10 ENGLISH Word Pronunciations Differences! British Vs American Vs Scottish Vs Canadian

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[@clupean]

The music is sometimes too loud. Let me hear their voices!

[@sophiapacione]

I love how the American said "We have a lot of land" right next to the Canadian. She wasn't wrong, but considering population density and land mass it was really funny to me.

[@seanbrummfield448]

But, she does have a point. The US can use more of its land for the public though.

[@sophiapacione]

@@seanbrummfield448 How so?

[@seanbrummfield448]

@@sophiapacione Because most of Canadian land can't be used. Especially in the far north.

[@sophiapacione]

@@seanbrummfield448 I'm sorry, but that's simply not true. I don't know whether you're referring to the climate or what, but you're quite mistaken--the vast majority of Canadian land *CAN* be used. It simply doesn't need to, as it isn't as densely populated as the US, and instead chooses to keep certain areas relatively untouched. Even in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, most areas are hospitable, and could very well be used if necessary.

[@seanbrummfield448]

@@sophiapacione I thought 80% of the land up there is uninhabitable? That's what Canadians told me. Unless they lied. I mean, I'm talking about the population or anything, I'm talking about how much land can is fit enough for human settlements.

[@SNMG7664]

Why is the Scottish Flag Scotland, but the English representative given the British Flag (Britain includes Scotland) rather than the English flag? lol

[@pumagutten]

Well observed! He should be having St George on his chest.

[@shanglaithotsem5771]

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[@CinCee-]

Good point

[@RicardoPraelli]

Exactly what I thought!

[@MrCakerape]

Its a lot do do with how the general populace see themselves. Most Scottish people, like myself fiercely identify as Scottish, even those that are more in favour of the UK as a whole. Most English people will refer to themselves as British when asked, partially because there is this weird attitude that to say you are English implies that you're somehow a racist bigot. Which i think comes from English football hooligans, because you pretty much only see English people get their flags out during the Euros or the World Cup and naturally thats when all the fucking clowns make themselves known, like all the people that where given all sorts of racist abuse to the black players who missed their penalties

[@Noah_ol11]

OMG , The Lady from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 has such a soft and quiet voice , i thought it was the her accent

[@Slava_Ukrayini23]

Scottish accent do exist, but Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is part of U.K 🇬🇧

[@shanglaithotsem5771]

вυт у ∂ι∂ тнє ℓα∂∂ ρυт υк fℓαg.. ιтѕ ¢σиfυѕιиg тнσυgн

[@henryqu19]

Now , it isn't "UK" anymore , it's England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 for Emmanuel and Scotland for Vanille 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 , even thoght the accents are similar sometimes

[@Jamieclark192]

The U.K. doesn’t exist anymore??? Since when? I’m British mate, the U.K. is still definitely a thing!

[@Ama94947]

Like Canada and USA are American, not only the USA..

[@HermanVonPetri]

@@Jamieclark192 I think his commend was in reference to how Emanuel said in the video @ 1:08 that Scotland was similar to the UK, making it seem like he thought Scotland wasn't already a part of the UK.

[@laplansk]

@@Ama94947, indeed, as well as Mexico, Panama, Argentina, etc.

[@Boodood1]

@@Jamieclark192 Same but Scotland is part of the UK

[@MaryamYouyou]

As a Dutch person the van Gogh part pissed me off.

[@kikibigbangfan3540]

In America, we do have "semi-detached" houses. Commonly referred to as "Duplexes" or "Townhouses" and/or "Condos" depending on which region or state you live in.

[@KC-qi7gn]

Yeah N we also say both Foyer N (the pronuciation) Foyae, as (as an USA Native) Fouae (as the pronunciation) N I also say asthma without pronouncing the th

[@williamjordan5554]

Duplex is the equivalent. British semis are typically just 2 joined houses.

[@kikibigbangfan3540]

@@williamjordan5554 This could apply to all the above. I lived in Ga. for ten years in a townhouse condo, which was two houses joined by one side.

[@anndeecosita3586]

We have them but don’t refer to them as that so I can see why Hallie was confused

[@anndeecosita3586]

@@kikibigbangfan3540 i used to live in townhouse condo too.

[@E-A-Z-Y]

It’s funny how she said that pronouncing van Gogh as anything other than van “Go”, makes her question their whole education, when in fact, his name literally isn’t said that way in Dutch.

[@sksunshine4860]

The music in this video was a wee bit over the top. Funnily Emanuel has a Scottish tinge ro some of his words and Vanille sounds more European.

[@geoffreythurtell8761]

I agree. I am sure there were subtle differences in their accents and pronunciations but the music covered them up! The Scottish woman was barely audible above the music at one stage.

[@rachelcookie321]

Really? I’m Scottish and although she didn’t have a super strong accent, I thought she definitely sounded Scottish. I thought the guy sounded more like a posh Londoner.

[@drivesafely12]

“Graham”, the Scottish girl has got it. I thought it was a Scottish name.

[@beatlemaniacwaltdisneyfan4753]

The union Jack 🇬🇧 doesn't make sense here, it should've been England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@SunshineSnowy]

Van gogh is actually a Dutch name, what do you mean "it makes me question their entire education". People that say "van gog" are actually more accurate than people that say "van goooooo"

[@dutchgamer842]

Our Dutch G is hard to pronounce, so it's bastarized

[@anndeecosita3586]

Her comment makes perfect sense because Van Go is the pronunciation that the education system teaches in America and it looks like in Canada too. People on this channel are constantly arguing over the how many continents there are in the world because different countries teach different things. Everyone should question all education systems.

[@dutchgamer842]

@@anndeecosita3586 Over time languages change. It's hard to enforce to keep languages the same for centuries or decades.

[@daylonmurray8068]

I think only Dutch speakers can say how Van Gogh should be pronounced. I pronounce it the French way, because historical figures are usually either frenchified or pronounced like in French, except for German names which we pronounce like in German as we learn it in school. I would say BaX and not Bak for the musician, but Vã Gog instead of Van GoX. (X = guttural sound like in “ugh” when you’re disgusted).

[@pablodescamisado]

@@anndeecosita3586 About continents, I just can't start listening to the point-of-view different from mine ^_^ It's like counting fingers, can there be different approaches? :))))))))))))

[@naomi-gracerenriquez9459]

I'm American and that American girl just grated my NERVES.

[@shaggy_is_here]

im so obsessed with the canadian woman , she looks so kind and polite

[@TimJamesSaunders]

Get your own woman creep!

[@RoleyvanLoenen]

Hallie. As a Dutch guy I'm offended, that's definitely not the way you say Van Gogh. 🤣 The second version sounded beter even. So don't talk to me lol. Also, you guy's need some Dutch people on the show. 🤓

[@killrade4434]

Southern USA here. I heard if Van "Go" and and Van "goff" ( like golf without an l); I say it like "Go". Not sure why but both seems acceptable to me.

[@helgaioannidis9365]

As a German I felt that. But they probably couldn't even pronounce the "gh" sound if they tried I think. English doesn't have that sound. You'd have to explain to them how far down they'd have to slightly close their throat and produce a compressed h-sound. It took me much practice to be able to pronounce the "th", the "v" and the "r" correctly in English. That's why I like the Scottish accent. I just roll the r as we do in southern Germany 😊

[@RoleyvanLoenen]

@@killrade4434 the G sound in Dutch is totally different. It comes from the back of your throat. But I get it, it's a sound not present in english. 🤪

[@RoleyvanLoenen]

@@helgaioannidis9365 yeah your right, pretty weird sound also. 🤣 The rolling R is also present with some Dutch accents. I like it to

[@killrade4434]

@@RoleyvanLoenen its one i can't make but people with germanic ancestors seems to be able to do. Just glad you knew what I was talking about because I am terrible at explaining too. Lol

[@misterkite]

A semi-detached house is called a "duplex" in the US.

[@schs1977]

Or a Townhouse or Townhome.

[@ajreynolds_unc]

British vs. Scottish (part of Britain) -- he should be wearing an English flag for this conversation

[@krystavares8477]

​@YellowMeadow Spirituelle then the american, scottish and canadian girls should also be wearing the flag of their particular town considering each one of these countries also have drastically different accents varying from region to region. Stop trying to unassociate with your own countrymen simply because you think y'all egocentric londoners are better than him. He should be wearing the flag of England because he is from England and because Scotland is also there wearing their own separate flag.

[@vasilycakke8920]

Can we give the ENGLISH guy and ENGLISH flag please? LMAO

[@brotherhoodofsteel3090]

​@yellowmeadowspirituelle He also goes "Scotland is similar to the UK" Like lol what?

[@krystavares8477]

​@@brotherhoodofsteel3090 that one made me cry fr bruh

[@cr9153]

​@@brotherhoodofsteel3090he's obviously an idiot, if they are going to get people on these they need to get people on who understand our shared history.

[@Necrasis]

I’m not sure if it was just me or not, but the background music was pretty loud. I had a hard time hearing them sometimes

[@robert-antoinedenault5901]

Eastern Canadian here, had to look up who this "Daniel Craig" character was also (LOL). First time hearing Gra-Ham always heard the Scottish version but as cracker it sounds more like Graaam. I can't believe that the woman from the USA really believes that semi detached homes do not exist in her country (close to 9.3% of all homes in USA are of this type but they go by several different names as per region such as: duplex, twins). The majority are found in the Britain and Ireland (40%) and secondly in Canada (28%). They remain popular with developers as they are cheaper and faster to build than detached houses and more affordable to afford for buyers.

[@j2174]

She is possibly from an area that doesn't really have many semi-detached houses. Perhaps they mostly exist in the northeast parts of the US?

[@robert-antoinedenault5901]

@@j2174 They were mostly built in the mid and east. But as cities expand and properties are getting more expensive many are demolishing existing single dwelling homes to rebuild these semi-detached as two families can own their own plot of land and home near a city for 66 to 75% of original price of original home and plot. (having a turn key home with all brand new amenities not having to invest in any renovations for at least 20 years). Think of the row houses in San Francisco but having only two dwelling attached. Here in Canada, they've been "saving" on sq footing by building two homes and connecting them to a garage on either side; this garage is connected to two more homes and the chain repeats. Thus reducing spacing between dwellings and building more homes on the same block without reducing the living space but everyone has a backyard that is reduced in depth as there is now an alley to be able to bring a mower to cut the grass or to convert the yard (or part of it) as a parking for the car.

[@j2174]

@@robert-antoinedenault5901 "Here in Canada, they've been "saving" on sq footing by building two homes and connecting them to a garage on either side; this garage is connected to two more homes and the chain repeats." - Which part of Canada is that?

[@robert-antoinedenault5901]

@@j2174 Eastern Mostly. Especially in cities that are trying to diversify the types of homes. Because more and more condo towers are being built but not finding many takers as many people want a yard (green spaces).

[@SilverShinyCharizard]

im honestly a bit pissed about the van gogh part van gogh is NOT pronounced 'van go' and the 'don't even talk to me if you pronounce his name anywhere near correctly' and 'it makes me question their entire education' is just so ridiculous given they didn't pronounce it correctly At All like i get y'all don't have that sound in english, i really do, but that is just ridiculous and rude and just bullshit sorry we had proper education in a language where we have that sound and also try to pronounce people's name correctly regardless of if we have the sounds???

[@NorthGameGod]

Agreed, I was also pissed about the 'I'm the number one' attitude of the American. The other three are quite nice tho

[@rachelcookie321]

In Scottish English we basically have that sound. It’s pretty easy for me to pronounce it correctly. When speaking to other people in English I would probably never say it like that though, people would look at me weirdly and ask me what the fuck I’m saying. And then they would laugh at me.

[@henryqu19]

Emanuel is good choice , after so many videos with just female members , i'm happy to see a man being a protagonist of the channel

[@ADPeguero]

Agreed. His demeanor is very gentlemanly and modest and seems, to me at least, from a Bostonian point of view, Emanuel would represent England or even the UK well in these contents.

[@Emanuel-wo8ew]

Thank you 😉

[@jackfavvv0280]

Booooo. I wanted to see Lauren representing UK again.

[@sofiane99]

The background music was so loud!. I had a hard time hearing them.

[@ryanhp3170]

agree. the music is super annoying I stopped watching soon after.

[@moonlitegram]

5:59 "We don't need that because we have a lot of land" - speak for your self lol. There are tons of those by where I grew up in the Northern part of the US. But we don't call them semi-detached houses. We'd say two-family house or duplex.

[@gordondavies7150]

The Canadian’s accent is distinct if you know how to pick it out. I would be able to tell immediately that she is Canadian. Yes!

[@sweiland75]

Bot all Canadians speak the same way.

[@terrytse92915]

Sorry, the background music is really loud and disturbing to watch.

[@winsyloveshockey]

I’m in Western Canada. I pronounce Graham as “Grayum”, the same as the speaker from England.

[@FionaEm]

The right way 😁

[@chrisischeese]

Me too! From Ontario. It's my last name so I hear it pronounced often and I've rarely heard anyone pronounce it like "gram".

[@reneedoiron7560]

I'm from NB and I pronounce it as Grayum as well. My nephew's name is Graham, and I find it strange when my sister and other members of the family pronounce his name as Gram. His father, whose parents were both born and raised in Scotland calls him Grayum, though.

[@jevislife5675]

It seems the Canadian girl has been a bit Americanized

[@scotti.6433]

I'm from Guam in the South Pacific and we pronounce it as Guaman.

[@T1544767]

6:09 I'm in the U.S. Everybody I know pronounces it "Van Go" except my Art History professor would say something similar to "Van Coke".

[@niamczyk]

Yeah I love this film! The sauce and source reminded me about a certain Nike commercial in the UK - there was written "Kiss my airs" what may be funny for a British people to pronounce 😉😁 - they got me 😉

[@aaryabhatt9195]

Well I got you 😂😂🤣

[@nelle5339]

Also with the movie "Our Souls at Night" with Jane Fonda. She went on a UK talk show to promote it- the hosts and guests made the same joke.

[@niamczyk]

@@nelle5339 Thx a lot 😀👌

[@michbenny1363]

In urban areas of America, we have row homes which are attached. In older suburban areas closer to cities, we have semi-detached homes. Some call them Duplexes.

[@hosseindousty7037]

thank you guys , i learning so much of you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@bobdebuilder7647]

They do realise Scotland is in the UK, is this a joke or sutton?

[@alexjester7696]

I’m American and quite frankly, I don’t think you got the best representative for this particular video. I felt like she was trying to not sound incorrect instead of just speaking like an American.

[@animejaponais]

For those who don't know, the french definition of the word foyer is the thing where you make a fire in the house. You'll see a chimney on the houses that have one.

[@albiemayo2376]

I don't get it, Scotland is in the UK. Surely the UK guy should have an English flag? It just feels weird hearing UK and Scotland being differentiated. Like when Scotland hypothetically leaves the UK, the UK won't really be a thing anyway.

[@thespankmyfrank]

I love when Vanille said Graham, her Scottish accent really came through! I guess it makes sense because it's a Scottish name. Buuut none of them said anything close to the correct pronounciation of van Gogh lmao. Why would you even use a Dutch name for a video on English pronounciation?

[@lininatroussov261]

I reckon it is cuz Van Gogh can be pronounced as /Van Gov/, /Van Gof/ or /Van Goh/... I've heard bout them lots of times

[@anndeecosita3586]

Van Go is what they teach us in school in the USA so blame the education system

[@lininatroussov261]

Dunno...that's what I know cuz of my friends from different parts of the world. Afaik, it is a dutch name, therefore it is supposed to be pronounced as they do, yet IDK

[@stnhndg]

Well, foreign names and toponims is a difficult topic. On the one hand people in general try to sound more or less close to original, on the other hand almost noone calls Germany "doych-land" or Japan "Ni-hon".

[@cuervojones4889]

I wanted to hear the Scottish lady talk more! (I can't believe the English guy hasn't been to Scotland yet! What are you waiting for? It's right THERE! 😃)

[@STOCKHOLM07]

I'm in East Texas and I still haven't been to Louisiana yet.

[@mehallica666]

​@@STOCKHOLM07 You'd probably still have further to travel than we would from southern England to northern Scotland. Texas is bigger than most European countries.

[@pjschmid2251]

The music is too loud it’s making it hard to hear them. Why is it so loud?

[@shw_1957]

I think it's also the acoustics in the room.

[@n.b.3521]

The woman from the US alluded to it herself at the end, but I felt she was speaking in a somewhat made up accent designed to sound more clear and crispy than how people really speak. That being said, accents vary wildly across all of these countries so it would maybe be more accurate if they'd said "Here's how we say it in the state/province/county/city of ___ ."

[@Rancid-Jane]

Good point.

[@casebycase_904]

Am I the only one feeling the tension between the North American girls? The American girl is kinda covertly attack-y towards the Canadian girl. The Canadian girl seems nice, but the American girl is kinda mean. Not a good representation for us

[@sweiland75]

As a Canadian, I can tell you that is nothing new to us.

[@druidactual]

The American doesn't sound very typical. Speaking as one myself

[@bunnyford]

You can always tell when someone is from England because they say they are from the UK. If they are from Scotland,Ireland and Wales they say that particular country.

[@thomsboys77]

I’m from Wales, whenever I’m in a different country I just say I’m from the UK, because if I say I’m from Wales 9/10 people won’t have a clue what I’m talking about

[@thaerenglish84]

I like it. 💞. Keep up the good work 🌹🌹🌹

[@FionaEm]

In Australia we say Craig, Graham, semi and foyer the same way as the UK guy. It sounds weird to me when Americans say 'Creg' and 'Grem' 😅

[@eliseivanica]

i’m australian & i’ll add what i say: dynasty: dye-nasty crayon: cray-on daniel craig: daniel cray-g (idk who that is lmao) foyer: foy-er graham: gray-em semi final: sem-me final van gogh: van go versatile: versa-tile sauce & source: yeah both sor-ce asthma: ass-ma?! (pronounce like the animal not the body part lmao)

[@Josh-Stewart]

“So you have GRAY-ham crackers?” That cracked me up so much!!

[@pablodescamisado]

Seems like all of them just hate ach other, and the Canadian girl tries to save the situation ^_^

[@williswameyo5737]

From Kenya, the name Graham has the /h/ sound and the/ r/sound pronounced

[@EddieReischl]

In Wisconsin, we'd mostly say "verse uh tuhl". I've heard both "gray am" and "gram" and both "semee" and "semii". Lots of truck drivers. I get the confusion with the England vs. UK usage in the comments, I usually start comments by saying the state in the USA I'm from, so people can look on a map if they're interested (Oh! He's closer to Canada), but we consider ourselves Americans first. I suspect they're thinking and saying they are citizens of the United Kingdom out of habit, and not thinking to mention that they might be from Essex or Cornwall or York, much less England.

[@paranoidrodent]

I'm Canadian with a dialect from somewhat further east of where Kari is from (my accent is a mix of different Quebec English accents with some eastern Ontario tossed in). I alternate between "verse a TILE" and "VERSE a tuhl", leaning more towards the latter. I think I only use the "TILE" pronunciation when I am actively stressing the word in a sentence and otherwise it's "tuhl". I definitely say "gram" and "semee-detached" (although the big trucks are "SEM-eyes" or "semee-trailers").

[@j2174]

Its really Americans that say the specific 'state' they are from. Canadians will say 'Canada', Brits will generally say 'UK', etc I've never heard a French person respond "I'm from Normandy." unless you ask more specifically.

[@j2174]

@@paranoidrodent What part of Eastern Ontario?

[@paranoidrodent]

@@j2174 Mostly Ottawa, with a few years in Kingston and also Toronto (southern Ontario) but the latter two don’t seem to have impacted my quirky personal accent (which sounds fairly mainstream urban Canadian with a higher than average amount of French, Brit and Irish borrowings). I have spent the bulk of my life in bilingual areas like Ottawa and Montreal.

[@j2174]

@@paranoidrodent I am born and raised in the Kawarthas area. But lived in Toronto for Uni and afterwards, Korea, Japan, and also the UK for a while now. Plus travelled many other places, such as backpacking Australia. My accent is probably messed up now, especially from the UK. But here I often get "you sound like you are Irish but that you lived away from Ireland for a while". Funny enough, the Kawarthas area was settled by Irish, so probably something in the vowels, etc of that area of Eastern Ontario.

[@l0lliezoe3x]

Van Gough is pronounced like Cough in England?

[@john.vincent]

music is overpowering their voices

[@karvxgaming3262]

Dissappointed in my "British" bredrins for not realizing that Scotland is in UK, are they good?

[@lukespooky]

everyone knows that

[@FadeToBlack888]

this guy seems seriously unintelligent from his other videos as well

[@no1xtz765]

@@FadeToBlack888 lol just hope he doesn’t swipe upon this message😂

[@juliopage2543]

Scotish is a British accent, and English as well

[@josedosanjos2200]

This is a nice channel congratulations !!

[@lawrencefosterjenkins8216]

"we have a lot of land" me and my fellow NY neighbors sandwiched on a block of row houses: 🙃

[@Hwan.421]

I’m from Minnesota and just realized I say crayon with one syllable. Crazy

[@nathanspeed9683]

These must be so fun to film, so much laughter behind the camera as well! Love it! These 4 participants are really growing on me! I hope we see more of them together!

[@anothersquid]

I'm Canadian and "graham" has always been sort of like "gray-ham", or more than than "gram"

[@CorwinAlexander]

The funniest thing is the American saying "we got a lot of land" to the Canadian

[@colton5604]

As a Canadian I say crain, as in crayon but not exactly Crain but I can’t figure out a way to write it. Maybe craywn or like crown?

[@MetalGigs94]

I find myself repeatedly saying the words back to myself feeling like I'm in a vocal test 😂

[@katarinask139]

The Scottish girl has a lot of style. She's pretty

[@CinCee-]

Im from the US & if you're from a city you know what a semi detached house is. She's just a rube

[@liukin95]

1:09 "I get the impression that Scotland is similar to the UK"... Did anyone else feel like they just died inside when Emanuel said that? Why is Scotland getting treated like it's not part of the UK at all??? I understand that Scottish English is different to how English is spoken in England, but for christ sake Scotland is part of the UK!!!

[@patrykgorczynski419]

He corrected himself though, after a while he did say England.

[@liukin95]

@@patrykgorczynski419 He did, but still I think he should've had the English flag if you're going to be in a video with a Scot or someone from Wales or N.I.

[@thespankmyfrank]

I think he's used to referring to himself as coming from the UK as most of the videos are about that, but he caught himself quite quickly. The producers should've definitely given him an English flag rather than UK though.

[@EricaGamet]

Yeah, I just started the video and I'm sitting here with a confused look on my American face. I know a lot of folks in the US get confused with UK, Great Britain, British Isles, Scotland, etc., but I've had that down for decades... his comment made me question everything I knew. I chalked it up to the show's producers, but then I heard him say that. I haven't watched the rest yet and it seems (from comments) that he clears that up later.

[@EricaGamet]

@gerard dearie Yep... I know all that... which is why his first comment threw me for a loop.

[@dmcl1958]

Canadian here. I say Gray-um. I have only heard Americans say Gram.

[@thebatmanwhoposts9600]

Hallie's quickly becoming one of my favorites on this channel, love her sense of humor.

[@Verbalaesthet]

Those 4 are an interesting bunch. :D

[@TheConorsmithusa]

an annoying bunch

[@usefulrandom1855]

WTF lol Scotland is part of the UK?? The Guy is English, the girl Scottish. Both are very much in the UK... The UK is not a thing on its own, it's England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland combined lol. Great Britain is just the main island comprising of England, Scotland and Wales. Just in case anyone is confused. EDIT* Ok so he started saying England instead. He needed an English flag rather than a union jack though haha.

[@Sarah_T871]

The British man looks like the boy from home alone 😭😭

[@misstuxbrandi]

Interesting that Scottish people and southern Americans pronounce crayon similar being that a large amount of southerners derived from Scotland and Ireland. Especially the Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania area.

[@ShizuruNakatsu]

Well, in Ireland we say "cray-on" and there is a good bit of emphasis on the "on" part so the two syllables are very well defined.

[@TheConorsmithusa]

im irish and i saw van goff

[@MomoPersikka]

lol they hate that people pronounce van Gogh "wrong" but ironically it is totally wrong how they say it.

[@NoFormalTraining]

"Van Goff" is how the majority of Brits say "Van Gogh", "Van Go" is apparently the French attempt but the only correct pronunciation is the Dutch which is more like "Van Hogh"

[@apollo5766]

They do realise Scotland is part of the UK? I mean, the Scot Nats will be happy, but really it should be Emmanuel representing England and Vanille for Scotland

[@lukespooky]

The koreans who make the vids dont care

[@apollo5766]

@@lukespooky Probably true, but I like accuracy

[@girlsquad224]

@@lukespooky But since they are now reaching international audience, and it is somehow a channel about knowing about various countries, they should've been much more responsible with the presentation and detailing.

[@Slava_Ukrayini23]

@@apollo5766 Scottish accent do exist, but Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is part of U.K 🇬🇧

[@alvarom5928]

I think the background music was too loud this time, great video anyway

[@alankoltner9352]

I'm just curious who's the genius who decided to put music into video dedicated to pronunciation? I can barely hear the words they say

[@lukeecle117]

Crayon, Foyer et versatile sont français je pense

[@danemon8423]

sauce, source and dynasty too

[@sgjoyder2890]

Take a people for every spanish country (22 countries) the different is really big haha

[@lininatroussov261]

YEAAAAH

[@sgjoyder2890]

@@lininatroussov261 An endless video haha

[@rachelcookie321]

When watching the video I was seeing how I pronounced words compared to them and I would be like “ah, I pronounce that this way” but then when reading the comments I would see someone write the word then in my head I would pronounce it differently to how I originally thought lol. I don’t even know how I pronounce words. Like for “Crayon” I thought I pronounced it like the Scottish girl but then when reading the comments I pronounced it like the English guy.

[@gordonwallin2368]

Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

[@Paulo37580]

Nice video.

[@arthurjohnson9982]

Emmanuel should have an English flag.

[@TheMazimai85]

Many in the UK say van 'goth'

[@Lyndaragirl78]

What about Garage? I’ve heard it pronounced like 4 different ways!! And it is always spelled the same way!

[@user-xo5hk7zm6j]

The music is too loud in the crayon part, but thanks anyway for the fun channel.

[@FortheBudgies]

I recently learned that the American/Canadian English is closer to original pronunciation and that the current British accent was due to the deliberate effort of the upper class to create a dialect that separated them from the masses, which of course meant everyone adopted it. Dropping the Rs apparently makes you sound more classy. It's interesting how Scottish accents also keep more R's and early settlers were quite a lot of Scots. So when people say we sound so American, we actually sound like the original British settlers, so does that make us actually sound more British? It is so weird to think that all English used to be like us but it seems that American accents are considered the worst of all versions of English.

[@davidemmett8191]

Unfortunately, that's totally untrue. The basis of the hugely different regional dialects in the UK is that they come from different parent languages. We had a heptarchy (7 independent states) and each had it's own language. Most were variations of Saxon and Anglo-Saxon, but others , in the north, were a mix of Saxon and Old Norse. When England was formed in 792 or so, the languages began to converge. With the invasion of the Normans in 1066, the language shifted again, particularly in the south. As a result, of much later closer union and travel, the standard started to be adopted nationwide, to the extent that we all now understand 'standard' English but retain our own accents and dialects. The standard developed out of the accent used by the people in the power centre - London. There are many accents and dialects in the UK that are not mutually intelligible with other accents and dialects here.

[@SoulmanOverlord]

Probably the reason we have such variants in accents even in England alone. Just different parts were more influenced by who they were invaded by, or populated by.

[@Yvolve]

The same goes for French and Quebecois, which originated as the same language, but diverted as soon as the settlers left France. French is one of many languages used in France, it was only spoken in and around Paris but since that was the capital, everyone was made to speak that local language. Who speaks real French? In my book, the French, as a language always evolves and they were the ones who kept it going in France. Quebecois is a version of French, which sounds ancient to modern French people. As David said, in the UK, they had several invasions on top of having an every changing map of power, all coming with their own languages. Same with the Dutch and Belgians, who both speak Dutch but Belgian is different to how the Dutch speak, despite being neighbours. Languages evolve naturally, so when the two countries separated, so did the language. The English spoken in the US is a mix of all of those but simplified. In the spelling, it dropped all the u's from colour and such, and simplified many things as a lot of the immigrants in the US didn't speak English at the time.

[@davidemmett8191]

@@Yvolve That's a very good point. The English used in America does seem somewhat simplified to people from England. Spelling (tire v tyre, airplane v aeroplane, pediatric v paediatric, theater v theatre etc etc). The grammar is also simplified with less use of tenses than in English (did you eat yet v have you eaten yet) and simplified past participles (learned v learnt, dived v dove, earned v earnt). There is also a totally different vocabulary and it feels like they use fewer Germanic words than we do in England. All in all, American English sounds a little bit more 'high school' (to use their word) compared to normal English.

[@danemon8423]

a lot of the words used in this video are from french origin and it seems like the uk pronounciation is closer to the french one

[@paranoidrodent]

Foyer gets used in English to mean the entrance area of a house. It can be used that way in Canadian French (not sure if this is true in Europe or we borrowed this meaning from English) but the main meaning of foyer in French (the language English borrowed it from) is "hearth" (both in the physical sense and as an equivalent to "home") or sometimes a fireplace. If you welcome someone to your "foyer" in French, you are welcoming them to your home, not your entrance hall.

[@daylonmurray8068]

I’m Swiss French and I can’t really describe how and when I use foyer. I read it mostly as “fonder un foyer”, “la vie au foyer”, though I rarely use it that way. I know the etymology comes from the fire, but I only call that “cheminée”. At school, we’d call a “foyer”, an underground area where we could gather (coffee machines, tables to work on etc) and at the uni, we call the places where students live “foyers”. I never use it in the North American way. I’d call that area “porche américain”, though I think they come from some French colonial style in Louisiana.

[@paranoidrodent]

@@daylonmurray8068 Porche is just the German sports car to us but that definitely sounds like a Louisiana (and possibly Acadian) borrowing from English (porch). They pepper their French with more English loan words than us (and we do have a fair number).

[@danemon8423]

@@paranoidrodent porch was also borrowed to french i think

[@Rancid-Jane]

4:52 Western Canadian here, Graham is pronounced Gray am, for the most part.

[@meta14mil72]

i never lissentd the scottish accent sounds good

[@sharonhill2602]

I think you should do pictures, like the trunk/boot of a car, highway/motorway. Many more differences.

[@ulvessens5902]

Good idea!

[@Isabellalaq]

They used the wrong flag for england,that flag includes scotland

[@pep590]

I didn't know Daniel Craig's name but I should have as I have seen his movies often.

[@davec5153]

Scotland in the UK, he should have an English flag.

[@CrumpFace]

You still don't know the difference between English and British, "World Friends".

[@j2174]

Older generation in Canada or parts of Canada may say 'din-i-stee' like the Brits.

[@yousifabdalhalim514]

The UK and Scotland is very strange setup, like US and Texas, I think it would be far better England and Scotland

[@dominiclebacovers5636]

How the Canadian girl always nods her head non-stop

[@englishwithlila]

👍😊🎤

[@withsoleil]

The background music is louder than their voices

[@lucasj5872]

But the girl from Scotland is also from the UK so I think this flag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 would have been better for him but 🤷🏻‍♂️