UK Accent Tour: R sounds, Glottal Stops, TH sounds & more

[@ImproveYourAccent]

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[@DCVocabulary]

This guy is an expert. You should have 1 million subs.

[@mafismathis8012]

exactly... this is top notch material

[@akarshpaliwal4182]

Yeah! He is absolutely amazing

[@BrianDeParma]

I live in an h-dropping area called Italy.

[@javiermaldonadodelrio7582]

I do also live in an h-dropping area called Spain (At least the Madrid accent) 😂😂

[@gonzalo_rosae]

@@javiermaldonadodelrio7582 don't think so, having the sound of «j» is not that hard to pronounce the «h» in English

[@8SaoriKatsu8]

I am from an h-dropping country called LA FRANCE... 😉

[@8SaoriKatsu8]

@@knownothing5518 la Franceeeuh...

[@LennyHumes]

Eeeeeyyyyyyyy

[@Jefff72]

As an American, I got stationed in the UK from 93 to 96. When I got there, I thought I needed a translator. In time, I got used to the accent and slang. A buddy of mine had a cousin that lived in Cheshire near Warrington. We used to travel up there on many occasions. We crawled the pubs of Warrington & Liverpool. Good times! Later, I was back home in the States going to University. After a few drinks, I was putting on a Scouse accent and sai I was from Liverpool. I was quite pissed, so I doubt they believed me.

[@matthewroberts8801]

As an English speaker even I'm not always observant to such nuances, but when articulated so clearly it appears so obvious. This guy is definitely in the right profession.

[@tchakhtchoukha]

Non-native speaker nightmare: H-dropping+Glottal stops+F and V instead of TH all combined in same sentence...AAAAAAAA

[@StarterX4]

XDD

[@jljljl1820]

sounds like cockney

[@cripki7558]

Definitely h-dropping is the worst 😖

[@entwistlefromthewho]

@@cripki7558 TH fronting is the worst.

[@robbiechen3707]

You'd be-er be fankful dat such an example wiv all dese features didn't show up in dis video.

[@tinaadass143]

This is a rare hidden gem... As someone who has been learning English since my childhood and know a bit about RP, i have learned quite a lot from this video...

[@partialintegral]

It only scratches the surface though. And I mean the UK alone.

[@tinaadass143]

@@partialintegral i know what u mean🙂 tip of the iceberg eh?!! i rarely find videos that give importance to phonetics and this is one of them... I have always found British English tougher than American... Just my personal opinion...

[@jun94mi13]

@@tinaadass143 As to me, Am.E. seems to be rather rough, screaming, too flashy, vulgar, I'd say. Whilst B.Eng. sounds much more noble, a sort of smooth and pleasant to hear.

[@tinaadass143]

@@jun94mi13 to each his own... Although u are correct... Bt i would prefer American English any day over British English bcz of the accent and also dialect...

[@jun94mi13]

@@tinaadass143 So it is. I agree with you. Even more our n languages spund

[@salsabila1555]

That's why I love these accents

[@tansiachristensen8699]

Mee too..

[@benedettobruno1669]

How interesting! I have learned quite a few things I was not aware of. And I have been studying English for ages!...

[@ImproveYourAccent]

Glad you liked it 😊

[@elrjames7799]

@Benedetto Bruno. Please, as a student of 'English for ages', don't start sentences with conjunctions.

[@benedettobruno1669]

@@elrjames7799 There are things far worse than starting sentences with conjunctions. In my opinion the most intolerable thing in English is the uptalk. Hopefullly Neuroscience will soon find a cure for the increasing number of native Anglophones becoming unable to complete a bloody sentence unless they uptalk. The irritating sods!

[@elrjames7799]

@@benedettobruno1669 Well: I can easily and uncritically accept most 'faux pas' in the English language (as one probably aught in view of colloquial Americanism in anything other than academic usage), unless the perpetrator is setting themselves up as an authority in their commentary, in which case they need a 'slap' to expose their weakness and reduce them to a defensive emotional response, rather than a rational one. In that vein, I'm at a loss to grasp what you mean by 'uptalk': are there such people as 'native Anglophones' and why irritating?

[@celenyvalderrama6362]

I lived in the south of England back in 1983. I always had dreamt go back I will be delighted to practise E Britsh English

[@kkkooo9371]

As Syrian i really want to thank you from the button of my heart because your channel is so useful and I'll make sure to check it out later I have exam now pray for me Love you all💙

[@didid3ksa]

How was Syria?

[@kkkooo9371]

@@didid3ksa sucks dude Thanks for asking btw

[@thevoiceovercloset945]

Im an actor and this helps me greatly with my dialect studies of UK regional accents, thank you!

[@erikhn9331]

Always thought that the h-dropping and glottal stops were a social class thing - like working class and that upper class high society people looked a bit down on that kind of speaking. But now I know, it’s a common thing throughout the country. Thank You 👍

[@magmalin]

I'm really astonished. Never knew anything about glottal stops when growing up in Australia in the 60ies and 70ies. Not even my friends, migrants from the UK, ever dropped the h or spoke with the glottal stop. And no, I have no Aussie accent!

[@herrbonk3635]

It sure was. The thing today is that cockney-ish speech has become hip and fashionable.

[@magmalin]

@@herrbonk3635 So it seems to me as well when I hear some royals speak on TV. Really funny.

[@raphaelfavre8014]

I love British accent but I didn't know there were so many different Thanks I learn a lot today 👌

[@doremifasolatido-ro7zs]

Just like in the United States. Different state, different accent. But, i find British accent to be the coolest accent in the world. British shows helps improved my listening skills.

[@ludmilakunich2823]

What an amazing work you've done! Can't imagine how much time you spent on it. Thanks a million.

[@hopefultoo]

The h was pronounced in Latin and those who dropped it were heavily criticised. Just for the sake of interest.

[@kathyfugere6085]

Well the French in Quebec, we don't drop it , we just can't pronounce it for some reason

[@paranoidrodent]

@@kathyfugere6085 The h-dropping isn't terribly surprising given that h is generally a silent and even an "h aspiré" in French is very subtle compared to a fully sounded English h. It is a linguistically alien sound, like TH's, English R's and some of the vowel sounds are. It isn't that we can't full aspirate an h when thinking about it consciously but rather that it doesn't come naturally without a lot of immersion or practice and it gets dropped out of sheer linguistic habit. The occasional adding of a distinct h sound to words that don't start in h but rather with a vowel is the bit that confuses me (and most of my family with thicker accents tend to do it now and then). Fun fact: one of the most horrible words to master in French or English, for a speaker of the other language, is horror/horreur. The h, the R's and the incompatible vowel sounds... as my friend Julie used to say, "J'ai horreur de horror!"

[@VG1994-l7o]

I received a call from a British at work, I couldn't understand a word of what she said and now here I am 😅

[@JoeJoe-hn2nh]

I love you. You are such a brilliant teacher

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

The gist of my understanding after watching this video lesson is that people in different regions in the UK sound differently. It is amazing. Thanks for the sharing.

[@raymondmiller9798]

I particularly enjoyed that in every example of h-dropping, the speakers were virtually incomprehensible, even when it was slowed down.

[@adil.abdykalyk.850]

I am not the only one how think like that :)

[@FutureBoy.]

I have so much important stuff I should be doing, but this video helped me successfully procrastinate for 17 minutes. Thanks!

[@diaamuharam6602]

I'm Egyptian student living in the UK and i was a bit surprised how I found your video quite identical to the daily spoken English here, you are really a legend

[@peterlowry6990]

As highlighted in the video, R sounds used to be more prominent in England. In the US most pronounce their Rs except some on the east coast, most notably Boston and New York. In the 19th century, Americans in these cities also pronounced their Rs, until they became influenced by the changing accents of England in the early 20th century.

[@zehra0909]

Please make more videos I have to listen to you to improve my southern british accent and you are the only one who talk this facinated accent Mr. Luke I mean my words and thank you🤓🌼

[@curiousitykilledthecat9933]

I’m born and bred English so idk why I’m watching this 😂 but my mum wasn’t born here and she would always get angry with me if I dropped my h’s or did glottal stops haha

[@JoaoVictor-hx7ls]

I do understand your mother 😂

[@violin9759]

I want to learn british accent

[@soontorn2489]

Ok.Haha ha ha ha 🤭😄🤦🤣😂😆💆💆💆 I'm think so.....

[@jun94mi13]

@@violin9759 there are so many different accents in Great Britain, so which of them would you prefer?

[@violin9759]

@@jun94mi13 i don't know. You?

[@junior.santana]

The best video I've about british pronunciation/accents. Looking forward to the next ones!

[@BarelloSmith]

I was never aware of the two different "ng" sounds in English before watching this. I think in my first native language - German - the "g" is always dropped in "ng" (which I always thought was the standard in English as well) and in my second native language - Italian - it is always pronounced, I think.

[@i.i.iiii.i.i]

I discovered a few days ago that a glottal stop between words is a common mistake made by Germans speaking English (EDIT to be more precise the glottal stop happens when a word begins with a vowel) For example Germans tend to say "an 'apple" instead of "an napple" 😅

[@elopix234]

@@i.i.iiii.i.i whoa what? Is an apple supposed to be pronounced „an napple“? 🤯 I neither learned that in school nor in university.

[@richardcrowe9093]

@@elopix234 It should be pronounced as "an apple" [әn ᴂpl]. Just imagine Mom or Dad telling their kids: "Ellis, do you want an napple?" And then your possible response: "Oh, sure, Mom. I'd love some napples. They are said to be more delicious than apples."

[@lindamorrisonslt]

Adding the g after the velar nasal in singer is not standard. It is a feature of certain accents.

[@fernandawinter9645]

@@elopix234 I believe the person was referring to what in french is called liaison. It consists more or less in pronounce an apple as one only word, without stop, like "annaple", instead of make a pause between the n and the next a.

[@L-mo]

I love how you use little bits of famous songs and other clips to illustrate your lessons. This must take a lot of effort but it enhances the quality and experience so much. And it’s free!! Thank you!

[@nicolal.1171]

This is one of the few channels where I hit the button subscribe before the Like one. Congrats!

[@Thefreesoul841]

The perfect channel I found but not enough videos from which I can learn

[@tranle9601]

His video is really great! He must have made a lot of effort to find out resources as well as pausing them to find out the difference. Thank you so much, this helps me a lot.

[@cudberryflavoredcupcake2673]

He sounds like the voiceover artist in a Hollywood celebrity news. so lovely!

[@ojeffersoncerqueira]

It has just become my favorite UK English YT channel 😄

[@sergiosorbo6955]

Please, great English teacher, please, release new videos, as many as you can. You are really excellent.

[@Galves99]

I love it this video! I’m from Brazil and I am trying improve my english with a little touch of British accent, and your videos were amazing and was exactly what I needed! Thank you!

[@franciscojavierdelarosacas4370]

Amazing!!!! Waiting for part 2 and part 3!!!!🙂🙂🙂 Many thanks!!!

[@lealacroix]

Thank you so much for this video! I always enjoy your videos, but this one was especially interesting. I was also glad to hear more about the accent diversity, especially that some people drop the h sound, as a French person I feel less guilty about my accent mistakes ;) Looking forward to the next parts!

[@ImproveYourAccent]

You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@herculesfreitasamorim4502]

Amazing this mix in UK, I'm brazilian and this is not easy to me, but I love it. And now I'm going to moving for north england and I'm very exciting. Props mate I liked the your video.

[@nanvas7374]

You are also H droping if the H is the first, aren't You?

[@ayeready6050]

Where in Northern England are you moving to?

[@rhonafraser2226]

Nice to see a video that actually acknowledges that there’s more that just one Scottish accent...

[@pingoleonfernandez7638]

H-dropping is by far the pronounciation feature that creates most of the difficulty in understanding native speakers, in my opinion.

[@user-hp6ku1yr9d]

This video is perfect! Finally someone explain this well. Thank you very much !

[@viaaaryaa]

11:55 oi oi It was really expected for Louis Tomlinson to pop in this video about British Accents 😂💙

[@lilynaw3767]

Is it I the only one think that the Irish accent is closer to the American accent? This is a great video and tons of benefits to me as an English learner.

[@montederamosmichael]

Now I understand why my Arab students pronounced /g/ in singer. Their English is influenced by Leeds-scholar school teachers. And that my English colleague from Scotland is non-rhotiric and has more glottal in her speech.

[@alanwhite3154]

Great video. So much knowledge condensed in 17 minutes.

[@josesanchezpalacios8991]

Generally I find these videos boring and poorly made , but, this one is a gem... fantastic , congrats

[@henriquebenezra3116]

Sometimes I wonder why I can understant better people from Africa than people from England, if they don't use RP, Queen's and BBC pronounciation.

[@outofcuriosity3203]

That was an amazing experience, great job

[@HanPham-gx5qj]

Waiting for second part

[@huilee6520]

Making a Video like this really need a lot of time and expertise skills, respect!

[@su7194]

This channel is so instructive. I dont speak (and write) english very well and i want to improve my speaking and writing skills. I am glad to discover this channel:)

[@naomizusawa1263]

So, so interesting! and useful! I'm Japanese, (American) English speaker, a big fan of England and Scotland. Thank you very much for your video😍

[@MuhammadRiaz-hm1zf]

Please upload your remaining two videos concerning pronunciation of consonants and vowels .Thanks.

[@naceurhabhoub1850]

Great..i hope you will do much more videos please

[@ignatsmouse]

Love it - shall be sending it to friends. Thanks Luke!

[@ImproveYourAccent]

Thanks for sharing 😊

[@trofimova550]

This video is what I am looking for a long time! It is what I need. Thank you VERY much!

[@robinschenk1799]

Good to see, that certain features of different accents, that i had already been aware of, don´t come consistently. The fact, that they mix, not only from one area to another but even within regions or in the speech of a single person makes me hopeful, that my germanness could be hidden for a while. I´ve always been confused because i use different features from time to time.

[@moevmoe]

While ireland is not part of the UK I think it would've been appropriate to include it in the video as well!

[@VacheChauve]

Irish English has some beautiful phrases and sayings

[@Alan_Mac]

well it IS part of the British Isles - so yes.

[@coolangattawollongong5186]

Welcome Back! I've been waiting for your new upload.

[@똑똑전]

Me here with a uk accent living in the uk 🤠 update: i have learnt something new 😃

[@aileent3245]

Hey... Army 💜

[@mneid00]

Nice video! Very helpful exemples and your explanation is so good to understand. Thank you very much!

[@nc7547]

Can't wait for part 2. I wanna see how you explain the pronunciation of down and night in Scotland or the word pub in Manchester. You forgot to mention the ts sound instead of t in Scouse accents, but I guess that's just limited to that area. Brilliant job!

[@Atty1997]

11:55 this is too much :D These videos are absolute top tier quality anyway

[@fblua]

*Simply excellent video.*

[@PaulGanarara]

Once a Scottish football player (afair Harry O'Connor) played for Lokomotiv Moscow. He was interviewed, and then I noticed that the Scotts are much easier to understand cause they pronounce the words more clearly. And their 'r' is close to Russian 'r'. In short, full respect to the Scots

[@herlanoandrade471]

This h-dropping turns the language very hard to comprehend, in some cases

[@Franciscoluche]

Excellent mate !!! ☺️👍 Hi from 🇻🇳🤗

[@ldesigner392]

That is great Luck keep uploading I love your videos a lot you are fabulous (:

[@ImproveYourAccent]

I'm glad you like the videos I've made 😊

[@alanwhite3154]

*Luke

[@katarzynaflorczak990]

great video. It helped me a lot to understand the pronunciation of some words by people in manchetser

[@Happy354]

What a marvellous video!! Thanks a lot👏👏👏

[@JP19455]

Very important lessons..!! Thank you very much!!🤗👨‍⚖️

[@magmalin]

Grew up in Australia in a time when it was very British. I have a non-rhotic accent. But I understand all people from Scotland and Irland. But this glottal stop thing is something new for me.

[@cmtwei9605]

Really helpful video. I went to school in SW Britain in the 70's and stayed on in various places in the SE for over two decades but never heard the g in ng, with the exception of the Singer brand sewing machine. Glottal stop with t was often heard. The host articulates individual words very clearly, more than the average speaker and certainly the people in his examples. I finf William and Harry quite hard to follow, despite the fact that they and the host speak SSBE. It's interesting to be told that these are normal variations whereas in Asia deviations from the proper pronunciation would be discouraged and even corrected. I also notice that the host says 'pronunciation' with the 'nun' somewhat like 'nung' (as in hung) rather than 'nun' (as in pun), this seems to be common.

[@Annie-lq9hz]

I just want to thank you, this kind of videos are amazing, phonetic is the hardest part for me, but besides you're a great teacher.

[@275carreira]

I always thought that H-Dropping and Glottal Stops were linked to your education level. All my highly educated friends from the UK never do that whereas those who have a lower education level do. Great video. Thanks

[@Lancastrian501]

The r sound still going strong in my area of Lancashire. Not mentioned but I can confirm it's still here.

[@celenyvalderrama6362]

I Lived in England back in 1983. In the South of England. I would like to Practise my British Accent

[@curlyprincess1]

They pronounce the rhotic r in Lancashire too!

[@RicardoAntonioHinostrozaMoreno]

Excellent! Thanks for sharing.... I can understand them a little better!

[@GS-ly4fv]

As an ELT, I have been struggling to explain this to my students. Your video has taught me how to do it, for which I am thankful.

[@MikePiligrim]

Once I started communicating with native english speakers, apart from other things (partially lightened in this video) I was also very surprised to hear them pronounced the sound /t/ in words like 'restauranT' and 'ofTen' - while here in Russia they teach you to NEVER pronounce those, you could literally get an F for that! Just my 2 cents. The video is awesome, looking forward to seeing the next part.

[@ayeready6050]

Most Brits pronounce those Ts with a glottal stop rather than a standard T sound

[@mdhasan9909]

Wow,,you're awesome teacher

[@norsk2910]

You've got such an interesting channel. Congratulations for your job.

[@annettg1202]

Last year my goal was understanding the accents from UK. At my work I must speak with people who come from the different parts of the UK. This video is a good summary and repetition what I learned. Thank you. The next video in my playlist is “why Germans sound german”. I’ve subscribed your channel and I’m looking forward to many useful videos.

[@greta879]

I need the part 2🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@rafaelbrgnr]

I'm here waiting for the analysis of what makes a brazilian accent. I love linguistics and phonetics and this channel is awesome.

[@026585]

This is the video I needed long time ago. Had suffered so much with it being a foreigner who only understood RP and american in the uk

[@sahatatsiripongwutikorn6633]

I appreciate it for your lesson, sir.

[@mneid00]

Ah, where is the part 2? I'm looking forward for it!

[@putrialfyana892]

Ocean thankssss... I've got new one to keep in mind

[@juliatoledo4703]

When I was learning in my school about the ng sound(it was actually the -ing sound) at the end, my teacher taught me that you don't pronounce the -g, only the in. After some years in 2020, I finally liked to learn English and the English Language itself, I start to watch movie and videos, and I found out that some people say that g.(I still don't say it)

[@EstebanGarciaAlonso]

It is brilliant explanation! Kudos!!!

[@jayson2691]

Hats off... I subscribed.

[@subusern]

Amazingly great video. Thanks you so much!

[@ninateachersubtitleeditor]

I am sad that I (too late)found out this Luke's videos a few months ago. Your explanations are detailed. I find your, gill's, map men very informative. Only when we hear the structure and origin of words, than we can understand those words we hear for the first time. Regarding Ame English. I think that Rachel is the best. Australian English Mmm. The main problem with words is spelling and pronounciation. So many words that sound 'almost' the same, but have diff. meaning. There

[@alanwhite3154]

They are called minimal pairs.

[@ninateachersubtitleeditor]

@@alanwhite3154 Thanks for info.

[@belantaraburhanuddin2148]

Thanks for comeback, sir!

[@dddaaa21]

Thank you so much! I've been searching for a video like this for ages now! I'm looking forward to the next ones!

[@emanuelesgarra]

YOU'RE BACK!

[@Gr33nLyte]

First completed video about English English pronunciation and UK accents I've ever seen. A wider framework than other resources, I think the starting point to know English pronunciation in UK variation, so helpful video for a beginner student who wants to perfect his pronunciation and know more about England and English! I'm impatiently waiting for the next part :-( 👋👋 IT flag :-)

[@nate128]

Thank you so much!

[@haozheng1269]

very good video thanks!