MY WIFE AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE -

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[@boo453]

Nobody: KZbin: Hey let me recommend you this bilingual comedian making jokes about French people speaking English

[@KatieSzi]

Theres also one floating around of this bilingual comedian making fun of English people speaking French

[@croissant-kun4025]

Not that I'm complaining

[@growrz]

Haha and they're great! Although this one was a little flat compared to some of his other clips from the show.

[@notinsane4165]

@@toeitch the meme was shite even when it first came out.

[@bonniestevenson2221]

I've binged like 10 of these already..

[@eMe_peridot_hare]

One of the best things I've heard from French university students learning english was seeing them try to pronounce the word "decade". At least 5 people shoved an H into the middle of the word and just confidently proclaimed "dickhead"... Priceless

[@rfmilie]

I never thought of that xD

[@unusualsuspect1262]

Il y a aussi le fameux "focus" qui devient "fuck us"

[@eMe_peridot_hare]

@@unusualsuspect1262 un de mes préférés celui-là, surtout quand c'est un prof qui fait la faute ^^

[@carlollvikaasa1642]

🤣😂

[@mohammedyakub3760]

They were probably saying dickead which sounds exactly like dickhead

[@louisem688]

My dad's English and my mum's French so we always get her to say "I hate king Henry the eighth" because she says "I 'ate king 'enry te eight"

[@robertobatista947]

I don't know if this is true or not but it's too hilarious for me to care.

[@renovationenergetique1926]

I'm sure she says "I ate king 'enry Ze eight" :D French suck, I've been living in France for 10 years now

[@lucierc6049]

The ‘the’ becomes z

[@wahn10]

Zat is exceptionally cruel to ask your French maman to say zat.

[@angellove91150]

@@robertobatista947 it is true. In french language the H have no sound so basically just saying Hospital for us is the same than try to claim a moutain ^^

[@bernardfarquharson3275]

Keep drinking that beer Paul because really c’est la seule façon que j’ai trouvé pour savoir l’ordre des vidéos...

[@laeti_nelli8355]

Genius

[@helena8999]

BAHAHA, that’s actually really good advice, I’ll use that😂

[@michaelibrahim9275]

IQ 1000

[@michaelibrahim9275]

ChimChim_ney Keep drinking beer because it’s the only way I can figure out the order of these videos

[@notinsane4165]

This bloke be transcended.

[@iLuvHinata360]

"Hassole" LOOOOOOOL

[@MunkeeFWRrng]

One Mind It sounded like hassle, which makes it even more funny

[@AhsokaJackson]

@@MunkeeFWRrng Ha, I was thinking the same thing! One word is her saying the lesson is a pain, and the other word is her saying HE is a pain, haha!

[@whitebeltforlife]

Dear French people, please don't worry how you sound when you speak English. We understand you and really admire you for even trying Xx From, the British.

[@jordank5975]

This crowd blows, every video I've clicked I've laughed at out hloud

[@aubreyparker5425]

Jordan K it might be because this set is in two different languages. I would guess about 60% of the crowd totally understands what he’s saying. Might be wrong but that’s just my take

[@Videos4Diamond]

Actually, it’s a culture thing. The audience likes him.

[@kayakb]

ahaha I see what you did the with hloud thing

[@BudderB0y2222]

Diamond Sutherland It’s a French cultural thing to not laugh at jokes. Got it.

[@BudderB0y2222]

Filip Gasic Why don’t you elaborate. Because as far as I know if I comedian is killing it the audience should be laughing it’s not up to a cultural debate. You sound like an asshole that calls people Americans as if it’s supposed to be an insult when you disagree with them

[@graced4844]

paul yelling with his french accent reminds me of the french knights from monty python.

[@tenetennba6529]

My boyfriend has the same "H" problem, he's French as well. But it sort of stands out more because I'm from the Netherlands, and almost overpronounce the "H". So yeah we both learn from each other when speaking English XD

[@ItsNessaTho]

Heyy fellow Dutch person 😂🙋🏾‍♀️

[@princesssparrow4530]

Heck yeah! Dutch people unite!

[@addresssimilar3738]

Maar kan hij hottentottententententoonstelling zeggen

[@CoRLex-jh5vx]

If you have a kid then the balancing out means the child should logically be able to pronounce H better than any other person on earth

[@protalukoriginal4560]

@@addresssimilar3738 💀💀💀💀💀

[@ishashka]

Fun fact: in Polish we have a saying "when a Pole's hungry, he's angry" and the two words sound completely different in Polish, but for some reason they're only a letter apart in English.

[@KarmasAB123]

Two, unless you mean "hangry"

[@Alfred-F-Jones]

"HASSOLE" I spat out my drink omg

[@cynodont7391]

The problem is not so much to pronounce H than to hear them. I am French and I think that my English is pretty good (far better than the average french person). However, for that video, I had to play back some sentences multiple times to catch the (missing) H. That is hard to explain but simply speaking, my brain is not trained to identify that sound. When the same word is repeated twice with and without a H, I can hear that there is a difference but somehow my french brain is trained to filter it out.

[@Kurdent1]

@@zydn if I make some effort, I can understand your french even if it's absolutely not perfect, so I'm sure you won't have any problem talking to french people as long as they are friendly. The easiest way to know if someone is not a native english speaker is the words he is using. You need to be really fluent to use non basic ones.

[@gutsjoestar7450]

I think you used Google translate because you TALKING shit.

[@victoriacser5374]

Lol you write better English than someone who speaks english

[@Maricaro27]

Thanks, now I can understand why it's impossible to teach my French boyfriend to pronounce the H and when not to.

[@carola-lifeinparis]

So what accent is the baby crying in?

[@huyenvu5680]

probably in English but with French accent "mom I am (h)ungry"

[@lyxxinz7108]

baguette

[@unidraguine6473]

im french and my bf is english and he's always trying to make me say the H but it just doesnt work 😂😂😂😂 then it turns into "i (h)ate you!" and he goes "not yet" and then the bickering starts

[@victoriacser5374]

Hahahah lmao

[@AFLPlacek]

The childs french english accent was SOO ON POINT i love it omggg

[@ArmandoBellagio]

English is way easier than French to learn. The 'h' thing is a common mistake for French speakers

[@aquarius4953]

Armando B. German and Spanish are accessible to foreigners . English is not accessible even to Englishmen George Bernard Shaw. Pygmalion

[@ArmandoBellagio]

@@aquarius4953 LOL, ok. But still it's also easier to learn than German and Spanish, I think most people would agree. Of course I think the English vocabulary might be bigger since there are often many words to say the same thing since English adapted many words from other languages. But the grammar is generally easier than French, German and Spanish I'd say.

[@jide7765]

@@ArmandoBellagio nope. English is nightmare to learn. Mainly because it's a mixed of difference langages and then possess absolute no logic about pronunciation, writing or conjugation. A nice essay to read about that problem: aeon.co/essays/why-is-english-so-weirdly-different-from-other-languages

[@grimjowjaggerjak]

@@ArmandoBellagio spanish IS 10 Times easier to learn for french speakers than english, english is easier to learn for germanic/scandinavians speakers and spanish IS easier for romance language speakers.

[@yoyo-ex1cf]

@isle 99 because english is a germanic language unlike french. That's why it's easier for german people to speak english than for french people

[@ArtisticAsian1014]

Hungry-need to eat Angry- aka mad, not happy and upset Hangry- soooo hungry you’re mad at everyone

[@mandarinablue8438]

Soo MAD you're hungry at everyone.

[@23Stork]

The H is missed in a lot of English accents anyway. Someone from Essex would say ello ow are you too

[@OllieWales]

Yorkshire is literally a dialect of omitting letters from words, not limited to just Hs

[@23Stork]

@@OllieWales yeah even dropping the H in the word "the".

[@BudderB0y2222]

But it’s done systematically. The French don’t know where the H goes and doesn’t, so they’ll say ‘appiness and hate

[@MIKIEC71]

My French wife pronounces 'think' as 'zink' and 'sink' as 'think', as in 'put ze dishes in ze think' with extra emphasis on the 'th'

[@thehussarsjacobitess85]

I find that mispronouncing words in the pupil's native tongue as contrast really does the trick.

[@wd1534]

On se marre et on apprends des trucs pour améliorer son anglais, cool!

[@sarounrathnary2814]

when u parles both langues and the vidéo is extrêmement drôle et relatable.

[@partlyironic]

Are his audience French or English? How does this work

[@moongem4489]

They're in mainland Europe, so they likely speak more than one language.

[@paulparoma]

@@moongem4489 What the hell does that mean, "mainland Europe"? Germany? Holland? Spain? Austria? Don't pretend to know something you don't. Most Europeans, with the exception of the Nordic countries, Switzerland and Belgium, don't speak more than one language. And if they do, it's often not on a high enough level to follow a show like that.

[@TS29er]

I think they are french but most people understand some english i guess...although i am not sure about the french people's english skills :D

[@katie-kb6qd]

Helen Monaghan they’re most likely french people who also speak english, since they understand his french incredibly well

[@sarahmorar1052]

It’s a bilingual show, so I assume that the audience knows both.

[@Hard-Boiled-Bollock]

This guy is like the channel tunnel between the English language and the French language

[@Reda3200]

Cest de l'humour educatif , je me marre et j'améliore mon anglais merci

[@mshbeatbox]

J'etudie francais beaucoup avec ta show

[@sirinearjn6726]

@@mshbeatbox *j'étudie beaucoup le français grâce à ton show 🤙🤙

[@mshbeatbox]

@@sirinearjn6726 whats difference in ton and ta ?

[@sirinearjn6726]

@@mshbeatbox ton is for masculine word and ta is for feminine word it's hard to know

[@mshbeatbox]

@@sirinearjn6726 oh thanks. Its just hard to remember 👍

[@pedromiguelafonso1487]

Hi Paul, I've just discovered your sketches and showed'em to my wife, we were crying and laughing out loud because it's so true ! It reminds me also of certain colleagues of mine who are not so keen to appropriate english prononciation Well thank you and go on on us french people ! Cheers from France ! Pedro

[@stanislavsd]

I love it when they add the H it's whimsical

[@Kelly-tk7lu]

I think his wife must’ve been very hungry after seeing this

[@jasperdiscovers]

this dude is teaching me better French than my 400 dollar course.

[@loser4361]

La vie

[@siriusql]

400 hundreds ? Man come to me, I'll teach ya for free. And in exchange, you teach me YOUR language (except if you speak french haha)

[@didubako6738]

English a real story of love with french speakers

[@Jackie_723]

My grandmother is still french and its always "Ello?" When she answers the phone and I never thought anything of it until my boyfriend pointed it out. Growing up hearing it made it normal I guess.

[@Romandy13]

I love it when French people insult the English by calling them English bastards. The whole French vs English is so funny to me to the point it's kinda romantic.

[@bertaforcada3988]

I have been binge watching these videos and I haven’t realised quand il a changé de langue.

[@MinttMeringue]

Wait a second I've seen two of these videos and only just realized- this is Paul Taylor. Like, the wtf France guy. Love him

[@phuonganhluu6469]

My French friend always sing "baby eat (hit) me one more time". She loves that way to sing LOL

[@SuperLn1991]

le problème avec le h (surtout en début de mot) c'est que pour nous ce n'est pas un son, c'est comme un souffle, il faut donc presque changer notre manière de respirer pour inclure les h. Surtout en début de mot, j'ai l'impression d'utiliser tout mon souffle pour le h et qu'il ne me reste plus d'air pour le reste du mot! C'est assez fatiguant de dire les h car il faut sortir et parfois aspirer un peu plus d'air au bon moment alors que nous n'avons pas l'habitude de le faire et ça s'apprend, comme pour le chant.

[@jonathanbernard9476]

Super interessant merci !

[@lucieciepka1031]

MDR avec le H 😂 je travaillais dans une boulangerie et j’adorais quand il y avait des anglophones 😂😂😂 Ma collègue : one quiche? oui... do you want me to (h)eat it up. Le WDF visage du client 🤨 Moi: she wants to know if you want her to heat it? Ma collègue: yes (h)eat it up in the microwave. 😂😂😂😂

[@shiiiiiro2676]

Mdrr j'imagine le client qui croit que la serveuse lui propose de manger ce qu'elle vend 😂😂😂

[@FunnyParadox]

Oui, la manger dans le micro-onde XD

[@stealthlock6634]

I’m English speaking and yup, this is (h)ilarious

[@gutsjoestar7450]

Stealthlock. Yes you are. Although you said I'm English speaking instead of (speaker)

[@AhsokaJackson]

@@gutsjoestar7450 I believe the intention was the adjective rather than noun meaning, sort of like with compound adjectives. That is: English-speaking countries are full of English speakers. I can say that I am an English-speaking person, or I can say that I am English-speaking. Now, a tricky thing is that you normally don't hyphenate these compound adjectives when they FOLLOW the noun-only when they PRECEDE it. So: "The truck is bright red" versus "The bright-red truck." The compound adjective is "bright red," but the presence or absence of a hyphen depends on the relative position of the noun being described ("truck", in this case). However, I sometimes add the hyphen where it's not technically required, in order to make the intended meaning clearer. "I am English-speaking" to mean "I am an English-speaking person." It's difficult trying to recall some of the rules and terminology off the top of my head, as the expression goes, but hopefully I did enough to explain why someone might say "I am English speaking."

[@louisd.8928]

Francophone from Quebec here. The most embarrassing mistake I ever made with the letter H was when using the idiom "full of hot air". As y'all can imagine, I ended up telling some random bloke in a bar "you're full of hot hair". Needless to say, I'd never been so embarrassed in my life.

[@romaintuffou9502]

My colleagues at work were taking the piss because I couldn't pronounce "Hurricane hardly ever happen" without mixing up the H's try this one on your wife XD

[@guillaumer.r55]

Hasshole 😂😂

[@lolaloliepop]

he's the franglais version of Joanna Hausmann! this is great!

[@gabrielmathieu74]

Sounds like one of my friends making jokes and askingme "air or hair" and me .... euhhhhhhh I can not hear the difference :-D ... so true and so funny

[@--Za]

Au passage, le plus simple est encore que chaque parent parle sa langue maternelle à son enfant... c'est clairement ce qui done les meilleurs résultats sur le plan de l'acquisition des langues mais aussi du développement du langage :)

[@joriskbos1115]

I remember when I was at a climbing park in France about two years ago, and one of the people working there asked wether we were angry. I was terribly confused, but my father then realised he was trying to say hungry

[@SarahBent]

I'm literally crying I'm laughing so hard. I work for the French school board (Canada) and we have teachers from all over the world. I relate to all of this so hard core. This is comedy about my life.

[@Loungemermaid]

Love these videos! As someone who speaks very bad French I get to pretend these are helping me study!

[@jacquelineliu2641]

2:37 Welcome tou ze Hengliche classe.

[@biancaondatje8639]

In 7th grade, I was in a musical and my character was French, so I had to speak with a French accent. Surprisingly it wasn’t too difficult for me to do, but it took a bit of getting used to. And my director said that I wasn’t supposed to pronounce the ‘H’ at the beginning of the words and all the ‘R’s are pronounced in the back of the throat. I had a line where I said “Her heart, Monsieur.” I swear every time I said that line I sounded and felt like I was choking because the way I had to pronounce it was “Er art” and it was so weird because I don’t normally speak that way and I was so afraid that the audience wouldn’t be able to understand what I was saying when I said that line 😅

[@amal.hope.]

Hilarious 😄

[@reth2834]

I was actually wondering how good it'd be to approximate 'h' with French 'r'.

[@Qbe_Root]

Well it’s not that French speakers have a hard time making the “h” sound, they’re just too used to ignoring that letter

[@masoncampbell971]

Then it Happy would become airppy, slightly better but still not right. The way I teach the H sound is to tell them to take a deep breath then release it very quickly.

[@christopherdieudonne]

@@Qbe_Root I actually know quite a few French people who have a hard time saying the "h" in English. While some French people might just ignore it, as you say, there are *many* who really have to concentrate and make an effort to pronounce a breathy "h" .

[@lifeinvader2039]

I was raised in France, the French r is still struggle with it even after endless sessions at the "orthophoniste".

[@christopherdieudonne]

@@lifeinvader2039 I have a theory about the French "r" . I'm convinced the French "r" came about because the Gaulois (the inhabitants of France conquered by the Romans) couldn't do the Latin rolled "r" like the inhabitants of Spain, Portugal and Italy so they "created" this breathy "r" to compensate. All the other Latin languages have rolled r's but not French. In fact, Italians called The French "r" "the ugly r". LOL. As much as I love the French language, the "r" , especially after certain consonants is definitely *not* pretty compared to other sounds in the language.

[@Georgeilocks]

I’m adding this to my methods of learning french

[@GlennDavey]

This is one of those rare modern comedy shows I've come back to watch again months later. A breath of comedic fresh air with a hint of lager. Fun fact: mine is the 470,000th view of this video. Cheers Paul!

[@joseph6852]

I was talking with a friend about this guy when he didn't know the word "tiling" in French. I had never heard of this guy before, but literally the same day, when I opened youtube, that video was the FIRST RECOMMENDED VIDEO on my feed. I didn't look for the sketch, I didn't put in any keywords or anything in relation to him. My friend and I were simply talking about him. Lol

[@GermainT]

Ma copine me fait répéter : "Her hair is very hairy" 😂

[@ukognas]

Pas mal celle-ci ;)

[@Laurent69ftm]

Herair his very erry

[@bergman6581]

I like that. Good trick.

[@AnOtherChoosenOne]

Hmmm Yes The *hair* here is made out of *hair*

[@175_muhammadyudhiarabbani9]

THIS CRACKS ME UP 😂

[@lilonani9909]

looks like the crowd isn't laughing as hard in this one... probably just grateful for the tips

[@alinelorcy1429]

Hi Paul, tu le sais sans doute mais tu es passé au JT hier sur france 2 avec "la Bise", c'était trop cool!! De la visibilité c'est toujours bon à prendre!! Have a nice week-end!!

[@bergman6581]

He is as funny as a nail stabbing a foot, but because his comedy is language based, He is teaching me to understand French so I can watch CLAQUES A TETE with French captions on.

[@noavr1308]

Yes tetes a claques is a freaking good show

[@TayTayChita]

oh my god i love these videos thank you

[@V45194]

Taking away the "h" sound from where it belongs and placing it where it does not is a classic - my French wife does exactly the same thing. One time early on, before I had quite figured out these things, she offered me a slice of pizza, then asked if I wanted her to eat it. I was a bit puzzled - it was her pizza, after all, but didn't she offer it to me? "No!! Do you want me to EAT it??" she repeated, pointing toward the microwave oven... But now, after all these years, I know that "hi-da-oh" means Idaho, "ho-ay-oh" means Ohio, etc. - et tout va parfaitement bien!

[@aridaniela26]

0:17 this is literally my uncle from Italy He says hero as ero and arrow as hero. And fun fact, he says crayons as cranians.

[@Guitaristmalakian]

Euh daddy can we go to ze park pliz ? I laughed way too much at this x)

[@summer-gj3oc]

My mom has a veRY heavy chinese accent. She really likes seafood so when she says she wants to eat crab it sounds like she's saying she wants to eat crap 😂 mom thats not...

[@camillesolange182]

;-)

[@XpSAN]

Harry potter + ed sheeran= comedian

[@sandrineanderle1794]

Hi Paul, You make me laugh every time I hear you! What you say is so true... my boyfriend is English, and my English is not the worst in France I think, but I juste cannot speak English in front of him nor to him, I am afraid of his judgment, just because of French way of thinking, like you said...and because I tried, but my accent is more American than English (or I spoke not so loud), and I had to repeat so he could understand... Not the best way to do it again!

[@NNAATTYY1974]

So she can HIT something 😂😂, that was funny!

[@vilou1743]

These clips actually help me to improve my french, or at least the understanding of it haha. Thanks!!

[@graememorrison333]

I'm sure there's a quite few French teachers who would love to use these videos as an aide if there weren't so many rude words included. It's proper colloquial French and English, and although Paul speaks quickly, his pronunciation is very clear in both languages.

[@montanascookies]

AH le H...je rigole chaque fois!!! Bravo!

[@MariaCaradAnjo]

im portuguese and people also do that. they put an h at the beginning of every word that starts with a vowel. every single one. and it sounds something like "hi hate an happle hand an horange houtside"

[@majarini]

But then they also drop them. ÉRRI PÓTÉR. etc

[@Amozon28]

my grandma mixes up the th and t sounds in english, to thumb is always tumb, and turkey is thurkey

[@artemesaulkov2010]

perhaps she is trying to imitate people from Yorkshire when she drops H letter

[@saltie5480]

Exactly, she'd fit in up here in the north. We probably wouldn't notice the accent, assume they're from some small country town or something.

[@laurene111]

Tu me buuutes c'est si drôle 😭

[@daniel_0984]

I fucking love you mate

[@hs1626]

lots of polite applause in this segment haha

[@camren6546]

currently watching a bunch of these so i can mark it on my tower of activities for french class

[@nyaKona]

3:45 when you talk back

[@confusingthepolarity9507]

The pursuit of appiness

[@RadBonez]

I'd like to come to your live show but will the subtitles be there?

[@Bb-lk4ox]

0:54 maybe she's hungry so she's angry

[@Luubelaar]

HAngry is a thing.

[@felisd]

@Paul Taylor, will you ever be touring Canada? Esp. Ontario, New Brunswick or Quebec? Because being 75% bilingual in those provinces, you have the perfect audience!

[@aidanclarke6106]

He was in Edmonton, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Montreal and Calgary for his first show. Pretty sure he will be back for his second show

[@lifeinvader2039]

@Paul Taylor! You should do a show in Antibes.

[@GoldArmored]

I've got the exact same problem!!!! ask me to say through, though, I'll nail it! But I'll put random H's everywhere! I'm happy to know that I'm not the only one! XD

[@caramba2345]

I find it fitting that the segment ended with (H)asshole... because he does make it sound like trying to correct your accent is just one big hassle.

[@untziggy4]

When he immitates his wife saying his name if sounds like "Bert" to me, and when he immitates her saying "hasshole" it sounds like "Han Solo."

[@bri5033]

How high were you when you wrote this comment

[@irawooluwatanoluwatosin2654]

That H thing is also a very Yoruba thing 😂😂😂

[@assassinge5079]

ce mec est un génie

[@blostca]

Ce mec est génial

[@Chirel999]

Good astuce😂👏

[@luca9249]

Salut. Je suis tombé sur ta chaîne. Et j’aime tes vidéo

[@audechermette5371]

aha Paul Taylor , I laughed at all the videos of your show because it is so true ! I am French, but been living with an English lad for the last 8 years. I do the Hungry and Angry thing, and the H or TH problem… My English was so rubbish at first, I got a 2/20 mark at Uni in France, so I moved to Yorkshire for a year to learn. However, going to Yorkshire to learn English, is like going to Lyon to learn French ,lol. So here I am, a Lyonnaise in Yorkshire, my customers always ask me what my accent is : It's Yorkshire French ! I do recognise myself in a lot of the show :)

[@williamrice5934]

"you bring me appiness"

[@Highground19]

Très amusant! 😂👌🏻

[@paddyrs0740]

The algorithm has sent me, i am pleased 😌

[@KimberlyGreen]

And now ... you have that (beautiful) baby. 😊

[@lalelilolou9487]

So true !

[@mia-gz5cj]

Yeah well... happiness in French is bonheur

[@sandracharlot6376]

I'm sending it to my french husband right now ! My favorite moment of misunderstanding is when he wants to go to HM and I have no f*cking idea if he wants to buy a cloth or some furniture since HM Home and HM Homme ( Men) sounds exactly the same in his mouth - just HM "ome"!!!!

[@hannahc8758]

And then there is my french dad who agreed to the name Hannah for me

[@markrobertson7299]

His imginary son would sound like 'Titeuf'

[@si6teen515]

The pursuit of "appiness"xD

[@theanachronisticlife8574]

SI6TEEN même chose parfois

[@KelanFagu]

I have same problem 😂😂 you’re so funny