10 WEIRD THINGS IN ENGLAND!

This week I decided to talk about 10 things that I think are kinda weird in the UK. I mean I'm French so maybe I shouldn't judge other country's weirdnesses :p.

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[KevinAbroad]

So many "If you're French, why is your name Kévin?". Because Kévin IS a French name. First names travel and are not bound to their country of origin. Just like probably half of English names are French. Please, educate yourself.

[chriscraven]

The reason skimpily dressed clubbers don't get pneumonia is because the baked beans immunises them (;-o).

[randombutuseful]

X as a kiss doesn’t originate from “x o xo” We were using x as a kiss decades before text/email language. We write / used to write (in pen) them on greetings cards, notes etc too.

[asdonamur]

On my first year moving to England I was shocked to see guys and girls going to clubs in winter with short sleeves tshirts and spagetti straps dresses. Later on I get used to it. Also postman in shorts in the middle of winter is quiet normal thing.

[jeffwalker]

The two tap thing in the kitchen and bathroom is to do with the way we used to heat water in the UK. A coal fire or gas boiler would heat a supply of water that was stored in a large copper tank (sometimes insulated). That would be the only supply of 'instant' hot water. To make sure there was always enough water to feed to hot water tank via a coal fire of gas boiler, there would be a holding tank in the loft of a house. This tank was not a sealed unit and as a consequence animals and insects could get into it. This could make the water unsafe to drink or, unpalatable. To make sure the clean water from the rising main was not contaminated with hot water tank water feed, we have two taps. Most houses nowadays have combination boilers where the water is heated on demand from the rising main, so newer houses have mixer taps (although, I still prefer two taps).

[josephmichael]

3:15 i though you said "i don't understand babies" lol are they unique to britain haha

[deedee]

I'm British and find it weird that you buy ice cubes too. Just buy an ice tray, fill it with water from the tap and stick in the freezer.

[speleokeir]

I don't know anyone in Britain who doesn't rinse off the the dishes. I think you just had weird housemates!

[personalcheeses]

It’s true about the dishes. I wash my pots under a running tap and people think I’m weird for doing it. I got that from my Polish father who drummed it into me that washing up liquid is poison.

[MrHolwell]

the Brits do not feel the cold we have all sorts of weather in one day i wear shorts and tee shirt in the winter with snow on the ground no socks and only sandals . BUT look at the Russians and they swim in the sea in winter and in rivers were they have to break the ice, now that's what you call a hard man .

[Vixterlk]

Not rinsing the bubbles off of the dishes is weird. As far as I'm concerned the only time it is acceptable to not rinse off the soap is if you're going to dry it and put it away immediately after washing it.

[PsychoticEwok]

The "underdressing" in cold weather is just we're used to the low temperatures for me personally down to around 4°C I wouldn't consider as cold and above 10°C is starting to get warm and for me at and above 18ish°C is hot!

[octaviuswhelkstall]

The reason there are no electrical sockets in bathrooms, and why wall sockets have switches, is that we don't like to electrocute each other. Presumably it's different in Portugal.

[Chartti]

Think no plugs in the bathroom is a safety thing, I've not seen very many older houses with shaver plugs either so it can be annoying but I'm used to it.

[peterrisley]

I gotta ask - do you still have to buy a TV licence ?


Did u know a black and white TV licence was cheaper than a colour TV licence .


Also

So they still have coin operated electricity meters ?

[MrHolwell]

toast bread, then put the hot beans on then sliced fresh tomatoes on top of the beans then grate some cheese on, that then grill till the cheese melts.

[samael]

I am taking a linguistics course and this video is very insightful into how you use English consonants and vowels in a different way than in the usual USA accent.

[urc]

I hate it when a Frenchmen speaks my language better than me when I cannot speak French.

[peterrisley]

Your English is amazing .

Wow

Are u Portuguese or French ?

[whoflungdung]

Most British people don't take their coats because they know it's gonna be warm inside the pub and will forget them at the end of the night after getting shitfaced so they just don't bother in order to let their hair down.