Please know that many of these words are used in both spots. So it is not the end all be all "never said in the other country" just other vocabulary words you may hear. I have heard all of these myself and I have heard each other used in the other country. Just want to help expand all our vocabulary.

In Britain, "pissed"= "drunk", "pissed off"= annoyed. "ketchup" is used and understood by everybody in Britain, there won't be any confusion.

A British coworker told me the slang for pregnant is “up the duff”

Don't worry about using most of these American words in the UK. Most of our TV shows are from the US. We will know what you mean.

When I was doing my internship in Arkansas, I asked the nurses for a torch, she corrected me and said you probably do fine if we get you a flash light 😂

"High Tea" is actual tea with tasty treats, not dinner

To confuse things further, pudding doesn't always mean dessert. There are savoury puddings, such as steak and kidney pudding, black pudding and Yorkshire pudding.

One thing important to correct in this video: in the UK, we don't use the word "casualty" to refer to the ER. Instead, we call it "A&E" (pronounced "A and E", stands for Accident and Emergency). Really important to be aware of, in case you hurt yourself or have a health scare, and you're told to go to A&E!!

If you go to a pub or restaurant if you see chips on the menu you're getting the thick ones. If you see fries on the menu you are getting the skinny ones. However Brits will still, informally, often call fries chips, as we consider fries to be a type of chip.

We call toilet a loo or lavatory but not the bathroom. The bathroom has to contain a bath.

If you have two drinks in your hands in the UK/Australia you are “Double Parked”. DO NOT say the American version “Double Fisting”. You’ll be escorted off the premises.

In the UK, French Fries are thin chips (fried potato). When people ask for fish and chips in the UK, the expectation is that the chips will be "fat" (not thin French Fries, but bigger cuts of fried potato)

We make tea by using a kettle not the microwave.

We say loo roll mainly, Bog roll is a bit crude lol 😂

Also the way things are said. An American in London for the first time phoned and told me told me that he was at "Gloucester and Brompton". I asked if that was a shop. He repeated it so I asked him what he meant. After more confusion I finally got to understood that he was standing at the corner of Gloucester Road and Brompton Road in West London. We don't describe street locations like that here in the UK. As he pronounced Gloucester as 'Gloaw - sester' rather than 'gloster', I have to say another common issue is mispronunciation of British place names by Americans, sometimes unrecognisably so, so that didn't help either.

'Casualty' has generally been replaced by 'Accident and Emergency'. And the term 'casualty' more often means that someone has been injured badly enough that they've been taken to A&E, not that they're toes up.

You mention English and Scottish friends but please don’t forget your Welsh friends. We love your videos too (from a Cardiff girl). 💖😊

“Bobby” is a slang term that refers to Sir Robert Peel, who organized the London Metropolitan Police in the early 19th century and is widely regarded as the “father of modern policing”.

You seem like a top bloke, glad you highlight the north of England, it’s the best bit of the country and people always miss it.

Ketchup is definitely an extremely widely used word in the UK, but you'll also hear it referred to as "red sauce" espcially in relation to being on a bacon or sausage sarnie/buttie (sandwich or roll). Brown sauce refers to HP Sauce or Daddies sauce which is also used on those items and is brown coloured tomato based sauce flavoured with tamarind, molasses, spices, and dates and the taste is a little reminiscent of worcestershire sauce.

In Britain, the Casualty Department of a hospital is now normally called 'Accident and Emergency' or 'A and E'.

A bit niche but there was a lot of confusion back in WWII when a proposal came up and the British said "Yes, let's table that proposal". The US said "So you're not going with it?" and the British replied, "No, we want to discuss it." In the UK, to table something means to place it on the agenda for future discussion - in Parliament, Bills used to be placed on the table in the middle of the room while waiting for debate. In the USA, to table something is to take it off the agenda and not discuss it any more.

Pudding in the UK also refers to what you can get in fish and chip shops (chippies). Pudding can also refer to a steak pudding (a sort of pie), eaten as a main

One slipped past there. When you're mad in the US, it means annoyed or angry. When you're mad in the UK, you're insane. [Edit] .. After I got to the end. That was an excellent summary. You really covered a lot of the differences.

Knife and fork are utensils/cutlery, silverware is the nice upmarket, expensive cutlery and plates for dinner service, often displayed in cabinets.

In the UK, Band Aid is a charity musical group

A favorite of mine has to be from Evan Edinger who quickly learned from his friends when he claimed a seat on the Tube and suggested somebody could "toss him off" if it's a problem that the phrase has two VERY different meanings in the US and UK 🤣. In the US it means to be thrown out or removed from somewhere. In the UK...it's a male activity that would be inappropriate for a train (and will likely mean you would get American 'tossed off' the train by the police if caught). Since moving to the US, I have noticed Ground floors do exist sometimes - usually where the building is on a slope and they have another floor (or half floor) below floor 1 at the bottom of the slope. So interestingly that means it's possible for both definitions to be correct - Ground is at street level on one side (and possibly down steps on the other) while the 1st floor is on the other side.

You’ll also hear "telly" used frequently in the UK when referring to the TV.

Having spent many years in the UK, tea versus dinner is regional. Where we live, near York, you have tea in the evening and dinner midday. In the south you have dinner in the evening.

The UK is very, very regional in the use of much of our terminology, especially between the North & South. Even we Brits will vehemently disagree about the names of things. This is a decent starter guide. Although it isn't perfect it does touch on most of the main things. Plus, usually context is more than enough to dispel confusion in a conversation anyway. Combine this with the prevalence of American entertainment and social media, especially among younger generations, and any communication breakdowns are very minimal.

Britain - "Garden" means your yard or lawn

Homely is one of my favorites, but it totally tripped me up when I would read Jane Austen as a kid and wonder why everyone was in love with an ugly or homely person. This is a great last! There were a few I didn't know. Here are some of my other favorites: Trolley: shopping/luggage cart or cable car? Take away: food to go or "what are you taking away from me?!" Or "take away what?" Buzzing: super excited and happy or drunk/high/buzzed? Or just pretending to be a bee? And drumroll for when I totally confused a bunch of Brits and Aussies: in reference to a party, we were going to make ours better so I said we would top ourselves, meaning "outdo ourselves" whereas they laughed and said it meant to terminate your own life where they were from. Whoops.

You should have mentioned the UK slang for cigarette. That could cause some issues.

Hi, Nice. Just a small point 7:14, you have the US/UK labels wrong Should be US Public school = UK State school, US Private school = UK Public school The Dinner/Tea, in England its is different if you are in North or South of England, I think its also different in Scotland: US Lunch = South England =Lunch or dinner, North England = Dinner (I don't know Scotland) , US Dinner = South England = Dinner or Tea (sort of depends on whether they would have called midday meal as lunch), North England = Tea, Scotland can be Supper (which can also mean with chips/French fries). Note Meal names also depend on age and social class. Schools have a Dinner break at midday, whilst offices stop for Lunch. A formal meal in the evening is normally Dinner, where as you may go home for your Tea.

This video is great! Native Brit here with some additions for you all. On the topic of "Soliciters", in the UK, people who knock on your door to ask for money or sell you stuff are known as "Cold Callers". Regarding "Football"/"Soccer", while we'll know what you mean if you say "Soccer", save yourself getting laughed at, just say "Football". The actual closest thing to "ER" would be "A&E" (Accident and Emergency)

Oh remember discovering your channel in 2019 when preparing for a trip to Finland and watching your related videos. It was my last trip and I haven’t gone anywhere in the last 4 years…saddens me greatly but I hope I will feel that joy and thrill of travelling some time soon.

Very helpful list - definitely need a part 2! Thanks!

The rubber thing happened to me in that exact way. I'm not a native speaker but I'm from Switzerland where British English is taught at schools (and generally considered "the only correct English"). As a teenager, I went on an exchange year to the US. During one of my first weeks at my American school, I was sitting in a History class when I asked the girl next to me for a rubber. Since it had been very quiet before (we were writing some sort of quiz), literally everyone in the classroom heard me. The girl stared at me as though she had seen a ghost and asked: "a what???" So, not thinking much of it, I politely repeated my request. Next thing I knew, 30 people were laughing really loudly at me. The teacher almost fell off his chair because he was laughing so hard. I still remember that moment because of course I felt embarrassed but above all, I felt extremely confused. I think I even said something like: "I don't understand, what's so funny about a rubber??" which made people laugh even harder.

"No soliciting" on a sign in the public place in the UK used to mean that prostitutes were not welcome in that area.

I watched one of your videos and then looked for another, found them to be very comprehensive and interesting, straight to the point, no waffling! Thank you 😊😊

In the US "sod" is something you buy from the garden store. In Britain ...

A jumper in the U.S. also means a casual sleeveless dress meant to be worn with a blouse. Mostly used for young girls’ clothing. (A common type of jumper looks like an overall bib with adjustable straps, attached to a skirt.) That’s not to be confused with a jumpsuit (a one-piece long-legged garment that covers your top and bottom),

Great vid Marc pal as always. Made me laugh it did 🤣👍 some of my favourite sayings in here

Here in America, the only time we only call cookies or treats biscuits is when we're referring to dog treats lol.

I met my american friend in London and said I'd travelled by coach and she thought I meant by train. Struggled to explain until I remembered the word bus.

In my family we used "dinner" for the main meal of the evening when you get home from work/school. The exception is Sunday dinner or Sunday Roast which is eaten at midday and may involve roast beef/pork/lamb with roast potatoes, vegetables, and gravy. Tea was something more fancy, usually reserved for later on Sunday evening - crumpets, cake, and a cup of tea. "Knocked up" comes from the Victorian days before the invention of alarm clocks. If you needed to be up early for work, you would pay a "knocker upper" to come down your street and tap on your bedroom window with a long stick to wake you. If you're accused of a crime or need to go to court, a solicitor is the first person you would speak to. They will be able to advise you but, when you get to court (if it's a Crown Court), you will be represented by a barrister. They're the ones who have the black robes and the wigs. Lesser offences might be dealt with by a Magistrates Cout where the case will be heard by volunteer lay persons. If they think the case is more serious then they can refer it up to the Crown Court where you might be R vs Wolters (R = Rex = The King/The Crown). You hold your trousers up using braces - not suspenders. Suspenders are what ladies wear to hold up their stockings. If you're sick (but not seriously dying) you can go to the chemist or pharmacy - not the drug store. Many can now give medical advice which is quicker than waiting for a GP (General Practitioner = family doctor). Another one is nappies. I think you call them diapers? You need nappies for your baby.

A french fry is NOT a chip! French fries are thin and chips are chunkier. I once asked a girl for a pack of skins in a cannabis dispensary and she blushed. I was asking for rolling papers,she thought I meant condoms. 😂

Bollocks is a very confusing one. It can be used to mean 'Bullshit' -Like 'You're talking bollocks' or it can be used like a mild swear such as 'damn'. It can also mean something is good 'That car is the bollocks!' (which is a shortened version of 'The dog's bollocks' which is a good thing for some reason?). It is also sland for testicles btw 'I just got kicked in the bollocks!'.

you missed that in the UK, the ER is A&E (accident and emergency)

Casualty was used years ago - we call it A&E now - accident and emergency. Silverware definitely means cutlery and any silver items like jugs and teapots. Never heard it as trophies. We would just say trophies! We use the word sweater too - jumper is probably used more often. Ketchup is used as often as tomato sauce. We use cookies too mainly for home made biscuits you find in a bakers. We have chips and French fries here. Chips are the large fat ones but French fries thin like in the US. I think you’ll find that the average person from the UK knows these American words - it’s the Americans that don’t know our words!

'Pissed' - there's a moment near the end of Die Hard when one of the villains emerges back into the scene (having been strung up in chains, maybe?) and Bonnie Bedelia says "that guy is so pissed!" - which always gets a good chuckle in the UK.

I first visited York, two years ago, and I LOVED it. I was staying in Harrogate, not too far away. I love England.

Hi there, I lived in Minneapolis and found my accent was the hardest thing for them to understand. It surprised me but as you alluded to, it’s how words Are pronounced. So a few more examples is 1) where is the toilet (restroom), 2) rutabaga is what we call a swede, c) cilantro is what we call coriander, d) filter coffee is what Americans would call drip coffee. Hope you find this useful. Keep up the brilliant and informative videos. Allan

One for US shoppers in the UK. If you say to.a sales assistant "can you ring me up" she'll assume you are awakwardly asking her to "phone" or "ring" you (call you on the phone). Simple "I'd like to pay now, can you please help me" should suffice.

Informative & hilarious 😊

😊 Mark, that was your _best_ video yet!! Fun _and_ informative. Thanks.😊

As always, great content. Just thought I'd mention it. Some hotels have a basement, ground floor, then a mezzanine floor, (usually a lounge or restaurant or utility. And then it's 1st 2nd 3rd ect bunched together. This makes it easier to navigate for sleeping areas. So in real terms the 1st floor becomes the 3rd floor. This is sometimes employed in high rise hotels.

A very common one is the mailman and the postman. Besides this you've got the different pronunciation of the words potato and tomato. Thanks for the fun vlog. Love from Holland

I laughed when Mark was talking about signs saying *No Solicitors*. I thought he was going to joke about if a sign in the UK said *No Soliciting*. This would mean *No Prostitution*. Weird how we are separated by the same words which have completely different meanings. Like York, where this was filmed, we too, up North here in Scotland say Breakfast, dinner & tea. We talk about having School Dinner which is at lunchtime.

‘Off day’ in the UK means you’re not having a particularly good day; if you’re having a day of no work we would say ‘day off’, as in ‘tomorrow is my day off’.

That was a fun one. I was born in Canada but with Scottish & Irish parents so a lot of the British terms are every day ones for us. And actually I find they are common in Canada, too. I think "tea", "afternoon tea", "high tea" and "tea time" could use their own video. LOL

"Police" does not equal "Constable". Constable is just one rank of the police, so its more the equivalent of "officer" in usage.

In the UK, "mad" means crazy, insane, mentally unbalanced. We will understand an American using it to mean angry but we won't use it ourselves. "knock up" has both meanings in the UK but the "wake up" one is quite old fashioned now

Really cool to see you there and cover thism just spent Christmas in york and around the UK. I love it. ❤

You could do an entire video just on tea. High tea is the tea + dainty sandwiches and cakes served around 3-4pm. Tea as an equivalent for dinner is very regionally dependent. In the area of the midlands where I grew up, tea certainly meant dinner (and dinner meant lunch), and I think that is true for a large part of the north of England. But in the south I don't think tea is the equivalent of dinner at all. Other stuff: Ketchup is ketchup in the UK too (as well as tomato sauce). Knock up can have the same meaning in the UK too - but context is everything! In the UK we just say policeman now - no-one I know says constable or bobby. And I think American football is more popular in the UK than you imagine. London gets 4 NFL games a year and they sell out pretty much instantly. And TV coverage is pretty good (and we've had highlights coverage since the 80s). A lot of people will know who the Chicago Bears etc are (go Packers!). But great idea to try to demystify some of this stuff.

My favorite British slang is "Face like a smacked arse" which means "Someone who looks angry/upset".

You just went ahead and taught me at least 20 new words. Thank you!

Jumper here in the US is also a type of dress. In the UK that same dress is called a pinafore. A pullover sweater in the US is a jumper in the UK. A ‘wife beater’ sleeveless t shirt in the US is a vest in the UK. In the US a vest is a sleeveless garment that isn’t a t shirt. These have been points of confusion for me when looking for sewing and knitting patterns.

"A policeman is called a constable" You might want to be careful there, as that's a particular rank (the ordinary footsoldier, the bobby on the beat), and it might not be popular if you're talking to a sergeant

There was this video I found on YT of a couple who used both US & UK slang. The husband was from the UK & his wife was American. They would use their own slang words against one another throughout their day, and plenty of the words you used were in that video. The video got so funny when it came to the pacifier/dummy part. The wife was so chippy when she assumed her husband called her a dummy while he was trying to explain that he was referring to the binky. Later in the video, he commented on her swim costume(or cozzie). She was like "It's a bathing suit." They happen to also have a baby son so they used a lot of UK/US words like Push chair/stroller or Baby carriage/pram.

Great video! There are actually many words that differ, and that's before considering the spelling differences and the many British accents and some regional variations in vocabulary (like 'dinner' meaning 'lunch' in Northern England, 'pop' meaning 'soda' in the Midwest...); it's fascinating and very interesting!

Pissed off = Mad in UK. ... Pissed on it's own = Drunk Depending on the context of the conversation saying someone was 'well pissed' could mean either mad or drunk but more often than not angry would be 'well pissed off'

Chester is 18 miles from Liverpool. I know because I grew up in Chester.

High tea and dinner are different. High tea tends to be served late afternoon but dinner is an evening meal especially in Scotland. Also in some parts of UK dinner is eaten in the middle of the day and then the evening meal is called tea. Lots of regional variations but as a lot of things to do with English it is designed to confuse Jonny Foreigner 😊😊

Getting ready for our trip in March and this video is a fun resource....

I'm never quite sure what Americans mean by dry walling as a building trade. Here joiners put up plasterboard , then plasterers come in and cover it with wet plaster.

You call a duvet something else. Comforter I think.

Cream crackered is rhyming slang for tired here in the UK

Great video. Very informative.

High tea is not dinner! It’s an afternoon event with finely cut sandwiches and small cakes and tea drinking usually at a fancy restaurant. Tea as a meal is often referred to as dinner in the north of uk

Some intra-American differences too. I've never used "tennis shoes" but always "sneakers." Never "SEE-ment" but "seh-ment." 🎉

Dates can also be misunderstood: 1/2/24 UK: 1st February 2024 US: 2nd January 2024

Love this video sent it to loads of people 😂😂 should be played in every English class

Really well informed!

OMG! The Brit "Aluminium" has been my favorite for years! I always think it's like they took a soda can and put it on a doily. Too funny!

Here in the UK I've usually called tomato sauce, ketchup. Plus I've always used pants to mean trousers. Floss is something to clean between teeth here in the UK too.

Here in Canada it's a mix of American and UK English word choices. In Australia it's much closer to UK English. So ... What trips me up in Canada is 'lucked out' meaning you had good luck whereas in Australia and the UK that would be understood to mean unlucky or bad luck.

Arugula, cilantro, rutabaga, egg plant, zucchini - rocket, corriander, swede, aubergine, courgette. A broiler is a grill and grill is a barbecue and we use taps not faucets.

I love the UK terms "wanker" and "knob-jockey." (Selef explanatory) 😂

Awesome! I wonder if Mark has seen Lost in The Pond. His UKposts channel is pretty good.

Other weird vocab? There's soooo much.I taught in English "public " schools for four years and had to learn a different way of speaking.I could write a book about it!

Great work, as always.

I've never heard anyone say 'knock up' to knock on the door over here, must be a regional thing. I would deffo link it to pregnancy more than knocking on a door. Haha, never mind a butty, you should see how many words we have for a bread roll (cob, bap, bun, barm, roll, stotty) depending on where you are

ice lollie is a popcicle. a lollie is short for a lollipop (hard candy on a stick)

Very helpful!

I found out the hard way in a pub in Dover that what we in the U.S. call a "napkin" is called a "serviette" there. I was utterly baffled over something that simple. Haha

As a British person, I've never heard "knock up" in anything other than the US sense.

A banger can also mean a really good song here in the UK lol 😛

Loved these 🎉and the tour around town

Flannel- in the US we call this a face cloth for washing your face.