hi and welcome back to Love English in today's lesson we are going to learn the importance of
understanding the difference between British and American English. Now we've done lessons
on this before the pronunciation the difference in vocabulary tomato tomato schedule schedule
either either the difference between a cookie in American English and a cookie in British English
but in today's lesson we are going to be focusing on seven words that when used in British English
are pretty rude offensive I mean if you said them to the Queen she might have your head off I mean
she wouldn't because we don't do that anymore but still you get the idea they are rude and they are
offensive but they're kind of funny too and of course I will be saving my favorite until last
number seven is a great one and if you don't know this one it may make you think a little
bit differently about a certain president so let's get on with the lesson of seven words in American
English that are perfectly fine but in British English are rather rude right number one Randy
Randy now if you are an American and watching right now you're probably scratching your head and
saying well how can that be a strange word it's a lovely name in American English this is a name
usually for a boy Randy but in British English it has quite a different meaning in fact in British
English it actually means horny horny that's right and if you don't know what horny means
it basically means to be sexually aroused to want sex so if you say hi nice to meet you I'm Randy
then you might get a little bit of a confused look from a British person so Randy American English a
name quite innocent but in British English it is another way to say horny but if your name is Randy
and you're coming to England you might want to get your friends to reserve a table on the phone
yes can I have a table for two for Randy ok number two and this is one that might make a few British
people blush meaning go a little bit red in the cheeks now I've often heard Americans talk about
a fanny pack a fanny pack however the word fanny in American English is referring to your button ok
your bum but in British English it's referring to the other part for ladies so essentially it means
that yeah vagina so if you talk about a fanny pack and you're in the UK someone is going to be very
confused essentially we think you're referring to a vagina fanny is quite informal it's slang it's
not a particularly nice word for that area but yeah we're doing well aren't we all these words
they're kind of sexually related so in British English a fanny pack so what you would wear around
kind of your waist put your money in I don't know bits and pieces we would actually call a bum bag
a bum bag so yeah we wouldn't say fanny pack would say bum bag and we would only talk about fanny in
a very crude rude maybe like guys in a pub or you know having a joke but we definitely wouldn't use
it to talk about a bum bag it's not a fanny pack it's a bum bag when you get into the UK remember
that guys otherwise you're really going to get some strange looks in the UK right number three
there seems to be a theme to this lesson and it's not necessarily the difference between American
and British English period now I've noticed when I watch an American television show that often say
I told him it was over period okay now they're obviously of to me it seems quite clear that
they are referring to a full stop okay the dot at the end of a sentence however period when we talk
about this when we use this word in British English is more often than not referring to
menstruation that special time of the month for ladies when we might get a bit grumpy and have
a stomachache so yes in British English period is referring to menstruation marks in American
English it's referring to a full stop but they use it in a sentence I think just to add emphasis
to to say that's it that's the end I told him it was over period so there's a massive emphasis we
don't do this in the same way in British English we don't say I told him that was the end full stop
we we don't speak like that in British English we just might shout a bit more yeah we just don't do
that right number four this was actually a new one for me I didn't understand the meaning of
this word in American English I only knew British English so thick now in American English thick is
referring to a woman who has got nice hips maybe a big bum but quite a voluptuous we would say a
curvy figure so it's referring to the shape of a woman so if you say wow she's thick you're
referring to her physical shape however if you say this in British English you are saying someone is
stupid thick means stupid it's quite insulting it will upset people so you don't want to call
a woman thick when you get into the UK don't do it you might end up getting a thump so thick fine
might be a compliment in American English but in British super rude very rude in fact thick means
stupid and there's no better word than stupid I know words I had the best words I have the
minute but there's no better words than stupid right number five and I think most people will
know this one but it is quite funny and pants now pants in British English are basically underwear
but they are male underwear women we would say knickers okay women wear knickers but men wear
pants or boxer shorts but pants would be like this smaller ones so in American English pants
are referring to trousers we would say trousers in British English but Americans say pants and
I guess instead of pants you say underwear I mean we say underwear in British English of course but
pants is specifically referring to underwear it's a synonym of for men again I stress so
ya when someone says oh I forgot my pants you're kind of thinking wow you didn't put any underwear
on today that's a bit weird whenever I see this in a movie in a television series and someone's
referring to pants it still makes me laugh I still find it a bit odd and weird it's just the
difference I can't get used to cookie fine it has a different meaning but pants come on really just
say trousers right number six we are nearly at number seven my favourite one but number six is
bum so if you call somebody a bum in American English you're referring to a homeless person
somebody that's basically living on the streets but in British English you're talking about your
ass so you can't say bum bum is bottom its ass it's your gluteus maximus whatever you
want to say it means that in British English in British English we would say homeless living on
the streets we wouldn't refer to somebody as a bum so that's another weird one and one that
you don't want to misuse because British people might not understand what you're talking about
and because it is referring to your ass it does seem really really rude to call somebody a bum
so avoid that one if you normally speak American English and number seven my favourite one it is
poetic in its beauty yes the American president Donald Trump his name has a very different meaning
in British English now in American English it's probably quite appropriate for Donald Trump to
be called Trump Trump as a verb means to to do better than somebody to have an advantage so you
can Trump someone in a game I guess but we don't use it in this way in British English in British
English in fact drumroll please British English Trump means that's right it means to expel air
to break wind - farts - Trump it means to fart so that is why I think it's such a perfect word for
Donald Trump I suppose I shouldn't be getting too political here I don't want to I'm sure there's
plenty of people that support Trump but either way support him or not in English British English his
name means fart now I want to be fair and I'm gonna explain one word in American English that
again has a different meaning in British English now I talked about the American president I should
talk about the British Prime Minister so our prime minister at the moment is Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson now Johnson in American English as I understand it actually means penis it's
talking about that part of the male anatomy so essentially we've got president fart and Prime
Minister penis this is the world we're living in ladies and gentlemen nuff said and there we
have it seven words that you really don't want to be using in British English that you don't want
to be using if you come for a holiday to visit to study English in the UK in America and great fine
use those words all you want but understanding the differences between British and American
English has never been more important so if you've got any more words you'd like to add to the list
there anything that I've missed out I'm certainly no expert on American English but please comment
below and share them let us know what words have come used you the differences between British and
American English or if you think there's any words in British English that could be offensive in
American English or any more in American English that can be offensive in British English thank
you very much for watching guys take care and see you soon sleep we think you're referring to vagina
so in American English its trousers no so huh