The Differences between the US and UK

[Justin]

That is totally true. I bet Jubs would say the same thing about Canada rather than Australia.

Anyway, what America needs is 2-story buses like Britain. We have 2-story trains, but not 2-story buses. But Americans value cars more than the British (I think). Maybe our motto should be "In cars we trust".

Not really, Illyana was already pretty spot on. We get the best of both worlds for the most part IMO.

We're starting to share the British pain of getting royally screwed over by exchange rates too! Woohoo!!!

 

[Jarrad]

Those are real.

Sure, MagicalCat6346.

 

[MagicalCat590]

Whateves. You can be a skeptic all you want. I'm not stupid enough to pick an argument with hardcore skeptics, but the Bible witch thing is an undeniable fact. Most historians attribute it to the fact that the Latin word for poisoner and heretic also translates to witchcraft or magic.

 

[Tao]

And of course American sports. You hear so much about Americans playing "football" and baseball, but it's kind of rare to see people playing them here in the UK, although I did go to a youth group a few years ago where the leaders were American, so they taught us how to play American football.

Depends where you look in the UK. Areas where sports can actually be played are pretty hidden away from what I gather.

'Fields' in residential areas (which are a diminishing thing due to building houses on 'em), youth clubs and special 'warehouses' with astro turf pitches seem to be the main places these days. Yano, places you won't really see it happening unless you actually look for them.

There's a large field near my house where people are usually doing some sport (usually 'soccer'), with the 'local' football and rugby teams training there on weekends since there's a set of goal posts set up there.
I went to one of those 'astro turf' places a few years quite regularly as well (back when I actually did sports). It's great since you can just turn up and play with literally anybody there, as well as there being organised 'leagues' and stuff.


This is up north anyway, I don't know about down south. Obviously the difference between north and south is often enough that there could be an ocean dividing them.

 

[Jarrad]

Whateves. You can be a skeptic all you want. I'm not stupid enough to pick an argument with hardcore skeptics, but the Bible witch thing is an undeniable fact. Most historians attribute it to the fact that the Latin word for poisoner and heretic also translates to witchcraft or magic.

Since when did using logic be considered as sceptical?

I don't want to start the entire "Christian vs Atheist" debate here.

I think you meant that "It is believed by many that there are lots of haunted places" as opposed to stating that there are in fact more "haunted" places in the UK than there are in the US. (despite this claim making no sense at all)

 

[Hyoshido]

Biggest differences? The Stereotyping.

 

[Heyden]

Sydney has 3 storey trains , but that's part of Australia xP

 

[Brackets]

the US have better pancakes

 

[epona]

A thing that baffles me about the US is that like us, you go to college at 18. But you can't legally drink until you're 21?!?! My american flatmate last year was so confused by the drinking games we played at college and clubbing and stuff. According to him in american colleges you have to be all secretive about drinking. Weird.

that is one massive flaw with the american system
you can literally sign your life away at 18, join the army, kill somebody, come home, and still not be legally allowed buy a pint of lager hahahaha

(why am i even here i'm irish)


edit; oops just saw jarrad's post and realised this is basically a duplicate pls ignore

 

[Lektic]

the US have better pancakes

Damn straight.

 

[Zedark]

UK logic, gotta be 18 to play Call of Duty but you can join the army at 16

 

[Luxanna]

An American guy who's living nearby for the year told me that back in the US of A it's perfectly normal to start a conversation with a stranger on the bus, whereas in the UK it would be considered outrageous to do the same.

Also, a lot of American stuff I've seen seems like they go out of their way to make things absurdly light-hearted or silly, like I went for an interview at ASDA(American owned) recently, but instead of an interview it was a "Magic session".

And of course American sports. You hear so much about Americans playing "football" and baseball, but it's kind of rare to see people playing them here in the UK, although I did go to a youth group a few years ago where the leaders were American, so they taught us how to play American football.

Depends where you live honestly, where I live in the city to talk to anyone is like a "sin", to even interact with someone is like " hunny dont talk to him hes crazy" We're thought not to interact with others on the subway, dont even look at them. Stare at your phone like you're texting someone. This is NYC though, Like you always see videos of people doing crazy stuff and passerby's just dont care and just walk away like nothing happened. Football and Baseball can be big during the Superbowl or the World Series but prior to that I never hear people talk about it.
I find people enjoy Baseball more, compared to Football. Also soccer is played a lot here.
Edit: My friend told me American Pudding is different from English pudding. Like English pudding is just basically a word for anythign eaten after dinner? While in USA pudding is an actual type of dessert made with Sugar, Cornstarch, Milk, Eggs, - other little things-

 

[Snowtyke]

The UK gets all cartoons except The Simpsons like 6 months late. For example, we're not even halfway through the first season of Steven Universe yet. I never understood why that happens, because we get shows like The Flash or Game of Thrones at the same time.

 

[Gandalf]

Cookies = Biscuits
Biscuits = Scones
Fries = Chips
Chips = Crisps

Crisps = Chips
Fries = Chips
Sliced potato = Chips

Both could use better nomenclature for potato derived crunchy things.

 

[Jarrad]

the US have better pancakes

I disagree

i mean whats with the butter thing? ew pancakes are sweet not savoury

 

[Alolan_Apples]

A thing that baffles me about the US is that like us, you go to college at 18. But you can't legally drink until you're 21?!?! My american flatmate last year was so confused by the drinking games we played at college and clubbing and stuff. According to him in american colleges you have to be all secretive about drinking. Weird.

Add to that, the drinking age also influences the gambling age. I could not gamble until I was 21. I gamble for fun, not as a way to earn money, but I do like to win. We still have casinos you cannot enter until you're 18, but most public casinos won't let you in until you're 21.

The UK has more ugly white people.

This is rather an insult than a fact. The UK doesn't have Kim Kardashian, Miley Cyrus etc, proving the opposite being true. But I don't like the school uniforms the UK has, like what we see in Harry Potter.

Not really, Illyana was already pretty spot on. We get the best of both worlds for the most part IMO.

We're starting to share the British pain of getting royally screwed over by exchange rates too! Woohoo!!!

The British Commonwealth had most of the English speaking countries. The only one that isn't part of the commonwealth is the United States.

I've been seeing a few religious differences mentioned on this thread. The truth here is that even if we had an even shorter era of torture of someone who isn't Christian (I'm looking at you Salem Witch Trials) than the UK (referring to the medieval era), it would take longer for religion to completely fade from American culture than in the UK. Especially in the South. The Northeast is the most religion unfriendly region of the US, but they still value religion over the UK. The South is the one place I don't recommend visiting at all if you're an atheist. Religion is an even bigger deal here. And yes, abortion, same sex marriage, and the separation between church and state (in how the left defines it) are issues we may never get along with.

One thing the UK is better: less gangs, mobs, and hate groups than in the US. I don't get why we allow those people here in America. It makes the UK look like a better place.

One thing the US is better: in the UK, "pants" means underwear. Good thing I live in the US. This is the craziest vocabulary difference between the two countries.

 

[oath2order]

prawn cocktail crisps are amazing i will defend them to the death DO NOT INSULT PRAWN COCKTAIL CRISPS THEY GIVE ME LIFE

ew they're still gross.

 

[EmmaFrost]

Reading this really solidifies how flawless Canada is :')
The only thing I prefer about the US is guns. I'd feel safer in Toronto getting off the train at night if we had concealed carry laws.

 

[Brackets]

One thing the US is better: in the UK, "pants" means underwear. Good thing I live in the US. This is the craziest vocabulary difference between the two countries.

why is a different word for something so hard to wrap your head around... it's just a word? If you'd grown up in the UK you'd be fine with calling underwear pants.

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Reading this really solidifies how flawless Canada is :')
The only thing I prefer about the US is guns. I'd feel safer in Toronto getting off the train at night if we had concealed carry laws.

so you prefer the US's gun laws?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States

 

[oath2order]

why is a different word for something so hard to wrap your head around... it's just a word? If you'd grown up in the UK you'd be fine with calling underwear pants.

I think your last sentence kind of explains why he finds it weird.

It's funny seeing the people from the UK here like "WHAT? HOW CAN YOU THINK CALLING X Y IS WEIRD??? OH MY GOD WHY DON'T YOUR SILLY AMERICANS UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED???? FORGET THE FACT THAT WE GREW UP CALLING IT THAT AND YOU DIDN'T HENCE WHY YOU FIND IT WEIRD NO IT'SS WEIRD THAT YOU DON'T CALL IT THAT OMG"