53 Times Americans Were Surprised By British Things

Survival of the Brittest

Lol 😂

Actually quite useful: "biweekly" is confusing as some may consider that as twice a week or every 2 weeks. "Fortnightly" can only mean once every 2 weeks.

why not BBC Radio 5? Just curious

I am from the US and I have thought the same thing ( why do we call it math when it should be maths) and always assumed I was just overthinking. Then I learned that Brits use maths and now I feel less foolish. Also, I love eagle fucker. Laughed out loud on that.

And Frooty Loop to musicians! Sorry, I had to.

Us British can sneak up on you like a ninja in the night or even an iceberg in open water

Translation: Friend it's hard to explain, it's just like one day you will be with your friends having a look in a sports shop (called JD) and you might fancy the curry offer that's on at the local pub (called Wetherspoons) but your friend Calum, who is a legend and awesome will be like "Guys let's go to Nando's (a resturant chain in the UK, cheap and good tasting food, hence it feeling a bit cheeky) instead." and you'll think "Great idea. Let's go for it."

As a french, I find this....bizarre

Someone told me a lot of Americans don't even own a kettle, I'm slightly scared to ask if that's true....?

That's probably because they never had to become an independent country.

Why is that so weird to Americans? You know what I find weird? That Americans make everything sickly sweet and have an unhealthy relationship with Maple Syrup. On bacon? Really people?

"Pulp" is a band. "Juicy bits" are simply juicy and awesome. I'm ok with this one :D

I suppose people in the USA get a compulsory tip because the don't earn enough from their employers and have to life on their clients charity...?

Same in Poland

If you youtube Anglophenia she explains why there are two taps. They didnt want the hot water being contaminated by the cold water as they had seperate tanks. This was back in the day, they just do it now as nostalgia thing.

That still would make a sick tattoo with a STORY

And you thought us Brits were straight laced and uppity. Mr Blobby is proof, do not mess with the Brits if you don't want the nightmares Freddy Kruger gets when sick.

*also true in the North Eastern US

Due to the common market trade agreements, there was something of a campaign a while back for food terminology in Europe: They basically wanted all British chocolate renaming as chocolate candy because it wasn't pure enough by their standards (too much milk fat and sugar, not enough cocoa).

What? In Canada Hersey's is pretty overly sweet and is definitely of lower quality. What on Earth does she mean by "it burns"? I've had 99% cocoa chocolate before and while I wouldn't describe it as lovely it certainly didn't BURN.

As a Belgian.... dont het me started on the chocolate. Iconoclasts.

Im british and i have had a hershey's before and it was nice. I dont understand what these people are complaining about. I agree that it was different to how "british chocolate" is, but it was still nice

Maybe they're different for the Korean market, but I thought Hershey's are just averagely sweet. On the other hand, I fancy myself some 90% Lindt every now and then. ♥

Give me Cadbury's anytime!

Milk chocolate is too sweet to me. Dark chocolate however is the best, in my opinion.

As a British person I can confidently say that most British people like dark chocolate, I don't like Hershey's because it's basically sugar and cocoa solids with no actual cocoa powder (translation, sweetened fat)

Hersheys tastes like cheap cooking chocolate

Did you know that the distinct taste of Hersheys is pretty much spoiled milk? Back in the day they couldn't get the milk from farm to factory before it started turning (they used it anyway). The Americans loved it anyway so once they could distribute it before it spoiled they had to add the taste of sour milk back in as their sales had dropped so much. Seriously....

Hershey's freaking disgusting ! It tastes like you forgot your chocolate for five or six year in your cabinet... UK chocolate is disgusting as well... no jealousy

Who the hell doesn't dilute Ribena with water! Surely it's on the label. Much better than sodas. And extremely good served hot (& diluted with water), when you have a cold. It's blackberry juice it's good for you! Lucozade better than Gatorade!

This is bullshit - clearly the OP is just unable to distinguish basic food types. Hershey's is pretty much just sugar and additives, it contains about half as much cocoa as British chocolate.

I can't stand regular Hershey's bars either! Cause they're too sweet lol.

I did not know this

Did you know that Cadbury's recipes are different for the UK and Canadian markets? Beware of so-called imports sold in UK-styled shops. How to tell: bona fide UK Cadbury wrappers do NOT have both French and English wrappers!

I love dark chocolate! I eat it every day!

Hershey's is sugary dog sick chocolate. I don't think it ever was a cocoa bean. It's vile.

In this case, I actually feel like rooting for Americans and I'm pleasantly surprised they have something that would be socially accepted to be sweet but still isn't.

I didn't like chocolate until I tried bitter chocolate which has little to no sugar... it's amazing... now I only buy those here in Mexico, artisan made... which can also be used in mole or to make chocolate beverages with different ingredients included mint or chilli (no milk obviously)

How much sweeter can chocolate be, seriously??? I don't understand.

Funny - when we visit London, that's where we get all the really strong, really dark, unsweetened Green&Black's dark chocolate. It's an acquired taste, but the less intense varieties are delicious... We also buy milk chocolate there because the stuff made for export is much poorer quality. I'm confused...

And yet, in another post the Brit is complaining that Americans put too much sugar in everything. Conclusion: Brits just like to bitch.

Hershey's is disgusting.

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Cadbury is practically instant diabetes in bar form.

Wtf is wrong w ur name!

They see me rolling, they hatin'...

Actually all over Europe it's pretty common to have your washing machine in the kitchen. If the bathroom is too small and there is no extra room, where else would you put it? Also in some apartments the water/drain pipes for washing machines are installed in the kitchen only, so you really have no other choice.

We've been watching Vera, The Loch, Unforgotten, Happy Valley, Scott & Bailey & Shetland and have added so many great new insults and idioms to our speech! It's fun yelling knobhead and calling each other cow. I think I have developed a Scottish, Yorkshire, Puerto Rican accent.

can't beat a good chip butty :P

That reminds me of something I read. In germany the waterworks have to perpare for the breaks during important football games.

oh, the grammar

I like knobjockey. I might have to use it.

Makes sense, but.... I'm sure U.S.A. doesn't have the same accent in each state, just like the U.K. accents vary by countries and regions. Even in one single city of London you can differentiate between particular accents depending on the part of the city, no? Sorry, I'm an overthinker. *shrug*

Im british and have never seen, heardor tasted this. And i think it sounds terrible

Sandy is more cool than Frank? o_O

Um. Yeah. Maybe because a "fanny" is something else.

Because it saves on plug-ware. I save pounds every year on not having to replace plugs for my sink.

so... you know those little plastic packs that hot dogs come in have a salty liquid in them, right? They're not vacuum sealed in there all dry.