Some Odd Words with ISMO: "People Tipping"

Some Odd Words with ISMO: "People Tipping" - Merriam-Webster

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'Tip' has a number of meanings that might only make sense to native English speakers. In this video, Finnish comedian ISMO navigates how this three-letter word can have completely different implications.
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КОМЕНТАРІ: 213

@epbmetal7399 5 років тому

"and that's it, for body parts" Haha

@FabledGentleman 5 років тому

Yeah. It's to bad. I wanted to hear him say tip of the nose.

@jefferywilliams9680 5 років тому

@@FabledGentleman or other parts 😏

@Mistanyycguy 5 років тому

@@FabledGentleman Yeah what else could there be? Can't think of anything else apart from hair ;)

@halvempi_ap 5 років тому

@@Mistanyycguy Tip of the tongue, of course. How could you forget?

@timomastosalo 4 роки тому

@@halvempi_ap And nothing else comes to the mind.

@haterhifk 4 роки тому

Here’s a tip: based on your view counts, you need to bring ISMO on more often 😉

@mahabubasalamkhan1887 Рік тому

Very good

@ZackTuNan 2 роки тому

ISMO is becoming the best English teacher hahah

@strumdynasty3050 2 роки тому

I like this guy! His tips on how to tip are tipping the scales for his career. It’s just the tip of the iceburg. Massive success is at the tips of his fingers.

@MisterBigBlunts 5 років тому

"And that's it for body parts" LMAO!

@timomastosalo 5 років тому

Yeah - or did you have another body part on the tip of your tongue?

@thsscapi 5 років тому

Tip of the nose?

@jonasthemovie 5 років тому

Just the tip

@user-qf1uz5ez9v 4 роки тому

@@jonasthemovie wmnsoon

@chrisgordon2194 3 роки тому

That's just the tip of the ASS-Berg

@ABetterMeee Рік тому

If it's to serve AND protect then no tip.. Apparently he learned that the hard way!!! Poor Ismo 🤣🤣🤣

@michaeljuliano8839 4 роки тому

I don’t speak Finnish, but I’ve seen a video of him performing in Finnish, and he is totally different. His English persona is fairly mild mannered and somewhat innocent and reserved. His Finnish persona is more energetic and confident. I’m impressed that he was able to make the transition.

@timomastosalo 4 роки тому

I think the natural part of it is, he is fully aware he's not perfect in English, and subconsciously more on his toes - so he takes it more mildly and humbly, somewhat bewildered. In Finnish it's just without such possible pitfalls - in English he could easily come over some blind spot he's not familiar with. He did describe in some interview, even in English, that he has to check his material with some genuine, native Anglophones before staging.

@Tapio86 4 роки тому

@@timomastosalo are you saying he is tip-toeing in English?

@catecurry48 4 роки тому

I have thought that it is probably challenging to be funny in another language. The nuances can be a real challenge, I think.

@calbackk 3 роки тому

This is true. I know Finnish, and I would say Ismo is more like any other indigenous comedian in his own language. A little bit more rough and outspoken, ruder also. But I prefer his English language persona. It is in that capacity that he has found his unique touch.

@hepponeable 2 роки тому

His Finnish persona is also a bit unconfident in Finnish scale. But thats true that he is more deer in a headlight, when he is speaking english. Maybe cause he is Finnish :)

@ovinophile 5 років тому

A bribe. Now that was funny! Really enjoyed these.

@Mr_Seppo 4 роки тому

no tip

@HotelPapa100 3 роки тому

We have a joke in Switzerland: How to anger a Swiss cop? When you're issued a small fine that you can pay on the spot: Pay, and say you don't need a receipt...

@citadelofwinds1564 5 років тому

A tip of the hat to Ismo for tipping the confusion towards a better understanding of correct usage.

@timomastosalo 4 роки тому

Tip top tips

@morishidol4209 4 роки тому

Tämä oli loistava näytös.Kiitos Ismo. . .

@TurisasFTW 5 років тому

Thanks for the tips, Ismo.

@stefanjr1250 5 років тому

AMAZING!!! Please give us more ISMO!

@jan-owemattsson5724 2 роки тому

Ismo, it's really time for you to come to Åland now and I bet you already have a line of Swedish words to disassemble. Anyway, you're a great comedian and always awaiting your updates.

@arman8097 4 роки тому

Love Ismo. He's a great English teacher. I get an A in his class. 👨‍🎓👨‍💻😝

@IanJones942 4 роки тому

I must tip my hat to Ismo for this.

@florenna 4 роки тому

Tipping in the american way is really, really weird especially for us Finns, so glad he brought that up ;)

@TheRealFOSFOR 4 роки тому

Yup. Seems like some shady income. How is the IRS supposed to tax that? Just pay the workers the correct wage!

@michaeljuliano8839 4 роки тому

florenna It’s just plain. I was born and raised here in America, and it’s really stupid. Our minimum wage laws specifically exclude wait staff, so if we don’t tip them, their employer would have to pay them minimum wage. I’d rather just be charged the right amount to pay the people doing the service.

@maryleblanc4961 2 роки тому

I think I'll go now and "tip a few" (🍻 beers) 🤣😅😆

@abiagio1 8 місяців тому

And that's it for body parts killed me.

@andreikoto4810 5 років тому

"Serve" but not "serve and protect". "And that's it for body parts". Laughing out loud.

@samppakoivula9977 2 роки тому

He forgot to mention that also water can tip from the tap...also tap can also mean at least 2 things: The one already mentioned and the limit buying on someones elses expense when they have agreed to pay on behalf of others like fri example buying a round in a bar for everyone

@woodythejoys6441 2 роки тому

So, one TIP from me, Ismo. The noun "advice" is uncountable, so it's not a good idea to say "an advice". If you want to use it in singular, try "a piece of advice". Anyway, I'm a big fan of yours and I love your sense of humor! Have fun exploring the language and I will follow!

@katalinacs703 4 роки тому

If Ismo had been my teacher it would have been way more fun. :)

@WickerwomanBrickparachute 5 років тому

Gotta love ISMO.

@bionicmarge 4 роки тому

Love this guy!

@theodorjoensen 4 роки тому

Fingertip you can point with too. Tippingpoint?

@kencohagen4967 3 роки тому

Thanks for the tip Ismo!

@abhishekbhardwaj6627 5 років тому

hi..i hv been following since last year on Merriam Webster vdo....U r a great guy

@saleemhaulkhory8234 4 роки тому

Not if they serve and protect. 😂😂🤣🤣

@darlingsapphire1 4 роки тому

I;VD NEVER HEARD ANY ONE WHO HAD SO MUCH WIT. HE SURE MAKES MY TUMMY HURT WITH LAUGHTER.

@pennyrush8666 Рік тому

I'd love to see the Finnish counterparts of the words Ismo talks about - like: what is the Finnish for each of the many meanings of 'tip', 'shit', etc? I'd love to see them said/shown - just for a fuller understanding of the situation

@ibrahimhaneef6684 3 роки тому

Thanks, I learnt something new

@m3mario 4 роки тому

There was just one more body part he did not mention. The tip of the nose.

@saladdays180s9 11 місяців тому

The irony that is the English language an all its variants allows for creative use of metaphor and word play. IMSO is funny as heck pointing them out, but I love the ability to work within is stretchy fabric.

@BaronVonGreenback1882 4 роки тому

a tip is also where we take rubbish in England, "take it to the tip"

@SiriusMined 2 роки тому

More Ismo!

@unclecreepy4185 2 роки тому

You don’t tip people who serve you. You tip people who are paid less than minimum wage by their employer.

@iandawson3171 8 місяців тому

Not up to me to pay them. That's the Employer's job. Or maybe the government introducing a minimum wage.

@russergrensa140 2 роки тому

Now we can learn English words better only with the ISMO, this is a tip.

@snehalquest 5 років тому

I love the way you tipped here. However, I can't tip you. :)

@tylsimys67 4 роки тому

Waiters get their pay anyway here in Finland, but I tip the doormen all the time - and believe me, it is worth it, in so many ways.

@ataraxigrace822 2 роки тому

And the rubbish tip in Australia. Where our rubbish is taken 😊

@ataraxigrace822 2 роки тому

"Taking this to the tip" "Going to the tip on the weekend" "Its a (rubbish) tip" means its a real mess

@veero8130 4 роки тому

Ismo is one hella funny guy ^^

@timomastosalo 3 роки тому

Ismo and the word matters.

@scottieontherocks 2 роки тому

Great -- and in Australia, tip can also refer to the garbage dump. Like, I'm taking my shit to the tip.

@ElaineWangyy 5 років тому

YASSSS ISMO

@juraradovcic3938 Рік тому

Ismo, tnx for your humor! And I hope they will wone dejy understand. And I know why you move to L.a. It's wormer with finnaly double V. Keep on going

@palmreadings 5 років тому

Here in Australia, we call the 'rubbish dump or refuse, 'the tip'. Take all that rubbish to the tip.

@jainamaden156 5 років тому

@Destiny Palmist We do in Sweden too.

@chris24hdez 5 років тому

I thought it was called a skip, maybe the UK?

@lightoflife7795 5 років тому

@@chris24hdez a very large metal bin without a lid, that is transported in the back of a truck (lorry or semi-trailer) is what we call a skip(bin) in Australia.

@dentistlinguist6569 4 роки тому

If the word is used in both Swedish and English, it must be a very old word. Then it should still be used in other European languages?

@vmm5163 4 роки тому

@@chris24hdez the skip is emptied onto the tip (rubbish dump) :-)

@Ram-ss9ds Рік тому

Funny 😆 there is "Fly Tipping" too which means something else entirely

@severussnape301 10 місяців тому

He is a great linguist.

@HistoryPhilologistDude 8 місяців тому

@merriam-webster take ISMO back into your advertisements please! he is awesome

@SuperLeica1 3 роки тому

Good music!

@timomastosalo 4 роки тому

Top treasure of tip top tips

@dahutful 4 роки тому

Love you man

@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 Рік тому

I ❤ only God and my family. 🙏.

@Blou- 10 місяців тому

Tip of nose ! One more ! 😂

@wahidullahabaseen7587 2 роки тому

Ansd a ...that's it for body part..lolz good one

@d.e.t4147 5 років тому

OMG this dude cracks my shit up!!

@tomtom21194 2 роки тому

In the UK, a tip is also a garbage disposal & recycling center. Theres an extra tip for ya

@blucat4 Рік тому

There's also 'tippy', a state of slight drunkenness in English Women, and tip, the drive-in garbage dump, as in: "Take that load of junk to the tip". Maybe those are not known so well in the USA?

@tenders Рік тому

In America, the cost a truck is charged to pour trash into the garbage dump is called a "tipping fee." Nothing else involving American trash seems to involve the word "tip" - at least, not any more.

@boardstalker 11 місяців тому

Never heard of tippy? But tipsy yeah.

@orlandoexporters949 5 років тому

you are great

@tubester4567 5 років тому

5. A tip is also a rubbish dump in other English speaking countries.

@coosoorlog 5 років тому

you learn something new every day

@eolakola7625 4 роки тому

Also in Sweden

@timomastosalo 4 роки тому

Good tip

@JimCullen 3 роки тому

+tubester4567 that's one of the two other meanings I came to the comments to mention. A rubbish tip, and also "tipping" is another name for betting, especially in sports.

@savid3089 4 роки тому

Ismo oot kyl huippu... top 😁.... tip top 😂😂

@t.thompson21 5 років тому

A genius. Hope He will visit us in Germany too :)

@timomastosalo 5 років тому

Give him a tip for that

@andymckenna5387 4 роки тому

Tip also means Garbage Dump in the UK. So we call it a Rubbish Tip. Or this place is a tip for an unclean room or house. :)

@skhackersk 2 роки тому

Serve and tip🤣🤣🤣🤣

@LordBhorak 5 років тому

So... If a prosecutor comes and gives me a piece of paper and says "You've been served", I should tip?

@Mistanyycguy 5 років тому

Hahah good one!

@timomastosalo 5 років тому

Tip over? Just a tip, slipping my fingertips.

@bror8228 3 роки тому

Yes, if you have lots of money...so that paper will vanish...

@icxcnika9399 2 роки тому

A tip is also a dump site or or a descriptive word for a messy house.

@byreplyingtomeyouagreethat4764 4 роки тому

Don't give the waitress your tip if she doesn't wan't it.

@whatsgoingonmokhyfahmek997 8 місяців тому

This izmo 😂 guy made me subscribe to meriam webster channrl 😂😂😂

@uncleor1938 4 роки тому

I’m learning English with ismo

@justafan8267 4 роки тому

*tips hat*

@HughWalenski 5 років тому

You could not have picked a better guy to do this piece, though I do miss my crush, Emily Brewster.

@timomastosalo 5 років тому

Do the word: - matter.

@egvNY Рік тому

Actually tip referring to a gratuity is not a word but an acronym, To Insure Promptness. Like COP, "constable on patrol", PIN, = personal identification number. English is known for the excessive substantivation of everything.

@user-hf8hm4bv3y 2 роки тому

I'm at the tipping point ;)

@AXLEGREASEframeset 4 роки тому

Instructions unclear, tipped an officer.

@aomanchutube 4 роки тому

"well it looks like my wife is tipping the waiter again" that could mean many things.

@shrewdthewise2840 4 роки тому

"It looks like the waiter is tipping my wife", however, pretty much only means one thing

@englishconceptswithtrish 4 роки тому

@@shrewdthewise2840 😂🤣😂🤣

@michaelfink64 Рік тому

Not sure if it's the same in America, but in Australia, a tip is also a place where you take rubbish/trash.

@carpetclimber4027 2 роки тому

From now on I will always give advice to people who wants a tip.

@jarskil8862 Рік тому

"Seek for a job where boss pays your wage and not the customers"

@harriettberkly7157 Рік тому

Crazy

@deepsouthNZ 2 роки тому

here in NZ the tip is also the garbage dump.

@CyberBeep_kenshi Рік тому

In dutch, "tipsy" is slang for being slightly drunk, in a nice way :-)

@Nipponsuki Рік тому

Tip of the tongue

@apphandler 2 роки тому

😂😂😂

@guitarboogieboogie 8 місяців тому

Tip is a suggestion to put a wager on horse.

@MrMedmechanic 9 місяців тому

The audience have a darker sense of humor then Ismo😅

@BatTaz19 5 років тому

I promise you Ismo, just the tip!

@jdo5748 4 роки тому

Haaaahahahaha, FUNNY

@bobbythomas2177 3 роки тому

You could also tip your hat and nod. Or you could be in tip top shape.

@TheRealFOSFOR 4 роки тому

Tip top

@timomastosalo 4 роки тому

Top tips

@beezb728 2 роки тому

Serve = ok to Tip. Protect= no, its a bribe 🤣🤣🤣 . Not applicable in politics ... in where they first bribe, then they tip!🤣

@boardstalker 11 місяців тому

Its also a description of a teenagers bedroom

@tripptank 5 років тому

Brought to you by, the letter T.

@timomastosalo 5 років тому

Tripptank tip

@timomastosalo 5 років тому

Yeah, he should start from A and go all the way to Z.

@NateLeePhillips 2 роки тому

You have fingertips but not toetips, but you can tiptoe and not tipfinger

@CT2507 Рік тому

You forgot the tip of the nose...for bodybarts. There is another one you forgot, but im not saying that one! :)

@wongjoman1227 4 роки тому

🤪🤣

@OrangeIsNotARace Рік тому

'Tip' also means a rubbish dump.

@VampyricObsessions 5 років тому

Why... don't you just pay the waiters enough... like decent human beings... It is NOT the customer's job to pay their salaries, they pay for the product already.

@timomastosalo 5 років тому

Product and rent. And 'sociosphere'. I think Jim Carrey invented that word.

@mrsTraveller64 4 роки тому

When I travel to warm countries like Greece or Spain I tip waitresses IF the bill is normal price,not too big compared to what I got for it. In my own country in Scandinavia I never give tips,never ever. I only do it when I'm a guest in another country. In Israel I never give tips,why? because in every restaurant or cafeteria the waitresses tells me "tips is not included" when they handle me the bill!! How rude; its like they force and beg me to pay tips. And tips is supposed to be something you give IF you want to. Not something that the waitresses BEG for!!! So they never ever get it from me when I travel in Israel.

@debbiefox6846 4 роки тому

@@mrsTraveller64 No offense but not tipping in many places will get you nasty things in your food. Watch the 2005 American movie "Waiting". May have you rethink your tipping habits. And believe me if you think this doesn't happen you are kidding yourself. Most wait staff are paid horrible wages. It's like being a mom serving dinner to like 20-30 people for 8-12 hrs. It's a nightmare. No I have never been a food server but i am a mom of grown kids from a huge family. The oldest and helped my mom most of the time. Waiters deserve to be treated better.

@Tapio86 4 роки тому

@@debbiefox6846 well... Since tipping doesn't happen until after...I am guessing the nasty things already happened...and therefore the meal was already not worthy a tip...but maybe a lawsuit?

@georgesakellaropoulos8162 Рік тому

They will just pass the added payroll costs to your meal. The average restaurant owner isn't going to become a millionaire. Profit margins are pretty low and they spend ungodly hours at work if they don't want the place to go under.