Can You Understand These British Accents? Test Yourself!

Not every English speaker talks like the Queen! And some accents are harder to understand than others! Here you can test yourself! Listen to these 7 different native English speakers from all over the UK and see how much you can understand!
BIG Thank you to:
Pete S, Beth, Jack, Dan, Lauren, Saskia and Pete K
for being in this video, your accents are all gorgeous and wonderful!
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___________________ IN THIS VIDEO __________________________
0:00 INTRO
0:50 SCOTTISH
3:26 LANGUAGE SPRINT!
6:00 LONDON COCKNEY
8:51 BLACK COUNTRY
11:09 YORKSHIRE
13:08 SUNDERLAND
15:19 SOUTH WELSH
17:00 LIVERPOOL
19:49 OUTRO
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[Lorena Lucas]

I'm Brazilian and proud to say I understood a lot. Guess fangirling over One Direction for about 9 years and hearing their British accents was useful

[minia]

I can relate! I was horrible at English but then I became their fan and wanted to know what they say so I learned very fast hahaha (Liam was the hardest to understand, wasn't he? 😂) happy to see another Directioner in the comments!

[Ann Bolder]

My english teacher told me I didn’t pronounce the T, I later found out it was because I had watched too many videos of Louis, who often skips the T

[S_H_A_K_Y_A]

I wasnt this good at english until i met the boys now im able to speak english without a doubt all thanks to them #directionerforlife#louies#harries#paynos#zquad last but not least #horandogs

[Feel like cinderella Naega BYEONHAE :0]

BAHAHAHA SAME 😹😹 EVERYBODY SAY THANK YOU ONE ADDITION

[S_H_A_K_Y_A]

@Feel like cinderella Naega BYEONHAE :0 one substraction more like 😭

[MeChikaBoomBayah]

This is my story: I was born in a non-English speaking family and lived for my whole life with non-English speaking people but for some reason I've always wanted to learn English. I practiced day and night for my English, took lessons and did all my homework very sincerely. Today, on watching this video, I can proudly say, that I understand not even a single accent of this video.

[• Love_STAY•]

Keep practicing and one day you’ll come back and understand (maybe)everything

[loobylouboti]

Understanding English is incredible! Be super proud you have done so. 👏 As for learning the different accents? They can be incredibly difficult to understand and learn the difference between.. And this comes from an Englishwoman. 😂 Everything takes practice and time. Enjoy the learning and you'll get there. But again, accents in England are SO varied and vast and can be so strong, that they really are a challenge even to us natives! Good luck. 😊

[No Name]

You should still be proud of yourself. You wrote this comment didn’t you ? That’s a big win !

[Valeria Sarmiento]

omg, same hahaha, some of them are really hard

[Ray]

same life minus the fact that i've been attending a private school since kindergarten and i've got more english speaking friends (irl + online) Oh and keep watching shows babe, I remember watching drag race UK and it was hard to understand at first cuz they all got diff accents not to mention all the slangs but you'll get the hang of it

[heartlknj]

0:59 Pete (Edinburgh) 6:15 Beth (London) 9:07 Jack (Black Country) 11:14 Dan (West Yorkshire) 13:11 Lauren (Sunderland) 15:24 Saskia (Cardiff) 17:09 Pete (Liverpool)

[Ken McDavide Fernandez]

♥️

[ExabyteAU]

thank you so much!

[Jay Kay]

Pete sounds like Aberdeen accent not Edinburgh.

[The 1 ,2 silky crew]

Sunderland, Sunderland, Sunderland

[jett]

翁慈玲 London, pretty sure

[Fiona Em]

As an Aussie, I find it fascinating how UK accents become noticeably more lyrical, with quite distinctive vowel and consonant changes, as you go further north. Our accent certainly has variations, but they're not as pronounced, nor as specific to different locations - yet we're spread out over a much bigger geographical area.

[pancelticpiper]

I work at Disneyland in California and pre-Covid I would chat with Aussies every day. It did seem that the accents from the North tended to be stronger. Also people from South Australia seemed to have a British or New Zealand flavour to their Aussie accent. The fact that South Australia had a vast number of Cornish miners probably helps explain it.

[MORRIS]

Aye right, foos yer doos? 🤔

[BOOk_Wolf_19]

Fellow Aussie! Although I've been told my accent is rather American, though sometimes it'll sound British or Irish because I'm a first gen immigrant, this means that english is actually my second language though admittedly it has become my stronger one, that also means I learnt all of my English from preschool and ABC kids. Though where I live Aussie accents in general are not very strong, I do have a friend though who has a really strong one.

[Lee A]

That’s because the accents here in the U.K. developed way before people could easily move about a lot, and there was a lot less intermingling. Accents change significantly enough every 5 miles or so that you can usually pin down the town or village they came from. Obviously all accents in the north east England for example (where I live now) have a lot of similarities and you can recognise them as generally north east England, but it’s the slight changes that people who have the accent can pick up easily to tell where exactly you’re from. I wouldn’t be able to tell you the little differences in a scouse accent the same way I could with a north east or scottish accent (I’m originally scottish).

[BOOk_Wolf_19]

That's actually quite interesting, and it makes a lot more sense, because I mean if you look at the US in comparison, they only have about two or three through the whole country, which again makes sense since English was introduced to the Americas along with more advanced modes of travel

[nah tf]

My biggest flex is that I can understand all of this BECAUSE I CAN UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE CALLED LOUIS TOMLINSON;)

[evelynfx ¡!]

same here but thanks to liam gallagher, if i can understand him i can understand anyone

[nah tf]

Ikr😩

[Sujahni Suri]

Ikr, for me it was 1D, Little Mix, Lewis Capaldi, Yungblud and so many more people so that I just got used to hearing it.

[Fookin avocados💙💚]

Same

[Samira Jahin]

Yeahhh

[Nadine Abstoß]

I'm a Louie. I'm a professional at understanding strong british accents 💙💙

[Alina]

HELOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Hania P]

yess just because of Louis i understand a bit of donny accent ahshaha

[Anushka Majumdar]

Hi fellow louie!

[Lia Noronha]

meeeeee

[Dila]

Was about to comment the same hahah

[Obsessed with certain people]

I understood Yorkshire’s accent just because of Louis Tomlinson tbh

[Alex]

Same and Yungblud 😊

[1D concerts♪]

haha sams

[Feel like cinderella Naega BYEONHAE :0]

Same-

[Fatema]

sameeee dear😇😇😇

[anna]

Yes but louis' accent is way more thick than this guy

[joshdove]

Idk why I’m watching it but I always found the variations of accents in the UK so interesting, I loved watching geordie shore and the valley back in the day trying to understand the slang. But IMO as a native English speaker, Some Irish and Scottish accents are so heavy they just mumble each word together

[Nutsa Iluridze]

Bro i just end up watching your vid and now you are here woah adopt me rn

[Megan O'REILLY]

Ireland isn’t Part of the Uk doe

[Callum Anderson]

I can understand most Scottish accents because my mum's side of the family are from just outside Glasgow, but certain Irish accents, especially those of Irish old age pensioners can be a real headache to understand. That being said, the Republic of Ireland is not part of the UK, as Megan correctly pointed out.

[elamplough1]

@Megan O'REILLY joshdoe probably means Northern Ireland. I know it's a controversial issue for some people but technically Northern Ireland is part of the UK instead of the Republic of Ireland - and the accents are different too.

[Smashing English! Free and Fun English Lessons!]

Hello! Just a quick note: for those saying you found the accents easy to understand, that’s great! My channel and this video is aimed at English learners from countries where English is not the native language, so it’s more of a listening challenge for these people! Many thanks, Laura

[Banu 💜]

❤

[Nikki Murray]

Hi Laura! If you ever do one of these for America, I've been told I have a relatively strong north western and would be happy to help. :)

[Edie Minturn]

Hi Laura, whilst I am fluent in english, and have been for decades, it is not my native language at all.🤷🏻‍♀️ I found all of the accents fairly easy, excepts Saskias from Cardiff, which I had to listen to twice to properly understand, the „r“ sound was quite complicated for me. It definetly was a fun challenge for me, and I was pleasantly surprised that accents do not pose a big difficulty to me (then again, I know that if I ever get to Cardiff, I‘ll be lost 😅😅😅). And I love Nikki Murrays idea with American accents as well. Not all of us non native speakers are on a beginners level of english, and it is still a fun challenge for us, nonetheless!

[smileせりぬ]

There is no better than different accents^^ I couldn't get enough of them♥ I'm learning english and I want to sound like a native speaker any tips/advices to do the best of it?^^

[Edie Minturn]

@smileせりぬ live in an „english speaking country“ and/or watch TV. Movies and series are the best to learn a language imho. There are so many different accents, that you must first chose what „native speaker accent“ you would like to have.... 😉 British? From where? South-African ? US-American? From where? And then the awesome accents from the Islands..... I settled for my crazy euro-trash accent that is difficult to place lol 😅😅😅... also I habe the horrible habit of copying what I hear around me, so ppl often feel made fun of when I talk to them because I will subconsciously start to copy their accent which is very embarrassing.....oh and when I was watching Peaky Blinders, that was fun, too 😂😂😂. I am a hopeless case but wish you the best of luck w you endeavor! ❤️

[Anaelle]

I'm french ans I can say that after years of being used of hearing strong doncaster and geordie accent ( thanks to 1D and Little mix), i understand everything 😁🤣

[aimee]

lollll as soon as i hear a geordie accent i immediately think of little mix! especially the entire jade/jeed conundrum

[Camy]

SAME BESTIE, l'accent de louis 😭

[Anaelle]

@Camy N'est-ce pas ?! 🤣🥰

[Soonyato Logan]

The accent I understood most was London. The others, without the subtitles, I could only catch some words here and there. Anyway, I think I fell in love with the Sunderland accent. It sounds very cute. And I love this kind of video. I wish you made more videos like this.

[Rishabh Sharma]

U know, we hv identical thoughts

[rub.yblack]

I’m from Sunderland

[𝕄𝕣 𝔽𝕒𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿]

London? How bro i’m from England and that DONT mean i live in London. Yet i can understand them all. Not sure why people think london is the easiest, but then again most thing that london is the only accent here 💀

[Laís Behling Wohlenberg]

As a Brazilian having been obsessed with One direction, Harry Potter, Doctor Who, Sherlock and many others British show means understanding any accent

[Taylor]

As an American I can say my 7 years of being in the one direction fandom has taught me something

[𝕄𝕣 𝔽𝕒𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿]

Why is it so difficult to understand like we arnt speaking a different language

[minia]

I got Yorkshire accent without any problems, thank ya Louis Tomlinson

[Pat Reyes]

I thought that Yorkshire accent is the easiest to understand among those accents. It’s really fascinating how beautiful the English language is from a non native English speaker like me - ❤️

[Aellyn]

As a french, I’ve got 3 of them right, and did understand words here and there for the other ones. Special thanks to Artic Monkeys and One Direction xD

[athena renjith]

just be a directioner and you'll understand British accent like a pro

[grace 28]

i’ve literally been a directioner for years ofc i can

[multistan]

louis 's accent

[grace 28]

@multistan OMFG I LOVE LOUIS’ ACCENT SO MUCH LIKE DONNY ACCENTS ARE SO COOL

[Farah K]

I'm British and I'm proud to say I understood them all hehehe. Imma need a cuppa now

[Bryan1238]

6 out of 7 I failed with Saskia's accent, I'm proud of it since I'm not a native English speaker and I always found all UK accents hard af, also because I have never studied in a academy so everything I learned was by my own (maybe you can tell by my grammatical mistakes lol)

[Seev]

when comes the question to Dan Henrys story?

[Bryan1238]

@Seev there's no question, the video is about how many accents we can understand...

[Mansimar Arora]

That’s amazing! Sameee here! Which country are you from?

[Bryan1238]

@Mansimar Arora Awesome! I'm from Spain and you?

[kiavash asadi]

yea same dude, i got all of them apart from Saskia's accent....it was pretty damn hard with those ''R's'' tbh

[Dauphin d'amour]

I'm French and i'm currently in 8th grade, i was passing by when I saw this and i'm a fan of english since i started talking it at school. It was fun to look at how I could hear clearly what they said. I was impressed when I've found out that I got all right.😁😇👍

[L.C 123]

I personally think all the accents are fairly easy to understand, however I’m told I speak quite fast but also quietly 😂 btw I’m not English I’m Irish 🤪

[Róisín]

People tell me the exact same thing, im also irish btw

[L.C 123]

@Róisín maybe it’s just us irish in general that speak fast and quietly😂 my accent is flat too so at least I’m not from cork and slightly high pitched🙊😂🤪

[Róisín]

@L.C 123 literally same my accent is flat too because im from Kildare and we dont have the strongest sounding irish accent ( well not as much as like kerry ect.) but we talk fast 😂

[Raindropsonroses]

Hello fellow Irish person 😂I’m from tipp!

[L.C 123]

@Raindropsonroses me too! 😂

[Keisya Amalia]

as non native speaker that just start learning british accent, I kinda proud of myself for understanding most of them. Every accent sounds so cool..

[spideyxalmighty]

years of teaching myself english through the 1d members, james mcavoy, taron egerton and richard madden have given me the ability to understand all the accents

[TyrantAbyss]

I am Italian, and we always roll the R, so the Cardiff accent should be the easiest for me to understand, right? Wrong, it was the most difficult one 😂 Maybe that's because I am so used to listening to UK native speakers using their standard R sound (don't know how you call it) that my brain did not expect it? 😁

[Soonyato Logan]

I love Maneskin. 😄

[Sim0naSama]

That’s exactly what I thought. It’s so different from our R- roll sound 😅

[Ivan Jeremy]

non-rhotic R, which is pronouncing the r in a word/sentence/phrase by not pronouncing it.. completely different from rhotic R, where the r is actually pronounced.

[Dallleekah]

Frenchie here, I've been fluent for about 7 years now but the welsh accent always trips me up haha Everyone in this video has such lovely a voice and accent though; thank you so much for the wonderful explanations!

[inka]

I’m very happy that so many directioners have found their way to here, and yes we absolutely understood every single one of these because you can understand like every single english accent when you can understand Louis and Liam😂 And hello to my fella directioners💚💙🇮🇪💛❤️:)

[Manisha Paul]

Yeah and special thanks to Lou and Liam🥰🥰

[Galina Ivanova]

I think it would be also interesting to have them all read the identical text, so the differences or variations would stand out that much more. 😊👍🏻 P.S. I'm a native speaker of American English and professional linguist, having studied nine languages thus far. I very much enjoy your channel and really enjoy listening to and learning more about all the different accents in the UK.

[stella christopher]

I think I struggled with Jack's accent from Black country and somewhat with Saskia's(Cardiff). I could only able to understand these two after looking at the subtitles. And I must say I fell in love with Yorkshire accent. The flow and enunciation of words was just beautiful. I'm not a native English speaker so I'm happy that I could make out most of the accents. And thank you for these videos. You guys are great.

[wolfdoctor13]

I was quite happy and pleased that I totally understood every word of each presenter. I am originally from the very deep American South, studied the history of the English language, Shakespeare, and Chaucer extensively. So I believe those two factors have trained my ear to really understand accents, not only UK ones, but a massive variety of US ones as well. Currently for my own edification, I'm studying the variety of UK accents and dialects, a most rewarding endeavor indeed. Thank you for all your videos for they are really helpful in my learning. But I will say, this particular lesson was quite easy for me so I must be learning it all fabulously! Keep posting these videos! I love them!

[Blubb Fishi]

I'm German and got everything right! I'm really proud 😄👍🏼 Listening to different audiobooks in English helped a lot 😊 Also all of them had very nice voices! ✨

[Tilly Tiger]

Halloooo

[Nathaly Kim]

it's crazy how many accents the uk has being such a small country, and they are all insanely distinct

[Merchu Aincioa]

I'm argentinian and I'm proud to say I got all of them right! But still, Jack's accent was the hardest, I had to listen to it twice to understand better. I love this type of videos

[Megan- Alys]

We just have a strong black country accent, so its very hard for other people to understand I’m pretty sure there’s even british people that don’t understand us, we just have that strong accent thats all

[Anna-Maria]

Born German, grew up in Germany and was never surrounded by people speaking English, but by watching and reading everything in English since the internet was introduced to me at 14 (and only speaking English online) I can understand all of these accents, they were fairly easy tbh, and I even love some harder scottish accents. 🙌🏼

[Paula Sepúlveda]

I'm a Louis Tomlinson (and One Direction) fan so i'm proud to say i completely understood the Yorkshire accent. Actually I found it pretty easy and slow because Louis talks reaaally fast and he drop a lot of letters as well. I'd love if you do a video analyzing his accent, it sure would have a lot of views.

[Hanno franz]

I used to live in Scotland ( in Aberdeen ) as an assistant teacher for a year and I can tell you that there's quite a variety among the different Scottish accents and dialects.

[Sim0naSama]

Even if I got the answers right, it doesn’t mean I understood 🤣 Mostly, cause their reading voice is really fast, it’s easier to listen to someone who is speaking with their natural time (I’m Italian anyway, so it’s also really hard to understand every connected sound)

[Jin's favourite Mirror]

Me too I just connected some key words cause they were speaking so fast for me to catch up with them but somehow I got all right but I am from India

[Anki]

I am from Germany and i didn't have a problem to understand these beautiful accents! The hardest onr for me was the one Saskia from South Wales did. I love Scottish and irish accents. Also very beautifully was the West Yorkshire accents from Dan! As i've been a fan of Little Mix (british Girlgroup) for years now, i got used to listening to heavy geordie accents as Jade and Perrie come from South Shields. There is one interview from them were Jade spoke with such a heavy accents they needed subtitels and another bandmember had to "translate" it for the interviewer. I love to listen to celebrities with accents! Like for example Sam Heughan ( ou mentioned the series Outlander, he is the lead actor) and Richard Madden with scottish accents, Niall Horan from Ireland and one accent shown in the video reminded me very much of Rose Leslie, an actress (Game of Thrones) from Aberdeen. It's always fun as was watching this video! Very well made! Thanks a lot!

[hifromneptune]

Beth has a fantastic reading voice, love it 💜

[Liz Marin]

I could listen to Lauren read for hours! It has nothing to do with her accent, it has everything to do with how animated she is, she really pulls you in!!

[Azalea Correa]

I’m from Mexico, so I learned with the American accent, so it was really difficult to me to understand a lot of words, only catch one to another word, but the most difficult to me was the Black Country accent. Thanks for the video it was really fun ♡

[Liam :)]

I guess that having an obsession with One Direction actually helped me

[Hrucha☀️]

Have you ever heard Louis Tomlinson 💙 damnn 😂🔥

[Lisa vxng]

Honestly... We've been trained by him to understand the yorkshire accent😂

[multistan]

i think i have met you before..

[Eveline H.]

This was really fun!! I am Dutch so I am definitely no native speaker but I was surprised that I was able to understatement almost everything. The accent of Saskia was the most difficult one for me.

[Gary Payne]

Well tbh a lot of Dutch speak better English than some English people do. 😂

[EGracie86]

Language is so fascinating. Am a Canadian and English speaking but grew up with grandparents who are both from the UK - Grandpa Welsh and Grandma Lancashire area. Loved hearing all the different variations.

[sina]

I got two accents correct but it was still hard focusing because on my mind when I heard it I was trying hard to decipher what they’re saying and also trying to understand the context of what they were reading. Connecting those two things made me realise how distracting it was for me 😵‍💫 This is a very good practice… and I really need to watch more English movies. I’m not a native English speaker btw. 😊 Thanks for this video.

[Trâm Nguyễn Lê Ngọc]

02:58 Scottish 08:19 London 10:45 Blackcountry 12:41 Yorkshire 14:51 Makum 17:30 Liverpool

[Kerry Cunningham]

I understand them all. I heard the strongest Scottish accent 20 years ago that took me about 3 hours to finally understand after that I've had very little problems understanding uk/irish/Scottish accents. So grateful that I had exposure to so many strong accents from so many places there.

[Edgar Herrera]

For me, the most understandable was the Yorkshire one.

[Buyankhishig Munkhjargal]

Even tho I wasn’t even born in America but I was born in Mongolia, I can proudly say that watching Tommyinnit, Wilbur Soot, Tubbo, and Georgenotfound (listening to them speak) really payed off!! I understood what they were saying, some I understood it very easily but some like Black Country I needed to replay them to understand it better but I would say that I’m very proud ✨

[Eau De Skimmy]

As a Geordie myself with a mix race of Indian, I could possibly understand every accent pretty much all around the world and it's kindda cool how everyone speaks differently but I could get along with them easily 👍

[Laura Tervashonka]

This was actually pretty relaxing i could listen to them reading stories all day

[Ricardo]

After the test, I have to confess that I only understood your introduction, and the promotion; frustrating? Well to be honest, not at all, I will start this year B2, and I promise back at the end of this course to rewatch this video and check if I had any advance, meanwhile, give you a heap of thanks for your work.

[Marta Leddy]

Go ahead Ricardo! Do not give up

[Luciana Almiron]

good luck!!

[MaraMara89]

learning english at school/course doesn't really help to understand, unless it is really conversation-based. My advice is: watch a lot of movies/shows/youtube with people from all over the world (not only native speakers) - that way you would get used to different accents. And good luck :)

[oLynxXo]

Try watching a bunch of British films and shows, it will help!

[MyFantasticNails]

I'm from The Netherlands and although, most people can understand and speak English really well in our country, it's still the basic British language that we learn. So understanding the difference between each accent is sometimes hard? I can understand most of it, but sometimes I need to listen twice. Being a Mixer, a Potterhead (really, Harry Potter helped me understand English so much better than school ever did) and watching English television without subtitles really helps alot! (Oh and the fact that half of my family lives in Australia, but I don't talk to them that often)

[Maureen]

Hello my Friends! It's been not more than a week since I subscribed and I was so fascinated with your talent that I've been catching up on pretty much all old videos of yours ! I am an English teacher and your content is amazing! To me it's like travelling around the UK without the bustle of moving. I'll consider taking lessons with you anytime soon! ( Still with Italki?) Combining acting and teaching skills really is the way forward ! Laura, once you have mastered French, your transformation into French actress Sophie Marceau ( starring in 007 The World is not enough) will be completed!! You bear a striking resemblance to her! Thank you for bringing laughter into my day Greetings from Italy

[Amélie]

Black Country and South Wales were definitely the hardest ones for me but I still understood everything. Thank you for this! Just makes me want to do a tour of the UK even more.

[Random Play]

I understood 5 out of 7 accents. Two accents I found a bit more difficult to understand were Sunderland and Cardiff. At the start I thought I'd understand only 2 or 3 of them so I'm really happy with how much I knew. I guess 12 years of learning English paid off

[Madam Satan]

I understand everything. And English is my second language and also self taught. Which means - being an Introvert watching tv shows and movies all the time... Pays back! Lol

[Arevika01]

Two years ago I couldn’t get what pewdiepie said without subtitles and today I understand all of these accents! Very proud of myself

[MrsLobster]

I’ve grown up in a non-English speaking country with only non-English speaking family members. I started learning English in third grade in school, though I only started to study more seriously in 5th or 6th grade. That would make a total amount of 8 years learning English up to now (or 5 to 6 years serious learning). I’m quite impressed that even though my English isn’t perfect and I’ve never been to an English speaking country before, I understood most of the things being said in those different accents. And my personal favorite is the Scottish accent but preferably a less distinct one ^^ - Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪🍺

[1DirectionToMyHeart ×͜×]

As an British, this was easy. I've been fangirling for One Direction, you see.

[Ruby Linton]

i have seen so many 1D fans in the comments, like this came up on my feed probably because on 1D (i literally have nothing else but 1D (im a larry also so yeah haha) i am so surprised to see the first comment was about louis lololol we are everywhere!!!!

[1DirectionToMyHeart ×͜×]

@Ruby Linton Ikr!! I see atleast one comment in every video I see which is not about 1D about 1D

[Anushka Majumdar]

@Ruby Linton Omg you're a larry too?!

[Commander Concorde]

I can understand every word 😀 From a native English speaker 🙃

[Priscilla J]

I'm quite happy to say that I manage to have them all right ! I really find the Black country accent so difficult to understand and my first trip to England was over there and I had so much trouble understanding a simple thing. I'm french and I really wish that at school they teach us like english but with the different accent . All my learnings comes from the films, series, plays , videos I watched . Also I watched a lot of American show but over the last year I really moved to the British show

[Solacefinds]

I'm not even finished with the video yet, but I subscribed immediately. I think your lessons will improve my fluency level since it's a whole new concept for me. I tend to stick in American accent only, so it is sometimes difficult to comprehend other English accents. I also enjoyed your enthusiasm and the way you teach.

[Shadow of Moonlight]

I'm from Austria and extremly proud to say that I got everything right, which surprised me a lot! Thank you for this great video! I really enjoyed it!

[svehyoung 12.12]

So...I'm Italian and I actually got 'em all right (kind of proud of myself there). I thought the hardest one was 15:32 though, for a second you almost got me there. 👀 I think I really trained my ears watching series in English after all.

[evelynfx ¡!]

i got all of them right i’m soo glad!! none of this would be possible if it wasn’t for liam gallagher who trained my ears by the time i spent hours and hours watching his interviews (i'm brazilian btw)

[quattrocolors]

i absolutely love his video when he is kindergarten answering kids questions. hilarious!

[evelynfx ¡!]

@quattrocolors FR i lost the count of how many times i watched this video

[quattrocolors]

@evelynfx ¡! yeaaah)) especially him saying this is a nightmare in the end))

[TheEnderBee]

I am actually surprised that I understood everything •o• I’m German and have been learning English in school for about six years. I’ve always liked English way more than German and I almost only watch English KZbinrs, who I suppose helped me be prepared for this video :)

[Irma Maria Mendoza Morales]

So I understood all the accents that wasn’t a problem for me, I was just paying so much attention to what they were saying that I forgot the quote the second they were done speaking 😂😅

[Alyssa C]

As a native english speaker (US/ Tennessean accent), I am quite proud of myself for understanding all of them. I think W. Yorkshire and the last guy (I think his was Sunderland, but I can’t remember) we’re my favorites!

[Barry Steven]

Just for information. I'm from Durham. The accents across Durham, Tyne and Wear and most of Northumberland are basically variations of the same North East accent. We can hear regional differences but outsiders probably would have to have them pointed out. There is a tradition of calling the Newcastle accent 'Geordie', the Sunderland accent 'mackem and Durham 'pitmatic'. The truth is that originally the term "Geordie" is thought to have been used to refer to the miners of Durham and Northumberland so the appropriation of the term by Newcastle is dubious to say the least. People outside the area tend to refer to the north east accent as "Geordie". Apart from local vocabulary there are three distinctive pronunciations that mark Geordie The -ay sound of day, say, away etc is pronounced as a long -é similar to Swedish -e in the word leka. Unlike elsewhere this in not a diphthong. The -o sound of go, slow, no, flow is like the Swedish -å. Again this is not a diphthong. Unique to Geordie is the 'glottal reinforcement' of p, t, k. This means that these sounds between vowels are pronounced with a simultaneous glottal stop. Unlike other accents these glottal stops do not replace the consonant. They are pronounced with the consonant to give the very distinctive way Geordies pronounce 'happy', 'matter' and 'package'. You can hear it clearly when Lauren say 'mackem' 13:18.

[smallypuppy22]

Great recommendation with Outlander and listening to James McAvoy, a truly talented scottish actor. The only accent I had difficulty with was the "Black country" accent

[petelobl]

Interesting text selection as Jack Kerouac only started speaking English around age six or so, and had quite a French-Canadian accent into his late teens. Thanks for the video!

[IvenoreaMusic]

Im German and can proudly say that I understood all the accents quite well and think they're all very beautiful

[Mohammed Al_hashimy]

I am a non native speaker living in a non English speaking country just started learning English a year ago and I can proudly say that I understand all of these accents. Note : british tv shows and serieses helped me a lot 😅

[nickstape]

this is literally what our listening tasks in class were like but we also had people talking in the background and bad connection. I got everything right except cardiff. I find listening tasks quite difficult since I've been watching all shows and movies with subtitles but then again sometimes I have to ask people multiple times to repeat a sentence when I'm on the phone with someone from my home town. also I have a really hard time understanding certain german accents as well. swiss german for example, whenever I go to switzerland I mainly speak english to everyone because I don't understand a thing

[Diana Pak]

Native Dutch over here, but have been in contact with many people from all around the UK, so could understand almost everything, only one I had a little trouble with was the South Wales one. I lived in the UK for a few months, up North, that really helped me understand the accent there. I have a soft spot for Scottish though, every time I hear it I want to immediately travel there. Great video, thanks.

[Mandy93]

Haha, thanks to my host parents back then in Edinburgh I now understand the Scottish accent much better than others. 😁 Greetings from Germany

[Chelsea Harrington]

The passage Pete read, I knew it sounded familiar but I couldn’t place it, so I googled it and realised it’s from On The Road which was a book I had read ages ago but I’ve never heard anyone speak about it or use in any of the literary classes I’ve been in. Thank you for including that passage, the book meant so much to me and I loved the journey they took 🤩

[musik102]

Yes, the lack of appreciation by the literary hierarchy and academic/education establishment depressed Jack and was partly responsible for his early death.

[Legendaro]

I got 100% correct! The Southern Wales accent was the most toughest for me, but it sounds so magnificent!

[Fikriyah Ibrahim]

I understood all. Studied in The UK in Newcastle Upon Tyne and Sunderland for 6 years, had an Irish, Scottish, Yorkshire and Welsh Tutors - understood them perfectly. Heck, even picked up a bit of the accent and dialect from being surrounded by Geordies.

[Wiola M]

For all of you watching and worrying you don’t understand, well I had English at school for more than 10 years and when I moved to Sunderland a few years ago I didn’t understand a word 👀 it took me 3 years to understand it enough to communicate 😂 and study at Uni with students speaking geordie. Don’t worry we all have been there 🤣

[Selene Avalle]

Yorkshire accent 💕 easy to hear and lovely. The most difficult to understand, surprisingly was the London one!

[12-C Garza Zuñiga Diana Laura]

I loved Lauren’s accent and understood it better than anyone else’s

[Goodie V]

im so glad i got all of them right, i am kinda working on my own English accent and want to make sure it's actually English instead of accidentally Australian or something haha

[Zahra A]

Im a non native english speaker who use's a basic british + american accent everytime i speak english. Thankfully i have learned english more than 8 year(and improving because of the pandemic:) It makes me happy and proud to understand this video soo well.

[Hanna Lindén]

I understood all but I love it the most when the Irish are speaking the language! 😍

[Lilies Hii]

I start interested in brummie accent because of peaky blinders 😂 sometimes i try hard to watch the show without subtitles and it's hilariously hard to understand what their talking about. I found out that this channel talks lot about accent and without doubts I subscribed to this channel. Fantastic contents, keep going 👍

[mellymomos87]

Most English people can’t understand them without subtitles either 😂

[Xela Rose👑🎗️]

When your mum’s from Yorkshire, your dad’s from Birmingham, and your Australian….I’ve got a really weird hybrid accent, like I’ll have (somewhat) posh sounding English accent with a bit of Australian slipped in one second, and then all of a sudden I’m full on English street talk, then I’ll just *switch* to very mild English with a more prominent Australian accent….like choose one😩 I don’t need all three😩✋

[Kielostar]

I'm from Finland I understood most of them. Pete from the start confused me at some parts and Saskia's accent was sooo hard to understand. I only picked a few words from her XD

[Rosa Bosa]

I understood them all for the most part, which was expected with English as my first language and consuming a lot of British content. I however feel like if I heard a lot these in person I would struggle a bit

[Grimmoire]

Italian native speaker here and I love how the British English sounds, the only issue is that I couldn't understand much. I'm so used to hear American English (KZbin videos, TV shows, movies, videogames etc..), in fact I understand it a lot, but I struggle when I hear British one.

[Moon child]

my dad whose ppl came to canada from yorkshire often used to do different accents and slang, so i learned at lot. my father watched tons of british accents and i understood all of them as a child. It's funny cuz i'm adopted at birth but when I went to learn about my dna, i got almost 100% Celt like mainly Ireland (south) and the Hebrides of Scotland, Stornoway et. So I am currently listening to how those Irish and Scottish accents all sound. I got a very small amount of english dna and it said mainly West Yorkshire (i was like, yay as it was near my dad's ppl).

[Diana]

I got wrong on the South Wales accent. Watching Little Mix interview really trained my listening skills. Good to know. 🤣

[Jaimi Cottrill]

I’m a native English speaker from Australia. I understood all the accents without subtitles but I have to admit that I had to listen carefully to some of them. 😂 I loved the Scottish and Yorkshire accents but hated the London one! Not saying all the letters properly, especially changing the “th” sound to an “f” was like fingernails on a blackboard for me!

[emily meyers]

I literally wanna train myself to slip into Australian and British accents whenever I want to for a long period of time without trying 😂

[Feel like cinderella Naega BYEONHAE :0]

English is not my first language but i understood these well because of one direction 😹

[fiona]

because LOUIS😂

[Feel like cinderella Naega BYEONHAE :0]

@fiona YES ALL OF THEM

[Ildikó Balogh]

I understood everything :D Yeah. The hardest one for me was Saskia's. It was so weird to hear that she rolled the r. I had to focus intently to understand it.

[서지애]

This is so cute. I'm always very interested in british accent. I had a hard time understanding the accent from Black Country and Cardiff 😆

[• Love_STAY•]

I‘m from Germany, 8th grade and I have an A-B at my English class. In my last vocabulary test I had an A. So I did this for fun. I think I speak and understand English pretty well and I guess the biggest reasons for that I do is that I only listen to English music for example Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Katy Perry,BTS,Miley Cyrus or Britney Spears or only watch English youtubers like Vixella, SSSnipetwolf, LaurenZside and MoriahElizabeth.(I watch more then them) I also watch English movies like Harry Potter and I watched it more often in English than in German. I also like American series like Victorious iCarly or Sam&Cat. So I don’t learn British English in school,no I also learn American English by myself. I‘m sorry if I did any grammar mistakes. I hope you understand what I was writing.