Although we share a common tongue with our pals across the pond, our speech, slang and spellings are very different.

So for this American man, who describes himself as a ‘meer Yankee living amongst Brits’, some of our lingo just doesn’t make sense to him.

So much so that he reckons some of our favourite turns of phrase should be made ‘illegal‘.

Content creator KJordy, known as @kjordyyy on TikTok, has been sharing snippets of his life in London since he made the move from the States online as well as pointing out the cultural differences he has clocked onto.

We all know the UK and the US are bound together by a shared history, a common language and similar principles – but this guy reckons that his lot have really outdone Brits when it comes to dialect.

In his latest video, KJordy revealed some of the words that we use over here that he simply ‘cannot stand’.

The bloke, from the US, explained what words he doesn’t like in the English language (Getty Stock Image)

He began: “First up is ‘bloody’ – I just don’t understand the need to say that. Every time I hear it I think of blood. Ugh!

“Second we’ve got ‘bullocks’ [he means b*llocks]. Don’t ask me what this means, but all I know is when they’re p***ed off they shout, ‘Oh, b*llocks’.

“When I first heard someone shout it I generally thought something was going down.”

Despite butchering the pronunciation, he did get the definition pretty spot on to be fair.

KJordy continued: “Number three is the grossest in my opinion – dribble.

“Dribble is when someone is drooling out their mouth. It just sounds so gross when they’re like ‘oh, someone has a little dribble in their mouth’. It doesn’t really sound right or sit with me well.”

KJordy has made a lot of content about the differences between the UK and the US since moving to London (Getty Stock Image)

The social media star then decided to switch gears a bit and come for one of our Great British dishes.

KJordy said: “Number four is the food and it’s bubble and squeak. ‘Til this day, I don’t know what the hell bubble and squeak is. I don’t wanna have dinner and someone puts down bubble and squeak on my plate.”

This fella has no idea what he’s missing out on due to his bias over British words, does he?

He finished off by saying: “And last but not least is knob – it doesn’t really sound right. And you know exactly what I’m thinking when someone first tries to call someone a knob bro. I was like ‘nah, this can’t be real!'”

As you can imagine, most people in the UK weren’t super supportive of his opinions about our jargon, although people did kindly explain some of the phrases he didn’t understand in the comments.

One said: “It’s bOllocks, and it means testicles. Just for clarity.”

Another wrote: “Prefer saying bloody than period like Americans do.”

A third added: “Knob doesn’t sound right in your accent. It sounds more insulting in a British accent.”

While a fourth chimed in: “You replace the word f***ing with bloody when you’re around children.”

Essentially, it seems KJordy has taken issue with five of our favourite words in the English language. B*llocks.

Warning: This article contains discussion of suicide which some readers may find distressing

The first British couple to sign up for Exit International’s suicide pod will be asked three questions before they end their lives together.

Peter, 86, and Christine Scott, 80, have been married for 46 years. But they are now planning on travelling to Switzerland to die together after former nurse Christine was diagnosed with vascular dementia.

The couple, who have six grandchildren, are in the process of signing up with Swiss organisation The Last Resort, who have given them the option to die in the Sarco death capsule.

The Sarco pod that the British couple plan on ending their lives in (ARND WIEGMANN/AFP via Getty Images)

Former RAF pilot Peter told the Daily Mail: “We have had long, happy, healthy, fulfilled lives but here we are in old age and it does not do nice things to you.

“The idea of watching the slow degradation of Chris’s mental abilities in parallel to my own physical decline is horrific to me.

“Obviously I would care for her to the point I could not, but she has nursed enough people with dementia during her career to be adamant she wants to remain in control of herself and her life.

“Assisted dying gives her that opportunity and I would not want to go on living without her.”

Philip Nitschke created the suicide pod (JASPER JUINEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Christine – who has spent much of her career looking after patients with dementia – added: “It’s a lovely life but I have this diagnosis, and that’s crystallised our thinking.

“Medicine can slow vascular dementia but it can’t stop it. At the point I thought I was losing myself, I’d say: ‘This is it, Pete, I don’t want to go any further’.”

Dubbed the Sarco Pod, Exit International said the ‘sarcophagus’ is a capsule that can ‘produce a rapid decrease in oxygen level, while maintaining a low CO2 level, (the conditions for a peaceful, even euphoric death)’.

Creator Dr. Philip Nitschke also explained to MailOnline that users would be asked three questions upon entering the machine.

Three questions are asked once inside (ARND WIEGMANN/AFP via Getty Images)

There questions would be: ‘Who are you?’, ‘Where are you?’ and ‘Do you know what happens if you press the button?’

“If they answer those questions verbally, the software then switches the power on so that the button can then be pressed,” he said.

“And if they press the button they will die very quickly. When you climb into Sarco the oxygen level is 21 percent but after you press the button it takes 30 seconds for the oxygen to drop to less than one percent.”

If you’ve been affected by any of these issues and want to speak to someone in confidence, please don’t suffer alone. Call Samaritans for free on their anonymous 24-hour phone line on 116 123.

The performance artist who controversially allowed spectators to do whatever they wanted to her body for six hours has revealed the moment the stunt went horribly wrong.

In 1974, Serbian conceptual artist Marina Abramović decided to take on the most risky performance of her career. Named ‘Rhythm 0,’ the artist stood completely still for six hours while visitors were allowed to use a series of objects on her in whatever way they wished.

Aiming to see how far the public would go when given complete control over another human’s body, Abramović left 72 different objects out for spectators to use.

These included a a rose, feather, perfume, honey, bread, grapes, wine, scissors, a scalpel, nails, a metal bar, a gun, and a bullet.

The performance started relatively tame (Marina Abramović Institute/YouTube)

Unsurprisingly, it didn’t take long for the experiment to go south, but where did it all go wrong?

Initially, the stunt remained pretty tame, with visitors offering her a rose of simply watching as she stood still.

However, this would later take a very dark turn.

“At the beginning, nothing really happened,” Abramović, now 77, would later say of the stunt during an interview on the Marina Abramovic Institute YouTube channel.

“The public were really nice. They gave me a rose, they would kiss me, look at me, and the public became more and more wild.”

Emboldened by the fact that Abramović had placed her fate entirely in the hands of those around her, spectators became violent in their actions. The artist’s clothes were slashed away by razor blades and one person would even cut her throat in order to suck blood from her neck.

The artist would later reveal that she believed the turning point was when the audience realised they could get away with doing whatever they wished to her body.

However the public would soon become more violent (Marina Abramović Institute/YouTube)

Towards the end of the performance, the audience had split into two camps – those who wanted to protect Abramović and those who wanted to do her harm. A fight would break out in the room after a loaded gun was pointed to her head. It’s unclear whether or not this ended the experiment or the six hours had simply elapsed.

Either way, Abramović had revealed some harrowing truths about what humans are prepared to do to others when faced with no repercussions.

“What I learned was that … if you leave it up to the audience, they can kill you,” she said.

“I felt really violated: they cut up my clothes, stuck rose thorns in my stomach, one person aimed the gun at my head, and another took it away.”

Abramović went on to add that several spectators would even run away after the performance ended, unable to face the woman they had treated so horribly.

The 77-year-old artist would thankfully live to tell the tale (Joseph Okpako/WireImage)

“Everybody ran away. People could not actually confront with me as a person.”

The performance would go on cement Abramović as one of the most important conceptual artists around at the time, but also demonstrate the cruel nature of the human mind.

Warning: This article contains discussion of suicide which some readers may find distressing.

A British couple who have signed up to seek assisted dying together will use a ‘double suicide pod’.

Peter and Christine Scott, 86 and 80 respectively, plan to travel to Switzerland and ‘die in each other’s arms’ in a Sarco Pod designed by Dr Philip Nitschke.

The former RAF pilot and nurse made the decision after Christine was diagnosed with early-stage vascular dementia, telling The Daily Mail: “We have had long, happy, healthy, fulfilled lives but here we are in old age and it does not do nice things to you.

“The idea of watching the slow degradation of Chris’s mental abilities in parallel to my own physical decline is horrific to me.

“Obviously I would care for her to the point I could not, but she has nursed enough people with dementia during her career to be adamant she wants to remain in control of herself and her life.

“Assisted dying gives her that opportunity and I would not want to go on living without her.”

The current iteration of Sarco Pods is made to fit one person. Couples who wish to go together will need something else. (Exit International)

The couple have signed up with Swiss organisation The Last Resort, and before they can use the pod, Dr Nitschke has said they will have to answer the following questions: ‘Who are you?’, ‘Where are you?’ and ‘Do you know what happens when you press the button?’

This is intended to prove they are of sound mind when they make the decision to end their lives, as the Sarco Pod works by the occupant pressing a button which lowers the oxygen levels inside, rendering the occupant unconscious and then dead.

The first Sarco Pod has been built but not yet used, with a euthanasia reportedly scheduled for July called off as the patient was deemed to be suffering from ‘deteriorating mental health’, but it is made for a single occupant.

The Mail has since reported that a Double Sarco Pod will be made so that two occupants can go through assisted dying together, and that it ‘could be ready for use as early as January’.

An image of what the ‘Double Sarco Pod’ is expected to look like (The Last Resort)

In his interview, Peter continued to say: “We understand other people may not share our feelings and we respect their position.

“What we want is the right to choose. I find it deeply depressing we can’t do that here in the UK.

“Yet look at the alternative. The chances of getting prompt NHS treatment for the ailments of old age seem pretty remote so you end up trapped by infirmity and pain.

“I don’t want to go into care, to be lying in bed dribbling and incontinent – I don’t call that a life.

“Finally, the Government swoops in to take your savings and your house to pay for it all.”

Christine added: “It’s a lovely life but I have this diagnosis, and that’s crystallised our thinking.

“Medicine can slow vascular dementia but it can’t stop it. At the point I thought I was losing myself, I’d say: ‘This is it, Pete, I don’t want to go any further’.”

If you’ve been affected by any of these issues and want to speak to someone in confidence, please don’t suffer alone. Call Samaritans for free on their anonymous 24-hour phone line on 116 123.