Do Argentinians speak British English? (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

[@Frankly_Speaking_English]

Oops, looks likes the subtitles malfunctioned…

[@gastonpanizza]

Have you lost something? 🤣The subtitles made my day...

[@homerothompsonliberal7653]

Gracias amigo. Abrazo, excelente video

[@tehArgento]

In school they teach you british english but because of media you end up with like a mix of US and British english

[@danielcettour]

movies, music, social media, youtube, most are "americans" and that's why we end up talking that way, but we all learned british. I still prefer american, i don't like the sound of british. Me acuerdo en las clases de inglés, con el grabador tipo chanchito de la profesora cuando pasaba los listening, con los graves altos, no se entendía nada jajaja

[@sercox83]

In Argentina we learn British English, but due to television, movies and internet, we star to add american word, pronunciation and phrases

[@salacious_motek]

Well, if you want to speak british english, then don't say fu___ng "movie", because that's yankee; say FILM instead

[@sercox83]

@@salacious_motek that is the point.

[@ezequielsaavedra9670]

Enserio? No sabia que enseñaban inglés británico. Es como que a los extranjeros le enseñen Español de España y no Español de Argentina

[@sercox83]

@@ezequielsaavedra9670 historicamente Argentina estuvo mas ligada a UK que a USA y quedo esa costumbre. Es como en USA enseñan español mexicano y e UK español de España

[@sercox83]

@@ezequielsaavedra9670 en el resto de los paises de la region enseñan ingles americano

[@videntedevidrio]

El pibe que no sabe nada de inglés, pero le dijo a las otras brutas "es fútbol, cómo le vas a decir soccer?" Me llena de orgullo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@berdi4berdi4]

hasta los ingleses dicen "football". Soccer es bien de yanqui

[@jackbaz1]

The presenter is a charismatic man of charming English styles. I appreciate this windows into his culture 🎉

[@riyadiraya]

He is my husband. Wkwkwkwk

[@guidoie]

Argentines are welcoming and warm to everyone. I wonder how this would go in England. Would it be hard to find someone that knows any Spanish? How about Argentine Spanish?

[@iliasmastoris529]

I'm gonna nuance your answer re: soccer/football. Soccer was the short (slang) word for football - the word started in Britain and was adopted in its English-speaking colonies. It is a contraction of "Association Football" (or Assoc. Football as written in the newspapers back in the day) and used to distinguish it from rugger. The word fell into disuse in Britain in the 70s as non-English speaking countries became more prominent in international tournaments. It continued to be used in the US, Canada, Australia and NZ to contrast it with other football codes - such as NFL, AFL, NRL etc. These countries played a variety of football codes before the widespread adoption of Association Football, so they clung to the nickname to distinguish it from other codes. Some of the codes are very old. For example, the Melbourne Football Club was founded in 1858 to play Victorian Rules Football (now the AFL).

[@braiantaboadabocher8850]

Aprendí mas en este video que cuando fui al colegio.

[@Frankly_Speaking_English]

@@braiantaboadabocher8850 🥹

[@lucianoluggren]

4:44 "Estiró la pata" It would be the equivalent in Argentina.

[@yariyll4685]

Y en España también

[@pablokaufervinent8012]

And they might actually be related, because you kick the bucket when you are dying. It is one of the possible origins of the expression.

[@persiavalen4379]

Palmó*

[@nnmm5829]

Tiene lógica, estiró la pata para patear el balde!😅

[@alphaproject1019]

Tocar el arpa

[@vHumboldt77]

so funny that in Buenos Aires, the tube is called the way the British named it when they built it a century ago: "subterráneo" = "underground"

[@Frankly_Speaking_English]

@@vHumboldt77 that’s true! I didn’t think about that

[@Zelielz1]

We really can’t pronounce the way british do, it is extremely hard. We even learn british english, but the American pronunciation is easier for us.

[@vinisuichi1243]

One thing very important that every British always forget: ¡Las Malvinas son Argentinas! 🇧🇷🤝🇦🇷

[@andresbenitez4712]

Valeu irmão!

[@leandrogabrielsalviagarram9224]

No one beats dibu Martinez and Alfonso Part Gay when it comes to argies🇦🇷

[@matiasd.7755]

I guess you didn't know that Argie is used as an insult...

[@berdi4berdi4]

@@matiasd.7755 It's not. It's like Aussies, Brits, etc

[@agustina_manoban]

The term "Argies" was an insult during and after Malvinas War.

[@phrodendekia]

​@@agustina_manobanen realidad no necesariamente. En sí argie es solo un diminutivo. Lo insultante es hablar despectivamente en diminutivo, algo típico inglés. Los britanicos tienen el humor sutil y el desprecio sutil también, así que depende más del contexto que otra cosa. Pero en sí argie es como aussie y brit como dijeron previamente.

[@berdi4berdi4]

@@agustina_manoban No. They always called them Argies, the same way they say Brits, Aussies, Yanks, etc.

[@malcolmstreetorchestra4191]

This is great ❤

[@berdi4berdi4]

Calling the sport Soccer to a Brit instead of Football is an insult.

[@agustina_manoban]

It's natural, because of US influence.

[@elenfermero5156]

Supongo que estaban preparados para traducirlo y por ende más decantados para decir algo que diste del español

[@aldozilli1293]

​​@@elenfermero5156pero la palabra futbol viene del ingles 'football' . No es una palabra 'espanol'!

[@MrRockleyend]

To us aswell, I don't know what this guy were thinking.

[@gonzalotellogalvan6124]

Did you know that the term 'soccer' actually originated in England? The sport is officially called 'Association Football' (Shortened ASSOC). By that time, for some reason it was common to add 'er' to some words, it was some kind of trend then. So people started calling the sport 'ASSOCER', then through natural disambiguation of the word it lost the 'A' and it became 'SOCER or SOCCER'. It then was adopted by the US, but after some time British people stopped using the term (The trend passed away) and went back to 'football' but by that time US folks already had accustomed to call the sport 'soccer' so it just stayed that way. It's funny how it turned out.

[@DibaShokraye-wx6or]

Enjoyed it!!

[@estudiantes68]

Other places with strange pronunciation: Marylebone, Greenwich, Tottenham...

[@glenbetton3146]

There are plenty of Anglo Argentines who still speak RP English from the mid 20th century. You just need to know where to find them 😉😉

[@Frankly_Speaking_English]

@@glenbetton3146 I have actually met a few! They speak the royal English despite some of them never having been to the UK !

[@emafrancisco1808]

There are also Welsh towns in Patagonia

[@ZSant-h2h]

My granny is the case I think. She pronounces the 'h' sound in all words, for instance in 'what,' 'where,' etc. When I realized it, I found it interesting

[@maribelfernandez5640]

Actually, you've just found one of them 🙋🏼‍♀️

[@agustina_manoban]

@@emafrancisco1808 Welsh descendants in Patagonia speak no English at all, they only speak Spanish and Welsh.

[@Balfour.]

4:48 What he's trying to say is that here kicking the bucket resembles other similar expressions the sort of "kicking the board", meaning doing something disruptive or getting angry.

[@lucasa.3189]

I wish I was interviewed. I love speaking english with diffrent accents, such as the american, cockney or even the scottish one.

[@gbbarn]

Alto traidor.

[@sillybilly2.]

Great video man! I wish I could visit Argentina, you do a good job of talking with them. As a spanish-speaking Scot, I found it really interesting. However the I am obliged to say that Edinburgh is commonly mispronounced by the English. The "r" is more like the tapped erre that you get inside of Spanish words. So instead of "Edinbruh", it would be "Edinbu-r-uh". Gracias por el vídeo y adios boludo!

[@odi-yi]

Soy de Buenos Aires y si bien "adiós" es un saludo correcto, es muy formal y ya casi no lo usamos. Con "boludo/a", que es super informal, decimos "chau boludo" o más frecuentemente todavía "nos vemos, boludo". Espero no te moleste mi sugerencia y gracias por tu comentario, a mi me sirvió mucho 😊

[@sillybilly2.]

@@odi-yi Bueno, gracias!

[@JuanLucangioli]

@@sillybilly2.or even better: chau fierita! Chau crack! Chau papurrio!

[@phrodendekia]

So it sounds more like "hembra"

[@LucianoVarelaClasesdebateria]

​@@phrodendekia fierita Is more like saying "you are fierce and you're my friend"

[@melisasosa2945]

As someone studying to become an english teacher, in phonetics and phonology we are taught the RP pronunciation so yeah we speak british english

[@micaelaclifford2729]

Hi, I'm Argentinian and I actually learn how to speak english watching One Direction interviews and vlogs, besides my school english class, but somehow I still have like an "american" accent, after all haha. Have a good day mate!

[@lucianamiqueo7577]

Teachers in Argentina try to teach us British English, but then all the English we hear (or most of it anyway) comes from America and our accent/vocabulary suffers a bit. I used to sound very much like an American until I started working in a British school and now I'm told I sound deceivingly British.

[@Gregorio2370]

I love iron maiden that's the reason i can speak in inglish, everybody should learn it's useful to travel.... By the way the video is pretty good. Greetings from buenos aires

[@CelesteL]

In Argentina we're tought the old R.P, teachers pronounce a mix of whatever, we consume a mix of popular content in the media, mostly Unitedstatians' accent. But, honestly, "American" is easier as they keep a linear accent. I mix British accents, depending on what I like how each phrase sounds like and I use terms interchangeably cause I don't live there! Wish I could spend some time in each region to adopt and adapt to them individually.

[@Thelogien]

this video feels 12 years old

[@riyadiraya]

When you ask them those idioms, you saw them those pictures or not?

[@Frankly_Speaking_English]

They can see the pictures yes

[@riyadiraya]

@@Frankly_Speaking_English so, actually they can easily guess the meaning. 🤪

[@lady.stardust-tn3um]

@@riyadiraya no, because the images don't match the meaning.

[@robertoyamakata6672]

We study british english but in the times of "Friends" we were having more contact with american english and nowadays you know Netflix, Hbo... but student's book in Buenos Aires still you can read Oxford, Cambridge. So it is a mixture between Netflix Disney and brittish books. I live in Buenos Aires I studied with brittish books but never been to London but I got a temporal job in Disneyworld Orlando once. And I suffered the american accent. My case is worst I was a young student in the era that there were not much access to english audios in Buenos Aires. So imagine.

[@Frankly_Speaking_English]

Bloody friends!

[@Gladiola0419]

I studied at the Asociacion Argentina de Cultura Inglesa, but since I have been living in the States for 22 years, I now have some problems understanding British movies. The actress I can follow is Helen Mirren, she speaks very clear, the kind of English I learned at home with my dad and at the AACI.

[@miguelfacal2610]

Thank you! That s fine teaching!

[@ThatHorse]

Nice video, dude! I work for a company in California, so I don’t just speak American English, I kind of have a bit of a surfer dude accent too. But one thing’s for sure, I would never say ‘soccer’ it’s ‘fulbo’ or ‘football’.

[@Frankly_Speaking_English]

Thank you man!

[@ivanfangio]

We don't have France next door to catch the accent either.

[@joseaugustobelvedere2822]

British English for ever, it's the original language and the best too. AR AR AR AR AR

[@easypeasydora5939]

I would say, as a chilean, that the argentinian dialect of spanish can find its counterpart on an english dialect in the UK. For the time being, I can't put my finger on it, but I can say firmly that he equivalent in english to the chilean dialect would be the scottish one.

[@easypeasydora5939]

Something I missed is that, because of the proximity of our countries, some argentinian provinces and chilean communes share a lot of slang and vocabulary, even before the globalization phenomenon. Especially in Tierra del Fuego.

[@Dream710-wl4xr]

At school we learn British English but only the basics, those who learn English on their own end up learning American one , it is more effective and easier for us thanks to cultural influence (like movies, songs, etc.)

[@sergueiserboz4185]

In Argentina many private schools of my early days, if not all, used to have double schooling. Spanish in the morning and English in the afternoon. We had the same studies, maths, language, geography, history, etc. I even has French and Latin in english...!!! But the yanquis invaded us with CNN and we lost it...😀😀😀😀

[@TheLautaro98]

Hey! when you are back in BA? i want to give it a try! I have a pseudo-liverpool accent because of The Beatles, but there are some phrases here i was not aware of, cheers mate!

[@Frankly_Speaking_English]

@@TheLautaro98 follow me on instagram @frankly_speaking_english. I will definitely be back as I used to live in BA

[@martinortiz575]

In Argentina we learn British english, specially London or BBC english. But we used to watch American TV series and all type of streaming. So our english is a mixture of formal British english education and American english of everyday by social media and Internet.

[@daviddeangelis6839]

I'm from Argentina and i can even speak the slang scotish accent. I don't know why people limits others by the country.

[@myriampro4973]

I'm hearing the voice of Louis Armstrong in my head right now, 😂😂😂. "Tomeito, tomato" I wish I could speak in British English, but I watch/hear more American media. If I could, I would love to speak with Irish accent. My brand new goal, lol. I should search for Irish podcasts.

[@veronicagutierrez9196]

Well that was a piece of cake..now come to the Conurbano to get the meaning of some idioms haha just joking

[@fz9666]

El flaco con las minitas aprendió ingles con Duolingo

[@tete76z]

yeah, it is a excellent app

[@siemboks]

Me encanta como el loco de gris se hace amigo tirando el apodo del Brentford, o cuando tira lo de football. Los hombres generamos empatía entre nosotros de formas muy específicas.

[@Frankly_Speaking_English]

Si una persona sabe que es Brentford, es un amigo mio

[@Frankly_Speaking_English]

What’s the most difficult word to pronounce in English? 😮

[@riyadiraya]

For me, the hardest is "WORLD".

[@note7770]

Squirrel and vegetable :)

[@joannamcinnes916]

For Americans, it seems to be 'mirror'!

[@estebanrearte252]

" falklands" 😁

[@riyadiraya]

@@estebanrearte252 🤣🤣🤣

[@kalosbacigalupos4657]

Need to learn brittish english mate!!

[@through_the_noise]

❤❤❤❤

[@zafnatpaneaj4992]

Although British English is not as easy as we thought. I love it anyway and I do prefer it than the American one. Welcome to my city...! War hugs...!❤

[@gringopablo]

Kick the bucket = Estirar las patas

[@lbenegas]

The english version that most of the world speaks, is the one that influences culture, science and eduction. The americans won that race long ago. Now they lead the way… if in some decades england becomes a cultural power, they might shift things around. Keep working hard england…

[@user-ng6ed9er4y]

The influence of the US in South América is huge

[@MrRockleyend]

In the whole worldn, honestly. And honestly, is way easier to us to pronounce the "american" english to us rather the UK or english version.

[@nibelungueros]

I would not say they are influencing willingly, but most of the media in english is in american english (music, tv, films, social networks now). Even though we are supposed to be taught British english.

[@pein97]

5:40 they did not answer correclty because of the confusing images, if you show it written would have been different saludos de Argentina

[@batiele]

Worcestershire sauce, we call it "salsa inglesa" (English sauce) hahahaha!! 😅😅😅

[@Frankly_Speaking_English]

@@batiele I said this to them, and they had no idea what I was talking about! But I knew I had seen it in the supermarket in Buenos Aires! 😂

[@batiele]

@@Frankly_Speaking_English 😲🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️😂😂😂 Maybe I'm a bit older and these kids don't cook!! 🙄🤔😅

[@IORIYAGAMI32]

I have been studying English for 31 years...I am 40 years ....

[@beatrizTV09]

So? Which is your level?

[@agustina_manoban]

...old.

[@_y_a_e_l_]

When you asked what the rain boots were called in the UK I thought "probably just boots bc it rains all the time either way"

[@davesteiman]

The pronunciation part reminded me of the "I would like to buy a hamburger" scene from The Pink Panther : )

[@NutritiveSoul]

All the British vocabulary I know I learnt it on school! I learnt once and hardly heard or use it again because I consume a lot of american culture

[@agape8532]

Edinburgh se pronuncia como "boro" xq burgh viene de borough, como los cester o chester vienen de ceaster

[@imasoftwarrior]

What about "rubber boots"?

[@fran36084]

In Argentina most people do not watch movies or series in Spanish, we usually watch them all in English with Spanish subtitles.

[@Dulce--11-h9u]

Yeahs ,Indeed😂

[@AdriPerezCis]

is like asking do English people speak Español o Castellano?

[@salvemoslasdosvidasargentina]

and what's the verdict?

[@Frankly_Speaking_English]

I think they did well! But probably a more USA influence

[@salvemoslasdosvidasargentina]

@@Frankly_Speaking_English Some time ago we spoke mostly british, probably this is changing now. Thanks. And you should try to speak Spanish!!

[@Frankly_Speaking_English]

@@salvemoslasdosvidasargentina I do speak Spanish! I lived in Argentina for 5 years, and now Spain, so life would be tricky if I didn't... and I learnt with the Argentine accent :)

[@Harricera]

We generally learn British english, but social media show us other pronunciations and then we have a different english than you

[@modernclics]

Southwark = Sabot. WTF?

[@lady.stardust-tn3um]

lol sabark more like

[@skor1901]

Re piola salí de cursar ingles y ahora lo entiendo (igual ni a palo respondia las preguntas)

[@annfl07]

Pitty u didnt interview me! 20 years practising English accent 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇦🇷🩵🤍🩵

[@ivank9627]

Kick the bucket, means kick the bucket. My boy dont need to tell he is an engineer 🥹

[@laordendethule]

Do Argentinians speak pirata English?

[@kevinherman3736]

No, se habla español

[@Dulce--11-h9u]

Love brit people❤ my favourite rock band ,the cure, are from there!

[@gobiketrips]

why it looks like its been filmed in the 90’s

[@Frankly_Speaking_English]

@@gobiketrips maybe it was

[@evangsanabria]

Creo que tenemos que invertir más en educación 🤯

[@LordFirthunands]

A ver querido inglés y queridos angloparlantes... Cuándo va a ser el día en que establezcan leyes de pronunciación que sean efectivas? Ustedes no las tienen. Básicamente para aprenden a pronunciar hay que haber escuchado a uno de ustedes pronunciarlas. Tienen pronunciaciones que varían todo el tiempo en función de lo antigua o nueva que sea la palabra o el nombre de un lugar. Saludos.

[@agustina_manoban]

No se pueden establecer leyes de pronunciación. Sin embargo, en Estados Unidos hace algunos siglos se intentó reformar drásticamente la ortografía, de manera que cada palabra se escribiera como suena. Obviamente generó tanto rechazo que quedó en la nada.

[@franquitalegrand]

Tbh in argentina (or almost in my school) they don't teach british English, I mean I had to study of differents videos to know some british's vocabulary. Btw I preffer a lot speak in American English, cuz sounds more fluent and I can say Bottle of water and not Bu''a of wo''a.

[@alejandropellegri9578]

Here, most people learn British english... But, here's the thing... With argentinian accent. HA! I work at a highschool, and My God, are english teachers lowsy.

[@KAPANGAAAMASTER]

What si English language? I heard an aussie speking in some alien tongue and everybody says that's English...

[@nnmm5829]

Glos te shier! Jajajaja

[@mrceq]

I am fan of Liverpool because they have a red t-shirt like Independiente. 😉

[@ArkanoidUntrhs]

I'd prefer British English.

[@ArgNorway]

We speak Italian English che 😂

[@carlosgarcialalicata]

After hearing this (and hearing myself) I would say we speak no english :P

[@susanagallo8988]

British English

[@adib3859]

Con suerte te hablan en español los pibe

[@tukrajbhujel-jl2kd]

Nice❤

[@JoseGonzalezUwU]

interesante :)

[@pazorausclio2447]

Lamentablemente nos enseñan el británico porque es el "original" y si se nota la diferencia en algunas palabras

[@marcelobravo4270]

No Sir , we don't . In our country ( at least for now ) we speak brutish spanish ...

[@AlLopez-tt1qs]

DONT FORGET ....ISLAS MALVINAS IN SPANISH !!!! NO FALKLAND !!! IN SPANISH DOESNT MAKE SENSE SENSE !!!!!! DARLINGGGGGGG !!!!!!! REPEAT LAS MALVINAS SON ARGENTINAS!!!!!

[@lady.stardust-tn3um]

ok ,ok no need for this here lets keep things friendly or we are going to scare all the tourists 🙏👀😄

[@Tomi_421]

es un video de idiomas, no seas termo

[@draneit4038]

Callate, no tiene nada que ver con el video.

[@corner63]

A comment that doesnt have anything to do with the video.

[@lalali188]

De última, has tu comentario en español. Cómo para reivindicar. Además, los ingleses pocos saben del conflicto

[@MarcosGonzalez-vp8dk]

Acá en argentina es muy típico patear una lata cuando tenés hambre

[@ninogonzalez3022]

Sabot

[@julietamaisonnave2840]

Argentinians speak argentinian english and that’s totally fine.

[@iroy.5329]

No one say otherwise tho

[@MarieMeganParks]

We HAVE TO SPEAK BRITISH ENGLISH,but because of movies we speak american

[@AlfonsoAlvarez-yt8dq]

Esaaaa... ahora preguntale a los anglosionistas cuando te van a devolver las islas malvinas

[@berdi4berdi4]

y por que no les preguntas vos?

[@Bruno.von.4842]

Por eso los británicos manejan del otro lado...😂😂

[@beatrizTV09]

La de negro es inaguantable.

[@sergueiserboz4185]

La cultura te resulta inaguantable...??? Pobre de vos....

[@adrianolmedo3816]

la más capa, man

[@Kaiserbill99]

There should be no such distinction between American English and British English. Dropping the odd u from a word or putting a z instead of an s and having a different word for pavement or lift does not constitute a language variant. Both countries speak English and to suggest someone from UK speaks British English is like suggesting there is Brazilian Portuguese and Portuguese Portuguese. If you want to be pedantic then there is English and American English.

[@TeresaAbba]

Te puedo garantizar que existe el portugués y el portugués brasileño. Desde la pronunciación a muchas palabras la diferencia es notoria. A los portugueses me cuesta entenderlos.

[@Kaiserbill99]

@@TeresaAbba So you have Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. You do not say Portuguese Portuguese which is my point.

[@TeresaAbba]

@@Kaiserbill99 It is the common way to differentiate it from the country where it originates. I can't think of any other way. How would you do it?

[@Kaiserbill99]

@@TeresaAbba Did you not read my comment? If you really want to "differentiate" then we have English and American English. Saying British English is no better than saying English English. It is ironic that the only time it seems Americans use the word British, given that most of the time they use English when they should use British, is as a prefix to English. English is the language of England, the clue is in the name, but English is spoken as a first language in Scotland, Wales, Ireland North & Republic, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and as a second language in most of the rest of the world but the language belongs to England. England speaks English and the rest of the English speaking world speak English or their derivative of English eg American English. So you have English and American English whilst the rest of the new worlds and British Isles who speak English, funnily enough, just speak English. Australia and Canada do not speak Canadian or Australian English; they just speak.....English. So why are Americans different. Americans speak English...period. No need to differentiate. Really not rocket science.

[@july1293]

Soy argentina pero vivo en UK desde el 2002, en Argentina hablamos mas ingles americano.

[@luciano2003.]

¿Tenés ascendencia británica?

[@july1293]

@@luciano2003. No, italiana.

[@soledadd.7546]

no way

[@vHumboldt77]

We don't speak at all ....haha

[@gonzalososa7577]

Does this british speak espanish. I dont guess so

[@Frankly_Speaking_English]

@@gonzalososa7577 ¿por que adivinas qué no hablo castellano?

[@JuanPablo-kj9dg]

Fell off the perch☠️, I like that one better

[@flacosolazzi6250]

​@@Frankly_Speaking_Englishy.. debe ser porque preguntaste en inglés, presuponiendo que muchos sabían. Acá hay que aprender portugues- brasilero y chino. Esa es la verdad.

[@adrianolmedo3816]

@@flacosolazzi6250 aprendé vos si te gusta y querés relacionarte con los chinos

[@flacosolazzi6250]

@@adrianolmedo3816 No es personal el debate, Olmedo Se trata de que le conviene al país. Abra esa cabecilla: el 8 % de los chinos ya viaja por el mundo: son 110 millones de turistas, porcentaje q aumenta año a año

[@willbaz-j2s]

😎😎😎😎

[@guillerminacisneros2263]

🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻