The R sound in British and American English

[@Englishwithjennifer]

Jay: Erotic R sounds? LOL You guys are hilarious. Thank you for addressing this topic in such an engaging way. Your explanation is very clear and the illustrations are very helpful. I'll share this one on FB. :) Thanks again!

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Oh so glad you liked it Jennifer! We're looking forward to making some British and American videos with you. But what are you doing working on vacation? Get back to the beach!

[@raed2178]

Simple English Videos Yay, cooperative videos with Jennifer! That's great. 😀

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We have some in the works Ra'ed. :-)

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[@abdi4515]

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[@daniel_2024-5]

I'm french, so i learnt british english at school. This is why it's easier for me to understand Vickie than Jay. In my opinion, Vickie's pronunciation is perfect. With the years, I have travelled a lot (australia, South Africa) and my brain recorded new pronunciations close to Jay. My english speaking is now a Mix of different pronunciations. Lol

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Thanks Aero1969. Yes, no doubt you'll have heard more British accents when you were at school in France, but it's great that you've been able to travel and hear lots of other ones.

[@amabarbigrl]

I'm from Serbia and we also learn british english at school, but we speak with rhotic accent, even english teachers do. It's probably because it's in the middle between serbian strong r and british non-r or because there is more american influences than british, idk. I can understand both Vickie and Jay very well, but it's hard to me to speak british so I prefer american

[@veliskod9068]

I prefer British accent. But frankly, American English is more understandable. Thanks for the video.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Hello Dildar. Thanks so much for writing. Glad you liked it.

[@juanmanuelmoramontes3883]

Exactly the same happens with me, is a lot more understandable the American but British unless for me is more interesting.

[@sawsalas]

I believed that the british accent was more understandable , though i live near to USA i understand the British more I feel that the Americans pronunce more speed and They have many abbreviations when speak Well i'm barely learning english haha Greetings from México

[@juanmanuelmoramontes3883]

@@sawsalas For me it's not, I'm from Colombia and British accent sometimes for me sounds like they aren't pronouncing anything, I understand American accent 100 times more than British and I ain't joking, But I must admit that I like a bit more British accent.

[@sawsalas]

@@juanmanuelmoramontes3883 Y si eres de Colombia. ¿Por qué no me contestate en español? Jaja pequeña broma. Pues en mi caso noto que varios Estadunidenses acortan mucho sus palabras y hablan rápido que no terminan de pronunciar todo (bueno así lo siento yo ) Aunque si hay unos que me gusta mucho como hablan ya que pronuncian muy "tranquilo" Y el británico como que es más sofisticado jaja y casi no hacen eso. Supongo que es lo mismo que aquí en mi país, enserio hay partes de aqui en México que no entiendo bien cuando hablan jaja Pero bueno debo entrenar más mi oído para el inglés y para el español jajaja

[@ricardosanchez1276]

This two deserve their own tv channel teaching pronunciation and making sketches . They're funny and understandable but the best is that sometimes I see them talking about things in pronunciation that I dont find in another place. Great videos

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[@SimplyStreetEnglish]

Never even realised this before! We drop that R sound!

[@notafrogMC]

I don't know why I watch these even though I'm English. Your videos are really entertaining.

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NotAfrongGaming, we are so pleased you are enjoying our videos. We have many native English speakers who watch our videos and are subscribed to our channel. Thank you so much for participating in our community and thanks for watching.

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Thank you so much for the kind words Feminae sapienti. Much appreciated.

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Cutest couple ever! I love to see couples that find love "across the pond"!

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Thanks so much T ATL! :-)

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So glad you liked it, Caitlan. Thanks for writing. :-)

[@Cricriton]

Interesting video, and you are right, "R" sound is the most difficult consonant to pronounce. It gets on my nerves.... Thanks for the video. As a Peruvian student, your "R" sound is completely different from my Spanish "R" sound. Useful video, love you so much.... Congratulations.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Ah yes, there's a lot of difference between our Rs and Spanish Rs. So glad you liked this video, Cristhian. Warm greetings to you in Peru.

[@Alison0305]

Great timing on this video; it just popped up in my recommendations! I live in Boston and was trying to explain this to someone. Although the joke is that no one pronounces their Rs here, to me it just has a different but distinct sound.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Ah yes, you guys 'pahk the cahr in hahvahd yahd. :-) (Jay here). I grew up in Brooklyn, and we didn't pronounce our 'R's either, but the accent was much different from Boston. Thanks for watching.

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I am happy that i find your channel. You are so positive and kind people :)

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Thanks a lot Kamila.

[@lucyenglishinstructor4527]

I really loved this video (as always!) You two are incredible guys! Thanks a lot! Xoxoxo

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So glad you liked it Lucy! Thanks for telling us.

[@zsuzsuspetals]

I was born in the US and I still watched this video. It was so interesting! Didn't realize our R's can be difficult for some other countries. I like the english accent much better.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Hello Summerafternoon. This is Jay writing back to you. It is sometimes a source of annoyance for us when I have to ask Vicki to repeat a word with an 'r' in it that she didn't pronounce. We're so glad you found the video interesting. Thanks for letting us know and thanks for watching.

[@MadisonHalla]

I'm taking English Diction for Singers and this really helped me understand the difference between the two different 'r's. Thank you!

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Oh we're so glad it was helpful! We have a good friend who is an opera singer. Do you know Rachel's English?. You might enjoy Rachel's channel too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHzCpXp3oqaaaLM

[@benji7839]

I am trying to use British accent to talk with my British friend, this helped a lot! Thanks!

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Benjamin. Let us know how that works out. Does t improve your ability to communicate with your friend?

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Thank you for your interesting teaching on robotic and non-robotic. I love you both.

[@marthaokaforenglishclass8354]

*rhotic and non rhotic

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[@katarinavonhimmelsbach]

it’s very hard for me to pronounce “Where were you yesterday?” , where and were sound very similar in my pronunciation. But after your video I know how to improve my pronunciation. Thank you, my dear teachers!

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Kateryna, it is so gratifying for us to know we're helping. Thank you so much for writing to us and for watching our video.

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Best explanation ever!

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You are so nice and smiley! I was very pleased to watch the video! Thank you! :)

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Hi Vicki Hi Jay it's a pleasure to watch your videos they are very useful thanks a lot I hope you have a great weekend

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[@JANWS16]

Thanks for your class. From Bogota-Colombia.

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Antartus, you are most welcome. Thank you so much for watching.

[@mariajosetrigueros8908]

I appreciate this video. Thank you. This is one of the reasons why I sometimes could not pass my speech recognittion from my global english academy course. It was very difficult for me when I was a teen. It had to sound exactly the same. Otherwise I couldnt pass. Now I understand why it was so difficult. I was learning with the American system and trying the same way with the course. Im glad because other people wont have the same problem

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Glad it was helpful!

[@francoisedufort8627]

Nice complicity between you both, guys... Thank you for having illustrated in a way so funny the difference between the both pronunciations of the R sound!

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Thanks so much Francoise. So glad you liked it. When I first came to the US, Jay would sometimes repeat back things I said with his own accent. He maintained he was doing it to check he understood but I think it was because he wanted me to say it the way he thinks is correct. I think he's given up on that idea now. :-)

[@oyunmaa34]

I like your's lessons 😍 thank you so much

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You are welcome oyunmaa! Thanks for watching.

[@sendia4744]

I have a distinct Boston accent so sometimes I don't pronounce the "R" at all. You should include me in this video for some really noticeable differences!

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Oh the famous Boston R! Thanks so much for chipping in about this interesting regional variation Sen Dia.

[@sendia4744]

Thanks! I'm not fah from Pahk Street and Boston Hahbah! @@SimpleEnglishVideos

[@pallasathena1555]

I have an RP accent and when speaking with an American lady on holiday she had no idea what I was saying however I understood her perfectly

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Pallas Athena, this is Jay writing back to you. I think Vicki's accent was RP, and for 24 years, I managed to get most of what she said. Or perhaps that was the reason our marriage lasted so long - she never told me what I might have missed. :-)

[@liliiav9833]

Perfect explanation, a very wellmade video. Somehow I felt your positive energy while watching it.

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I love this Channel. ❤ Thank you.

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That's great to hear. Thanks Esteban! :-)

[@Axellepanda]

Thank you very much ! I completely understood the r sound and its differences between RP and American !!

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We're so glad it was useful Axel. :-)

[@rachidguettouche3544]

Despite its hilarious it’s fascinating and very useful thank you so much 👍👍👍👍

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Oh you are one love! Thank you so much from Colombia.

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Hi Johanna. Thank you so much for the kind words. Greetings from Philadelphia.

[@merriame9487]

I can't roll my Rs as my native language (Italian) requires, so it makes me really happy to be able to pronounce Rs in English correctly, especially with an American pronunciation 😄

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Oh that's funny! Thanks for sharing this Merri. :-)

[@elwulfcoe1696]

I can do that either, I have a tongue tie so I can't make the sound

[@VivaCohen]

I'm a native English speaker but I could never roll my Rs in any of my six years of Spanish class 😛

[@the8thgemmer467]

I love your videos! Could you make a video focused on all the “a” sounds?

[@DanielBosso]

Your videos are really very helpful, thank you so much! Daniel from Brazil here!

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You are most welcome Daniel. And thank you so much for watching.

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Thanks so much for the kind words Mohammed. Much appreciated. :-)

[@Lots17]

I just came over your channel. It's adorable :D. I grew up in Germany (where I still live). We learn British English here but one of my grandmas is American so my accent is mostly American English.

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Glad you liked it Shiny World. Thanks for writing. :-)

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Thank you for teaching me English!

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You're very welcome Pawas.

[@arklinguistics3831]

An excellent lesson

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Greetings from Poland 💛 I really enjoy watching your videos ✨

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That's great to hear. Thanks for writing M_A_J_A.

[@Vitorsilva12670]

Very good the video,i'm from Brazil in at school,we studying the accent american english.

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So glad you liked it Vitor! Greetings to you in Brazil.

[@madhabbarman3203]

Very good mam and sir.I was concerned about it but now this is clear .thank you very much

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You are most welcome, Madhab. Thanks for watching.

[@rahulsolanki3875]

Hello sir I am from India and I really appreciate your video it is excellent and you both are very clear and I saw your videos and I am your fan now such a stunning way to teach lol..

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Hi Rahul. Thank you for the kind words. Much appreciated.

[@naththandigedilanthanishad6463]

Good pair of teachers.

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Thanks for the kind words Naththandige.

[@sanjayawangsadi]

Your video is so helpful i love it mate, some years i have problems with this sound thanks for making my r sound a little better, now i need more practice to make this sound perfect .

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Do glad it was useful Sanjaya! Keep up the good work!

[@SaadAliArts]

So beautifully explained Really enjoyed and learned a lot from this video about R sound Love you guys so much Stay blessed 😊💖🇬🇧🇺🇸

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:-)

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Thank you so much! Your classes are really helpful.

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That's great to hear! Thanks Jaladuka.

[@rosereis5981]

Hi from Brazil. I enjoy watching you.

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Hi Rose and greetings to you in Brazil. So glad you like the videos.

[@ahmedshalaby1188]

Another wonderful video from the most amazing couple in the world 😊 I LOVED the fridge anecdote, hehehe 😂 It made me laugh a lot! Thanks Vicki and Jay ☺

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

So glad you liked it Ahmed. You know I nearly didn't include that fridge anecdote because I wasn't happy with my American accent, but now I'm glad I did.

[@haiderps4]

Thank you guys! I've just got around to watching this new weekly video. Vicki your fridge story is so funny :)

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Hello Haider! So glad you liked it. And that fridge story is 100% true. :-)

[@amirrizer5069]

As a New Yorker. I hear more similarities with the British accent and the NE American accent. Particularly with the R sound.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

It's true Amir. Perhaps a generation or two ago, sophisticated New Yorkers (and those who wanted to sound sophisticated) often adopted elements of the British Accent, or inherited it from their parents. A good example is Franklin Roosevelt, the wartime president of the United States. See if you can find some of his speeches on KZbin and you'll see what I mean. This is Jay writing back to you. I grew up in New York. :-)

[@ployenglishsmile]

I love your video ! Amazing explanation , I was wondering that for a long time. Now all are clear. Thank you very much.

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So glad it was useful Madame Italy! Thanks for writing.

[@AnAtomintheUniverse]

As a Scot, when I went to the US. I asked for "batteries" to a shop assistant and she looked at me as if I was speaking Klingon, I had to put on some faux American accent to be understood. This happened often. My friend and I were speaking on the bus and a man asked us if we were speaking Spanish. Crazy! I suppose our accents aren't really heard very often so it can be very difficult to understand us.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Oh that's funny AnAtomintheUniverse. I think you're right that Scottish accents may not be heard much here. But you know I had a similar experience when I was talking to my daughter (who has an English accent) and someone asked us if we were French. I have a Welsh friend who gets asked that a lot here too. I think we get a lot more exposure to American accents in the UK than many American's get to different British accents.

[@craigistheman101]

Nah, these people are uncultured. I rarely have an issue understanding accents. Even when English isn’t a persons first language.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Hmm. My impression was they were very bright. English was often a second, third or fourth language for some of them.

[@commishguy]

Did you ask for some Bat Trees? LOL That's not how most people here say it. I'd say it sounds more like badderies.

[@neilpk70]

I'm Canadian, and we mostly have rhotic dialects. But you can sure tell a Maritimer from a western Canadian.

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Thanks so much for sharing this neilpk70. Are you from a Maritime Province?

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These guys are awesome!

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Thanks for the kind words, Arpan. And thanks for watching our video.

[@ahmedazzam3807]

really really useful and helpful video for showing the difference between the two accents. thank you very much. very great work of you. ❤😘😘

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So glad you liked it Ahmed. :-)

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This is an incredibly helpful video. American English is a LOT harder for me to speak because of the incredibly strong Rs. It's not that I can't say it, I have pretty much perfected it in words with 1 or 2 syllables, but anything else, especially words with two Rs, and when the emphasis is put on the Rs themselves, I blurt out something completely unintelligible. I know why that is. My tongue can't flap back and forth in my mouth that quickly that most native American English speakers are used to. This also makes the THR sound very difficult too, for me. Unlike when I try to emulate the THR (among other) sounds in the British accent. The phonetics in American English seem really complex and require a lot of muscle movement to me than the more simpler British English. I like how Vicki puts it, it's a lot more "gentle". I feel American English is more difficult to learn for people whose native language have the rolled/trilled Rs (like my own). It also could be why I prefer the American English as, not only is it more of a challenge and therefore more fun to learn, but it also feels that as I get better and better practicing these sounds this quickly, it ends up making it easier for me to make sounds across the board. My British English accent got a whole lot better and faster when I tried learning the AE accent first.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts on this Faizan. I love your descriptions. They're really helpful for us for learning how to explain things better for other learners.

[@ВладиславКропотов-с1я]

Thank you for your video! You're so cute. I actually have some questions. Could you tell me why (1:14) there is an "ə" sound in British English, but there is no "ə" in American English? As for the second question, I wonder what does the "(r)" in brackets in BrEng mean? I see that in AmEng "r" has no brackets. I also have a dictionary with the British transcripton and I see this "r" in brackets at the end of words as well. Maybe it's about the Linking R sound which can appear if we add something after the word? As I suppose, there are no brackets in AmEng because the "r" sound is always pronounced in it. Would you mind telling me if I'm wrong or right? I'm interested

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Hi Vladislav! You seem to have carried out a very serious comparative analysis of the phonetic alphabet in American vs British pronunciation. Answering your first question, the sound ə is widely presented in both British and American English - for example, in weak forms of function words (wəs, cən etc) or in lots of unstressed syllables (bənanə). In the words ear and air the ə sound is also present, but in this video Vicki and Jay chose this particular transcription to emphasise the fact that it’s the r sound that we mostly hear at the end of these words. The ə sound is also there, but it gets overlaid by rhotic r in American English. As for the second question, yes, you’re quite right. You sometimes see the r sound in brackets to account for a great variety of accents within the UK. Also, very good point about the linking r! - Thanks for your excellent observations. - Yana

[@ВладиславКропотов-с1я]

@@SimpleEnglishVideos Thank you for yor answer! But I still wonder who is Yana because I see know only about Vicky and Jay in the videos

[@tomorkhashir1164]

Quite educational, wonderful

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GENIUS ,CONGRATULATIONS FROM ARGENTINA.

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Thanks so much Juan. :-)

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Nice! Thanks from brazil!!

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thank you for your efforts

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[@danharvey4926]

Amazing video! Entertaining to watch as always

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So glad you liked it Dan. Thanks for writing. :-)

[@ashubhai1]

Great Video...l love British accent

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Thank you for the kind words, Ashish.

[@thomasmcgillivray3997]

American or Australian & New Zealand any day....our grammar is usually more correct also.

[@whashinlee3749]

Thank you for the very helpful video. You are wonderful!

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So glad it was helpful Whashin. Thanks for writing.

[@GyselleMcNaughton]

You two are so cute! I've finally gotten the difference! Thanks SO much!!! That's so clear I'll share the video!

[@karolus2007]

Very nice and useful explanation!! You can do more like this about "r" and others sounds...or from time to time refresh our minds about all this matter...

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Thanks Carlos. So glad you liked it. There are some other sounds that we say differently too. There are a some vowel sounds, the yod, some different word stress patterns and of course the infamous flap t. We'll try to make some videos about them over time.

[@joudalghannam8839]

Another great video! Thanks Vicki 💜

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So glad you liked it Maria. Thanks for writing!

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I really love your videos!! I’m from Israel and I love English

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Hello Gal! Great to have you with us.

[@raed2178]

I assume you both sometimes argue about how to pronounce some words at home. 😂😂😂

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Ha! Oh Ra-ed. You bet we argue - all the time! I'll say a word and sometimes Jay will repeat it back, as if I've said it wrongly and he's trying to teach me the right way to say it. He's getting better at holding his tongue now, but it's taken years of training on my part. :-) This song kind of sums up our lives: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5S9g59vrKaAi6s

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@@MrRQBQ My bad! It was just unintentional mistake.

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@@raed2178 No worries, easily done.

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Hi Dani. Thanks for the kind words and support. Thank you so much for watching out videos.

[@historiculgeomocule5569]

Rhotic vs non-rhotic seems to mainly be an eastern vs western hemisphere thing. Western hemisphere dialects tend to be rhotic, while eastern hemisphere ones tend to be non-rhotic. Of course, exceptions do exist!

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Thanks Historicul Geomocule. I hadn't thought of it in East-West terms before.

[@Bryan3on]

You forgot Philippines English, which formerly colonised by the US.

[@Bryan3on]

Also in America some region like New England and Southern port cities are non-rhotic, as well as African American Vernacular English.

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You guys are so adorable!💜

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Thanks so much Nana. :-)

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[@David19677]

thank you for the explanation ,iti was great

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Glad it was useful David. Thanks for writing.

[@chicoalbert4423]

Hello, greetings from Costa Rica. This is a Top-notch video, very Catchy. I speak with a British accent so I liked the video context, I think it's very understandable when American and British English speakers have a conversation among them. If we focus on regional accents that might be something to take into account which a different issue...innit?

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Hello Chico Albert. Great to meet you and greetings to you in Costa Rica. And yes, there are regional variations with these sounds. We mentioned some in the video, but quite possibly we'll hear from some viewers about some more in these comments.

[@arteonrd]

Thank you so much for these clear explanations, I found your channel today and just subscribed to it. I like the beautiful contrast you two make explaining English. You are adorable. Thank you for these useful lessons!..loved the "fridges" story by the way. Greetings from Dominican Republic!

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You two are adorable!

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You two are great

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Thanks so much, Jenna.

[@freegg123]

Very good video on this subject.

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Thank you Liam Li. :-)

[@carlesdelatorre8004]

Great video !!!

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We're so glad you liked it Carles DE LA TORRE. Thanks for letting us know and thank you for watching our video.

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@@SimpleEnglishVideos thanks for the answer, it's a pleasure watching your videos !!! (I learn a lot !!!)

[@ladydonia8027]

Amazing Thank you very much!

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So glad you liked it Donia World. :-)

[@TheLittlechicthings]

Loooooooveeeeeeeee you two!!!

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Thanks so much Lizzy and thanks for watching.

[@olamaghraby9680]

I loved your video so much ❤

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Thanks for letting us know Ola, and thank you for watching.

[@momof3plusdsg]

Thanks! I couldn't find the right word to describe my American father's R's to him. Since last night (literally night) I can proounce beginning English R's like Gill (Learn English With Gill) here on YT. Until last night, my beginning R's sounded like W's or V's which often happens to us Danes, especially those of us over 40 years of age.

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Hi Farmdog mom. Ah yes, those v and w sounds can be tricky for a lot of English learners. My nickname among my teacher friends at school used to be Wicki (instead of Vicki). It was because so many students had difficulty pronouncing the V. :-)

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@@SimpleEnglishVideos I think like most Danes, it's the W I can't pronounce correctly.

[@panakafc5206]

Vicki. Can you make a video about the collective noun and how to use either and neither? Please. Thank you I'm hoping that you can help me.

[@robotikempire]

I love Vicky!

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Hi Robotik Empire. This is Jay writing back to you. Me too!!! Thanks for watching and thanks for writing to us.