hello everyone and welcome back to
english with lucy today i’ve got a fun
but very important video for you i’m
going to talk you through some everyday
words which are actually offensive in
britain yeah that’s right as if life
nowadays wasn’t offensive enough i’m
going to make you even more paranoid
about offending people quickly before we
get started i would just like to thank
the sponsor of today’s video it is i
Torquay and if you haven’t heard of I
told you before it’s a huge online
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going to an offline tutor or a language
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from students asking me how they can
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conversation with you in your chosen
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signing up right let’s get on with the
lesson so today I’m going to talk about
some everyday words they are
predominantly American words but you can
hear them elsewhere but they mean
completely different things in Britain
and in British English and you should be
extra careful with them realistically
it’s unlikely that you’re going to
completely offend people although who
knows nowadays honestly it is just a bit
of fun but it would be really good for
you to know these words so you can make
sure you’re extra clear in every
situation let’s get started with number
1 the first word is thick in American
English and in popular culture nowadays
if someone is thick it means they’re
full of figured
but in British English if you are thick
it means you are stupid or idiotic thick
when we’re talking about figures is
normally a compliment so if someone said
Wow
your wife is thick in everywhere apart
from England that would be a compliment
as in your wife is curvy your wife has a
great body but in Britain it could mean
your wife is dumb as hell
your wife is stupid so you’ve got to be
really really careful with how you use
that one make sure you give enough
context number two period now across the
world and especially in America the word
period is used to indicate a full stop
but in British English well I at least
remember growing up and not
understanding what period meant in
American cartoons for me period meant a
specific amount of time or menstruation
and so it always makes me laugh when
people are having an argument and then
someone shouts period at the end as if
to say full stop and I always think what
a bizarre thing to add into an argument
why are you bringing periods into this
you know what you’re trying to say could
be misconstrued in Britain if you say
I’m not going period I might think
you’re saying I’m not going because I’ve
got my period
not I’m not going full stop so that’s
one to think about number three this one
tickles me pink number three is Randy
and Randy is a fairly common not
ridiculously common but it’s Oh a
well-known American male name I have
never met anyone in the UK called Randy
Randy to us means physically aroused so
if you say to me
oh he’s Randy you might be meaning to
say his name is Randy but I might
understand that as wow he wants some
loving he needs it
[Laughter]
number four this one is a whopper
you might hear everyone talking about
Trump quite a lot Trump is obviously the
President of the United
it states but a Trump for me a Brit will
always be a fart to Trump to fart a
Trump a fart so when people say I love
Trump Trump is great what I understand
is I love fart fart is great and it
cracks me up when they were voting him
in and he was all over Twitter I just
saw a fart fart fart fart fart fart fart
and my immature side found it
particularly funny number five I think
I’ve mentioned this before in a previous
video it is pants in both the US and the
UK pants means an item of clothing worn
on your bottom half however they are
very different pants in the u.s. are
trousers and pants in the UK are your
underwear mainly referring to male
underwear so if you say oh my god my
pants are wet well in America you might
just be saying my trousers are wet you
know I I stepped in a puddle and they
got splashed but in the UK in British
English it means you have literally wet
your pants it might be we it might be
something much worse who knows let’s not
talk about it but keep your eye on that
one number six a bum now a bum is
American slang and I think it’s quite
derogatory for a homeless person but in
British English it means your butt or
your bottom so if someone were to say to
me wow I visited England and there were
bums everywhere so they might mean to
say to me oh my god the homelessness
problem is really severe in the UK which
it is but I might understand it as
everybody had their bums out everybody
was wearing booty shorts oh my god the
weather is too cold for this type of
clothing we’re not on the same page and
the last one possibly my favourite Fanny
in the u.s. your Fanny is your back
bottom in the UK it is your front bottom
and it is normally female so when people
when Americans talk about their fanny
packs which we in the UK called bum bags
it does make me laugh
Oh oh my god you hit my fanny like oh it
sounds like front bottom it doesn’t
sound right just bear it in mind when
you’re talking to Brits right that’s it
for today’s lesson if you can think of
any other words that are rude in another
language or in another dialect please
comment them down below I think it’ll be
hilarious to hear all of your thoughts
and ideas don’t forget to check out I
talk e the link to sign up and claim
your $10 worth of eye talkie credits for
free with your first lesson purchase is
in the description box and don’t forget
to connect with me on all of my social
media I’ve got my facebook my Instagram
and my Twitter and I’ll see you soon for
[Music] you
english with lucy today i’ve got a fun
but very important video for you i’m
going to talk you through some everyday
words which are actually offensive in
britain yeah that’s right as if life
nowadays wasn’t offensive enough i’m
going to make you even more paranoid
about offending people quickly before we
get started i would just like to thank
the sponsor of today’s video it is i
Torquay and if you haven’t heard of I
told you before it’s a huge online
database of both native and non-native
teachers that give one-to-one video
lessons 24 hours a day you can learn a
language from anywhere in the world as
long as you have a stable internet
connection you can learn over 100
languages not just English and it’s
super affordable it’s much cheaper than
going to an offline tutor or a language
school I get so many comments every week
from students asking me how they can
meet and talk to and practice with
native speakers I talking is a really
really good option they have both
qualified teachers and also community
teachers teachers that will practice
conversation with you in your chosen
language they’ve given me an offer to
pass on to you you can get $10 worth of
I talkie credits for free when you make
your first lesson purchase all you have
to do is click on the link in the
description box and start the process by
signing up right let’s get on with the
lesson so today I’m going to talk about
some everyday words they are
predominantly American words but you can
hear them elsewhere but they mean
completely different things in Britain
and in British English and you should be
extra careful with them realistically
it’s unlikely that you’re going to
completely offend people although who
knows nowadays honestly it is just a bit
of fun but it would be really good for
you to know these words so you can make
sure you’re extra clear in every
situation let’s get started with number
1 the first word is thick in American
English and in popular culture nowadays
if someone is thick it means they’re
full of figured
but in British English if you are thick
it means you are stupid or idiotic thick
when we’re talking about figures is
normally a compliment so if someone said
Wow
your wife is thick in everywhere apart
from England that would be a compliment
as in your wife is curvy your wife has a
great body but in Britain it could mean
your wife is dumb as hell
your wife is stupid so you’ve got to be
really really careful with how you use
that one make sure you give enough
context number two period now across the
world and especially in America the word
period is used to indicate a full stop
but in British English well I at least
remember growing up and not
understanding what period meant in
American cartoons for me period meant a
specific amount of time or menstruation
and so it always makes me laugh when
people are having an argument and then
someone shouts period at the end as if
to say full stop and I always think what
a bizarre thing to add into an argument
why are you bringing periods into this
you know what you’re trying to say could
be misconstrued in Britain if you say
I’m not going period I might think
you’re saying I’m not going because I’ve
got my period
not I’m not going full stop so that’s
one to think about number three this one
tickles me pink number three is Randy
and Randy is a fairly common not
ridiculously common but it’s Oh a
well-known American male name I have
never met anyone in the UK called Randy
Randy to us means physically aroused so
if you say to me
oh he’s Randy you might be meaning to
say his name is Randy but I might
understand that as wow he wants some
loving he needs it
[Laughter]
number four this one is a whopper
you might hear everyone talking about
Trump quite a lot Trump is obviously the
President of the United
it states but a Trump for me a Brit will
always be a fart to Trump to fart a
Trump a fart so when people say I love
Trump Trump is great what I understand
is I love fart fart is great and it
cracks me up when they were voting him
in and he was all over Twitter I just
saw a fart fart fart fart fart fart fart
and my immature side found it
particularly funny number five I think
I’ve mentioned this before in a previous
video it is pants in both the US and the
UK pants means an item of clothing worn
on your bottom half however they are
very different pants in the u.s. are
trousers and pants in the UK are your
underwear mainly referring to male
underwear so if you say oh my god my
pants are wet well in America you might
just be saying my trousers are wet you
know I I stepped in a puddle and they
got splashed but in the UK in British
English it means you have literally wet
your pants it might be we it might be
something much worse who knows let’s not
talk about it but keep your eye on that
one number six a bum now a bum is
American slang and I think it’s quite
derogatory for a homeless person but in
British English it means your butt or
your bottom so if someone were to say to
me wow I visited England and there were
bums everywhere so they might mean to
say to me oh my god the homelessness
problem is really severe in the UK which
it is but I might understand it as
everybody had their bums out everybody
was wearing booty shorts oh my god the
weather is too cold for this type of
clothing we’re not on the same page and
the last one possibly my favourite Fanny
in the u.s. your Fanny is your back
bottom in the UK it is your front bottom
and it is normally female so when people
when Americans talk about their fanny
packs which we in the UK called bum bags
it does make me laugh
Oh oh my god you hit my fanny like oh it
sounds like front bottom it doesn’t
sound right just bear it in mind when
you’re talking to Brits right that’s it
for today’s lesson if you can think of
any other words that are rude in another
language or in another dialect please
comment them down below I think it’ll be
hilarious to hear all of your thoughts
and ideas don’t forget to check out I
talk e the link to sign up and claim
your $10 worth of eye talkie credits for
free with your first lesson purchase is
in the description box and don’t forget
to connect with me on all of my social
media I’ve got my facebook my Instagram
and my Twitter and I’ll see you soon for
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