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By: British vs American Culture Differences - Sunny in London

British vs American Culture Differences - Sunny in London — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 14:48:39 +0000

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By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 21:32:25 +0000

Why the heck do the Brits say one word responses and just stand there staring at whatever it is they want to see. It drives me mad. Instead of walking up to a museum, a garden, a house – they stop short and say, RIGHT! and just stand there looking daft. Or they will see something and just say, BRILLIANT or LOVELY. No in depth description using adjectives and voice inflection. One word comments make anyone sound ignorant.

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 10:26:40 +0000

You are right to the point in most of those …I’m not english nor American but I have an American accent and pretty much an American education of some sort …so everything here in england seems awkward to me when I moved … especially the ” Yo okay ” it driiiiives me crazy and I hopppe they stop asking me that every few minutes …it goes like I’m sitting on my desk doing my own thing and the other person in the room/office would go like” Yo okay?” And I nod or say yea ….then after like 10 minutes they go again like “YO OKAY ” . FOR GOD”S sake leave me alooone …I look ok and I sound ok Iam FINE ….ahh sorry I lost my temper XD its just this thing that I can’t get used to

By: Margaret.Lowe

Margaret.Lowe — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 03:08:33 +0000

I am british but have lived in Massachusetts for many years visiting U.K.regularly.I find the most annoying thing spoken in America is.”At this moment in time” instead of “ Now “ .I have been reminded often that the British seem to have a larger vocabulary than most Americans. Yet they make comments mentioned here adding words which are meaningless & less concise than they need be . Thank goodness PBS among other tv channels have well acted British programmes,using character actors instead of everyone looking like models,to watch in these Covid times.

By: mantha

mantha — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 14:24:56 +0000

Thank you for your input. The English have different sayings to America, and vice versa. It’s not an issue. It’s quite simple, really 😛

But London has it’s own dialect 😛 I say “alright?” to greet my mates often. It’s a greeting. It doesn’t have anything to do with how someone looks. Gym kit is self explanatory. It basically means the whole package (bag, clothes, water bottle, flannel, towels…) Hope this helps? Some americanisms I’m not a fan of either. Can’t think of any at the moment.

By: Bill Williams

Bill Williams — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 21:35:13 +0000

I grew up in Canada with a Scottish mother and a Norwegian father so a lot of the words are familiar to me and some of them we still use in my family. I grew up with pram and plasters and bobby pins used to be called kirby grips but to add to the confusion my father used to call a Roller Coaster a “Berg og dal bane”. Add to this confusion Canadians have their own words for things that are different from both British and American. Canadians say washroom for the american restroom, knapsack for the american backback, chocolate bar for the american candy bar and in canada we call the hat americans call a beanie a toque.

By: rs

rs — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 13:17:26 +0000

I find it grating the way Americans pronounce ‘mirror’. “Mir-r” *shudders*!

By: Michelle Falco

Michelle Falco — Wed, 31 May 2017 22:13:16 +0000

In reply to Sunny London. Y'all is the second person plural and perfectly acceptable when addressing a group ;) Loved the article and have started following you on Feedly!

By: Steve D

Steve D — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 13:58:15 +0000

Brilliant and funny article, buuuuuuut I realise you probably live in London and that’s why you say London all the time but one of my pet hates is when people use London when they mean the UK. South Africans do it all the time, and some (not all) Americans do. My sister in law (South African) asks me “how is London” and I reply “not a clue love, I live 250 miles away and avoid it like the plague”. : )

By: Nick Harris

Nick Harris — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 15:49:34 +0000

“2 countries separated by a common language” as they say…