Japanese English We Hear VS Japanese English YOU Hear

This is the greatest Engrishu battle between two Japanese people and this foreign guy called Justin who speaks English
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[@drearydoll6305]

Literally the definition of "it sounds better in my head"

[@imagiFantasy]

Yes!

[@lord_ganondorf]

Felt that

[@gouravchakraborty9801]

Sora finally made the most hilarious comparison between English and Engurishu.

[@mitsuyakagimoto7481]

Perfecto😂

[@Improvement_arc.]

Eksurento.

[@AJsoment95x]

Fashinetingu

[@Stoatly4]

Beri curu

[@Lord_Shadow77]

Perfectu

[@David-eb1im]

It's always so satisfying to hear Sora speak engrishu to be honest.

[@tower5499]

Your japanese accent is getting better Sora! You just need a little more practice.

[@AzuCali]

😂

[@69SalterStreet]

I know how Takeshi feels . Any time a European does an American accent I’m like “noooo, I don’t sound like that 😭”

[@sutton9000]

Yes you do

[@69SalterStreet]

@@sutton9000 I know 😭

[@DigitalXAddict]

@@69SalterStreet Hey, depending on the situation, american accent, especially that stereotypical southern accent, sounds damn cool :D I'm german, and our accent is.... In my opinion it sounds so cringy.... But I can't deny, that a lot of non-german people I know actually really like the german accent. But as long as people understand what you are saying, it shouldn't bother you :) Having an accent is just that individual touch that makes you you :D Be proud of it, even if you don't like how it sounds :)

[@69SalterStreet]

@@DigitalXAddict Aw! ❤️ what a nice thing to say.

[@liberatetutemeexinferis5902]

Texan accent 👍

[@SeeASquaRE]

What if? It's a reality quiz show and they have a bunch of foreigners guessing what the Japanese person says in English. The person is confident in his English so the foreigners make up a guess to not sound rude.

[@aa-cx8nc]

where can i find that?

[@nicothefae]

@@ale895what show is that called??

[@SimonMoon5]

I saw a show where they would get Japanese girls to try to pronounce English words to see if Siri could recognize what they said or if Siri though they were saying something else.

[@noneofyerbeeswax8194]

I laughed my earth off.😁

[@xnope000]

lmeo

[@pierrotzzz]

Lmeo

[@ON-on2if]

Smart Lmeo

[@AverageDude-vw6ed]

Lmeo

[@AronBarch16939]

Waaaaaa la référence 🤣

[@Chelaxim]

It took me 14 years to find out that the battle theme in the PSP remake of Persona 1 was in "English".

[@joj3403]

Bro boutta summon the power of friendship to get rid of his accent

[@lolmenassas]

Me asking my Japanese teacher how he feels, and he answering me in perfect English: Gudo mai fruendo

[@Lmb_kun]

Imagine having a breakdown because someone complimented your accent?

[@NuniPikachu]

Might be a compliment but some of us with a accent really hate it when it gets pointed out. I have a german-english accent and while people like it - I hate it haha

[@michaelallen3505]

I can sort of understand. I'm from a southern state and I hate the stereotypical southern accent so much (people over exaggerate it so much it just makes us sound like we're dumb) that I've grown to hate real southern accents as well, as it really does sound less intelligent to me. Though real southern accents sound nowhere near as dumb as the ones you hear faked on TV, they're still bad imo. I will intentionally and consciously slow down my speech and almost over enunciate to try to lose any trace of an accent. Imo my southern accent is light, but the first few times someone "complimented" it by saying something like "I like your accent" or saying it sounded "country" I was so upset. Upset as in sad or disappointed, not like angry. They meant it as a compliment, and I appreciated it, but it was hard to swallow and only made me more self conscious about how I sound, to the point that there are certain words I'll avoid saying altogether now (like "talk") because I can't say them "normally".

[@VonCarlsson]

@@NuniPikachu That's exactly it. I don't think most English native speakers realize just how much time and effort a lot of us non-natives put in into not sounding like *insert national stereotype here*. Don't get me wrong, I do appreciate it when someone compliments something I do. But when I've tried my darnedest for years NOT to sound like the Swedish chef, then someone saying they like my accent is really far down on the bottom of the list of things I want to hear.

[@Melon-ALL-Free]

It could be a insult to people who actually studied English as diligent as possible. "You sound dumb, very cute, I love it," this actually what some people hear when they hear "I like your accent,"

[@--Samantha-]

So furenchi so sekushi

[@Weebcake]

Definitely relatable thinking a compliment was given only to be like “wtf just happened?” Lol another hilarious gem from Sora, it’s going to be a good day. I’d be interested to see the opposite side, like what weebs who copy anime to speak sound like in their heads vs what they sound like to Japanese people and all the other ways of learning too. I bet Soras take on it would be really funny.

[@rotmuscaria]

I would love to see this too!

[@StarlightAngel948]

Watch it for 5 times in a row and I'm still crying of laugh!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 The subtitles for engurishu are getting better every day!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@bloodynessie1]

Tbh i always thought its just an accent difference. My mom speaks good English, but she retains her Filipino accent. As long as you understand one another is all that matters right? Cultural difference is a different story.

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

To me the accent is the least important part when learning a language for communication. But if you want to sount native, you'll have to practice it. But some people's accents can be so strong that you won't understand anything. Indian people often have a very thick accent. But then again, different regions of a country has different dialects. English people from different regions can have a hard time understanding each other.

[@MrPossomtail]

I agree, it's just that a lot of Japanese people have this complex where they think: Japanese accent = incorrect pronunciation. And since there's such a perfectionist culture over here, they end up being super ashamed of the way they speak. (I used to teach English in Japan.)

[@Gab8riel]

The thing is, it's impossible to draw the line between what counts as mispronounciation and a different accent. Usually it's a matter of intelligibility, for example, I can't tell the difference between bed and bad, but that has never made me harder to understand because context always makes it clear. But, I have pronounced words in a such a way in the past where it took a while for the other person to understand what I was trying to say. Every time that happens I try to improve my pronounciation so it gets closer to how a native sounds. It doesn't need to be perfect, but close enough is important.

[@KonglomeratYT]

Well, no. We are human beings. We have perceptions, and experiences. You'll have better or worse experiences with speakers of a language based on how you speak it. To some, speaking properly makes you sound obnoxiously affluent, stuck-up, and they'll hate you for it. If you speak in mostly slang and your accent is made up of heavy slurring, then others may assume you to be a criminal. And we all know not everyone likes foreigners. Sounding like one, then, would net you mixed results. It is not enough to be understood. You need to meet the expectations of the person you are speaking with if you want an optimal result. If simply being understood was all that mattered, then you'd likely see all 3 of this categories of speakers mixing regularly. That, however, is clearly not the case in reality.

[@user-su4dd9kp7l]

A Japanese accent is not a native accent. It is absolutely incorrect pronunciation.

[@DisgruntledPigumon]

I feel like I need to teach Sora how to properly speak Japanese English. He’s slipping up saying words like “not-o” instead “NO-TOE”. 😂😂😂

[@Kenerudesu]

This reminds me that in my Japanese classes, sometimes we are asked to write stories and narrate them in Japanese. Many of my classmates fill their stories with kanas and when they start to narrate I can hardly stand the urge to laugh because, teiru engrishu izu moa ilariozu foru me.

[@nikola3795]

'what just happened' is the question I ask myself after discovering your channel 2 years ago. It's been 2 years now huh.

[@cyan_oxy6734]

Wow that's so similar to German. We also think the German accent in English sounds kinda bad but people are aware they won't get rid of it leading to some a bit of discomfort when speaking English.

[@muttlanguages3912]

I understand if a German practices his British accent super hard, they just end up sounding American

[@imagiFantasy]

I like German English accent, so you don’t have to change it, it’s part of your culture! 😁

[@ijustwantcake532]

I love it when German speakers speak English with a German accent. It’s so soothing it could put me to sleep

[@trackts]

Yeah, any non native speaker has something. We brasilian have kinda the same problem as japanese where we put vowels where they shouldn't be, and we also drag the words because we are not used to the way they are cut dry and short in english.

[@nichotto]

My mother came to the U.K. at 21 and she never lost her accent. She first settled in Glasgow so did say some words in a glaswegian accent. She never really mastered the ‘w’ and always said, “Vindows”, instead of windows. Strangely she maintained the German ‘ mit’ instead of saying ‘with’. I never noticed her accent except on the phone, when she would sound very German.

[@riversideview1801]

This is so accurate, but also pretty hilarious too in how you've done it. Love it.

[@turosianarcher8771]

Most meta part is how in a piece pointing out differences in accents, all THREE characters have different variations of a Japanese accent, starting with Sora's actual minimal accent and falling from there. Great piece, Sora!

[@no-one5310]

I got the feeling my brother and I will have the same experience in the future but with Japanese with foreign accents.

[@yokelengleng]

Ai amu a rongu taimu sabuskuraiba ofu yoa channeru! I rabu yoa bidiosu! I am a long time subscriber of your channel! I love your videos!

[@l.j.turner185]

Speaking English as a foreigner is impressive and endearing even if it’s slightly broken English ❤

[@bencarlson3009]

I can relate. Sometimes, I don't like hearing how I sound in a recording.

[@xg6hpyk]

Ditto

[@moongoddess1978]

I love story time with Sora the Troll. He does all the voices like my third grade teacher reading to us. Seriously, these are three completely different people to me! 🤩

[@AxionSmurf]

The way you help English natives better understand Japanese natives by mangling English in a comical and instructive way is very clever and continues your contribution to society as a teacher. You managed to find a way to keep teaching even while trolling. You're final boss, dude.

[@someWeeb3074]

So, I’m in Osaka right now, and I’ve now experienced talking to some people who have that accent😂 Though some people spoke English pretty well and I was impressed

[@oleksandrbyelyenko435]

Sora, thank you for changing your schedule. Because before that, I would have to watch at 4 am to be the one of the first viewers.

[@sorathetroll]

To be 100% honest I never changed my uploading schedule, I still upload in the morning in my time too

[@anguslazy]

@@sorathetroll ok but why did you change your schedule

[@teshyatan7346]

​@@sorathetroll you upload new videos anytime you want huh!

[@NJDJ1986]

waking at 4 to watch Sora's new videos, such dedication, man!

[@tgrey5647]

This is so accurate and hilarious!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@isaiahben-yahweh3245]

Bro I love these videos for real, they're always gold, i can always get a good laugh when i need one from you, thank you Sora

[@Billaxle]

After seeing your Japanese law videos and this little gem, I honestly can't tell which is your native language, lol. You speak both Nihongo and English extremely well!

[@Teelan.5268]

🤣Another brilliantly hilarious video as ever! Love your content man, well done! Makes me laugh every time🤣😂 Ya raito, ai stadi engurishu hado EBURIDEI.🤣

[@CreeperGD]

"Jasutin" 😂😂

[@Vidchemy]

Vwry funny! I had to watch twice, though, as I couldn't hear much difference btwn the English & Engrishu. It reminds me of when I visited a Japanese friend several years after she visited as a homestay student. Her student English was decent, but several years later, her Engurishu was almost incomprehensible 🙎‍♀️ Fortunately, I can pick up on accents after a while ☺

[@StarlightAngel948]

Can't stop watching it! Actually Japanese engirishu is so funny!! Don't be embarassed of the accent!! It's kinda cute! Only problem is that I won't understand it but probably because english is not my first language and in my country we also have strong accent 😂😂😂😂

[@imagiFantasy]

Lmao this is true, for us here, we have our own accent and slangs, we use improper grammar, and we might also mix in with other language/languages when we speak. For example : Normal : Have you eaten? Here : You eat already? Normal : Can I “take away” the fried rice? Here : Eh can tapao the fried rice ah? Here’s some swearing : “YOU LANJIAO JIBAI BODOH-“ And we also like to use Aiya for sigh, eh is like a question thing, waaa or wah (same thing ) is wow, and-o, sometimes ah we end our sentence with ah, like, He wake up already-ah? Which means has he waken up yet? We also use the word also and already a lot, a whole lot. You can guess which region this english from-ah?

[@rinadenka]

perfect, another masterpiece XD

[@clawofthefallen]

We think Sora is just making shots of himself separately... But there were actually 4 separate Soras in this video in real life. ... There's probably more of him out there... And he's multiplying.

[@mellonhead9568]

I love your streams Sora

[@tarikomo]

確信ついてるし凄いと思う 私は日本語を学ぶ日本人ですのでとても勉強になります

[@SteingrimFreepony]

"What?" "WATO!" >:( I lost it there.

[@Aitl]

Pafekuto 👏👏👏

[@Kalenz1234]

Was perfectly understandable.

[@qwmx]

The difference between flawless Japanese accented English and out-right using Japanese rules to pronounce English words👌

[@patc694]

SORA IZU BULIYING JAPANISU AKKUSENTO, DISU ISU ANFOGIBABURU

[@ginobabino]

I love your content, Sora and it never fails to make me laugh! I'm hapa and this one reminds me of my obaasan (:

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

i like the japanese accent in english too. it's not as if i can't understand what they're saying or anything. sora is so good at speaking in a japanese-like english way. engurishu and english aren't too different in the end anyways.

[@melanietavarescosta8209]

Since i watched your videos i learned to speak japonese Engrishu🤣🤣🤣 love your videos

[@darrianshaker7121]

"What just happened"

[@benparker1822]

I'm surprised that 'Excellence' is the minimum standard, because the Japanese will heap praises on foreigners whose Japanese level is at "I can understand you'. Honestly, accents are nothing to be ashamed of, because it's a sign of effort and a godsend as long as 'I can understand you.'

[@reubenprasanth271]

I understando

[@someguy1686]

How are accents a sign of effort and a godsend?

[@benparker1822]

@@someguy1686 Well, it's a sign you're trying to learn the language, to start, but you haven't perfected it.

[@marcosgonzaga9499]

This channel is gold.

[@prawnstar502]

i need to perfect this way of speaking english.. it sounds so awesome!

[@shaniic09]

Haha love it, visiting your wonderful country at the moment from Australia. And I can imagine how bad my broken Japanese sounds to people here. 😅

[@Sophie_chan00]

Ai raiku to hear Sora speaku japanizu engirishu 😁

[@mr.knightthedetective7435]

What Japanese English speakers say: What we hear: *[Anime subtitles]*

[@robertmowrey2009]

We get so much more work done when we confess that we are hilarious to each other, and I think it promotes bonding.

[@acatraveler]

😂👍 Thank you for the video!!!

[@itsprobablysarcasm5977]

Someone should teach this guy English

[@Aghiiles]

i discover you with this video,and i must admit,u just killed me :)

[@kamiyama-chairdesklamp]

Can't comment; too busy finding this relatable.

[@thexgamer8240]

Both languages are beautiful, but they depend on the speakers as well.

[@theoceanman8687]

Duuude, you should collab with Meshida-san!

[@imnottrap2533]

Im pretty sure you could put the languages and roles in reverse and have the same outcome lol

[@randomcheese1719]

i like everyone's accent, everyone in the world is unique. Nobody should feel bad for having an accent, ever.

[@StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe]

I heard from a japanese myself, that in my native language there is literal words that confuse japanese people. The first one means "To cool" and the second one means "to heat"..... And they are.... Hűteni and Fűteni. I think it not need explanation.

[@sammytw0702]

As someone who hear Japanese English, I can confirm that I could always hear the background music when I hear Japanese English.

[@moviestalker2134]

Ah,yes,truly his Engrishu is,how you say, eleganto.

[@RyoujiPlaysGames]

Late to this party, but the video is really funny. I was very lucky my first job was as a dishwasher in a Chinese restaurant. The owner spoke okay English, but her husband was mostly pointing, one or two words of English, and mostly Chinese. As a result, I gained an ear for broken English and heavily accented English, like engrishu. I also learned to meter myself so that they could understand me at about their level. This was invaluable when I visited Japan and conversations were 50/50 English and Japanese.

[@solocup5881]

Meanwhile a weeb like me still suffering learning Katanaka. Boku no Nihonjin Yuwai desu. Demo oreno Gambarimasu.

[@teshyatan7346]

Oh no Justin! What have you done to hurt Takeshi's feelings!!

[@bLu_3]

kentou beribu itto aimu nau Sora za Turoru?

[@suriyoon8736]

Most accurate video sora the troll has made till now! 😂😂😂😂

[@hrgaming4plebs570]

this engurishu is much easier to understand than what my locals engrish can be

[@SmoodF2p]

The You pov got me every time he panned in on it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Anonymous551656]

As as a former nihnogo gakusei, every time I see something like this wish I could have continued until my nihongo jouzu. ;(

[@PenneySounds]

I've never learned another language, but it's probably hard to separate the idea of speaking perfectly from speaking without an accent. It's possible to speak English perfectly while still having a distinctive or even strong accent and not sounding at all like a native speaker.

[@titanic_monarch796]

When you've watched too much Toku this is a fact of life.

[@retrofedora7061]

Reminds me of when the "gentleman" -- Psy song was just released. There's one lyric that sounds (for me) like "mato pato gentleman", I thought it's a Korean-english mix. Turns out it's "mother father gentleman".

[@danieldanieldanielUvu]

I wait for many days just for 1 minute video...sora moa Moaaa video pleasuuuu

[@Skywalker-kq9ty]

Japanese speaks good English, you can for help in english in japan with people from 70 to 10 year's old everyone in Japan can speak English. It's so great.

[@user-tk7tn5fj1k]

Asian people talking just sounds awesome it just seems to have life in it, it seems passionate and expressive, like my neighbor whos Brazilian I often hear hear talking Spanish when she's on the phone and it's almost like she's singing a song I love it. English just feels so stale and dead like white bread and mayonnaise when I hear other languages.

[@mileycyrusfan197]

"Noto gudo" XD XD that one killed me (figuratively)

[@Zane_Endicott_]

Your delivery is hilarious

[@T26OG.]

As somebody who has been hearing spoken japanese regularly since the late 90s (I'm not saying i cant speak it, I've just heard it a lot) I could listen to japanese all day. Not every language is like this. I speak a lot of german and I'm nearly fluent in spanish. German is not fun to listen to. Spanish is very pretty on the ear, but Japanese, it just has something to it that makes it sound both bad ass and sophisticated at all times.

[@MontChevalier]

Ah Sora. Only you understand the Jap- I mean the American spirit. Haven't seen you do any more live streams. I don't even know where you announce that you're gonna do that. Can you help me out?

[@NJDJ1986]

Takeshi also sounds like speaking anime Engrish! 😂😂

[@jessicajohnston5693]

My brain cannot tell the difference... I am going to have to rewatch this a few times 😅

[@AurumUsagi]

The "naisu to meechu" reminds me of an episode of Sailor Moon where Usagi gets drunk, and says that exact phrase, followed by "kuriimushichuu" (cream stew)

[@philplusguitar]

Gutes Video. Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland.

[@dubuyajay9964]

I am glad you study Engrish Hardo every day. XD

[@daarya]

perfection

[@Terotrous]

This is hilarious, but I know that if a Japanese person ever heard me pronounce Japanese it would be just as bad.

[@piggypoo]

My favorites: YARAITO EBURIDEI IESU

[@jenniferhanses]

Accent is the hardest thing to get rid of for any language. Takeshi was making great sentences that made sense. That's far more important that perfect pronunciation.

[@amenxdyorudiff9579]

Sora Plz do a Dio vrchat again its amazing ❤

[@HighlandOwl005]

Ah yes, the Japanese dialect of English. Just don’t have a city crusher on your Earth

[@someaccount5200]

Shichi Kurasha

[@DogsWithPurpose]

Sora's english range is very good!

[@Etriellandoniranius]

So... I'm brazillian and I have a few japanese friends who often comes to visit their relatives in my city. It's... interesting to hear them trying to speak Portuguese (pt-br) mixed with English and Japanese. I don't speak japanese very much... but there are times that I understand them better when they speak in full japanese rather than... whatever they are trying to speak at times.

[@darkatlas3223]

0:21 I can't stop laughing 😂

[@00erenyeager]

Its actually very funny and "gudo".