Teaching Americans (especially oneiblind30) how to pronounce words in English

[floppybelly]

I just read that lieutenant is pronounced with an "f" sound in British dialects? Not the case in your accent! I can't even imagine how that would sound!

[jbdtaylor]

@floppybelly Yes, it's true. Although a lot of people don't know it (I think mainly due to the fact that most people aren't in the military and the majority of times it's heard here is on American films. It is "Leftenant" (only by pronunciation), and it does annoy me when I hear people over here say it the American way!

[lemonrind]

I cringe every time I hear an English person say "garage". The British really butcher foreign loanwords by Anglicizing them to an absurd level. This is especially true of French words like "garage". The emphasis is on the wrong syllable, and they say it with a hard J at the end. I don't know why, but North Americans tend to pronounce French loanwords much closer to their original pronunciation.

[metaldorksforever666]

It'll be aluminium the day you're supposed to pronounce meme as ME-ME!

[metaldorksforever666]

Damn your video titles are dicks.

[YamahaBoyTTR230]

You pronounced Aluminum completely wrong. You idiots always add an extra I in there.

[mercycollege123]

@YamahaBoyTTR230 hang on so the English created the language but you think that you guys pronounce it the correct way and they're the idiots? haha

[YamahaBoyTTR230]

@mercycollege123 I was joking and mocking most other Americans. I understand that I say it wrong, while most others don't.

[lemonrind]

@mercycollege123 Actually, North Americans pronounce words closer to their original English pronunciation than modern-day Britons do.

When America was colonized, they standardized education, which effectively froze the language. Everyone, from rich to poor, sounded alike.

After North America was colonized, the UK, and especially England, experienced extreme changes in pronunciation. During that time, England became non-rhotic, or "R-less". So English English changed a lot more than in America.

[Perroquet51]

I never saw this response. I'm sorry I missed it. I think a couple of good additions to the list would be "bug" and "often".

[PuppyZwolle]

1:07 Ha ha ha ha. You said probally. Yes you are right. English is hard to get right. ;^)

[thizizliz]

:) I think the most interesting difference is aluminum. We even spell it differently. Nice to hear from you Paul.

[samdeval]

@thizizliz Americans spell Aluminium, Aluminum?

To be honest it's an element which was discovered and named by the scientist that found it. So that spelling is simply not English....

[thizizliz]

@samdeval Nope, our spelling is American. Interesting note - thanks!

[samdeval]

@thizizliz Yeah I guess American is now becoming a language of it's own. Odd.

[thizizliz]

@samdeval Yes, it has been for decades. We call it English but there are marked differences in spelling, definition and pronunciation. But then, there are differences between all the 'English' speaking countries and the original English. It's fun to compare.

[debbiez112]

Well you say a few words different than I do but I am sure mine is not proper english. There has always been slang and accents around me my whole life. It was great to see a video up from you.

[phekwig]

I say things about halfway between the way you and Huey do LOL

[popebenadict16]

a daddy long legs aint a spider.

[qiranger]

TeePee-ing... throwing Toilet Paper on a house!

[oneiblind30]

Well we took a little bacon and we took a little beans...

[paul1967uk]

@oneiblind30 What the fuck are you smoking. It's a pity the Native Americans did not scalp you, and use your scalp as a fucking ashtray

[MonicaTheMad]

Isn't it fascinating how we all speak the same language and yet we say everything differently! I love it! Of course my students hate it.