Graham Norton - How To Speak British with Tracy Goodwin

[distilledprincess]

hahahaha xD

[GameGeezerGibbo]

I would like to buy a HAMBURGER!

[EmzFx]

Secretly on my iPod in bed, trying so hard not to wake up parents I'm actually snorting!!! XD !!!! She has obviously not seen, met or been anywhere British!!! We do not sound like that!!

[onetwothree532]

I can't express how funny I find this.

[jjjaaaccckkk]

lol the American guys like so what's funny?

[axfbyjgbn]

can't breathe crying with laughter!!!

im british and it is so hard not to wake my parents up with my laughter at the moment

"coffeh" hahahahahaha

:D xxx

[TheGirlgamer3]

Perhaps if by British accent she means The Queen...off her face...then yes...perhaps!!! >_>

[prodigychild1988]

LMFAO wtf? I'm American, and I can tell her "British" accent sounds ridiculous.

[imapumpkin28]

I don't like tracy

[selodijehermano]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah nouuuuuuuuuu XD

[TishTisha55]

HaHa I Cracked up when she said 'Coffeh' :'D :'D Like WTF ! Ughhh we don't say that u stupid hoe Lol...........

[tommos1]

O! say can you see by the dawn's early light,

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,

Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,

O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?

And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,

Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;

O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave,

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

[o0mgn]

Apparantly we Brits sound like we are up out own arses...DOUBTFUL BRITSH PEOPLE ARE NOT THE QUEEN....(Except for the queen that is...)

[o0mgn]

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?????

[youtuneuser429]

@MultiHooterman I can tell you that none of what she says sounds in any way like any English accent. And I'm not english but I live in northern Ireland so most of the tv shows I watch are English and I've been there a few times.

[baubineau]

the funniest one is coffee. ive never heard anyone outside of a comedy show every say coffee like that whether British, American, Australian, whatever

[Purufufuru]

I COMPLETELY LOST IT OH MY GOD AHAHAHAHA

[CookieCraftTV]

hello bobbeh

[AmbySamby]

WHAT! we sound nothin like that its funny to watch though lol

[thesmileyface3100]

she pisses me off sooooo much! grrr!

[ItachiUchiha2010]

She fails at her American.

[DramaStoryMaker]

SHE'S TERRIBLE!!! D:

[MesseurMagoo92]

I personally say English accent. Tracy's "accent" is terrible. lol... And people can say American accent although we have many different accents here because the STANDARD accent is the mid-western accent. That is thought to be the most proper form of speech. If I'm in a formal setting, I speak with a mid-western accent. Whenever I'm in an informal setting, I speak with my native New Yorker accent.

[elevatorisland]

@MesseurMagoo92 do you have a video showing how u do that?

[florencelovme]

garage = garish lol!

no = neow lol!

[pieceofchit1]

the guy at 0:34 just HAD to be American.

[cmcgurk1]

there are many differnt american accents as well. I'm from philly so someone from Texas would speak differently than me . Lets all just get over the fact that were different.

[ragerancher]

I think next time I go over to the USA I will talk like this and then tell them that they can learn from her videos :D

[MegaKnight74]

@ragerancher You're real nice... lol

[ragerancher]

@MegaKnight74 International relations should not get in the way of quality banter.

[gabsylv]

@ragerancher LMAO

[TheTjallicious]

COFFEH

[R0y4l1ty]

When she says 'the dog was lost in the fog' it's like she speaks with a swedish british accent..

[OhNoNotMyPenis]

lol this was funny.shit i foorgot time to walk my dorg

[IrishEyes1989]

That Tracy Goodwin is beyond stupid, but it's so entertaining to watch her fuck up every accent she "teaches" LMAO. The way she pronounced "garage" killed me! :P

[Elitecataphract]

lol actually yeah but I live in UK. I actually listened again and now I hear it

[Elitecataphract]

lol I dunno, sounded british to me lol

[Seb12Morley]

@Elitecataphract You're American.

[razmataz13drums]

the way she said dog was fucking hilarious. agree with graham has she ever even watched a british programme!! haha plus with a welsh person even on the sofa it feels wierd calling it a british accent when everyone always means english

[ragerancher]

@razmataz13drums Can't even call it an English accent. I've got mates from up North who are completely incomprehensible :D

[razmataz13drums]

@ragerancher oh jeeze yeah like you cant really say American accent either. ah its all a little tricky. but yeah you dont even have to be up north or in cornwall the person down my road has such a different accent. its because people in Britain move around a lot as its so small

[ragerancher]

@razmataz13drums And has a huge rance of accents for a relatively small area.

[razmataz13drums]

@ragerancher yeah exactly. tricky for actors but pretty cool otherwise I think

[Halldisa]

ROTFL!! This woman is setting up a lot of her countrymen and women for a fall when they come over here...they'll be laughed out the airport lol :D

[Arcangeletti]

@Halldisa We would actually never put on a British accent when in the UK unless we were rehearsing for an acting roll. This woman makes these videos for aspiring actors/actresses. I know if a person from the UK came up to me trying to imitate my accent I would consider that as very rude...I would never want someone to think I was rude and making fun of them by imitating their accent. What I do however do when in the UK is speak slower and try to drop my regional US accent.

[Arcangeletti]

@Arcangeletti and by "regional US accent" I mean my Northeast Pennsylvania accent.

[Halldisa]

@Arcangeletti Bobbeh, we don't consider it rude just hilarious or at the worst ignorant. I imitate my american friends all the time ;) and they do it back. The fact that this woman is serious is what makes it so laughable.

[animelover5076]

@Arcangeletti i know what you mean but im English and when i go to American i kinda pick up an Ameican accent, im not mocking Americans i just like to fit in and the Americans think that i am American too so they dont even know that i am putting on an accent. it doesnt make me feel like such an outsider and i fit in more. (i talk the queens English so i stand out a little when in America, its not nice everyone looking at me becuase i talk differently.)

[animelover5076]

@Halldisa or beaten out with sticks lol

[Halldisa]

just choked on my pasta. i mean pahstah. XD

[TheJuicyfruitx]

barbie - *bobbeh" i think the only person who talks like this is officer crabtree from allo allo

[nakedmambo]

@TheJuicyfruitx "Gud moaning"Haha..Officer Crabtree indeed. Everyone should leave her to carry on and then we can have a good laugh at the people who take her advice.

[MultiHooterman]

@codmalt: Were you talking or did somebody fart? Seriously though...

[MultiHooterman]

@codmalt: I generally define a fool as he who speaks but never listens. For example... you (?) My point, which I am expressing in perfectly good English (leaving me dumbfounded so many Brits are ignoring it): you are not qualified IN THE LEAST to determine how you sound to foreigners. You DO -- REPEAT DO -- pronounce "been" as "bean" to American ears. Sorry old chap!

[alanr5111]

I didn't realise that if independance was given to America everything they touch would go to f***. Fore example:

Accents of the British Isles; Watch viedo above.....

The middle east; I don't really need to expand on this one...

Normal body weight; The pavement in America is used by buses aswell...

Words; You tell me to spell mum as mom one more time i will go ape shit.

I could read them all day.

[proprodigySD]

Apparently the long o is pronounced utterly nasally and snobbish. that's british, right? lol

[MultiHooterman]

@olideagu: sorry, but the speaker of a language is totally unqualified to say how they sound to the outside world. Few people even believe they HAVE an accent. You're used to hearing the language spoken every day. It's "normal" to you. You have no idea how you sound to others. Again, to beat the point to death: this woman is hilariously wrong in many words but she does nail a couple perfectly... like "been" pronounced "bean".

[codmalt]

@MultiHooterman No body i have ever met in my whole ENGLISH life has ever said Been like bean. Are you british yourself or just a fool?

[JohnnyMalaria]

@MultiHooterman

Bullshit. My wife is born-and-raised American and she says "been" as "bean", not "bin". Not all Americans speak the same way. Likewise my mother is born-and-raised Midlands and says "bin". Except when having the baked ones on toast in which case she says "yum".

[slimkessie]

what a looney

[RICHARDBENIT0]

she was so funny man.... :)

[spitharoo]

There's no such thing as a British accent. Britain has many different accents.

[GeorgeHurst08]

British accent? no such thing. You might aswell say we have a european accent.

[jbdtaylor]

@GeorgeHurst08 I have an Earth accent.

[GeorgeHurst08]

@jbdtaylor That's true, congratulations.

[Bigieboo]

There's no such thing as a 'British' accent. For example Scotland and Wales are part of Britain but their accents are completely different!

[musiclovinggurl123]

Lol I'm in a relationship with a English guy (also Welsh) and I love his accent. His friend's on the other hand is a bit messy.

[TheB122sophieandnina]

People in britain don't speak like that, maybe if they are drunk they do but who says coffee like coffeh!

[AAAfansite]

looool home....becomes hooooooooooooooooommmmmmmeeeee­eeeee

[dregca]

Graham norton-legend

[pillz4you]

its 2:43am and im literally lolling

[MaryaBelmont]

Why would anyone want to speak like us! Our accent is rubbish!! This makes me laugh soo much tho(;

[Bella26111]

hahaahahah "garysz" hehehehe boobee..., koffe.... etc hahahahahha LOL :P WTF ?! HAHAHAHAHAHHA

[felixvc]

@Bella26111 my thoughts exactly :)

[animelover5076]

lol i dont understand why americans would want to speak like us, every counrty has its accent, be proud of yours! Americans have a nice accent.

[atlanticwest]

Tracey Goodwin has no clue of what she is teaching. Her pronunciation is so wrong. British/English do not speak like that and they sound anything closer either. And I am neither American, nor British.

[tchollygirl]

@redfoxarts Don't be discouraged to learn English there's a big difference between someone coming over here and learning and trying to speak or language and someone in another English speaking country believing they can speak in our ACCENT while blatantly destroying it and then trying to TEACH people it.

[tchollygirl]

@MultiHooterman Yes we do say 'been', but she even over-accentuates that, her 'been' becomes 'bayn'. There's not a single entity in Britain she would fool with that accent. She is just totally crap and it is hilarious. Good on her for trying though lol

[MultiHooterman]

@markinyo76: How can YOU say that you know how you sound to a foreigner? That's what you and so many others who are posting in this thread fail to grasp. As I said, she nails SOME of the words, and, I AGREE, she is hilariously wrong on others. One that' she's completely right on is "been". Every Brit I've ever heard has pronounced it "bean", exactly as she does. Sorry mate, but you're as unqualified to judge how you sound to others as I am to judge how *I* sound to others.

[ojideagu]

@MultiHooterman Most English people say BIN. If someone says something similar to Bean It's short and sharp, you don't lengthen and stress the vowels like BEAAAN. You don't say I've BEAAAAN to the shops.

I've BEAAAAANNN there. It's more like Bein than BEAN.

[sbgclori]

This is amazing. I love Graham! !

[allhuakbar1]

we do not speak like that

[Xelanderthomas]

I guess that what you call taking the piss out of someone lol

[DarthJedi2005remixes]

"Fewld the fewn and gew back hewm" Is that really what Americans think we sound like?!?

[Rhiea10]

Barbie-bobbeh??

Dammn lady you got issues

[IkanaLink98]

coffee = khouFEHHHH

[redfoxarts]

I dont see any or so few who made a Training video about British accents or how to speak one... "cockney" "RP" etc... But they're are good at making funny of others... and Im not american...

[MultiHooterman]

@markinyo76: Let me ask you the same question: WTF are you talking about? Did you even READ my post? The point was, and still is, this: you have no idea whatsoever how you sound to non-Brits, and *some* of the words she pronounces are nearly spot-on. I didn't say she was close to nailing the accent. And you are no more qualified to say how you sound to non-Brits than I am to say how I would sound to non-Americans.

[markinyo76]

@MultiHooterman Yes I read your post. And you don't seem to grasp what I'm saying. You said 'what's really funny is how close she comes to nailing *some* of the words spoken by Brits'. So I'll say it again - no, she doesn't. None of the words she says sound particuarly like anything anyone British would say. I'm telling you that as a Brit. How can you say she sounds spot on when you're not British? She is pronouncing the words WRONGLY for a British accent.

[ojideagu]

@MultiHooterman The only people who truly know how an accent sounds and should be spoken are the SPEAKERS not foreign listeners. 99% of her words are wrong, or in an accent nobody uses in England, or she mixes different parts of accents together. It's like saying a sentence switching from a Mafia gangster, to Obama, and finishing sounding like lady Gaga.

[NuttyGooner82]

The Dawg was Lawst in the Fawg... PMSL!

[Rocktecho]

hahha what an arsewipe

[MultiHooterman]

Funny how the British are quick to remind us that there's no such thing as a "British" accent ("there are English accents, Scottish accents, Irish accents," etc.) and then turn right around and start talking about "American" accents. You're committing the same crime. Lighten up. You're making the same generalization we make. In both cases, everybody knows what you MEAN. Not everybody needs a complete grammar lesson after every spoken sentence.

[nimamossayeri]

@MultiHooterman The difference is that English, Scottish & Northern Irish accents can be wildly different from one another to the point of mutual intelligibility, in addition to the fact that British people are keenly aware of their respective nationalities; Scottish people usually don't like it when their lumped in together with the English. So when people correct you, they aren't really giving you a grammar lesson, they really feel like they're just correcting your mistake.

[MultiHooterman]

Although her video is *mostly* rubbish, what's really funny is how close she comes to nailing *some* of the words spoken by Brits, who are no better at judging their accents than I, or anybody else, would be capable of judging on their own. "Been" = "Bean" is a perfect example. I hear it spoken that way CONSTANTLY.

[markinyo76]

@MultiHooterman WTF are you talking about? "what's really funny is how close she comes to nailing *some* of the words spoken by Brits". And how would you know that? A British person can tell if someone is trying to speak with a British accent and failing. As an American you can't tell me she is 'close to nailing' the accent when she blatantly isn't.

[VividlyContemporary]

@MultiHooterman 'Funny how the British are quick to remind us that there's no such thing as a "British" accent ("there are English accents, Scottish accents, Irish accents," etc.) and then turn right around and start talking about "American" accents.'

The key thing here is 'a "British" accent"' and '"American" accents.' (as in singular and plural)

And her 'been' was wrong. Some people do say 'been' and not 'bin' but hers had a kind of 'y' sound thrown in like 'beeeyn' that sounded terrible.

[LoveBlueberryMuffins]

Can you imagine someone talking to you like this? I'm pretty sure they would get punched in the face real soon.

[jessekras]

the one dislike is definitely tracy...

[minimisstrouble]

I fancy a coff-eh

[CBfrmcardiff]

Minnie Driver looks amazing!

[HelmutVillam]

Garash!

[zippydoda5]

you are so right I'm not sure Tracy Goodwin knows how daft and plain halerious she sounds I know I spelled that word wrong

[xTashaKateWoodx]

I think someone should tell expertvillage that their video was so horrible it got on Graham nortons show as a joke lol

[julieshxx]

@MrBrettney funny how it was an irish man though..

[jeostin1989]

she's embarrassing.. what a shameee

[FrankiiDoodle]

I think her experiences of the English may well have just been whilst they were drunk XD

[xTashaKateWoodx]

Finally! Omg shes terrible!

[hollymarg]

OMG...I can do better than that and I'm horrible at accents;-)

[RAVEcanful]

AHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!!!! THANKYOU GRAHAM NORTON!! FINALLY SOMEONE HAS TAKEN THE PISS OUT OF HER!!!!!!!!! :DDDD

[jazzhakimi]

Tracy Goodwin,RASCAL!

[DavesFoundYerScooer]

She is demonstrating the upper class Victorian accent - the Florence Nightingale or maybe miss Marple accent - who are both long dead...

[domnal]

@DavesFoundYerScooer And in the adjacent grave are the garbled vowels !!

[HAZIDEAD]

@DavesFoundYerScooer, what are you talking about? Miss Marple didn't talk like that at all - neither Rutherford nor Jane Hickson.

[MegaKnight74]

Now some sentences. No, go, oh sorry those are the words again.

[dexdex1560]

My god this is the funniest thing I have ever seen I almost peed my pants.

All I know is that my friends would not find this as hilarious as I do.

[domnal]

@dexdex1560 It reminds me of the French policeman in 'Allo 'Allo !!

[MsMelonater]

I don't see how knowing British words and accents are helpful though! why wouldn't you just speak American when you're there?

[domnal]

@MsMelonater Unfortunately Ms Goodwin appears to be an acting voice teacher / coach - DON'T GIVE HER ANY MONEY.!!

[TheJuicyfruitx]

look, im not being funny, but if your American, and you use the accent tracey is trying to teach, you might, well, will get punched in the face

[CrystalChord2010]

@TheJuicyfruitx I completely believe you on this. This woman's a joke, and as an American, I'm pretty embarrassed. Going to England and trying to speak in an accent like that...I wouldn't be surprised if someone got called out, sweared at, or even attacked.

[333gabrielle]

BOBEH!hahaha

[333gabrielle]

OHHH finally someone has taken the piss out of her on british television! ahhahaahhhHAHAHAHAHHAhahahahah­ahahhaHHAHAHhhha

[xxjazzie98xx]

haha that woman's shit

[paulcuthbert]

"The dohg was lohst in the fohg..."

LOL @ Graham's face at 3:01

[xxjazzie98xx]

funny1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!

[danbroad9]

we have northen accents like Mam and me

[DrasticDreamer5]

I think I might start speaking like that, because I can :D How long before they take me away?

[bellboy64]

That bearded guy in the audience is my new hero.

[Mikuru83]

lol "the dawg was lawst in the fawg" XD

[KLtrvlr937]

the expert village lady looks like ET while she's " rounding the o's"

[StephyDee89]

LOL how ironic...I just listened to the Love Never Dies soundtrack, and I click on this and here's ALW...XD

[lbgtneek]

Umm..I don't kow bout you but I was Tracy I would offended its kind of mean.....funny but mean....I mean i hvae friend that is english and she sounds nothing like that!

[xxjazzie98xx]

@lbgtneek its not our fault she cant speack proper english and she soyunds like shit

[besayewich]

I have not laughed so hard in all my life!

and the worse thing is i know my friends would not find it as hilarious as i do!

[MegaKnight74]

the way she says alone is so funny!!

[rubisuperstar16]

This is absolutely laughable! She's a stupid slut that things she can even speak Brittish! Is she dumb? God! Someone heal her because I want to say to her: "Fock yo"!

[VivaRiaAme]

That is soooo wrong! I'm not even British and I know that people don't speak like that! Hahaha, no wonder the UK makes fun of our attempts at British accents! :)

[britishcj91]

I wonder if this woman knows how much people make fun of her because this so called "british accent" no one speaks and the response this has in the UK is hilarious. :-P I want her to go to the UK and speak like that and see what people think. Fist in the face? I think so.

[panovideo]

Hahahahahahaha! Incredible... And she "has been a college professor of public speaking, interpersonal communications, voice and diction, and business speech for over a decade"?!? Hahahahahahaha!

[Brock2797]

She's bonchurs.

[Famisht]

I'm Scottish and even I can do a better Hugh Grant, stereotypical accent! :D

[bfdhvcnvvbjdn]

That woman is a fucking stupid moronic cunt!!!!!!!!!!!!

[crestfallen999]

no

Neeeuuw

[tocaat2410]

I watched several clips of that series when they were still up on YT. I never ceased to marvel how that woman could trot out so much drivel while keeping a poker face, I guess she really believed she was putting on a convincing accent. The obvious thing would be to use an English person to do the spoken examples, but I suppose she thought she could do it better.

[SluzBag1993]

An American trying to patronise people on how to speak inour dialect. If ever anyone spoke to me like that I'd punch them in the face.

[Sneball92]

This seems so right!

[zagratia]

Oh neeeeoooow!

[Skilpaddefrosk]

KOFFEH

[redfoxarts]

I know this is a mistake but.. this discourage me to learn english... Caus im think what I thought I know well how to speak english (UK not US) they'll just laugh at me... Unlike other country.. they'll be glad to hear you trying to speak their language...

[zackhoffman]

@redfoxarts

It's not like that honestly. It's because she's teaching it wrong, and attempting a very posh accent which no one uses :P.

[nimamossayeri]

@redfoxarts This is not about a foreigner learning English, it's about an American trying to teach a British accent that doesn't exist!

[AmyELB]

@redfoxarts I think you're looking at this the wrong way. This is about accents, it's not like learning a country's language. I'd never dream of going to Ireland & trying to talk to the Irish in their accent, they would think I was taking the piss.

Of course, learning the different words, or sayings can be helpful, like...'petrol' instead of 'gas', and I always like it when Americans try that. I know when I'm in America I substitute some words to make things easier. But I still keep my accent.