Funny Pronunciation Lesson: Bitch vs Beach, Shit vs Sheet

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

MY MOST EMBARRASSING PRONUNCIATION STORY is a classic one for those learning Portuguese. Very similar to the Italian Man Who Went to Malta, but not as bad. Like most Portuguese learners, I had a hard time with the nasal sound of "Pão," which means bread vs "Pau" which can be a slang way to say "penis." Anyway, as I was in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, the capital of Minas Gerais, I wanted to order the famous Cheese Bread (Pão de Queijo), but they laughed at me when I said "Pau de Queijo" and told me it mean Penis Bread. Embarrassing but funny to look back at.

[@brayanluca2277]

RealLife English kkkkkkkkkkkkk pau de queijo, realmente isso soa muito engraçado

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Yeah maybe I'll do this one next-- kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2eQc2WKf7Nri7M

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

That's awesome man. I'm glad you've subscribed. Yeah I've been through the Portunhol struggle too hahaha Check out this article I wrote on Portuguese / English False Cognates. Thanks for watching and commenting! reallifeglobal.com/the-17-most-dangerous-brazilian-false-cognate-errors-in-english/

[@DamizinhoBr]

I laughed so hard reading it hahah

[@thaizahonorato]

Once I have said "soup" instead of "soap". That was so embarrassing

[@TheMarilulita]

It's the first time that I understand the difference between /ee/ and /ɪ/. Thansk so much.

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Hey Mari, I'm glad to hear! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@TheMarilulita]

My pleasure. Thanks to you for your generosity.

[@yeetyeet-jb6nc]

/i/ga/iː/rp not /ee/

[@helaasgard273]

shame on your teachers then

[@Life-x6k]

What is your English level ?

[@jozzequ2138]

The ee and ih sound are pretty difficult for spanish speakers, but you get the meaning out of the context. Your videos are so entertaining. Keep the good work :)

[@tricotilla]

I'm Italian, man, and the video about the italian pronunciation make laugh a lot 😂😂😂😂 OMG that's incredible!!!!

[@TacoShotgun]

As someone who speaks spanish I gotta tell you that this is kinda the first thing you ask in english classes because when the teacher asks you "where do you want to go during vacation?" you often say that you want to go to the beach but you can clearly see and imagine how many awkard situations can come up

[@choosei588]

lmfao taehyung and jimin certainly dont get this

[@cabxan2058]

LMFAO I was looking for jimin and v saying beach and bitch and I went to this video and scrolled down the comments and I knew there was a bts comment

[@moonbyul824]

when jin realizes that he isn't worldwide handsome Me too😂😂😂😂💜

[@17chr_]

I can’t

[@anacripps8729]

here is my embarrassing story: my boyfriend asked me to pass him his car keys. English is my second language, so i heard him saying KISS instead of KEYS. Haha this is when i first kissed my future husband :) Cheers to all

[@lillyimaginator]

i guess that’s a mistake you can embrace, Wonderful❤️

[@luscao8444]

@@lillyimaginator For sure!

[@OficialYTbilingualmoviereviews]

Hi; my first language is Spanish. And you are absolutely right, very hard to catch the diference in those words. I started learning English in Florida about 10 years ago. And after ten years I have to correct my pronunciation over and over. To be honest, I can't pronounce one those words correctly, instead of sheet I say page . I was 32 when I started learning English in N America and it is a challenge. I remember one day I went to work, and they were painting the building inside. Every wall in white. They had the doors in brown, but now they were going white with every thing, the door, the floor wax was white, the rails white. When I enter in to the building I told a lady, a coworker, " this is crazy, it looks like a white sheet" She look at me laughing and said: " you'r right, it looks like white shit" . I told her, no! I didn't mean that I meant a white piece of paper, and she laugh even more. It was just one of many experiences on my English jorney, but thanks to many friends now I'm doing much better and I know for sure that what I think you say is not always correct. Thanks for such a good video, I've whached it many times, I hope it help me with those sounds.

[@CiudadanaHerzeleid]

And also it doesn't help that Enlish schools in USA or in Latam are so propper that they limit their teaching of these stuff. As Mexican, beign an English Teacher is hard because of this 😂 But you're absolutely right

[@Yo-di9ps]

The Italian man example so funny.. ROFL

[@carlot.7788]

I'm Italian and I found it amusing to imitate an Italian who gets confused between the pronunciation of a long "i" and a short "i". The difference in sound for us is very subtle and difficult to pronounce. Perhaps the simplest, albeit incorrect, way is to pronounce the same "i" sound with a shorter or longer duration. Even English native speakers when they speak in Italian have a characteristic accent which sometimes makes us smile but which is pleasant to our ears.

[@AndersonSilva-tg1dt]

Wow, very, very funny, I was laughting out loud a lot. Thanks.

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Thanks Anderson, I'm glad you liked it!

[@janvertonghen14]

@@RealLifeEnglish1 this was a irony

[@NaNa-iu3hi]

You helped me understand and could speak those confusing words easily and quickly. I really appreciate that. Great!

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

I'm so glad!

[@おす-qz7kp]

I ve watched quite a good amount of video on the subject and yours is possibly the best I ve seen so far. Kudos.

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Wow, thanks!

[@qlikeabunnyyt9219]

Once I was reading the following sentence: "let's play beach volleyball" and I read "beach" like "bitch". My teacher looked at me with big eyes and said "ehm, no, that's... that's beach. Ok? Beach" that situation was so cringey 😂 Thank you for the video, it was really helpful!

[@helaasgard273]

It's always the other way round. Foreigners have probs with the short / i / not the long /i:/ spelt ee or ea. So it's "leave" instead of "live", "eat" instead of "it" and "sheet" instead of "shit" so don't worry about foreigners using swearwords

[@justd1zzy383]

I cried with the story telling part HAHAHAHHAHAA SON OF A BEACH!

[@pionieresvizzero2224]

I prefer to use : Sea Shore instead of Beach Thin Blanket instead of Sheet Peacefulness instead of Peace Part/Slice instead of Piece Warfare Instead of War So I am sure I don't say bad words...

[@dnghn.design]

Can I have thin blankets of paper please?

[@isakito1997]

I just took an screen to your comment.

[@usuallats]

Can I have a peacefulness of cake?

[@joseotavioandrucioli]

Awesome! I tried several times but now it is very clear for me!

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

I'm glad it was helpful Jose.

[@dmileni]

I've lived in the US for 16 years, and had NO IDEA that these words were pronounced differently! -_- "Sheet" is easy, as it's the same "ee" sound as in Portuguese (I'm from Brazil). But "shit"? No such ih sound in Portuguese, and I couldn~t say it, after watching a handful of videos. Yours was the first that finally made sense - now I've got it!

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Hey Mileni, I'm glad it was helpful! It's a very common problem. I think the closest sound to the short I (as in "shit") would be the Brazilian "ê". It's not exact, but it's a good approximation. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@dmileni]

Obrigada!

[@CharleyFelino]

Great video! Will recommend to those struggling with their pronunciation.

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Aww Yeah! We're glad to hear you enjoyed it. Thank you for being our ambassador! Keep up the great work! ❤️

Hi. Excellent explanation. Please, you can help me with the pronunciation of the words: six and sex.

[@marcolorful]

PEACE, like a PIECE of toast....a bit confused man!!

[@junglewar5094]

same pronunciation

So I once took an American friend to a concert in Spanish here in CR, I wanted to ask him if he could get any of the words they were singing. Back then with my bad English I wanted to start with something like: Hey when you focus on blah blah blah... But instead I said.. Hey when you f*ck you. He was like wait what? And I repeated again F*ck you! A couple of times. It's nice that he is a very chill person and understood what I was trying to say by my hand gestures, and finally he corrected my bad pronunciation.

[@josefelipesouzadeassis3253]

now it's more clear, some natives explain this in a weird way or just don't pronounce it in a "neutral" way as you, so they make dificulty something that is really easy. Ty sir, you do a very good job.

[@2Crisrd]

Very helpful. Thank you!!

[@soyer_mf]

*_I have problems with this words_* 😂😂💔 good job sir❤

[@anglrc9748]

Hahahahahahahahahaha the Italian story was HILARIOUS. Well done mate!

[@SGofLagos]

Insightful! Thanks

[@mukhtaralshnqity6961]

It's really helpful thank u

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Aww yeah Mukhtar, I'm glad it was useful!

[@francescopelella247]

In all my life, I have never laughed so much for an internet video. And I think I've seen a billion.

[@nadijatrbl]

Jimin and Taehyung are still confused

[@keshia1772]

MoonlightKpopDancer namjoon are still teaching them

[@rosierodzrivas7484]

Love your channel. Learned a lot. I recommend it to my friends and family. Thanks for your help on this. You are a good teacher. Thanks.

[@liftsurfer52]

1:40 The Italian Man Who Went To Malta.

[@eduarditomedinaespana2348]

It's the first video I see of this channel on youtube.I will subscribe.I really liked It.Thank you :)

[@protaties]

Thanks from China. Helps a lot.

[@luizahayitova6870]

The story of the Italian man was so funny, I couldn't stop myself laughing at.😂😂😂

[@user-liza89]

That's cool!!! Thank you

[@LeometalV8]

Very funny and excellent video. Thanks.

[@gtykh2674]

What are the ingredients of beech?

[@AliArt]

My problem is the other way around I'd be very angry saying OH SHEET! 😂😂

[@TheMaru666]

Then you'll sound like a really polite person 😂

[@osvaldomena1172]

There is a mistake in 4:40. when you shade the word shit instead of piss. it´s not very important but you know OCD xd

[@thomasveiga8150]

Thank you very much

[@jackepra8026]

I'm italian, and I dead for the video 🤣🤣

[@Frank-vx4im]

Excellent video. Thank you so much!

[@조성훈-l8b]

very helpful video. thx

[@danielachirivi225]

Thank you, really useful lesson!!

[@postarmenia]

I think the most embarrassing mispronunciation I've made is when I tried to say bulls but it sounded as balls, you can guess what I was thinking about then xD

[@gabryellyro2046]

For Spanish and Portuguese speaker the short "ih" sound. For us sound more like an "e" in portuguese/Spanish

[@CUNDUNDO]

Fantastic very very good thanks for posting this video.

[@impulse034]

I am glad I am not the only one who gets this word wrong. I had stopped saying it altogether, instead I say seaside

[@milenachevesic]

Positioning of lips and mouth, fantastic new learning.

[@ramrajesh4409]

Really it is a good video, i wanna share one of my experience that when was talking to friends i have always misproniuncing these words. Dear instead of deer, ship and sheep. Etc

[@valoropedia2844]

Part 2 of the Italian man in Malta please 🤣😂😂🤣🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@shahlazia57]

Thanks💙

[@RandomPNG2020]

This is awesome. I just subscribed

[@j7ndominica051]

Those are quite different to me. If you try to say b** in a mean tone, the correct sound probably comes out. When I say Beach, I feel like smiling. One language expect revealed a glide to a [ j ] in these long sounds. I had great fun watching an Italian chef demonstrating a sheet of pasta on video. (Not on the British show.) He was completely serious. But I can't find that video anymore. I'm surprised advertisements are still on this video after so many utterances of curse words.

[@marcioluiz8233]

This video is classic!!! It's awesome and good visual source to help people understand their mistakes, hahaha...

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Thanks a lot Marcio. I'm glad you liked it.

[@jihyeonseo1143]

Thank you so much!

[@hectorcarmenates4145]

Could anyone get the MP3? I just could access the PDF

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

write to us at FluencyTeam@RealLifeGlobal. We will help you.

[@hectorcarmenates4145]

I got it, it is a link inside the PDF. Very good MP3 I recommend it

[@МаринаГоревая-г1г]

I very appreciate you 😘

[@gustavotriani5611]

Awesome video.

[@bradistome]

You rock! I liked it a lot

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Aww yeah Henrique!

[@nawungmuragunguy558]

Thanks it helps a lot

[@jonathanresendiz7742]

I went to the autozone ...i asked for a battery, then this guy said "the most cheap " so in my mind i was trying to figure out where to insert that extra chip (including the battery)and seconds later i remembered cheap means lower cost so i said yes the cheaper please

[@wouldprefernotp]

thanks man you help me a lot.

[@robotsruan4025]

The best channel. It is a lot funny

[@juandiegoskarp3775]

HAHAHAHHHHAHAHAHAHHAH you made me laugh too much 😂😂😂😂🤣😆

[@lorena617]

I avoid saying the beach world to loud just in case is sounds like the other word lol. No matter how many times i heard those words they still sound the same to me

[@dmm82]

very good!

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Thanks!

[@zhaowang3937]

Once I said “goods”. And the people at present don’t understand me. They thought I said “goose”.

[@thunderwt99-YT]

"I feel peace when pees in pitch while eat piece of peas & peach, because I'm pissed " pronounce it plz, if u can/dare ;-)

[@maxb5640]

Shit and sheet were my bane for 20 years. Thank you. :)

[@surfacegrindingmachine5894]

Gracias

[@rizzofromIndo]

Once i have mistakenly said 'taste' instead of 'test'. Hahaha... so i meet this american friend of mine and we talk about our work, then i ask him, "Do you taste it?" in my mind, i am thinking the word 'test' but somehow my mouth failed me. then he laugh. I am confused but quickly realized that i pronounce the wrong word. Silly me!

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

lol funny story Rizaldi. Thanks for sharing with us!

[@valoropedia2844]

I'm laughing the sheet out of me rn 😂🤣

[@wahidank1590]

Thank you so much! It really helpfull

[@pierfrancescopeperoni]

The Italian in Malta sounds more like a mixture of Italian and Indian accent.

[@Pranit]

Aww yeah Justin! That was really helpful video... I'm an old fan of RLE and wish y'all a good luck... Just keep making such awesome videos.... Peace Out

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Aww Yeah Pranit, great to hear from you. Thanks for your nice comment and your support and take care!

[@killzcobi1476]

There is a time to give a story about my summer, and I keep on saying bitch but what I really wanna say beach then the whole class is laughing then I laugh with them. Lol now I know how to pronounce it right thanks to you.

[@anotheryoon2582]

Thx a lot

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Welcome

[@krupt5995]

HOLLY SHEET

[@liftsurfer52]

1:46 L

[@aryanaraposo6534]

You're amazing

[@rawda4838]

Yo Yo, Justin! Thanks for the Aweesoome video, this was pretty hilarious. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us, wayyy to go RLE!

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Rawda!! great to hear from you and thanks so much for watching and supporting. Aww yeah sista!

[@Dravis1995]

It's not leve, et, fell, betch, shet and pess. Thats how this guy makes them sound and we can hear the contrast.

[@umironana]

story about italian tourist in Malta make me a laugh like insane

[@liftsurfer52]

0:22 💩

[@eskerinola5845]

Starts @ 3:20

[@ysidrovasquez4591]

Carppuchino at staubuck

[@giovannibortoluzzi1384]

I'm italian and I'd say that the guy in the video sounds more like an indian :^) When italians speak english, they use a strong R (like Super MaRio)

[@lourdescampoverde9630]

EE suena como i y la i como e .. En inglés?

[@MarcioSantos-qq8fq]

i'm italian and i got quite offended, son of a beach!! :D

[@strongindependentblackwoma1887]

lol that short video was really funny :D

[@justheretowatch03]

Yay finally I get it!

[@thetoolsformusicians685]

One time in middle school I pronounced winner as wiener. Instead of saying "I'm a winner", I said the other variant. As you might expect, the whole class ended up laughing. What made it worse was that a girl I really liked was there as well.

[@rollinsfire4630]

Are you an English teacher?

[@valoropedia2844]

Sir Italian in Malta part 2 please 🙏🙏🙏😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@maximeleborgne8370]

Ilarious as hell 😂

[@ediblekluska]

Okay but what about the fork?

[@Memnayaakula]

Beach! Lasania! You son of a Beach