10 THINGS THAT SHOCK AMERICANS | TOP CULTURE SHOCKS IN ENGLAND | AMERICAN IN ENGLAND | AMANDA RAE

What's up guys, It's Amanda. I hope you're all well. If you're new here, I'm an American living in the UK for the best part of 10 years now, and people from home still to this day ask me about what it's like living here. So I thought I'd take the opportunity to share what culture shocks.. or, I suppose, things that are different from my life in the States. I want to mention that I'm only speaking from my experience growing up in Pennsylvania, not the whole of the United States, as I'm sure it's probably different all over. Remember, if you enjoy this video and want to support the channel, make sure you like and subscribe!
10 THINGS THAT SHOCK AMERICANS | TOP CULTURE SHOCKS IN ENGLAND | AMERICAN IN ENGLAND | AMANDA RAE

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[LADYRAEUK]

What’s the best British pub name you’ve heard?! 😊

[marcusplato]

So very nice to hear an American speak quietly and eloquently. ❤️🍻

[Silvervulff]

One landlord called his pub "Nowhere in particular" so men didn't have to lie to their partners :)

[richardsevern]

As a child, I'm now 80, ALL shops closed every Wednesday afternoon. Shops were closed all day on Sundays

[kevindownes]

One of the best things about us Brits, is our ability (well a lot of us) to laugh at ourselves, and sarcasm is a massive part of that.

[ColinTBurton]

Oh, and my favourite pub name is "The Seven Balls", which was locally referred to as "The three and half men"

[UK-Gamer-]

As a Brit going to the US on holiday I will never forget the first time I was served in a shop and after she gave me my change I said "Thank you" as is custom here and the look of bewilderment she gave me as though I was flirting with her was unforgettable, she didn't know how to react but to me it was just every day manners. Since that moment I couldn't help but notice every time I went to a shop the lack of thank you's given to the service staff.

[Slugsie]

I'm old enough to remember half day closing for shops on a Wednesday, and pubs closing shortly after lunchtime.

[seansamurai]

One for the list. Us Brits love mixing metric with Imperial. Well at least some generations do. Recipes still use teaspoon and tablespoon measurement, pounds and ounces in some circumstances yet will also use mililitres, litres. We still go out for pints of milk, pints of beer yet buy a kilo of potatos.

[Idiotatwork]

Most pub names are a legacy from the days when people couldnt read and they were identified by a sign outside. You can't do a picture of Dave's Pub, but something like a swan with two necks or the red lion are easy to make into a easily identified Picture

[geo]

Pubs have funny names because hundreds of years ago most people couldn’t actually read so they had the picture on the sign outside to make it easy for people to identify which pub it was

[Emma]

It's so lovely to hear such positive things about our country from an American!

[marknicholls]

What an incredibly smooth voice. I moved to the Americas 11 years ago. It’s so refreshing to hear everything from my opposite perspective.

[ameliamangham]

Your voice feels fantastic to listen to it’s like silk

[sophiemcdonald]

Banter is a second language in the UK. If you’re insulted, you’re liked. Although can land many in hot water in the workplace

[davidjones]

During the war my father was based at Ludford Magna in Lincolnshire. There were only two pubs, one of which charged a deposit on the glasses to stop the airmen pinching them. By the end of most nights they had twice as many glasses as they started with, while the other pub had run out!

[petermarkland]

I wouldn’t say most people use military time in the Uk . I use it when recording written statements in my job to avoid possible confusion as to wether an in incident occurred before or after midday, but in normal day-to-day conversation I tend to revert back to the 12-hour clock, where it’s less important .

[nickshields]

In the US, 100 years in a long time ago. In the U.K., 100 miles is a long way to go!

[Steve-qyyk]

Sunday dinner in a historic pub, having a witty conversation, knowing the shops are shut, looking at eggs on a shelf in the kitchen while the washing's on, knowing you're off for the week and can drink every night, while trying to work out what military time is...
Welcome! :)

[colinsmith]

You have developed a cool British twang, I’m Scottish, but I definitely hear an English thread, congratulations you’re one of us now :-)