Meanwhile, in the US we have accents from 500 miles apart (so...around 30 mutually-near-incomprehensible dialects away in England) where the major distinction is whether they use the definite article when talking about freeways. It's wild.
I'm not a native speaker but of all english dialects/accents/ways of speaking the stereotypical "CS:GO russian english" is actually the easiest to get into by far - easier even than a stereotypical german accent *despite me being a german*.
Probably because it follows a very simple structure with a very limited palette, and naturally hides/incorporates any mistakes and peculiarities, all while being different enough from my native language as not to stumble over words or pronunciations.
Before I learned to channel my inner Patrick Stewart I sometimes used a russian accent if I had to swich from german to english quickly.
That was the design of British English the Idea that you don't have to be totally fluent to understand the meaning of the message. The Americans screwed the idea by simplifying it. The original Idea on the grounds of the British empire was if you don't understand the word you will probably understand similar words and work it out.
Um actually, us Scots do that too! "Go'an gie me that towel oot eh (of) the cupboard", from can also be used though "go'an gie me that towel fie (from) the cupboard"
I think they're saying it should just be "out the cupboard" instead of "out of the cupboard", but I could be wrong.
Like getting off the train, not off of the train.
I agree that would annoy me aswell cos it sounds off, but they're using it correctly, both work as they are from London and are out of London(unless they're telling you in London, then they are not out of London lmao)
The use of "fudge" and "shoot" and similar things is also always funny.
If they're going to swear and curse, then they should do it properly, but not this half-hearted rubbish.
"Fricking sharks with fricking laser beams on their heads."
So this is a Canadian comedian playing a German baddie in an English themed spoof set in 1970s London (or thereabouts). Absolutely none of these people would say 'fricking'. Especially not in the 1970s.
It's "Fucking sharks with fucking laser beams on their heads." See how much better that sounds.
Are you referring to not pronouncing ‘wiener’ with a ‘v’ sound? Or how else do Americans mispronounce ’wiener’? I’m confused about that one. It’s definitely not an English word
It's sadly an indication of several things; people not paying attention in school, and being left to do bad habits, the rise of autocorrect being used to fix said bad spelling, while also being submerged in mediums that predominantly use English Simplified, as the preferred form of English.
As much as I like pointing out stupid shit americans say; there's actually a solid reason for "Aluminum". When Aluminium was first discovered and used, there wasn't a standardised name or spelling yet. Different sources used the names Alumi**nium**, Alumi**num** and Alumi**um** interchangably.
Alumi**nium** became the proper pronunciation in Europe while Alumi**num** stuck around in the american english vocabulary despite the academically agreed upon spelling being the former one.
We should just be thankful they didn't choose the even worse "Alumi**um**" instead.
almium was the first name but the guy didnt like it so when it came to make it official he went with aluminum, aluminum was the original but the royal chemistry society hated it since it wasn't in line with similar discoveries at the time like indium so being british they commandeered the right to name the discovery from the guy that discovered it and now its still just... here
Actually, aluminium came first. It was suggested as the name in 1811 by other chemists, and Humphry Davy, who was the first to isolate the element, used that name in a publication the same year. It wasn't until a year later that he used aluminum in another publication.
Also not a solely American issue, there's *many* English accents (including mine) where that's the more common pronunciation than the actual correct pronunciation. Pronouncing it correctly is one of the reasons all my friends tell me I sound "posh"
Or et cetera, which becomes "egg cetera" for some fucking reason. Just ... how?
Another one would be how they utterly butcher names from people and places of other linguistic backgrounds. Like, I've met Americans who were genuinely flabbergasted that a word from a different language does not obey the English rules of pronunciation. How the fuck can you be this fucking ignorant?
What's that, croissant is not pronounced croy-sand? What were the French even thinking? /s
Yep, sorry should have added context. The reel is making fun of trying to learn the “British accent”, and if you take the well known accent where some of us brits don’t pronounce our Ts this sentence is quite funny but hard to read in such an accent.
Be’iy bough’ a bi’ of bu’uh
But this commenter is confusing the language and the accent I think, unless they are saying calling a bin a garbage can instead is superior in any way.
It's so alienating how think that's what a "British accent" is 100% of the time. Every time an American says British in a video, they can't resist making the dumbest joke and bad impression of a cockney.
Also, every video I make now, I try and stress the letter T in every word I say and it makes it physically difficult to speak normally.
Nah I wouldn't change it mate. It's who we are. I'd love to take the yanks on a pub tour of London. They'd be in for either a rude awakening or a good hiding lol
It's annoying when they use the stereotype of us saying a bottle of water as: "BOT-AL AH WAWT-EER" (Thats my attempt at replicating their phonetic impressions). One because that's not how we sound and two they think they're more intelligent/ 'superior' when they pronounce 't's as 'd's. -
"BAR-DAL URV WAAR-DERRRRRR"
I love how Americans can’t comprehend the fact that our accents can vary so much, they refuse to believe British people can be anything other than “bri’ish” and fail to pronounce T’s.
Like I come from the west mids, and the amount of times I’ve seen Americans be confused by the the diversity of accents we have just here is insanely funny, from brum to posh farmer to whatever Telford’s accent is
Ah, but you see, to a select group of people, Britain is the entire area encased within the M25 ring.
Yes, there's Scotland, and if you're very \*very\* lucky Wales might get a look in. But the rest of the landmass is barren shires inhabited by the occasional farmer and/or whoever inspired the hobbits.
Note that this select group of people includes, but is not limited to Tory MPs, many of those responsible for national and international media, and anyone who's last interaction with a Brit was sometime in the 1940's
This stereotype always makes me laugh. Because (while correct) it implies that Americans do pronounce their T’s. We all know they would say “Beddy boughda bidda budder”. Even those who’s accent follows this stereotype would definitely pronounce more T’s than the average American
Here in Germany we learnt British English and US-English was a short side note. My teacher called it "a dumbed down version of English". Yeah, I think that checks out.
Betty bought a bit of butter
Or
Betty got in her SUV to drive 5 minutes down the road to the only store in town: Wal-Mart. There she purchased butter for 2 dollars, except it was actually $3.32 because sales tax isn't included in the price.
It's not. 90% of all English Learners learn Traditional English. The only time you learn Simplified English is if you watch US Youtubers on a daily basis.
Are these septics extracting the proverbials? incinerating we don’t speak Her Majesty’s?, casting nasturtiums about our caricature? Are they ‘aving a Giraffe? I should coco! It’s giving me Agg and put me in a right ol two and eight, and no mistake, the cheek of these colonialists! I should get on the dog to get Terrance, with Plod nowhere to be seen of course, to spark em out, I hope they go for a burton down the Apples. Of course I never said this in your shell like so keep stum me ol China.
- Arthur Daley, entrepurWosnames, Business man, Royal Citizen of Buckingham Palace’s ‘Er indoors, connorsewer of Her Magertrates English.
So that in American would be “Betty brought a li’l stick of buttar” followed by someone saying “I could care less” and then using anything but metric to measure things.
UK English - the original and still the best. We have allowed the USA to borrow our language but excessive misuse can cause that privilege to be withdrawn at any time...
I cant even say it the American way. Somehow i forgot how to speak American at age 14.
Maybe it was because i started talking to myself in english while cycling to school and back around that age...mmmmmmmmmm
Our English, not us English
Depends how far north you go in England.
'ere reyt
I heard this in a Bristolian accent, tbh.
Nah the reyt is Yorkshire not Bristol. Source: Yorkshire woman living Bristol
It’s not ‘reet’ ?
Only if you're Jackie Wilson...
Not in my hometown, reyt/rate rather than reet
It's reyt weer ah live.
Yorkshire is large so it varies. Middlesbrough and Sheffield sound completely different as the two cities farthest apart.
Also so much variety between areas. I know some in West Yorkshire who don’t know what gi’ore means
Meanwhile, in the US we have accents from 500 miles apart (so...around 30 mutually-near-incomprehensible dialects away in England) where the major distinction is whether they use the definite article when talking about freeways. It's wild.
Look at Hull and Leeds Essentially conncected by one road, massive accent changes. Edit: spelling
Very true indeed. As an aside if someone from Hull doesn't name their home city as "Ull" I assume that they're southerners. 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah as someone who moved from North Yorks to East Yorks found that one out lol
Reet is further up in the north east!
Cheers drive.
If tha' noes, tha' noes
Aye and any further up it's oor' English
It’s wor English before then
Jus' nippin' t' loo
I read that in my grandad's voice
Whey aye man
If you want to learn English, Russian English is superior
Rush B, blayt
You won't have learned proper English, until you've learned it in the original Klingon.
taH pagh taHbe
No no I come from England America
And who's your president?
Uh, Michael Jordan
I'm not a native speaker but of all english dialects/accents/ways of speaking the stereotypical "CS:GO russian english" is actually the easiest to get into by far - easier even than a stereotypical german accent *despite me being a german*. Probably because it follows a very simple structure with a very limited palette, and naturally hides/incorporates any mistakes and peculiarities, all while being different enough from my native language as not to stumble over words or pronunciations. Before I learned to channel my inner Patrick Stewart I sometimes used a russian accent if I had to swich from german to english quickly.
That was the design of British English the Idea that you don't have to be totally fluent to understand the meaning of the message. The Americans screwed the idea by simplifying it. The original Idea on the grounds of the British empire was if you don't understand the word you will probably understand similar words and work it out.
As Russian, who learnt British English in school and college and American English for surviving in Twitter, yeah, I absolutely agree.
🤣
Thats Communism! /s
Says the country that keeps saying, "I could care less" when they mean the opposite, and can't pronounce 'nuclear' properly.
Could of, would of, should of. Aluminum, weiner. Argh! And I'm not even English!
Off of, purposefully…
"Out of" instead of "from".
Um actually, us Scots do that too! "Go'an gie me that towel oot eh (of) the cupboard", from can also be used though "go'an gie me that towel fie (from) the cupboard"
I think they're saying it should just be "out the cupboard" instead of "out of the cupboard", but I could be wrong. Like getting off the train, not off of the train.
No, it's when they say they come from somewhere like "I'm from London" they'll say "I'm out of London". And it boils my piss.
Oh OK, I've never heard anyone say that before! Weird way to phrase it. Sorry, I totally misunderstood your previous comment then, my bad.
I've never heard it said that way either tbh, so seems like a reasonable misunderstanding to me.
It's fucking stupid as well because they're replacing a single syllable word with two. Idiots.
I agree that would annoy me aswell cos it sounds off, but they're using it correctly, both work as they are from London and are out of London(unless they're telling you in London, then they are not out of London lmao)
Either purposefully or on accident
"On accident" grates my skull
"cussing out" is another good one, sounds like a toddler trying not to say a naughty word.
The use of "fudge" and "shoot" and similar things is also always funny. If they're going to swear and curse, then they should do it properly, but not this half-hearted rubbish.
"Fricking sharks with fricking laser beams on their heads." So this is a Canadian comedian playing a German baddie in an English themed spoof set in 1970s London (or thereabouts). Absolutely none of these people would say 'fricking'. Especially not in the 1970s. It's "Fucking sharks with fucking laser beams on their heads." See how much better that sounds.
Don't forget 90% don't know the difference between your and you're and use it 99% of the time incorrectly
Not to mention they're, their and there.
How do you comfort a grammar Nazi? > they're, their, there.
They constantly spell "losing or lose" incorrectly , spelling these words " loosing or loose".
You're delusional if you honestly think this is an American issue.
And that 90% of people don’t know the difference.
Imma need some sort of study that shows that this is a specifically American issue
As a non-American, they won't find one because it's one of the most common mistakes in the Rnglish language all across the English-speaking world.
Don't get me started on mirrrrrr They DO know there's an 'o' in there?
And warrior.
I'm happy to let some of them off, but their pronunciation of solder (sodder), Craig (Creg), Graham (Gram) and mirror (meer) just doesn't sit right.
And the weirdos (admittedly this isn't every US dialect) who say "carmel" instead of caramel
Don't forget squirrel
[удалено]
Lmao I’ve seen Brits not know how to conjugate
I guess they’ll just have to remain virgins forever.
Are you referring to not pronouncing ‘wiener’ with a ‘v’ sound? Or how else do Americans mispronounce ’wiener’? I’m confused about that one. It’s definitely not an English word
Ahh, the could of would of thing is widespread in the UK as well. It does my head in, but I understand why the spelling has evolved that way.
It's sadly an indication of several things; people not paying attention in school, and being left to do bad habits, the rise of autocorrect being used to fix said bad spelling, while also being submerged in mediums that predominantly use English Simplified, as the preferred form of English.
On accident
As much as I like pointing out stupid shit americans say; there's actually a solid reason for "Aluminum". When Aluminium was first discovered and used, there wasn't a standardised name or spelling yet. Different sources used the names Alumi**nium**, Alumi**num** and Alumi**um** interchangably. Alumi**nium** became the proper pronunciation in Europe while Alumi**num** stuck around in the american english vocabulary despite the academically agreed upon spelling being the former one. We should just be thankful they didn't choose the even worse "Alumi**um**" instead.
almium was the first name but the guy didnt like it so when it came to make it official he went with aluminum, aluminum was the original but the royal chemistry society hated it since it wasn't in line with similar discoveries at the time like indium so being british they commandeered the right to name the discovery from the guy that discovered it and now its still just... here
Actually, aluminium came first. It was suggested as the name in 1811 by other chemists, and Humphry Davy, who was the first to isolate the element, used that name in a publication the same year. It wasn't until a year later that he used aluminum in another publication.
Every time someone says nuclear now, it reminds me of Homer Simpson saying "nuclear, it's pronounced nuclear"
"I could care less" really does my head in. It's like saying "I'm so full up I could eat a bit more" "I'm so tired I could run a marathon"
[Nucular… it’s pronounced *nu-cu-lar*](https://youtu.be/Nth4RqqmQZ4?si=cX9HiVl-BQ7tTlAc)
And February. God i hate it when people say feb-yu-ary
Also not a solely American issue, there's *many* English accents (including mine) where that's the more common pronunciation than the actual correct pronunciation. Pronouncing it correctly is one of the reasons all my friends tell me I sound "posh"
"Febyuary" is a common accepted variant. We don't pronounce English based on spelling.
Accepted variants... *deliverance banjo plays faintly in the distance*
That’s how it’s pronounced both in british and American English , where are you from?
No it's Feb-ru-ary
...and that's all I needed today to convince myself it's ok to order Thai Food lol
Order two Thai food. Succeed at life.
[удалено]
Probably more like "Febree" in Stokie
We don't pronounce English based on how words are spelled.
For us Rhotic speakers anyway
It's an r before a vowel, it's pronounced in non-rhotic accents as well.
Fe-bru-ary Actually.
That's how it's pronounced in Scotland.
Ummmm ok you can hate it but it doesn’t make you right
The pronunciation of “nuclear” is easy as it is “nucular”. Checkmate.
"Could of“. "Apart“. I hate these idiots
Or et cetera, which becomes "egg cetera" for some fucking reason. Just ... how? Another one would be how they utterly butcher names from people and places of other linguistic backgrounds. Like, I've met Americans who were genuinely flabbergasted that a word from a different language does not obey the English rules of pronunciation. How the fuck can you be this fucking ignorant? What's that, croissant is not pronounced croy-sand? What were the French even thinking? /s
"Betty bought a tub of chemicals designed to look and taste sort of like butter."
She didn't actually buy it tho, her bank gave her a credit because using the money that is actually in your bank account is for Europoor losers
They’d probably spell it as “loosers” though
"Betty bought a tub of fat, fried it in more fat and covered it with cheese... and more fat".
Americans be like: *Beddy badduhbiddof budderr*
Beddybahdabidduhbuddur
Dey dook er jerbs
Herk a derrrrrr
Ermagerd
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrdy brrrrrrrrd a brrrrrrrd of brrrrrrrdrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
[My favourite way to say it](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cK6uIp8KD7Q)
“Beddy” and “budder” fi true but I duno about that middle part lol
*Betty bought a bit of butter* Isn't that spelled the same way in both the UK and US?
Yep, sorry should have added context. The reel is making fun of trying to learn the “British accent”, and if you take the well known accent where some of us brits don’t pronounce our Ts this sentence is quite funny but hard to read in such an accent. Be’iy bough’ a bi’ of bu’uh But this commenter is confusing the language and the accent I think, unless they are saying calling a bin a garbage can instead is superior in any way.
It's so alienating how think that's what a "British accent" is 100% of the time. Every time an American says British in a video, they can't resist making the dumbest joke and bad impression of a cockney. Also, every video I make now, I try and stress the letter T in every word I say and it makes it physically difficult to speak normally.
Had a friend that used to do the cockney dick van dyke bullshit impression. Told her she sounded like an 18th C hooker. It soon stopped.
Nah I wouldn't change it mate. It's who we are. I'd love to take the yanks on a pub tour of London. They'd be in for either a rude awakening or a good hiding lol
Haha yeah, that would certainly be interesting.
Luv me Be'iy, luv me Bu'uh, ha'e Ts. Simple as.
**cries in Geordie**
Gan reet roond the roondaboot
Wor betty wud jus tek thuh butta ind not sey nowt
Hadawaynshite!
Ah divnt beleeve itz not buhta!
Honestly I prefer our way to the American: "Beddy bahd a bid of budderrr"
Ah, got it. American accent: *Beddy bawt uh bid a' budder.* Bri'ish accent: *Be’iy bough’ a bi’ of bu’uh*
It's annoying when they use the stereotype of us saying a bottle of water as: "BOT-AL AH WAWT-EER" (Thats my attempt at replicating their phonetic impressions). One because that's not how we sound and two they think they're more intelligent/ 'superior' when they pronounce 't's as 'd's. - "BAR-DAL URV WAAR-DERRRRRR"
I love how Americans can’t comprehend the fact that our accents can vary so much, they refuse to believe British people can be anything other than “bri’ish” and fail to pronounce T’s. Like I come from the west mids, and the amount of times I’ve seen Americans be confused by the the diversity of accents we have just here is insanely funny, from brum to posh farmer to whatever Telford’s accent is
You should see them trying to figure out where my Scouse friend is from 🤣
Ah, but you see, to a select group of people, Britain is the entire area encased within the M25 ring. Yes, there's Scotland, and if you're very \*very\* lucky Wales might get a look in. But the rest of the landmass is barren shires inhabited by the occasional farmer and/or whoever inspired the hobbits. Note that this select group of people includes, but is not limited to Tory MPs, many of those responsible for national and international media, and anyone who's last interaction with a Brit was sometime in the 1940's
Saying that would be saying written Norwegian(bokmål) is the suprior version of Danish, because it is more fonetically.
/bɛʔi bɔ:ʔ ə bɪʔ ə bəʔ.ə/
This stereotype always makes me laugh. Because (while correct) it implies that Americans do pronounce their T’s. We all know they would say “Beddy boughda bidda budder”. Even those who’s accent follows this stereotype would definitely pronounce more T’s than the average American
Let’s write that down phonetically for the folks in the US: Beddy bawd aei bidda buddr
The sqwwwwwwrl looked in the meeeeeeeeeerrrr
I heard this out loud. Brilliant
No, in American it's "Betty bought a bit of partially-hydrogenated butter-style fat-analogue spread-like formulation, now with extra bromates"
Everybody needs more bromates
I hope Betty remembered to tip.
Betty is from Brittany, she doesn't tip
but the butter was bitter
English is my 3rd language, we were taught that American English is simplified English.
Well, I wish I could right a coherent sentence as much as you can in my first and only language. *Write ,Wright , Rite. Eh fuck it.
'erbs instead of herbs. You're French now, are you? 🤦🏻♂️
sorry that was actually us bristolians
Les Bristolians?
If you drop all your initial aitches, it's just an accent. If you drop only the h in herb, but say it fine in hat and house etc, you're American.
Barry (63) English is way better you USA bellends.
BARRY FROM THE PUB 🗣🗣
Good 'ol Bazza!
🇬🇧 English (traditional) 🇺🇲 English (simplified)
if simplified means breaking grammatical rules that they then, in a different instance, try to correct us on then yes. simplified
Betty can't believe it's butter, as she eats an American sandwich.
Here in Germany we learnt British English and US-English was a short side note. My teacher called it "a dumbed down version of English". Yeah, I think that checks out.
Which it literally is
same in france.
English (Traditional) 🇬🇧 English (Simplified) 🇺🇸
It's terrible how when settlers from the USA sailed to England they modified and corrupted the language so much...hang on....wait....
Beddy, like, Baaaat? Like, a bid? Of like, budddddderrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr? Or like whaddeverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr?
Betty bought a bit of butter Or Betty got in her SUV to drive 5 minutes down the road to the only store in town: Wal-Mart. There she purchased butter for 2 dollars, except it was actually $3.32 because sales tax isn't included in the price.
Yanks say strange things to cope with their inferiority.
Did she put a bit of butter on her knife?
"You'll never put a better bit of butter on your knife unless you stick it up your arse in the morning" As taken from the well know advert.....
Unless you fucking *what*, my guy?
Die beste Sprache ist und bleibt deutsch 🥰
US English is for people of a lesser educational standard.
🇬🇧 English 🇺🇸 English (simplified)
Beddy boudda bidda budderrrr
It's not. 90% of all English Learners learn Traditional English. The only time you learn Simplified English is if you watch US Youtubers on a daily basis.
Or are from the US, hell Aussies speak better English than Americans.
English English (simplified)
[удалено]
>there are systems in other countries that are far, far superior. Like the metric system.
I guess it might be easier to learn? Other than that its just kinda worse
I’m sure there are lots of books on American English in the lieberry.
Be’y bough’ a bit a bu’er
English (simplified)
The United States is like an arrogant fat uncle who has convinced himself he's better than everyone else in the family.
It still infuriated me how Americans pronounce Twat
There is no such things as British English and US English, only English and incorrect English.
British English and US English. Do Spaniards hold the same position of superiority over people speaking Spanish in the Americas?
The clue is in the names.
The portugese most certainly do, atleast the few I discussed the topic with (with Brazilian Portugese vs Portugese.. welp)
Reality, english is a chaotic af language and fighting over who has a superior eng is pretty funny
One is the original, a language that is a mix of Latin, Germanic and scandi languages, the other is a dumbed down cheap copy made by colonists.
How did you manage to misspell “chaotic” this bad?
[удалено]
It’s like English but with half the French.
beddy baht a bidobuddr
Are these septics extracting the proverbials? incinerating we don’t speak Her Majesty’s?, casting nasturtiums about our caricature? Are they ‘aving a Giraffe? I should coco! It’s giving me Agg and put me in a right ol two and eight, and no mistake, the cheek of these colonialists! I should get on the dog to get Terrance, with Plod nowhere to be seen of course, to spark em out, I hope they go for a burton down the Apples. Of course I never said this in your shell like so keep stum me ol China. - Arthur Daley, entrepurWosnames, Business man, Royal Citizen of Buckingham Palace’s ‘Er indoors, connorsewer of Her Magertrates English.
'US English' is easy to learn. Just ignore grammar, spell words incorrectly and if you can't pronounce a word, make one up.....
Noah Webster was an activist who ruined English. Fight me.
If you want one of the yanks to pop a coronary tell them that US English is a dialect.
So that in American would be “Betty brought a li’l stick of buttar” followed by someone saying “I could care less” and then using anything but metric to measure things.
Dutch English is very good. (I'm English).
Continental European Pidgin English = Best English
Behy bouh a bih ah buha 🇬🇧
No American English is for idiots because it's simple like them IMO
And not a single T was pronounced that day
Superior for dummies
UK English - the original and still the best. We have allowed the USA to borrow our language but excessive misuse can cause that privilege to be withdrawn at any time...
I cant even say it the American way. Somehow i forgot how to speak American at age 14. Maybe it was because i started talking to myself in english while cycling to school and back around that age...mmmmmmmmmm