Beginning of a Telephone conversation in English: -Hello -Hello. -Who is this? -Watt. -What is your name? -John Watt. -John what? -No, it's John Watt. Are you Jones? -No, I'm Knott. -Will you tell me your name then? -Will Knott. -Why not? -No Watt, it's Knott. -What? ... And so on...
As an Italian I had exactly the same struggles with english language. Sometimes it feels like it's a language created by pure randomness! In Italy every letter is a sound and it doesn't change 99% of the times. English is the opposite of this.
That way is also in the Finnish language - where it is almost 100%. I think that same way is in Finnish, Italian, Latin and Japanese - when it is written in Western terms. So let us rejoice in the logic and consistency of our written languages. Obviously not everyone has that luxury.
In English, vowels are almost random, but consonants mostly follow rules, so you have to learn to read with the consonants, like an abjad. Unfortunately, even with consonants there are a large number of exceptions, as with "one" and "two."
Tämä on miksi me älä on lausumis mehiläiset sisällä suomalainen, se on absoluuttinen pisteetön. Edit: Absolutely on ennemminki ehdottomasti mutta muuten aika hyvin suomennettu eikö?
Make a video about They're , their and there, or your and you're . I notice people who use english as a second language often have a better grasp on those than actual native english speakers!
So true. And it's extremely annoying. They also don't know when to use "a" and when to use "an" articles. Or rather they only ever use "a" no matter what.
Round about the time the spelling of 'two' was established, the 'w' must have been pronounced. The pronunciation shifted, but the spelling remained the same. In Dutch the word for 'two' is 'twee' (w is pronounced) and in German it is 'zwei' (again, 'w' is pronounced). Even in English you hear the 'w' in 'twice' and 'twenty'.
The history of the english language is interesting. I heard a couple interesting stories like the great vowel shift, when our vowels sounded like the spanish vowels but later changed sbifted to where they are today. That presented challenges because the printing press already contributed to cementing the spelling of how we spell words, and based on where the person was from, influenced how that words spelling was cemented. For example, if a german person was the first person who printed a book on things we use in a kitchen, and one of the tools we use is called a "knife" that word has a german influence, you can tell because of the silent k. So thats why we have so many crqzy spellings because so many people from other countries has their influence stamped on it and cemented in our language. Then came the vowel shift also, after we started to have a bit of organization of spelling, the great vowel shift happened and thats why many of our words the vowels dont quite add up, vowels can sound like other vowels and so on and so forth. Interesting fact, William Shakespeare spelled his name like 20 different ways, because back then you just spelled things how they sounded, and the printing press influence came later.
Ismo win funniest person of 2014.. Somehow.. that isin't his own channel but you found it in youtube : Ismo Leikola laugh factory 2014. Ismo is super funny. Sorry my english i'm Finnish.
Yes, this must be why all foreigners find it so easy to learn Finnish. Lyijytäytekynä for example means pencil. Since the word has no silent letters anyone can easily read it out and it should be easy to remember.
And this is not true. For example, try to pronounce word kengät tai tangot, so that you pronounce every letter in the word. Word sydämen is often said sydämmen and ruoan spoken form is ruuan. I think the last one might be acceptable form today.
Finnish should be one of the most difficult languages and english kind of easy but when it comes to spelling finnish makes much more sense. Letters always sound same and no silent letters etc. I remember when i was a kid watching tv shows where they had spelling contests with like 12 years old kids and was wondering they still can´t spell?? Now i know why...
with a handful of exceptions like in magnet we actually add one letter n to the pronunciation, otherwise it would be spelled "mangneetti" (written magneetti)
@@Xurre90 "Magneetti" is obviously the correct way to pronounce it, but ylu are right that a lot of people say it as mangneetti But our dialects do way more crazier stuff to the words, yet they still mostly write tgem in the correct dictionary form
When I was little and was learning English, I wondered about the same questions as Ismo. I remember asking myself why they name and pronounce their vocals with different letters instead? In Spanish we have a, e, i, o and u and they are always pronounced the same way, in every context. Instead, those in English sound to the Spanish mind like ei, i, ai, ou, and iu. So the first vocal in English becomes a combination of second and third vocals, the second is the third, the third is the first and the third, the fouth is the forth and the fifth and the fifht is the third and the fifth. It's all very confusing.
@@tubehepa Yeah, who the heck came up with the idea to represent "v"-like sounds with the writing "u u"? That just doesn't seem to follow any sense at all!
English is weird. Finnish name is literally double V. Not that it's used much. If it's not someone's name, it's likely there as an old-fashioned V because you want an old look for some reason.
@@pse2020 What other language do you speak besides Finnish and English? I think we languish in our language because we are a melting pot of many cultures and nationalities. It can and has gotten very convoluted over the many hundreds of years. 😅😁💜
@@pse2020 So do I wish 🥰 I grew up with Finnish people as neighbors in a mining town in Northern Minnesota. I have very fond memories of taking saunas with them and eating their wonderful baked goods 😋 One couple were like grandparents to me so kind and good people. I so miss them. I even learned some Finnish 😁 Love the language and how it sounds! 💚💯💥
Technicly my third language is English, first is Finnish but second is Swedish... myea, you dont wana hear Finn talk Swe, its absolute shiet show. I just recognise some single words n numbers in Swe.
Just great observations which we normally skip.... and btw your voice is so nice, rustic and squeaky, you could make for a great cartoon voiceover!! Am reminded of Hiccup from How to Train your Dragon..
Thank you! I've been wanting to fix this for decades! No more silent letters (except the "e" to indicate a long vowel), no more homonyms, the "y" has no point, so let's use it for "th" like it used to be, and "c" has no reason to exist except to replace "ch" (think "cello"). So: wun to yree for fiev six seven aet nien ten
Or you could indicate long vowels like in Finnish where long vowel is indicated by doubling the vowel in text. For example uni (dream) vs uuni (oven) - both are pronounced otherwise identical except "uuni" has long vowel.
The reason there's a silent "W" in the words "two" and "sword" is because the "w" used to be pronounced in old English and the spelling has not adapted to modern pronunciation
In Dutch, the word for 'two' is 'twee' and the one for 'sword' is 'zwaard'. In both words the 'w' is (still) pronounced. So that is exactly what happened. Another hint to the fact that 'w' was once pronounced is that you still write and hear the 'w' in 'twenty' and 'twice'.
I think he's missing the fact that the pronunciations and the spellings were devised by different committees who never met and simply submitted their work.
In reality the spelling was decided in late 1700s and they never got the memo that the pronunciation and language usage has been changed more recently.
How did I not know of you before today. This is brilliant! When I started learning modern standard Arabic, I also learned how fucked up our English language is, hahahaha
What? I’ve never heard of that, I only know Shaiße for crap in German. Really ”kaksi” means crap? (Not that I would collect any swearwords in other languages... 🙄😇)
before I learned English I could not understand the idea of having a spelling competition, like the Spelling Bee. But in English it does actually make sense, because nothing is spelled like it sounds.
Oisko Ismo mitä jos sais diginä noi sun aikasemmat DVD:t? Tekis mieli kahtella enempi matskua mut ku eihän niitä saa ees vuokrattua mistään. Diginä myyntiin omille sivuille tmv.
As an Irish man speaking English, any mistakes I make, I claim are rebellion towards the British empire
Hahahaha! I LOVE IT 😁😁😁
Hahah that's brilliant
Well the spelling of many Irish names are, aren't they? :D
I'm Irish, speaking English, re-learning Irish and maybe thinking about learning sign language.
Sign language...where ALL the letters are silent.
Wait what? I thought you guys spoke english in Ireland?
Beginning of a Telephone conversation in English:
-Hello
-Hello.
-Who is this?
-Watt.
-What is your name?
-John Watt.
-John what?
-No, it's John Watt. Are you Jones?
-No, I'm Knott.
-Will you tell me your name then?
-Will Knott.
-Why not?
-No Watt, it's Knott.
-What?
... And so on...
Ismo one this round.
As an Italian I had exactly the same struggles with english language. Sometimes it feels like it's a language created by pure randomness! In Italy every letter is a sound and it doesn't change 99% of the times. English is the opposite of this.
That way is also in the Finnish language - where it is almost 100%. I think that same way is in Finnish, Italian, Latin and Japanese - when it is written in Western terms.
So let us rejoice in the logic and consistency of our written languages. Obviously not everyone has that luxury.
I think it does change quite often actually. Like how you pronounce "macchiato" or "ciao" differ actually greatly (the letter c).
In English, vowels are almost random, but consonants mostly follow rules, so you have to learn to read with the consonants, like an abjad. Unfortunately, even with consonants there are a large number of exceptions, as with "one" and "two."
@@saastohaaste Actually no XD the "H" after a "C" transforms the sound of "CH" in "K", always and consistently
and for the same reason in italian we got rid of the letters J K W X Y
This is why we don't have spelling bees in Finnish, it's absolutely pointless.
Siksi meillä ei ole suomenkielisiä oikeinkirjoitusmehiläisiä, se on täysin turhaa.
Eiku Tämä on miksi meillä ei ole oikeikirjoitusmehiläisiä suomeksi, se on absoluuttisen pisteetöntä.
Tämä on miksi me älä on lausumis mehiläiset sisällä suomalainen, se on absoluuttinen pisteetön. Edit: Absolutely on ennemminki ehdottomasti mutta muuten aika hyvin suomennettu eikö?
Meillä ei ole tavaavia mehiläisiä.
I agree
Make a video about They're , their and there, or your and you're .
I notice people who use english as a second language often have a better grasp on those than actual native english speakers!
Mostly yanks. And also words "Should have" some people write "Should of" etc 😂
So true. And it's extremely annoying. They also don't know when to use "a" and when to use "an" articles. Or rather they only ever use "a" no matter what.
@@Karpalet That too! Makes my blood boil. 🙄
other one is ppl confusin then an than
@@jimmyjames7667 it hurts the eyes
Ismo's timing is impeccable, he can get me laughing so fully
It's so precise what he does. Every sentence, his timing, his material also. Fine mind.
Round about the time the spelling of 'two' was established, the 'w' must have been pronounced. The pronunciation shifted, but the spelling remained the same.
In Dutch the word for 'two' is 'twee' (w is pronounced) and in German it is 'zwei' (again, 'w' is pronounced). Even in English you hear the 'w' in 'twice' and 'twenty'.
I love this guys stuff. I wish he had more english content; always funny!
I think most of his clips and videos have English subtitles:)
@@SaWpeR really? I've just seen one without and assumed all didnt have them. I'll have to check them out. Thanks!
@Gordon Freeman ez
ISMO, you are ONEDEEFUL!!
⭐⭐🌟⭐⭐
The history of the english language is interesting. I heard a couple interesting stories like the great vowel shift, when our vowels sounded like the spanish vowels but later changed sbifted to where they are today. That presented challenges because the printing press already contributed to cementing the spelling of how we spell words, and based on where the person was from, influenced how that words spelling was cemented. For example, if a german person was the first person who printed a book on things we use in a kitchen, and one of the tools we use is called a "knife" that word has a german influence, you can tell because of the silent k. So thats why we have so many crqzy spellings because so many people from other countries has their influence stamped on it and cemented in our language. Then came the vowel shift also, after we started to have a bit of organization of spelling, the great vowel shift happened and thats why many of our words the vowels dont quite add up, vowels can sound like other vowels and so on and so forth. Interesting fact, William Shakespeare spelled his name like 20 different ways, because back then you just spelled things how they sounded, and the printing press influence came later.
Just discovered him now ! I'm in stitches !
Ismo win funniest person of 2014.. Somehow.. that isin't his own channel but you found it in youtube : Ismo Leikola laugh factory 2014. Ismo is super funny. Sorry my english i'm Finnish.
This is where the Finnish language excels, if the letter is in the word, you pronounce it. No "U" in the word? Why would you pronounce it? Logic 101.
Yes. Finnish is the best
Yes, this must be why all foreigners find it so easy to learn Finnish. Lyijytäytekynä for example means pencil. Since the word has no silent letters anyone can easily read it out and it should be easy to remember.
@@Joe12360 Lyijytäytekynä means mechanical pencil
@@jessenic You can just say Kynä. :)
And this is not true. For example, try to pronounce word kengät tai tangot, so that you pronounce every letter in the word. Word sydämen is often said sydämmen and ruoan spoken form is ruuan. I think the last one might be acceptable form today.
This was a onederful video Ismo!
You don't do any videos anymore?
I still watch your old stuff, always as fun to watch! But really missing new stuff from you!
Same here
I will be looking for mor English lessons. Thank u I think Ismo is the only one who can actually make me remember how to spell❤
Oh, well, Ismo has a point here. ^^
He always does, LOL
I think so to … two … too. 👍🏼
My girlfriend made a cake from scratch. Scratch sounds like a disgusting ingredient, but it was good.
In Denmark all baking is made by Ingrid Jensen
I like this comment
@@Tapio86 At least it's not from or of.
I once started a fire from a scratch
I love his innocent take on the complexities of the English language! He should partner with another TH-camr Rob Words!
Finnish should be one of the most difficult languages and english kind of easy but when it comes to spelling finnish makes much more sense. Letters always sound same and no silent letters etc. I remember when i was a kid watching tv shows where they had spelling contests with like 12 years old kids and was wondering they still can´t spell?? Now i know why...
with a handful of exceptions like in magnet we actually add one letter n to the pronunciation, otherwise it would be spelled "mangneetti" (written magneetti)
@@Xurre90 No we don't. You have just not learnt to pronounce magneetti correctly. :p
Edit: Maybe you've confused it with "mangaatti" as a child...
@@pasiojala3227 i dont know if its correct but everyone and their mother pronounces it like that. But thats just one of the dozen exceptions
@@Xurre90 I thought it was mostly just children who pronounce "magneetti" with the "ng" sound. At least I don't do that anymore.
@@Xurre90 "Magneetti" is obviously the correct way to pronounce it, but ylu are right that a lot of people say it as mangneetti
But our dialects do way more crazier stuff to the words, yet they still mostly write tgem in the correct dictionary form
When I was little and was learning English, I wondered about the same questions as Ismo. I remember asking myself why they name and pronounce their vocals with different letters instead? In Spanish we have a, e, i, o and u and they are always pronounced the same way, in every context. Instead, those in English sound to the Spanish mind like ei, i, ai, ou, and iu. So the first vocal in English becomes a combination of second and third vocals, the second is the third, the third is the first and the third, the fouth is the forth and the fifth and the fifht is the third and the fifth.
It's all very confusing.
Reminds me a bit of Victor Borge's bit (he was Danish!) about inflationary language: "You look two-derful three-night."
"Anythree five elevenis?" (Anyone for tennis?)
Ismo is Obi 1 Kenobi of English!!
Two the point.
🎵 One two three, silmät kii, Elvis näyttää kikkelii 🎶
i translated it but that didn't help much. ;)
@@capamericasur5612 the "kii" is shortened from "kiinni", and the last word could have an "ä" instead of the last "i". Now do the translation ;)
@@Tapio86 haha thanks
@@capamericasur5612 google does not really translate the most important word... The last one... Should be willy, wiener, or pee-pee.
@@Tapio86 hahahaha. i think i get the words but don't understand the meaning. i want to because it sounds pretty funny.
But why is W a double-u instead of double-v?
The reason is actually kinda crazy
Originally, it was actually double-u, even in writing, like two u's written together?
@@tubehepa Yeah, who the heck came up with the idea to represent "v"-like sounds with the writing "u u"?
That just doesn't seem to follow any sense at all!
English is weird. Finnish name is literally double V. Not that it's used much. If it's not someone's name, it's likely there as an old-fashioned V because you want an old look for some reason.
qvod vadis (Latin)
Jose Mourinho has new names: Special Wun, Only Wun, Happy Wun and Fun Wun.
One can oneder how they pronounce “cone”, “zone”, “drone” and “alone”...
I love these, please continue to sponsor Ismo M-W!
Aww this is going to be amazing at a live show, of course with the cards as props!
You know those bands that have only one good song those are ”won hit oneders”
I was born into speaking English and I am still trying to figure it out!!! One must have a special brain to learn it as a second language! 😅🤣💜
And the fact it is used globaly you guys should at least try to make it eazier to use :) for me english is my third language.
@@pse2020 What other language do you speak besides Finnish and English? I think we languish in our language because we are a melting pot of many cultures and nationalities. It can and has gotten very convoluted over the many hundreds of years. 😅😁💜
@@maryleblanc4961 i am accully from sweden. So, swedish, english and arabic. But i wish more people would be like the finish people in many ways.
@@pse2020 So do I wish 🥰 I grew up with Finnish people as neighbors in a mining town in Northern Minnesota. I have very fond memories of taking saunas with them and eating their wonderful baked goods 😋 One couple were like grandparents to me so kind and good people. I so miss them. I even learned some Finnish 😁 Love the language and how it sounds! 💚💯💥
Technicly my third language is English, first is Finnish but second is Swedish... myea, you dont wana hear Finn talk Swe, its absolute shiet show.
I just recognise some single words n numbers in Swe.
Good won!
I like the second one two!
Como va two?
"This one" excellent pun
Ismo olet onederful
Ylpeä että olet Suomalainen.
We love u Ismo
You made us think .
Very concise and well explained, have you ever thought of teaching English as a second language ?
Or if he doesn't teach any languages yet, as a first language.
To most of us, even in America, English IS a second language.
All the students would die of laughing.
If you forget a W from the first number, no problem. You can always add it to the next number!
Just great observations which we normally skip.... and btw your voice is so nice, rustic and squeaky, you could make for a great cartoon voiceover!! Am reminded of Hiccup from How to Train your Dragon..
True, he would be great as a voice actor
You haven't posted in 5 months, hope all is good. Came across you on a random youtube. Love your comedy! Post more video's!
No niin
Nonni!
@@mikanyyssis Nani?
I oneder how far you could take this.
Where's ismo?! It's been months.. I miss him.
Thank you! I've been wanting to fix this for decades!
No more silent letters (except the "e" to indicate a long vowel), no more homonyms, the "y" has no point, so let's use it for "th" like it used to be, and "c" has no reason to exist except to replace "ch" (think "cello").
So:
wun
to
yree
for
fiev
six
seven
aet
nien
ten
Or you could indicate long vowels like in Finnish where long vowel is indicated by doubling the vowel in text. For example uni (dream) vs uuni (oven) - both are pronounced otherwise identical except "uuni" has long vowel.
Or, we could do like other languages and get rid of the ending e and use accents.
Haha what an excellent observation! Love it!
❤You are the #1 Comedian!
More videos like this please 😂😂😂
I will say every single letter out loud when speaking english untill unnassassary ones are removed
The reason there's a silent "W" in the words "two" and "sword" is because the "w" used to be pronounced in old English and the spelling has not adapted to modern pronunciation
In Dutch, the word for 'two' is 'twee' and the one for 'sword' is 'zwaard'. In both words the 'w' is (still) pronounced. So that is exactly what happened. Another hint to the fact that 'w' was once pronounced is that you still write and hear the 'w' in 'twenty' and 'twice'.
@@njits789 That's right. Same in German
It feels like an episode of sesame Street. For kids but also a wink at the grownups
My thoughts too. Or is that two.
they could straight up run this.
This is the episode for adults: th-cam.com/video/ceffy6BbEhU/w-d-xo.html
hey ISMO big fan here. A feedback: Your voice and delivery is great. You dont need props.
Oee wunderstand.
As an Italian man once said, "This acrazy English! If a he can be a him, why cannot a she be a shim?"
British logic👌
Like driving on the left side.
Or creating USA😅
I think he's missing the fact that the pronunciations and the spellings were devised by different committees who never met and simply submitted their work.
In reality the spelling was decided in late 1700s and they never got the memo that the pronunciation and language usage has been changed more recently.
Harks back to the Tom Hanks film, That Thing You Do ... the Wonders were initially the Oneders ... aka ... the O-nee-ders.
Two Two was a race horse, so was One One too. Two Two won a race and so did One One too.
I wish i could take this back to my teachers.
I'm not sure why one is they way it is, but two looks very similar to the Swedish Två (Tvoa)
Watch some Gallagher videos, he's got a similar to the same bit 40-50 years ago. Just onder if he was an inspiration?
It's amazing how many English speakers don't know the difference or when to use "to" and "too" 😂😂
A guy from Finland teaching us theories on the English language.
That's why when I first learned it at school I was confused, like there's no rules in the pronunciations
Miksi he kirjoittavat "island" vaikka jättävät selvästi ässän lausumatta? Mikä tällainen MINÄMAA muuten on?
Ismo, we need to talk about this Wun on Wun!
Dear Ismo, Croatia awaits you!
Why W is not a double V?
I never knew the word "awkward" had two w's until recently
Where are you from originally?
Finland
Is my name Tatu or Tatwo? No one knows.
😂
Nouwan nous.
If you're Finnish then it's Tatu. It's Finnish name.
I one-der if Ismo has ever seen Victor Borge’s inflationary language sketch - I feel like he’d get a kick out of it.
Wonderful Ismo!!
you just passed the 50M-view mark bro
The Greatest Philosppher ✅💫🏴
You have the spirit of Victor Borge in you.
How did I not know of you before today. This is brilliant! When I started learning modern standard Arabic, I also learned how fucked up our English language is, hahahaha
I first came to know you because I was watching a Rachel's English youtube channel
Ismo you are wone smart and super funny comedian.
Hello Ismo,You are so funny😂👍🏻 Manoochehr from Stockholm
In old English one was "aan"
The _Magic onend_ does make a lot of sense though.
Brilliant.
Ismo would be great on BBC2's 'QI'.
Hosted by a Dane.
Jedi master and Anakin Skywalker fought. Obi won
And "twenty" is pronounced "tweny"
I hope you know the word for two in suomi means crap in german 😬👍🏻
Love your work tho 👍🏻😄 ya always make me laugh 😀😀
What? I’ve never heard of that, I only know Shaiße for crap in German.
Really ”kaksi” means crap?
(Not that I would collect any swearwords in other languages... 🙄😇)
Wait, I swore I've seen this one before. Is this a re-upload?
"like, 'I wonder what happened to The Oneders'"
They're out there doin that thing you do
I love ISMO!
Twoday not 2 days, but it's this day, it's right now.
What you aspect from a communication system assembled from mixing modified stolen spare parts.
Eikö tää oo uuvelleen upattu?
Is there any Wun from China here?
No look, it's the one ders.
Looks like the Oneders. (Ohneeders)
-That Thing You Do
Like in the word "queue", the "ueue" is silent...
As a non native speaker of English, I feel sooo represented 😅😅😅
English was the 4th language I learned, and I had exactly the same questions 😂
When I was 4 I was totally baffled by ‘One’. I would say ‘Own’.
before I learned English I could not understand the idea of having a spelling competition, like the Spelling Bee.
But in English it does actually make sense, because nothing is spelled like it sounds.
Their language is as convoluted as their metrics. (quip intended.)
What about the french language ?
Eaux=O ?
And 95=4x20+15 ?
Miksei 0 ole firsti numberi? Eikö nolla ole mitään? Miten meidän nollien käy, kun vaikuttaa ettei meitä avosteta lainkaan?
Oisko Ismo mitä jos sais diginä noi sun aikasemmat DVD:t? Tekis mieli kahtella enempi matskua mut ku eihän niitä saa ees vuokrattua mistään. Diginä myyntiin omille sivuille tmv.