FRIENDS | When AMERICANS FAIL at BRITISH ACCENTS

Friends is an amazing resource for learning English so in this video we look at some hilarious British accent fails by Americans.
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[@joemakesmodels6640]

I can’t help but think you look like Daniel Radcliffe

[@irshikha]

Finally, someone said it. I have watched many of his videos. Couldn't help but thought the same. 😃

[@marygarcia7035]

I swear I was thinking exactly the same

[@nortesur9504]

I came here because he reminds me a bearded Harry potter..

[@AYESHA-vk2uz]

I think so.. 😁

[@romakregon432]

Never thought about it but he does.

[@rolanddano3071]

Ross speaks in this episode with British accent?! In Hungary they made him speak with Russian accent 😂

[@user-mc6zk8tc8c]

I would wanna see that!! 😂

[@sarascarpati887]

no way!

[@NakisaSoltanKashefi]

So funny 🤣

[@gradyzyner7423]

Many Americans think that speaking in a British accent (BBC type) adds a certain level of 'class' to the speaker.

[@eviltwin2322]

In Britain it doesn't denote class so much as pretentiousness. It's not an accent people are born with, it's kind of an artificial one that people adopt to project an image.

[@houstonbush5639]

Yeah but we don't know that, we just thought it was how smart people sounded by default. Interesting that's it's a "fake" or "learned" accent and not natural :o

[@user-mc6zk8tc8c]

@@eviltwin2322 RP actually sounds better and clearer. Brits when they move abroad they often talk to people with RP or atleast with more enunciation. Not as singsongi as some accents or as lazy as some accents.

[@NoirL.A.]

@@eviltwin2322 same with the "valley girl" accent you sometimes hear in the states usually amongst teenage girls and gay men. it's totally affected no one is raised to speak like that no one speaks like that from birth.

[@tobyalleyne-gee8966]

@@eviltwin2322 Sorry, I completely disagree with you. It is a class denominator. Believe it or not, certain people really do grow up speaking RP, myself included. I cannot speak any other way. I enjoy these posts, but am horrified that this young fellow speaks such slovenly English and wants other people to speak like that. He drops his consonants all the time, says things like "anyone that" or "people that"... I would say "anyone who" or "people who". His vowels are ugly too. To my ears, he sounds quite uneducated (although I'm sure he's very intelligent). "Smart people," Houston Bush (or do you mean "clever people"? - in the UK, "smart" means "elegant, stylish, grand" rather than "intelligent") do speak RP. It isn't "fake". An educated person shouldn't have a regional accent...

[@gemmaryan5095]

I’m Irish-American, and my entire family lives in Ireland, but I was born and raised and still live in Los Angeles. Whenever I visit my family, I notice myself starting to mirror their intonation and occasionally speak with a bit of a lilt, but nobody’s ever called me out on it so maybe it’s subtle enough. However, after maybe a week or so, I start thinking in an Irish accent and have the urge to speak with it as well. I have to consciously hold myself back and use my native Californian American accent. But, literally, the thoughts in my head sound like Saoirse Ronan. It’s super weird.

[@bittorrentsdownload]

Something similar happens to me as well when I go to a place where they have a different accent from my own. I can pick up the local accent so fast, almost without realizing of it. By the way, I lived in Ireland for 8 years (in Co. Kerry if you're familiar with their broad accent) and for some reason, I have an English accent in Ireland and an Irish accent in the UK. Weird, huh?

[@gemmaryan5095]

@@bittorrentsdownload that’s funny! Maybe your accent is kind of in between English and Irish, so when you’re in one place the elements of the other stand out more

[@LearnEnglishWithTVSeries]

Nice lesson, Tom! I loved the spin you gave to teaching British pronunciation through a poor American imitation. Classic scene!

[@faizanadib06]

Hello Ethan!! I'm your student too😀

[@riverbliss3239]

I LOVE a British accent. I feel like no matter what is said it sounds so elegant and sophisticated. :)

[@NisCho754]

River bliss couldn’t agree more!

[@doolan0543]

Go to York! You will hate there accent! I don't think they even speak English!

[@generichuman2044]

You have never have heard a brummie or scouse accent have have you?

[@thomaswright6995]

Go to liverpool

[@riverbliss3239]

Shane Sawyer nope. I never heard of it.

[@fil_britbunnyboi872]

I think other British regional accents aren't as well represented in US media because Americans would have trouble understanding lol

[@romakregon432]

I think so, as well as not doing the research & studying them

[@heatherhewett8973]

As an American that moved to the West Midlands, I totally agree! Sometimes I have to get my husband to "translate" for me....and English isn't even HIS mother tongue! :)

[@robertgibson6687]

The differences in slang are hard enough.

[@NoirL.A.]

just about everything you see in the states from the uk has "bbc english" or "queen's english" more "working class" accents are far less well represented.

[@mechajaraxxus3510]

Blame the BBC

[@cedmnds]

I mirror peoples accents subconsciously 😂😂

[@annazully2680]

was looking for this comment because I do the same and it sounds really weird xD

[@cedmnds]

Anna Zully ikr 😂

[@kichuthampuran]

I do too. I used to think I was just weird or something.

[@QUARTERMASTEREMI6]

Me too!

[@andriratnasari2648]

I do too😄

[@demetriusstavrinos1909]

British accent combined with correct use of grammar, indicates an upper level of education,in a broader sense....!!!!!

[@riantidewi864]

This is excellent lesson i got from this VDO , fantastic n you deserved the best for teaching the lesson Thks a lot Tom

[@keerthanasendurvel9685]

All six of them are the funniest, craziest TV characters ever. I found it difficult to concentrate on the accent because I was busy laughing 🤣😂🤣🤣

[@emiliapreziuso7412]

Hi Tom,i want to tell you that each lesson is very important and useful to me and you're my fav teacher and thank you so much .so brilliant today...bye from Italy

[@sunhulbert123]

Thank you Tom for your fantastic clips - this is so much fun 🌲

[@danielaostuni2582]

You’re my fave... nice lesson, Tom! It was hilarious 😂

[@good1onebeyond191]

I like British accent more than American

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Why is that?

[@good1onebeyond191]

I feel i am a really native speaker😄

[@basarkarakus]

Let me answer this one; cause it’s English English, not American English

[@mayitbe6606]

The posh English accent is like music to me, American accent is quite flat

[@daverd6434]

because american english sounds so vulgar

[@daverd6434]

Dear Tom thank you very much, i would really appreciate and i am sure that many of us would be greatful if you can make some videos about how to get a british accent ... but more about intonation the music of the language and rhythm.

[@kennyfordham6208]

In America, there are two types of British accents that are most prominent in tv and movies. 1) Received Pronunciation : Used by Doctors, lawyers, and Starship captains. 2) Cockney: Used by Chimney sweep, fighters, and Transporters.

[@sherouet]

I really enjoyed your lesson thank you so much ☺️

I love this video so much and the way u expalin and get straight to the point. I understand u ecen when I find myself so hard to understand the brit but ur accent is si clear. Congratulations teacher for your lessons on behalf your students and followers all over the world Kepp it up

[@manjirabanerjee7169]

Hilariously enjoyable.Thanks Tom.

[@journeytothinify]

In the US, as a young person (I’m 50 now) I always heard “People in England speak the King’s English” so it was always made to sound like it was how Royals and important people spoke. To me it’s absolutely lovely either way

[@qwertasdfg8828]

What d'you mean??? Whom with your either??? King' family, upper classes or someone else?

[@gonzalocabrerizo4069]

I love your videos!! Greetings from Argentina

[@leximadden6562]

Hey Tom Love all you videos about friends and diffrent English accents. Well done! I couldn't help but wonder is the following situation mirroring as you've been describing it? I'm Swiss and so is my cousin. He has a girlfriend in Italy and they communicate in English. I recently noticed that he spoke English with an Italian accent. It was so funny it made me laugh out loud. Thanks in advance

[@jackzhao1824]

Ello, Tom. I enjoyed your video and want to get myself used to British Accent because i am speaking American english and always at loss when hearing British people talk. Thank u. Very good lesson

[@sleepycalico]

Yes, the RP English accent is beautiful to every American I know. I think that is because it objectively IS lovelier than how we ourselves speak. Jamaican English is also beautiful, and so musical. I mention that to point out that beauty in English accents doesn't necessarily correlate with social power and influence. I think we all just viscerally respond to beauty in our shared language. I love your videos!

[@claibornedavis]

An American here. Great and entertaining video! Thanks for putting this together, Tom. I, too, have attempted an English accent before (in a KZbin video), which I’m sure is cringeworthy to British ears. FYI, the way you pronounce “consternation” at 3:42 sounds vaguely Bostonian to me in terms of the “nasalization.” What Americans do you think could actually fool a native Brit into thinking he or she is actually British? Off the top of my head, I have heard that Meryl Streep does a good job in “The Iron Lady,” Gwyneth Paltrow does well in “Shakespeare in Love” and Robert Downey, Jr., does well in the Sherlock Holmes films. I would need a Brit to confirm any or all of those. As for Brits doing American accents, I think Hugh Laurie is a master. Thanks again for the great video(s)!

[@tiablack3260]

Tom Holland does a fantastic American accent. I didn’t even realize he was British for the longest!

[@elrockero80s]

I am in love with the British accent.

[@mahamatmahamatabdoulaye893]

Anyway Ross is brilliant 👏 And you have been doing a great job. Many thanks !

[@fff5572]

I think Chandler mirrors Emily’s accent because having partially grown up in Canada. There’s a lot of English influence in our accent. My own Canadian accent often sounds somewhat English/Irish and it definitely comes out more around British people

[@reemalrumaithi7386]

Great video! And can I just say, your laugh😍😍

[@teresagustafsson3527]

I do this with my friend who is from Nothern London. I have more of a West London accent but with her I tend to mirror the way she speaks.

[@zzzut]

I love your videos. I just subscribed.

[@linamohamad8923]

British accent is always amazing. Thanks for all your terrific videos and keep it up 👍

[@thoughtfortheday7811]

What a great video! Thanks for making it. Could I add a couple of examples of British people 'aving a pop at British accents? 1) Armstrong and Miller, RAF pilots, 2) Harry Enfield, Cholmondley Warner, (short sketches), 3) The Two Ronnies "Four Candles", sketch. And of course BBC's "Little Britain".

[@ericbennett3522]

Wow I was smiling the hole time awesome well done

[@martinavylezikova6527]

It's funny to watch this sitcom in English. Sometimes there are different jokes and other funny moments than in Czech dubbing. It's like watch this first time 😃

[@thoughtfortheday7811]

Did you see the episode where Ross did the awful British accent? What did they do with that when it was dubbed?

[@martinavylezikova6527]

@@thoughtfortheday7811 They said that's a foreign accent and it sounds like Czech with Russian accent.

[@thoughtfortheday7811]

@@martinavylezikova6527 that's great, thanks for letting me know. When they do the dubbing that way, is it funny?

[@martinavylezikova6527]

@@thoughtfortheday7811 yes, it is! :-) a lot.

[@thoughtfortheday7811]

@@martinavylezikova6527 excellent! I have a Slovak friend that speaks Russian and understand Czech so I think they'll love Friends in Czech too.

[@PeUrmeleMantuitorului]

Hahaha! 😉 Super! Greetings from London! 💗

[@hassanisdodi1403]

That was very professional Tom . I bet u will hit 1 m. Fabulous job indeed .

[@alexandercruz3796]

I enjoyed your content very much! First off, I believe that the RP/BBC accent is perceived as smart due to being the main source of news to the American troops during WWI. Secondly, I do mirror other people but only when I speak Spanish. I live in Texas and most Hispanics here have a Texano accent so speaking to them in my Puerto Rican accent showed to be a bit challenging for them to understand 😄

[@robbielynmccrary872]

i love the vowel sounds. our accent to you doesn’t sound like an accent to us. so yeah we love the sophistication of it

[@davidbosquette2940]

Those brows are giving me life hun 😍

[@RenataSantos-qw4pz]

To be considered smart and sexy is not a bad stereotype I think ; )

[@connor4435]

Only Americans consider us like that, every single European knows what most of us are, we are drunk idiots who yell at foreigners

[@TheMaru666]

@@connor4435 Don' t be so hard on yourself . Some British people is really nice and educated . I love to talk to elders. They speak clearly and it sounds good .

[@NatureSmarter]

Great video!😊 I have a question for you: I am an advanced speaker of English and get exposed to numerous accents daily (I can speak with an RP, cockney, South African/Afrikaans influenced, Australian, New Zealand, midwest and posh American accent well as far as English goes and I also speak 10 other foreign (mostly Germanic and Baltic) languages such as Norwegian and Latvian as well as my native language, which is a Slavic language. Do you think I should just choose one accent and really stick to it in order to not confuse people, especially native speakers? People often say that I sound British and I am already unable to speak English with the common accent of my native language in English. I was thinking about challening myself to fully focus on one English accent at a time, maybe a weekly challege of some sort, I think it would be very interesting and fun to do. I pick up accents very easily. What do you think?

[@alicerossi_ap]

Congratulations Tom, very funny this video too, I smiled all the time 😃. Bloody hell, I pronounce the words laboratory, sedimentary etc. in the same way as Ross 😀 but I'm beginning to become familiar with the schwa sound 😉 thanks to my nice British teachers as YOU are. And also, every time I forget to pronounce the H or my TH sounds like an F, now I can say: you know 🙄, the Cockney accent often influences my way of speaking 🤗. I like all this a lot, thank you !!!

[@georgegrau1234]

Good job, mate!

[@demetriusstavrinos1909]

I have been seeking some sort of recognition on my received pronunciation... that comes natural to my tongue....I love it and I certainly don't intend to change it, whatsoever...!!!!!

[@MikoMoJo]

Funny video! I am American and it seems to me we love British accents. I love all things British and would like to take a class to learn to speak British English ☺️.

[@mrJohnWoods]

Fits of all I've got to thank you for your great videos. Now, there is something in the British accent that makes it sound like Ross. I went to the UK to improve my English, after some weeks I found myself speaking like Ross. You might think we overexagerate but it's how you British sound to us. I spent 4 months in Brighton, one more in Carlisle, I went to London, Oxford and Newcastle... And whereas there are subtle difference (subtle for me, of course you could tell lots of differences) In all those different cities people have the same long ending sound, like pushing the end of the phrases, like an elderly British butler (Like saying "Excuse me seeeer", "Sooo",) ... hehehe. So Yes, it's weird for you. But for us it sounds that way. Regarding the pronounced vowels between consonants as in "laboratory", yes, that's a big mistake. That's something everybody notes the first day. Something more complicated is The dropped H and even more the glottal T because there is not a rule, some people use them and some people don't and in some words and phrases... Anyway I understand how you feel when someone mocks Méxican Spanish... For F**k's sake! we don't speak like that. Cheers from Mexico 🇲🇽!! !

[@TheDB2011]

Personally, I love a received british accent. I find it really comforting/relaxing actually. the cockney accent I tend to find comical and I think it's just because my first impression of it was in Mary Poppins so that goofy, over exaggerated presentation just stuck with me. I love these videos! Keep going :)

[@Ranality]

It's just the way he says 'EYE-DENTIFIED' is absolutely brilliant

[@alainastone7840]

I also have a tendency to mirror accents, and it's always unintentional. A few years ago I started working with a woman from Alabama who still has a thick Southern accent. I told her from the beginning that if I started mimicking her accent that I wasn't doing it to make fun of her. I've always had an ear for English-speaking accents, and I have a general western/typical American accent, so maybe that's why it's easier for me to pick up the intonations of others.

[@tiablack3260]

Same. I’m from the southern US and speak with a southern accent.. but my southern accent is weird for my area because of the influence of my mom’s midwestern accent. So my natural accent is like a mild southern with a hint of subtle midwestern. But when I’m around others... like when I visited Canada or Chicago or speak with my Aussie or Japanese friend, I unintentionally start picking up their accents! And I never even realize it until someone else points it out to me 🤦‍♀️

[@muqirborjigin4845]

Interesting video, I didn’t know that , thank you! Could you tell us about British sitcom TV series like Friends or The Big Bang theory ?

[@oliverkoh8224]

Hi Tom! Downton Abbey has a variety of British accents, does it? Would you please make a video helping us identify what accents they are? Thank you very much.

[@ThinkTankNexus]

Plz make Queen's posh accent failure in The Crown too.. Try look around, I bet ya'll find many in that series

[@becky1992]

Great video, I love that scene with Ross too….also it’s Chandler with an AN sound not R sound lol but I understand why you may pronounce it differently but I say it with a AN sound and I’m British

[@antoniogabriele5867]

Hi! I do like English TV series like Vera and Barnaby Inspector (I've literally translated it, so hope it is the right title in English). Do you have some contents on them? What kind of accents do they use? Tbh I've never went through them in the original language! However, I really like you channel! Your lessons are very useful!

[@pipping393]

I love all accents out of the uk. To me, you are elevated probably because I was raised on British comedies like keeping up appearances and as time goes by.... they are hilarious but classy at the same time usually

[@ernestalphonse1217]

Every time I watch your videos I get more enthusiastic about learning English

[@jilliancamaro4320]

I live in US and LOOOOVE British accent!

[@jarandom181]

OMG! I mirror without realizing it all the time! I think it is because I moved a lot as a child (27 times by the time I graduated high school). I was often made fun of for my speech sounding different, so I learned to pick up others speech patterns very quickly and I still do it as an adult. My daughter can even tell if I've binged watched Eat Sleep Dream English videos because I will have a slight London accent for the rest of the day. I just didn't know it was a thing!

[@udaychauhanshorts1946]

Hi! This was really a nice and fun video. Enjoyed it thoroughly. Just a small request! Can you make a comaparison video of Indian and British accents? It will definitely help people from India to learn more about British accent.

[@weeksyify]

I'm always curious what Brits think of different American accents. I watch a lot of these videos and it always (understandably) references the General American Accent, but there are so many more!

[@heatherhewett8973]

I love your videos! As an American that moved to the UK, I was totally unprepared for the West Midlands. hahahaha I imagined all British people with the RP British accent, drinking tea from fine china, listening to classical music whilst reading from leather bound books.

[@qwertasdfg8828]

That's indeed on the continent only!

[@brookenjonas]

My favorite episode ❤️

[@lornamarie5544]

On Frasier daphne was from Manchester but when they had her so called brother on the show he was trying to do Rp and cockney (a la Chandler here meaning very badly). They just presumed it ok that a brother and sister brought up in the same home would have 2 accents from different ends of the country.

[@hazcatsophia]

I thought if Phoebe’s attempt as trying but failing at it. And not caring. Haha

[@Blade-420]

for myself when I was younger watching American TV shows on public television, they mostly seemed to focus mostly on the posher classes , Upstairs / downstairs ,Masterpiece theater, ETC. up until later, when they started running other British shows like last of the summer wine, and East Ender's it made it seem that all of the British were very posh . and of course it is very appealing to those of us who are not wealthy and worldly. to dream what it would be like to live in such splendor and ease of the posher classes. I call it the Hyacinth Bucket syndrome 😀 since then I have started discovering other older British TV shows here on youtube Open all Hours/ on the busses/ Dinner ladies. the good life, Etc. I love everything British! 🤗❤

[@swannavon2309]

Hello Tom -- American here, who has also lived in the UK. To respond to your query: my sense is that in the USA RP is considered sophisticated & cultivated, and some seem to associate the accent with being sort of stiff and formal (at least I've seen people put on that sort of attitude when trying to imitate the accent). Also, I don't think most Americans are aware of the variety of accents there are in the UK!

[@shelleylynn6176]

Hello there, I am American, also a teacher and really appreciate your channel. I try to travel to England as much as I can and have never tried a British accent there. However, I understand that Americans pronounce words differently and have tried to say certain words in British English when in England. That said, I am wondering if it comes off as offensive for me to say parts of sentences in British English and American English. For example, I might ask a cab driver to go to Marleybone pronounced the way I've learned it from British English speakers and not as an American might. Does that make sense?

[@tobyalleyne-gee8966]

Dear Shelley, funnily enough, this is yet another pitfall! "Marley-Bone" is NOT the correct pronunciation. It's Mari-lebun. I've just been able to return to England after two years to visit my family. "Mari-lebun" is our station coming in to London from Buckinghamshire (Bucking-em-shah). There's only one way to pronounce things, and that's the upper-class way (hahahaha!!!).

[@Luka1180]

You missed the moment where Ross was imitating Emily's speech and I think Monica asked him to not talk like her.

[@elisaciofi8030]

Hello Tom. Can you do a lesson with the different English accents, please?

[@rochellelevy2678]

Your accent is part of who you are and I wouldn't change that for anyone or anything

[@hazcatsophia]

I agree that we probably get our ideas of British accents from movies and TV. And since RP is the accent of the BBC, that’s what we usually hear. We watched a lot of BBC drama in our house. So for me, hearing British accents is so common that sometimes I don’t even notice.

[@jcr1138]

Hey Tom, what about an RP accent video by C3PO? The first posh and clear English accent I heard in films.

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that's an amazing idea!

[@englishduo9642]

I'm brazilian learning English (also with friends) and the interesting fact is that in the dubbing Ross was actually doing the portuguese 🇵🇹 accent lol. I was curious how they would adapt

[@hectorluisramone]

Talking about Bidialectalism, you might think of that IT crowd where Moss and Roy mirror a cockney, football-like dialect, so hilarious 😂

[@ReiKoko]

I'm from northern england (cheshire, to be more exact) and after 12 years in america, i've developed a hybrid accent, but americans can still detect hints of an english accent. I've learned to speak with a RP, especially at work, so that people could understand me (and even then, some people still have trouble understanding me). I had someone note that i did sound posher at work and i sort of let it "relax" outside of work, something which i wasn't even aware of. Alas, she insisted that if it's not the stereotypical british accent (aka RP), then it's "ghetto".

[@alyssaaaaaa2793]

As an American that is studying accents to develop my voice acting skills, this is actually very helpful!

[@barbaramatthews4735]

In the US a British considered sexy. Many Americans don't travel much and we soak it in whenever we hear something different. I remember visiting Australia and received attention for my American accent. "Say it again in American." It actually tickled me some.

[@DalalAlsharif]

Who doesn't love a British accent.. It's the best ❤️

[@jasonturner8509]

They didn't go wrong, its funny and over the top thats the point lol 🤣🤣

[@victorferauche8739]

The perception varies in the states. Accent is just a matter of empathy as you stated it.

[@chrili4069]

I would love a video on the different accents in The Great British Bake Off! Especially in the year when Candice won. I could hardly understand her. Then there was Andrew, from whom I learned 'gutted' and 'chuffed' (he said them all the time, which made me look them up). There was also a black guy with an interesting accent (sometimes hard to understand). And Paul Hollywood himself also has a funny accent. So I would love a video about them!!

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Chri I have this exact idea written down in my notebook! Amazing! Thanks so much for suggesting it :)

[@chrili4069]

@@EatSleepDreamEnglish Great! 👍👏 I'm looking forward to it!!

[@lucylume]

We have so many different accents it's unreal haha x second nature to us, I never considered the bake of having many accents! :p x

[@florenciamahy9404]

Would definitely watch that video!

[@hassanmetered2491]

Oh my god! I do it too, like a lot. I've travelled to many countries and everywhere I go, I mirror their accent. It's cute and nice way to fit in but recently I have a lot of troubles when speaking British accent because most of these countries spoke American accents. And I don't know what to do.

[@GAMES.IDEAS.FUN123]

I love the country side views on movies, documentaries of the UK. Beautiful. I would love to hear your thoughts on The show Frasier, episode: “Where every bloke knows your name.” 😂 Can’t wait to visit England this summer! 🇬🇧

[@mohammedumarfarhan9900]

Bro u ve missed JOEY. Plz do make a video on difference between Australian accent nd British accent

[@ragilmalik]

How to do Australian accent : 1. Add clear "e" to "a" sound 2. Omit "R" or not, your decision 3. Fight with big spiders on daily basis to make your voice louder. Done

[@riaanbrits3151]

And between Australian and South African English

[@nopipapadopoulou3633]

@@ragilmalik I'm crying 😂😂😂

[@user-mc6zk8tc8c]

Aussies pronouce the O sound differently, almost like an Oi. They pronounce their Ts like Ds, just like the Americans do.

[@carybaxter274]

I have an Iranian friend (in America) who speaks fluent English, but he cannot detect a difference between Australian speech and British speech. He finds it mysterious when others speak of a difference.

[@shivamraj710]

Hi Tom! Can you please help me with this sentence - "I wish I get to go to the first day show of Endgame". Is the tense correct for the "I wish" structure? I know we generally use past tense with "wish" but what about when we talk about future plans?

[@romakregon432]

I wish I could go to the first endgame show. Or , I wish I could go to the first finals game.

[@StewyAdamRules]

This video had me sitting for twenty minutes debating exactly how to say laboratory. Labor-uh-tree? Labruh-tory? Labuh-tory? I guess the second one.

[@nushar5366]

Cheers mate! hhhhhh could you please recommend which movie or drama is good for cockney accent, because I like it a lot.

[@joannabiviano9836]

Kingsman: The Secret Service. You'll hear cockney, RP and American accents.

[@davidbio1]

You spoke about Ross's intonation. There's a series called Prank Pad and there's a woman there called Harriet. I think she speaks like Ross. Her accent is very strong.

[@paulossilva8612]

As a Brazílian I find it really hard to speak English with a British accent, my favourite, due to the fact that in my country we are mostly influenced by the American culture. To make up for that, I try to, every day, watch one or two of your videos. And this way, do my best to mirror your accent.

[@Redgethechemist]

In Game of Thrones, you have a wider panel of British accents, I love it. It only gets a bit difficult understanding the northern accent like in Winterfell. Papa teach me did a video about that. About cockney accent, this h dropping feature is pretty interesting, as us, French people, tend to have difficulties pronouncing them, it's not natural for us. I just wonder if a French person living in London for a long time would be more prone to get this cockney accent.

[@MrNavigator34]

i love this guy

[@Elise-qi9tm]

I'm Canadian and I love the way the British accent sounds. My sister and I visited London a couple yrs ago and we both found each trying to copy the accent. Probably as bad as Ross's and thankfully only to each other 😂

[@elisamastromarino7123]

🤣😂👍 Very funny episode. Reminds me of Kate Beckinsale attempting an American accent in _Brokedown Palace_ or Cary Elwes - ever! 😄 Yes, we Yanks love a British accent like yours, Tom, but not a cockney accent. I think that's the one Phoebe was poking at. Michael Caine said it best, [paraphrased] "the reason it's too hard for both sides is because the differences are too subtle". I agree. Both British and american actors overplay their hand. And I've never heard Caine do anything other than his British accent even though he plays in films with Americans all the time. The only actors I've ever heard pull it all off are Christian Bale and Colin Farrell. Side note: American accents change from state to state even if just slightly.

[@MassimilianoSarigu]

Actually, Colin Farrell is Irish

[@JustMe-dc6ks]

The main thing with Phoebe is that the way she relates to things is so idiosyncratic and off kilter that to her that might’ve been a spot on imitation of a British phrase.

[@mel82178]

I’m from Michigan in the USA and feel that we have a very bland way of speaking. I love accents in general, although there is something about British English, Irish, and Australian accents that is especially appealing to me. In regards to mirroring, I definitely do it, but I’m usually not even aware that I am. For example, I spent a few days in southern Georgia/northern Florida and my friends kept calling me out on imitating the accent. I did the same thing when I visited a friend in New York City. If I try to speak in an accent on purpose, I sound ridiculous, but if I’m around people speaking that way, it just happens. I’d love to know the reason it happens. Thanks for a great video!

[@brianwarhola1073]

I tend to speak in RP but to switch into General American. Maybe it's 'cause I've studied Standard British grammar but american vocabulary. I'm from Buenos Aires.

[@jardinazul7]

The youtuber says «what's thaa? » with the same 'Ross british accent' Hahaha

[@MrToddKa]

What gets me is how many different accents Britain has for the size of the country. America has far fewer, although there are many different southern varieties. Me - I'm a midwesterner who tries to tamp down that short "O" sound (i.e., "hot dog").