Many people here complain about this or that accent not being "real English". But if you mean English that's close to the old English language period, then it might sound like this:
HWÆT, WE GAR-DEna in geardagum,
þeodcyninga þrym gefrunon,
hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon!
I don't think a lot of people speak English like that today.
@groundge2 no he is right it's know as a American accent because it refers to the whole country, just like the British accent refers to every country apart of the British isles
@THUMBOFMEGANFOX, I TOLD U ALREADY, CHECK ONLINE. I KNOW 'TRUTH IS ALWAYS BITTER'.
" I SAID TRUTH IS ALWAYS BITTER'.
FOR EXAMPLE-- U R THE SON OF TWO HUMAN-BEINGS. THATS THE TRUTH. U R NOT THE SON OF TWO ANIMALS .
IN THE SAMEWAY ENGLISH = ENGLAND.
ENGLAND TOOK CARE OF ENGLISH, LIKE UR PARENTS TOOK CARE OF YOU FROM UR CHILD HOOD. AMERICA DIDNOT TAKE CARE OF ENGLISH, LIKE ANIMALS DIDNOT TAKE CARE OF YOU.
I CAME FROM LAND OF KAMASUTRA,SO I CAN F**K U IN MANY WAYS THAN U THINK
@ThumbOfMeganFox I TOLD U ALREADY, CHECK ONLINE. ' TRUTH IS ALWAYS BITTER'.
FOR EXAMPLE-- U R THE SON OF TWO HUMAN-BEINGS. THATS THE TRUTH. U R NOT THE SON OF TWO ANIMALS .
IN THE SAME WAY, ENGLISH = ENGLAND.
ENGLAND TOOK CARE OF ENGLISH, LIKE UR PARENTS TOOK CARE OF YOU FROM UR CHILD HOOD. AMERICA DIDNOT TAKE CARE OF ENGLISH, LIKE ANIMALS DIDNOT TAKE CARE OF YOU.
I CAME FROM LAND OF KAMASUTRA,SO I CAN F**K U IN MANY WAYS THAN U THINK.
@SHUKLAPATELA so what's your point? We (Americans) still speak English. We have JUST AS MUCH RIGHT to speak the language as the English people do. We speak it differently, as do the Australians. Not sure why that bothers you people hahaha Did you have a point there or was that a completely unecessary history lesson?
and either be bold enough to type the word 'fuck' or don't type half of it at all lol
@SHUKLAPATELA Actually I did check my facts... and I did NOT get my facts off of Wikipedia, either :)
but I don't want to argue. I'm just tired of ppl dissing Americans for speaking the way we do & our differences. The situation is what it is. I love the English language because I feel there's more words available for any situation as well as a powerful sounding language (more than any latin language). So I don't understand all the hate really.
@ThumbOfMeganFox IAM NOT DISSING AMERICA. I LOVE BOTH U.K and U.S.
THE ENGLISH(ENGLAND) GOT MANY ACCENTS. AMERICANS GOT MANY ACCENTS. AUSTRALIANS GOT MANY ACCENTS. BUT THE POINT IS U PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE. AND U CURSING UR OWN LANGUAGE.
ENGLISH = A to Z. AMERICA = A to Z. ARE THERE ANY MORE WORDS BEHIND A to Z ALPHABETS.
PEOPLE BELONG TO DIFFERENT COUNTRY. BUT SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE, BUT WITH DIFFERENT SLANG.
@SHUKLAPATELA no worries. i'm kinda tired of the back & forth. i honestly don't care where people are from as long as they're good people & are fun to hang out with. peace to you. (you might wanna get that caps lock button checked lol)
How come some of you Yanks can't understand us speak English. What a fucking disgrace ENGLISH films have to be subtitled in America just because we don't talk like we are brain dead...Some of your squeaky accents need to be subtitled....
@MrKikiore10 How come you brits talk so gay? you have too much emphasis on every word & speak too lively like the gays do. this is why we assume all the brit men are queer... also, why do you guys completely disregard the letter 'r' & sometimes 'h'?
"'Ellow, moi nay-ime iss Hawry Paa-tta an' oi loike tew eet bis-cuts an' drink tay en thee af-ta-newn..."
wtf? and you don't think you need subtitles? lol phonics, bitches.
@ThumbOfMeganFox That sentence you started with ellow proves you have some mental disorder.Ok here is a few points.1 Only people from London well mostly from Essex have a cockney accent. 2 Again only cockneys disregard a r and h like people from the north of England and Scotland drop a s. 2 You are saying you can't understand people you invented the language you speak smart. 3 Us hard to understand with a country full of dumb hicks or rednecks eg Sarah Palin I wouldn't go throwing stones "ya'll"
@MrKikiore10 You defend the accent by saying only people from a certain area speak cockney & then turn around & assume that all Americans talk w/ a southern accent... Palin isn't from the south, she's from the north w/ a northern accent. I throw stones b/c I have a west coast accent, meaning everyone can understand me, regardless of where they're from. As well, you guys didn't invent the language... you know nothing about history if you think that. Languages 'evolve' so we have as much claim.
@ThumbOfMeganFox I Know all Americans don't have a southern accent. Also I have trouble understanding people from the West Coast must be due to their stupidity and stereotyping....P.s i know languages evolve.
@ThumbOfMeganFox I can I was seeing if you had a sense of humour which you do....P.s I don't hate America I just like a good Anglo-American debate LOL.
It's called (Eng)lish so it's from (Eng)land they made it so they know how to speak it we just took their language and made few mistakes while speaking it now we have a language (American -ENG-lish) lol
not only did you create the language...you forced millions of people across the globe to assimilate and learn it as they would lose their way of life and language.. You should be proud of your ancestors!!!!
Guy's we should be flattered USA and Canada are speaking English. Sure, it may have been made in England, but if Northen America had not chosen English, it would have been German. And that would have been a disaster in WWII! Or maybe for the better, I don't know. But as I said before, be flattered.
lol, no. English was created by the French and Anglo-Saxons. So unless you speak Breton, you have no claim on how a language, your ancestors "made", is supposed to be spoken.
We do indeed have as much say on how to speak English as you guys do, otherwise, you have no say either.
Also being quite neutral to this argument, having a distinctly Canadian accent (no I do not use the word eh? in common conversation), I have to add that not all people pronounce their letters the same. For example, not all Americans say "Mounnin" instead of "Mountain", it all depends on how articulate that particular person is, as is with all people.
Being Indian and hence neutral on the topic I'll have to say the American accent is easier to understand. Plus the spellings are less troublesome. British English is the standard taught in Indian schools but as soon as I was out of high school I completely discarded British spellings and pronunciations in favor of American ones. Why? Because I find it annoying to have to add a random 'u' in 'color' or an 'o' in 'fetus' for no apparent reason and to pronounce 'lieutenant' with a non-existent 'f'.
@stig781 You're right. I do hope, though; that you didn't take offence at anything I wrote. My idea of American English as 'easier to understand' probably has more to do with my addiction to Hollywood than anything intrinsically less cryptic in their manner of speaking. I still can't help associating a 'standard' British drawl with sophistication and culture at the subconscious level. It's just that I have trouble following some of the more 'regional' varieties of English as spoken in Britain.
rhotic accent or non-rhotic accent. The difference divides the English speaking world. yanks,,Scots,& Irish =rhotic. English, NZ, Aus non-rhotic (not sure about S.A or Wales)
The easy way to define is the pronounciation of the word "bar" The first group prounounce BA RR, the second BA. -
So in 400 years which group will gas the other for being revisionist?
Technically, the current American accent is much closer to what the English accent sounded like way back in 1776. So really, Americans have kept the accent the same over the years while the English have changed it up.
While it is true that different states were settled by different people, those colonies settled by the English (like Virginia and Carolina) maintain accents that are much similar to those back in 1776.
@rchcc122 i am not having a go at you but Americans no offence have changed english and come up with different words a faucet for a tap really bit of a mouthful !!! : L
Or maybe the distance between the two countries have led to separate developments of different words because of the lack of ability to communicate uniform terms for technology? Unless you can tell me they had FB, email and easy phones back when we see a lot of the variations, then I think you are more insulting than understanding and letting well enough alone. I can understand what a 'tap' is even if I didn't know originally because some regions here also call it a tap.
Actually, according to Oxford, the definition of a faucet is "a device by which a flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container can be controlled; a tap," or 'tap' is a synonym.
Of course, for the whole "technical vs. non technical" debate, look at the words lift and elevator.
In the Oxford they first definition is the same. Only for lift it has "British" next to it indicating British slang.
For elevator it has the simple definition, indicating it is technically correct.
By the way. If you looked up "Fawcett" it's no wonder you got the wrong definition. "Fawcett" is the last name of Farrah, an actress who passed away in 2009. She was in Charlie's Angels.
Or it could be Percy Fawcett, who was a British explorer who disappeared in Brazil in 1925.
@rchcc122 -cheeky- I admitted the spelling may have been wrong. Who cares -it"s a tap, a nice short word,saving time and a syllable, and technically correct. A faucet is an uncontrolled flow,thats why we have tap. A lift also -nice , short and accurate. - "elevator" is only appropiate on the lift-cars upward ascent. so It is not accurate on the descent.
@rchcc122 Its amusing you critise me for not spelling faucet correctly- FYI- I have never used the word-so how would I know you lot spell it in such a posh poncy way?
I think the dictionary may be giving the modern US accepted definition of the word. I was told by a very old man,when looking at an uncontroled outlet,which only ran with water occasionally ,that it was a faucet.-everone laughed (naturally) not knowing the word.He said it was a very old fashoned old English word describing such.
Well. Spell check helps the whole "not being able to spell" issue.
And actually, the Oxford Dictionary is published in the UK and has been for 150 years. It's very prestigious and, no offense, but I take it's word on a definition rather then the definition given by an old man who may have his own life influencing his comments.
By the way- if you were so firm on having the 'easy' words, you would use 'y'all' instead of 'you all' since it's faster and gets the point across.
@rchcc122 No. Why would the English accent diverge when the American one does not? That's not linguistically sound. Listen to recordings of americans from the 1940s. They sound much more like the English than they do today.
You're about a hundred years off. Cultural accents can't change in under 60 years... but they can diverge in over 200 years.
Please read what I'm saying. It's all about the pronunciation of the 'R'. Some parts of America has adapted the habit, others have not. But what's important is British accents have diverged while American accents haven't as much. And I have no idea what your first comment was referring to. Make it clearer if you're going to insult me please.
my brother in law is from new zealand and im from the u.s. and whenever he says my name it sounds like he's saying gin like the alcohol instead of jen. and i say mounTain and innTernational. and when most people try to do an american accent they end up sounding like they're from the south..just saying.
The guy on the left doesnt seem English, he pronounced "language" like an American. Also note that that is only one of like 70 English accents, drive 20 miles here and people sound different
Im French, learned english for a lot of years (in school so my english is really not good at all ), maybe in this particular examples in this video, it's easier for me to understand the american pronounciation but in general I do really prefer the English accent, it's a lot easier to ear the differents words in a sentence, Americans tends to "eat their words" , don't know if this litteral translation of a french expression is understandable :)
@xurok Yeah that makes sense. Being from Australia, American and English accents can both sound like this sometimes, because they both sound (to Australians) as if they're putting so much effort into each syllable.
@Freshbott2 Australians and English may differ in accent but at least you guys know how to spell, or use existing words rather than making up completely new ones
@blazednlovinit By what I know you guys use either American or British spelling interchangeably, here we only use the British spelling. But American pronunciation and spelling does influence Australian. Many young people argue that 'Zeee' is the correct letter rather than 'Zed', and words like jail and gaol we use interchangeably. We do make up a few words, but not at the drop of a hat likes Americans do.
@blazednlovinit Hmm, that's weird, 'cause we're told that gaol is the old term, and some jails in Australia are still called gaols, and we sometimes spell it that way. It doesn't really make sense 'cause G before an A shouldn't make a J sound.
@Freshbott2 English in general is like that, fully of horrible exceptions. we used to get taught in school "A before E except after C" for spelling, but it turns out more words don't follow the rule than do and they can no longer teach that
@blazednlovinit Yeah they used to similarly tell us 'I before E except after C' but there are exceptions. Written English, whatever dialect, doesn't really reflect the spoken language, too variable, too many idioms. Speaking Swedish I've noticed that even the spoken language is kind of random. Other languages are very uniform and structured. But meh, it's the universal language so I guess what can you do.
American English sounds better and I'm not just saying that because I'm American. Its just easier, my father can't even sit through a HP movie without asking me what they are saying. I love the English English though, but most of my foreign friends have said they prefer American English because its easier to understand. Some British Accents I get lost trying to understand, like the geordie & Scouse accents, it can be really hard to understand.
@Juliz Even Brits sometimes have trouble understanding other British regional accents, ie the scousers don't allways understand Cockney, or Cockneys have problems understanding Geordies or Brums. just the way it is here
The UK is becoming increasingly Americanised in its speech, especially over the past few years (I never thought I would live in a UK where people regularly said "dude" for instance), with American slang and words replacing traditional UK ones, so I think after a few decades videos like this won't really be needed......
@kamelion7 Sigh! Twenty years ago English people went to university or college. Now everyone goes to 'Uni'. The word uni came from Australia and entered into common usage over here.
English thrives as a language because it's adaptable and embraces change. The ENGLISH English that you're so proud of is actually a hotchpotch of words from around the world so the idea of ENGLISH English is an illusion.
@kamelion7 The original? What, you go around talking like Shakespeare do you? The language you, personally, use every day is full of words that come from India, France, Germany, Spain, America, Australia, etc.etc.etc. 'Dumbed down', for example, is an American expression.
I have great fun when an american comes into the shop where I work and asks to buy a mirror. 'Meeorr' is how they pronounce it. I look forward to going to the states and giving them a laugh with my pronounciations.
Well considering you guys are Americans I'm not going to tell you you're wrong, I just go by what I hear on TV etc, never actually been over there. Just in my head I can't imagine an American saying 'international' with a strong 't' sound, maybe it's just a weaker 't' rather than no 't' at all? Like I said, I can't really judge this fairly.
It's interesting to watch about accents. I'm from Russia and I like both American and British accents, but even in modern Russian we speak like Americans (especially in Moscow). E.g. BE - Moscow (oh), AE - Moscow (ah). In Russian Moscow=Moskva. IN many Russian cities people say Moskva (oh), but IN Moscow we say Moskva (ah). I started to learn a British accent, but later I understood that an American accent is more appropriate for me : - )
american english is so pleasant for my ears, i don't know why. actually 70 percent of english speakers speak american. the only problem is that in most schools people are taught british english and american isn't really encouraged that much.
I think we came up with like the simple English words, but America perfected them :) made them abit posher lol
Like: "Pah-tate-oh" or "Tar-mart-oes is how British people say it (like in a lazy voice lol) and Americans say everything much more fluent and perfect but also drag there words like: "Po-tato's" and "Two-Matoes" LOL it's like Americans use more O's.
@260james Don't be ridiculous. Why is it americans have this superioty complex and total ignorance when it comes to the English language. They call it 'American', and think they invented it, and 'perfected' it? Idiots.
@stig781 English is spoken in the USA because the country is a former British colony,period.the extensive knowledge of the English language can only be acquired by reading the Oxford English Dictionary.
@stig781 English is spoken in the USA because the country is a former British colony,full stop.the extensive knowledge of the English language can only be acquired by reading the Oxford English Dictionary.
@stig781 No, please don't speak on behalf of 308,745,538 people...Would a British person like it if I said they all drink with the Queen. No, it would be ridiculous. I called the dialect I speak AMERICAN ENGLISH because it IS different than British English. Not better but different. We affected the English language, we didn't perfect or invent anything. In fact, neither did the British...because language is constantly changing and evolving, they didn't really invent and they can't perfect it.
Being from New Zealand I probably have a more neutral view of this whole accent debate thing. Americans do pronounce words in a more logical way in general, except when they say 'nt', that seems to be the only thing that the English say more 'proper' than the Americans. For example instead of saying 'international' I hear Americans 'innernational', or 'mounin' instead of 'mountain'. Personally I enjoy hearing English accents more because they aren't so straightforward, they're more interesting.
@rhysomac lol yeah, i agree with the other dude. More of a southern thing MAYBE but a lot of us definitely pronounce out 'nt'. You might get a lot of "mountn" but not "mounin"
@meiren21 I never claimed that all Americans pronounce them like that, I just often hear their 't's in 'nt' words as a lot weaker than how British people say them.
@meiren21 that's how most americans where I am (deep midwest) pronounce it, without using the full T. international becomes innerNASHunal, mountain becomes maoNN...it's a bit exaggerated, but that's how I usually hear it.
Many people here complain about this or that accent not being "real English". But if you mean English that's close to the old English language period, then it might sound like this:
HWÆT, WE GAR-DEna in geardagum,
þeodcyninga þrym gefrunon,
hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon!
I don't think a lot of people speak English like that today.
DoctorEq 2 weeks ago
I do love the bloppers ;D
CookieCraftTV 3 weeks ago
lol I'm just a small town girl
RowenaSierrawg709 2 months ago
the english teacher is soo funny & cute ;)
uneposhoh 2 months ago 3
ha Made of secrets
321beverlyJudson34 2 months ago
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erm I love good company, slow music, candle lights
tameraBayless956554 3 months ago
Famas
iamDarkOutcast 3 months ago
They're all high.
JasnoGT 3 months ago
hihi I love good company, slow music, candle lights
PaulArnitara183 4 months ago
@souv i think it's franch english
kasuki1612 4 months ago
"Fah-mah"
elephantwasp 4 months ago
Im Sorry....
But is this ment to be funny?
xXSoulFire 4 months ago
2:17 "Yeah, not bad", like he's teaching him to speak English ;)
crapatev 5 months ago
@groundge2 no he is right it's know as a American accent because it refers to the whole country, just like the British accent refers to every country apart of the British isles
goldenAppl3 5 months ago
Is the word really 'bloppers' in British? Or is that just a blooper in itself?
Morgotheenslaver 5 months ago
Ask an American to say "Will Merry Mary Marry?"
It'll sound like "Will Mary Mary Mary?" LOL
crapatev 5 months ago 7
@crapatev
That depends. In my particular region (Charleston, South Carolina), each one is pronounced differently. Bostonians make the distinction as well.
dertischistrotundsul 5 months ago
@dertischistrotundsul Fair dinkum, as Austrians say. Do you get asked where you're from when you travel around the nation?
crapatev 5 months ago
@crapatev thats how they sound
caleb9608 2 months ago
@crapatev -.- fuck you lol its true
alexisonfiredb 2 weeks ago
@alexisonfiredb
;-)
I've always meant to ask ... is the band name = "alex is on fire", or "alexis on fire"? I'm a grammar pedant, and I need to know.
crapatev 2 weeks ago
@crapatev Alexis on fire :)
alexisonfiredb 1 week ago
@alexisonfiredb Shouldn't someone put her out?
crapatev 1 week ago
@crapatev 'Ask an American to say "Will Merry Mary Marry?" '
Update: I can't seriously think of any situation when I'll need to ask this question.
crapatev 2 weeks ago
Is there an A in it? It's doctor with an O! :))))
drvonbod 6 months ago
WHAT THE HELL DOES BOGGARTS MEAN?????!!!!!!!
tisconhah 6 months ago
That guy isn't British, he's Australian!! Well he sounds it anyway in parts. I'm not American so also know the difference.
TheNumberOneTom 6 months ago
What...
BeAtLe2DeBeAt 6 months ago
Didn't we create English as it is English not americanish
dredgie456 6 months ago
@dredgie456 You mean United Statenish because USA is not America, America is the continent.
groundge2 5 months ago
@groundge2 Actually North America is the continent.
dredgie456 5 months ago
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@dredgie456 en(.)wikipedia(.)org/wiki/Continent#Separation_of_continents
groundge2 5 months ago
I think I died a little inside watching this.
RudiL94 6 months ago
they sound the same just accent difference
MrOfferp 6 months ago
1:39 you guys need to make out already... :)
Gaeilgeoir 6 months ago
@THUMBOFMEGANFOX, I TOLD U ALREADY, CHECK ONLINE. I KNOW 'TRUTH IS ALWAYS BITTER'.
" I SAID TRUTH IS ALWAYS BITTER'.
FOR EXAMPLE-- U R THE SON OF TWO HUMAN-BEINGS. THATS THE TRUTH. U R NOT THE SON OF TWO ANIMALS .
IN THE SAMEWAY ENGLISH = ENGLAND.
ENGLAND TOOK CARE OF ENGLISH, LIKE UR PARENTS TOOK CARE OF YOU FROM UR CHILD HOOD. AMERICA DIDNOT TAKE CARE OF ENGLISH, LIKE ANIMALS DIDNOT TAKE CARE OF YOU.
I CAME FROM LAND OF KAMASUTRA,SO I CAN F**K U IN MANY WAYS THAN U THINK
SHUKLAPATELA 7 months ago
Btw no such thing as British English.........duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
MrKikiore10 7 months ago
ENGLAND IS THE HOME FOR ENGLISH MY DEAR FRIEND, NOT AMERICA.
"ENGLISH" WAS ORIGINATED IN "ENGLAND" NOT IN AMERICA.
THATS THE REASON THEY ARE CALLED ENGLISH PEOPLE.
BRITISH ENGLISH IS VERY VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND AND ALSO TO SPEAK.
EVERY COMMON-WEALTH NATION FOLLOWS ONLY BRITISH ENGLISH IN EDUCATION SYSTEM..
EVEN UR NEIGHBOUR COUNTRY CANADA FOLLOWS BRITISH ENGLISH IN EDUCATION SYSTEM.
FOR EVERY PROOF U CAN CHECK ON ONLINE.
SHUKLAPATELA 7 months ago
@SHUKLAPATELA but you guys are poorer than we are hahaha
as well, good hygiene can also be found in America, not England. dentists are your friends. please find one, you guys' teeth are FUCKED!
ThumbOfMeganFox 7 months ago
@ThumbOfMeganFox I TOLD U ALREADY, CHECK ONLINE. ' TRUTH IS ALWAYS BITTER'.
FOR EXAMPLE-- U R THE SON OF TWO HUMAN-BEINGS. THATS THE TRUTH. U R NOT THE SON OF TWO ANIMALS .
IN THE SAME WAY, ENGLISH = ENGLAND.
ENGLAND TOOK CARE OF ENGLISH, LIKE UR PARENTS TOOK CARE OF YOU FROM UR CHILD HOOD. AMERICA DIDNOT TAKE CARE OF ENGLISH, LIKE ANIMALS DIDNOT TAKE CARE OF YOU.
I CAME FROM LAND OF KAMASUTRA,SO I CAN F**K U IN MANY WAYS THAN U THINK.
SHUKLAPATELA 7 months ago
@SHUKLAPATELA so what's your point? We (Americans) still speak English. We have JUST AS MUCH RIGHT to speak the language as the English people do. We speak it differently, as do the Australians. Not sure why that bothers you people hahaha Did you have a point there or was that a completely unecessary history lesson?
and either be bold enough to type the word 'fuck' or don't type half of it at all lol
ThumbOfMeganFox 7 months ago
@ThumbOfMeganFox I DID NOT SAY THAT U DID NOT HAVE ANY RIGHT TO SPEAK ENGLISH.
BUT BEFORE U SPEAK, KNOW THE FACTS.
U MADE UNNECESSARY COMMENTS WITHOUT KNOWING FACTS. IF U HAVE PROOF U CAN SPEAK.
I ALREADY SAID BEFORE U COMMENT CHECK THE PROOF.
SHUKLAPATELA 7 months ago
@SHUKLAPATELA Actually I did check my facts... and I did NOT get my facts off of Wikipedia, either :)
but I don't want to argue. I'm just tired of ppl dissing Americans for speaking the way we do & our differences. The situation is what it is. I love the English language because I feel there's more words available for any situation as well as a powerful sounding language (more than any latin language). So I don't understand all the hate really.
ThumbOfMeganFox 7 months ago
@ThumbOfMeganFox IAM NOT DISSING AMERICA. I LOVE BOTH U.K and U.S.
THE ENGLISH(ENGLAND) GOT MANY ACCENTS. AMERICANS GOT MANY ACCENTS. AUSTRALIANS GOT MANY ACCENTS. BUT THE POINT IS U PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE. AND U CURSING UR OWN LANGUAGE.
ENGLISH = A to Z. AMERICA = A to Z. ARE THERE ANY MORE WORDS BEHIND A to Z ALPHABETS.
PEOPLE BELONG TO DIFFERENT COUNTRY. BUT SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE, BUT WITH DIFFERENT SLANG.
SHUKLAPATELA 7 months ago
@SHUKLAPATELA no worries. i'm kinda tired of the back & forth. i honestly don't care where people are from as long as they're good people & are fun to hang out with. peace to you. (you might wanna get that caps lock button checked lol)
ThumbOfMeganFox 7 months ago
@ThumbOfMeganFox
PEACE M8. CHEEEEEEERS
SHUKLAPATELA 7 months ago
@SHUKLAPATELA You're right, that's just the accent ... peace
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ENGLAND IS THE HOME FOR ENGLISH MY DEAR FRIEND, NOT AMERICA.
"ENGLISH" WAS ORIGINATED IN "ENGLAND" NOT IN AMERICA.
THATS THE REASON THEY ARE CALLED ENGLISH PEOPLE.
BRITISH ENGLISH IS VERY VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND AND ALSO TO SPEAK.
EVERY COMMON-WEALTH NATION FOLLOWS ONLY BRITISH ENGLISH IN EDUCATION .
SYSTEM..
EVEN UR NEIGHBOUR COUNTRY CANADA FOLLOWS BRITISH ENGLISH IN EDUCATION
SYSTEM.
FOR EVERY PROOF U CAN CHECK ON ONLINE.
SHUKLAPATELA 7 months ago
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ENGLAND IS THE HOME FOR ENGLISH MY DEAR FRIEND, NOT AMERICA.
"ENGLISH" WAS ORIGINATED IN "ENGLAND" NOT IN AMERICA.
THATS THE REASON THEY ARE CALLED ENGLISH PEOPLE.
YOU SAID AMERICAN ENGLISH IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND--->NOT TRUE.
BRITISH ENGLISH IS VERY VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND AND ALSO TO SPEAK.
EVERY COMMON-WEALTH NATION FOLLOWS ONLY BRITISH ENGLISH IN EDUCATION
SYSTEM..
EVEN UR NEIGHBOUR COUNTRY CANADA FOLLOWS BRITISH ENGLISH IN EDUCATION
SYSTEM.
FOR EVERY PROOF U CAN CHECK ON ONLINE.
SHUKLAPATELA 7 months ago
Well as he said ... English ... was made in England ;)
nbabadman 7 months ago
Why do English add an "R" to some names?
They may say Christiner when it´s actually Christina.
Or "They went to hospital" When It should be "They went to the hospital"
hoghash78 7 months ago
this is actually funny
noynoybaqui 7 months ago
"Who invented this language? it's lawyer" "Who perfected this language? it's lawyer" "Who ruined this language?" LOL
ellesbellesbieber 8 months ago
Or do I speak Americanese...
TuerilLuna 8 months ago
I speak AMLISH!
TuerilLuna 8 months ago
How come some of you Yanks can't understand us speak English. What a fucking disgrace ENGLISH films have to be subtitled in America just because we don't talk like we are brain dead...Some of your squeaky accents need to be subtitled....
MrKikiore10 8 months ago
@MrKikiore10 How come you brits talk so gay? you have too much emphasis on every word & speak too lively like the gays do. this is why we assume all the brit men are queer... also, why do you guys completely disregard the letter 'r' & sometimes 'h'?
"'Ellow, moi nay-ime iss Hawry Paa-tta an' oi loike tew eet bis-cuts an' drink tay en thee af-ta-newn..."
wtf? and you don't think you need subtitles? lol phonics, bitches.
ThumbOfMeganFox 7 months ago
@ThumbOfMeganFox That sentence you started with ellow proves you have some mental disorder.Ok here is a few points.1 Only people from London well mostly from Essex have a cockney accent. 2 Again only cockneys disregard a r and h like people from the north of England and Scotland drop a s. 2 You are saying you can't understand people you invented the language you speak smart. 3 Us hard to understand with a country full of dumb hicks or rednecks eg Sarah Palin I wouldn't go throwing stones "ya'll"
MrKikiore10 7 months ago
@MrKikiore10 You defend the accent by saying only people from a certain area speak cockney & then turn around & assume that all Americans talk w/ a southern accent... Palin isn't from the south, she's from the north w/ a northern accent. I throw stones b/c I have a west coast accent, meaning everyone can understand me, regardless of where they're from. As well, you guys didn't invent the language... you know nothing about history if you think that. Languages 'evolve' so we have as much claim.
ThumbOfMeganFox 7 months ago
@ThumbOfMeganFox I Know all Americans don't have a southern accent. Also I have trouble understanding people from the West Coast must be due to their stupidity and stereotyping....P.s i know languages evolve.
MrKikiore10 7 months ago
@MrKikiore10 haha... Oh I think you understood me perfectly, kiddo ;)
If you can't take it, then don't dish it lol
ThumbOfMeganFox 7 months ago
@ThumbOfMeganFox I can I was seeing if you had a sense of humour which you do....P.s I don't hate America I just like a good Anglo-American debate LOL.
MrKikiore10 7 months ago
@MrKikiore10 good I'm glad it wasn't too serious then hahaha
yeah debates can be fun. I'm glad we stopped b/c i was tired of myself acting like an asshole lol
have a good one bro =D
ThumbOfMeganFox 7 months ago
@ThumbOfMeganFox You to mate :P
MrKikiore10 7 months ago
Dear Americans,
There is no such thing as British English as every part of the UK has their own accent and dialect for example Geordie,Scouser,Glaswegian etc.....
MrKikiore10 8 months ago
It's called (Eng)lish so it's from (Eng)land they made it so they know how to speak it we just took their language and made few mistakes while speaking it now we have a language (American -ENG-lish) lol
bjjchampion 8 months ago
I am an american. I love watching Harry Potter movies, but I am haven trouble with the words they're saying.. I have to use ear phones.
harry811 8 months ago
1:41-1:47 made me laugh so hard that I woke my roommate up. Hahe, It's past midnight.
FocusDefect 8 months ago
his spanish is neutral.
lopezluch0 8 months ago
HAY EBERYBADY!
jped12 8 months ago
they are drunk! xD
Timimi93 9 months ago
jajajajja
bastante bueno
Gracias =)
154Ann 9 months ago
whats confusing? just pick one and stick with it!
bugpickel1 9 months ago
not only did you create the language...you forced millions of people across the globe to assimilate and learn it as they would lose their way of life and language.. You should be proud of your ancestors!!!!
Noelfish10 9 months ago
The best one:Russian English..Riaghht Comrades?!
LazyGamerRules 9 months ago
i like the cuban accent!
myworldhasmusic 9 months ago
@myworldhasmusic he has neutral spanish language , is good spanish speaker¡¡¡ spanish cuban accent, is no good¡
puntoclave7 9 months ago
@puntoclave7 ur mean cuban accent r good
myworldhasmusic 9 months ago
@puntoclave7 i know hes not speaking with a cuban accent i jst wanted to say i like there accent
myworldhasmusic 9 months ago
i honestly think americans perfected it cuz brits say purk when its park? likethis vid the duh douche said doctar not... doctor with an O
txnotoriousxt 10 months ago
@txnotoriousxt Purk? No-one I have heard says 'Let's head down to the purk!" Get it right.
HungryLikeaBanana 10 months ago
Guy's we should be flattered USA and Canada are speaking English. Sure, it may have been made in England, but if Northen America had not chosen English, it would have been German. And that would have been a disaster in WWII! Or maybe for the better, I don't know. But as I said before, be flattered.
Freakish345 10 months ago
Bloppers?
MariaCrawford2010 10 months ago 7
@MariaCrawford2010 bloooopppperrriiizeeddd # 3,567 ...congrats my dear
JohnDkar 10 months ago 2
lol, no. English was created by the French and Anglo-Saxons. So unless you speak Breton, you have no claim on how a language, your ancestors "made", is supposed to be spoken.
We do indeed have as much say on how to speak English as you guys do, otherwise, you have no say either.
tacticalrenegade 11 months ago
@tacticalrenegade
Also Norse, everyone always forgets that the Danes and Norwegians took over huge chunks of England in the North and East.
HojoOSanagi 10 months ago
is the guy with the orange shirt colonel price from call of duty?
bphutchins 11 months ago
what the hell is happening in this video?
Chlosman 11 months ago 40
Also being quite neutral to this argument, having a distinctly Canadian accent (no I do not use the word eh? in common conversation), I have to add that not all people pronounce their letters the same. For example, not all Americans say "Mounnin" instead of "Mountain", it all depends on how articulate that particular person is, as is with all people.
missystephi 11 months ago
No one dialect is more legitimate than another. Language is an arbitrary system. What's right is what makes sense given the setting and circumstance.
fosterslover 11 months ago
I love listening to British people talk. X3 After living in the south for about 2 years, it's really refreshing~
ProfessorsApprentice 1 year ago
Being Indian and hence neutral on the topic I'll have to say the American accent is easier to understand. Plus the spellings are less troublesome. British English is the standard taught in Indian schools but as soon as I was out of high school I completely discarded British spellings and pronunciations in favor of American ones. Why? Because I find it annoying to have to add a random 'u' in 'color' or an 'o' in 'fetus' for no apparent reason and to pronounce 'lieutenant' with a non-existent 'f'.
thephilosopherkartik 1 year ago
@thephilosopherkartik That's just the language though, you don't change it because it's annoying. It changes naturally over time.
stig781 1 year ago
@stig781 You're right. I do hope, though; that you didn't take offence at anything I wrote. My idea of American English as 'easier to understand' probably has more to do with my addiction to Hollywood than anything intrinsically less cryptic in their manner of speaking. I still can't help associating a 'standard' British drawl with sophistication and culture at the subconscious level. It's just that I have trouble following some of the more 'regional' varieties of English as spoken in Britain.
thephilosopherkartik 1 year ago
we have more different accents here in the UK than the US does
dageezerboi 1 year ago
this really is like the weirdest and most random video ever
DOKt00n 1 year ago
rhotic accent or non-rhotic accent. The difference divides the English speaking world. yanks,,Scots,& Irish =rhotic. English, NZ, Aus non-rhotic (not sure about S.A or Wales)
The easy way to define is the pronounciation of the word "bar" The first group prounounce BA RR, the second BA. -
So in 400 years which group will gas the other for being revisionist?
toonmag50 1 year ago
@toonmag50 Some Northern English dialects are rhotic, no?
As for the question, who knows?
KittyKattyYukiLvr 8 months ago
Technically, the current American accent is much closer to what the English accent sounded like way back in 1776. So really, Americans have kept the accent the same over the years while the English have changed it up.
rchcc122 1 year ago
@rchcc122 american accident is a fusion of many accidents not just ENGLISH
MrKikiore10 1 year ago
@MrKikiore10
Geeze, Overreaction?
Don't shoot the messenger.
Maybe I should have been clearer in my message:
While it is true that different states were settled by different people, those colonies settled by the English (like Virginia and Carolina) maintain accents that are much similar to those back in 1776.
Hows that? Better worded than before?
For more information, read here:
nicholasjohnpatrick (dot) com/post/767354896/did-americans-in-1776-have-british-accents
rchcc122 1 year ago
@rchcc122 i am not having a go at you but Americans no offence have changed english and come up with different words a faucet for a tap really bit of a mouthful !!! : L
MrKikiore10 1 year ago
@MrKikiore10
Or maybe the distance between the two countries have led to separate developments of different words because of the lack of ability to communicate uniform terms for technology? Unless you can tell me they had FB, email and easy phones back when we see a lot of the variations, then I think you are more insulting than understanding and letting well enough alone. I can understand what a 'tap' is even if I didn't know originally because some regions here also call it a tap.
rchcc122 1 year ago
@rchcc122 a tap is defined as a "controlled piped -water outlet . A fawcett (sp) is an English word, and means an "uncontrolled piped -water outlet.
So it"s 1 -0 to traditional English is this technical defination.
toonmag50 1 year ago
@toonmag50
Actually, according to Oxford, the definition of a faucet is "a device by which a flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container can be controlled; a tap," or 'tap' is a synonym.
Of course, for the whole "technical vs. non technical" debate, look at the words lift and elevator.
In the Oxford they first definition is the same. Only for lift it has "British" next to it indicating British slang.
For elevator it has the simple definition, indicating it is technically correct.
rchcc122 1 year ago
@toonmag50
By the way. If you looked up "Fawcett" it's no wonder you got the wrong definition. "Fawcett" is the last name of Farrah, an actress who passed away in 2009. She was in Charlie's Angels.
Or it could be Percy Fawcett, who was a British explorer who disappeared in Brazil in 1925.
rchcc122 1 year ago
@rchcc122 -cheeky- I admitted the spelling may have been wrong. Who cares -it"s a tap, a nice short word,saving time and a syllable, and technically correct. A faucet is an uncontrolled flow,thats why we have tap. A lift also -nice , short and accurate. - "elevator" is only appropiate on the lift-cars upward ascent. so It is not accurate on the descent.
stick that in ya boiler -or sorry furnace
toonmag50 1 year ago
@toonmag50
What dictionary are you reading? Or are you just going off of what your mind concocts to make you right?
Lift has multiple entries, Elevator has only three I believe.
The definition for tap and faucet are virtually the same thing. Both are controlled.
Read the Oxford English dictionary for Pete's sake and stop spewing definitions that seem right to you when they aren't.
And if you knew anything about how Americans use it, we use 'tap' and 'faucet' interchangeably.
rchcc122 1 year ago
@rchcc122 Its amusing you critise me for not spelling faucet correctly- FYI- I have never used the word-so how would I know you lot spell it in such a posh poncy way?
I think the dictionary may be giving the modern US accepted definition of the word. I was told by a very old man,when looking at an uncontroled outlet,which only ran with water occasionally ,that it was a faucet.-everone laughed (naturally) not knowing the word.He said it was a very old fashoned old English word describing such.
toonmag50 1 year ago
@toonmag50
Well. Spell check helps the whole "not being able to spell" issue.
And actually, the Oxford Dictionary is published in the UK and has been for 150 years. It's very prestigious and, no offense, but I take it's word on a definition rather then the definition given by an old man who may have his own life influencing his comments.
By the way- if you were so firm on having the 'easy' words, you would use 'y'all' instead of 'you all' since it's faster and gets the point across.
rchcc122 1 year ago
@rchcc122 That's just an ignorant, anglophobic response to the question. "Maintain accents from back in 1776". Absolute nonsense.
stig781 1 year ago
@MrKikiore10 ....You just described English.
KittyKattyYukiLvr 8 months ago
@rchcc122 No. Why would the English accent diverge when the American one does not? That's not linguistically sound. Listen to recordings of americans from the 1940s. They sound much more like the English than they do today.
stig781 1 year ago
@stig781
1940s=/=1776
You're about a hundred years off. Cultural accents can't change in under 60 years... but they can diverge in over 200 years.
Please read what I'm saying. It's all about the pronunciation of the 'R'. Some parts of America has adapted the habit, others have not. But what's important is British accents have diverged while American accents haven't as much. And I have no idea what your first comment was referring to. Make it clearer if you're going to insult me please.
rchcc122 1 year ago
my brother in law is from new zealand and im from the u.s. and whenever he says my name it sounds like he's saying gin like the alcohol instead of jen. and i say mounTain and innTernational. and when most people try to do an american accent they end up sounding like they're from the south..just saying.
soccerfreak8001 1 year ago
I don't really know about English accents.. but Americans add too many sounds to words and Australian omit them? Like "weird."
It's either "wuh-ee-urd" or "wed." Hahaha
pnkrk1039 1 year ago
The guy on the left doesnt seem English, he pronounced "language" like an American. Also note that that is only one of like 70 English accents, drive 20 miles here and people sound different
blazednlovinit 1 year ago
@blazednlovinit Same for American accents, especially where I live, you can here a different accent in different cities and regions.
KensuWasHere 1 year ago
Fuck you red coats.
kimberlymarie21990 1 year ago
@kimberlymarie21990 fuck you mongrel traitors :-p
blazednlovinit 1 year ago
we created the language we know how to speak it NUFF SAID
penguinzrule12 1 year ago 30
@penguinzrule12 Excuse me mate, but you spelled a word wrong. Its spelled "Enough" and not "Nuff". Thank you.
Raxxer1993 10 months ago
@penguinzrule12 nu uh we Americans perfected it =)
ysfoster7 10 months ago
@penguinzrule12 No you didn't, the germans did.
TheEpisteme 10 months ago
@penguinzrule12 hahahhahahahahhahah lol, you didn't "create" it, the Germans did
black00dice 9 months ago
I'm italian but i think american is waaay better.
djdjany 1 year ago
Im French, learned english for a lot of years (in school so my english is really not good at all ), maybe in this particular examples in this video, it's easier for me to understand the american pronounciation but in general I do really prefer the English accent, it's a lot easier to ear the differents words in a sentence, Americans tends to "eat their words" , don't know if this litteral translation of a french expression is understandable :)
Thanks for the funny vid :)
xurok 1 year ago
@xurok Yeah that makes sense. Being from Australia, American and English accents can both sound like this sometimes, because they both sound (to Australians) as if they're putting so much effort into each syllable.
Freshbott2 1 year ago
@Freshbott2 Australians and English may differ in accent but at least you guys know how to spell, or use existing words rather than making up completely new ones
blazednlovinit 1 year ago
@blazednlovinit By what I know you guys use either American or British spelling interchangeably, here we only use the British spelling. But American pronunciation and spelling does influence Australian. Many young people argue that 'Zeee' is the correct letter rather than 'Zed', and words like jail and gaol we use interchangeably. We do make up a few words, but not at the drop of a hat likes Americans do.
Freshbott2 1 year ago
@Freshbott2 never heard of "gaol". we don't interchange our spellings or pronunciation though.
blazednlovinit 1 year ago
@blazednlovinit Hmm, that's weird, 'cause we're told that gaol is the old term, and some jails in Australia are still called gaols, and we sometimes spell it that way. It doesn't really make sense 'cause G before an A shouldn't make a J sound.
Freshbott2 1 year ago
@Freshbott2 English in general is like that, fully of horrible exceptions. we used to get taught in school "A before E except after C" for spelling, but it turns out more words don't follow the rule than do and they can no longer teach that
blazednlovinit 1 year ago
@blazednlovinit Yeah they used to similarly tell us 'I before E except after C' but there are exceptions. Written English, whatever dialect, doesn't really reflect the spoken language, too variable, too many idioms. Speaking Swedish I've noticed that even the spoken language is kind of random. Other languages are very uniform and structured. But meh, it's the universal language so I guess what can you do.
Freshbott2 1 year ago
American English sounds better and I'm not just saying that because I'm American. Its just easier, my father can't even sit through a HP movie without asking me what they are saying. I love the English English though, but most of my foreign friends have said they prefer American English because its easier to understand. Some British Accents I get lost trying to understand, like the geordie & Scouse accents, it can be really hard to understand.
Juliz 1 year ago
@Juliz Even Brits sometimes have trouble understanding other British regional accents, ie the scousers don't allways understand Cockney, or Cockneys have problems understanding Geordies or Brums. just the way it is here
KevinJKtheman 1 year ago
this is hilarious. I'm American and my friend is from Liverpool, and we banter like this constantly.
downthestreetteam 1 year ago
Screw it, LEARN GERMAN!! Schönen Tag noch...... ;-)
Motorradfahrer1000 1 year ago
The UK is becoming increasingly Americanised in its speech, especially over the past few years (I never thought I would live in a UK where people regularly said "dude" for instance), with American slang and words replacing traditional UK ones, so I think after a few decades videos like this won't really be needed......
hectormandarin 1 year ago
@hectormandarin They aren't actually. Have you even considered the 600,000+ words American use that come from the UK?
stig781 1 year ago
@kamelion7 Sigh! Twenty years ago English people went to university or college. Now everyone goes to 'Uni'. The word uni came from Australia and entered into common usage over here.
English thrives as a language because it's adaptable and embraces change. The ENGLISH English that you're so proud of is actually a hotchpotch of words from around the world so the idea of ENGLISH English is an illusion.
bolobo 1 year ago
@kamelion7 The original? What, you go around talking like Shakespeare do you? The language you, personally, use every day is full of words that come from India, France, Germany, Spain, America, Australia, etc.etc.etc. 'Dumbed down', for example, is an American expression.
bolobo 1 year ago
@bolobo No it isn't. Enough with the cynacism
stig781 1 year ago
I have great fun when an american comes into the shop where I work and asks to buy a mirror. 'Meeorr' is how they pronounce it. I look forward to going to the states and giving them a laugh with my pronounciations.
bolobo 1 year ago
Ouf couse English english is betah! Lol but I'm serious English english is better on my opinion.
therealeffingdeal451 1 year ago
who ruin this language? funny..
TheBashir85 1 year ago
Well considering you guys are Americans I'm not going to tell you you're wrong, I just go by what I hear on TV etc, never actually been over there. Just in my head I can't imagine an American saying 'international' with a strong 't' sound, maybe it's just a weaker 't' rather than no 't' at all? Like I said, I can't really judge this fairly.
rhysomac 1 year ago
I think Indians Speak it the way it is suppose to be spoken..LOLZ
19raghu 1 year ago
bloppers? surely you meant bloopers
imnotstpid 1 year ago
It's interesting to watch about accents. I'm from Russia and I like both American and British accents, but even in modern Russian we speak like Americans (especially in Moscow). E.g. BE - Moscow (oh), AE - Moscow (ah). In Russian Moscow=Moskva. IN many Russian cities people say Moskva (oh), but IN Moscow we say Moskva (ah). I started to learn a British accent, but later I understood that an American accent is more appropriate for me : - )
NeMetov 1 year ago
@NeMetov Speak english in a russian accent, I would pay for that gift!
lolatmyaccounts 1 year ago
@lolatmyaccounts I can teach you ha)
NeMetov 1 year ago
Yea that's right I speak American!
evil14echo 1 year ago
american english sounds better
piquantugur 1 year ago
american english is so pleasant for my ears, i don't know why. actually 70 percent of english speakers speak american. the only problem is that in most schools people are taught british english and american isn't really encouraged that much.
maxpanchoo 1 year ago
I think we came up with like the simple English words, but America perfected them :) made them abit posher lol
Like: "Pah-tate-oh" or "Tar-mart-oes is how British people say it (like in a lazy voice lol) and Americans say everything much more fluent and perfect but also drag there words like: "Po-tato's" and "Two-Matoes" LOL it's like Americans use more O's.
xD
260james 1 year ago
@260james omg that's a joke right? lolololol
nickie74 1 year ago
@260james Don't be ridiculous. Why is it americans have this superioty complex and total ignorance when it comes to the English language. They call it 'American', and think they invented it, and 'perfected' it? Idiots.
stig781 1 year ago
@stig781 English is spoken in the USA because the country is a former British colony,period.the extensive knowledge of the English language can only be acquired by reading the Oxford English Dictionary.
nostalgiamelancolia1 1 year ago
@stig781 English is spoken in the USA because the country is a former British colony,full stop.the extensive knowledge of the English language can only be acquired by reading the Oxford English Dictionary.
nostalgiamelancolia1 1 year ago
@stig781 No, please don't speak on behalf of 308,745,538 people...Would a British person like it if I said they all drink with the Queen. No, it would be ridiculous. I called the dialect I speak AMERICAN ENGLISH because it IS different than British English. Not better but different. We affected the English language, we didn't perfect or invent anything. In fact, neither did the British...because language is constantly changing and evolving, they didn't really invent and they can't perfect it.
KittyKattyYukiLvr 8 months ago
@KittyKattyYukiLvr I mean drink tea and I call the dialect I speak...Sorry. :)
KittyKattyYukiLvr 8 months ago
Sounds like "Lo-Ya" in English and "Low-Yer" in American to me
VintageSH 1 year ago
I noticed that some Americans pronounce their t's like d's. For example, preddy instead of pretty, dirdy instead of dirty.....etc.
proteoid 1 year ago
@proteoid lol yeah, i don't know why we do that but u are right on that
Egirl01 1 year ago
@proteoid I notice I do that about a month ago...I like that I do that , lol.
KittyKattyYukiLvr 8 months ago
Being from New Zealand I probably have a more neutral view of this whole accent debate thing. Americans do pronounce words in a more logical way in general, except when they say 'nt', that seems to be the only thing that the English say more 'proper' than the Americans. For example instead of saying 'international' I hear Americans 'innernational', or 'mounin' instead of 'mountain'. Personally I enjoy hearing English accents more because they aren't so straightforward, they're more interesting.
rhysomac 1 year ago 34
@rhysomac actually I take back the 'mounin' one. I think you can hear a 't' when they say it but it's quite weak.
rhysomac 1 year ago
@rhysomac To say "mounin" or "innernational" is more of a Southern thing. It also sounds very idiotic when Northern Americans speak like that.
Dominick629 1 year ago
@rhysomac lol yeah, i agree with the other dude. More of a southern thing MAYBE but a lot of us definitely pronounce out 'nt'. You might get a lot of "mountn" but not "mounin"
Egirl01 1 year ago
@rhysomac I've never said 'innernational' or 'mounin' a day in my life
meiren21 11 months ago
@meiren21 I never claimed that all Americans pronounce them like that, I just often hear their 't's in 'nt' words as a lot weaker than how British people say them.
rhysomac 11 months ago
@meiren21 that's how most americans where I am (deep midwest) pronounce it, without using the full T. international becomes innerNASHunal, mountain becomes maoNN...it's a bit exaggerated, but that's how I usually hear it.
eurasianchica 11 months ago
@meiren21 also, the T sound becomes a D in some words. Matter becomes madder, water becomes wader.
eurasianchica 11 months ago
@rhysomac Ahh! I love New Zealand accents! I'm getting pretty good with faking one. LOL.
LibertineDeSade 11 months ago