7 Things We Learned In The UK (British Culture)

British culture is fascinating for Americans like us, but we don't learn a lot about it in the USA. As a result, we learned a lot about the UK during our first visit. From bellringing to teatime, here are 7 of the biggest things we learned about British culture while visiting the UK! 🎉🇬🇧 What are things about British culture that have surprised you?

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[oogaftw]

Very pleased there's atleast one American who can pronounce Leicester correctly.

[tomroberts]

Remember many people will have a coffee to wake up in the morning and then have cups of tea throughout the day

[alanoh]

The UK also have overseas territories.. Mainly to annoy Argentina and Spain 😉 😂 😂

[KernowWarrior]

It would be the utmost rudeness not to offer a guest a cup of tea the moment they walk through the door.

[tonycasey]

We tend to call school students "pupils" and reserve "student" for those in tertiary education.

[JimpZee]

While it's an incredibly tired old cliché to say that when visiting England you *must* get out of London (as is so often shouted by Brits at American visitors), in your particular case I'm so glad that you did venture beyond the capital while you were over here. Having watched many of your past videos and got a small sense of the kind of people you are and some of your interests, I do think that you'd be happiest in rural villages and small towns that have a good sense of community. Such places retain a sense of Englishness (in attitude, way of life, and surroundings) that has long since been lost in the UK's bigger cities (many of which have become totally unrecognisable in recent years). I have a feeling that you'd be very much at home living somewhere in the scenic English countryside rather than in the middle of chaotic frenetic urban sprawl.

[Yikesenal]

I feel like in the UK if a some lads come to do work on your house and you Dont offer them a cup of tea people are gonna think you're really strange. Theres a reason its called a builders brew.
Like, offering a tea to the plumber or home hairdresser is Ingrained.

[shadow]

I’m so impressed by grace she pronounced all the British place names right

[qwadratix]

When you say 'student', you mean pupil. You don't get to be called a student until you go to university in the UK.

[bethpurslow]

The English never burnt “witches”, it was mostly Scotland or Germany that burnt “witches”, we hanged them instead and we made it into a festival where people would go and have a picnic whilst watching the hangings. Weird I know 😂

[martinunitt]

I'm actually drinking a mug of tea and having a slice of Victoria Sponge whilst watching this video.

[infinitepossibilities]

I’ve seen two YouTube videos of Americans making a British cup of tea. One even put it in the microwave (horrors!). They also both put lots of milk in so it looked like watery milk. Please can you explain properly to your American fans how to make a proper British cup of tea. Your channel is so great and you’re the only ones I’ve seen who know what they are actually talking about. Keep up the good work xx

[daviddempsey]

There was a move many years ago to abolish uniforms but the parents hit back as kids would come home as dedicated followers of fashion and it was found that it was a lot less expensive for kids to wear uniforms than not ...Just think how expensive sneakers (trainers) are and the results of pester power

[izziefletcher]

i think it’s pretty important to learn the differences between england, the uk and britain because a lot of people i know from the uk that aren’t from england get very offended by the mistakes.

[RKbebop]

Coffee consumption in the UK has increased and tea consumption declined in the last fifty years because of the increased use of drinks machines in offices and factories. Coffee from such machines is not too bad but tea is ghastly.

[veronicamcclure]

There is even a children's song about the different cathedral bells, and what ringing them means.

[anthony]

With regards to placenames, the ending -ingham means 'the homestead of ...'s people' in Anglosaxon. Historically, Nottingham was originally called Snottingham - you have to pity the guy called Snot! - and the radio show 'I'm sorry I haven't a clue' once claimed that the people of Scunthorpe inexplicably declined to follow their example ...

[tracymorgan-roberts]

I really respect the amount of research you do, and how genuinely interested you are in British culture. I never comment on videos usually but just wanted to say I really enjoy your videos and think you are a great couple. Cheers!

[joegotts]

There is a large class system so it doesn’t really matter for most people so there are distinctive classes but I don’t think that generally it has a huge effect on who people talk to or really anything like that

[drlnghthaunter]

In regards to the bellringing. You do get automation from the clock hammer to chime on the hour and potentially playing something like westminster quarters. However the clockhammers are released when you are going to actually ring the bells (so they won't try and strike the bells when being rung which could cause a fair bit of damage). I spent a lot of my childhood around them as my dad was the tower captain of our village church. I learnt to ring myself when I was about 6 or 7 but I haven't been up in a tower for near a decade now.