14 Reasons You Can't Understand British English | British English Words

[@Dinnyeify]

Person: *speaking with American accent* Me, a non-native speaker: I Understand All. I Have Mastered This Language. Person: *speaking with British accent* Me: Ah yes. This person is saying something.

[@kunjchauhan7745]

Ikr

[@anast9301]

I always wonder if American can understand British. Cause I can't

[@jlbathome9162]

Yeah, I need sub titles to watch any British show, they seem to run many words together, they don't really seem to speak English anymore. I can understand non native English speakers better than British people

[@e.d.4369]

Sameeeeee

[@mjl8115]

This is funny thing. I can clearly see that "old language" speakers have an advantage. UK guy can catch US guy talk, but US guy cannot understand UK guy (sometimes). I was told by one woman in Portugal, Portuguese can understand Brazilians, but not the opposite. My friend from Brazil confirmed that he cannot understand "original" Portuguese and in Lisbon he ordered a meal in the restaurant in English. I was shocked. Cheers from Poland.

[@RevJamesCostello]

You can tell you are making a big effort to speak more clearly and appeal to a wider audience. I imagine a lot of non-British people would still struggle.

[@estatuadechozo]

As a Spanish guy, I have a hard time trying to understand brittish slang. The main problem is the pronuntiation, specially with thick accents 😅

[@nazaechandi2880]

El acento estadounidense es mucho más fluido si aprendés un par de cuestiones de vocalización que ellos tienen. Por ejemplo, en una conversación normal, una frase como "a little bit of butter" la pronuncian algo así como "alira bira bodeR" (la R mayúscula es la R de habla inglesa)

[@RigbyAdrian]

@@nazaechandi2880 Imagina hablar con un escocés y que te diga esa oración... "A wee be of buttah" 😅

[@EnglishWithGreg]

Too true. Nice profile photo, by the way 😉

[@yeuryortega492]

@@RigbyAdrian Yoo, that shit happens to me a lot when watching Outlander. I try my best to watch it in English, bc it’s the original language, but the Scottish accent is something else, so I have to change and watch it in Spanish. En español puede que hayan paises que no se logren entender, pero no creo que haya algo tan fuerte como la manera escocesa de hablar el inglés. Aunque muchos dicen que en mi país, República Dominicana, y el resto del caribe hablamos un poco raro. En lo personal yo puedo entender cualquier acento de español.

[@draco9901]

Back in England I learned Coach instead bus, pint instead beer and tube instead subway. It's fantastic!

[@asparadog]

Coach is a type of bus.

[@Reyaz]

@@asparadog yes ?

[@katherineharrison7991]

Coach to me means a tour bus in England and tube TV in America I think.

[@marianoscotti8899]

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[@nataliiazahorodnia7888]

Thanks! Yes, I have to know these words! I will try!

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[@turkhi]

I'm not American but as a French man i feel like i learned English far easier and understand it way better when i'm facing an American speaker due to their history and all the cultural mixing i guess it definitely feels like their accents sounds way more mainstream unlike yall UK citizens who sounds like you just got hit X100 in your mouth by Mike Tyson it's not that i can't understand UK speakers cause if i focus i can understand it just fine however its a hell of a thing to do guaranty i gonna get a god damn a headache after this that's why?I rather not talking to yall XD Also another strange facts is that contrary to the average UK Joe i have no problem understanding BBC TV anchors at all the main reason is because they don't sound like they got broken jaws you know what i mean?

[@tsubasayohashire5599]

Deffo

[@giyu2687]

" i wanna watch the footy this arvo with a bevvie " i think it's another language !!!!

[@EnglishWithGreg]

Haha. It certainly can sound like another language at times!

[@mo.downhill6760]

Yeah Man I agree with you.

[@mariosr29]

I wanna watch the footy on the telly this arvo with a bevvy and a sarnie.

[@daemonkey9047]

Its so unique,Greg! We have some similar in Ukraine like you're saying telly,we say teleek))),you say footy,we-footbeek)) I am very excited of your podcasts!

[@aulahamza9593]

You are a brilliant teacher. Thank you. شُكْراً

[@EuniceR7]

You're amazing as an English teacher, thanks for improve my vocabulary with that words in British English.

[@australianbloke3934]

Onya Greg! We have a lot in common. The only words that were unknown to me were: Offie (because there is no such thing here. (We have bottle shop or bottle-o) Deffo (no equivalent I can think of.) Sarni ( we have a sanger or a sango) and Bevvie ( we say grog). All the rest are pretty much the same! Greetings from Australia (Straya)

[@EnglishWithGreg]

Hi Australian Bloke. Thanks for commenting! I _love_ sango 😄 I knew _grog_ from my Home & Away and Neighbours watching days! Speak soon!

[@dudidudi1047]

Please , could you make more this type of video.👍👍👍👍👊

[@mervedemir1656]

It sounds Aussie. I use cuppa , arvo and brekkie. Also s’arvo for this afternoon, barbie for bbq , choccy biccy for chocolate biscuits and many more...

[@mo.downhill6760]

Hhhhh, that what kills me. Not even the shorten words, I have a problem understanding the Pronunciation.

[@xxafthabxx9346]

British accent is so relaxing

[@subhendranayak9401]

Sir please do continue . Your voice is lovely and I love to learn from you.

[@joelmasamba6762]

Oh my gosh!!! I'm awfully surprised i Would rather you taught us more about it coz they're jolly helpful even though i don't wanna eat veggies

[@vadimislearningguitar4977]

the footy on the telly with a few bevvies ... it makes sense to me ... i was in england 5 times - as a teenager ...

[@marceladumitrufilip]

Your style is so unique, that I love it ❤ Cheers 😘

[@shiyingliu7564]

Thanks for your channel. I think there are various reasons that I find hard to understand British English in class. Concisely speaking. Pronunciation, speed and slangs make it hard for me to follow and also I feel hard to speak fluently as the native speaker. I have lived in UK for undergraduate, but I still find it hard to follow the native speaker in class as they won't speak like in any English Learning Channel. Speaking faster and with lots of slangs using in conversation. So for many times, I feel I could not hear clearly so that find it hard to catch up the native speaker.

[@martapaahicka5016]

Hi Greg I'm from Poland. I love your lessons. I've heard : Toilet- loo 😊

[@pasqualecangiano4679]

Hi from Italy! I Dunno = I don't know. I gotto go = I have got to go. I won't = I will not. Congrats for your lessons, I have been watching all your helpful videos. Bye for now.

[@EnglishWithGreg]

Ciao Pasquale! Thanks for the comment! All good examples of us shortening words 👏🏼 Im glad you are enjoying my lessons. Please share the videos with your friends if you think they will be useful for them!! 😀 Speak soon!

[@pasqualecangiano4679]

Ok! Thanks to you, for those useful lessons. Keep going.

[@javifontalva7752]

Superb. I'm definitely showing this vid to my students.

[@avhidhaliwal05]

I am ur Student. Did u remember me?

[@terminator___7]

Thanks for this excellent video!

[@abedjay8832]

thanks a lot I am learning American accent But also I gonna need these words to understand the British people when they speak

[@emanmahmoud9439]

New words for me. Thank you.

[@aungzawnyein3198]

That's why i understand nothing what are they talking about. i gonna watch footy on telly with a few bevvies and sarnie this arvo. Thanks for your great lesson!

[@Reyaz]

gonna watch the tv with my friends and a sandwhich innit my g wagwan piffting wots your bmm pin

[@Okolikon]

This shortening just removes doubling of information, in all these examples very interrestinng!!

[@aulahamza9593]

Thank you.

[@isaacdepaula2103]

I watched the movied "Bravo Two Zero" and i had to download subtitles because some quotes i really can't understand

[@shielaharilal5923]

Thank you sir! I love the way you speak so distinctively. Thank you Greg for the lesson.

[@annaelizabeth5888]

I love your accent!!!!

[@StudioofEnglish]

Great video. Very useful vocabulary!

[@ibrahimabdallah8199]

thank you

[@user-qr7xu7bl3n]

Hi Greg! When I heard you speaking I thought you were from Liverpool. Thank you for your video. It was quite informative.

[@jola3938]

Thanks for this video.These shortcuts are a bone to me. 😂But I undrestand, because in Poland we also have a lot of them

[@MomentViralVideo]

Me estoy preparando para mi próximo examen el día 24; Te aseguro que veo al menos unos 10 o 15 videos tuyos diarios; Es real cuando dices que es upper-advanced jeje Muchas gracias por tu tiempo. Si finalmente con el paso de los años consigo dominar tu idioma nativo Greg, definitivamente voy a enseñar español a angloparlantes inspirandome en ti. Digo esto porque es evidente que eres una persona curiosa que se toma el tiempo de entender la gramatica y se puede distinguir en ti tambien cierto cariño hacia la forma correcta de expresarse, por lo que creo que eso lo tenemos en comun. Llevo tantas horas viendote que ya casi pareces colega mío. jajaja Un saludo I am preparing for my next exam on the 24th; I assure you that I see at least 10 or 15 videos of you daily; It's real when you say it's upper-advanced hehe Thank you so much for your time. If I finally manage to master your native language Greg over the years, I will definitely teach Spanish to English speakers inspired by you. I say this because it is evident that you are a curious person who takes the time to understand the grammar and you can also distinguish in you a certain affection towards the correct way of expressing yourself, so I think we have that in common. I've been watching you for so many hours that you almost look like a colleague of mine. hahaha Greetings

[@EnglishWithGreg]

Love this. Thanks, Alambra. 😃

[@shaibupeter9938]

My best teacher

[@EnglishWithGreg]

Thanks Shaibu :-)

[@valentinadeboaventura6319]

In the South of England I've heard the term "HIYA", a greeting from a barista to a regular customer, I guess it means How are you? And you did not mention the Bobbies, policemen, or isn't that term used anymore.

[@katherineharrison7991]

Forgot to say I'm living in California and I never said hiya but I'm gonna try to say it more.

[@xaviercampocampo968]

Thanks very much guapo 😘

[@emanmahmoud9439]

I wanna know some slang British words like the word knackered for tired.

[@manjaripaliya5154]

Thanks Greg for sharing this video. It's an amazing video.

[@EnglishWithGreg]

Thanks for commenting, Kopal! Please share the video with your friends if you think it will be useful for them too!! 😉

[@manjaripaliya5154]

OLA English with Greg Your welcome. I am from India and I came to UK last month,and British accent and words are quite different but after watching your videos, I didn't find it difficult. I can't believe that such a famous youtuber replied my comment.

[@saifulalam5926]

Nice job

[@songsyoutubification]

I wonder by shortening these words and saving a few seconds, what amazing are you people doing with that time!? Why can't u just say TV like normal people!

[@EnglishWithGreg]

We spend this valuable time worrying about Brexit.

[@annaelizabeth5888]

What kind of question Is that??? They're British, that's why indeed!!!! 😁😁😁

[@hamartian]

Great job 👏 thanks a lot Greg. It's really useful.

[@EnglishWithGreg]

You're welcome Hamartian. So glad you liked the video 😀 Please share the video with your friends if you think it will be useful for them too!! And of course, keep watching / subscribe!

[@hamartian]

OLA English with Greg Sure thing🙂

[@bellocktx5800]

Reasons I do not understand British people: 1) They speak too fast. 2) They do not vocalize. 3) Too much informal speech or slang. Obviously, not all of them. I've heard different British accents and some of them are clear and beautiful. But I hate when they just spit three glottal syllables for a sentence with 10 words.

[@felipewallace8936]

The glottal stop fucks with everything

[@ShyraAsisterOfficial]

Same

[@Una_profe]

Si tan solo todos hablaran como Greg🙃

[@Nikxnixkexluzuz]

Very2 interesting.. i eager to see more new vedios

[@EnglishWithGreg]

New video every Friday for you, Lal! 😃

[@gjspandian]

Very interesting and useful.

[@Creolinne]

Thanks

[@EnglishWithGreg]

You’re welcome!

[@vikramtete7461]

Hi Greg could you please make a video on "Discourse markers" and "transition phrases"?

[@aleksandrnote2525]

Do you want a cuppo? - Deffo! 💪 Daniel Deffo used to have a cuppo in the arvo!

[@abedjay8832]

if you can I hope you make video about vocabulary and how can I learn faster and don't forget them beacous all of my skills in english are good but I have problem with learn new vocabulary

[@victormezynski9727]

Hey these are nice words

[@shatha-u6q]

Love that video, most of them are new 4 me, we want part 2 i u wouldn’t mind 🤩🤩🙏🏻

[@draukumarreang1659]

It's very useful to me

[@EnglishWithGreg]

Thanks Drau!! (Thanks - a shortened form on "Thank you" 😀) Please share the video with your friends if you think they will find it useful too 🙏 Speak soon!

[@draukumarreang1659]

OLA English with Greg well! Deffo..

[@EnglishWithGreg]

😂

[@s.danieladuarte3144]

Great video. I already knew about: footy, telly, gonna, wanna. Last week I saw an american youtuber talking about "pry" (if I'm not mistaken). "Pry" would be "probably"

[@EnglishWithGreg]

Ha, yes, I can imagine Americans pronounces probably without the 'obabl'. We sometime write 'prob' or 'probs', but would not say it in spoken English. These really are important words to know. When I first moved to Spain to teach English I had to quickly learn what words like profe, cole and peque meant! 😀

[@s.danieladuarte3144]

I'm very curious about spoken English tips :) As I don't practice everyday (I mean, I don't have conversations in English), I am having trouble to remember a few words and expressions :o I really have a "rusty English". #sad u.u PS.: In Brazil "profe" is short for "professor" (same in Spanish?) xD

[@EnglishWithGreg]

Hi Daniela. Yep, same in Spanish! Without doubt, the best way to remember words is to use them. Click here if you're interest in conversation classes to get rid of that 'rusty' feeling in your English: goo.gl/7QH122 😀 Speak soon!

[@katherineharrison7991]

Gee I've never heard that what part of America says that?

[@katherineharrison7991]

I have heard prob for probably

[@gdaran]

Chaaa / taaa/ thank you. for such a very useful lesson

[@mmafighter1868]

Cheers

[@alexsandra3962]

Ta!.... i wanna learn it this arvo...

[@albertob79]

You're awesome dude! Great video!!! 🖒

[@EnglishWithGreg]

😂Thanks, Alberto! 👋🏼

[@MeStevely]

British people rarely use ‘Avro’. It’s more an Australian thing.

[@vishnutejakoyya1813]

Did the people in the UK use the slang word "Brolly" in the victorian era? Like back in the 1850s? According to MerriamWebster.com, the word Brolly was in use since 1873. Is that true?

[@EnglishWithGreg]

I'm not THAT old! 😉 To be honest, I have no idea, but I trust Merriam Webster.

[@MrBudcole]

The ones that get me are the golf instruction videos. For whatever reason, they are all either British or Irish, and I mean HEAVY accent British or Irish. They generally go something like this: Allo (hello) Allo, Roga here to give you some queek (quick) teeps (tips) on improving yah short game. Plenty of blokes you'll see line up all squabbly, with their feet pointed in every direction but sideways. That's all wrong, folks... I mean, if you wanna heet the ball solid, you gotta squa ya shoulders above the ball, don'tcha? Ya can't have the ball someway ovah heeyah, or even heeyah. That just won't werk now, will it? Eef you line yaself up straight ways ovah the ball, like so... you can see yah swing will HEET the ball at just the propah motion in the sweeng, and ya shot ees moah likely to go straightaways down the fayahway. (Swings club) Blimey, that's a shot right theyah... Again, meedle of the stance, ahms bent sloghtly fowahd, and take ya nohmal sweeng. So, give it a go - see if thees helps you to get a few moah pah's.

[@kevinortiz7067]

Nice video. Hi, can You tell me how to pronounce the word "the" in british English?

[@EnglishWithGreg]

Hi Kevin. Sure! I did a video on how to pronounce the vowel sound in this word in my course '5 Secrets to Sound Like a Native Speaker'. Here's the link to get the free course: www.OnlineLanguageAcademy.com/5secrets.htm (it's the second video: "Secret #1 The Most Common Sound")

[@EnglishWithGreg]

Hi Kevin. Sure! I did a video on how to pronounce the vowel sound in this word in my course '5 Secrets to Sound Like a Native Speaker'. Here's the link to get the free course: www.OnlineLanguageAcademy.com/5secrets.htm (it's the second video: "Secret #1 The Most Common Sound")

[@kevinortiz7067]

OLA English with Greg Thank You so much. God Bless You.

[@EnglishWithGreg]

You're welcome 😀

[@kevinortiz7067]

OLA English with Greg ya ingrese pero solo me sale que ingrese mi correo electrónico

[@nabinewaz5433]

I remember one- chippie!

[@nabinewaz5433]

Chippie for carpenter ( not sure about the spelling though)

[@Marinalopescardoso]

great video Greg

[@EnglishWithGreg]

Thanks a lot, Marina 😀

[@thephilistine_]

To be honest I didn't recognize three of these: sarnie, offie, and arvo. But I will now. What is the shortened version of tailgunner?

[@EnglishWithGreg]

Taily, of course!

[@katherineharrison7991]

Yes sarni short for sandwich but in Manchester England my Mum would always ask us if we wanted a sugar buttie a half sandwich bread butter and sugar one piece of bread rolled on top of its self and there you have it. My Mum was born in 1923 in Staffordshire so I don't know if it was a Manchester thing or Staffs thing but very enduring.

[@VicentBouSerralta1957]

Good morning! Early video.

[@EnglishWithGreg]

The early bird catches the word, Vicent :-)

[@hannalee5756]

Arvo is Strine surely?

[@Una_profe]

Like si viste de nuevo el inicio del video y entendiste todo😄😄🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️

[@emanmahmoud9439]

I'm gonna watch a footi on the telly in the Arvo with a bevvie and a sarni.

[@btsismyopparstreambts7248]

I'm from England and you sound Scottish and Irish mixed together.

[@endelvelt7650]

i'm pretty sure he's welsh, northern welsh or nearby.

[@RevJamesCostello]

@@endelvelt7650 More like North East.

[@emanmahmoud9439]

This sentence appeals to me : I'm gonna watch a footy on the telly this Arvo with a bevvie as you came with many words in one sentence.

[@candlemxi]

great!

[@EnglishWithGreg]

Thanks!

[@uriysharp]

great

[@jodi06bellsouth]

So many are the same in the US

[@gammock9871]

There's "mo" for moment. For example "I'm just going to put the kettle on I'll be back in a "mo"

[@mariosr29]

Don't forget "postie" :)

[@sarahkivo81]

I’m from england and I’ve never heard of brolly or sarnie, like EVER. Strange 🤔

[@endelvelt7650]

brolly??????? are you serious? woh lmao, that's not even slang where I'm from its just the normal language (SE London/Kent)

[@JoeJoe-hn2nh]

I'm from outside of UK but I've known that Brolly id a British term for umbrella

[@MorenoDominati]

Ok same goes for the expression Wagwan instead of what's going on...

[@mjeffbr]

Even without the slang or shortened words or whatever, british english is hard to understand because of the way words are pronounced in general, if feels to me english people do not open their mouths or something as much as americans, a friend of mine says they always sound like they are eating someting

[@katherineharrison7991]

I would say that about Julia Child like she had a Rothchild sweetie in her mouth.

[@andreagiraldomdphd.8376]

Dear Sir, I was wondering if I might dare to ask you a question ? Why did you say: I watch THE television or THE telly? Can one use the article "The" with television program? Presently, let me say you do have a deep mellifluous voice. I beseech your pardon for disturbing you. I pay my respects to you. Andrea from Venice, Italy.

[@EnglishWithGreg]

Hello again Andrea. We generally use *THE* when we use the word *TELLY*, but we don't use it when we say *TV*. What can I say... English is a strange, strange language 😂 - What's on TV tonight? - What's on *the* telly tonight?

[@emdadhossainimu6327]

You said-14 beautifully British words? Why not 14 beautiful British words? Can you please explain?

[@EnglishWithGreg]

Here's the small difference... *14 beautifully British words?* = They are British in a beautiful way. *14 beautiful British words* = They are beautiful. And they are British.

[@novob57]

i could imagine a lot of non british people would feel struggle when they communicate with the british people. Somehow im tellin’ the person im talking to in the voice call (btw hes british) “can i go to the bathroom” (obviously i said that bcz i couldnt understand anything he said to me and i needed to quit this call but also i just dont want to be rude) and he said yes just that.

[@abuobiedaa]

Thanks , also using bro for brother

[@EnglishWithGreg]

Yes! And 'sis' for sister, too! And 'cuz' for cousin... Thanks for commenting!

[@mohammadabdallah1706]

I wanna watch footy on the telly

[@thebigpaff]

this arvo, with some bevvies

[@robode1945]

I can't understand even when they speak regular words. Lately on KZbin there's been many videos of British where I have rewatched and just still cant

[@ShyraAsisterOfficial]

Why do I understand what you are saying but when it comes to others who speak British Accent, I can't understand😭 or maybe it's bcus you speak not too fast and very clear

[@Luis-jl6oh]

After this it comes to my mind that for you to shorten every word over 4 syllabels you must have a lazy toungue then you people pronounce everything so fast as if it was a toungue twister , it's really confusing.

[@miguelsaenzpena2492]

Amazing eyes man 😂i am not gay but I had to comment it. I am an advanced american english student and I struggle with british audios

[@mo.downhill6760]

Oh Man, I Can't understand them. I think their pronunciation is wrong, That made me drop the english exam.

[@bosnia7429]

@@mo.downhill6760 Telling the English that their pronunciation of the English language is wrong

[@elsalvadorbienesyraices515]

I’m from American and I can’t understand British people too much

[@sergioe.e.9123]

Thanks for the video, it's quite a revelation. No wonder I can't understand shit when I watch british movies or when I travel to the UK. I'm an American btw.

[@EnglishWithGreg]

Thanks Sergio. I used to live in the US (and quite enjoyed the confused faces when I used these words 😂)

[@katherineharrison7991]

What is btw mean? I live in California and have never heard of it.

[@sergioe.e.9123]

@@katherineharrison7991 It's an acronym and written abbreviation for "by the way"

[@robocopter9752]

This is very difficult for me. I can't any understand british english. But american english very simply than british english. Especially british english very difficult for anything listening quiz.

[@pussycatlover6522]

Mini tanks for dat

[@perl4396]

wanna watch peaky blinders, but i just can't in cause of, well, yo know what's the cause xDD

[@DrMerle-gw4wj]

The reason we Americans can't understand British native speakers is that they sound like a bunch of natives trying to speak the language.

[@lynnyapphd6060]

watch footy on the telly , let's have a pint

[@RohitSingh-lx5ck]

I understand and speak English very well but still i cant understand British accent

[@Aleinad7]

I have been living in the U.K. for 5 years now but I have never heard any British using these words lol

[@EnglishWithGreg]

Lucky you! If I was speaking to a foreigner I wouldn’t use these words. However, they’re words I would always use with my friends and family.

[@2024HaranHassan]

You probably don’t hang around in the right places ( pubs and clubs )

[@earthling03]

The problem is that the British accent eats up the clarity of words, the pronunciation is fine but enunciation is hard to decipher. The accent is so thick that I just can't...

[@arminphulkar]

6:18 An extremely long word - "Afternoon"? Can't believe it, it has got only 3 syllables. LoL

[@EnglishWithGreg]

Sarcasm.... a British speciality 😉

[@Reyaz]

no one says arvo