I'm an American living in the UK

Release time：2024-05-21 11:12:47 Source：Global Glossary news portal

An American woman who made the move from the US to the England has revealed all of the 'cute little observations' and quirks she's noticed about English people.

Content creator Jenna McKone moved from Phoenix, Arizona to Cambridge with her husband in January of this year.

The pair had previously lived in England for some time four years prior, but ended up moving back home.

Posting under her TikTok handle @jennamckone, the American decided to share the love she has for English people by listing her favourite things about them.

The video has already been seen by more than 166,000 people, with one Brit commenter writing that she's the 'number one American who really gets us'.

An American woman who made the move from the US to England has revealed all of the 'cute little observations' and quirks she's noticed about English people

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Jenna told her 7,000 followers: 'I've been back in England for a little over a month now, so I thought I'd share some random small things about England and English people that I love.'

Calling appetisers nibbles 

The first niche quirk that the American loves about English people, is that we have a unique name for appetizers.

The TikToker gushed: 'Number one is calling appetisers nibbles. 

'That's adorable, and now every single time we got to a pub and the menu says nibbles, my husband and I go 'do you want some nibbles?''

In the comments, someone explained: 'Starters are what we all appetisers. Nibbles are just like little snacky snacks.'

Road etiquette  

The second thing on the content creator's list may be surprising to a lot of English people - and it's that we have good road etiquette. 

The second thing on the content creators list may be surprising to a lot of English people - and it's that we have good road etiquette

She explained: 'Next is how you thank other drivers for letting you in by flashing your hazards once. I had never seen that before I came here.

'Usually Americans just throw their hand up, but it's a great way to thank people. Also, you're just the most courteous drivers I've actually ever seen.

'Americans watching, you know how when you are taking a left turn and there's a lot of traffic coming both ways - ask yourself how long it takes for someone to let you in.

'Maybe the 12th car lets you in. In England it's almost always by the second car, even though your roads are really scary sometimes'.

But she added that she was more 'scared' for her life driving in America than she is here.

Orange egg yolk 

Jenna's next point is about food rather than people, and it's how good English eggs are - specifically the yolks. 

She told viewers: 'Next is how orange your egg yolk is. 

'I know people talk about this and I know it's not surprising from an American saying that this is one of the greatest things ever.

'But let me tell you, in the US you have to pay $12 to get the yolk as orange as it is here and it still probably isn't as orange, and I pay £2.50 here'.

Phone voices 

Another thing the US citizen finds amusing is English 'phone voices' and our unique habits. 

She laughed: 'Next is how your voice goes three octaves higher when you're saying goodbye on the phone.

'In the UK, a man with a very deep voice will be like 'okay bye!' (in a high pitched voice).

Adding that she also loves that it 'takes a solid 10 seconds to go through the entire goodbye spiel'.

Doing an impression of our long goodbyes, she said: 'Cheers, yep, have a good day, be well, yep, okay, yep, okay bye.'

Content creator Jenna McKone moved from Phoenix, Arizona to Cambridge with her husband in January of this year

Freshly baked bread 

Going back to food, the content creator revealed she is also a huge fan of English bread. 

Jenna said: 'The next thing is a fondness for a nice freshly baked sourdough bread.

'Some of my favourite brunch and coffee shops are here because of how much you love your bread.

'I could never find a good sourdough bread, even in driving distance of where I live and there's about four that I can walk to here.'

Adaptable people 

Another compliment for English people from the American is that we are 'very adaptable' and don't let the weather hold us back.

She explained: 'I know that you guys don't like this, I know that you don't like your weather, but I will say you are very adaptable.

'Because you have to be and I realise that, but honestly it's inspiring that all of you will be out and about no matter what. 

'You're cycling in the rain, there's no umbrellas a lot of the time, you're just going about your business no matter the weather and so thank you for that - I love that.'

English viewers flocked to the comments to share how 'accurate' Jenna's list is, calling her observations 'sweet'.

One user penned: 'We do a thing on the phone where we go 'okay bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye' gradually getting quieter.'

A second wrote: 'I hung up too early once so rang back to apologise.'

Meanwhile a third joked: 'Funny how accurate this. I don’t bother with umbrellas because no umbrella has yet been invented to withstand the conditions.'

Pleased, another added: 'You are the number one American on here who really gets us!'

Someone else chimed in with: 'I assume your husband is also American. 

'I have also hung up too soon in the goodbye ritual, felt bad so rang the person back to make sure I properly said goodbye. The shame I felt for cutting of their goodbyes.'

One English viewer quipped: 'I'm discovering that this post makes me feel oddly patriotic,' alongside a laughing emoji.

Another wrote: 'These are such sweet observations! My partner does the 'bye bye bye' until only dogs can hear the last one,' with someone else adding: 'The goodbye saga is often as long as the phone call that preceded it'.

Meanwhile, someone else penned: 'Just back from the USA and surprised we survived the roads. UK does have road etiquette!'

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