Can American Tell who is a Foreigner just by their English? Find REAL American!

[@user-cn9pm9kc2r]

the girl saying “idk I don’t study enough” was the most american thing ever

[@lavenderelski8337]

honestly, I'm front the US and I don't know most of the states

[@kazoo6186]

American college student here dying from studying to much 🙃😰

[@NeatoBurrito05]

@@lavenderelski8337 are you 11

[@lavenderelski8337]

@@NeatoBurrito05 No, I'm actually 16. I just don't have he best memory, nor care, to remember most the states.

[@rujo2k]

"What's west of Texas?" - and the answer is: New Mexico. I'm from there and I am forever having to explain to my fellow 'Mericans that this is a US state and NOT the country of Mexico.😉

[@roygo10]

"I know America really well because of all the movies and stuff". That's the most realistic way to know America.

[@_irenesanz]

i’m so sorry ! I ended up saying the typical stereotype sentence but I don’t know if I forgot to say it or it got cut at the editing part but since I moved to Korea I made many American friends (specially from LA idk why) so I got to know so many things! Sorry again and take it as a compliment! Many American things are famous so we ended up getting influence from them🙏🏻🙏🏻 sorry 🥺🙏🏻 have a nice day! ☺️

[@nicole-qh4qe]

@@_irenesanz Don’t be sorry!! We all thought it was funny lol

[@rubeXahhh]

She’s not wrong tho! Lol

[@FuturismusMediterraneus]

@@_irenesanz Irene, me has caído mazo bien! Jajajaja

[@fireykitten9217]

It is tho. Politics, school shootings racism etc

[@DulceRss]

I'm from Latin America and it feels really comfortable when she said hearing different accents was cute, the most of us are insecure about it when talking to native speakers.

[@cupidox]

Spanish or Portuguese accents from Latin America can be really cute :) don’t be insecure when talking to native speakers we love hearing accents and we don’t expect anything perfect Bc we know you didn’t grow up speaking it.

[@humanbean3]

A LOT of Americans love accents btw :) They give an exotic feeling, that many people like, so don't be insecure ^_^

[@artistblue18]

Many Americans especially those that live in big cities are very used to people with different accents. I think an accent shows the effort someone has put into learning another language that is not your native language . Im learning Korean right now. I definitely understand feeling insecure to speaking a non-native language. Especially when asked to speak Korean by my teacher. I thinks it’s crazy that we are not taught another language at a younger age. Like English is taught at a young age on other countries.

[@harshmnr]

I agree with everyone here; I'm American and we are really used to dealing with people with accents on a regular basis. I would say for a lot of people it's everyday or almost everyday, and for everyone else at least every once in a while. There are a few rude people who would make fun of someone for their accent but the majority of people have no problem at all, and many of us really like accents, including me. :)) ~:~

[@madisontaff7379]

My boyfriend is Puerto Rican and I love his accent

[@naneneunmalklug4032]

"Which town in California are you from?" "Uhm, that's private..." That got to be the most German of evety answer there LOL

[@tiba77]

exactly!

[@bakalurx]

Same with my love. Ergghhhh. So privately

[@amralsun5958]

Hailey seems conceited

[@sharvina25]

FOR REAL😂

[@BeryAb]

lol

[@shigemorif1066]

I'm glad they made the point that there are many "real" americans who have accents different from the standard accent, including people born here and people who emigrated here and their children.

[@greenmachine5600]

And regional accents

[@Ash_tommo]

Mississippi 😂 Southern accent

[@vitorsousa9067]

Jimmy Fallon has a really strong American accent for example lol

[@rc3357]

@@vitorsousa9067 thats so interesting i never would have thought of it that way because he doesnt sound more american to me than any other american celebrity. like his is just standard american english

[@dalesplitstone6276]

When I found out that my college RA was from Korea, I asked him where he learned English, and was shocked when he said he learned English in Korea. I swear, he had less of an accent than I did. OTOH, one of the most unsettling experiences I had was when I ate in a restaurant with a Chinese woman who spoke with a heavy Texas drawl. I have met and worked with many non-native English speakers. One was Soevi. She was Indonesian, and often apologized for her English. I was constantly telling her that I could understand her much better than Mr. Mullick, a native English speaker of Indian (not Native American) descent.

[@LosAnggraito]

couple of observations: 1. someone who's actually from nevada will def correct you on their state's pronunciation (they feel strongly about that lol) 2. the real american girl still has somewhat of an accent to me (even when she's not faking it) 3. oh n the british chick's american accent is flawless

[@erikaschmidt4044]

I just said the same thing on how you pronounce Nevada! Hurt my ears every time Hailey said it.

[@Phairyn.]

The Nevada pronunciation killed me too. And the best way to out yourself as not being from NorCal is to call it "NoCal" similarly no Californian says "Cali" at least not up north.

[@aur9035]

@@Phairyn. huh really? A lot of my californian friends say that just like how they shorten every other word, the ones in highschool atleast

[@jimmywoolever798]

@@Phairyn. I'm from Silicon Valley, and I'll say "Cali" when talking to people not from California.

[@shaun374]

British chick’s accent was very good but it was way too valley girl. It sounded like someone trying to imitate a stereotype. “What’s your favorite landmark?” My family ranch Cmon. It’s hilarious the American girl is even trying to pretend that’s a possible answer a native speaker would give.

[@who7092]

The American girl sounded so much more American when the game was over. I understand the foreigners trying their best to fake the American accent, but the game is pretty much impossible if the actual American speaks in a fake accent

[@illairl]

This is cause my name was exposed at the beginning and if I spoke in a full American accent she would've known it was me, I panicked and didn't know what to do 😅

[@aruara832]

@@illairl I mentioned that it was stupid to introduce yourselves at the beginning of the video rather than the end. I'm wondering how is it that there is no one among you that could've pay attention to this simple matter. Such a killjoy

[@jondon4933]

Yeah, it's really easy to trick someone into thinking you're not American if the game is to pick out who is the American. Plus, as was noted, lots of Americans have leftover accents if they were naturalized citizens.

[@programaths]

@@aruara832 And that was stupid to mention. Some movies give away the criminal in the first five minutes and make sure the remind the spectator from time to time. They do that so you can appreciate what the villain is doing and because it's subversive as the villain becomes the hero. It's far from being stupid, it's just that you don't like it.

[@roberth4395]

@@illairl well you ruined the whole game. Your job was to be normal, to speak normal. I want my 9:59 back.

[@jsphat81]

I think if Irene the Spanish girl had said she’s from Miami, Haley would’ve been like yup, definitely. You’re an American!

[@shue2526]

I was thinking if she said Texas, that would have fooled even me lol

[@phosphenevision]

That's what I was thinking too, I would've picked Florida and Miami because there's a lot of Brazilians there but I would definitely trip up on that choice since I know near nothing about the state other than Florida man and crocodiles 😂

[@aewtx]

Nope. Yes, Florida has a lot of people from Cuban descent and have an accent, but it's still American. The Latin accent is not as strong. There is a certain confidence in the speaking when it's your native language, even if you have a slight accent due to your heritage.

[@jsphat81]

@@aewtx I get what you’re saying but many people can’t really tell those subtleties. I as a Hispanic person familiar with different Spanish accents can tell Irene is a foreigner but many people would easily be fooled.

[@aewtx]

@@jsphat81 Fair point.

[@camrynanservitz8558]

“Which town in California?” “That’s a little to private” That is the most German thing ever.. 😂 … we all know she said that because she had no clue what city’s where in Cali 💀😂

[@dwaynepeters4520]

Not even LA?

[@swiftie3288]

@@dwaynepeters4520 to be fair she probably new some citys but didn’t know if they are from SoCal or NoCal

[@mscoot629]

@@swiftie3288 she probably didn’t even know what SoCal means XD

[@pinkcloud8182]

i felt like that was a big red flag because most californians would at least give a region. like she said socal, so a californian would probably say la, orange county, riverside, san diego, etc. to give an idea of where in socal

[@chrisrudolf9839]

@@mscoot629 I think that was it. Most Germans would probably be able to name at least LA as a city in the South of California, but I have never ever heard the abreviations SoCal and NoCal, she probably didn't know those.

[@marksman314]

American here -- I absolutely would've said 4; she's a native speaker who did a great job with an American accent. The other three absolutely had noticeable foreign accents, even though 3 was faking it. It's *extremely* rare that a non-native speaker will sound perfectly native to an American

[@ButterflyG673]

Completely agree!

[@oksowhat]

thing is that if someone asks you to do things what you dont even notice, its difficult, kinda like how its easy to act innocent but not when you are innocent in real,

[@tiapetable]

hmm, that “possibly” gave the britishness away. also the millennial lisp was a little too forced

[@Eskiii]

I notice that I have a fairly strong accent but there's not much I can do about it except wait like 2 seconds before saying a word thinking how I'll say it

[@glampie9]

Number 4 was too valley girl to be from Nevada in my mind. I dont think the girl listening paid attention to that

[@StagestopTrueCrime]

"I'm from England...so I speak English." ah yes the floor here is made of floor

[@adamhradil7923]

That information is necessary for American viewers. They don't know what language people speak in England.

[@roberth4395]

Have you visited England recently? It is not english anymore.

[@maaziy_ghaziyIYI]

@@roberth4395 What language has replaced English in England? I've been to London and the English people don't speak any language other than their own which is English.

[@blvck.8197]

@@adamhradil7923 ?

[@Crystal-ss8vr]

Lmso this comment thread made my day

[@O2life]

I love that Xen the person "from Nevada" actually pronounced Nevada like real Nevadans do. The way Hailey says it is how people not in the western states say it.

[@alquinn8576]

yup, from Hailey's accent, I am guessing she is from a large city east of the Mississippi

[@lisakriegel9961]

It‘s so crazy like the German girl‘s accent was so strong when she introduced herself but when she tried to sound American it actually sounded really convincing.

[@LilyUnicorn]

???....???? Reaaaally? I guess i picked it up better.

[@aight33]

I live in Germany and I agree!!!

[@ekaterinakuznetsova]

I wonder why they didn't choose foreigners with American accents? Wouldn't it be harder to guess? I'm Russian and have never been in America I picked up the accent from tv shows and often get mistaken for an American 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@vankroenen2145]

There are 50 US states with about 330 million people on a size 28 times bigger than Germany. There is not "the" American accent. Indeed in some states you can find native speakers who sound like Germans fluent in English. So that's nothing you can really rely on. Sure, she doesn't sound like a native speaker from California or from most Hollywood movies you might know.

[@lisakriegel9961]

@@vankroenen2145 I mean sure. This is just my perspective as a non-native. To me she did sound convincing probably because I am used to hear all sorts of European English Accents including German. Especially older people have really harsh English accents so to me she sounds more like a native than probably 98% of the non-native speakers I talk to every day. I‘ve lived in London for a while and get mistaken for a British native, mostly by non-natives but also Brits as well. So I guess it depends really on your own experience with the language.

[@melodychong1741]

the way she picked out number 3 because she didn't feel strongly enough about frickin mcdonalds french fries XD

[@OMGSHEENA]

She's right though. And I would never describe McDonald's fries as being crispy 🤣

[@Jijis.DeliveryService]

@@OMGSHEENA Yea, we always describe McDonalds as something negative lmao

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

Also, McD's french fries are not good anymore. They're soggy and gross. Best fast food fries are Burger King. Unless you count Mr Beast, but they don't exist everywhere.

[@conniethesconnie]

Having McDonalds as your favorite burger joint is weird. McDonalds is like Walmart, everyone says they don't shop there but somehow the place is always packed.

[@felix.mp3639]

@@Jijis.DeliveryService I’m American and I love McDonald’s French fries. Probably my favorite French fries next to in n out fries

[@divya_sancheti04]

I loved Hailey's energy so much🤠it must be great being her friend coz she sounds friendly and has positive energy. That's how I felt!

[@lilyraimey3499]

Lol, every time the British girl said something she cringed afterwards like she knew how obvious her accent was.

[@MadMayorZag]

#4 for the win. She did it perfectly!

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

Wut?

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

Her accent wasn’t obvious What?

[@videoguy640]

I think they're talking about number 3 who was faking a British accent

[@nicolasitl6861]

DO YOU WANT SOME TEA?🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@accent77]

How in the world do you NOT hear that German accent? It was given away the second she first spoke. But 3 and 4 I can see how that would be very confusing, so they chose them well.

[@Hannah17540]

That's what I thought the whole time. I thought that it was just because I'm from Germany and I know that accent but it definitely didn't sound like a native speaker..

[@honeydew75]

It's very slight and I wouldn't be able to tell it's German rather than just European, I think it's more obvious it's German if you're German. I'm Russian and I can tell when somebody is Russian even if they have a near perfect accent, which sounds Scandinavian to native speakers apparently lol or like that person moved to America as a a kid

[@Outdoor_guy_CGN]

Me as a German hear that as well, but I also hear Peter Herrmann's (Younger) German accent bright and clear, especially in interviews. I think it's the misconception of German accents in North American Media (harsh r, weird th)

[@bernlin2000]

Honestly, as a US Midwesterner, I've found that well-versed Germans can be pretty good at putting on an American accent. She does a pretty good job here, it can be easy to miss the German accent if its not too thick. It can almost sound cosmopolitan, which can totally be American.

[@jxxi]

Idk man, she would've tricked me

[@cathoderay305]

I find this amusing, because quite a few people come to the United States on a regular basis and earn their citizenship. In my city, we have people originally from Australia, Croatia, Russia, the Philippines, Hungary, Mexico, Honduras, Columbia, Ireland, ad nauseum, but all of them are Americans. We also have quite a few Americans who were born here in Texas who speak Spanish as their first language (at home) and English with a Spanish-accent. My wife's late great-aunt's entire family traces their American roots back to the Republic of Texas, when her ancestors fought for Texas independence from Mexico, but she never spoke English as her first language through her 96 years of life. Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren do and without any accent, but they always spoke Spanish to her.

[@indiraconnolly2889]

I also would have chosen number 4 if I didn’t know their back stories. She had the most native-sounding accent (even though it wasn’t her natural one). Number 3 (although she was American) sounded inconsistent in her accent (I guess because she was trying to trick her friend) even though there were times when she sounded like a native English speaker. Number 1 and Number 2 to me had non-native English accents.

[@shewolf7570]

America is a Continent!! Ignorant

[@indiraconnolly2889]

@@shewolf7570 Entiendo cómo te sientes. El problema es que en la lengua inglesa no existe adjetivo gentilicio que describa a alguien con la nacionalidad de los Estados Unidos. En el español latinoamericano se puede usar estadounidense pero no existe un equivalente en el idioma inglés.

[@ternedo6074]

@@shewolf7570 u mean 2 continents right, must be that spanish colonization getting to yah

[@hallooos7585]

Dude there’s a lot of Mexican in USA and a lot of them has her accent and btw Mexico and Latin America is literally on the same continent and Mexico is literally south of the country

[@AWEsome3GIRl3sam]

@@hallooos7585 she doesn't sound mexican at all tho lmao, or even first gen. Ik a lot of first gen spanish speaking kids that have a slight accent just from their parents or community but she straight up sounds like english is a language she learned later in life. Her accent was the most obvious to me, although obviously her English is still fluent

[@ronweasley496]

I loved the Spanish girl, because as someone who’s Hispanic I would be laughing so much too. She gave me fun vibes, seems like a good person.

[@silverbracelet6]

Shut up Ron Weasley

[@farisnahdi7525]

She explained to her why she couldn’t stand up to greet . And I think that is so sweet 7:37

[@ilhanyusuf2160]

They should’ve brought a Canadian. It would’ve made things even trickier!

[@nouri388]

And a South African

[@jamesparson]

Depending on the province, that could be impossible

[@Cassxowary]

Canada is in America too as is Mexico and much more (:

[@Cassxowary]

@@jamesparson it would be. Quebec has a lot of anglophones too

[@fofifia.]

@@Cassxowary there are diferent world maps, here in latin america we use the whole america one, but they use the north and south america one, it's just a diferent education, and that's fine

[@lilyraimey3499]

Haha she keeps saying “I feel like she has an accent”, everyone has an accent.😂

[@sodaaddict1_]

yep，but we all know it means right

[@AkamapD]

Yes everyone has an accent but if they got the same accent as you, you dont consider them having an accent if tthat make sense

[@navilsanchezroa3441]

@@AkamapD that just mean they have the same accent as you. EVERYONE have a accent, we need to stop saying otherwise

[@sodaaddict1_]

@@AkamapD that‘s funny，i think you have to find a standard like the general American accent or British accent，what types of accent are you looking for，in general，people are more lean into the American one，cause those movies and music.

[@RickyForITZY]

@@AkamapD Exactly

[@nathanspeed9683]

Looking forward to see Illa in the future episode! Both her and Spanish Irene were hilarious laughing!

[@philadeos]

#3 dropped one VERY clear American "R", otherwise did very well at hiding her accent. I'd probably have chosen #4 myself tbh.

[@williambuttlicker5654]

when was the "R"?

[@justiniantbh]

​@@williambuttlicker5654 2:26 and 2:44 Both times when she says "New York," she doesn't pronounce the "R" like most Americans would. She says "New Yohk" instead

[@calicoathena]

@@williambuttlicker5654 avengeRs

[@Revolución_Socialista]

"Americans" are all people who live in the American continent, not just in the United States!!

[@batotskie3744]

@@Revolución_Socialista sounds like such a south american thing to say

[@Geoskan]

English prepositions are very difficult for non-native speakers to master so, even if the accent is flawless, the usage of prepositions usually gives a foreigner away immediately. When #2 said "on the west" instead of "in the west", that would have been a dead giveaway, if her accent hadn't given her away first, of course, lol.

[@littletechn8175]

THANK YOU! Glad someone said it! It's subtle but man is it obvious. "In the West" sounds correct but I would even go so far as to say most Americans would shorten it even more to "the west"

[@brendon2462]

@@littletechn8175 You're right, I'd say the west maybe use on only if I said coast like on the west coast.

[@seooh_]

Funny thing is that in spanish we literally use "in" for everything. She was probably trying to sound more of a native english speaker by saying "on the west" but she messed it up 😂😂

[@theinktician]

Ngl in the south we say on the west/east, but we also say "in the south/north" I don't get it either lmao, but it's just how it is

[@melaniegrace7707]

I would say "on the west", because its short for "on the west side" it didn't sound weird to me and I've lived on the east coast of the US my whole life

[@amory2104]

i absolutely love the energy in this room that was a great group haha

[@karllogan8809]

You gotta bring the Spanish lady back, she's beautiful and has a very distinctive accent. Great personality too.

[@lohaye3260]

Her reactions were so funny 🤣🤣🤣

[@echt114]

Interesting how perspectives can differ. I thought she was annoying with all that giggling.

[@a.a.2573]

"I'm from the UK, my English is a 10" I mean... no no, she's got a point

[@blueorangeade3357]

yeonjun,,,,

[@blueorangeade3357]

yeonjun in ur pfp

[@xekind]

Aluminium, I reckon

[@jimmywoolever798]

I'm from the United States, so my english is about a 7.

[@anaritamonteiro3065]

The spanish girl dying of laughing of her own responses is me 😂 im from Portugal and I love her lol

[@mathewfaulkner9805]

The British gal had a pretty legitimate west cost accent... I probably would have guessed her as well.

[@michaelnurge1652]

It sounds like someone trying for a "valley girl" accent. It didn't really sound that legit...but if I had known everyone was faking (as was the case), I'd have needed a lot more time to tell (as in, is she doing every sentence with a rising inflection? just to make me think? she's from the valley? but maybe she's from somewhere else? because a lot of Americans? think they can fake that accent too?) If the Spanish girl hadn't tried to get rid of her accent entirely, and said she was from L.A. or San Diego or other parts of CA, AZ, TX, or even FL, NY, or Chicago, I MIGHT have guessed her. We have a LOT of native Spanish speakers in this country...

[@littletechn8175]

Yeah it was a really good accent, but as soon as she said" ya know....like" in that super overdrawn valley girl way I was like HAILEY SIS ITS A TRAP HOW CAN'T YOU TELL XD

[@jaredd9166]

West Coast guy here. Everyone saying her accent was exaggerated has apparently never been to the West Coast. She did it perfectly. That is *exactly* how west-coasters sound. I was honestly blown away at how well she did it. (Then again, *movies*.)

[@tykemorris]

They all did great but # 4 was perfect. If they hadn't given it away at the start I'd have picked # 4 too.

[@deanmcmanis9398]

This was very fun and funny. Hailey did a great job, but she was properly tricked by the clever accents. Irene could have easily been from Texas as her Spanish accent could be mistaken for a Mexican, Texan, or Southern Californian accent. As Hailey mentioned, the U.S. is a country rich with immigrants, so accents are very common.

[@davidben-ari4219]

She has a Spain Spanish accent. It’s quite clear she’s not Mexican or Chicana, at least if you know the accents.

[@rodrigoe.gordillo2617]

Spanish sounds nothing like mexican 😂

[@celeste9611]

Maybe you could have made that mistake if you're american. Her European Spanish is nothing like any central or South American accents

[@ivetterodriguez1994]

@@celeste9611 The thing is Hailey is American so she might not have been familiar with different accents in Spanish and would just accept it.

[@celeste9611]

@@ivetterodriguez1994 yes however the people commenting are aware because of the information in the video.

[@WhisperingJaneASMR]

0:18 Our English German accent is so weird - I almost everytime can tell if somebody is a fellow countryman or not (I'm German). It's so funny that the person who wants to imitate a language doesn't want to have an accent but the NATIVE SPEAKERS who speak their language well/ perfectly love when others do have accents.

[@IGLArocknroll]

Well, perhaps I belong to the minority then. I do have an accent (a relatively mild one, compared to some of my compatriots, but still), and I don't want to hide the fact that I'm not a native speaker. Had some good laughs and giggles in the past, when the people tried to guess my native country based on my accent.

[@ravenclaw_4life722]

"what state is on the west side of texas" "idk i dont study enough" me who literally took 5 minutes to remember its New Mexico and i have been there before and ive lived in texas my whole life and still do: haha mood

[@sweet7000]

I thought it was New Mexico, but I wasn't sure :')

[@Sim0sama]

In europe we study Europe geography which is difficult enough 🤣😘

[@katharina6078]

sad

[@yesyes1181]

Me who has lived in Texas my whole life but simply doesn’t know what states there are in America and forgot that New Mexico existed

[@kinzey8]

Bro me too I also live in Texas

[@RigaldoVulpes]

"What's your favorite burger joint?" "McDonalds" I didn't think she was American with that answer because nobody says that in the U.S. when there are hundreds of restaurants that are far better. It's true that McDonalds fries are very popular along with chicken nuggets and a few other snacks but it sure as hell would not be number one on people's list. It's just a buy it and go because it's there and cheap. I lot of foreigners won't believe me because they correlate America with Mcdonalds but it's simply because it's easily accessible drive threw food NOT the favorite.

[@GlenBradley]

Yeah, lol I would never believe that someone who said their favorite burger was McDonalds was American, because even if not was they’d be ashamed and say something else. 🤣

[@natalyrausch]

It’s also the only place open after 10 where I live so I go there when I haven’t had dinner until late 🤧

[@nora25908]

Exactly, I'm pretty sure she made up all her answers so that she would sound like a Brit who was pretending to be American, like saying burgers are her favorite food, and saying the "red bridge" was her favorite landmark.

[@gonzolp182]

I known some places of U.S but i am from argentina. Here McDonald its so different, no just quality of the burger also stetic of store and product it so much better and good looking. We have tons of diferent burguer joint, but McDonald still has be a good option specially if have childs, because all marketing and stratagy of the brand is pointed to the “family”.

[@Cff920]

The Doughboys would like to have a word with you.

[@memyself4362]

Wow.. i love her attitude.. so friendly and slumber.

[@wohliq1]

the spanish girl was so cute, laughing all the time

[@freeman9738]

Hailey is a very positive person full of energy. She shines like the sun, giving out energy to everyone watching 💪👍

[@ZDubbed]

This girl was super chill and openminded. Super refreshing

[@shadertheboi]

I like how Illa is trying so hard to not sound like an American linguistically and culturally 🤣

[@Revolución_Socialista]

"Americans" are all people who live in the American continent, not just in the United States!!

[@bLaKeAnThOnY0]

@@Revolución_Socialista in the English language there is no distinction between the nationality and someone from the Americas as there is in Spanish (americano/estadounidense). American would refer both to the nationality and someone from this half of the world, obviously given the nature of the video it’s about the nationality. It’s also taught in the states that America (continent) is two continents, North and South so people would say “The Americas” rather than America. Cultural differences

[@RexFuturi]

@@Revolución_Socialista Not correct. The term "American" has referred to North Americans of European descent since the 1600s (when the term shifted from describing native peoples to colonials). This term was imposed by other countries around the world, not by Americans themselves. In languages around the world, the term for a person from the US is some derivation of American. Further, the demonym American makes sense when you look at the names of the countries in the Americas. In the United States of America, the only place-name is America, resulting in the American term. Mexico, for example, is the United Mexican States, with the place name referencing Mexico, hence Mexican. The Republic of Ecuador results in Ecuadorian. The Federative Republic of Brazil gets Brazilian. Again, the United States of America results in American.

[@ammujayan6031]

I love how the Spanish girl couldn't control her laughter. That will be me for sure. Looked like she would let out a chuckle any moment.

[@marcelopedrazzoli602]

dios mio me encantaron las reacciones de irene jejejej aparte que es hermosa su rostro parece ser tallado por los mismos angeles me habria encantado ser su amigo saludos desde chile

[@bhavikakosambia3307]

I would just ask them what their weight is and depending on the measuring system they use, it would be clear who is who

[@elizabethsjourney701]

That would be perfect. They should have used it

[@screenshoot2]

That's not the point of the video

[@bhavikakosambia3307]

@@screenshoot2 the point is to recognise who is American no? That would easily answer tht question.

[@Nicamon]

@@bhavikakosambia3307 Clever!😮Except I don't know what my weight is 😅 so I would simply answer:"I don't know."

[@demiguise6208]

I'd just tell you 150 pounds. That's not correct and I don't know what the correct answer in pounds would be, but I know that 150 pounds is a reasonable weight for a woman to have

[@itzyshinnamine]

I want to be friends with Irene lol she looks like so much fun😂

[@s.v3903]

Most spanish speakers are like that , we even laugh at stupid and not funny things/situations.

[@casanova8762]

@@s.v3903 in latin america maybe but not in Spain

[@zacharymogel9500]

“I don’t know I don’t study enough” She’s really good at sounding like an American

[@Revolución_Socialista]

"Americans" are all people who live in the American continent, not just in the United States!!

[@rosinaalmaviva6731]

When asked what town in Texas she's from, the Spanish girl could have just said a random Spanish word lol. If she'd been like "I'm from Lagarto. It's like an hour south of Houston", then I, an American who's never been to Texas, would have just been like "Cool. Yea. That sounds legit."

[@zafiro7982]

Lagarto means lizard hahahaha

[@PrincessNine]

@@zafiro7982 non Spanish speakers know that lol

[@Revolución_Socialista]

"Americans" are all people who live in the American continent, not just in the United States!!

[@TheUnstableNutcase]

@@Revolución_Socialista Not true

[@GRSAFseventhousand]

LOL SO TRUE!!

[@miregomez6618]

Irene, por tener acento tu inglés no es peor, más que suficiente es que hables y te desenvuelvas tan bien en un idioma que no es el tuyo. Un besazo desde España 💞

[@compashinpei]

Exacto. Y es hermosa 🤩

[@_irenesanz]

menos mal que me obsesiono leyendo comentarios y he leído ésto. Eres un solete, mil gracias ☺️😚🌸😋

[@_irenesanz]

@@compashinpei 🥺🌸🌸🌸💜

[@compashinpei]

@@_irenesanz Ostras no esperaba que ibas a leer mi comentario 😂😂

[@_irenesanz]

@@compashinpei pues sí 😂

[@isabelamogosanu7777]

I love it when people say "we're friends in real life!" like we are in a simulator

[@marianofernandez6470]

They all look like they've had great fun, and that was wonderful to see.

[@briantravelman]

Thanks a lot guys! Having them introduce themselves in the beginning made it impossible to play along at home.

[@bernlin2000]

Unless you can figure out how to scroll ahead, and skip all that...

[@r0bw00d]

Who said that this video was about us?

[@Mycenaea]

@@r0bw00d lol, what a pissy answer.

[@moonbulschair1047]

@@r0bw00d idk.. this kinda hurts🤣

[@briantravelman]

@@bernlin2000 How was I to know that part would be in there?

[@sportsonwheelss]

UK and German girl did a great job mimicking the American accent.

[@youknowwhat6873]

I really liked how they interacted with each other

[@lstclaire2]

This is really impossible just going by someones English. America has so many immigrants having an accent won't tell you if someone's American or not. Also, McDonalds' fries are divisive? Every one I know thinks their good. Even people I know who almost never eat fast food make an exception for their fries lol

[@officialmai]

I'm like the one person I know who hates all fries.

[@shewolf7570]

America is a Continent!! Ignorant

[@harvestmoon_autumnsky]

You young people have no idea. When I was a kid, the fries were cooked in beef tallow! They were so amazing. Now...meh...not so much.

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

@@harvestmoon_autumnsky damn. start a restaurant then and show us what we're missing.

[@narnia1233]

I felt like bringing up burgers and McDonalds as their favorite was a dead giveaway for not being American. Foreigners have this stereotype but honestly I don’t know anyone who goes to McDonalds unless they have to. Because there’s a lot of healthier fast food to get quickly nowadays. McDonalds is like the cheapest place and bottom of the barrel. Why go there when there’s higher quality, healthier, and quick food elsewhere?

[@dmacmadeit]

The fourth girls American accent is on point 🤣

[@rurii1i]

Omg the girl from England literally nailed the American accent

[@Revolución_Socialista]

"Americans" are all people who live in the American continent, not just in the United States!!

[@rurii1i]

@@Revolución_Socialista what’s that gotta do with my comment

[@camilamendes7826]

Haha Irene was so fun, you gotta bring her back

[@darlabottom-Actor]

If they were speaking in their actual accents and not faking, I think it would have been easy. This wasn't fair. Now, have all 4 people who have accents, and one was born in America (like she was saying earlier in the video), and I think THAT would be fair and more difficult. Latinas can sound like they're from another country, but be natural born Americans.

[@jeromemckenna7102]

When I went to high school in NJ, I met children of the 'displaced persons' from WWII, and those kids, born in the US, had various central European accents. Today you find kids with various Spanish accents. So, the scenario presented here isn't unrealistic.

[@inanimatemist8610]

Number 1 had such an obvious accent i'm surprised she wasn't ruled out immediately

[@ryanmccormack3145]

Lol Fr, idk why other people on here were saying it was good.

[@Fatblue246]

nah yea people saying it was good clearly don’t have much exposure to european speakers. it was very obvious she was from europe. The only europeans who i’ve ever met who on occasion have REALLY good US accents are the Dutch, and even then they’ll say something here or there that will clock them.

[@tinyspyro8163]

lol the Dutch? they have horrible accents xD i have worked in customer support with people from all over Europe (I'm Danish myself) and the Dutch team had the worst accent by far! in my opinion, no European nation is free from a heavy accent. it's completely individual from person to person whether they have overcome that accent or not (I haven't)

[@moritzl4024]

German and Dutch are the closest languages to English. Most have very little accent.

[@DakotaTheRota]

True, the only people in the US that has an accent similar to her are the Amish.

[@amjemal]

Many faces, many races, many paths but there's only one truth , one heart, one family, One World. I belive our home/ world/ really wanted to have this type of vlogs a long ago. To fight the voice of division and keep up our one world. I feel it like that. Keep it up.

[@_Longwinded]

She should ask others to pronounce “Water” and “Tuesday “ 😂

[@laguna4life]

Philadelphia and New Jersey regions nearby will fail “water”, heck I’m from PA, water from that region comes across as something close to “wuder”.

[@minervaowl8298]

It’s true lol 😂 I didn’t realize how I pronounce water so wrong until one day I was working (I use to work at a rest stop) and some British dude ask for some water. I was like “oh you want some WUDER” and I cringe so hard because realized how weird my accent was lol.

[@laguna4life]

@@minervaowl8298 My sister went to college out towards Reading and I have cousins from New Jersey. I can’t say much though I have a bit of a PA Dutch accent myself, if I’m not watching it I have caught myself telling my son to “red up your ruum” instead of “rid up your room”.

[@eiPderF]

@@laguna4life what does “rid up your room” mean?

[@augth]

The British girl was advantaged for obvious reasons, the German girl was also advantaged by the language proximity and similar pronunciations even though her accent was noticeable to me. The Spanish girl was obviously disadvantaged because her language is the furthest from English. If I had been there I would have been recognised the moment I open my mouth because I’m French.

[@tinyspyro8163]

I don't agree at all. the standard German accent is extremely difficult to hide and Germans have dubbed tv/movies, which makes it difficult for many Germans to learn the American accent.

[@theinktician]

@@tinyspyro8163 Its also the closest to the standard American accent though, so 🤷

[@ClaireEmilia]

@@tinyspyro8163 I am a German studying English at university to teach it some day and yes, Native Germans speakers are more natural at speaking English because (just like German) English is a stressed time language. Spanish is a syllable timed. Furthermore, German has a clearer pronunciation. If you put in a little more time, Germans can sound perfect. I was often told I speak like a British person 😜

[@tinyspyro8163]

@@theinktician not as a general rule, no

[@tinyspyro8163]

@@ClaireEmilia but that's the case with all languages - put in some time and it will sound better. However, a native German, living in Germany, speaking English? That's the most recognisable accent in all of Europe 🤣🤣🤣

[@HermanVonPetri]

Since Irene said she was from Texas I would have asked: If you use the expression "y'all" to address multiple people, then what expression would you use to address every person in one or more groups all together?

[@jtidema]

All y'all!

[@HermanVonPetri]

@@jtidema You got it!

[@alexbuchan4520]

I want to see a differences between India and Pakistan and some Spanish differences between Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Spain, Venezuela & Chile.

[@nitishsaxena1372]

I'm Indian and I'd love to see if I can pass off as a Pakistani mahajir from Karachi 😬

[@OneRandomVictory]

I would actually like to hear a Filipino accent thrown in there with the Indian. I feel they both have some similarities in pronunciation when speaking English even though I can tell them apart pretty well.

[@novalis]

ColOmbia. Edit: Thank you for correcting :-)

[@i.m.2377]

Even inside Spain you can find a lot of differences between the accent of northern people, southern, Mediterranean, etc. We've got many different accents.

[@shewolf7570]

Argentinian are like italian speaking english

[@Y0URdad]

5:50 "I don't know, I haven'tstudied enough." Thats so American!!!!

[@philiprun8270]

Hailey is a very positive person full of energy.

[@TolumniaMC]

When they were introducing themselves, it was so obvious. I haven’t watched the video yet, but I have to assume they did something to throw the guesser off with their accents, since otherwise it’d be a no-brainer Edit: yep, they did Oh man, #3 really did a good job. I forgot who was American and I was convinced she wasn’t, especially when she answered about McDonalds

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

#4 sounded American

[@moxie806]

@@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587 im british i thought she sounded pretty british

[@jauxro]

"What's you favorite American food?" "...mAcDonALds....." Top Ten Answers That Revoke Your American Citizenship

[@littletechn8175]

And I feel like she tried really hard to talk like she was unsure, make it sound like she's translating in her head....pretty good trickery :P

[@Revolución_Socialista]

"Americans" are all people who live in the American continent, not just in the United States!!

[@kockgunner]

If people aren’t doing their real accent you’re basically trying to guess their citizenship

[@مريمفارس-ل7ق]

I love the American accent, I hope in the near future to travel to the US to study and make new friends😊. GOD BLESS AMERICA

[@stacyadkins5374]

America welcomes you.

[@مريمفارس-ل7ق]

@@stacyadkins5374 Thanks

[@LANouveau]

Everyone smiling and having a good time made this pretty enjoyable, even though it wasn't much of a test of telling accents, due to the actual American faking a foreign accent. Beautiful smiles all around though -I couldn't help but smile myself.

[@Revolución_Socialista]

"Americans" are all people who live in the American continent, not just in the United States!!

[@LANouveau]

@@Revolución_Socialista Sure, but people in countries besides the United States usually refer to themselves as Canadians, Mexicans, Brazilians, Columbians, etc. The US has such an *awkward* name, that Americans becomes the term used for people from the USA, especially since America is actually part of the same. What's the alternative, United Statians? USAns? Do we pronounce the letters or sound them out?

[@cricketmonday1469]

@@LANouveau BRAVO! Lucas must be south american 'cause they're the only ones that get offended by this term. Like, as if they had been "left" behind instead of "falling short" themselves (most latinamericans). It's their way to spit hate onto The States for growing richer, stronger, better etc (in spite of!). That's nothing but a despicable kind of envy from them. I wonder if they do not see that the U.S. had and still has as much (if not more) corruption, crime, education neglect, economic falls, drugs, mafia/gangs, pollution, poverty and other problems as their own countries do. They fail to take into account that, for some reason, americans evidently approach and resolve things differently as to be able to make end-meats "even though" I would suggest them to follow a simple formula: COPY + PASTE. If not from the U.S. from Deutschland, Japan or any Nordic country.

[@alwinthomas8918]

I would like to see the same content on British accents. By the way the video way genuinely funny

[@slpy.flower]

yesss that would be so good!!

[@30secondstomarsMBH]

Nah, they'd fail miserably. The only accent most people know is London accents and I'd trip them up on a London Underground question. Anywhere else like Liverpool, Manchester etc they wouldn't nail the accent. Maybe they'd get Scottish, but again, it'd be relatively easy to trip them up coz we all have an understanding of England enough to answer questions about it. (I'm a Londoner)

[@AC_RDR2_Q]

@@30secondstomarsMBH Lmao it would be so easy because americans don’t know that much about the Uk and always do the same accent, which is awful

[@amyw6808]

They’d all sound like the queen or a cockney. We have hundreds of accents in Britain. If anyone came on pretending to be from Carmarthen or Dudley, I’d be impressed. Not likely though.

[@roominahs]

Excellent video ! Very well explained as usual !! Busuu, LingBodie, etc ... are also very useful web resources for language learning. You're awesome! ❤️

[@haeseunghwaiting1439]

Hahaha Irene is so funny, I can't with her 🤣🤣🤣

[@EvanPilb]

Not really "just by their english" when she started asking about where the ranch is

[@bumaddyangel]

Nice fuuny video. I feel thou that the questions could have been more about personal favorites. Like, what is your favorite beer or why dont' you like beer and what do you prefer instead? What is your favorite food that your mom makes? What was your favorite thing to do on a friday night in high school? What is mode of transport? How do you celebrate a birthday? Just more daily/ personal questions would have been great to see what the trickesters would have come up with lol

[@Hinokami73]

Irene was a total mood>>>>

[@ssp6457]

It would have been better if the test was done without the “trick” factor. The results would have been more significant.

[@ivana4942]

They would have figured it out right away. What would have been better was to have an American with a non-traditional American accent in the mix.

[@tykemorris]

It would have been finished in one round.

[@rileytimbrell648]

The Spanish girl is so pretty, she seems so funny. She is best friend material

[@sabrinabee8039]

I feel like this would be almost impossible since we have a variety of accents and a diverse population. I wouldn’t be able to do it.

[@giodc8599]

Number 4 did amazing! That's a pretty big accent shift to just implement on the go.

[@brookenigh]

Xen sounded more American that many Americans I know. Great job, Xen!

[@motokiheights]

I think if the native person is going to put on an accent, it totally ruins the premise of this exercise.

[@lalalhmar6118]

In a way, it makes the challenge harder and fun. She doesn't have to spot the American but rather eliminate the foreigners with specific questions about America.

[@rrr441]

As a foreigner living in Germany, the German woman has a very noticeable accent for me. You just know she isn't American. Number two is very obviously not American.

[@AzNightmare]

*As a Canadian who basically has the same "accent" as America, literally all 4 of them didn't sounds American. This video felt very pointless...*

[@Revolución_Socialista]

"Americans" are all people who live in the American continent, not just in the United States!!

[@rrr441]

@@Revolución_Socialista of course you're right, we should say "US accent" but generally speaking, when you say "American accent", you rarely mean Mexican or Colombian accent.

[@rrr441]

@@AzNightmare the last one was from the US so...

[@AzNightmare]

@@rrr441 *So no reason why she's shouldn't sound like an America, but yet here we are, so...*

[@robertbrannan9375]

Well the actual American changing her accent like that kinds defeats the purpose of the test..

[@taunismausi]

Irene is so cute! I'm Spanish too and have S-R pronunciation too!

[@Fox-Mann-Fam]

I like that you noted that accent can't always tell you citizenship. This is SO true.

[@YoshiPotter88]

The way that the American said "The AvengeRs" was hilarious and to be Honest that is just like me because I also have trouble saying R's and that's the thing I don't even live in New York or Boston I live in Colorado I just have a Processing Disorder! 🤣😂

[@Pilar-fu6xw]

Irene es muy amigable y divertida, y tiene un acento muy adorable...su inglés es muy bueno y es la típica persona que al verla ya quieres hacerte su amiga 😂❤love you Irene

[@_irenesanz]

love you back! gracias 🥺❤️

[@Pilar-fu6xw]

@@_irenesanz ahhhh!!!! Eres increíble!!! 🥺Muchísimas gracias por tomarte el tiempo de responder mi comentario...¡¡tienes mucho talento, en serio!! Abrazos desde España❤ Keep working!

[@_irenesanz]

@@Pilar-fu6xw no podía evitarlo.. he leído tu comentario y ha sido tan dulce.. 🥺😭❤️❤️ abrazitos desde Corea! Muchísimo ánimo!!! Hugssssss 😚😚😇

[@Pilar-fu6xw]

@@_irenesanz love you!!! ❤❤❤

[@Andesu]

Not gonna lie, I'm American and most of my answers would be way more obscure. I feel like foreigners like things that are more stereotypically American.

[@Revolución_Socialista]

"Americans" are all people who live in the American continent, not just in the United States!!

[@linkin0983]

4:29 I still love that she chose Texas since there are many Latinos over there that obviously speak Spanish, and since she's from Spain... haha 7:33 I'm amazed at how well the German, and British girl acted the US accent lol 👏🏻 This was a great vid, laughed a lot like the girl from Spain 😂

[@aruara832]

You killed the joy! It would have been be thrilling if you had arranged the introductions to the 1':42" at the end of the video. Actually I think it is kind of stupid not to do that. 🤔

[@drewpamon]

I feel like saying burgers is your favorite American food is kind of a give away since it's common for foreigners to think that's all we eat.

[@FoodforThought12345678dsds]

I thought all you ate was bullets from shootings?

[@Ella-gb7no]

@@FoodforThought12345678dsds are you american? lol

[@Ella-gb7no]

yeah, i agree. i mean there are americans whose favorite food are burgers and as an american myself, i like burgers. But if i played this game and someone said that, i would question if they were american. Because a lot of times when foreigners think of americans and food, they just think of burgers and fries and fast food and fried food- like one of the non-american girls said. Its like an obvious answer, something a lot of foreigners think all americans like to eat. but it isnt- im an american and my favorite food is pho- but only from a specific place in chinatown. My american friends favorite food is spaghetti bolgenese

[@Tabarnak77]

@@Ella-gb7no but the actual question was "What is your favorite AMERICAN food" ....so answering Pho or Spaghetti Bolognese is nothing but American food. Its ur fav food yeah cool, but def not American one, thats why most of foreigners will answer Burgers and fries which are the most common junk food America brought to the world :D

[@Ella-gb7no]

@@Tabarnak77 true, but even then its not my favorite even though i like it. if were talking american food, i actually like chili dogs. thats amercian, right? my brother makes fun of me for this though lol. anyways, i wish burgers and fries werent the first thing people think of when they think of americans and american food

[@joshm8015]

the way she says "Avengers" is a dead giveaway - most non-American English speakers have a difficult time with that strong, rounded "er" sound

[@ringoffire1282]

Would be way more interesting to see first the guessing and than learn where everyone originally is from. As a viewer I'd get to try and guess as well.

[@jennifermarea8011]

#1 sounded sooooo European. Idk how she thought even for a second that it could’ve been #1. And i don’t get why #3 faked her accent😂 that wasn’t the point of the game

[@Neophema]

If #3 hadn't faked her accent, the game would have been over in one second.

[@alinas.3433]

she sounds way too British

[@alinas.3433]

I mean 3

[@cookiecore1962]

@@Neophema There’s plenty of non-native English speakers with believable native accents, would’ve just needed different people I suppose 😄 Was still a fun video though and yeah I suppose your right, for this lineup it would’ve been too easy to guess if they didn’t change their accent :)

[@juanmarinvillarroel6049]

the person who's guessing which one is american & the #3 are friends soo... she had to fake it

[@elainabex]

Xen killed it, I would have without a doubt picked her as well.

[@pablochamorrovelasquez3785]

Spain Girl, hermosísima

[@fatcat2532]

Singaporean accent sounds like an American accent but Singaporean. Doesn’t make sense does it. My parents are Chinese, Southern Chinese. They migrated to Singapore. The thing is my parents don’t really talk in their native accent, and besides their original isn’t like Hai nan, Teo chew, some different languages you hear in different parts on China. Basically they speak Chinese but the way you would think a China Chinese speaks. I wasn’t taught Singlish growing up, so my friends described my English as: A foreigner speaking English but is REALLY good. My Chinese was: The way my parents speaked them. Really China Chinese lol (And I speak Chinese at home if you’re curious. I speak Chinese to everyone in my family except between my sister and brother. My sister migrated to SG when she was about 5 while my bro was born in SG like me)

[@shewolf7570]

America is a Continent!! Ignorant

[@birch8109]

@@shewolf7570 it isn’t

[@fatcat2532]

@@shewolf7570 America is neither a continent nor a country. America is actually a huge piece of land that consists of the North and South America. The USA is a country. North and South America are continents. I don't see how your comment is related to mine.

[@hallooos7585]

American accent is diverse theres the Northern accent, the Southern accent, the West coast accent, the Midwest accent, the Latin accent, the Black accent, East and Southeast Asian accent, South Asian accent, and etc

[@shewolf7570]

@@hallooos7585 well you have to know that the latin accent is only mexicans and caribe .Argentina and Uruguay when they talk in english sound like Italian , because their spanish isn't like the spanish from Mexico .Argentina and Uruguay talk a spanish with italian accent .So if you want to talk about accent you have to learn more.

[@nicoleraheem1195]

She's so pretty and charismatic.

[@LynnaKatriel]

"If you're an immigrant you can have an accent...or if you're the child of an immigrant" So then all the emphasis on accent is kind of pointless, isn't it?

[@craftah]

Why pointless?

[@LynnaKatriel]

@@craftah Maybe pointless is too strong a word, but if they're going to acknowledge that accent isn't a very good indicator of citizenship, perhaps time would have been better spent asking more cultural questions

[@craftah]

@@LynnaKatriel oh I get u

[@brendon2462]

Not really because most Americans are not the child of an immigrant. I'm American and have never met one. Even if they were if they were born in North American. They should aquire an American accent. Even if they're bilingual. They will grow up speaking a lit if english. They will still be native level.

[@minervaowl8298]

Depends where you live. I live on the East coast and is a child of a immigrant. There are so many accents that I’ve been expose to and I’ve notice that a lot of Hispanics America kids pick up the accent of their parents.