Why does Alex Antetokounmpo have not accent!?! | Thanalysis

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Alexandros Antetokounmpo is a Greek-Nigerian professional basketball player for the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League. He is the youngest brother of National Basketball Association players Giannis and Thanasis, and EuroLeague Player Kostas.
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[@LethalProtector8000]

The change of accents when you talk to different people is very real. I do it too, especially if I'm talking to British people.

[@BBalllegend1000]

For sure, they call it code switching

[@My99-hv6sj]

@@BBalllegend1000that’s something different

[@NileGoddess]

It’s called code switching

[@kostasskoulidas6549]

Everybody has an accent! Thanasis has Greek accent, Alex has an American accent

[@Oncopoda]

Exactly

[@Sameer_sd_15]

🤓

[@kostasskoulidas6549]

@@vstroboy. everybody knows what he means but that doesn't mean that he should continue saying the wrong thing. If I call you vstrobody you would understand that I am talking to you but that doesn't mean that I should still keep calling you vstrobody

[@itsyaboyjay9862]

​@@kostasskoulidas6549saying you have no accent is universally understood and the correct way to say someone sounds like a native speaker

[@Ping63ms]

american = default spawn accent of any language

[@TPBGR]

His little brother has a slight Greek accent if you listen closely.

[@testingsomething5280]

Noticed it too but it's so slight it's basically irrelevant

[@starwarsfan-ye9hw]

but 4 real it could just be the way he talks. i wouldn’t necessarily say you can determine it’s greek per se 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@jormungandr4690]

When he says H in the word Hear.

[@1lifeonearth]

I am from Milwaukee, we love you guys!!! Please stay here forever!!!

[@Siasianest]

I love this family so much! Είστε οι ΠΙΟ υπέροχοι ❤️

[@SelcukChasan-y4h]

whether with or without an accent Greece loves you guys We are very proud of what you hv achieved You are role models for hundreds of lil kids who also want to make it 🇬🇷🇬🇷❤❤

[@nikoshurricane]

I will say it once more. Respect to Charles and Veronica for the fantastic four. Θανάσακλα σου πάνε τα πράσινα και το ξέρεις.

[@tuneunleashed]

Alex up close is a darker Giannis. Looks exactly just like him.

[@bcdakid414]

Alex basically grew up in Milwaukee so of course he sound like he from here , kinda how 21 savage sound like he from Atlanta

[@sloanNYC]

Depends on your age when you accent becomes more permanent. Had a friend who left Romania when she was 8, her sister was 12. She has NO accent, her sister, thick. It is very interesting.

[@nelsondendomo6687]

Yeah, the younger you are its easier

[@jessyopoku3458]

You got to switch it up bro😂😂 it makes the conversation a bit easier and relatable

[@GLOUFIRE]

We can hear plenty of accent Thanasis 😅

[@slamdunk2270]

Tbf it’s almost unnoticeable

[@zfk8700]

I know

[@purutharma7127]

Not rly

[@jroc828]

U must listening extremely hard for one. Lol. Sounds 95% like he's from America.

[@thebasketballhistorian3291]

Yeah, he sounds mostly American. And most Americans have a slight accent anyways due to their region in the country and/or parents' background.

[@00700556]

When i talk to my grandparents (latino), we speak in accents even when we speak english. When i go back home in the south, i speak with the southern slang. Us people who have international roots and speak multiple languages speak like this

[@PeacefulSavageKS]

True!

[@SilvioBadaBing]

Thanasis accent is thick when he doesn’t try to hide it

[@bajgy007]

Alex already looks NBA ready.

[@upperdeck89-19]

I LOVE YOU BROTHERS!!

[@MimieThalie]

This guys are so nice and beautiful. Very great Family. ❤

[@jerometurner8759]

Alex came over younger, that's why. People under 13 supposedly don't develop an accent.

[@je7429]

First, love the ANTETOKOUNMPO brothers!

[@unhhgcrxexhjvuvujchcrzwzwz7956]

People with the level of accent Thanasis has always Believe that they have no accent lol

[@andreasmashias6078]

Great vid 😂 God bless you guys!

[@moo429]

Don't kid yourself, we still hear the accent... very slight but still there Not that it matters; just embrace it & your roots

[@greece-monkey-flips]

I moved to the US from Greece when I was 14. I was the same, didn't know any English. I was made fun of so much for having a "weird accent," that it pushed me to try and figure out how to speak so that people would accept me.

[@fujablack]

Never twist your accent to satisfy anyone, ask them to speak greek too, and you see their accent… be who you are

[@varius21]

@@fujablack easy to say but the reality is that the world is cold. Him, learning to tweak his accent, helped him "get by" in a way, so why not?

[@fujablack]

@@varius21 inferiority mentality, messi is the greatest football player and never tweaked accent

[@varius21]

@@fujablackno, bro. Messi didn’t grow up in a non Spanish speaking country! He just speaks Spanish.

[@fujablack]

@@varius21 ronaldo never grew up in brazil, he went to england at age 18 He never faked his accents to get accepted by anyone, it’s inferiority complex to always try to fit and be fake

[@sot11cat]

Man, the song at the end... It killed me!

[@nicolumens3311]

He has an accent..it's an American one lol it's wild Giannis voice goes from Greek to African to American depending what he doin

[@dwayneyoung3664]

😂😂 aye that’s comedy cuz we be switchin the black American accents on n off too . I’m tryna add the Greek one to my bag

[@TopBillinSports]

What is a "black American accent?" I live in Jersey and us out here don't sound anything like people from St. Louis, California or Alabama, man. SMH

[@Diivoniis]

It’s funny when he said the Houston thing because I’m from Houston and Alex dead sounds like someone from here lmaoo, he has a little southern drawl and drags out the ending of his words similar to how we do it here. It’s interesting how accents and dialects work.

[@miraclekathy]

He is like me! We were raised bilingual but have zero Greek accent! Nothing like Giannis and Thanasis! FYI, my brother, Stavros Schizas, has a podcast. Why not bring him on? Funny fact, I too have 4 brothers but only 2 played basketball, and he is the only one that went pro!

[@THEREALKINGGEFFRY]

the "let me tell something" is one of the most legendary expressions fs🤣

[@alx_gr1]

It's a direct translation of a usual way to start conversation in greek 🤣It sounds funny in english though.

[@ar3t33]

Thanalysis is a goat pod name 😂

[@maxwellowusu4038]

I mean some people lose their accent and some don’t. I came here from Italy at 12 years old as as well but at that age you are damn near a teenager so my accent never went away.

[@starentertainer2]

Because of his age!! When youth from the Caribbean move to the states and enrol in the school system their accents change versus and adult moving to the states

[@tainanking]

Like deandre ayton

[@sk8zen]

when learning languages some people can’t get native accents down and others can. that’s why giannis has a thick accent but his OLDER brother doesn’t really have one

[@nba_fan7214]

According to the academic studies kids who move before the age of 12 or so will not have an accent in the new language they speak. But if you move past the age of 13 odds are you will have a more noticeable accent.

[@philipmanolas2270]

To Greeks Thanasis accent is the correct one 😂

[@Vaidelotelis]

He has an accent. Everybody has an accent. He has a very easily recognisable American accent and string hints of the accent that black Americans have. But he definitely has a strong American accent

[@Hendrixxthekid]

Yea but they talkin bout the fact he spent like 13 years in Greece and didn’t even know English and he hasnt even been him for 10 years really and his accent is completely gone

[@tainanking]

Alex and kostas went to school in Milwaukee but only kostas has the heavy accent. Now we know which bros we’re hanging out with which 😂

[@hobbycollectinvest4250]

He has the 'American' accent down.....he used the word 'like' so often just like young Americans. It is amazing how well he speaks though not having born here when we have certain types of people who are born here and can't even speak a full sentence let alone write one out.

[@thodorism6707]

Every time I hear Americans speaking here in Greece, the word like is used every 4 seconds. Brits though never use it so its funny

[@hobbycollectinvest4250]

@@thodorism6707 LOL, hey, just be glad you don't have to hear it every time you go out in public 'LIKE' hundreds of times, haha. Hopefully the people you hear saying it are at least somewhat young since they are raised to speak that way here. Unfortunately I do hear some older people (over 40) saying it often as well but not as much as the younger crowd (those under 25 ish).

[@proudamerican4613]

Alex does have an accent. Very clear

[@dlgarner]

He does sound like a Chicago accent if anything.

[@hark14imb]

Interesting how Giannis has been in the US the longest yet he has the strongest Greek accent

[@maxwellowusu4038]

He came here at 18 so by that age you can’t really change your accent. It sticks with you. Unless he really take classes even with that it’s difficult.

[@gio6166]

You know Thanasis wrote this title

[@kraiden3]

my inlaws are the same way. The younger brother sounds like any other new yorker and is 15 years younger than my wife. WHere as my wife was mostly raised in Lagos, so her accent is thick.

[@hannankhan5589]

It’s a very tricky thing to be honest. I grew up in Pakistan but went to a good school. People think I’m posh because I sound posh with very defined sounds and pronunciation. My sister, on the other hand, has a very local accent. Basically, a Pashto accent on whichever language she speaks. I have a very neutral accent in every language, which makes people think I’m some kinda posh donny and I’m like no I’m from here 😭

[@aframaco9491]

ADETOKUNBO!!!! 👊🏾🇳🇬👊🏾🇳🇬!!

[@ermishatziantoniou5113]

Thanasis the most stereotypical greek accent . Everything pronounced linear

[@Trapligo]

Α ρε Θανασαρα και Αλεξ

[@larsnielsen1852]

Έλληναρες σας αγαπάμε !,,

[@okolo22000]

Giannis: the 4th best brother when it comes to speaking the English language but is better at quite literally everything else! 😂

[@damana1000]

Best at everything else? How do you know? Thanasis might be the best chess player among them.

[@okolo22000]

@@damana1000 Perhaps but are all 3 of them better than him at Chess? While we’re at it, they all might be better at spelling, math, baseball, tight end, Golf, driving, etc.

[@ivblizzard3616]

@@damana1000 i would bet a lot of money that he isnt

[@TopeA8]

There is also a 5th brother with a Nigerian accent (Francis).

[@DaRealIceO]

You don’t have to listen hard to hear Thanasis’ accent

[@ettaplace800]

It has to do with puberty. If you move to another country after puberty you will keep your accent. Trust me my 83 mother has been living in Australia for 60 years and still has a thick accent. Instead of saying “sit” down she says “shit down”

[@BrownGilly]

The only humans without accents are those who cannot speak. An accent (noun) is a distinct emphasis given to a syllable or word in speech by stress or pitch.

[@jaimereynolds3914]

The title is wrong. It should read: Why does Alex Antentokounmpo have no accent!?!

[@Username12665]

Everyone’s a critic.

[@jaimereynolds3914]

@@Username12665 Dude i'm just trying to save them some embarassment

[@unib4644]

@@jaimereynolds3914 Bro english is a stupid language already, noone will get embarassed

[@LowKeyDee1620]

nobody cares

[@tarirai]

Everyone has an accent

[@burningspear90]

Trust he got an accent he can use it when he want. Code switch

[@ettaplace800]

Btw my mother is Greek. 🇬🇷

[@toms1245]

the best anktetemeopo's are the one's with an accent. that would explain why giannnas has the worst accent but best skills at basketball

[@RoubsNoel]

Even the tittle has an accent

[@alexandroskontogiannis8904]

Μπράβο

[@vpap89]

Thanasis has the most greek accent in the family....!

[@1SOTDMan]

He almost grew up in Milwaukee

[@zulynava4059]

Everybody speak with an accent. The accent from your own country or the country you live in.

[@Baba_716]

Also named Athanasios, gonna have to use Thanalysis now 😂

[@yunqtule]

1:08- Greece Accent came out ..hold up that's a greece Accent wow crazy....how Giannis iust nigerian with a Greek accent but theres ppl like that in the UK like Dasmon Iris and so much others....brother is right when you mimic people your accent goes away certain words can come otu

[@themanuman]

Not sure how they spoke no English before moving to the states. English is actually the national language of Nigeria and their parents come different tribes that speak different languages (Yoruba and Igbo). So the only form of communication with their kids would have been English as I doubt their parents picked up enough Greek as adults to speak it at home to their kids as a first language

[@alx_gr1]

They have mentioned nefore that their parents wanted them to speak mostly greek to make sure they adopt perfectly to the culture. They also spoke some Igbo and Yoruba at home, but since both parents wanted their language to be the one used, they gave up and just used greek.

[@mbenembene2841]

Whatever he is saying, he has an accent. Everyone has an accent.

[@elCommandante263]

Bro Beaucoup the accent!

[@dillinger187]

How many brothers deep is the antetokounpo family?😂

[@t.thompson8985]

5

[@kalex888]

He definitely has an accent. He can mimic all he wants but he definitely still sounds like his first language is Greek

[@Mo-maaley]

It has been a year, and nobody has bothered to fix the title.

[@damienlacey4565]

It’s not that serious 😂

[@greeg02]

What’s with accent anyway? Be glad two human beings are having a conversation!!

[@youngflossy213]

Everyone has an accent.

[@kyle1493]

He means having a greek accent

[@litsarapti1353]

🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾❤🎉

[@thundavolt]

Sounds like he has an American Accent to me.

[@SabiduriadeloAltoRom12.2]

Everybody has an accent!

[@t.thompson8985]

Not Houston Texas accent hon...lol but he does have an American accent.

[@YoungGlobal__]

He from Milwaukee

[@nairobikenya_]

He has a slight accent

[@Jaymoney067]

Alex sounds like he’s from the USA frfr haha

[@raizen4271]

He has the greek accent

[@mikeolawale9248]

I love that Giannis kept his cool accent, it has always made him sound classy. I can’t imagine him sounding like an arrogant black American during interviews. We enjoy Giannis and Thenasis Greek accent than Alex American accent

[@nothembajozi2862]

Why do you guys not include Frances in anything. He's your brother too.

[@mokaLARE]

What do you call accent? Because everyone has one, no matter where they are from. Literally everyone.

[@tainanking]

Wonder why tha asks doesn’t have such a heavy accent like Giannis and kostas

[@cindykaeding9196]

It's that Dominican education

[@KapitalElement]

Having NOT accent is so cool

[@zulynava4059]

I got news for you EVERYBODY speak with an accent!!!!. Maybe you mean is cool to blend in into a foreign country and pass as a native speaker because you have assimilated THEIR accent.

[@shawnanderson6313]

I mean come on the kid moved to America at the age of 12.

[@proudamerican4613]

it’s “ironic” lol

[@alx_gr1]

Direct translation from greek 😂

[@in-x-orable2769]

What do you mean he has no accent? Anyone could tell that American accent.

[@samkelomiya6633]

he has an american accent

[@zacchfromdalou9679]

“Have not accent”???

[@ericabertagnoli5469]

Well he’s been here longer then he was in Greece so it makes sense.

[@alx_gr1]

He moved at 12, he is 23 so...not exactly.

[@ivblizzard3616]

you can tell he is not american but you cant tell that he is greek

[@BasketballJunkie1324]

Ισχυει οτι οι μεγαλυτεροι εχετε καργα ελληνικη προφορα στα αγγλικα 😂😂😂

[@clarenceonyekwere5428]

Surprised you both didn't speak English, given that your parents are Nigerians. Would love to know the back story.

[@alx_gr1]

The parents native languages were different (Yoruba and Igbo) and they also wanted the kids to assimilate. They ended up speaking greek at home. They have mentioned it in interviews before.

[@clarenceonyekwere5428]

@@alx_gr1 Nigerians from the different groups are way more likely to use English, English is the lingua franca here in Nigeria. Would be interesting to know more about their story though

[@24sofia]

χει μπραδερ λετ μι τελ γιου σαμθινγκ

[@rickd438]

Well he has an American accent.

[@athenstar10]

He still have an accent you Americans😂

[@TheStudent202]

Same time you have turkish and arabic people in Germany beeing born in Germany and still not talking properly.

[@proudamerican4613]

You guys need to embrace your African roots. Greece and Europe never embraced you before basketball. Greece loves your brother Giannis because of basketball. Nigeria and Africa love you for who you are. be proud of Africa and stand up for Africa

[@fodaytarawali6613]

That makes no sense - Why would you not embrace the country you're in at the time. They only need to make their family proud which they are doing not Nigeria/Africa

[@alx_gr1]

How did Nigeria embraced them before basketball?? No, for real. Cause Greece gave them free education, free healthcare, friends and the chance to play basketball. What did Nigeria offer them?

[@carribou92]

What does “no accent” even mean

[@___Anakin.Skywalker]

maybe he adopted i mean he ain't not look like giannas at all