We had a lot of things before the US , however we are just crap at marketing and producing what we invent, which is where the US come in and take the lead...
We are subjects of the State (Crown is the euphemism for State) Real Ale is drunk at cellar temperature (cellar is a room where it is stored, not necessarily underground) and has varying and delicious tastes. American beer is lager type made from male hops with little interesting taste so has to be cooled to absolute 0c so that nobody notices it has no taste, and they think it’s refreshing. I’ve got more respect for my teeth and stomach😊
The first comment says it all! It's the English language not the American language. You just happen to try and speak it and write it even though you miss out letters that are supposed to be there.
It was actually done on purpose in America to try to 'tidy up' (some say dumb down) the English language. The only real rule in English spelling is "All rules will be broken" likely because the language originated from so many different sources.
Beer was kept in cold cellars and or ice houses for centuries, to keep it cool. Pubs have always had cold beers and lagers either on tap or in bottles. If you buy beer in a supermarket put in the fridge to cool it. Also our fridges are not all tiny, we have huge fridge freezers too, just some people prefer a smaller fridsge. It's a matter of choice.
Cask conditioned traditional ales are a living thing best kept at cellar temperature. This is between 11-14 degrees centigrade. During the last war Americans used to chilled lagers found traditional ales were warm compared to US beer that are chilled within an inch of its life! Try drinking an English ale and compare it to an American beer at 14 degrees Celsius (57 Fahrenheit), then get back to me.
The beer thing is historical: it goes back CENTURIES before the invention of refrigeration!!! We Brits have been brewing beer (basically "Ale" with added Hops) for so long that we have got used to it not being as cold as a frozen pizza!! It is served below room temperature and is never, repeat NEVER, "warm". 🙂
British people haven't been subjects since 1981, they're citizens of the UK with a Monarch as their head of State, and the Monarch does have power but completely understands that as soon as they use it, it will be removed, as they will also be removed (they have power as long as they never use it)
You don’t know what you’re talking about. We are a constitutional monarchy. The King does have real executive powers, but chooses to delegate it all to elected government of the day. The monarch however, will only ever use those powers in an extreme emergency such as war. King George VI, famously tasked Churchill to lead a coalition government to fight the war etc etc. Other than that the king as head of the Christian church and defender of the faith, serves his people through lifelong duty service. Ps Yes we are subjects, British subjects. It says so on your passport. No one from abroad is going to mess with you if you’re a British subject.
@@Stand663 I think you might find that UK passports have changed. (Only my very first passport - 1978 has 'Subject', and even that goes on to say ''Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies'). King George VI was told who his prime minister was going to be. (KG VI didn't get to choose). The monarch as head of the Church of England gets to appoint the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the prime minister gets to tell the head of the Church of England who it's going to be.
Can't really change Snickers - it was always Snickers because of the family horse. They used Marathon to promote is as a healthy kind of bar because they handed them out after a marathon. Also they call Lynx (the deodorant), Axe in the US so it's odd that.
Prince Harry has recently demonstrated just how ignorant he is. Going to Court with the understanding that his word would sway the Judge? Who does that? We all know its what you can prove in a court. This was an expensive education for Prince Harry. It is my belief that Megan Markel has led him astray. They both appear to be so entitled that they think they can sign huge deals, but not have to do anything for the money. Prince Harry had much going for him in the UK. He was loved, respected, had a military career. Nott to mention a cushy role as a Royal, but he and Markel turned it all to rubbish. I predict that Megan Markel will leave Prince Harry in the near future and find herself a billionaire or two to marry. Prince Harry will be left wanting to return home and trying to ingratiate himself back in the UK as an HRH. But he has burned his bridges and may well be relegated to the role of a nobody, like Prince Andrew has.
John, why do we hear that so and so is a registered republican/democrat? This is unheard of in the UK, and would be seen as an infringement of the right to privacy.
Beer - get on to one of the CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) videos, they explain all about beer continuing to ferment in cask which is why it's not chilled. I don't understand it all, but there is a real reason for ale not being served chilled.
As an amateur brewer, people that say our beer is warm or "room temperature" are clueless! Real ale should be cellar temperature which is around 10 - 12 deg Centigrade and a decent lager at 6 or 7 degrees C, poor quality lagers even colder. If a room was kept at 11 degrees centigrade most would consider it far too cold.
@@charlieyerrell9146 ...... and to be fair so does most of the 'industrial' beers that are brewed, though sometimes that is down to poor serving/regional preferences, forcing the beer through a tightly screwed down 'sparklet' might give you a creamy head but knackers the flavour.
Also, (coming not from an amateur brewer but a professional drinker) Real Ale is pumped at the bar as it is naturally carbonated, rather than being "on tap" like a lager, and the flavour is greatly enhanced by it NOT being chilled. Real Ale needs to be drunk fairly quickly too, so being at room temperature helps determine its quality and freshness.
It’s quite simple. American beer is not good so it has to be cold so it freezes your taste buds and you can’t taste it. Ales taste well and are best slightly cool.
But in practice never would, or the law would immediately be changed to take that power away/ It was agreed that they would never use their 'power'. So in reality,, no they don't have any power, even though they still technically and theoretically do. It's all tied up with the concept of the 'Crown' as a state entity; not the actual head ornament. To just say they have power, is giving a false impression.
I like Lost in the pond , surprisingly Lawrence hasn't really lost the accent after fifteen years , some of our sports people who've been to College in America don't sound British at all , at least during the Olympics . It's always been Maths here and the only time I ever hear the singular it's on a US telly show so I expect it's the same in America . He didn't mention zee and zed for the letter z which is another that jars instantly . There are lots of differences but we have far more in common I think . Nice to hear from you John , always interesting comments .
I think it can be a benefit having a non-partisan King whose comments carry significant weight whist not actively having any say. I'm not convinced it brings a lot of stability, but it is good to have someone of influence not playing the populist political game. As for whether we are subjects, I think technically we are, but in word only
British pubs have been around for hundreds of years and beer (ale) was stored in a cellar so was cooler than room temp but not iced. Lagers etc are cooled so the warm beer is only about cask ales and they are not warm, just not as cold as a lager
Soccer is an English Upper Class nick-name for the governing body of Football ...The very first Football governing body in 1863 called The FOOTBALL "Association" = "soccer" .... We in Britain and across The World just says FOOTBALL (or futty for short)
I think the warm beer comes from the GI’s stationed over here during WW2, refrigerators didn’t become popular over here until the 1950’s. The beer over here was always stored in cellars so it wasn’t warm but different to a refrigeratored one.
@jakenicholls9914 There were restrictions on non-essential use of power during WW11, which included refrigeration of beer. Also most American servicemen would have been in countryside basses and used villiage pubs, which then would have been Ale Houses, serving cellar temperature [real] ale.
He’s guessing. Here’s a fairly simple guide. A pudding, whether it’s savoury or sweet, usually, has at some point in its entirety, been through the process of being cooked. Yorkshire pudding, black pudding, roly poly pudding, Eve’s pudding, Christmas pudding, steamed pudding🥱…. Chocolate pudding looks and tastes nothing like chocolate dessert.
Traditionally British Beer is not warm. Even back through history, beer was stored in cellars beneath the pub, the coolest place in the building. If its pumped from the cellar its cool beer, but its not refrigerated in general
Real Ale (Beer) is usually kept in a cellar, as a result it’s quite cold. This is the very 😮popular and traditional. Lager is served ice cold and is very different, more like American beer.
The USA is much warmer overall Henry VIII together with St James's park. A snow house and ice house were built in 1660. Air conditioning was invented in the American south because it basically becomes unlivable in the summer. Chilled drinks in general have always been much more common in the States because of this. So because American people like cold drinks, American beer companies make beers that taste better chilled although most american beer is like making love in a rowing boat.I think the only time I use imperial measurements now is when I read Harry Potter talk to Americans or speak to old people...!Nothing a cargo of tea and 250 years of back taxes wouldn't fix.oh yes and we're loyal to the Crown not the King.
As for beer, traditional real ales, stouts, IPAs and similar are best served at something close to traditional cellar temperature and brewed for this. Largers & pilsners are expected to served much colder, much closer just a little above freezing. Many people don't like the stronger flavored real ales, IPAs and so on. Lagers & pilsners are very popular in the UK & most widely recognized as "beer" globally and are served at basically the same temp in UK as the rest of the world.
I did, however, do my Dual Sciences (2x GCSEs but 3 Subjects) and both my English Lang and English Lit GCSEs . For some reason, you could do GCSE Maths Statistics, but only if you were in set 2. So it was possible to get C,C in maths but if you were put in for higher tier, you could only do Maths and get just a C (Upto A+, the mid tier was max C). But nowhere cared what your GCSEs really were, only 5 x C+ grades
Warm beer: Its not warm, it's just not as cold as chilled lager. It's what is called 'cellar' temperature - coolish. Bitter, IPA, and rarely seen Mild never suited being chilled; it wasn't down to lack of refrigeration. Hand-pumped beer comes up from the cellar, nice and cool, and you can taste the hops. We have chilled lager too, of course. Subjects - an old archaic term, that's been superceded by 'citizen'. It was relevant when the Monarch had more power, but subject doesn't really mean anything these days - similar to 'well-regulated militia' in the USA.
Ale, including Bitter, Mild, Pale Ales etc, were traditionally served directly from a Cask (Barrel). These were kept in a cellar that is normally cool but not refrigerated.
The British military swear allegiance to the monarch, not parliament. We are British subjects because we are British, not because of the monarch or parliament.
All beers are best enjoyed at a very specific temperature, depending on what type it is. I guess to some Americans, who drink EVERYTHING at just above freezing, some of it might seem "warm" but I can assure you that non of it is going to be warm. Even a winter porter, which my grandad would like to heat the poker in the fire and quench it in the porter before drinking it. It still wasn't what could be considered warm.
The last time a monarch (or rather their delegate) used real power was in Australia to dismiss a government. Any Australians will no doubt be able to clarify exactly what happened.
You are absolutely right when you mention 'stability.' In a strange, but positive way the Monarchy does add stability to the fabric of our country. It is an historical fact that after the beheading of Charles 1, and the interim period when Cromwell took over the Republic as Lord Protector for 10yrs ? or so, that the populace 'demanded' ? the return of the Monarchy - in the event Charles 2 took over that role. Any attempt to remove the monarchial system by a government would, I am certain, result in a civil war. Soft power can be exceedingly powerful. The Trump/Biden situation couldn't happen here. Sheffield South Yorkshire. Incidentally we don't ALL hate the Americans. We value you as a strong Western power - and I used to love The Lone Ranger, Hopalong Cassidy, Tex Ritter, and all the cowboy and western films - thanks.
Beer is served chilled jn UK. Ale needs to be more room temperature because of its contents and the best way of serving to enhance the flavour. There are items on you tube that explain it more fully.
In regards to 'warm beer'. If you were to go to a UK pubs and drink what you may have at home (a little generalisation) , you'd probably have a 'lager'. It would be the same cold temp. Some traditional British beers are known as 'Cask' or sometimes 'Handpulled'. It's live beer delivered to the pub. It needs a little nurturing (some pubs are good at it, some aren't). This type of beer is kept in the pubs cellar so it's sort of cold, but not 'lager' cold. An odd degree off. It's not chilled I'd guess someone not used to it, it might seem a little warm(er) I hate the way I use brackets and quotes too :D
We are citizens, not subjects. King Chuck is OK, and a certain cohort gets enthused. I am not in their number. Having worked in the US for more than a decade, I use 'math' or 'maths', often to annoy. Some US citizens are awful. Most are really nice, like a bunch of my family who we moved out with years ago and have stayed. As for the beer, ten years in France put paid to that. Some British wine is good, if expensive. Good vid, thanks
Adding an 'R' to words like saw or law, etc., is mainly an English thing (e.g., not something a Scot would normally do). Beer is never served 'warm' in the UK - you don't heat it up. That would be daft.
British Beer is served at room temperature … is cold enough outside. American beer and larger is often served chilled because the youngsters think it’s cool and on a really hot day, some think it’s refreshing (uck).
To sum up about the place of the monarch in the UK, they have long experience and influence rather than power. Many countries around the world (but not the USA) also have Presidents who are figurehead ‘heads of state’ rather than political and carry out the same role.
Looking forward to seeing the new aditions, one thing I am hopeing for is am map builder to let us play our own maps in game and even maybe share then to the comunity.
British Pubs tend to be old and have deep cellars so most beer is served at cellar temperature which tends to be about 12 degrees Centigrade. Presumable Americans bars have more control over the temperature and suit themselves.
There is BEER and there is LAGER BEER that is kept or pumped COLD. The traditional Beers are served at a low not warm temperature but not as COLD as Lager.
The warm or non chilled beer is probably meaning the local ales you can buy in pubs which usually are poured using an old fashioned pump from a wooden barrel. It's nothing like American ales which then to have gas added and run through a cooler
British people who have bought land or property are still tenants of the Crown. This allows for their legal disenfranchisement should it be deemed necessary. Rarely happens except for compulsory purchase.
Beer has many differing types ... we in Britain have Larger, that is chilled, we have Cider and that is chilled, we have Guinness that is chilled. We have some beers that are not chilled but just slightly cold its called Bitter and Pale Ale.
" hate Americans " ?? , nope far to many people actually think that films and television programs are real instead of being fictional and have never met any Americans except maybe on a internet game .
The British Isles is a geographical group not a political grouping that's why the Republic of Ireland is included, but Ireland is an independent country. I only all a pudding a pudding, which is normally sponge, suet or pastry based. I call a desert a desert in fact no one in my family asks what have we got for pudding?.
The term British Isles is not a neutral geographic term. It's highly political. Hence, it isn't used by anyone in Ireland to refer to Ireland. Anyone who wants to argue that is just an unreconstructed imperialist.
Thinking of the British 'r' at the end of saw I'd add that Americans (and also us unfortunately) have taken to leaving out 't' - twenny (20) or replacing it with 'd' - warder (water), baddle (battle), medal (metal).
The King has a lot of power which he chooses not to use, there is a yt video about the power the Queen had, very interesting to see what she could do if she chooses to. If we don't moan about somebody or country then they are not important to us.
I hate the phrase warm beer, we have cold beers & lagers on tap, 'warm' beer is mainly cask beers & ales, so we don't really have a specific 'warm' beer.
The British Monarch does have power they can at any time dissolve parliament and force a new one, the last time this was done was in 1708 by Anne (last royal of the Stuart family). Good ol' Royal Assent.
The monarch doesn't really have and hard power but they are a great mediator and are also great for international visits. Plus the amount of money that they make the country in tourism far out ways the cost of keeping them.
I think a lot of these misconceptions arise from World War 2 when many toops were stationed in England prior to D-Day. Warm beer, for instance. We do have cold beer, as the UK is not as warm as America beer has not needed to be ice cold. London smogs, which we haven't had since the 1950s. We are not subjects and have not been since 1949, we are citizens.
I've been drinking beer since about 1969, in pubs and at home. I've never had a warm beer in the UK. I've also drank beer in the U.S. it's always been perfectly chilled. However, U.S. beer tastes crap.
I find him amusing balanced, and self deprecating. Which in these times of racism, hate, and violence so prevalent. A delight. I like Americans, least the ones l know, not the MAGA fellows. How, with the political earth moving under their feet, matters turn, l look on with trepidation.
Obviously not talked to many of the MAGA "fellows" since the majority of them are neither racist, violent or hateful. Of course, some of the 'chaps' that are considered their opponents tend to project their own brand of racism, violent and hate onto the other side without reflecting their actions. Either way, the Americans across the pond have always been the same: the ones with the loudest voices seem to get the most attention here in Britain
I don’t think American beer is bad at all. Again it’s a myth that goes back to WW2 when British forces came across this strange cold light beer and thought it weak. In fact beer in the US is usually stronger than the U.K. with 5% being the norm there and light beer about 3.5%. In the UK few beers are 5% or above because the ever greedy government tax the stronger beers more!! Basically Britain is rubbish these days!!
Monarch.......think Avatar of the country and everything that it stands for. He or she represents us, the people. As such they have to be above politics and be seen as an example to all. Some manage to do that very difficult job with dedication and hard work and they give our country the stability and continuity lacking in many others.
Re: the monarchy, yes I agree with you - having someone "at the top" who has no power, works. He gets all the honour, salutes etc whereas the politicians do the work but don't get revered. It always disturbs me about the American system that the President is the one that has the power, and at the same time he is the person who is saluted, who is mentioned in oaths in the Armed Forces, who is addressed as "Mr President" (so far no "Mrs President, note) even after he's been chucked out.
As to the monarchy, I used to be a republican, then Richard Nixon came along and convinced me there was a worse option than a constitutional monarchy. Every President since has reinforced that viewpoint. Sure the Royal Family does have some privileges but that's a small price to pay for keeping out presidents, they also have to live in a glass bowl too privacy is one entitlement they don't have. God save the King, anything is better than the prospect of a true despot!
@@gerardflynn7382 Unfortunately it looks like it will happen. Once he gets elected it'll only be a matter of time before the SCOTUS will be asked to rule that term limits are unconstitutional. Which IMO it actually is, I've never understood why it's been allowed to stand for 70 or so years.
There was a period where the UK actually had no monarchy under Cromwell. It didn't work out so they brought back Charles 2nd back in as per the Horrible Histories song. XD
In 1748, William Cullen, a Scottish professor demonstrated the first use of refrigeration. Unfortunately he didn’t run with the idea, but someone else did later on.
British people have not been subjects since 1948, when they became citizens under the British Nationality Act.1948. Bur even before that, 'subject' was defined by statute and really meant the same as 'citizen' does now. You could say that the defining moment was the Glorious Revolution of 1688, which confirmed that the monarch rules only with the consent of Parliament.
I used to work for a US company in the UK and on your first teleconference ever for the company one of the participants sounded exactly like Kermit the frog. It didn’t do my performance on the call any good as I was too busy trying to control my laughter. I had thought prior to this that Kermit’s voice had been a representation of what the makers of the show thought a talking frog might sound like. I suppose I must have been wrong.
Math sounds like one math, IE Subtraction! But Math's is Add, Subtraction, multiply, Etc. the S on the end means there is a whole range of formulas to be solved. It is like Americans saying, "Look at all the cow in the field" When there are many cows.
i was once at a castle in wales, i,am welsh. when an american said to me, wow you english sure built some great castles, when i told him i was not english but welsh. he replied what is the welsh, i then told him he was in wales, he said yeh wales england right. he could not get his head around the fact he was in another country, he really thought that wales was only county. please before you come to the uk , read up about the contry first, i know too many only read comic books. but give it a try, reading is a great thing to do,and also you may gain knowledge.
His Majesty King Charles still does have a remarkable amount of power, for example, the British Army, Navy, Airforce and Royal Marines swear an Oath of Allegiance the King his heirs and successors; and He, the King, can declare War on any country without consulting Parliament. As all of our armed forces are under his Command. As for warm beer, the only beer that is served “warm” as you would think is Ale, which is kept in a cellar at a cooler temperature than ambient temperature, so although not ice cold like a lager 🍺 it is still a cool refreshing beer. Hope this helps
The point with the math/s question and why the British are correct is exactly because mathematics is plural and even though this chap says there are incongruous situations with the English language and mathematic should be correct, it isn’t and Americans using math is just making two wrongs
Take a look at current American Politicians, say what they like to the public including many lies, in Britain we keep the Monarchy because it still give's some humility to our Politicians, that fact that they have to visit the King and ask to start a Government, the King is a representative of Britain and people listen for that reason.
We had refrigeration before you. Google ice houses. We were making ice cream before you were a country.
Well said!👍👍👍
We had a lot of things before the US , however we are just crap at marketing and producing what we invent, which is where the US come in and take the lead...
We are subjects of the State (Crown is the euphemism for State) Real Ale is drunk at cellar temperature (cellar is a room where it is stored, not necessarily underground) and has varying and delicious tastes. American beer is lager type made from male hops with little interesting taste so has to be cooled to absolute 0c so that nobody notices it has no taste, and they think it’s refreshing. I’ve got more respect for my teeth and stomach😊
@@glastonbury4304correction: steal & market as if it was their own idea.
@dee2251 ...yeah that as well...we need to learn that...especially the marketing bit...lol
You can taste beer when it’s warm. You can’t taste beer when it’s cold. ❤
Cellar temperature, not warm.
The first comment says it all! It's the English language not the American language. You just happen to try and speak it and write it even though you miss out letters that are supposed to be there.
It's called American lazyness.
It was actually done on purpose in America to try to 'tidy up' (some say dumb down) the English language.
The only real rule in English spelling is "All rules will be broken" likely because the language originated from so many different sources.
75% of American people couldn’t point to England on a map.
And the rest could not point to a map either
Beer was kept in cold cellars and or ice houses for centuries, to keep it cool. Pubs have always had cold beers and lagers either on tap or in bottles. If you buy beer in a supermarket put in the fridge to cool it. Also our fridges are not all tiny, we have huge fridge freezers too, just some people prefer a smaller fridsge. It's a matter of choice.
Cask conditioned traditional ales are a living thing best kept at cellar temperature. This is between 11-14 degrees centigrade. During the last war Americans used to chilled lagers found traditional ales were warm compared to US beer that are chilled within an inch of its life!
Try drinking an English ale and compare it to an American beer at 14 degrees Celsius (57 Fahrenheit), then get back to me.
The beer thing is historical: it goes back CENTURIES before the invention of refrigeration!!!
We Brits have been brewing beer (basically "Ale" with added Hops) for so long that we have got used to it not being as cold as a frozen pizza!! It is served below room temperature and is never, repeat NEVER, "warm". 🙂
Yes, they see “beer”, and think fizzy lager. They think we drink all lagers warm 😂
@@krissyg7026 I think they want cold beer because it stays fizzy longer, plus a lot of the USA is generally hotter than the UK.
Cellars aren't room temperature..
You can thank the Egyptians for the invention of Beer.
The Ancient Egyptians even had a cooling system for their booze.
@@martinconnelly1473Beer is not supposed to be fizzy.
The only thing that the fizz does is make you vomit.
British people haven't been subjects since 1981, they're citizens of the UK with a Monarch as their head of State, and the Monarch does have power but completely understands that as soon as they use it, it will be removed, as they will also be removed (they have power as long as they never use it)
You don’t know what you’re talking about.
We are a constitutional monarchy. The King does have real executive powers, but chooses to delegate it all to elected government of the day. The monarch however, will only ever use those powers in an extreme emergency such as war. King George VI, famously tasked Churchill to lead a coalition government to fight the war etc etc. Other than that the king as head of the Christian church and defender of the faith, serves his people through lifelong duty service.
Ps Yes we are subjects, British subjects. It says so on your passport. No one from abroad is going to mess with you if you’re a British subject.
@@Stand663 I think you might find that UK passports have changed. (Only my very first passport - 1978 has 'Subject', and even that goes on to say ''Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies').
King George VI was told who his prime minister was going to be. (KG VI didn't get to choose).
The monarch as head of the Church of England gets to appoint the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the prime minister gets to tell the head of the Church of England who it's going to be.
Forget the Math/Maths debate. The Marathon/Snickers, Opal Fruits/Starburst issue is the hill I want to die on.
is it Physic or Physics? Case closed.
@@niallrussell7184It is English not American.
@@A.J.Clemente marathon is to snickers as shit is to Hershey… worst tasting chocolate ever!
Can't really change Snickers - it was always Snickers because of the family horse. They used Marathon to promote is as a healthy kind of bar because they handed them out after a marathon. Also they call Lynx (the deodorant), Axe in the US so it's odd that.
18th century medicine here we come…. 😂
Real ale is kept in a cellar. The temperature is usually about 45-50F. It's not warm but it's not ice cold either.
Yes, you have Prince Harry and you can keep him. Not many people here want him back
lol!
@@user-yu9uw8wo9o I think most people in Britain don't really care either way
Prince Harry has recently demonstrated just how ignorant he is. Going to Court with the understanding that his word would sway the Judge? Who does that? We all know its what you can prove in a court. This was an expensive education for Prince Harry. It is my belief that Megan Markel has led him astray. They both appear to be so entitled that they think they can sign huge deals, but not have to do anything for the money. Prince Harry had much going for him in the UK. He was loved, respected, had a military career. Nott to mention a cushy role as a Royal, but he and Markel turned it all to rubbish. I predict that Megan Markel will leave Prince Harry in the near future and find herself a billionaire or two to marry. Prince Harry will be left wanting to return home and trying to ingratiate himself back in the UK as an HRH. But he has burned his bridges and may well be relegated to the role of a nobody, like Prince Andrew has.
@rosscroft3954
A lot of Brits love him too. The media is responsible for moulding the opinion of sheeple like DM and Sun readers
John, why do we hear that so and so is a registered republican/democrat? This is unheard of in the UK, and would be seen as an infringement of the right to privacy.
You’re spot on about the role of the monarch, it’s why constitutional monarchies are usually the most stable and democratic countries in most rankings
Beer - get on to one of the CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) videos, they explain all about beer continuing to ferment in cask which is why it's not chilled. I don't understand it all, but there is a real reason for ale not being served chilled.
As an amateur brewer, people that say our beer is warm or "room temperature" are clueless! Real ale should be cellar temperature which is around 10 - 12 deg Centigrade and a decent lager at 6 or 7 degrees C, poor quality lagers even colder. If a room was kept at 11 degrees centigrade most would consider it far too cold.
Our beer is real beer. A good quality beer is a thing of joy and very tasty, American beer looks like and tastes like crap.
@@charlieyerrell9146 ...... and to be fair so does most of the 'industrial' beers that are brewed, though sometimes that is down to poor serving/regional preferences, forcing the beer through a tightly screwed down 'sparklet' might give you a creamy head but knackers the flavour.
Also beer is not supposed to be fizzy.
The only thing that the fizz does is make you vomit.
Also, (coming not from an amateur brewer but a professional drinker) Real Ale is pumped at the bar as it is naturally carbonated, rather than being "on tap" like a lager, and the flavour is greatly enhanced by it NOT being chilled. Real Ale needs to be drunk fairly quickly too, so being at room temperature helps determine its quality and freshness.
It’s quite simple. American beer is not good so it has to be cold so it freezes your taste buds and you can’t taste it. Ales taste well and are best slightly cool.
Maths is correct being short for Mathematics, not Mathematic...
@@stirlingmoss4621 they save the s for when it's not necessary like New Year and anyway
The Monarch still has a lot of powers, they just choose not to use them, but in theory, they could do.
But in practice never would, or the law would immediately be changed to take that power away/ It was agreed that they would never use their 'power'. So in reality,, no they don't have any power, even though they still technically and theoretically do. It's all tied up with the concept of the 'Crown' as a state entity; not the actual head ornament.
To just say they have power, is giving a false impression.
Interestingly enough prince harrys real name is henry 😂
I like Lost in the pond , surprisingly Lawrence hasn't really lost the accent after fifteen years , some of our sports people who've been to College in America don't sound British at all , at least during the Olympics . It's always been Maths here and the only time I ever hear the singular it's on a US telly show so I expect it's the same in America . He didn't mention zee and zed for the letter z which is another that jars instantly . There are lots of differences but we have far more in common I think . Nice to hear from you John , always interesting comments .
I think it can be a benefit having a non-partisan King whose comments carry significant weight whist not actively having any say. I'm not convinced it brings a lot of stability, but it is good to have someone of influence not playing the populist political game. As for whether we are subjects, I think technically we are, but in word only
Pudding having sugar in it, so your bread is pudding then John.
Yorkshire pudding?
British pubs have been around for hundreds of years and beer (ale) was stored in a cellar so was cooler than room temp but not iced.
Lagers etc are cooled so the warm beer is only about cask ales and they are not warm, just not as cold as a lager
To It has more to do with the storage than what the cask is made from.
Laura Norder is English, Scots don’t do it. We mangle the language in our own particular way.
Really don’t know why you don’t have more likes or subs. Absolute likeable chap.
Soccer is an English Upper Class nick-name for the governing body of Football ...The very first Football governing body in 1863 called The FOOTBALL "Association" = "soccer" .... We in Britain and across The World just says FOOTBALL (or futty for short)
... because we actually kick the ball......⚽
I think the warm beer comes from the GI’s stationed over here during WW2, refrigerators didn’t become popular over here until the 1950’s. The beer over here was always stored in cellars so it wasn’t warm but different to a refrigeratored one.
@jakenicholls9914 There were restrictions on non-essential use of power during WW11, which included refrigeration of beer. Also most American servicemen would have been in countryside basses and used villiage pubs, which then would have been Ale Houses, serving cellar temperature [real] ale.
Lagers are always served cold, Real Ales (Craft beers/Bitters) are often served room temp or just below as they are stored in beer cellars.
Real beers should NOT be served at 'room temperature' - unless your room is kept at about 50 - 55 degrees Fahrenheit (10 - 13 C).
He’s guessing. Here’s a fairly simple guide. A pudding, whether it’s savoury or sweet, usually, has at some point in its entirety, been through the process of being cooked. Yorkshire pudding, black pudding, roly poly pudding, Eve’s pudding, Christmas pudding, steamed pudding🥱…. Chocolate pudding looks and tastes nothing like chocolate dessert.
We don't add an r, we just enunciate clearly.
Laura Norder? Drawring?
There's a floor in that argument :p
Traditionally British Beer is not warm. Even back through history, beer was stored in cellars beneath the pub, the coolest place in the building. If its pumped from the cellar its cool beer, but its not refrigerated in general
Real Ale (Beer) is usually kept in a cellar, as a result it’s quite cold. This is the very 😮popular and traditional. Lager is served ice cold and is very different, more like American beer.
The UK had refrigeration long before America was a country !
We had ICE HOUSES !
The USA is much warmer overall Henry VIII together with St James's park. A snow house and ice house were built in 1660. Air conditioning was invented in the American south because it basically becomes unlivable in the summer. Chilled drinks in general have always been much more common in the States because of this. So because American people like cold drinks, American beer companies make beers that taste better chilled although most american beer is like making love in a rowing boat.I think the only time I use imperial measurements now is when I read Harry Potter talk to Americans or speak to old people...!Nothing a cargo of tea and 250 years of back taxes wouldn't fix.oh yes and we're loyal to the Crown not the King.
As for beer, traditional real ales, stouts, IPAs and similar are best served at something close to traditional cellar temperature and brewed for this. Largers & pilsners are expected to served much colder, much closer just a little above freezing. Many people don't like the stronger flavored real ales, IPAs and so on. Lagers & pilsners are very popular in the UK & most widely recognized as "beer" globally and are served at basically the same temp in UK as the rest of the world.
Real ale should be served cellar temperature, which is typically cool but not cold, nor is it warm.
I'll accept math if they start saying mathematic.
But there are many different mathematic.....s.
9:23 Chip shops also sell steak puddings & steak and kidney puddings.
My chip shop is more like a supermarket
Puddings are usually boiled eg. Black pudding and Steak and Kidney Pudding. Similar to the pie but boiled instead of being baked.
I did, however, do my Dual Sciences (2x GCSEs but 3 Subjects) and both my English Lang and English Lit GCSEs .
For some reason, you could do GCSE Maths Statistics, but only if you were in set 2. So it was possible to get C,C in maths but if you were put in for higher tier, you could only do Maths and get just a C (Upto A+, the mid tier was max C). But nowhere cared what your GCSEs really were, only 5 x C+ grades
Warm beer: Its not warm, it's just not as cold as chilled lager. It's what is called 'cellar' temperature - coolish. Bitter, IPA, and rarely seen Mild never suited being chilled; it wasn't down to lack of refrigeration. Hand-pumped beer comes up from the cellar, nice and cool, and you can taste the hops. We have chilled lager too, of course.
Subjects - an old archaic term, that's been superceded by 'citizen'. It was relevant when the Monarch had more power, but subject doesn't really mean anything these days - similar to 'well-regulated militia' in the USA.
In our bars/ pubs our beer is mainly on tap and goes through a chilling process . So we don’t have to add ice
Ale, including Bitter, Mild, Pale Ales etc, were traditionally served directly from a Cask (Barrel). These were kept in a cellar that is normally cool but not refrigerated.
The British military swear allegiance to the monarch, not parliament. We are British subjects because we are British, not because of the monarch or parliament.
All beers are best enjoyed at a very specific temperature, depending on what type it is. I guess to some Americans, who drink EVERYTHING at just above freezing, some of it might seem "warm" but I can assure you that non of it is going to be warm. Even a winter porter, which my grandad would like to heat the poker in the fire and quench it in the porter before drinking it. It still wasn't what could be considered warm.
The last time a monarch (or rather their delegate) used real power was in Australia to dismiss a government. Any Australians will no doubt be able to clarify exactly what happened.
Maths is short for mathematics. Both are plural.
Never bothered me about that really, more bothered by the fact that some people in the States say 2+2 shouldn't equal 4.
You are absolutely right when you mention 'stability.' In a strange, but positive way the Monarchy does add stability to the fabric of our country. It is an historical fact that after the beheading of Charles 1, and the interim period when Cromwell took over the Republic as Lord Protector for 10yrs ? or so, that the populace 'demanded' ? the return of the Monarchy - in the event Charles 2 took over that role. Any attempt to remove the monarchial system by a government would, I am certain, result in a civil war. Soft power can be exceedingly powerful. The Trump/Biden situation couldn't happen here. Sheffield South Yorkshire. Incidentally we don't ALL hate the Americans. We value you as a strong Western power - and I used to love The Lone Ranger, Hopalong Cassidy, Tex Ritter, and all the cowboy and western films - thanks.
Beer is served chilled jn UK. Ale needs to be more room temperature because of its contents and the best way of serving to enhance the flavour. There are items on you tube that explain it more fully.
So if its 30deg centigrade in pub the beer needs to be the same, I don't think so.
I remember seeing a video once, the s is correct as maths but it wasn't making it plural, the s had a different correct reason/usage.
Think it was during this: czcams.com/video/WCGaplvwdKQ/video.html
Humour is how we spell it.
In regards to 'warm beer'. If you were to go to a UK pubs and drink what you may have at home (a little generalisation) , you'd probably have a 'lager'. It would be the same cold temp.
Some traditional British beers are known as 'Cask' or sometimes 'Handpulled'. It's live beer delivered to the pub. It needs a little nurturing (some pubs are good at it, some aren't). This type of beer is kept in the pubs cellar so it's sort of cold, but not 'lager' cold. An odd degree off. It's not chilled
I'd guess someone not used to it, it might seem a little warm(er)
I hate the way I use brackets and quotes too :D
We are citizens, not subjects. King Chuck is OK, and a certain cohort gets enthused. I am not in their number.
Having worked in the US for more than a decade, I use 'math' or 'maths', often to annoy.
Some US citizens are awful. Most are really nice, like a bunch of my family who we moved out with years ago and have stayed.
As for the beer, ten years in France put paid to that. Some British wine is good, if expensive.
Good vid, thanks
I appreciate your comment your take/ experiences. Appreciated 🙌
To be fair even by the time of George III the King didn’t really have much power
We are citizens not subjects
Pudding = the course that comes after the main course, whether blackberry and apple pie (yum) or tiramisu (yum).
Or black pudding.
I'll add haggis since it is referred to as a pudding by Robert Burns in his ode
Adding an 'R' to words like saw or law, etc., is mainly an English thing (e.g., not something a Scot would normally do). Beer is never served 'warm' in the UK - you don't heat it up. That would be daft.
British Beer is served at room temperature … is cold enough outside. American beer and larger is often served chilled because the youngsters think it’s cool and on a really hot day, some think it’s refreshing (uck).
@@JACB006 british beer is not served at room temperature, please educate yourself
@@ianrobert7687 + or - one or two degrees, but it sure as hell doesn’t get refrigerated or come in an chilled glass.
British beer is best cooler than room temperature but warmer than fridge temperature.
To sum up about the place of the monarch in the UK, they have long experience and influence rather than power. Many countries around the world (but not the USA) also have Presidents who are figurehead ‘heads of state’ rather than political and carry out the same role.
Some types of British Beer are not refrigerated because that is the state in which it is developed/created and apparently "best served" ?
UK beer is stored in the cellar, it's also pumped up from there, it's normally noticeably cooler than room temperature.
Looking forward to seeing the new aditions, one thing I am hopeing for is am map builder to let us play our own maps in game and even maybe share then to the comunity.
Suet Pudding!
British Pubs tend to be old and have deep cellars so most beer is served at cellar temperature which tends to be about 12 degrees Centigrade. Presumable Americans bars have more control over the temperature and suit themselves.
I went to a micro bruery in San Francisco they explained that their beer, was like England, not bad but so ice cold I couldn't taste it
PS to last comment, American beer is very much like lager except that it by and large doesn't taste that bad.
There is BEER and there is LAGER BEER that is kept or pumped COLD. The traditional Beers are served at a low not warm temperature but not as COLD as Lager.
The warm or non chilled beer is probably meaning the local ales you can buy in pubs which usually are poured using an old fashioned pump from a wooden barrel. It's nothing like American ales which then to have gas added and run through a cooler
British people who have bought land or property are still tenants of the Crown. This allows for their legal disenfranchisement should it be deemed necessary. Rarely happens except for compulsory purchase.
Beer has many differing types ... we in Britain have Larger, that is chilled, we have Cider and that is chilled, we have Guinness that is chilled. We have some beers that are not chilled but just slightly cold its called Bitter and Pale Ale.
" hate Americans " ?? , nope far to many people actually think that films and television programs are real instead of being fictional and have never met any Americans except maybe on a internet game .
The British Isles is a geographical group not a political grouping that's why the Republic of Ireland is included, but Ireland is an independent country. I only all a pudding a pudding, which is normally sponge, suet or pastry based. I call a desert a desert in fact no one in my family asks what have we got for pudding?.
The term British Isles is not a neutral geographic term. It's highly political. Hence, it isn't used by anyone in Ireland to refer to Ireland.
Anyone who wants to argue that is just an unreconstructed imperialist.
Thinking of the British 'r' at the end of saw I'd add that Americans (and also us unfortunately) have taken to leaving out 't' - twenny (20) or replacing it with 'd' - warder (water), baddle (battle), medal (metal).
Lager is usually drunk cold, but Beers, Ales and stouts are served at cellar temperature.
The King has a lot of power which he chooses not to use, there is a yt video about the power the Queen had, very interesting to see what she could do if she chooses to. If we don't moan about somebody or country then they are not important to us.
I hate the phrase warm beer, we have cold beers & lagers on tap, 'warm' beer is mainly cask beers & ales, so we don't really have a specific 'warm' beer.
They say its warm because ale is served slightly warmer and Lager beer. Its still cold though, just not as cold
The British Monarch does have power they can at any time dissolve parliament and force a new one, the last time this was done was in 1708 by Anne (last royal of the Stuart family). Good ol' Royal Assent.
The monarch doesn't really have and hard power but they are a great mediator and are also great for international visits. Plus the amount of money that they make the country in tourism far out ways the cost of keeping them.
I think a lot of these misconceptions arise from World War 2 when many toops were stationed in England prior to D-Day. Warm beer, for instance.
We do have cold beer, as the UK is not as warm as America beer has not needed to be ice cold.
London smogs, which we haven't had since the 1950s.
We are not subjects and have not been since 1949, we are citizens.
The royalty is divisive!.... but i do think it gives stability!.. even though im not really bothered if they're there or not??
In Britain making fun of one another means we like you.
tbh John when you say john it sounds like Jaan.
I’m “Pennsylvania Dutch” we do sound like this! 🤣
British beer tastes like beer so it does not need to be so cold that you cannot taste its flavour.
I've been drinking beer since about 1969, in pubs and at home. I've never had a warm beer in the UK. I've also drank beer in the U.S. it's always been perfectly chilled. However, U.S. beer tastes crap.
Brit's don't drink warm beer, we drink beer which is not chilled. Not the same as warm.
I find him amusing balanced, and self deprecating. Which in these times of racism, hate, and violence so prevalent. A delight. I like Americans, least the ones l know, not the MAGA fellows. How, with the political earth moving under their feet, matters turn, l look on with trepidation.
Obviously not talked to many of the MAGA "fellows" since the majority of them are neither racist, violent or hateful. Of course, some of the 'chaps' that are considered their opponents tend to project their own brand of racism, violent and hate onto the other side without reflecting their actions. Either way, the Americans across the pond have always been the same: the ones with the loudest voices seem to get the most attention here in Britain
I don’t think American beer is bad at all. Again it’s a myth that goes back to WW2 when British forces came across this strange cold light beer and thought it weak. In fact beer in the US is usually stronger than the U.K. with 5% being the norm there and light beer about 3.5%. In the UK few beers are 5% or above because the ever greedy government tax the stronger beers more!! Basically Britain is rubbish these days!!
Yorkshire pudding can be eaten as a pudding with ice cream or custard after all it is the same mix as pancakes.
Monarch.......think Avatar of the country and everything that it stands for. He or she represents us, the people. As such they have to be above politics and be seen as an example to all. Some manage to do that very difficult job with dedication and hard work and they give our country the stability and continuity lacking in many others.
Re: the monarchy, yes I agree with you - having someone "at the top" who has no power, works. He gets all the honour, salutes etc whereas the politicians do the work but don't get revered. It always disturbs me about the American system that the President is the one that has the power, and at the same time he is the person who is saluted, who is mentioned in oaths in the Armed Forces, who is addressed as "Mr President" (so far no "Mrs President, note) even after he's been chucked out.
There are no oaths to the president. The oath is too the constitution. Only trump and Republicans think he should have unquestioned loyalty.
As to the monarchy, I used to be a republican, then Richard Nixon came along and convinced me there was a worse option than a constitutional monarchy. Every President since has reinforced that viewpoint. Sure the Royal Family does have some privileges but that's a small price to pay for keeping out presidents, they also have to live in a glass bowl too privacy is one entitlement they don't have. God save the King, anything is better than the prospect of a true despot!
And then along came Trump (sadly).
He wants to be a Monarch (I hope that it never happens).
@@gerardflynn7382 Unfortunately it looks like it will happen. Once he gets elected it'll only be a matter of time before the SCOTUS will be asked to rule that term limits are unconstitutional. Which IMO it actually is, I've never understood why it's been allowed to stand for 70 or so years.
There was a period where the UK actually had no monarchy under Cromwell. It didn't work out so they brought back Charles 2nd back in as per the Horrible Histories song. XD
@@rubix4195 Two Cromwells. (Oliver then Richard).
We were subjects until about 40 years ago
It changed in January 1983.
In 1748, William Cullen, a Scottish professor demonstrated the first use of refrigeration. Unfortunately he didn’t run with the idea, but someone else did later on.
British people have not been subjects since 1948, when they became citizens under the British Nationality Act.1948. Bur even before that, 'subject' was defined by statute and really meant the same as 'citizen' does now. You could say that the defining moment was the Glorious Revolution of 1688, which confirmed that the monarch rules only with the consent of Parliament.
I used to work for a US company in the UK and on your first teleconference ever for the company one of the participants sounded exactly like Kermit the frog. It didn’t do my performance on the call any good as I was too busy trying to control my laughter. I had thought prior to this that Kermit’s voice had been a representation of what the makers of the show thought a talking frog might sound like. I suppose I must have been wrong.
Math sounds like one math, IE Subtraction! But Math's is Add, Subtraction, multiply, Etc. the S on the end means there is a whole range of formulas to be solved. It is like Americans saying, "Look at all the cow in the field" When there are many cows.
i was once at a castle in wales, i,am welsh. when an american said to me, wow you english sure built some great castles, when i told him i was not english but welsh. he replied what is the welsh, i then told him he was in wales, he said yeh wales england right. he could not get his head around the fact he was in another country, he really thought that wales was only county. please before you come to the uk , read up about the contry first, i know too many only read comic books. but give it a try, reading is a great thing to do,and also you may gain knowledge.
His Majesty King Charles still does have a remarkable amount of power, for example, the British Army, Navy, Airforce and Royal Marines swear an Oath of Allegiance the King his heirs and successors; and He, the King, can declare War on any country without consulting Parliament. As all of our armed forces are under his Command. As for warm beer, the only beer that is served “warm” as you would think is Ale, which is kept in a cellar at a cooler temperature than ambient temperature, so although not ice cold like a lager 🍺 it is still a cool refreshing beer.
Hope this helps
The point with the math/s question and why the British are correct is exactly because mathematics is plural and even though this chap says there are incongruous situations with the English language and mathematic should be correct, it isn’t and Americans using math is just making two wrongs
Take a look at current American Politicians, say what they like to the public including many lies, in Britain we keep the Monarchy because it still give's some humility to our Politicians, that fact that they have to visit the King and ask to start a Government, the King is a representative of Britain and people listen for that reason.
You really need to watch Al Murray on Americans he'll put you straight 😂😂😂