British English vs American English
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English is confusing. But it can be understood through tough thorough thought though.
:D Awesome
Molly F i love your comment!!!
Damn I've been speaking English for 17 out of 20 years of my life and you fucked me up with this comment lol
Repeated like 5 times before getting it LOL genius
Try saying that fast 5 times
America: He already left
British: He has already left
Me: He left already
Ghost 3251 😆😆😆 it's singlish
Already left he did..
homie dipped a while back
Lol 😂
he left liao
When I hear the word "torch" I think of Minecraft for some reasons..
Mitsuha Aishi I thought the same thing 😂😂
Same here
Samee xD
You play too much Minecraft. Then again, there's no such thing as playing too much Minecraft.
@@_simon.s_ I don't really play Minecraft but true
"We're old, apparently.."
"No, you're just British. It's fine."
Laura: Torch is a flashlight
Rachel: Torch is a stick with a fire on top of it
while jun:
Jun: **holds cooking torch** tHiS iS a tOrCh!
In England it's a "Blow Torch" didn't realise this was different.
6:36
That’s a dab torch excuse you!
I literarily just choked on my food after reading Jun’s sentence. Cause it was so funny.
@@samuelhartley1979 In America it's blowtorch too. I think Jun just shortened it to torch, or maybe it's the Australian way.
Laura: says adidas
Rachel: *surprised pikachu face*
My face was exactly like rachel. 😂
Surprised picachu was a good one 😁😁
Pikaaaa 😅😅
yeah, she is trying hard to be an anime girl
But Laura said it right
*my English is a mix of both .-.*
edit: i’m Taiwanese :)
私も！
My English is also like yours
I guess it's common for people whose first language isn't English.
@@_simon.s_ English is my first language.
I mix all the dialects even Uganda dialect
Adidas is a german brand. The British pronunciation was correct
And conversely the 'American' way of saying Nike is the correct way since its a Greek name and as such the E isn't silent. I'm British and I've had arguments with my friends about this.
I said Adidas the British way and all my friends yelled at me saying I was wrong. So we went to my teacher, and she said it the wrong way! Lol
@@dant5349 Yeah and using that logic, Nike is an American brand so the American pronunciation would be correct!
Is it because German is closer to Britain than America?
Don’t blame Americans. Blame Adidas because their commercials say it the way Rachel says it. So they taught people wrong.
jun: to me, *pulls out conveniently placed blowtorch* THIS is a torch
Proq lol
Lol
When you learn english, they always teach you british english 'cause here in Spain they do the same and then I'm confused 'cause I mostly watch american series and then when I speak or write I mix both english
Lunatic Moon ohh yeah. In Russia too.
Me too. That happens in Egypt too
@Rosida Andriyana yeah, clever of him. But I find it hard because I'm used to the American accent ^^;;
In Bolivia they teach American English, and it's something I've been told happens in most of Latin America - which was a weird shock, as I thought British English was the norm as is in Argentina.
As a side note, the Americans I met had all been taught Spanish Spanish - we made sure to corrupt them >:)
@@NatShinigami At my school in Florida we learned Latin American Spanish
I gotta say, I'm impressed with how well he speaks English
The guy speaks better then the English Teacher.
British: creates English
US: let's confused the future gen
When people become isolated for a certain amount of time from the land of their mother toung. Misuse goes unchecked and new languages/dialects are created.
@@texasaggie2378 Yeah exactly, both are right, they didn't change it on purpose for the most part, it just happens when England is an entire ocean apart for generations.
American English is the original english that came over before the Revolutionary War. British English is Victorian nonsense that was developed after.
@@texasaggie2378 this is why people need proper education instead of parroting the 'america bad' rhetoric. Try to learn some history of which country speak the original english.
@@Demon_Curse well british English sounds way better
Amerikan accent: lvl 1 crook
British accent: lvl 10 hitman
Australian accent: lvl 50 boss
Scottish accent: lvl 6345 godfather
Yes
I heard Scottish accent and my culture is pleased
Welsh Accent: Lvl 949493929300 God Father tripled.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogeryllwindrobyllllantisiliogogogoch
@@smudgerbugg do you atcualy try to challenge me? Ron Swanson?
You're about to regret that son.
*Swanson* If you say Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogeryllwindrobyllllantisiliogogogoch correctly and video it, I'll let you off lol. I do love the Scottish accent too. It's different and unique.
tbh i thought the end vegtable would be like
Laura: Aubergine~
Rachel: ....
Rachel: ...eggplant.
LOL, same!
coriander vs cilantro :p
FaeriMagic omfg no joke same
oh god same
Eric trump
"Toma-uh" was just the final straw for Jun. 🤣🍅
I'm also from Norfolk and yes, that is how I and everyone I know says tomato.
We would say tomah - oh for singular and tomah - us for plural.
Jun: it sounds politer.
Me an English man: it sounds MORE polite!!!
I quit learning English as well. I quit!
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(Realizes English is my native language and I know no other).
Rosida Andriyana it's spelled with a 'z' in the United States ^^'
Ikr
It funny...I spell "Realize" as "Realise" because I think it looks more right to me 😂 I am an American.
Taeminade SM, Huh... maybe it's just regional? Or maybe just depends on the person... 😂😅
Taeminade SM
That Asian dude has brilliant English pronunciation for someone who isn't a native speaker.
He.s Japanese
CRAVE He's*
Well, in Italy we say "Ah-di-das" and "Naik" so...
TEAM LAURA
In the Netherlands it's the same so...
That's weird considering the company Nike is named after the Greek goddess of victory which is always pronounced with two syllables.
We pronounce it same in Russia
As a Brit, I've never heard ah-dee-das but I pronounce Nike with the e accented (Naik-ee)
I think a lot of the European countries pronounce English the British way.
Australian: *pulls out phone and fires up the light* "This is a torch."
American: "That's not a torch. This is a torch." *pulls out blowtorch*
ahhh, i see you've played knifey spooney before!
Love being Canadian. Theater or Theatre. Color or Colour. Same thing. Both accepted.
André Raymond I'm Canadian also. My son in law is from England. They call a Hospital a Theater. The Boot is the Trunk of the car. My 3 1/2 year old granddaughter said she wanted to go on the setty. I found out that was the couch. LOL
but sometimes it erks me when some people doesn't spell colour or favour with a "u" like you're Canadian, spell it right lol
In college I was told that both would be acceptable for term papers, as long as I chose one usage within the same paper.
As an Englishman I feel I should respectfully clarify a couple of things: the theatre is the part of the hospital where surgical operations take place speciffically. If you were travelling to hospital, you'd never say 'theatre.' It would only really be used to denote a serious operation whilst you are already inside the hospital. If someone said, "He just came out of theatre," the heavy implication is that the surgery is over but still in hospital recovering. Because of this specific use of it, it's never confused with the entertainment medium of a very different meaning. The second thing is we do not say 'trunk' for the boot. Ever. That is American territory, you got that very wrong I'm afraid. We do say setty or sofa though. Some people say couch but this is generally viewed as a lower class way of saying it.
I have to put my (Canadian) foot down on that one. It is not called a sofa, couch or setty. It is a Chesterfield!
Omg it's so strange to hear American version of how to pronounce for "Adidas" and "Nike"... Even if I'm native Russian speaker, because in Russian I swear you we say it exactly like Laura
Diana Tolubaeva it was the same with me but the other way around I’m American and the first time I heard Adidas and Nike being said like that my mind exploded lol
It doesn't make any sense though to pronounce Nike like Laura. The company is named after the Greek goddess of victory.
I pronounce nike nihkeh
@@ScionStorm1 Everyone is: wrong th-cam.com/video/dYBF4ZANmsg/w-d-xo.html
Well Nike is a greek word and they say NIKEEEE as in the God NikEEEEEE. Since is a Proper noun the right way is the native language. Addidas we say wrong. addi das is correct. ad didas is wrong. well its american. But we also dont say Braun correctly its pronouced Brown and we say bron
Laura pronounces adidas and nike like we do in germany
and Adidas is german
And so in Italy as well
Same in Argentina.
Team Europe lol
And Lebanon
As an American exchange student in France, during English class a friend asked me if I had a “rubber”. After laughing hysterically for a few minutes, I explained that in American English we call them erasers, and had to also explain what rubber is in American slang.
"to me, a torch is this" *grabs and turns on torch" wHY DID HE HAVE THAT ON HAND
He cooks
Lauryl Nguyen because creme brule
Obviously he uses it to make toast. Like so...
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S T R A N G E D A Y S 😂😂😂
Lauryl Nguyen A torch will light up your way through a cave. A blowtorch, will weld metal, toast your bread, etc.
On the Adidas and Nike situation!
I looked it up and Adidas is German, pronounced the British way.
Nike is American, and pronounced the American way (confirmed by the founders).
If you've been pronouncing one of them wrong, are you going to change the way you say it? :D
Rachel & Jun nope 💁🏻
Rachel & Jun I pronounce both of them correctly haha
Rachel & Jun I'm from germany, and we say 'Adidas' the british way. And for the Nike-thing, I've heard both ways 😁
I feel like us Americans would be made fun of for trying to pronounce it the British way to
For Adidas.
Very nice video. Thanks man.
“I was sat” makes sense only if the speaker is using the passive voice, as in he/she was placed in their current position by someone else, but i’m sure that’s not the way most people would be using that phrase
Grant Goodman That’s what I imagined, as if it was a school trip or something and the teacher assigned where everyone had to sit.
Jun. You now know how it feels to be Canadian. We use a mix of both American and British English but there often aren't any strict rules on which. We are always confused by English too.
Both versions of the stuff at the beginning (have a bath vs. take a bath or nap) sounded normal to me. We tend to use British spelling although a lot of Canadians will not be confused or annoyed by American English spellings. We do pronounce words closer to American English pronounciation.
I do watch a TH-camr from South Carolina and he sometimes says things like "That lights needs replace" or "The fridge needs repair" instead of "That light needs to be replaced"/"That light needs replacing"/"The fridge needs repairs" - all of which sound more natural to me. It throws me off every time I hear it but I guess some placed in "The South" speak that way.
Spiffleh I know right sometimes I tend to get confused of which way to spell or say something because they both sound correct also I learn French and some words have British English spelling which make me even more confused
Spiffleh WHAT?! I'm from the USA, and that sounds weird to ME. Are you sure that youtuber is a native speaker??
TopOfAllWorlds in Canada we typically use both British English and American English so it's normal for us
YES. I'm Canadian and here we use both American and British spelling, depending on how lazy you're feeling, and I've read so many British books that I think it's completely normal to use British Phrases and Grammar.
Spiffleh uh... that TH-cam does NOT speak the way we normally speak, I'm sorry to say. I lived in South Carolina for several years and never heard anyone say anything remotely like that. Everyone there says it like the second one you stated. Don't get me wrong, if you go to a rural enough area you'll hear some bizarre dialects in the Carolinas However, the vast majority would never say it that way.
I'm British and say AHdidas and NAIK, it's not just you Laura :P
Siânny Pops me too!
as dutchman living in the uk, we say it the same as the english.
In France we say "Naik" as well :D
Hmm, this is quite interesting. I've never heard them pronounced that way. Assumed it was Nike and Adidas internationally.
yeah same.
The english lady is so adorable and .... polite!
I guess u should have more guests like her hhhh
THE TORCH PART WAS HILARIOUS. HAHAHAHA
Grammar is the hardest part of any language in my opinion
And speaking
Mr Helpful what's jour language ?
I think for Japanese, the writing systems are the hardest part. The grammar feels natural to me, and pretty intuitive and straightforward.
Taegotmelike 95 my native language is English
Mr Helpful ytttt
How can Jun keep calling himself an English learner? His English is flawless! Is there anything more to learn?
Diver Au
He's pretty modest. He sounds like he's been speaking his whole life!
There is always more to learn. Even for native speakers. One will never reach a point in which one knows _everything_.
The real advantage he has is that he has the right English rhythm, which is as important as the pronunciation.
I really like this whole presentation..its outstanding... I also like the way how those women never showed any discomfort or dissatisfaction in their faces when their own way of pronunciations got overruled by the other. Truly gentle...👏👏👏
More of stuff like this please! This is so funny!
I'm canadian and I say a lot of the phrases the american way but we spell many words the british way with "ou"...like in colour lol
wow,that's interesting
The British honour the fact that, in that, and many other cases the basis is from the French.
Your (or should I say "yor"?) fellow colonial cousins to the South have got a bit mixed up with the French word Soudure. They pronounce it very much like the French and say "Soder (souder?)" but spell it like the Brits as Solder, while the Brits spell it with and pronounce it with an L. The USA needs to make it's mind up. Either it's spelt in the British fashion and they should pronounce the L (as in bold/bolder, cold/colder, gold/golden etc) or they continue to pronounce it in the French style and spell it correctly as "soudure". Hell as a Franglaise speaker I'll even let you spell it "Soder".
You (yo) can stuff that up your (yor) arse (ass) and smoke it North America.
PS. Need I remind you some Canadians spell it "Soudure" or maybe "Soudre" which I suspect is the pronunciation that spread through all of English speaking North America.
Yeah the English language is a Germanic language brought in to a Celtic country that was previously under Roman (Latin) rule that was later ruled by a Norman (as in Normandy, in modern day France) aristocracy around the same time there were numerous Vikings settling in the North. It's a bit of a Northern European language soup to be honest! There are also words brought in and adapted from the British Empire (Bungalow and Pyjama's are adapted from Indian words)!
UFCMania155 exactly this! I can confirm as a fellow Canadian
Even in America, dialects are different so we all pronounce things differently depending on where you were raised in. New yorkers don't say car they say it without the r for example. Tomato is pronounced both ways but not many say it the British way. Even center and centre it depends on the sentence, if it's center of room or Art Centre. I love how there's different ways and phrases of words to use and pronounciations to the English language in general.
His English is FANTASTIC! SMart dude!
"why are you bullying me?"
*BULLYISM*
its a word my seventh grade friends made up
i don`t know why, but i love to spend sometime just listening to you guys
Adidas is a german Brand and in Germany you pronounce it the British way
Or probably, british people pronounce adidas based on german pronunciation
Also, I think a lot of European countries say Nike the British way.
123456manky
Yep in France we say "naïk"
Frantz Hoch Yeah, in Germany we pronounce it 'naik' too.
Because english is a germanic language that was brought here by the anglos. We have anglo blood and they were originally from germany so we have plenty in common. Those americans on the other side of the pond though have butchered the language unfortunately.
For the fact that in the US they tend to use one 'L' instead of two (and also it played a role in removing the 'u' from words) I read that it was actually because newspapers paid for printing by the letter, therefore they removed all the 'unnecessary' letters to save money. The new spellings just slowly became the normal for people.
It also helped to separate the English of the newly created United States from the English of their former rulers, in addition to simplifying spelling
That is correct. That's why other words such as "colour" became "color" because they get charged by the letter.
@Rosida Andriyana wow that's just uncalled for
And she wrote the same sentence in reply to multiple comments as well. Someone feels they need to compensate cause no one wants to hear them.
It called Language Revolution... not stupid haha.
if then what we use in the present is actually all wrong!!!
2:01 Jun literally looks like he is in the middle of an argument he doesn't get and he just sitting there regretting his life choices
You guys are awesome, especially your British friend there.😎
In Denmark we pronounce Adidas and Nike the same way people from UK pronounce it. At least I do :)
its caus its more natural to say them the british way I think, compared to how its spelled and what it would sound like if it was a danish word.
well actually most people who learn to speak english well, in scandinavia tend to end up, with the same kind of accent, that is somewhere in between american and brittish.
we pronounce it the same way in France too ahah
Same in Poland. :> Some of us pronouce Nike as Neekeh because of polish Nike that does not have anything to do with the company and it's pronounced in polish that way.
Merete loves Japan Same in Italy
It’s always really confusing that there are many differences in English depending on where you’re from, but it’s always interesting to learn about those differences to me. Here’s a video I’ve been wanting to make for a while. And thank you so much for helping us make this video, Laura! To-mah-uh! :) -Jun
Rachel & Jun To-may-to is the way i say it
I honestly think Jun's English is better than some people who were born here in America... I'm from the Netherlands myself, living in America, and some people's American English makes me facepalm so much. How can you not properly speak and write your own language...? Anyways, Jun, I think your English is pretty darn good!! (Ohh also, people make fun of me all the time for pronouncing thing the "British English" way, that's how we were taught in highschool :P)
English is too complicated. Use Jun-glish its fine! :D
Just think about how there are also differences in how Japanese people speak. There probably aren't as many differences as American vs. British English, but I sure there are still a lot of differences if you think about someone from Hokkaido vs. someone from Kansai.
One of the best places to find out about the differences is
separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.co.uk
written by an American who lives in England. A recent post revealed that, in general, the UK and the USA think of frowns as being in different locations on the face.
when they argue what sweaters and jumpers are 😂😂
Jumper to me means motherboard or hard drive jumper. Or jumper cables for cars?
Jumper is made of wool. Sweater is usually cotton or synthetic.
Smoothie Cool Sara lol
@@simontay4851 I'd say it's about the construction as much as the material. Jumpers are usually knitted where sweaters are usually woven fabric which is sewed together.
I got so confused on Harry Potter when Ginnie asked for her jumper lol I was like "What the hell is a jumper?"
In german we pronounce Nike and Adidas the way Laura did XD
I pronounce them the way rachel said them! 😂
@@pinkiepiehumanchan1770 ich sage Naiki, Adidas allerdings wie Laura. 😂
@@takeshiyamasaki6602 No not really. Sometimes yes. Also you have to consider that the german alphabet is pronounced different.
In spain too
Same in Ukrainian
If your British English keeps getting corrected on Word, change the default language to UK English. It will stop correcting you on those differences. You can change it to fit the country you learned English from, like Australia, Canada, etc.
Crikies this is bloody brilliant mate!
I've changed it to "UK English" on my computer several times. It seems to change back every update. 😕
Same with me so i just decided to add every word from both to the dictionary
Good luck convincing google, however.
"Can I have a bath
Can I take a bath"
Me (Aussie): Imma shower, we ain't gotta bath (that is literally how I speak)
same with me but replace the aussie accent with good ol texan.
Same haha
for me "mixed of new yorker and massa) accent i say," yo im abotta take a bath right now"
JVLinx Why did that make me laugh so hard XD
Sounds American to me lol
this is a nice video.
And I cannot decide which English I should study.
Technically, a Tomato is a fruit.
knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting said tomato in a fruit salad.
Actually tomato is a berry
@@DamnSoul666 berries are fruits. It's like you just corrected "spot is a dog" with "actually spot is a beagle".
Why not? Don't we eat tomatoes raw all the time?
Tomato ... the only fruit ... that acts like a veggie (It goes in veggie salads... on burgers and sandwiches etc...) But you never see it in cereal, or fruit salads or as a candy flavor ...
@@stanfield3239 We eat both fruits and veggies raw... or, we can anyway. I eat raw carrots and raw tomato and raw potato and raw apple and yeah
This is amazing, reading the comments and not seeing people insulting each other. In Spanish there's so much hate between the accents.
Es verdad,BUT WELL
BΣΣЯΛМV Ҳ.Ҳ yo soy española 😑😒😒
Angie Salas if only. Hatred will always exist, especially where cultural differences lie. People come just for the sake of argument, to prove their way is best way.
In Germany we pronounce Nike and Adidas the British way too!!
I guess that's because Adidas is a German brand, British English sounds more like German than American English does. For Nike I don't know if I can agree, I used to say it the British way, but online I heard most people saying it the American way, so now I pronounce it like Rachel did and so far everybody understood me here in Germany.
I have friends that say NikE as well because the deliberately pronounce it American. But I never heard a German say AdIdas XD
Sleepover137 Well, it's no surprise we let US-Americans tell us how to pronounce an US-American brand(/word) (Nike), but it'd be strange if we let Americans tell us how to pronounce a German brand(/word). xD
lot-negative
Especially since it is based on the name of an actual person^^
Nike may not be an "actual" person, but it is an "actual" name. Nike is the Greek Goddess of Victory, Athena's handmaiden and her name should be pronounced the correct Greek way. Which strangely enough is "actually" how the Americans pronounce it. For once America "actually" gets it right.
Americans do pronounce Adidas wrong though, you are right about that.
Jun looks so flirty and he doesn't even know xD Yeah Rachel said it before it was his habit leaning towards others when communicating :v But if it was me I will be so jealous xD
Center is in the middle of something centre is used for a building like ‘fitness centre’
becoz of this problem, india has its own english now.
lol
Indian English is mostly British English with the Indian Accent. We spell centre as centre and such. Even our Windows IME for typing is based of the English (UK) one.
Vikas Kyatannawar
India does have it's own English, but I think it's a bit of a concern because Indians want to do business with the rest of the world too. IIT Madras has an online course to teach students how to do presentations and speak with a more international accent.
And of course, confusing the issue, English has a large number of Indian loan words and even though I think some number of these are false friends, like khaki, it's nice to see the borrowings between these Info-Aryan languages. Sort of like completing a circle.
Indo-Aryan languages. Oops.
I love how jun just casually grabs a blowtorch from out of frame and then puts it back not to be addressed again.
I enjoyed the last scenes of the video, especially when Jun asked her, how she pronounced Nike XD bro Naik is a very Brazilian way of saying Nike (I LOVED it)
Most of the Brazilians I know when they speak English sound like they are speaking British dude, especially when it comes to brands and the tomato part (when I speak English I always said tomato, like tomAto XD)
to travelling: it's possibly from the time when you were limited to a certain amount of characters in newspapers in America. That's also why there are color and colour.
At the weekend, sounds like its a place you go to.
It is a place in time!
Jeff Walker but it's not like...physical
You might enjoy reading some book by Steven Pinker. :)
Just trust me on that, OK?
Barberman I agree
Huh? So what about 'at night'? I am not British, but yes, when I was a kid I learned British English, so 'at the weekend' sounds completely normal to me and not like a place to go ^_^
In Russia Adidas and Nike says in British way
SphinxKingStone we say or whoever says?
In Turkey people say same too, we don't say ni-key
The Nike says. In Russia We just have a talking shoes. Special edition for Mother Russia, comrad.
Turkish people say that way too, its Nike. With a sharp ending just like British.
They've differences. Just let them use what they have. Don't make them compete. They're both beautiful way to speak the language.
this is a cute video, thanks guys
Thank you Malena Leal for the Spanish subtitles!
Rachel & Jun :'v alfin con subtitulos :v
Rachel & Jun saludamr
British English and American English both win cause they r just doing the way they learnt it
I'm a beginner (not even) and I really want to learn the Japanese language and phrases. Is there anything in particular that you (Rachel & Jun) would recommend?
British say. colour Americans say color
I really enjoyed this video. I never realised that Americans pronounced those brand names like that. I am British.
the adidas one really confused me, in the U.S you never hear that pronounced that way.
But.... that's how it is pronounced. The brand is named after the founder, Adolf Dassler. Adi (pronounced "Addy") is short for Adolf, and "Das" is just the first part of his surname...
They missed off one brand name though Porsche
Most Brits pronounce it Porsh, where as a lot of Americans pronounce it Portia
Other Car names we pronounce different below
Name > American pronunciation > British
Jaguar > Jagwa > Jag-u-ar
Hyundai > Hun-day > HI-un-die
Fiat > FEE-AT > FEE-ERT
Californian here, it's "Porshe" not "Porshea".
I'm 100% American and i have a standard American accent, but I say "porsh". Though, I like to say things the way I seem them.
You guys are good learner
Interesting. The differences in the nouns are well known: Torch/flashlight, pavement/sidewalk, pants/trousers ad inf, yadda yadda. But the more subtle differences are intriguing. As a Brit, I love the way Yanks say things like "I could have saved him, if I would have stopped him driving" [Brit: I could have saved him, if I'd stopped him driving] and "I don't have.." as opposed to the ugly and clumsy "I haven't got.." Re which, I also love "gotten" - a sad loss to British English.
I like how they were joking around but also not attacking each other’s way of speaking, I’ve seen other videos that always attack the US way of speaking and I don’t get why people feel there is only one way to say something and that their way is correct. It’s annoying.
may be called English is sharing point language of world but that's not have part with native. Everywhere have their own pronuciation of English and with grammar, too. 😂
This is still the most confusing subject of the world!? So made it natively is easier to rules.... hahaha
@@maewr There is no native. In fact American's speak English more like English was in the 1600 and 1700. Which is why we use the ENGLISH work color instead of the french spelling colour. google it. We don't say or spell aluminum wrong. We spell it the way the person who discovered it spelled it. The english decided to tell him to F off and changed the spelling of his discovery. We chose to honor ,not the french word Honour,, the man that discovered the element.
@@RandyLittleStudios is F off is to honor someone? If you want to honor your father try honor you foe before that.
You don't try to understand me and you're too much.
What I said is I kinda discover that English want to be global language but it fail a little that every area have their English style and with the thing called Language Evolution, we really have a few thing that different in English, so it's not a bad thing and I don't think fighting over how the two or more English styles is the best or the true one is a good thing, too. We can tell history of language but we shouldn't crush people's belief of their language.
I don't like these thing about fighting or war or be bad to each others because of how we use English different.
I sound crazy? Okay bye.
And I don't believe Google is the truth, might be the most truth but not all of it. We are currently in the age of googleish! We believe in Google!😱
Ikr?!
At first it was funny, but then it slowly gets annoying...
It also happens the other way. Some people are just insecure with who they are and feel uncomfortable when people do things differently. Especially when the cultures are similar, it's tempting to compare them and try to dismiss the differences, but they do exist. When we accept ourselves we accept others.
It's not "POLITER" it's "more polite"
Exactly!
Yeah, tho. It has only 2 syllables. Or maybe, different accents?
AB The one-word comparative form politer and superlative form politest exist, but are less common than their two-word counterparts more polite and most polite.
7:50 "Just going for a ride on my bikey."
This video made my day 😂😂😍
About the tense. Rachel is using simple past tense.
Laura is using present perfect tense.
1) Simple past tense - He already left.
2) Past perfect tense - He had already left.
3) Past continuous tense - He was already leaving.
4) Past perfect continuous tense - He had been leaving already.
I think the interesting point is that, although the simple past tense and present perfect tense have very similar meanings and are often interchangeable, the latter is used a lot more in British English than in American English, especially with words like "already" and "yet".
Here's an example with "yet":
In American English, "Did you clean your room yet?" would be acceptable, and possibly the most common variation (although I'm not completely sure, being British myself).
Whereas, "Have you cleaned your room yet?" is the only way British people would ask that question. I'm pretty sure that using the simple past tense in this case would be considered non-standard in British English.
I think American English is more lenient though, so you might hear either version in the US.
Sam Keyho 😵 that just makes me more confused. It makes sense but seems so tiresome to remember them all. I should pick up a grammar book.
What you said sounds accurate to me, Daz.
'Was sat by the fire' sounds like someone else put me there. LOL BTW, it was Benjamin Franklin that started American English spelling of words.
I think Noah Webster would disagree with you if was still alive. And for that matter, so would Ben Franklin.
Disagree with what? And who made you the spokesman for the dead?
It is well known and well documented that Noah Webster (Webster's New World Dictionary) selected most of the americanized spellings. Benjamin Franklin most certainly knew of the work of Noah Webster and tried to influence it. But it was Noah Webster who gave us our modern American English spellings.
Ha Ha! If you look up "American and British English spelling differences" in Wikipedia, Noah Webster was too an influencer. You can go to the works of William Shakespeare to see both English and "Americanized" spelling being used.
'Was sat by the fire'.... English ignorance! Correct pronunciation would be, "I sat by the fire", or 'they sat by the fire!'. This British girl must have been dragged up!
The brands!!! Yes!
I like the thumbnail where Jun is just like
“ *just get me out of here* “
thanks for putting this together guys, it was really fun to watch. 😊 Tell your friend that I loved it as well.
Nicole Valcourt it was fun to film~ I'm glad you liked it!
Microsoft office has language settings
Thank god I was not the only one thinking that
Ohhh!👍 x2
No the word Yank is wrong. I’m a Southerner you call me a Yank it may be some problems
@Rosida Andriyana
First of, "smh" isn't a proper english word.
Second, the sentence should be constructed "Yanks aren't able to write properly."
If you're going to belittle us, then do it properly and not with a fourth grader's english.
Ah-di-das is the original pronunciation for adidas, therefore Americans say it different
I'm from New York, so I hear English spoken in every accent possible. When I went to London, I was so happy to be the one with the funny accent.
We might say "ON the weekend" ;) in America at least
or OVER the weekend
Yeah "at" the weekend makes it seem like "the weekend" is some sort of name for a destination. Because you wouldn't say "what are you going at Thursday?" Can any British English speakers explain why they use that?
From my point of view i wouldn't say "at Thursday" because Thursday is singular, whereas "weekend" implies both Saturday and Sunday. But that doesn't make much sense when you consider I would say at home or at school and they are both singular. But I think the answer would be that we do consider "The weekend" a destination in terms of you have to travel through the week to get to it, if that makes any sense at all.
ThatOddGeek I guess it makes more sense when you explain it that way but it just seems like an explanation of an already chosen term rather than a reason for doing it you know? Nothing against the English's way of speaking but that one still doesn't make much sense to me
I'm not British, but to my understanding, it's like saying "at noon." So if you think of it in a similar way, as a time span (now - then) with a metaphorical destination (then), it might make more sense.
It's too bad we don't use both center and centre, for the different meanings. Like, center = middle of something, and centre = a building, like the community centre. That would be useful.
They are used with different meanings. Centre is the middle of something (city centre), or community centre as you said. Center is a verb, meaning to make something be centred.
That is actually how i use it :P
That would be very useful. It is definitely not done that way around here. :)
Then there would be two more words being used incorrectly, like there and their, or then and than.
yeah, I hate this word so much... proper British English is centre for both, but using center when referring to the middle seems a pretty common thing now
Center is the middle of something . Centre is a building or place within a building like an office or department
i really appreciate how good Jun in english
In Spain, we say Adidas pronounced the American way and Nike the British way XD
Same in sweden, and unfortunatly both of those are the wrong pronounciations if you ask the company since Adidas is from Germany and Nike from Usa :P
Same in Greece xD xD
J. Carstairs In All Europe we say adidas and nike the same way not nikey wtf
Well, the sweden thing i find realy interesting. Swedish and German are Germanic languages and sound quite similar, i wonder where the different pronounciation with adidas comes from
Hahah I would probly react the same way, nikE??!? hm.. you mean nike? :P
There is no right and wrong when we are talking about Dialects.
They are both correct.
How Tho? American English is closer to traditional English than British English is.
Except from Adidas, you don't stress the "I" because it's named after the founder Adolf "Adi" Dassler
Also Nike, the American way is right because it's named after a Greek Goddess so you pronounce the "ee" sound
How can American English be closer to traditional English then the English spoken by the English?
The American people were originally from Britain, you know.
In general, American english is more of a peasant version of english, while British english is more of an 'elite' version.
8:03 sometimes I forget that this is a vanilla TH-cam channel... Jun is just... 🔥😂❤️❤️❤️ And we share the fascination with British pronunciation
I agree with Laura!! (Nike and Adidas pronounciation)
The English girl sounds American to me
so glad i saw this comment, she does sound very American!
Well she did say she was teaching american english so assuming she lives in America its common for her to pick up the accent a bit.
Ubiquitous_Star she lives in Japan, they all do in this video. I guess she speaks with an American accent because she has to teach American English to Japanese people.
oreomonogatari
Yeah and possibly because her English speaking friends over there are American.
Lee Blunt no one said she’s not speaking English wtf are you talking about?
LOL! I love how Jun literally pulls out a TORCH! Best thing! Oh also American's say "on the weekend" as well or maybe that's just me :P
Yep "see you on the weekend"
I don't think I've ever said "on the weekend," but I also don't think it would register as particularly unusual if I heard someone else say it.
I hear "on the weekend" more in America when speaking generally about things. Such as "I like to go swimming on the weekends." But for specific situations "What are you doing this weekend? See you this weekend." etc.
StrictlyOval Huh, okay, I could see that. I feel like I've definitely heard someone I know say something like that. I think personally I would probably say, "I like to go swimming during the weekend." Kinda like you would say, "I like to go to the gym during the week," instead of, "I like to go to the gym on the week." But I'm so in my head at this point that it's hard to say what I would say, lol.
Lol yeah, I'm not used to thinking about my own language so much. it's hard to know what's right xD
5:19 in Canada I say on the weekend
Rachel, you and Jun should do another one of these videos but with this one it should be your dialect versus someone with a Southern US dialect.. let the entertainment and confusion begin!
I'm used to saying "...on the weekend" or "this weekend" - never "at the weekend" because weekend is a relative time period and not a physical place.
fun fact: the flashlight was invented by an Englishman. He called his invention a flashlight. So, I think that's the actual name of the device. It was called that because of how inconsistent the current in the batteries were at the time, as well as how power consuming the bulbs were, the light would constantly flash and flicker.
True, but a lot of people still called it a torch afterwards because they were used to portable lights being called torches (as in the flaming torch things), so people kept using the word "torch" to make the transition easier.
it's all whether you believe in disambiguation or not. Lots of British words reduce disambiguation. I think they enjoy the ambiguity. ;D
It is sometimes more fun to let the context do the sorting out of meanings, gotta hand it to 'em.
g fox but how does calling a flash light a torch reduce ambiguity? A torch is commonly thought of as an open flame producing scattered light that burns on a flammable material (usually a piece of wood). While there isn't a device referred to as a flash light besides that object which is an enclosed electrical reflection that creates precision lighting. I'd be more open to referring to a flash light as a lantern that a torch because a lantern is an enclosed source of light that can be either fire or electric and can work while either closed or open. It can also give more precise lighting than a torch but not as much as a flash light.
I guess a lantern is the in-between of the two.
And I got off on a tangent there.
If you call it a torch, then the torch in this video and a stick-with-one-end-burning AND this newfangled device are all torches (as they are in Britain) and that's not very disambiguous.
If you call it a lantern, again... there are multiple lanterns now that you must either determine through context or you'll have to ask the person who said/wrote the word which one they meant.
If you call it a flashlight, the word itself might not make sense, but there is nothing else to confuse it with (unless someone thinks you're saying "hey, flash some light over here on this thing" or something... but come now. "flashlight." One word).
Something being ambiguous and a new compound word not making a lot of intuitive sense (at least from the words used to form the new word) are kinda different problems, even if they can both lead to reader/listener confusion. Flashlight has the latter issue, Torch/Lantern have the former issue as they are basically loanwords from other meanings in the same language already.
Speaking of disambiguation, check out the page for Torch on wikipedia. THIS is why we can't have nice things:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torch_(disambiguation)
g fox oh boy. This is a mess. But a portable burning light source. I guess oil lanterns could fit under that.
Note: I've been making all my posts with my phone and it doesn't recognize flash light as one word and autocorrects it. It has problem with, I think they're called, conjunctive nouns.
As a Canadian:
He already left
Have a bath
Sitting
I think we use two ls
We just use a sweater
I like trousers, but we use pants
No to at
I think we use more British spelling
Flashlight/ torch for stories
Beautiful
Jun loves his torch xD it's very cool, Jun
oreomonogatari ikr
Hilarious how he suddenly just pulls it out from off screen. xD
IKR! I have never heard of a flashlight being called a torch before! :)
Newman Family Vlogs It's the opposite for me. I always think of flashlight first, before I think of blow torch. xD
where i am from we combine the two torch + flashlight =torchlight ..............
I was laughing went I realize this. Because i didn't know British call it torch......
is no one gonna talk about eggplant vs aubergine
Or the pronunciation of croissant...
One is English and one is French
Or zucchini and courgette
or cilantro and corriander
halym smith ハリーム Corriander? Wtf?
You are so cute and adorable, Jun!
Laura, please make a channel with northern British accent✨I love how they sound😌💓