Posh English Words vs Basic English| British English Vocabulary
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I’ve just realized that my English is much more posh than basic, probably not because of my choice, rather because (maybe) I started to study this wonderful language so many years ago… in ancient times 😄😄😄
Being stylish is not just a matter of language, it is also a mix of different life skills such as dressing, eating modes, and even walking style and so on, it wouldn't be an obsession but each one is free of living as he wants. The best is to be yourself
right, until some Wo...eeerrrm begin to criticize you precisely for this :))
...the best is to be yourself, admitted that yourself is not a beast !
Coffee and latte are something very different. Coffee is a brew made from ground roasted coffee beans. Latte is hot milk with a little drop of that brew.
In Italian “milk” just means “Milk”. In Italy You can have a drop of “latte freddo” (cold milk) or “ latte caldo” (hot milk) in your espresso, in this case you have a “caffè macchiato” 😊
True, my Italian fiancee would be boiling over that particular guff!
Pudding
Sofa
Take away
It's amazing how many of the posh words we commonly use instead of the basic ones without knowing that they are posh!!
I am surprised "What?" is posh instead of "Pardon?"
Hi Laila,
An interesting and informative lesson about Posh English words vs. Basic English. I sincerely appreciate your efforts and know about more Posh words used in English language.
Thanks and regards,
Coffee, Latte and Cappuccino, mac, etc are very different things.
1. Cappuccino is coffee, hot milk and then some kind and then finished with fluffy milk inside a cup
2. Latte is hot milk in a cylinder glass poured 3/4 of the glass and then a shot off coffee is then added to the drink
3. Coffee is hot water and then a shot of coffee added in to a cup with or without milk
4. Macchiato is just a shot off coffee inside a tiny cup
So if the upper class wanted a Latte, Cappuccino, etc but said Coffee they would get number 3 which is completely different. Hope they do not complain to Barista from bringing them the wrong order lol.
It is like going to a pub and asking just for a pint and as we know they are different type of pint e.g Foster, Carlsberg, etc
Thank you Leila, you are gorgeous to hear and to learn from. This really stimulates that one doesn't get tired of even listening one after another. Hats down🌹
Many thanks for such a wonderful lesson, please keep uploading like this.
Interesting lesson
Thank you very much ❤️
I´m really grateful to this channel with these couple of amazing teachers so hard workers and indeed so posh 👸best of life for both of you👋
Hi my lovely!
Thanks so much for the amazing lesson which was both interesting and quite fun and entertaining. You're definitely a great teacher with an amazing sense of humour. Not to mention your facial expressions never failing to crack me up!
I haven't kept an accurate account of each category but it clearly seemed to me that the balance came down rather more in favour of 'posh' which quite surprised me as coming from a rather simple and humble background. However it's hard to assess because I'm not a native and I made quite a few studies so I was basically taught an academic British English and therefore fundamentally quite formal. However, I am working to deconstruct this relative academicism (although useful especially in writing) to go towards the more direct, spontaneous and authentic speaking of the common people. As many, I was surprised by the "what?" judged more posh than 'pardon?' I could have sworn just the opposite! ... But I was probably misled by the French 'pardon?!' or 'pardonnez-moi?! that you absolutely have to use in a formal context with people you're not familiar with instead of the more informal and colloquial 'quoi?!" or "Hein?!" (with friends or family).
Congrats Leila and thanks Sweetie! I hug you and also et surtout: Fais un gros Bisou à Sabrah pour moi! 👄💋 if you happen to bump into her! 🥰🌹💗
It made everyone think which word us suited depending on the scenario! Bravo Ĺeila !
I mean the right word in accordance with the occasion ir scenario
Hi, I just think about words "pudding" and " desert". You told us that pudding is posh version desert. For me pudding is specific kind of desert. Deser is for me general word for something sweet after diner like piece of cake, ice-cream, cream Brule etc.
Exactly the same reason Americans never use the word pudding instead of dessert.
Great Job Thank you 👌
I really love the way u speak
Very posh presentation. I love it. Not to mention the lovely presenter!
Hello Leila, I am from Chile, and I use only 3 basic words (serviette, living room and semester) because all of the rest of the basic words I even didn' t know them. I'm afraid I was taught English with the "posh" words.
OMG!!!! Number 14 one of my English grandmother’s pet peeves. I still use it and constantly correct my kids and grandkids. Can I ………? I don’t know. Can you…. May I !!!! My grandmothers are both long gone but it amazes me watching this podcast how my they influenced me. I don’t even think of it. It just is. Table manners- they were female William Hanson’s. I miss them dearly. OBTW - I am an American - they immigrated in the early 1900s.
Gordon Bennett!
I'm a Posh English Learner.
Nice
I love your channel.could you please make a video on vocabulary that is based on internet and social media
I love your channel😊 could you please make a video on vocabulary related to using internet and social media?
HelloDear Leila.
I said before, you are one of the best in teaching English. If you have an educational package on CZcams, please introduce it.
thanks dear
I was pleased to hear that i am posh. Because posh is loveliest version of English
Thanking to you no see nearly a month actually your english teaching also more powerful we can learn every things from you you have teach as like improve english if any one follow you but l myself so love your teaching l have never bore it like it allway with your idea thank you to you
Well, if you order a "cafe" in italy, you get an espresso. If you order a latte (macchiato) you get milk with a very little shot of coffee. If you order a cappuccino, you get a coffee with milk foam. If you order a cafe in Germany you get kind of an americano. So I guess the posh thing to do is to order the right thing 😎.
I use posh, basic & american eng since many of the words can be used differently or more specific, such as: biscuits & cookies (to me they aint same i swearrr); finish & done; coffee or latte/mocha; etc. However, i personally like to use the word "loo" instead of "toilet", "bathroom" if i wanna shower/bath, "may i have" instead of "can i take" because it shows manners i guess, and so on.
Good!
A correction on point n 7: Italians do love their Cappuccino as much as their espresso, What they do not much order is "frapaccinos (whatever it is)" and MOST OF ALL: a LATTE in Italian means a plain " Milk" . You may ask for a freddo (cold) or caldo (hot). The version of Milk+coffee it is a CAFFELATTE when there is a substantial part of coffee in it, or a LATTE E CAFFE when the coffee it is a minimum part in glass or cup of milk, AND it is not frothy... otherwise it is a Cappuccino...
You are radiant ...
May God bless you ...
Not posh here but good to know this, thanks 😊
The word toilet is used in all public places. And regarding bathroom I heard from a British native speaker that if you ask us where the bathroom is in our house, we'd assume that you want to have a shower😁. So confusing!
In Australia, there are 4 terms or 2 semesters a year.
DEFINITELY, may I use "the Lav" please.
Weird... for the English upper class, American English is a taboo but they use basement which is common in everyday American. By the way, as an Italian, latte means milk and prosecco (which is Italian) means prosecco (what else should it mean?). We also have something similar in italian for "bubbly" which is "bollicine" and is regarded as somewhat snobbish. However, we also commonly use prosecco no matter if you are a noble or a working class lad.
As a not native English speaker I use more posh words, because I learned them at school. Any way "booze" has my like under the video :) Great work!
I am fairly certain there is a difference between being posh and being a very articulate and educated personage.
I guess I use more of posh words. ❤️
You have a very nice voice
Being Canadian, I get to use a fun mixture of British and American English. In terms of what to call “the toilet”, I’ve noticed there are real regional preferences. In Canada, bathroom is acceptable. In parts of the US it’s restroom, or washroom. If I ask for a bathroom in parts of the US, they get confused, thinking I’m literally looking to bathe.
Great 👍.go ahead we'll support you.ok
'Invite' sets my teeth on edge. Growing up they were always invitations, then suddenly they became invites. NO, NO, NO!
a re-hash of Nancy Mitford's U and non-U English usage. Class distinctions in language are always changing.
"bubbly" is common, not posh
I use all the posh words from your list ( except What ? ) only because I have been taught this way at the Language College in Russia.
First like and first comment from my side really enjoyed ur lesson i hv learnt so many word's in ur video
Canadian from Quebec. ✋ Literally 100% posh.
Re another word for bathroom: “powder room,” obviously used only by a woman, is considered a more gracious way to refer to a bathroom, at least here in the US in more refined circles.
Hi .Can you give me some advice on taking ielts please. I am from Kazakhstan. I really need to.pass ielts in 3,5 months
Believe it or not I use many posh words, I drink champagne 🍾, & I didn’t know what Prosecco was until you explained it but the only thing that confuses me is why I don’t have a Butler/chauffeur 🤔
From what I know, the upper class, especially the royalties, they never use the words 'pardon', 'sorry' or 'excuse me'. It's kind of a rule they were taught to, not to apologise, therefore 'what' is the only word they would use in such instances.
I'm not posh, but the way you are pronouncing or speaking I love that
Hello,I m belongs to India.
Hi Leila,
Which British words replace "sidewalk" or "cookie" ? Thank you.
Hi Colonel!
Sidewalk ------> Pavement (ex: Adele, 'chasing pavements')
Cookie ------> Biscuit / cake / twinkie / Cupcake... (ex: Van Halen, 'up for breakfast' >> put that butter on my biscuit ;-)
Hope that helps!
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It does ! Ça c'est de l'explication ! Thanks a lot ! 👍
Je t'en prie cher ami ! Don't mention it, my pleasure! 😊👌👍 Bonne soirée !
Pardon: it's about the french thing again. 'What' is clear and english whilst pardon is suspectingly french and if an english person says pardon, he or she probably is a spy! 😁 Scottish or french. I guess it could be a question of life and death when fighting in France during the 100 year war and in the american Independence war. I bet the english noblesse (ooopsie) was quite careful to use 'what' instead of 'pardon' not to get into trouble and the common soldier already was up to his neck in it anyway and didn't really had the time or inclination to ask again 🤣! Thank you for a lovely channel 🥰!
When you use the term pajamas, does this refer only to nightwear with a top and a bottom, or to nightgowns as well? Were you to use the word pajamas in the US, people would think you meant something that has a top and a bottom.
I think the 'coffee' thing is much like the 'bubbly' thing. If someone visits you, you would not say "would you like a cappuccino", you would say "would you like a coffee" and then get specific when they accept, otherwise you are being a show-off. Same with bubbly. To me, it's always been gauche to actually SAY 'champagne', if you say bubbly then it is presumed to be champagne, but if you say "would you like some bubbly" it's then followed by "it;s just Cava". Complicated, but when you know you know, and I'm sure areas have their own customs :)
Awesome video dear u look awesome u don't need all that makeup around ur eyes
I do not consider myself posh, however i learned English in England so my score was 26 posh and 2 "basic" ones
maidstone?
Great videos, Lella. However I'd suggest to refrain from long introductions, and long explanations. Thank you, and keep up the good work (is this too basic? 😊).
very tasty vlog indeed
As a Londonfan I like cab instead of taxi
On "pardon" vs "what", I think when Princess Margaret in The Crown said "say 'what' not 'pardon'", she might be making a point of superiority of the speaker. If that is true and if being posh means being superior over the "commoners", which may or may not be true anymore, then "what" being the posher word seems to make sense. 🤔
I'm happy to hear that "What?"is used instead of "pardon". It seems more natural and authentic. I have always used "pardon". The word "sorry" being used for when you didn't hear someone always greatly irritated me. I remember when it started coming in in the 80s and how annoying I found it.
Pardon ... prosecco ... serviette ... vino ... toilet were used (and still used -)) by vulgar middle class upstarts to show off
With films/movies it depends what kind of moving picture you're referring to. Films are generally more artistic, whereas movies tend to be blockbusters. Black Swan: film; The Avengers: movie. Then you have some that are both, like anything by Stanley Kubrick, or The Godfather, etc.
@@rtbt12 That's fun to think about, but I'm not sure if I buy it. Who knows, though. Maybe
Is that the documentary about all of the meaning and stuff that he put into his films?
@UCQ6QDBLp5YknFNoVxs_XhuA I've been meaning to watch it at some point, maybe I'll put it on later. Thanks :)
Drawing room comes from “withdrawing room” where the ladies retired to and left the men to themselves
I"m definitely pohs. I never thouth..
It would be great if it had subtitles in Brazilian Portuguese, I really want to learn about it!
Watch bridget jones, it is filled with these examples, loo toilet etc Daniel Cleaver Marc Darcy versus the more ‘common’ bridget and her Mum ‘don’t say what, say pardon’ 😂
"Bathroom" may have fallen out of favor as it is an American-ism. Bathroom is the most popular term I've heard on either coast, can't speak for the Midwest. If we were trying to be delicate we'd probably say "restroom."
I love sounding RIDICULOUSLY POSH....WHEREAS MY ONLY OBJECTION IS ABOUT THE USE OF "WHAT" AS POSH ALTERNATIVE TO "PARDON"....!!!!!!
I USE PARDON AND MANY OTHER WORDS INTERCHANGEABLY!!!!!!!❤❤❤
It turns out I'm ridiculously posh.
“Cheap or cheaper” most definitely not posh or even several levels below posh. Alternatives: Less expensive or more reasonable are far preferable. Nix more affordable, too, for obvious reasons.
I use WASHROOM, instead of bath, toilet, etc. And certainly "pardon" is more posh than "what". And thanks for another great short "film".
I don't know where the word 'washroom' has come from but I've noticed Indians and Pakistanis use it a lot
@@samiraesmaili7021 that might be for a religious purpose, as they wash before they pray in Islam.
As I learnt it, movie (in the cinema) film (when I watch it at home)
Toilettes is where a King goes alone...In French this word is for this place and Salle de Bain is the Bathroom.
In a video beford you´ve said Serviette is Posh , and Napkin a colloquial word...
Watch that video again, I promise I said napkin was posh 👍
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A ghostly Ballad...
It was trembling, it was troubling,
It was dressed in an all-white sheet,
It presented all the symptoms
And all outsides of the vision,
The false look of apparitions;
In a nutshell,... it was a ghost!
To its way of moving forward,
In its way to swing and rock
And with its hips somewhat convex,
I understood I was dealing
With the one kind in my liking,
With a phantom of the fair sex
'I am a little lost Tom Thumb'
She told me in a muffled voice,
'A poor ghost into desarray;
No more sign of the wildfires!
No more trace of the ossicles!
Of which I had marked out my way ...
Poets out of inspiration,
Will have taken, abberation!
My wisps and fairy lights for stars;
Some poor dogs of commissioners
will have chewed, ô what a sorrow!,
My little bones filled with marrow...
At the hour when Rooster sings
What would it look like with my sheet
full of wrinkles and full of seams!...
In these secular times in which
In us folks hardly still believe,
At imposture they'll be yelling!'
Me who cries at a missing cat
Think of how heavy was my heart
Facing the ghost embarrassment!
"Come on" I said taking her hand
"Fear no more to be lost, alone
Let me show you the way back home!"
The story might have ended here
But the breeze and I thank for it
Raised up the drape of my partner
Lady!, 'were a few bones missing
But all the rest, far from ugly,
Was of a quite singular grace!
Cupid who was lurking nearby
Having easy darts at that time
Stroke home; fires at the temples
I invited slyly (a bit)
Ma belle to come for a moment
To see my icons and my prints
My dear, she said, you are crazy
I'm two Thousand older than thee!
- "Of Time, Madam, what do we care?..."
Putting the ghost under my arm
Well wrapped up inside her white veil
I take her towards my penates
Well, let it be said, gentlemen,
These nice ladies of time bygone
are such bloody naughty women,
Way more expert in the 'whoopee'
Than from today certain ladies
And I don't want to name any!...
Early morning, 'was awakened
Someone was shaking my cushion
With a promesses-filled ardour.
Fie on delights of Capua!
Yelling 'Get-up!', (It was my dad):
'Christsake! You're gonna miss the mass!'...
Fab. (+G.B.) 05/10/21 🥰🌹💗 👻
To Leila and Sabrah, for the upcoming Halloween (a bit in advance;-)
We English speaking population in India feel sometimes more British than the British themselves😊
I'm big fan of U leila. Your face is like indian actress(Katrina kaif)
Pardon comes from French. I think that's the explanation.
Oh dear.. I received your lessons pretty late on my utube and this one too which was out two days ago but I received it today... 😢
I know you like replying to the comments as soon as your lesson is out and hot but I didn't get your sweet comments on last two occasions either because I received them on utube bit late though ... 😢❤️❤️
By the way, take care my dear and hope you you would reply me today... Hugs and kisses to my Leila as always... 🤗🤗❤️
Yours loving..
Gams
I didn't think I was that posh but my score was - Posh 20 Basic 8
How would a posh person say I’ve invited someone to a party , night out etc ?
Telephone and Lavatory sound old fashion (1920s era) not a lot of people use them. Most people call them mobile phones instead, I heard Prince Harry say mobile phone on multiple occasions during interviews and he is from the upper class.
For bathroom I use “lady’s” (though I might have a problem in the near future with genderless )
😆😆😂😂👏👏👏👏👏👏Here in Argentina also there is more than one word for the same thing ! 😄😄😄😄😀😀😀 ( top secret )😆😆😆😂😂
I guess what you called "basic" is actually slang sometimes. Wine is a generic and neutral word. Vino is not neutral or basic, but rather slang.
Alright Leila! I’m Sam from India. Could you please give me the word for female cat in English? Other than Molly or Queen cat, I want the actual word for it like how it’s bitch for a female dog. I have checked on the internet and in many dictionaries like Oxford, Webster’s etc but still couldn’t find as it’s quite hard to find. It’s really a challenge in India.
So I need your help for this!
Thank you!
You can say: cat / female cat / Kitty / puss / pussy.
Careful with the latter because it also designate the female pudenda or a women considered as a sexual object or even referring to men who show lack of courage or an excessive shyness or sensitivity. Ex: Don't be a pussy!; You're such a pussy! (taboo slang!)
In French, we say '(une/la) chatte' for 'female cat' (but here too, in slang, it also means the female genitalia!!)
Term and semester are totally different. A semester is a half year and a term is a third of a year.
Most colleges have a two terms system with an optional summer term.
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Pop the bubbly pals! Let's celebrate the end of the pandemic...😄
American usage has much more on the posh side than the UK basic English.
My Pen ...
Ô How so glorious is my pen!
When it is out in the open
Whether erected or at rest,
With its pink head and its blue veins
When from Spring it gets the caress
It swells, wholly filled with drunkness
In some chromatic vibrations
Outstretched to enigmatic gowns
It has its smiling lead begging
For a few smooth and greedy lips
For some pinkish hazelnuts set
In a luscious small apricot
Ô How so glorious is my pen!
When it is out in the open
Like a pink granitic piton
Azure-veined and touch of satin
Often ladies of heart have claimed
That it can get rough on request
Its driving force I must concede
Did much favour and kindnesses
And thanks to this celestial gift
It improves and softens the kips
Of abbesses of the convent
Talking about it quite often
Ô How so glorious is my pen!
You have to see how it vibrates
When an artichoke heart's beating
On top of a pair of stockings
Its cap off, Proud in gabardine
It stretches out the fine canvas
Its rather robust alluring
Has let dreaming quite a few mums
And the stick when comes the winter
Even serves them as a heater
For it can warm and thaw in turn
Either chapped lips or numbed fingers
Ô How so glorious is my pen!
With its seductive caliber
Its vigor makes the ladies scream
And moan the unfaithful women
When a husband gets over here,
Stoic, it beats a quick retreat
Under the conjugal box spring
But ô my god, how it's hurting!
Ô How so glorious is my pen!
When it is out in the open
It's like a fabulous dungeon
Nicely with blue winding paths strewn...
Fabrice. October12. 2021.
To my beloved teachers, Leila and Sabrah.
Hope you'll enjoy my 'pen' if I may and dare say 😂 😂
🥰🌹🧡
Basement/Celllar? Bathroom/Men's/Ladies Room?
25posh 10 The same 3 basic
Number 8 has nothing to do with how posh your are, if your British you simply say film and if you are American you simple say movie. It like when Americans refers to crisp as chips and we call crisp, well crisp nothing posh about that.
I wouldnt really say that they are more posh they are just the British English and the basic is American English
I am an American, definitely not posh. But I am also not basic. I would use many Americanisms.
Bubbly is very common name of girls in India.