BRITISH FAMILY REACTS | Do English People Like American Accents?

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Office Bloke Daz

Office Bloke Daz

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@BigBilly-io3kf
@BigBilly-io3kf Жыл бұрын
The British understand Americans well because you have a great exposure to it via American tv shows, movies and the internet. Our exposure to a British accent is very limited, and it comes thru British tv and movies, which we don’t get much of. These productions are usually period pieces, and they use the posh accent. Not all Canadians use the Scottish ‘ou’ sound, or use ‘eh’. That’s very regional, and many have the same accents that Americans have.
@willvr4
@willvr4 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's all consumed and understood via entertainment and media.
@DrFeelgood1127
@DrFeelgood1127 Жыл бұрын
Yeah it’s regional, BUT over 90% of Canadians live in the SAME small region. So generally that’s how the majority sound.
@DrFeelgood1127
@DrFeelgood1127 Жыл бұрын
@@counselthyself2591 I guess it’s 70% kzbin.inforqmjRvV3Qgg?feature=share
@DrFeelgood1127
@DrFeelgood1127 Жыл бұрын
@@counselthyself2591 I never said anything about Canada’s population numbers. I said 70% of Canadians live south of the United States north border. I linked it and yet you have no response. Except for arguing something that I never said. I don’t get how this fact is offensive?
@DrFeelgood1127
@DrFeelgood1127 Жыл бұрын
@@counselthyself2591 that’s what I thought, don’t respond to anything I said…
@jerryyoung-m7g
@jerryyoung-m7g Жыл бұрын
The one girl said she preferred the English accent. Considering all the English accents that exist, she really meant, "I prefer my own accent." What an astounding revelation!
@twenty3enigma
@twenty3enigma Жыл бұрын
Erik Singer is originally from Connecticut, and now lives in New York. If you want to hear HIS accent, just pay attention at the beginning and end of his various dialect videos.
@phillychick4196
@phillychick4196 Жыл бұрын
😂the dork who said we all speak the same😂 dead wrong😂
@emmakai2243
@emmakai2243 Жыл бұрын
10:11 As an American, their impressions sounded like Australian
@l.t.1305
@l.t.1305 Жыл бұрын
As an American from NJ, I would pronounce water as "wudder"
@captainbryce1
@captainbryce1 11 ай бұрын
That means you're probably from South Jersey (south of Trenton) because you have more of a Philly accent. If you were from North Jersey (Newark or Jersey City), you'd probably say wahdah as they say in New York.
@tool4rage434
@tool4rage434 Жыл бұрын
I'm American and have never been to the U.K. but I can certainly hear a difference between a London accent and something like a Scouse or Geordie accent.
@splinterwolf_
@splinterwolf_ Жыл бұрын
“Give me water” in the English accent sounds like “Give me Walter” in the American accent
@mattb7578
@mattb7578 Жыл бұрын
I have to admit, when I like, start a Guy Ritchie movie, it takes several minutes to get adjusted and understand what’s being said.
@jeffmorse645
@jeffmorse645 Жыл бұрын
"Like" as a conversational filler is from the Valley Speak that started in Southern California in the 1980s. I'm from Northern California and worked in tourist hotels while in university so my accent is "Standard American" and easy to understand. When I went to England I never had to repeat myself. Everyone understood me easily. I think its probably akin to "Modified RP" in Britain.
@roberthieber1
@roberthieber1 Жыл бұрын
Aidens different British accents all sound the same to me! Hahah
@benlee3071
@benlee3071 Жыл бұрын
How there completely different I guess it’s because you’re from America ? I’m from uk and can tell the difference and they sound nothing a like.
@SortaRicann
@SortaRicann Жыл бұрын
@@benlee3071 the same way british people think most Americans sound the same. I can hear the difference in certain British accents but the majority of them all sound the same to me
@ghostpatriot4754
@ghostpatriot4754 Жыл бұрын
Aiden, I have been to all four regions you did accents for. That was EXCELLENT!!!
@lilJJslayer
@lilJJslayer Жыл бұрын
i work with a guy from scotland over here in mass. hes been here for LIKE 16 years and its pretty tough understanding him here and there i can't imagine how thick his accent was before he moved and i like razzing him about haggis and wearing a skirt all in good fun though
@coffeetalk924
@coffeetalk924 Жыл бұрын
As an American my first visit to a foreign country was actually Ireland. I spent 3 weeks with a host family in Killarney. Really fun, but also really weird because after the first two week or so of being constantly exposed to their accents, I started sort of becoming self aware of my own accent.
@lumina1104
@lumina1104 Жыл бұрын
Speaking of Ireland, the trickiest accent I've come across is the Corkish accent. I could understand 90% of people, but some of the old-timers spoke so fast and dropped or added letters making one really have to concentrate.
@JasonMistretta-wf5ip
@JasonMistretta-wf5ip Жыл бұрын
2:30. For a while, I was a junky of British Reality TV shows and of Big Brother UK (I have seen every episode of Big Brother UK/ Celebrity Big Brother). From watching thousands of hours of shows like Geordie Shore, The Only Way is Essex, & Made in Chelsea and all of the Big Brother contestants accents I can now discern at least 6 British accents. I can say what region of the country they are from. I am not sure if that is sad or impressive--hahaha.
@hannabertrand4460
@hannabertrand4460 9 ай бұрын
I love the blonde hair btw. It really brightens your face and is very complimentary to your skin tone. ❤
@nineboneable
@nineboneable Жыл бұрын
Another aspect of the accent and the louder vs quieter conundrum is that British speak in the back of the mouth/throat and thus are quieter speakers while the Americans speak in the front of the mouth/under the nasal cavity and thus are louder. I trained myself out of my Southern drawl through high school, college, and church choirs where the sung pronunciation was emphasized over the spoken pronunciation though I can pull it out when I want it. ;)
@TheKhabibulin
@TheKhabibulin Жыл бұрын
"Water" in the English accent can sound like wa-uh. Even for me alot of the time I need someone to say house, couch, out, etc to really tell they're Canadian because otherwise it can sound like the upper mid-west like Wisconsin.
@michaellombardo7442
@michaellombardo7442 Жыл бұрын
"To be fair"......... you don't realize how much you say THAT. All areas and classes of UK. LIKE, what does it even mean??
@baussify
@baussify Жыл бұрын
its like saying “in all or fairness”, or can be used to say “give the benefit of the doubt”
@chromeninja6811
@chromeninja6811 Жыл бұрын
They also say "In all honesty" alot.
@skeletor79us
@skeletor79us Жыл бұрын
"One of them/those", funny "that"... wouldn't be you "that", "enit".
@michaellombardo7442
@michaellombardo7442 Жыл бұрын
@@baussify Thanks....To be fair, it was just a joke. I get it.
@EagleFang74
@EagleFang74 Жыл бұрын
I’ve heard that the general American English speech pattern ended up slower and over articulated because there are so many languages spoken here that the type of English we speak is meant to be understood very easily by people who aren’t native speakers - so it’s spoken slower and the letters are overly articulated. Not sure how true it is but it makes sense. For me British accents are really easy to understand and I don’t find that it’s spoken too quickly. But I’ve grown up watching lots of British media from Benny Hill to Absolutely Fabulous. I’ve always been a fan of the culture.
@benlee3071
@benlee3071 Жыл бұрын
I thought it was the other way around I find American accents easy to understand and I’m from England and still find some accents hard to understand in England.
@EagleFang74
@EagleFang74 Жыл бұрын
@@benlee3071 Oh I don’t mean to say that all english accents are easily understood. I was referring to the main accents. London, Northern accents, midlands etc. People with really heavy accents anywhere in the US or UK are more difficult to understand, but I haven’t really encountered an English accent where I have absolutely no idea what they’re saying. I was mainly referring to what Gaynor was saying - that Americans have trouble understanding their accent.
@ESUSAMEX
@ESUSAMEX Жыл бұрын
Some Americans have a problem understanding other Americans. As a native New Yorker, people always ask me to say something like a New Yorker through out. Others ask me to repeat myself.
@jenniferdurso1461
@jenniferdurso1461 Жыл бұрын
Same in the deep south. They want you to say stuff like "there's an iron in the fire " 😂😂
@christhornycroft3686
@christhornycroft3686 Жыл бұрын
Watching American TV, especially the news, probably throws people from other countries off because most news anchors speak with a very flat, mid-Atlantic accent like John Barrowman in Torchwood. As a Canadian, I’m familiar with a lot of American accents. Everyone thinks Canadians have the same accent - the goofy lumberjack one with “eh.” That’s primarily Ontario. I’m from the west coast, and the accents are very different.
@andrewsokol2717
@andrewsokol2717 Жыл бұрын
West coast still has a distinctly Canadian accent.
@FasterthanLight11
@FasterthanLight11 Жыл бұрын
Try listening the Cajun accents or Appalachian
@xXprettyxkittyXx
@xXprettyxkittyXx Жыл бұрын
Did y’all ever do the part 3 of the accent tour? They get into some Canadian accents too!
@Riptionator
@Riptionator Жыл бұрын
I'm surprised as well that Americans don't understand when Brits say water although maybe it's a little understandable when the T isn't pronounced. Then it sounds like "wah-uh" When I was in Wales a waitress didn't understand my American accent when I asked for a glass of water. I said it three times until another waitress translated for me 😂
@lumina1104
@lumina1104 Жыл бұрын
Part of it also has to do with the fact that British English is non-rhotic; Rs aren't typically pronounced before consonants or at the end of words. That can be contrasted with Irish or American English, both of which often accentuate Rs. That's why the R and the end of water doesn't have a strong pronunciation in British English.
@whiskeythedog578
@whiskeythedog578 Жыл бұрын
blondie cought the "like" bug after pointing it out. 6 of those in just over halv a min from about te 8min mark... pot-cettle. good reaction
@Syzygy77
@Syzygy77 Жыл бұрын
I can tell the difference in those accents, but they do sound quite similar. To me, anyway.
@MrJeddYoung
@MrJeddYoung Жыл бұрын
Aidan - I thought your various English accents were pretty good - thanks to all 3 of you for posting this reaction.
@warbacca1017
@warbacca1017 Жыл бұрын
4:59 guy hasnt gone far enough down the road to encounter another American accent
@waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaluigi
@waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaluigi Жыл бұрын
When Aidan did the Liverpool accent, I expected him to say "He's the best player in the world! What are you laughing at? Im SERIOUS!" lol
@lindaslater7782
@lindaslater7782 Жыл бұрын
My dad's ancestors came from England, so many years ago, I made a trip to Europe, and I was so glad the first stop was London. I love England and definitely the accent. For an American accent, I love the Southern accent (twang). My grandpa was born in Tennessee, and I can remember hearing a bit of the accent when he'd talk. After a trip across the Southern states, when I got home, I didn't realize I picked up some of the accent (my kids told me). I'm proud that I carry both of these accents somewhere hidden in my mind, and that they surface every once in awhile.
@amber.ren_1995
@amber.ren_1995 Жыл бұрын
I’m not surprised that the majority used the SoCal accent but that’s just bcuz of L.A. and us being famous for Hollywood, Disneyland, the beaches and our weather. And bcuz of the celebrities. And they definitely have a lot of people in the movie industry with the SoCal accents. And the word “like” is also a filler word we use here in the Valley. Some say it started in the 80s idk how accurate that info is. I’m from SoCal and LA is only about 45-60mins away from where I live. I use the word “like” the most and I also say “but yeah” and “so yeah” a lot as well. And “Omg” lmfao 😂 but since I’m so used to it I don’t find it weird at all but when I do actually stopped to think about it I do think it’s funny lol but again I’m just so used to it that it doesn’t phase me.
@douggaijin
@douggaijin Жыл бұрын
I was born and raised in central California and I have been told I have a unique slightly Scottish accent like my dad (he was a Texas born and raised Scotsman) but I don’t hear it. I have visited Việt Nam a few times with my Vietnamese wife and was told I speak Vietnamese with an American accent. I guess every single person on earth has a unique voice. I also worked with a woman with a heavy Cockney accent and had to smile every time she pronounced my name.
@wfdix1
@wfdix1 Жыл бұрын
I’m a Texan that spent three years in the countryside of North Yorkshire. The first year of conversing was a bumpy ride down a rocky road. Once acclimated, I got pretty good at it, and quit asking for grits at breakfast. “Y’all got any grits back there?” Crickets and blank stares.
@BillColeExperience
@BillColeExperience Жыл бұрын
True, I don't understand quite of bit of what you all are saying sometimes. Take Office Bloke MIke and I won't understand a word.
@stischer47
@stischer47 Жыл бұрын
When I first visited my family's relatives in Newcastle, it took me a week to finally understand them. And I thought I spoke English.
@virginiarobbins7539
@virginiarobbins7539 Жыл бұрын
We have trouble with some American accents as well.. but just yours. I'm in FL and some NY accents are so heavy as are Boston and some others.
@StanSwan
@StanSwan Жыл бұрын
I am American and dated a girl from Southampton, UK. She also lived in Canada for over ten years so picked up a little of that. In some places we went I had to translate for her. It is more how she just used words and phrases Americans don't understand. Like she would say something about "toilet roll" and in my state it is called "toilet paper", Or "car park" when we say "parking lot". I always joked with her I learned some of it from Monty Python but when we watched it together to her it sounded like the way people used to speak. I also dated a Canadian girl years back and that was really cool the way she talked and it was more about phrasing than the accent, eh. I live in western Mass, USA so don't have a Boston, MA accent but we tend to add an "R" to words where they do not belong. Almost every day I hear "idea" as "idear". With the internet I am guessing in 100 years or so most English speaking people will sound much more the same all over the world. We live in a very cool time where I can sit here and listen to accents all over the world on my laptop. Just 30 years ago no one could do that.
@ryanje8147
@ryanje8147 Жыл бұрын
Aidan has shaky legs......LOL
@demonsorrows
@demonsorrows Жыл бұрын
For me, it's flow and whether or not the accent results in constant pitch jumps. The valley girl talk is like nails on a chalkboard. Especially when they end statements with a high pitch like a question. And yeah, many English speakers saying "like" is just another placeholder for "um". If you're used to it you rarely notice it. But when you're actively listening for it, it'll drive you crazy by how often it's used.
@Lazai2190
@Lazai2190 Жыл бұрын
As for the water thing, it’s simplier than you guys are making it out to be. Americans really don’t regularly hear British accents. Even with RP accents occasionally in movies, I don’t think the word water is used often.
@Aacula
@Aacula Жыл бұрын
I never knew any fellow American that can't understand an English accent
@MarkCucchiara
@MarkCucchiara Жыл бұрын
Some of us CAN tell the difference thanks to British TV 🙂. I can say the majority of people cannot tell the difference between Irish, Scottish and Welsh. Thanks to Doctor Who, The EastEnders, Wallander, The Crown etc my wife and I are pretty good figuring it out now. 😊
@timothyreel716
@timothyreel716 Жыл бұрын
I have a Mississippi accent 😊♥️
@darrylwigginton1067
@darrylwigginton1067 Жыл бұрын
Not all some are very grating and others are too cockylike
@ghostpatriot4754
@ghostpatriot4754 Жыл бұрын
I love to hear you all say "me" - Where we say "my" "Me House" / "My House"
@RewardBread619
@RewardBread619 Жыл бұрын
Some Americans do talk fast it just depends where you are.
@vc6596
@vc6596 Жыл бұрын
Come to hawaii and hear our american accent 🤣
@melissag.3325
@melissag.3325 Жыл бұрын
As far as the "New York" accent goes, that is a regional thing! I live in the central state of New York but I don't sound anything like people who live in New York City!!! Just as the "Valley Girl" accent isn't how all people in California sound. I lived in Southern California for 3 years and never met anyone with the valley girl accent, or the surfer accent either!
@ΒΞΔΝ
@ΒΞΔΝ Жыл бұрын
As an American it baffles me as well why some people cannot understand with the accent. Unless it's one of those that even most Brits say "I dunno what he said" I have never had an issue. Maybe being from my section of the country helps with the very similar accent....because sometimes depending on how fast we talk I have heard people say they have trouble understanding the Bostonian accent.
@TaMara_x
@TaMara_x Жыл бұрын
Out of all the british accents Aidan did i like the Manchester one the best. Great vid thanks guys! ❤from NY
@terrycarter1137
@terrycarter1137 Жыл бұрын
how you say "water" is different in various places in the US. the Southern accent you're familar with usually is a very deep Southern accent which has English foundation, while people from more Northern parts of the South tend to have more Scottish and Irish inflections.
@chancemeyers8502
@chancemeyers8502 Жыл бұрын
Ik what you mean about americans categorizing brits accenta. I used to do it myself. Ive watched enough british reactors and youtubers at this point. I might not be able to name the accents. But I do notice the nuances in words, pronunciation, deep accents compared to higher tone accents (tho your voice itself also effects that). Ill be honest it almost reminds me of the nuances and different pronunciations and darwls and voices in the American south. Like a I habe a deep virginian southern accent, which sounds completely different from one in Tennessee or all the way down in Texas. So thanks for expanding my knowledge and being awesome reactors guys 😀
@chancemeyers8502
@chancemeyers8502 Жыл бұрын
But also Thanks for the rundown on british accents in different areas lol. I actually did notice the nuance. Aiden did fantastic showing it to us. Like I said. Very similar to the nuance of Us Southern Accents
@virginiarobbins7539
@virginiarobbins7539 Жыл бұрын
I was actually surprised how nice they were about us..I know many of ya'll like us but I'm to the point that I no longer ever want to go to England to just be mistreated by ppl whom don't really like us. I do love ya'll over all and I know you all aren't like that.. but the lifelong dream of going there is no longer a dream for me after seeing so many whom literally hate us.
@Donna185
@Donna185 Жыл бұрын
That's a shame. That wasn't my UK experience at all.
@BBaker916
@BBaker916 Жыл бұрын
While living in Maui I worked for a New Zealand man who employed an Irish-Englishman, a Scottish man and another Englishman. It took a couple weeks to figure out the English accent, but the Scott, that took the better part of a month. After that, all accents are easy to pick up now. I can almost nail down what part of England people are from nowadays.
@randallwilson
@randallwilson Жыл бұрын
Back at ya. I love British accents. Especially the gals.. Sophia!
@michaelcall-kirkendoll3004
@michaelcall-kirkendoll3004 9 ай бұрын
Nice Aidan!! I was rolling 😂
@lazyblazer
@lazyblazer Жыл бұрын
Aiden "Shaky Legs" Ball 😂😂😂
@philjohnson3217
@philjohnson3217 Жыл бұрын
Water sounds like British are saying they need a waiter. Some restaurants have different individuals performing waiter and service rolls.
@tbd-5160
@tbd-5160 Жыл бұрын
America is so massive, it's just filled with hundreds of accents. Just pick your favorite, but we all speak English.
@Jason-ib4fk
@Jason-ib4fk Жыл бұрын
"To be fair" (lol!) we Americans are listening when you speak, but generally your "non-rhotic" English (no r's) is naturally a bit more difficult simply because leaving out letters doesn't allow for as much clear enunciation of separate words. Also you mentioned rate of speech... Add to that loads of different slang, multiple regional dialects the non-posh ones of course, lol, and no r's whatsoever all strung together really fast... Of course that waiter or anyone might not catch everything at first, lol... Some of our regional big city dialects can be quite fast, but with the great majority of American accents having fully pronounced r's it'd be naturally easier to follow. In a way it could be compared to Spanish vs. Portuguese speakers understanding one another. While written the 2 languages have many cognates, when spoken, however, the difference in pronunciation is immense! It's much easier for Portuguese speakers to follow Spanish as all consonants are pronounced, whereas in Portuguese the pronunciation of words is quite nasal and many cognate words to Spanish do NOT end in consonants... much like the breathy "missing R" at the end of words in Britain. Personally I can understand most of you completely, but I'm just presenting a perspective. And yes your media exposure to American sounds is much greater than the reverse for us.
@rtasi2000
@rtasi2000 Жыл бұрын
the main reason why it baffles the brits about the americans not understanding them as well is due to the exposure of british accents the americans are exposed to. the US accents have way more exposure to the world
@101stairborne6
@101stairborne6 Жыл бұрын
If you notice when any British person sings, they sound American…they lose their accent.
@jjw1072
@jjw1072 Жыл бұрын
Because the American accent is music to the ears.
@MoeDavinci
@MoeDavinci Жыл бұрын
People use the word like as a filler word. Everyone has filler words they go to push their speech along and collect their thoughts. Many great orators and public speakers improve out of the need to do it though over time, but it's common lol
@BTinSF
@BTinSF Жыл бұрын
It's a generational thing more than a transAtlantic thing. I started hearing this toward their end of the last century. In the 1950s and early 1960s one never heard it. "Like" has replaced "Er", "Um", "Well" and so on.
@DomManInT1
@DomManInT1 Жыл бұрын
Have you ever noticed that most British singers sing without a British accent? Any idea why? Could it be because singers tend to open their mouths more and move their jaws and not keep the stiff jaw like Brits do when they are speaking?
@stischer47
@stischer47 Жыл бұрын
It's because the General North American accent is the one used in most movies and is, thus, more understandable by the greatest number of people.
@DomManInT1
@DomManInT1 Жыл бұрын
@@stischer47 Wrong answer. Well, maybe it is the right answer for a different question. Would you like a second chance? Thanks for playing.
@djordan7035
@djordan7035 Жыл бұрын
We don't have an accent, you have an accent.
@Gizmonips
@Gizmonips Жыл бұрын
There was only one time I ever had a serious problem understanding an accent and it was a VERY strong northern English/Scottish Border Accent. Someone is bullshiting if they say we couldn’t understand someone saying water, or really almost anything else for that matter.
@ninjafirewolf
@ninjafirewolf Жыл бұрын
When I hear Britain people say Water it sounds like Walter to me but I know what y'all mean
@shawnteeisme
@shawnteeisme Жыл бұрын
Those British accents all sound the same to my ears but because thats your native language you can notice the differences.
@ashhhole13
@ashhhole13 Жыл бұрын
Depends what Americans are exposed to. I grew up on British television a lot, so I can distinguish different British accents. Certainly not all but some.
@dianas2754
@dianas2754 Жыл бұрын
Yes that and if you interact with immigrants in the U.S. who have thick accents as well. I'm an immigrant myself but I've been in the U.S. long enough to have a general American accent. Those I interact with have thick accents from various European & Asian countries so understanding anyone with an accent is much easier.
@wacopamela1
@wacopamela1 Жыл бұрын
I'm born and raised in Texas when I went to California I didn't think I had I a accent but everybody would ask me where I was from that I had accent
@Kiatakesouls.
@Kiatakesouls. Жыл бұрын
It’s crazy how Brit’s only know New York ,texas and California 💀
@Sigma_Sylum
@Sigma_Sylum Жыл бұрын
From the outside looking in, Central Florida could be mistaken for like Michigan or something, but outside of the cities it is nothing but lite to heavy draws like Alabama and Georgia accents
@BennyB5555
@BennyB5555 Жыл бұрын
There are over 30 dialects spoken in America and its territories. There are more people in the state of California than all the people that live in Canada combined. When I hear stories of supposed “Americans who cannot understand the British” please know this is absolute rubbish. Americans watch television and surf the internet the same as everyone else. Also keep in mind that America has Hollywood as well. We are well versed in the language / dialect department. Many older generations and some older actors spoke what was called a Mid-Atlantic accent. This was a cross between British and English.
@alexj.5207
@alexj.5207 Жыл бұрын
Well they are talking from person expirence when they say americans do t understand the accent. I have heard many stories about the water thing
@Kiatakesouls.
@Kiatakesouls. Жыл бұрын
I agree like who don’t understand when they say glass of water ? Like many Americans don’t even pronounce water right ourselves we say “wudder”💀
@tictacmoe6227
@tictacmoe6227 Жыл бұрын
Sounded like you just got louder each accent.
@Scolof99
@Scolof99 Жыл бұрын
Liam Gallegher is from Manchester. I have a hard time understanding him. Is that a normal Manchester accent?
@limeygaynor
@limeygaynor Жыл бұрын
That is a very typical Manchester accent, working class, south Manchester.
@vodriscoll
@vodriscoll Жыл бұрын
I understand all of you, but I watch Gogglebox each week and there are some people on that show I can not understand. I need subtitles. Especially for the sisters from Leeds, and the brother and sister from Blackpool.
@limeygaynor
@limeygaynor Жыл бұрын
My favourite show 😊
@LukaDonesnitch
@LukaDonesnitch Жыл бұрын
Aiden's Manchester accent sounded Scottish LOL.
@valentine_puppy
@valentine_puppy Жыл бұрын
No. I can 100% tell the difference between the accents. Grew up on British TV in America here on PBS. Had Doctor Who, Red Dwarf and Are you being served and Keeping up Appearances. Right there a great range of accents.
@thefallofKAE89
@thefallofKAE89 Жыл бұрын
In my 33 years here born in Kansas and raised in Tennessee for 32 and half years. I've heard Americans speak crystal clear english, but I've not heard crystal clear english from the UK.
@northernflicker6590
@northernflicker6590 Жыл бұрын
That was a great video. I don’t think Americans are any louder than other countries. My response to that is usually “we live in a dang big country, we need to be loud in order to hear each other 😂”.
@mfinchina__117
@mfinchina__117 Жыл бұрын
I think we can be a little louder because some of our ancestors came from cultures where people just speak more loudly. I also do think people perceive speakers in an out-group (people who are different than they are) to be loud, even when they speak at the same volume.
@davidcosta2244
@davidcosta2244 Жыл бұрын
I have a MA accent.
@BTinSF
@BTinSF Жыл бұрын
How do you feel about the tendency of American movies to insert British accented villains into situations where no one is British? Examples are Liam Neeson in Batman Begins, Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs, Darth Vader, Elizabeth Hurley in Bedazzled.According to some studies, Americans view a British accent as indicating a person is more educated, intelligent, competent, higher class and even more physically attractive.
@tayejus8413
@tayejus8413 Жыл бұрын
New Yorkers have the best accent. Hands down.
@kikibigbangfan3540
@kikibigbangfan3540 Жыл бұрын
Do they????😂😂😂
@mattyk2676
@mattyk2676 Жыл бұрын
Yuck. No.
@GreenBeamzzz
@GreenBeamzzz Жыл бұрын
There’s no such thing as a best accent you can have a favorite though mines is like the smooth southern accent that you can hear in Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama
@jessehouston1636
@jessehouston1636 Жыл бұрын
😂
@davidcosta2244
@davidcosta2244 Жыл бұрын
Next to those from MA, just saying.
@mikemaginnis7312
@mikemaginnis7312 Жыл бұрын
It's so funny that you guys say you like the New York accent because so many people in the U.S. hate it. haha
@BKRod
@BKRod Жыл бұрын
try listening the boston accent
@fernandocardoso8938
@fernandocardoso8938 Жыл бұрын
We don't get a lot of British in our city or state. That's why it is hard for us to understand them. Each state has a low/high voice.
@Algorithmicgeneratedwordsalad
@Algorithmicgeneratedwordsalad Жыл бұрын
To be honest with you I have met a lot of British tourists and a lot of world tourists in general the hardest accent for me to understand was the Australian accent I don't know why that was I can understand them perfectly fine on television and watching KZbin when the young man was standing in front of me asking to buy a gallon of gas I looked at him absolutely like I had never spoken English in my life before and the funny thing was his friend who was a Chinese exchange student living in Australia who was on a tour with him and didn't speak English very well himself had a translate and broken English with his friend was trying to ask
@EskimoPablo907
@EskimoPablo907 Жыл бұрын
To be honest. I don't know. I can't fathom how an American wouldn't be able to understand the English accent especially if it's just asking for water. My only guess is that person has never left their little town and have never watched television, I don't know lol.
@themourningstar338
@themourningstar338 Жыл бұрын
My dad (who is old, almost 80) traveled extensively around the US for work, spent time in Switzerland & The UK/Ireland for work, he watches some British TV (always with the captions on)... and he absolutely SUCKS at understanding accents, even many from the US. His brain is just not wired for it and it straight up doesn't compute 🤷🏻‍♀ On the other hand, I've got a good ear for accents, can understand most with no problem, and can tell where many accents are from. I only have trouble understanding some of the super thick ones that nobody else can understand either.
@hannabertrand4460
@hannabertrand4460 9 ай бұрын
I feel like the English accent is an octave lower so it's more pleasing to the ear. American accent is more high pitched and nasally.
@xdizzle0460
@xdizzle0460 Жыл бұрын
With the water thing I think some Americans just like messing with you guys and making you repeat words.
@g.prince6265
@g.prince6265 Жыл бұрын
Here's a VA.accent,what's up y'all.
@mfinchina__117
@mfinchina__117 Жыл бұрын
Maybe if someone in the US is having trouble understanding a word like "water," they're from a region where they're not used to hearing any sort of accent at all? A lot of smaller towns in the Midwest and South are really homogenous. I went to college there and some people would get flummoxed if they met anybody foreign, or sometimes even of a different race. I'm from Western New York and a few years ago in a small town in Ohio a guy asked if I was from a foreign country because of my accent.
@EthanBSide
@EthanBSide Жыл бұрын
Even Americans can't tell where all accents are from.
@sunnydays8270
@sunnydays8270 Жыл бұрын
Bull. So real Americans who hear a midwest, or southern accent would say are you from Idaho? Give me a break.
@michelerenae9998
@michelerenae9998 Жыл бұрын
I always think Ozzy for Birmingham and Paul McCartney for Liverpool accents.
@sugunlee3286
@sugunlee3286 Жыл бұрын
Next reaction Philadelphia Kingston avenue, and New York metro
@Movierebel3
@Movierebel3 Жыл бұрын
There are multiple accents, just in the South. Differences between the Deep South, Texas, West Virginia and beyond. Then you've got the New England accents, Massachusetts , Rhode Island, Philly, New York and Connecticut. West Coast is its own thing, and so is the Midwest. Someone from California would have a hard time understanding someone from the Appalachians.
@patriciapierce9781
@patriciapierce9781 Жыл бұрын
I feel the English accent sounds nice.
@crystaldallavalle6978
@crystaldallavalle6978 Жыл бұрын
Water.....I'm just being stupid here, lol, but it kind of sounds like whoa-ter when you guys say it, and watt-er when we say it, lol.
@SIXX2772
@SIXX2772 Жыл бұрын
Are yall from Bridan..lol
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