer garden', so maybe it's regional?
Always called it a "Pub garden" myself as well.
Whatever regional differences, though for myself I've very rarely heard it called a pub garden over a beer one, an outdoor drinking/dining/relaxation/entertainment area at many pubs (most often, of course, to be found on the outskirts of dense urban areas and even more massively in rural locales) is just an offshoot of that nigh pathological need to make the most of the so-called British 'summertime' - any hint of decent weather will see masses of people enjoying a cold one in these spaces; also, if the weather ever gets blisteringly hot, nearly every pub, even in the middle of the city and whether they have space for it or not, will attempt to have some outdoor seating - even if it's just a couple of the crappiest plastic tables & chairs on a narrow bit of pavement.
We use it interchangeably.
Queues are so important to us that we will self-organise them whenever more than one person is waiting for something. Further, we will automatically create one queue for multiple service points if we can so no one feels like one queue is moving faster than another.
The ones that fascinate me are at the bus stops outside Waterloo station. As they were mostly people going to work, they would be a very long line of single people.
@@grahvis we rigidly insist on it abroad too. Whenever I’ve been to Eurovision (whose international attendees are majority British and Irish), you see the local attendees being forced to adopt our habits throughout the host city. Some places take that better than others…
@@productjoe4069I remember that happening in a nightclub in Tenerife. The club was mostly filled with British and Irish customers. The men’s toilets were packed so a queue had formed outside. Every urinal and toilet stall was full and people were stood in the doorway waiting for one to be free.
2 German men walked past the queue but then promptly removed by 2 Scottish blokes and told to go to the back of the queue.
@@JarlGrimmToys When abroad, we are all British, no matter which part of the UK we come from.
In the US we are trained to merge into a doorway or window.
As a Canadian I'm realizing through your videos that I have was raised in a very British kind of way. At the end of the video I would swear you were making a video of Canada. Which I also watch your content. Makes sense because I am of Scottish Norwegian and French descent... As far as I know. LOL. A Sunday roast with roasted potatoes and veggies was pretty much mandatory. On some occasions my mom would make the Yorkshire pudding. Don't forget the horseradish. LOL. And East Indian food is very popular in Canada as well. Tikka masala, butter chicken. Biryani... The list goes on. funny that Americans and Canadians all came from across the Atlantic but the Canadians never forgot where they came from and therefore continued its traditions. Cheers from Canada🍻🇨🇦
My late mum and dad would teach us cooking Sunday roast with different meats every Sunday. My sisters and I loved mums Sunday roast. In the UK it is a thing
As an aussie I agree with all Lucy says except the sun. We are exactly the same in oz and I love it. Manners is EVERYTHING. I dont react when im asked for something without manners following or starting the request. My kids wouldnt dare ask me anything without basic manners. A sunday roast is the best. The pub garden in oz is called the beer garden. Its a great place to sit with the kids n enjoy a pub lunch.
Ditto on the other side of the ditch here in NZ :)
I took my 10 year old son to LA they were amazed that he said please and thank you they actually commented on how polite he was
In lots of British TV, someone will say "we are going down the pub" they automatically know which place they are going to. It's really like a collective living room, literally a public house. People can get really drunk because you can walk home.
So far, the most obvious behaviour difference in the UK is simply good manners - saying Thank You, Please, apologising, giving up your seat, holding a door for someone.. I think it is all part of a long history of civilisation - it is civilised behaviour.. and YES, it does draw a response from associates / friends in the US - 'You are so polite !" - they do seem to find it 'formal' but it is simply good manners, taught in childhood and polished thereafter....
"man i feel so uncultured right now, i don't know what any of that stuff is". tyler, that applies to 99% of the stuff you react to
Beer garden sounds to me more foreign, for getting drunk.
Pub garden is sophisticated for meetings, children to play, Sunday Roast, girls to meet up after work, etc.
A pub/ beer garden is the same. If it is warm I even sit outside and drink when it rains.
It rather blows my mind that the Sunday roast is a British thing. I suppose in my youth I assumed that having a roast dinner for Sunday lunch was universal.
Good morning Tyler. It's 11.40 am here in England and I'm on my 3rd cup of tea !
An hour later and I've just finished my seventh! In all probability there's another six or seven to come this afternoon
A lot of families take their children to the pub for a Sunday Roast.
There's usually a kids menu (children don't eat so much) and there can be play things for them, bouncy castle, etc.
By the way the chicken tikka masala was invented in England so it’s an English dish that was inspired by Indian cuisine but not actually an Indian dish
Morning Tyler 😁
I hate tea....
We are nice! Very polite. And it's earnest. Yes some people do think we're so nice and think we are a pushover ....wellllllll....we do "nice" very nicely....but you don't wanna piss us off! That can be a culture shock to people thinking they can walk all over us.
The sun shines a lot here, New York has TWICE the annual rainfall of London. The thing is, Brits love to party, gather and have fun, so if the sun comes out, we get highly fun seeking.
It's a beer garden.... somewhere to smoke, sit in the sunshine or some have big play equipment, swings, slides etc for the kids.
The thing with the TV License is only applicable if you watch LIVE TV / On demand / BBC or BBCiPlayer (their streaming service), but if you have a tv and only use it for console gaming, or other streaming services, it's fine.
Kissing of the cheek is a bit common in the generations who are 35 and above, it's not so common with people who are younger than that. I think it's also a bit exaggerated, its more like, you just touch your cheek to theirs and make a kissing sound.
Nearly all pubs have a rear yard or garden (except of-course at City centres).
Generally, children prefer to play around in the pub garden - those pubs with big gardens can have swings or bouncy castles for them.
In hot weather, most everyone goes outside to drink, snack or dine in the garden.
@TylerRumple
Just so everyone knows, a Pub Garden is legitimately a garden or patio with picnic tables, attached to a pub that acts as a outdoor pub seating area. Some pub gardens serve you outside others don't meaning you have to go inside to order your round of drinks and/or meals, some pub gardens do have play equipment for kids and some cool more traditional pub games too.
Lucy's channel should be called middle-class village English with Lucy. She is lovely though, sorry, please, thank you.
Never seen the cheek kissing thing in the UK. I call bull on that one
It's a common thing amongst females in the young teens to thirty age group. They nearly all do it. a quick hug and a kiss on one cheek. Trust me on that one my daughters constantly greet and get greeted by their friends in that manner.
@@martinwebb1681 I'm not denying it happens, but I'm 38 and I can't say I've ever seen it, so it can't be that common.
@@DustyDigits ... I suppose it depends where you are, I do feel its more of a middle class thing, I witness it all the time with my daughters and their friends.
We don't have to get a TV license in the UK if you have a TV. It's only for watching or recording broadcast TV, not on demand streaming services (except for BBC iPlayer).
This woman's Britain must be some "alternative" Britain from the one I have observed for the past 65 years.
I used to work in the Canaries and the UK flights would arrive on Weds or Sat. We used to say that they were like ghosts on Saturday, lobsters on Sunday, and Rise of the Mummy on Monday.
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The other day, a bunch of really pale people were walking down the street past us (Peyia, Cyprus,) and my Dad joked, "Well, holiday season is upon us! Look, the first flight from Glasgow is in!"
Not everyone goes to the pub/pub garden. We also like to have a drink in our own garden. Yes a pub garden & beer garden are pretty much the same thing. Some family friendly pubs will also have children’s play equipment in their garden.
I'm from Scotland and when we went on holiday to Kissimmee/Universal we were amazed by the constant "have a nice day" and smiles and ott thanks. On the first day we got home we witnessed a fist fight in the road between a bus driver and a taxi driver. We sighed with relief that life was normal again! 😂😂
Oh your comment bought back memories of last year when I was in hospital for 2 months. I came outside to have a cig break an witnessed a fight between a bus driver & taxi driver. It lasted over 30mins lol. The taxi driver lost. Especially when the bus driver pushed his car out of the way with the bus lol. It entertained loads of us patients watching it unfold. From outside or from ward windows. As they were peeping horns at each other before it got verbal then physical. An all because a taxi parked in the bus lane. Doubt the taxi driver will be that stupid again.
After our first shock breakfast on a family trip to Orlando, we began ordering one breakfast meal for our family of four! That was our biggest shock while on holiday in the US! Pancakes is not one or two, but a stack of five or six on your plate, swimming in syrup!
I get you! I’m a Scot too and we’re either very uncomfortable or suspicious of people who are too happy, smiley or kiss you on the cheek (unless they’re Europeans) We didn’t like or trust Tony Blair because he smiled too much… we weren’t wrong either!
Bill Bryson once said that he loves Scotland but he never knows whether we are going to knife him or offer him a kidney-he's never a country to have such extremes of kindness and aggression🤣. I live in a pretty friendly area (Clackmannanshire) but it's genuine, people are just quite friendly though we have some zoomers too🤣. The American style of customer service just seems over the top and too rehearsed, like they've been told to say it to every customer. Customers prefer a bit of banter!
@@evelynwilson1566 Also depends on if the other person is English or not! LOL! Joking! My Mum is from Cheshire and my Dad is from Airdrie. We like to joke about the historical animosity between the two.
With bus etiquette, the most common thing you'll see is people saying "thank you" to the driver as they get off the bus. One time I was the only passenger on an early morning bus and the driver got out his mobile phone and was talking very loudly to his wife while driving. My very British response to this was to say nothing but then passive-aggressively NOT say thank you when I left the bus lol.
With our obsession with animals... put it this way. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was established 60yrs before there was an equivalent society for the prevention of cruelty to children (1824 and 1884 respectively). Basically we were still sending five year olds up chimneys for 60yrs after we stopped being cruel to animals lol. To this day, the children's charity is only the "National Society", not "Royal".
Never called it a pub garden in my life, must be a southern thing, but yes, she means a beer garden
Not Southern. I live near the channel and we call it a beer garden.
Another fact check. Chicken Tika is an Indian dish, adding the masala is something that started over her in Birmingham if I am not mistaken
I remember the days when butcher's shops were not open on Mondays because everybody would be eating leftovers from the Sunday joint.
Pub is short for "Public House"... The Pub Garden or Beer Garden is an extension to the pub where people can drink and smoke.
If you think of a pub as a front room in someone's house, then you walk into their garden for a few drinks instead of sitting inside... Same principle.
In a pub you can get drink and normally food (some more traditional pubs do not sell food although this is rare)
You then have Gastro Pubs which is more of a restaurant with a bar rather than a traditional pub.
A Bar is somewhere more commercial, their emphasis is on drinks but they normally do food as well. There tends to be quiet music during the day, but in the evening the music is ramped up, the DJ starts and it turns into a mini nightclub with the flashing stage lighting etc.
A nightclub is normally purpose built building and is focused on drinks only and dancing. There are 1 or more rooms within the club, normally themed, either as a whole or per room. They are normally open between the hours of 8pm-3am. Some clubs in major cities or play heavier music like D&B may open and close later at 10pm-6am.
You then have raves... This is normally in an old warehouse setting with heavier music, huge speakers and a DJ. It's a lot less controlled than a nightclub!
I'm 50, and I can assure you that maybe other than London, we don't kiss friends on the cheek, more than likely we'd say something like you ok knob'ed 😂😂
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You must be from the North? I'm 54 I've never kissed friends on the cheek. Like you I'd most likely say alright nobhead. I'm from the North.
Chicken Tikka Mysala is actually considered a Scottish dish as it was created in Glasgow by one of the first Indian immagrants as a dish to sell to the local population as away of introducing Indian cusine to a new market. Indian food and culture was quickly adopted into British culture which is why Coranation Chicken (curried chicken and mayonasie) was popular around Queen Elizabeth's coranation and will be again next month for Charles..
Added note: A few of what we Brits would call 'traditional curry dishes' are very unique to Britain and extremely niche in India. This includes Balti (developed in Birmingham) and Tikka Masala (Developed in Glasgow)
Thought that Chicken Tikka Masala was created in the first Indian Restaurant in Britain in Regent Street, London in the early 19th century. (William IV on the throne).
It's unknown in India but the story goes that back in 80s I think in an Indian restaurant here in Glasgow a customer complained about his dish and with a couple tweaks and bit of tomato sauce the tikka masala was born.
It was also created in Birmingham and Bradford ..... the mythology is open.
Coronation Chicken wasn't just popular around the Queen's Coronation, it was actually specifically designed for and served at the event.
"Pub" is just short for public house. And that's what pubs were originally, just a room in someone's house where they served beer. Pubs often have a garden at the back, so you can either sit and drink in the pub or out in the garden.
Hi Tyler, I'm a Brit and we have a standard 600mm (24") wide but tall fridge freezer in the kitchen equally split. I don't like chilled drinks and when in a pub I always ask for no ice so I don't pay extra to have a fridge with one.
We do have a cabinet freezer with a lift up lid to store bulk purchases in the garage ensuring we have a reserve stock such as bread and meat.
I hope you keep researching and add to my regular enjoyment as you continue to explore differences across the pond. As for being a typical average American, yeah right, then I truly believe you are well overdue an Anglophile Gold Star ⭐
Kiss on the cheek is a modern greeting We would normally reserve that for family and very close friends.
Sunday roast is common in the UK, wouldn't say it's weekly but you can get it in most British pubs and Restaurants on a Sunday; there are also Carveries which are like a half-buffet roast dinner where you select one of the roasted meats they have available, then fill your plate roasted vegetables from the next station (buffet) and then top with gravy. Commonly, Beef is served with Yorkshire Pudding, Pork is served with Apple Sauce, Lamb is served with Mint Sauce & Turkey is served with Cranberry sauce. Roast Turkey is common on Christmas but some people will go for Chicken or Ham instead.
Chicken Tikka is an Indian dish, Chicken Tikka Misala is Chicken Tikka served in a cream sauce or yogurt and appears to have been developed in the UK by Indian Restaurants, altho stories vary over exactly why. One common legend being that it due to a difficult customer that kept complaining about their Chicken Tikka being too hot (spicy) until the chef got annoyed and served it in a cream sauce (thus reducing the spiciness), that one is likely just an urban legend and more likely it was just Indian Restaurants trying to cater more towards the British Pallet, when British cuisine contains far less spicy food than Indian.
I do a Sunday roast every week. It’s the only time we tend to get together in the family.
I always have a weekly Sunday roast. My parents always did and I'm a sucker for following traditions. Weirdly my mum has given this up now, but I couldn't eat anything other than a roast on Sunday, it's a sacrilege for me!
@@victoriawilliams8196 agree with you 100%
I have two a week (we make enough to put another dinner up for the next day), not always on a Sunday though.
@@MonkeyButtMovies1 Tuesday leftover roast for us!
Nobody in the UK uses the phrase pub garden, it's a beer garden
I'm literally watching this with a cup of tea 🤣
And you only need a TV licence if one watches live telly or the bbc iplayer
One thing, Tyler, when you come to London: please arm yourself with a bus map of where you are, and learn a bit about the tube plan, and the locations of major tourist attractions. I find it very difficult to direct people who (a) don't know where they are, and (b) don't know where they want to get to.
And all directions are via pubs! "Turn left at the Red Lion and then left again at the Queen's Head!"
Most Rural pubs will have an outside area, usually a garden space. There will be seats and tables and in good weather we flock to them. It is lovely to be able to sit outside with friends and family and share a drink or food.
Tyler, your videos are so humorous and fun, thank you!
Yes it's called a beer garden I've very rarely heard it called a pub garden.
I have had the opposite experience: I havd only ever called it a pub garden: beer garden conjures up a German Oktoberfest. Many country pubs have pub gardens. There are shared tables. You eat or drink outside but there is no table service - you get up and go into the pub to thd bar counter to order your food and drink.
I have used both i.e. "Let's meet in the pub garden at 2.00pm" or "See you in 'The Finsbury', front beer garden..." - no great issue!?
This woman is living in a world of her own.
Yes, 99% of Men kiss their make friends......LOL
Yeh!
Right!
Nonsense,. She's correct on most points.People even kiss now in Scotland.
So not. Everything she says is true.
About QUEUES..
It's true that some people in Spain tries to skip the line when it comes to waiting in queues but it's also true that for every one of them there's another (just one if you're lucky, but often 2 or more people) who will make the cheater regretting their try.
A lot of these are generalizations that do not apply to the majority of people. Most people dont kiss for greetings, most people dont bring gifts when invited for a party or meal (its more of a 'dinner party' thing) and most people arent alcoholics who go straight to the pub after work.
Yes a pub garden is a beer garden, it’s just an outdoor seating area to drink and eat. Sunday Roast dinner gets my vote over the chicken tikka masala (which is a curry by the way Tyler, and although some Indian spices used it’s not actually an Indian dish, it was created in the UK. The same as Chinese take out food is not typical Chinese cuisine).
Growing up in Singapore, I must agree, British Chinese food is nowhere similar to Chinese food. I noticed little differences between even Hong-Kong Chinese cuisine, Malay-Chinese cuisine, Singapore-Chinese cuisine and Taiwanese Chinese cuisine. But British Chinese food is very different than any kind of Chinese food you'll find in Asia. Part of it are the food products and spices available and a big part of it is catering to the local tastes. When my family and I moved to Cyprus from Singapore, 2 years ago, we almost cried when we went inside our first Chinese grocery and found some of the same brands of ingredients we used to buy in Singapore. Made it feel that little bit more like home and dampened the home-sickness!
Chicken tikka masala is Indian... but it was invented by an Indian restaurant in Glasgow :) It's chicken in a thick spicy cream sauce, and very tasty. And yes, a pub garden is an outdoor area at a pub where you can drink and have food. And yeah - 165 million cups of tea a day works out at an average of three per person - man, woman, and child!
Yeah it was invented in the UK for the British palate, obviously based off Indian cuisine
Regarding queues. If someone's behind me with less items, or a member of the emergency services, I'd allow them in front of me.
This is common decency. 🇬🇧🇺🇸💜
Really enjoyed this video (so far) and your reaction, Tyler, which was especially amusing and endearing.
I personally drink on average: (a low) 6 or (a high) 15+ cups of tea a day, dependant upon where and what I'm doing... I stopped using sugar years ago and use 'Sweetex' (carrying a container on me, in my car and in the kitchen).
Kissing on the cheek is mostly for older people or more traditional English people where it’s a form of endearment and a sign of either love or as a way of saying hello, it’s mostly aimed towards someone of the opposite gender ie male to female but the French would kiss anyone or anything short of the kitchen sink, and again kissing on the cheeks has mostly fallen out of fashion, although I still do it for my aunt and my nan but for everyone else it’s usually a handshake or a rub breaking hug😂😂
Pub/Beer garden mate is literally any pub/bar/venue that sells alcohol and outside seating. Sometimes get bands or music on
I live in a country that has a TV licence and adverts on the state broadcasters channels, the licence is payable by any household that has a device capable of receiving a TV programme live or on catch up. Basically every house/flat and often a business (a pub/business owner living in an upstairs flat has to have one for each) has to have one registered to that address in the name of the principle occupier. Letters and or a visit to any address that doesn't. The fines can be high along with back fees to when that address last had one. The licence is free for people over state pension age or registered as disabled with certain disabilities and is then for the life of that person at that address.
I think the kiss on the cheek thing depends on the person. Certainly a woman thing. I always greet my friends with a hug and quick kiss on the cheek. Maybe that's just me, but it's always reciprocated. I'm from N.E. England.
France, Spain and Italy greet with a kiss on BOTH cheeks, in the UK we greet with a kiss on ONE cheek - this is usually between female friends or a male and a female friend, rarely do two male friends do this to each other, men usually greet each other with a rough hug if they do a physical greet at all.
A pub garden is exactly what it sounds like, a garden at the back of the pub with tables and chairs. It’s usually available all year round for people that want to smoke and most have heaters in the winter. Some will have a children’s play area for people that want to take their children out with them when they go for a pub lunch, however on Friday and Saturday nights you won’t usually see children as that’s the most busy time and the pub will usually packed with people.
Most have a curfew for children under 16, even in a beer garden. I know, because I have a baby-face and a staff member once told my Mum that "Children aren't allowed in, it's after 9pm." I turned round and let him know I was 21! LOL! 16- and 17-year-olds are allowed in if accompanied by a parent, but are not allowed to drink or smoke until 18.
I remember when i was young and living in a shared house. We would all chip in £5 and go off to the farm shop and buy everything we needed and all the trimmings for a massive sunday roast feast.
- Lucy paints a very upper middle class picture of British life.
The best beer gardens are at village pubs. Usually very quite with very little traffic noise and often with a small stream along the edge of the garden.
These days, most of our younger generation really won't give up their seats on a bus or train. Manners are getting to be a thing of the past now.
Not true at all.
She's really "over egging the pudding!" as we say here! Lots of people never say Please, Thankyou or sorry, ever, It's just politeness is greatly appreciated. Also, we don't all swarm outside in warmer weather and sit there, burning! But again, we appreciate a bit of sun and you will see a lot of people out in the parks, sitting having lunch, when the weather is nice! Tikka masala is a totally British dish, invented by Indian restaurants over here, to suit the British palate, if you asked for this dish in India, they'd have no idea what you were on about! Not sure about buses but on the tube, there are designated seats, which have a sign above, telling you that if a less able traveller (disabled, elderly, pregnant) gets on the train, then those seats are for them. A beer garden or pub garden is the same thing!
in portugal, there was an old slang term for brits, it was beef, because they'd look red like raw beef whenever they came for holiday and got just the tiniest amount of sun during our very hot, sunny summers
Smoking was banned in enclosed public spaces and buildings a few years ago, so pubs created outdoor spaces with tables and heaters for their customers. These are usually called pub gardens or beer gardens.
It was more than a few years ago, 1st July 2007 to be exact.
@@martinwebb1681 I couldn't recall the exact date, but figured it was around 2010.
Pub gardens /beer gardens have been around a lot longer than the smoking ban.
@@iapetusmccool ... Yes they certainly have.
"pub garden", I'm English and never heard anybody call it that before, we do indeed call it a 'beer garden'. It's basically just an outside area of a pub that are often used in Spring-Autumn/Fall. Most pubs will serve hot food outside to the beer garden, in some cases there may also be things like jungle gyms or sand pits for the kids in a beer garden. On the subject of pubs, some pubs are also 'dog friendly', this means you can take your dog with you to the pub.
kissing when you meet is news to me and i am 65 i have never known any one who does that nor have i ever seen it happen
Happens all the time amongst the females from young teens to thirties age group. A quick hug and a kiss on one cheek is the norm. Having daughters you can take my word on that, I see it all the time.
Not all pubs in towns have the space to have a garden behind their premises.
the only american i remember hearing on television being interviewed who used to always thank anybody and everybody all the time was elvis presley - he seemed to be the most polite american i had ever heard
I average about 15 cups of tea a day
1 per hour is about right..
@@monkee1969 that's roughly my timing on it as well 😁
A rather proper churchgoing lady I know was once talking about a family funeral she was at, and how the people were all "French kissing" each other.
We used to have a 'sorry' plant which was near the doorway to the living room, everytime we went in or out the room my brother and I apologised it it (because it would drop a leaf if we didn't - think that may have been my mum telling us that)
Outside of all the electronic gadgets and gizmo's, plus a few other things, Great Britain has given to the world the Great British Sunday Roast has to be, by far, one of our greatest exports. There is nothing quite like sitting down to a roast dinner, be it beef, lamb, pork, ham, turkey, chicken, duck or whatever other type of meat you can roast, and add roast potato's, Yorkshire pudding, pigs in blankets, veggies (if you like that sort of thing) with lashings of gravy, not that cat puke coloured stuff American's call gravy, but the proper rich dark brown stuff that we acknowledge to be the only gravy there is, plus your mint sauce if you have lamb, or cranberry sauce if you have turkey. Then the next day have the remaining meat cold with whatever you want for that evening's meal
Number 5: No-one kisses except women who are absolute best besties.
Number 7: No-one I know has a Sunday roast every week. It's something I have once every month or two. Also Chicken Tikka Masala isn't Indian, it was invented in the UK. It's British Indian cuisine.
Agree with the kissing point but I have a roast every week and if I miss it for some unavoidable reason then I feel my life is missing something!
I'd hug a close friend I hadn't seen for a while, but kissing? Nope.
Both my parents family's have always had a Sunday roast every week and continue to do so, the only thing that differs is the meat which might alternate between chicken, pork and beef.
@@Rhianalanthula The number of UK straight Men that I have seen kissing over my 68 years in London can be counted on one cheek other than Football goals...that is different:)
The kissing is more a millenial thing, I'd say. Its the same here in Germany, it only has become a thing in the recent years. Much different to France or the mediterranean countries, or latin America.
I’ve never kissed a friend on the cheek.
My friends are huggers. We have a breaf hug we do not kiss
I have a Spanish waiter seems like a nice boy😂
Monty Python is classic British humour and is still hilarious today.
The chicken tikka masala is a curry of mild to medium spice that was created in uk.
Might be worth doing videos on particular British foods such as spotted dick, Traditional fish and chips , Toad in the hole
There are loads of videos about them on CZcams
Tea at least 8 times a day, is it tea time mum! TV Licence is $160 pa, no thanks! Respecting everyone's place in the queue, is only negotiable in health emergencies! Manners are certainly ingrained and automatic to me (even thanks to the bus driver), kisses are out now a shoulder pat and smile is safer! The Sunny Day is just another day, no airconditioning in Britain! We had Sunday Roast every Sunday until I was 20, without Yorkshire pudding! Certainly give up your bus seat, I will sometimes point at people to move aside or pay attention to an elderly or disabled person! Sarcasm and slang rules, Australia has a lot of British humour! Free Museums, yes in Australia too! Bring your own wine or beer and a gift, same! Pets, yes crazy - animals are mostly outdoors here! Definitely Friday night after work drinks is the same, most older pubs here have beer a garden! Binge drinking is unfashionable here too! Door holding, why worry about it, it's sweet! 🙋
Roast dinner is like a religion in my house, the best meal ever
If any of my friends tried to kiss me they'd get a punch in the face. Some people do it, but not all or even most.
This woman has MASSIVELY exaggerated several of these points in the video in all honesty. We don't say sorry, please and thank you 8 times to pass the salt, there's very few people who would say it more than once, and sorry wouldn't come into it, it would be more along the lines of "could you pass the salt please" followed by a simple "thank you" once they've passed it.. you know just simple and basic good manners.
Kissing on the cheek is pretty much only done to direct family members unless your a teenage girl meeting up with all her friends.. lol
And the main reason a Sunday roast is called a Sunday roast, is because Sunday has always traditionally been the day of rest religiously and therefore was the only real day of the week you could guarantee yourself enough time to prepare a large roast dinner for family. It takes a long time to prepare and is very similar to a Christmas dinner over here, you almost have to dedicate the day to it, even though many people aren't religious anymore, the day of rest has kind of stayed in tradition with most work places closing for Sunday or at least closing earlier than any other day of the week, and usually is the day people try to stay at home relaxing rather than going out and doing loads when you know you have to start the new working week first thing Monday morning so Sunday is the best day to relax and have a good meal before the chaos starts again and you're eating less nutritious crap simply because you don't have the time to do more than grab something on your break or throw something in the oven while you're doing all the other chores around work etc .
i’ve been friends with same 3 besties for over 20yrs. i’ve never kissed a cheek, hugged, or made bodily contact with them on greeting (i think one hugged me once maybe? that could be a dream)
People don't kiss each other on the cheek. She's talking out of her backside.
She's not actually, I have two teenage daughters and I see it all the time, its a young teens to thirty type of thing amongst females, they all greet each other the same, a quick hug and a kiss on one cheek.
I would say she got a lot of things wrong, some things correct but for some reason when people talk about British culture that they just go from their personal experience and think, hey it’s likely that the rest of Britain don’t have the exact same experience. It depends on where you are in UK, I feel like British people when making things like this should look for what’s popular around the whole of UK or say in my area it’s like this.
I am a Brit in his sixties and have lived in various parts of the UK. I can't disagree with any of her comments.
@@davidgregory3685 I can, the kissing thing, the roast on most Sundays, no and chicken tikka masala is an English dish not an Indian one, it was inspired by Indian food but it’s not from India. Also you only need a tv license if you watch Live TV or on the i player, if you have a TV and just watch Netflix or something like that you don’t need to pay for a TV license.