Comments by "Jeni10" (@Jeni10) on "American Reacts to AMERICAN vs BRITISH English *50 DIFFERENCES" video.

  1. Moscow in Russian language is said as “Mosk-vah”, but even anglicised, Russians would pronounce w as a v, so it would never be “mos-cow” because the English word for cows has nothing to do with it. “Moskova” would be closer.
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  2. “The Band-Aid was invented in 1920 by a Johnson & Johnson employee, Earle Dickson, in Highland Park, New Jersey, for his wife Josephine, who frequently cut and burned herself while cooking. The prototype allowed her to dress her wounds without assistance.” BUT……. “Elastoplast has come a long way since the first Elastoplast plaster, which we developed in 1896, when Smith & Nephew companies (founded in 1856) expanded their business to Wound Dresssing. The start of an ongoing success story, driven by progress, quality and innovation.” (Invented in Germany.)
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  3. Funny, we call the men’s undershirt a vest or more commonly, a singlet. “Sing-glet”
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  4. Before you start reacting, I have to say that America speaks Webster’s English not English English, so there will be a LOT of deletions of both words and letters. Noah Webster deleted or redefined thousands of words including half of the homophones!
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  5. Carded is for soccer. Either a red card or a yellow card. Also called booked.
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  6. @ Aussies. Ian knows that, so I didn’t think about explaining it. 😃🇦🇺
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  7. Aussies say chunder as well. Ian, have you ever heard the song “I come from the Land Down Under” by Men at Work? Listen to it again and pay attention to the lyrics! 😃😂🇦🇺
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  8. We call them rubbers because they’re made of rubber: In 1839 Charles Goodyear discovered the process of vulcanization, a method that would cure rubber, making it durable. Rubber erasers became common with the advent of vulcanization. Goodyear was American.
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  9. Spots aren’t always pimples, especially in Australia. They can be deadly melanomas or insect bites or any other skin conditions. So without a diagnosis, they’re just spots.
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  10. @ look it up. That’s how I found the info.
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  11. Aussies love our grilled cheese! We never use the word broiled. Broil comes from the French bruler, just think of creme brulee, to burn from above. In UK usage, to grill means to cook under a heat source, while cooking from below is barbecuing or frying on a hot plate. BTW, cooking over open flames or hot smoking for many hours, produces carcinogens on the meat and anything near it, so never do that, always cook on a sealed hot plate. And as always, “smoking” is bad for you, especially hot smoking. Avoid eating burnt food! Cooking till it’s black also has carcinogens.
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  12.  @trevorcook4439  Really? Our family has been sticking it under the grill for as long as I can remember, and I’m nearing the other end of my life. 😃😋 I hide tomato and torn fresh basil leaves under the cheese - takes it to another level! 😋😋
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