What I don't think people always realise is that I am willing to take criticism, admit when I am wrong, and have healthy discussions where I can learn from others whilst also sharing my point of view. I hope that this can be a discussion going forward. Thank you watching, and sorry for my mistakes. Lucy
Lucy, I have watched your video and I did not feel discriminated even though I have an accent that can make things more difficult for me to pronounce. But I really learned a lot from you and I want you to know I love your videos. Never stop, please.
TH-cam is very liberal, very left, very Democrat. TH-cam is an intolerant social justice warrior. I believe that TH-cam forced Lucy to do this by threatening to demonetize or cancel her.
@@itstimmer learn to appreciate a moment of self reflection and growth, I don't think Lucy would approve of the direction you're taking this situation and how you're interpreting it
This would be one of my very few comments on someone’s youtube account. I’ll just let you know that I’ve seen your videos for years. Through these videos I got a chance to complete IELTS test in my first try, and went to University overseas and got my postgrad degree. I wish you keep teaching no matter what people say because you’ve been doing nothing but teaching and give us hope to learn new language and to use it the way natives do. Appreciate your work, Lucy.
Dear Lucy, You Channel is Excellent, your British accent is beautiful & Your Sensitivity & Desire for Growth is Admirable. KEEP UP the great work! I'm a big fan! -- professor fink; Los Angeles, CA.
"The thing I fear most is that the process that is unfolding is doing a very good job of making us ununderstandable to each other" - Bret Weinstein I somhow had this nasty feeling long ago that the angry mob would sooner or later go after Lucy for teaching British/RP pronunciation. But I kept saying to myself I must be a loony suspecting that to happen. No, I wasn't. Here we go - Lucy has been denounced by the woke movement and forced to deliver a self-criticism. Just because her teaching correct British pronunciation to us was classified as verbal microaggression, whatever it might be. "Someone" is hell-bent on making us ununderstandable to each other. Courage is now our only alternative - poeple of goodwill, acting in good faith must come together and stand up to the mob.
Lucy, I have been watching for a few months and to be honest, I've never felt stupid, unprofessional, unintelligent and disgusting! I have understood that if you pronounce those words properly, you may SOUND like a native speaker or professional, it doesn't mean you're quite the opposite of you don't do so. I'm 14 and because of you, I've finally found a way, how I can have fun and good time while learning a language. I developed it into next level and because of you, I'm able to talk with native speakers, write articles and ace every single exam at school! I sometimes don't feel like doing homework, because I'm addicted to your videos which gave me a tramendous hand and your beautiful accent! I would be joyous if you were my teacher! Keep up the good work! I'm looking forward to watching your next video!
I might have missed something in this life, but... isn't it teacher's job to point out mistakes students make and correct them? How else are we supposed to learn? I came to your channel because it offered a great deal of pronunciation tips, and was happy to learn about some words I got wrong. Please don't let yourself be dragged into something you are not meant to be part of. You are an excellent teacher, very polite and professional, and I really wish that you concentrate on people who come to your channel to actually learn something rather than those who want to push through their political statements.
She’s being amazing accountable for a few words she used to talk about mispronunciation. She’s not talking about what she does greatly which is helping learners. It takes courage to do that. While your support for her is great, you don’t need to discourage people from being so meticulously self-reflective.
I love Lucy and I am a Native speaker. The point she is referring to is that as a teacher, and a prominent model, you need to be constructive. I could say that: if you don't know what an apple is; YOU are unintelligent and dumb; or I could correct your understanding! - she got the critics because she defined the unintelligent. here is one of the critics; it's inspiring th-cam.com/video/O4no4dbbJZw/w-d-xo.html
@@pierrelenard9089 pity that what she actually said was: if you don't know what an apple is, *some people* will consider you unintelligent and ignorant (although it's wrong, as a matter of fact some people will) but this is how you can avoid that. She wasn't belittling learners, she was helping them not to get belittled - and now her helpful videos are gone, and students will be all the worse for that, well done everyone involved!
I am a Sri Lankan who always wanted to follow the British accent. Indeed I feel unprofessional each time I mispronounce a word. That's why I am here to learn. So you have done no crime...! Chill...!
Yes, you r right! We are still learning something from the world eventhough, we are professionals. This is called KNOWN IS A DROP! UNKNOWN IS AN OCEAN. We people should be humble when someone teaches us. By the way I'm also from Sri Lanka. Let's thank her for her service.
People should get the positives from these channels.She is teaching coz she don't wanna see her students following the wrong path. She has done nothing to apologize 💔
Hey! I'm a Sri Lankan too & I've always wanted to sound more British. That's my favorite accent. And Lucy was my greatest inspiration. She's a great teacher, and this apology is not necessary.
Then you must feel bad and they don't. Gee, you were right. Politically correct. Fallacies and more fallacies, to convince you that the ball is square.
Dear Lucy, Whenever you say in your videos “sound like a native” and “sound more professional” I can only appreciate. As a speaker of any foreign language, each of us have limits since there are distinctive sounds in each of them (which are phonemes). As children we have better contact with a particular language acquiring its characteristic phonemes and may have to strive a little more to imitate different sounds. It’s natural to us. With practice however -as with everything in life- one gets used to the new sounds as to speak in parallel and so be better comprehended by ones who have acquired these different sounds as children -as we did with our own; they might as well find difficulty to pronounce sounds of other languages. Although I know I will not be able to pronounce all words 100% -the same goes to the use of grammar-it’s clear that your intention is to help one to improve his speech as best as he can; with excellence, not perfection. After all, who wouldn’t want to be better understood by everyone? Lucy, you are a marvellous teacher. I’m much more confident in my English after your lessons. And all that for free, I couldn’t be more grateful. Thank you!
Dear Lucy.. i dont find your video offensive when you say sound professional..sound intelligent..etc.. your channel is a huge help to us whose English is the 2nd language.. people viewed your statement in different angle..i think those who were hurt with your lines were the people who envy you..you are a very good teacher.. and well known TH-camr.. dont feel so bad about it coz i know that you dont mean to hurt them..
@@lawstudent8456 Please specify how she was promoting prejudice? This is a channel for people who are learning English. She is aiding in that goal. Please tell us why you're offended.
@@lawstudent8456 No, she shouldn't feel bad, it was not her fault that people so sensitive like you get offended for nonsense. I don't understand why people nowadays get offended about everything, you snowflake.
I'm Dutch and therefore I will make stupid mistakes. You telling me to "think before I say" is like what my fav teacher did when I was 16. He is still in my fonder memories. Your pointing out mistakes is reason for me to do better. And I thank you for that.
I've been an ESL Teacher for a few years now. English is my second language and the one I teach is American English with American pronunciation. However, since I discovered your channel some time ago, I recommend my students to watch your videos. You are always positive with a nice sense of humor. I watched the video and neither you nor the video tried to give a negative message. I'm concerned people will be offended so easily or want to read between the lines something that doesn't exist. Anyway, Lucy, there's no need to apologize, at least not from my point of view. I send you hugs from Mexico!
You don’t need to apologize. I never felt that way. You’re actually helping me get my British accent. Your videos are amazing. Keep on doing great work
When I see things like that, I am sure society is doomed. A language teacher having to apologise for teaching pronunciation is a sign of our failure as humans
you seem to don't understand her message, she apologized due to the message that she was passing : "if you miss pronounce that then you're not intelligent or not professional " you should feel happy for her apologizes because that means that she cares about the impact of her words
She's apologising for unintentionally reinforcing the stigma that if you don't pronounce a word in a standard English accent then you're less than. As language teachers, we should empower our students, not do the opposite. Lucy is amazing for reflecting on this.
She never meant to say people were dumb for not knowing the proper pronounciation. Why do people have to see every little thing in the worst little pssible?
@@Harry_WinnerI don't think you understand the peroblem. If you were American and someone told you that your American accent is unprofessional, uneducated or something like that, what would you think of that? For English learners, this is NOT a problem but for Englsih native speakers, this is a problem.
This chanel doesn’t target Americans and it’s absolutely obvious that all Lucy says about English is from her own, British viewpoint. People look for a reason to feel offended too much.
I liked and still like those videos, also I use Google to learn the correct spelling. I think that someone who WANTS to learn a new language wouldn't be offended by those videos. For me it is motivational to learn sth new. Btw I love your (Lucy's) accent.
Dear Lucy, they were competitors and trolls. There are a lot of such people on the internet. Be brave and strong. Do not leave your chanal. You are the best teacher.
I’m form Italy. I didn’t actually feel those words “offensive” or “discriminating”. In my opinion, you, as a teacher, just wanted to warn us that we have to pay attention to the pronunciation of those words in order to sound more English and grammarly correct. Keep doing what you’ve always done, I’m learning such a lot of things thanks to you, and I’m improving my pronunciation and vocabulary skills. Kisses
I agree! I’m from Argentina and I learnt English as Spanish but what I always wanted to do is sound like a real native... you helped me a lot to do it and you have never ever offended me
@@matiasesilvab4121 it's o.k if you want to learn different accents like Trevor Noah, but not knowing that accent is not unintelligent like she had previously said
You shouldn't feel bad. I can't imagine that anyone would think that you were looking down on anyone. You have been abundantly clear from the start that you are helping people to sound a certain way. A person can desire to change something about themselves without there being anything wrong to start with. I don't feel that you have ever presented yourself as being better than anyone else, just someone who has something different to most of the world that some desire to emulate. Like one of my teachers repeatedly said 'different is different, not bad, just different.' Everything I have seen of yours has been positive, and uplifting.
She never intended to discriminate or make somebody feel bad.. Sorry but they are behaving too childish. We watch her to learn and improve pronunciation because we want to sound native, right? If we didn't want to sound native why would we listen to her? I feel sad because her videos are interesting, creative and funny, and I don't think is fair to attack her or make her feel bad.. She's doing a great effort to be interesting and helpful to us so we can learn about grammar, pronunciation and to increase our vocabulary. I'm sorry but I don't agree with those that are attacking her. If you don't like her videos don't watch them.. It's simple , right?
"A person can desire to change something about themselves without there being anything wrong to start with." Most of the times this is not the case. Whenever we do/change something is because we think it will make us feel better. I watch her videos and I think she didn't realize about the "hidden message" behind her words. This way of thinking about accents was really common some years ago, but nowadays, when there are more non-native speakers of English than natives, the perception has change.
I know. Idiots seem to have all the rights nowadays. I'm appalled but shouldn't be surprised. I just hope that whoever did write some of those comments feels ashamed now and a complete t**t.
It's the race to the lowest common denominator. I'm sick of it. Instead of people trying to elevate themselves and others, they try and pull them down. It's jealousy. Disgusting.
I wouldn't worry that much. As we say here in Spain, "some people have very thin skin". IMHO, there's no need to apologise. Eager to enjoy new lessons ;)
Whenever someone says that's how professionals or experts pronounce it, it makes me work harder on my accent because I love to know how I should pronounce the words correctly. I think there was nothing wrong with your old videos but the only thing is, that people receive words differently, you should do you and not just change because someone is hurt by your words which are clearly not hurting others and it's not your intention to do any bad ;) we love what you do and if we don't there are many other channels:)
I completely agree Nour. Lucy, I enjoy your videos. I enjoy your presentation style. I have an American accent but I am more interested in spelling, grammar and manners than I am in pronunciation. Your accent or your teaching style does not offend me in the least. You are free to make changes wherever you think they are necessary but I watch to learn more about Great Britain and British English. Please don't beat yourself up too much. From what I have seen of your videos, I am a supporter and not a critic. Please keep up the good work.
Dear Lucy, as a non-native speaker, I have always appreciated your pronunciation videos and I have improved a lot. Love the British accent and I love learning the correct pronunciation! In my opinion, your last video was meant for advanced English learners, who are in professional settings, and it was meant to make them feel more confident with their pronunciation. Keep going Lucy!
What is the "correct pronunciation"? Who owns it? Accent depends on where you are from... There's no right or wrong when it comes to accent! You adapt to where you are. You sound like the people you speak to. When you move to a different place, you tend to change your accent (in your mother tongue). Is there a right or wrong accent in your mother tongue? No! The same goes for English! :)
@@LeizaCristina yes, of course when you are learning and you are living with native speakers, you acquire indirectly the language as the way they speak. As a child, I learned my native language the way my parents and the people I spent most time with, spoke. The point is, when you learn you usually tend to refer to the standard pronunciation that most people would understand. I've been living in the uk for a while now, I am reasonably fluent, but I'm aware that I need to keep improving, especially my pronunciation, not because I feel ashamed or anything, but I love to speak with the confidence that everyone can clearly and quickly understand me, which is vital when you are working and maybe under pressure.
@@lauradomenici578 i understand you, but just the same. What Lucy teaches is the "correct standard British" pronunciation. And, if you consider that most people (Around the world) speak more similarly to American people due to the amount of media we get from them (movies, tv shows, etc), you would realize that most of the people who speak is: non-native, not British-accent speakers. And even among British and among American there are accent differences). Now, if you lived in South Africa or Australia, I'm sure you would see that Lucy's pronunciation is not the correct one for everybody. I'm Brazilian and I've seen videos of people teaching Portuguese to English speakers (American, i think), and, honestly, if someone came to my area (the South), speaking like that (people from Northeast), they would sound a little strange, but we would COMMUNICATE, and adapt, because why on earth, would I expect them to sound like a Brazilian instead of being fluent and communicatively competent? The line Lucy's crossed is the one where it is expected to have a person erase their origin to be fluent. I've been an English teacher for many years, and I used to follow her, but I quit, because we all get to a point where we realize that this is all unreal, and Not EVERYBODY speaks perfectly, nobody speaks exactly like the dictionary pronunciation indicates, and it's freeing... we have to be careful to have a clear pronunciation, but like she mentioned "eXpresso" is wrong, well, espresso was borrowed from Italians, if I were Italian, I would pronounce it the right way "expresso" and nobody would be confused about what i was speaking.
Ridiculous that learning proper accent is a kind of discrimination😂 to those who think it’s a discrimination, please be humble to learn other’s culture
Teaching a proper accent is not discrimination, but a teacher must be smart enough to know how to bring this topic up without hurting others. It is very important.
@@1mperialfist I am Indian living in a foreign country for the past six years where I see Indians from every state literally everyday. Nobody has ever had a problem comprehending us. Bear in mind that I've travelled to numerous countries for which the above holds true too. This can be said not just on my behalf but on that of almost 5000 people that have agreed by a poll of 5050. So better check yourself, rather than checking our accent. What are you waiting for, hurry and introspect your attitude.
@@pankilshah2616 with all due respect, I got trouble with Indian accent sometimes. Of course it doesn't mean Indians are not smart, it's just the accent is not easy to get with many people.
I’ve never felt offended by any of your TH-cam content. On the contrary, thank you so much for helping me with my personal development with your FREE content! Much appreciated
Well I've always seen your titles as "How to sound professional or intelligent" as motivation. It's all about perspective and unfortunately that's life. There's about 8 billion people around the globe and surely they have like 8 billion different personalities and perspectives. Criticism will follow you all the time no matter how careful you are and it applies to all of us. But It's not necessarily a bad thing since It provokes our creativity and intelligence. Anyways we all love your videos and we appreciate your passion and dedication.
My understanding, accents and idioms inside of any language most of the time becoming a tag and even discrimination tag instead of a proudness. Just have a look at any film or old books (before cinema were invented) how some characters status and role are linked to their accent. So she is doing well reconsidering and reflecting on those videos and criticism.
Pathetic people. Blaming Lucy because they were not good enough in learning English. That's why you're learning, right???? It's a process! If every single video would be taken down because that might hurt your feelings because you might think that "So Lucy means Am a dumbass?", well you should just quit English, and learn How to Not Hate Someone who is Good 101 Lesson. !!!
I am so tired of western tolerance! You have a right to have an accent you want to have, you have a right to be stupid, you have a right to have no brain at all... Do something and learn! Try your best. If human beings always had thought this way we would never have gone further than monkeys. Yes, you may have whatever accent you want but not be surprised if people don’t want to keep talking to you because they don’t understand you. As a non-native speaker I had very hard time trying understand some people and I did my best to sound understandable. I am so sorry Lucy you deleted your amazing videos. People are so stupid... Instead of using brains it’s easier to say “It’s my right”. The next step is firing red head girls as witches I guess...
Please don't let this get you down. There is no need to apologize for being a good teacher. I would be offended it you didn't release another video soon.
Nevermind, if what you call political correctness (I call it neobigotry, since it's the same as the old religious hypocrisy with a different object) proceeds at this rate it'll destroy itself before causing too much harm. Never do what Lucy did in this video. Be strong, fight every orthodoxy and support free will.
People should be humble to learn instead of getting offended if someone calls out on their mistakes. I love your channel, you're a wonderful teacher and you shouldn't have to make this video.
When a teacher corrects pronunciation is just that...... keep it up. Please continue with the pronunciation videos. Rephrasing the title should do for every one that felt ofended, not me btw.
As an English non-native speaker, I’ve never felt attacked by any of your “jokes” or whatever. I’ve been watching your videos for years and they’ve helped me improving my pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. I am completely sure you didn’t intend to hurt anybody, and I don’t see any reason to apologise...We love you and we all understand you just want to give us a hand❤️
I'm from Ukraine. Never felt that "toxic message" and never think in such way. Maybe it's only depends on people choices how to describe it for themselves.
There are lots of comedians in the UK who make fun of accents... their shows are on youtube. I mean... RELAX. Especially now that we are living in such difficult situation. I have a great respect for you Lucy because, thanks to you, I love English language even more. A huge hug from Italy 😘
Dear Lucy! You are making a huge mistake apologizing and deleting your videos. This is unfair to those who love your lessons. You enable the minority to triumph over the majority. People who don’t like your lessons are limited in their thinking, but they defeat a huge number of your fans who learn English using your videos. And you, Lucy, follow the lead of the minority, not respecting the majority, depriving your real students of your beautiful and very useful videos. You must believe in what you are doing. And to understand that a huge number of people support you. It seems to me that it would be reasonable and fair if you return the video. It will be respectful to the majority. And a minority who does not like your lessons should find another teacher who will suit them. This is what civilized people do. And also. It seems to me that other teachers envy you. Because Lucy is the best!
totally agree, other small youtubers who teach english just used lucy for their personal gain. lucy's been a month not uploading her new video .... so sad
Yeah.. Seems like they have soo much time and so little important things to do in their life, that the only thing they do all day long is getting offended. We soon will end up in such a situation, when eating ice-cream on your porch offends someone 🤦♀️ some should merely stop using the priveledge of tolerance in our modern world, cause it's going absolutely wrong direction
TH-cam is very liberal, very left, very Democrat. TH-cam is an intolerant social justice warrior. I believe that TH-cam forced Lucy to do this by threatening to demonetize or cancel her.
ana popa Then don’t come on TH-cam and watch videos from someone who is teaching people HOW TO SPEAK PROPERLY. Your point makes no sense. And, frankly, stop being so sensitive.
Dear Lucy, I've been with you for over a year now and watched almost every single video on your youtube channel. I'm from Ukraine and of course I have an accent, I don't have as much speaking practice as I want. And during all this time when you say "sound like a native speaker" or "sound proffecial" I have never been offended. That thought have never crossed my mind. Keep on going, Lucy! You are a wonderful teacher and I don't want you to feel sorry for what you've said. Your beautiful British accent is like a music to my ears. Lots of love from Ukraine
Nobody can speak like a Uk native English speaker or like an American person if they’ve not been living there since childhood and as long as your English is grammatically correct, you don’t need to worry too much about your accent cuz you can’t change your accent anyway, even if you do you can never lose your native accent 100% and you will end up being laughed at because you have not liked the real you! So catchy videos are costing people’s time to change their accent when they can’t do it.
It really is a unnecessary apology dear. We are here because we want to be “professional” in English. We should only feel hurt when we cannot speak a word correctly and professionally . You did nothing wrong
@Yashvardhan Poddar It is normal for a foreign person to have an accent. There is nothing wrong with that. But we must try to speak correctly, otherwise it will simply be difficult for us to understand each other.
This is the biggest WAIT WHAT I've ever said out loud. I'm speechless, you are apologising... for teaching!? What's next? People offended by the camera angles? Wanting to educate yourself doesn't mean you were stupid at first It means you're willing to expand basic knowledge and that's by no means something to be offended about or reason enough to come at those who are trying to make your learning path a little lighter. If you ever get offended by something, first look at yourself, accept your weaknesses and strengthen them, learn every single day and focus on what YOU can do to make yourself better instead of wasting that precious time on bringing other people down just beacuse you don't consider yourself enough. I had to say it since you had no reason to apologize in the fist place. You're a great person and genuinely care about giving those who follow your content the quality learning material they deserve and hopefully reaching out to more people. I am always eager to watch your videos on pronunciation since I am not a native English speaker myself but I want to get better at enunciating some words. I am really thankful you take the time to go through every single word, pronunciation and grammatical wise and also make it fun to watch and listen to all the same. Now, the reason behind why I can't not seem to understand people getting offended by whatever they think you did wrong it's because I have seen myself how some people (foreigners), not native of certain language, as a matter-of-fact, take for granted pronunciation. However, when talking it sounds so off that is kind of embarrassing, there's when you really REALLY feel stupid. But you shouldn't bring it on others, in fact, its a learning opportunity. So, again, I am thankful to you teacher Lucy and all those who care about education, real education. Moreso, want to make a difference everyday for them and also for everyone willing to learn and educate themselves.
Lucy you're the best teacher I've ever seen cause of you I've improved my pronunciation and cause of you I loved the British accent you don't need to apology just keep going 😊
"I'm so sorry to everyone who felt hurt by that video" As an English teacher of over 20 years experience, I can assure you that almost none of these people were students!
I never felt that way, honestly. You're our beloved teacher and i assume you want us to improve in all aspects including pronunciation. What's the point of studying if you don't want to get better?
English with Lucy is one of the best TH-cam channel. Lucy is a great, smart and brilliant teacher. I'm not an English speaker. Then, how will I ever be able to correct my pronunciation mistakes without these videos? Lucy helped millions of people. If someone doesn't say about my mistakes, I will continue making them. I will fail my exams. Is it right? No. I constantly check my pronunciation in my native language. I have a master's degree and, yes, I make mistakes in my own language. When I correct my mistakes, I become more educated, more intelligent and more professional. It is not an insult. It is an improvement. Dear Lucy, thank you for your videos.
Lucy your youtube channel is literally the best English youtube channel that I've seen so far. Not only your content is interesting, but also your personality and the way you teach is what makes your channel unique. I love your content, your attractive way of teaching and your jokes. I've also enjoyed the podcast "educating Josh" and I was only listening to the episodes that you were in (I really wish it returns or if you do your own podcast, it will be so entertaining with lots to learn). Your videos are helping millions of non English speaking people, you have 4 millions subscribers not to mention others that are not subscribed! The ones that are here to truly learn will not be offended or take anything your saying as personal. Totally the opposite it is an opportunity for us to learn from an English speaker, things like 'how to sound professional' is really what I am interested in actually. I want to sound as much professional as I can and I want to have the best English level I can possibly have. So please continue what you are used to do.
I agree. Everybody speaking unformally in their own leanguage make mistakes, that in a formal occasion shouldn't. I'm italian (that's why my written english is so bad, sorry XD I hope it's understandable), our grammatic is pretty intricate: we commonly use a more, ehm, relaxed vocabulary, when talking with friends or family. Say the same things at work should be wrong and if someone points out they should be right. It unprofessional
People weren't offended they just pointed out that she was wrong to imply (whether intentionally or not) that unless you pronounce words in a certain way and with a certain accent then you will not sound intelligent or professional. I grew up in a 'working class' town in the north west of England and had a very strong accent. My parents then moved to Harrogate in north Yorkshire which is a very middle class town. I was made fun of constantly because of my accent and told that I sounded 'funny.' Other kids looked down on me simply because of my accent. I was no less intelligent than them but judged solely because of the way I pronounced words. This is the problem. I am an English teacher now and I always tell my students that it doesn't matter what accent you have, the important thing is to be understood. Accent discrimination is a real problem.
I work as an English teacher in Russia and I've been watching your videos for several years and they helped me a lot. Thankfully you, I started to pronounce "pronunciation" correctly. I was surprised a lot when I heard the correct pronunciation and it was kind of fun not offensive a lot. It happenned not after this video, it was sometimes ago, it was your any other pronunciation video.I often show your videos to my students as an extrra recource for studying. We adore you. Pronouncitaton videos are our favourite ones. I have a great wish to sound smart and intelligent. So, keep making them!
This is utterly insane. There is a right way and multiple wrong ways to pronounce nearly every word we use in the English language. Just because a crowd shows up at the castle door with pitchforks and torches demanding that you dumb down (yes, I mean dumb down) the language, that doesn’t mean their argument is valid.
This is actually not insane and Lucy demonstrates a great deal of intelligence and maturity in making this apology video. There isn't a wrong way to pronounce words. There are standard and non-standard ways of pronouncing words. Obviously, I'm not talking about mispronouncing on purpose. But if you pronounce a word in a non-standard way, it doesn't mean you're dumb or less than. That's the gist of the criticism she received.
I have many italian friends who say their accent is terrible, but I actually love it. I believe our accent is part of our identity as europeans, latin americans, etc. So there's nothing wrong with it. Greetings from Guatemala.
@@byronreyes7711 I totally agree. Moreover, if you're speaking with an accent means that you're not speaking your mother-tongue and that you know ANOTHER language! that's not exactly being "uneducated" or "stupid"!
English is my second language and I’m learning spanish as a third language. You teaching people the correct way to pronounce words makes you a good teacher. Please ignore any one who feels ofended by your videos. This is like saying that a teacher who teaches people how to do math properly is offensive. It’s called education. If you feel ofended by education then you can stay ignorant for the rest of your life. My young sister loves the British accent and always watches your videos on pronunciation. English is her second language. We need more freedom in the world because those who try to control what you teach will spread ignorance by their negative attitude towards education.
@@Dahalum no. What I resent is the presentation that there is one objectively correct way of speaking, in Britain accent prejudice is a real thing that can affect job hiring and everything.
She is good teacher but in the UK there are so many different accents, I come from glasgow, my accent is quite aggressive, to others not from glasgow! Lots of words in glasgow are said differently, like for example, can I have it, we say, gony geezit and that is perfectly non questionable to us as it makes sense. I did not get offended at any post Lucy put on you tube. When I'm being professional and speaking to others I pronounce the words as they should be, its english, it's not slang, it's understood.
I think that just the fact that you apologised shows how lovely woman you actually are. We love you with your goals AND with your mistakes. Big thank you for everything you've ever done for us.
I’m not here to study English I just truly enjoy your content and tbh I’ve never felt offended or criticized by any means...your videos are educational and interesting, that’s it! We love you, keep on doing what you’re doing!🤍
Oh dear teacher Lucy, we love you and your accent,we just want to talk like you,and you were trying to guide us! ❤❤ i'm your student from South America
That’s ridiculous, one only feels inferior to others when they feel the need to be superior to others. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self. Calling out on good people to compensate your unwillingness to improve is a sign of weakness.
To "sound professional" vs to "be professional". To "sound intelligent" vs to "be intelligent". Your video clearly conveyed how to sound more professional but you never conveyed the message that if one makes this kind of mispronunciation then "he is stupid". Let's be honest, you can be TRULY INTELLIGENT but if you're in an industry where you have to convey your message in an intelligent way (there are people who are intelligent but don't speak intelligent, if you know what i mean) , it will benefit you to sound intelligent as well - to convey your message more accurately and effectively and with more impact. Being professional is one thing, but "Sounding professional" will help you become more credible in the professional world. That's reality. Just as a dish could be really fantastic without having to look great. But giving that food an equally fantastic presentation will attract more people to feast on it. No matter how great that food is, if not given the right presentation, might have difficulty reaching people's stomach. People tend to choose the well-presented one and accept its average taste to be excellent. Intelligent within and sounding intelligent without would be a perfect combination. That's what we're trying to achieve here and Lucy's videos do address that. I appreciate Miss Lucy even more though for such a humble heart to apologise even for the unnecessary. More power to you. Much Love from the Philippines ❤️❤️❤️
I would say 'to sound professional' = based on sentence construction and also the context. There are things you would and would not say to sound professional. to be professional = based on what you do in your job. The pronunciation doesn't reflect 'intelligence nor professionalism' in any case but can define your language environment ( native language, which part of the world you grow up in, etc...) Just accents and sounds..You might think someone talks funny/interesting with different accents but you can still understand him/her. I think people disagree on 'the rapport between accent/pronunciation and intelligence/professionalism'. That's all. Voila :)
So sad that people continue to misunderstand other people...I'm very shocked by that...you are a great teacher...don't give up baby...greetings from Italy
That's not it...what is wrong is implying someone sounds unintelligent because they haven't fully mastered their second language in terms of pronunciation. obviously she didn't mean to. Edit: I don't think I ever judged someone's level of professionalism or intelligence because of how they spoke my language and I don't see why anybody else would..
So true. It is so painful. In the future you will can not say anything without offend someone. I do not get it, what is going on in this world. First World Problems 2k20 version.
Dear Lucy, your apology post on youtube was so disapointing to listen. I really admired your lessons and your personality. You were a breath of fresh air in these days... You need to apologize to no one for teaching corect British English. I watch your videos to improve and correct my English and prononciation. Then what’s the purpose of teaching a correct prononciation if everyone can pronounce a word like they want? Yes, you have to learn how to pronounce a word correctly to sound more professional and if you want to correctly learn a language. Nowadays, so many feel discriminated, there is so much sensibility... please continue to be you, teach proper Prononciation, and don’t get caught in this discrimination madness.
To be honest British pronunciation is not the only pronunciation of English and just saying correct is very wrong. correct British English it is not even correct itself, British English has been an evolving language and compared to French or other romanticize languages, it is subjective and it changes over time. I am a native English and a English teacher, and her way of teaching is wrong and certainly it would't be accepted by any accredited institution.
@@amitdeb2088 if you browse the comments you'll see that a vast majority of us subscribers / followers / students is here because we LIKE her humorous teaching style, we find it beneficial, and we want to learn *this* English, although we are aware that it is not the only correct of acceptable pronunciation. Wouldn't it be more productive for everyone that you set up your own channel, advertised it, enjoyed your journey with your students, and further enriched the language learning community, instead of wasting your and everyone else's energy in bringing down others and their work? Peace.
@@amitdeb2088 Really? I must be living in parallel universe thinking that all established schools, especially British private education system are teaching exclusively RP. British media adopted RP as a norm, all institutions, including Court and the queen herself. RP is not the only accent in use, but is the one most students want to learn, for obvious reasons. People want the best value for their money and if they are going to invest time, money and effort into learning English, they most certainly want to sound like Oxford graduate rather than Del boy. People do judge us by the way we speak, among other things. There are other options online for those who are not interested in British RP.
Dear Lucy, I dont really think you deserved so much criticism. You've always been great. RP is what most of English learners want to learn, we all want to sound like this... We are also aware that we speak with different accents and that there are lots of in the UK itself. But it doesn't mean that RP can't be used as the example. A goal for most of us is to sound like this.... maybe I'm wrong, but I've always thought that inspite knowing that we all speak differently we have the same goal and it is the RP pronunciation. I always admired the way you speak. You are A GREAT example for me.
Bah, RP isn't even rhotic, and yet you want to learn it? And it calls itself "traditional". Come to the States and learn proper English. Sincerely, an American
Lucy, you did not intentionally imply any wrong message here, we all know that! Please put this behind you and kindly continue your classes, we are here to learn. Much love, xx
Your old videos about pronunciation were just fine and they really really helped me to improve my English pronunciation. Please don`t feel bad about it. We all love you Lucy 😊💗
@@Catandthespoon True. After all, everyone should choose how he or she wants to pronounce and talk. The world would turn into a chaos of misunderstanding (that's somewhat already the case), but at least, no one would feel offended, great !
My native language is Portuguese and I'm pretty sure that any other non-native speaker should be able to understand what is accent and what is wrong pronunciation. You shouldn't be apologizing for teaching people how to pronounce words. If you are offended by someone teaching you how to pronounce, the problem is with you, not with your teacher. Learn it! Be grateful for someone teaching you without even charging for it.
Agree! When a person has an accent but the speech is grammatically correct as well as pronunciation, nobody would say that the person is uneducated/unintelligent. But even if person almost gets rid of their accent to make it fairly unnoticeable but still makes huge pronunciation and grammar mistakes that surely would make people doubt one's professionalism. Sending lots of love from Russian fans
I can't believe what I've just heard! Lucy, you're teaching British English with the pronunciation we can find in dictionaries. And it's the best one to learn for non-native speakers. Of course there are different accents, but you are not teaching them. If someone is offended by that, he can go and find a channel with that different accent he likes. Last video was brilliant. I found that many of these mistakes are common in my native language (Polish) as well. And many of the words you talked about in that video are not about an accent. Espresso is always eSpresso and not eXpresso! It's not an accent, it's a mistake! And if someone is making that mistake it doesn't mean he's unintelligent. It just means he doesn't know how to pronounce the name of that coffee. And you can help him with that! If you really feel bad about the situation, maybe just change the titles of your videos. There's no need to use words like intelligent/unintelligent, etc. You can write: "Correct British pronunciation of 10 professional/school words." or "10 common mistakes...". I don't need catchy titles, because I love you content anyway. Just like millions of your subscribers. Please have that in mind and don't change!!!
In general, I would've thought the same. I'm in customer service in Germany and took over most of my deparment's English support. I am constantly trying to improve not only my own vocabulary and pronunciation, but also my colleagues' as well. In my opinion, a company writing emails or letters, which are full of typing or grammar mistakes, shines a bad light on everyone working there. It just doesn't make us look professional or competent. So, I'm grateful for channels like yours, because it helps people like me, to be at the top of our game. Intelligence, on second thought, is different. Not being fluent in a language doesn't mean that a person is stupid. They just cannot show how much of a genius they are, if they cannot express themselves in a language their dialogue partner will understand as well. 🤔
I admit that my accent is horrible and non-professional - that's why I'm here to learn. I never felt offended because of what you said! And people who feel offended - they just don't know the simplest logic rules. Don't make them fool you! Keep up the good work. This politically correct world has gone too far!! Now I cannot watch your previous and valuable and precious videos...
Yes! We want to sound professional, at least like a native speaker, so there's nothing wrong about trying to sound professional. And for the word "intelligent", I have never felt offended. I always took it as "sounding more like a master of the language" haha I don't understand this message of apology BUT it seemed important for her.
Well said, please get the videos back Lucy, that's definitely not prejudiced in any way, I believe you have kept that balance always between pronunciation and regional accents
Yes, that thinking crossed my mind too: we'll be missing content. I've jumped from channel to channel up to this one just because of her beautiful accent. Politically correct world is keeping us from reaching things we would like to know or watch. We are going to evolve to a stage where people are classified by anything they do. For the worst.
I'm so sad that nowadays ignorance is being promoted... as a non-native English speaker I love to improve my language skills and get better and better. especially thanks to Lucy's video
You can visit @Canguro_English. For the first time his title video was " Why I am angry at Lucy" And now he changes it into Prejudice bla bla bla... Visit it and give your opinion.
Mira Lucy, como se que lees perfectamente en español te lo digo por aquí. La gente está muy sensible por muchos factores. Tu da mucho, muchísimo. Eres una persona generosa, abierta, y una profesora excelente. Aquí, en España tenemos un dicho: "El que se pica, ajos come". El amor que TU le pones a lo que haces supera en mucho a cualquier pequeño error que puedas tener. Ya te disculpaste. Basta ya. No te castigues más. Tiene muchísimos más valor todo lo que aportas de manera desinteresada y gratuita. Mucha gente te aprecia y te quiere. Quédate SIEMPRE CON ESO. Que no te llegue más lo negativo que lo positivo, que muchísimo más. Un enorme abrazo preciosa. Sigue haciendo lo que mejor sabes hacer. Desde Granada te doy dos enormes besos. Rocío.
I can’t believe some people said that to you! Your videos are helping millions of students! Don’t worry, we love you. Please keep going with your amasing videos!
Come on Lucy, there is no need of apologies, I’m a beginner English Teacher and I’ve seen your videos many times to help me out when I’m doubting about some details I need to teach and you’ve never made me feel bad with your content, you’re an excellent and very professional teacher and person as well, never stop making videos for us! This is the type of channel that it is worth watching! You’ve made me feel quite motivated with your videos to keep learning English! Greetings from Mexico🇲🇽!!
I'm in agreement with this person. Lucy, you have helped me a lot with your excellent and professional videos. I take this moment to tell you that thank you very much for everything that you have taught me
@@yourlittlemeowreen58 no. But someone pays for them, so it's normal that she wants to have good feedback as a teacher from her students, in order to have a large audience.
@@multiconsolacion This is her business, her job. Everyone goes to work to earn a livelihood. Are you working without a salary? Are you trying to perform well at work?
You are one of the best teachers on you tube and you have never discriminated any dialect or accent... Don't feel embarrassed. My best wishes from India🇮🇳
Hi Lucy, I have followed you for almost three years. I have never felt discriminated by watching your videos! I am a native Spanish speaker and I have an accent and I mispronounce many words! Your videos just have helped me lots. Don’t give up, don’t apologize and keep going. I can say I feel very lucky for finding your Chanel! Sometimes I see your videos with my partner who is Irish and he just loves you. He doesn’t feel you are saying he is unintelligent because he has an Irish accent, he just says wow she has an amazing beautiful accent and imitate you! As a joke !!!!!! I saw the video who criticized you and I disagree totally with it. Keep making videos, keep being yourself. Muchas gracias 😊 por tus vídeos, muchas gracias por hacerme reír, muchas gracias por ayudarme a mejorar cada día. Eres simplemente magnifica en lo que haces.
It's totally okay to apologise, it's wise to recognize your own mistakes, so is it to point out other people mistakes, as long as you do it with respect and kindness. We don't want to make anyone feel bad, we want to help each other in order to be better.
@@teawithtushar1556 Here you got some tips by a Mexican dude: 1. When you speak Spanish you need to put your tongue a bit down inside your mouth, so the words you say will sound stronger! 2. Consume stuff in Spanish! Like movies, music, TH-cam videos, etc. 3. Be yourself, I mean, don't be afraid of put into practice that language because nobody is perfect. Start in social media like TH-cam to express yourself in Hispanic videos. 4. Spanish is quite similar to English, there are so many words that sound the same and means the same; cognates. Like, "Victory/Victoria, Organism/Organismo, Formation/Formación". Research that words to improve your skills at the time to consume material in Spanish! (Look! material is another cognate) 5. Don't feel bad if someone tell you you're doing wrong, even if they're telling you in a rude way. That people will never understand. Most of Spanish native speakers don't know a lot of words and have bad grammar, when they speak or they write. So just do it! I hope that helps. Don't give up!
@@edsongranados4318 Thanks a lot bro! You literally have boosted my confidence. I will keep informing you my progress😅 as well as queries😊 I'll follow your suggestions in order to be natural in Spanish ❣️❣️n won't be afraid of making mistakes I probably gonna be that Ghoul that is not gonna follow you until I ace Spanish And ya, ¡Gracias!, ¡Muchas Gracias! Really appreciated profesor😊😄 #LovefromIndia
I love your channel so much, Lucy! Thanks for these lessons you give us, thanks for motivation and opportunity to learn this amazing language. We love you!
Yeah I follow her on her Instagram too but she hasn't posted in a while. But her boyfriend Will is pretty active on Insta. What's wrong Lucy ma'am? Are you alright?
I have never felt that accent discrimination, furthermore those videos made me to strive stronger to get a british accent, to pronounce words like you do, because I adore your pronunciation😍
We are all humans - We do make mistakes. What makes you special to me right now, is the fact that you came out to apologize. You are a beautiful lady, both in and out. You've imparted on me so greatly that I cannot thank you enough. Thank you for ever so much!❤❤❤❤❤
In my opinion, people are over reacting nowadays. It's a shame how people feel offended way too easily for absolutly nothing. Please, keep up with your excelent work.
She is talking about people with accents in the very same UK. They speak perfect english with a different pronounciation and under no circumstances that makes anybody less smart, unprofessional or uneducated.
Gloria Bobbio in real life people judge you by the way you speak. It’s a fact. The teacher is just telling the truth. It’s a candid social observation of English society.
@@candiceb_mat This channel is oriented to not native-speakers, in order to improve their English skills, I still have a strong Italian accent but this channel is helping me a lot
I‘m so confused... as a non-native speaker i never felt discriminated! It‘s your JOB as an english teacher to point out what we can do, to sound more professional. PLEASE don‘t stop those videos!
Yes but some people are not able to pronounce exactly how she has said to pronounce due to maybe having an accent or whatever. And now they feel that english people may think they are stupid. I know so many PhD students from lots of European countries they do feel a bit stupid as pronunciation is hard for them by no means are they stupid but swap places, an English person in italy speaking Italian but not pronouncing 100% correctly they may seem stupid to others. By no way however did Lucy say that those people who cannot pronounce are stupid she is teaching and unfortunately made a mistake.
@@irisdanagher pronunciation and accent are 2 separate things. aware of one's weakness in pronunciation can help one from awkward situation. imagine you want to say you love peanuts but mispronounce it.
I watched that video... And I couldn't pronounce some of those words well. However, I don't feel embarrassed or insulted. In fact, I enjoy viewing your videos.
What I don't think people always realise is that I am willing to take criticism, admit when I am wrong, and have healthy discussions where I can learn from others whilst also sharing my point of view. I hope that this can be a discussion going forward.
Thank you watching, and sorry for my mistakes.
Lucy
Oh dont worry it isnt a big deal
Your videos helped me a lot! I don't know what's going on 🤷🏻♀️
"If you need extra motivation to do something, don't do it" - Elon Musk
Elon musk 👌
Don't worry ma, they are only jealous of you because you're the best
Don't worry you're just helping us 💕💕💕
Lucy, I have watched your video and I did not feel discriminated even though I have an accent that can make things more difficult for me to pronounce. But I really learned a lot from you and I want you to know I love your videos. Never stop, please.
TH-cam is very liberal, very left, very Democrat. TH-cam is an intolerant social justice warrior. I believe that TH-cam forced Lucy to do this by threatening to demonetize or cancel her.
@@itstimmer learn to appreciate a moment of self reflection and growth, I don't think Lucy would approve of the direction you're taking this situation and how you're interpreting it
This would be one of my very few comments on someone’s youtube account. I’ll just let you know that I’ve seen your videos for years. Through these videos I got a chance to complete IELTS test in my first try, and went to University overseas and got my postgrad degree. I wish you keep teaching no matter what people say because you’ve been doing nothing but teaching and give us hope to learn new language and to use it the way natives do. Appreciate your work, Lucy.
Was ILETS hard?
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Dear Lucy, You Channel is Excellent, your British accent is beautiful & Your Sensitivity & Desire for Growth is Admirable. KEEP UP the great work! I'm a big fan! -- professor fink; Los Angeles, CA.
Greeting ....
"The thing I fear most is that the process that is unfolding is doing a very good job of making us ununderstandable to each other" - Bret Weinstein
I somhow had this nasty feeling long ago that the angry mob would sooner or later go after Lucy for teaching British/RP pronunciation. But I kept saying to myself I must be a loony suspecting that to happen. No, I wasn't. Here we go - Lucy has been denounced by the woke movement and forced to deliver a self-criticism. Just because her teaching correct British pronunciation to us was classified as verbal microaggression, whatever it might be. "Someone" is hell-bent on making us ununderstandable to each other.
Courage is now our only alternative - poeple of goodwill, acting in good faith must come together and stand up to the mob.
Great Professorfink
100 % agree
This is British humor and satire. Love it!
Lucy, I have been watching for a few months and to be honest, I've never felt stupid, unprofessional, unintelligent and disgusting! I have understood that if you pronounce those words properly, you may SOUND like a native speaker or professional, it doesn't mean you're quite the opposite of you don't do so. I'm 14 and because of you, I've finally found a way, how I can have fun and good time while learning a language. I developed it into next level and because of you, I'm able to talk with native speakers, write articles and ace every single exam at school! I sometimes don't feel like doing homework, because I'm addicted to your videos which gave me a tramendous hand and your beautiful accent! I would be joyous if you were my teacher! Keep up the good work! I'm looking forward to watching your next video!
Lucy, my accent is hilarious and I never felt offended because of what you said. Keep up the good work.
There's a difference between accents and pronunciation, it is not wrong to teach people the correct pronunciations to words Lucy
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Being intelligent and sounding like that is different and she just explained how to sound like that.
good for you, Grzesiu :D
I might have missed something in this life, but... isn't it teacher's job to point out mistakes students make and correct them? How else are we supposed to learn? I came to your channel because it offered a great deal of pronunciation tips, and was happy to learn about some words I got wrong. Please don't let yourself be dragged into something you are not meant to be part of. You are an excellent teacher, very polite and professional, and I really wish that you concentrate on people who come to your channel to actually learn something rather than those who want to push through their political statements.
She’s being amazing accountable for a few words she used to talk about mispronunciation. She’s not talking about what she does greatly which is helping learners. It takes courage to do that. While your support for her is great, you don’t need to discourage people from being so meticulously self-reflective.
I totally agree
Yeah, precisely.
I love Lucy and I am a Native speaker. The point she is referring to is that as a teacher, and a prominent model, you need to be constructive. I could say that: if you don't know what an apple is; YOU are unintelligent and dumb; or I could correct your understanding! - she got the critics because she defined the unintelligent. here is one of the critics; it's inspiring th-cam.com/video/O4no4dbbJZw/w-d-xo.html
@@pierrelenard9089 pity that what she actually said was: if you don't know what an apple is, *some people* will consider you unintelligent and ignorant (although it's wrong, as a matter of fact some people will) but this is how you can avoid that. She wasn't belittling learners, she was helping them not to get belittled - and now her helpful videos are gone, and students will be all the worse for that, well done everyone involved!
I am a Sri Lankan who always wanted to follow the British accent. Indeed I feel unprofessional each time I mispronounce a word. That's why I am here to learn. So you have done no crime...!
Chill...!
Yes, you r right! We are still learning something from the world eventhough, we are professionals. This is called KNOWN IS A DROP! UNKNOWN IS AN OCEAN. We people should be humble when someone teaches us.
By the way I'm also from Sri Lanka.
Let's thank her for her service.
People should get the positives from these channels.She is teaching coz she don't wanna see her students following the wrong path. She has done nothing to apologize 💔
Hello there fellow Srilankan!
@@Tahani2006 🤘
Hey! I'm a Sri Lankan too & I've always wanted to sound more British. That's my favorite accent. And Lucy was my greatest inspiration. She's a great teacher, and this apology is not necessary.
Hi Miss Lucy. I was never hurt by your lessons. Infact teaching correct pronunciation is such a nice thing.
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Yap me too
Agree. This is the whole fun of learning. Each day you get better and better
Me too
I completely agree 💯
Please don't delete those videos 😭😭
Who's with me put a like so she can see my comment
Ps:thanks for the likes guys😍😍😘
I also loved her pronunciation videos. 😢
yeah 🥺🥺
Yeah I really liked them,it was very beneficial to correctly learn how to pronounce some words,hope she uploads them again
Then you must feel bad and they don't. Gee, you were right.
Politically correct. Fallacies and more fallacies, to convince you that the ball is square.
I consummately am with you. I am an avid fan of Lucy Bella Earl. And I stand by her.
Dear Lucy,
Whenever you say in your videos “sound like a native” and “sound more professional” I can only appreciate.
As a speaker of any foreign language, each of us have limits since there are distinctive sounds in each of them (which are phonemes). As children we have better contact with a particular language acquiring its characteristic phonemes and may have to strive a little more to imitate different sounds. It’s natural to us.
With practice however -as with everything in life- one gets used to the new sounds as to speak in parallel and so be better comprehended by ones who have acquired these different sounds as children -as we did with our own; they might as well find difficulty to pronounce sounds of other languages.
Although I know I will not be able to pronounce all words 100% -the same goes to the use of grammar-it’s clear that your intention is to help one to improve his speech as best as he can; with excellence, not perfection. After all, who wouldn’t want to be better understood by everyone? Lucy, you are a marvellous teacher. I’m much more confident in my English after your lessons. And all that for free, I couldn’t be more grateful. Thank you!
Dear Lucy.. i dont find your video offensive when you say sound professional..sound intelligent..etc.. your channel is a huge help to us whose English is the 2nd language.. people viewed your statement in different angle..i think those who were hurt with your lines were the people who envy you..you are a very good teacher.. and well known TH-camr.. dont feel so bad about it coz i know that you dont mean to hurt them..
She should feel bad, she was promoting prejudice!
@@lawstudent8456 Please specify how she was promoting prejudice? This is a channel for people who are learning English. She is aiding in that goal. Please tell us why you're offended.
@@lawstudent8456 No, she shouldn't feel bad, it was not her fault that people so sensitive like you get offended for nonsense. I don't understand why people nowadays get offended about everything, you snowflake.
@@lawstudent8456, me assumes promoting prejudice is a native way of saying teaching at the highest level, isn't it?
I'm Dutch and therefore I will make stupid mistakes. You telling me to "think before I say" is like what my fav teacher did when I was 16. He is still in my fonder memories. Your pointing out mistakes is reason for me to do better. And I thank you for that.
I've been an ESL Teacher for a few years now. English is my second language and the one I teach is American English with American pronunciation. However, since I discovered your channel some time ago, I recommend my students to watch your videos. You are always positive with a nice sense of humor. I watched the video and neither you nor the video tried to give a negative message. I'm concerned people will be offended so easily or want to read between the lines something that doesn't exist. Anyway, Lucy, there's no need to apologize, at least not from my point of view. I send you hugs from Mexico!
Well said!
You don’t need to apologize. I never felt that way. You’re actually helping me get my British accent. Your videos are amazing. Keep on doing great work
We're waiting for your upcoming lessons. Anyone agrees, pls like.
I miss her... I miss you Lucy😢😭
Yes..... desperately 😭😭
Absolutely agree 💯
Miss you miss Lucy 😥
I missed her a lot, I am waiting for my amazing and beautiful classes, miss you Ms. Lucy 💔😭
When I see things like that, I am sure society is doomed. A language teacher having to apologise for teaching pronunciation is a sign of our failure as humans
you seem to don't understand her message, she apologized due to the message that she was passing : "if you miss pronounce that then you're not intelligent or not professional " you should feel happy for her apologizes because that means that she cares about the impact of her words
She's apologising for unintentionally reinforcing the stigma that if you don't pronounce a word in a standard English accent then you're less than. As language teachers, we should empower our students, not do the opposite. Lucy is amazing for reflecting on this.
Amen. You're right, the madness of our time.
@@giuliaspiniello1789 I am afraid this is just the beginning of the madness
She never meant to say people were dumb for not knowing the proper pronounciation. Why do people have to see every little thing in the worst little pssible?
I have never felt it in this way. In fact I really like your way of teaching and guiding us for a more accurate pronunciation.
Yeah....
but for some people
they felt that
and it hurts
@@truongtranthaiduy8959 that people got the problem. Cause Lucy never criticized anyone
@@Harry_WinnerI don't think you understand the peroblem. If you were American and someone told you that your American accent is unprofessional, uneducated or something like that, what would you think of that? For English learners, this is NOT a problem but for Englsih native speakers, this is a problem.
I like her teaching.
This chanel doesn’t target Americans and it’s absolutely obvious that all Lucy says about English is from her own, British viewpoint. People look for a reason to feel offended too much.
I never felt offended infact your teaching and explaination so simple and easy to learn.nothing wrong to correct if your wrong.
I liked and still like those videos, also I use Google to learn the correct spelling. I think that someone who WANTS to learn a new language wouldn't be offended by those videos. For me it is motivational to learn sth new. Btw I love your (Lucy's) accent.
You don't need to apologise for anything, you're such a great teacher, I've learnt quite a lot thanks to your videos, so it's perfect.
Take care now.
Indeed
Anything *:)
I agree
I agree
Yes u r really teaching well
Dear Lucy, they were competitors and trolls. There are a lot of such people on the internet. Be brave and strong. Do not leave your chanal. You are the best teacher.
I agree.
Absolutely
Sure.
Yes indeed
I cannot disagree this
I’m form Italy. I didn’t actually feel those words “offensive” or “discriminating”. In my opinion, you, as a teacher, just wanted to warn us that we have to pay attention to the pronunciation of those words in order to sound more English and grammarly correct. Keep doing what you’ve always done, I’m learning such a lot of things thanks to you, and I’m improving my pronunciation and vocabulary skills. Kisses
I agree! I’m from Argentina and I learnt English as Spanish but what I always wanted to do is sound like a real native... you helped me a lot to do it and you have never ever offended me
Le italiane sono le migliori, non c'è niente da fare
@@matiasesilvab4121 it's o.k if you want to learn different accents like Trevor Noah, but not knowing that accent is not unintelligent like she had previously said
You are so right, I was searching for this comment!
I totally agree
You shouldn't feel bad. I can't imagine that anyone would think that you were looking down on anyone. You have been abundantly clear from the start that you are helping people to sound a certain way. A person can desire to change something about themselves without there being anything wrong to start with.
I don't feel that you have ever presented yourself as being better than anyone else, just someone who has something different to most of the world that some desire to emulate. Like one of my teachers repeatedly said 'different is different, not bad, just different.'
Everything I have seen of yours has been positive, and uplifting.
She never intended to discriminate or make somebody feel bad.. Sorry but they are behaving too childish. We watch her to learn and improve pronunciation because we want to sound native, right? If we didn't want to sound native why would we listen to her? I feel sad because her videos are interesting, creative and funny, and I don't think is fair to attack her or make her feel bad.. She's doing a great effort to be interesting and helpful to us so we can learn about grammar, pronunciation and to increase our vocabulary. I'm sorry but I don't agree with those that are attacking her. If you don't like her videos don't watch them.. It's simple , right?
"A person can desire to change something about themselves without there being anything wrong to start with." Most of the times this is not the case. Whenever we do/change something is because we think it will make us feel better. I watch her videos and I think she didn't realize about the "hidden message" behind her words. This way of thinking about accents was really common some years ago, but nowadays, when there are more non-native speakers of English than natives, the perception has change.
So, someone had been bashing an English teacher for teaching proper pronunciation. Our planet has become a trashpile.
Exactly!
I agree with you. Sadly nowadays people get offended for everything :(
Right, that's not fair.
I know. Idiots seem to have all the rights nowadays. I'm appalled but shouldn't be surprised. I just hope that whoever did write some of those comments feels ashamed now and a complete t**t.
It's the race to the lowest common denominator. I'm sick of it. Instead of people trying to elevate themselves and others, they try and pull them down. It's jealousy. Disgusting.
I wouldn't worry that much. As we say here in Spain, "some people have very thin skin". IMHO, there's no need to apologise. Eager to enjoy new lessons ;)
Huh we literally have the same idiom in Russian, 'some people have very thin skin' or 'thin skin person'
@@rusiacold4418 please could u tell me what is this indom want to covey?
Honestly I never ever felt offended by your videos, if anything they inspired me to get better ❣️
Me neither
Indeed
Some people really overdo with correctness, etiquette... to be offended by educational video.. seriously?
I agree with you
I agree with you:)
Whenever someone says that's how professionals or experts pronounce it, it makes me work harder on my accent because I love to know how I should pronounce the words correctly. I think there was nothing wrong with your old videos but the only thing is, that people receive words differently, you should do you and not just change because someone is hurt by your words which are clearly not hurting others and it's not your intention to do any bad ;) we love what you do and if we don't there are many other channels:)
Well I think you have never made a mistake in your life.
I agree
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I completely agree Nour. Lucy, I enjoy your videos. I enjoy your presentation style. I have an American accent but I am more interested in spelling, grammar and manners than I am in pronunciation. Your accent or your teaching style does not offend me in the least. You are free to make changes wherever you think they are necessary but I watch to learn more about Great Britain and British English. Please don't beat yourself up too much. From what I have seen of your videos, I am a supporter and not a critic. Please keep up the good work.
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Dear Lucy, as a non-native speaker, I have always appreciated your pronunciation videos and I have improved a lot. Love the British accent and I love learning the correct pronunciation! In my opinion, your last video was meant for advanced English learners, who are in professional settings, and it was meant to make them feel more confident with their pronunciation. Keep going Lucy!
What is the "correct pronunciation"? Who owns it? Accent depends on where you are from... There's no right or wrong when it comes to accent! You adapt to where you are. You sound like the people you speak to. When you move to a different place, you tend to change your accent (in your mother tongue). Is there a right or wrong accent in your mother tongue? No! The same goes for English! :)
@@LeizaCristina yes, of course when you are learning and you are living with native speakers, you acquire indirectly the language as the way they speak. As a child, I learned my native language the way my parents and the people I spent most time with, spoke. The point is, when you learn you usually tend to refer to the standard pronunciation that most people would understand. I've been living in the uk for a while now, I am reasonably fluent, but I'm aware that I need to keep improving, especially my pronunciation, not because I feel ashamed or anything, but I love to speak with the confidence that everyone can clearly and quickly understand me, which is vital when you are working and maybe under pressure.
@@lauradomenici578 i understand you, but just the same. What Lucy teaches is the "correct standard British" pronunciation. And, if you consider that most people (Around the world) speak more similarly to American people due to the amount of media we get from them (movies, tv shows, etc), you would realize that most of the people who speak is: non-native, not British-accent speakers. And even among British and among American there are accent differences).
Now, if you lived in South Africa or Australia, I'm sure you would see that Lucy's pronunciation is not the correct one for everybody.
I'm Brazilian and I've seen videos of people teaching Portuguese to English speakers (American, i think), and, honestly, if someone came to my area (the South), speaking like that (people from Northeast), they would sound a little strange, but we would COMMUNICATE, and adapt, because why on earth, would I expect them to sound like a Brazilian instead of being fluent and communicatively competent?
The line Lucy's crossed is the one where it is expected to have a person erase their origin to be fluent. I've been an English teacher for many years, and I used to follow her, but I quit, because we all get to a point where we realize that this is all unreal, and Not EVERYBODY speaks perfectly, nobody speaks exactly like the dictionary pronunciation indicates, and it's freeing... we have to be careful to have a clear pronunciation, but like she mentioned "eXpresso" is wrong, well, espresso was borrowed from Italians, if I were Italian, I would pronounce it the right way "expresso" and nobody would be confused about what i was speaking.
@@LeizaCristina am i not free to learn a specific accent that i particularly like? Is a teacher not free to teach it?
@@LeizaCristina Please learn the difference between accent and pronunciation.
Ridiculous that learning proper accent is a kind of discrimination😂 to those who think it’s a discrimination, please be humble to learn other’s culture
Teaching a proper accent is not discrimination, but a teacher must be smart enough to know how to bring this topic up without hurting others. It is very important.
Totally agree. You can speak English perfectly, but if your accent sounds incomprehensible like Indian etc, you must work on it
@@1mperialfist I am Indian living in a foreign country for the past six years where I see Indians from every state literally everyday. Nobody has ever had a problem comprehending us. Bear in mind that I've travelled to numerous countries for which the above holds true too. This can be said not just on my behalf but on that of almost 5000 people that have agreed by a poll of 5050. So better check yourself, rather than checking our accent. What are you waiting for, hurry and introspect your attitude.
@@pankilshah2616 with all due respect, I got trouble with Indian accent sometimes. Of course it doesn't mean Indians are not smart, it's just the accent is not easy to get with many people.
Yeah agree
I’ve never felt offended by any of your TH-cam content. On the contrary, thank you so much for helping me with my personal development with your FREE content! Much appreciated
Well I've always seen your titles as "How to sound professional or intelligent" as motivation. It's all about perspective and unfortunately that's life. There's about 8 billion people around the globe and surely they have like 8 billion different personalities and perspectives. Criticism will follow you all the time no matter how careful you are and it applies to all of us. But It's not necessarily a bad thing since It provokes our creativity and intelligence. Anyways we all love your videos and we appreciate your passion and dedication.
Very true! We love you Lucyyyy thankssss 🤗
My understanding, accents and idioms inside of any language most of the time becoming a tag and even discrimination tag instead of a proudness. Just have a look at any film or old books (before cinema were invented) how some characters status and role are linked to their accent. So she is doing well reconsidering and reflecting on those videos and criticism.
Pathetic people. Blaming Lucy because they were not good enough in learning English. That's why you're learning, right???? It's a process! If every single video would be taken down because that might hurt your feelings because you might think that "So Lucy means Am a dumbass?", well you should just quit English, and learn How to Not Hate Someone who is Good 101 Lesson. !!!
I am so tired of western tolerance! You have a right to have an accent you want to have, you have a right to be stupid, you have a right to have no brain at all... Do something and learn! Try your best. If human beings always had thought this way we would never have gone further than monkeys. Yes, you may have whatever accent you want but not be surprised if people don’t want to keep talking to you because they don’t understand you. As a non-native speaker I had very hard time trying understand some people and I did my best to sound understandable. I am so sorry Lucy you deleted your amazing videos. People are so stupid... Instead of using brains it’s easier to say “It’s my right”. The next step is firing red head girls as witches I guess...
@@FK_loving This. They put fucking politics on everything and ruin everything! even education
Please don't let this get you down. There is no need to apologize for being a good teacher. I would be offended it you didn't release another video soon.
This extreme political correctness is doom of our world :(.
Szedivaak agreed
It's total bs. It's making things worse than helping. Having no to tolerance to mistakes by others is being unreasonable.
“I miss using the N word”
Nevermind, if what you call political correctness (I call it neobigotry, since it's the same as the old religious hypocrisy with a different object) proceeds at this rate it'll destroy itself before causing too much harm. Never do what Lucy did in this video. Be strong, fight every orthodoxy and support free will.
People should be humble to learn instead of getting offended if someone calls out on their mistakes. I love your channel, you're a wonderful teacher and you shouldn't have to make this video.
i mean seriously, its okay to make mistakes in learning. every professional person was unprofessional at some point.
Ikr.. People should be thankful bcs she did help a lot
Those who always complaint, have an added agenda of violence, for taking over and looting the countries they are living in, when time is ripe..
As a simple learner:
There is no reason to apologise.Just do more videos and let us learn more from you.
Well said mate.
Absolutely 💯
When a teacher corrects pronunciation is just that...... keep it up. Please continue with the pronunciation videos. Rephrasing the title should do for every one that felt ofended, not me btw.
Don't apologize, you didn't do anything wrong. You are probably the most superb teacher of the entire TH-cam game.
No, she need to apologize but hey, we appreciate that
Honestly I never felt offended by it I'm not a native speaker well you learn every day!! Thank you for great videos Ma'am!!
As an English non-native speaker, I’ve never felt attacked by any of your “jokes” or whatever. I’ve been watching your videos for years and they’ve helped me improving my pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. I am completely sure you didn’t intend to hurt anybody, and I don’t see any reason to apologise...We love you and we all understand you just want to give us a hand❤️
That's right!
I'm from Ukraine. Never felt that "toxic message" and never think in such way. Maybe it's only depends on people choices how to describe it for themselves.
Согласна, никогда я не ощущала негатива.
There are lots of comedians in the UK who make fun of accents... their shows are on youtube. I mean... RELAX. Especially now that we are living in such difficult situation. I have a great respect for you Lucy because, thanks to you, I love English language even more. A huge hug from Italy 😘
Dear Lucy! You are making a huge mistake apologizing and deleting your videos. This is unfair to those who love your lessons. You enable the minority to triumph over the majority. People who don’t like your lessons are limited in their thinking, but they defeat a huge number of your fans who learn English using your videos. And you, Lucy, follow the lead of the minority, not respecting the majority, depriving your real students of your beautiful and very useful videos. You must believe in what you are doing. And to understand that a huge number of people support you. It seems to me that it would be reasonable and fair if you return the video. It will be respectful to the majority. And a minority who does not like your lessons should find another teacher who will suit them. This is what civilized people do.
And also. It seems to me that other teachers envy you. Because Lucy is the best!
Yeah .u r right
Согласен!
totally agree, other small youtubers who teach english just used lucy for their personal gain. lucy's been a month not uploading her new video .... so sad
I STRONGLY AGREE WITH YOU
You're absolutely right!
I'm fed up with this kind of stupid situations caused by some people saying "I feel offended" about almost everything.
Right! We can’t say anything anymore without offending people. I’m so tired of this!
Yeah.. Seems like they have soo much time and so little important things to do in their life, that the only thing they do all day long is getting offended. We soon will end up in such a situation, when eating ice-cream on your porch offends someone 🤦♀️ some should merely stop using the priveledge of tolerance in our modern world, cause it's going absolutely wrong direction
TH-cam is very liberal, very left, very Democrat. TH-cam is an intolerant social justice warrior. I believe that TH-cam forced Lucy to do this by threatening to demonetize or cancel her.
When somebody laughs about your accent at work, you don't need to hear the same thing on TH-cam
ana popa Then don’t come on TH-cam and watch videos from someone who is teaching people HOW TO SPEAK PROPERLY. Your point makes no sense. And, frankly, stop being so sensitive.
Dear Lucy, I've been with you for over a year now and watched almost every single video on your youtube channel. I'm from Ukraine and of course I have an accent, I don't have as much speaking practice as I want. And during all this time when you say "sound like a native speaker" or "sound proffecial" I have never been offended. That thought have never crossed my mind.
Keep on going, Lucy! You are a wonderful teacher and I don't want you to feel sorry for what you've said.
Your beautiful British accent is like a music to my ears.
Lots of love from Ukraine
I appreciate.
I’m agree with You! Greetings from Armenia 🇦🇲!🤗
Her voice is like music to my ears, too.
I totally agree with you. All the love from Finland❤️
Nobody can speak like a Uk native English speaker or like an American person if they’ve not been living there since childhood and as long as your English is grammatically correct, you don’t need to worry too much about your accent cuz you can’t change your accent anyway, even if you do you can never lose your native accent 100% and you will end up being laughed at because you have not liked the real you! So catchy videos are costing people’s time to change their accent when they can’t do it.
It really is a unnecessary apology dear. We are here because we want to be “professional” in English. We should only feel hurt when we cannot speak a word correctly and professionally . You did nothing wrong
@Yashvardhan Poddar
It is normal for a foreign person to have an accent. There is nothing wrong with that. But we must try to speak correctly, otherwise it will simply be difficult for us to understand each other.
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I agree 100%, Sir.
@@wolesae4784 She is ma'am, not sir, I guess :D
@@Alexander.Kravchenko
Yes, I'm sorry. 😁😁
I agree 100%, Ma'am !
@@wolesae4784
Don't worry😂
Thank you for support)
This is the biggest WAIT WHAT I've ever said out loud. I'm speechless, you are apologising... for teaching!? What's next? People offended by the camera angles? Wanting to educate yourself doesn't mean you were stupid at first It means you're willing to expand basic knowledge and that's by no means something to be offended about or reason enough to come at those who are trying to make your learning path a little lighter. If you ever get offended by something, first look at yourself, accept your weaknesses and strengthen them, learn every single day and focus on what YOU can do to make yourself better instead of wasting that precious time on bringing other people down just beacuse you don't consider yourself enough.
I had to say it since you had no reason to apologize in the fist place. You're a great person and genuinely care about giving those who follow your content the quality learning material they deserve and hopefully reaching out to more people. I am always eager to watch your videos on pronunciation since I am not a native English speaker myself but I want to get better at enunciating some words. I am really thankful you take the time to go through every single word, pronunciation and grammatical wise and also make it fun to watch and listen to all the same.
Now, the reason behind why I can't not seem to understand people getting offended by whatever they think you did wrong it's because I have seen myself how some people (foreigners), not native of certain language, as a matter-of-fact, take for granted pronunciation. However, when talking it sounds so off that is kind of embarrassing, there's when you really REALLY feel stupid. But you shouldn't bring it on others, in fact, its a learning opportunity.
So, again, I am thankful to you teacher Lucy and all those who care about education, real education. Moreso, want to make a difference everyday for them and also for everyone willing to learn and educate themselves.
Exactly! Might as well close schools and teachers should stop teaching and correcting mistakes.
If learning makes someone feel stupid, they don’t understand the concept of learning.
agree
You can say that again
genious, totally agree
Agree, it’s about improvement and push our self to our limits
Learning is all about making mistakes and learning from them.
Lucy you're the best teacher I've ever seen cause of you I've improved my pronunciation and cause of you I loved the British accent you don't need to apology just keep going 😊
Me too. It isn't her fault. I'm sorry for her
@@chinguyen4108 yeah! You're right
I love her teachings. Cause of her I was appreciated by I'm english teachers .she only corrected our mistakes. It's not a discrimination.
"I'm so sorry to everyone who felt hurt by that video"
As an English teacher of over 20 years experience, I can assure you that almost none of these people were students!
I never felt that way, honestly. You're our beloved teacher and i assume you want us to improve in all aspects including pronunciation. What's the point of studying if you don't want to get better?
English with Lucy is one of the best TH-cam channel. Lucy is a great, smart and brilliant teacher. I'm not an English speaker. Then, how will I ever be able to correct my pronunciation mistakes without these videos? Lucy helped millions of people. If someone doesn't say about my mistakes, I will continue making them. I will fail my exams. Is it right? No. I constantly check my pronunciation in my native language. I have a master's degree and, yes, I make mistakes in my own language. When I correct my mistakes, I become more educated, more intelligent and more professional. It is not an insult. It is an improvement. Dear Lucy, thank you for your videos.
Lucy your youtube channel is literally the best English youtube channel that I've seen so far. Not only your content is interesting, but also your personality and the way you teach is what makes your channel unique.
I love your content, your attractive way of teaching and your jokes. I've also enjoyed the podcast "educating Josh" and I was only listening to the episodes that you were in (I really wish it returns or if you do your own podcast, it will be so entertaining with lots to learn).
Your videos are helping millions of non English speaking people, you have 4 millions subscribers not to mention others that are not subscribed! The ones that are here to truly learn will not be offended or take anything your saying as personal.
Totally the opposite it is an opportunity for us to learn from an English speaker, things like 'how to sound professional' is really what I am interested in actually. I want to sound as much professional as I can and I want to have the best English level I can possibly have.
So please continue what you are used to do.
This whole "political correctness" is going way too far. Anyone who says/thinks different must apologize? Ridiculous.
I know. So ridiculous. We Spanish-speakers call that: “generación de cristal”.
That's the XXI century inquisition. We have a flagellant here.
Second this! ☝️
You should *apologise* for your American spelling of *apologise.*
You can think different, no problem. Your different thinking shouldn't hurt other people's thoughts.
People get offended by literally anything nowadays. That’s crazy!
I totally agree, like my classmates who got angry at me for saying LOL and texting an emoji
I agree. Everybody speaking unformally in their own leanguage make mistakes, that in a formal occasion shouldn't. I'm italian (that's why my written english is so bad, sorry XD I hope it's understandable), our grammatic is pretty intricate: we commonly use a more, ehm, relaxed vocabulary, when talking with friends or family. Say the same things at work should be wrong and if someone points out they should be right. It unprofessional
People weren't offended they just pointed out that she was wrong to imply (whether intentionally or not) that unless you pronounce words in a certain way and with a certain accent then you will not sound intelligent or professional.
I grew up in a 'working class' town in the north west of England and had a very strong accent. My parents then moved to Harrogate in north Yorkshire which is a very middle class town. I was made fun of constantly because of my accent and told that I sounded 'funny.' Other kids looked down on me simply because of my accent. I was no less intelligent than them but judged solely because of the way I pronounced words. This is the problem.
I am an English teacher now and I always tell my students that it doesn't matter what accent you have, the important thing is to be understood.
Accent discrimination is a real problem.
couldn't agree more.
really crazy!!!!!! people are just too soft these days!!!
I work as an English teacher in Russia and I've been watching your videos for several years and they helped me a lot. Thankfully you, I started to pronounce "pronunciation" correctly. I was surprised a lot when I heard the correct pronunciation and it was kind of fun not offensive a lot. It happenned not after this video, it was sometimes ago, it was your any other pronunciation video.I often show your videos to my students as an extrra recource for studying. We adore you. Pronouncitaton videos are our favourite ones. I have a great wish to sound smart and intelligent. So, keep making them!
I didn't find any discrimination in your videos. your videos are so helpful to everyone and you should not be apologising for nothing wrong.
This is utterly insane. There is a right way and multiple wrong ways to pronounce nearly every word we use in the English language. Just because a crowd shows up at the castle door with pitchforks and torches demanding that you dumb down (yes, I mean dumb down) the language, that doesn’t mean their argument is valid.
This is actually not insane and Lucy demonstrates a great deal of intelligence and maturity in making this apology video. There isn't a wrong way to pronounce words. There are standard and non-standard ways of pronouncing words. Obviously, I'm not talking about mispronouncing on purpose. But if you pronounce a word in a non-standard way, it doesn't mean you're dumb or less than. That's the gist of the criticism she received.
Kevin Abroad No, she was bullied into making an apology by jealous “creators” and the lunacy of the mob. It’s shameful.
@@joebrooks8131 She wasn't. Watch her latest video on her Lucy Bella channel.
Kevin Abroad I did. You can tell that she truly loves Big Brother.
Damn, people seem to not understand that simple fact, that there are more right ways than just one.
I've been a teacher for almost 30 years. If I wanted to count my mistakes , I wouldn't never fall asleep. We're only human!
Will you be my teacher.i m not so expert in speaking english.plz reply plz if u conversation with me at whatapp
Ironic?
Haha not ironic you peoples are telented I m illetrate.
I am italian, my accent sounds terrible and I wasn't offended at all
I have many italian friends who say their accent is terrible, but I actually love it. I believe our accent is part of our identity as europeans, latin americans, etc. So there's nothing wrong with it. Greetings from Guatemala.
Anch'io sono italiana. I wasn't offended but educated...
@@byronreyes7711 I totally agree. Moreover, if you're speaking with an accent means that you're not speaking your mother-tongue and that you know ANOTHER language! that's not exactly being "uneducated" or "stupid"!
@@carlaasamoah2705 Anch'io! I was not offended. I was educated. Bellissima espressione, 😁 molto efficace. Complimenti!
la gente rompe sempre il cazzo a vanvera e ora è toccato a lei....
English is my second language and I’m learning spanish as a third language. You teaching people the correct way to pronounce words makes you a good teacher. Please ignore any one who feels ofended by your videos. This is like saying that a teacher who teaches people how to do math properly is offensive. It’s called education. If you feel ofended by education then you can stay ignorant for the rest of your life. My young sister loves the British accent and always watches your videos on pronunciation. English is her second language. We need more freedom in the world because those who try to control what you teach will spread ignorance by their negative attitude towards education.
"The British accent" that's the problem, there is no one British accent, there are hundreds.
@@robokill387 and you're expecting her to give examples of each and every accent in her videos? Ridiculous!
@@Dahalum no. What I resent is the presentation that there is one objectively correct way of speaking, in Britain accent prejudice is a real thing that can affect job hiring and everything.
Well said.
She is good teacher but in the UK there are so many different accents, I come from glasgow, my accent is quite aggressive, to others not from glasgow! Lots of words in glasgow are said differently, like for example, can I have it, we say, gony geezit and that is perfectly non questionable to us as it makes sense. I did not get offended at any post Lucy put on you tube. When I'm being professional and speaking to others I pronounce the words as they should be, its english, it's not slang, it's understood.
I think that just the fact that you apologised shows how lovely woman you actually are. We love you with your goals AND with your mistakes. Big thank you for everything you've ever done for us.
I’m not here to study English I just truly enjoy your content and tbh I’ve never felt offended or criticized by any means...your videos are educational and interesting, that’s it! We love you, keep on doing what you’re doing!🤍
I am a bit confused now to be honest. I’ve never felt that way. You’re doing a great job!
Oh dear teacher Lucy, we love you and your accent,we just want to talk like you,and you were trying to guide us!
❤❤ i'm your student from South America
That’s ridiculous, one only feels inferior to others when they feel the need to be superior to others. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self. Calling out on good people to compensate your unwillingness to improve is a sign of weakness.
To "sound professional" vs to "be professional". To "sound intelligent" vs to "be intelligent". Your video clearly conveyed how to sound more professional but you never conveyed the message that if one makes this kind of mispronunciation then "he is stupid". Let's be honest, you can be TRULY INTELLIGENT but if you're in an industry where you have to convey your message in an intelligent way (there are people who are intelligent but don't speak intelligent, if you know what i mean) , it will benefit you to sound intelligent as well - to convey your message more accurately and effectively and with more impact. Being professional is one thing, but "Sounding professional" will help you become more credible in the professional world. That's reality.
Just as a dish could be really fantastic without having to look great. But giving that food an equally fantastic presentation will attract more people to feast on it. No matter how great that food is, if not given the right presentation, might have difficulty reaching people's stomach. People tend to choose the well-presented one and accept its average taste to be excellent. Intelligent within and sounding intelligent without would be a perfect combination. That's what we're trying to achieve here and Lucy's videos do address that. I appreciate Miss Lucy even more though for such a humble heart to apologise even for the unnecessary. More power to you.
Much Love from the Philippines ❤️❤️❤️
I wholeheartedly agree! Beautifuly said.
I would say 'to sound professional' = based on sentence construction and also the context.
There are things you would and would not say to sound professional.
to be professional = based on what you do in your job.
The pronunciation doesn't reflect 'intelligence nor professionalism' in any case but can define your language environment ( native language, which part of the world you grow up in, etc...)
Just accents and sounds..You might think someone talks funny/interesting with different accents but you can still understand him/her.
I think people disagree on 'the rapport between accent/pronunciation and intelligence/professionalism'. That's all.
Voila :)
That's it!!!
Abso-bloody-lutely!
@@ConCanella Me too!
For God's sake, now people can't teach how to pronounce words correctly in English because it offends someone's accent. This world went nuts
So sad that people continue to misunderstand other people...I'm very shocked by that...you are a great teacher...don't give up baby...greetings from Italy
That's not it...what is wrong is implying someone sounds unintelligent because they haven't fully mastered their second language in terms of pronunciation. obviously she didn't mean to.
Edit: I don't think I ever judged someone's level of professionalism or intelligence because of how they spoke my language and I don't see why anybody else would..
So true. It is so painful. In the future you will can not say anything without offend someone. I do not get it, what is going on in this world. First World Problems 2k20 version.
That’s the issue what is “correctly”. Correctly based on one accent yes. But there are many ways which are correct too in other accents
Yes people get offended too easily, even over such a thing
Dear Lucy, your apology post on youtube was so disapointing to listen. I really admired your lessons and your personality. You were a breath of fresh air in these days... You need to apologize to no one for teaching corect British English. I watch your videos to improve and correct my English and prononciation. Then what’s the purpose of teaching a correct prononciation if everyone can pronounce a word like they want? Yes, you have to learn how to pronounce a word correctly to sound more professional and if you want to correctly learn a language. Nowadays, so many feel discriminated, there is so much sensibility... please continue to be you, teach proper Prononciation, and don’t get caught in this discrimination madness.
What she said :)
To be honest British pronunciation is not the only pronunciation of English and just saying correct is very wrong. correct British English it is not even correct itself, British English has been an evolving language and compared to French or other romanticize languages, it is subjective and it changes over time. I am a native English and a English teacher, and her way of teaching is wrong and certainly it would't be accepted by any accredited institution.
@@amitdeb2088 if you browse the comments you'll see that a vast majority of us subscribers / followers / students is here because we LIKE her humorous teaching style, we find it beneficial, and we want to learn *this* English, although we are aware that it is not the only correct of acceptable pronunciation. Wouldn't it be more productive for everyone that you set up your own channel, advertised it, enjoyed your journey with your students, and further enriched the language learning community, instead of wasting your and everyone else's energy in bringing down others and their work? Peace.
I think proper pronounciation is the correct word rather than "professional"
@@amitdeb2088 Really? I must be living in parallel universe thinking that all established schools, especially British private education system are teaching exclusively RP. British media adopted RP as a norm, all institutions, including Court and the queen herself. RP is not the only accent in use, but is the one most students want to learn, for obvious reasons. People want the best value for their money and if they are going to invest time, money and effort into learning English, they most certainly want to sound like Oxford graduate rather than Del boy. People do judge us by the way we speak, among other things. There are other options online for those who are not interested in British RP.
Dear Lucy, I dont really think you deserved so much criticism. You've always been great.
RP is what most of English learners want to learn, we all want to sound like this... We are also aware that we speak with different accents and that there are lots of in the UK itself. But it doesn't mean that RP can't be used as the example. A goal for most of us is to sound like this.... maybe I'm wrong, but I've always thought that inspite knowing that we all speak differently we have the same goal and it is the RP pronunciation. I always admired the way you speak. You are A GREAT example for me.
Bah, RP isn't even rhotic, and yet you want to learn it? And it calls itself "traditional". Come to the States and learn proper English.
Sincerely, an American
@@owlblocksdavid4955 no.
Lucy, you did not intentionally imply any wrong message here, we all know that! Please put this behind you and kindly continue your classes, we are here to learn. Much love, xx
Avoid toxic people, I apreciate your effort for helping us to improve our english level
Your old videos about pronunciation were just fine and they really really helped me to improve my English pronunciation. Please don`t feel bad about it. We all love you Lucy 😊💗
It's a pity some people felt offended. I hope you are feeling better now. Love your videos and I hope to see more in the future.
Are you crazy? Telling people how to pronounce words correctly can't be offensive !!!
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Exactly. It's actually embarrassing that she apologised for doing her job properly. Why are there fewer and fewer people with a backbone?
Stupid inappropriate tolerance 🤬
@@Catandthespoon True. After all, everyone should choose how he or she wants to pronounce and talk. The world would turn into a chaos of misunderstanding (that's somewhat already the case), but at least, no one would feel offended, great !
just like how Chinese teachers are criticized for teaching the correct Cantonese pronunciation
My native language is Portuguese and I'm pretty sure that any other non-native speaker should be able to understand what is accent and what is wrong pronunciation. You shouldn't be apologizing for teaching people how to pronounce words. If you are offended by someone teaching you how to pronounce, the problem is with you, not with your teacher. Learn it! Be grateful for someone teaching you without even charging for it.
Totally agree ❤️ I am Brazilian
You are reading my thoughts. Lucy, no matter what you are going to do, you are wonderful. Big hug from all your Russian viewers.
@@Ella-z9e4r me too, and I totally agree
I completely agree, I'm from Brazil
Agree! When a person has an accent but the speech is grammatically correct as well as pronunciation, nobody would say that the person is uneducated/unintelligent. But even if person almost gets rid of their accent to make it fairly unnoticeable but still makes huge pronunciation and grammar mistakes that surely would make people doubt one's professionalism. Sending lots of love from Russian fans
I can't believe what I've just heard!
Lucy, you're teaching British English with the pronunciation we can find in dictionaries. And it's the best one to learn for non-native speakers. Of course there are different accents, but you are not teaching them. If someone is offended by that, he can go and find a channel with that different accent he likes.
Last video was brilliant. I found that many of these mistakes are common in my native language (Polish) as well. And many of the words you talked about in that video are not about an accent. Espresso is always eSpresso and not eXpresso! It's not an accent, it's a mistake! And if someone is making that mistake it doesn't mean he's unintelligent. It just means he doesn't know how to pronounce the name of that coffee. And you can help him with that!
If you really feel bad about the situation, maybe just change the titles of your videos. There's no need to use words like intelligent/unintelligent, etc. You can write: "Correct British pronunciation of 10 professional/school words." or "10 common mistakes...". I don't need catchy titles, because I love you content anyway. Just like millions of your subscribers. Please have that in mind and don't change!!!
Maybe it’s time Lucy started teaching us how to speak with Polish accent in order that we don’t feel „offended” 😉
I'm Polish too and I hate it when people say expresso or 'bruszczetta ' :D :P
+1
Kinga, jaka ty piekna
@@jangorak9596 lol. Seriously, that's what these people might want, by the way. No offence, guys.❤
In general, I would've thought the same. I'm in customer service in Germany and took over most of my deparment's English support. I am constantly trying to improve not only my own vocabulary and pronunciation, but also my colleagues' as well. In my opinion, a company writing emails or letters, which are full of typing or grammar mistakes, shines a bad light on everyone working there. It just doesn't make us look professional or competent. So, I'm grateful for channels like yours, because it helps people like me, to be at the top of our game.
Intelligence, on second thought, is different. Not being fluent in a language doesn't mean that a person is stupid. They just cannot show how much of a genius they are, if they cannot express themselves in a language their dialogue partner will understand as well. 🤔
Apologising for something you haven't done wrong is a real insult to my intelligence.
Indeed!
Was she trying to create a drama in this video? I stopped watching 60 seconds in.
To be honest I never felt it ma’am
Indian!!! 😁😁😁
I felt it i really felt it .
I never felt so either
Then you are great a person!!!! 🤗🤗
Don't mind anmol but u r very Indian
I admit that my accent is horrible and non-professional - that's why I'm here to learn. I never felt offended because of what you said!
And people who feel offended - they just don't know the simplest logic rules.
Don't make them fool you! Keep up the good work.
This politically correct world has gone too far!! Now I cannot watch your previous and valuable and precious videos...
Yes! We want to sound professional, at least like a native speaker, so there's nothing wrong about trying to sound professional.
And for the word "intelligent", I have never felt offended. I always took it as "sounding more like a master of the language" haha
I don't understand this message of apology BUT it seemed important for her.
So true
Well said, please get the videos back Lucy, that's definitely not prejudiced in any way, I believe you have kept that balance always between pronunciation and regional accents
Yes, that thinking crossed my mind too: we'll be missing content. I've jumped from channel to channel up to this one just because of her beautiful accent. Politically correct world is keeping us from reaching things we would like to know or watch. We are going to evolve to a stage where people are classified by anything they do. For the worst.
Exactly you well said ...well done.
You are special Lucy, thanks for all things you do and for your way to transform criticism into self improvement: good lesson for all of us. ❤️
I'm so sad that nowadays ignorance is being promoted...
as a non-native English speaker I love to improve my language skills and get better and better. especially thanks to Lucy's video
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She was not forced. She was convinced. She is an adult, not a child. She deserves cherishes for her empathy.
I only clicked to see why Lucy would even apologise, that’s so weird
Me too, I had no idea
You can visit @Canguro_English.
For the first time his title video was " Why I am angry at Lucy" And now he changes it into Prejudice bla bla bla...
Visit it and give your opinion.
@@kisahkasihkita6100 I visited and gave my opinion - he is a hater, nothing more.
@Laura P. Lucy did nothing wrong. Her video was about pronunciation; it wasn't about accent.
Same!
We live in a snowflake society where almost everyone is offended by something
That's so true.
Ooo.. My people are like that, too.
Still hold on to primitive principle "if you can feed yourself being a 6, why should try to be a 10?"
@Bernie Sanders represents the White Male Patriarchy You are sick beyond belief, troll.
This apology triggered me! You are absolutely right
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Mira Lucy, como se que lees perfectamente en español te lo digo por aquí. La gente está muy sensible por muchos factores. Tu da mucho, muchísimo. Eres una persona generosa, abierta, y una profesora excelente. Aquí, en España tenemos un dicho: "El que se pica, ajos come". El amor que TU le pones a lo que haces supera en mucho a cualquier pequeño error que puedas tener. Ya te disculpaste. Basta ya. No te castigues más. Tiene muchísimos más valor todo lo que aportas de manera desinteresada y gratuita. Mucha gente te aprecia y te quiere. Quédate SIEMPRE CON ESO. Que no te llegue más lo negativo que lo positivo, que muchísimo más. Un enorme abrazo preciosa. Sigue haciendo lo que mejor sabes hacer. Desde Granada te doy dos enormes besos. Rocío.
I can’t believe some people said that to you! Your videos are helping millions of students! Don’t worry, we love you. Please keep going with your amasing videos!
Come on Lucy, there is no need of apologies, I’m a beginner English Teacher and I’ve seen your videos many times to help me out when I’m doubting about some details I need to teach and you’ve never made me feel bad with your content, you’re an excellent and very professional teacher and person as well, never stop making videos for us! This is the type of channel that it is worth watching! You’ve made me feel quite motivated with your videos to keep learning English! Greetings from Mexico🇲🇽!!
Well, there is the need to apologize if she realized that by herself. That doesn't mean the channel isn't great and helpful.
I'm in agreement with this person. Lucy, you have helped me a lot with your excellent and professional videos. I take this moment to tell you that thank you very much for everything that you have taught me
No need for apologize?
Would you Even Like To be called uneducated just because you mispronounced a word in french?
True!!!!!!! Some individuals are too sensitive.
Tengo la misma opinión que tú, siento que mucha gente es demasiado sensible, ella hace videos maravillosos y desde México también le mando mi amor.
There was no need to attack her. She tries to teach us for free.
Study harder and only you can fix your pronunciation.
Lespat For free? Ahahahaha
@@necipfortniteksakurek4725 do you pay for her vids?
@@yourlittlemeowreen58 no. But someone pays for them, so it's normal that she wants to have good feedback as a teacher from her students, in order to have a large audience.
@@multiconsolacion Go away!
@@multiconsolacion This is her business, her job. Everyone goes to work to earn a livelihood. Are you working without a salary? Are you trying to perform well at work?
You are one of the best teachers on you tube and you have never discriminated any dialect or accent... Don't feel embarrassed.
My best wishes from India🇮🇳
Hi Lucy,
I have followed you for almost three years. I have never felt discriminated by watching your videos!
I am a native Spanish speaker and I have an accent and I mispronounce many words!
Your videos just have helped me lots. Don’t give up, don’t apologize and keep going.
I can say I feel very lucky for finding your Chanel! Sometimes I see your videos with my partner who is Irish and he just loves you. He doesn’t feel you are saying he is unintelligent because he has an Irish accent, he just says wow she has an amazing beautiful accent and imitate you!
As a joke !!!!!! I saw the video who criticized you and I disagree totally with it.
Keep making videos, keep being yourself.
Muchas gracias 😊 por tus vídeos, muchas gracias por hacerme reír, muchas gracias por ayudarme a mejorar cada día.
Eres simplemente magnifica en lo que haces.
Could you help me learn Spanish. I'm keen to learn Spanish.
It's totally okay to apologise, it's wise to recognize your own mistakes, so is it to point out other people mistakes, as long as you do it with respect and kindness. We don't want to make anyone feel bad, we want to help each other in order to be better.
@@teawithtushar1556 Here you got some tips by a Mexican dude:
1. When you speak Spanish you need to put your tongue a bit down inside your mouth, so the words you say will sound stronger!
2. Consume stuff in Spanish! Like movies, music, TH-cam videos, etc.
3. Be yourself, I mean, don't be afraid of put into practice that language because nobody is perfect. Start in social media like TH-cam to express yourself in Hispanic videos.
4. Spanish is quite similar to English, there are so many words that sound the same and means the same; cognates. Like, "Victory/Victoria, Organism/Organismo, Formation/Formación". Research that words to improve your skills at the time to consume material in Spanish! (Look! material is another cognate)
5. Don't feel bad if someone tell you you're doing wrong, even if they're telling you in a rude way. That people will never understand. Most of Spanish native speakers don't know a lot of words and have bad grammar, when they speak or they write. So just do it!
I hope that helps.
Don't give up!
@@edsongranados4318 Thanks a lot bro! You literally have boosted my confidence. I will keep informing you my progress😅 as well as queries😊 I'll follow your suggestions in order to be natural in Spanish ❣️❣️n won't be afraid of making mistakes
I probably gonna be that Ghoul that is not gonna follow you until I ace Spanish
And ya, ¡Gracias!, ¡Muchas Gracias!
Really appreciated profesor😊😄
#LovefromIndia
Soon people will start apologising for breathing...come on...this needs to stop! Please, people!
People today are offended by everything and that makes me desperate very much
This is exactly what these perpetual whiners want ! They are weak who crave domination !
That reminds me one quote:
Do not correct a fool, or he will hate you; correct a wise man and he will appreciate you. - unknown
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That’s a powerful saying, I will be borrowing it.
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I love your channel so much, Lucy! Thanks for these lessons you give us, thanks for motivation and opportunity to learn this amazing language. We love you!
I wonder, Lucy, are you alright dear? We haven't seen or heard fom you after your totally unnecessary apology.
I'm afraid something bad might have happened to her.
Yeah I follow her on her Instagram too but she hasn't posted in a while. But her boyfriend Will is pretty active on Insta. What's wrong Lucy ma'am? Are you alright?
When will we get the new lesson Lucy?
I have never felt that accent discrimination, furthermore those videos made me to strive stronger to get a british accent, to pronounce words like you do, because I adore your pronunciation😍
Since when educating people means hurt feelings? What kind of new world are we living?
Garret S: ?? Uhh... source?
Or are you just going to make nonsensical statements for the sake of it?
Its happening: th-cam.com/video/Zh3Yz3PiXZw/w-d-xo.html
@@gotthit Great short video and what an ending! Thank you for sharing.
@@alexbennet4195 Source: eyes, ears, brain
@@maestroCanuck well said JD. Empirical method they call it.
We are all humans - We do make mistakes. What makes you special to me right now, is the fact that you came out to apologize. You are a beautiful lady, both in and out. You've imparted on me so greatly that I cannot thank you enough. Thank you for ever so much!❤❤❤❤❤
In my opinion, people are over reacting nowadays.
It's a shame how people feel offended way too easily for absolutly nothing.
Please, keep up with your excelent work.
I agree
Totally agree
Don't be worry Lucy. We are with you
100% agree
It’s true though ... bruhh
How can people improve without feeling they aren't good enough and need to do better?
i agree with you
She is talking about people with accents in the very same UK. They speak perfect english with a different pronounciation and under no circumstances that makes anybody less smart, unprofessional or uneducated.
Gloria Bobbio in real life people judge you by the way you speak. It’s a fact. The teacher is just telling the truth. It’s a candid social observation of English society.
@@candiceb_mat This channel is oriented to not native-speakers, in order to improve their English skills, I still have a strong Italian accent but this channel is helping me a lot
Impossible 😂
I‘m so confused...
as a non-native speaker i never felt discriminated!
It‘s your JOB as an english teacher to point out what we can do, to sound more professional.
PLEASE don‘t stop those videos!
Yes but some people are not able to pronounce exactly how she has said to pronounce due to maybe having an accent or whatever. And now they feel that english people may think they are stupid. I know so many PhD students from lots of European countries they do feel a bit stupid as pronunciation is hard for them by no means are they stupid but swap places, an English person in italy speaking Italian but not pronouncing 100% correctly they may seem stupid to others. By no way however did Lucy say that those people who cannot pronounce are stupid she is teaching and unfortunately made a mistake.
exactly... everyone has its own way
@@irisdanagher The solution is ..... don't watch her videos SIMPLE.
@@irisdanagher pronunciation and accent are 2 separate things. aware of one's weakness in pronunciation can help one from awkward situation. imagine you want to say you love peanuts but mispronounce it.
I watched that video... And I couldn't pronounce some of those words well. However, I don't feel embarrassed or insulted. In fact, I enjoy viewing your videos.