Polka's Duolingo Madness: What is a Toronto?【Hololive/Eng Sub】

★ Omaru Polka 尾丸ポルカ: / @omarupolka
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★Her stream (March 14, 2021): • 【Duolingo】POLKA-chan L...
★The game: Duolingo. www.duolingo.com/
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[@BulborbStan]

It's okay, Polka. I also like to pretend that Toronto doesn't exist.

[@6th_Army]

To be honest, most Canadians do that.

[@b99b12]

Driving through Toronto on the 401.... gives me nightmares all the time.

[@goukenslay7555]

@@b99b12 ha the DVP cuh the most cancer after work

[@wafflesthewookiee4716]

Leafs suck/Marner and Tavares Overrated

[@wesleyfilms]

It’s like bootleg New York. We need to find a way to get rid of Toronto.

[@hatboi124]

This is all it takes, huh? Not even close to a personal shoutout or something, she was just talking about a big city I live nearby and I already feel happy hearing her talk about it.

[@RaGiAn87]

She didn't even know it was a city

[@damaplehound]

*W E A K*

[@BubbleTea033]

I'm now realizing that when I was in Japan, me walking around like a dumbass and saying "I'm from Toronto" probably didn't land for everyone lol. I honestly don't think it's conceded to think that most people know where or what Toronto is. Kind of like how I can't imagine most people being unable to point out where Sydney, L.A, London, Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, or Seoul is etc. But now I'm a little self conscious lol.

[@inhaspie]

I was also happy even though Toronto is on a different continent

[@Otek_Nr.3]

Ey man, these girls are trained serotonin machines. You never stood a chance.

[@countessroadkill9599]

Pahaha, I've never used Duolingo or anything before, the slow speech button really just makes it sound like Duolingo is sassing Polka.

[@superchroma]

Toronto 👏 is 👏 in 👏 Canada

[@lXlDarKSuoLlXl]

Tor-on-to hahaha

[@countessroadkill9599]

@@lXlDarKSuoLlXl Tor-On-To!? Boil it? Mash it? Stick it in a stew? Toronto!

[@lXlDarKSuoLlXl]

@@countessroadkill9599 delish~ lol

[@RoyalFusilier]

I love the instant "Haaaa?" of pure outrage. Like "what the fuck did you just say to me". Mega cute, like that clip on Twitter of it going "Toronto is in Canada" and Polka, in response, wailing in despair.

[@cc9787]

Sauce of the clip?

[@RoyalFusilier]

It's one of these other clips that shows up when you just search 'polka toronto'.

[@cybirdo6063]

Polka: what is Towonto? *A traffic hellscape*

[@Shadrake]

Yeeeees this person gets it

[@communistpowerranger9629]

Toronto is pain.

[@doublebassman123]

Basically the new York of Canada, a shithole. Windsor is the Detroit and BC is California.

[@titanjakob1056]

Ain’t as bad as Dundas or Burlington during morning hours

[@reetodd9103]

Americans don’t get it, but whenever anything Canadian is mentioned by anyone outside of Canada, any Canadian watching is filled with unimaginable national pride

[@miss_baphomet]

America is the same but instead of pride it's shame

[@relic5752]

@@miss_baphomet Depends on the subject matter really

[@feline_warrior1067]

People in the states feel that too, but only when their state is mentioned. And they aren't from Cali, or any of the other big states

[@grimgrahamch.4157]

Can confirm. We're just happy to be mentioned at all.

[@HearthFlow]

This is the same feeling we get as Filipinos. I guess we're just more vocal about it that most hehe

[@devoteeofmediocrity821]

Her satisfied “Yehhh” made my morning.

[@grimgrahamch.4157]

Fun fact: Some of the most common things Japan knows about Canada is that Justin Bieber is Canadian, and the country has a lot of wilderness. That's basically it. Occasionally you find something who knows about maple syrup.

[@cbrewitt]

Justin Bieber is American now. There was a bet on the 2014 Olympic hockey game and the US lost.

[@lolipedofin]

I highly doubt the average Japanese know that Bieber is a Canuck.

[@grimgrahamch.4157]

@@lolipedofin Nope. They do sadly.

[@ValkyrieTiara]

@@lolipedofin Japanese knowledge of most other countries is weirdly filtered through pop culture and the ancillary media surrounding it. It absolutely does not surprise me that "Justin Bieber is Canadian" is one of a very short list of the most well-known "facts about Canada" over there.

[@bibi_999]

avril lavigne is pretty well known in japan because she toured there a lot

[@sanduichedeplutonio46]

0:59 *twenty is in wakanda*

[@CloudAyon]

Some Japanese students come to Canada and only come here because they thought it was also the U.S, then find they can't stand the cold. Source: Friends I met while learning Japanese from Ryerson

[@tiredgamer9767]

Funny coincidence that Oozora Subaru was one of those exchange students.

[@IcePhysicsGaming]

Really, people mistaking it for the U.S. is Canada's #1 business model. ;P

[@kamo7293]

1:41 I see that "I will proceed to talk slowly in my own language thinking you will understand me" is universal

[@kennyp4670]

but forreal it does help a lot like I can understand basic conversational Spanish but not so much at rapid fire Hispanic conversation pace

[@moondust2365]

True. Tbf, there are a lot of times where the person does understand your language, just that a native speaker speaking is too fast for them to catch what you're saying. With me, I can understand basic written Spanish to some extent. But spoken Spanish, spoken very fast, with a ton of local slang, can't get any of it. Sometimes the slang actually help since they're closer to the words we borrowed from them here in the Philippines, but usually it just adds to the confusion. With English, I can understand someone speaking fast most of the time. There maybe some raps where I have to replay the thing, but otherwise fine since I'm basically a native English speaker. With my other native language of Tagalog, I also sometimes have problems with rap, especially if there's regionalisms. Then there's lectures/lesson (which we get in either English, Tagalog, or Taglish depending on the subject and on the teacher). If a teacher is talking faster than what would be "normal" in that language, I can only catch like 40-70% of what they're saying. Sometimes none at all. I'd ask her to repeat, but we'd get scolded lol.

[@MadeOfConfusion]

I love that when she's asking about what kind of place Toronto is she just starts speaking Japanese with a strong English accent 🤣

[@absurdist_scribbler]

And if you want to pronounce it like a Canadian: To'rono

[@jamesj5565]

Me, a Midwesterner who already pronounced it that way: _maybe I am a Canadian_

[@HimmelWeint]

I actually never noticed but I do actually pronounce it exactly like that. WTF?!?!?!?

[@thehorneegator1902]

@@jamesj5565 finally someone I can relate to

[@kanadianmeh]

Cha'rono

[@ssea3942]

rono

[@zinedinezethro9157]

The disappointment in her voice when she realizes that Toronto is nothing but the name of a city

[@mahatmagandhiful]

1:20 That's the sexiest, most confident, absolutely positively self-assured "Yeah" I've ever heard.

[@kattt.mp4]

1:46 ah yes, Toronto the shitty

[@nicholasneyhart396]

I mean that's not wrong.

[@murasakiyatsu8833]

I bet they dont sell nashville spicy chicken

[@zerobasedgod9291]

make sure you add hashtags to the title like #holoEN and #OmaruPolka for more views. thanks for the tl

[@rukatl8294]

I did it for every video, but apparently they somehow disappeared...gonna find out what's going wrong in a bit. Tyvm!

[@zerobasedgod9291]

@@rukatl8294 good luck

[@rukatl8294]

@@zerobasedgod9291 Fixed it, apparently yt wants the tags in the description.

[@Speedtale]

Polka, says Toronto doesn’t exist Me: *slowly fades from reality*

[@shintaco7517]

I live in a place outside of Toronto called , THE REST OF THE PLANET.

[@zenixkiryu]

0:13 For some reason, hearing that reaction after her silly laugh really got me.

[@bakuguardian]

I love her unintentional baffled outrage at the idea of Toronto

[@quilboy93]

Polka's english streams seem like a wild time!

[@turinmormegil7715]

That "HAAaaahh?" gives me life

[@thelemonlimebronyofficial8070]

"Twentin zinkin kanda...eh?" *She's speaking the language of gods*

[@Eyetrauma]

If you're wondering, as I was, Toronto's baseball team is the Toronto Blue Jays and despite being a Canadian team they're part of MLB.

[@Gatchaman2154]

When I hear the word Toronto, my mind instantly went to Toronto Raptors. Probably because I've been watching NBA on TV back in the day. I was surprised that they would think of the Blue Jays instead of the Raptors. Are they not popular anymore?

[@jrk22233]

Hey Canada makes it so they can technically say it's the world series

[@comradetyrone2298]

Fun Fact: Canada's basketball team, the Toronto Raptors, is based in Tampa Bay Florida.

[@zerevv]

@@comradetyrone2298 only during this season because of virus feels bad for spicy P and other raptors players

[@comradetyrone2298]

@@zerevv Yeah, I know. It's just funny since their slogan is "We the North" and they end up in Tampa of all places lol

[@kamo7293]

"Kane da" bruh that got me in tears laughing goddamn

[@Nakirium_Addict]

Twaanto is the new capital of Ontawio

[@sansnom5269]

20 is in Kaneda

[@matthewsiahaan2649]

Tarantula is in Wakanda indeed

[@nanotsuki]

she was asking in japanese using what they think is western accent lol.

[@hornitako7006]

Kinda sounds like Tonio from JoJo part 4

[@DistractedGlobeGuy]

She probably learned it from Calli. Despite being better versed in Japanese than most of the other EN members, she always speaks it with the thickest North American accent.

[@hahayes7205]

Polka's brain: "say 'dou iu toko' in english" Polka in an american accent: "dough yoo tokou"

[@ChristianStout]

In her defense, both of those names come from Indigenous languages, not English.

[@Alyrael]

I don't get it, what do you mean? It's not hard to say and isn't that unusual. She's just unaware of the country, a lot of countries don't know anything about Canada other than we are apparently nice and love maple syrup, much less our provinces/territories and cities.

[@yes8456]

@@Alyrael lmao if you actually listened, when she started speaking Japanese, she said the country name fluently and pronounced it “kaneda”. She had trouble with saying “Canada” because that’s not how it’s said in Japanese. She’s not “unaware” of Canada, it’s literally impossible to have never heard of Canada before, it’s just pronounced differently

[@tinfoilslacks3750]

It's interesting that they're pronounced differently in Japanese when both Toronto and Canada are made up entirely of Japanese native syllables represented by hiragana/katakana

[@opportunity-kfpairlines6716]

That HAAAAA? packs so much power

[@rinri2313]

Toronto as in Kanata

[@catsmack8690]

I think the origins of Canada wa from some kalanguage of the word "village" equating to Kanata, and ot was misheard that the land was Canada. Don't ask how I know, it's a random passsing fact.

[@catsmack8690]

I think

[@catsmack8690]

I should google it

[@cej3940]

Toronto...we don't talk about that here

[@homeshkillybiscuits]

Closest I’ll ever get to acknowledgement from one of the girls is them mentioning the city I live in

[@wingzero7621]

For some reason after they yeah Polka suddenly can spell Toronto perfectly

[@rukatl8294]

That's probably because after Polka gave the right answer, the Japanese translation トロントはカナダにあります [Toronto wa Kanada ni arimasu] was displayed at the bottom of her screen. :^)

[@jack-exzolt9858]

I legit thought in the stream she's gonna declare Toronto is Enemy like Luna did.

[@jameslutness6030]

Me who works and manages a department in the city of Toronto and is a proud Ontarians. And is fan of Polka and Hololive Painnnn🥺😆

[@Lovechinachina]

Ok i dont know english but i dont know why i can finish see this video.

[@timothymclean]

... What did she think the sentence was about?

[@roadkillz78]

Probably about a person or thing.

[@humblemaster66]

Ah yes, Toronto, the detroit of canada.

[@AmeSame]

Oshawa: "Bonjour"

[@HarryS56]

Toronto??? There are way worse cities in Canada.

[@nicholasneyhart396]

Toronto is the New York City of Canada. Ottawa is the Detroit, Montreal is the Chicago, and Halifax is the Philadelphia.

[@paulbunions8580]

@@nicholasneyhart396 Ottawa is not the Detroit, Toronto definitely takes that cake

[@nicholasneyhart396]

@bobu dinkle Last time I was up in Ottawa there were abandoned building everwere and the city smelled so bad in the mid July heat. Definitely similar to Detroit.

[@Acorn_Anomaly]

So, from what I understand, a baseball team is a requirement before you're considered a city, and "Toronto" is Canadian for "city".

[@KingOfYamimakai]

I wonder should Polka learn English from either Kiara, Coco, Calli, Ina or Haachama along with Duolingo?

[@rufust33333333333333]

I love listen to Japanese vtubers trying to say English words

[@BicyclesMayUseFullLane]

Yes, T'ronno, WorLd-ClasS cItY, I say! Never come here, it's not worth it.

[@123457474869]

>what kind of place is Toronto Ruh roh

[@E4439Qv5]

Jurassic Park

[@_mint6190]

This reminded me to do my duolingo

[@Taranchula]

What is a Toronto? A miserable little pile of secrets! --- The rest of Canada.

[@BloodrealmX]

"a thing called toronto is not actually a thing and Toronto is just a name for a city?!" Yup. A lot of Canadian place names are based on, but don't precisely match, aboriginal languages' words for those areas. Toronto comes from the Mohawk word "tkaronto" meaning "where trees stand in water", referring to a strait between Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching. "Canada" itself is derived from Laurentian "kanata", meaning a village or settlement.

[@jhasahi6254]

As somebody from Toronto, I'm only slightly disappointed.

[@swivelken248chan6]

Welcome to Toronto,ON Canada polka

[@Sonic-vp4ct]

As a Torontonian I also like to believe Toronto doesn’t exist

[@Espadazorz]

Her reactions are comedic gold xD

[@kennyp4670]

Ah yes "Twentin zinkin kanda... eh?" a phrase we all know well

[@ILoveHuskies1]

Kaneda is in Akira.

[@D_Wito]

hmmm Toronto seems to be more of an Japanese word... I mean... 1:30 vs any time she tries to speak some English with Toronto right after she said it correctly while asking what it is, she reverted to "its so hard to speak English" 2:01 and here back to correct Japanese Toronto

[@sweetasterium]

Yeah. Toronto can be transliterated into Japanese with almost identical pronunciation

[@TheCsel]

As an American living in one of the Great Lakes States, I love Toronto. Reminds me a little of Chicago, but has more poutine, which is always a plus.

[@5tyxx]

I live in Canada and there is no Toronto in Canada as far as I am concerned

[@cdnxman1326]

A Place that's cold, a place with snow, a place that no one wants to goooooo, Toronto.

[@zertbrown4642]

man this makes my heart warm

[@GameCyborgCh]

10/10 pronunciation

[@CpnGame]

tee an sushi pls

[@joshuas9]

has A Canadian I find this very adorable XD

[@darthgalaxo155]

Polkas English is very entertaining

[@ixlness]

TORONTO IS IN CANADA. TORONTO IS IN CANADA.

[@remiremiremi111]

big syrup

[@OnzeQubit]

tOWOnto is canada

[@TFCM15]

I aint canadian so i dont get know, but why all that hate for toronto ?

[@Gerpar_]

I live pretty close to Toronto, the main reason people hate it is that people drive absolutely terribly there, and traffic is just a huge mess in general. Recently, they're also a HUGE reason for why the lockdowns keep happening in Ontario, because as soon as the lockdown level goes down a little, people in Toronto party and spike the numbers up massively, causing us to go back into lockdown again. For some reason there's a lot of ignorant & uncaring people in Toronto. People also don't like the entitlement that a lot of people from Toronto have, very "self important" kind of types that live there. I'm also personally not a fan of Toronto because like 75% of the game development jobs in Canada are there (with like another 15-20% being in Vancouver) so if I wanted to work at a studio, I'd basically need to live in Toronto which also has some of the most ridiculously priced houses in Canada.

[@deydreamer]

As a Canadian I feel extremely uncomfortable with that hard T.

[@peppoloi]

Compare english slow mode with japanese slow mode..... For me as a total noob in japanese it is incomparable :(

[@rdp6370]

They should just speak in RP it'd make it another easier for non native speakers.

[@OhWaker]

Chat made her think Toronto was the English word for city... that's why she asked if it's the same as the Japanese word toshi (city) at the end. I hope she learned it's a city in Canada.

[@NorthNightwatchmanJR]

She’s pronouncing Toronto closer to how it sounds with the local accent than the Duo Lingo text to speech. Twanna.

[@theotherjared9824]

Where is Toronto?

[@nicholasneyhart396]

Southeast Canada.

[@G1assWater]

Surprised she didn't say Tomato instead of Toronto lol

[@halone4254]

Polkas in Toronto

[@user-qc5te9wk1s]

Hi

[@lalalala405]

Yeah CANE DA

[@breadtoasted2269]

It’s pronounced “Trono” actually.

[@leoaltivez7161]

Torontodo ka talaga Polka

[@extraemontamontes3618]

Are the people in the chat japanese speaking english or why are there so many english speakers