These Six Stories Are as British as it Gets
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- While most people are prepping for the royal wedding, we’re doing it GBS style. In this reel, we take a very British tour across the U.K. We meet the Queen's perfect proxy, crack the code of London’s legendary taxi test and pour ourselves a perfect cuppa tea.
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Love swans? I mean I definitely respect them.
Because they’re terrifying.
HEHEHE!!!! LE EPIC SWAN GEESE MEME FROM REDDIT XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
He said tht and I was like lol are you even British
im british and swans are terrifying sometimes, you always get that one that wants to chase you with it's wings out squaking like made lol
So they act like geese...noted. I never been scared of a bird until I ran for my life from a goose...bird poop the size of humans.
I, for one, welcome our new avian overlords.
The swans gettin better healthcare service than people from my country
We also got free healthcare
Lucky ducks, oops swans I mean
*than Britain
Australia isn’t it
Atleast you guys even have Healthcare lol I have to drive all the way into our Capital to go to the only Good Hospital in our Country
“If you want to get from London Eye to Buckingham Palace get a ta-“ actually, walk. It’s easier. Less expensive. And lovely.
gabrielle.s You are so right. The first time i ever visited London I asked my hostel worker directions from Marylebone station to Camden Market. He said, bus. It didn't look that far so I walked. I got lost, but even so it was lovely cos it took me near the canal right behind the zoo and I could see the hyenas. It was beautiful day and great walk.
You should try to support the black cab service as often as possible. Uber is killing them!
Ride the tube!
Or if you're able-bodied, hire one of those Barclays bikes.
@@felixhenson9926 they're called Boris bikes
Somebody: What's your job?
Me: I watch swans
*says it in a straight face*
"i wAtCh ShwAns"
I don't see what's embarrassing about saying that; he's the equivalent of a vet.
I'm a Swan Upper. Fear meh
Just the one swan, actually.
“I have to lurk above the throne”
She must have a nice butt, squats are the key
i be lurkin in the ends, they'll never catch me lackin. mans got a skeng in the hooptie, bruv.
IMO - this lady would not be the first to lurk above a throne. I read the story of Macbeth.
Like a public bathroom
@@karoma7898 she’s, like, 70
"In this reel, we take a very British tour across the U.K." You mean, just in London.
Toot Woot yeah man London may as well be a separate country
Jay_sea yeah it’s as if, places like Scotland don’t exist 😂 some foreigners just think it’s England
it's as if the entirety of the UK outside of London doesn't exist
I was really hoping they were gonna take a trip to Sheffield so u can get some footage of a chav on a bike going to the local off license to get a bottle WKD. xD
why do so much people from UK have terrible teeth? do u guys not have much dental care or do they just not give a shit?
Britain back then: *RULE THE WORLD*
Britain now: *PROTECT THE SWANS*
We have always protected our swans. Hell we were protecting and policing who can eat them before we had any colonies
I'm your 100th liker here & bye.
Royal Guard: "You are the property of the Queen"
Swan: * Visible signs of confusion *
Swan: *honk* (wha innte bloody hell?)
honestly i hate it when people refer to the uk as England. . .The UK isnt just England
My mum was born in Yorkshire and migrated to Australia over 50 years ago. Growing up I always heard her say England. I was wondering if that's due to her age?
The UK won’t exist by 2020 at this rate
@@deborahgate965 Yorkshire is in england!
@@vertical7747 we shall mark your words
most of it is though... like more than 90%
Fun fact: the queen owns all the swans in the UK except in Orkney and maybe Shetland because of an old Viking law!
I think British people are misjudged because of Londoners, most British people aren’t like that
Aren't like what?
@@kfoster3616 most of us arent like Londoners is what he was trying to say.
@@JtagSheep ty for your response - I know.....just wanted to know the difference
Jtag Sheep He’s asking what you’re saying Londoners are like. And as a Londoner, I want to know, too. 😂😂
Though I am usually a tea first milk second person, when you are drinking from a China cup it is paramount that the milk be added first then tea.
This is to prevent the cup from sustaining damage from heat shock and prevents staining of the cup.
Though it is good practice to pre warm any cups and pot before brewing the tea to sustain heat for longer.
I really like tea...
The most British thing I ever saw was from the movie (battle of britian)and I saw this dude with a cup of tea going to the roof and looking at the chatting about the weather with a couple of other dudes.
lmao
British? These are not even just about England, they are all about London, which isn’t even that representative of most of us.
Around 84% of the UK population is in England and around 54% of that is in the south which shares many cultural ideas with London. So this video does in fact show the majority of the Uk
Still using the term British wrong no matter how you swing it.
@@N4rkoza Nah, the UK is one incredibly diverse country. There's so much that you miss by just focusing on London
Stay salty boo
Also this video is mostly just southern English, not British.
Nala 305 This is ALL southern english.
Not the part where they didn't put milk and sugar in the bloody tea!
+CallyMac Only tossers put sugar in tea. Real men have it hot and brown, with a bit of milk. Honey's for poofs also.
@@Wahaller guess we're all tossers then lad!
why do so much people from UK have terrible teeth? do u guys not have much dental care or do they just not give a shit?
I don't think that T.E.A. abbreviation is right. The origin of the word 'tea' pretty well known. "The etymology of tea can be traced back to the various Chinese pronunciations of the word. Nearly all the words for tea worldwide, fall into three broad groups: te, cha and chai, which reflected the history of transmission of tea drinking culture and trade from China to countries around the world." - Wikipedia
Intrestingly enough, in polish tea is "herbata", one of the few exceptions.
It's just a theory.
As it happens, "tea" "chai" and "herbata" all originate from the same Chinese word. Where the word came over land it is usually like "tea" while where the word came over sea it's like "chai". This is because there were two forms of the Chinese word, one the coast in the south and one in the north. "Herbata" is essentially just "herb + tea".
Czech is čaj (chay), nissiian is cxa
Its wikipeda.. don't believe it
I'm British, and I definitely do not love swans! That is because I was always told as a child not to go near them because they can break a man's arm!
Nala 305 When I was little I was told that swans could decapitate you with their fuckin wings.
@@Robert-vm9cv i've lived in Yorkshire, London and Essex before and i still haven't seen anyone use anything but mugs either. It's definitely an americanised point of view tbh.
Im pretty deep down south and av never seen anything except an electric kettle n a mug
yeah swans can do that, they are not hunting birds, but they do defend themselves. So yeah watch out of the angry flight nipping.
Nala 305 nasty little buggers they are
Our power stations have to prepare for everyone putting on the kettle after watching a soap opera
Football match: has a break
Dinorwig power station: "Watch out, here come the tea drinkers"
Transporte de Ervas Aromaticas 😂😂
The Dutch were the first to introduce Chinese tea (te) to Europe and called it *_thee_* which became *_thé_* in French; *_tee_* in German; *_tè_* in Italian and *_TEA_* in English.
Tea in Chinese is "cha".
+Kevin Ren In south east China the Hokkien and Amoy dialect of the 1600s used te for tea. The Dutch procured their tea from this region of China.
Tea is Tea in English, Te in Welsh and all of this is wrong because the true term is a "Brew". Bloody Nonsense the rest of it.
Pedro Costa and at the time, the terms 'cha' and 'tea' were both common. 'tea' eventually won
And tea (pronounced teh) in French!
make a compilation of Canada, US and Mexico, and more countries please!
Bro 90%of this channel is of the us.
This probably should've been called Six stories that are as English as it gets bc all of these are just about London.
London then. England isn't just one city.
@@DjokovicIsOurLordAndSaviour EnGlAnd iS My CItY
@@DjokovicIsOurLordAndSaviour England isent just city most of it is country side
There is lots of Britain outside of London. Most of that stuff is just stereotypes anyway.
Like beautiful Birmingham
@@astrix4566 yes or that
Where the hell are the madlads?
I swear every Brit clicked on this video to see if a knowledge-less American was voicing it!!!
"most people are preparing for the royal wedding" everyone i know doesnt care, i live in london
I agree, and I don't reside in London, England or the UK.
to be fair many americans were preparing for the wedding and some offices temporarily closed to watch it on tv
Arthas Menethil That’s more than what happened in England lol. Nobody really cares over here. I’m also a Londoner, and I haven’t met anyone who actually cared about the wedding.
When Will and Kate married that was different though. People actually through parties and watched that. I mean, he’s going to be king one day, so it’s a bit different.
Oh I'll just watch this cute video from Great Big Story while I eat my breakfast!!
*The eels segment comes on*
COME ON I'M EATING 🤢
eel is delicious, don't get why people act disgusted
I wasn't eating and I started to heave.....had to close my eyes.
Wow and sushi is great.
Common people in US used to eat jell-o for every meal with all the veggies in it.
I can't believe it. They're now His Majesty's Swans
Suddenly the phrase "I drink tea, darling" comes to my mind when watching this.
What a delightful series of stories; I love how they were told with such a light & artful touch!
Yes England, carry on and drink tea. We'll talk about the opium wars when the time is right.
No one cares about the opium wars
Tea exported from India exploiting the poor people as wage slaves...there's a DW documentary about how tea farmers in NE India are used and abused by the Indian oligarchs...Germans and British are the ones perpetuating this slavery...ironically, these people virtue signal all over social media about human abuse and women empowerment...
@@TP-mv6en Don't assume that everyone is an ignorant, colonizer-excuser.
"if I say England, what would you think of?"
Me: beheading
9:57 I wonder what kind of wages are paid for all that "Knowledge."
I'm from england and the thought of jellied eels makes me feel sick. Eel on its own cooked sure i'll try that but jellied no thanks.
Even on its own the thought grosses me out. It’s that horrible, tough, black skin. I’ll take the pie, mash, and ale any day, but leave the eels out of it lol.
"These Six Stories are as London-centric as is Gets"
The TEA abbreviation is definitely not right. In Teochew China, where the tea was first introduced to foreign merchants, “茶” (Tea in Chinese character) is pronounced as "Te". Later, merchants brought tea back to Europe and tea got its English name. This why Tea is written the way it is today. It has nothing to do with Transporte de Ervas Aromaticas.
@Olivia SUN I was just about to comment aha. Nonono I did not study mandarin for three years to be insulted in this way
Great big story is the best CZcams channel and I’m shocked it doesn’t have the same amount of subscribers as vice. Every video is so well made and under rated for the quality.
Just add a pinch of Harry Potter and it will be even more British
Who else actually kinda wants to try Jellied Eels?
No One? Okay.
I wouldn't go for a bowl by itself. But with the pie, mash, and sauce it actually looks decent
Creppefrod D. They're in dishonored so I'd like too
They're very bland. I was 'eelly disappointed.
i would go for it but without the eel skin.
here i eat fried eels
Ooooooo boy! Here we go!
A simply fantastic story again. Thanks a lot for making taping editing uploading and sharing.
Such an interesting story! Best storytelling channel out there!
A really poor effort, with zero attempts made to explore Britain outside of London. Most of this means nothing to most Brits.
Matthew Yeats most of it means you could suck up and sit in your shithole
South east is what made name for England
@@arthurstein-tarnowski4732 Yeah sure, but Britain isn't just england and you're wrong anyway
Plus using tea bags instead of loose leaf tea
Swans are cool I guess, I don't drink tea (especially not without milk like they showed here), never had jellied eels or ridden a London cab. I don't see how having a stand in for an important person is exclusively British, and we aren't all gently gracing around.
Go North and you will find the UK is not just London. It has many beautiful treasures such as the common chav and people saying "Eeeeee" to express shock at someone's, or something's, bad actions.
"The people of the united kingdom love [swans]" didnt one of tomska's friends fight a swan?
Adelaide Abashov HEY @TOMSKA WHAT’S THE SCOOP
Thanks for the upload. I live in Abingdon ,,which he mentions in this programme and the river Thames here' has lots of swans,but they are really vicious buggers!.I've been chased by them in the park , they hiss like a snake ,whilst flapping there huge powerful wings. The swans wings have been known to brake peoples arm. They actually can just turn on you,which is pretty scarey, although it does make me laugh when ya see a grown man running away from Swans. Omg I remember one time I was cannoing on Oxford and all these swans started swimming towards me ,I was so scared ,but luckily someone on the river bank started feeding them, I never paddled so fast in my life, lol .but they do look nice ....from far away 😃
As soon as you said Catherine my head immediately began singing “MY NAME’S CATHERINE OF ARAGON WAS MARRIED 24 YEARS IM AN ARAGON OF ROYALTY”
.-.
HAIL, BRITANNIA!
I know that reference
That man looks amazing for 72... Maybe I should eat jellied eels...
Riiiiighttttttttt♥️
I'll pass
Thank you for all the wonderful contact
I’d love to see a story on who makes all the amazing royal outfits
Are you supposed to eat the jelly that the eels are in?
You can if you want
DannyG88 yuck
It's good for the skin :3
Yes...it's nice...
11:52 my goodness that must take a lot of discipline. I can't even stay still without trembling a bit
I loved the black cabs when I've visited London. Always worth taking them.
the video editing is as good as it gets.
GBS does it again. always will : )
London as it gets not British as it gets. Far more to Britain than London!
"Where u going luvv?"
-fake taxi
I love your channel! Very informative and entertaining.
The Queen's stand in is hilarious! All fascinating stories.
*_CHEERS LOVE, THE facts HERE!_*
In Wales my family and friends, we drink more tea than any of our English relatives ehehe
4:37 I live on the Isle Of Man, In ramsey too. I remember this lady coming to my school
Now how fun was THAT!!
rip queen elizabeth
I was expecting: How Marmite is made. Alas.
Thankyou for expanding my knowledge of the country I live in.
I'll be visiting London this December and these are the places I will definitely go to
*WHERE'S THE LAMB SAUCE*
Gordon ramsay 😂
You donkey!
That women that is the queens body double just looks like an old women there are hundreds of old women that look look like the queen in England
kilpatrickfilms it's more a lucky chain of events that led to her being the stand in - could have happened to anyone
The tea being an abbreviation of "transporte de ervas aromaticas" is a fun story, but the origin of the word is actually Chinese. Tea is written as 茶 in Chinese, but the pronunciation of the character varies. Interestingly, most languages of the world use one of two words, "cha" and "te". The former, being the northern Chinese pronunciation, was introduced to Asia through the silk road, and this word became standard along the route and is used today from India to the Middle East to Russia. The latter, being the southern Chinese pronunciation, became the standard in most of the West as it was introduced to Europe by Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch merchants. They landed in ports in southern China, and thus we call it "tea" instead of "chai" in the West.
mmm love tea more than coffee
How many times are you going to mention the Queen?!! 3 times is 4 times too many...
China: We want to sell you warm water
U.K.: Not interested bruh
China: *puts a leaf in it*
U.K.: ilL TaKe youR enTire stoCk
@@leganse you have my word as a gentleman good sir/madam
@@leganse there you go. now the world will be forever confused by this thread =-]
@@JAG3003 OOF
@@leganse its ok the world needs some random youtube threads that are more than one person calling the other a nazi. i think this will confuse people enough to make them smile at least
@@JAG3003 You are a good man. Thank you
i was in london when i saw you and i was like THE QUEEN
For some reason I saw one of these in Devonport, Auckland at asahi. I had no idea why.
We need Tea and Crumpets
Undertale Nathan crumpets arent even that big here luke people will only occasionally have them
you also need tea
imagine being the queen... the queen that literally no one has a problem with because she's so pure and precious 🥺☺️
luv your vidieo so much
Tea bloody well doesn’t I well prefer coffee tea stinks
Another British story. London has made law that bans anyone with possession of a knive. You will be arrested. This law just passed
PantsB4Squares I'm sure it's more nuanced than that... but yes I'm not going anytime soon f all that ish
Wtf do you need a knife in the street for?
3:13 you guys forgot to draw Ireland
damn that tea segment really tugged the english strings in my heart and made me go make one
.....so the British even took teatime from Portugal?
JadeToniRitsa L no, they gave it to us basically
Peepee In toaster r/woosh
Peepee In toaster Sounds something more like plagiarism to me. 🤣
#WhoherelivesintheUK
I do
Yes
I do ,London
I live in the part of the U.K. no one talks about (no, not Wales, the other one)
Imnotabaguette ;-; I’m in the REAL place nobody talks about - The Lake District
TheUKNutter rip
10:22 The whole world is in dire need of these gentlemen!
Neat. Did know about jellied eels
People here in the United Kingdom love them?
Noooooo
I hate them they hiss and try to bite you and stuff. Disgusting 😂😂
Right! My parents told me they have enough wing strength to break your arm. And from that point on, I could never go on a canal again hehe
I hate English tea. I was born and still live in England But I do like rooibos teas which is African
Soviet Doughnut me too! The rooibos with vanilla is lovely and sweet, try it! ☕️
Советский пончик Probably because your parents are Russian
TheUKNutter no both fully english
Советский пончик Your name disproves that...
You realise most "English Tea" isn't actually grown here? England has like three fields of tea. Most of our tea is from India or Kenya.
that ending with the eating and "mmm!" i can't omg
and plus tea is just nice, fun fact it actually contains more caffeine than coffee it's just released slower.
That's pretty ridiculous they don't let the stand-in queen sit on the throne. Dumb.
It's tradition
If you really think about it, it's not that ridiculous
First!
I bet he won't pin..
WolfieTamber Zax you really need to STOP
your right....
he won't
WolfieTamber Zax u weren't first!ppl were already here b4 u!
WolfieTamber Zax yiff me
Luna Tulpa
Flak off, perv!
Lord that zenith telly was very cool
Also, the best cabbies are the big bald ones
This is the most British video I've ever watched. And I watch The Spiffing Brit!
I love white people
Martin Lopez I love all people
SomeFilmz i also do
14:53 no it’s fish and chips
Tea huh? Haven't heard that word since the Boston Tea Party
Watching this drinking tea
I died at the jellied eels part
amazing
I have that same Nixon watch at 5:40 lol
That Black Taxi reminds me of something, its from a Video where people cant afford to pay for their taxi fees, and the driver asked for "something else" in return