We swapped countries over 10 years ago. Here’s what happened

This Brit moved to Chicago. This American moved to London. Who changed more?

Thank you so much for watching! Hope you enjoyed it!

If you're new to my channel and videos, hi! I'm Evan Edinger, and I make weekly "comedy" videos every Sunday evening. As an American living in London I love noticing the funny differences between the cultures and one of my most popular video series is my British VS American one. I'm also known for making terrible puns so sorry in advance. Hope to see you around, and I'll see you next Sunday! :)

If you want to know HOW I make my videos including gear, lighting, all the tiddly bits that connect it all together, (with cheaper alternatives and kit I used to use), I've listed each item, what it's great at, and why I use it on the gear section of my website here:

Otherwise: here's a quick list of some of my kit without descriptions from the above link:

Camera: Sony A7siii

Main Lens: Sony 24mm f/1.4 G-Master

Secondary Lens: Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 G-Master

Main Light: Aputure 120d mkii

Shotgun Microphone: Sennheiser MKH-416

Really useful SSD: SanDisk Extreme Portable 2TB

[josefschiltz]

To me, Evan still sounds American and Laurence still sounds British.

[The_Dragon_Boi]

Cant believe you two started this experiment a decade ago

[ziyadow]

One of the better british vs american videos, the setup looked like there was a team behind it.

[undinae]

As a dual American/Brit who was born in Britain and live here now but grew up in the US, my accent is definitly all over the place. I was born in Yorkshire, went to the States as a 4 year old and came back here at 12 (then bounced back and forth a bit). When I visit the US, my American accent becomes much stronger but Americans still only hear the British parts of it. Over here in London, they hear the American parts. When asked where I was born, I say Yorkshire because its true, but I always end up having to say 'but I grew up in the US'.

[rowynnecrowley]

It's true. Evan's American accent sounded like a British guy putting on an American accent.

[Nova-wi]

Language is funny that way. I'm German and I learned British English at school, but then you get americanised (-zed) through TV. When I lived in England as a student, I unlearned all the AE for BE again. Then I studied interpreting and had to drop the Greater Manchester accent because it sounds ridiculous coming from a German. These days, my English is all over the place and usually depends on what shows I'm currently watching.

On a side note, the German dialect from where I grew up is now completely foreign to me because I've lived in different parts of Germany for so long.

[petermccallum]

Just noticed how Evan is cross legged and taking up less room. Lawrence is taking up more room. Is it subconscious adoption of their new countries mind sets?

[Varksterable]

This isn't just a colab. This is the universe succumbing to the inevitability of destiny. And heaving a heavy sigh of regret then saying; "Look. You two just have to do this. It's written."

Evan and J Forman next up. Yay!

[stephc-b]

As a Scot who has lived in the US over 25 years at this point, I realised a long time ago that I was finding my accent becoming a hybrid Scottish-Mid Atlantic- so now I purposefully stress my Scots accent. But when I visit Scotland, people say I have a “twang” (to which I respond “how dare you!) 😂

[andyjohnson]

This collaboration is better than the final act of Avengers: End Game.

[briandoolittle]

I was able to tell you who the prime minister of the UK was, and then they had like 35 prime ministers in a one year period, and I gave up.

[lorrygoth]

As a Canadian Evan still sounds "American" to me, because he sounds Canadian and we have, generally, a more similar accent compared to the US than we do with the UK. And Lawrence sounds British. All imo.

[kiradotee]

Omg what a collab I never expected but extremely excited about!!!!

[NZKiwi]

‘On accident’ triggers me too Evan, me too!

[blu_indi]

Linda McCartney had a hybrid American-British accent. A very noticeable one too.

[susancreveling]

Loved this conversation! So interesting. It was a great idea. Thank you!

[ibs]

Dual Brit Canadian here. Currently in the UK. Lived in Vancouver Canada for almost 30 years and yet I've totally kept my British accent. Incidentally there's a subtle difference between Canadian and American accents. Particularly with a sentence like "Out and about in the house". 🇨🇦🇺🇲🇬🇧

Just came across your channel today and after looking at the very interesting lineup of videos, I'm now subscribed. Hello fellow North American neighbour (neighbor). Incidentally I've crossed the Canada US border around 400 times and very familiar with the US.

[nozrep]

10:05; Texan here, for fun, many years ago, I switched my vehicle “temperature outside” display and my phone temperature on the weather app to Celsius. Because for fun, but also because I just wanted to become familiar with Celsius in the same way that I am familiar with fahrenheit. Still not there but I am almost there! Like if I see anything 40C or above I now intuitively know that it is stinkin’ hot outside and I don’t even have to do the math conversion anymore😂

[TalesOfWar]

You're right, most Brits forget the Midlands exists. To many of us it's just a giant mass of roads that you get stuck on and end up cursing going from North to South or vice versa. Hi from Manchester!

[nadeansimmons]

I was born in Yorkshire but moved to NZ when I was 17. I am now 69, have 2 grown up children and was a primary school teacher for many years. In that time people still recognise that I have a slightly different accent than most NZ people but I have completely lost my Yorkshire accent apparent from the odd word or phrase I still use. This year I went to the Uk on holiday for 2 months, including a week in York, staying with a cousin. In that time my Kiwi sister-in-law who came with me noticed that I was slipping into a more noticeable Yorkshire twang. It didn't take long. I guess Yorkshire DNA is strong.