American Reacts to British Things I Had Never Seen Before Moving to The UK!

Girl Gone London shares the uniquely British things she encountered for the first time after moving to the UK. From quirky traditions to everyday items, see what surprises, fascinates, and confounds her as she navigates life across the pond!

#AmericanReacts #LifeInTheUK #BritishCulture

[Shoomer]

Putting the handbrake on in a manual car (most of them in the UK) isn't really about being kind to brakes. It's more about you not wanting to find your car 100 yards down the road embedded in a bus shelter.

[jamescurrie]

Every British person saying you have no idea what your talking about when you say a crumpet is the same as an English Muffin 😂

[baloo]

Crumpets and English muffins are very different. Crumpets are unlike anything else, you'd have to try one

[corringhamdepot]

1, No. Windows have handles that you can lock if you want to. Otherwise, you don't use the key. I would only lock the windows if I was going away. Or to stop a child opening the win

[TobiasCruelty]

Rhubarb crumble with custard is delicious.

[chrisnorman]

The British keyboard is different because it has an extra key which unlocks the handle to let you open your window

[thomasharper]

Chicken, Sweetcorn and Mushroom is one of the most popular pizzas in the UK. I can confirm sweetcorn on pizzas is not just real, but very common.

[SiAnon]

"I've never had a crumpet" are some of the most upsetting words i could ever hear. Any person in the UK who has not had a Crumpet clearly is still in the maternity ward at the hospital.

[ChristopherOnWheels]

She kept getting confused between blackcurrants and blackberries. They are very different.

[LondonEve]

Heat water in the microwave?!?! The horror!!

[arturama]

Hi JJLA. I'm Dutch. We have windows with locks. The use is simply to secure the window, as they're frequently used to break in. As most windows here have 'double glass' panels, they break with a lot of noise, therefor burglars use other techniques to break in, like drilling through the frame and open the window by manipulating the latch. So, we lock the latch. Also, if you have a tilt-and-turn window, you can lock the window in the tilt position and leave the house, without worrying someone will manipulate the window to open any further. And then there's the plastic frame windows. They can be locked in any position. Closed, but also ajar. Again so you can safely let the window open without worrying about burglars.

[reefuss]

keys on our windows are for security, can stop kids opening them and falling out, and stop Criminals forcing the latch open.

[lottie]

Yes, it's totally normal to have locks on your windows in the UK. You don't need to lock the windows all the time, just when you go on holiday. The handle acts as a way to close up the window properly without having to use the locks.

[Varksterable]

Give a big shoutout for Hedgehog Crisps! (Those who remember them.)

[titanium_di]

Crumpets & English Muffins ARE NOT the same thing, JJ!!! Completely different textures and you can't slice a crumpet (into 2 slices).

[wilsoncj]

The windows are "locked" from the inside without using the key (i.e., they cannot be opened from the outside, even if they have not been locked with the key). As such, most people don't use the key. The main reason for using they key is if the window needs to be locked for safety reasons (e.g., to stop kids opening the window from the inside).

[Reba-]

It’s called a HANDBRAkE not a parking break ….heat water in a microwave ….oh dear!!!!

[lindatilleym]

Thank you for your reaction, I love your witty quiet comments and your gentle voice. Greetings from the Uk

[henriettafinch]

The flush button is good because you can press the smaller button to do a half flush for when…well you don’t need a big flush. It saves water.

[tilltab]

Can confirm, sweetcorn on pizza is normal in the UK, and I like it. When I was a kid I was allergic to tomato and couldn’t eat pizzas, but then my local supermarket started a ‘choose your own topping’ pizza stand for prepared pizza to cook at home, and had the option to choose garlic butter as a base instead of tomato, and I found that chicken and sweetcorn was a really good topping to go with this. I eat tomato now, but still opt for corn sometimes.